Betty's Pub 20.1
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I have been watching the odometer turn on the Winter Flickr and waiting patiently to be able to post the Spring Flickr before I crossed the dreaded 10K mark and found myself locked out of the thread, but as I have been saying for what seems like ages Spring has not cooperated. I awoke this morning hoping for a warm, sunny, Spring day only to discover it was a cool, cloudy, rainy, kind of grim Spring day, similar to so many others this season. But as the thread is definitely locked I will start the Spring Flickr and keep my fingers crossed that eventually it will actually be Spring. My mind goes to an anecdote I just read about Mark Twain. He and a friend were outside in the rain. His friend said to him, “think it will stop?” Twain’s reply was, “It usually does.” So do I think Spring will arrive? It usually does.
I mentioned last week that I was headed up to New Haven and I can report back that I had a splendid day. My brother and I took the Metro North which takes a little under two hours and in most cases is a pleasant ride. I say most cases as there was a terrible derailment yesterday which injured about 50 people and disrupted service for both the Metro North and Amtrak. A disruption that won’t be straightened out for some time. Having been on the line last week, I confess I found the story rather scary. I don’t like flying and I’m not fond of driving so trains are a preferred option. Don’t like to think of them having accidents as well.
Nevertheless we did the New Haven doubleheader stopping first at the Yale Center for British Art and then walking across the street to the Yale University Art Gallery. The Yale Center had a special exhibit, “Edwardian Opulence” which had paintings, photographs and objects from the Edwardian era, the early years of the 20th Century when Prince Albert finally became King when his Mother, Queen Victoria, passed away after her 60 year reign. I’m sure Prince Charles has much the same feelings that Edward did.
It was a lovely exhibit filled with wonderful portraits of the notables of the era. I was unfamiliar with the majority of the artists aside from John Singer Sargent but that didn’t distract from their beauty. The museum has a wonderful permanent collection as well. It was established by Paul Mellon who also founded the National Gallery in Washington and he bequeathed his collection of British art to this museum. I will allow my Uncle Wikipedia to describe the collection.
“The collection consists of nearly 2,000 paintings and 200 sculptures, with an emphasis on the period between William Hogarth's birth (1697) to J. M. W. Turner's death (1851). Other artists represented include Thomas Gainsborough, George Stubbs, Joseph Wright, John Constable, Joshua Reynolds, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Lawrence, Robert Polhill Bevan, Stanley Spencer, Barbara Hepworth, and Ben Nicholson.
The collection also has works by artists from Europe and North America who lived and worked in Britain. These include Hans Holbein, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Canaletto, Johann Zoffany, John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, and James McNeill Whistler.
Some areas of emphasis of the collection are small group portraits, known as "conversation pieces", including those by Hogarth, Gainsborough, Zoffany and Arthur Devis; landscape paintings by Gainsborough, Richard Wilson, Constable, Richard Parkes Bonington and Turner; and British sporting and animal paintings, featuring George Stubbs, John Wootton, Benjamin Marshall, and Alfred Munnings. Other genres include marine paintings, represented by Samuel Scott and Charles Brooking; London cityscapes; travel art from India, scenes of Shakespearean plays, and portraits of actors.”
If you have even a minor interest in British Art you certainly owe it to yourself to visit the Gallery.
I’ve been to the Yale Art Gallery several times but this is the first time I’ve visited when the entire collection has been on display. The first time we went we were dismayed to discover that many of the galleries were closed for renovations, renovations that took years to complete and was only completed at the very end of last year. There was no special exhibition but none was needed as the permanent collection is first rate. It’s not on a par with the Metropolitan Museum of art but it has several truly extraordinarily great masterpieces in every genre. To mention a few, there are a pair of Franz Hals portraits, a husband and wife that are magnificent sitting side by side.
This is a link to the Gallery website slide show of art. The first link is the portrait of the man while the second is the portrait of the wife. You can continue surfing through the collection by just advancing to the next image or reverting to the previous image. You can also click on about and get a description of what you are looking at.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_european/enlarge22.html
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_european/enlarge23.html
This is a link to the search function itself if you are looking for a specific artist.
http://tinyurl.com/b74wle6
Another brilliant painting is Vincent Van Gogh’s The Night Café. This image doesn’t do justice to the bright colors and beauty of this painting. On an adjacent wall was a painting by him that was done in Pointillism, a style more associated with the French artist Seurat. It’s completely different from anything that you may have seen by Van Gogh and also very beautiful. You can see that at the second link below.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_modern/enlarge11.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_-_Weg_im_Park_Voyer_d%27Argenson_in_Asni%C3%A9res.jpeg
Another wonderful painting is “The Harbor of La Rochelle” by Camille Corot.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_european/enlarge21.html
I could go on and on, we were there for about three hours and there is something wonderful in every room. Certainly, if you have the opportunity, you should take advantage of this magnificent collection. Neither museum charges admission.
Well, this concludes the inaugural Spring Flickr. Let’s hope Spring is nice enough to actually join us next week.
Andy G
130411s00001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_chastity/8641391734/
SISSY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78632037@N08/8639380033/
Have a wonderful weekend my Friends!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_richards/8643197290/
DSC00722
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26082347@N03/8643071615/
role reversal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94868795@N03/8640654287/
Flowers and Fishies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jadeberry/8659645483/in/photostream
Adult Dress Uphttp://daily-meme.tumblr.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92064570@N04/8653060968/
Julia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94761878@N04/8670617146/
Red mini dress_9
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trans_kyoko/8663691858/
Brooklyn Drag Queen project
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86681342@N00/8668760693/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Our Memorial Day weekend is off to an inauspicious start. Not to beat a dead horse but Spring appears to have stepped aside again. 42 degrees on the thermometer in my back yard, it’s raining currently with more rain and winds coming. The weatherman described today as “raw.” Perfect day for heading down to the shore which is my destination as I am spending the day with friends. I was caught in the rain on Thursday walking to the bus station from my office and it was absolutely coming down in buckets. Never mind the streets, the sidewalks were pooling and flooding. My socks were still wet the following night. I hope to visit the Brooklyn museum on Sunday for what will be the last day of a drawing exhibit. Not terribly pleased that my relaxing three day weekend is going to be 50% rain. But I am pleased to have the extra day off and hope that many of you are off as well.
In their infinite wisdom the owners of Flickr have changed it. And like so many things involving the Internet and computers it is clearly not better. Actually it is much worse. The search doesn’t appear to recognize the dates I put in. I entered in the previous week and it brought up pictures from Mary Beth. I am hoping this will straighten out in a week or so thinking that perhaps they reloaded everything which screwed up the date search mechanism. But they have also fixed it so that it doesn’t remember the advanced search. You have to go back to advanced search for each term. And when the page opens, it’s set to relevance and you have to keep changing it to date order. And instead of loading a page at a time it just keeps loading so the screen is constantly refreshing. And when you click on a picture and then click back it returns to the top of the page. And it doesn’t tell you how many clips it found. I see from Googling Flickr that I am far from the only person who is not pleased. There is some hope that Flickr will allow people to go back to the old version which would be good. If they don’t I’m not sure what I will do. What is it about technical people that they never learned the phrase, “leave well enough alone.” As a good friend always tells me, things will be different, not better but different!
A pleasant weekend to all.
Andy G.
Girly Girl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathalielandree/8677405332/
Wide-eyed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plaisanter/8692995069/
130424s00015
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_chastity/8679060246/
New Sissy Pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipsticksissy/8683785573/
Mitch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amnesiasparkles/8676952246/
Tights sissy Sam
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahbright45/8698676559/
Enthralling femininity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/6501286355/
sissy husband ready for wifes wedding to Black Man
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sissiemaidcuckold/8696333855/
sissy_sofa lace dress see-thru 0010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendisissibride/8695563664/
This one should serve properly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chantal150/8691598524/
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Hey Andy:
I'm with you 100% on the new Flicker. It stinks. When you used to go to a member's photo stream the pictures were displayed in a large thumbnail format, 12 on a page, with the caption and the posted date under it. You could go page by page as you choose. Now it's a mish mash of pictures of all different sizes, no date, and the page just continuously scrolls with no breaks. This stinks if someone has 200-300 pictures. I also noticed that if you go to a member's photo stream and lets say you look at ten pictures. When you click the "back" button you have to click it at least ten times to get out.
I sent an e-mail to the Flicker geniuses and told them about these things. I haven't received an answer yet. I believe in an old adage my grand dad used to tell me when I would tinker with my bicycle, "If it's working good, don't fix it". I have heard they have no intentions of going back to the old Flicker nor will they offer you a choice.
Fran
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Hey Andy,
thanks as always for your efforts, I look forward to it every Sunday.
I'm in full agreement with you and Francene, hate the new front page set up. It is strikingly similar to Googles images search engine, suprise suprise as they now own flickr as well!
That being said, in my effort to find an old style format from the new one, I came across something I didn't see on the old flickr. If you look for the 3 dots on the right hand side of the menu bar, you will see a drop down menu with archive. Clicking on this brings up a calendar style menu showing when pics were uploaded. So you can always select the latest month to see the latest updates.
Also I think the pictures on the search page are presented in cronological order, but don't quote me on that.
But despite that I agree with everyones sentiment, as we say from Yorkshire, "If it ain't bust(broken), don't fix it"
Ace
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Hi Ace,
I've looked at Flickr on I/E, Chrome, Firefox and Opera and don't see the dots on the menu. I also went through the items on the menu and none of them offered me an archive. There are so many variables I'm not really surprised. The whole thing is just one more frustration.
I'm still hoping they decide this is their classic coke and bring back the old flickr for fogies like us and keep the new one for the kids.
Andy G.
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I'm not sure this link will work, like it's working for me, I got it from a guy on flicker after complaining about the new deal over there.
It puts you on a page something like the old page when you used to get when you were logged in.
Hope this works for all interested....http://www.flickr.com/activity
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Andy:
The three dots are all the way to the right at the top of a member's title page. On the top left you will see their name and some title selections under it. Look all the way to the right and you will see the three dots. If you are just looking at a pictures from the search, all you will see is their picture on the black background. You are not at their home page, just a single picture from their album. Scroll down a little and you will see their name (in blue) on the right. Click on it and it will take you to their home page. Then you will see the dots on the right.
SEE NEXT POST
Fran
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Andy:
I took some captures. Hope this helps.
First shot shows your search. Scroll down, see their name, circled.
Second shot shows their home page. See three dots and drop down menu, circled.
image no longer exists on this server
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Thanks to all. I see and understand what you are saying. But for my purposes this won't work as I am searching on individual search terms like sissy, boy dress, dressed him up, etc. If they add the archive feature to the general search it might work. But then again, all they have to do is make the date search work. I do some small searches every day and I set the date parameters for a three day window. Then I do a major search over the weekend and set an 8 day parameter. I probably have about 100 search terms. This brought up a manageable amount of photos the old way. But with the new system, I enter the date parameters and it appears to ignore them and just loads tons of pictures.
