Adventures in Weseland

Monday, June 16, 2014

Legends to Dance to.

Here are some Rock Legends to get you moving on Monday:

Hope you enjoyed these legends on this Monday.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Laugh with Some Wordless Cartoons

The San Francisco Main Library has some great exhibits, they running one now called "You Don't Say", which is a small history of Wordless Cartoons:

The first three are from Henry or HM Bateman (1887-1970) who was a British Cartoonist:

A book of Bateman's drawings 1925

His book Burlesques-1916

Bateman

Here some other wordless cartoonists:

The French political cartoonist Jean Veber (1864-1928)-1901

The German Humorist Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908)

The work of the Swiss cartoonist Rodolphe Topffer (1799-1846)

One of George Herriman (1880-1944) Krazy Kat's books (1934). Herriman was a huge influence on modern cartoonists like Charles Schultz, Bill Watterson and my favorite R. Crumb among others

"Sad Sack" by Sgt. George Baker (1915-1975)

"The Prints of Paper-A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759 and 1760" (above and below):

Mad Magazine's Don Martin (1931-2000) and his great SPY vs. SPY

Alternative cartoonist Peter Kuper (1958-)

Sentinel Louie (1936) by O (Otto). Soglow (1900-1975) who also penned by The Little King below:

The Little King (1938)

Hope you got a little laugh from them.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Asian Art Museum-the Final

The front of the Asian Art Museum

All good things must come to an end. Here is the final part of the visit to the Asian Art Museum. After the first three pictures, this one is all Chinese artifacts:

A miniature shrine-1800's-Thailand

Headdress -1800's - Philippines

Lionhead-Nepal-1700's

Rhinoceros Ritual Vase 1100-1050 BC-China

Ritual Food Vessel-550-400 BC-China

Ritual Wine Vessel-1300-1000 BC-China

Camel-690-750 AD-China

The head of an Arhat-ca. 1368-China

Seated Buddha 1500-1600-China

Can't wait to head back there to see if they have anything new to share.

Monday, June 9, 2014

A Monday Mix-Up for Dancing

Let's see what can we dance to this Monday:

Hope you have a great Monday

Sunday, June 8, 2014

A Trip to Napa Valley-May 2014

Every time I go to the Napa Valley, I try to see different things and places as there is a lot to see:

The front of the Domaine Carneros Winery

Some of the best of Domaine Carneros

The front of the Opus One Winery

The view from the Opus One Winery

Fountain outside Merryvale Vineyards

Vats of wine

The Long Meadow Ranch Winery

Every time I am up in Napa Valley I try to pick one winery to walk around and really poke around. this time I went to the Long Meadow Ranch Winery and thought it was cool: