portrait-photo

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.

chloethunders: Lawn Tennis

chloethunders:

Lawn Tennis

Alexander McQueen, pre-fall 2013 http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f60/alexander-mcqueen-pre-fall-2013-a-202999.html

Alexander McQueen, pre-fall 2013

http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f60/alexander-mcqueen-pre-fall-2013-a-202999.html

(Source: foudre, via perstephsanscouronne)

herecomesthesky: Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2013

herecomesthesky:

Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2013

(via perstephsanscouronne)

king-otto-of-bavaria:

Otto, Ludwig, and Prince Wilhelm of Hesse

(via lostsplendor)

collectivehistory: The mascot of a cookhouse at the 9th Australian division, a puppy dog, being dried after his bath, in preparation for the visit of general Douglas MacArthur, 1943

collectivehistory:

The mascot of a cookhouse at the 9th Australian division, a puppy dog, being dried after his bath, in preparation for the visit of general Douglas MacArthur, 1943

mindmappingthelikes: 1911 Macy’s New York by kittensnroses on Flickr.

mindmappingthelikes:

1911 Macy’s New York by kittensnroses on Flickr.

(Source: allisnowforever, via fugaciousephemera)

questionableadvice: ~ Eaton’s Fall and Winter Catalogue, 1920 - 1921

questionableadvice:

~ Eaton’s Fall and Winter Catalogue, 1920 - 1921

abystle: The Temptation of St. Anthony by Marten de Vos

abystle:

The Temptation of St. Anthony

by Marten de Vos

red-lipstick: Martin Schongauer (c. 1445–1491) - The Temptation Of St. Anthony c. 1470–1475 Copperplate Engraving http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/m/martin_schongauer,_st_anthony.aspx The Collect for the Feast of Antony (Abbot in Egypt, 356):O God, by your Holy Spirit you enabled your servant Antony to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil: Give us grace, with pure hearts and minds, to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

red-lipstick:

Martin Schongauer (c. 1445–1491) - The Temptation Of St. Anthony c. 1470–1475

Copperplate Engraving

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/m/martin_schongauer,_st_anthony.aspx

The Collect for the Feast of Antony (Abbot in Egypt, 356):

O God, by your Holy Spirit you enabled your servant Antony to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil: Give us grace, with pure hearts and minds, to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
affcath: On January 14, the Orthodox and Anglican churches commemorate Saint Kentigern, Missionary Bishop to Strathclyde and and Cumbria (in Scotland) in the late 6th century CE, commonly referred to as “Saint Mungo”.  Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your servant Kentigern, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the people of northwestern Britain. Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

affcath:

On January 14, the Orthodox and Anglican churches commemorate Saint Kentigern, Missionary Bishop to Strathclyde and and Cumbria (in Scotland) in the late 6th century CE, commonly referred to as “Saint Mungo”. 

Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your servant Kentigern, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the people of northwestern Britain. Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.