Andy G.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Flickr seems to have calmed down a little, the scrolling isn't as bad and the page holds the parameters. But the URLs are now enormous as you can see from the first two. I still have a bunch of old snaps which I will post as time goes by and intersperse new ones with them if I see something I like. The pages don't go on endlessly now so maybe the date parameter is working as well. On the other hand, search terms that brought a lot of hits now only bring up a few. Most of them are and were dubious anyway so it's hard to say what's what. The search mechanism doesn't seem to quite understand the search terms but I find this to be the case with many search engines. I guess we'll have to see how it goes as we proceed.
I am amused that given our 8 month bitter cold Winter, after several days of warm weather people are complaining about the heat. I am not one of those people. It was 85 degrees in my living room last night which did not prevent me from baking a cake for my visit to my Aunt today. Hope it’s a long, hot Summer.
I had a thoroughly enjoyable three day weekend last week. On Sunday I visited the Brooklyn Museum and saw three separate exhibitions of wonderful art. I seldom go out on Sunday preferring to stay home and read the Sunday newspapers. But I was compelled to go to the museum as the first exhibit I wanted to see was closing that day and if I didn’t go I would not have the chance again. So, as I had the following day off, I felt I could just as soon read the Sunday papers on the subway as in my comfy chair and decided to go. The exhibit that was closing was a drawing exhibit with art by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper and many more of my favorites. Sketchbooks from William Merritt Chase, Sanford Robinson Gifford and others. This is a link to the images in this exhibit.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/3276/
I’m really pleased I went. You will understand why if you view the images. It was a very good show.
Afterwards I went upstairs to the main exhibition which was John Singer Sargent watercolors, an enormous installation that combined the holdings of the Brooklyn Museum and Boston Museum of Fine Arts collection. Mixed in among the watercolors were some of his oils. This is a link to a description of the show and 9 images from it.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/sargent_watercolors/#
This is a nice article from the NY Times about the exhibit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/arts/design/john-singer-sargent-watercolors-at-brooklyn-museum.html
And finally I visited the Courtyard where they exhibit their European art. They had two rather lovely Rembrandts newly displayed. This is a brief description of them.
The Rembrandts in question are Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes (1634) and Portrait of Anthonie Coopal(1635). Rembrandt was in the latter half of his twenties when he produced the works. Some tantalizing details about the first work, via the museum’s news release: “Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes was hidden for centuries under another portrait. According to Dr. Ernst van de Wetering, chairman of the Rembrandt Research Project (RRP), “the overpaintings were so old one had to entertain the possibility that they had been done in Rembrandt’s own workshop.” The RRP brought in experts to conduct tests on the portrait’s paint surface and assess whether there might be another composition underneath. Six years and several paint layers later, this long-unknown masterpiece was revealed in 2002.”
This is a link to the article from which I copied the above and there is an image of the self-portrait.
http://galleristny.com/2013/03/two-rembrandts-make-a-trip-to-brooklyn-museum/
And right next to them is a small self-portrait by Gerritt Dou, something that has been in their collection for many years but only recently has regained its official attribution. This is a link to a NY Times article which speaks of the painting and offers an image.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/arts/design/brooklyn-museum-discovers-it-owns-a-portrait-by-gerrit-dou.html?_r=0
I was there for a little over two hours and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. The museum was very crowded which surprised me, it was the busiest I have ever seen it. I can only say, good for the Brooklyn Museum. It’s a bit of a poor relation to the more famous and better endowed museums in Manhattan. But it has a nice permanent collection and occasionally has a really must see exhibition.
And on that note, let’s go to the new, but not especially better, Flickr.
Andy G.
The Princeton cheerleaders were replaced with cheap, imitation cheerleaders from Rider
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9827553@N07/8112873845/in/photolist-dmUAKg-dmoBFg-dmjyN4-djrUqA-djpJ8K-djpHyo-djpJpB-djpHQ4-djpHgm-dj6Ta8-diMEgD-dhVP7q-dfZ5xS-deHUP3-deAxUb-dcLAfS-dcypke-dbNod1-d9T62d-d9NUjH-d9EpP3-d8kPEy-d8gq9q-d7zNQS-d76uFw-d77gzA-d76uBw-d76uDL-d76uzf-d5V82W-d5ENqd-d4Mv7C-d1eWss-cY1Ywu-cT4uxE-cSyGX7-cNq7Rw-cK4s9J-cCEFCQ-cANKgm-cAmixN-czXi9q-cyFKR9-cxxaqh-cwUj75-cvXGym-cvoT1G-cvnNiJ-cvbqzJ-cunJe7-cu9uxC
Trevor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15373788@N04/4498671647/in/photolist-7RwSmg-7QZbcS-7QD3ay-7Q6QQR-7PX9xe-7PT3xC-7PSgdN-7PQbcm-7PHQcb-7PhF2g-7Mp5Wq-7LZf2Y-7LMxoQ-7LKnwo-7LEwRo-7L3HQT-7JZ2aV-7JycmU-7JoDWk-7JiVQZ-7J3yPV-7HRiVt-7HPtw7-7HPsN3-7HFmgx-7GhS9w-7G6ouq-7EZcGH-7ztb2s-7zt2vC-7zgCEJ-7Exg4g-7Ecu32-7DNqna-7DaqtK-7Cvs5a-7CnBjD-7CnagT-7BESaB-7BaFxW-7AKezk-7Awhj5-7Akk8j-7A1QfL-7zGoEt-7zrP6e-7zhFqS-7zdTZa-7yNeHc-7yCnZj-7yvCSo
130429-173959a
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49254983@N00/8695915616/
Pink Satin Maid
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariasatin123/8692432433/
Holiday adventure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/8719843714/
pink frills
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheryl416/8706146596/
maid striptease 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdhousewife/8707790612/
Before and After
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8521083@N05/8719216243/
Scarlets In Blackpool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crissylegs/8713965116/
I had him try on the new dresses to gather size info and then he refused to take it off. I guess one is his. #wheresgideon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carpentereells/8789868288/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Glad to see the site back up and running. It’s interesting, I went to the Wayback machine this morning to see which days of the site were captured and they only had one day for the entire calendar year 2013 and it was from April if I remember correctly.
Anyway, I’m glad to be able to post again. Yesterday we in the Northeast were entertained by Tropical Storm Andrea. Happily no high winds but boy did it rain. This morning the weatherman said some places here got six inches of rain. But I was pleased to wake up this morning and see the sun shining.
I headed into Manhattan at 9:30AM and wound up taking a very long walk. From 40th St. and 8th Avenue down to 22nd Street and 6Th Avenue to Trader Joe’s to buy my almonds. Then I headed uptown and East and walked to 47th Street and 1st Avenue which is close to the East River. To 337 East 47th Street to be exact which is the home of the Japan Society. I think I mentioned that tomorrow is the close of an exhibition entitled, “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints." I really wanted to see it and having done so I must say it more than lived up to my expectations. I’ve only come to appreciate Japanese art in the last year or two and what I especially enjoy are the color, wood block prints from the 18th, 19th and 20th Century. Particularly those by artists of the Edo school such as Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 and Utagawa Hiroshige 1797-1858. Wonderful, strikingly colorful, carefully delineated landscapes, famous persons and wildlife. As you stop to admire them you really are struck by how beautiful they are.
This is the article from the NY Times that drew me to the exhibit. There are two illustrations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/arts/design/edo-pop-at-japan-society.html?_r=0
These are the Wikipedia pages for Hiroshige and Hokusai. Both have many wonderful illustrations of their work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshige
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokusai
As the majority of board members won’t have the opportunity to visit the exhibit I highly recommend the articles and the websites. Very entertaining stuff and if an exhibit opens up in your neighborhood you may be more tempted to go. The majority of the works in this exhibit came from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts so my friends in Minneapolis will be able to go there shortly and view these once they return home.
Well let’s see what’s happening at Flickr. As I mentioned, things are little calmer but it’s always been a difficult search engine and it hasn’t gotten any easier. But I think I’ll be able to keep going for a while. Two of the flickrs below is from Mary Smith’s collection which now has over 4000 pics uploaded and all of them are wonderful.
Andy G
Lancs Trip - Cooks in Drag Camping for the Camera
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12559612@N00/8719494729/
Playing dress up :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/just_danielle/8725538501/
jessandtesshalloweenThis is my friend David in drag. He looked better than some women I know! Great costume David
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95787422@N08/8966896844/in/photolist-eEnG2J-eEnFU5-eEgAge-eEgAkH-eEh22m-eE8LrF-eE8moT-eE6dkF-eE4txD-eEazX7-eE4sBT-eEaBvC-eE4ti2-eE2et6-eE4VXN-eDWLh2-eDZEA1-eCZqor-eDSccn-eDRFmv-eDTaeW-eDKYav-eDPiqh-eDNZ3m-eDDE36-eDC8ka-eDJzRA-eDx8sK-eDuSmz-eDt6hD-eDySTC-eDyz4Y-eDrcmt-dZYeJw-eDtwZu-eDkPgT-eDkuWV-eDrCBW-eDrCkA-eDkuTZ-eDrCdA-eDrGHY-eDrCgw-eDrCs3-eDkvCP-eDkvvF-eDrC3j-eDkgiZ-eDqjed-eDqj7y-eDgrc6
Slide29 (25)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95787422@N08/8966821996/in/photolist-eEniMf-eEgd2k-eEniX7-eEniHw-eEgdb8-eEnj8o-eEnj4q-eEniSh-eEgddz-eEnj23-eEnj8q-eEniMw-eEniF1-eEnj3w-eEgd7x-eEniRQ-eEniNE-eEgdeM-eEgcYz-eEgdeg-eEgd96-eEgddX-eEgd9T-eEgd56-eEniU5-eEgd8a-eEniLs-eEgd32-eEniZU-eEniQ5-eEoNTv-eEgd6M-eEnj6h-eEnj4d-eEgdiD-eEgdde-eEniTL-eEniLJ-eEniL7-eEniPQ-eEnj1s-eEgdcz-eEniQN-eEniZ3-eEniWN-eEniS9-eEnj81-eEniXw-eEniQQ-eEgdft-eEniKC
Playing Dress Up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13474087@N07/8918180079/
Dance recital
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismillett12/8732096560/
14 Hours In
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zarakane/8738392165/
SOME COSPLAY COSTUMES THAT I PURCHASED ON EBAY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73087894@N08/8734038024/
Think I may be able to use this as blackmail when he hits high school
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82781030@N02/8969721847/in/photolist-eECaNF-eEAYtm
day241-12 White Wedding Dress (1)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yumiko_misaki/8730822230/
alfalfa-art-ballet-black-and-white-boys- Favim.com-273327
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95753567@N06/8738178037/
Making a Fake CD Mini Mike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89867812@N06/8836546297/in/photolist-esRBmv-ertiQ9-ezBkGK
the masks we wear
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanied/8727022389/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Fairly nice day today, it was a little cool early this morning but it is supposed to be close to 80 degrees today. My kind of weather. Much better than the 51 degrees on Thursday morning when I awoke.
