Good afternoon 🌞

Three big poppies have burst into bloom, with more on the way. So bright and cheery!

“You only need sit still long enough in some attractive spot in the woods that all its inhabitants may exhibit themselves to you by turns.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

May 29: Von Sternberg
Shanghai Express (1932)
One of Dietrich's best performances. Combine it with Anna May Wong, the costumes of Travis Banton, the photography of Lee Garmes, and the EXQUISITE direction of Von Sternberg, and you have a great film. #Stonegasmoviechallenge2024

Edward Hopper

Flowers emerge exuberantly from dusky vase that reflects the window of GIovanna Garzoni, who painted this and whose day is today.

Wonderful Jugendstil clock from 1905 with German text: 'Im Glück bleib stehn', which translates more or less as: 'In happiness, stand still.'

I have no details but I’m darned if I’m leaving it behind. Love it, want it. Beautiful.

The Celtic goddess Rhiannon has 3 magical blackbirds, whose singing imparts the mystic secrets of the Otherworld & lulls the living to sleep, so they can journey in trance. In our world the blackbird sings at dusk & dawn - times of shifting & transformation. #WyrdWednesday

The magnificence of design

It's #NationalBiscuitDay so we made a Custer Cream

The Queen of May, 1900, by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh of the Glasgow School, who pushed the boundaries of Art Nouveau #WomensArt

My neighbor, Miss E., texted to let me know that the poppies have popped and omg, I can’t even tell you just how beautiful they are! 😃👇

Wild Roses #LisaVanMeter #RoseWednesday

Good morning 🌞

Marc Chagall, La Tour Eiffel

Pictorial quilt art inspired by nature by Ruth De Vos. All of the elements in this art quilt are pieced #WomensArt

Janet Fish, Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 1999

- Just one dragonfly can consume over one hundred mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360-degree vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful

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The courageous and underappreciated Rachel Carson, born on this day in 1907, catalyzed the environmental movement. Here is her timeless advice to the next generations – one of the most moving commencement addresses ever given: themarginalian.org/2019/04/12/rac…