Welcome to the Caturday open thread! Weekends are great when shared with friends, so reader Tara O. invited her besties.
The best way to start a fall weekend, three cats and a website. From left to right we have Butch, Jacques, and Swee’Pea (and me in the blue shirt).
Good grief! I can’t even tell where the heads of the black cats are! Swee’Pea looks a little impatient, waiting for those squirrel videos😁
We had snow yesterday, but it wasn’t much and temps are back in the 40s today. By Thanksgiving we are back to being very cold.❄️
Have a good weekend y’all👍🏼
Everyone seems very comfy and Swee’Pea has the loveliest green eyes.
This week has been a lot less eventful than last week I’m glad to say but my nerves are not yet back to normal and I still have a problem sleeping.
On the temperature side they say will have our first daytime minus temperature this week down to -3C, I guess this being Eastern Canada and the end of November we’re lucky the warm temperatures lasted this long.
Not much going on today, we’re taking a bunch of non perishable food to our local food bank for their annual Guignolée, they used to go door to door collecting but they don’t have enough volunteers to do that anymore.
I don’t know if people outside Québec know the term but a Guignolée is an old tradition where charitable organizations collect food and money at this time of the year specifically to make Christmas basket for people in need.
Hope everyone has a good weekend.
I’ve not heard that term, Georgiana, but there are organizations in BC that do that too. An office I used to work at would “adopt” a family (be given details of a family), or more than one, and collect money to put together something for each member of the family.
The seniors in the low-income building that my mum now lives in receive baskets from a local charity. My mum mentioned getting a questionnaire to fill out so that the basket could be tailored to her needs.
I do regular monthly financial donations to my food bank, but this reminds me that I should figure out how much of an additional holiday donation I can afford .
Good Morning everyone! Only two cats today. Swee’Pea has just the one braincell and is convinced everyone is out to get him. He’s pretty skittish. He was here earlier but I think Butch glanced at him and so he took off.
I wanted to share that the Native Cinema Showcase 2024 hosted by the National Museum of the American Indian is now live. https://americanindian.si.edu/native-cinema-showcase-2024/
This is a one week, free event. You can live stream feature length and short films about and made by indigenous peoples, mostly from North America, but also from around the world. I look forward to it every year. I’ve learned so much and watched some beautiful films that I wouldn’t be able to see otherwise.
thanks for the link. got sucked into a first nation’s broad cast channel this month with first nation dishes.
Happy Caturday…looks like a vine way to start the day. Finally got some rain here the last couple days (it hadn’t rained in weeks and we are in a drought warning, though some officials said it should actually be a drought emergency), and back to 39F and partly sunny right now. Looks like perhaps more rain a couple days next week. Got lots of chores to do, but…
I would like to vacation with Lucas, please.
(oops, that should say “fine way to start the day”…)
I want Zelda…
Me, too. That face and tiger PJs? 🥰
I too want to vacation with Lucas.
Allein, how was your dad’s birthday? Hope you all enjoyed it.
It was good, thanks! I lied and said I had to do work stuff (which I actually started at 4pm on Saturday and didn’t log off until almost 1am…) in the afternoon so I’d meet them at the restaurant. I stopped at the party store and got a balloon that said “Happy Birthday from all of us” (they didn’t have an 85), and a box of Whoppers to tie it to, and got to the restaurant earlier than I intended so I walked around the parking lot for a bit. My aunt and uncle got there a little after I did, and once they let us sit I put the balloon and another decoration (which my mom left at my house with the cake on Friday) on the table. When my mom texted me that they were pulling into the parking lot I put on my jacket and went out to the entrance and pretended I just got there.
And this was the cake (Member’s Mark Tuxedo Bar Cake with Chocolate Mousse from Sam’s Club).
I would die for that cake!
It was pretty good!
awww. that sounds like a great time for you all.
I love that message! And so true.
Every night I tell myself that when I get up, I’m going to finally tackle my clutter and it cleaned up.
And every morning, something “more important” comes up and the clutter remains.
But tomorrow will be different! (you can stop laughing any time) 🙂
It’s almost 2:30. I’ll let you guess how much I’ve accomplished so far today…😒
I did do my work stuff and I just sprayed the shower.
(I also managed to whack my hand on the edge of my laptop and it turned a lovely shade of blue…but the bleeding part on top of the blue kinda looks like a ❤️…)
New We Walk Dogs!
They’ve also posted several Puppy Sessions videos recently. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAnFXX1kGt1vnmod4wExrbq_MGq7Cn9hv
Warning: history lesson coming up
A couple of days ago I was delighted to see that work had begun on clearing an unsightly patch of waste ground, full of weeds and rubbish and semi-hidden by plywood panels, at the end of the road. Shortcakery Street (not its real name) and the adjoining thoroughfare are slightly odd in that when they were built in the 1900-1906 period the builders must have been unable to buy a large parcel of land at one end, as a result of which the houses that stand there now are comparitively recent and this little gap may never have been built on at all.
I discovered recently that a series of windmills and associated outbuildings occupied the site between 1540 and 1900. The first one was burned down during the 1644 Siege of York and the last one was still grinding corn in 1895! A few photographs survive and I’m thinking of using one of them on a number plate for the Shortcakery.
I love a good history lesson! Yes use the photos! And share them with us?
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Good luck, little Sprout! You’ve got great fashion sense too.
I would foster fail in about five minutes with this little one…
Happy Caturday, everybody! Tara, your crew looks so happy and comfy and lovable. Cats don’t need lots of brain cells when they’ve got good parents.
I’m about to head out for errands, then I’ve got chores, then I’ll rewarp part of the loom for my next project. My friend wanted some colors changed in her table runner. I’ve never tried removing some but not all warp ends! It shouldn’t be difficult, and I’ll learn a new skill. It will be fun to really get cracking on this project. I get twitchy when I don’t spend enough time at the loom.
I’m also knitting a hat and cowl set for one nephew, and a simple turtleneck sweater for another nephew. When I offer to make garments for family members, they don’t seem to realize what they’re getting into. Dozens of questions about fit, sleeve styles, overall silhouette, etc. But it’s good for them, especially young adults, to learn the language of clothing before, say, they buy a suit or other expensive garments.
And I’m gearing up for Thanksgiving. In my world, that means planning what to make on a 4-day weekend. It’s a good weekend for dyeing.
Hugs to you all.