teas, buttons and murder

It is not like that did not happen yesterday, murder in Minneapolis  by  a  so -called -law -enforcement -incel, but I can not go there , not yet, and you may be grateful for that...Other than Frey's  attention to the murder calling it what it is , there is nothing to say. "Do not believe your lying eyes" . First rule of totalitarianism...

Ok , since we are not going to talk about that right now with our hearts so sore-  first we will have tea, the very last of  Fortnum and Mason that I brought back from London.  Then I will take you to the thrift store where Florida mice from 1970 are on the top shelf.  The thrift store is a mind numbing wander, badly needed-A reprieve from mental and emotional anguish and better than, say, the fentanyl fold . Choose your form of escape wisely...

Hard plastic  10.5"  banks created by Roy Des for  promos- Cheerleader mouse , where you store your nickles  to eventually start a savings account in the grown up bank.  How did Florida mice end up here some 56 years later to be top shelf material in the thrift shop? That is a long way to travel for a mouse. The mice are elderly, a few scuffs and one running around naked, as is the custom for elderly senile mice. I have no nickles to save so I left the mice behind but did buy BUTTONS! 

Tidily stitched on paper/card, organized , lovely vintage buttons- $2.99.

Pleased to have sparkly buttons in the lot-  need more sparkle. they need not be used as buttons but as  decoration like when buttons were first invented  when time began... it was not until buttonholes  that buttons became  functional rather than decorative. . Renaissance  put them to work and  industrial revolution pushed them forward en masse.  hard workers are buttons. Finding such treasure in the thrift store nearly sent me into rapture. 
 

These look like dentures! I could use them for mouths of felted bears...Thinking, always thinking.  Possibilities.

I bought a cool wooden toy for Emmett and these crochet tulips to go with the velvet potted tulips for the littles for springtime. 

That was my escape from the horror - the tip of the iceberg yet to come- yet to be. Project 2025 is moving an accelerated  clip , getting everything in motion before the election and before their prop dies  ( please make that soon)  and before people catch up . Democrats in congress  still think that "rules and laws" apply. They still think that the constitution is more than butt wipe.  They are wrong and they are us. 

  This is the incel  murderer, no name yet just "agent". He looks to be twelve years old- ICE is enticing with money and power and freedom to do as you wish because Noem has your back.  Congress has her back and they are all onboard. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Young mother murdered because...NOEM condones it, trump condones it , this is  just the beginning I am afraid.  Ah yes, you say...but we  still must vote....See where that got us?  A shift ,if it is to occur, must be a big bold move by the  people. A nation at war with itself and every other country on the globe. Moving quickly before any of us can gain our footing.  

I will "button" my lip before I get into real trouble, good trouble, they say. Granny got a boom boom! Granny got a BAM.

Sorry, I said I would not go there -