Wayne Ferrebee, an artist and writer who currently lives in Brooklyn. When not painting or designing toys, Wayne reads literature and history.
The author contemplates a sphinx and a ranunculus.
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May 27, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Buster
YOUARE a CUTE!!!!!
May 28, 2010 at 8:01 PM
Christine
Agreed.
July 1, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Kate Fichter
I love your studious expression!
July 7, 2010 at 5:01 PM
Brovleo Fandigard
“Which one shall I consume first?”
July 30, 2010 at 1:56 PM
elisabethbee
yours is a fascinating blog … i shall come back and read some more. I like the picture … i had a yard once (for about 14 years) in caroll gardens that i turned into a small paradise – it took some years – took out all the weeds – year one – started planting thing – took out grass – put in three tiny ponds – gave up on vegetables – and wow – it became quite a place to paint!
would love to know what your work looks like…
EB
August 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Hieronymo
Thank you for your kind comment. Your garden in Caroll Gardens sounds quite lovely–I’m not sure if I’m going to get that far with my current yard. I plan on putting up an online gallery of my paintings, but I think I’m going to need some help from my webmaster friends. I’ll keep everyone posted about art projects and gallery links (when available).
September 27, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Barbara Kanowick
I love your ranenculus, little frog, but would not eat it, can make you look scournful…handle with care says the little plant. Looks like you are caught between living rock and little frog. Great depth though. I like it.
October 13, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Daniel Capuzzi
While I certainly admire your tastefully designed website, I take umbrage to your use of colorful flora and history-steeped iconography to justify such wistful and daring facial hair. In addition, I do not believe for a moment a man such as yourself would be baffled by such a light conundrum.
This attempt at portraying thoughtful indecision may make your plentiful lady fans swoon, but I, sir, am not fooled!
PS
I’ll call you soon, man! I finally have news worth sharing.
December 12, 2010 at 7:29 AM
erzulieredeyes
Good morning. Thank you for visiting my blog! Happy Holidays!
March 17, 2011 at 4:53 AM
Sara Hayward
I liked the desription of the Brooklyn twister; felt like I was right there. There are some great photos on your blog, the visuals really liven it. Is this the only comment area however? Each entry doesn’t appear to have its own commets area? Or maybe i missed it.
March 17, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Hieronymo
Thanks Sara, I really appreciate the encouraging words (and your dead pheasant story). I think you should be able to comment by clicking on the blue link at the end of the tags which start every post. The link is either called “Leave a Comment” or gives a tally of the number of comments. But it could look different on other browsers. Let me know if you have trouble!
March 17, 2011 at 5:10 PM
Sara Hayward
I’ll have a look and let you know. Two things I’d like to ask you: 1) I’m new to blogging and you’re one of the first people to comment on my blog so I’d like to ask how did you find out about my blog? ie did you google pheasant perhaps, or else what? and 2) how do I go about finding out about other people’s blogs?
Finally, just to let you know that you feature in my blog today; so if you have a moment check out my latest written entry on this St. Patrick’s Day!
March 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Stephen Fitz-Gerald
I was quite fascinated and pleased with your section on the PAPER NAUTILUS. In it you stated that the growth spiral of the egg case was a Fibonacci Spiral,which I had suspected for some time. Can you give me a reference to the source of your information please. There is so much misinformation in the popular literature,most of which states categorically that the growth spiral of the CHAMBERED NAUTILUS is either a Fibonacci Spiral or A Golden Spiral. Neither is the case.I know this because I attempted to make a sculpture of the Chambered Nautilus in a Fibonacci Spiral,which of course did not work and quickly led me to learn the difference. Here is a link to my accurate portrayal of the aforementioned Chambered Nautilus as well as another pre-historic hybrid.
http://www.sfitzgeraldfineart.com/gallery/gallery-detail.asp?id=10491&gallery=animal-sculptures&idx=13
http://www.sfitzgeraldfineart.com/gallery/gallery-detail.asp?id=10492&gallery=animal-sculptures&idx=13
Thank you for your wonderful contributions in revealing the magic of the Natural environment,a cause I hertily embrace as well.
