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DADDY: "Hullo Cornelia!"
CORNELIA: "Hullo Daddy, although..." *Grumbles.* "I'm not sure I am talking to you right now."
DADDY: "Goodness, why ever not, dear Cornelia?"
CORNELIA: "Well! You might have warned me, Daddy!" "Pouts.*
DADDY: "Warned you, Cornelia darling? Of what?"
CORNELIA: "That you were going to invite a bear as pretty as me to come and live with us!" *Disgruntled.*
DADDY: "But I haven't, Cornelia darling!"
CORNELIA: "Yes you have Daddy!"
DADDY: "No I haven't!"
CORNELIA: "Yes you have!" *Adamant.* "She's in here!" *Holds up hand mirror.* "Look! She is teasing me by moving her lips just as I am!"
DADDY: *Chuckles.*
CORNELIA: "This isn't funny, Daddy! Quite the contrary! This is no laughing matter!"
DADDY: "Oh I'm sorry to laugh, Cornelia darling! But I am only laughing because that isn't another bear."
CORNELIA: "Yes it is, Daddy!"
DADDY: "No it isn't, Cornelia. It's your reflection!"
CORNELIA: "My reflection?" *Takes up mirror again and looks at the glass.* "Oh! I did think there was something rather familiar about her, Daddy. Oh well!" *Sighs.* "That is a relief! In that case, as this is my reflection, you are forgiven, Daddy."
DADDY: "Oh... err... thank you, Cornelia darling."
CORNELIA: "And you may cuddle me."
DADDY: "Oh thank you, Cornelia darling!"
CORNELIA: "You are welcome, Daddy!"
Cornelia, I found in an antique and vintage market quite recently. She is a vintage edition Russ Bear from their Mohair Collection. She is made of deliberately mottled mohair to give her that vintage look. One of a limited edition of 10,000, she was designed by artist Carol Hosfstad and is completely handmade.
In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual percept that arguably appears to differ from reality.
I have always been fascinated by optical illusions ever since I was a child, when I first saw the optical illusion called, cruelly, “My wife and my mother-in-law”, www.thesun.ie/tech/8917436/spot-all-women-optical-illusio... which depicts a young lady turning away from the viewer (my wife) and an old crone with a hooked nose and chin with a grimace buried into her fur tippet (my mother-in-law). It first appeared on a German postcard in 1888.
I tried my own trick of the eye optical illusion using a late Nineteenth century chromolithograph of an eye with an Art Nouveau hand mirror, placed carefully to make the reflection appear as though it is a continuation of a depiction of the eye. I do hope you like it
Back to work...Mondays are difficult, but today is going to be extra tough. Hope you have a good Monday. (the mirror is silver and belonged to my Nana).
Catherine Lloyd fingered through the post on the silver salver on the hallway table.
“There’ll be nothin’ there for you miss,” said Phyllis the maid with a disapproving look. She didn’t like snoops, and Miss Catherine was certainly a snoop.
“What nonsense,” Catherine thought. “I’m twelve now: practically a lady. Why shouldn’t I have my own correspondence?” And she kept flicking until she came to a postcard of Babes in the Wood illustrated by Hilda Cowham. When she flipped it over, she saw it was from her school chum Margery Pullham who was on holiday with her family in Reigate.
She snatched the postcard and hurried upstairs to read it in the old nursery, stopping en route to grab her rather worse for wear silver looking glass from her dresser in her bedroom. Clearing the table of games, she pulled out her mother’s old writing slope and placed the postcard on its worn red velvet surface and then held the mirror up to the card.
“When Margery writes in mirror writing, it’s bound to be something exciting!” Catherine said. “So, what did Margery see?”
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “reflection” was chosen by Beverley, BlueberryAsh.
I collect antique postcards which can be collectable for what one finds on the back as much as the front, such as this example of “mirror writing”: the only example I have, which can only be read in the reflection of a mirror!
Mirror writing is formed by writing in the direction that is the reverse of the natural way for a given language, such that the result is the mirror image of normal writing: it appears normal when it is reflected in a mirror. It is sometimes used as an extremely primitive form of cipher.
The mirror is a sterling silver and was made by Hasset and Harper Silversmiths of Birmingham in 1929. The writing slope is a black lacquered Victorian papier mache example with a red velvet lined slope. The ink bottle is original to the writing slope.
Seated woman sitting on a spindle-legged stool, brushing her hair while looking at her reflection in a silver mirror.
Villa Arianna, Room 7, Stabiae. 54-69 CE.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN 9088)
12 different stained glass colors and silver mirror were put on this bowling ball to make it into a one-of-a-kind mosaic garden art piece. This is a gift to an extended family member for the Spring Equinox. One side has 2 stars and a crescent moon, the other side has a butterfly, the sun and a flower similar to a sunflower on it. I may have taken way too many pictures of it, but each time it's turned, something of interest shows up. Grouted in black.
