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Monday, December 8, 2014

Micellany Monday 12-8-14

Awesome:
♦Behind the scenes photos from the movies The MGM lion one is fantastic!

Cute:
♦An animal shelter uses silly photo-booth photos to get dogs adopted. Photos are super cute!

DIY:
♦Make marbled bangle bracelets
♦Cool chair make-over (Video) Furniture make-overs usually make me nervous but this one doesn't seem too bad.

Fashion:
♦100 years of hair and make-up in 1 minute. (Video)
♦Gross and dangerous beauty from the past. Leeches on the ears...ewww!!!!

Feminism:
♦A Might Girl is a great resource for anyone with a strong girl in their life. They have great recommendations for books, costumes, and movies that feature strong girls/women.

Heroes:
♦Women Heroes of World War 2

Lol:
♦Moms share stories about their picky eaters
♦Cards Against Humanity sold bullshit for black Friday

Noms:
♦Blueberry upside down cornmeal cake
♦Gooey skillet cookie Sounds amazing!
♦Crockpot cocoa

Have a great week!

Monday, December 1, 2014

Micellany Monday 12-1-14

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Art:
♦True story: I am a professional Ballet Dancer. I have always had an interest in ballet, so I thought this interview was very interesting.

Amazing:
♦Gorgeous owl has starry eyes
♦So exciting! Advanced Style is now available on Netflix!!!!!
♦I had no idea that cacti could be so beautiful!

Cuteness:
♦Frolicking corgis in snow!

Two pet deer figured out how to use the dog door! Content Warning: Swearing

Fashion:
♦History of The Raccoon Coat. I am guessing these coats may have inspired Edward Gorey.

LOL:
♦Hipster business name generator. Ha ha!
♦Animals dancing to Salt-N'-Pepa's Push It. (Video)
♦Seniors dancing to Turn Down For What. (Video)

Noms:
♦Dark gingerbread cake. Sounds soooo good!

I know that the holiday season can be hard for many people. I tried to include more happy and fun things this week to help those with the blues.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Micellany 11-17-14

Source More info on the photographer: Alexey Kljatov

Art:
♦An amazing craftsman who makes wood dolls. (Video)
♦Gorgeous nebula towels and rugs

Booklove:
♦Don't dog-ear that page...use bookmarks! Super cute bookmarks.

Culture:
♦40 Yiddish words you should know. I was surpised at how many I already knew considering I am a Gentile.

Cuteness:
♦I honestly never thought I would think that bats are cute!
♦Adorable blind rescue kitten loves to go hiking
♦Super cute portraits of dogs.

Creepy:
♦Biography of Dr. Mutter of the Mutter Museum

Fashion:
♦90's fashion flashbacks...Omg I wore so many of these looks!

Feminism:
♦The invincible work force: women

Mental Health:
♦Advice I need to take: write in a journal!
♦Jen of Epbot wrote a fantastic post about agoraphobia

Noms:
♦Pumpkin, leek, and pecan corn bread....omg yum!
♦Homemade cranberry fig-newtons (The only thing I love as much as pumpkin is cranberry)
♦5 more uses for cranberries
♦Buttermilk Rusks My Grandma T used to make rusks for me. I had no idea the variety from culture to culture. Gramma had a loose definition of rusk, any twice baked bread slathered with butter and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. She often bought loaves of day old bread just to toast for rusks. What is a rusk?

Hope you are all surviving the Holiday Madness!

Monday, October 27, 2014

Monday 10-27-14

Amazing photo found @ Colossal Art Blog. Photo by Bertrand Kulik.

Fashion:
♦The Met. Museum has an exhibit of mourning wear! I love mourning garb I wish I could go see it!

Health:
♦Apples new health app. may be trouble for those with eating disorders.

Noms:
♦Hazelnut Crunch Pumpkin Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting..Yum!
♦Random facts about desserts

WTF:
♦Americas Next Top Model...give a model a fake beard?!

Busy week for Rasputin and I. We are giving our kitchen a make-over. New paint and hardware. So I our house is currently a disaster. The dogs are very unhappy, (they don't like change.)

We lost Gramma Honey this summer. Her birthday was recently, which was hard for the whole family.

