Neck needs to be longer
Water Bottle from Tutankhamun’s Embalming Cache, ca. 1336–1327 BCE
Sketch 035: Water Bottle from Tutankhamun’s Embalming Cache, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
A Blue-ringed Dancer dragonfly, Argia sedula. (I’m pretty sure that’s what it is, even though the dragonfly guide I have doesn’t list it.) Photo taken yesterday, just before the cold front came through.
Blue-ringed Dancer
It looks similar to the Common Blue Damselfly from Yorkshire, England or the Variable Sprite, Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola from Thailand.
Last year I came across the Moustache Cup Collection at the Bell County Museum. I was quite taken with the exhibit. Tea time was a serious business!
Our electricity went out this morning for just over an hour. I sketched this cup while sitting near the dining room window, which usually has a ton of natural light. This morning, however, there is heavy fog and visibility is limited to about 100 yards. This is how the cup looked to me in the fog light.
How it looked, in the fog light
I managed to find two moustache cups at an antique store, although I don’t think mine are really antique. It seems they were popular from about 1860 to 1930.
Moustache Cup
From a bygone era
Sketch 034: Moustache Cup
Beautiful blooms are my reward for just taking a moment to pause and look up. A promise of spring.
Mexican Redbud, just starting to bloom
Here’s what it will look like soon.
In full bloom
What were they thinking?
Playing Card with a Tether, 1470-1480, South Netherlandish
Sketch 033: Playing Card with a Tether (from a set of fifty-two playing cards), Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1983
