Friday, March 25, 2022, 10:58 am — Teeny Tuxedo … travels to Monument Valley … on the computer chair … best seat in the house … Behind the Mittens, edge of framed collage, photos from National Geographic … created in a workshop when worked at the WA State Library, Olympia … before started my MLS studies at UW, Seattle, 1985 …
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Wake Up Call Cat
Saturday, November 20, 2021, 4:53 am — Teeny Tuxedo … early morning yawn …
… Look what I can do! …
1:44 pm … end of afternoon siesta behind computer monitor … Whatcha doin’ on the ‘puter? … Going through my July 2016 Sugar Hill, New Hampshire photos … my month alone at Bette Davis’s Butternut Cottage … White building is the Sugar Hill City Hall … windows of the library …
Dances with Books Cat
[from My Photo a Day Adventure blog]
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 8:21 pm — Teeny Tuxedo says … “I’ve been practicing my dance moves … How ’bout it, West Side guys? … Can I join the gang??” …
History and movies, all in one … Nice to have a stash at hand … The switch this past year, with libraries closed to in-person browsing, led to these purchases …
- Saw Glenn Frankel discuss his books:
- The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend, 2013 … one of my favorite John Ford films … set me on the trail to Monument Valley, Navajo Nation … 6 times!
- High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic, 2017 … High Noon’s not a favorite, but intrigued to see the Hollywood Blacklist connection
- Saw Peter Fitzgerald’s documentary, West Side Stories, 1996 … great behind-the-scenes footage, interviews (both stage and film) … sadly, has been removed from you-know-where. This led me to:
- West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic, 2020, Richard Barrios, Turner Classic Movies … LOVE the soundtrack … first heard in high school English Lit class, vinyl LP record album (what a terrific teacher, Mr. Somebody, just out of college) … the only weakness of the 1961 film (10 Oscars!), Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer (Maria and Tony)
Springing Forward
Friday, April 9, 2021, 4:40 pm — A sure sign of spring … busy, chirpy robins … west edge of back lawn … 24x zoom …
… and blooming flowers … cool, overcast day, 59° … the perennial anemones keep their petals up to stay warm …
… 1 year ago … warmer day, 68°, anemone open to the sun … “First spring bloom on the deck … first day working from home … campus closed until … possibly the end of spring quarter, June 2020” ... Stay Home, Stay Safe, March 17, 2020 … and today, 1 year later, 2021, campus still closed … on the positive side, we’re getting vaccinated! …
Finally February Cat
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 12:57 pm — Perkins … reflected in the Hollywood Glamour framed print … welcomes the February sun …
2.5 years ago … clear view of Hollywood Glamour … Dreaming Cats, Sept. 21, 2018 … silent film star, Gloria Swanson … with tiger … poster received as gift, 1987 … Buffalo Bill Museum poster from trip with Glynnis, Way Out West with Johnny Depp, August 2001 … it’s now back in Cody, Wyoming with Kitty M. … a happy library retirement gift when she moved, March 2019 …
- Hollywood Glamour, 1924-1956: Selected Portraits from the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (1987) … book accompanying the exhibition, Aug. 29-Oct. 25, 1987
Party Flowers Cats
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 5:17 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … after today’s 2:00-4:00 online Zoom party with the library gang for my Big R … last day was June 22 … we’ve been remoting since March 17 … Laura N. brought the flowers and two cupcakes over at 12:30, socially distanced outside the front door, of course … Perk and Teeny sent their photos in an email thank you for the fun, fun, fun party …
… Perk’s famous fluffy tail …
… Thursday, November 19, 3:29 pm … Perkins decided to rearrange the flowers …
… Hey, Perky … you’ve got floral talent! … (that’s Doobie’s wolf tooth on the base of the Fell pony sculpture) …
Mystery Solved Cat
Thursday, July 30, 2020, 10:55 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … THIS was in the mystery box … a tripod! … the first ever, for my camera … Teeny gave it a once-over, from stem to stern …
(Tripod arrived before Christmas … finally inspired to open box today … had recommendations from Tawfik, library TechHub, last fall)
Yogurt Surprise
Saturday, June 27, 2020, 9:58 am — Tillamook Oregon Strawberry yogurt … took off the lid … licked it … and found … “Dang, that’s lid-lickin’ good.” … Tillamook, you’ve got a great sense of humor! … Hey, Dad was assistant manager, 1959-1963 …
Early bird, Russ, took my car to Les Schwab, Battle Ground before they opened … took off studded tires, free … 3 months, barely drove … with “Stay Home, Stay Safe,” worked at home, March 17-June 22 … We hit the road for Olympia in the afternoon, masks at the ready …
Confidentiality Cat
Thursday, May 28, 2020, 12:56 pm — Perkins … what’s all this paper for? … oh, you’re between interviewing people? … I won’t ask any more … I know it’s all confidential … I can’t read, so no problem …