Not a lot going on. I recently had an endoscopy and my acid reflux has inflamed my esophagus to the point where the doctor told me in no uncertain terms to go back to taking the drug twice a day. And I have been trying to modify my eating habits which already are filled with bland, healthy food but obviously not enough. I’m going to full decaffeinated coffee and gave up soda and pizza. I’ve been eating yogurt in the morning and whole grain bread and last week I had my first banana in probably 50 years. I guess I’ll have one every week in place of the pizza. Not sure how I feel about the taste but will consider it part of the medicine.
Having turned 62 I am now entitled to a senior discount on the bus that I take into New York every day. The first time I asked for it I was asked to provide ID which I gladly did. The second time, with a different agent, I asked for it and she starting printing out tickets without batting an eye. I don’t think I will be carded again. With my white hair I’ve been the picture of the senior citizen for a while so it’s no big deal to actually be one. Glad I made it this far.
I expect to visit a museum next Saturday but haven’t decided which one as there are now several exhibits that I’m looking forward to. I have vacation in the second week of July and third week of August and expect to see something different every day. Ah, if I could only retire now I would be very happy. Hopefully in another three years if I’m lucky.
Well that’s about it for today. Hope everyone has a pleasant weekend.
Andy G.
he's a lady- russia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97101762@N07/8989204669/in/photolist-eGm2np-eGcstm-eFefdx
20130608 22.58.19
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9296771@N06/9013827004/in/photolist-eJwdJq-eJq2Lr-eJqb9M-eJw6vj-eJq3XK-eGHjcW-eGxLqn-eFLjbf-eFE4uC-eFvzTb-eFoWBL-eFoWJN-eFhPYK-eFhPSB-eF5W6j-eEYPUi-eEYPTa-eFcHgA-eF5W2E-eEYPVB
help in the kitchen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76244782@N02/8732627772/
Harajuku "Sweet Gothic Lolitas" (male version)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marxpix/208711938/
599
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53070601@N06/8761123880/
Leaving San Francisco after three hours on foot and well over two miles of shopping....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65666288@N07/8756602872/
NYLON 12 SISSY FRILLY MAID AT YOUR SERVICE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78632037@N08/8759072548/
joanne 001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tranvestite/8077072189/
Sam new hair..May 2013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31608963@N06/8752884875/
satin sissy baby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30405993@N03/3627174229/
Teenage Crossdresser
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipjbigg/2413240188/
Sissy Dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikki_e-cd/4814589857/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s been a gloriously beautiful day today, sunny and warm, two of my favorite adjectives. It was a little cool for my taste when I first went out so when I exited the museum into the bright sun and heat it was a wonderful feeling.
And the museum I exited just happened to be The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I finally got to see an exhibit I have been patiently waiting for, “The Civil War and American Art.” It was outstanding. Initially I thought I would have to go to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington to see it and was pleased when I discovered it would travel to the Met. It did not disappoint. It’s in the Lehman wing and downstairs, in the rotunda, they had wonderful paintings by Winslow Homer, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Eastman Johnson and others depicting the Civil War and its aftermath, many of which were from collections I had never visited. Then, upstairs, they had four awe inspiring, wall size paintings by Frederic Edwin Church and one by Albert Bierstadt. One that Church initially titled” Icebergs”, was renamed “The North” to show his solidarity with the Union and depicted the mass of ice at the North Pole with a mast from a broken ship in the foreground. “Cotopaxi” shows a South American volcano erupting and “Rainy Season in the Tropics” shows a double rainbow arcing over the mountains. These enormous paintings really take your breath away. A smaller Church was entitled “The Natural Bridge” and represents a bridge in Virginia. Here is a description from Wikipedia. Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia, is a geological formation in which Cedar Creek (a small tributary of the James River) has carved out a gorge in the mountainous limestone terrain, forming a natural arch 215 ft (66 m) high with a span of 90 ft (27 m).
It’s a striking image, this is an illustration. There are additional illustrations of Church’s work as well, including Cotopaxi. Although not in this show, be sure to check out his Niagara Falls also at this link. It’s another wall size painting and when I visited it you can feel the breeze and the water coming at you. Very powerful. Be sure to enlarge them.
Natural Bridge
http://tinyurl.com/kbzzhko
This is a link to Icebergs or The North
http://tinyurl.com/mtr77v5
Homer’s illustrations of the Civil War appeared in Harpers; he billeted with the army and recreated action as it was occurring. The daily routine of the war and how people reacted in the aftermath. It had a great effect on him. One of the painting is “Sharpshooter” and depicts a soldier in a tree aiming at a distant target. Snipers with their telescopic lenses were said to be able to target a man a mile away. Homer commented years later that it “was as near to murder as anything I could think of in connection with the army.”
http://tinyurl.com/ma8hty9
Gifford was a Hudson River painter noted for his beautiful seascapes and landscapes of the Hudson River Valley. They appear here as well except they are accompanied in the foreground by scenes of preparations for battle or the everyday humdrum routine of being a soldier during the war. Gifford served in the army on the Northern side. This is a link to an illustration of his “Camp of the Seventh Regiment.” It's the second painting on the page.
http://tinyurl.com/mtpou5p
Johnson painted pictures of everyday life giving the ones in this exhibit an inflection of his abolitionist feelings. Wonderful interiors of families together as well as the conflict between Blacks and Whites. This is an illustration of a slave family fleeing on horseback.
http://tinyurl.com/luwnrj8
All in all, it was a stunning display. I’m really glad I got to see it and hope to visit it again before it closes.
There was an accompanying exhibit of photography from the Civil War which was also very good except for once my complaint is that it was just too big. Seemed to be acres of photos and the rooms were set up maze like which made it difficult for me to navigate. But they had some wonderful pictures. Two that come to mind are a picture of Abraham Lincoln, just nominated for President and before he grew the beard. It’s said he grew the beard to hide his gauntness and you can see it in this photo. He also looks very young and different from the images of him after 4 years of war. Another was the last photo Matthew Brady took of the war, Robert E. Lee on his back porch, holding his hat, several days after his surrender. There were also depictions of the hanging of the Lincoln assassin conspirators which were quite chilling.
Illustration of Lee
http://tinyurl.com/mubunko
Illustration of Lincoln
http://tinyurl.com/lvx92cl
Well, I guess you can see my passion for American art, these are some of my favorite artists and the exhibit was filled with one wonderful picture after another. Definitely recommend it to anyone in the NY Metropolitan area who wants to see wonderful American art.
Now let’s visit the Flickrs. I’ve been using Firefox for the search and it seems to work better than Chrome.
Andy G.
Lance as cheerleader
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83493763@N00/15338857/in/photolist-2mBH4-2Lq5x-2VMFf-3iiFU-4HZSd-4NTkR-4SVzR-66cFv-6huMn-88TJM-9t7zA-9t7Fe-cvaV4-eDELF-gg9V6-n3QeF-nRjGv-ojwGn-p3baL-uELda-wnedU-Gpfw6-NabUT-NiStg-Ny1Cn-241PB3-26Lbta-2sJgCG-2Lffbw-34acdn-3Cc6yx-3L7tWT-3L7usF-3LbMXC-45BqBT-47dJKU-49j56u-4ehPfT-4ixgwn-4j4cws-4EYbQV-4Gc4di-4GgkCG-4L8Rnh-4LFm9s-4TXqZr-4VZN18-4XFDk7-5dXX3T-5eKogh-5jo31c
xkyacha 62
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xkyacha/297886216/in/pool-cdschoolgirl/
sissy dress trio
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbaraannewhitmore/672132604/
Capture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95787422@N08/9099045782/in/photolist-eS3ZiG-eRNoFk-eRZQAw-eRZPjS-eRNnh2-eRNf7g-eRNfxZ-eRNg5H-eRZ1Kh-eRMyh6-eRM9cH-eRM9RX-eRMaWT-eRTziN-eRTCwy-eRG89v-eRFWnP-eRFTxk-dRgS6E-dZYeJw-dNbfzV-ehYfaY-ef9CQ8-dKowE8-eRpgBs-eRoUcY-eRcpoT-eRcgaa-eRc2dx-eRc2dn-eRopay-eRo6Dj-eRo6Db-eRmYXC-eRaBdk-eRaBdz-eRmjtL-eRiZhW-eRiZhm-eR7zRF-eR7B66-eRiY2J-eR7B5r-eR7B5V-eRhG1s-eR6gc4-eR6f8a-eR6f86-eRhG1y-eRhDvW-eR6gan
Pink Sissies at Secausus Junction_
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msemilytv/5908353532/
sissy 01
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniannabel/3295476574/
Firas..they dress him like a little girl..:-|
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90869557@N08/9057162134/in/photolist-eNmjKQ-eNixD9-eN4JYK-eJ9Ufp-eNfo6N-eNei5h-eNaZH9-eKK9BR-eMTiAv-dYvzQi-eMr2wL-eMV22Q-eMQz7Y-eMACst-eMv42Z-eMskXx-eMxqP7-eMktiF-eMkter-eMktgv-eMt5uY-eMq8zW-eM7wCt-eM6MEF-eMcGtb-eMbeo1-eLXen8-eM6Mgw-eJawcX-dtsMo7-eLPh2x-eLW1do-eLHjMR-eM74ib-eLUD9p-eM71YC
Sissy dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22979184@N05/8122356596/
VenusGirls-Hyerim Bellelaide
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cross_dresser/8769644084/
Fetish Snow White Louann Style
http://www.flickr.com/photos/empresslouann/5127127341/
P1020257
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60958648@N00/8784263608/
Transvestites doing Gymnastics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_impersonal/3367188854/
CSD Cologne
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotografm/5997929184/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Just a quick note to say hello. I’m heading to the Jersey Shore to spend the day with good friends. I’ve baked a birthday cake and cookies for their daughter who, it is hard for me to believe, is turning 12 tomorrow.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Andy G.
