#c: gertrude

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The saga continues

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The Boxcar Children (1924) written by Gertrude C. Warner

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I often feel really, really bad that I keep not posting for a large swaths of time, so as a bit of an apology, I figured I’d share some of my older wips with you guys ^^ I dunno when I’m gonna finish them, but I figured they deserve to see the light of day at least once.

I tried to get the image IDs as descriptive as possible so lmk if i missed anything! Goodnight!

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the absolute funniest thing about the magnus archives is that the most reliable method to stop a supernatural ritual to summon an eldritch horror beyond comprehension is bombs. Yeah I got a 15th Fear for you, it’s called The Explosion

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Um 1960

Gefriergemeinschaften

Beim Eisessen mit der Verwandtschaft kommt das Gespräch auf Kühltechnik.

Gretel C: Wir hatten früher auch eine Gemeinschaftsanlage. Da hat niemand eine Gefriertruhe gehabt. Die war oben im Salzstadel. Das haben alle Orte gehabt, eine gemeinsame Gefrieranlage.

Dieses Haus habe ich im Herbst 2022 im hessischen Rabenau fotografiert. Es ist keins der Gebäude, von denen die Verwandtschaft erzählt, sondern dient hier nur der Illustration. Die abgebildete Gefrieranlage wurde Ende 2008 abgeschaltet.

Detail aus dem oberen Foto

Kathrin: Wann war das ungefähr?

Gretel: Wie wir hergezogen sind, hat’s immer noch eine gemeinschaftliche Gefrieranlage in W. gegeben und in H. gegeben, da hat niemand eine Gefriertruhe gehabt. Bestenfalls noch einen Kühlschrank, das war aber auch schon der Gipfel des Wohlstands.

Trudi P.: Den Frigo hat’s gegeben in der Schweiz, das Kasterl, das draußen hängt, also in den Skiorten überall.

Franziska Nyffenegger und Lukas Imhof, die Schweiz-Fachleute des Techniktagebuchs, können dieser Beschreibung nicht direkt einen Gegenstand zuordnen. Ich werde bei Gelegenheit Näheres erfragen.

Werner C.: Im Salzstadel waren zwei Kühlräume eingerichtet, und da hat die Gemeinde ...

Kathrin: Da hat man ein Fach gemietet?

Gretel: Na die Bauern, wenn du eine Kuh schlachtest, dann hast du ja einen Haufen Fleisch.

Kathrin: Wie groß war das Fach, das man da hatte?

Gretel: Frag mich was Leichteres.

Kathrin: Also ihr hattet keins?

Gretel: Das bisserl Fleisch, was wir gehabt haben.

Kathrin: Also es war was, was nur die Bauern für Schlachtung und so genutzt haben. Und konnte man da dann jederzeit wieder rein?

Werner: Da hatte glaub ich jeder einen Schlüssel. Zu jeder Zeit konnte jeder rein.

Kathrin: Und wann war das ungefähr?

Werner: Nach dem Krieg.

"1958 zählte man in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland etwa 5.500 Gemeinschaftsgefrieranlagen mit circa 207.000 Fächern.” (Wikipedia: Gefriergemeinschaft)

Kathrin: Was war der Salzstadel überhaupt?

Werner: Das große Gebäude links von der Straße. Zufällig war das Gebäude frei und da ist das unten eingebaut worden. In anderen Dörfern war das irgendwo in irgendeinen Stall eingebaut.

Kathrin: Und wann ist das wieder aus der Mode gekommen?

Werner: Mit den Kühlschränken, ganz einfach. Da kamen dann die Kühlschränke ... Ende der 50er Jahre.

Gretel: Auf Campingplätzen hat’s auch Gefrierfächer gegeben.

Kathrin: Ja, vom Campingplatz her kenn ich das.

Trudi: Das war eine große Gefriertruhe, und da hat man kleine Gefriereinheiten reingetan und die dann wieder ins Zelt mitgenommen, um das Zeug zu kühlen.

Richard K.: Also wir sind jeden Morgen zur Brauerei zu einer festen Zeit, da gab’s so ein Ausgabefach, das hat furchtbar gerumpelt, und dann kam ein Haufen Eis raus.

Trudi: Das war bei uns auch noch in H. am Anfang.

Gretel: Für die Eismaschin, das hat man auch geholt bei den Stellagen, wo sie Eis gemacht haben, im Bad* ... und die hat man nachher geholt, die hat man in die Maschin, rühren, rühren, stundenlang rühren, hast ein Eis gehabt. Das war der Höhepunkt des Sommers.