Stephen Fitz-Gerald
May 7, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Amanda Williams
I loved your blog. I wandered up on it while searching for nudibranch pictures. I’ve been wondering through it for a couple of hours now. Animals to Literature to History to Mythology – I love the flow of thought here. Fascinating!
May 7, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Hieronymo
Gosh, thank you for the kind words. I always try to make the disparate topics here flow into one another, so your comment means a lot to me. Thanks too for reminding me I need to put up some more nudibranch photos–they are such beautiful strange animals.
May 27, 2011 at 12:11 AM
in every atom
You have such an unusual blog. I have never seen such a variety of subjects, and it is educational as well. Thank you for visiting my blog.
June 1, 2011 at 7:58 PM
Hieronymo
I liked your photo gallery a great deal.
June 1, 2011 at 5:09 PM
wordsworm
Hallo Wayne
What an amazingly rich blog! It’s a treasure trove for bookworms and we who wend our way through the wonders of the web. This worm is not fond of ranunculi. There’s too much potential for losing one’s way in their convolutions. The sphinx is just a big pussy cat.
Delighted to make your acquaintance.
Mark Wordsworm
Traveling worm
June 1, 2011 at 7:47 PM
Hieronymo
Hi Mark. It is a pleasure to meet you as well. Thanks for crawling through this way. The ranunculus, alas, is poisonous (like many members of the buttercup family) so I guess I prefer the riddling sphinx. They’re both pretty though.
June 19, 2011 at 11:41 PM
Alex Resendis
Hi my name is Alex and I was wondering if I could use the picture of Mr. Clean you have for one of my projects, for my Commercial Publications class at UTSA?
June 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Hieronymo
Hi Alex, I’m afraid don’t have the ability to grant your request: “Mr. Clean” is a brand name fully owned by Procter & Gamble. I’m afraid you will have to ask them for permission if you wish to utilize their trademarked images for commercial purposes ( I did not–but I am not using this website to make money).
August 21, 2011 at 2:47 AM
0546china
Thanks for your comment on my blog about Nuwa. I am hoping to add more updates on my blog about Chinese history and things related thereto. You have a rather interesting blog similar in some respects to mine. Nice to meet you here online. My apologies for the late reply.
August 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Hieronymo
Thanks for the response. It’s a pleasure to e-meet you. I found Nuwa to be a very moving deity.
August 22, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Barbara Kanowick
Happy Birthday Wayne
Barbara and Dan
August 23, 2011 at 8:02 PM
Hieronymo
Thank you! It was a good one.
November 29, 2011 at 10:35 AM
blackberryjuniper
I have been meaning to tell you for ages that I (a) really enjoy your blog, and that (b) I have put you on the blogroll to my blog (blackberryjuniperandsherbet.blogspot.com), as I think more people should be reading you!! I hope this is ok, as my blog isn’t much like yours? Should I have asked first? (Am a novice blogger.)
November 30, 2011 at 12:46 AM
Hieronymo
Thank you so much for the kind words and for the link. I really like the way your blog looks (and, despite being fairly secular, I have a weakness for Christmas as well).
December 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM
blackberryjuniper
Gosh thanks 🙂 I didn’t expect you to go see! Thanks for the praise :))
December 5, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Simon
Wayne, this blog is good. Far reaching, well crafted, lighthearted, profound. Like a good conversation at Bar Reis but with sources (and without my bloviation). Thank you.
December 6, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Hieronymo
Thanks for your kind words, Simon. It means a lot to me and I’m very happy you like my blog. However I think you are being a little hard on your bar conversation (after all such talk is meant to be… expansive).
December 8, 2011 at 1:46 PM
twixraider
The Zoomorphs rock! Wanna try your skills on a brand new monster? German B-Movie maker Jörg Buttgereit is looking for Fukuda fanart:
https://plus.google.com/photos/114212471819328903222/albums/5658812849003567329
Make a prototype and the license for the merchandise is yours for sure… 😉
January 10, 2012 at 8:37 AM
pandafilanda
Just stumbled upon your blog. Splendid! Felicitaciones!!!!!