Paul Barton as Miss Patti (Musikal-Clownesse) (front side)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61598260@N02/9124919156/in/photolist-eUkAym
Which is which?.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35212767@N06/8822094020/
Albany NY, The Empire Conference 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87668730@N02/8273088715/
Beautiful shemales
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17137061@N05/1817806862/
Guy and Carla Flapper costume at Halloween
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sexynudistguy/6169611852/
Will you, will you, will you marry me boy?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaewalk/4346996844/
Mannequin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97877436@N08/9100660766/in/photolist-eScgof-eSaGF9-eRYfye-eS9hBJ-eS96Gm-eRWht2
Another weekend at the Cliff House
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79060121@N04/9068905461/in/photolist-ePovCZ-eNS2FB-ePonNi-eNRXAr-eP4nxG-eXuRba-eNtyqD-eP4stU-eNS3CB-eStAvr-eT1QZj-eSwZCj-ePzDQG-ePoGXv-ePzAYq-ePA9jd-ePoC96-ePoyec-ePA8fJ-ePom6v-ePoSbi-ePAfgw-ePA3EE-ePoN7K-ePotJ8-ePoAaM-ePoM28-ePzFPJ-ePzCMW-ePA5DA-eRWiHC-eRJRnV-eRWhBW-eRWko3-eRWk5b-eRJShn-eRJSLr-eRWmWb-eRWmy1-eRWmbA-eRWn2d-eRJUaD-eRJVxK-eRWmXs-eRJTUZ-eRJTaF-eRJUgr-eMBEyg-eMP6w1-eMBEbP-eMBDjv
IMG_5361
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funkbrothers/8757862650/
Sweet Lolita 6 (Brolita)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22979184@N05/5921536016/
Tom
http://www.flickr.com/photos/houseofsecrets/6895423452/
A Sweet Brolita
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluezhift/5404328435/
lights and cameras 2 - brolita
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36661081@N05/3854336383/
EGL Cross
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluezhift/877267626/
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The picture from the Empire Conference brought back some memories for me. I had gone to the Empire Conference this past April and we ate at the same restaurant (http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo231/lsnanderson/picsofme/P1060680_zpsc712432f.jpg). I spent 5 days en femme going on that trip. We even had a talk by Amanda Simpson, the first openly transgendered appointee in any administration.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well, I think I can state with confidence now that Summer has finally arrived. And just in time as today is the first day of my first weeks’ vacation. It’s the perfect weather for my vacation as far as I am concerned. Very hot and humid. I just checked Google and it is currently 97 degrees in my home town with 56% humidity, six degrees warmer than my previous hometown. Fine with me. This morning on the weather I was told that about two thirds of people polled dislike this weather while one third are like me and enjoy it. And it should be like this all week with no rain so I am content.
To begin my week of museum going I visited the Morgan Library this morning and saw a very nice collection of drawings and watercolors in an exhibition entitled Old Masters Newly Acquired. A very eclectic mix of art from the 300 hundred years prior to 1900. Some wonderful things by my favorites like a drawing by Jacques Louis David of Brutus watching dispassionately, while his aide covers his eyes, as Brutus’ sons, whom he has condemned to death, struggle and plead with him to escape the executioners block. It was the first thing in the exhibit and right next to it was a portrait drawing of a Mother and her two little girls by Ingres. Watercolors by Cezanne, Gaugin and Renoir. Many other beautiful drawings by artists I am unfamiliar with, portraits, landscapes and still-lifes. A really marvelous watercolor of three apples and a walnut by an artist name Hendrik Reekers, a Dutchman of the early 19th Century. It was a splendid show from top to bottom.
This is a link to a description of the exhibit from the New York Times. Be sure to check out the slide show.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/arts/design/old-masters-newly-acquired-shows-collectors-tastes.html
And I guess this is a good place to end this note. Hope those of you caught in this heat wave aren’t too inconvenienced. Those who hate the heat can always escape into air conditioned quarters but those of us, like me, who hate the cold can never seem to get warm enough no matter how high we turn up our thermostats. So I will enjoy this while it lasts.
And now, on to Flickr.
Andy G
Splinters Post WW1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23638019@N05/6902676653/in/photolist-bvY2hr-bvY2mX-6zH4yP-6CBvXP-6zCdjS-6CBuGK-2Sq7BY-2SkGJT-2Sq7sq-6CFCYU-2Sq8g5-6CBv7z-6CFEqQ-2Sq7Tw-2SkHiZ-6zCdj3-2SkGvR-6CBv3i-6zCdkS-2Sq7Nh-2Sq7xQ-6CFEfA-2SkGVF-2SkHVr-6CBuXc-2Sq8Fw-6NAoQh-2Sq8R1-2Sq8eU-6CFEsq-6CBw4T-ekUvKb-6CFD5h-2Sq7GC-6zy7un-ecj3Lj-548KBQ-544vzF-548Kuq-544vgZ-544vuZ-9f4PgM-8Xzkui-8LSP9J-aweWv5-amfdSY-9dw3LP-acRdVN-8LPLXF-aj3RLX-8zvY92
Cross-dressing Cheerleader
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88224840@N00/2045993680/in/photolist-47NfD7-4vFvfm-rhY1T-2YTcvQ-7M8iek-7Mchdw-7M8iBz-aD1c1X-5yLjZ4-7mA2xD-dwPzh-dwPzg-dohTCW-7JZW47-4HZSd-e3KEuf-9VAzgX-iikdX-9dzrVP-aUxZja-8SgLdr-deB5jx-k9Zfa-7mA25M-9VzkRz-doYJSF-oJ3gZ-7mA2KD-7mDUhu-7mA2U2-7mA2p4-7ozG54-7GrUCb-9pt3Cg-bM5eAc-7tPfhU-rUw4n-69Bf5i-7oxHCN-98TF96-7KLsTc-7otH64-6P2yZc-4em2NH-bfbdDD-8MNbQM-5tybrF-8HfFs5-dntrqB-e2t4U-doprad
IMG_4547
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8559601@N07/5175733241/
Boys Allowed To Dress In Drag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazzastrassa/4225546488/
Sissy katie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_katie/8880762357/
Alexandra TV Russia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/temastudio/8861425508/
Grateful youngster
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/6948582196/in/photolist-bA2ipj-a4KcDP-dbcPUU-e6i2mQ-6VTSAn-eyVSQ6-ez54rN-ez4Zob-bgGFkk-b5fj3r-bsRoSo-bd88vv-bXSupA-548KrG-544vc4-544vdH-548KmU-544veM-drj4vT-4x8XRr-6zy65a-6P4bSd-6zC9mJ-6zC9oL-6zC9m5-6CFD1b-5m8DSi-5o9eQD-as8cFg-ez1MqF-ez1LtK-eyW11r-ez1MdM-ez4XZq-ez4Xsb-eyUkzM-ez1M7X-eyZ8eb-f29uip-f29tPR-f38DGM-ez54gJ-f2oKzw-eyVTMB-eyZ4b3-f38CLT-ez1NhR-ez1Rp2-ez1Njg-f3nSM7-ez4YT5
SISSY FIONA 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78632037@N08/8803149127/
Pretty and Sexy in Pink
http://www.flickr.com/photos/empresslouann/8792908974/
skirt-30
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50333704@N05/8649673308/in/pool-2085707@N25/
VenusGirls-Hyerim Bellelaide
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cross_dresser/8769815240/
crossdresser
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chineseladyboy/5532037462/
Jimmy Olsen - Crossdresser
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7744515@N05/476760284/
200000 Hits Thanks♪ My Oldest Photos 002
http://www.flickr.com/photos/misakky/5557095067/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
While I regret that my vacation has come to an end I can honestly say that I’ve had a splendid week. The weather cooperated all week, this morning was the first time it’s rained and that was just while I was at the grocery store. It was hot but not oppressively so and I spent every day at a museum as I planned.
On Monday I walked up to the Metropolitan Museum and spent two hours in the new European galleries. Rooms in the galleries were closed for quite some time while they moved everything around. I’m very pleased with the way they’ve rehung the collection. It’s now in chronological order as it goes through the history of European art. And they have an enormous collection with many, many great masterpieces. It was wonderful to visit with my Dutch and Netherlandish friends again. To be in a room with one wall of Franz Hals and three walls of Rembrandt is very special. So many museums would kill for just one of each. In the drawing corridor, on the right side as you make your way from the Impressionists to the European galleries, are two Ingres drawings, pendants, a husband and wife. Very nice. Ingres always felt that it was his religious paintings that would be his legacy while he just knocked out portraits, paintings and drawings, left and right to pay the bills. But it’s the portraits that are outstanding.
Tuesday morning I got up very early, actually I had a very restless night and didn’t sleep much from about Midnight until I got out of bed at 6:15 AM. But as I normally awake at 4AM this still constituted sleeping in. I went to Grand Central Station and took the Metro North to Greenwich, Ct for a drawing exhibit at the Bruce Museum. When I got off the train it took me a minute to remember the way. But luckily I remembered that I had to cross over to the NY side of the tracks, enter the small station and then go out onto the Main Avenue, walk up the block and turn right. It’s a short walk to the museum steps. If anyone on the board has ever been to the Bruce you will understand my next comment. The museum is on a hill, a very steep hill, and climbing the stairs is akin to climbing a mountain. You have to lean forward as you climb otherwise you are in danger of falling over backwards. And either the steps have gotten steeper or I have clearly gotten older because I was grateful to reach the top. At the top of the stairs you still have to walk up a driveway ramp which is also uphill. This is a museum that made me work for my art. The descent is only slightly easier, my brother fell once going down. But I was as surprised as I’m sure you all are that I was able to get there and get back knowing my total lack of sense of direction.
I wasn’t expecting much but it was the only museum open on Tuesday as I had already been to the Met on Monday. But it was a very nice exhibit. It could have been a Rembrandt exhibit, 28 of the prints were his. Many that I had never seen before and several that were much larger than usual. I can’t remember ever seeing Rembrandt prints that weren’t postcard size more or less. A very nice one of an elderly woman rumored to be his Mother. In addition there were several Goya Caprichos, a bunch of Whistler’s and a number of Durer’s. Not a bad little collection for Dr. Dorrance T. Kelly. Here is a link to the museum website that discusses the exhibit and offers images.
http://brucemuseum.org/site/exhibitions_detail/duerer-rembrandt-whistler-prints-from-the-collection-of-dr.-dorrance-kelly
Wednesday I visited The Hammer Gallery on 57th Street and Park. Galleries have art for sale but if you are interested in art you may go in and enjoy the art as if it was a museum, there is no admission fee and no one hurries you along. They had an Impressionist exhibit that was splendid, Renoir and Pissarro, generally. Head shots of Renoir’s children, Pierre and Coco and Gabrielle, their Nanny, seated. Landscapes by Pisarro. For those of you not in a position to see it you may take the virtual tour.
http://www.vtg360.com/0172/index.html#p=scene-3
Afterwards I visited the Whitney museum for an exhibition of Edward Hopper. The Whitney is the repository of Hopper art, his widow, Jo, left them his estate in a bequest so they have 1000’s of his artworks. They really went all out for this exhibit. Lots of his paintings from the collection displayed on the Fifth Floor, then on the third floor, the exhibit consisted of paintings and the sketches he made prior to the actual painting. And watercolors and drawings. And they managed to get the Art Institute of Chicago to loan them Nighthawks which really surprised me. It’s a long exhibit and a long time for it to be missing from the Chicago collection. It’s probably the most iconic of his works. And they had two paintings from MOMA, one of them a real favorite of mine, the Esso station on the dark Country road across the street from a very forbidding forest. Loans from other museums including the Met and some from private collections. A painting from Yale which I missed when my brother and I were there last month. A number of paintings I hadn’t seen before and others that I had seen and enjoyed seeing again. Couldn’t have been more pleased, really an excellent display. This is a link to the Whitney website with a sketch he did for Nighthawks and a description of the exhibit. Other images as well.
http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/HopperDrawing
Friday I visited the National Academy of Design and saw William Trost Richards. He was an American landscape painter of the 19th Century and I’ve always enjoyed his work. He’s one of my brother’s favorites. He became aware of him when the Brooklyn museum did a retrospective exhibition 40 years ago that brought him back to renewed interest. His daughter left a bequest of 500 items to the Academy and they kept 100 and distributed the rest to other museums. Most of the exhibit has never been on display before. And it was a nice mix, his oils, some watercolors and drawings. And in a glass case, a number of his sketch books open to his sketches. One of the oils was a collaboration between Richards and his daughter who was also an artist. It was a portrait of Richards sitting at his easel painting a landscape. The daughter painted Richards and Richards painted the landscape. Very neat.
