Richard Williamson
rcwmsn.bsky.social
Richard Williamson
@rcwmsn.bsky.social
裸と裸の付き合い
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” WS Churchill
원숭이도 나무에서 떨어질 때가 있다

Döden är säker timman oviss
Where are these eejits leading us??

Having lived when the polio vaccine first began saving lives among people who suffered the disease before it was preventable, this news is absolutely confounding.
January 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Scarcely a day goes by without mounting evidence of the resurgence of NeoNazi Fascism and White Supremacists in the USA. Considering that Trump’s most influential advisors openly subscribe to these toxic ideologies, it’s unsurprising that these monsters feel comfortable to show themselves.
A group of fringe researchers thwarted safeguards at the NIH and gained access to genetic data from 20,000+ children – and they've used it to promote claims that white people are genetically superior. (by Mike McIntire) 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Rise & Shine!

Elsa Beskow (1874 – 1953) Swedish author/illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman & Aunt Green, Aunt Brown & Aunt Lavender.
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Rise and Shine!!

Tove Marika Jansson 1914-2001 Swedish-speakingFinnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She drew illustrations and postcards.
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Rise and Shine!!

Tove Marika Jansson 1914-2001 Swedish-speakingFinnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She drew illustrations and postcards.
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
And now for something completely different…

Trädgårdsgatan 11, Lund.
water colour.

Gösta Adrian-Nilsson GAN, (Swedish, 1884-1965).
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM
And now for something completely different…

Brita och jag
Brita and me, 1895
Watercolour on paper

Carl Olof Larsson 1853-1919 Swedish painter representative of the Arts & Crafts movement. Works include oils, watercolors, frescoes. He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
And now for something completely different…

Peder Severin Krøyer, Danish–Norwegian, 1851–1909
Born in Stavanger, Norway; died in Skagen, Denmark
A Little Girl in Peasant Dress, Playing with a Cat, 1880
Oil on canvas
73.7 × 52.5 cm
Private collection
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Rise and Shine!

Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Rise and Shine!

Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Rise & Shine!

Elsa Beskow (1874 – 1953) Swedish author/illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman & Aunt Green, Aunt Brown & Aunt Lavender.
January 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Rise and Shine!!

Tove Marika Jansson 1914-2001 Swedish-speakingFinnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She drew illustrations and postcards.
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) Finnish painter. A modernist painter and one of the most known Finnish artists.

Orvokkeja japanilaisessa maljakossa
Violets in a Japanese Vase, ca1887
Oil on canvas
Villa Gyllenberg, Helsinki Finland
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Twinflowers, 1886
Oil on canvas

Helene Schjerfbeck
1862-1946 Finland

Modernist known for realist works, self-portraits, landscapes & still lifes. Her work changed dramatically, beginning with French-influenced realism, plein air, evolving to portraits and still life paintings
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), Finnish painter

Girl with Blue Ribbon, 1909

Fanny, the girl in the painting was a local schoolgirl in Hyvinkää who Helene had a strong interest to paint and finally succeeded to over-talk her to be painted.

Gouache/Pastel painting.
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Finnish woman painter Helene Schjerfbeck (Swedish pronunciation of Finlandei: /he.l ln ærærv.bek/), born Helena Sofia Schjerfbek on July 10, 1862 in Helsinki and died on January 23, 1946 in Saltsjöbaden

"Boy feeding his little sister, 1883. "
Helsinki, National Gallery of Finland.
January 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Friday Finnish!!

Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 PM
And now for something completely different…

Hilding Werner
( 1880 - 1944 ) Swedish painter

"Snow - Covered Winter Landscape"
oil on canvas
117 x 131 cm,
date unknown
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Rise and Shine!

Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Rise and Shine!

Pettson and Findus

Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist

Rise & Shine!
January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Rise and Shine!!

Inge Löök - Finnish Illustrator 1951 -
“The Merry Aunties “

“I couldn’t understand why 2 old aunties became so cherished. I prefer to explore the inner world as opposed to their outer shell; to stay in the small moments which they share so well”-Inge Löök
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Rise and Shine!

Coffee Break I, 1928
hand-colored woodcut on paper
National Museum of Norway

John Savio (Norway, Sápmi, 1902-1938)
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM