Thanks, TjZ, for the link to the great picture! Yuletide is here, the longest night just passed and the light beginning its journey of return. For us it’s meant more snow — it was falling long before I got up. Not that I have to be anywhere, but the more difficult it is to get…
Category: idleness
Happy Birthday, Jane
Get your Jane on: be devastatingly witty in a gentle tone so no one feels the knife’s blade. Who but a genius could invent the delightful Henry Tilney and Elinor Dashwood? From Austen’s pen: “I will not say that your mulberry-trees are dead, but I am afraid they are not alive.” “People always live forever…
Have you? (AKA 99 Things to Do)
Meme picked up from Marja-Leena (thanks!):Bold the ones you have done. 1. Started my own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii5. Watched a meteor shower6. Given more than you can afford to charity7. Been to Disneyland/world 8. Climbed a mountain9. Held a praying mantis10. Sang a solo11….
Snow Bloom
The wee Christmas cactus (a cutting from Robert’s bigger one) is blooming big time. Here it is perched on the window sill with the wombat, the dusting of snow visible below (tried for a close-up which did not work so well). That’s all the winter we need. If only there were a steaming mug of…
Best. Greeting. Cards. Ever.
Drop by someecards for the best in electronic greetings: brilliant!
Bison Power
http://www.zazzle.com/utl/getpanel?cn=238857481060172756&st=POPULARITY&tl=Raven%26Wombat+Tea+Party+at+Zazzle&skn=space&ch=raven_wombat Inspired by the delicious taste of Zubrowka (the secret? bison grass!), the Queen of Everything came up with these cool designs of weird ideas that we brainstormed together. Show your bison power and support the artists! Buy items at Cafe Press, too! Na zdrowie!
London so far
BT Openinternet is CRAP! Warhol, Rothko, Terry Jones Q&A, Bacon, and more, cold! Thames… The usual and the unusual, but always a great time. Very relaxed and that’s the aim, right? Head full of art, ears full of music, face full of smiles. Home with the Brookses, so feet up and well-fed.
Flash Vacation
After dropping Gene off at work Friday morning, I made a quick escape to Connecticut (I blame the midterm craziness!). I tore through the Berkshires in some thick fog, filling up on cheap gas. My first stop in Willimantic was to surprise Perilous Cheryl, but the surprise was on me. I stopped by her office…
October Country returns…
I will put aside for a moment the anxiety I feel that my Halloween cards are not even conceptualised, let alone ready to send (HA HA HA). Instead I will think of all the lovely fall colors beginning to appear — more slowly up here, but much further along in Connecticut. I can’t get over…
Which Member of the Who are You?
You are Keith Moon! WHOA! You are the extremely crazy, drugged-up, drummer! You have brandy instead of water during concerts, and at one time, you had the world’s largest drumset. You like to smash your set to pieces, and Pete constantly has to cover for you while your drum is being replaced. You’ve broken more…