a_london_pigeonさんのイラストまとめ

Dear Journal,
In the local streets your favourite places may be so bloody ordinary that you realise your love for them only when they’re gone
That's redevelopment for you

Illustration to a Bengali proverb 'as like as two pigeons’. Watercolour & tin paint, Calcutta c1830; V & A Museum.

Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993) Wood Pigeons 1967 Lithograph on paper

Detail from Japanese hanging scroll #unattributed

NIGHTY_NIGHT QUIZ QUESTION #9
Who called out 'The race is over!' ?
Answer below..

'.. when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out 'The race is over!'

Alice in Wonderland is an 1865 children's tale by Lewis Carroll

Latin is no longer used to name artificially-bred pigeons; this Fantail plate is from 'Nederlandsche Vogelen’, published in sections 1770-1829.
This individual bird was known as "Neddy Sea-goon" to all friends, family & neighbours.

'Sunrise with pigeons' #Japanese #unattributed

Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), closest living relative of the extinct Dodo. French illustration from the 1950s.

NIGHTY_NIGHT QUIZ QUESTION #9
Who called out 'The race is over!'? Answer below.
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'.. when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out 'The race is over!'
via Alice in Wonderland @thebestbutter

Dear Journal ..
Today a lady cringed down under her hat as we took off along Wilson Road towards the churchyard #Camberwell Some humans have a distressing phobia about us in particular if we fly low over their heads