Linkbogging

Article from Smithsonian on an almost-forgotten female detective in 1917.

Ostriches sleep like platypuses.

"Beer is brown. Apparently, this is a problem for me. It turns out that, as a woman, I require my beverages in a less threatening hue – like pink..."

Things That Scare My Cat

My purse.

(on tumblr)

Warning!

Warning! Interior design discussed here!

ETA: My webspace appears to have gone down temporarily - I'll post the pics elsewhere and provide links so you can see them. Come back in a few minutes and see!

ETA2: Click on the imgur.com links if the pictures aren't showing up.

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Posting this link here so I don't have to keep marking it as unread in my feedreader:

Urban knitting movement: knitted plant pockets.

Ha!

I showed Toby the Restoration Hardware room gallery, in order to show him how steampunk they've gone. He was amazed. XD

Mind you, I rather like the general aesthetic of their gallery rooms, and will probably look at it for inspiration as I finish up the living room. But at those prices, we will not be buying the Restoration Hardware version, we will instead be buying the Target knockoff.*





* Possibly not that lamp. We sort of like it, but it does take up a lot of table space. I am, as I type this, looking speculatively at the lamp base I got at Lowe's and topped with a beige slight bell-shaped shade with russet trim, thinking it might go quite well with the living room furniture...