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Aztec Stone Owl from Fed by Birds.
The Owles Almanac
Imagine a rather rude and insulting Mad-Magazine style parody of a horoscope/self-help column, but written 400 years ago: This is The Owles Almanac, from Thomas Middleton, The Collected Works (edition by Gary Taylor & John Lavagnino, Oxford Univeristy Press).
It may require a bit of scrolling/fiddling to find the relevant passages on Google Books, which are found around pages 1271 to 1300 in this online document, but your diligence will be most rewarded if you as easily amused as we are. His advice to Barber/Surgeons:
"You cunning cut-beards, never let your stomachs quail to suck your living out of festered sores, for "lucri bonus est odor" silver has a sweet sound; ask Vespasian the emporer else."
From Fed by Birds
(via RC)
Artwork by Louis Wain from Catland.
(via SM).
Fake Plastic Owls Pool on Flickr.
(via RC)
The Internet Bird Collection has many videos on file.
Founding member Josep del Hoyo has a video of Great Grey Owls.
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'Nicotiana' is a Mixed media on wooden holy water font (with shell vessel) by Femke Hiemstra .
Capetown to Vic Falls May 2006
From Justin's Picasa Web Album.
The Owl Foundation is rehabilitating Canada's Owls.
Sponsor a resident Owl for $100.00 annually.
A woodcut by
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita,
A mentor to M.C. Escher.
Detail from advert in ArtForum for Yinka Shonibare MBE;
'El sueño de la razón produce monstruos' by Francisco de Goya.