Sunday, June 7, 2009

craving


she refused to eat dinner and then asked for dessert, and sure enough, didn't say please

Monday, June 1, 2009

adapt




There was a young person of Ayr,
Whose head was remarkably square:
On the top, in the fine weather, she wore a gold feather:
Which dazzled the people of Ayr.

There was an old man on the Border,
Who lived in the utmost disorder:
He danced with the cat, and made tea in his hat,
Which vexed all the folks on the Border.


Saturday, May 16, 2009

central


contagious


Illustration Friday topic
An account of a contagious sleep at the Court of Frederick Barbarossa who fell asleep with his gallant knights around him.
Some people suspected a dark intrigue, others thought the fairies were involved. "Frederick Barbarossa is still asleep. In the crypt beneath a ruined castle, in the midst of a dense forest, he is seated before a table round which his beard has twisted seven times. He will awake to drive away the crows which croak around the mountain."

Friday, May 8, 2009

parade


Illustration Friday topic Every state holiday, the most important members of the Party would climb to the roof of the Mausoleum - a marble tomb next to the Red Castle - to watch a military parade.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

hierarchy


Chewdo-Youdo Ryba-Kit
after Ershov' The Humpbacked Pony (Konek-Gorbunok)
"Ivan and the pony started their search for the ring at the ocean shore, where they encountered Chewdo-Youdo, a huge monster whale who had been beached there for ten years. Poor Chewdo-Youdo was barely alive. Holes and scars ravaged his body. A growth of trees had sprouted on his tail. There was even a small peasant village on his back."