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“Guitarplayer” – by David Rijckaert III, 1641 “The feather hat that the woman is wearing characterizes her as a prostitute. She is drinking (Taste), smoking (Smell), prodding the man with her pipe (Touch), who is playing the guitar (Hearing). Only Read More …
“well-grown plants looking graceful. It should be sown in the open ground” – ‘The English flower garden and home grounds’ by William Robinson 1906 The English flower garden and home grounds – William Robinson 1906 Cannabis Sativa (Hemp Plant) Read More …
Rattle and Smoke Dance In 1564 the French sent a party in a attempt to colonize Florida. Under the direction of explorers Jean Ribault and René Laudonnière, a group ventured deep into northern Florida. Jacques le Moyne de Morgues was Read More …
“Certain bodies… Become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them by the action of a spark” – Marie Curie Boy Lighting a Pipe – Hendrick Read More …
Hemp for Traitors’ Civil War Postal Cover (printed picture on envelope) By J.F. Nash (out of Boston) 1861-1865. I always thought these to be standard size (around 4in x 9 1/2in or so) but these are the small Read More …
‘Farm interior’ by David Rijckaert III – 1647
Le Fumeur Oriental by José Villegas Cordero, 1875
Fumadores “Smokers” by Joos van Craesbeeck between 1645-1655
The Smokers by Adriaen Brouwer. 1636
“The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame… The moth takes off again, and we both step back, because he’s circling at eye level now and seems to have lost rudder control, smacking into Read More …