Christmas Carol
The University of Glasgow's Special Collections portion of their library has an amazing offering, the "book of the month". Go check out some of the other archives. Beautiful.
Demure to ponder
"It is highly unlikely that the peacock, upon encountering the peahen of his dreams, demurs to ponder the energetic cost of his outrageous tail."- Meier et al., 2000. Nature 407: 796.
House Crush
Seen here.
As you're knitting,
Keep these in mind.
Julian Beever
The incredible pavement chalk-artist, Julian Beever. A real-life Bert (Mary Poppins, magic...you know what I mean).
Cake Wrecks
Except these are no cake wrecks, per say. Click the link for more...these are awesome! Thanks for sharing, Mindy!
Mucha Peacock Room
Mucha, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, 1900, originally uploaded by Gatochy.
Paris, France --- This exquisite Art Nouveau interior was designed by Alphonse Marie Mucha in 1900 for the Parisian jeweler, Georges Fouquet. The interior has been reconstructed in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris to preserve its beauty and artistic importance. --- Image by © Massimo Listri/CORBIS
Gisbert Combaz
1896, Gisbert Combaz. Assuming I'm reading that lower right-hand corner correctly.
Plates
I believe that these plates were from anthropologie, but I could be wrong. Anyone know for sure?
