December 8, 2024

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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

“I’m ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille…”

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

He could be a stand-in (sit-in?) for Satchell in “Get Fuzzy…”

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 month ago

He (or she?) does have Satchel’s expression down…
Not too sure about the yellow lab/shar pei thing, though.

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

Heh – I had a basset/shar pei mix once. Great dog (mostly). Chewed up everything in sight. Oh well.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  TCM541
1 month ago

Sounds like my lab when he was a puppy.

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

I was going on the posture. So elegant!

Tigressy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

“I was there, but I’ve missed it.” – “How so?” – “I blinked.”

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

“The Chasm”, by Samuel Hayward. 2021

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

After Hieronymous Bosch?

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 month ago

Only if Bosch was in an uncharacteristically good mood 😁

Tigressy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Liszten carefully: I forgot my piano.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Tigressy
1 month ago

Boo! 😀

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Tigressy
1 month ago

Took me a while to get it. 🙂

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

This appears to be by an artist named Kevin Foote.

The only result my search turned up was all in Japanese except his name.

Google labelled it over two years old…
That’s probably why it doesn’t appear in searches for his present work.

But it does look very much like his other paintings.

Alexikakos
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1 month ago

 
The     METROPOLITA MUSEUM OF ART     says this is a photograph by the late American artist Walker Evans, and is titled ” [Virginia Hubbard, Destin, Florida]” (the brackets are part of the title).
 

SusanSunshine
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1 month ago

Um … that’s strange, because if you enlarge it, even a little bit, and look at the mouth and nose area, you’ll know that it’s not a photograph, it’s a painting.

Besides that, I only noticed this afternoon, after all the searching I did, that it’s signed in the lower right corner… “FOOTE”.

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

I did the same search you did. I was surprised it was a painting (but could see it was when told) I wonder who it is…

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

No, world’s not fair.

JP Steve
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 month ago

Fair, yes. Good, no…

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Would have been nice if wikipedia had shown the wet flowers…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphylleia_grayi

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 month ago

Yes… I read that the flowers are transparent (as above) when wet, and white when dry.

Much more beautiful wet.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Josephine Baker, I bet!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 month ago

Absolutely!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

I’m pretty sure I’ve found it… But it’s kind of strange.

After you try….take a look!
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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

That’s what i found.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Yes!

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 month ago

Yes, yes I did, and it was well under the fifteen seconds. This is one of those that you either spot it right away, or you have to go through the image line by line to find it.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

I remember seeing this dress on the cover of a magazine…

Probably Vogue.

I don’t remember all the philosophical discussion….
But I do remember everybody thinking it was weird.

I was too young to be in the market for a wedding gown.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

I have to wonder if anyone ever actually got married in it. Would love to see a photo of THAT.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 month ago

Dresses from couture shows are one of a kind art, and rarely sell “as is” to someone who will wear them.

Rich clients order something similar, but it’s cut and fitted and often quite changed for the body and style of the buyer.

Some runway dresses are barely put together, or made of totally impractical materials for wearing, but serve as inspiration for wearable versions…

Clients can buy one custom made dress, but many of them are high end department stores that pay a fortune just to have them to copy… Or these days the designer’s own small factory might produce them as ready-to-wear.

The shows often close with a wedding gown… It’s tradition.

But a bride in this sky high price range…. as much as a fancy car!… wants a dress maybe based on the runway dresses, but definitely brand new, unseen, and adapted to her own preferences.

So the short answer is that it’s very unlikely anyone wanted an exact copy… And the actual original is in a museum.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Jailbird!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Yeah right.

You can believe whatever you like… But just look at his feet!

His colors are impossible-looking, but I know there are amazing things in nature…

Not with those toes, though.
And his beak looks like one piece, and his right leg looks wired on.

Ick.

JP Steve
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

I could show you some of the specimens I stuffed. Might change your mind!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 month ago

I hope none with feet quite that creepy!

I searched it since then…. Yahoo says it’s AI.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

Must be the barber bird.