January 12, 2012 at 12:07 AM
Wayne
Wow–thank you so much [blushing].
January 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM
judith2you
Immensely appreciated your post on Lucas Cranach – so I referenced you in my blog on Judith. Hope you don’t mind the effusive praise.
January 20, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Wayne
Not at all! Thank you so much, and thanks too for the blog concerning Judith.
February 23, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Julie-Ann Ewart
hi
I work for a Textbook Publishing company in Jamaica that is searching for a photo of a voodoo ceremony for an upcoming publication. Please email if it is possible for us to use the one that you have up in one of your posts.
Thank you.
March 26, 2012 at 6:36 PM
Brooke Monfort
An enjoyable assortment of articles. More, please…
March 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Wayne
Thanks Brooke, I’m trying to write one every work day (well, except for the occasional holiday).
May 11, 2012 at 1:42 AM
Haruki Yokono
Could you sell live Helix pomatia to Japan ?
If you can. we are very appreciated.
Good Rgards
May 11, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Wayne
I’m sorry, I’m afraid I just write about them (and eat them). You might try international trade listings–here are some on Alibaba: http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/helix-pomatia-snails.html.
May 16, 2012 at 6:24 PM
A Man Called Da-da
Yours is consistently Da-da’s favorite blog… so long as you don’t start tragically referring to yourself in the third person.
-Da-da
May 18, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Wayne
Thanks for the kudos! Ferrebeekeeper will try not to let praise go to his head. Coincidentally, are you a parent or a dadaist or both?
May 18, 2012 at 12:48 PM
A Man Called Da-da
Both. With a healthy dash of Charles Addams and Monty Python.
June 20, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Julie
My 9-year-old’s favorite things are electrical tape and cardboard. She LOVED seeing the tank and the drag car and the helicopter, etc, that you made in a post from last year. When I read outloud to her that for your book you needed to include 75 crafts, her eyes got wide! I hope that project comes to complete fruition!!
June 20, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Wayne
Ooh! I’m so happy I already have a fan–now if only my publisher could decide how they want to move forward. They are “repackaging” the book so I have no idea when it will come out: hopefully while your daughter is still young enough to enjoy it!
July 10, 2012 at 11:50 AM
janderoo92
Congratulations! I have awarded you the One Lovely Blog Award. You have a wonderful blog!
The Rules for Award participation are:
1. Link back to the blogger who nominated you.
2. Paste the award image on your blog, anywhere.
3. Tell them 7 facts about yourself.
4. Nominate 9 other blogs you like for this award
5. Contact the bloggers that you have chosen to let them know that they have been nominated
Check out my site to see the post with the official nomination, meliovore.wordpress.com
All the best,
Janice
August 7, 2012 at 10:31 PM
MaLe
I love your blog! Your posts make me wonder, they make me giggle, and they are written beautifully. Your curiousity, your sense of humor, and your open mind show through your written words. It’s just so refreshing to read what you have to say and very inspirational for my own sorry brain cells, which seem to have melted during these hot, and dull summer days. Keep writing! 🙂
August 8, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Wayne
Oh my gosh, you are making me blush… Thanks for the kind words (no need to denigrate your brain cells–anyone with such a gift for flattery must be pretty smart).
September 2, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Josie Lim
Hi Wayne! LURVE the picts! Am enthralled by the pollen photos especially. Any chance you could allow me to print them off to show groups of school kids? They’ll get a buzz out of them!
September 4, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Wayne
Thanks for the kind words. I wish it were my job to take electron microscope photos, but I found these online.
September 26, 2012 at 4:33 AM
Beatrix
Hi Wayne!
I’ve been enjoying myself perusing your blog for a few days now.
Please allow me to introduce myself- I’m am American & have a small art gallery (specializing in Tibetan, Nepalese & Bhutanese art & ritual objects) in a tiny but touristy valley in the Himalayas.
From apsaras to dakinis & mantras to yantras – if you ever have any questions about the arts, crafts, peoples, religions, geology or flora & fauna of the Himalayas, I can help!
