It's the it might as well be Spring Flickr as the Winter Flickr is now locked!

[andyg0404]

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

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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/

[andyg0404]

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/

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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/ 

[francene]

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

[ace]

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

[andyg0404]

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.

[ballucanb]

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

[francene]

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

[francene]

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.



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[andyg0404]

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.

[andyg0404]

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 

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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/