Not My Cuppa Tea Cat
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 11:24 am — Teeny Tuxedo … lunch break … working at home … how about raspberry preserves on Dave’s 21 Grain Killer Bread? …
… eeeww … no, thanks! … where’s the mozzarella?? …
Work with a View Cat
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 10:44 am — Teeny Tuxedo … working remotely since March 17 … “Although our physical spaces are closed, our online library remains open.” …
… 10:47 am … Teeny … my claws are sharp … and ready to do some paperwork! …
… 12:03 pm … Perkins … sunny window views are the best part of the day …
Stay Home, Stay Safe
Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 3:12 pm — St. Patrick’s Day … First spring bloom on the deck … anemone … first day working from home … campus closed … Washington state’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” … until … possibly the end of spring quarter, June … two-week spring break begins March 24 …
… Friday, March 20, 2020, 12:49 pm … three days later …
- See Bright Flowers Morning, April 30, 2018 … anemone of a different color
Elinor Knows Best Cat
Friday, September 28, 2018, 8:07 am — Perkins … dreaming about Wellness Grain-Free cat food … rather than the tasty recipes in In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue: Favorite Memories and Recipes from a Life in Hollywood, 1998 … interlibrary loan, all the way from Wisconsin to Washington …
Includes the Father Knows Best years … 1954-1960 … with Robert Young … my favorite tv series …
Fisherman and His Dog
[From 2014 … previously “private”]
Thursday, June 12, 2014, 5:30 pm — Rain is pouring down outside … Here’s my Paul Cardew teapot riding out an ocean storm … on the dining table today …
Signed and numbered, 278/5000, by Paul Cardew, 9/2000. Made in England … Purchased May 2003, Spokane, Washington. (Flew there for Outcomes Assessment Conference; presented re TILT with Kitty … Carried it carefully on the plane flight back to PDX.)
After Midnight Cat
Saturday, June 30, 2018, 1:39 am — Cats are nocturnal … Perkins is no exception … you can find her taking photos with the Panasonic Lumix FZ200 (taken with the Canon PowerShot Elph HS) …
2:59 am … Reading … as a strong supporter of libraries, she always has a stack of books nearby … In her current stash (ordered by moi for the library) …
- The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good, David Goldfield, 2017
- The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria, Annie Gray, 2017
- Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat, Jackson Galaxy, 2017
New Scratcher Cat
Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 9:26 pm — Perk checks out the new cat scratcher … a different brand, just a bit smaller than the battered and clawed old one … Since the arrival of the insouciant replacement, neither cat has bothered to put a paw on old faithful … who will be recycled …
Friday, May 6, 2016, 2:26 pm — We’ve had baby showers at work … now it’s time for a kitten shower! … in preparation for the day a little girl we know finds her kitten-mitten at the Humane Society … We heard she’d like an orange tabby! … 95% of the gifts have been tested and approved by Perk and Teeny … litter box, cat scratcher, World’s Best Cat Litter, litter scoop, rainbow string-on-a-stick toy, catnip … Both scoop and toy were made in America! …
At Your Service Cat
Friday, June 5, 2015, 9:39 am — What a wonderful pair … Kitty’s pizza otter (a debut!) … and my candlestick holder cat … in my office …
Cat magnets (by Maren Schaffner) and candlestick holder have been adopted by a little girl named Grace …
“Maren Schaffner lives with her gang of cats (8 at the moment), and 2 dogs in an old farmhouse in a windswept area between the North Sea and the Baltic. The North German country side with it’s wind and weather provide her with great inspiration. Exhibitions of her paintings enjoy enormous popularity in Germany and abroad.” – Bottman Design
Modeling Cat
Sunday, March 1, 2015, 11:16 pm — Perkins … modeling with the Gale Virtual Reference Library database … Exactly where I wanted her to be … How do you get a cat to move to the desired location? … Paper … Instant cat magnet!
Singing Birds Clock
Monday, June 23, 2014, 12:50 am — Brought my singing birds clock home from work … Hooray! 6 months off officially starts NOW!! Since Kitty and I are on sabbatical fall quarter, decided not to work half-time this summer (the first time in years and years) … I’ll be back on campus, January 2015!
Back to Teen and Perkins … Before setting the time, put the clock on the floor … Like “clockwork,” they were there, giving it the curious cat once over …
A Word from the Big Cats … Literary Lions
July 19, 2013 —
Lazy Lions Lounging in the Local Library, from Graeme Base’s picture book, Animalia, 1986 … British author, artist, born 1958.
Always liked the large laminated Lazy Lions poster back in Tech Services at Cannell … (how many L’s can you find?)
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 