The Good, the bad, and the cheersy

Cheers to February!

Found this in the Smithsonians Open Access collection-this was a print for children! LOL circa 1862-I like that it includes “RUM” & Dueling” on the road to “Everlasting Punishment” *

What makes a month good?

My February will be** filled with travel, birthdays, visits from out of town friends and family and regular good ol’ work days that end with a glass of wine (Dry January is over!) and the best company.

I hope your month starts out great too!

I’m a little, very much interested in the Smithsonian’s Open Access images at the moment...here’s one more: “The Wine Glass” Etching on Paper by James McNeil Whistler***

**I’m writing this in January and fingers crossed for a safe trip.

***a renewed love for public domain images

Cheers!

*Note on the first image above: My childhood from the age of 8 until I left “the church” at about age 23, was basically that image. That church I left and the associated K-12 private school literally taught me that drinking, disobeying authority, lying, etc . would result in my physical death, most likely, and eternal damnation-most assuredly. So, this image is funny to me, but I understand it could also be quite upseting to someone still hearing such damaging, terrifying, and sad messages day after damaging Sunday. I hope you find freedom and peace one day too.

Again, Cheers!