“See Him at Drysdales (Santa on train)” by Norman Rockwell (1940)

At the heart of this touching and humorous Christmas work which appeared on the December 28, 1940 cover of THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, is the juxtaposition of the heads of the astonished boy holding a Drysdale package, the Drysdale poster of the store Santa in costume, and the drowsy man wearing the Santa pants and boots under his overcoat, obviously on his way home from work. Rockwell’s gift as a storyteller in pictures is displayed here at its best. The simple use of predominantly three colors – red, black and white, and the omission of any extraneous detail, add to the strength of this fine example of illustration art. -AJ Hunsucker

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like i said, a really great day.

tell him that I’m leavin’

never lookin back again

You found somebody

who does it better than he can

no more making you cry,

no more them gray skies

**

I have had Jesse McCartney stuck in my head all day. Geeze.

Toronga Zoo. Sydney- Aus.

06-26-11 HIM Biker Sunday

Pictures from the HIM's concert at Sala La Riviera in Madrid 15/06/2017 // Concierto de HIM en la Sala La Riviera de madrid el 15/06/2017

Pokhara lake

Sunday aftrnoon,in hikarigaoka-park.

We're bringing him to the vet later this afternoon. This is his third day of squinting and I suspect he got clawed in the eye while playing. At first we thought something like a fur or eyelash got in his eye.

After catching him on video running north through Millican on his way here; we took off to Bryan too - but not to chase, but to get some shopping done, then imbibe at our favorite chinese restaurant. After that meal, I suggested we just "go take a look" at 4014 parked by F&B Road for the night. Joe had some sushi percolatin' in the back and was worried it would spoil in the warm car: My ice cold insulated lunch bag to the rescue. The drinks were still frozen.

Surprisingly, the crowds were light, plenty of parking in the campus lot, so I got out to take some quick pictures. An hour later I go back to the car and tell Jo, come over and take a pic of me in front of the beast. And I take one of him.

I finally met Ed Dickens, engineer of 4014, and took a picture of him, but damn exposure wheel must have turned because when I got downloaded to the comp its all black.

All in all, some nice captures and new wallpaper to use.

UP

Gulf Coast Service Unit

Navasota Subdivision

MP 74.35 - F & B Road gc

Bryan, Texas, USA - 17:00 CDT

UP P-HOBR-07

(nb Passenger / Office Car Special

Houston, Texas to

Bryan, Texas)

UP 4014 [ALCo 4-8-8-4]

UP 814 "Joe Jordan"

UP 810 "Jim Adams"

UP 9625 (revenue pool locomotive)

UPP 6334 "Art Lockman"

UPP 209 "Howard Fogg"

UPP 5714 "Lynn Nystrom"

UPP 202 "Willie James"

UPP 2055 generator car

UPP 5817 "Pony Express"

UPP 200 "Omaha"

UPP 5752 "Promontory"

UPP 9005 "Walter Dean"

UPP 5011 "City of Denver"

UPP 101 "Lincoln"

all images: © 2024 ~ Phantastic Pherroequinology / Philip M. Goldstein

She & Him performing at the Outdoor Stage at Coachella

I actually like shooting dead leaves on the ground more than I like the live ones.

...all those times I teased Wyatt, now I'm eating my words.

This one sat next to me as I ate my first Philly cheese steak sandwich. which was delicious.

Fruit Basket

A picture of Benjy but not normal king Benjy he is Tutankarkle!!! At school we are learning about anicent Egyptians so what better than to make him into Tutankarkle.

Kathmandu, Pokhara, and the Mardi Himal trail

Kamil checks out the elephants at the Seattle zoo.

I've taken pictures of him before, but I'm really fond of him. :)

She and Him performing at the 2010 Sasquatch Festival in George, Wa.

Be glad this is a picture so you can't hear the terrible lead "singer". The smoke is to hide the ugly guitarist, we thought.