Hope you all have a great (and SAFE) Halloween!

Monday, September 29, 2014

Monday Micellany 9-29-14

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Art:
♦Adorable chalk drawings.
♦Amazing portraits of betta fish!

DIY:
♦Creative use of paper towels!
♦Make cool bunting with paper straws

Fashion:
♦All about Mary Quant and her contributions to fashion.
♦A great article about Isabella Blow

Feminism:
♦Make up and its role in abuse (hiding it)

Lol:
♦Best Disney movie ever.... (Hint: Llama)

Mental Health:
♦How to help someone who has anxiety. (Hat tip to Don't Get Rabies)

Noms:
♦Pumpkin master post! Holy cow!!

WTF:
♦Kohl's caught selling fur trimmed coats labeled as faux-fur

Monday, September 22, 2014

Monday Micellany 9 -22-14

Two adorable ferrets playing in a box full of packing peanuts.

Fashion:
♦Help! I have fallen into a fabulous black hole of tote bags. Take my credit card I want them all! This book tote, grumpy kitten, Tina Belcher and flower tote are awesome! Oh no. I found the corgi stuff...help!

Feminism:
♦Teen creates video game to normalize menstruation.
♦Rape culture in Alaska via The Atlantic (Trigger warning for rape and domestic violence.)
♦Rookie Magazine discuses elitism and exclusion of teen girls in music.
♦Raising children is not for everyone. These famous women have a lot to say about it. (Hat tip to Spaceman Steve)

WTF:
♦Facebook forces Drag Queens to to use their legal names. (I think this could be dangerous!)
[Update: A planned protest got F.B's attention...] Lets hope they listen.
♦What are diamonds really worth; what is a "chocolate diamond"?

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Art:
♦Incredible tiny embroidery of cute animals!

Awesome:
♦The Nostalgia Machine...cues up songs from a chosen year.

Beauty:
♦Alexis Krauss (singer for the Sleigh Bells) talks about natural beauty. [Her hair is so beautiful and glossy!]

DIY:
♦This is an ambitious project, but sooo cool!

Fashion:
♦American's Next Top Model has a gorgeous model (Chantelle Brown) with Vitaliago. The show can get kind of gimmicky...but I am glad that in a small way they are educating people on vitaliago. More info on vitaliago.
♦I am catching up on older seasons of Project Runway. I am on season 9 right now. So far Anya is my favorite designer. She makes beautiful clothes full of color and vibrant prints. I also loooove her hair!

Anya Ayoung-Chee

Source: People Magazine (spoiler warning @ People)

Feminism:
♦A brilliant response to rape jokes

Gardening:
♦Menstrual blood as garden fertilizer?! Not sure I could do this myself..but it is interesting. [I wouldn't recommend this for consumable plants. After-all they don't recommend human waste for fertilizer on crops...just a thought.]

LGBT:
♦ The gorgeous model Andreja Pejic came out as a transgender woman. She is other-worldly beautiful. I wish her continued success in her career. :) Bonus she was in a David Bowie music video with Tilda Swinton!

Noms:
♦ Blueberry marshmallows, this is not a drill go make these now!
♦Speaking of berries...Raspi and I have been enjoying a Dutch Baby with blueberries or breakfast on the weekends. (Think part pop-over, part custard, sort of a pancake...I know it sounds weird...just go check it out!)

WTF:
♦She is being swallowed by her belt!
♦Some Zoos use electrified plants to keep the animals in check... So disturbing!
♦What is REALLY in pumpkin spice lattes???

Better late than never!

Have a great week!!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Snowy Monday

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Art:
♦Gorgeous nature mandalas
♦Calvin and Hobbes dancing! Super cute.

Cute:
♦Adorable toes, and nose
♦Baby otter learning to swim!
♦Rabbits sticking their tounges out!

DIY:
♦Butterfly necklace made of shrink-dink plastic [Video]
♦If you have writers block check out Creative Writing Prompts Hat tip to Deviant Dispatches for the link.

