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Weird and Wacky designs – Total Airheads!

It’s Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday today (1853 -1890).  But I’ve already wished Van Gogh happy birthday – see last years post I could have told you Vincent it’s your birthday.  However, no birthday is ever complete without balloons and I couldn’t believe it when I saw these!  I think the one below looks quite like him, thoughContinue reading “Weird and Wacky designs – Total Airheads!”

Happy Birthday to you dear J M W TURNER, Squashed tomatos and stew

  Happy birthday to Joseph Mallord WilliamTurner 1775 –  1851 What can you say about Turner that hasn’t been said?  Squashed tomatoes and stew refers to John Ruskin‘s ‘Two Boyhoods’ where he writes about Giorgione  1477 – 1510 and Turner.1775 1851.  Ruskin’s writing is so clever, informative and passionate – never dry: the man caresContinue reading “Happy Birthday to you dear J M W TURNER, Squashed tomatos and stew”