Steve Hanks Sunshine After the Rain paintingSteve Hanks Country Comfort painting
before he could say anything else, the door flew open again as Harry had known it would, and there stood Hagrid, glowering down at him and looking, despite the flowery apron, positively alarming.
"I'm a teacher!" he roared at Harry. "A teacher, Potter! How dare yeh threaten ter break down my door!"
"I'm sorry, sir" said Harry, emphasizing the last word as he stowed his wand inside his robes.
Hagrid looked stunned. "Since when have yeh called me 'sir'?"
"Since when have you called me 'Potter'?"
"Oh, very clever," growled Hagrid. "Very amusin'. That's me outsmarted, innit? All righ', come in then, yeh ungrateful little . . ."
Mumbling darkly, he stood back to let them pass. Hermione scurried in after Harry, looking rather frightened.
"Well?" said Hagrid grumpily, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat down around his enormous wooden table, Fang laying his head immediately upon Harry's knee and drooling all over his robes. "What's this? Feelin' sorry for me? Reckon I'm lonely or summat?"
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Douglas Hofmann Jessica painting
Douglas Hofmann Jessica paintingJose Royo Momento de Paz painting
Anyone we know dead?" asked Ron in a determinedly casual voice; he posed the same question every time Hermione opened her paper.
"No, but there have been more dementor attacks," said Hermione. "And an arrest."
"Excellent, who?" said Harry, thinking of Bellatrix Lestrange. "Stan Shunpike," said Hermione.
"What?" said Harry, startled.
"'Stanley Shunpike, conductor on the popular Wizarding conveyance the Knight Bus, has been arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Mr. Shunpike, 21, was taken into custody late last night after a raid on his Clapham Home. . .'"
"Stan Shunpike, a Death Eater?" said Harry, remembering the spotty youth he had first met three years before. "No way!"
Anyone we know dead?" asked Ron in a determinedly casual voice; he posed the same question every time Hermione opened her paper.
"No, but there have been more dementor attacks," said Hermione. "And an arrest."
"Excellent, who?" said Harry, thinking of Bellatrix Lestrange. "Stan Shunpike," said Hermione.
"What?" said Harry, startled.
"'Stanley Shunpike, conductor on the popular Wizarding conveyance the Knight Bus, has been arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Mr. Shunpike, 21, was taken into custody late last night after a raid on his Clapham Home. . .'"
"Stan Shunpike, a Death Eater?" said Harry, remembering the spotty youth he had first met three years before. "No way!"
John William Waterhouse Odysseus and the Sirens painting
John William Waterhouse Odysseus and the Sirens paintingThomas Kinkade xmas cottage painting
Yes, Mr. Gaunt. I've already told you. I'm here about Morfin. We sent an owl —"
"I've no use for owls," said Gaunt. "I don't open letters."
"Then you can hardly complain that you get no warning of visitors," said Ogden tartly. "I am here following a serious breach of Wizarding law, which occurred here in the early hours of this morning —"
"All right, all right, all right!" bellowed Gaunt. "Come in the bleeding house, then, and much good it'll do you!"
The house seemed to contain three tiny rooms. Two doors led off the main room, which served as kitchen and living room com-bined. Morfin was sitting in a filthy armchair beside the smoking fire, twisting a live adder between his thick fingers and crooning softly at it in Parseltongue:
Yes, Mr. Gaunt. I've already told you. I'm here about Morfin. We sent an owl —"
"I've no use for owls," said Gaunt. "I don't open letters."
"Then you can hardly complain that you get no warning of visitors," said Ogden tartly. "I am here following a serious breach of Wizarding law, which occurred here in the early hours of this morning —"
"All right, all right, all right!" bellowed Gaunt. "Come in the bleeding house, then, and much good it'll do you!"
The house seemed to contain three tiny rooms. Two doors led off the main room, which served as kitchen and living room com-bined. Morfin was sitting in a filthy armchair beside the smoking fire, twisting a live adder between his thick fingers and crooning softly at it in Parseltongue:
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Steve Hanks Country Comfort painting
Steve Hanks Country Comfort paintingClaude Monet The Luncheon paintingClaude Monet Terrace at St Adresse painting
confidence, and unfortu-nately, the looming prospect of the opening gamef the season seemed to have brought out all his old insecurities. After letting in half a dozen goals, most of them scored by Ginny, his technique became wilder and wilder, until he finally punched an oncoming Demelza Robins in the mouth.
He could see Mrs. Weasley and the grim-faced Auror casting the pair of them suspicious looks as they moved away.
"It was an accident, I'm sorry, Demelza, really sorry!" Ron shouted after her as she zigzagged back to the ground, dripping blood everywhere. "I just —"
"When we were in Diagon Alley," Harry began, but Mr. Weasley forestalled him with a grimace.
