Today is Fruitcake Toss Day

Today is the day to toss out that unwanted fruitcake that's been sitting on your counter, uneaten, for at least a week. 

You can toss your fruitcake... right into MY MOUTH! 'Cause I LOVE fruitcake! :0)

Image from: theblacktownshow.com.au

High Tea

High Tea. What a lovely thought. Sitting in a white frilly dress, sipping on tea with cream and wearing a *spiffing* bonnet. And of course eating dainty treats. Like something out of the Great Gatsby.


Image from here

I have a box of Nanas recipes, which are cut out of magazines, handwritten, and even sent from other people from today right through to 1948 (earliest I have found so far!) and

Seaguy

Seaguy and Chubby Da Choona playing chess... with Death.

Publication history

Seaguy is a 3 volume comic written by Grant Morrison (who did All Star Superman, Doom Patrol, JLA, Animal Man, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Invisibles, and Batman) and drawn by Cameron Stewart. Grant created Seaguy to be the opposite of the popular "bad-ass" characters, which he felt were "trendy and unconvincing". He wanted to make two sequels to Seaguy, but it had low sales making the latter unlikely. According to rumors, Grant said he would do the 52 series if he could do Seaguy sequels. Eventually, Morrison got the okay to do so. The first volume was simply called Seaguy. The second was entitled "The Slaves of Mickey Eye". The third one, "Seaguy Eternal", has not being put into action yet.
Plot

In a seemly perfect world, where most people think all the world's evil is gone, superheroes aren't needed. As such, Seaguy is just a guy in a wet suit with a talking tuna fish named Chubby Da Choona. However, the duo discovers that Xoo, a food staple of their world, is alive and they try to protect it. The comic combines light-hearted whimsical and dark tragic elements, but each adventure get more tragic than it's predecessor until he learns the secret of the moon.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaguy

http://mildmanneredcast.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/seaguy-wins.jpg

Sid Vicious, and the Death of Nancy Spungen

On this date in 1979, former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious went on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. He didn't live to hear the verdict. He died a month later from a heroin overdose.

Full story: Sex Pistols Sid Vicious, and the Death of Nancy Spungen — "Trouble in Room 100" — Crime Library on truTV.com

Sid and Nancy movie trailer

Watch the full movie online here:
Google Video: Sid and Nancy

Wikipedia: Sid Vicious

Blogload: Sid & Nancy-Love Kills (Original Soundtrack 1985) - downunderground.blogspot.com

Little Summer Dress

Being off from work has given me so much sewing time!

As a present to my fast growing two year old Niece I made her this little summer dress!
It is such a cute material and the pattern from this lovely lady was not too hard to follow once I got going.

It is wrapped up and sitting under our Christmas tree waiting for her little hands to open it when they come and visit next week!

Taggy ball thing

I made three of these. One for my nephew, one for my next door Windsor Deli neighbours new baby boy, and one for my godson. I thought they were such a cute Christmas present!



Some of the material is from other clothing that I have made for all of them as gifts.


Happy New Year!

Taking a bit of a blog break until Monday, so we can enjoy these moments with family. Happy New Year, Bloggers! xo