W.B. Yeats, my first poetic love:

Portrait of W.B. Yeats by his father John Butler Yeats, 1896
W.B. Yeats, my first poetic love:

Portrait of W.B. Yeats by his father John Butler Yeats, 1896
Still Life with Spring Flowers by Anna Munthe-Norstedt, 1892:

Still Life with Spring Flowers by Anna Munthe-Norstedt, 1892
Portrait of Leonid Andreyev by Ilya Repin, 1905:

Portrait of Leonid Andreyev by Ilya Repin, 1905
I adore this painting; in fact, it is my favourite by Manet. A beautifully framed copy hangs in my dining room.
Why post it today?
The cold, the cold!
It’s far below zero–the chilliest temperature of the season. Since this painting makes me feel happy, content, and warm, I thought you might enjoy it, too.

Young Lady in 1866 by Édouard Manet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I think that Valentine’s Day is pretty useless. However, yesterday was a fabulous Seeing-my-husband-for-the-first-time-in-three-weeks Day!

Gustav Klimt: The Kiss, 1907-1908
It’s official: Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling is now available for your reading pleasure!

Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling
You can buy a gorgeous paperback at Amazon or an e-book via Smashwords. The anthology is full of wonderful stories by great writers; the introduction is by Brian Keene. Please spread the word!
At the Museum of London, the City That Sherlock Holmes Knew [The New York Times]
Looks interesting!

Colette by Jacques Humbert, circa 1896

WINNER WINNER!
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