This is a link to the National Academy website, with a description of the exhibit and many images.
http://www.nationalacademy.org/william-trost-richards-visions-of-land-and-sea/
On Thursday I took a friend to the Met but while it was a fairly pleasant visit, my friend was in a remarkably dark frame of mind owing to family problems involving her Mother who if she hasn’t suffered some sort of medical injury can only be viewed as an absolute monster. Not a good situation but I try to help as much as I can.
And so, hope some of you enjoyed my week of great art and for those of you who didn’t, well there are always the Flickrs to keep you amused.
Andy G.
Could This Happen ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22064365@N05/9223370461/
joanne 019
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tranvestite/8077076503/
Wedding Dress En robe de mariée
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87668730@N02/8248983822/
Alice_Mad_Hatters_01
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarah9330/8039909717/
boy's play dress up July 13th 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30616213@N04/4790521284/
Cheryl Sissy 80
http://www.flickr.com/photos/braman424/8905887322/
Dimpled Cheecks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8457667@N08/8922948746/
Nice Dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79199961@N06/8916604333
Happily Kilted
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75446088@N00/8887190819
Yes hunty, Richard Pryor's oldest son is a fierce drag queen!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34601587@N00/8917747268
Lauren 2013 Photoshoot (9)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47184151@N03/8830328432
Erica Scott
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62740346@N08/8927695156
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Good thing our automated system blocks so many spammers, hacks, bots, & weird peeps from even viewing most posts. The few others who visit here that would know about stuff like that, don't do stuff like that. So your yahoo account is probably still safe & secure.
Basically at long Yahoo URLs, everything after "/in/photolist" is your encrypted preferences & account ID. So you can eliminate all of it, including "/in/photolist" too. The URL will still work fine without it. It's not just yahoo, but google & other's long URLs include your encrypted ID & preferences, & are easily hackable.
Most long URLs will work fine after you eliminate all of the URL after the domain name & the first &/or second long string of numbers &/or letters in the URL. The rest of it is just your encrypted preferences, & ID. Hackers don't really have to de-crypt it to hack it if they know how too.
For instance at utube, a simple kinky sissy search shows me the URL of a video as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUsvjrtE2MM/&tse"egaggad"esissy"e:vncut836650cdjhr/90462355956343549989857e856&js/498678hf98473hfhd (with a few digits changed so that readers can't hack it, so this URL won't work... it's just an example). But at a glance we can see everything after the slash after the first long stream of gibberish, is just just an encrypted form of my google preferrences & ID. Delete all of that, & you get just the URL of the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUsvjrtE2MM (Yep, that URL does work, & is unchanged because it does not contain my google preferences & ID).
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Hi Betty,
Thanks for the information, I had no idea. It's only with the new Flickr that these extra long URLs came along, I commented on it when the change was made while I was complaining about other things. I'm not overly concerned about my Yahoo account because the only thing I do with it is access Flickr. Haven't sent an email or even checked the inbox for years. But I still don't like the idea that someone can cause mischief because of my ignorance. I will truncate the URLs going forward.
Thanks again.
Andy G.
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Almost all extra long URLs have a lot more info in them than just the web address, & file location on the server. Usually user ID & preference info is added to long URLs... which is unnecessary & can be deleted.
Think of the web as just some more hard drives you connect to your computer. The domain is the drive location or name. After the slash are the folder and/or subfolder names, followed by the file name. Anything after the file name is useless information for you or me, & can be eliminated.
However, equipped with the right or fake cookies & that "useless" info in the URL, someone can access your account(s). Ironically these long URLs were enabled as a security & personalization feature. But by sealing a minor security hole with them, they've opened dozens of easier security holes.
As with most modern web security, it's like 1 step forward, & then 2 steps back. I wonder if software writers deliberately make security holes just to keep them perpetually employed by patching them, or are they getting kickbacks from security companies, or the site's competitors. I mean, some of these holes are pretty obvious & ridiculous to anybody who knows just simple HTML. How could they let security flaws like this slip by, then do nothing about them for so long unless there's some hidden motive, or is it that there's too much coke & crack in the computer rooms making them stupid?
At one point we have to stop blaming the users for being careless or not knowing better when we see reputable web companies like google, facebook, & yahoo leaving the doors wide open to attack their user's accounts. They are supposed to be "trusted" sites. Of course I was raised not to trust anybody just because they tell me so, & always ask questions.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Our heat wave appears to be at an end, looks to be a pleasant enough day albeit there is rain in the forecast. My friend emailed me to tell me that we broke 101 degrees yesterday and that it was 92 degrees in her kitchen. I wrote back to tell her I had just taken a cake out of the oven. I guess we are polar opposites to make the pun. My first week back at the job wasn’t intolerable which is about the best I can hope for. Glad it’s the weekend. I have friends coming over for a visit this afternoon, hence the cake I baked. I think we will have Chinese food and then back home for dessert.
Terrible news in the art world. There were 7 masterpieces stolen from the Kunsthal museum in Romania in January. Now it appears that they have been burned by the mother of one of the suspect’s in a misguided attempt to help her son avoid prosecution. The authorities won’t absolutely confirm it but it certainly looks to be the case. If so, it’s a crime against civilization. Here’s a link to an article about it. There are also links to previous stories on the site.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23349744
Now let’s see who’s on Flickr using Betty’s tip about truncating the URLs.
Andy G.
413602794sUWnHd_fs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grafx86/5479822469/
Veronica's glasses...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56521553@N02/8910844082/
Sissy Stephanie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60923605@N00/2844589376/
Demure Schoolie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8072809@N05/2390257219/
Untitled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52886788@N07/8909392837/
Houston, Texas' Mock Wedding Steals Social Spotlight - December 15, 1955
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11412072@N06/9277728931/
June is Upon Us...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27318805@N04/8956611148/
Untitled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95366407@N05/8940850738/
Image
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96778905@N04/8905915820/
CONGRATS TO THE PROM QUEEN'S PARENTS....FINE JOB .. heh heh heh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42107447@N00/8940830980/
June 6, 1940 ("Oh What a Night!")
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55056562@N05/8969686412/
sp18yd30
https://www.flickr.com/photos/patricia2003/649724815/in/faves-74578396@N04/
the 5th, 1st & 2nd children @ AB
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55614357@N07/8975071431/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This early morning Flickr will be quick. Today I have the pleasure of entertaining another pair of good friends by playing the part of docent as we wander through the great halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. If only I knew what the docents know. Ah well, we will all see and enjoy great art, have a nice meal and eat my cake for dessert.
Hope everyone on the board has a pleasant weekend as well.
Andy G.
Arlo and Clo swapped clothes and played wedding. #sillygirls
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9424658@N03/9360231825/
AzureBlue's boyfriend dressed as a Lolita
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78401914@N05/9326358748/
Sissy Boy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60783406@N08/9225593108/
Hmmmm hai there...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89703924@N04/8998040617/
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20227320@N08/8996174206/
High Class princess
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11031526@N02/9028681053/
Gender Bender '05
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61365476@N00/35226398/
Free to Be She Drag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48007664@N04/8294423138/
20130607 14.21.52
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9296771@N06/9013748972/
filipino bagets 02
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97315876@N02/9035515282/
DOMINIQUE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43623024@N03/9033336147/
PAD: 11th June 2013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9688164@N02/9030148943/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well I certainly am pleased with the Summer I’ve been having. The weather has for the most part been beautiful. I have been able to spend quality time with close friends and see acres of beautiful art. Hopefully a preview of my retirement. And this is not to imply it is over, still a ways to go I’m happy to say.
As I mentioned, last week I took two of my friends to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a first for both of them and we had an absolutely splendid day. These two are real troopers, we were in the museum for over five hours, the longest I have ever been. I got to play docent, trying to remember the things my brother has told me as well as the things I’ve picked up over the years from reading. We ended with a nice dinner and home-made dessert and a promise from them that bodes well for future expeditions.
I went back to the Met this morning to see an exhibit of water colors by the German artist Paul Klee. My brother highly recommended it and it closes on Monday so I thought I should see what was there. Alas, my brother is into abstract art which really doesn’t do anything for me. These were abstract and while the colors were vivid, the lack of form or geometric design makes it difficult for me to appreciate it. Subsequently I walked over to the American wing and viewed the baseball card collection of Jefferson Burdick. This is unlike my collection or your collection if you had one. Jefferson Burdick lived from 1900 to 1963 and started his card collection when he was ten. He amassed 31,000 baseball cards, worth untold millions. In addition, he collected other cards and postcards, around 300,000. He donated the entire collection to the Met. And when ill health forced him to retire prematurely, he was asked by the curators at the Met to come in and help catalogue the collection. Something he did for the last 12 years of his life. It’s a fascinating exhibit, many of the cards are very small as they were used as promotions for cigarette packs, which before filtered cigarettes were short and stubby. Here are 2 links to articles from the NY Times that talk about the exhibit and the man.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-opens-huge-show-of-baseball-cards.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/sports/baseball/baseball-card-collecting-was-lifes-work-for-jefferson-burdick.html?pagewanted=print
Andy G.
Maid_Boy_by_airytsu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47102845@N05/4320615890/
JR Osaka Loopline Halloween Party 2005: Steve dressed as Cheerleader
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21154662@N00/59801095/
Boys dressed as Girls
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60555629@N07/9083579903/
ballett rat
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97486725@N05/9075126066/
Sissy on the boardwalk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26013167@N03/9078353241/
Young CROSSDRESSER...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96877616@N02/9083356147/
Boys In Dresses (8 Photos)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelivanderville/9417210502/
Miss Michaela Marbella is Back in Pretty Ballerina PINK !!! Flickr - Photo Sha_2012-09-25_17-28-53
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95669406@N02/9078500702/
IMG_9956
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40481208@N08/9113197865/
Opposite Day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98559498@N05/9395398561/
girl or boy???
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11736854@N06/2095559316/
Red mini dress_10
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trans_kyoko/8663691702/
NWP_130525_0031
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97808288@N04/9099270990/
Going Drag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7388762@N03/9136431060/
pink princess gown from all angles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93643701@N04/9137314117/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s a beautiful day with nothing much doing. Visited my ancient Aunt and read to her from the AARP profile of Michael J. Fox who has Parkinson’s disease in common with her. He’s a remarkable guy and sounds like someone who is not full of himself. Very refreshing in a celebrity.
