• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA nonfiction/comics, YA,  nonfiction, best out this week)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Ficlet.
• Sort of ficlets.
• If you’d like to knit Grace’s cardigan from the Project Hail Mary movie…
• Lovely loft condo.
• Dramatic MCM.
• Nice MCM with some pops of color.
• MCM with a very strange layout – it really seems like the bedrooms should be swapped with the rooms on the second floor.
• Bedraggled MCM with a tiki hot tub room.
• Time capsule late MCM in Las Vegas.
• Whimsical.
• Colorful Norwegian condo.
• Condo owned by a mural artist.
• Fun if you like pink.
• Fully furnished B&B, with an extremely bright foyer.
• Very colorful.
• A converted carriage house with a sordid history.
• Extreme efficiency apartment.
• Baroque. O_o
• In today’s episode of realtor adventures in photoshop…
• Why would you do this?
• Hmm.
• Nope.

Polly would like me to not take her photo, please.

Harry has some complaints.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Book Riot (best out this month, SFF, horror, romance, YA)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• Some ideas for book discovery.
• Croatia does toothpaste differently.
• “Scientists think they’ve finally discovered why your cat never finishes its meal“.
• Recipes for GF cinnamon rolls and GF vegan cinnamon rolls.
• “Cognitive surrender” – what AI does to people.
• A really good explanation of the differences between how neurodiverse and neurotypical people experience friendships.
• Very nice MCM.
• Cute little condo.
• Art Deco townhouse.
• Nice house with a tower, but there’s a chandelier that would absolutely have to go.
• Rustic house with a faux treehouse inside.
• Dome home with potential and death stairs to the tub.
• Interesting church conversion.
• Converted church that could use some work, although I like the LotR door.
• Somewhat odd barn conversion.
• It has a camping theme…
• Really dislike it when ceilings are painted the same color as the walls like this.
• It’s the “carport” I have questions about.
• Needs a lot of work.
• Very elaborate.
• Hmm.
• One diagonal cut is all they needed to do.
• Wha…?

Polly, very intent on something outside.

Harry, starting to yawn.

Dual stare from the pair.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Gizmodo (SFF/horror), Book Riot (YA, best out this week, queer)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• LOL about that “Local Author” sign.
• “What to know about the National Book Ban Bill“.
• Where can you buy the least space in the US for $400k?
• Very elegant.
• Very colorful.
• Two hobbit houses and a connecting pub.
• Late MCM “nestled in a field of boulders”.
• One bed is in the dining room and the other is in the living room??
• They really fancied this place up inside.
• The photoshop commentary is pretty funny.
• Ridiculous.
• That shopping mall vibe.
• Just weird.
• Thanks, I hate it.
• Needs more railings.
• They definitely need a railing.
• At least there’s a railing, albeit an oddly placed one.
• I guess they’re aesthetically pleasing, but…

Mirrored synchronized grooming.

Polly dangle!

Harry might be a little too big for that poor basket.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Reactor (romantasy), Book Riot (best out this week, YA)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Whimsical SFF reads.
• “Earth’s spin is slowing at a pace not seen in millions of years – and you can guess why“.
• Mostly good Tudor with a weird attic, very cool basement, and horrifying realtor photoshopping.
• You could own a pot ranch.
• Or maybe a safari park?
• I like the hallway lined with bookshelves. The taxidermy not so much.
• Oh my. You’ll need deep pockets for this one.
• Kind of odd – consists of three small cottages.
• Very narrow house.
• I wonder if this construction helps prevent hurricane damage?
• Converted car dealership. I’d say it’s only going to appeal to a very specific population segment.
• I’d faceplant into one of those pillars immediately.
• Drop an apple in the kitchen and it will end up falling down the stairs.
• Absolutely not.
• Wha…?
• Oof.
• Functionality over artistry, please.
• D’oh.
• The stubby little steps don’t seem like they can possibly be attached sturdily enough.

Polly, trying to entice me to scritch her chin. (Of course I obliged!)

Harry, deliberately not looking at me.

Harry, looking out the window, and Polly, looking at a (hopefully) imaginary bug.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, more romance), Book Riot (nonfiction, YA, best out this week, horror, queer)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• A tale of the Pevensies, Prince Caspian era.
• Wonder Sparkle Princess sort of ficlet.
• Octagonal house that I mostly like.
• Not your usual church conversion.
• “Time capsule 1963 bachelor pad“.
• “Immersive art piece” with a $14,000/mo homeowners association fee.
• Very colorful, but in that daycare-esque way.
• It’s just very. (No words missing in prev.)
• It’s a lot, starting with having to live in Kansas.
• Kinda sad dome home.
• Japanese castle-esque house that needs all the work.
• Whoa, that’s ugly.
• :facepalm:
• :sigh:
• Hmm.
• Yikes.

Both Harry and Polly are in this picture.

Sleepy Polly.

Sleepy Harry.

My completed Giant Square Scrap Blanket, made with many bits of leftover sock yarn (all with at least some blue) and knitted on 3mm needles (US 2.5). This was a gift and it was much appreciated. Which is good, because by the end, I was using 150 inches of circular needle cable and I could’ve added more… No idea how many stitches I ended up with, but it’s about 3.5-4 feet across. Used two-stitch i-cord to bind it off.

• New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (Latine, horror novels by black authors, nonfiction, YA, best out this month), Reactor (YA SFF/H, fantasy, SFF crossover, romantasy, horror, SF), Gizmodo (SFF/H)
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
• I have complicated thoughts about the color-coordinated books.
• Nice MCM.
• Unusual beach house in Australia.
• If you’ve ever wanted to grow and sell vanilla beans in Hawaii…
• Minimalist, with a round kitchen.
• …It’s hard to describe.
• Odd blue glass house.
• Where are the doorknobs?! And why is the kitchen in the basement??
• The grey kitchen cabinets look terribly out of place. And I hate the blue ceilings.
• Quonset hut conversion. That would be miserable in Minnesota, since it has no insulation.
• New Mexico townhouse that desperately needs to be renovated. The first couple of pictures make it look as if it was a diner.
• Do they consider that a bench or an elevated walkway?
• Mysterious and dangerous.
• D’oh.
• Flimsy and no railing.
• No, thank you.

Harry on the move, Polly blep.

Harry doesn’t fit so well in the fabric basket, but that doesn’t matter to him.