Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Feb 14, 1849. On This Day: Oldest Photo of a Serving US President. The White House Historical Association: Daguerreotypes: James Knox Polk. ~~~ Shelby Iron WorksJanuary 2024 Technical Details No meta photo since this was taken as a flyer while doing something else. [Passage To Elsewhere] Colors. f/4.5, 1/100 sec.,Continue reading “Strange Growths, Fantasy Photography”

Our parade reporter is back for a double hitter this year. Welcome, Michelle. [Parade Art] Slow motion Budweiser Clydesdales video from Endymion Mardi Gras parade. Links Good Morning America: Budweiser brings back Clydesdales in 2024 Super Bowl ad, YouTube Irish Sport Horse: Our Top Ten Budweiser Clydesdale Commercials [Even The King] with links to previousContinue reading “It Was A Clydesdale Kinda Weekend, Guest Video”

Awareness of the outside world. Pray Tell: Ash Wednesday: Remember You Are Stardust, 2021. ~~~ We have been taking the horses for morning hand walks daily since last spring. We get out almost every day, missing at most one or two days a month. What stops us? Rain. Light mist is fine. Even predicted rain,Continue reading “Walk Parameters”

Awareness of the outside world. Acadiana Profile: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, History of a Problematic Expression, Cheramie 2021. Mardi Gras World: “Prenon du bons temps!” (Say what?) ~~~ Final set of beads from a work convention in New Orleans. Previous Beads [Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler] with commentary[Mardi Gras Beads II] [Mardi Gras Beads III] withContinue reading “Zebra Beads”

Awareness of the outside world. Vox: The Puppy Bowl, explained, Pai and Koski 2020. ~~~ Rodney has had his feed ration reduced. It is an ongoing balance of keeping weight on without having the calories bubble out his ears. He’s been due for a while, but you hate to cut feed going into winter. TheContinue reading “It’s A Herd Thing”

Art & commerce of the outside world. Entertainment Weekly: The 20 best Super Bowl commercials of all time, Wolfinsohn 2023. Country Living: A Comprehensive List of The Best Super Bowl Commercials of All Time, Horton Jan 20, 2024. SuperBowl-Ads.com: Super Bowl Ads Archive. ~~~ Legend Bird – Bridge of BirdsWand – Harry PotterDragon – TheContinue reading “F is for Fantasy, Emoji Art”

Where Is Fantasy Found? In the footsteps of Frodo. Over the rainbow. Down the rabbit hole. Through the wardrobe door. Beyond the tollbooth.