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Natural Model Cat

1940s, art, cats, Finnish, photographers, travel, , , , , , , , , ,

Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 1:25 pm — Perkins … in front of “you buy ’em, we’ll fly ’em!” … 1942 Defense Bonds Stamps metal poster … purchased at Tillamook Air Museum, 1990s … In background, Navajo riders, Canyon de Chelly, 1904, photo print, Edward S. Curtis … purchased at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona …

… 7:04 pm … change of scenery … black and white Finnish Marimekko Pikkuinen Unikko (little poppies) sheet …

More Finnish Cat

cats, computer, Finnish, stretch, , , , , , , ,

Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10:36 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … big stretch after catnap on corner of bed … Computer is beyond lower left corner … bed is handy work space …  Red spiral notebook and headphones are for studying Finnish via Pimsleur.com …

June 26, started a 7-day free Finnish trial with Pimsleur and continued … $20.95, month … Can now rattle off “valitettavasti” … “myöhemmin” … “rautatieasema” with ease … The method of breaking words, sentences into chunks, starting at the end, adding on, building to the beginning works quite well … Audio-based … not focused on reading, grammar … Helps immensely that I had weekly Finnish Zoom discussion group sessions, Sept. 2021-May 2022 (Salolampi, Concordia Lanuage Villages, Minnesota) … and that letters in Finnish words are pronounced exactly as they appear.

Sizzle ‘n’ Walk Cat

birds, books, cats, curiosity, outside, window, , , , , , , , , , ,

Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:31 am — Male house finch … likes the new bird seeds … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”

… 10:35 am … Perkins … perambulating with a purpose … through the paper maze …

Chair Traveling Cat

art, cats, computer, curiosity, travel, , , , , ,

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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Family Bird Art Cat

1950s, art, birds, boxes, cats, family, family memorabilia, scratching, tv, , , , , ,

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 6:07 am — Perkins … after her early morning scratching … red arrow points to someone’s claw … boxes of photos on Mom’s hardrock maple coffee table, Ethan Allen … Framed bird print has been in the family since before our first tv, see below! …
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… Bird print on wall … We’re the TV generation! Debra, me, Marcie, Judy, Laurie …  My birthday party, June 5, 1957. Glenwood house, Vancouver, WA … That could possibly be Mr. Moon … (plus Mom’s bear) … see Our First TV …

The World’s a Stage Cat

boxes, cats, curiosity, sleep, , , , , , , , , , ,

Friday, December 31, 2021, 7:38 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … After the disappointing box on the floor, two minutes later she saw boxes on the table … special boxes … photo boxes! … Perky’s orange tabby-ness gives away her secret napping spot on the chair under the table …
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A closer look … Who’s that in the black and white photo? … Me! … Anniella, manager of the Hotel Paradiso … Hotel Paradiso, written by Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) … on Broadway, 1957 … Anniella was a man, Anniello, in the original … Mrs. Decker changed it for me … early 1970s … Penguin Playhouse …
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… Teeny’s curiosity has been satisfied … Now, to sit and scan the territory for more boxes …
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Double Curiosity Cat

animals, boxes, cats, curiosity, Finnish, food, travel, , , , , ,

Wednesday, December 29, 2021, 6:59 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … curious about the food puzzle toy … but not curious enough to work at getting a piece of Wellness out …
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… 7:13 pm … Curiosity takes her to the dining table … boxes! … a box of travel photos being sorted … June 2003 cross-country train from Vancouver, WA to Buffalo, NY … rental car to upstate NY to Bangor, Maine (harness racing) … to Lubec, Maine … to New Brunswick, Canada (Campobello!) … back to Buffalo, NY … drove by myself through West Virginia (1 night) … to Lexington, KY (Kentucky Horse Park, Fell ponies!) … to Ashland, WI (High Bridge, WI, Dad’s home farm!) … to St. Paul, MN (Russ, Kathy, Krista) … flew back, PDX … 3 weeks! …
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Wake Up Call Cat

cats, computer, curiosity, fun, shadows, travel, window, yawn, , , , , ,

Saturday, November 20, 2021, 4:53 am — Teeny Tuxedo … early morning yawn …
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… Look what I can do! …
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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 …
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Alugalug Alugalug Cat

cats, computer, curiosity, Finland, fun, other cats, songs, travel, YT, , , , , , , , , ,

Monday, May 17, 2021, 8:31 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … Thank you, Kathy, meowy much, for sharing the Alugalug song! … it’s hypnotizingly terrific! …
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… it’s so enticing, Teeny ignored her favorites, paper and scratching post …
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… “Photos Matter” … film developed in Durham City, England … home exchange, July-August, 1999 …
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… video is sideways and dark … but here’s the Teenster … irresistibly drawn to the Alugalug cat song … gotta have the sound on! …

Under the Lamp Cats

1920s, actors, art, cats, family memorabilia, horses, photographers, sleep, , , , , , , , , ,

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 7:03 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … lamplight … Mom’s Stiffel lamp (a pair) …
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… Ramon Novarro, 1929 … by George Hurrell (1904-1992) …

… Ramon Novarro as Parcivil, with Pancho Barnes’ horse, Lightning. When Pancho saw this photograph, she exclaimed: “If George Hurrell can make my horse look as beautiful as the most handsome man in America, then everyone should be using George Hurrell as their photographer.” — George Hurrell: Master of Hollywood Glamour Photography …

… 7:28 pm … Perk … not quite so perky yet …
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5 years ago … Lamplight Cats, Jan. 3, 2016 …
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