The Darkness inspires me.
Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware
Willem Claesz. Heda1635
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle
Arnold Böcklin1872
The drowned fisherman
Michael Ancher1896
Dark Little Windows
Month: February 2023
A New Song for Me!
My family is SO lucky I didn’t know this song when I was little- or a teenager-
but I know it now
A Balmy Scenario
I have to wonder who it was that looked at the sap on the side of a tree, or maybe oozing from a plant, stuck their finger into it and as they watched it coat their
fingertip
said to the person who was with them on that day
” hey, do I have a great idea for this stuff! “
Myroxylon peruiferum.
and then the person they were with that day ( I’ll bet it was a nice warm Spring afternoon with Honey Bees and Lady Bugs and birds flying around ) asked while staring at
the goo on their Companion’s fingertip and
probably wondered where they were going to wipe it clean asked
” and what is your great idea ? “
Photographer Unknown Bee Balm Plant-
and that person, who saw the sap on the side of a tree or maybe on a plant and now had a dab of it on the tip of their finger said:
Inspired By The Word of the Day Challenge: BALSAM
‘The garment makes the (wo)man”
Inspired By RDP Friday Prompt: Risque
Title: Study of a Woman Sewing
Creator: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
My Great Grandma told me
that in her Mother’s young day
she was told that
if lady lifted the hem off her dress
just above her ankles
it would make the men gasp
in delight.
Photographer Unknown
My Grandmother told me
that in her young day she was told
that if a lady lifted the hem of her skirt just to her knees
it would make the men yodle
with glee.
Photographer Unknown
My Mother told me
in her young day
that ladies were called girls and
girls were told if their clothes that covered them up too much
they would never know what freedom was
Photographer Unknown
I will tell my Granddaughter
that in my young day
I never listened when people
told me
how a woman should dress or behave.
” Tiffany- Bride of Chucky “