AnotherPurl’s giving away a copy of the urban fantasy book Spiral Hunt, which was written by her friend Margaret Ronald! Leave a comment by 5 pm, May 22, for your chance to win.
Ruth’s having a two-part Yarn Will contest, for those of us who have achieved SABLE (Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy). The contest runs through July 4, so you have plenty of time to get the details and participate.
Dear Minnesota weather – Did it really need to reach +97F yesterday? That would be, what, 40F warmer than it was on Saturday, and that’s not even taking Saturday’s wind chill into consideration. (I swear, it felt like it never hit 50F on Saturday.)
Besides being a lovely day for the Lyn-Lake Rites of Spring, Sunday was also a lovely day for walking around my neighborhood and looking at turrets. Well, actually, I think that most days are good for walking around and looking at turrets! 🙂
Although it did make me sad to see how shabby some of them are getting.
“Bet you wish you could wipe your noses with your tongues! Ha! Humans drool and kitties rule!” -Mayhem
A yarn will might help the family, but I really do not want to know how much I’ve spent in the past few years. The person who makes sure I’m cremated in my favourite Starmore sweater, gets to divvy up the spoils!
Mayhem looks like Mr Big’s and PF’s long lost friend!
Mum loves those witch-like towers.
I visited the New Fiction shelf at the library yesterday. It’s been so long, I’d forgotten that they have one of those (mostly I hunt for new stuff on these here interwebs). You will be pleased to learn that the entire freakin’ shelf was paranormals: paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, paranormal apocalypse.
But mostly paranormal romance.
97!?! SLC has only made it to 91, thank heaven.
Kitties do rule and licking my nose is one kitty trait I wish I could do.
Wow, that’s warm! Although it’s supposed to get up there here tomorrow…
Isn’t your birthday coming up May?!
As you might imagine with the “Sneeze Queen”, we see a lot nose cleaning here. I usually carry a little kleenex around for her too!
Actually Mayhem, I’m kind of glad I can’t wipe my noses with my tongue. Eeeewwwww!
Nice photos, but you always take nice pics!
Chris- Wouldn’t it be cool to live in a house with a turret?
I love those turrets! And the interesting weathervanes on top. Too bad newer buildings don’t have these fun features.
Please.send.heat. We’ve barely cracked 60F and I’m getting tired of waiting for summer!!
I just love turrets – (and your post title is hysterical btw)
Tell May that her pals over here can do that too (tho they hate it when I catch them in the act)
I want a turret!
It was 104 here on Sunday. TOTALLY uncalled for. It’s May for crying out loud.
Dear May, I may not be able to wipe my nose with my tongue but I can touch my nose with my tongue (and my chin – can you touch your chin with your tongue?). As an aside, wiping things with your tongue is not always a good thing – for example I cannot wipe my arse with my tongue (I know you can) but I don’t find that a deficit in my abilities.
On Monday there was a little bit of white stuff falling from the sky and a little was sticking to the ground…
Wow! 97 degrees. I think I would die. It’s supposed to be up to 70 when I am running the half marathon, and I am incredibly greatful that we will be running in the early morning before it has gotten that warm!
But May, I -can- wipe my nose with my tongue. I generally -don’t-, but I -can-. 🙂
When I was very little, my parents were in the market to buy a house, and one house had a turret! I so wanted to live there, but my parents didn’t buy it–something about Victorian houses having no closets.
But can you roll your tongue into a tube, May? I can.
Good heavens! 97? Awful!
I love the turrets…
(((Hugs)))
So that is why I was so warm yesterday. It probably wasn’t 97 here, but anything over 75 or so is warm to me.
There is/are nice turret/s on Portland between Franklin and Lake, too.
There was a house on the other side of the block I grew up on that had a turret. The house was orange brick with a grand veranda wrapping around it and a turret facing the main street. It was gigantic, the house, and always one of my favourites (the house beside the one I grew up in was my favourite…I might just blog about it).
I think the kitties would love a turret.
Yea – I hate it when we get this surprise hotness – that’s when my a/c stops working.
The title of this post is PURRRFECT. You crack me up. We don’t have turrets in Florida. Maybe it’s something to do with hurricanes? We don’t have basements or many brick houses either. Although people here like to paint their houses in weird colors. Like, bright orange and blue for their favorite college football team… or cotton candy blue/purple…. or lime green. Blech.
Those turrets are amazing. One thing that struck me when we visited you was how lovely some of the buildings are 🙂
I have never in my life aspired to lick my nose and there are a lot of nose lickers in my house.
We’ve been having 20-30 degree weather swings. It’s lovely when it hits 97 and goes back down. It’s less lovely on the upswing.
Who hasn’t attained SABLE?
Mayhem, we developed kleenex instead of long tongues. It’s a trade off.
You have a very interesting area to walk in. I have tract housing. Boring….
It was 97? In Minnesota? In May? We haven’t even gotten up in the 90s yet.
Turrets are cool. I wouldn’t mind having a turret.
Ha, I have fur kids who lick my nose.
Lovely photos! I just want to go on record to say that it’s not right when it’s colder here than it is in Minneapolis. And for the last three days, too! Give me my summer back, kthxbai
97?!?! That’s nuts!
Best post title ever!
And one of the best Mayhem quotes ever…lol
Love the turret photos.
Humans drool and kitties rule? You have a lot of nerve, Mayhem. I can stand up on two legs and get my own food––can you? HA!
I love turrets! Thanks for the pics!