Thanx for your interesting & brilliantly written blog,
Beatrix
September 26, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Wayne
Hi Beatrix, thanks for the introduction. I appreciate your many helpful comments and I am most pleased to make your virtual acquaintance! I hope you will forgive me for being slow to respond to everything you have written. Where is your gallery? I have always been interested in the “Abode of the Gods”.
September 29, 2012 at 4:07 AM
Beatrix
Namaste Wayne,
My gallery is in Nepal and open during the peak tourist months of Oct. through March. The other 6 months of the year my family & I are usually in Kashmir.
Time to reopen soon!
Dhanyabad!
October 8, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Beatrix
Hey Wayne,
Since you are interested in ‘unusual’ crowns & bejeweled hats for royalty- might I suggest the ‘royal headdress’ or ‘peacock crown’ of Nepal?
It is quite stunning with double eyed peacock feathers, pearls, enormous emeralds & rubies, several of Empress Eugenie’s old diamonds & a smattering of yak hair in their somewhere-
http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Nepal.htm
(scroll towards the bottom to see a pic of former King Gyanendra wearing the crown just before he gave up the throne)
October 10, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Wayne
Ooh! Thanks for the tip, Beatrix. I followed the (completely crazy) story of the fall of the Shah dynasty with great interest. It would make a fascinating story–if anybody could understand what happened.
November 2, 2012 at 5:43 PM
W adage
What a surprisingly fun discovery. Fascinating,unusual, I will keep an eye with interest on your blog.
November 2, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Wayne
Thanks W adage. I’m glad you are having fun! Do you mind if I ask the story behind your web handle?
November 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM
W adage
hi wayne, the story behind wadage has yet to unfold as wadage is a storyteller and he dreams his stories, in the true manner of an adage, will hold some important fact of experiences that is considered true by the readers of his stories as they experienced similar and with time wadage aspires to gain credibility through the telling of his stories…
November 27, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Wayne
Thanks for the explanation: I also have my ear opened for narratives which hold the precious seeds of truth.
December 12, 2012 at 5:41 AM
Laurence Smith
I was interested to see your pictures of the Chimera and Sphinx. The Sphinx has a riddle for the hero but nobody has seen that the Chimera and the Sphinx are visual riddles. The riddle-maker is asking a special kind of riddle where the answer is a creature that possess just one aspect each of the listed animals. “What creature is it that possess horns like a goat, claws like a lion wings to fly like eagle and a tail with venom like a snake?” The monster is quite small, but highly significant and valued for its golden treasure.
It should not be difficult for someone with a name like yours!
Want to know more?
December 12, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Wayne
Thanks for the great riddle! Out of the eater came something to eat!
December 13, 2012 at 3:34 AM
Laurence Smith
Hi Wayne, I like your answer! And I have been researching man’s early encounters with these “monsters”. The usual interpretation of the other riddle thrown back at Samson – “What is sweeter than honey; what is stronger than a lion” – is “Nothing” – but I maintain the whole story is about his desire for a woman of the Philistines, So I would say “Desire is sweeter than … stronger than … etc…” is it not?
I like your list of interests. I have curiosity in the same.
December 18, 2012 at 8:28 PM
Reis
Love it
Super awesome
December 19, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Wayne
Thanks, Reis. I appreciated your helpful comments about comments yesterday!
February 18, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Marian D. Schwartz
Hi Wayne,
I’m looking for high resolution versions of two of the photos you used in your post about American elms: https://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/dutch-elm-disease/ (the amelmstreet.jpg and american-elm.jpg )
Can you help me out? By the way, just visited my daughter in Brooklyn and loved it!
Marian
March 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Talita Stessuk
Hi Wayne,
I am currently starting to write a book about the history of animal cloning and I want to represent the birth of Athena.
Thus, I would like to request your permission to reprint the “Drawing of a bronze relief depicting the birth of Athena”
(available at https://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/birth_of_athena.jpg) used in your post about Goddess in Armor.
I would like to emphasize that your image and post will be properly referred in the figure legend.
