RRose

@dawphin.bsky.social

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Someone said there’d be cake. Writer, originally Chicawgowan, living in Oyreland for the craic. Older - and stronger - than dirt.

B&W photo of man’s face superimposed on background full of calligraphy.
Row house with roses.
Pink Geisha silhouette serving tea, yellow wall with calligraphy.
Blue flowers and red plant in front of white wall and windows, iron fence in foreground.
Red-headed woman with short haircut, barber-striped pole with calligraphy.
Driveway, gate, NO PARKING sign, house extension with window and downspout.
Elephant riding on a huge carp. Text SAFETY MATCHES MADE IN JAPAN BY DAWOODALLY & CO.
Clouds
Tiger in the jungle, text TAMCO PRICE RE.0-0-6, THE ANAKAPALLE MATCH CO. ANAKAPALLE, SAFETY MATCHES.
Mannequins in black-and-gold and gold, with matching hats.
Child in traditional getup contemplates a two-leafed seedling. Japanese characters.
Mural on rough stone wall, beer barrels in foreground.
Clouds curl along curving shore.
LEOPARD walking above ribbon that proclaims RAJAMONEY MATCHFACTORY SATTUR.
Cloudy day, tree overlooking Galway Bay.
Sweet woman in traditional peasant garb, yellow bag carried on her back. Japanese characters.
Outside the courthouse, don’t know why or what.
Rough drawing of broken-nosed lion with sunrise in background. Banners read LION BRAND MADE IN INDIA TRADE MARK DAWAOODECO CAMBAY
Big Top is down, leaving support towers, marking end of annual Arts Festival.
Lion with big feet asserting himself before sunrise/sunset. Text SAFETY MATCHES KADIRA MATCH FACTORY KOVILPATTI.
Gated access to the Salmon Weir.
Under the head RUNNING LION, a drawing of, yes, a running lion (bunny with a mane?). Diamond logo PONNANI and SAFETY MATCHES reversed out of black strip at bottom.
Orange door, blue building, white trim.
Two men in western dress holding umbrellas under a Japanese lantern. Japanese characters.
Apartment building with cuts that create outdoor spaces. Stone wall, grass, tree on right.
Woman in red dress and head scarf alongside design made of triangles, Japanese characters in red.
Lane between houses.
Traditionally-clad Japanese woman walking past a sinuous tree, hanging lantern, Japanese characters.
Himself passing blue wall, graffiti face smoking a blunt.
Safety-vested gent walks past stone arched door, adverts for the Arts Festival to left.
Outline of an athlete in a victorious pose, he holds aloft a bottle of milk?
Books, boxes, monkeys, and a light.
Family in circle engaged in happy talk, Japanese characters.
Ochre house, fake stone appliqué, brown door and window frames.
Simple red PIONEER banner. Reversed out of green AVERAGE CONTENTS 47 MADE IN SWEDEN MATCHES.
Red and blue flowers in front of geometric structure.
CARNATIC BEAUTY SAFETY MATCHES MADE IN SWEDEN the box proclaims with a woman in Indian dress sitting alongside a clothed table with books and a potted plant.
Boarded-up white house, blue-footed gray.
Charioteer with four horses in the traces, red brand reads VICTORIA STRIKE ANYWHERE MATCHES.
Woman in a room watching a screen where a man writes in a notebook.
Pretty yellow foliage against lavender checkerboard, traditional Japanese man sitting in front.
Coat rack, red coat, chrome overhead light.
Chef’s kiss. On his touque PALMOL JEDLY OLEJ. He points at JE CAHKO STRÁVITECNY A VYZIVNY.
White rectangle on lavender wall.
Mannequin in window wearing dress, red hat looking at potted plant.
Simple drawing of a face, lipsticked with shaggy hair and the script L’HOMEAU in green.
White door, White House, potted plants.
Crepe pan with a chef’s head above. MARUSAN is the head, Japanese characters in red below.
In Chicago we call this a gangway, passage between house and wall, garden in the distance.
Couple dancing, music scale with Japanese characters, additional characters below.
Brown arched doorway with narrow windows on each side.
Geisha serving tea, Japanese characters.
Sandbags against the church side door, blue sign at left.
Next to bulldog logo, a brunette seals an envelope. Text ELCO IHR VORNEHMES BRIEFPAPER.
Roses, buds, fallen petals.
LUCKY BOY in red carries a ribbon that proclaims TRADE MARK as well as a coin. MADE IN SWEDEN below.