Death of Melbourne Cup winner Phar Lap The legendary Phar Lap Phar Lap at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, c. 1930 (Alexander Turnbull Library, MNZ-1050-1/4-F) The champion racehorse Phar Lap was New Zealand-born and bred, but never raced in this country. He won 37 of his 51 races and 32 of his last 35, including the 1930… Read more

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Originally posted on John's Space …..:
(Wind Kisses leads.) Elizabatz inspired me to post some murals and messages from Belfast, Ireland. Murals about ‘The Troubles’: ? ? The previous is in a lighter vein, as are these messages: Amen. “Message in a bottle, yeah Message in a bottle, yeah” …or on a wall. Elizabatz has…

Originally posted on My Life as an Artist (2):
When I look at this photograph taken in a photo booth on Las Olas Boulevard in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in December 1966, so many thoughts and memories come flooding in. At the time we were renting a little cottage right off the Boulevard…. First I must back…