Maryann Adair
- Follow MaryAnn Adair's 'Is it art' Blog on WordPress.com
-
Recent Posts
- The Very Model of a Tudor Village
- The Artist of The Court Ball at Hofburg is no ‘Gause-ing’ Game
- Are you thinking that Fafi is fluffy?
- Whoop Oop De Boop
- Down For a Ride With the Girl On a Slide
- Is a Room With a View Better Than a Room With Chairs?
- It’s Ben Hall of a Life for This Bush-Ranger
- Lest We Forget Our Trench Art
- The honour of being William Cresswell – Father of the Australian Navy
- Galatea – For She is the One with the Milk White Skin
Archive
Category Archives: Postcards
Try Your Luck and Maybe Spend a Buck at the Fryerstown Antique Fair
Fryerstown Antique Fair will celebrate its 42nd anniversary in 2017. It is held on the surrounding days of the Australia Day holiday on January 25th each year. The popular annual event has grown from strength to strength each year and … Continue reading
Posted in Bone China, Ceramics, CigaretteCards, Collectibles, Crystal, Glass, Hard Paste Porcelain, Marbles, Paperweights, Perfume Bottles, Porcelain, Postcards, Sculpture, Snowdomes, Soft paste Porcelain, Stained Glass, Stamps, SwapCards, Tea Towels
Tagged Fryerstown Antique Fair, Fryerstown Antique Market
Leave a comment
I am a friend to any brave and gallant outlaw
On a farm near Carthage, Missouri, on February 5, 1848, Belle Starr or Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr, was born. Over her lifetime she slowly changed her life to become a notorious American outlaw and gun-toting, horse-rustling Southern temptress; who … Continue reading
Happy Winter Solstice
Each hemisphere celebrates its winter solstice on the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun’s daily maximum elevation in the sky is the lowest. The winter solstice itself lasts only a moment in time, so other terms … Continue reading
Kombi-nation of VW manufacturing & art
This header and entry marks a new page category under “Is It Art?” – VW Art. I base this on my love of the Kombi/Combi VW van. In fact we are a family of devotees of this van and friends … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Illustrations, Postcards, StreetArt
Tagged Kombi, Martin Wiscombe, VW
Leave a comment
Reddit – Ferry the Human Frog
From a New Zealand newspaper, The Manawatu Times– June 27th, 1901: we have the story of: Ferry, the Human Frog. Ferry, a contortionist, was also known as “the human frog”. Back in June, 1901, a huge audience assembled at the … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Postcards
Leave a comment
Oh yeah…wait a minute Mr. Postman
I’m curious to know: Is the humble postcard dead, or at least on the verge of? Over recent times the majority of postcards sent around the world indicated to our loved ones where we were,what we were doing and indicating … Continue reading
