And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
I say old man, comfortable corner! (read with upper crust English accent).
Chairs are a bit short, no companion ottomans, and the side table for beverage(s) is absent. And the toy car belongs on the toy shelf. In its place should be a classic pistol, or an ivory-handled Persian dagger, or somesuch. Otherwise, a very creditable effort.
Reginald… be a darling and pass the Grey Poupon…
ReplyDeleteb.b.but amid all the clutter, how does one dust ... aside from "with great difficulty" that is?
ReplyDeleteDust dare not impose itself upon such a spectacle.
DeleteChairs are a bit short, no companion ottomans, and the side table for beverage(s) is absent.
ReplyDeleteAnd the toy car belongs on the toy shelf.
In its place should be a classic pistol, or an ivory-handled Persian dagger, or somesuch.
Otherwise, a very creditable effort.
Dust is the household staff's problem, i'n'it?
Valid points.
DeleteI might add that the portrait of Chief Wild Eagle above the leather chair seems a bit out of place also.
Distant cousin?
DeleteMet him on a hunting trip?
Think Phineas Fogg, or Flashman, and the possibilities are endless.
Before anyone says AI! AI!, you can tell it’s not AI because at least one of the book titles is legible. (PHOTOREALIST on upper right)
ReplyDeleteWho hangs pictures in front of the books on the shelves?! What's the point of having books if you can't get to them? Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly.
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