Aren’t their Google Doodles lovely?
Zora Neale Hurston Google Doodle
Simone de Beauvoir Google Doodle
Isn’t she the cutest?
Enjoying a cuppa in my new Hello Dalí mug. Thanks, Mom!
“I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.”-Salvador Dalí
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket by Whistler, circa 1875
“Choose love not in the shallows/but in the deep.”-Christina Rossetti (died on 12/29/1894)
Christina Rossetti, portrait by her brother
“Let everything happen to you/Beauty and terror/Just keep going/No feeling is final.”-Rainer Maria Rilke (died on 12/29/1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”-Eden Phillpotts (died on 12/29/1960)
Eden Phillpotts by Frederic Taber Cooper, 1912
The Convalescent by Gwen John, circa 1923-1924.
The Convalescent by Gwen John, circa 1923-1924.
A Girl Reading by Frank Duveneck, 1870.
A Girl Reading by Frank Duveneck, 1870.
AKA: Me until the first of the new year. Heavenly, no? (Except the sick part.)
Happy Christmas!
Harper’s Bazar, XMAS 1894
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Coming of Father Christmas…
The Coming of Father Christmas, Page 17, by Eliza F. Manning
Katherine Mansfield by Anne Estelle Rice, 1918
Katherine Mansfield by Anne Estelle Rice, 1918
This is brilliant…
Illuminated “Heart of Darkness,” lavishly illustrated by Matt Kish [courtesy boing boing]
Be sure to come back and let me know what you think!
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