That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 12, 2024

/// This self-portrait’s of Rose-Adélaïde

standing next to the harp which she played.

Harps are played sitting down,

but her lovely silk gown,

to look best, must be this way displayed.

The hairstyle Pompadour wasn’t named after her hair. It was named after Madame Pompadour’s…

Sarah; auditioning for the marching harp band.

When I’m not playing, I can dry pasta on it!

“I told them vertical stripes would make me look taller! I’m happy they didn’t have me pose next to Shorty, the flute player, this time”.

“How embarrassing! My fingers are tangled in the strings again. Pa-pa was right — I should have stayed with the Zither!”

Harpo was by far the smartest of all the Stooges. When this fine lady asked "Does your harp make my butt look big?’’………He stayed silent.

Not to harp on that particular point.

Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler’s musical inspiration.

Though she be of a musical bent/

(The harp is her best instrument)/

Painting is her first love/

But when push comes to shove/

It’s music that pays the rent.

And a wet noodle, I reckon.

Millie was having some trouble trying to get that “Jimi Hendrix vibe” going

She could have been Taylor Swift:/

Had she chosen a shorter shift, /

But her dream came asunder:

She compounded her blunder/

With an instrument she couldn’t lift.

“How did a woman with no musical training land a job as a harpist?”

Look at the picture again.

Do these stripes make my butt look big?

There were some d@mn good reasons Celeste didn’t play the cello!

If I was smart you might call me a sharpie, And if I nagged you might call me a carpi, But I have performed before kings, Deftly playing these strings, So please don’t call me a Harpie!

“Wait… this ISN’T a cheese grater??”

I’ve heard of reading between the lines, but reading between the strings …?

Historical Significance Of Painting: This was the birth of the ‘Dumb Blonde Joke’. Esmerelda noted to her teacher that every time she tried to turn a page in her music book her fingers would get entangled in the harp strings.

Her Dolly Parton impression was a big hit, but standing that close to those zinging strings was a bit dangerous; the act really hit a rough patch after she was accused of cultural appropriation for her hair do…

nothing like a dad joke to start the week %

Self-Portrait with a Harp: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Harps in paintings" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string DP164843, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly lifesize painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3268 (February 12, 2024) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. Only work by her used here so far.

“Perm? Oh, yes, my perm! I definitely got a perm and didn’t get my head stuck in the dryer for half an hour, absolutely not.”

looking through the strings Lela saw a lot of half notes.

That dress is spectacular

Wait, I’m not supposed to use this to slice the cheese?

“Killing me softly with his song” is apparently older than I thought it was.

“Wow, listen to that—who tuned this thing?”

For Tuesday:

In the middle of giving a speech/

Calling on all the boys to impeach/

She abruptly passed out/

Removing all doubt

That, for now, she was well out of reach..

There are those who maintain the conceit/

That her foes engineered her defeat/

But I’m of the school/

Who are somewhat more cool:/

She’s allergic to Shredded Wheat.