tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post4347316130247379687..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: W is for WheyAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-86728806044926334622020-04-30T07:26:19.138-04:002020-04-30T07:26:19.138-04:00Interesting about the words changing meanings over...Interesting about the words changing meanings over time. Love your illustration!<br /><br />An A-Z of Faerie: <a href="https://www.ronelthemythmaker.com/wondrous-witches-atozchallenge-folklore/" rel="nofollow">Witches</a>Ronel Janse van Vuurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041347187777879494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-88303465269101295932020-04-28T09:58:29.091-04:002020-04-28T09:58:29.091-04:00Deborah, a perfect spider web is a wonder of natur...Deborah, a perfect spider web is a wonder of nature... but a dirty old web, or any sort on my face: yeugh!<br /><br />Kristin, I don't mind spiders, but centipedes give me the willies. I'm sure I would have squealed, too, if one crawled across my desk.<br /><br />Pax, you are right about the natural history accuracy, but if you look closely it seems that only the second illustration really got it right: eight legs plus two pedipalps. To be fair to us artists, it's hard to carve lots of skinny little legs finely enough to fit them all in!<br /><br />Frédérique, Rob, Jade, and Sue, I'm with you all in feeling that spiders are more acceptable in some places than others. Can't fault them for being outside, and even inside as long as they're out of the way, but not coming along to sit down beside me!Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-26717790730500316282020-04-28T07:42:00.830-04:002020-04-28T07:42:00.830-04:00Yes, this does look like a Humpty Dumpty moment! O...Yes, this does look like a Humpty Dumpty moment! Oddly, as a child I DID imagine a tuffet as something outside! But if the word is out of use, fair enough, we can use it in a way that works for us. And I do like your visual version, well done! <br /><br />Not crazy about spiders, but would rather see them outside than hanging over my bed. I do like cottage cheese. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-42945619356157509022020-04-28T05:01:55.431-04:002020-04-28T05:01:55.431-04:00I love your take on the illustration, and the reas...I love your take on the illustration, and the reasoning behind it!<br /><br /><a href="http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.hu/" rel="nofollow">The Multicolored Diary</a>A Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-49393383638334920042020-04-27T23:29:22.263-04:002020-04-27T23:29:22.263-04:00Spiders are fine as long as they are small and in ...Spiders are fine as long as they are small and in a web. Big hairy jumping spiders no thanks. I don't kill spiders unless I can't catch-and-release the big ones. The little ones are here and there in the house and welcome. Now on to the tuffet: I go with the hassock similarity.Jade Lihttps://tao-talk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-18281477649143518042020-04-27T18:13:40.076-04:002020-04-27T18:13:40.076-04:00We have spiders living in our house somewhere most...We have spiders living in our house somewhere most of the year. I really dont mind them being here as they generally just like to play statues in quiet corners. I only get annoyed with them when they set up home in the shower and I then have to save them before I have a shower. <br /><br />The letters are fast running out now . . . . PhewRob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-21117605866448906972020-04-27T13:12:28.321-04:002020-04-27T13:12:28.321-04:00Thanks for elucidating tuffet, hassock, and other ...Thanks for elucidating tuffet, hassock, and other assorted things to sit upon, either living or upholstered. Fun! However, spiders really must have 8 legs, so the Federal Art Project needs a little natural history lesson. It does make an interesting print on fabric, though. Could make an apron? Curtains for a child's room? I do like yours, Anne.Paxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-69810980995704740192020-04-27T12:26:39.293-04:002020-04-27T12:26:39.293-04:00Your illustration is beautiful and very close to t...Your illustration is beautiful and very close to the story I guess. I don't like spiders, but in another way I don't hate them either... Just not in the house ;)<br /><a href="https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-z-w-women-femmes.html" rel="nofollow"> W is for Women </a>Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliquéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307507105646376697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-47807822132431654952020-04-27T12:19:47.322-04:002020-04-27T12:19:47.322-04:00The other night I was sitting at my computer when ...The other night I was sitting at my computer when a centipede started to crawl from my desk onto the computer! Which caused me to react like Miss Muffet and scream and jump up and run out of the room. My husband saved me - finding the centipede hiding under the computer by that time. brrrr.<br /><br />I thank you for the full story of the tusset.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-6396154816459762752020-04-27T11:36:03.777-04:002020-04-27T11:36:03.777-04:00I love your illustration and take on the tale. I&#...I love your illustration and take on the tale. I'm definitely a spider lover (and glass transporter when necessary), but I do understand a good startle reaction when engrossed in the deliciously scary. And walking into cobwebs is almost a guaranteed to evoke a squeal from me. (What's with that anyway?!) <br /><br />I think I always imagined Ms. Muffet on a tufted-pillow footstool. Curds and whey I imagined as some grotesque oatmeal concoction. Alas, now that I'm grown, both oatmeal and cottage cheese have entered my acceptable foods list. Though cottage cheese needs to be small curd and not overly creamy. And oatmeal drenched with dried fruit and/or nuts. Clearly I'm a more picky eater than Ms. Muffet. :-)Deborah Weberhttps://deborah-weber.com/garden-of-delights-w/noreply@blogger.com