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Comment on Lady Mary Beauclerk – ca. 1793-1794 by Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:41:36 +0000

Hi Mike .. great photos – the Depression, and now your artists and their brief history .. this is just amazing – how did they keep their children clean and still!? Thanks so much for checking these out for us ..

Also the Drongo picture – very interesting … cheers Hilary

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 060. by Teeni

Teeni — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:36 +0000

Slightly reminiscent of American Gothic, but I like her colorful apron! Oh, I like the name Pie Town too! MMMmmm. Blueberry, apple, – now I’m hungry.

Comment on Mr. Rogers of Salem – 1767 by Teeni

Teeni — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:23:50 +0000

They mentioned that his hair wasn’t powdered so I am wondering if this is a rare portrait of him (or anyone from that generation for that matter) if it was the normal thing to be painted with powdered hair.

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 059 by Teeni

Teeni — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:21:36 +0000

I have indian blood and from what I’ve heard, my great grandmother used to smoke a peace pipe. So I guess this isn’t shocking to me. She looks as though she has done a full days’ worth of work and is taking a little break. And I am sure it wasn’t as well known back then how harmful tobacco is. Also, it may not have been as harmful back then because I don’t know when they started putting all sorts of chemicals into it. Not that I think it is a good habit or anything.

Comment on Lady Mary Beauclerk – ca. 1793-1794 by Teeni

Teeni — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:18:14 +0000

So sad that this artist’s life was cut short at such a young age. There could have been so many more wonderful paintings like this.

Comment on Drongo – (found on flikr 002) by Teeni

Teeni — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:16:49 +0000

I had never heard of these birds either, but I am struck by this photo and how it caught them in mid-air. I love the lighting on their spread feathers! Pretty neat!

Comment on Lady Mary Beauclerk – ca. 1793-1794 by Grannymar

Grannymar — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:17:08 +0000

Those were the days when girls were made of sugar and spice and all things nice and a millions miles from skateboards!

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 060. by Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:57:11 +0000

I guess there are a lot of interesting place names in the States (as anywhere) as well as a lot of semi-mundane ones, like Little Flock, Arkansas (about 200 miles from Little Rock).

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 060. by Grannymar

Grannymar — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:47:16 +0000

I love the name Pie Town!

Comment on Mr. Rogers of Salem – 1767 by Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:37:43 +0000

Certainly doesn’t look comfortable, does it?

Comment on Mr. Rogers of Salem – 1767 by Grannymar

Grannymar — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:49:22 +0000

Mike, how would you like to go to work each day dressed like that? The shoes unseen here, were usually black, medium heeled and pointed, with a big shiny silver or gold buckle. Dandies as they were so called, also carried lace-trimmed handkerchiefs, muffs, canes and snuff-boxes with beautifully painted tops. Snuff was considered very elegant.

I wonder how long it took to get dressed every morning?

Comment on Drongo – (found on flikr 002) by Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:49:12 +0000

I was simply searching for an interesting creative commons photo, with no other predetermined intent, so this was pretty cool.

Tomorrow’s post is related to Arkansas, but it actually dates back to colonial America, when settlements were hugging the eastern coast for the most part.

Comment on Drongo – (found on flikr 002) by Davina Haisell

Davina Haisell — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:45:43 +0000

Neat find — amazing shot. I’ve never heard of these birds before, so I Googled and learned that the word drongo “is used in Australia as a mild form of insult tantamount to the term ‘idiot,’ which may refer to the seemingly madcap attacks these birds are prone to launch.”

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 059 by Grannymar

Grannymar — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:03:34 +0000

it would have been in the heart of the country when I was quite young. I always thought it strange.

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 059 by Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:59:03 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever seen it other than pictures or movies/video.

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 059 by Grannymar

Grannymar — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:45:59 +0000

It is many a long year since I saw a woman smoking a pipe. In Ireland they would have been white clay pipes.

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 058 by Grannymar

Grannymar — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:16:42 +0000

What haunting sadness in those eyes.

Comment on Eyes of the Great Depression 057 by Grannymar

Grannymar — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:18:26 +0000

Great concentration in that face.

Comment on Aurora Borealis–(found on Flickr 001). by Mike Goad

Mike Goad — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:38:49 +0000

I saw the northern lights way off in the distance when I was working at a naval training in Idaho in the 1970s. It was just enough to be able to say I’d seen them.

Comment on Aurora Borealis–(found on Flickr 001). by Grannymar

Grannymar — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:54:45 +0000

There were some great night skies off the coast of Donegal this year. Alas, I live on the east coast and not the west!