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I think that's a perfect frame for this cat.

Excellent finish!

Thermopylae

If you don't have cheerleaders, who is the high school quarterback going to marry?

I agree, Richard. Mabel, have you been following the discussion at Needle'n'Thread about different types of crewel wool? Useless piece of information: Wraps per inch is a useful thing to know in weaving, because it lets you determine the set of the warp and how many strands you'll need in the weft. ...

Beautiful. One day, we'll have the pleasure of seeing all of these fairies together, perhaps.

Boots

Well done. (I'd probably need a gin.)

You are definitely on a roll!

Garden is winning more occasionally, although the weather was certainly against it today!!

Thought that might be the answer (or something similar). Very nice, indeed!

Nice! How are you thinking of creating the larger black areas and nose?

Wowser!

Oh, yes.

Community

It is Mothering Sunday here in the UK -- like Mother's Day in the US but with a longer tradition and less marketing. The S&G has been spruced up, and even if you are allergic to daffodils, you won't be here (of course). There are magical breakfasts of your choice, plus lunches and suppers. And a...

Very nice, indeed!

Good vantage point to view an approaching car in order to be true to its calling as a kamikaze pheasant. At least, that's what the walls around here are for, so it stands to reason that a roof is Even Better.

Nice also that the area around such a large coastal bridge, presumably near a city if the ship is going to dock anywhere, has been rewild-ed!

The comments are a bit harsh (but the person from Michigan had it right; true also for Illinois); I've also encountered the same here in Scotland)! Total fellow-feeling when she thought about and rejected the whole idea of getting up!

Our sons have no embarrassing initials and to my uncertain knowledge have no unhappy-making nicknames. I'm a firm believer that children know their own names when they are born, and we more or less got it right (with the exception of YS's middle name, which he hates and won't use; pity, since it's m...