From L’Assiette au Beurre, 1910

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Good night. #bear #durduriamhooman https://bit.ly/3dUS6U2 https://bit.ly/3op3nRt

Showing off a Silver skull, red parts otherwise and dramatic weight loss, diet Empyreus prepares for a little martial arts kata and then leg day.

One day, he will grow up, stop going to clubs and collect the souls of the wicked.

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From Lustige Blätter, 1917 #caturday #vintageillustration https://instagr.am/p/CGvyq8rA8BH/

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Spotted by Pyewacket, and photographed by @maximillian_deersteak

Best guess? a cattail toothpick grasshopper.

Leptysma marginicollis, the cattail toothpick grasshopper or slender locust, is a grasshopper. It has a very pointed head and flattened, sword-shaped antennae. Thus, it superficially resembles grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae, but is easily distinguished by the presence of a spur, or spine, between the front legs. They are usually brownish with a white, yellow, or brown stripe from the eye to the base of the front legs. The head is as long as, or longer than, the prothorax. On top, the body may also be red or pink. The front wings are sharply pointed, extending 3-5mm beyond the tip of the abdomen. https://instagr.am/p/CGu32LdA9N4/

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From Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats, Written Principally By a Lady of Ninety, 1923.

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“Cousened” is an obsolete version of “cozened,” so the conjurer is himself tricked.  From Poets’ Wit and Humor by W. H. Wills and illustrated by Charles Bennett and George H. Thomas, 1860.

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A little drive for leaf peeping caused us to find the cutest use of columns for Halloween decorations that I have seen this season! #tootsierollpopghosts #boo #cementspectres https://instagr.am/p/CGtKWI2AyKe/

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From Nebelspalter, 1958

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From Nebelspalter, 1958 #vintageillustration #lifeinthefuture #ballsandtubes #tomorrowland

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One more big honking spider seen on the deck when I was taking out the trash. I first thought it was a frog until my forebrain counted the legs and saw the furry body.

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One more big honking spider seen on the deck when I was taking out the trash. I first thought it was a frog until my forebrain counted the legs and saw the furry body. #bogsafari #swampofthespiders #seriouslyitwasprettybig

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The Magic Sea Shell and Other Plays by John Farrar, 1923
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From Olivet Nazarene’s 1937 yearbook.

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From Olivet Nazarene's 1937 yearbook. #vintageillustration #diver

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Swampwalk quarantine social isolation day 222

Leaves are really starting to show change. For wedding anniversary this weekend (14th!) we are thinking about loading the inlaws into the car and going for a local leaf peep, maybe a few sugar maples will jump us into the autumnal halloween spirit.

Let’s see, critter counts were low, but I did see Panda cat, about a half dozen squirrels, a v formation of maybe 20 geese (not as large as last night’s 32)
Three black vultures, but no sea birds. Where are the osprey and the gulls?

So many spiders today. I would guess that I saw at least 4 varieties, maybe a total of a dozen before I lost count. Mostly the fuzzy little wolf spiders but a couple of weirdos in the mix, too. (See other posts from today)

No neighborhood dogs in the yard either, weirdly quiet.

Saw my first carved Jack-o-lantern on my block, a batman logo at the kettle bell family’s place. I wonder if the eagle is still behind that house, I have not seen or heard from it in a while.

The gas station up the road opened last Monday, after being closed for renovations since last December. I wonder how it is inside, but I don’t think I will break my streak of only being inside two building streak (my home primarily and the inlaws once or twice) and risk catching anything for the sake of a milky way bar and a glance at what they have on offer at the newly set up hot food counter. I wonder how long the renovations would have taken in noncovid times? Even dec-March seems like a long time, but they did literally knock over the building and replace the gas tanks and pumps.

I need to get a picture of the chicken chef sometime on walkabout. Maybe next time I will head to the bay for my morning leg stretch.

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Swampwalk quarantine social isolation day 222 Leaves are really starting to show change. For wedding anniversary this weekend (14th!) we are thinking about loading the inlaws into the car and going for a local leaf peep, maybe a few sugar maples will jump us into the autumnal halloween spirit. Let's see, critter counts were low, but I did see Panda cat, about a half dozen squirrels, a v formation of maybe 20 geese (not as large as last night's 32) Three black vultures, but no sea birds. Where are the osprey and the gulls? So many spiders today. I would guess that I saw at least 4 varieties, maybe a total of a dozen before I lost count. Mostly the fuzzy little wolf spiders but a couple of weirdos in the mix, too. (See other posts from today) No neighborhood dogs in the yard either, weirdly quiet. Saw my first carved Jack-o-lantern on my block, a batman logo at the kettle bell family's place. I wonder if the eagle is still behind that house, I have not seen or heard from it in a while. The gas station up the road opened last Monday, after being closed for renovations since last December. I wonder how it is inside, but I don't think I will break my streak of only being inside two building streak (my home primarily and the inlaws once or twice) and risk catching anything for the sake of a milky way bar and a glance at what they have on offer at the newly set up hot food counter. I wonder how long the renovations would have taken in noncovid times? Even dec-March seems like a long time, but they did literally knock over the building and replace the gas tanks and pumps. I need to get a picture of the chicken chef sometime on walkabout. Maybe next time I will head to the bay for my morning leg stretch. #swampwalk #streamofthought #bogsafari

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Another spider from my #swampwalk, this one was a beast. Web was immense and the round part was maybe 75ish% the size of a dime. Very spindly legs too… translucent yellow – orange with very little visible hair, made them look like it lived in a smoker’s house(I prefer fuzzy spiders)

#bogsafari #orbweaver #ithink

Trying not to walk through the spiderwebs was tricky this morning, thankfully sunlight and dew helped to spot them for the most part. https://instagr.am/p/CGpdHK5AyNE/

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Another spider from my #swampwalk, this one was a beast. Web was immense and the round part was maybe 75ish% the size of a dime. Very spindly legs too… translucent yellow – orange with very little visible hair, made them look like it lived in a smoker's house(I prefer fuzzy spiders) #bogsafari #orbweaver #ithink Trying not to walk through the spiderwebs was tricky this morning, thankfully sunlight and dew helped to spot them for the most part.

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