16 Replies to “Oddments For The Weekend”

  1. TQ David.

    • The doggo cheating is very cute! ♡

    • Love those cacti. A favourite succulent (see enclosed #5) is the Hawthorne plant and is my last houseplant out of a dozen or more, or aka Haworthia Fasciata, it is a popular choice because of its striking colors. It multiplies rather well if one applies a bit of fertilizer, they’re very forgiving about watering. Plant it in a wide but shallow round pot for best results. Check out these stunning plants:
    https://www.sublimesucculents.com/11-non-toxic-succulents-safe-for-dogs/

    • Cake in cans, nice idea, looks good. I knew someone who visited Japan, they said that there were vending machines all over. Food was costly. Circa 1989, a honey dew melon, gift wrapped in a lovely box was $150.

    • Re: Japan: For my visitors or houseguests who want something different will enjoy some Gyokuro Superior Tea, some Houjicha Bancha Tea and a Japanese Tea pot  (like #1, pictured) All came from Kyoto, Japan.  See site below, my gift was ordered from:
    https://www.hibiki-an.com/sp/
    36 Shimonoto Yuyadani Ujitawara, Kyoto 610-0221 Japan

    TGIF folks, have a good one.

    P.S.
    Mr VOWG: Yes, the Christmas Cacti went bye-bye, gave them away. So sad, they’re beauties!

    1. Seeing the canine “cheating” reminded me of a critter I encountered a dozen or so years ago.

      Whenever I walked over to a certain store in my part of town, I passed by a house that had a very friendly husky-like dog. It would get up on its hind legs and lean over the top of the fence to challenge anybody who walked along the sidewalk.

      I called his bluff and soon found myself in serious danger of being licked and nuzzled to death. I told my mother about him and she suggested that I take some MilkBone along. I did that and oooooh boy….. was he ever glad to see me after I did that because he knew that I would provide him with a treat each time.

      He was an older dog and, after 2 or so years, he was gone, presumably to his final reward. His successors weren’t as much fun, though and, eventually, I ceased stopping at that house.

      While on the subject of critters, earlier this week I took my truck over to a dealer for some work. One of the service department ladies brought hers along. It was a mixed-breed something or other, but it, too, was one that could lick one to death.

      When I went back for my vehicle and pay the bill, I spoke with the receptionist. Apparently, there’s someone in a different department that has a–wait for it!–a long-haired dachshund that spends the day there as well.

        1. Right…so little time…
          Re: @ 11:13:
          Ha! Good stuff. Guess you’re hooked now on that place for truck service, B.

          The following is also a new good find, have a look, there’s some great photos of longhaireds and anecdotes from all kinds of dachshund owners/lovers here, look for the shredded blanket. It’s well used! I love the one dog sitting in a bed of flowers, photo is exquisite:
          https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-informative-dachshunds-tweets/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

          More here:
          https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/long-haired-dachshund

          1. * Page 3 * first photo in Getty Images reminds one of the 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin! Hahaha!

          2. Thanks for the links.

            The one in the flower bed is a black-and-tan, much like the second-last dackel in the family.

            The one in front of the fireplace looks a lot like our first one and, like the dog described, she would challenge anybody she didn’t recognize before rolling over on her back, sticking her legs up in the air, and expecting to have her belly scratched.

            I first met my canine stepbrother when he was just over 2 months old, much like the puppy in the cage. Even then, he showed he was a scoundrel, a rascal, and an imp. He never outgrew that.

            I have a number of crocheted blankets at my house in B. C. I’d like to give one or two of them to him because, for one thing, every dachshund needs his blankie, but it’ll remind him of my father and, of course, me.

          3. My pleasure. In the past, you wrote about the fact that the long haireds are gorgeous and I agree. The others are funny and cute, I’m smitten.

          4. While long-hairs look gorgeous, they do need more grooming. I recall my father asked me to get him a blow dryer so that he or my mother could dry the coat on their first dachshund after giving her a bath.

            In addition, they, like dogs typically do, shed, so there’s that to deal with.

          5. Labs too, a lot, twice a year. In Spring there seemingly was a thicker coat from the winter to shed. He’d bathe in the ocean in the summer and in winter he frolic in the snow. I’d give him a bar of sunlight soap but he looked at me whaaat, I’m clean. Ha! Last part!

  2. Ah, so being rude and self-entitled is now considered “mini-reparations”? Uh-huh……

    1. Well, she has a nose ring through her septum, just like Elsie, so that should be enough warning we’re dealing with a stupid cow.

    2. Last Thursday I was having a pleasant conversation with a (more) elderly gentleman on a walking path here, and an (early 20’s) female runner with headphones split us. Understand we were standing at normal speaking distance for two Westerners in conversation. Here behavior was so rude we were both speechless. Perhaps rudeness is generational.

  3. I always thought that bedlamite was what Australians eat before they go to sleep. Or maybe a bug infestation.

  4. Tim Hortons Foundation Camps will require all campers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before attending their camps. If you agree that they should let teens camp regardless of vaccination status, please sign the petition on this page.

    http://LetKidsCamp.com

    1. I rarely, if ever, go to TH. The food sucks and the coffee is worse.
      Don’t donate to any of their causes.

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