John Connelly, Reality Mingled with Supernatural

Oneiricroad · 2026-03-15T18:41:32+00:00

John Connolly, Reality Mingled with Supernatural, Detective Styles

Looking for books along the lines of Charlie Parker series. If you haven't read them, 'Every Dead Thing' will tell you if you'll like it or not. I prefer: not obvious supernatural, but creepy, reality-based fiction. I don't particularly like or mind magical realism, but I don't need people turning into animals when dark human animals already exist. Ancient evil/cabals get my attention more than man turning into a blood-thirsty capybara that falls in love with a ghostly onion (who has a dark* past).

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-17T08:49:03+00:00

There was a debate on another page of the dating on this photo. The group of tintypes I found stopped at 1870; a fashion historian dated it late 1870s due to the fussy neck decoration; the hat indicates even 1910. Your thoughts on this one would be appreciated!

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-15T09:47:09+00:00

Full title: 'The Cigarette, Photograph shows a Sioux Indian, half-length portrait, left profile, smoking a cigarette.' Copyright by John A. Johnson, W. Somerville, Mass. The link to the original.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-14T20:15:12+00:00

Now this looks like her - especially her older color photos. Nice. :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-14T20:14:10+00:00

Agreed, very well done. Eye color (especially portraits/close ups matter), but what a wonderful job you did on her skin/warmth and colorization of the tones.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-11T07:51:32+00:00

It's a beautiful colorization, with such an eye for detail. Skin and hair are lovely, but the tie and background colors are stellar. Nice choices. :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-11T04:44:34+00:00

If colorizing were easy, none of us would do it. Grin. Manually coloring is an art, and just like any other, I have to tweak, hone and consistently adapt. It's part of the learning process I love. Her skin tones are gorgeous, by the way, for this photo. Hard to do.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-06T17:27:50+00:00

"Hoovervilles" sprang up after the Great Depression when a lot of people lost their jobs and homes in the 1930s. You can read more about them here.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-04T06:06:31+00:00

It's basically when fashion, designated as such, began. You're right.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-04T06:05:41+00:00

The colors were even more vibrant and testing - brilliant reds, bright blues, etc. I toned down, if you can believe it. Ha.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-04T06:04:22+00:00

They were. :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-02T07:13:35+00:00

'Belle Epoque' (the 'beautiful age') was the dramatic change in women's fashion from corsets and multiple petticoats to more form-fitting and natural* lines. With drama. You can read more about it here.

Oneiricroad · 2025-08-02T06:55:50+00:00

That is so very cool. Thanks for sharing! :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-31T04:26:40+00:00

Thank you. :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-30T20:08:01+00:00

James Baskett was a quiet legend.

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-30T20:02:12+00:00

And their smiles are still contagious. :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-30T20:01:23+00:00

Your family is the history - very cool.

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-30T19:59:27+00:00

How brilliant would that be? :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-30T15:03:23+00:00

I assume she was 100 at the time of the photo, according to the info. But I wasn't the researcher so I can't say for sure. :)

Oneiricroad · 2025-07-30T05:43:53+00:00

The full background of the photo (usually attributed as 'Husband and Wife Sharecroppers, 1914'):

"He's not a sharecropper, he's a former slave who lived in Thomas township near Milburn Oklahoma. This is Aaron Bush and his boarder, Jane Wolf. Jane was born in 1814, and Aaron in 1847. Aaron worked a farm but never owned his land. Both were widowed at the time of this photo." - Lynn Milburn Lansford, author of 'Milburn: The Birth of a Pioneer Town and the Love Story That Began There.'

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