Fashion:
♦Beyond gorgeous black dress

Feminism:
♦Photo series that questions how we choose to dress

Halloween all year long!
♦Labels and cool ephemera
♦The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders (Video)
♦Gorgeous witches hat I would buy this, but its out of my price range. :(
♦History of The Talking Board
♦Ooodles of info: The History of Halloween
♦Incredible Dia De Los Muertos cakes My favorite is the skull shaped cake with rose eyes.

Health:
♦Plague tonic Sounds like it would knock down any illness!
♦If someone you loves is going through a hard time, or battling with depression, here is a suggestion
♦Sometimes a little bit of stillness is what you need.

Lol:
♦Math stalks me also...
♦Save the corgis!!!

Mental Health:
♦Sexual Inventory Checklists for Neurodivergent People. Now I know that doesn't sound very interesting...but It is important. It is a good starting point for discussion. Partners can evaluate what they are comfortable with and what is NOT OK.

Noms:
♦Smoked gouda, and chive buttermilk biscuits
♦Pretzel challah
♦Soft pumpkin granola bars [gluten and diary free!]
♦Found an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G cake blog: Sprinkle Bakes.

We have our first "real" snow last night. Bleck. :(

I am under the weather...some nasty cold. Blarg.

Hope you all have a great week! Stay warm, and cozy.
:)

Monday, November 4, 2013

Fall's Bounty Monday

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Advocacy:
♦A powerful post about how people view mental illness.
♦A pretty decent article about O.C.D.
♦Mental Illness IS real, brain scans prove it

Art:
♦Everyday objects made into art Very cute! I love the spiral binding dinosaur.
♦Edith Head's work is staggeringly beautiful!
♦Awesome portraits of couples switching clothes

Beauty:
♦Traces of toxic chemicals found in lipstick Ick!

Cute:
♦Amazing 360 photos of a cute dog
♦Cute cows
♦Cheerful daisies to brighten your day!

DIY:
♦Easy to make scented sachet, from Jillee
♦Fun plush toys for kids
♦Rain paintings What a cool idea!

Fashion:
♦An awesome ethical clothing (fair-trade) company.
Their purple dress is awesome!
♦Drool: A vintage Lavin dress, in a fashion archive.

Feminism:
♦How rape culture affects young male rape victims. [May be triggering to rape survivors.]
♦Why women don't have "crazy -guy" stories Wow, he makes a good point!

Health:
♦An important info-graph of breast cancer symtoms
♦State budgets for mental health

LBGTQGIAAP:
♦Beautiful poster art to spread awareness
♦Gorgeous photos of Drag Queens, and their alter egos

Noms:
♦Soup round-up Courtesy of A Beautiful Mess. Perfect for cold evenings!
♦Turkey apple, and bacon panini Sounds soooo good!

WTF:
♦A group is dedicated to banning breast feeding?! What do they think women did before formula was invented???
♦I have heard of belly cakes (for baby showers) but why would anyone want vagina/birthing cakes??? [Content Warning VERY GRAPHIC]

Wow, what a cornucopia of links!

Have a great week!

Monday, October 21, 2013

Putting The Garden To Bed, Monday

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Art:
♦Beautiful, dark and mysterious feather sculptures
♦Banksy is back with what is being called "An offensively cute" statement about the meat industry

Awesome:
♦Amazing fall inspired cakes
♦The real life inspiration for Jessica Rabbit
♦Must...be...PUNKROCK! (comic)

Book-Love:
♦Books End???? So true!

Cuteness:
♦Adorable puppy pillows
♦I normally don't like rats...but this little one is soooo cute!

Creepy:
♦Horrifying: Vintage photos of clowns
♦Snake-proof baby crib???

DIY:
♦Essential oil diffuser pendant

Fashion:
♦Discovered yet another amazing fashion blog. Demi Lauren is a fabulous vintage glamour girl. ♦Demi's Tumblr is cool too.[NSFW- nudity, sexual images, and course language]

Feminism:
♦A woman declines writing for free, and gets called a "Whore" GRRRRR!
♦Creepy things said to women cosplayers. What is wrong with people?!
♦Awesome artist Colleen Clark, draws body positive comics.
♦This is exactly how I feel about Pink-washing, and breast cancer "Awareness"
♦A Ducati (Motorcycle) dealership did a photo shoot with male pin-ups. Fantastic! I have to say that I am jealous of those guys, they have great legs!

