I joined a coworker with her dog for walkies yesterday afternoon. He had a full 12 minutes!
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Somebody Else’s Thing
A coworker brought these to the office today. She had been enchanted by the strawberry marshmallows but pronounced this result a failure. “They taste like Fruity Pebbles.” As if that’s a bad thing. Anyway, I took care of ’em for her. And made a picture before I did.
Dinosaur Saga Continues
I am slow to document stuff the last few days, but here we go!
Last week, I noticed that someone had spontaneously added some protection in the form of a frou-frou drinks umbrella to my dinosaur installation (Thing 3: Dinosaur Plea):
Not a moment too soon, either, because, starting with very small ones far up in the stairwell, and moving down and getting larger, our dinosaur became directly threatened.
Followed a few days later by about what you’d expect:
Next week: a 2-part conclusion!
Meisje met jonge leeuwen in Artis
Meisje met jonge leeuwen in Artis, originally uploaded by Nationaal Archief.
From National Archive (the Hague) photos.
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New Blog!
I love pictures of cats and firemen. I’m not unique in this, of course. I encourage people to send me such pictures and have been told more than once that I should start a blog. I’ll either get over this fascination (although I don’t know why I would want to) or it’ll catch on, and folks will flood me with more material than I ever dreamed possible. I’m hoping it’ll be the second one! And now I present, The Rescuers.
Cat Chaise Cushion
And here it is, the final piece of Mr Bun’s new furniture:
This tasseled cushion (velvet, metallic fabric for edging, batting, silvery tassels, pewter button) is the final piece of my modification of the Cat Chaise. The cushion is tied to the frame of the chaise with silvery ribbon (hidden from prying claws).
How does he feel about it?
Cardboard Cat Chaise!
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has loads of fabulous tutorials, including one for a cardboard chaise longue suitable for cats [ www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/catchaise ]. I modified it in preparation for a cushion (to be made tomorrow), and because I didn’t feel like cutting out little feet. Also, I just wanted to cut the cardboard freehand instead of bothering with a template or pattern. This project was a great excuse to get a glue gun! I foresee more appearances of that device in future things-a-day this month.
Mr Bun seemed traumatized by the unnecessary destruction of a cardboard box, but I predict he will have napped on it within 12 hours.
Looking to the Side
If I look to the side from my desk, I see this wall out my window:
If I look to the side as I go to get a tea, I see this beguiling path:
Chorizo
For Thing-a-day today, I wanted to do a photograph of Chorizo in a Madonna-and-child pose with one of our project managers, but both he and she were noncompliant, so I contented myself with documenting the tail-end of a soporific afternoon meeting, and, well, taking Chorizo’s senior photo.
Attentive Visit to Walton Park
Today for Thing-a-day I went to a park near work that I’ve walked past hundreds of times before and looked for things I hadn’t really seen.
