Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday ~ February 12, 1809 - 2009 . . .

Commemorative Stamp set issued by the US Postal Service to celebrate the Lincoln bicentennial. Buy only what you need or want to keep because postage is going up to 44 cents in May! Yet another increase with no added service.


Lincoln Portrait by Anthony Berger
at the Mathew Brady Studio 1864.


This image released by George Eastman House is a broken glass-plate interpositive of a clean shaven Abraham Lincoln, taken by Alexander Hesler at the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield on June 3, 1860.


The following photos are from Time Magazine.
Click to enlarge. Buttons don't work.

End of photos from Time Magazine.

When I was in school we celebrated this iconic President's birthday every February 12th. Now we have Presidents' Day which is celebrated next Monday so we can have a long weekend. It combines Lincoln's birthday and George Washington's birthday (February 22nd). I don't think children are taught the true dates for each President's actual birthday. What a shame.

Happy Birthday Honest Abe!




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My kind of taxidermy . . .

These cruelty free animal heads are made completely from recycled cardboard, newspaper, boxes and magazines. They are real trash to treasure creations, aren't they? I love that the artist did not paint over all of the newsprint and in some cases she used shredded paper for the "fur". I have never seen paper mache look so realistic. These animal heads look almost like carved wood.

Created by Stealthy Rabbit

Life's Little Instruction Book , page 22 + some amazing animal photographs . . .

All of the amazing photographs are recent saves from Pixdaus.

Elizabethan insults created by Shakespeare . . .

Shakespearean Insult Generating Tool

See how Shakespeare would have insulted you with his clever Elizabethan quips of the day.

I saved a couple of his insults directed at me.

"[Thou] small grey coated gnat."
Taken from: Romeo and Juliet

"[Thou] stale old mouse eaten dry cheese!"
Taken from: Troilus and Cressida
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Coffee's on me this morning . . .

This is some of the most spectacular "Latte Art" I have ever seen.

Wild about Crests . . .

Welcome to Isel Hall, a 15th century Historic house in England's Lake District.

 

  

The Lawson Crest, the sun supported by the arms of the law, is a motif which is much in evidence both outside and inside the hall.

 

Distant view of the estate showing a pair of the crests atop a stone wall.

   

Closer view of a wonderfully weathered crest.

 

Rooster crest on my everyday antique English silver flatware. I couldn't believe my luck when I found the set at a local flea market!

I have a 19th century antiquarian book entitled The Royal Book of Crests. It is full of engraved crests like the rooster above. 

xo