did you miss us?

our Dicky's mug was shown on tv 

with this mug I won

he disappeared

along with his brother Basil

his sister Royston

and his mother Onslow

Onslow's brother Hogarth

and sister Albert disappeared too

their sister Dev still lives here

with her daughter Clodagh

Clodagh's brothers Alastair and Silas disappeared

Chowderhead, Fatty Melt and Biscuit 

disappeared long ago

Tootsie still visits 

and dines here

her daughter Fiz lives here

Fiz's brother Groucho disappeared

it's been a year ago today 

since I posted on this blog

I still visit you

by the way

my John took 4th place 

in the guitar challenge 

from my last post

a belated thank you

to those who voted for him

Tootsie's kittens Fiz and Groucho

hanging out with 

Dev's kittens Silas, Alistair and Clodagh

love

from all of us

Motor_City_Tele 2012 TDPRI Challenge

my John built this Stained Glass Esquire

this young lad's father

bought two of my John's guitars

one for his son and one for himself      

please, vote for

Motor_City_Tele

LetHimWhoIsWithoutSinCaster

voting ends May 24th

thank you!

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2012-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/327197-2012-build-challenge-voting-pick-your-3-favorites.html


p.s.

you can check out

my John's thread

while you're there

if, you want to

see how this

musical piece of art

was created!

we're grown!

Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Year's Day
Valentine's Day
have all come and gone

Tootie's kittens will
turn 45 weeks old
this coming Sunday

these photos were taken November 2011


Hogarth
named after a little lemur
from the tv show
Lemur Street
he'll definitely steal your heart


Devendra Alahan/Dev/Devilicious/Devastator
even though she was named
after a man
from our favorite show
Coronation Street
she's a girl


Onslow
named after my
favorite character
from the British comedy
Keeping Up Appearances
she's a girl, though
(oh, nice)

I don't have a recent photo of Albert(a)
I called her Albert
(from the tv show, Fat Albert)
before I checked to see
she's a girl
I don't think she minds
she'd park her lil tush
in our flower box
I'd say, hey...hey..hey
telling her to move
she looks like Onslow
without the white markings
I'll make sure
she gets top billing
next time

the kitten we called Shemp
in an earlier post
hasn't been seen by us
since not too long
after they were born
Shemp's the one
who looks most like
their mother, Tootsie
I hope someone
gave that kitten
a safe home


Biscuit/Birdie Num Num
hasn't been hanging around lately
I hope he's alright

Halloween 2011 pumpkin carvings

this post by my John

Halloween in the D
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It's devil's night in the D. and anyone who grew up in the Detroit area knows that up here, we take halloween very seriously. I thought I would share a couple of this year's jack-o-lanterns that I just finished carving. In typical fashion, it all starts with a plan.

First, you find a decent image and due a little photoshop magic to convert it into a posterized image with three levels of grey. I did this with the old glory caster back in the challenge, but used 5 levels of grey. Then, the paper image is taped to the gourd.



Using my handy dandy little roller pokey thingy, I trace all of the edges of the pattern transferring the image to the pumpkin.



Remove the pattern and take a peek. Make sure everything is traced because putting the pattern back on isn't an option.



Now, take a sharpie and darken the lines. A sharpie works great and doesn't wear away with all the pumpkin juice that accumulates.



Gut the pumpkin next. save the seeds. they are gold.



Now, with cheapo saw tools and a cheapo wood carving tool, cut out the voids where the lightest color is and remove the peel from the middle grey areas.



clean up the surfaces of the greys with a broader faced chisel.



Drop in a candle and shut off the lights. Heeeeeeere's Johnny!



Anyone know this guy? He was a Detroit TV icon in the 70's.

I has a belated birfday post

Sunday was my birthday
Monday was my John's birthday

we went to the
Yankee Air Museum

www.yankeeairmuseum.org

our first visit
I bought him a B-24 Liberator cap
I got a shot glass that says
Some Landings Are Better Than Others

we ate dinner
at Mexican Fiesta
mexicanfiesta.net

we celebrated with
caramel apple cupcakes from
Nom Nom's Cupcake Factory & Sweets Shoppe
queennomnoms.com

it was a beautiful day Sunday
it rained Monday
but, that's alright
we share

everything tastes great when...

hey y'all!
this is one
of my favorite
vintage commercials
do you remember
seeing it on
the tv?
do you like
Ritz crackers?
if so, what
do you like
to put on them?

I like Andy Griffith as "Matlock", too

kitty family tree grows

Birdie Num Num ("The Party" 1968)
aka Biscuit
this is Tootsie's brother
this photo was taken last year
one Sunday morning
my John heard him mewing
he was inside a bush
John had to get a ladder
and rescue him

when I introduced Tootsie last April
I didn't know she was in the family way
on April 24, 2011
I fed and watered her
noticed she looked uncomfortable
next thing you know
a kitten's coming out!
she gave birth to 5 kittens
in our cat house outside


Devendra 'Dev' Alahan
named after my favorite character
on Coronation Street


what's a 'runt'?


bib on and ready to eat


no bib


Shemp
named after Alex Trebek's (JEOPARDY!) favorite 'Stooge'

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