Other than that I don’t have a lot to report. I was disappointed that when I heard on the news that two of the winning powerball tickets had been sold in New Jersey they were not from my town. But it was nice to see that a group of blue collar guys from an area that was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy shared in one third of the jackpot. Good for them.
Guess I will close here and remind people that if they enjoy seeing the weekly Flickrs they should probably send Betty a little something as if they don’t I imagine the Weekly Flickr will be just a memory.
Andy G.
A Group of Dorothies getting ready for Brighton Pride 2013
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vicki_burton/9427302259/
Another trip down memory lane
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87668730@N02/9138407607/
Sissy in pink**
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26002939@N04/9213066325/
130703s00025
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93340646@N07/9201552141/
Lolita Doll
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70668266@N00/9203522639/
Posing in Pleats 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75446088@N00/9215418576/
Red Gingham Mid-length Dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13101976@N08/9221665113/
Ponytail Delight
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/9430221795/
alphabet for sissies--
http://www.flickr.com/photos/missdi1969/9258806009/
00crossdresser (27)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76743429@N08/9226337045/
A Girls and Boys Chorus Line
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89672669@N03/9267468097/
This is why I love this dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31150269@N06/5486104426/
TUTU BALLET BOY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78632037@N08/9272007845/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s a beautiful day here in New Jersey and I hope it’s an auspicious beginning to my second week of vacation. Events at my office seemed to be conspiring to prevent my taking the week but I’m pleased to say that things worked out after all. I definitely can use the rest.
There are only two exhibits left that I want to see so it’s going to be a quiet week which is fine with me. I went into NYC early this morning and took a leisurely walk downtown to the Strand bookstore. Visiting bookstores is my window shopping. I have an attic full of books and I place an order on half.com every month so I certainly don’t need to buy even more books but I like to browse. The Strand has carts set up outside the store with 50 cent, $1 and $2 specials and you never know what you’ll find.
I’m usually good for a book a week although I’m currently bogged down in a science fiction book which is taking longer. When it arrived I thought it was large print as it was such a big book but it turned out to be an enormous book with regular type, 500 pages of it. But another 150 pages and I can move on to another one of my mysteries which are the bulk of my reading nowadays. I just read an absolutely wonderful book entitled, “Learning To Swim” by Sara J. Henry which was an absolute page turner. Read it over three nights and if my stamina was a little better probably could have done it in two. From the opening line which is, “If I’d blinked I would have missed it,” the pages just flow. Highly recommend.
Andy G.
Brother likes to play dress up with my clothes...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99782985@N02/9506080804/
Visste ni att värdens sötaste Pippi heter Simon? :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/68380162@N05/9463920615/
Birgit014858
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60722271@N00/9232226808/
maid crossplay, Anime Expo 2013, Los Angeles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22038157@N05/9238135293/
Thor. You can barely tell he's not a girl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58303474@N06/9251409848/
Les vêtements de sa soeur?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93476513@N07/8542031280/
John on opposite sex day!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58303474@N06/8699062983/
Sissy Outing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43642085@N02/9299766443/
sissy boy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78632037@N08/9298967228/
SISSY FIONA 92
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78632037@N08/9288059729/
1925 A Girls and Boys Chorus Line
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89672669@N03/9267468097/
Halloween in drag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58303474@N06/9299476512
Dress up Agape
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69147710@N00/9307499142
Pretty as a princess!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95038974@N04/9310519709/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I've had a very pleasant vacation week; aside from Thursday when it rained the weather cooperated nicely. Saw my ophthalmologist and determined that nothing had changed which is good insofar as I was a little concerned that something might have happened with my retina but bad in that my vision continues to be a little cloudy. Nothing to do though other than keep going back each year and try to avoid any other problems.
Got over to IKEA and bought and assembled four more bookcases which I needed desperately. IKEA is a difficult place. They accept online orders and in store orders but not telephone orders. I wanted the bookcases delivered as they are made of particle board and each one weighs 83 lbs. The store doesn't have enough employees and is laid out in a maze like setting where it's sometimes impossible to find your way around. The delivery charge was reasonable, a flat $59, but if I wasn't willing to go down to the warehouse and pick out the items myself there would be an additional $40 charge. So I pulled these things off the rack and pushed them to the checkout then pushed them to the home delivery counter. If you have ever pushed a cart with almost 350 pounds of dead weight the length of a football field you may understand why three days later my thighs are still sore. But I will say the delivery was swift, they said they could deliver it the same day between 6PM and 10PM and they were there are 5:55 PM. Which I was especially pleased about as I'm not sure I could have stayed awake until 10PM. Way past my bedtime.
On a more entertaining note, I saw a few nice exhibits.
First I went to the Museum of Modern Art and saw "American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe." This was basically MOMAs chance to bring things out that aren't usually on display and what they brought out was much of what I enjoy. The first things I saw were the Hoppers, three oils including Night Windows and House by the Railroad, three watercolors including box factory and Mrs. Acorn's Parlor and five etchings including Night Shadows. I don't think I had seen the watercolors before but it was wonderful to see all of them. O'Keeffe was represented by her colorful and black and white abstracts. There was Charles Sheeler industrial art, an oil painting of a barn with a photo next to it as well as an old Ford factory depicted in oil and a lithograph. I've seen some of Sheeler's drawings that if sitting next to a photo were hard to determine which was which. They brought out a Grant Wood lithograph of a Farmer resting after driving a field of fence posts. It's so rare to see any Grant Wood aside from American Gothic. They had up Andrew Wyeth's Cristina's World which has grown on me. I wasn't that impressed early on but as the years have passed I've come to really appreciate it. It's certainly a crowd pleaser. They had up two Charles Demuth watercolors of fruit and vegetables, Corn and Peaches and Eggplant and Tomatoes. It sounds silly to rave about fruit but these are extraordinarily beautiful. The Met had an exhibit of Demuth which had many of these watercolors in it and it was one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen. There were many others, 150 in total and I truly enjoyed just about all of them. I must note that the NY Times gave it a lukewarm review basically saying that they had better stuff in the attic they could have brought down. Regardless, I was pleased I went and wish they would bring things down from their attic more often. MOMA has a search function where you can search their entire collection by artist and see an image of each piece in their collection. This is a link to the H page if you care to look for some of the things I mentioned.
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist_index.php?start_initial=H&end_initial=H&unparsed_search=2&role=1
The following day I visited the National Academy of Design. They had an exhibit of Reginald Marsh, an early 20th Century artist. His style according to Wikipedia was social realism but it could just as easily be described as ashcan art. He studied under John Sloan. I've seen his work before but this is was the first extensive exhibit and it had many wonderful things in it. He was fond of painting street scenes, people in front of theaters and he always very carefully recreated the marquee with the movie titles and performers. He captured the depression in an interior of an employment agency and the hustle and bustle of daily life in BMT 14th Street. He was fond of Coney Island and went there to sketch before creating beach scenes. They showed some of his photographs as well as photos by Weegee of similar themes. Very enjoyable. This is a link to a Washington Post article on the exhibit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/art-review-swing-time-reginald-marsh-and-thirties-new-york/2013/08/15/1e7214fa-0071-11e3-96a8-d3b921c0924a_story.html
Instead of the Hudson River school landscapes which they usually have on display, the Society had 200 years of American Painting. While I missed the landscapes this was a pleasant surprise as there were many things I've never seen before. Notably portraits by the Peales, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West, Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, William Sidney Mount and John F. Kensett, as well as John Singer Sargent and Childe Hassam. All in all a splendid collection.
Finally, I went back to the Met to visit the European Galleries again and also to see "Eighteenth-Century Pastels." An exhibit that opened earlier this month which had slipped my mind. Like the MOMA exhibit it was another attic show, the majority were from their permanent collection but not usually on display. No very big names here but some exceedingly beautiful portraits of Eighteenth Century notables such as the younger sister of Louis XVI. In the article, one of the illustrations is of two young sisters beautifully dressed, the younger one sitting on a toy horse. In a nice juxtaposition it is a copy of a Fragonard oil painting which was in the next gallery. The copy was made before the Fragonard was cut for some reason, eliminating the horse and other items. Seeing this is like finding buried treasure.
This is a link to a nice article about the exhibit.
http://www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/metropolitan-museum-of-art-new-york-18th-century-pastels
I can definitely see myself visiting the Met on a weekly basis when I retire. So much to see and see again.
Andy G.
Nephew & Brother at Relay for Life
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20260725@N08/3618612722/
en femme in Berlin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23178876@N06/9299090075/
Hanging out with boys in dresses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43624159@N00/9333960547/
pink and white sissy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/9341149877/
Ready for some dusting...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75021159@N05/9350227725/
Sparkle 2013 - Sat Night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64791749@N00/9346776948/
Bridget
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98950720@N04/9316802172/
Pageant Sissy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22704178@N07/9341142043/
06-29-13 WTF Big Gay Wedding (27)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31704706@N05/9325410288/
Lauren; Lipsy; Aqua Prom Dress (7)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47184151@N03/9323853728/
SDCC 2013 Cosplay 382 - Power Puff ..Girls?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42115329@N08/9329242139/
208
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21000067@N04/9400728132/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well, my first week back from vacation wasn’t too bad and I usually try to take it so that I have this three day weekend the following week, to sort of ease my way back. Today looks to be a rather overcast day with rain in the forecast later but should be pleasant the rest of the weekend. Hope so as I am journeying to the Jersey Shore tomorrow to visit with my friends. They just moved, not that far from where they were living previously, but with a bunch of new turns for me to navigate. They supplied me with updated directions but I fear all they say is recalculating, recalculating…
Other than that not a lot to report. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts has announced they are going to put one of their Edward Hopper’s up for auction to raise money to buy contemporary art. It’s always a touchy subject when a museum sells any of its art, they are not allowed to do so to pay bills, art may only be sold to purchase other art. The National Academy of Design sold art to pay bills and got into trouble which took some time for them to emerge from. I’m not happy about this particular sale as Hopper is one of my favorite artists and I am not a fan of contemporary art. I’m grateful that I was able to see both of the Hoppers some time ago when I visited the museum. They had to sell an Eakins painting to supplement the funds needed for the purchase when they acquired “The Gross Clinic”, a masterpiece also painted by Eakins. What worries me about the current sale is that the Eakins in the previous transaction is now in private hands. Not a good thing for people who enjoyed seeing it. As it will probably sell for close to $30 million I’m afraid that even if I won the lottery it would be tough to purchase. But one can dream I guess.
Andy G.
