Sunday Safari - Arachnophobia

 M. Dobuzinskij, D'javol from Zolotoe runo, 1907


Halloween is drawing near
time to face our wildest fear 

Odilon Redon, Smiling Spider, thanks to Japonisme

Bruno Paul, Plague in South Africa, illustration from Simplicissimus, 1901.

Many thanks to ihatemusic1943 for the info! 

 A. H. Watson, illustration from The Enchanted Blanket, 1936, thanks to ElfGoblin

 Aleksandra Waliszewska, Dom Babci

Film poster by Wojciech Fangor for Les Compagnes de la Nuit, 1956

Book cover by Rein van Looij, 1940s, thanks to 50 Watts

 Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz, Traveler at Night

Michael Sowa, Spider on the wall

Book cover by Emanuel Schongut, 1960s

Film poster by Wiktor Gorka, 1964

Film poster by Werner Klemke for The Golden Spider 

from Graphis 1959-60, thanks to Sandi Vincent

Lorenzo Mattotti, illustration from The Raven

Sunday Safari - The Tallest Ones

Today is my birthday and I dedicate this safari to my mother Mariella, a strong, smart, beautiful and kind woman who has always been there for me and my family. In the small town where we both grew up she was known for her beauty (a bit of a problem for my self-esteem) and her height. 1.76 m is an average stature today, but in 1950s Italy she literally stuck out from the crowd, and was often asked: "how is the weather up there?" Thinking of this I gathered some pretty giraffes, animals that are particularly dear to me, and that like her have very strong motherly instincts.

Nomi and the lovely animals by Louis Slobodkin, 1960

Mother and child by Leia Bell

L'histoire de girafe, written by Ronald Hermsen and illustrated by Guido Pigni

Giraffe swing by David Barneda at Drawing Dreams card gallery

On Giraffe Pond by Michael Sowa

Snacking happy family by Meg Hunt

Giraffe from the tile series Our animal friends by Xenia Taler

Arabia of Finland giraffes designed by Taisto Kaasinen in 1965, from hi+lomodern

I know a giraffe: a tall tale by David Omar White, 1965, thanks to Rad Library

Illustration from Whatever by William Bee, thanks to The Apple and the Egg

children's book illustration from borisbo's flickr photostream

(worth a visit because he's also a very interesting graphic designer)

Two giraffe paintings by Naoto Kitamura

Giraffe by the ever playful Toshiyuki Fukuda

Blue giraffe by Sebastiano Ranchetti

Giraffa from Animani by Mario Mariotti, 1980

Sunday Safari - What makes bunnies melancholy?

too much thinkin' by Kathleen Lolley

Bunnies, one of my favorite creatures in the soft and cute category,

are unfortunately inclined to suffer from depressive tendencies.

Just think of the famous Book of Bunny Suicides, or David Lynch's alienated Rabbits family.

To further prove the point, here you can meet some of the quiet and pensive creatures

I have encountered lately in my random journeys down the rabbit hole...

Penny farthing by Art and Ghosts

Slattern by Lou Beach

illustration by Toshiyuki Fukuda

illustration by Daniel Chang

Crochet bunny by Shauna Richardson

A Newspaper dress by Stasys Eidrigevicius, thanks to A Journey Round My Skull

Michael Sowa, illustration from Esterhazy: the Rabbit Prince

Octavia and rabbity friend by Cathy Cullis,

discovered thanks to Kickcan and Conkers

Pepel chair by Chiho Makino

Lapin by Marianne Ratier

Book cover by John Alcorn for the Italian edition of Watership Down, 1974

March Hare by Madeleine Floyd, thanks to Art Finds