In which it is time for some frivolity

I am eyebrows-deep into my research at present--India, tea plantations, Darjeeling, women photographers, memoirs of the Raj, and loads of things I can't tell you for fear of spoiling the plot--and every once in awhile, I have to put it aside and look at something intensely silly. So I give you 50 Animals in Fake Beards. (I dearly love that the authors of this felt it necessary to specify that they are FAKE beards. Good to know.)And when you've done with that, have a look at Dogs Looking Like People. I do think it's a cheat to dress your dog up, and one of my firm rules with Deacon is NO clothing except a nice gentlemanly collar and proper leather lead. But if your dog just HAPPENS to look like a person, well, that's entirely fine.

(Why, oh, WHY did this post on Thursday afternoon when it was scheduled for Saturday morning, I have to ask myself? Curious.)