Thank you in advance for your attention.
Sincerely yours,
Talita Stessuk
March 3, 2013 at 6:06 PM
Wayne
Hi Talita, I wish I could give you permission, but it isn’t mine. I think it is from here. Good luck!
March 4, 2013 at 7:40 PM
Talita Stessuk
Hi Wayne, thanks for your attention. So, I’ll contact the museum.
Congratulations on your blog!=)
April 7, 2013 at 10:11 PM
Rudy
An absolutely fascinating blog! Thank you!
April 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Wayne
Thanks for the kind words!
April 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM
iabpm
The follow button is not working in my Chrome browser. 😦
April 17, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Wayne
Shoot! Thanks for nothing, Google!
July 18, 2013 at 8:24 AM
Dan Hunter
Hi Wayne,
I am looking into using the image of the bluebell woods (https://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/e1cc21e6-5d56-42d5-a2ae-484bc8bb6992.jpg) is this one of your own?
regards
Dan Hunter
August 11, 2013 at 6:14 AM
blackberryjuniper
Is there a proper procedure for asking you to write a guest post on my blog?
August 14, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Wayne
Thanks for the question. I’m sorry I did not respond faster. Do you have a link to your blog so I can check out what you are working on?
August 17, 2013 at 9:00 AM
blackberryjuniper
http://blackberryjuniperandsherbet.blogspot.co.uk/
I’m simply doing a season of people I like on my blog – there’s no theme. (My blog itself has no theme, other than me thinking, so its all over the place.) The season is very varied (or rather its going to be!). The most recent post starts the series, and the one before explains about it. Before that, you’d better just check posts randomly to see if you mind being associated with my blog, and my moaniness 🙂
October 9, 2013 at 10:11 PM
D. Sanders
Please add me to your email list, and confirm. Great site! Thank you.
October 11, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Wayne
I think you can do that by clicking the “subscribe to feed” button–but I don’t know how to do it from back here. 😦
October 15, 2013 at 3:16 PM
Kathy Hogan
Hi Wayne
I am working on a project to provide teachers with resources that meet the Common Core State Standards and also address issues in History. I found “Mortal Sickness Among the Indians” on your page and would like to use it as part of a document based question. Do you know the original source for this illustration? If so, I would greatly appreciate it if you could direct me there so that I can get the appropriate permissions. Thanks so much.
Kathy Hogan
Chapin, SC
October 17, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Wayne
Hi Kathy, I remember finding that picture unattributed on the web, after looking at several thousand horrifying pictures of smallpox lesions. In deference to your noble aims, I looked around some more for the origin of the woodcut: a possible source is the old history picture book “Historical, poetical and pictorial American scenes”. Good luck!
October 23, 2013 at 4:15 PM
katesisco
As other posts, really like your blog. Have availed my self of the posting offer several times. Assume you are an extensive patron of Patience and Fortitude?
January 1, 2014 at 11:22 AM
GarryRogers
Hello Wayne,
Please accept my congratulations and my nomination for the Versatile Blogger award. I nominated you out of respect for what you have to say in your blog. I don’t know if you accept such awards, but if you do, go to my website for the award information. It’s the second post at http://garryrogers.com.
I hope you have a great day and a great rest of the year!
Garry
May 16, 2014 at 10:44 AM
BHansen
Hi there,
I too am wondering about the source of one of your pictures for a reading textbook I’m working on.
The photo is from the post on Sailor’s Valentines, and it’s the picture that says “Forget me not when far away.” Any help on the source of this photo would be greatly appreciated!
