by thadmin | Aug 28, 2013 | Beauty, Nature, Travel
…this post should be called Adirondacks – Day three, but as I am no longer in the Adirondacks, it seems odd to refer to today by that nomenclature. I certainly did wake up in the Adirondack mountains this morning. But I am currently in Montpelier, Vermont,...
by thadmin | Aug 28, 2013 | Beauty, Nature, Travel
Wellll, day two was yesterday. But as I did not end up in a place for the night that had WiFi, I had to leave my post until today. I camped at Eagle Point State Park and had a lovely view of….some lake. But it rained a lot in the afternoon and through the evening....
by thadmin | Aug 26, 2013 | Beauty, Nature, Travel
Its just noon now, and I’ve returned from a lovely few hours riding through fire roads and snowmobile trails in the forest above Old Forge. There was no one else about and it was so quiet and peaceful. All I could hear was the thrush, thrush, thrush of my...
by thadmin | Aug 26, 2013 | Nature, Tech
I have arrived at Old Forge, New York. But long before my arrival there, I had started the day with best intentions. Well, I had them the day before too, having packed the car 24 hrs before the proposed departure time of 6am this morning, Sunday (August 25th)....
by thadmin | Aug 18, 2013 | INFO, Nature, Travel
Hey. I am prepping for a week of driving and cycling here and there in the Adirondacks in NY State, starting in the State park. Any suggestions for camp spots, trails for riding or hiking? Hope to find some WiFi along the way and post photos now and then if I...
by thadmin | Aug 9, 2013 | Art, Beauty, Historical
I just posted some new scans of old illustrations… 01 “Peter Pan is the faeries’ orchestra.” Illustration by Arthur Rackham in J.M.Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens ~ undated. 05 “The faeries have their tiffs with the...
by thadmin | Aug 6, 2013 | Art, Beauty, Historical
I just posted some new scans from an old book I was given years ago. It was from my father, whose father had given it to him. It is a collection of the Norse Prose Edda, or Norse Sagas, as written by Snorre Sturlason. The book was printed in Oslo (then, Kristiania) in...
by thadmin | Jul 26, 2013 | Art, Beauty, Historical
I have just posted some new illustrations at my new Tumblr blog. Also, my other Tumblr blog is still running and I seem to be adding images to that one every couple of weeks. Stop by and have a look. Owen, sleeping Title Page Skjære Per -en liten fabel for dem som...
by thadmin | Jul 6, 2013 | Beauty, Historical
A short while ago, I started a Tumblr blog of drawings I do on my iPad with Adobe Ideas. Have a look here if you like. Today, I started a second, new Tumblr blog called “Old Beautiful Illustrations”. It is, and will be, a selection of art scanned out of...
by thadmin | Jun 23, 2013 | Beauty, Contrast
Heard about this abandoned school and grounds from Carrie when she sneaked through there with Owen a number of weeks back (months?). It just so happened that Owen and I found ourselves at loose ends today and so we trundled off to sneak around there ourselves. Pretty...
