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The Tale Of The Tail

Or, the tail of the rooster and the synchronicity of chickens.

The day before yesterday while at the bakery, a young boy demonstrated either Tourette syndrome or incredibly bad behavior. Standing in line—a very long line—of a sudden a rooster began crowing and all of us turned to look in the direction of the sounds. It was not the bird itself, but a young boy in a striped tee-shirt and blue jeans, arms then tucked in with hands under his armpits and flapping. He was running around the store, through the aisles and moving his arm-wings while clucking. It didn’t last all that long and when it stopped, the boy was leaving the bakery with his arm no longer flapping but being held aloft in the time-honored way of a parental escort. It was an interesting break in an otherwise boring and predictable normalcy.

The rooster demonstration made me think of the lovely photos of chickens I had seen a while back in “My Modern Met.” It was an article about the underrated beauty of chickens. I wished that I could see those beautiful feathered creatures again, and regretted not saving the article. I may have even posted a photo or two in a post on this blog.

So today, what do I see but a post on Facebook titled “The most beautiful chickens on the planet.” And there they were, and here they are—examples of the glorious feathered beauties themselves.

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blkChickFor those of us who might want to refer to the full article now or in future, here’s the link.  Roosters

 

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Ah…..Then…

Things are working! Well, no, not quite. My inside habitat seems to be working OK, but the outside, (e.g. vehicle) not so much. Battery again. Road service has been requested. Appointments cancelled. *sigh*

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Rebel Without A Cause (Movie)

So. Apropos of nothing, here’s Jimmy Dean. I post this here as I was told yesterday or the day before, that it was his birthday. It was not. He was born February 8, 1931. He died on September 30, 1955.

 

He was a promising star and an acknowledged actor. He died in a car crash, while he was driving, that took his young life. He is still honored and worshiped by many. The autopsy report is apparently locked up in the county where he died. Some people still question the truth of what was reported to the media, and what might be located in the report. The report (or a copy of) may be checked out, so whatever is contained is not truly hidden. In any case, a sad story and an unhappy end.

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Meanwhile…

I bought some Irish soda bread, a delight by any name. And I don’t understand why it isn’t made year round. Maybe it is in Ireland but then you’d have to go there. I got the bread at the bakery located just before the supermarket I go to. Much closer.

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So. From there I filled the whole page and more with notes on how that day had gone and a few previous days. And then, because of overfilled histories on the computer, I lost it and a few too many other things. Because I tend to leave several pages/tabs open at once. And then I couldn’t clear the histories but one data bit at a time. Too much. Then I found out how (yay Google!) to clear all and also opened new browsers. Problem? Yep. I then and now don’t have addresses, passwords, and needed info. It’s going to take me a few to put everything back in place.*sigh* My world is faulty.

While I gather my wits (assuming there are any left) I’m posting this. See you later…

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The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914)

The Public Domain Review   
Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and
not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and
compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.

A Masque of Days Charles Lamb. A Masque of Days. London- Cassell and Co., 1901 — Source. Cover design by Walter CraSuch a delightful surprise to find a new site that offers a magazine which will delight the bibliophile. Shared here are a few samples of the Book Covers that have been displayed on the site. All credits and any explanation needed are given beneath the displayed covers. And very delightful these creations are. Enjoy!
Lord Dunsany. The Book of Wonder. London- William Heinemann, 1912

If you would like to explore further, click on the “online” in the first paragraph above, and go directly to The Public Domain Review.

TheArtOfBkCvsIgnatius Donnelly. Ragnarok- The Age of Fire and Gravel. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1883Too Curious Edward J. Goodman. Too Curious. London; Guildford- Bentley & Son, 1888Max Wolf. Die Milchstrasse. Leipzig - Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1908Dress and Care of the Feet John Lord Peck. Dress and Care of the Feet. New York- Fowler & Wells, 1871Felix Schloemp. Das unheimliche Buch. Munich- Georg Mueller, 1914Friedrich Christian Accum. A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons. London, Longman, 1822Walter Crane. A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden. London- Harper, 1899Montague Browne. Practical Taxidermy. London- “The Bazaar” Office, 1878W. T. Horton. A Book of Images. London- The Unicorn Press, 1898Ten Time One is Ten Frederic Ingham. Ten Time One is Ten. Boston- Roberts Brothers, 1871Evelyn Sharp. Wymps. New York & London- John Lane, 1897Richard Bowdler Sharpe. Sketch-Book of British Birds. London- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,1898

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Hodgepodge

Today is being brought to you by this and that. And a fine sort of day it is…

A Room With A View Neal's Yard, Covent Garden

A Room With A View—Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden

This is a space, a very few blocks or so, outside of Covent Garden, in London, England. Neal’s Yard is the actual name of the location. Another fine example of what can happen when sought and encouraged. The place used to be the sewer of the area, crawling with rats and trash.

R.I.P. Karl Lagerfeld,1977. Photo - Francesco Scavullo.

R.I.P. Karl Lagerfeld—1977. Photo – Francesco Scavullo.

Karl left us yesterday from Paris, where he had been living for the last several years. He was the master behind the Chanel line once Coco left this world. How handsome he was in his youth.

Fashions of the day. Cambridge Undergraduates 1926.

Fashions of the day. Cambridge Undergraduates 1926

This has a special appeal for me as my father, George Hansen, dressed this way upon some time long ago. There’s a very old photo of him sitting on a dockage pillar, dressed most exactly like the young man on the right. It was taken in San Francisco where he had been before meeting my mother. In the photo it is also possible to see a ring on his little finger, which had belonged to his mother, my grandmother. I inherited the ring and it sits in my jewelry box as this is being written.

Pictures In History

Pictures In History

“I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him neither.” ~Annie Oakley, 1899

From the Depths - by William Balfour Ker (1906)

“From the Depths” – by William Balfour Ker (1906)

Isn’t this a testimony to the “nothing new under the sun”? The quote is from Ecclesiastes 1:9—What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. This also reminds me of the IWW, The Industrial Workers of the World, and big Bill Haywood—as was writ by John Dos Passos. I love the ending line: He died there [Russia] and they burned his big broken hulk of a body and buried the ashes under the Kremlin wall. 

Art Like This Page · 14 February · Gustav Klimt

20th Century Art

And that’s a wrap