Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Nature Is Weird

Remember my best decorating scheme ever? Things are happening there.

Click to enlarge. It’s insane!

Is she being eaten by parasitic aliens?

No, I think that lump is a LEG! Note how it’s eyes have moved to the top of it’s head.

Four days later, she has shed her skin, leaving her tail looking like a Labrador puppy’s. She is absorbing the tail, and she gets nutrients from it, so she won’t eat until it is absorbed.

The other tadpole. No real development here. For the moment, I’m calling it Pee Wee Herman.

 

My kid has the coolest teacher. Look what else is growing in her classroom!

Note the egg tooth on the end of its beak. The kids got to watch them hatch, too!

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Entitlement

Where is kitty? Apparently wherever she wants to be.

And the cereal cabinet. How thoughtful of me to take out the Cheerios to make room for her.

 

And then there’s this:

My clean laundry. On my kitchen table. Because it was warm.

 

She’s 18. She can do as she pleases.

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Mystery SOLVED!

Yesterday I presented you, my dear readers, with a mystery of epic proportions, and you came through for me. I knew you would. T

This?

What IS that thing?!!!

 

My favorite guesses were:

A paper airplane, a cat or a teapot, brought to us via Google search by Emmawolf

A Zen Egg Tray, suggested by RecyclerSA

A hanger for a toilet bowl plunger, suggested by Nailingjellotoatree

A candy mold or a snake bath, suggested by Animalcouriers

The letter S and an olive tray, suggested by Cherylhuffer

A Christmas tree ornament, suggested by Marie

A broom holder or a spice rack, suggested by Kim

A cookie cutter, suggested by Deb

Kitchen art, suggested by Katia

A maze for stupid mice, suggested by Oma

 

I am sad to say that it is none of those things. The super-sleuth who deduced the answer is Lise M!  It goes with my Thunderstick Pro hand-held blender! YAY! Thanks, Lise! If you have a link you’d like me to include with your name, send it to me.

And thank you to everyone who Google searched, posted to Reddit, Facebook and Twitter. you guys ROCK! Now can anyone actually tell me what it DOES?

 

Look! Up there on the top!

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Happy Halloween!

Courtesy of the Girl Child

 

Happy Halloween, friends! Stay safe, get lots of candy, save some for me!

My friend sj is celebrating her wedding anniversary today! Be sure to pop over and wish her a happy day! To get there, click here.

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Oh, Well.

Squish is sick. I have plans for the weekend that do not involve sick children. Kind of important plans. The last time I made these same plans, the Padawan ended up having a biopsy the day before I was to leave. On Halloween.

Anyway, we’ll be fine. We’re at the doctor’s office this very minute getting good advice. But there’s no time for a post. So you get puppies.

Pssst! The cookies are in the cabinet behind you. Pass it on!

 

Shhh! He’s ready for a nap!

 

I eat you up!

 

Puppies make everything better. Now, you guys keep my spot warm. I’ll be back really soon. I hope.

What’s the most inconveniently timed illness or injury you’ve ever had? Talk amongst yourselves.

 

 

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: A Marriage of Convenience

Squish has decided that Blossom the Brainless Cat is almost as good as having a little brother. And it’s the closest he will ever get. (Why do I hear God laughing every time I say something like that?)

Blossom has decided that it is fall, and Squish is warmer than the laminate flooring. It’s a match made in heaven. Or Purgatory. I’m not sure how long this will last.

I can’t explain the helmet except to say that perhaps he is preparing for the bumps along the road to a true relationship. Or he was riding his bike in the family room.

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: I Painted You a Picture!

I can see that, Pumpkin…

 

 

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: The Disadvantage of Walking to School

Sometimes it rains unexpectedly.

The poor kid is so wet that I wrung about a cup of water out of his shorts. He thought it was the best day of his life. Notice you don’t see a picture of me.

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday

Today I’m guest posting over on Blurt! Don’t worry, it’s Wednesday, so the post doesn’t have very many words. Don’t be afraid, friend. Stop over for a visit, and then stay awhile. You’ll be glad you did. Here’s a link to his guide to calling in sick, and to one of my very favorites, dealing with anonymous grief. Enjoy! And come visit. I’ll know if you didn’t. Well, not really, but it’s the principle of the thing, you know.

 

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Wizard of Awwwws

Shhh! Ah, who am I kidding? You could march a drum corps over his head, and he still wouldn’t wake up.

 

Look at that! No words at all this time! Oh, wait…

 

.Wish me luck, friends. I start a new part-time job tomorrow. Who’s excited? I AM!