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More Arabian Nights Illustrations!

I just posted some more scans from beautiful illustrations in old books. First, an sample scan of an illustration from ‘Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights’ – Everyman Library, edited by Ernest Rhys. Published by J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd, London,...

Random images…

The ‘Superman’ Forest.         Forest in Mulmer twnshp         Forest in Mulmer twnshp         *Always* juggle balloons         *Always* fight with balloons    ...

Some random images…

Here are some random images from my Aperture library…   Owen holds up a TRex to its former self at the ROM five years ago…     The House of Commons’ library from the rear last year.     My mum, getting all blushy from a lens...

AGO

Owen, Finn and I drove in to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) today. There was on exhibit a wide variety of accoutrements from the Maharajas of India – the Raj; paintings, photographs, clothing, sculpture, interior design, a gold and silver Rolls Royce… It...

Great Explanations

My father expands on a description of a rescue at sea he witnessed as a boy crossing the atlantic by steamer...