Artwork on glass installed at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
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Artwork on glass installed at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
#artspacenyc, #goldleaf, #eglomise, #silverleaf, #silvermirror
Artwork on glass installed at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
#artspacenyc, #goldleaf, #eglomise, #silverleaf, #silvermirror
Artwork on glass installed at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
#artspacenyc, #goldleaf, #eglomise, #silverleaf, #silvermirror
Artwork on glass installed at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
#artspacenyc, #goldleaf, #eglomise, #silverleaf, #silvermirror
Artwork on glass installed at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
#artspacenyc, #goldleaf, #eglomise, #silverleaf, #silvermirror
12 different stained glass colors and silver mirror were put on this bowling ball to make it into a one-of-a-kind mosaic garden art piece. This is a gift to an extended family member for the Spring Equinox. One side has 2 stars and a crescent moon, the other side has a butterfly, the sun and a flower similar to a sunflower on it. I may have taken way too many pictures of it, but each time it's turned, something of interest shows up. Grouted in black.
12 different stained glass colors and silver mirror were put on this bowling ball to make it into a one-of-a-kind mosaic garden art piece. This is a gift to an extended family member for the Spring Equinox. One side has 2 stars and a crescent moon, the other side has a butterfly, the sun and a flower similar to a sunflower on it. I may have taken way too many pictures of it, but each time it's turned, something of interest shows up. Grouted in black.
12 different stained glass colors and silver mirror were put on this bowling ball to make it into a one-of-a-kind mosaic garden art piece. This is a gift to an extended family member for the Spring Equinox. One side has 2 stars and a crescent moon, the other side has a butterfly, the sun and a flower similar to a sunflower on it. I may have taken way too many pictures of it, but each time it's turned, something of interest shows up. Grouted in black.
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
12 different stained glass colors and silver mirror were put on this bowling ball to make it into a one-of-a-kind mosaic garden art piece. This is a gift to an extended family member for the Spring Equinox. One side has 2 stars and a crescent moon, the other side has a butterfly, the sun and a flower similar to a sunflower on it. I may have taken way too many pictures of it, but each time it's turned, something of interest shows up. Grouted in black.
12 different stained glass colors and silver mirror were put on this bowling ball to make it into a one-of-a-kind mosaic garden art piece. This is a gift to an extended family member for the Spring Equinox. One side has 2 stars and a crescent moon, the other side has a butterfly, the sun and a flower similar to a sunflower on it. I may have taken way too many pictures of it, but each time it's turned, something of interest shows up. Grouted in black.
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Some people think of Morning Glories as an invasive weed that grows everywhere and over everything. I think they are beautiful bits of color and heart-shaped leaves that appear in the places we need them most. I saw a collection of them in the alley behind my house making some garbage cans look especially pleasant. I figured if they can make a rat condo look good what they could do to the inside of a nice house would be Morning Glory-ous!
• Hand-cut leaves and flowers
• Hand-forged ivy element
• Hung horizontally or vertically
• 48” h X 18” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Larger than most urban gardens, this flower patch features over 3 dozen, fresh plasma-cut posies that create an eye-watering steel mirror – even if you don’t have pollen allergies. It’s so big and so gorgeous anyone will look good in it. Trust me, I tried it! They’ll never shrivel up and always look fresh as a…how’s that saying go?
• Over 3 dozen individual, hand-cut, steel flowers
• Exquisite details
• Brushed steel finish
• 42” h X 42” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Some people think of Morning Glories as an invasive weed that grows everywhere and over everything. I think they are beautiful bits of color and heart-shaped leaves that appear in the places we need them most. I saw a collection of them in the alley behind my house making some garbage cans look especially pleasant. I figured if they can make a rat condo look good what they could do to the inside of a nice house would be Morning Glory-ous!
• Hand-cut leaves and flowers
• Hand-forged ivy element
• Hung horizontally or vertically
• 48” h X 18” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w
Vacations are great. Coming home, not so much. But now, you can bring your vacation back home with you. This steel window cracked open with billowing lace curtains is actually a giant picture frame. Just get one of your favorite vacation pix blown up and mounted on foam core (under $100), slide it in the frame and it’s like you never left. Be warned, the cat is cold, stand-offish and it won’t even look at you – it’s just like a real one! And for those not crazy about cats, it can be easily removed and used as a boat anchor (Again, just like a real one.)
• Custom curtains, tie backs and sill/shelf
• Hand cut, removable cat feature
• Brushed steel finish
• 46” h X 44” w