Watermark Publishing - Artroom

07/08/2024

Another glimpse of Lady Godiva, this time by Jules Lefebvre.

07/08/2024

Legend has it that Lady Godiva pleaded with her husband Earl Leofric to lift the heavy burden of taxes he had imposed on the citizens of Coventry.

Increasingly weary of her persistence. Leofric said he would grant her request if she rode naked through the town. It is said that her compassion for the people of Coventry was so great, that she overcame her horror of doing this.

She ordered the people to remain indoors with their windows and doors shuttered. Loosening her long hair to cover her as a cloak, she mounted her waiting horse, and rode through the silent streets unseen by the people, who had obeyed her command because of their respect for her.

Only one man, named Tom, was unable to resist the temptation to peep at the Countess He unbarred his window, but before he could satisfy his lustful-gaze, he was struck blind, and thereafter was known as ‘Peeping Tom’. Leofric fulfilled his promise and freed the town from ALL tolls, except those on horses.

01/08/2024

"How may we serve you ?"

'Pharaoh's Handmaidens' by John Collier

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11/06/2024

Spare a thought for the spirit of ‘Truth’. . . So many lies.
The preposterous and utopian thought that some power could compel people to tell the truth.

26/05/2024

'Medusa' ~ a bad hair day.

16/05/2024

New fridge magnets ~ Howard William Steer ~ AUD$ 4

06/05/2024

Thankfulness.

24/04/2024

Anzac Day.

25/01/2024

Celebrate Australia Day ~ take time to reflect how fortunate we are.

26/12/2023

Pheeew !

22/12/2023

Merry Christmas and our Best Wishes for the New Year.

25/11/2023

Flying fish.

12/11/2023

Just what the Doctor ordered - A Guide to the Australia Idiom. Laughter is the best medicine !

12/11/2023

Remembrance Day 2023.

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”

Quote attributed to Plato