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My furry little village companion.  When I was younger, I had an uncontrollable love of animals - however perhaps bitterness and a jaded disposition on innocence has come with my cantankerous old age, but as soon as I saw this little guy in a friend’s compound all of those thoughts were drowned out by a voice in my head saying “but look at his little ears!” Thusly, a friendship was forged.  Huxley’s current hobbies include: chasing chickens around the compound, gnawing on wood, frolicking in the garden (pictured above), and climbing up my skirt (also pictured above).  

These are the depictions of the most intense meteor storm in recorded history – the Leonid meteor storm of 1833. The Leonid meteor shower is annually active in the month of November, and it occurs when the Earth passes through the debris left by the comet Tempel-Tuttle. While the typical rates are about 10 to 15 meteors per hour, the storm of 1833 is speculated to have been over 100,000 meteors per hour, frightening people half to death. Here’s how Agnes Clerke, an astronomer witnessing the event, described it:  “On the night of November 12-13, 1833, a tempest of falling stars broke over the Earth… The sky was scored in every direction with shining tracks and illuminated with majestic fireballs. At Boston, the frequency of meteors was estimated to be about half that of flakes of snow in an average snowstorm.” (x)

Submitted by Penny

Submitted by Paul

The shirt is a mash-up of the By Hand London Anna dress sleeves and neck-line, and the Cake Patterns Hummingbird Top without the peplum. The fabric is a rayon-lycra blend jersey from fabric.com. It fits well, even if I never get up the courage to leave the house in it. 

"Dear Aunt Kay & Aunt Judy: We are still having the grandest time ever. Tell you all about it when we see you Love, Mary & Bill" New York, NY Postmarked 1941

"Wish that all the year were summer and Atlantic City the only place in the world. yrs Sam" Washington, DC Postmarked 1904

"Come see us - we’ll show you our town - love Effie" New Orleans, LA Postmarked 1948

It  was dead week in the studio. The squirrel I had found just after being hit by a car, and the sardines are for an article I am illustrating.