A Month Since My Last Post!?!?
What’s that you say? Hsifeng fell into a magic rabbit hole with no internet connection and couldn’t even send a smoke signal out to the rest of the world to describe her distress?
Well, that would be a lie. In actuality I have been scoping out the interwebz regularly but my overall contributions have slowed to a trickle since my digital camera went spastic on me. *picture is all wavy and warbled and the colors are just baaaad…* No money to fix this at present, and it has put a serious dent in my ‘garden documentation’ process. *le sigh*
Then again, who said photos made for better entries?
(Oh yeah, that was me…)
Also sad to report is the status of my non-garden projects, which is to say “non-existent”. Sewing, painting and whatnot have all been replaced with the first bout of non-historic textbook reading I have had in YEARS (*shakes fist in the air* “Damn you Bernard Cornwell!”), lots of friends popping into the oven of the Central Valley for visits (*waves at these braves souls* “We love seeing you guys!”), and general apathy for moving anywhere apace due to heat and stagnation.
But at least the garden is still going well! *grin*
Anyway! I’m back, no garden photos, but a number of….”Wow, that’s cool!” shots stolen from various auction houses - thank you Sotheby’s and Christie’s!
First up, from Christie's, proof that Accounting Office have a history of being messy. From 'The Payment of Tithes' by Pieter Brueghel II:
What are all the little sacks for, do you think?
*EDIT: According to the Web Gallery of Art, this image is called 'The Villiage Lawyer'. I find that a bit curious since it appears that there are a lot of packets involved for a legal office.
A few shots of horded goodies from Jan Brueghel II's, 'An Allegory of Fire and Air':
A clock and other goodies from Sotheby's:
