Nina Antoniaさんのイラストまとめ

Epitaph to the original 'Dandy Highwayman' heart-throb Claude Du Vall, Hung at Tyburn age 27, in 1670, celebrated in plays & art, his ebullient ghost is said to haunt his old Oxfordshire haunts, including the Holt Hotel.

#FairyTaleTuesday Devotees of divination made use of Hemp seed, Kale, Nuts & an apple as a means of 'seeing' their partner to be at Halloween. But before all the festivities, it was essential to make an offering to the Fairies who celebrated by dancing with the dead #Halloween

Like an owl in a midnight choir: 'Nocturnal Duet' by J J Grandville, 1877. Note elegant bats (minus hats) on backing vocals....

Only 20 minutes left of @WyrdWednesday so here are two wonderful illustrations by the cat man himself, Louis Wain. His pictures never lose their charm or eccentricity. First cat image is called 'Don't tax my Baccy' & the title of Top Hat Cat is 'She's awfully Pretty.'

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Mood.

Keef, guitar & 'Imp-rovise'

@MickPuck I just read up about it now, what a lovely idea for a book. Presumably you recommend it? I had this picture stored up - before there were great big fog horns, wives of fishermen used to direct their partners back to shore.

Pre-CGI, the Cecil B Demille of Aurora Borealis : Carl Svantje Hallbeck 1856. No selfies just nature........

Shelta Tarl - A secret Tinker language possibly originating from the Celtic Druids. It is also incorporated into the language of Romanies. First recorded by Charles Godfrey Leland in 1876. 'Stimera dhi-ilsha, stimera aga dhi-ilsha' 'If you're a piper, have your own pipe.'