Edward Gorey was born on 22 February 1925:
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Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey!
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[Ophelia in Art] #1: Ophelia by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1908
Ophelia by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1908:
Ophelia by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1908
Happy Birthday, Dorothy Canfield Fisher!
The extremely accomplished Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born on 17 February 1879.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Selected books: Gunhild (1907); The Bent Twig (1915); Understood Betsy (1917); Raw Material (1923); Bonfire (1933); Seasoned Timber (1939).
[Writers in Art] William Butler Yeats
I’m sharing this (again?), because W. B. Yeats is on my mind today.
William Butler Yeats by John Singer Sargent, 1908
Daily Diversion #371: Winter Festival
Naturally, with this being (Central) Ohio and all, it was 60 degrees during a winter festival in February. We still had fun, though. And it was nice not being bundled up.
Snow Day Cbus 2017
Daily Diversion #370: Chatting with a Deer Friend
My husband chatting with a deer
Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow.
Fire. Texas, 2016.
Truck and Trees. Texas, 2016.
Rest in Peace, Thomas Lux
Thomas Lux, 1946-2017 [THE PARIS REVIEW]
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Charles Dickens/Sinclair Lewis/Laura Ingalls Wilder/Gay Talese
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”-Charles Dickens (born 7 February 1812)
Sinclair Lewis (born 7 February 1885) by Arnold Genthe, 7 March 1914
And:
Laura Ingalls Wilder (born 7 February 1867), circa 1885
“I am a documentarian of what I do.”-Gay Talese (born 7 February 1932)
Tea in Art: A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909
A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale for Collier’s Magazine, 1909:
A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909.
I wish I could spend today drinking tea and reading books about awesome women. Alas!
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 