August 12, 2017 (224/354)
"White is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing -- as fierce as red, as definite as black...God paints in many colours, but He never paints so gorgeously, as when He paints in white."
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
August 11, 2017 (223/365)
“L'art, c'est la plus sublime mission de l'homme, puisque c'est l'exercice de la pensée qui cherche à comprendre le monde et à le faire comprendre.” - Auguste Rodin
La Jeune fille au chapeau fleuri | The Girl in the Flowered Hat
La Valse | The Waltz (Camille Claudel)
La Cathédrale (Camille Claudel) - my favorite
Le Baiser | The Kiss
La Porte de l'Enfer | The Gates of Hell
Les Trois Ombres | The Three Shades
Les Bourgeois de Calais | The Berghers of Calais
Le Penseur | The Thinker
Most count the Louvre as a must-see when visiting Paris, but it can be overwhelming. I prefer some of Paris' smaller museums. A favorite is Musée Rodin and the sculpture gardens of beautiful Hôtel Biron. Since I, too, was celebrating a milestone in Paris this year, I seemed appropriate to visit during the museum's commemoration the centenary (rodin100.org) of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917).
August 10, 2017 (222/365)
"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." - Walt Whitman
August 9, 2017 (221/365)
"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness..." - Gertrude Jekyll
How strange that such a cute little bunny can threaten both my garden and my beagle.
August 8, 2017 (220/365)
"How does the meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold." - William Wordsworth
August 7, 2017 (219/365)
"B hopeful, B happy, B cheerful, B kind, B busy of body, B modest of mind, B earnest, B truthful, B firm and B fair... B watchful, B ready, B open, B frank. B manly to all, whatever B their rank; B just and B generous, B honest, B wise, B temperate, B steadfast. To anger B slow. B thoughtful, B thankful. B pleasant, B patient, B fervent to all. B best if you can, but B humble with all. B prompt and B dutiful, still B polite; B reverent, B quiet, B sure and B right...B grateful, B cautious of those who Btray. B tender, B loving, B good and Bnign, B loved thou shalt B, and all else B thine." - "A Swarm of Bees," The British Bee Journal 1882