Victorian Silhouette

Just a bit of fun with a silhouette of me.I popped it onto our Willliam Morris walpaper and thought that whilst I was at it, I might as well profer a lymeric since these (apparently) were popularised by Edward Lear in the victorian era -

There was an old woman of Bedford
Who was once quite fond of her wedgewood,
but fearing it dated
and quite overrated, she
moved on to the Arts & Crafts era - then felt good.


William Morris famously said: "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

(in case you are wondering, I didn't have quite enough time to grow my hair for the photo, so I took the liberty of adding a virtual bun).

Yes, unbelievably, I'm still going strong with 52 portraits of me!

[Ann Williams]

Great fun Helen. I love the bun (was wondering how you managed that) and the pearls. You look a very grand lady here.

[Taffy]

Terrific! It looks like a cameo of old.

[Domenico Dodaro]

Amazing image and I totally love the limerick, wow!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Enjoyed the lymeric and well done with the Victorian silhouette + bun

[FBailey]

Your lymeric made me smile!

[HelenM]

There must be a Victorian challenge going on! This is fun. Lovely wallpaper BTW

[Clare Gadsby]

haha now i do like the idea of a virtual bun :)
excellent poetry, which made me laugh. and if we can't laugh with these mad selfies, we are doomed ...

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Lovely!

[Helen Jane]

@pistache oh so true!

[summerfield]

i forgot all about the victorian prompt. and your response is, yet again, excellent. you are outdoing yourself, methinks! i might just emulate this one day when i've grown my nose nice enough for a silhouette profile! aces!

[Ethel]

You keep churning out great compositions. I love your imagination and commentary.

[Jane Pittenger]

How fun and creative

[Granagringa]

So creative!

[Gayle]

Congratulations on still going strong with your 52 portraits challenge! Another clever and creative image plus such a fun poem as well! :-)

[Babs]

So creative what a great image. This could be tagged for the half and half too.

[Wendy Bowden]

brilliant!

[Suzanne]

Oh clever idea Helen, shame about the wedgewood :)

[JackieR]

So clever, impressed for one a week I've opted to one a month!!!

[Janet B.]

How creative you are! So well done! Thanks for the smile :)

[carol white]

Very creative, a lovely image. Fav!! 😀

[Jane Morley]

Very clever!

[Catherine Otley]

What a great idea! Like the lymerick and love the wallpaper - WM is all over my house!

[Francoise]

more comfortable than a non-virtual bun! this is terrific.

[Gina]

Awesome creative shot and love your wallpaper. (and limerick!!) William Morris is amazing :)

[Stephanie]

That's a fabulous Helen, such a creative response!