- New releases: Tor.com (SFF crossovers, YA SFF, scifi, fantasy), Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (best out this week, mysteries/thrillers/true crime, SFF, romance, comics/graphic novels, nonfiction), Gizmodo (SFF)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- “Orbit is curating a series of free craft talks with sci-fi and fantasy writers“.
- “Exclusive revelations from Sauron the Dark Lord’s forthcoming memoir“.
- Merriam-Webster’s time traveler feature is fun. (Big hair, emergency medicine, Grinch, ranch dressing, yuck.)
- “The top comedy wildlife photos of 2023“.
- Some famous sound effects were not what I expected.
- Amazing embroidery.
- Converted barn that’s pretty cool but has a dangerous bookcase.
- Very nice.
- I really like this one.
- Well, it’s colorful.
- Kinda cute cabin.
- Bright white remodeled Victorian in St Paul, MN.
- Definitely for the aesthetics.
- Comes with a carousel and a train.
- Comes with a business (a bar).
- Before and after Tudor.
- They should definitely take the turkey statuary with them.
- Huh.
- That’s a lot of air conditioning units.
- Pre-ouch.
- I think I broke my leg just looking at these stairs.
- Yikes.
- You can tell snow is a rarity in Florence.
- There’s a painful story behind that, I’m sure.
Mayhem having a think.
Polly has Things to SAY!
What the heck are you looking at, Harry?!
Some lovely homes today! The converted barn is very nicely done, though I wouldn’t want to live in it. I do really like the “very nice” one. I could live in that. The A-frame one is lovely, as long as I didn’t have to go up and down that spiral staircase very often. I saw the modern farmhouse one the other day. Too many rectangles and vertical lines – it made me dizzy.
Very awesome embroidery!
Oh WOW, that solar system embroidery is so cool!
Animal photos can be so funny when taken out of context! But not your kitties, of course. They are always elegant and lovely. I hadn’t realized before that Polly has a white patch in about the same place that Mayhem does!
That converted barn is neat, but I don’t think the bookcase was meant to be used as more than decor. That A Frame house is stunning, but I wouldn’t want to be the one cleaning the windows. And the really colorful one just feels like Florida… I’ve been in a hotel or two that felt very similar to that.
That Victorian in IL is nice and all, but I want the train. And the carousel. Those are much more the highlight of the place than the house itself.
OMG. More deadly stairs! And in a hotel / Air BnB? That should be illegal.
This week, as I look at all these homes, I think “My flat is better than any of these. All it needs is a little vacuuming, dusting, dishwashing, laundry doing, bathroom cleaning, mopping, clothes/yarn/art supplies/empty boxes and bags/and assorted other bits and bobs picking-upping, fixer-up type freecycled furniture up-fixed so it can hold all the up-picked stuff, wall washing/spackling/sanding/painting to repair the damage from the 1989 earthquake, documents-dating-back-20-40-years shredding, and maybe the tenant (me) showering, shaving, and putting some clothes on. That’s all.”
Excuse me, I’m gonna go take a second look.
All those ridiculous stairs that you find! As a gravity-challenged person, they all make me cringe.
Omg those stairs