* Das alte Freibad von H. war der von der örtlichen Brauerei angelegte Teich, aus dem man im Winter Eis für die Bierkühlung gewann, mehr dazu unter de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiswerk. Die Stellagen waren Holzgestelle, über die Wasser geleitet wurde, siehe de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisgalgen.

Richard: Das hatten wir auch, so ein Rührfaß und außenrum kamen Eisbrocken und Salz rein.

Dieses Gespräch musste stark überarbeitet und kondensiert werden, vor allem handelte es nämlich vom Eisessen. Das verzehrte Eis stammt aus dem Gefrierschrank im Keller, einem Elektrogerät mit Schubladen, das dort vermutlich seit den 1980er Jahren steht.

Werner: Und jetzt möcht ich endlich ein Lob, dass ich euch so ein gutes Eis serviert hab.

Kathrin: Genauso gut wie gestern.

Trudi: Aber meine Zähne frieren mehr als gestern.

Werner (zufrieden): Ich hab keine eigenen mehr, das überträgt sich nicht.

(Aufgezeichnet von Kathrin Passig im Sommer 2022)

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Gertrude Astor-Regis Toomey "They never come back" 1932, de Fred C. Newmeyer.

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Frank C. Bangs

Gertrude Hoffman, by Frank Bangs, c.1917

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31 dicembre … ricordiamo …

31 dicembre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2021: Betty White, Betty Marion White Ludden, attrice e conduttrice televisiva statunitense. È nota per numerosi ruoli televisivi e al cinema. Nella sua carriera ottenne oltre 20 candidature agli Emmy Awards, vincendone 7, e fu candidata più volte per i Golden Globe. Nel 2012, all’età di 90 anni, vinse il suo primo Grammy Award. Debuttò nei primi anni quaranta come modella, per poi apparire, nel…

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Queer gaze in art and photography of the past

Konstantin Somov, A Reclining Man, 1936. Somov was gay, and quite openly. Here he painted his lover and muse Boris Snezhkovsky

Paul Cadmus, Jerry, 1931. Cadmus painted Jared French, another artist, while they, as a couple, were travelling around Europe

Alice Austen, Gertrude Dancing, 1899. Alice Austen, a pioneering female photographer, met Gertrude Tate in 1897. They lived together, travelling, throwing tea parties, and riding automobile, until Alice's death in 1952

Wilhelm von Gloeden, Two Men Talking, c. 1895. Von Gloeden was famous for his homoerotic photography and made Italy popular among gay men and lesbians. Although this photo is likely just that, a photo, its meaning is clear

Louise Catherine Breslau, The Toilette, 1898. Breslau lived with Madeleine Zillhardt, fellow artist, for over forty years. She drew her often, like in this tender painting. There's now a street in Paris called Place Louise Catherine Breslau & Madeleine Zillhardt

Andreas Andersen, Hendrik Andersen and John Briggs Potter in Florence, 1894. Andersen depicted his brother Hendrik, a sculptor and the lover of Henry James who caled him his beautiful Henrico. Hendrik met artist John Potter before James, in 1894, through his brother Andreas. The three travelled together in Italy

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Gertrud Arndt, Étude sur les couleurs, Bauhaus Weimar, c. 1924, watercolor and gouache on cardboard, 12 x 16 cm, private collection, © ADAGP, Paris

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a twist in her stomach as she searches for some kind of snide comment or whitty comeback but for once the blonde was kinda at a loss. mouth open just a little but no words coming out. she was awake now; more so than before as gertrude pulled her fully into reality. this wasn't anything. They weren't anything. this was still just sex. In those moments after when she let delusion take over had managed to slip into her every day and willow was left feeling... stupid. stupid for expecting anything more. stupid for talking like it already was something more. it's so easy to forget gertrude has this whole family system outside of her. she was just the pretty blonde sneaking around when the husband and kids were away. Whatever Willow was feeling was irrelevant to the other woman because she was supposed to have known what she was getting into it. gertrude was making that very clear. obviously, she didn't go around talking about the women she slept with. in her tiredness she just forgot - or maybe it was intentional - the nature of this relationship.

