The Shy Museumgoer has a new article about painting the night. In this case she comments on the difficulties of portraying the night time without new (1500's) oil paint and techniques. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2026/04/28/nocturne-painting-origins/ I love to go look for other artwork that shares the theme or artist that the Shy Museumgoer is writing about. The National [...]
... so naturally I forgot to finish my post this morning. Have a nice picture.
May 1 is supposed to be some Communist deal, but when I was a little girl we had our own little ritual that was supposed to honor Our Lady at the start of her month. On the first day of May, we went out and picked flowers, tucked them into homemade paper cornucopias, and took [...]
I completely forgot that today was blog day. Have a picture or two.
This year I finished a book. I went to a graduation in Davidson, North Carolina in the spring, and learned a little about the guy that Duke University is named for. He left a lot of money to Davidson College as well. Davidson College is near Lake Norman, the largest freshwater lake in North Carolina. [...]
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