We made a special and very worthwhile visit to see this painting today. 2020 is [...]
“Presentiments are strange things: and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three [...]
Today’s glorious weather, under this endlessly blazing sun, made it a choice day for being [...]
Enfin, une bonne nouvelle… It was announced today that the roof of Notre Dame will [...]
A few days ago while out walking I discovered a little atelier where a young [...]
It’s now over one year since the fire, and after a hiatus due to the [...]
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The Jacquemart-André Museum is considered to be one of the “smaller” museums here and is [...]
Just lucky, I guess. From the street, one can make out on the blue and [...]
As shown in this picture (this afternoon), the banks of the river Seine have been [...]
Well, THAT takes me back. Indulge me some recollections if you will… It starts yesterday, [...]
Dans la chaleur exceptionnelle et si bienvenue, avec la clarté pure et respirable du ciel [...]
Long walks in every possible direction have brightened my recent afternoons. I see that many [...]
I shared this photo with a friend today, because May 1st is his birthday. It [...]
This very first blossom appeared overnight. [...]
Confinement/Shutdown, Day 39 [...]
“On hearing ill rumour that Londoners may soon be urged into their lodgings by Her [...]
At the Musée D’Orsay just last week, before all the museums here were definitively closed, [...]
Confinement, Day 5 I’m sitting here with the windows wide open and feeling that customary [...]
“Paris est tout petit pour ceux qui s’aiment comme nous d’un aussi grand amour” Like [...]
It occurs every year, around the first week of March. The large front room here, [...]
Finally a moment of consistent sunlight after a long, somewhat overcast spell here. Glorious, really. [...]
In a striking silhouette against the winter sky, the gaping spaces are visible here where [...]
Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece ‘L’Inspiration du poète’ (painted between 1625 and 1650) has returned to the [...]
These intrepid young models risked life and limb today (lots of limb apparently) for the [...]
Epiphany! In France it’s the day for tasting a delicious ‘galette des rois.’ Guess who [...]
A visit to the Louvre in 1861 – and an inside view This type of [...]
Once in a while I’ll have an idea to put together something to post, then [...]
Once in a while I’ll have an idea to put together something to post on [...]
Joyeux Noël 2019 « Ardent à faire du bien » And this coffee had better [...]
This portrait is just one of the high points, for me, of the exhibit. Tonight [...]
