Giggie

YouTube video by Michigan Rocks & Minerals #michigan #copper

www.youtube.com/shorts/rtsQK...

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS FLIPPING A PANCAKE IN THE AIR, AS SLUGGO WATCHES EXPECTANTLY P2-NANCY GIVES THE PANCAKE ANOTHER FLIP P3- NANCY OVER DOES IT AND THE PANCAKE GOES IN THE WRONG DIRECTION P4- NANCY WITH A GRIN: MY - - HOW WELL YOU LOOK IN A BERET! SLUGGO LOOKS SADLY, FROM UNDER THE PANCAKE RESTING PRECARIOUSLY ON HIS HEAD

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 20,1947

The Disappearance of Young Adult Books and Services in Public Libraries: Book Censorship News, February 20, 2026 Teen collections in public libraries are disappearing. So, too, are professionals dedicated to serving this demographic.

“There is no such thing as porn for kids, and there is no obscene material available for teen readers, period. It would be against the law to publish, let alone purchase for a library.”

John Henry Dolph (1835-1903)
— The Butterfly, 1870.

Painting of an orange cat a black cat and a gray cat sitting behind three empty bowls staring at judgmentally at the painter

Three Cats — Gertrude Abercrombie, 1956

YouTube video by KennyGVEVO Kenny G - Songbird (Offiical Video)

and instantly i hear this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN2R...

Joost Swarte for the New Yorker ("Playmakers" review)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_S...

note that the section of Knoxdale Rd running S of Woodlea has been renamed Siskin Ct

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(high end) #housing in #Ottawa #1970s
the Woodlea enclave by Campeau, Arlington Woods,
about 300 metres E of the Bruce Pit parkland
announced in 1974, layout plan 1975 brochure —
note the triskelion arrangement
ad with floorplan 1976
see also modernrealtor.blogspot.com/2015/06/wood...

“Swan Fantasy I”, 2025
oil on linen - 45 x 24 inch.

By American artist Adrienne Stein, (b. 1986).
@adriennestein [IG]

#art #painting #illustration #Swans

A slap tag sticker of a two faced, three eyed pig below the words “You have always been enough”

#pdx #slaptags #streetart

A large, old-fashioned television with protruding buttons and four 1950s style legs

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
The television set
Artist: Harry Wingfield (1970)

"Cherries"

By Ingebjørg Frøydis Støyva, Norwegian, born 1978

Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 cm

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#catlover

Sailfish are widely considered the fastest fish in the sea, capable of reaching speeds of up to 110 kmh (68 mph).

Their long, spear-like bill is used to slash through schools of fish or squid to stun them.

A little Victorian house in dark blue, with a creamy yellow trim, burgundy accents, and white filigree

Richmond, Portland, OR
#pdx #homes #houses #victorian

A bright yellow Tudor style house in the snow

Canary Bodkin (b.1928)
Ferndale, Oakland County Michigan.

📸 Holga 135FC
🎞️ Kodak Ultramax

#photography #filmphotography #lomography #film #35mm #holga #trees #houses #oldbuildings #tudor #winter #suburban #ferndale #oakland #michigan

See the Best of Nearly Half a Million Entries to the Sony World Photography Awards Ten categories encompass the staggering breadth and beauty of nature and society captured in photos throughout 2025.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/sony...

A painting of a lamp being illuminated by the orange glow of a sunset through a window

The day wanes

Oil on Cradled Panel. 12" X 18".

#art #painting #artist #oilpainting #oilonpanel #lamp #sunset #interior

Oh my, the Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings lives! www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover...

Carved wooden best of a man the face and chest are marked with lines indicating tattoos, scarification, and/or maybe ritual makeup

Iatmul people, Papua-New Guinea

Common Waxbill a tiny social finch, recognized by bright red wax-like bill, crimson stripe, and finely barred plumage. Known for lively, chirping behavior & found in grassy habitats. Photo: #GashoraSwamp, #Rwanda #birdsofafrica #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #waxbills #biodiversity #bird markscheflen.com

a species of Tragia? (Noseburn)
my best guess, but just a guess 🤔

The fake news will say I said what I said in the previous sentence.

#Ottawa #housing
The Sussex condo tower at 40 Boteler on Sussex Dr
b. in '76ish, here being advertised in Feb '78
note the Peace Tower in the ad, pov replicated in the
Street View grab (from a higher angle)
for a time home to singer Alanis Morissette (11th fl)
photo by Engel & Völkers

while the online consensus seems to be b. '75
the geoOttawa aerials for '76 show a vacant lot

again, me with zero math-brain, plus long COVID, plus a cold
the ad is from '78, 48 years ago

my math sucks even more than usual because i've got a cold,
1978 was 48 years ago, not 50 😵‍💫

Homebuilding in #Orleans #Ottawa
Wimpey ad for Axminster Court, Feb 1978
aerials '58 and '91
the row houses (yellow) were built some 500 metres W of the old St Joseph d'Orléans church, note the escarpment in the clay soil (green arrows, upper image)

do Truman Capote next 🤭