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Gretchen passed away yesterday evening. We may never know the cause of her illness; she was a rescue cat with no past that we could reference. She had eye problems that were determined to be indicative of either FIP or cancer. Two weeks of syringe feeding had taken it’s toll and she began to decline rapidly last [...]
Meet Gretchen, an orange Persian-like cat that I found about three years ago, wandering around busy Chestnut Street in West Philadelphia, PA. She is the last cat in the world that I would choose. Long hair that requires so much brushing, I often refer to her as my “Barbie Dream Cat”. Yet when I first [...]
By this time of year I’m anxious for the start of the Philadelphia International Flower Show, a Philadelphia tradition since 1829. The week-long Philadelphia Flower Show runs begins Sunday, March 4, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 19107. You can find all the details on flower show tickets, coupons, discounts [...]
No traditional Delaware shopping run is complete without a trip to The Christmas Tree Shops. With no shortage of cheap resin home decor of questionable taste and dubious origin, one can at always find fodder for iPhone camera fun. Thanks to the picfx app for iPhone, I was able to transform a quick snap of [...]
Today is Squirrel Appreciation Day, and although the little critters and I have had our differences (thanks for chewing up my soffit, guys!), there was a time when a special little squirrel was a welcome guest in our home. It was 1984, or 1985, I forget exactly when, that I rescued Nutmeg the Wonder Squirrel [...]
And so a week away from the computer turned into a whole season. Give me a few days, I’ll have some Halloween stuff posted shortly. In the meantime, I have been just started to tinker with tumblr and have two new blogs. The first, imagepixie.tumblr.com, is a dumping ground for random iPhone foolery sprinkled with [...]
This Berkshire Pig illustration for you to color is another selection from an antique coloring book called The New Model Painting Book for Young People. Well suited for use as clip art, or save the file to print and color in whenever you get a hankering for swine. About the Berkshire Pig The Berkshire Pig is [...]
Blackcap Warbler European Song Bird Free Printable Coloring Book Page
With a song in his heart, this blackcap warbler, a vintage coloring book illustration, is ready for eager artists to color in and enjoy. Just click on the image below for the larger printable version. Suggestions for Coloring In the Blackcap Warbler Bird Coloring Page Although I personally have never met the blackcap warbler, his [...]
Vintage Cat Art Sketch to Color In from an Antique Coloring Book
A cat illustration for you to color in, from the pages of an antique coloring book! This free download is another page from the antique Children’s coloring book called The New Model Painting Book for Young People. The book has many other animal illustrations for you to color or paint, and the simplicity of line [...]
Goose and Goslings Page from Antique Coloring Book
Here is a vintage coloring book page of a goose with her goslings. This page is from an early 2oth century coloring book for children called The Model Painting Book for Young People. You can find other pages to color from this book here. Coloring in Your Mother Goose and Goslings Page The mother goose [...]
Hare and Leverets Coloring Page Free Download
A free printable coloring page of a hare and leverets, from The Model Painting Book for Young People, circa 1900. Just click on the image below for a larger printable version of the same. Coloring In your Furry Little Friends Did you know that a leveret is what we call a young hare (especially one less [...]
