These two, too fancy, Victorian owls come from Album des bêtes à l'usage des gens d'esprit texte published in 1864. If these two can be this well put together on a Monday I guess we can too … maybe … if we have to.
Don’t worry about what time it is, just get out there and waltz through your day.
These images may seem familiar as we also presented a Caturday post featuring images from this book.
Last week, after reaching 8,000 followers, we said we would revive our “This One’s for You” series in recognition of some of our most active followers. Early last year we initiated the series as we were approaching 6.500 followers. Back then we highlighted @detroitlib, @hagleyvault, @hdslibrary, @macalesterarchives, @nextdoriskearns, @othmeralia, @starpointeprice, and @stuffaboutminneapolis, who are still active followers today. Thanks, you guys!
But, today, in recognition of #MondayMotivationOwl …
@muspeccoll is the Tumblr blog for Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books at the University of Missouri Libraries. One of the great things about following other special collections on Tumblr is that we get to learn the scope and nature of collections at other institutions that we might not be able to otherwise. We have learned a great deal about the outstanding collections at Mizzou over the several years we’ve followed them. We encourage you to do the same. One of the things we appreciate most about them is that their approach is similar to ours … they don’t just post images from their collections with minimal context; they discuss their materials, offering insight into the historical and material importance of each item for research or simple enjoyment. Their posts are beautiful, engaging, fun, and sometimes just plain stunning.
We recognize @muspeccoll with this post because they initiated the hashtag #MondayMotivationOwl some time ago, and because they recognized our unnatural fixation with birds, they challenged us right away to participate with a post. While they and others have diminished their activities with the hashtag, we just keep finding more owls, and can’t seem to stop ourselves from posting them every week. Gee, thanks so much, @muspeccoll.
So, for all you do, @muspeccoll, these creepy, anthropomorphic, but very motivated owls are for you!!
And if that weren’t enough, here are some more Owls to motivate you!
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