…the moon laughs and whispers… …all hallows eve…

Amphora

~Amphora.
Place: Moldavia (now Romania)
Date: 4th century
Archaeological site: Village of Kontseshty, right bank of the River Prut, found in 1812
Material: silver

Halloween Humor

Happy Halloween 2016

Model wearing a Christian Dior gown in a photo by Willy Maywald, Paris, 1949

Meissen

Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present). Scaramouche and Columbine embracing, ca. 1741. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Meeting Between President Lincoln and General ‘Little Mac’ McClellan in 1862

Mary

Marlon Brando, 1948, photo by Serge Balkin for Vogue

Manhattan entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York 1905

Katharine Hepburn, 1935

Katharine Hepburn at the time of her first film A Bill of Divorcement, 1933

JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER PARIS, CIRCA 1875-1900 A LARGE AND VERY FINE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED KINGWOOD DOUBLE-DOOR VITRINE

2 Timothy 3:14–4:2

 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. 

Ivy Nicholson modeling an evening gown by Jacques Griffe in a 1953 photo by Regina Relang

map,’ highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country

Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps,’ it highlights the massive expanse of river basins across the country – in particular, those which feed the Mississippi River, in pink

Study

Rainy Day

Swan

Davinci

Take the Plunge

Hydrangea

USS Augusta

“USS Augusta (CA-31) off French coast during landing operations. Small landing craft are shown speeding towards the shore.”
Local Identifier: 80-G-45720. Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1983

Sphinx taken from a hot air balloon

This is a rare image of the Sphinx taken from a hot air balloon, in the early 19th century. This is before excavation and restoration.

Third Ave El, a photo by Elliott Erwitt, New York, 1955

The Iceman Cometh ~ New Orleans circa 1925.

Phillips Exeter. staffordshire pottery plate. 1950s

Perun - Slavic God of thunder and lightning

Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1943, photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Montgomery Clift, 1951

Marlon Brando in the South of France, 1957

Images of Pluto taken by NASA in 2015.

Hunyad Castle, Romania

Eagle of the 8th - Siege of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.

Castell Coch, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales

A fusilier of the Royal Scots

A fusilier of the Royal Scots provides covering fire with his Thompson sub-machine gun in the village of Namma in Burma, October 1944.

Architecture

…”Architecture is the will of the epoch…

…translated into space”…

~Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

A photo by Constantin Joffe, New York, 1945, for Vogue

Wood and Marble

Chicago Ill

Black and White

Library

2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2

Brothers and sisters: We always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith, that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.

We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand.

Psalm 145 A psalm of praise. Of David.

1 I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. 2 Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. 4 One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. 5 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— and I will meditate on your wonderful works.[b] 6 They tell of the power of your awesome works— and I will proclaim your great deeds. 7 They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. 9 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. 10 All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you. 11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might, 12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.[c] 14 The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. 18 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. 20 The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. 21 My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.

Jazz clubs in mid-town Manhattan

Jazz clubs in mid-town Manhattan - the 3 Deuces and the Carousel - 1948, photo by William Gottlieb

WISDOM 11:22-12:2

 Before the LORD the whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook people's sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they are yours, O LORD and lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O LORD! 

Luke 19: 1-10

 At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” 

“Celanese”, 1929

Town Square Nacogdoches

Hitler's Special Easter Surprise, 1944