Brenda
May 20, 2014 at 6:53 AM
adhil
i am from srilanka. i have a interest to do a business in outside market ,which i have some Triton shell which in good quality and lot of different size and etc .if you have any idea let me know , please
September 24, 2014 at 12:37 AM
R.J.A.M.I. Harshan
Dear friends, hi doing this is Harshan from Sri Lanka i m one of the sea cone device collector pass 5 years if any one entrusted please feel free to keep your reply or contact me i have so many variety of sea cone Triton family Devices. sizes : 4.6″ / 4.8″/5.1″/5.2″/6.2″ this all sizes currently available on my hand.
contact: +94776412900 / Email: harshansqa@gmail.com
September 27, 2014 at 11:26 PM
sydneyartreview
Hi Wayne, please forgive me If I have asked you the following question before (I cant remember If I previously sent you the question). I read with interest your blog post on Brunswick green the other day, within the post you referred to the colour being importaint/prominent during the industrial revolution, I was wondering if you would be able to give me any source material in regards to this statement. It was definitely a huge colour during the industrial revolution and a large proportion of refurbished machines, especially steam locomotives, feratured the colour, or similar hues. I just cant find any texts which allude to the reasoning behind the use of this colour, or anything that talks about it at all. If you can help me at all it would be highly appreciated!
Sam.
March 15, 2015 at 10:21 PM
Carolyn Hill
I love your St. Nicholas Patron Saint of Sailors Travlers and Seafarers. Is it possible to get a print?
March 16, 2015 at 12:43 AM
Wayne
I wish I knew more about it! I found it unattributed on the web–an orphan image–otherwise I would have named the artist, date, and media.
March 16, 2015 at 8:13 AM
Carolyn Hill
Thanks. I will see what I can find out!
March 19, 2015 at 3:05 PM
Laurie
What a great site–so glad I stumbled upon you! I am particularly interested in the pictures you have in a pollen blog from April 2010–do you have a source for these? I would like to use one in a Facebook post, and didn’t know if I needed to get your permission, or where to give photog credit?
Thank you!
–Sapiophile in MO
June 15, 2015 at 5:51 PM
Feike
Do you know if this image with all the whales and other big animals is available as a poster?
December 17, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Cormac
I’m a regular reader of your blog for several years now so I’m aware of your interest in all things related to space exploration. I’ve recently been listening to the music of a band called Public Service Broadcasting and much of their output is themed around the early pioneering years of space exploration in both the USA and USSR.
I should point out that I have zero connection to this band and also no knowledge of your own musical tastes. Hopefully you’ll find them at least mildly interesting.
Cormac
December 19, 2015 at 1:29 PM
Wayne
Thanks for the recommendation. I will find them and report back. Thanks also for reading and commenting. I am glad you have been following, and I already like Public Service Broadcasting since they have finally inspired you to comment!
February 2, 2016 at 1:14 PM
Paul Callomon
I can tell you something about the picture of the Titanites ammonite with a lady sitting next to it, as that’s my mother. I wonder where on the web you got that picture?
February 4, 2016 at 2:15 PM
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July 15, 2016 at 11:49 AM
Meg Miller
You may already be familiar with the Public Domain Review, but here’s a lovely post which I thought you might enjoy: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/watercolours-from-a-16th-century-de-materia-medica/
July 15, 2016 at 5:08 PM
Wayne
Ohhhh…these are exquisite! I particularly like the shepherds with the rainbow and the man startled by a serpent.
July 15, 2016 at 5:08 PM
Wayne
Thank you!
August 7, 2016 at 10:06 AM
dickgordoncan
We cited your Tunicates blog in:
Gordon, N.K. & R. Gordon (2016). Embryogenesis Explained [in press]. Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Company. http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8152
Contact me for details. Thanks.
Yours, -Dick Gordon
August 19, 2016 at 3:42 PM
Cormac
You are probably already aware of this… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/12/alien-megastructure-tabbys-star-kepler-telescope
October 30, 2016 at 3:53 PM
Monica Buckley
Dear Wayne,
Will you allow me to use the image of the green sweat bee in a presentation on pollinators I’m doing in Chicago?
Monica Buckley
November 27, 2016 at 5:29 AM
Trevor Haydu-Jones
Wayne: I have been researching what turned out to be a 3rd Plantagenet coronet, and was the property of the widow of Young King Henry, son of Henry II. She remarried, to the King of Hungary in 1186, taking the coronet with her. Thus this one also escaped the fate of so many others. I can send you a jpg image if it is of interest. My article on it is filed in http://www.academia.edu search for “coronet”. Trevor
December 9, 2016 at 12:27 PM
Wayne
Oh wow! Thanks for the information and the link. Everyone, go check out this coronet, which Trevor has been studying!
