The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
i12bent:H. Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856 – 1925), was a prolific writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.
Ill. for She, by G.C. Wilmshurst
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld
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The Library of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England. I shall not extoll over this amazing room, as it speaks for itself. There is one more interior shot of Chatsworth House to come (I have saved the best for last) and then we shall be done with our visit.
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The Great Hall in Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England. I am (almost) speechless at this. SOMEONE LIVES HERE. (The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, to be precise). Look at those ceiling frescoes!! How could you walk up that staircase while gazing beatifically above, without falling? I hope no one has broken a hip.
image by wikimedia, and this is the last one:) I promise.
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Lana Turner 1940
Now I just want to paint my nails when I next don a bathing suit. Gorgeous.
Franz Xaver Setzer (1886–1939)
Costume studyVintage silver print
22,5 x 16,8 cm (8.9 x 6.6 in)
Vienna c. 1925
Photographer’s stamp on the reverse, annotated in ink on the reverseFrom here
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“The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last.”
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