Anne Hathaway and James Franco Feb. 28
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23495288@N02/9595499285/
jay 17
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100721949@N04/9600032049/
The boys try on the ladies school robes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52923346@N07/8425377894
Untitled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52658863@N00/9410613205/
3Maids
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60722271@N00/9409855324/
the skirts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36985790@N03/6034599733/
Carnival boys in skirts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21410930@N04/3346515418/
car_set 5 small
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54308594@N05/9456735315/
gaysissies_g5126_006
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80553633@N08/9456042399/
SISSY PHOTOS BY RORY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62043115@N05/9454294845/
och... please I want will be a boy no maid.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53649502@N05/9628953390/
LIVERPOOL PRIDE 2013 AIMG_6230
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41557568@N04/9466347302/
Anita Mann - female impersonator
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79189925@N06/9416687350/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Got off to a chilly start this morning but my friends at Google tell me it’s 81 degrees here now. Hope the warm weather continues on for a while. An uneventful day and week. Had a lovely time with my friends at the shore last Sunday despite the rather overcast day. Enjoyed the Monday off reading and relaxing. I’ve been on a roll with the books I’ve been reading. Quickly went through “The Land of Decoration” by Grace McLeen which is about a ten year old girl who is being bullied at school. Her Father is a fundamentalist and she goes out preaching with him. Her Mother died in childbirth due to refusing a transfusion on religious grounds. And she thinks she is having conversations with God and performing miracles. It was a quick read but not without substance and food for thought. There are some very powerful scenes in it and a remarkable ending. The portrayal of the girl is very well done as she tries to navigate through life and understand the things she hears which she sometimes takes literally. Good book. And I think I’ve recommended Karin Fossum’s series about Inspector Sejer before. I’m up to book number four and I haven’t been let down yet. “The Indian Bride,” which I am currently reading, is another page turner. They are set in Norway and this one is about a middle aged Norwegian man who is rather shy and doesn’t have many friends but is well respected and has a good relationship with his sister. He decides he should get married and goes to India to find a wife, hence the title. He succeeds and goes back to Norway leaving enough money for his bride to follow him a few weeks later. It’s what happens after she arrives that drives the book. I don’t want to say any more and risk giving the plot away but I will say that if you are a fan of mysteries, I think you will enjoy this one. I’m glad I am reading them in order because, as with most series, every book gives you more and more insight into the recurring characters and Inspector Sejer is a very interesting character. So is his aide, Jacob Skarre. We haven’t learned that much about him as yet but I have to believe we will.
Hope this sends some of you to the library.
Andy G.
In the Pink
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42971479@N04/9473832196/
Ivy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97758537@N00/9458836450/
2012_china_dress_0399
https://www.flickr.com/photos/61083860@N00/9413790167/
2013 Aug 10 Red Dress Run 115 New Orleans HHH Red Dress Run 2013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28041979@N00/9480845547/
Veronica (Formerly Toni)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27318805@N04/9513937442/
IMG_0088
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40481208@N08/9681094511/
I Want Candy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24446757@N00/9478440701/
Victoria - or Master Keith - 30x40 John Singer Sargent
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14343849@N05/9488189779/
101_0209
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12806610@N04/9499782362/
Recent looks
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10039310@N00/9524343261/
candys 02.08.13
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53602239@N07/9522050425/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Summer seems to have gone on holiday today, at least the warm weather isn’t especially in evidence. Had to get out my long pants and my flannel shirt for the walk up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art this morning. Wasn’t sorry I did so either. But it was a beautiful day, bright and sunny with no rain in the forecast. Regular readers of the Flickr know how much I lament the passing of the Summer and the upcoming cold weather. But it will be warm again so I will just have to enjoy it while I can.
I went to the Met this morning to see an exhibit of photographs from the Nineteenth Century by Julia Margaret Cameron. It was a small show, one room with 38 images but it was quite satisfying. I’m not overly interested in photography, haven’t owned a camera since I was a child and don’t have a cell phone to take pictures with although I do find the quality of those photos amazing. But this was a very interesting exhibit and it was the placards next to each photograph that made it so. Julia Margaret knew, and was friends with, many eminent Victorians, such as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Mrs. Leslie Stephens, the mother of Virginia Woolf, Alice Liddell, Lewis Carroll’s model for Alice in Wonderland as well as Charles Dodgson, Mr. Carroll himself, all of whom posed for her photographs. And she posed her husband Charles Cameron who was 20 years her senior, as King Lear and Merlin the magician. Very striking images and a very enjoyable show. Below is a link to the NY Times review of the exhibit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/arts/design/julia-margaret-cameron-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html
OK students, the 3 O’clock bell has rung and you are free to wander over to the Flickr now to see who has been dressing up.
Andy G.
A visit to the doctor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/9737034756/
Ballet High
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66203552@N04/9449016134/
Calypso Ladyboy Show (Bangkok Calypso Cabaret)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96699044@N08/9570882036/
All twisted out!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56521553@N02/9547985945/
CG2Aug2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70314072@N04/9533590088/
Untitled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64145662@N05/9523343219/
Men in Pretty Dresses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100022563@N05/9519087010/
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30625665@N00/5441177721/
dressin'up450
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33456093@N00/8599057/
My young girl.. I mean boy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91762461@N00/3043553850/
Fantasy West 2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55140868@N08/9559507433/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
A pleasant enough day which was supposed to have rain that hasn’t arrived yet so it actually has been a pleasant day. Not very much going on. I visited my ancient Aunt and read from the New York Daily Mirror of April 21, 1951. Andy G had just entered this world a little more than two weeks earlier. 04-04-51 for those who haven’t made the connection. Douglas MacArthur made his triumphant entrance to New York City after being fired by President Truman. A front page photo of his motorcade going down Broadway in a blizzard of ticker tape. It was not a popular decision, the firing, and certainly to the right wing, he was a hero. The Mirror was a very right wing newspaper and they devoted 8 of the 28 pages to coverage. The stories say that the Mayor estimated over 10 million people turned out while the police said it was 7.5 million. Those figures seem to be prone to hyperbole as New York City then had a population of 7.9 million.
What was more interesting than the coverage of the parade was the Broadway listings. The things I enjoy most about the old newspapers is the theater and movie listings, the gossip columns and the sports. And 1951 was an extraordinarily good season for Broadway. On this Saturday you could have chosen to see the following masterpieces: Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer in Bell Book and Candle, Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam, Carol Channing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Guys and Dolls, Kiss Me Kate, Mary Martin in South Pacific, The Country Girl, The Green Pastures, Gertrude Lawrence in The King and I, Tennessee William’s The Rose Tattoo. Every one a long running show and every one was, I’m fairly certain, made into a successful movie. Back in the mid sixties, when I was a child, I went to the theater with regularity and sat up in the balcony in the $2 and $3 seats and got to see wonderful things, such as Dustin Hoffman in Jimmy Shine, Woody Allen in Play it Again Sam, Liza Minelli and Joel Gray in Cabaret. Not to mention dramas of the sort that just don’t appear any more. Nowadays Broadway is mostly revivals that don’t hold up well or original plays that are actually just derivative of earlier productions.
It’s comments like this that make me realize I’m an old fart but be that as it may I still hold them to be true.
Well, it’s not Broadway but let’s stroll over to the Flickrs and see what’s on this week.
Andy G.
0812
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42503375@N02/9832796804/
cute girl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63994558@N03/9587193988/
Little Bo Peep
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91783980@N05/9526154528/
Ballet High
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66203552@N04/9449016134/
IMG_20130821_020441_154
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96259671@N04/9572470906/
26.8.13
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51647347@N05/9616362938/
Mama, it's my chicken dress. I'm a girl! Anatomy begs to differ, but whatever.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8594137@N02/9836088325/
Nurse Jojo 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8670524@N05/9580674418/
Sissy punishement
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96705377@N03/9581751173/
The Maids Pink Dress 140
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72949005@N03/9591300579
ddt415l
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9272400@N04/9607099974/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It is a lovely day and I planned on discussing my trip into New York City to see an exhibit of Rembrandt etchings at the Palitz Gallery at 11 East 61st Street in Manhattan. I can tell you about the trip but not the etchings as I never actually got to see the exhibit. And while I like to walk, I think I must have walked about 80 blocks today and it was a warmish day. The paperback book that I had in my back pocket needed to be dried out when I got home.
I planned on visiting Trader Joe’s and buying nuts, then proceeding to the Gallery. I looked up Joe’s on the Internet and found the address of the store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which is on Broadway, then entered the address into my street locator which told me it was at 74th Street. Great. I walked up to 74th Street from the Port Authority and did not find the Trader Joe’s. I even continued another block to 75th Street as the street locator is not so precise but there was no store. I was frustrated but what could I do. I then walked down from 75th Street and Broadway to 61st Street and Fifth Avenue where I discovered that the Palitz Gallery was closed. As the sign outside, as well as the Internet, all said it was open on Saturdays from 11AM to 4PM and it was 11:10 AM I was nonplussed. I rang the bell and waited, although looking through the window in the door it was clear that it wasn’t open. After a moment a man walked out and I queried him about the gallery but it turns out the building is also a hotel and he was a guest and knew nothing of the gallery. I walked away in search of a pay phone as I am still holding out against getting a cell phone. There are still many pay phones in New York City. Of course the majority of them no longer work. I was heading for the 57th Street and Sixth Avenue Subway entrance so as to take the F train to 23rd Street so as to proceed to the Trader Joe’s on 22nd Street, a place that I know exists as I’ve been there. I stopped at a pay phone, picked it up, heard silence and decided my visit to the Gallery would not take place today. I continued on to the subway entrance, walked down the stairs to the turnstiles and found a notice posted. No Downtown trains at this station. Well, as Dana Carvey used to say, isn’t that special! Remarkably frustrated at this point I continued my walk and entered the subway at 50th Street. When I was checking out at the Trader Joe’s I asked the clerk where the store was located on the Upper West Side. He said 72nd Street and Broadway. So I had walked right by it. When I said that he said that it was easy to miss as it was not a large storefront, just an entranceway into a space that was actually enormous but two flights underground. I hadn’t written down the actual address as I assumed it was half a city block like the other two stores in Manhattan that I’ve visited. That certainly didn’t please me either.
So I took the subway up to the Port Authority and caught the bus back to New Jersey, with nuts but no Rembrandt. When I arrived home, I pulled out the ad for the exhibit, which I had in in my pocket, so as to call the Gallery and ask them what had happened. Of course there was no phone number on it which meant that even if I had found a working pay phone I still would not have been able to contact them. So I went online and got the number and called them. A young man answered and when I explained what had happened he said that he had arrived late due to subway problems. Then he added that he thought he had passed me on his way to the gallery. He asked if I was the older man he saw walking away from the Gallery. When I said yes, he told me that he thought I had been walking away from the gallery and thought about saying something but didn’t. ______________________ As you can see, words still fail me. I just said thanks and hung up.
As always it was clear that events do conspire against me.
Hope everyone else had a much calmer Saturday.
Let’s wander over to Flickr and see who’s visiting us today.
Andy G.
