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"Child and Cat" by the acclaimed Chinese photographer Fan Ho.

Fan Ho (1931–2016) was a master of black and white photography, known for capturing the fleeting light, lines, and silhouettes of urban Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s.

#Photography #black&white #caturday
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Lovely White Cat
(Ink & coloured pencil)

Illustrations by Anita Inverarity (b. 1963), contemporary Scottish Illustrator and Painter.

www.anitainverarity.com
@anitainverarity [IG]

#art #painting #illustration #caturday
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A Skylark serenade 🪶🎶

The Skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a small brown bird, with a small crest

It is a widespread species found across Europe and the Palearctic with introduced populations in Oceania and Hawaii

Video by Lawrence Chatton [FB]
Filmed in the Richmond Park, UK

#birds #singing #nature
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"Maro Makashvili", a large-scale street mural created by artist Sasha Korban (Ukrainian) for the Tbilisi Mural Fest, Georgia.

Source: sasha.korban [IG]

#art #murals #streetart
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Christopher Evans making the matte painting of Empire's stormtroopers for Return of the Jedi. 😲

#art #movies #specialeffects #oldtimes
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sphinx ring, Rock crystal, c. 1295-1069 BC.

Carved from clear rock crystal, this astonishing ring takes the form of a reclining sphinx during the periods of the Pharaohs Ramses I, II, and III.

Phoenix Ancient Art, Switzerland.
#art #ring #jewelry #crystal
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"The Drinkers", 1890.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

For this image, Van Gogh copied a wood engraving from Honoré Daumier’s Drinkers, a parody on the four ages of man. The exaggerated figures capture Daumier’s characteristic humor and his message about alcoholism

#art #painting #illustration
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Spring Melody". Aznakayevo, Tatarstan, Russia, 1986.

Photo by Rustam Mukhametzyanov

#violin #music #romance #oldtimes
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A young Bill Gates with Steve Jobs, 1985

#hardwork #technology #business #oldtimes
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A young boy looks after his little sister beside their family’s makeshift camp during the Great Depression at Ramblers Park in Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939.

#brother #sister #family #oldtimes
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Good morning!
It's #caturday!
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Burney Falls is a 129-foot waterfall in McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park in Northern California, USA 🇺🇸

Known for its year-round flow and stunning, multi-stream appearance. The 100 million gallons of daily cold water originates from an underground spring.

#waterfall #nature #parks #hiking
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The giant wētā (Deinacrida heteracantha) these critters can reach weights of up to 1.2 oz (35 g), making them heavier than some mice.

These nocturnal insects shelter in foliage by day, emerging under darkness to feed on leaves. It is only found in New Zealand.

#insects #nature #critters #wildlife
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“Backroads, Napeague”, 2019.
Acrylic on canvas.

By Grant Haffner (b.1978) @granthaffner [IG]

His signature motif of utility poles with power lines creates an original sense of movement and depth to his distinctive, colorful compositions.

#art #painting #illustration
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎪 Circus rope performance.

By Anton Mikheev, Russian acrobat, an_mikheev [IG]

#acrobat #rope #dance #circus
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sewing instruction book with real examples, Ireland 1833.

📖🧵🪡

#book #sewing #learn
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ivory sculpture of a fisherman with net and basket. Japan, Meiji period, 1868–1912.

#art #sculpture #fishing #ivory
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Morning, 1860s
Watercolour, 26.5 x 32 cm.

John Simmons (1823-1876), British miniature painter and illustrator, known primarily for his watercolours of ethereal fairyland scenes, often illustrating Shakespearian or other literary works.

The Maas Gallery, London

#art #painting #illustration
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Hunter Brothers doing some mid-air mechanical checkups during their 23-day-long flight without landing in 1930.

Over the 23 days, food and fuel were delivered to them periodically by another aeroplane.

#flying #airplane #record #oldtimes
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Photographers at Monaco, 1968. Beautiful and spectacularly unsafe!

#f1 #racing #photography #oldtimes
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Holiday shopping at Gimbel’s, sixth Avenue and 33rd Street, 1957.

Photo by Eddie Hausner, New York Times.

#shopping #holiday #oldtimes
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Good morning!
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Thanksgiving NYC Style," n.d.
Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in.

Sonya Sklaroff, American artist, b.1970.
www.sonyasklaroff.com

#art #painting #illustration #NY
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
An Albino Crow - In Case You've Never Seen One.

This unusual crow owes its snowy feathers to leucism, a genetic condition that reduces pigmentation while keeping its eyes dark.

#crow #bird #nature
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The "pinky promise" originates from the Japanese tradition called yubikiri, which means “finger cut off.”

Breaking a promise was a grave offense that could result in cutting off one’s little finger as punishment.

It evolved into a symbolic gesture rather than a literal one.

#finger #promise
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM