Habetrot

"Good Neighbours"

 

This tender scene was painted in 1885 by English painter John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917).  The work is also sometimes known as "The Gossips" or "Washing Day."

(click for beautiful bigness)

Waterhouse loved women, and this love is clear in all his works; he rarely painted anything other than women.

Although I have not been able to find any information about this painting online, it is utterly different from anything else he painted that I have found, and I believe it must be his wife and daughter in their London back garden.  While most of his other works have a distinctly dreamy, romantic, and mythical content, this one feels real to me.

Turkey Day

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States.  The day is also commonly known as Turkey Day.

In honor of the day and in keeping with the theme of this blog, I present to you some offerings from the Weird Wide Web.

(Click all images to biggify.)

A turkey on a dishcloth.  Nice.

A baby drumstick hat.  Isn't it cute?

Oh, look!  A variegated knit turkey.  Ok.

A knitted knitting turkey.  Oookay.

And, uh, a fun fur turkey, still with its, uh, fur on.

Ummm, a fun fur turkey hat. Planted on a head.

And another "hat", for which we should be most thankful.

Or not.

If you are very very brave, biggify the last two pictures.  I promise nothing but your eyes will be harmed.

Happy Turkey Day, everybody!

Sheep, Eh?

I pulled this image out of my archives recently for my friend Dianna who lives in Saskatchewan, Canada, and I thought y'all would enjoy it, too.

(click for bigger)







"Ranching in the Canadian West. Flock of Sheep."

This postcard is from the early 20th century, probably around 1910.  Nice flock, eh?

Festivals

Last month around Rhinebeck time I was telling a new co-worker about my fondness for attending sheep and wool festivals.  He responded, "What?!  Did you say 'Sheep and wolf festivals?"  I'm still laughing about it.

Not as crazy as it sounds, though.  Here's one now:

(click for big)

And so they will forever be Sheep & Wolf Festivals for me.  Thanks, Gerry!