Marilyn's Photos - July 25 2025 - Blone Hair Huge Black Eyebrows

 

Blonde hair, huge black eyebrows.  What is that about? Don't you look at something and see it as though it is the first time you've seen this?  And then wonder what it is? "A bushy brow renaissance" is an expression in a Vogue article on blonde hair, black eyebrows. And: "The distinct contrast of light and dark renders caterpillar-like arches even more expressive, providing a delicate face with a high-impact frame." Did it start with Eva Peron or earlier than that?  Evita the perennial musical made it even more popular and gave it persistence as various stars mimickws the startling look.  And who stands out among them? Madonna is the notable one. "To get the look of Perón, Madonna sported wigs, prosthetic teeth, and contacts to get her character's look just right. When doing press for "Evita," Madonna channeled Perón's demure late '40s and early '50s looks. She attended the film's Los Angeles premiere wearing a red floral hat with a veil designed by Givenchy. Madonna's throwback glamor was so marketable that her looks in the film inspired retailers to jump on the glamor bandwagon. Bloomingdale's opened "Evita" boutiques and Estée Lauder sold "The Face of Evita" makeup pallets." Along the way, I saw this article on Madonna and her many "looks" as she matured and aged - she's now 68.  Here's another "for the first time" experience:  What a shocking set of images - to see them one after the other - HERE - the Evolution of Madonna's face.  Remember the recent obituary of the woman who had the most facial surgery? That's what one of the last picturea of Madonna looks like. And the final picture returns to something almost acceptable with her at the Met Gala where she's in a shiny white men's suit with her boyfriend, Akeem Morris, who is 29 .  And it all starts with blonde hair and bushy black eyebrows.

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Marilyn's Photos - July 24 2025 - Dog's Breakfast

 

A dog's breakfast used to be scraps thrown into a bowl in a heap.  And if something was referred to as a dog's breakfast, it was an insult. Messy or poorly done.   Mirriam Webster's example is "It was a dog's breakfast of a match, and our coach was understandably upset." Millie's breakfast is something pleasant to me - rice, cheese, dental dog crunchies and a spoonful of "turkey stew for sensitive stomachs."  That's a big difference from what we fed our dogs in the 1960s.  Smelly canned dog food and table scraps.  Our dog at the time was partial to dessert scraps.    The science of veterinary nutrition emerged in the late 1800s. It was in the 1890s that dog biscuits and dry kibble came about, and in the 1920s that canned food was available.  In the 1980s nutritional requirements were published for dogs and cats.  That got the pet food producers kick-started and here we are with aisles and aisles of dog and cat food of all sorts. There are vegan products now available and as edible and palatable as animal-based diets for dogs, so they say. Dogs seem more like humans than we imagine.  Here are some things that some dogs like: ice cubes pickles dried bananas raw spinach watermelon Things your dog shouldn't eat?   candy, gum toothpaste - things sweetened with xylitol avocado onions and garlic grapes and raisins persimmons, peaches and plums   And then a cartoon to demonstrate that what dogs chew can be quite different than what dogs eat.

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Marilyn's Photos - July 23 2025 - Knock on Doors

 

I've "knocked" on 5 doors each week to deliver the Trillium Nomination letters.  I have experienced having to "knock" on the doors because there is no doorbell to ring.  And then I've experienced the doorbell with the video and voice connection with the home owner somewhere off site on their smart phone.  In the latter cases, I've not been able to understand anything the person says, it is scratchy noise.  How interesting that we have such different approaches to house security and to welcoming guests.   Mostly you can read lots of creepy stories of what is seen on the doorbell camera - sinister masked figures who might be intruders, dogs stealing packages, bears sniffing, and so on. Most of the reported stories seem made-up - here's the best example: "My little brother is a sleepwalker. We’d gotten an alert and saw that he had snuck out of the house while still asleep. My sister said she heard someone talking just outside the door. I went to look and saw my brother [sitting] on the porch couch apparently having a conversation with our grandpa, despite being alone. She says he was saying, “I love you” and “I’m going to miss you.” My dad got him back inside the house without waking him up, and nobody gave it much thought. Until a couple hours later, when my uncle called telling us my grandpa had passed while asleep. My little brother says he doesn’t remember anything, but we got it on video. We can’t hear what he’s saying too clearly, but he was definitely talking to someone, and he sure as heck said, “I’m going to miss you” at least twice." That one is kind of touching, don't you think?  Better than the scary clown pictures.  The biggest concern is home invasions and burglary.  Should we arm up our doors? Almost 5 million people in Canada have had their homes invaded. Breaking and entering is the most notable crime in Canada. There were 328 incidents reported per 100,000 population.  137,500 burglaries in 2020.   The front door is the most common entry point and midnight is the peak time period. Enough of the front door bell - here's a cute front door in the Buffalo Sumner District. I don't think there was a way of actually getting there.  It was all garden.  Do you open the door to water the plants?

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Marilyn's Photos - July 22 2025 - Go Make a Sandwich

 

The CBC covered misogynist expressions that sexist podcasters are promoting to mostly teenage boys.  I hadn't realized that "Go make me a sandwich" has quite a history.   "Make me a sandwich has been in use since the early 1990s as a catch-all phrase for dismissing women. It is often used in an attempt at humor, taking a dig at women who live outside prescribed gender roles. Make me a sandwich was introduced to a much wider audience during a Saturday Night Live skit from December 16th, 1995. Tim Meadows plays John-John Mackey, a weatherman who tries desperately to sound hip as he announces the weather forecast. Mackey eventually gets confrontational with a stormfront, and demands that it go make him a sandwich." That's from the meme dictionary on dictionary.com in 2018, so you can imagine the traction the phrase has now - there is a blog called Go Make Me A Sandwich which discusses online misogyny and promotes diversity.  Here's another - a facebook page called "I'm the boy.  You're the girl.  Make me a sandwich, or we don't talk today." What about the Youtube channel named  Deformed Lunchbox with the 26.7 million views - Make Me a Sandwich / Horror Short Film - How many sandwiches can Marcy make before going crazy? Wikipedia has a topic called List of Internet phenomena HERE - I scrolled through and did not find the expression - but then there ar hundreds of them.  They are fascinating to read as out of context they seem mostly stupid.  I keep reading another one to find something funny... Here's AI at work on my computer - can you read the sign? I certainly would not have tagged this image with sandwich.

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Marilyn's Photos - July 21 2025 - Credit - Words by

 

Brian Clarke, known as the world's greatest stained glass artist has died.  Not knowing anything about him, I was awestruck by pictures of his work.  One article had the credits at the end as  Credits - Words - Maia Gaffney-Hyde I wonder if Maia is an author, writer, or journalist.  These would be the normal titles for someone writing information, analysis or opinion content with a purpose.  Is the attribution for authorship changing?  Take music as an example.  It used to be lyrics.  Now I see "Music Credit Words" and not lyrics. There are lots of articles with a headline and then photo credit, and then words by. There's no indication of when this started and what has caused the attribution change.  I wonder who might know the answer to this?  Should I contact Maia Gaffney-Hyde herself to find out?  Or should I go back further?  I see an article from 2015 with credit - words by. So do a search for Brian Clarke stained glass artist and click on the images to see these pictures of brilliant colours in glass.  Here's a part of the Bahrain airport installation.

I realize how much I appreciate stained glass as I did a search on my own images, and there are lots of pictures of stained glass.  This one seems to mimic the light effect - a montage of two images. Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblogspot.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwell.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

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