I just can’t get enough of these babies.

pirates of penzance, originally uploaded by kellypuffs.

This is the cover from the Colonel’s well-worn copy of the vocal score for Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.

So you might guess I’m a fan. And was thrilled to learn that the Savoyard Light Opera Company was presenting Pirates for their annual November production. They are playing this weekend and next.

We went tonight. It was awesome.

You should go.

The Savoyard Light Opera Company

the north forty, slowly disappearing underwater, originally uploaded by kellypuffs.

I think this is the same storm that hit the mid-atlantic earlier this week.

Too bad it’s not snow.

chortle AND snort.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street.

I love everything about Sesame Street. And I’m not alone.

It was a topic of conversation at work today. And now I’m very afraid that Linux Boy will be singing this for days:

you know I just HAD to buy some, originally uploaded by kellypuffs.

As promised earlier in this blog, I did hie myself off to Bread and Circus Whole Foods in search of this much maligned Fentimans beverage.

And I found it. Two flavors of it, anyway.

I did NOT have to show ID.

However, we’ve decided that, Caution Being the Better Part of Valor, and All That, we’ll put off trying it until we’ve had enough time to consider all of the ramifications thoroughly.

Meanwhile, my gin & tonic is calling me.

new/old bathroom light, originally uploaded by kellypuffs.

We’ve had the electricians in, but you’d never be able to tell.

We kept the old fixtures, just updated all the old wiring… in the walls and in the fixtures themselves.

Good as new!

You may have heard about the little brouhaha in our neighboring state of Maine around Fentimans Victorian Lemonade.

Well, turn-around IS fair play, and Fentimans responds on the front page of its website.

Well done!

I discovered this nifty little color personality quiz over at How About Orange…

My results weren’t surprising.

The colors were spot on.

But the interior pictured is a little disturbing to me. It’s like an anti-Kellypuffs interior.

THIS is a Kellypuffs interior:

The Burrow