Wordless Wednesday
This photo is from a Brazilian carnival – I have no idea why they have watermelon helmets on. I’m surprised there isn’t a cloud of bees hovering around these men!
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Another person’s garbage could be your big find
Do you ever dream of finding something that’s worth big bucks? Well, for one woman that dream came true.
An abstract masterpiece was found in the trash by a woman who really didn’t know much about modern art. The painting subsequently sold for a million dollars.
The painting was discovered back in 2003 by Elizabeth Gibson. She spotted the canvas on her morning walk as she strolled Manhattan’s upper west side. She felt the painting was powerful.
It turns out that the painting was “Tres Personajes” by Rufino Tamayo. It’s a brightly colored abstract and it was purchased by phone at Sotheby’s Latin American art sale.
The painting was actually stolen. Gibson searched for years for information about the painting. She finally came across an article about the painting on Antiques Roadshow’s website. The article stated the painting had been stolen in 1989.
Gibson received a reward of $15,000 for returning the valuable painting and she’ll also get a portion of the sales price.
It certainly pays to keep your eyes open when walking through city streets!
Twisted dog toys
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This weeks theme is Twisted
Our puppy, Midnight, loves playing with her toys.
This is a photo that we took a few months ago when our Lab Puppy was much smaller than she is right now. She’s lying on her back playing with a twisted hard rubber toy bone.
That bone is still around but it doesn’t look anything like it did in that picture anymore. It’s just a small nub now. She’s slowly bitten off pieces of the bone while chewing it. Luckily she spits most of the pieces out.
Man upset over lack of beer shoots family goat!
A Wis. man, Peter W. Mischler, 48, came home on a Saturday after he’d been out hunting. He was upset with his 22 year old daughter, who was talking on the phone with her mother at the time, as she had let the goats out and they’d made a mess.
While the daughter was still on the phone the man told his daughter to ask her mother to bring home some beer but the wife refused.
Angrily he threatened to shoot the goats if she didn’t bring home beer.
She didn’t bring any beer home and shortly after she arrived back at the house the mother and daughter heard four gunshots outside. They went outside and found one of their two goats with it’s entrails hanging out.
Mischler was charged in Circuit Court with mistreatment of animals, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon.
The poor injured goat was shot by a deputy to put it out of it’s misery.
Mischler posted $1000 cash bond and was released. No word on whether he returned home to his wife and daughter.