Joe McCartney

Stained glass on the window of a railway ticket office.

Some railwayana for #StainedglassSunday.

A peeping Tom spies a naked Jerry in the tub.

“Full many a glorious morning have I seen ... ” ~ Sonnet XXXIII.
#ShakespeareSunday #TomAndJerry

Skottie Young cartoon featuring Charlie Brown and an alien facehugger.

“ ... we each new hatch'd unfledged!” ~ Hamlet (A1,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday

Delightful scene from the film South Pacific.

“ ... for the season bids us prepare.” ~ Richard III (A5,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday

Advertising for the Just William books by Richmal Crompton.

"All right," said William. "Come on, my ole varlets. Let us haste with all speed, gadzooks, to do the gunpowder plot." ~ William Carries On (1942), Richmal Crompton.
#BookWormSat #JustWilliam #40s

German original + English translation of the foreword. The illustration shows the two rascals grinning impudently.

“Ah, how oft we read or hear of
Boys we almost stand in fear of!”

📚Wilhelm Busch, Max and Moritz - A Rascal Story in Seven Tricks

(Original illustrations by W.Busch, 1865
English version from the 1871 edition of C.T. Brooks)

#BookWormSat #mischiefmakers

Elmer Fudd looking very annoyed.

"This is my lucky day," Bugs said. "I can feel it in my bones. Guess I'll stroll over to Elmer Fudd's and help him with his garden. Those carrots should be ready to eat." ~ Bugs Bunny Hangs Around (1957), Nancy Hoag.
#BookWormSat

Album cover for Neil Sedaka's Laughter in the Rain.

Legendary Singer and Songwriter Neil Sedaka has passed away at the age of 86. Rest in Peace.
#NeilSedaka #RestInPeace #TracksOfMyYears

Three comic book pages featuring Mickey Mouse in 'The Seven Ghosts'.

Ghosts, old houses, and a mystery to solve from Gladstone comics back in 1986. Mickey Mouse issues 219, 220, and 221 which contained the three part story 'The Seven Ghosts'.
#PhantomsFriday

Still raining, outside and in.☔
#Weather #Aimsir

A stark, silhouetted stork stands poised in the shallows of a receding Nile, its long legs rooted in the mud, while a tiny frog sits defiantly at its feet—a study in contrast, scale, and quiet tension beneath a distant, ruined skyline

“The Nile Flood had retired”

(H.C. Andersen)

🎨 W. Heath Robinson

#wyrdwednesday #goldenageofillustration #booksky #bookillustration

An illustration of Lífþrasir and Líf (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. (Public Domain) a naked man and woman (genitals artfully concealed by foliage) stand on each side of a bounteous waterfall)

#WyrdWednesday
“New Hopes, New Beginnings & Renewals!”

After the destruction of Ragnarök a man and a woman survive.
Líf & Lífþrasir repopulate the new world.

The first and last issue of Terry Moore’s Rachel Rising, and in the middle the resurrection of Rachel.

A young woman wakes up from being dead, and must now find who murdered her. The story unfolded in Terry Moore’s Rachel Rising.
#WyrdWednesday #RachelRising

Black and white portrait of the late actor Pete Duel.

Remembering Pete Duel on his birthday, born February 24th 1940.
#PeteDuel #BOTD

The wonderful Mitzi Gaynor as Nellie Forbush in the film South Pacific.

South Pacific on TCM.
#FlicksOfMyYears

There must be an easier way to change a poster on the side of a building. Five men reach new heights to get the job done.

This made me smile, important connections being made.
#BéalFeirste #Belfast #Grianghrafadóireacht #Photography

Lou Costello and Bud Abbott and a horse wearing glasses.

What a fantastic #ShakespeareSunday this week. So many terrific contributions to look through. Thank you @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social

Crossing a creek and a horse.

"How many score of miles may we well ride 'Twixt hour and hour?" ~ Cymbeline (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #WayOutWest

Sad Sack transports his Sarge up a steep hill.

"Give me my boots, I say; saddle my horse." ~ Richard II (A5,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #HarveyComics

Roger Daltrey just horsing around on an album cover.

"High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong,
Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide ... " ~ Venus and Adonis (A1,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #70s

Portrait of Kyle MacLachlan.

Happy Birthday Kyle MacLachlan, born February 22nd, 1959.
#KyleMacLachlan #BOTD

Three band members pose for the camera, and decide that the naming of a horse can come later.

“And know not now what name to call myself!” ~ Richard II (A4,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #America

The Trojan Horse.

"The truth will come to light. Murder can't be hidden for long." ~ The Merchant of Venice (A2,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Troy

Title card for the film An Officer and a Gentleman, featuring Richard Gere astride a motorcycle.

“Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed, which his aspiring rider seem'd to know.” ~ Richard II (A5,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Film

Watercolour portrait of William Butler Yeats.

“I made my song a coat
Covered with embroideries
Out of old mythologies
From heel to throat;
But the fools caught it,
Wore it in the world’s eyes
As though they’d wrought it ... ” ~ Coat (1914), William Butler Yeats.
#BookWormSat

Black and white sketch of the poet John Hewitt sitting on a chair.

“ ... I cannot urge or beg you
to pray for anyone or anything,
for prayer in this green island
is tarnished with stale breath,
worn smooth and characterless
as an old flagstone ... ” ~ Neither an Elegy nor a Manifesto (1972), John Hewitt.
#BookWormSat

Black and white portrait of Seamus Heaney.

“ ... He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep
To scatter new potatoes that we picked,
Loving their cool hardness in our hands.
By God, the old man could handle a spade.
Just like his old man ... ” ~ Digging (1966), Seamus Heaney.
#BookWormSat

Four photographs.

A gallery reveal.

Nine charcoal drawings.

An art installation and some artwork.

A few more items of interest.
#TheMACBelfast

Poster for The Lost Paintings - A Prelude to Return. Three veiled individuals.

A wall hanging, against a white background.

A cloth with the photo of a young boy.

Information about gallery exhibits.

I attended this at the MAC Belfast yesterday, a reimagining of an exhibition lost to the 1948 Nakba. Highly recommended.
#Art #Belfast

I didn't know that. Interesting fact.