That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 10, 2012

She’s weaving them a fantastic ice cream cone to keep them quiet while baby is sleeping.

Mom discovers that “tyrant child syndrome” isn’t just psychobabble…

Trying to remember what her mother said about birth control.

Good one!

Google Translate says the title of this roughly 9″×10″ oil on wood painting (clicking the image shrinks it) is Family with a woman at spinning wheel.Other than perhaps spending some time here, I could find no information about the artist other than that he was born in Berlin in 1832 and died in Düsseldorf in 1901.If you click the image in the, so far, only work by this artist to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog, it will enlarge to the same size as the as-is image in the painting link (and use your browser zoom feature to possibly make it larger than the actual painting).Once again, given the size of the painting, I’m really in awe of how detailed the objects are.

She shouldn’t have asked Rumpelstiltskin where she could find a spinning class.

Raising babies on Mozart not yet in vogue.

Two things to remember about Ritalin.

It’s used to treat ADD and look at that cute squirrel outside my window

New Kinders on the Block seeking a lead vocal.

My doctor told me that Ritalin is amphetamin based, but it slows kids down yet speeds adults up.

His style is rather like a much more talented version of young Adolf Hitler – but this guy made it into the Academy. He does figures much better, but the genre traits are present in both. Kinda wish Adolf had made the Academy cut, and Sondermann hadn’t. “Sondermann” = “special man” in German. Adolf seems to have been more “special”…in a HORRIBLE way.Caption: “Nein – little Willi is too young yet to march!”

In lieu of a Wikipedia page about him, here’s a bit more about the artist gleaned (using Google Translate where necessary) from here, here and here (this has it translated):Genre Painter, born October 19, 1832, in Berlin, died April 2,1901 in Düsseldorf.1851-53: was a student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin under Professor Otto and devoted himself to the portrait.1853-55: at the Antwerp Academy, in Paris, and then a student at the National Art Academy in Düsseldorf, under Schadow and R. Jordan there.1859-1861: he lived in Berlin, then in Düsseldorf, where he remained until his death.He painted portraits and genre scenes, e.g. in addition to this painting, Our Hero (Weisbaden Gallery), The tea party (1868), In the reading room of the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden, In school, The bee-master (1860), Returning home from hunting, The auction, Sleigh ride, The marriage contract (1866), Hall of a lawyer, The hard Roast (1870), The unwelcome suitor, The first snow, Church ceremony, A thirsty soul, etc.Silver Medal. London.This is the Google Translate of what the third reference said about him: His genre pictures are of good invention, a healthy sense of humor, but sometimes a little too dry, dull color.

I see you’ve met my sister…. :)

: Dthe problem with emoticons is that they only go so far. the above is ear to ear…thank you, gentlemen.

As my 4 kids were born 1960, 61, 62 and 64, I CAN relate. No drugs for anyone (drinks for me) and I taught the kids always to help mommy. They all turned out well (and the older ones excelled). I changed my avatar to a painting by G Roualt because of today’s Dinette Set. I once did a Sacred Heart in the style of this painter (because I strongly dislike the original blond effeminate Christ representation.