Thankful Thursday Ketchup Day

 As promised:  And I think there ought to be a national holiday in honor of this "vegetable" so declared by a rather in over his head poly from the last century.  I decided to go to the DARK side for the so called real scoop on this controversy.

C/o THIS PLACE
and I must say, it's an incredibly clever ad, too

Tuesday Tails:

Can I have my cookie?

Wee Wolfie is fine.  He would like his fans to know this.  [Now can he have his "cookie"?]  Also, Mom has long claws and gives the best back scratches but not necessarily the best belly rubs.  [Now, please, please, can he have his "cookie"?] 

Tuesday Ceramics involves four new comers to the House of the Mad Potter (Well, ceramicist):

Ceramics 4, Knitting, nil

A small but deliciously handsome bowl for unguents.
That word was in a crossword, and I just had to show off.

Beautiful Nubian Vase with bad BAD staging (gah!  Really, the end of the ironing board?)
and sketchy flowers stuffed in---- horrors!

Dusty, "I've been digging up the garden", Real Tort (Churchy) for comparison to:

Trompe l'oeil (sort of) Tort joins Froggie in the flower bed
This one doesn't dig, and thank the Gods for that!!

Huge new species of Common Garden Snail,
recently discovered in Antarctica,
giving credence to the ancient, but disputed, theory of continental drift.

Wordless Wednesday - Zee Belly Flowers:

Scarlet Pimpernel - star of stage and screen

Blue Eyed Grass, a spy for the GIA

Early bird specials!

Thursday Thankfulness consists of being alive and well, and still running around like a human being.  I'm not sure I deserve that honor but am thankful that the Lord lets me stay here, extracting myself from the mud every morning.  The job now is to extract as many others from it as possible before I fall off the twig, yes?

Remember, we do this for Love and Love Alone...  Well, some of us also get to laugh, and so, Word of Advice: remember that no matter what, make sure you get a lot of laughing in before your dotage. 

PS.  Yes all the torts are fine, and they are wondering where the sun and nice warm weather went.  Rain should start in the wee hours,  and if it does, I am going to go out and dance in it when I wake up!