G.D. Falksen's Blog, page 1189

allthingseurope:Sorrento View, Italy (by Ian@NZFlickr)

allthingseurope:

Sorrento View, Italy (by Ian@NZFlickr)

books0977:The Etude magazine, April 1908. Young man plays the...

books0977:

The Etude magazine, April 1908. Young man plays the piano to an entranced young woman.

The Library of Congress says that it was published as “THE ETUDE AND MUSICAL WORLD” in 1896-1897, and they have Vol. 14, no. 1 (Jan. 1896). Title became THE ETUDE for 1897-1922, ETUDE MUSIC MAGAZINE 1922-1948, and simply ETUDE 1948-57. Last issue in LC was May 6, 1957.

Girl + Uniform + Horse + Sword = what is there not to like about...

Girl + Uniform + Horse + Sword = what is there not to like about this? 

The Dr is in…

The Dr is in… 

This Saturday January 5th we will do a livestream chat at 10pm...

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This Saturday January 5th we will do a livestream chat at 10pm to 11pm est.

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Squid Wreath 

my-ear-trumpet:cali-jugend:It is a foolish sheep that makes...

my-ear-trumpet:

cali-jugend:

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf her confessor.

“The piquant Converte Angliam, c. 1685 (British Museum) (Fig. 5), which appears on the book’s dust jacket, adopts the late Reformation trope of randy Catholic confessors preying on their flock: a wolf dressed in a friar’s robe prepares to devour a lady at confession.”

sisterwolf:Print by Charles Hart, 1891

sisterwolf:

Print by Charles Hart, 1891

death

 death

Dried squash holds headless French king’s blood.Two...

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Dried squash holds headless French king’s blood.

Two centuries after the French people beheaded Louis XVI and dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood, scientists believe they have authenticated the remains of one such rag kept as a revolutionary souvenir.