Haaa!
,with a 'Topic title' like this(!),....!

No, it's NOT April the 1st.
,it's still January, as I write,..
the cold of January(!).
Since heading 'home',
in November,
we've straightened out the castle,
cleaned the cobwebs
(still NO 'cobs' found),
dusted off the books,...
carried a ton of fire-wood up the stairs.
Now, we've started carrying things,
from the waggon,
collected throughout the season;
in.
"Stuff.",
as George Carlin, so perfectly put.

,..hmm,
some of it's,
"Treasures"(!),
....I say.
(my wife and I agree,
....she just goes one step further,
and says,
"Treasures?,..Right!
It should all be sunken!!)

In our last towne of playing, Uelzen;
returning to our waggon;
there was a brown vanilia envelope,
stuck under the windshield-wiper.

...."gee, for as small of a towne;
they SURE have BIG parking tickets!
,...probably really EXPENSIVE!,..
they even include payment plans!!",..
,...my lady can really nerve.

We 'packed-up',..
then packed-up,
and headed home.
Finally,
we're getting around to 'un-packing' the 'packed-up'.

The enveloped, wasn't an unwanted diversion(!),
it was a collection of 8X10 fotos(!!),..,
with a letter.
The letter read,
"... saw the Show. Have no time. Thought you would like these. Tobias."

Tobias?
ök buddy!,..
thanks,..
I'm passin' 'em on,....
slowly.

https://flic.kr/p/CNjvcT

While looking at this one,
I says to Monika,
",..hmm,..a picture, of an old picture."

She responds,
"Looks like a photo of Benjamin Fichel's painting,
from 1882.
Der Taschenspieler."
(the pocket-player)

"Ahhhhh..!?
man,...! German schools ARE good!"

"No. There's a sticker on the back,..
in big black letters,...
Ben,..ja,...min Fich,..ell...."

...,gott, she can nerve.

I'm not sure how good
my "foto, of a foto, of a painting" will turn out,
but on Tobias' original foto,
it seems the Magician is not wearing a set of pouches;
instead,
an Apron of sorts,
with pockets,
or pouches at the bottom.
Interesting.
I find his table, with a table cloth, also interesting

öK, I've go.
I've seven more fotos,
I'll get them up in the next.
smiles,
gallagher

p.s.: Wife for sale or trade.

It's hard to tell if the cups guy has a different apron than the other waiter in the pic.

Wonderful painting. Your photo of the photo turned out well. Can't find any other references to it on the web, although other Fichell paintings are shown.

Hey Writeall, that's an interesting Idea(!).
I didn't think of it, but maybe this place was kinda like
a ''table hopper's restaurant".
It's kinda funny, how the guys at the second table,
show nö interest(!).
,..guess it wasn't the first time they saw some fella doing the C&Bs!

hey Doc, thanks for telling me how the photos are coming up(!).
I'm a poor judge.
I'm sitting in front of a cheap computer,
... even less capable then it!.
Monika, is photographing, and loading the photos up for me,...
phew,,..
competence.
Thanks for letting me know,
I'll pass it on.

'. . . . . *. . . ! . . , ß. . . , . ,

Here's the 'second'.
I call it,
"Imag in the Audience".
,actually, it's two photos,
that go together(!).
I didn't pick up on it,
but Monika notices such stuff...
(,when she's not practising and performing,..
she does Sudoku's(!).
,pretty clever babe,.
i guess that's why she hangs out with m....)

A ''big' picture,..
with a sticker on the back:
"Italien. Ceruti Pitocchetto 1830"
https://flic.kr/p/BXGLm9
,..i'm not sure what is meant with 'Ceruti' or ''Pitocchetto'.
I find it cool, though, the idea,
performing C&b's,
to a violin(!).

The second photo,
is a close-up of the painting.
https://flic.kr/p/CmHmGF
This is really cool.
It seems to show 'final loads',..
the use of different size cups(!),
,the Performer's grip of the cup, is interesting.
,..the nail, to the Performer's left,...cool.
(I'm not sure, but is there a brass plate on the front side of his table,..
reading: 'Franco Starsani. Carte da Ambizioso',....?)

And hey, come on;
that guy on the right hand side,
smoking the pipe,..
isn't that Imag(!)..?!??

,got to go,
Monika is finished with her Sudoku.
bis bald,
gallagher

p.s.: try blowing the photos up,
they come clearer...

Nice pics. 😀