Tigressy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

I’ve found Waldo!

happyhappyhappy
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1 month ago

Life is hard for the feet and legs of small birds.
But those feet are horrific!

SusanSunshine
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1 month ago

In case you didn’t see it…. I posted earlier, on what is now yesterday’s page…

PostImage is back!

I would guess that on top of being unfairly reported for phishing, they also suffered some sort of attack on their website…

But they’ve bounced back!
I’m about to upload my to the popcorn and soda puzzle.

I say unfairly reported because they’ve never once asked me for any type of personal information, not even a user name.

Phishing is when someone tries to imitate a secure site that you use, such as a bank or medical site, in order get passwords or entry to the real site, and steal your money or data.

PostImage has never seemed to even ask where I go, or to enter a password, much less pretend to be another site. The accusation makes no sense.

Last edited 1 month ago by SusanSunshine
More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 month ago

Plane crashes into house, San Jose, CA, 1964.

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Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 month ago

Looks like he stuck the landing.

Greyhame
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 month ago

This is great! The house is pre-disastered!

P51Strega
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
1 month ago

This one is difficult to figure out. The plane must have been nearly stalled, hit the wires and dropped straight down to the roof.

Another possibility is that there is a road perpendicular to this street, in from the left. He may have made a forced landing and couldn’t stop in time. He could have pulled up just before the house and bled off all his remaining speed, then stalled onto the roof.

The minimal damage is hard to reconcile.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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1 month ago

Yeah, it looks like it had (Almost) stalled when it landed on the roof. I think you’re possibly right in that he pulled up to avoid hitting the front of the house. It doesn’t look like he hit the powerlines as they’re the other side of the house though. Does look to be a very light plane.

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1 month ago

 
I’ve posted these here before, but you may have forgotten to copy the recipe that time.
 
I make these.
They’re really easy to make, and they’re tasty! ! ! —comment image
 
From:

 
“My Mother’s Cook Book”

 
BROWNIES  Ingredients credited to: A copied recipe from somewhere ( instructions from Mother / see Notes from me:, too ).
Servings: “This number depends on how big the eater’s (s’) sweet tooth (eeth) is (are) / also your (their) chocolate addiction (s) level (s).”
 
1/2 cup shortening or butter
2 Squares of unsweetened chocolate (totals 2 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or raisins or coconut

 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
     Grease or line with waxed paper, an 8 inch square cake tin. Melt chocolate over
hot water. (I generally melt it over low heat, together with the butter or shortening.)
Then stir in the sugar and next the vanilla. Make sure it is cool enough, then stir in the eggs, (otherwise they will cook) one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Measure flour, without sifting, and stir in salt and nuts. Add to chocolate mixture and stir until well blended. Bake 45-50 minutes. (I find this usually cooks in about 25–30
minutes. Test about that time and go on from there.)
 
Notes from me:;
 
I always cool the chocolate/butter mix to luke-warm.
Bake on the second rack (top rack is first). I always sift the flour regardless of instructions to the contrary. Over-fill the measuring cup with the sifted flour and tap the side with a knife to settle the flour to emulate unsifted, then scrape the measuring cup level.
Use butter and real vanilla.
I use both raisins (plump them by putting them in hot water for a few minutes then measure the 1/2 cup) AND 1/2 cup of shredded coconut.
Check at 25 minutes. (It’s done when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. [ If the knife is not clean it’s obvious.])
Don’t go longer than 5 minutes before checking again.
After removing the pan from the oven cover it with a tray or cookie sheet while cooling, it keeps the brownies moist.
 

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 month ago

Not raisins and coconut for me!

Walnuts are traditional.

I don’t mind some, but what I prefer in my brownies is chocolate chips, with or without nuts!

P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

Yes yes yes (fudge frosting is good too).

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 month ago

I thought this must be from an ad, but I can’t find any info about that.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 month ago

Te clip of Shaq is from an add.

SusanSunshine
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1 month ago

Thought so.

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JP Steve
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JP Steve
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1 month ago

Trivia time: “Victory Through Air Power” was a Walt Disney Studios production.

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