That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 01, 2024

After their meal of cabbage and beans, the house had to be evacuated for awhile.

/// Painter Braquaval later would grouse

that Boudin, his “good friend” was a louse.

“You knew just what I meant

when I got your assent

to, for one hundred francs, paint my house!”

The third floor is mine.

“You gotta love August!”

A Classic French Villa, As Espied Upon From Spain Through A Cheap Telescope, 1885

“No, Barbara, we will NOT have the mansion painted Pink!”

It’s a nice little pied a terre./

I spend most of my summers there/

But the paint’s wearing thin./

I must bring Boudin in:/

It’s time to be adding a layer..///

I cannot afford Renoir/

Gauguin ? No: Tahiti’s too far../

Manet and Monet/

Are at play with Courbet/

And Degas is painting my car..///

If I wait for a decade or two/

Young Picasso may possibly do/

Forget about Braque-/

(He would paint the place “blaque”)/

A most inappropriate hue..///

I could do it myself,of course/

Or import some rising young Norse../

But I have a hunch/

That that chap Edward Munch/

Is troubled – and smells like a horse..///

In the end, I throw in the towel:/

I succumb to the “Fleurs du Mal..”/

Because whither thou goest/

His bid was the lowest:/

I resort to that bugger, Braquaval..

Fresh out of prison, Janet said it reminded her of “The Big House”.

I was looking a property in Cork and came across one with 14 bathrooms, at a tolerable NA price range. Costco would love that much TP, soap and towels

“Yes dearie, we know that the septic tank has overflowed. That’s why we’re this far up wind of it.”

House and garden of the painter Braquaval: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Louis Braquaval" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, 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 Boudin, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly clasp envelope size painting, including a pointer to a recent auction’s online Description. 

Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2536 (September 16, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this repeat), the September 16, 2020, strip being its first use.

“Mommy, I can barely see our house.”

“Maison et Jardin du Peintre Braquaval”, 1885

The Princess and Queen Mother cut the ribbon on the first affordable housing of the nineteenth century.

Some comments from 9/16/2020:

BE THIS GUY: After finishing the painting, the artist made an appointment with his ophthalmologist.

Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss: There were two almost identical paintings. Now, which one is clearer? No. 1 or no. 2?

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Strob: “I need to go to the bathroom, but there’s a specter on the stairs.”

Papared25: “You’re too young to know what a specter is. Now run along and play with your imaginary invisible friend.”

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Papared25: “Mommy, is this the auntie that’s an annoying bore or the one that’s an incessant gossip?”

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gopher gofer: they sat on the bench and pondered why none of the yelp reviews of the b&b had mentioned snakes…

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Helen Ferrieux: Little boy: “Mom, there’s a strange man in the maid’s room and he’s got his arms round her and he’s kissing her”

Mom “What the….? %%*!+ ………”

Little boy: “April Fool !! The man’s only Daddy”

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Kirk Barnes: “But, Mommy! I want to talk about boys “thingies”, too!"

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Call me Ishmael: Oh, I would never look askance / at just few more weeks in France / before I leave this “mortal coil” / from Dixie’s sere and sun-seared soil.

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Linguist: “Psst. Mommy, Housekeeper says to tell you that there are two gentlemen from Scotland Yard here to talk to you about Daddy’s sudden demise and that you’re an interesting person … or was that a person of interest?”

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mwksix: “Mom, who is Hope?”

“I don’t know, why dear?”

“Well, it says ‘Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here’ over the door… "

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anomaly: “Mother, I’m bored with this doll house. Buy me another one!”

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Linguist: “Mommy, come quick! The maid’s found the sheet we wrapped Daddy in.”

My earlier comment: “Oh good! Here comes the maid with eye drops. That should clear things up.”

Oh, run along dear! We’re just waiting for the boys of summer to arrive.

“ I can’t mommy, that’s where daddy and the maid are playing a version of hide and seek.