Caturday

Buried under the throw on the back of the sofa.

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Feline Friday

Plywood in Affinity 3Plywood the Tabby

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Not the X-Men

We can’t all be born with fabulous powers or be bitten by radioactive spiders. We don’t wake up one day with six-pack abs or a physique that defies gravity. Some of us need a little help and advertisers in comics were well aware of it.

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Apple Oatmeal Muffins

Now that the weather is getting chilly, it’s always nice to have an apple oatmeal muffin to go with your morning coffee. They have a wonderful texture from the oats, a hint of cinnamon, and they’re bursting with chunks of juicy apples. You could also swap out the apples for pears or cranberries! Continue reading

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Caturday

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Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Seventeen

Two hundred and seventeen in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

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Dream a Little Dream

The advertisements in girl comics were always different. Whereas ads in boy’s comics appealed to hapless adventurers with home built go-kart kits, antisocial ne’er-do-wells with practical jokes and future glue sniffers who had prurient interests with x-ray spectacles, girl ads were all about self image. They were either about finger nails, weight gaining secrets for the scrawny or miraculous reducing techniques for the girls that think 5 pounds is going to make the difference between being a wallflower or the belle of the sock hop.

…and it’s GUARANTEED! Continue reading

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