Kiki is a little odd, even for a cat.
I think that she’s just an American Shorthair.
Black variation of a Tuxedo. With just a couple breakthrough white hair besides the chest spot and bikini. And, her eyed are (i think it’s called?) bi chromatic. She has patches of a 2nd color. The vet says it’s okay.
Every one at the library, some in old and new editions.
Same with Nancy Drew.
And Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dr. Doolittle, and Mary Poppins.
And most of Tom Swift, plus some others.
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BTW, a couple of weeks ago, there were some comments I didn’t see for a day or two, too late to answer, about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys being written by the same person.
I kept meaning to come back and say something but I forgot every day till it seemed too late.
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It’s true that Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon were pseudonyms.
Both series were published by a man named Edward Stratemeyer, who dreamt them up and wrote a lot of the early story outlines.
As the Stratemeyer Syndicate, he also produced Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins, and at least one more, the Rover Boys, which for some reason I didn’t read.
But he had dozens of ghostwriters, some of whom wrote a lot of one title or another, some only one or two books, but all under the name of the “author” of that series.
They were allowed no individual credit and no publicity.
A crazy system, but apparently it at least kept some writers employed during the depression, and made Stratemeyer rich.
Buddy will chase a ball, but once it stops moving he looses interest.
QTπ will go get it, but then she teases Buddy with it to get him to play instead of bringing it back to me.
I guess it depends on the dog…..the bulldog who lived with me for several weeks
last year NEVER got tired of chasing whatever I threw…..of course I had to tug it out of his mouth when he brought it back since part of the game for him was keep away
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Someone needs a good belly rub.
NOSE!!
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Hardy har.
my favorite words … ROFL … CGU !!!
on the set of ‘Dr. No’–1963
I blew this up and still can’t see what she’s holding.
Contact lens?
Yeah it looks like that to me, but I can’t believe it would be in a celebrity photo shoot.
A young Sean Connery helps ..um… Ursula Andress (I think?) when she loses her contact lens on the set?
no, Connery has convinced Ursula that he can read knees to predict her future
Ah, just about as likely.
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NOSES!
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Happy³ no Kiki here?
Kiki is a little odd, even for a cat.
I think that she’s just an American Shorthair.
Black variation of a Tuxedo. With just a couple breakthrough white hair besides the chest spot and bikini. And, her eyed are (i think it’s called?) bi chromatic. She has patches of a 2nd color. The vet says it’s okay.
Small but compact.
The other day we had a black wildcat on here… maybe a puma (mountain lion, cougar… same animal).
They’re seldom black, but it looked too small to be a panther (leopard).
Hard to tell in a picture.
Any of them waaaay bigger than a small, compact house cat, though.
You called it Kiki.
So I thought you could find your kitty for real on a page full of black domestic cats!
BTW I didn’t know she was a tuxedo.
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I read lots of Hardy Boy books!
ditto
Ditto ditto.
Every one at the library, some in old and new editions.
Same with Nancy Drew.
And Laura Ingalls Wilder, Dr. Doolittle, and Mary Poppins.
And most of Tom Swift, plus some others.
….
BTW, a couple of weeks ago, there were some comments I didn’t see for a day or two, too late to answer, about Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys being written by the same person.
I kept meaning to come back and say something but I forgot every day till it seemed too late.
…
It’s true that Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon were pseudonyms.
Both series were published by a man named Edward Stratemeyer, who dreamt them up and wrote a lot of the early story outlines.
As the Stratemeyer Syndicate, he also produced Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins, and at least one more, the Rover Boys, which for some reason I didn’t read.
But he had dozens of ghostwriters, some of whom wrote a lot of one title or another, some only one or two books, but all under the name of the “author” of that series.
They were allowed no individual credit and no publicity.
A crazy system, but apparently it at least kept some writers employed during the depression, and made Stratemeyer rich.
i read all of nancy drew books, but none of the others. i guess i was too old to start the men.
Ok, the like is for reading and responding…
But you were NOT too old…
The Hardy Boys started long before Nancy Drew … The first books were written in the late 1920s, almost 100 years ago.
Your MOTHER might have been the right age for them.
LOL
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Buddy will chase a ball, but once it stops moving he looses interest.
QTπ will go get it, but then she teases Buddy with it to get him to play instead of bringing it back to me.
Thanks for that post!
Hmmm …7-10 …. ©2013…
That’s today’s 10 year old Ballard Street.
We’d still be there if we weren’t here.
https://www.gocomics.com/ballardstreet/2013/07/10
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I didn’t realize some people were still going there.
I haven’t checked it out in ages.
We had pretty much reached the height of the glory days of Ballard Street by July 2013.
But it got a bit sad for me, seeing it ten years later, after so many friends are gone, and GoComics stripped out so many comments.
I see there are 61 left today, well, 59 from back then, so there were probably once 150.
Still interesting to take a look.
I was asked to carry on advertising this site there.
And that’s what I do.
That strip figures, too.
And as long as “Dry and Dusty” approves, I’m good.
I approve too!
it IS interesting to read from all those folks from 10 years ago…..
even ol’ Stel had a lot to say
I can barely remember being such a motormouth back then! How times change….
I sure wish that GC had left all the pictures up. They could have refused to post subsequent images, but at least leave the old stuff up!!
Thanks for leaving the link so that we could enjoy a look back, Susan! We sure had a ROCKIN’ good time, didn’t we?
Astrud Gilberto, a gift from Brazil to the world.
Angel Eyes – nice combination of tenor and bass,
2 tiny noses!
Good ploy.
Hope he got away.
I tell myself that’s hypocritical…
After all, I’m an omnivore, and i eat duck and goose.
Tigers are obligate carnivores, and they have to eat, too.
I don’t want to get rid of tigers, or lions or other cats…
But still, I’m rooting for that crafty fowl!
For the record, I’m kinda with Cleo on that chasing sticks thing.
It’s just what they used to call “make-work”.
You have the stick; you throw it.
Dog brings it back, and you just throw the &$¡% thing again.
Dogs who love to chase things will chase it endlessly, but several dogs I’ve known who truly loved to be useful got exasperated.
It’s just like moms when the baby throws her bottle out of the crib, then cries to get it back.
Ok, I’ll get it for you one more time 🙄, but after that you’re on your own.
I guess it depends on the dog…..the bulldog who lived with me for several weeks
last year NEVER got tired of chasing whatever I threw…..of course I had to tug it out of his mouth when he brought it back since part of the game for him was keep away
NOSE!!!
A pineapple chew toy with leaves??
it’s only seconds away from having its molecular structure shifted into an unrecognizable lump of mangled rubber
Better that toy than your hand!
I know bully breeds have very powerful jaws…. well muscled for strength and short for leverage.
Furry nutcrackers.
Yes; the good old transporter incident.
Cookie decided to take a pre-bedtime nap.