Another One Biting The Dust

Like everything I love, Blazing Salads in Dublin is closing shop. Permanently. Their old shop on Drury was one of the highlights of my visits to the city because they had fantastic vegan grub plus super sweet employees. I discovered them in 2014 on my first trip to Dublin and never passed up the chance to pop in for some takeaway. I should be used to things going bye-bye at this point, but it doesn't seem to get easier. I'm gonna miss Blazing Salads. Like a lot. Especially their lentil burgers.

I Want It!!

I saw this on Instagram and oh my goodness gracious....I want it so bad!!!

Godmommy's iPhone

Last weekend I was hanging out with Aunt Berne and she let me kidnap her sister's old iPhone. Most of the info had been wiped, texts deleted, and accounts were logged off, but there were still a few gems that I found while snooping around it. 

- Photo taken 8 Nov 2019 of the I Heart Guts uterus goodies I bought her when she was diagnosed with uterine cancer.

- One of her few playlists, Good Time:

- Mum and her baby sister, Gina.

- And the best? A snapshot my cousin took in Ocean City, Maryland on December 7th, 2019. She is so happy and free and I can hear her laughing when I see this photo. It's shocking to think that 38 days later she would be gone.

Doggone Days

I'm a sad old lady who can't have pets (thanks, allergies) but I love to buy and do puzzles with puppers and kittens so that as I put them together I can give them the names I wish I could give to a real life fur-pal.

Seamus (yellow collar & glasses) - Fiona Trixibelle (white poodie with lil' bow) - Iris (pink glasses and scarf) - Orangina Bear 

Vicente Javier (purple collar) & Frida Beatrisa (blue sweater) - Bandido (red bandana)

Floofy "Flo" Flufferington (teal striped sweater) - Rodie Anna (rose-coloured glasses)

Charlotte Pimpernel (lil' yorkie!) - Bones Malone (blue t-shirt)

Jerome (red sweater) - Lemon (yellow shirt) - Majesty "Madge" (pink poodle)

Ellis (rainbow sunnies) - Dashing Desmond "DeDe" or "Dez" (tuxedo boy)

Seamus, Iris, & Gina Bear plus Stretch the greyhound

Bandido - Emerald Penelope Sanders (in blue heart frame glasses)

Lil' Lizbette the corgi and Pierre Monroe the dachshund 

Mitchell and Mangus (the tug of war puppers) - Radney "Rad" Taylor McCary (rainbow sunnies)

Poopsie Daisy (guess who)

Vincenzo Pupperington (with red tennis ball) - Joyful Girl (frisbee) - Howard (scarf & hat)

Opal (Cocker Spaniel with crown)

Orangina Bear - Stretch the Greyhound - Aoife Siobhan (plaid jumper)

Emerald - Arthur  Columbo (Bassett Hound) - Julia Pumpernickel (white Scottie) - Alistair (yellow scarf)

Pierre Monroe and Snickerdoodle (speckled pup)

 
Jack London (husky) - Dashing "Dash" McGuire

Char - Jerome - Bones - Lemon 

(artwork by Rebecca Jones c/o Mudpuppy)

Last Day at All Fired Up

Syd was thinking about turning in her notice at All Fired Up back in July of 2022, so Jax and I went for one last time. It cost a small fortune but we had fun!

Rollins

(kidnapped from axstv IG page)

 

Ice Cream Giant

I was so excited to be driving around PA and come across another Giant! This one was outside an ice cream joint called The Inside Scoop.

photo snapped 3 December 2023

Tape #13

Growing up, Aunt Berne would come over to babysit sometimes, although not nearly enough for my liking, and when she did she would bring over her VCR and hook it up to our TV. She'd ask what VHS tapes she should bring for us and it was invariably Star Wars and The Black Stallion. When she was downsizing and getting rid of things, I managed to snap up the copy of Star Wars. I'm about to part with my old TV/VCR and (if it still works) I'm gonna see if the tape still plays!

Texting with Kenny, Kay, & Bella!

A couple weeks back I was at Kay's place, eating Goldie Falafel and gabbing with her and Kenny. we somehow got on the topic of all the postcards and stuff I sent out to friends and loved ones during  Corona Lockdown. Kay wasn't with Kenny at the time and she turned to him and said, "You missed out; Dan got all the goodies." That night I went home and gathered up bookmarks, silly pages, my last Fortune Teller fish, stickers, and some temporary cat tattoos and sent them all to Kenny, who really is one super terrific fella. It took soooo long to get to him but finally it arrived over the weekend!

Kenny and Kayla's kitty-tats!

On Saturday Bella and I had lunch and talked about going to Boston/Concord together in early 2025. I'm trying to part with stuff at my house that I don't need or never gets used and so I wound up having a boot (trunk) full of clothes, blanket, kitchen goodies, and puzzles for Bella. The next day I sent a message with our selfies and here's her reply:

(How stinkin' cute is Samuel L. Catson?!?! So chic and regal.)

Out of the Clear Blue Sky

Barbie Krispy Kreme