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06 Jun 06 - 01:32 PM (#1754247) Subject: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Scoville My mother is a freakishly talented individual. See her home-grown version of the Peaceable Kingdom here. This is a South Central U.S. version of Edward Hicks' "Peaceable Kingdom" paintings. |
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06 Jun 06 - 07:10 PM (#1754535) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Amos I dunno about freakish, but it is a lovely painting. And a fine essay on the ludicrous discussions in the Senate about gay marriage, to boot. I like yer ma! A |
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07 Jun 06 - 07:08 PM (#1755293) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Big Al Whittle utterly fascinating. thankyou. |
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08 Jun 06 - 01:51 PM (#1755671) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Greg F. yeah, but what can she do with Hicks' Noah's Ark ? ;>) |
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09 Jun 06 - 01:03 PM (#1756149) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Scoville Ooh, that would be fun! Two alligators, two javelinas, two longhorns, two chupacabras . . . all climbing aboard a good old paddle-wheeler as hurricane season rolls in. |
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09 Jun 06 - 01:12 PM (#1756154) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: GUEST,leeneia Very fine work. I like the flowers on the outcrop, too. Inspired by the work, I decided to find out just what a razorback is. It is a feral European swine. Wikepedia says "They usually are not as large as their domesticated counterparts since they must forage for food however they can grow as long as 8 to 9 feet and weigh in at almost half a ton." Can that be true? |
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09 Jun 06 - 01:17 PM (#1756161) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Scoville I would be surprised if many of them got to be that big. They're bigger than the javelinas we have in SW Texas, but I can't imagine more than a very few get to half a ton. Maybe if they live in an area with a lot of garbage to scavenge? |
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09 Jun 06 - 05:59 PM (#1756307) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Greg F. Just about nothing you find in Wickepedia is "true"- its simply a collation & compilation of opinions that people send in with no fact checking/substantiation whatsoever. You want facts, try the Britannica. |
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09 Jun 06 - 07:16 PM (#1756336) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: Scoville I've seen some pretty damned big wild hogs here--I saw one hit by a car in one of the rural areas west of me--but I don't think they're the same thing. Still, they're feral hogs and I'll vouch that they do a Hell of a lot of damage to a car. If they're feral, I would imagine that at least some of them have some domestic hog in them, too, just as mustangs mostly aren't pure Spanish any more, so I suppose their could be both a lot of variation in size and a sort of loose description of what exactly counts as a razorback. Like I said, I doubt that many, if any, get that big. |
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09 Jun 06 - 11:59 PM (#1756480) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: GUEST,leeneia I agree. It was probably an error generated when somebody tried to convert the statistics from metric to Christian. |
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10 Jun 06 - 12:47 AM (#1756500) Subject: RE: BS: Hicks 'Peaceable Kingdom'--our version From: CapriUni Metric is not Christian? I've never heard the term "Christian" applied to a system of measurement, before; I learned that it was called "Imperial." ... differing idioms, I suppose. Oh, and just the other day, I posted this entry in my own journal about The Peacable Kingdom. |