willow let her eyes flutter closed as she desperately tried to live in the moment of intertwined fingers and lips against her skin. she wanted to go back to before she made it weird for herself. she couldn't quite grasp how gertrude was so easily pretending like nothing was happening; willow was having an entire debate in her head. and as she heard the word again. a word she had been desperate for mere moments ago, the blonde found herself being tugged back into her fantasy. it was almost too hard to resist if doubt hadn't already settled in her brain. "you're being mean," whispered so quietly, she wasn't even sure if she said it out loud or not. it was all she could think of. whether it referred to Gertrude's sobering moment of clarity or the fact she was even asking her to stay was unclear. however, she still didn't move away because, for willow, it was better to be wanted. it reinforced the idea she already had about herself. that everyone wanted her. even wealthy, successful women with husbands and kids. They just couldn't help themselves. it was shallow but for the most part, so was willow. and maybe she could pretend that was enough? "are you sure? you never normally ask that."

gertrude was a bit taken aback by the comment and instead of defending why they couldn't tell people, she got curious and then took a moment before she asked: "and what would you tell them exactly? i mean, you don't tell people - generally speaking - about everyone you share a bed with." she reasoned, wondering why she felt so thrilled at the prospect of willow possibly wanting to be more than... fuck buddies? friends with benefits? she was married for christ's sake and yet, the idea of that being possible thrilled her.

"so, you have a study group later which sounds... very optional, really... and also not right now." she tried once more and grasped the other woman's fingers with her own, turning her head to kiss up her shoulder and her neck. "stay..."

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What are the names of the letters of the alphabet?

The names we commonly use are of course nicknames, as many of their full names are too long to say when spelling a word out or whatever people do with letters. Here are their full proper names and titles for your edification and sensual pleasure:

A- Arturo Vesperetto Jones III

B- Bornius Lamont, Heir To Doldowlod

C- Clem

D- Delmonti Delbert Delmonico Dustwerth De Flump

E- Elliot Gould

F- Friar Lemongin Jr.

G- Gertrude "Don't Fucking Pronounce It Jif" Kimmings

H- Herbert Frank

I- Ionesco Clarissa von Explainsitalle

J- Jam Jammi Jamwyeth

K- Stanley Whigg

L- Lawrence Dekutree

M- Metallica Slayerdeth of Castle Anthrax

N- Neil Lien

O- Otholomew, Vice-regent Claudio Marcus Swizlestick VII

P- Penrose Stepford

Q- Quentin Quarantino

R- Remington Blandname-Wasteofspace, Esq.

S- Sugs Budnick Sr.

T- Tittae LaJigglibits

U- Uvuli "Jennifer" Throattonsil

V- Veronica Mulm

W- Wayne Braunschweigerjuice

Y- Yoolysses Joyce of Dublin

X- Xavier Theophrastus Donatien Domenech Dempsey Bounevialle Constance Tarquin Nepomuceno Hinneh Mahtovu Mana'im Pepper Paprika Müeslix Windred Wilfred Wilford Waterford von Marmaduke-Lipschitz Goldeneye LXIV

Z- Zed Brooks

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White crepe de chine wedding dress

c. 1899

“Ivory crepe wedding of gown of Gertrude Stoke (Mrs. Thompson) in 1899. Made by dressmakers Julia and Mary Tomasek, St. Paul, Minnesota.”

Minnesota Historical Society

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Gertrude Fiske (American, 1879-1961), Lilies, c.1925-35. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.

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Image of a fan-shaped greetings card with the note "From Edith Vaughan" taken from the Gertrude Tomkinson scrapbook Christmas and New Year Greetings Cards c.1883-1890. Presented by Mrs. A. F. Dauglish in November, 1957. Early and Fine Printing Collection A741.68

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Here we are with this Color Wheel Challenge ! Done, forever.

Well, that was fun ! Took me too much time, because I made too many characters, but it was fun.

little list of characters here :

RED : Dr Eggman, Dr Robotnik, Mario, Millie, Knuckles, Mr Krabs, Shadow the Hedgehog

ORANGE : Glamrock Freddy, Garfield, Puss in Boots, Crash Bandicoot, Kenny

YELLOW : Alien Hominid, Homer Simpson, Jake the Dog, Spongebob, The Noise, Tails

GREEN : Gertrude, Glep, Ford Cruller, Mona Mopes, Yoshi, Luigi, Peridot

LIGHT BLUE : Rosaline and Luma, Globox, King Ice

BLUE : Sonic, Jinx, Metal Sonic, Capt Haddock, Stitch

PURPLE : Waluigi, Joker, Rayman, Hat Kid Nyakuza, Amity

PINK : Princesse Bubblegum, Kirby, Birdo, Spinel, Patrick.

All character (c) their original creator/owner.