DebmBudd
@tuppenceforthem.bsky.social
Perpetual reader and tsundoku builder, cat-mom, Democrat since Reagan, Holmes fan (Sherlock, not Larry), retired advertising designer/writer
I'm craving a Nutcracker Ballet, but the only one locally is on Christmas Eve. So Ima just sharing my Coldstream Guard...
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm craving a Nutcracker Ballet, but the only one locally is on Christmas Eve. So Ima just sharing my Coldstream Guard...
A classic from the Marketoonist, 2014, which seems ever more apt...
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A classic from the Marketoonist, 2014, which seems ever more apt...
I thought the 3" x 3" items were just "disks," and floppy disks were those much larger thin plastic things.
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I thought the 3" x 3" items were just "disks," and floppy disks were those much larger thin plastic things.
Just saw a gift dish designed to the shape of canned cranberry - a "canberry dish."
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Just saw a gift dish designed to the shape of canned cranberry - a "canberry dish."
Re the Bellagio, their exhibits rotate. This is the one I saw when I visited: Frieze, 2' x 7'
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Re the Bellagio, their exhibits rotate. This is the one I saw when I visited: Frieze, 2' x 7'
Picked up Christmas stamps at the #USPS today. Love these Winter Woodland Animal stamps. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamps with Katie Kirk, who illustrated.
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Picked up Christmas stamps at the #USPS today. Love these Winter Woodland Animal stamps. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamps with Katie Kirk, who illustrated.
Autumn's last hurrah.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Autumn's last hurrah.
Missy. OTRB, sadly. Classic tortie personality.
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Missy. OTRB, sadly. Classic tortie personality.
I prefer the Gentileschi version. No doubt on those faces...
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I prefer the Gentileschi version. No doubt on those faces...
This week turned out actually not that terrible. Here is a blazing red maple tree that was hit by a windstorm last night and said, "oh, I'm not done with these leaves yet, thank you very much."
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This week turned out actually not that terrible. Here is a blazing red maple tree that was hit by a windstorm last night and said, "oh, I'm not done with these leaves yet, thank you very much."
This tree at the end of my block. Most years, the south-facing half goes red two weeks before the other half catches up.
October 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This tree at the end of my block. Most years, the south-facing half goes red two weeks before the other half catches up.
Where does one go to request one of these as an inflatable?
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Where does one go to request one of these as an inflatable?
Robber baron vibes.
October 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Robber baron vibes.
Friends have asked how my new partial denture is feeling. Finally found an image that explains it: Chiclet teeth.
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Friends have asked how my new partial denture is feeling. Finally found an image that explains it: Chiclet teeth.
So sorry for your loss. We buried my mom's ashes today. Here is my sleepy ginger boy.
October 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So sorry for your loss. We buried my mom's ashes today. Here is my sleepy ginger boy.
Crossing this one off, for sure.
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Crossing this one off, for sure.
I love pix of my mom in her twenties. Mom is the redhead in front.
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I love pix of my mom in her twenties. Mom is the redhead in front.
Things are terrible, so here is my sleepy ginger cat.
September 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Things are terrible, so here is my sleepy ginger cat.
Baked a peach crumble for a family gathering tomorrow.
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Baked a peach crumble for a family gathering tomorrow.
Archie says hello, George.
September 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Archie says hello, George.