Halloween:
♦Creepy eyeball cookies
♦Spooky crystal ball candle-sticks Such an easy and awesome idea!

Lol:
♦Terrible realty photos. There are so many hilarious photos! Domestic horse anyone? or Roomies with Mr. Bean

Noms:
♦A squash-tastic post, highlighting the different types of squash, and recipes
♦Double stuffed home-made Oreos, with pumpkin filling!

Have a great week!

Monday, October 14, 2013

Black Animals Are The Best: MOnday

Black cats are the best! I ♥ my sweet Frankie.

Advocacy:
♦Black dog syndrome: black dogs are often overlooked and have higher rates of euthanasia. More info: Black Pearls, Start Seeing Black Dogs
♦Cats have the same issue, so here are 13 reasons to adopt a black cat. Black cats are one of my favorites, I would have a heard of them if I had the room and $$$.
♦Keep your body comments to yourself! Dissecting the terrible things said to Fiona Apple at a recent concert.

Art:
♦Amazing satellite photos They look unreal!

Awesome:
♦Catster has a list of cat themed time wasters. Examples: a cat kaleidoscope, cats snowflakes...
♦The most bad-ass cowboy ever. Hands down! [Trigger warning: homophobic slurs]

Beauty:
♦Nic Cage eye shadow....even weirder that it sounds! They also have an eye shadow set called Badger Mushroom Snake If you are unfamiliar here is the Badger mushroom meme (Sound is on auto-play)

DIY:
♦Glamorous floral headband I recently found this blog, and I love it. She has great style, and her photos are gorgeous! She is all about over the top glamour.
♦Balm to protect sensitive ears. This is great if you have metal allergies, or just can't wear cheap earrings.
♦Drink can butterflies, would be cool as bats, or flowers. Oh hey, here is a how too for the flowers!

Fashion:
♦Another fashion gem: Style Crone. This gorgeous little pixie has wild and fun style. The best part is her extensive and amazing hat collection.

Feminism:
♦Indigenous womens' thoughts on how American men react to bear breasts. This is spot on!

Halloween:
♦30 gross Halloween treats [A note of caution, some of these are REALLY gross looking. You have been warned!]
♦Cool spooky weather-vane
♦Bloody broken glass cupcakes

Lol:
♦Fact: corgis have laser-eyes*
♦If you need a laugh...this cat will help

Noms:
♦Frico grilled cheese. Smitten Kitchen is genius!
♦Chocolate and pumpkin truffles
♦Homemade gnocchi OMG! Yum!

Are you working on your Halloween costumes? I am. ;)
Have a great week!

*Not true, thankfully or we would serve our fluffy over-lords!

Monday, April 29, 2013

Mistake (Happy Accident) Monday

Source Love this!!!

Art:
♦Amazing self portraits
♦Wow! Incredible pencil drawings!
♦"There are no mistakes, only happy accidents."

Beauty:
♦An interesting discussion about "Real Beauty" and ad campaigns
♦The discussion continues at The Beheld
♦Barbie without makeup...not sure what I think about this. Was the aim "realness" or were they trying to make Barbie less attractive, a caricature if you will? What is your take on this?
One commenter nails it: "An opposite side of the pendulum swing? Looks a little more exaggerated than merely not having make up on if you ask me. Maybe it's a psychological tactic saying "this is how you will look if you don't wear your make up!" which then scares young girls into always wearing it?"

Cute:
♦Don't matter what size the cat, they ♥ boxes (I may have posted this before, but its still cute!)

