The Orange Book by Allen Tucker:

The Orange Book by Allen Tucker
I’m not going to lie; her fingers kind of scare me.
The Orange Book by Allen Tucker:

The Orange Book by Allen Tucker
I’m not going to lie; her fingers kind of scare me.
Happy turning of the seasons to you (and, yes, I realize that it isn’t summer everywhere around the globe):

Apple Tree I by Gustav Klimt, 1912
The calendar and the weather agree that it is spring (at least for today). Let’s celebrate with this pretty painting and a relevant quote:
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”-Rainer Maria Rilke

Springtime by John Henry Twachtman, circa 1884

Eleanor Anne Porden by Mary Ann Flaxman

Tea Leaves by William McGregor Paxton

Tea Leaves (detail) by William McGregor Paxton, 1909

Charles Dickens in his Study

The Day Dream by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1880

Portrait of Otto Gildemeister by Gottfried Joseph Hofer, 1898

Garten im Louveciennes im Schnee by Alfred Sisley, 1874

The Red Portfolio by Harry Wilson Watrous, circa 1900.