Do you have mice in your hallway? If so, this post will tell you what to do about them. You may remember this as the featured image from "Lost in the House", from way back in December of 2016. Well, here's the latest update on the catnip mice.I admit to arranging these mice for the …
"Panda! What are you doing now?" "Dude," Panda replied. "I'm practicing for if I ever go to outer space. This is my weightlessness simulator. See how your kitty toys are floating around me?""Are you crazy?" I asked. "You can't practice weightlessness in a toy box! You have to go to NASA for that kind of …
Okay, I realize my last post was about plants... but this one is about plants with a purpose! You may remember when Foster was smaller, we went on a mission to attract hummingbirds. The first plan was to put the feeder as close to the window as possible so I could get close up photos …
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By now we all know that I don't have the best track record when it comes to plants. (If you're feeling really brave,you might want to read "Alas, Poor Charlie!") But that has never stopped me from trying. And one of my favorite English Learner projects was always the "planting experience". The first pictures I …
I cannot tell you how many colored pencils have passed through my hands in thirty years of teaching. After retiring, one would think I would never want to see another colored pencil again, but... These girls are drawing a background for a play we did in one of my English learner classes, (somewhere around 2010 …
Punkin and Heidi How many of us have pictures like this? Cats love to sleep on windowsills. You can see that in the early 1980s, Heidi (above) didn't have shelves nailed up on her windowsills like Foster does today. But when you live in an apartment you just can't go nailing stuff to the windowsills. …
"Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out." -Deuteronomy 28:6If you've read my post "A New Door" from last month, you will remember that I didn't know how (or if) my latest brainstorm was going to actually work. Well, I now have an answer for you (in …
"Panda, do you copy? "Of course I don't copy," Panda responded, sounding a little miffed. "You know Mom taught us to always do our own work, and never copy! It wouldn't be honest!""Oh my word!" I groaned. "That's not what I meant! Do you copy? is police language. It's how they ask if you heard …
Hi everyone, Foster here, with a post especially for all my furry friends in the "pet blogosphere"! (But if your humans want to read it, that's okay too.) I'm just wondering if I'm the only pet whose human regularly says things that don't make any sense. Here I am on my newest windowsill shelf. Mom …
If you enjoy creating art, or if you just like to look through Pinterest, you have probably seen examples of what is popularly called "Bible journaling." It's where people illustrate scriptures in their Bibles, using all different types of media. While I normally want to try every new craft I see, it took a long …
Nana's Whimsical World 