OCT 2, portraits of couples: background-subtracted format, continued

 a) Reprise of material posted on October 2 in previous years ...

2020: Greek prefixes, chrono- (poem)
2021: anagram swarms, Canadian scramble-towns 7 (wordplay maps) 
2022: Italian loanwords, ciao (illustrated poem)
2023: decorative touches, Gaudi bench (fabric art)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... chrono-), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slides for each entertaining delights that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

fabric art by R.C.H.

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 2, 2024):  

 See the earlier post,  June 2, for an introduction to this topic. Note that all the original photos, as well as the processed versions, were obtained with the camera of Giorgio's i-phone 13. 

equine figures

turtles

pigs

kitchen-fish

trumpeter swans

frogs

Halloween personalities

mounted police

"The Water of Life", Stephen Broadbent,
Metal sculpture, 1994, Cheshire Cathedral, UK

European herring gulls

"Adam and Eve"
from a 16th century painting by Lucas Cranach

You can view all of our folio-photos from the collection of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.