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The Master and Margarita
The only thing wrong with this picture is that she needs a festive beverage in her hand. The cat is fine. The cat is ruminating, as cats are wont to do.
(photo by Valorie Hart, https://thevisualvamp.tumblr.com)
#caturday #BlackCat #dollhouse #HappyHour #AMatterOfPerspective #CatDreams #fancy
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘹 𝘓𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦, 28, 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯-𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦...
This is interesting: "The Celestial Omnibus" short story by E.M. Forster (1912).
https://monadnock.net/forster/omnibus.html
It really reminds me, in theme, tone, and treatment, of stories by Neil Gaiman, which is not something I expected from Forster (but of course, I'm absolutely no expert on Forster, though I've read several of his books).
Anyway, I enjoyed it, and it is interesting to wonder: if Gaiman were writing 100+ years ago, what would it look / sound like?
#literature #EMForster #Forster #NeilGaiman #Gaiman #story #ShortStory #vintage #CelestialOmnibus #OdeToHeaven #Shelley #poetry #classics #fantasy #CharactersFromLiterature #1912
Searching a bit I see it's been adapted as a play at least once. (https://www.theatre22.org/)
I think I will just lie down here for a while.
A gorgeous series of nighttime photos of lavender fields by Samir Belhamra. "Taken in Valensole in Southern France, we see beautifully even rows of lavender, richly purple against a starry night sky."
#flowers #lavender #fields #photography #NightPhotography #art #dramatic #landscape #nature #France #beauty
https://mossandfog.com/stunning-french-lavender-fields-at-night/
Okay, this is sort of useful. Especially for pints, which I can never remember. But if any recipe ever calls for 1/16 of a cup of anything, I'm going to throw it in the fire. I mean, maybe a cocktail? But that should use milliliters.
Also, I'm not saying I would ever use 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon of something just to avoid cleaning my 1/3 cup measure after using oil when I realize I next have to measure flour, but I'm not saying I wouldn't NOT not do that.
Via https://izismile.com/2023/02/15/cooking_mastery_unlocked_the_charts_you_need_to_see_20_pics-1.html
The dress that gave hope after the horror of the Holocaust
"Gena Turgel married the soldier who helped free her – now her wedding gown* will be on display at the Imperial War Museum"
* made from parachute silk, btw
(looked this up after seeing a twitter post from Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt: https://twitter.com/MadameGilflurt/status/1625410263666294792)
#history #fashion #dress #WWII #wedding #WeddingDress #FashionHistory #love #ValentinesDay #JewishHistory #holocaust #CatherineCurzon
CURIOUS ARTS
Something rather wonderful for writers who need to source early 19th Century info, artists and handicrafters who want to replicate old techniques, or people who just love trawling through antique and vintage trivia (me!):
A SELECT COLLECTION OF VALUABLE AND CURIOUS ARTS AND INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/38067/pg38067-images.html
All sorts of just fascinating stuff in this 1826 edition, mostly practical ("To dye silk a brilliant gold colour"; "To make elastic varnish for umbrellas"), but also including whimsical items such as "Sympathetic inks for secret correspondence" and fun parlor tricks ("To light a candle by application of ice").
The appendix alone is a treasure trove, with a list of items / ingredients used in the book, including explanations of those items, and their prices.
#art #arts #history #handicrafts #vintage #antique #book #ebook #Gutenberg #trivia #Victorian #handicrafts #HomeArts #crafts #technology #experiments #HowTo #DIY #vintage #19thCentury #1800s
whoa! I almost forgot #Fensterfreitag! I don't have time to trawl through my files or spend much time with research or writing, so I'll just share this cute online jigsaw puzzle I just finished. It's a pretty relaxing one, and features both picturesque window and bonus felinity. (No sign-up etc. necessary.)
Andre Edouard Marty (1882-1974) Illustration for House and Garden Magazine c. 1925
#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #window #cat #EarlyCaturday #art #vintage #illustration #HumanArt #jigsaw #JigsawPuzzle #puzzle #relax #1920s
*Scarlett Voice*
I may not be cheerful right now, but by god, my food will be!
Made confetti couscous tonight to go with grilled salmon. Yummy.
My recipe:
Instant couscous: 1-1.5 cups, prepare as directed.
Raw veg chopped into small bits: carrot, red bell pepper, zucchini, spring onion -- white and green parts.
(You decide the amounts. This time, I used 1 med. carrot, 1 med. zucchini, 1 sm. spring onion, 1 sm. red bell pepper.)
A handful or two directly from the freezer: small frozen green peas
Complementary stuff: raisins, dried cranberries, chopped almonds, to taste
Dressing: juice of one orange, equal amount of olive oil, salt and pepper. Add some lemon juice if too sweet. Use as much as needed, to taste, or to have the couscous reasonably moist (agreeable to the tongue, basically. Your tongueage may vary)
In my experience, even people who usually rebel against raisins in non-desserts end up liking them in this.
(if you ever wondered what cat dreams are like)
via bluecohosh.tumblr.com/post/122491373396
#caturday #cat #art #HumanArt #painting #surreal #surrealism #GiantCat
The First Meme of the 20th Century?
For #WeirdWednesday, "Le Cochon Danseur" (The Dancing Pig), is a bizarre little silent film short from 1907 that knowyourmeme.com has called "the first meme of the 20th century."
The Silentology blog has a great investigation of the film's origins and history.
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY69-S7O9Mo
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/le-cochon-danseur-the-dancing-pig
#WeirdWednesday #film #SilentFilm #surreal #pig #vaudeville #operetta #MusicHall #nickelodeon #DancingPig #vintage #1900s #meme
