Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
It has been an incredibly geeky weekend. As I said before, one day of my week is pretty much dedicated to scanning and saving family photos and letters that were found at my grandmother’s house after she died. Mostly photos. Several Polaroid snapshots. A few that are a little more significant to family history. It… Continue reading Weekend geekery
Text message conversation of the week: Kevin: I woke up at 9 a.m. to breakfast cooking. Ate, then went back to sleep till now. Yay for vacations! Me: I woke up at 10 to Bear being obnoxious. Went back to bed until now when she wants to snuggle. Or steal my soul. Could go either… Continue reading It’s true — cats can steal your soul
I’ve spent about one day a week for the past year scanning and saving photos and letters that were found at my grandmother’s house after she died. In a somewhat timely fashion, I came across this Christmas card from 1959: I don’t know who these people are. It’s signed by Elva, what looks like Ribs,… Continue reading The tricky business of Christmas cards
Those bunnies are not impressed. But the song is now stuck in my head. I can’t find who sings it, but I’m kind of impressed by any song that rhymes “marzipan.” This commercial does break my animals-don’t-wear-clothes rule, though. If you’re not bothered by such things, and like cute fuzzy animals falling asleep, then you… Continue reading So sweet, too sweet
Evidently small fake trees are color coded. I’m not sure what the colors mean. Trees don’t have genders or make political statements or measure terror threat level.