- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA comics/nonfiction, YA, dystopian YA, best out this week)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “We’re in a book affordability crisis“.
- Great progress is being made on preventing kitties from developing kidney disease.
- “Dimming the sun like a volcano” “climate fix“.
- Thanks, I hate it.
- Pumpkin whoopie pies.
- A 15th century tower castle.
- Lovely MCM.
- Very unique MCM.
- Decent MCM, especially for the price.
- Cute little place in the Catskills.
- Nice condo in the tower of a converted Baroque-Revival church – you would definitely get your exercise.
- This has some before and after photos.
- A very strange looking house.
- Very personalized.
- An interior/exterior disconnect.
- Entirely for the exterior paint, which is BRIGHT.
- What deals you can get in certain states…
- You’re going through the pictures, thinking it’s a nice rich person townhouse, and then you see the picture of the room with the green carpet and door. Wha…?
- D’oh.
- Huh.
- Mind the gaps.
- I hate this type .
- Infinite head bump generator!
- Trip over the lip and fall down the stairs.
- These can’t be real, can they?!
- Just say no to glass stairs.
Polly!
Harry!
Siblings asleep on my legs/lap.
Harry needs privacy so he can go back to licking the fur off of his belly…
Sleeping Polly.
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, queer YA romance, queer, best out in October)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrmKnits.
- BookWyrmKnits also has some quotes from banned books, because it is Banned Books Week!
- Go turn off tracking IDs on your iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.
- Pumpkin mug cake.
- Very nice MCM, although I can see some places the floors need work. I would have to replace the green laminate counters, but as a collage artist, the set of old Britannicas would be a bonus!
- A fun Victorian.
- Disconcerting exterior but I like the interior.
- Charming.
- Spaceship style MCM. Maybe we’ve seen it before. Maybe we haven’t. I certainly don’t remember!
- The interior is definitely better than the exterior.
- Weird unfinished one in Utah. It includes an underground Western town with a shooting gallery and an underground race track.
- Included just for the dizzying effects of the bath tile.
- Have we seen this one before? I’m not a fan of the “peeling paint” tile.
- Shopping mall vibes.
- WTH Victorian “restoration”.
- Hmm. Their conversion vision was… odd.
- The House of Sin.
- You could own an incomplete disaster of a house.
- Just say no to glass stairs.
- These look extremely annoying.
- Jeepers.
- *sigh*
Both cats on my lap/legs.
Polly on my lap.
Harry using a scratcher.
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (SFF, romance, YA, historical fiction, spooky genre-benders, mystery/thriller/true crime, nonfiction, best out this week, horror (BIPOC)), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- “The library is not a quiet place anymore – and that’s a good thing“.
- Cats in medieval manuscripts.
- If you’re still using Windows 10, you have until October 14th to enroll to extend support. Yes, they’re making you ask, not providing it automatically.
- Great condo.
- I mean, the converted mill is nice enough, but having your own waterfall would be excellent.
- Live in a wee lighthouse.
- Quite nice house built in the 13th century.
- Cute little MCM, although I’d have to do some kitchen updating – I hate metal cabinets.
- Late MCM with some hobbit influences.
- Very curious about what the interior looked like before the renovation.
- Slightly strange one in Minnesota.
- The Boulder lurketh.
- This poor house – you sure can’t tell from the inside that it was built in 1948.
- Giving me big supervillain/superhero lair vibes.
- Perfect if you enjoy dangerous stairs and hitting your head on ceilings.
- Ouch. The two story drop when you inevitably fall…
Harry using his sister as a pillow.
Sinister Harry is sinister.
Flat Polly looking out the window.
Harry had a lot to tell me!
Polly with her best school picture smile!
Harry with his paw around Polly. Awwww!
Polly staring out the window.
Harry for Talk Like a Pirate Day…
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance, queer romance), Reactor (YA SFF/horror), Book Riot (YA horror, horror, feminist nonfiction, YA, best out this week, YA romantasy)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- Linkity from BookWyrm Knits.
- What a dangerous sport – who thought automobile polo was a good idea?
- 30 one-pot dinners for fall.
- No-bake chocolate eclair cake.
- Peanut butter cup bars.
- Cute converted shipping container house.
- Nice one in St Paul, MN.
- This has so many bookshelves!
- A bit quirky.
- Castle esque with a very thematic shower curtain in bathroom #3.
- A mansion that’s not horrifically tacky!
- You’re going to need roller skates to get around this place.
- Vision check – the tile in the kitchen is green, right? Not blue?
- Very BLUE.
- Very BRIGHT.
- Very DRAMATIC.
- Perhaps you’ve always wanted a used tour bus?
- Or maybe you’ve always dreamed of owning a swinger’s resort…
- Some unusual choices were made.
- Poorly converted funeral home, but at least all of the creepy stuff is gone.
- You can use the car lift to get your vehicles up to your condo and then park them on your terrace.
- Huh.
- Also huh.
- Mind the gap indeed.
- Mind the drop!
- Definitely terrible.
- That first step is a doozy.
- D’oh.
- No landing except what you’ll be doing after you fall down them.
So much Attitude.
Polly on the move.
Harry!
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (witchy, romance, SFF, queer, graphic novels, nonfiction, mysteries/thrillers/true crime, YA, all genres), Reactor (SF, fantasy), Gizmodo (SFF/horror)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- A fascinating story of a very sturdy rose that survived several weeks underwater after Hurricane Katrina.
- An actual Gothic castle tower!
- Cute fairy tale cottage.
- I like this, although the optical illusion bookcases are freaking me out.
- Strange.
- Must be ok with dangerous rock features.
- Personally, I’m glad the creepy figures aren’t included.
- Very gaudy NYC mansion – unsurprising when you see who the owner was.
- “Cold War-era luxury bunker” in Las Vegas.
- Decor that just makes you go “huh”.
- Railings would be good.
- They had space to make them normal!
Polly cannot believe!
Very serious Harry is very serious.
Harry, looking thoughtful.
Polly, looking like she’s pretending to listen.
- New releases: Smart Bitches (romance), Book Riot (YA, best out this week, mysteries)
- Linkity from Smart Bitches.
- I can’t imagine why On Tyranny would suddenly be popular… Sadly most of the article is behind a paywall.
- If you use Firefox on desktop, you might want to turn off all the machine learning stuff they added recently.
- Accurate cat interaction drawings! The last one is totally Harry and Polly.
- From the way back – a computer with embedded globe.
- “Toothpaste made from hair works better than fluoride, scientists say“…
- Very nice casita compound in Taos.
- Cool MCM spaceship style house that was originally built for Jackie Gleason.
- Converted stagecoach station.
- Medieval castle tower in Ireland.
- Definitely not the most disappointing castle-esque house we’ve seen.
- Moderne style with your own little waterfall.
- Reasonably priced and hopefully none of the statuary stays.
- What kind of hobbit house doesn’t have a kitchen??
- Hobbit-esque, but with an indoor pool and skylights (and a kitchen).
- Has a home theater with an actual stage.
- Definitely an interior that must be experienced.
- Odd looking outside.
- Wrought iron for everyone!
- This one has part of a plane inside.
- The photos are terrible, but so is the house.
- Kind of creepy MCM.
- A rundown motel turned into condos.
- :facepalm:
- Eww.
- Give it a minute.
- Hmm.
- Jenga or stairs?
- No.
- It’s a ladder, not stairs, but I think it’s only for very, very svelte people.
- Gawking injuries on the stairs, I can see it now.
Polly “helping” me take art journal photos.
Harry and the poor battered ‘nip jack’o’lantern.
Art journaling, reading, knitting, and cat parenting. It's a wild life.
