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Morning Focus Cat

art, birds, cats, curiosity, family memorabilia, window, , , , , , ,

Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 8:42 am — Teeny Tuxedo … ready to jump … from window … to bed … focused on her landing spot …

Thursday, June 16, 2022, 8:58 am … the next day … What does she see? … Perkins? … (one of Mom’s loons, hand-carved, in background) … The green fringed Victorian lamp shade was handmade, 1990, when Kevin and I moved to Portland, OR … The now slightly ratty fringe was a cat temptation …

Snow and Blue Bottle

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 3:04 pm — Still life on a cold day … snow’s still here … vintage 1995 blue bottle of Arizona Iced Tea … cousin D’s drink … from Hockinson Co-Op … on the way to walking back up the hill to Grandma and Grandpa Ahola’s old farm … Hockinson, Washington … (Grandma’s sewing basket on coffee table) …

Inside close-up … see the blue bottle outside in the snow at My Photo A Day Adventure …

Melting Snow Cats

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 5:46 am — While Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo were nestled all snug in their bed …
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… 12:24 pm … the snow was melting … (neighbor’s flag) …

… 2 days earlier … a pristine world of fluffy white … Valentine Surprise, Feb. 14, 2021 …
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Finally February Cat

1920s, 1960s, 1980s, actresses, art, blogs, books, cats, movies, shadows, sleep, travel, , , , , , , ,

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 12:57 pm — Perkins … reflected in the Hollywood Glamour framed print … welcomes the February sun …
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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 …
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Different Experience Cat

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Thursday, April 23, 2020, 11:10 am — Who could this be? …
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… Teeny Tuxedo! … back from her 10:00 am Feline Medical Clinic visit … change in procedure since March … drive up … call office … vet tech took Teeny inside … talked with doctor by cell phone …
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Teeny never throws up … until a few days ago … fluid … luckily, hadn’t in the previous 24 hours … she’s lost a few pounds … gave her subcutaneous fluids, anti-nausea med … blood test was normal … whew! … [twist tie on the carrier door … so won’t open accidentally if bumped]

… 7:12 pm … Perkins and Teeny … all’s well that ends well …
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March Christmas Cat

1940s, 1950s, actors, actresses, cats, Christmas, curiosity, Disney, family memorabilia, food, songs, YT, , , , , , , ,

Saturday, March 28, 2020, 1:21 pm — Perkins … and jolly old Saint Nick … Christmas present from Wendy over 10 years ago … used to be full of an assortment of flavored popcorn … an almost yearly tradition …
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… looking out at the deck …
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Ames Brothers sing Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, 1951 …

Marilyn Monroe has nothin’ to do with Saint Nick … but this is a good pic of the Ames Brothers … the most famous, Ed Ames (also an actor), second from right …

… except … in 1946, as Norma Jeane, before she was Marilyn …

From … Bonhams auction … June 4, 2007 … “entertainment memorabilia, including property from the estate of Carl Barks” (1901-2000) [cartoonist, best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories … worked anonymously until late in his career … born, died in Oregon] …

A Marilyn Monroe group of never-before-seen black and white snapshots, 1946:

“Four vintage prints showing the twenty year-old starlet participating in a publicity event to promote the new Darrin/Kaiser-Frazer car (a short-lived company that manufactured cars for only nine years before going out of business); the first shows the then-named Norma Jeane standing by the car as Santa Claus and dozens of children surround her, the second shows NJ and Santa holding bags as children look at them, the third is a similar shot of NJ but with a few added adults in background, and the fourth shows a dozen kids about to throw snowballs at NJ, who is wearing a white shorts/jumper suit outfit that she often wore in cheesecake photos from the same era [see Lot 1019]. One extra snapshot from the same day is included, and though NJ is not in it, actresses June Haver and Peggy Ann Gardner are as they were part of the event as well.”

Footnotes
“The current consignor’s father set up this publicity stunt back in 1946, and because he had fake snow brought in for it, he was touted as being “the man who brought snow to Hollywood.” Both B&B’s client (at age ten in 1946) and his father can be seen in the background of two these snapshots, along with the young model who showed up for work that day – the soon to be Marilyn Monroe.”

Snow Surprise Cats

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Saturday, March 14, 2020, 9:21 am — Teeny Tuxedo … what the what!? …
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… to the deck …  changing places with Perkins …
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… 9:32 am … Perkins … what the what!? … snow out here, too! …
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… look fast! … bird flies from butterfly bush … falling snow …