Messengers from the Sea God's Palace

Oarfish.
A creature that measures up to five metres in length and lives at underwater depths of 1000 metres. 

The body of an oarfish was found off the coast of California last month, an event considered the harbinger of a powerful earthquake. More here and something interesting here. 

Sarah at Banquet has featured the oarfish in her Sea Animals of the Atlantic print.

Ray Price : Jan. 12th 1926 - Dec. 16th 2013

One of my music heroes, the inimitable Ray Price. He passed yesterday.

An obituary in the NYTimes.

Peter O'Toole: Aug. 2, 1913 - Dec. 14, 2013

Rest in peace, good man.
An obituary here. 

This little angel was 4 months old yesterday and, before he grows to big to fit it, I took photographs of him wearing the gown that his maternal namesake (Great Grandpa Harvey) was christened in..

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a photograph of a photograph i made in 1999 (of a sculpture i made in 1998) installed in the living room of a collector.

innovation

Alice Wins !

The Nobel Prize for literature. A short interview.

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H A R V E Y J O N E S

Our tiny darling was born Friday August 9th, 2013 at 07h05.
Harvey T.T. Jones. He has his Great Grandfather's namesake, Harvey Roland Hanson.

Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living, But the child who is born on the Sabbath day, Is lucky and happy and good and gay.

Patrick Lundeen

Patrick Lundeen.

The lovely Michael Allen. And an interview with him here.

A cold melon soup and a quinoa salad for supper on a warm summer eve.

Alex Colville

Alex Colville died peacefully at home on July 16th 2013.

Family and Rainstorm (1955) is my favourite of his paintings.

Mending with E. and enjoying her latest elixir with rose petals, mint and raspberries.

Hopewell

Hopewell.

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Babies were kept outside windows, so that they could be exposed to sunlight and air to get Vitamin D for good health.Usually in Scandinavian countries or even the US in the early part of the 20th Century.

no photographing

Tim Rautert's No Photographing. 

BLESS
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Becca Barnet.

In my ribbon tins I found the right ribbon for the crocheted set: a fine cotton-wool twill tape in dove grey that I bought in 2006 at Mokuba, Toronto.

(There's also the beautiful Mokuba New York)