We are in the midst of an unusual (and heavy) early season snowstorm. I took time out from trimming my tree to do this:
Little Penguin in the Snow
I did a whole series, using several ornaments. My neighbors must think me quite the delight.
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.”-Sylvia Plath
You can’t see me…
There’s Nothing to See Here
“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”-Samuel Butler
Busted!
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson died on 3 December 1894. He was forty-four years old. Here he is, looking elegant in a John Singer Sargent portrait…
Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson by John Singer Sargent, 1887
He was as dashing as the best of them…
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879
His spirited wife, Fanny, also excelled at living life to the fullest …
Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne Stevenson
“So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.”-Robert Louis Stevenson
Rex Todhunter Stout was born on 1 December 1886. He gave the world that singular detective, Nero Wolfe (and his unremittingly charming factotum Archie Goodwin!), writing dozens of excellent genre novels and short stories during a four decade period. Stout’s version of New York City is one of the best (fictionalized) settings in all of literature. Here he is, mixing patterns and still looking casually dapper in his eighty-seventh year…
Rex Stout by Jill Krementz, 1973
“To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man’s decisions are based on his rational process. That I don’t believe at all.”-Rex Stout
Guarding the remote, just like his (human) papa…
Duncan with the Remote Control
“The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.”-James Thurber
Her name is Koonu, but you may call her Chuck.
Koonu (Chuck)
“In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.”-Michel de Montaigne
Georgia O’Keeffe was born on 15 November 1887.
Georgia O’Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz, 1918
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.” *
Georgia O’Keeffe, taken July 19, 1915
“To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.” Continue reading
Two books from the mid-1800s, given to me by a friend.
Antique Books: Cornell’s Primary Geography and Cushing’s Manual (Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies). Both copies are from the 1850s.
I didn’t feel like writing last night, so I did this:
Peanut Butter Nutella Cookies
Baking always banishes my creative lethargy.
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