Janeys Journey

Sally and the Vanilla Bean

When I was adopting Leo, his little sister was also getting a new home.  Her human and I were filling out the papers at the same time.  She said that she was naming the kitty Vanilla Bean.  She had the same markings as Leo but she really was vanilla.  Now that Leo is gone I often wonder what happened to that little vanilla cat.  I hope she's much loved and lives out her days with belly rubs and scratches behind her ears.  And maybe she has a little girl named Sally who'll make sure that happens.

Oh, Oh please oh

I can't take it, please just I can't, you have to go here, you have to.

And a big thank you to Mithi for the link.

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Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

I know, it's not nice but it's one of my favorite songs.  Tom Lehrer had such a way with words.  I mean I can't help it really.  Being a native New Yorker I have a natural aversion to pigeons.  But I love Doves.  I guess it's like rats vs hamsters. 

Ok the hamster's not dead

This is Sami's cousin Ralph.  You can just never leave that door open on Ralphie's cage.  And since Jane reconsidered her aversion to rodents, Frank is dedicated to her.  Here's Ralph's inspiration.  He was in the I love Hamsters pool.

Duck and Friend

These guys live in a lake in the park where I ride my bike.  Seeing all those birds at Flamingo Gardens really put me in a bird mood.

I've been so neglectful of my etsy shop.  I only want to put things in there that I really really like and I haven't had that feeling lately.

happy happy happy

I grew up in NY when the lower east side was door to door used bookstores, even B&N sold used books.  The towns here have B&N, Books a Million etc.  The paperback used stores are mostly romances.  The only decent used bookstore is in Ft Lauderdale and the books there cost almost as much as new ones.  But, tonight I found the most fantastic used bookstore.  It's on Spanish River and I only take that street when I'm on the way to my mom's.  It even smells like an old bookstore, rugs on the wooden floor, old bookcases and books stacked everywhere.  And one very large not overly friendly cat.  He doesn't move, you have to step over him.

I bought 10 books, most were $5, some $10, all art books, all out of print, all hardcover.  They have a huge selection of art books.  I bought Illustration Annuals from the 1980's, one is for European illustrators, the collected works of Aubrey Beardsley, 1966 edition of Artist's Proof - a journal of printmaking published by the Pratt Graphic Art Center (really like this), Drawings by David Levine (signed by the artist) and a huge book on Milton Glaser.   One of the annuals had a torn binding and they gave it to me because they said it shouldn't have been out there like that.  And they have a whole section for museum and exhibition catalogs.  And I also bought a book of Daumier drawings.  They had a whole set, different categories.  The one I bought was $5 and the others were between $25 - $35.  I set myself a limit, nothing above $10 so they were out.  Oh and they had a series of Japanese soft cover gorgeous little books on textile design.  They were $30 each so they really were out of the question.

I think this counts as a very good excuse for not drawing tonight.  And the salesperson said they had a whole shipment just in of art books but no place to put them yet.  I volunteered to help put them someplace, yes I did.

Power Tie

Colorful world isn't it?

Fly Away

Don't you hate it when the print from your favorite dress just up flys away.  No telling when it'll be back.  Just one of those nights huh?

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So the IV bag for Zoe was leaking and I took it back to the vet and I like my vet except I don't like the manager which is probably true everywhere you go.  I used 1/2 the bag and but it was always leaking a litte.  I thought it was just coming from the needle. 

She said "well you want to buy another one?"  Buy?  I said. "I'm thinking replacement".  "Well they're not expensive".  "I paid $28 for this, you must make more money then I do".  "Well let me see".  So they only charged me for the bag and not the set up which is the line that goes from the bag to the needle.  It comes out to about what 1/2 a bag would cost.

And then Zoe jumps off the table and I stab myself with needle and I washed it out with alcohol and it hurts.  Not expensive, really.