January 3, 2017 at 7:15 AM
Martin Lewis
The 1st photo of the Opah fish. Is it from the NOAA? If so is it free to use with attribution? I need it for a Field Guide I am researching. Regards
January 16, 2017 at 4:27 AM
Mathew
Hi I have been left to me by my father a painting the same as you have a picture of on your website of a quail from the Ming dynasty
I wonder if you could help with the authenticity
Kind regards
Matt
March 9, 2017 at 11:17 AM
Emily French
Hello I work for CRU, and one of my team members found this image on your blog. We would like to use it for a conference. How can I get permission to use the image. Please contact me emily.french@cru.org
April 14, 2017 at 10:38 PM
Nick Gibboni
Thank you for your detailed description of the triptych painting of the crucifixion. I was saddened to read that you are no longer a Christian. May God bless you.
July 21, 2017 at 1:37 PM
Kathe Izzo
I am writing a speculative memoir in which Oshun provides much inspiration for (one of) the narrators. I would love to use this line: “When her followers are taken by trance they dance, flirt, and laugh but then grow solemn–for Oshun knows that the world is not as beautiful as it could be” from your post on Oshun. Did you write it? Can I quote you? Thank you xo Kathe
August 27, 2017 at 6:50 PM
Peter Coates
Great blog. I lived in your neighborhood for many years. President st. Kinda into chickens myself. Here’s a carving of a chicken that I just completed a couple of days ago.
August 31, 2017 at 5:52 PM
queenmuthah
cluck cluck great!
April 21, 2018 at 2:13 PM
hooftales
I found your blog while searching for an image of a Naragansett turkey. I greatly admire your sense of humor and eclectic knowledge ! looking forward to checking back often.
thanks
October 15, 2018 at 9:51 AM
Alex
Dear Wayne,
I’d like to request your permission to translate one of your posts. Would you be so kind to contact me at (acondori / at / gmail / dot / com)?
Thanks in advance.
October 25, 2018 at 11:51 PM
Wayne
Hi Alex! I am sorry I have been slow to respond. Feel free to translate as you wish and credit me however you like. Kindly let me know if you need any information.
October 26, 2018 at 9:32 AM
Alex
Stupid as it may seem, I don’t remember exactly which of your posts I was planning to translate (and I didn’t even bookmark it). I’m trying to figure it out right now but you are a very prolific blogger and have lot of material in your site. 🙂
November 25, 2018 at 5:38 PM
Jordan
You’re a profound thinker. I’d love to speak with you some time. I’m just a man, and a seed for the same future you mentioned in your Seed post.
Thank you, regardless.
November 26, 2018 at 9:38 PM
Wayne
Aww thanks, Jordan. You are too effusive with your praise. Let’s hope the people of Earth can spend some more time on space exploration and a little less time on [checks notes] uh…”XXXTentacion,” apparently.
February 22, 2019 at 4:49 PM
Kathleen Strebeck
May I have permission to use your image at:https://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/channel.jpg
for a quilting art work I am presently working on? I am featuring Missouri symbols and I am having difficulty finding copyright free images of actual alive swimming channel catfish; most are dead laying on land or do not show the whole fish. I would like to use this image to create a small piece of my art quilt. Please contact me back at kstrebeck236@sbcglobal.net. I can give you credit for the photo in my artist’s statement when it is displayed, if you desire. I need a response back fairly soon.
Regards,
Kathleen Strebeck
April 23, 2019 at 8:52 PM
K Hindall
Did you ever find images of living African ebony? I want to draw the plant in art nouveau style, but for that I need references. I can find leaves and fruit no longer attached to the tree, but I cannot find flowers or a branch with either fruit or flowers attached. All the search engines just want to give me persimmon images!
Thank you for any help you can give me!
