Wow!  What a neat website.  Old & Interesting:  History of domestic paraphernalia, household antiques in use.  I found it while researching some historic furniture pieces I was making in miniature.

(Just read about the history of ironing ruffles, frills and puffed sleeves.  Ugh, I'm glad I didn't live back in the olden days.  Those poor people, all ( Read more... )

Randomly, a French revolution vampire comic - Bite Me!  (A Vampire Farce.)  Read it.  It's amusing.



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James Choi, whom I  posted about recently with his beautiful model of the Surprise, has made a new website.  And he's linked to my miniatures!  It always makes me a bit startled to see my pictures posted on someone else's web page, even when they've told me ahead of time.  I'm not sure why that is.  But it also makes me feel reasonably proud.

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I've just been informed by a friendly visitor Josje that my Aubrey-Maturin miniatures are featured on her blog, Josje's Poppenhuis!!!  Her blog is so beautiful and full of such wonderful pictures that I feel humbled to be mentioned there so kindly!

Dank u zeer, Josje!


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*sob!*  They killed Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier!  I hate the Reign of Terror!

I was looking up info on Lavoisier whose design was the basis for Stephen Maturin's trephine ("I have an improved Lavoisier's trephine, a magnificent instrument with extraordinary biting power; and if you choose, you shall turn the handle!") because I wanted to see ( Read more... )

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This website, Married to the Sea is totally cracking me up.  It's like lolcats for strange old engravings.  For instance:


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