tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post7736792581259391380..comments2024-03-07T09:25:09.142-08:00Comments on Long-Forgotten: Needlepoint, Ironwork, and Dead Snow Balls (Once Again, the Lichten Book)HBG2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-14476536951712739352021-11-01T20:55:07.043-07:002021-11-01T20:55:07.043-07:00On a unrelated note, do we know the fate of the mi...On a unrelated note, do we know the fate of the micechat forum? Great post as always, btw!Theres always something new to discover at the HM!Bennelukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622131772357489833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-85071259772908576742021-10-23T12:48:43.067-07:002021-10-23T12:48:43.067-07:00That's a hopeful thought. I was a little worri...That's a hopeful thought. I was a little worried about Snow Ball. What if he was a bad, bad dog? I mean, turned away from the Pearly Gates . . . well, we've all heard about his chances elsewhere.<br /><br />That reminds me. There's a Mark Twain quotable quote: “Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” I may have missed it, but I haven't run across any recognition that Twain's witticism is in fact a sardonic commentary on the seventh verse from the end of the Bible.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-32999788845889122112021-10-23T11:24:58.389-07:002021-10-23T11:24:58.389-07:00My own suspicion is that "Snow Ball" was...My own suspicion is that "Snow Ball" was literally a snowball, a precursor to the "pet rock" fad of 1975. The urn atop the plinth presumably contains Snow Ball's melted water. The leash and collar would have been for dragging Snow Ball through the winter landscape, so as to have kept its zest and sparkle up. Snowball pets technically had better "planned obsolescence" than pet rocks, as pet rocks survived even the harshest springtimes. One wonders just now whether the pet rock industry got rocked by the people-who-live-in-glass-houses anti-lobbing lobby.Eccentric Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316310165037320995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-78045681025775412092021-10-22T23:21:21.663-07:002021-10-22T23:21:21.663-07:00I'm always reminded of the "Tomb Sweet To...I'm always reminded of the "Tomb Sweet Tomb" sampler by a friend who has a painted sign in her kitchen in the style of those "Live, Laugh, Love" signs, except it says "Memento Mori." Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-28619384137709552582021-10-22T11:08:34.686-07:002021-10-22T11:08:34.686-07:00Until you showed me the other examples, I would ha...Until you showed me the other examples, I would have thought the dog furniture was a sure thing. Who knew? I think out of all of them, the ironwork is the least convincing. <br />I might have to find my own copy of this book!Stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/11476618457938961470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-57733389371770147582021-10-20T03:26:55.064-07:002021-10-20T03:26:55.064-07:00I'm sure the "off-the-shelf" ironwor...I'm sure the "off-the-shelf" ironwork was chosen simply because it was cheaper than custom, and "close enough" in appearance to what was used on the Shipley-Leydecker House here in Baltimore.Grinning Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09431989275349314467noreply@blogger.com