My Halloween idea...Yes I'm a straight male ; )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78675062@N07/9605606144/
" Today I'm June"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50974572@N06/9604845520/
IMG_2063
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31591873@N04/9581908524/
The Disney Princesses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82129626@N00/9673475710/
Mr. Dorothy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82129626@N00/9667927415/
Will in his pretty pink party dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41710855@N08/9845944194/
Tgirl Fashion; Baby Blues
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22813843@N06/9649850792/
Here to save the world, dressed like a girl!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50914151@N00/9615001756/
Candy spank
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99931654@N07/9623231276/
So the kids bought rob at an auction and dressed him like this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63301336@N07/9648992533/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It was warm and humid very early this morning then it cooled off a little and threatened rain although the rain hasn’t arrived and it’s fairly mild out. A relatively pleasant day, aside from my walking into a street sign on the way back to my house from the bus. I am embarrassed to say this is not the first time I’ve done this. It is a combination of my not seeing so well, my tendency to walk looking down rather than straight ahead and my general obliviousness. Instead of bouncing off as I usually do, apparently I scraped the side of it as I now have a three inch scratch on my forehead. I am clearly a danger to myself although I can’t seem to break my habits. This may prove more serious as I sink deeper into my dotage.
Other than that very little going on. Visited my ancient Aunt and read from the October 4th 1954 New York Daily News, almost 59 years ago to the day. The weather was pretty much the same as today, close to the 80’s and muggy. And the News’ meteorologist explained that what they were experiencing was not Indian Summer as people were calling it. You have to have a frost prior to the warm weather returning to experience the phenomenon Indian Summer. Wonder if that phrase is now politically incorrect. I am also discovering that my excellent record in spelling is starting to decay and words I have always spelled correctly now get corrected by automatic spell check. I see this in the crossword puzzle as well where I have to overwrite answers. Of course sometimes I have to overwrite answers because I thought the clue said 24 across when it was actually 21 across. That can really screw up a grid.
Anyway, let’s see what’s happening today at the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Boy to Girl Transformation,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67586759@N05/9958120216/
sailor top
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96490663@N02/9952246155/
Boy in dress
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97486725@N05/10066104974/
Boy in skirt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82002688@N07/10081928623/
02-25-2009 01;29;02PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracilyns/3309368009/
And you think I dress funny_01
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38826807@N08/9654116019/
Red and White JSK 6
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73502657@N03/9678424601/
Stockwell,in the beginning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68781134@N07/9680876212/
Bushwig Drag Festival
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86681342@N00/9711443922/
Sleeping Beauty 13
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20814240@N00/8075318533/
Confused?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642@N06/9714649220/
234
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12440363@N07/9710889606/
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Hey, re-viewing last week's "Mr Dorothy" reminded me that I read recently (can't remember where) that according to the market research of a costume manufacturing and sales group, "Dorothy" was one of last year's most popular Halloween costumes for boys.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Another lovely day, albeit a tad cool but as it is October I guess it is to be expected. The evenings and mornings have been in the 50’s and I venture to guess that I will have to turn my heating system on soon. Nothing like sitting in the comfy chair and reading while your money burns to keep you warm.
I made a second attempt to visit the Palitz Gallery this morning and this time the clerk was on time. This was for an exhibit of Rembrandt and other 17th Century Printmakers. I got there at 10:45 AM and sat on a bench on Fifth Avenue reading my book until 10:58AM. I walked over and a minute later he showed up… running. I guess he likes to cut it close. But he opened the door and let me in. He turned on the lights and told me to follow him upstairs where he again turned on the lights and unlocked the Gallery for me. I was alone inside for about ten minutes when two women came in. We were the only visitors the entire time I was there. It’s a nice little exhibit and most of the art were things I had never seen. There were a number artists I wasn’t familiar with such as Jan Dirskz Both, Jan Van De Velde II and Cornelis Dusart to name a few. There were etchings by Adrien Van Ostade and Ferdinand Bol, two names I do know. All of it was quite pleasant. Some of the Rembrandts were just too small or dark for me to fully appreciate, my eyesight being what it is but I’m glad I went. Two Rembrandt etchings in particular that were wonderful were two peasant figures side by side, one saying, “Tis Vinnich Kout” (It’s very cold) while the other replied “Das Niet” (That’s Nothing). The Palitz always offers a very nice brochure, this one had every piece in the show along with the rather extensive description and explanation that was on the wall next to it.
This is a link to an illustration of the two peasants by Rembrandt.
http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--rembrandt-rembrandt-harmensz-v-1-a-peasant-calling-out-tis-vi-1615680.htm
A number of years ago, it’s difficult to count how many but I’m fairly certain I was living in my current home, my big brother gave me a pedometer. I confess that when I received it I thought it too complicated to deal with and it has been sitting on my table ever since. I had time to kill this morning as the gallery doesn’t open until 11AM and something inspired me to look at it. The first instruction gave me pause, it said to remove the plastic covering over the face of the display. Not an easy thing for someone who has no fingernails but I managed to get it off and subsequently was able to actually set it. I wore it today and this is the result. I walked 2.97 miles. I/3 of a mile of that was in my living room trying to set my stride so as to make it count the steps properly. I walked 7620 steps, 4599 of which were at an aerobic rate. It probably would have been higher but the City was absolutely mobbed today, can’t imagine what so many tourists were doing here in the middle of October and it appears that the City is being completely rebuilt, there was construction and blocked sidewalks everywhere I went. I used up 174 calories which is 2 ½ chocolate coated cookies that I occasionally treat myself to, not to mention 10.3 grams of fat. It’s very handy as it clips to my belt and also has a clock in it. It has a memory so you can look back over the prior week. I think I will probably wear it every day.
I had a visit from the police last week. Those of you who are around my age and lived the kind of lifestyle people our age did in the 60’s and 70’s will understand that opening the door of your home and seeing a policeman is not something to look forward to. I was sitting in my chair reading one night when the doorbell rang twice. I stood up and answered it and was very surprised to see a policeman. He immediately asked me if I knew who owned the car that was parked in front of my house as they were paving the road and it would have to be towed away if no one came out. I told him I didn’t recognize it. He thanked me and I closed the door. I was grateful that he hadn’t come specifically to see me and I had to laugh as I am the last person who could have identified the car for him. It could have been an elephant parked outside and I would have had trouble saying if it was gray. I would be an atrocious eyewitness. When I was in Jr. High School I left the room to go to the bathroom and passed a man in the hall. When I came back I must have mentioned it to the teacher as he asked me to describe him. I said he was wearing a suit. The teacher queried me for more details none of which I was able to supply and finally in frustration he said, “was he wearing shoes?” I don’t think I could have verified that either. Not the most observant individual I’m afraid.
Anyway, let’s stroll down Flickr lane and see who is visiting us this week.
Andy G.
High speed chase! (The dress was his idea, the wig was June's doing.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26677764@N08/10077140036/
Sissy Dorm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65324063@N07/10118094893/
Conrad at 11:00 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29136569@N00/4057632230/
100_1919
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9619330@N04/712215800/
Being Helen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52912530@N04/9539196148/
Sunday in the Streets
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82484556@N00/6797593694/
Tracey is ready for action
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12263296@N06/9706238344/
FASCHING!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/101509293@N02/9712318390/
RbF dress as Girl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/101689544@N05/9740999915/
Sailor Moon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80011174@N08/9682507683/
My fair Lady
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70890861@N06/9760548233/
Andrea sissy boy in fuck me lingerie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31441916@N04/9815981173/
WBP Cutie (Daisy May) in Red
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104546207@N08/10179101065/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Our pleasant weather continues. I called my plumber to come service my boiler for the Winter and he commented that he was wondering when he would hear from me. Usually we’ve had a cold spell by now which has prompted me to be in touch but this year it’s only my noticing the calendar that prompted the call. Although I think I will be turning it on soon enough, it was in the low 40’s this morning when I awoke although it warmed up by the time I left the house at 8 AM.
Very little to report this week. Visited my ancient Aunt and read to her from the June 10, 1929 New York Daily News. The first six pages all concerned a murder suicide. The actor Louis Bennison shot his lover, the actress Margaret Lawrence, in the heart while she slept and then put a bullet into his own heart as well. She had fallen on tough times and he was married and had a child with a woman who would not give him a divorce. And he was insanely jealous of Margaret not wanting her to be with anyone but her. It was a real tabloid tragedy and I read the whole story to my Aunt. When I announced the article we agreed that neither of us had heard of either of these two faded stars. And when I finished I noticed my Aunt had dozed off at some point. But as she will be 97 next week I wasn’t insulted. We agreed that I could bring the paper back in two weeks and read it again.
So, let’s wander among the Flickrs and see who is out today.
Andy G.
WBP - Womanless Beauty Walk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104546207@N08/10234623884/
A bit more 'ooooh la la' in the woods
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31570558@N04/10268139076/
Pretty ... er, girl?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26229857@N00/4541666653/
SSM001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72949005@N03/9942104685/
Two pink maids 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46859890@N03/9760291803/
Mango Tree Ladyboy Competition 2013 - DSC_0240
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79336501@N00/9765909294/
Feeling So Happy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36476882@N07/9721029657/
dressed by his wife or should that be in his wife's clothes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84451458@N02/9804374226/
from Emotive
http://www.flickr.com/photos/101167650@N06/9778501236/
annette 08
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94041179@N02/9842286336/
From boy to girl! :P
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89527492@N03/9849789075/
Anniversary trip to Bar Harbor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11923417@N04/9836043445/
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s a crisp Fall day here in the Northeast, cool but not cold. This morning I ventured into New York City to attend an exhibit at the Morgan Library, “Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings.“ It was a splendid show. All of the many items in this exhibit are from the Morgan’s vast holdings and half of those on display are by Giambattista and his son Domenico Tiepolo. The father’s drawings are mostly sketches for his ceiling frescos while the son drew pictures of the clown Punchinello as well as scenes from the Bible. Mixed in are drawings by Canaletto and Guardi, two favorites of mine, who drew veduta, actual scenes from the City of Venice and capriccio, drawings of fictitious or false geographical locations. Like their large scale paintings these drawings are wonders of detail. There are also postcards that Guardi created of some of his views of Venice which I wish my eyes were better able to appreciate. It’s a wonderful exhibit and I’m glad I was able to see it. This is a link to a NY Times article describing the exhibit. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/arts/design/tiepolo-guardi-and-their-world-at-the-morgan.html?_r=0 and this is a link to the Morgan website with illustrations of some of the works. http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibitionList.asp?exhibition=Tiepolo
Also on display was an exhibit of Leonardo DaVinci’s drawings and his Codex on The Flight of Birds. It’s rare to come across DaVinci and these were a pleasant extra for my visit. This is a link to the Morgan library with a little more exposition about this exhibit. It just opened and hasn’t been reviewed as yet by the Times. http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=81
Now that we have our art and culture out of the way let’s wander down to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
sissy Stephen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89010585@N04/10394608273/
Halloween drag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104546207@N08/10258790333/
Bride 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74475326@N08/9931487153/
Kiss me
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64557364@N04/9924982406/
Sissy dress up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9599235@N07/9898749014/
Shape shifting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47506243@N08/9948362494/
IMG_8644
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84283998@N06/9917212924/
Untitled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/100614829@N02/9883082883/
Gender Bender
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85594317@N04/10447142046/
Halloween West Hollywood 2012 Snow White Drag Princess
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8167243@N06/8146047382
Guys and Princess drag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8659959@N05/6068499640/
San Diego International Comic-Con 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21742592@N03/7639025946/