DIY:
♦Cute jewelry box - would be a nice gift idea
♦Make a portable art case- so awesome!
♦5 things to do with ugly crafts you made (Ha ha!)
♦Strawberry rocks...So freakin' cute!
♦Polymer clay rings...very cool
♦Cardigan leather/suede make-over
♦Star hair chain

Fashion:
♦9 ways to wear your scarf (The photos are a hoot!)
♦Fashion bag vocabulary

Feminism:
♦Spring Fashion Tips These are great! (Warning~ swearing)
♦Disney white washes the princesses. Ugh! (I found the changes to Mulan really disturbing. Her new image goes against her personality.)
♦A must see for any one in the Feminist Movement: Miss Representaion (Video)

Hair-tos:
♦Easy and cute updo

Heroes:
♦Lizzie Velasquez awesome motivational speaker. She has a website too.
♦Grimes's music might not suit everyone's taste, but you can't argue with her logic (Feminist quote)

Lol:
♦Three words: Taxidermied Robot Mouse (I ♥ U Jenny! Don't ever change!)

Noms:
♦Turtle Brownie Bars
♦Bee Sting cake

WTF:
♦Women are getting their nipples tattooed...as in making them larger or darker Ouch!!!!
♦A jaw-dropping, ridiculous review of Animal Farm

Monday, January 14, 2013

Monday Murth

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Art:
♦Interactive art piece about minimum wage workers.
♦Fun decorating idea for pet owners

Disabilities:
♦One woman's account of having a traumatic brain injury

DIY:
♦Make a custom dress form
♦Envelope book, and paper bag book
♦Book apron (covers and protects your cookbooks.)
♦Oragami heart (I have always wondered how to make those!)

Fashion:
♦Fashion advice from Dita Von Teese

Noms:
♦Peanut butter cookies (G. F.)
♦Flourless chocolate cookies (G. F.)
♦Addicting granola clusters (G. F. version also)
♦Chicken Pho (My friend tells me that is is pronounced fah, or fuh)

WTF:
♦Teeth salad tongs

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Monday

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Awesome:
♦40 most influential corgis of 2012
♦Amazing ceramic sculpture
♦As a former grocery store drone, I love this piece!

DIY:
♦Gold painted ornaments
♦Melted snowman oranment

Fashion:
♦Denim make-overs (I don't wear jeans much, but this might be helpful to you)

Feminism:
♦Don't want to have kids? You are not alone.
♦I am all for family planning, but don't force birth control on women
♦I ♥ this poster so much!

Heros:
♦Irena Sendler smuggled 2500 infants and children out of the Warsaw ghetto!
♦A pajama companies raises funds to help women get out of forced prostitution.

Mental Health/Self-Care:
♦How To Have Sex Again After Being Raped. (Tough subject, but I felt that this may be helpful to someone.)

Noms:
♦Gingerbread cake with lemon-ginger cloud frosting (sounds soooo good!)
♦Gingerbread Cheesecake bites
♦10 Vegan bread recipes

WTF:
♦Pizza purfume???

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Sparkle Headbands and Holstein Boots

It is very hard to see in this lighting, but it is a cable knit sweater with button front, and a tiered ruffle skirt with black sequins. (I still have to work on my photography/lighting skills!)

Of course I don't wear the heels to let the pups out, rain boots rock.

I didn't have to coax Bud to do that! He loves to be close. Cici is wearing her blue and purple "princess" bandanna from her Auntie Elea.

glass hand, carved skull, jewelry, aquamarine,

The little black skull is hand carved, and is from Peru. I picked that up at the craft fair.

Find a cool multi-strand necklace that can wrap around your head. If its too short use a bracelet or rubber band as and extender. Pin near your temples and by the nape of your neck. Ta-da new accessory!

I know I don't have a shot of my hair do, so I will just explain it. It is the 3 bun up-do. Super easy to do!

Details:

Black sweater ~ The Goodwill

Black Skirt ~ The Goodwill
Blue velvet scarf ~ Gift from a Friend (I know it looks black, but it is midnight blue)
Polk-a-dot tights ~ Target (Yay for clearance sales!)
Heeled boots ~ From Mum
Headband ~ is actually a necklace (kind of a fun idea huh?)
Glass plugs ~ Local Tattoo shop, similar available here
Earrings ~ Made by me
Aquamarine necklace ~ From a local craft show
Rings from left to right:
Aquamarine wedding ring ~ Family ring
Rectangle ring ~ Bought from a friend
Blue goldstone ring ~ Bought at a local craft shop

My apologies for posting this so late! We are having some spotty internet at the moment...grr.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Give Me The Deetz...*

*Hint #1 is terrible pun!

