Today, another sleeping-cat Sunday from the archives of Arlo & Janis. And more about wine. Prohibition understandably was hard on vintners. Many vineyards ripped out vines of grapes more suitable for wine and replaced them with grapes good for eating or for juices and jams, such as Concord grapes. This practically destroyed a long-established wine industry in the Ozarks and in New York. These regions relied heavily upon “my” grape, the Norton, said to be the only native North American grape that will produce a decent dry wine. Just now are the Norton wines really coming back in Missouri and Arkansas. My favorite prohibition story, true or not, is about desperate grape growers who would ship their produce to consumers with instructions such as, “Do not mash these grapes into juice, add yeast and store for several months in a cool dark place. It will turn into wine!”
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The new neighbors told me a couple of the neighborhood squirrels were quite tame and friendly. I thought okay, but figured the squirrels would ignore me for a while as I would be a new person. I was on the porch enjoying the rain with the screen door wide open. I went back inside for a moment; when I came back out, one of the squirrels was sitting on the threshold. As I was leaving, it came right up to my foot. It was within an inch of my sandle. Blacklight is going to flip out
Neeshka would have taken care of that in a heartbeat. She doesn’t allow rodents near her mommy
This guy was quite tame. Kitty has no idea what is in store for her.
Heh, well, he may have been tame, but Neesh hasn’t got him on her invitation list. That’s the one thing I have never been able to break her of. She doesn’t chase cats, mice, other dogs, cars, or mailmen/women, but she draws the line at squirrels. My dad says it’s because we spoil her
Blacklight does not do well around critters or people. A squirrel getting this close is going to set her crazy.
There is one thing I miss about television. Pokies.
I wonder if there are any on-line.
Huh. Just answered my own question. Googled “pokies” and immediately got a picture of Kaley Cuoco from The Big Bang Theory…wearing a white tank top.
If they are what I think they are, Ghost, you couldn’t do better than Titian’s Venus of Urbino http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s565/Lilyblack1/VenusofUrbino_Titian_zps48b655b1.jpg
Lily: “Close but no cigar.”
Following Jerry’s rule, I suppose I should credit that to Bill Clinton.
Debbe 😉 A pretty song for you.
Sorry, Lily. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecLQ6g35KQo
Nope, Lilyblack. A pokie is the bump peeking thru a layer of clothing. The shape of things unknown, as it were. Venus of Urbino is just letting it all show but a pokie makes itself known, involuntarily. Right Ghost?
Lily: Kaley Cuoco avec pokies.
http://us.cdn281.fansshare.com/celebrity/photos/kaley-cuoco-big-bang-theory-screencaps-white-tank-top-pokies-kaley-cuoco-kaley-cuoco-547356686.jpg
Exactamundo, mark.
I remember a law enforcement training class that was intended to show us what to do if someone came up behind us and put a chokehold on us. The “victim” was a young lady wearing a thin shirt. As the guy grabbed her and bent her backwards she must have liked it because she had a noticeable reaction. The class broke up and she was quite embarrassed.
Ok, Lily, I admit that the servants/slaves in the version of ‘Death of Cleopatra’ that you posted appear to be intended as Egyptian women. Pretty sure Cleo is still European, though.
Cleopatra wasn’t of pure Egyptian descent. As Wikipedia reports:
“Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great’s death during the Hellenistic period.”
Yep, Cleopatra was of mainly Greek descent. Not all, of course. That’s why it’s so dumb that Cornel West tries to argue that Cleopatra was black. I mean,, we have busts and coins of hers, and she doesn’t look black to me.
Actually, Lilyblack, if you want to be accurate, the Ptolomies were Macedonians, not Greeks.
Good morning Villagers……
GR 😉 , thanks for the soothing song this morning, sat back closed my eyes, and just listened. Rough night, and about 1 hour’s sleep. Good to see you’re getting your ‘pokie’ fix 🙂 , even if it is on the internet!
Been a very demanding two weeks, we got our first ‘wave’ of hens yesterday morning, had to count hens in each cage, remove the weak ones, and put down roosters…..all in about 87 degree temp with a horrendous humidity and condensation throughout the hen house. Not to mention chicken poop in the slippery aisles,
And Mark, thanks for that link on the rooster’s fertility….too fat, good equation TR 🙂
You mean Cleopatra didn’t look like Elizabeth Taylor? Classic movie. Especially the scene in which she arrives in Rome…the pomp, the circumstance, the money it took to film this movie.
Today’s real time strip was a good one….the one above reminds me of my Step-dad, he loved to startle cats with the thump of his foot.
Indy Mindy….glad to see you’re getting settled in, and I love the welcoming committee….good luck with Blacklight 🙂
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Ghost, while David Arkenstone is very good, I still prefer the original version of Mummer’s Dance, by Loreena KcKennitt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0
And the explanation for the glitter spray isn’t as exciting as your stripper video. It was just to look a bit fancy at Dragon*Con. 🙂
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