Fuyu

a gray cat plushie dressed as a vampire, with a tiny red and black cape and small fangs. vampurr is sitting on a smoky surface with a little white ghost shaped bucket beside it, against a dark background

trick or treat?

vampurr’s waiting at your door (but not for long!)

this is a limited edition plushie, get yours now at: www.makeship.com/products/vam...

Kanaya Masahiro's curled up monaka cat.

My cat Percy curled up and cosy.

Percy the cat looks unimpressed at being disturbed from his sleep.

Kanaya Masahiro's curled up monaka cat.

Injecting some cute into the day courtesy of Kanaya-Masahiro's (金谷正廣) curled up monaka cat🥹

The sweet is called 'bungaku-monaka' (文学もなか), and was born from Kanaya Masahiro's frustration at not being able to have a pet cat growing up in a sweet shop.

#wagashi #猫 #cat #和菓子

A table with an autumn leaf placemat set with a black kyusu teapot, a ceramic cup with a flying crane and a small glass pitcher filled with tea, and a small plate holding a round speckled rice cake. In the background is decor including pampas grass and an orange and red dahlia.

A small ceramic tea cup decorated with a flying crane filled with tea.

A round rice cake coated in grated chestnuts on a small plate.

Teatober Day 7 is Kaga Bocha Genmai, a roated stem tea blended with roasted rice, from Yamane-en by way of Yunomi paired with Gozenguri, a rice cake filled with chestnut paste, from K. Minamoto.

nighttime scene of the verandah of a miniature Japanese traditional house with yokai of various sorts sitting on it

the yokai were moon-viewing last night! it's still warm enough that they needed the summer fan though. Did you see the moon?

I would not put it past them. The disappointment of the spider who spun a line across my entire windshield before noticing the lack of food must have been severe.

Do this! Bookshop.org is good stuff.

I had one across my windhield and another attached to the passenger head rest. I think they come in through the vents which never fully close. ...assuming they aren't hitching a ride on packages and groceries.

Tsukimi manju, a sweet created by Itotatsu for moon-viewing.

A hole is made in the tsukimi manju using a bush clover twig.

Under the full moon Nao-san takes the tsukimi manju and holds it up.

Through the hole in the sweet she views the full moon (this was an old tradition...as young girls of court did this the long sleeves of their childhood kimonos were cut).

The girl would peer at the moon through the hole in the sweet, and while her attention was diverted the long sleeves of her (childhood) kimono would be cut.
This act of slicing short the kimono sleeves symbolised the transition from girl to women👘✂️
This was mostly a palace ritual.

A round tea tray topped with a teapot featuring two cranes, a glass fairness pitcher and a glass tea cup filled with tea, and two tea pets. In the background is a white paper lantern lit from within and fluffy dried pampas grass.

A round tea tray topped with a teapot featuring two cranes, a glass fairness pitcher and a glass tea cup filled with tea, and two tea pets. In the background is a white paper lantern lit from within and fluffy dried pampas grass. In the foreground is a mooncake on a plate with a rabbit and pampas grass motif and a yokan with rabbit and moon inset into the jelly.

A plate with a rabbit and pampas grass plate toppes with a mooncake.

A maple leaf plate topped with a yokan with a white rabbit and yellow moon inset into the jelly.

Teatober Day 6: Mid Autumn Edition with Da Hong Pao from Steep N' Clay, black sesame mooncake and kangetsu usagi yokan from K. Minamoto.

🌝🎑MOON VIEWING🥮👀

Wadaiko (和太鼓) under the full moon at Matsuno'o Taisha (松尾大社)🎑🥁

#moonviewing #お月見 #Kyoto #京都 #MatsunooTaisha #松尾大社 #taiko #wadaiko #和太鼓 #harvestmoon #fullmoon #Japan

a felt pumpkin with yokai pins on it, especially a Japanese ghost, with a bunch of tanuki behind it

hey! get yourself a Japanese ghost for the spooky season!
www.etsy.com/shop/yokaipa...

I just learned about the hyrax. An animal that looks like they're just done with everyone's bullshit

Happy 15th anniversary to one of my favorite tea businesses!

Hone Onna - Hiroshi Hirakawa

A chalkboard on a cafe counter listing fall specials

Seattle foodies are buzzing* about our Fall Café Specials!⁠
🎃 Pumpkin Pie Ginger Beer (collab with Rachel's Ginger Beer)⁠
🍋 Cold Care Cocktail (n/a lemon ginger goodness)⁠
🍫 Mexican Mulled Cacao ($1/cup is donated to UFW)⁠

⁠*based on a small sample set of regular customers & newcomers 😂

A table covered by an orange and black plaid cloth and set with a round copper-colored tea tray holding a white with blue pattern ceramic tea cup holding green tea, a houhin pouring vessel, and a small black plate holding a round, clear jelly with a yellow center. The tea tray is circleded by autumn leaves.

A black plate holding a round, clear jelly with white rabbit jumping over a yellow moon made from fruit in the center.

A bowl of bright orange roasted kabocha soup sitting on an autumn plaid cloth table runner.

Teatober Day 5 is Meisho Sencha from Chaho Kanekichien with Tsukiyono Utage apple jelly from K. Minamoto and Roasted Kabocha Squah Soup.

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

A table covered by an orange and black plaid cloth and set with a squid-themed tea cup and saucer filled with black tea, slices of caramel apple on a black plate, a fold-out card from a Journey to Oz-themed corn maze, and a purple and green swirl lollipop from the same corn maze.

Teatober Day 4 is Drizzly Days from Oregon Tea Traders and caramel apple from a local Harvest Festival.

Black and white photograph of Buster Keaton with a kitten on top of his head he has his usual deadpan expression but his eyes may be a little bit wider than usual

Buster Keaton and Friend

LAUREN BACALL: you just put your lips together and blow

HUMPHREY BOGART: *holding nintendo cartridge* i know how to get it to work lauren

A table covered by an orange and black plaid cloth and set with a pumpkin-shaped mug filled with black tea, a wood bowl with leaf-shaped chips, and a small bowl of salsa.

Teatober Day 3 is Pumpkin King from Steep N' Clay with Fall Leaf Tortilla Chips and Fall Harvest Salsa.

That house is a monster! M-m-m-monster! Sharing my Monster House codes from yesterday's build! 👹

#ACNHDesign #AnimalCrossing #どうぶつの森

Saturday night on MeTV- “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza” kicks off with the much-requested Don Knotts in “Ghost & Mr.Chicken”-followed by the Sven Squad with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”- find out starting at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time!