Sherlock Holmes

What do these stories have in common?

"The Red-headed League":









"The Adventure of the Speckled Band":



"The Adventure of the Resident Patient":



Yes, the characters are ejaculating all over the place! I was rarther startled by this when I was twelve.

Now: the movie!



Will there be more or less ejaculating?

Can't wait to find out.

(NOTE TO TITLE DESIGNER: Nice metal type. But, what—you're going to print "Sherlock Holmes" in mirror writing with your giant letterpress? Just wondering.)

IMPORTANT UPDATES!

Cactus mini friends:



Mysterious failure to thrive continues!

Christmas cactus:



Repotted!

In this baby.

Mysterious parkidge

Open on Christmas.

Women's One-a-Day

These things are DISGUSTING!



Every morning I choke one down. If I take it on an empty stomach by mistake, I will literally barf.

Yesterday I had to eat chicken stew with dumplings (my lunch) WITH MY FINGERS at the BUS STOP on the way to work to prevent vomiting.

Hello, pharmaceutical companies? Make these smaller! And less narsty!!

I will thank you (and so will riders of the b48 I am pretty damn sure).

The Most Important Gift Catalogue in the World

Check.

(It involves sheep.)

In progress

Etching by Greg!




































Oooh! Gold leaf.

Mysterious seeds

I found these on the running track at McCarren park.

Two words

"Jean" "shorts."

(It'll grow a face as soon as I find my darning needle.)

Seasonal milepost

First present wrapped!



Theme: paisley.

(The hat is in there.)

Friday night house-warming

Fun loft party!

Then it got . . . funner:



What even happened???!

Portrait studio

He reminds me of my high school guidance counselor.

She had a very fuzzy face.

Hat for a sister in law

I made this.



Then I thought—Greg's sister lives in a small town in British Columbia. She is not "funky." She will not be going to the tam tams (she has much better taste!).

Frogged it and made this instead.



Only slightly pointy, with ear-warmer band around the bottom. No pom pom.

Much better.

Audrey $4.00

I wish I had taken this picture.



Poor Audrey and Twyla.

Yard Sale Bloodbath witnessed this.

You know what?

I really miss my animal friends.

None at the new apartment.

Give me this

Anthropologie. Sale.

I like it.

Time to clear my crap off the table?

Getting there.

It's that time

Scary illuminated yard friends:





Three blind Santa mice?



These really crack me up.

Merry Christmas!

Full moon over Greenpoint

Shining on us.

Thank you, moon!

Carbohydrates

(Last night:)



(This morning:)



Get ’em in ya!!

Rain storm

Wet and windy Greenpoint street.



View from the kitchen.

Found!

Non-literary memoirs.







It's a great genre! And undervalued, judging by how prevalent it is in "free" boxes.

I am reading The Log of a Cowboy right now. Lots of talk about Texas, horses, brands, stampedes, chuck wagons, and dogies.

Awesome.

I took this picture by mistake

Very nice tho.

Sketti plateau

It never snows there.



Muddy tho.

Hand-me-down

1977:



I'm the butterball in the white dress.

Ten minutes ago:



Yep same shirt!

(I like your 'stache, Dad.)

The problem

When you pretty much only use materials you have found on the street or bought for fifty cents, you might have trouble with color.



None of these are exactly the same.

I chose these four for my hat project.



Close enough, really.

A prediction

If you eat at your desk, your keyboard will get discarsting and your b key will get honey innit.

And then you will e sorry.

On sketti mountain

It is snowing.

Our landlady (she lives downstairs) told Greg a little while ago that she knows he likes to cook because one evening she heard me come into the apartment and say "Becky's home! What's for dinner?!"

Now that's my favorite thing to yell when I come home.

Tonight the answer was "spaghetti." (And yes I did eat it at my desk.)

JUST WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!

Sausage friends woodland accidents?

Maybe At Swim-Two-Birds knows.

Save $5

Buy cranberries the day after Thanksgiving.

Aw yeah.

Saturday textiles

Sailboats t-shirt. Awesome.



Sweater. Thought it was for Greg but decided it was for me.



Flowered cotton sheet!



And lavender linen napkins.



Two bought, two found on the street. Total: $9.48.

Not bad for not even trying.

I decided

I should have a hat like this.



I'll, uh, let you know how it works out.

New

Bathroom shelf!



AWESOME!

I was planning to paint it white, but now I am liking the plywood.

Saturday

This guy:



Is wearing wooden shoes!





















I know!!

I really gotta get me some of those.

Sign

Someone did a nice job with this.

Julie Doucet

Have you read any of her books?

The Madame Paul Affair is sooooooooo good.






























































































True mystery story with many awesome details of francophone life in Montreal, including art school, apartment rental, beer bars, weirdos, immigrants from small Quebec towns, bootlegging, stove-top espresso makers, bar brawls, kittens, and much much more!

I have been recently reunited with this book. I missed it.