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No Fixed Abode, Home Counties, United Kingdom
I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Sunday, March 31, 2024

E is for Exquisitely Etched Easter Exhibition.

Brian Berke has gone the extra mile, or whatever the distance is to go uptown (or downtown, I've never asked?) and shoot the delightful display in the windows of Scully & Scully of New York, for us, and they never fail to gladden the heart. We've visited them before, thanks to Brian, so no need for much blurb!


Left-hooker!



The styling of the hedgehogs, suggests that Scully & Scully work with one sculptor for all these Christmas, Easter and occasional (twice now?) Halloween sets.

A stunning example of the slate-carver's art
check-out the little blakbird at the top

A couple of gilded ceramics in the background
 


Love this one!

Many thanks to Brian, I'm sure it's no easy task to get these images, shooting through plate-glass, with the sun behind you and the vagaries of flash, reflection and pedestrians/other customers. Having lost an hour (Brits'), last night, these should put a smile back on your face! Happy Easter readers!

2 comments:

Terranova47 said...

It's a 9 minute walk for .04 miles according to Google Maps. Worth going out of my way for these ever changing selections of seasonal German pewter.

Hugh Walter said...

Thanks 'Terra, I, for one, am very grateful for whatever the effort, they are things of beauty!

H