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Awareness of the outside world. LEGO: More sustainable packaging. ~~~ Hello 2026! Happy official birthday to Rodney, born 1999, age 27, TB but not registered. Happy official birthday to Major Conn, aka Milton, born 2008, age 18, Pedigree Database: MC. Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Fix The News: The Telemetry, Hervey, Dec 29, 2025. Global recap of 2025. Long but worth reading, both for uplifting news & for writing style. The author celebrates the good without ignoring the bad. “If you’re … a single mother in New Jersey struggling to pay the rent … noContinue reading “A Quick Look Back, Recap for 2025”

Awareness of the outside world. Spotted on a bumper sticker. Friends don’t let friends litter. Please spay & neuter. ~~~ Hand therapy appointment last week. 15 degree improvement on flapping hand back & forth. 5 degree improvement side to side. This was good to hear. It is so hard to feel one is making progressContinue reading “Degrees of Progress, Wrist Update”

Animals of the outside world. Charlotte Moore-Lambert@cavaticat<the domestication of dogs>wolf: I’m gonna eat your babieshuman: what if, instead of that: blankets and peanut butterwolf: ……..I’m listening. 10:03 p.m. 23 Oct. 21 Twitter for iPhoneCited from iFunny: Sounds legit, 28 Dec 25I don’t know if this person is the originator. This seems to be the oneContinue reading “Portraits in Cork”

Awareness of the outside world, holiday version. Abe Book: An illustrated history of A Christmas Carol. Thus we bid farewell to our 2025 Christmas Carol adventure. ~~~ Horse related cards that arrived in our house this year. Thank you to senders. Photobombing courtesy of Mousse. Artists. Sleigh by Kersten Brothers Studios. Info on the otherContinue reading “Greeting Cards, Holiday Horse Art”

Awareness of the outside world, holiday version. Putting the fact into fiction. UTHSC: Russell Chesney Publishes Article to Show Cause of Tiny Tim’s Illness, 2012. PubMed. Hat tip to Alex Falcone, from Instagram post @alexfalcone: 18 Dec 2025, with additional Muppets. In 1992, Doctor Lewis posited a different diagnosis, PubMed. ~~~ Archives [Movies & Muse] Enjoy!KatherineContinue reading “Muse & The Betweenmas Movie, Fiction”

Food of the outside world, holiday version. Tough Pigs: Eat Your Way Through “The Muppet Christmas Carol” Soberman 2023. ~~~ Decorated Gingerbread CookiesElizabeth Moore ChocolatesPelham AL USA Technical Details Allow me to point out that, in an effort to elevate these from simple cookie snapshots, I attempted to be clever with the shadows. What’s withContinue reading “Holiday Cookies, Food Photography”