Saturday, October 2, 2010

Meeting Mrs. Egg

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Although Mrs. Egg was younger than the woman in this picture, she fed her 6'5" son with that kind of zest. Mrs. Egg was the creatio...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips: A Diamond in Coal Country

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At the end of July I spent a weekend with my widowed sister-in-law and her family in southern West Virginia--and it is only recently that my...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Little Squirrels

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Squirrels by Albrecht Durer, 1478-1521 See Louella at What Matters Most for a very ingenious method of seeing a squirrel up close and perso...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Fine Arts Friday: Just a Reminder

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Children on the Shore by Mary Cassatt, 1885 This is a favorite painting of Americans, undoubtedly of those, like myself, that spent summer v...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Clothes that Bespeak Femininity

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Keri Russell in The Magic of Ordinary Days. I love the clothes that Keri Russell wears in the Hallmark movie, The Magic of Ordinary Days . ...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Fine Arts Friday: "I Am Going to See Grandma"

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I Am Going to See Grandma by William Merritt Chase, 1889 American impressionist painter William Merritt Chase created this pastel of his two...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Creating a Mary Garden

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In this medieval painting Mary gives the Baby Jesus a flower. Strawberries, signifying Fruitful Virgin, grow in the raised garden behind the...
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