A L O H A From Honolulu!
Sunflowers
is the title of two series
of still life paintings by
Dutch master
Vincent van Gogh.
The first series, executed
in Paris in 1887,
the second set, made a
year later in Arles,
shows a bouquet of
sunflowers in a vase.
Wikipedia
Never been Painted
No Need to be Sainted
A Neighbor with whom
I'm most well
Acquainted!
Originally named "Sillies"
[Just LOOK at them]
Garden Snobs Lobbied
To Have Them Re-Named
Lilies.*
The horses, mares,
and frisking fillies,
Clad, all, in linen
white as lilies.
Robert Herrick
Shell Ginger
Always a Clincher
Hanging South
They Open Mouth
But Never Bite
The Finger!
A little ginger
will never injure
Ella Fitzgerald
"Everybody Step"
This Sweet Little Bunny
Clad in Kimono
Is Happy With Flowers,
Eager for the
Spring to Flow!
Icons Dancing
Above and Below
Impassive Diamond Head
Surf's Never Ending Show
Sky Keeps an Eye
And a Conga Line
of Clouds
Slowness means cleaving
perfectly to time,
so closely that the
seconds fall one by one,
drop by drop like the
steady dripping of a
tap on stone.
This stretching of time
deepens space.
It is one of the
secrets of walking:
a slow approach to
landscapes that gradually
renders them familiar.
Like the regular encounters
that deepen friendship.
Frédéric Gros
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Love You
Pixie & Cloudia
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11 comments:
How I mourn that Van Goph's genius was not recognised while he was alive and that he died in poverty and despair.
And how I love his sunflowers...
You have a large heart.
Another land of the long white cloud.
You find the most interesting street scenes. I love that first photo!
Nice post! That's a pretty cool shirt. I'd love to go to Arles someday to see the light and images that inspired Van Gogh during his time there.
Awesome post today! I love the conga line of clouds dancing beside Diamond Head and the bunny in the kimono waiting for spring to flow by. Pixie, however, is not sure if that conga line is going to run into her penthouse pad and rain out her happy vibe.
Beautiful post as always and then there is beautiful Pixie.
Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.
Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. ♥
Beautiful photos.
It warms my heart.
Pixie looks quite at ease today.
Echoing Sue.
Great find and street photography by finding that van Gogh lover.
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