Firecracker Labels

Is that a cell phone tower?

Run, rabbit, run!

"If we light an M-80 it will be easy for us to catch all the fish we want to eat."

The fish appears to have an emission of some sort.

Nice feet, Mr. Bat. What's that below you are trying to pinch?

"Come Jane, let me place my firecracker in your hand."

Caution: Do not run with pitchforks.

One letter difference would really make this company name funnier.

I like his teeth.

And his wings.

Is that toilet paper stuck on her?

My personal favorite.

Obey the safety instructions.  It is hard to type if your fingers have been blown off.

Probably not a big seller in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Lots of instructions.  Confusing.  Do I lay on ground under close adult supervision or do I get away?

With a BITE.  Yes, indeed.

A favorite with Survivalists everywhere.

Rabbit can't run as fast if he's been drinking and his vision is blurry.

"E-wo Silber"?

Is the bottom of the label giving life advice or how to use the firecrackers?

Machete: check.

Bayonets: check.

Hand grenade: check.

Bombs: check.

Tank: check.

Firecrackers: Secret to victory.

So innocent, yet so much potential for harm.

Just like firecrackers!

Andrew Wyeth

Daydream

(1980)

Andrew Wyeth was a prodigious painter.  He is very well known for the many naked portraits of his neighbor "Helga" that he painted between 1971 and 1985 without his wife or her husband knowing about them.   When he shared the collection with his wife in 1986 I wonder what she said.

I like Wyeth's paintings with dogs in them. Everyone in the world owns a copy of this one, it seems, but it's still nice.  Even when you see it on the wall at Cracker Barrel.

Master Bedroom 

(1965)

Last year we bought a signed collotype of the picture below.  Supposedly it is a limited edition of 300.  I think it might be my retirement since my 401k is now a 101k. Hmmm.  I wonder why ours is numbered 785. 

Night Sleeper

(1979)

This one has a sort of furtive look to it.  

Wild Dog 

 (1959)

Supposedly these were Wyeth's neighbor's dogs.

Raccoon

(1958)

Putting fleas in the bed for the owner.

Southern Comfort

(1987)

Ditto.

Harlequin

(1966)

Faithful dog guards dead master.

Distant Thunder

(1961)

This dog is Wyeth's yellow lab "Rattler".

Ides of March

(1974)

After the chase of Helga?

After the Chase

(1961)

This one reminds me of rivers in Georgia where we caught snakes.

The Intruder

(1971)

I had an artist who does exquisite miniatures paint me copies of these dog works in 1:12 scale.   My elves have a really good art collection in their house of ill repute now, thanks to Paul Saltarelli.

Only doing celestial commission work as of 1/16/2009.