That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 29, 2019

Geppetto’s original attempt a Pinocchio, but he didn’t want to change diapers full of wood shavings every couple hours.

“Back off Uncle Ernie – I’ve got a whole pincushion and I ain’t afraid to use it!”

“You carved up a whole tree for this crummy little doll‽”

Like a good father, George is teaching his daughter the art of voodoo.

It’s a good life! Tell me how much you love me and have good thoughts about me me, Pa, or you’re headed for the cornfield! (For those who can remember….)

Worst rocking horse ever.

Tony’s apprenticeship as an exorcist was coming along fine….. uncle joe wishes that he would go practice on someone else.

The whittling lessons were slowly resulting in improvements.

“You are getting very sleepy. . .”

Little Tommy trying to exorcise that old guy that lived with him using his favorite doll. Failing that, he planned to just ignore him for the next 18 years.

“Thanks Grandpa. I’m gonna name her Barbie”

I had a dream about this doll, Chuckie.

“Goodbye, Mister Chips !”

In spite of her mystical ravings/ she responded to"Uncle"Joe’s “cravings”/ poor Joe had no money / but she was his "honey/ so he left her his entire “life’s shavings”.

Fairly civilized, I suppose. Filthy, though. Really filthy.

Looks like he is posting the picture on Snapchat.

Your voodoo won’t work on me child. I brought up a picture of a crucifix on my phone.

Carl the Consummate Carpenter googling how to make clothes out of wood.

If you don’t pay your exorcist you get repossessed.

“Hold on, honey. Let Grampa finish this text.”

I like the horsey, Grampa, but shouldn’t it have 4 legs and a head?

Really. I always shoot landscape (horizontal)

Grandpa Geppetto texting Pinocchio that it’s time to come pick up his daughter, or else!

“Alright you little wise ass. Let’s see how long you hang on when I turn the mechanical bull up to 10!”

With Dolly at the Sabot-makers: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Brymner_-_With_Dolly_at_the_Sabot-makers.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/brymner_william.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=3661 

http://www.bytown.net/brymnerwilliampainter.htm 

http://www.artnet.com/artists/william-brymner/ 

https://www.klinkhoff.ca/artists/115-william-brymner%2C-c.m.g.%2C-p.r.c.a.%2C-o.s.a./ 

https://www.wag.ca/art/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/display,exhibition/93/william-brymner-artist-teacher-colleague 

http://www.askart.com/artist/William_Brymner/82708/William_Brymner.aspx 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the last can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to than what’s pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2275 (August 28, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Jules began thinking that maybe Dolly was right. Perhaps he should specialize in dolls instead of shoes.

“So, your mother’s left you here and gone out for the day….. grab that broom and start sweeping.”

He knew being a special needs teacher was going to be daunting and that he had to be filled with patience, but now he’s standing there he’s rethinking his career options as the child for the tenth week in a row sits in front of him telling him continuously that in his hand is a f@&$ing cat!

the kid was getting to be a real whiz at the exorcisms…