- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (SFF, romance, YA, historical fiction, spooky genre-benders, mystery/thriller/true crime, nonfiction, best out this week, horror (BIPOC)), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “The library is not a quiet place anymore – and that’s a good thing“.
- Cats in medieval manuscripts.
- If you’re still using Windows 10, you have until October 14th to enroll to extend support. Yes, they’re making you ask, not providing it automatically.
- Great condo.
- I mean, the converted mill is nice enough, but having your own waterfall would be excellent.
- Live in a wee lighthouse.
- Quite nice house built in the 13th century.
- Cute little MCM, although I’d have to do some kitchen updating – I hate metal cabinets.
- Late MCM with some hobbit influences.
- Very curious about what the interior looked like before the renovation.
- Slightly strange one in Minnesota.
- The Boulder lurketh.
- This poor house – you sure can’t tell from the inside that it was built in 1948.
- Giving me big supervillain/superhero lair vibes.
- Perfect if you enjoy dangerous stairs and hitting your head on ceilings.
- Ouch. The two story drop when you inevitably fall…
Harry using his sister as a pillow.
Sinister Harry is sinister.
Flat Polly looking out the window.
Harry had a lot to tell me!
Polly with her best school picture smile!
Harry with his paw around Polly. Awwww!
Polly staring out the window.
Harry for Talk Like a Pirate Day…
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Reactor (YA SFF/horror), Book Riot (YA horror, horror, feminist nonfiction, YA, best out this week, YA romantasy)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- What a dangerous sport – who thought automobile polo was a good idea?
- 30 one-pot dinners for fall.
- No-bake chocolate eclair cake.
- Peanut butter cup bars.
- Cute converted shipping container house.
- Nice one in St Paul, MN.
- This has so many bookshelves!
- A bit quirky.
- Castle esque with a very thematic shower curtain in bathroom #3.
- A mansion that’s not horrifically tacky!
- You’re going to need roller skates to get around this place.
- Vision check – the tile in the kitchen is green, right? Not blue?
- Very BLUE.
- Very BRIGHT.
- Very DRAMATIC.
- Perhaps you’ve always wanted a used tour bus?
- Or maybe you’ve always dreamed of owning a swinger’s resort…
- Some unusual choices were made.
- Poorly converted funeral home, but at least all of the creepy stuff is gone.
- You can use the car lift to get your vehicles up to your condo and then park them on your terrace.
- Huh.
- Also huh.
- Mind the gap indeed.
- Mind the drop!
- Definitely terrible.
- That first step is a doozy.
- D’oh.
- No landing except what you’ll be doing after you fall down them.
So much Attitude.
Polly on the move.
Harry!
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (witchy, romance, SFF, queer, graphic novels, nonfiction, mysteries/thrillers/true crime, YA, all genres), Reactor (SF, fantasy), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- A fascinating story of a very sturdy rose that survived several weeks underwater after Hurricane Katrina.
- An actual Gothic castle tower!
- Cute fairy tale cottage.
- I like this, although the optical illusion bookcases are freaking me out.
- Strange.
- Must be ok with dangerous rock features.
- Personally, I’m glad the creepy figures aren’t included.
- Very gaudy NYC mansion – unsurprising when you see who the owner was.
- “Cold War-era luxury bunker” in Las Vegas.
- Decor that just makes you go “huh”.
- Railings would be good.
- They had space to make them normal!
Polly cannot believe!
Very serious Harry is very serious.
Harry, looking thoughtful.
Polly, looking like she’s pretending to listen.
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, best out this week, mysteries)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- I can’t imagine why On Tyranny would suddenly be popular… Sadly most of the article is behind a paywall.
- If you use Firefox on desktop, you might want to turn off all the machine learning stuff they added recently.
- Accurate cat interaction drawings! The last one is totally Harry and Polly.
- From the way back – a computer with embedded globe.
- “Toothpaste made from hair works better than fluoride, scientists say“…
- Very nice casita compound in Taos.
- Cool MCM spaceship style house that was originally built for Jackie Gleason.
- Converted stagecoach station.
- Medieval castle tower in Ireland.
- Definitely not the most disappointing castle-esque house we’ve seen.
- Moderne style with your own little waterfall.
- Reasonably priced and hopefully none of the statuary stays.
- What kind of hobbit house doesn’t have a kitchen??
- Hobbit-esque, but with an indoor pool and skylights (and a kitchen).
- Has a home theater with an actual stage.
- Definitely an interior that must be experienced.
- Odd looking outside.
- Wrought iron for everyone!
- This one has part of a plane inside.
- The photos are terrible, but so is the house.
- Kind of creepy MCM.
- A rundown motel turned into condos.
- :facepalm:
- Eww.
- Give it a minute.
- Hmm.
- Jenga or stairs?
- No.
- It’s a ladder, not stairs, but I think it’s only for very, very svelte people.
- Gawking injuries on the stairs, I can see it now.
Polly “helping” me take art journal photos.
Harry and the poor battered ‘nip jack’o’lantern.
Pretty Polly.
Focused Harry is focused.
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Book Riot (YA, graphic novels, nonfiction, historical fiction, best out this month, queer, romance, SFF, mystery/thriller), Gizmodo (SFF/horror), Reactor (fantasy, scifi)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- Virtually visit the Roddenberry Archive.
- Some airplane humor from xkcd – make sure you long-press/hover your cursor for the caption!
- Looks like a tiny castle outside but not so much inside. That said, I love the rooftop deck and the general coziness.
- Pretty nice church conversion.
- A manor built in 1331 and added on to in th 15th century.
- Condo above the St Louis City Museum.
- Frank Lloyd Wright inspired.
- Very tiny home.
- Baroque with a professional recording studio.
- The arcade looks like a lot of fun! But the thought of trying to clean that rocky shower…
- I do not like the kitchen tile.
- All sorts of interesting details, but it needs a lot of work.
- What a strange compound.
- This has some moments of over the top design.
- Weird one in Salt Lake City.
- Hard to decide which I hate more – the murder bathroom or how the master bedroom is painted (I mistyped that as “badroom” the first time…).
- The stairs in the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
- These don’t look fun.
- Ok, there’s some distortion elongating everything, but it’s terrible anyway.
- Watch out for those top steps.
- Huh.
- Give me boring, safe stairs any day.
The Hooligans turned five years old on August 5th!
Harry might have some anxiety about it. 😉
Polly just does not believe it. 😉
Serious Harry is serious.
Silly Polly is much less serious!
Art journaling, reading, knitting, and cat parenting. It's a wild life.
