July 18, 2008

o wind..

grasshoppers

o wind, rend open the heat,
cut apart the heat,
rend it to tatters...

~excerpt from the poems
of hilda doolittle~


edward calvert

the bride

ideal pastoral life

the return home

the chamberidyll

find more here.

July 17, 2008

if i were a lady..

(there's a million reasons why i'm not..)

July 16, 2008

prinzessin klatschrose


from the book: Prinzessin Klatschrose.
Ein Blumenbilderbuch für Kinder

by Theobald Kerner
1851

(princess flower of sleep)

infallible weather indicator

infallible weather indicator

the mythological zoo

the sphinx

the hydra

illustrations from oliver herford's
the mythological zoo.
1912

July 03, 2008

an inhabitant of the moon

the baron recovers his hatchet

the ship and the whale

an inhabitant of the moon

wonderful engravings by g. cruikshank for the story of the
baron munchausen.

more can be found here.

July 02, 2008

derek's daily 45s

dion

desmond dekker

i found this wonderful website last week doing a google search on the
velvettes. derek posts a 45 from his personal collection daily.
how amazing!

my favorite so far is mo jo hannah by little esther phillips..

check it out:

derek's daily 45

treacherous waters

Photobucket

by: relleno demono (via)

June 30, 2008

the owl moans low

owl

found the video here.