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.
Аркона - Зимушка / Arkona - Winter
A cover song of an ancient Siberian native song, the motives are according to Tatiana Naryshkina (‘Vedan Kolod’ band).
The song is about the unhappy life of a family couple, the wife kills her husband in the end.
(HT to Helen Rittelmeyer)
~ Mrs. Owen’s Cook Book and Useful Household Hints, by F.E. Owens, 1903
via Internet Archive
