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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  StelBel
1 year ago

Another one can’t watch. 😀

mr_sherman
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Reply to  StelBel
1 year ago

Like entering a fractal.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  mr_sherman
1 year ago

Good description.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  StelBel
1 year ago

This one looks sorta like Michigan J. Frog. I wonder if he sings.

Tigressy
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

I prefer the “Alien”-scene from “Spaceballs”.

Alexikakos
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Reply to  StelBel
1 year ago

 
Queen, frog. (Green frog with a crown on the head.)”      By:  SIYAMA9 (avatar name on       iStock       / I couldn’t find anything else)
 

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  StelBel
1 year ago

That is a ridiculously cute photo. Is poochie sitting amongst a selection of wigs?

Alexikakos
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Reply to  StelBel
1 year ago

 
It’s either a posed shot for a pet photography tutorial from a company, Iran, Afghanistan, or Tajikistan or a photograph by a professional pet photographer in Calgary (those are the only two photographs Bing image search found / the one site was in Persian and by Britannica the three countries have at least a variety of Persian as their official language ).
 

Liverlips McCracken
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1 year ago

A clear throw-back theme today. The story, the stars, and the music.
Thanks for those old 78 rpm (?) records that someone was good enough to post online. Even with their atrocious, tinny sounding recording equipment, it’s a delight to hear the skill and musicianship that the performers show. The quartet, albeit not a barbershop quartet which I have always thought of as a capella, nonetheless sings solid four part harmony, with multiple moving lines. That was popular music, at least among polite society, in its day. Imagine how much better this music sounded when you heard it live.

nighthawks
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

you hear dead people

dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

Old timey night, Stel. Fun.

Greyhame
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Reply to  dennisinseattle
1 year ago

OUR music is old-timey night. Can’t find it on the radio anymore.

nighthawks
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1 year ago

cheese fondue

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Tigressy
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1 year ago

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Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
This sounds good.
 
From: “The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook”
By: The women of General Foods Kitchens
Published by: Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59 – 1084

 
“Swiss Fondue”
 
Allow for each serving:
1 clove garlic
2/3 cup dry white wine Neuchâtel or Côte.
1 cup brated imported Swiss cheese*
1 cup grated imported Gruyère cheese*
2 1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons kirsch
1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)
Dash of pepper (optional)
Dash of nutmeg (optional)
French bread cubes, about 1 1/2 inch
* Or use 2 cups grated domestic Swiss cheese.
 
Rub pan of chafing dish or a heat-
proof casserole with the garlic. Pour
in wine and warm it over direct me-
dium heat, but do not let it boil.
Combine cheeses and gradually add
to wine. Stir constantly, with a
wooden spoon, in a figure-eight until
the cheese is completely melted, and
the mixture becomes creamy and be-
gins to boil.

 
  Combine cornstarch with the kirsch
and seasonings. Gradually add to the
cheese mixture, stirring constantly,
until the mixture thickens. Place over
heat unit of chafing dish or a candle
warmer; stir occasionally to keep the
fondue creamy.
 
  Serve with crusty cubes of French
bread (bite-size peices). With a fork,
each guest spears crusty cubes of
French bread, dipping and swirling the
bread in the fondue until coated.
 
Notes from me:
Neuchâtel, and Côte (du Rhone) are wine regions in Switzerland and France respectively.
There are numerous wines between them; choose the one you want.
 

Picture of a candle warmer:

 
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nighthawks
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1 year ago

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Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
What happened?
The site went down around 08:35 E.D.T..
I checked again at the half hour mark, still down; it’s back up at the time of this comment, obviously.
 

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

It was down longer than that for me… starting much earlier anyway.

I don’t know how it can be geographic but it seems to be.

Maybe just different servers… But I couldn’t post at about 5 or 6 am EDT.

I hadn’t seen your post when I wrote mine below, because I didn’t want to try to refresh first.

Tigressy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I was close to informing you the site was down via email.
Fortunately it was back up sooner than expected.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Oh, I love “Rebarka of Sunnybrook Farm.”

And … sigh…… Mary Pupford.

And this poster.

That face …it’s …. it’s….um…. almost photo-realistic!

I know it was a long time ago, and styles have changed…..
But gosh….. wasn’t she beeootiful?

She was an immediately popular star, when she started working in silent films, becoming known as the veritable queen of Howlywood, in her day.

She may look like a puppy, but she was fully grown, in this film…

She made several movies like this, in which her sweet face and fragile charm let her play a young puppy, which to the innocent audiences of the day seemed convincing, and drew many fans to those roles in particular.

She was mated for a while to its king, Dougie Furbarks, and they held court at their mansion, Pupfur, for all of Howlywoods glitziest royalty.

Later she became a producer, and a virtual ambassador for the US and Howlywood, being called the most famous female dog in the world.

But back to Rebarkah…..

I read the book when I was in elementary school….

and a sequel or two besides, I believe.

But there was also Anne of Green Kennels… several books worth….

and of course, Puppyanna.

All featuring cheerful young girl pups who spread joy to everyone around them…. especially dour maiden aunts, grouchy old men, and stepmothers.

I have to admit, I sometimes mix up the stories.

And of course, there was also Heidoggi, and later, Silas Weimaraner…. in the same vein, but more rustic and memorable….

and better written, which doesn’t hurt.

Anyway, with a face like Mary Pupford, who couldn’t you charm?

….

Oh look!

A human studio made a movie too!

Trying to cash in on a beautiful face with sad eyes, I suppose…..

but look at that blonde curly stuff.

Hah! Trying to substitute for long silky basset ears.

Well it just doesn’t work.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I didn’t realize Cleo and Company was down when I wrote that comment.

It seemed ok when I got here, around eleven I think, but I got distracted, and it was later when I tried to post it.

Couldn’t refresh, “like” any comments, or post anything for a few hours, so I went to bed.

I’m not really up now… Just stopped by to see whether the site was up again, and it seems to be! Yay!

I dunno if anybody else was trying, in the wee hours, PDT, or early morning, east of here… But did you have a problem?

OK.. Back to bed. Well maybe one more post….

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I couldn’t get on this morning at 5:00. But everything was loading slow this morning.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Early early cinema…. of sorts.

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MontanaLady
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1 year ago

well, stel. you have certainly out done yourself!!! all those ‘period’ videos were perfect!

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