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September 2011 Archive Our Latest Footware  Very pleased to offer the Janus Museum Museum Shop's latest in high fashion Keds - the Soviet Industry Hi-Tops, featuring adorable tanks, airplanes, radial aircaft engines, and trucks - stylish and Constuctivist! Our Other Superb Shoe Designs: Maryland Flag Keds World War I German aircraft lozenge camouflage (Buntfarbenaufdruck) Keds Royal Flying Corps Keds Charles Nungesser Memorial Keds Pan con Chicharron Keds link 25 September - Report on Leroy  Cat Leroy in Summer Outfit I recently received a note from my old friend Bob Lyon, passing on the concern of a number of Museum Cat Leroy's admirers; they think he's been looking thin lately, and wanted to make sure he's all right. Thank you all for your concern - Leroy's in prime condition; it's just that his fluff largely dissipates over the summer months (mostly onto the Fellows' Common Room rugs and upholstery), and despite combing and brushing, he tends to look a little shabby by the end of the season - see above (and here in shabby but thrilling 3D), and contrast it with this snap...  Cat Leroy in Cold Weather Kit ... of Leroy in the glory of his full winter ruff fluff (3D version here). I've reminded him that it's getting to be time to start fluffing up again, so he ought to start bulking up pretty soon. link 16 September - Cat Under Fire  And now, another installment in our survey of images of the Cats of War - La Défense du Chat Régimentaire by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835-1885). This stirring canvas portrays an incident of the Franco-Prussian War. From a Derwood, Maryland private collection. Previous Cats of War: Maryland Artillery Cat Bugler Cat Secesh Cat at Gettysburg Bashi-Bazouk with Cat Cats of the Great War Dragoon Cat, Lincoln's Cat, Christmas Truce Cat link 7 September - Vexillological Fashion Footwear  Maybe it's the influence of the University of Maryland's Terps' new uniforms, but over the last few days, sales of the Janus Museum Museum Shop's exclusive Maryland Flag Keds have been very good - our shop's first genuine hit. Also available in the lo-top style. Oh, and don't forget our classic World War I German aircraft lozenge camouflage (Buntfarbenaufdruck) Keds. Actually, one might enjoy a little browse through our shop. Remember, all profits benefit the Janus Museum's unspecified activities. link 5 September - Cats of Washington Grove - Oscar  We haven't seen Oscar on these pages for quite a while. Oscar lives on Grove Avenue, has superb white whiskers, and loves the ladies; the human ladies, that is. Check him out in 3D here - the effect of his whiskers in 3D is quite sublime. link 2 September - A Confederate Cat Carte de Visite  I knew we had another Cat of War image buried somewhere in the collections - it's a superb hand-colored carte de visite of Captain Lucius Wallingford of the 5th Maryland Artillery (Norbeck's Battery) with his cat Stonewall. Previous Cats of War: Bugler Cat Secesh Cat at Gettysburg Bashi-Bazouk with Cat Cats of the Great War Dragoon Cat, Lincoln's Cat, Christmas Truce Cat link 2 September - Flutes and Sabers  Champagne on the Porch of the Historic Cottage in 3D Yesterday being such a pleasant evening, I liberated a bottle of Moldovian bubbly from the Fellows' wine cellar, and Martha Norbeck-Wallingford (our director of Planned Giving) and I sat on the porch, sipping, talking, and watching the gentle swirl of smoke from the mosquito coils. Gus, the Museum's maintenance man, is our "expert" in the art of sabrage, but he disappeared during the onslaught of Hurricane Irene and hasn't checked in since - must remember to organize a search party sometime - so I performed the manly act with the Museum's rare Emerson & Silver Model 1860 cavalry saber. Tragically, the act was not captured on video. And later that evening...  ... A simple dish of baked shrimp - dump shrimp with a little olive oil in a baking dish - sprinkle with bread crumbs - season as you will - parsley and scallions with maybe a few pats of butter. 400 degree oven for about 20 minutes (my oven's a bit cool - try 350). Serve with rice and a cold vinho verde. link 1 September - New Kid on the Block  Meet Mathew, who recently moved in near the Janus Museum. Mathew comes from a golden retreiver - German shepherd background, and seems to be a good little chap; a bit shy, so far. I'm sure that he and Silas, his next-door neighbor, will be great buddies. View Mathew in extremely cute 3D.  Aww... just one more Mathew snap... Previously Featured Dogs of Washington Grove: Piper Silas Archie Leon Max Jasmine Pierre Vinny Ruby Willow Nina Nick Bandit link |
