A black and white drawing of a man with his face set into his chest. A bird's head and neck extends from where his head should be. He also has lil' wings like a wee Cupid-fella.
Plate from Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri, '𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘪 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪 𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪' (Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world, circa 1585).
#WyrdWednesday
Bohol Island is in the Philippines and has about 1,700 cone-shaped hills formed from coral deposits and rainwater erosion. They are known as the chocolate hills as in the dry season they turn brown.
#WyrdWednesday
Welwitschia mirabilis, Welwitschia Plains, Haigamkab, Namibia. Female, about man's height, approx. age: 1 500 years
Welwitschia is well known for its unique morphology. The plant has only two leaves that grow out of a large woody stem, known as a crown, and continue to grow throughout the plant's life. Welwitschia is one of the longest-living plants on Earth,
#WyrdWednesday 🧵
Pogo snoozing whilst fishing and the fish are stealing the bait.
Cartoonist Walt Kelly smoking a large cigar.
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” ~ Pogo the Possum.
Cartoonist Walt Kelly coined this phrase for Earth Day back in 1970.
#WyrdWednesday #EarthDay
Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy on the 1990 film poster.
I've just listened to the latest Film Stories podcast, this week discussing the 1990 film Dick Tracy. A highly interesting and informative story, very much recommended.
@filmstories.bsky.social
Vintage Ben Hur poster from the 1930s.
Happy Founding of Rome Day! Since 121 A.D., the Romans celebrated the founding of their City on April 21st with chariot races.
#BenHur (1924).
#MGM
Castlerock beach and the North Atlantic Ocean.
It was a beautiful day by the Ocean earlier.
#Weather #Aimsir #Photography #Castlerock #CarraigCeasail
Cover for the record Mandinka (1987), by Sinéad O'Connor.
“I'm dancing the seven veils
Want you to pick up my scarf
See how the black moon fades
Soon I can give you my heart ... ” ~ Mandinka (1987), Sinéad O'Connor.
A guaranteed tune to start the week with a smile, just heard this on TodayFM.
#TracksOfMyYears #TheMorning
Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit sit with their backs to the audience and give guitar and history lessons.
“Come they of noble family?” ~ Henry V (A2,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #TracksOfMyYears
[Stage Direction]
[Enter PROSPERO in his magic robes]
The Tempest V, 1 #ShakespeareSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
But what art thou, whose heavy looks foretell
Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue?
Henry VI, Part III
[II, 1]
Does anyone know how to read coffee cups? 😃
Photo of a tabby cat sleeping on his back with his paws in the air. The front paws are tucked in. There are three cat toys on the floor near him.
A harmless necessary cat.
The Merchant of Venice
Act IV Scene 1
#ShakespeareSunday
#ThemeFree
My Gus today
#cats
Poster for the Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python & the Holy Grail, or in simple terms a Guide to British Grail.
“Look forward on the journey you shall go” ~ Measure for Measure (A4,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MontyPython
You can't hurry love sheet music.
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” ~ Romeo and Juliet (A2,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MotownRecords
The joys of ballooning. Prince picture disc.
“I'll direct thee how thou shalt escape by sudden flight.” ~ Henry VI, Pt.2 (A5,S5).
#ShakespeareSunday #TracksOfMyYears #Prince💜
Just received “Shana” from “Jem and the Holograms” to add to my #doll collection: She’s truly, truly, truly outrageous! 🎶🎸💜
#DollSky 💕
At the late night double feature, picture show - lyrics. Two red lips.
"Two lips, indifferent red;" ~ Twelfth Night (A1,S5).
#ShakespeareSunday #TRHPS
A news reader for MBS News.
"I know, by that same eye, there's some good news." ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A1,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MousePIforHire
I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is not that strange?
Much Ado About Nothing
Act IV Scene 1
#ShakespeareSunday
#ThemeFree
Grace Jones a classic pose with a cigarette in her mouth.
“Sing, and dance it trippingly.” ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A5,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #TracksOfMyYears
A monkey puzzle tree and a small tower in the grounds of Belfast Castle.
“ ... to meet you at the tower and welcome you.” ~ Richard III (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #BéalFeirste
[📷Me]
Screenshot from the opening credits to the video game 007 First Light.
"What's his name and birth?" ~ Cymbeline (A1,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #JamesBond #007FirstLight #LanaDelRey #DavidArnold
The Star Wars gang plus their droids face off some birdlike creatures.
“But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine on all deservers.” ~ Macbeth (A1,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #StarWars
A young boy wearing a space helmet looks lovingly at a dessert trifle.
“The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles ... ” ~ Macbeth (A1,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #Advertising #60s
🖼 The Fall of the House of Usher, Arthur Rackham, 1935. Illustration of house set back behind a moat and pollarded trees, in the foreground, a man in a top hat rides by on a brown house as he looks up at the house, dark sky in background.
‘(A)nd at length found myself…within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was --but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.’ ~ Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher. #BookWormSat
Michael Caine as Harry Palmer on a penguin paperback cover for Funeral in Berlin.
"I'm not being horrible Edmond Dorf," I said a little louder. "You don't have to shout," said Jean, "and I'm afraid the travel vouchers and tickets are ordered. Berlin has been told to expect Edmond Dorf." ~ Funeral in Berlin (1964), Len Deighton.
#BookWormSat #Berlin #MichaelCaine
Yester Castle, built by Hugo de Giffard, the Wizard. The castle was built over an entrance to Hell and the builders were an army of goblins provided by the Devil. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Ha' more in my: "Folklore of Scotland" #bookwormsat #Scotland
Yester Castle, built by Hugo de Giffard, the Wizard. The castle was built over an entrance to Hell and the builders were an army of goblins provided by the Devil. The only remaining complete structure is the subterranean Goblin Hall.
more in my: "Folklore of Scotland"
#bookwormsat #Scotland
Great edifice of Arkham in green grey color with three tier gate in front in driving rain with lightening and bleak sky
Arkham Asylum- located in Gotham City, first appearing in Batman (1974) Based on H.P. Lovecraft fictional city of Arkham, MA
#BookWormSat
🖼️ = Mikel Janin, Batman vol 3, 2016
#BookWormSat
„It was a warm night at Castle Caladan, and the ancient pile of stone that had served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations bore that cooled-sweat feeling it acquired before a change in the weather.“
✍️Frank Herbert, Dune
📷 Château Gaillard of Richard Lionheart,Normandie
