ALL HALLOW'S EVE ... "BEWARE"

Background is the cover from a piece of sheet music I have owned a long time entitled "THE SNEAK" a 1920s Fox Trot tune. Sheet music not in good shape, time to use that cover!

Record Cover -- "Captivating Stereo Racket"

 

ADVERTISEMENT: Lily Pons for Pinkies

Lily Pons (1898-1976) had to keep her hands in great shape when doing the dishes or dying her hair as she was a French-American operatic lyric coloratura soprano and actress who had an active carer from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. 

ADVERTISING -- How do you spell RELIEF?

 To start off, one from the distant archives.

THEATER OF THE ABSURD

 I created this collage 14 years ago but it could not be more timely.

FUN with HATS

Ha ha ... I commented on Ron's comment posted to Hazel's hat collage and described a strange hat I received as a gift from a Paddington Bear loving friend in Los Angeles. It is oversized, very fluffy/fuzzy and honestly ... will I wear this? You bet! The perfect snow shoveling chapeau!! I love it.

Going Down to the Farm Shop for Some Pears (and this is no exaggeration)

I am a fan of "Exaggeration or Tall Tale Postcards" popular in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Read all about them here:

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/tall-tale-postcards/

Twin Workouts at Rainbow Bridge National Monument

A photo of Utah - Arizona's Rainbow Bridge National Monument juxtaposed with  a photo of the lowest point (282 feet below sea level) in the United States -- Badwater located in Death Valley in Southeastern California. 

The Exit Less Traveled on the Golden Gate Bridge

Michael went into his archives and I did too...this collage created a long time ago...but I am also working on another!

Personal Space

 This was so much fun to do!

(Yes, I sliced and diced the pup to make him fit the space between the trees.)

EDWARD LEAR NONSENSE (with apologies to Mr. Lear)

 There was a SMALL man of Ancona,

Who found a LARGE dog with no owner,

Which he took up and down

all the streets of the town,

That anxious small man of Ancona.

MUSIC hath charms when voices are raised and intruments played!

 

HAIR IT IS! Give your pup a new attitude...

 

HAIR IT IS! "Curl 'n Set" was the magic Elvira needed for herself and her cat "Elvis"

 

A good book can take you places you've never been...

 

A Page From the Book of Love

 Juxtaposed on Paul Nash (1889-1946) Voyages of the Moon (1934-7) o/c Tate Gallery

More ABSTRACT ATCs

 

ABSTRACT ATCs

ROUND: Just another Alaskan Sunrise

"Persephone" 1938 by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) juxtaposed on "Alaskan Sunrise" 1919 by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971).

ROUND -- "Unity"

Created for Artists for a Better World, World Art Day 2026 theme: "UNITY" It is obvious why I am including this in the challenge I created for us.