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December 2011 Archive
31 December - The Year in Review
Looking back over the old year as it passes from the scene, I daresay I could think of some notable accomplishments for 2011, or a pithy summation of the year's events. Instead, I've compiled the annual Year in Catwalks slideshow -
This year, the coverage is a bit thin as compared with years past - the Circle Cats were just too busy to get out there and catwalk with me.
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25 December - No Reindeer, But a Cephalopod; Plus a Song
Natasha's magnificent winter ruff shows up to good advantage in 3D during our annual walk to the town gazebo to view the Christmas tree. Fortunately, there was no terrifying reindeer display this year, so we had a peaceful walk. But meanwhile...
... Back in the kitchen, poor Leroy is menaced by an angry cephalopod. The angry cephalopod provided courtesy of old Friend of the Museum Bob Lyon.
According to Sid Kipper of the illustrious Kipper family of Norfolk, "it wouldn't be Christmas without a sea song", so here are the Kippers...
... Performing "The Disabled Seaman" from their album Arrest These Merry Gentlemen.
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24 December - The Christmas Truce
Remembering the 1914 Christmas truce, now 97 years on, with a superb photograph from our files, taken on that occasion, of British and German troops meeting in No Man's Land...
... Which reminded me that Toby, our late beloved Museum Cat, once reenacted the Christmas truce some years back with his buddy Bandit. And there's was Natasha's moving reenactment last year, too
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19 December - Tragical Scene from the Collection
The Tragical History and Even More Tragical Death of Kim Jong-il (with Cat).
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18 December - Cat-Related Miracle Not so Good for the Cats, Actually
Pleased to feature another superb ex voto by the master of the genre Selva Prieto Salazar, now available on eBay. Here is the seller's translation of the inscription:
My wife loved cats and she adopted all homeless cats she found, the problem is that she let the cats to stay at nights in our bedroom and they prefer to play and jump istead to sleep, my wife sleeps as a rock but I couldn't sleep at all and I was already hallucynating for the lack of rest, I thanks to the Virgen de Zapopan because my wife finily noticed the dark rings under my eyes and she now put the cats in the livingroom at nights and I can sleep again.
Sure, the cats leaping directly overhead might be a bit distracting.
Previous Cat-Related Ex Votos:
Feline Aeronautics
The Cat in the Moon
Miracle of the Worried Hippie
Miracle of the World-Weary Elderly Cat
Cats Rescued From Giant Venus Fly Traps
Cat Bath Miracle
Cats vs. Red Demons
Merchandise-Hungry Cats
Unmupped Kittens - More Miraculous Trusting Cats
Miracle of the Trusting Cats
Big Blue Cat Miracle
Brave/Ugly Cats Miracles
Miracle of Feline Augmented Literacy
Pretty Hairy Kittens Miracle
Demonic Fear of Kitties
Cat Scratch Fever Miracle
Miracle of the Cat Husband
The Miracle of the Embarrassed Cats
Tragic Love
Canción de los Gatos
San Pascual's Cat
Aunt Honorata's Cats
The Perfect Cat Storm
Cat Pi Milagro
Greedy-guts Miracle Cat
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17 December - Kill Devil Hill, December 17 1903, with Coelacanth
From our files - Orville and Wilbur Wright preparing their aeroplane for its first flight on Kill Devil Hill - today's the 108th anniversary of that flight.
Adventures in Retail - the Janus Museum Museum Shop's exclusive Maryland Flag Keds and German World War I Aircraft Lozenge Camouflage (Buntfarbenaufdruck) Keds are shockingly popular.
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14 December - Hommage à Arbus
And now... Coelacanth with Toy Hand Grenade.
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12 December - More From the Museum's Coelacanth Gallery
Here's a painting that's a particular favorite with Museum visitors - Coelacanth's World.
Get your own lovable coelacanth here. All purchases benefit the Janus Museum's unspecified activities.
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December 11 - From the Collection
Today's featured treasure from the capacious files of the Janus Museum - Migrant Coelacanth.
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