One of my friends (Colin) says that I have 1930's newspaper comic strip humor. Yup, sums it up well.

The bangs were a nightmare!

Hint #2, the camera is part of the costume.

Hint #3:

"My whole life is one...big...dark...room."

I am guessing most people will know who I am supposed to be, but if you are too young to remember scroll to the bottom.

Had to have one silly one with the kids. (Although I look psychotic!)

Clothes:

Tuxedo Tank Top [hard to see] ~ Converse, from Target (couldn't find online)

Black cardigan ~ Old Navy (Hey, I was broke, don't judge)

Velvet skirt ~ The Goodwill (Woo-hoo, eco-friendly shopping)

Shoes ~ from Mum

Tights ~ The Goodwill, Halloween section

Choker ~ The sash from my bathrobe

The make up:

First layer was Elf concealer, I used the white all over my face

Second layer ~ Hard Candy's Nobody's Perfect Concealer Pallet (lightest shade)

Powder ~ Revlon Photo Ready Sculpting Pallet (just the white)

Contouring/eyeshadow ~ E.L.F. 144 count Eyeshadow Palette (Purples, and silvers)

Eyeliner ~ Elf cream eyeliner

Obviously I am not a makeup pro, I just did the best I could. ; )

gossmakeupartist channel ~ How to contour

(Just use silver, purple, and white instead of browns.)

Have a happy and safe Halloween!!

If you haven't figured out who I am...here is her bio.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Mucho Monday!

Source Love the happy kitty!

I found tons, and tons of cool stuff for you this week! Hope you enjoy it folks. : )

Animals:
♦Oh man I have been there: Pill-ing a cat
♦Cats demonstrate their photo ninja skills
♦Amazing wildlife photography (SpaceManSteve, check out #5, and #6)
♦Need to express you irritation, or grumpiness...check out Colonel Meow
♦Cute cat + chilling + park bench = super cuteness

Awesome:
♦Random trivia: typographical river
♦Kanye Wes (Kanye West lyrics over shots from Wes Andersen Movies) So ridiculous!
♦The Bloggess put wigs on Hunter S. Thomcat
♦Captain Picard dances to Gagnam Style
♦You are beautiful (Super awesome video...go check it out!!!)
♦Get well cards for Malala (Made me teary eyed!) Info about Malala's story

DIY:
♦Cool use for old book spines
♦Make a galaxy scarf
♦Make a beautiful mask
♦A shirt + a scarf = cool new shirt. (I don't like the combo in the tutorial, but love the idea!)
♦Easy change-up tassel curtains
♦Tons of homemade Christmas gift ideas
♦A way for freshening your towels
♦Make a cool crystal barrette

Fashion:
♦37 ways to tie a scarf

Feminism:
♦Introverted Fairy tales. These are pretty awesome!
♦*Sigh* I think that women have the right to dress sexy for Halloween if they choose to. I don’t appreciate that almost all costumes available are sexy, including costumes for little girls. So with my disclaimer out there here is a round up of some of the worst sexy costumes. There is also a music video that has non-sexy costume ideas. (Plus: it has a Tim Gun impersonator)
♦Dressing as part of a relationship. I found her discussion very interesting. (I don't dress much like my husband at all. We look like opposites, often getting weird second glances)
♦"Fantasy Slut League" this makes me so sick!
♦YES! I guy who gets it! (About harasment/cat calling)
♦Cats against cat-calling Tumblr:

I love this one! Source

Nom:
♦Make your own sprinkles. (I normally don't like sprinkles they are made primarily out of corn starch and wax, eww. These are different.)
♦Barmbrack ~ Irish Halloween bread (Interesting, sort of like King Cake for Marti Gras)
♦Pumpking double feature: Pumpkin-Beer Waffles, and Maple Pumpkin Granola
♦Garlic rosemary bead
♦Brussels sprout chips (Ok, so this isn't for everyone, but I really like brussels sprouts.)

WTF:
♦In the 1940's a woman adopted and made clothes for a squirrel. (I think its cute, but really not the way a squirrel should live. He is a wild creature after all.)
♦Where's Waldo tattoo
♦Tongue soap...eww