The Mystery at Rosa's Cantina

The Mystery at Rosa's Cantina

By Jack Sorenson (American, b. 1955)

Oil on canvas

I've seen this painting pop up several times on different social media sites over the years. I figured I might as well post it here and save it. Not sure if "Rosa's Cantina" is the same one as mentioned in the Marty Robbins song or not. I guess you would kind of have to figure it is but ... 

Whether it is or not it is kind of a cool paining. 

Here is a link to a post I did about the Marty Robbins' Rosa's Cantina trilogy. 

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Billy the Kid cleaned up photo and wallpaper

So I've been on a little bit of a Billy the Kid kick lately. Actually I have always been interested in Billy the Kid since the Young Guns movie back in the late 80's.

It is nice now with computers and such they can clean up old photos and bring things to life. The other day I came across a cleaned up photo of Billy and I liked it so much I had to use it as my phone wallpaper. 

One thing about daguerreotypes is they would show the image backwards. So for my wallpaper I flipped the photo around so the rifle in Billy’s left hand is correct.

 

Watching some bullfighting today

OneToro had today's bullfight from Lima so I sat down and watched half of it, then I had to get outside while the weather was decent and get the lawn mowed. (In the photo is David de Miranda with a bull from the Victorino Martin ranch.)

I give thanks everyday I can watch bullfighting from the comfort of my own home. 

I also renewed my OneToro subscription for the year today. It was a little interesting, I wanted the 99 Euro special price but couldn't see where to enter the promo code. So then I had the idea to just delete my account and then give it a day or two and sign up again and see if then it would let me enter the promo code. What ended up happening though was when I went to cancel it then took me to a page where it offered me the 99 Euro price anyway as a way to keep me from canceling. 

Problem solved and I am a happy subscriber for another year. 

 

Curro Romero por la Puerta del Principe, Sevilla

(from the torossolysombra Instagram page) 

El 19 de Mayo de 1966 actuo Curro Romero como unico espada en Sevilla con 6 toros de D. Carlos Urquijo, y el resultado fue una esplendida tarde en la que corto 8 orejas. Dicen que aquella tarde nacio el mito y la religion Currista, aunque los aficionados ya hablan de tardes inolvidables desde sus inicios como novillero. 

Cartel de Sevilla - 2026

 Another one of these AI generated carteles that are more and more catching my eye.

Another photo of Emiliano Osornio in Chinchón

 

Cartel de Guadalajara - 2026