Finger sculptures

 Baku, Azerbaijan

Victorian bodybuilders

Songbird44's self-portrait

I'm sending you my very favorite self-portrait. It's a blind contour drawing (I drew it while looking in the mirror and NOT looking at my hand) that I colored in with colored pencils. It might be my best work ever so far.--songbird44

Who doesn't love this? I know I do! --Teresa

Jeff (cajeffo)

 

Aside from music, and collecting fossils, and aerospace work, playing soccer is my happiest hobby.  I attached a photo someone took of me before soccer while I was trying to make a Ukrainian flag from my shorts and pinny, in support of my Ukrainian soccer friends.  The guy in the unfortunate juxtaposition is a Turkish soccer friend.  It ties nicely into this recent YT video of mine, which went public on Ukrainian Independence Day (August 24)--Jeff

Oh my, Jeff. I didn't even notice your friend "in the unfortunate juxtaposition" until you mentioned it!

I'd never heard the word pinny, so I had to look it up.

US

a piece of clothing like a light shirt with no sleeves that is worn over other clothing, for example in team games to show which team a person is playing for:

You will need pinnies of two different colors so that you can split your squad in half.

Each kid takes a soccer ball and a pinny at the beginning of the session.

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I am STILL having difficulty posting YT videos, even though I am signed in. I don't know what is different. I know my logins for YT and Frog Blog are not the same, but that never mattered before. This is one of the items on my HELP LIST so perhaps someone can assist. --Teresa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Hc8vTecT8

Teresa's Lame Help List

Many of you have expressed an open invitation to help me get back on my feet. I'm having a bit of a problem getting back into the swing of things, so I am going to post a HELP LIST. This is ONLY if you have a little extra time and want to help. I used to be able to do ten things at once... now I am lucky if I can get my cartoon posted on time. I am also trying to keep up with my blog, but it is also a bit of a struggle. That said, I AM TRYING. I will update the list from time to time and strikeout those things that I no longer need help with. Please! Don't take any time out of your life if you don't have the time. I am sure someone else can help instead. I will post the words TERESA'S LAME HELP LIST on the list of labels on the right side of this page. 

1. Images of unusual spoons or other kitchen utensils. Forks, sporks, foons, etc. They need to be unique in some way. Email the images to me as attachments. Any other unusual OBJECTS. I favor things that stand alone... a chair, a clock. I posted a lot of doors at one time. I am open to anything fun and interesting you might come across. 

2. My first Frog Blog was called obituarytypo.blogspot.com. I have been locked out of that blog (not by blogger) but perhaps something I did that locked me out. I am the sole admin, but, apparently I need an invitation to visit my own blog. I have tried several email addresses and I can't figure out what to do. I tried going to blogger's community website page and I posted a question, but I could never find my question or figure out how to use the site. It is run by volunteers who attempt to give users suggestions. There are posts on that old blog that I would desperately like to access again. I would be grateful to anyone who can help me figure out how to get my old blog back!

3. If you took a photograph of the postcard you sent to John Glynn still in your email files, I would like to have it emailed to me again. I felt like we were cheated when they escorted John from the building and wouldn't allow him to retrieve those postcards (I'm sure those were the last thing on his mind, but they, apparently, gave him little time to collect his possessions.... or so I was told.... perhaps I am wrong. Still, I never got to see them, at least not all of them.

Wow. Has it really been that long ago?

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/09/27/gocomics-dropping-frog-applause-the-conjurers-others-connie-to-the-wonnie-drops-gocomics/

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/09/30/frog-applause-to-remain-on-gocomics/

4. This is what I will do when an item has been addressed and resolved.

5. Images of rain chains. Rain chains (also known as kusari-toi in Japan) are decorative, functional alternatives to traditional gutter downspouts that guide rainwater from roof gutters to the ground or collection containers. They operate on the principle of surface tension, allowing water to cascade down a series of metal cups or chain links, which slows the flow to reduce soil erosion and splashback. I have been looking for one, but I have yet to find one that suits me. I thought I could MAKE one, but I don't have the tools or the talent. 

6. Unusual or interesting photos. If you can provide the source that would be welcome so I can give credit.

7. Photos, cartoons, artwork... anything that has something to do with a "Frog Applause" reader. I recently posted Gaijinrabbit's two cats, Johnny and Mei, again.  Childhood photos, you doing a favorite hobby. I am interested! (I will NEVER strikethrough this item because I will always want these images.)

8. I'm having a problem loading YT videos on my blog now. It used to be effortless. Does anyone else with blogspot have a similar problem? It keeps telling me that I'm not logged into YT, but I am!

Duck World

A store that sells only one thing is broadly called a severely specialized store or a one-item shop or one-item purveyors. When that single product is unusual, quirky, or humorous, the specific term is a novelty shop. Other examples of novelty shops include Barn the Spoon (wooden spoons), Just Bulbs (light bulbs), or Ant Store (ants).

If anyone has some time, please send me photos of unusual spoons (they don't have to be just wooden). 

 

God's Seat (Chaise Dieu)