Serious wind

That's some serious wind over a long time!
I wonder what life lessons we can learn from this.

Phlox and grass

Two little ones

Walking the dog in an airfield.

Two hot air balloons

It's kinda like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Scottish photographer Michael Murphy

Lairig Gartain from Glen Etive 

in the Scottish Highlands near Glen Coe.

Check out Scotland's Colours at

http://www.scotcolour.com/

Another Etsy artisan

 

Meet my Friend

By SuPmon on Etsy.com

http://www.etsy.com/shop/suPmon?ref=top_trail

Saturday after the pool

We'll go to the park and ride the Carousel.

Goin' to the pool

I don't care what it would cost or where I'd have to fly, I want to hang out in this pool. Look at the color and the size! You'd never get me out of it.

Saturday morning arts and crafts

Interesting.... Looks like a bloody piranha mouth.

By Edward, 2nd grade

Buffalo, NY

Sci-fi Friday

A 1950's magazine cover by Australian artist Stan Pitt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Pitt

Friday night soundtrack

 

The Doors on heavy rotation.

http://www.thedoors.com/index2.php

UK artist Banksy

Love this person's work.

You'll be seeing more of it here.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

Gilgamesh relief at the Louvre

 

Relief of Gilgamesh taming a lion

Musée du Louvre, Paris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

British painter John Everett Millais 1829-1896

Bubbles

1886

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Everett_Millais

Endeavour's last launch

Delta Airlines passenger Stefanie Gordon used her iPhone to capture the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour as it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida yesterday, May 16. Gordon was flying from New York to Palm Beach. The photo has become an internet sensation.

London film director/photographer Ken Russell

Orphans of the storm

1954

What dreaming is like.

Perfect for hermits like me

I may have to get this doormat.

A pool fit for the royals

The Royal Couple are honeymooning on one of the Seychelles

islands off the southeastern coast of Africa, near Madagascar. 

In honor of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, we
commence our summer swimming pool series with a 

beautiful infinity pool located at a Seychelles resort. Cheers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles 

Dada artist Marcel Duchamp 1887-1968

Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2

(Nu descendant un escalier n° 2)

1912

Philadelphia Museum of Art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada

http://www.philamuseum.org/

Pablo Picasso A Self-Portrait 1907

 

A Self-Portrait

1907

http://www.biography.com/articles/Pablo-Picasso-9440021

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo 1907-1954

Self-portrait

http://www.fridakahlo.com/

Sunday is for flowers

A bouquet of delicious peonies.

Going to the country tomorrow

Gonner get me some good eats and some fresh air.

See ya on Sunday, y'all.

Horses under a pine tree

Cincinnati painter Charley Harper

For Ford Times magazine, the Ford Motor Company, Detroit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Harper

War Room fashionistas

Sun rays in the woods

Backyard fun

Painter Robert Minervini

Sunken Dreams

The artist resides in San Francisco.

http://robertminervini.com/home.html

French landscape painter Claude Lorrain 1604-1682

The Return of Odysseus

1644

http://www.claudelorrain.org/biography.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus

Portraitist Peggi Habets

Emily

Watercolor

The artist resides in Pittsburgh PA.

http://www.habets-studio.com/mbr_bio.php

The Coney Island Cyclone 1950

Liv's 2 dads: Todd Rundgren visits American Idol with Steven Tyler

Todd Rundgren sits in the audience of American Idol on the night 

contestants sang selections from artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I think the air date was April 6 or 7, 2011 on Fox Television.

 GO HERE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Rundgren

Ironically, Todd is not an inductee of the RRHoF.

 

At least hippies know that back door is two words.

The Kentucky Derby

Taken May 4, 1946.

Assault, left, won the Derby and

went on to win the Triple Crown that year.

Animal Kingdom was yesterday's 2011 winner.

Contemporary artist Linzi Lynn

George

The London-born artist now resides in Redondo Beach, California.

http://www.linzilynn.com/links.php?45345

Contemporary American painter Dean Mitchell

 

Pieces of Yesterday

 Mitchell received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Honorary Masters 

Degree from Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. 

 http://deanmitchellstudio.com/about.html 

Sunday is for flowers

The peony is the official state flower of Indiana.

 

Saturday morning arts & crafts time

By Bennett, age 5

Long Island, New York 

Bull rider

I was unable to ascertain who this artist is, 

but I liked it so much I wanted to post it anyway.

Roman aqueduct in Spain

Waiters racing, Paris 1935

Look at them go!

Scottish artist William Strang 1859-1921

Betty Chadwycke Healey

1905

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strang 

French Impressionist Camille Pissarro 1830-1903

La Foret, 1870

http://www.renoirinc.com/biography/artists/pissarro.htm

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901

Horse

I always like to look at what an artist has done against type. 

No show hall girls here. Reminds me of Van Gogh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec

Sunday is for flowers

I am going to keep posting peonies every week until mine bloom. I can already smell them.

Texas wildlife painter John Nieto

Rabbit

I've been seeing bunnies in my yard the last two weeks! When my neighbor removed the old dead hydrangea bush last year I thought we took away their home, but I guess they are smart little survivors!!

http://tinyurl.com/3t72opx

Rain

I told you it was going to rain today.

And Monday. And Tuesday...