Blake Kirk
@blakekirk.bsky.social
Leyendecker also illustrated a collection of Irish myths. Here is his vision of Queen Maeve:
May 18, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Leyendecker also illustrated a collection of Irish myths. Here is his vision of Queen Maeve:
Only alternative I can think of is a panzer bear from the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
May 6, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Only alternative I can think of is a panzer bear from the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
Veal and ricotta meatballs. It was what there was for supper. Kneading 2 lb of ground veal, ricotta, grated Parmesan, panko, 2 eggs and seasoning obviated the need to do OT exercises for my neuropathy today.
2 meatballs, some warm homemade marinara, a salad, and a glass of wine made a nice dinner.
2 meatballs, some warm homemade marinara, a salad, and a glass of wine made a nice dinner.
May 5, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Veal and ricotta meatballs. It was what there was for supper. Kneading 2 lb of ground veal, ricotta, grated Parmesan, panko, 2 eggs and seasoning obviated the need to do OT exercises for my neuropathy today.
2 meatballs, some warm homemade marinara, a salad, and a glass of wine made a nice dinner.
2 meatballs, some warm homemade marinara, a salad, and a glass of wine made a nice dinner.
Nice work.
Here's a hooded crow, a common corvid in Europe, checking out the remnants of our breakfast of our hotel-room terrace in Rome two years ago.
Here's a hooded crow, a common corvid in Europe, checking out the remnants of our breakfast of our hotel-room terrace in Rome two years ago.
April 28, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Nice work.
Here's a hooded crow, a common corvid in Europe, checking out the remnants of our breakfast of our hotel-room terrace in Rome two years ago.
Here's a hooded crow, a common corvid in Europe, checking out the remnants of our breakfast of our hotel-room terrace in Rome two years ago.
Live crawdad found in my back yard after a heavy rain a few years back. Our lot backs up on a branch of the Wheeler NWR with a backwater from the Tennessee River.
April 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Live crawdad found in my back yard after a heavy rain a few years back. Our lot backs up on a branch of the Wheeler NWR with a backwater from the Tennessee River.
The Venus Callipygos (Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks,) in the Farnese Collection in the Archeological Museum in Naples. And yes, she is positioned so her buttocks are the first thing one sees when one enters that gallery.
Thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek original in bronze.
Thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek original in bronze.
March 23, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The Venus Callipygos (Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks,) in the Farnese Collection in the Archeological Museum in Naples. And yes, she is positioned so her buttocks are the first thing one sees when one enters that gallery.
Thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek original in bronze.
Thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek original in bronze.
If you see this, post a bridge.
Die Steinerne Brücke, in Regensburg, Germany. Constructed in the mid-12th Century, this was until the Industrial Revolution the only road bridge across the Danube between Ulm and Vienna.
Die Steinerne Brücke, in Regensburg, Germany. Constructed in the mid-12th Century, this was until the Industrial Revolution the only road bridge across the Danube between Ulm and Vienna.
March 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
If you see this, post a bridge.
Die Steinerne Brücke, in Regensburg, Germany. Constructed in the mid-12th Century, this was until the Industrial Revolution the only road bridge across the Danube between Ulm and Vienna.
Die Steinerne Brücke, in Regensburg, Germany. Constructed in the mid-12th Century, this was until the Industrial Revolution the only road bridge across the Danube between Ulm and Vienna.
On this spectrum and got that covered.
March 21, 2024 at 7:53 PM
On this spectrum and got that covered.
And sometimes the void goes “Meerp?”
March 19, 2024 at 1:00 AM
And sometimes the void goes “Meerp?”
“Meerp!” The void calls out to the void.
March 19, 2024 at 12:57 AM
“Meerp!” The void calls out to the void.
This was the menu at a tiny sandwich place about a block from our hotel in Rome when we were there two years ago. Why can't we have this kind of sandwich joint in the US instead of endless iterations of Subway or other sandwich chains?
The Autumnno, BTW, was totally awesome.
The Autumnno, BTW, was totally awesome.
March 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
This was the menu at a tiny sandwich place about a block from our hotel in Rome when we were there two years ago. Why can't we have this kind of sandwich joint in the US instead of endless iterations of Subway or other sandwich chains?
The Autumnno, BTW, was totally awesome.
The Autumnno, BTW, was totally awesome.
Has anyone else noticed how certain busts of the Roman Emperor Vespasian resemble Lyndon Baines Johnson?
March 18, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Has anyone else noticed how certain busts of the Roman Emperor Vespasian resemble Lyndon Baines Johnson?
A Boulevardier to finish off the evening: equal parts whisky, Campari, and sweet vermouth. I used Templeton Rye as the whisky. It is a smoother cocktail than the Negroni, of which it is a variation.
March 18, 2024 at 1:25 AM
A Boulevardier to finish off the evening: equal parts whisky, Campari, and sweet vermouth. I used Templeton Rye as the whisky. It is a smoother cocktail than the Negroni, of which it is a variation.
Pictures from Wheeler NWR in Jan 2016:
March 17, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Pictures from Wheeler NWR in Jan 2016:
The monk's scriptorium on the uppermost level of La Merveille.
March 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The monk's scriptorium on the uppermost level of La Merveille.
I'm going on 69, and I figured out years ago that I look like I have more hair if it's cropped short than if I try to grow it longer. These days I have the barber trim everything to 1/4 inch, and taper the back.
January 5, 2024 at 11:17 PM
I'm going on 69, and I figured out years ago that I look like I have more hair if it's cropped short than if I try to grow it longer. These days I have the barber trim everything to 1/4 inch, and taper the back.
People entirely unclear on the underlying stories:
November 10, 2023 at 12:01 AM
People entirely unclear on the underlying stories:
Repost with your age and a recent pic.
Age: 68
Not my best look. Had just completed 7 weeks of radiation treatments for cancer, and I start another round of chemo on Monday.
Age: 68
Not my best look. Had just completed 7 weeks of radiation treatments for cancer, and I start another round of chemo on Monday.
October 6, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Repost with your age and a recent pic.
Age: 68
Not my best look. Had just completed 7 weeks of radiation treatments for cancer, and I start another round of chemo on Monday.
Age: 68
Not my best look. Had just completed 7 weeks of radiation treatments for cancer, and I start another round of chemo on Monday.
As I've told Jerome already, he's got a real talent for finding the one or two photos in a shoot that tell you a whole story (or which make you want to write the story the photo is telling you.) Like this one:
August 21, 2023 at 1:38 AM
As I've told Jerome already, he's got a real talent for finding the one or two photos in a shoot that tell you a whole story (or which make you want to write the story the photo is telling you.) Like this one:
Here’s a picture of the type of gun intended for the fort on Spinnaker Island. They were leftovers from a class of battleships the Navy wanted to build in the mid-1920’s, but which were cancelled after the US signed on to a treaty limiting the size of the world’s major navies.
August 14, 2023 at 11:35 PM
Here’s a picture of the type of gun intended for the fort on Spinnaker Island. They were leftovers from a class of battleships the Navy wanted to build in the mid-1920’s, but which were cancelled after the US signed on to a treaty limiting the size of the world’s major navies.
@stjepansejic.bsky.social Saw this elsewhere on the web and immediately thought of some of your characters.
August 10, 2023 at 9:38 PM
@stjepansejic.bsky.social Saw this elsewhere on the web and immediately thought of some of your characters.