That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 22, 2023

She embarked at Calais and left the guy pretending to be Napoleon behind.

It was much later that someone realized she didn’t have that much luggage when she boarded, and her husband was missing when she came off the ship.

/// A lone woman begins her vacation

down the gangplank for The Embarkation

at Calais on the day

the great ship sails away,

and she smiles, thinking “Emancipation!”

/// She’s The Traveller, a widow who needs

to wear colors, and not widow’s weeds.

With a self-assured air

and distinct savoir faire

she’s determined and always succeeds.

1820’s Pause Challenge, see if you spot her ankles!

The first time Hello Dolly was sung, the whole waterfront rang with it.

So he said look for a tall man wearing a funny cap.

In a moment of inspiration John Bowling invents the modern bowling pin.

Disembarking, Geraldine was full of hope and tingling with quiet anticipation. Now that she was here in Nantucket, she knew she would find him!

Beware the ankle fetishist with the funny hat!

Seattle Washington, circa 1860. Here Come the Brides.

The little known precursor to Runway Modeling: Gangway Modeling.

Since Rose promised never to let Jack go, she simply had her servant carry him around in a bag wherever she went.

Guy in the hat; “Welcome to Boston. Have a nice trip, see you next fall. Hahaha”

Guy in the background: “Call for Phillip Morris.”

Just a Q: For someone so tall, aren’t her feet and hands quite small?

The guy with the red beard and the flat cap was assigned to watch for kleptos smuggling out the towels and bedding under their dress.

Jeanine smiled to herself as she descended the gangplank. She’d done it! She’d managed to smuggle Henri in the trunk past the unsuspecting gendarme. Now, safely onboard, they’d make their escape … or at least she would.

Jeanine had a little unpleasant surprise for Henri.

“Of course I packed lightly. The other two guys who usually carry my luggage are out sick.”

She must be in pain from that corset and those shoes.

Zelda: I fear my choices for lovers are scarce here…too many belly bulges oh dear!

Henri thinking about inventing the mini skirt.

Oh no! I think one of my ribs just snapped.

“HANG ON NOW! THERE WERE NO WOMEN CREW WHEN THIS SHIP FIRST PORTED IN STOCKHOLM!?!?”

Even her porter thought she didn’t have too much junk in her trunk.

Struggling under the weight of the bowling balls, Pierre just wish that someone could explain to Madame how gender reassignment actually works!

Embarkation at Calais: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:La Femme à Paris series (Tissot)" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(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 Callais (yes, misspelled), and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3101 (March 22, 2023) 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 (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 13 works by this artist have been used here, the August 28, 2020, strip bring the prior.

Demonstrating to Trump how to walk down a gangplank.

Madame is High maintenance. It is hard to believe her bowling ‘costume’ is even more eye catching. Though it still has some dried pizza sauce stains from her last tournament.

To the left of the lady, between her and the railing, there is something that looks like it is wrapped in a blanket. What the heck is that? Looks like it is either attached to the railing or is just hovering there. I can’t make sense of it. Anyone have a clue?

I’m late for the wedding and my cat s tired ang hungry, can’t we get these plenaries over with.

Luggage? I don’t need any luggage! I’ll just buy clothing here.

No, I don’t know who that fellow is behind me.