Monday, March 14, 2011

Sunday Safari - Life on a String

Brian Cook, Appalachia Chief

page from the 1990 book L'ippopota disse: Mo 
by the Italian painter, poet and children's book author Toti Scialoja

Evan B.Harris, Banjo Plucking Hands

Yuri Vasnetsov painting, thanks to MamaBearAngela's
Animals on Postcards! collection on Flickr 


Sabine Timm aka virginhoney, November Mood

Alexander Alexeieff, aquatint illustration for Poe's 
The Fall of the House of Usher, 1930, thanks to 50 Watts

I. A. Krilov, Fables, illustrator unknown
(many thanks to Tania Sheko for the info!)


Tibor Gergely, illustration from Animal Orchestra 
thanks to the grand Flickr collection lovingly assembled by Flamenconut



What If? cover by J.P.Miller, and 
illustration from Pantaloon by Leonard Weisgard, 1951
(what a treat to find, I used to have this lovely book as a child!)
many thanks for both to Eric Sturdevant

6 comments:

  1. ENDLESSLY ENTERTAININ! YOU ARE A CULTURE BEARER!!

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  2. The bear on the cello - title: I.A.Krilov
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Krylov
    Fables.

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  3. "Cello"
    My favourite instrument and a wonderful frog!
    Loving those little critters at the moment, as I live near a pond and enjoy their music at sunset every night.

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  4. Love your comments!
    Tsheko, many thanks, I've changed the info.
    Funjuice, how nice, I would love hear frogs at sunset...

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  5. Nice collection!
    +
    http://pics.livejournal.com/smugasta/pic/001hhyd6
    (c)Marysya Rudska

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