October

Vintage Japanese Illustration

I found Kogundou on Twitter. The text is all in Japanese but there are many lovely images from old books, most of which seem to be children's books.

Aging

This is sort of interesting. Did people age faster in the past? A lot of pictures that seem to prove that. It's hard to make this case with celebrities because so many of them have cosmetic surgery done but some don't. It's possibly true though. People have been trying to live healthier lifestyles in the past couple of decades at least. More people smoked in the past than do now and that really ages you. If you really look at the younger non-celebrities - the 15 year old girl, the young couple - they really don't look older than what we would expect today if you look past the old-fashioned clothing and hairstyles.

Rare Apples

I am pretty well stuck on Gala apples but I would love the opportunity to try some of these unusual apples. I can see how some of them might not ever be popular enough to be sold in grocery stores though.

Artist Terence Cuneo

Another artist I discovered on Twitter: Terence Cuneo. I especially like his train paintings. Sadly, it looks like there are no prints available.