• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Book Riot (YA, historical fiction, queer, best out this month, comics/graphic novels, nonfiction, horror, mysteries/thrillers), Reactor (fantasy, genre benders, YA SFF, sci fi)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• Tiny revolutions.
• A reminder.
• You go, Salt Lake City!
• Knit a pencil scarf.
• I am Dubious of their claims about the numerous health benefits of donuts.
• Pop Tarts ice cream sandwiches?
• I like this one.
• A fine MCM.
• Nice contemporary with a tower and a courtyard. Something about the windows gives it an MCM feel.
• Converted potato shed.
• Converted caboose that’s all about unrealized potential.
• NOT a fan of the gigantic horned bovine heads overhanging the dining room table.
• Definitely worse after the photoshopping.
• Refrigerator mystery.
• What the what.
• Steps for giants with bonus rounded edges.
• Nope.
• Oh, that could really hurt.
• It’s the midpoint that’s going to get you on the way down.
• Scary glass stairs.

Polly and Harry looking out the window. Of course, when I went to grab my phone, they were both standing up…

Harry!

Polly!

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Gizmodo (SFF/horror), Book Riot (romance, SFF, YA, best out this week, books by trans and non-binary authors)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Good quote from Sir Terry.
• “15 essential books to read for the resistance“.
• Ficlet.
• If you have a gmail account…
• Knit some goose socks.
• “Soda is a shockingly good egg replacement for boxed cakes“.
• 15 rhubarb recipes.
• Who is drinking the water??
• Cute bank conversion.
• Has some exceptional tile.
• Fascinating home with terrifying access to the rooftop deck.
• Comes with an ice rink and a little Zamboni.
• Maybe the lower part was used as classroom space?
• Has a yellow brick road inside.
• Must like boulders.
• I’m just way too clumsy for all of these aesthetics over functionality stairs!
• Ouch.
• D’oh.
• Sigh.

Some belated birthday socks for my SIL. Colors could be better – the purple looking stripes are actually more deep red. That weird white heel? Looks like a yarn misprint! This was only part of it – I cut out a bunch, but I did want to preserve the weirdness for posterity.

Harry hanging out on the edge of Cord World. Split loom tubing on the cords, protecting both cords and cord chewers…

Polly “hiding”.

Polly looking exceptionally cute.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, best out this week)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• “American Library Association sues” 47.
• Some LotR trivia.
• Ficlet.
• Cute little Art Deco-esque house.
• Lovely little bungalow.
• Nice condo in a converted church.
• Pretty cute pueblo style house.
• Dramatic pops of color.
• One from the Twin Cities – it has a speakeasy in the basement.
• Very colorful. The purple kitchen cabinets are fun, but I think I’d get tired of them quickly.
• Has potential but it isn’t finished.
• “You rarely find an upgraded cave.“
• Fancy. It’s also a wedding venue and has an outbuilding dedicated to a large model train setup.
• Confusing.
• Some of the interior color choices are… interesting.
• The interior sure doesn’t go with the exterior.
• 8 bd, 25ba (not a typo), and a lagoon.
• Has an odd little indoor pond. And I wonder why they moved the toilet in the half bath?
• Pay cash and the owner will throw in a bulldozer.
• All that plus they look slippery.
• Helpful or not?
• Oof.
• Hell no.

Polly using the scratching post, like a good girl.

Harry, keeping an eye on goings on around the neighborhood.

Thanks for all of your condolences and kind words about Mayhem. It’s good to know she’ll be missed by more than just me!

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, more romance, queer romance), Reactor (fantasy, YA SFF, SF, genre-benders), Book Riot (YA comics/nonfiction, YA, best out this week, horror, best out last week, queer)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• Linkity from The Pen Addict.
• “The literary impact of Beverly Cleary“.
• A bit of journaling humor.
• Ten most challenged books of 2024.
• “It’s a warning, not…“
• Help us in our hour of need, Dr Creampie…
• Another ficlet.
• Time loop ficlet.
• How to dye Easter potatoes.
• Cool embroidered art.
• How to tell if you’re living in a dictatorship…
• ARGH. Guess who went through the whole online passport renewal process (including going to FedEx/Kinko’s to get a passport photo taken) in <80 minutes Friday afternoon after dawdling for over four years until I only had three months before I would have to start over with a new passport application????
• GF sweet potato cornbread.
• Castle-esque house that’s not disappointing.
• Very nice MCM.
• Funkadelic MCM.
• Lots of mosaics and a pink dome.
• Colorful.
• Quirky.
• Cute little pueblo style house.
• Lovely little bungalow.
• Cozy with a tower.
• Unusual late MCM.
• Ultramodern “rocket” house.
• A garage condo???
• Even using a warmer grey, it just doesn’t look right with all the wood.
• Looks like a converted office building and has a few odd design choices inside.
• This house is trying to be too many styles simultaneously.
• Sadass fortress just as sad inside as out.
• Funky tower house with a very disturbing… “orifice” on the ceiling.
• It’s cool, but I have some questions about the last few interior photos – that looks so dangerous!
• Hope you don’t have to pee in the middle of the night.
• Insufficiently sturdy!
• Hmm.

Harry and Polly on my lap. I think Polly has a skeptical!

