Fascinating People

Dr Seuss - Illustrator, Author, Teacher of Children 

Anyone who has children (and even those who don't) will know right away the creator of the Quote and picture above. Dr Seuss has been entertaining and teaching children to read for years and be honest many parents enjoyed his books just as much (sometimes more) as our children did.

Warren Kimble "America's Best Know Living Folk Artist" 

Pick a house any house - on any street - in any town and chances are you'll find some type of art work on the walls of the home. After looking around you may also notice a similarity or theme to the pieces, reason being that everyone tends to have a particular style they gravitate towards.

Clarence Birdseye - A Man With A Vision
Frozen food, many of us grew up eating it and many of us still do but when your taking something from the freezer - like frozen vegetables for example

Trooping The Colour - Queen Elizabeth II Birthday

The "Trooping The Colour" ceremony took place today in London to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II birthday.

 J.R.R. Tolkien - Writer, Univ Professor, Creator of Bilbo Baggins

"The Hobbit" - "The Lord of The Rings" these two titles are more than likely familiar to everyone so I'm not going to write about the movies even though Peter Jackson - in my opinion anyway - did a wonderful job keeping true to the books.

Farewell To The Goblin King
Hearing the news this week about the death of David Bowie was sad, I've been a fan for a long time. I spent some time looking up articles and remembering favorite songs but the idea for this post came from an e-mail.



James C. Christensen - An American Fantasy Artist
Poking around Pinterest awhile back I came across a painting that I fell in love with. The title was "College of Magical Knowledge, in fact I liked it so much I added it to the sidebar of this blog. What drew me to it was the look of fantasy which I love in any form whether it be in movies, books, collectables or art.

Billy Jacob's - Rural American Countryside Painter
I remember years ago buying a couple of wall calendars that featured Billy Jacob's pictures, I didn't know much about him but liked his style, it had that primitive feel but was a little different from the Warren Kimble folk art style that I've always loved and still do.