LynnS Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 1:45 PM, Zorral said: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/12/victorian-christmas-cards-history-goodall-company.html The examples of the Victorian Christmas cards make it worth scrolling through, even if one isn't that interested in the history of our Christmas traditions -- which for reasons I have been since a kid. From the first viewing of such illos in those very old magazines in Greatgrandmother's basement Victorian era popular art fascinated me. It was always just somehow off kilter from the expected, at least the expected as I knew it then. Thank you for posting this link. Not only was it interesting but it yielded one heck of a surprise. We now know that GRRM's winter rose is the hellibore! Also called the christmas rose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Step 1: It puts the lotion in the basket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maarsen Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 13 hours ago, Zorral said: My first card? I think I was about 4 or 5 and could not even read yet. I still went every week so I could get Babar books and look at the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Ah, my first library card. In the days when there was no such thing as the internet, for a while it was my most treasured possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Our mom took us in to get our first library card the first weekend of our first week in the first grade. It was a Family Tradition. Ha! I still have it in a box of mementos, though I'm not sure where the box is, though I think it is among the many other boxes in storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 My first library card was a bright yellow "juvenile" card for the local college's library, where the top floor balcony stacks comprised the children's section. Sitting way up there above the rest of the library in the cool air, on the mahogany chairs as a stop on the way home from baseball practice, smelling the book dust and scanning a selection before getting my choices stamped was excellent. My second was a red one for the Bookmobile, which would park on Main Street between the bank, the doctor's office, and the drug store every Wednesday afternoon. The black lady who drove the Bookmobile for the county library system would ask me which of the books I had liked, and she would pick out 30 or 40 books that she thought would suit me every week. She called me "Honey Child" and was happy to help me load them onto my bike for the trip home, and she was probably responsible for shaping my tastes in popular literature with her selections. Thank you, Bookmobile Lady! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 See a feline dog paddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 9 hours ago, Zorral said: See a feline dog paddle I like how he styled it out, got out of the water, shook his mane and said 'what'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 It's early hours yet, but, here's this --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Perhaps ... not ... quite as great as a lion falling in the water, like he meant to, but really good, as to how people don't read. https://www.damemagazine.com/2022/01/07/have-we-forgotten-how-to-read-critically/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 More orangutan action: @S John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Lermo T.I. Krrrammpus said: More orangutan action: @S John WTAF? Homeless orangutangs being attracted by mobs of otters? How can this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, LongRider said: WTAF? Homeless orangutangs being attracted by mobs of otters? How can this be? From what limited research I did it seems this is at a zoo in Belgium in some kind of common area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 57 minutes ago, Lermo T.I. Krrrammpus said: From what limited research I did it seems this is at a zoo in Belgium in some kind of common area Ah, that puts it in a different light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2022/01/08/cats-took-vitamix-hostage/ Great photos too. Plus, as the cat servants say, this is just fun for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit on board the International Space Station. He didn't tell anyone about it. One day, without anyone knowing, he put it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 The Marsh Family have put another song out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 "Archaeology A Hungry Badger Dug Up a Stash of Ancient Roman Coins From a Cave in Spain and Archaeologists Are Amazed (the Badger Less So) A historic blizzard also played a role in the find." https://news.artnet.com/art-world/badger-discovers-roman-coins-2058585 The coins date from the 3rd through the 5th centuries, probably buried somewhat later, during the 'barbarian' invasions of Iberia, the tipping point out of late antiquity to early 'dark ages' medieval eras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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