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Kegelbahn, Café Weidinger, Wien
Hong Kong, Ninepin islands, August 2020, view from South Ninepin just before dawn
In Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle,” thunder in the Catskill mountains was said to be caused by a band of little men playing the game of ninepins. Here’s my drawing for today’s Inktober prompt, “Thunder,” which was heavily inspired by Arthur Rackham. #inktober #inktober2018 #inktoberday27 #inktoberthunder #washingtonirving #ripvanwinkle #ninepins #penandink #sketchbookpage #sketchbookart #kidlitart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpc1CONn2t2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jm6hs4cdnmma
Rip Van Winkle: having too many flagons with the kobolds & missing the Revolution
al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #995
first posted in facebook august 7, 2021
pieter de hooch -- "a game of ninepins" (ca. 1665)
"thank god you can flee, can escape from that massy five-foot-thick maggot-cheesy solidarity which overlays the earth, in which men and women in couples are ranked like ninepins" ... william faulkner
"the purpose of a man is to love a woman and the purpose of a woman is to love a man so come on, baby let's start today come on, baby let's play the game of love (love) la, la, la, la, la love" ... clint ballard jr.
"a little place around a little place around a little bit from town a little bit from town there's a path it's not a road no traffic through no noisy highway where i can walk between the trees a strip of green that's rolling my way" ... curt kirkwood
"of course, the game of bowling (or even love) can be played many ways ... in chicago we use larger pins ... and have bigger balls" ... al janik