Like bacon, cupcakes, ninjas and zombies, unicorns seem to have taken off in popular culture. Most artistic renderings of these horned beasts of the equine persuasion tend to be somewhat similar.
Indigo Ocean on deviantART takes another angle and creates “realistic” baby versions.
While I never got into the unicorn craze, something about these mini faux-foals is kind of captivating.
Can you look at Sky Whale and not get in a good mood? I sure can’t.
Patricia Piccinini crafted this lovable, lighter-than-air giant.
How happily amazed I would be if I saw this floating in the sky near my house.
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Oh ocean…you deep, exotic world of mystery…will you ever cease to amaze?
I wish there was more info listed about these findings. They seem clearly related to other known creatures, but who can ever get enough sea life variety?
This one looks like my intestines dressed up for a party (no really…I’ve seen my intestines on film twice in the past week).
Fellow children of the 80′s will agree that this one is “totally tubular.”
You can also check out the Angel and Devil, Bobtail Squid, Rainbow Glow Jellyfish and amazing others.
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I started this post before falling increasingly ill. May still be gone for a bit…I had SO much to share this Halloween…but it’ll just have to wait for now. Here’s what I had so far…
Rockabilly Bride of Frankenstein. Awesome!
I want this shirt:
Sweet…
No one will suspect a thing.
Amazing roundup of Halloween creatures here.
Two great cakes from Cake Wrecks.
And…not so great…
You go, little fella!
Fellow 80′s kids…remember these?
And lastly, the always hilarious AXE COP (featuring Nick Offerman)!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from SheWalksSoftly!
(Thanks for this image of my likeness, Bettie!)
I’m not one for dressing animals up, Halloween or otherwise…but after seeing this, my darling Rowsdower and Ripley better beware if I can get my hands on a Sharpie and some boxes.
The source gets a hat tip from me for describing himself as a big, bearded & tattooed straight guy who doesn’t give a damn what others think about his love of cats.
In my opinion:
I bookmarked this link because at first glance I thought this squirrel was a piece of taxidermy that someone was a little too attached to.
Nope. This thing is alive…or was…in the 1940′s.
TIME magazine did a story about a Mrs. Mark Bullis who “adopted” a squirrel before his eyes were open after finding him in a tree (his squirrel mommy had regrettably passed on).
“Most squirrels,” LIFE noted (with a striking lack of evidence), “are lively and inquisitive animals who like to do tricks when they have an audience.” They do? At any rate, LIFE went on to observe that the squirrel, dubbed Tommy Tucker by the Bullis family, “is a very subdued little animal who has never had a chance to jump around in a big tree.”
“Mrs. Bullis’ main interest in Tommy,” LIFE continued, “is in dressing him up in 30 specially made costumes. Tommy has a coat and hat for going to market, a silk pleated dress for company, a Red Cross uniform for visiting the hospital.”
Quite the docile little thing. Am I the only one who noticed Mrs. Bullis was, I suppose, cross-dressing her beloved pet? Why name a squirrel “Tommy” and fashion 30 dresses for him? Perhaps she was very progressive for her time. Way to go, Mrs. B!
See more here.
Just a small dose of pure evil here.
By Albrecht Dürer:
Another public display:
Now THIS is a rabbit installation (there was no source so I don’t know where it’s located):
Love this girl’s work (link on photo):
Bunny-ish?
By the wonderful Femke Hiemstra:
Yes!
Ghost Girl inspired eggs, done by Lauren Nemchik (thanks to the talented Tonya Hurley for sharing these!):
Steampunk egg:
Wow…this one has a little “stage” too!
Rather pretty…
Not the most elaborate Peeps diorama I’ve seen, but it gets major bonus points for the subject and wordplay:
Kitschy chickadees:
Fabulous vintage Easter hat featuring what seems to be…a colorful Shih Tzu:
Classic Easter parade gear:
This makes me sad. I highly doubt this feline felt “deprived of a proper Easter egg hunt” before being forced into this hideous torture hat.
And for the Alien fans out there:
Happy Easter to those who celebrate. If you feel like some blast from the past posts, check these out:
Sketchy Bunnies
Eggshell Sculptures
Easter Dekstop Goodies of the Past
Portrait Eggs
FINALLY, a cite that honors the painstaking efforts and progress that cats have made in the field of science!
I give you: Cat Scientists of the 1960′s!
Alnwick Garden is now on my destination list.
The one kind of “medicine” I’d really like to overdose on:
Amazing outfits ahead! This was taken in 1915 (probably what I would have worn if I were around in that time period):
And now an incredible “sport dress” from 1885:
So, is this pretty much the greatest sweater of all time…or THE greatest sweater of all time?
And now for the requisite skeletons that somehow make it into all of these posts. I may have actually featured this before, but I just love it so much.
Be careful when someone asks to “pick your brain.” It may be literal.
With tooth-care proofs of purchase, one could acquire this fabulous dental clock from Zonweiss (well, a rather long time ago anyway):
Mmm…I love the hazy glow of this photo…
When writing a letter to me, please address it as such:
This is how I lift my elephants, too.
I do enjoy de-contextualized slices of vintage printed work…
Absolutely a cause for celebration!
Bats: is there anything they CAN’T do?
Oddly, a few images of bats dealing with headless things grace my desktop at the moment.
This one puts me in a good mood, instantly.
I confess to a bit of library corner lust for this globe lamp:
And these rings are wonderful (yet another example, like most of these images, of lack of sourcing in micro-blogs…does anyone know who makes these?):
I’ll close this post with a monstrously sweet image by McLean Kendree.