August 3, 2019 at 6:30 AM
Constantin Louvain
I am a french writer interested in one of your drawings of a sumerian city to illustrate the cover of a book whose plot occurs in Sumer in 3000 BC. Would you agree to this usage? Please let me know. Thanks & Best Regards. Constantin Louvain
January 17, 2020 at 3:23 PM
Madeline Way
Hi, I am a teacher and have been obsessed with Zoomorphs since my first purchase years ago. I would love to get more information about the status of the product… I do realize they are not made anymore, but this is one of those ‘have-to’ topics that I would love the information about.
January 21, 2020 at 1:50 PM
Wayne
Hi Madeline. Thanks for your obsession! Alas, the Zoomorphs are gone forever from toystore shelves, however we do have a small quantity of brand-new, unopened sets left which I am willing to sell at original retail prices. If you wish for further details, kindly write to me at wmferreb@hotmail.com.
February 13, 2020 at 5:04 AM
Evan@ArchiStoneCarving, China
I reached this of your amazing blog when I was trying to tell my weibo readers a little story of our granite statues of the Hell bailiff duo of Horse Face & Ox Head in English. Thanks for your article. Also, I am curious to know if you have been to China.
July 18, 2020 at 3:55 AM
Kathy Milazzo
Hi Wayne!
My name is Kathy Milazzo. I have two questions for you: Did you do the artwork in that panel above your photo and where did you find the image of Yutu (the rabbit pounding the elixir)? I’m looking for something like that to hang in my East Asian Medicine clinic.
I’m also looking for a graphic artist to create a logo for a business idea that I have and I like your graphics. Thank you!
July 30, 2020 at 1:40 PM
Wayne
Hi Kathy. Thanks for the questions! I am sorry to respond so slowly. I was trying to chase down the elusive moon hare and it led me back to the Han Dynasty and to all kinds of crazy places but not to my original rabbit image. Dang that trickster!
I did indeed draw the beehive flounder. If you would like a similar sort of drawing/painting of crafty Yutu making his elixirs, then let me know. My email is wmferreb@hotmail.com but also let me know here that you sent something (because microsoft’s spam filters have a way of eating messages).
November 8, 2020 at 6:22 PM
ljgeiken
Hello Wayne Ferreebee,
I’m one of those strangers you mentioned who is so thrilled with your Zoomorphs that I’m been hunting the internet searching for them and finally found your WordPress page. My 4 year old Everett River and I seemingly magically found a box of 13 pieces at a thrift store. Now we are hooked. I love his joy and laughter as he makes a 1 legged parrot fish with a dog tail or a “Dorse” of dog and horse parts. If you will please sell us a box or bring them back onto the market we will be grateful and his creative mind expanded! Sincerely, LJ Geiken
December 1, 2020 at 11:26 AM
Wayne
Thanks so much for the kind words! I am so sorry for the slow turnaround, but I had to get out to where the last morphs are stored. The good news is that I have some six character sets (Safarimorphs, Nightmorphs, and Mythmorphs silver) in their original packaging and plenty of Dinomorphs, Insectmorphs, and Rainforestmorphs. But the bad news is that the cardboard packages of the latter melted due to a water leak. This has left the morphs fine, since they are in plastic polybags, but a bag of morphs is definitely not a box! I will sell the 6 character sets for 25 dollars each and the polybags for 10 dollars each. Perhaps you could write me at wmferreb@hotmail.com? Thanks again for the ego boost!
May 29, 2021 at 12:23 PM
Roller Boogie
Amazing artist💖huge fan
July 25, 2021 at 5:52 PM
K Hindall
Hi, Wayne! Have you a favorite angelshark? I need to select a species for an art project, and while angelsharks are not flatfish, they are fish who happen to be flat. So I imagine you would be one of the few people I know who just might happen to have a favorite angelshark. (By the way, it needs to be on the IUCN Redlist, but that shouldn’t be hard: most of them seem to be. Thanks!
February 18, 2022 at 6:22 AM
K Hindall
Me, again. Are you aware of the work of Eleanor Pigman ( http://eleanorpigman.blogspot.com/ )? She’s a bead embroiderer (what a terrible word *that* is!), who does almost entirely sea life. Thought you might be interested.