Parts Unknown

Oh, this makes me want to simplify my life and move to parts unknown. I don't know the painter or the year, but I feel like I've been there in some other lifetime.

A Winter's Day

Quite a bit of yummy color for a winter's day . . .

Juegos de Hiel

Ol' Man Winter

Ol' Man Winter done got us in his grip 'round here tonight, but I'm laughin' at him. We're warm 'n' cozy and we jump ahead an hour tonight so that we'll be that much closer to when the lovely Spring Maiden will come flittin' 'round like a butterfly that's been hanging out at the WinterFest mulled wine booth.

Below, an accurate portrait sculpture of the ol' man hisself.

'Winter'

Winter Has Its Moments

Fendi

It's c-c-c-cold where we are. Hope yer stayin' warm where u r.

Karl Lagerfeld — for Fendi

The Month of January

Talk about the old days—here is a nostalgic scene from 1670 Rotterdam area, in the Netherlands, showing us skaters and Kolf* players on a frozen river (possibly the Rotte River?), in the month of January. A beautiful city in olden and modern times.

Herman Saftleven — The Month of January — 1670

black chalk with grey wash

*"Kolf is played by hitting a ball with a stick - a cross between a golf club and a hockey stick. The object is to hit the poles on the kolf pitch. Kolf used to be played on ice as well as on dry land. For centuries, ever since the Middle Ages, it was the most popular sport in the Netherlands: much like football today. Now it is only played in West Friesland."

Wop! Umm Zop!

Woosh. I-am-SOAKed. For those who couldn't join our snowball fight, here's an image to show you pretty much the way it looked:

Winsor McCay — Little Nemo panel — 1907

Snowball Fight!

Anybody up for a friendly snowball fight? These guys are on my side.

E. Froment — The Snowball — 1884