Harry on the couch (and pet warmer) whilst the fleecy blankets were being washed.

Polly vs the catnip pumpkin!

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Gizmodo (SFF/horror), Book Riot (romance, YA, historical fiction, mystery/thriller/true crime, manga, nonfiction, LGBTQ+ YA, SFF)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Officially, NaNoWriMo is no more.
• If you’re wondering whether you might need a measles booster shot…
• Interesting possible (positive) side effect of the shingles vaccine.
• How “trickle-down” economics works.
• Lego’s April releases include Sleeping Beauty’s castle and the Shire.
• Cursed information. Cannot be unknown or unseen.
• Little Debbie theme park??
• A sweet post about frogs.
• An American pilgrimage.
• 40 spring recipes.
• A free cookbook for when you don’t have much/any energy to cook: The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don’t Die.
• Gorgeous Arts & Crafts home.
• Nicely converted church in Wales.
• Converted 14th century convent in Portugal.
• Kinda like this one.
• Nice, but not a treehouse.
• Cute, but not a treehouse.
• Much tower.
• Sort of dome home.
• I definitely didn’t expect the paneling.
• There’s just something off about this one.
• That lap pool freaks me out.
• Turns out I find slanted walls disconcerting, too.
• Mesh catwalk over the kitchen = nope.
• :eyeroll:
• The more you look at it the worse it gets.
• Yikes.
• Finland, no!
• We’ve seen worse.

Dearest Laptop – I have Some Concerns. (A hard reboot fixed the issue [overheating related]… for now at least. I need to do some laptop cleaning this weekend.)

Mayhem asleep on my lap.

Harry making biscuits.

Polly cannot believe!!!

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (mystery/thriller, trans historical fiction, trans romance, YA, best out this week, m/m romantasy)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• “The most popular book genre in every state“.
• “The Institute for Museum and Library services is now a propaganda machine“.
• To remember.
• A complicated reading set up.
• So very true about poetry.
• Bad news if you’re a gum chewer.
• How to remove your data from the now bankrupt 23 and Me.
• Using chickpea liquid to replace eggs in recipes.
• The unsettling paintings of Alex Colville.
• The Solar Do-Nothing Machine.
• Lovely MCM.
• Fascinating MCM.
• Ok MCM with interesting outside features.
• Cool vintage rail car attached to a house.
• Cute little house.
• Fun property in Berkeley.
• Not as purple inside as you would expect from the exterior.
• Surveying weirdness?
• I’m confused about the Legos.
• Very colorful deadly stairs.
• Flimsy, collapsing, no railing.

Old lady kitty Mayhem.

Polly mid-yawn.

I interrupted Harry’s nap…

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance),  Book Riot (“books for better living“, YA nonfiction & comics, best out this week, YA)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• A comic that tells a story.
• Two tips for easing a migraine.
• A refresher on what N*zism is exactly.
• This is a must-read if you’re in the US.
• MCM inspired contemporary.
• Fancy MCM.
• Nice castle-esque Tudor.
• It would cost much, much more here.
• If you’ve been thinking of moving to France…
• Another one where the exterior will not prepare you for the interior.
• Has a grotto.
• The wall art gives you the feeling of being at an aquarium.
• Castle-esque with gargoyles on the outside, not so much on the inside.
• The breadbox in a “rock” is a whimsical touch.
• This converted jailhouse seems a little bleak to me.
• Must really love colorful shag carpet.
• What the what.
• Ouch.
• Do not like.
• :facepalm:
• Here’s hoping you don’t have to pee in the middle of the night.
• Hmm.

Mayhem sleeping on her face, as one does.

Harry and Polly napping on my legs.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Book Riot (YA, best out this week, horror, nonfiction, comics/graphic novels, mystery/thriller/true crime, romance, SFF, queer), Reactor (genre benders, YA SFF, SF), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches. And more!
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• Unsurprising research about book bans.
• Book bench.
• Ficlet.
• Another ficlet.
• “How to identify credible sources“.
• Absolutely true about me and my handknitted socks.
• Converted Carnegie library.
• Pretty nice MCM in the desert.
• Excellent MCM church conversion.
• I mostly like this one.
• Cute houseboat.
• The fanciest studio condo I’ve ever seen.
• Unusual floating house.
• Rustic castle.
• Possibly cool MCM but it’s so cluttered it’s hard to tell.
• Round MCM that needs a lot of carpet replaced.
• Must love pink… and faux fur walls.
• Definitely an odd property.
• Oh my. So tacky.
• This is ridiculously over-the-top in a very different way.
• Another over-the-top one.
• Has a shark tank.
• Strange.
• A terrible… bed? Can’t be unseen.
• Awkwardly placed refrigerator.
• Well then.
• Yikes.
• D’oh.
• You could lose a child in that gap.
• :sigh:
• Feels like the color might be hinting at something…
• Nope.
• WTF.
• Ridiculous.

Some recently gifted socks – they’re short because two skeins of Kroy Sock apparently isn’t enough to make tall socks with a stitch count of 68 (but was fine for 64).
More recently gifted socks. I THINK this is some variety of Meilenweit, but I’m not sure what I did with the label.

Focused Polly, with snoozing Harry in the background.

Harry grooming the shaved spot on May’s tail where her blood pressure was taken.