"Panicked," Ginny said angrily, landing next to Demelza and examining her fat lip. "You prat, Ron, look at the state of her!"
"Am I about to discover where you, Ron, and Hermione disappeared to while you were supposed to be in the back room of Fred and George's shop?"
"I can fix that," said Harry, landing beside the two girls, pointing his wand at Demelzas
confidence, and unfortu-nately, the looming prospect of the opening gamef the season seemed to have brought out all his old insecurities. After letting in half a dozen goals, most of them scored by Ginny, his technique became wilder and wilder, until he finally punched an oncoming Demelza Robins in the mouth.
He could see Mrs. Weasley and the grim-faced Auror casting the pair of them suspicious looks as they moved away.
"It was an accident, I'm sorry, Demelza, really sorry!" Ron shouted after her as she zigzagged back to the ground, dripping blood everywhere. "I just —"
"When we were in Diagon Alley," Harry began, but Mr. Weasley forestalled him with a grimace.
"Panicked," Ginny said angrily, landing next to Demelza and examining her fat lip. "You prat, Ron, look at the state of her!"
"Am I about to discover where you, Ron, and Hermione disappeared to while you were supposed to be in the back room of Fred and George's shop?"
"I can fix that," said Harry, landing beside the two girls, pointing his wand at Demelzas
Alphonse Maria Mucha Gismonda painting
Alphonse Maria Mucha Gismonda paintingAlphonse Maria Mucha Dance paintingMichelangelo Buonarroti Crucifix painting
Harry, no!" moaned Hermione, grabbing his arm and attempting to push it down by his side. "Think... You mustn't... You'll be in such trouble..."
Madam Malkin dithered for a moment on the spot, then seemed to decide to act as though nothing was happening in the hope that it wouldn't. She bent toward Malfoy, who was still glaring at Harry.
"I think this left sleeve could come up a little bit more, dear, let me just..."
"Ouch!" bellowed Malfoy, slapping her hand away. "Watch where you're putting your pins, woman! Mother, I don't think I want these anymore."
He pulled the robes over his head and threw them onto the floor at Madam Malkin's feet.
"You're right, Draco," said Narcissa, with a contemptuous glance at Hermione, "now I know the kind of scum that shops here... We'll do better at Twilfitt and Tatting's."
And with that, the pair of them strode out of the shop, Malfoy taking care to bang as hard as he could into Ron on the way out.
Harry, no!" moaned Hermione, grabbing his arm and attempting to push it down by his side. "Think... You mustn't... You'll be in such trouble..."
Madam Malkin dithered for a moment on the spot, then seemed to decide to act as though nothing was happening in the hope that it wouldn't. She bent toward Malfoy, who was still glaring at Harry.
"I think this left sleeve could come up a little bit more, dear, let me just..."
"Ouch!" bellowed Malfoy, slapping her hand away. "Watch where you're putting your pins, woman! Mother, I don't think I want these anymore."
He pulled the robes over his head and threw them onto the floor at Madam Malkin's feet.
"You're right, Draco," said Narcissa, with a contemptuous glance at Hermione, "now I know the kind of scum that shops here... We'll do better at Twilfitt and Tatting's."
And with that, the pair of them strode out of the shop, Malfoy taking care to bang as hard as he could into Ron on the way out.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Winslow Homer The Houses of Parliament painting
Winslow Homer The Houses of Parliament painting
Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream painting
He swung his right arm upward to shake Harry's hand, but at the last moment seemed unable to face it, and merely closed his fist and began swinging it backward and forward like a metronome.
"Ready, Duddy?" asked Petunia, fussily checking the clasp of her handbag so as to avoid looking at Harry altogether.
Dudley did not answer but stood there with his mouth slightly ajar, reminding Harry a little of the giant, Grawp.
"Come along, then," said Uncle Vernon.
He had already reached the living room door when Dudley mumbled, "I don't understand."
"What don't you understand, popkin?" asked Petunia looking up at her son.
Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream painting
He swung his right arm upward to shake Harry's hand, but at the last moment seemed unable to face it, and merely closed his fist and began swinging it backward and forward like a metronome.
"Ready, Duddy?" asked Petunia, fussily checking the clasp of her handbag so as to avoid looking at Harry altogether.
Dudley did not answer but stood there with his mouth slightly ajar, reminding Harry a little of the giant, Grawp.
"Come along, then," said Uncle Vernon.
He had already reached the living room door when Dudley mumbled, "I don't understand."
"What don't you understand, popkin?" asked Petunia looking up at her son.
Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci Self Portrait painting
Leonardo da Vinci da Vinci Self Portrait painting
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Painting
most unpleasant shock to the Dursleys. Harry had to admit, however that as Mr. Weasley had once demolished half of the living room, his reappearance could not have been expected to delight Uncle Vernon.
"—Kingsley and Mr. Weasley explained it all as well," Harry pressed on remorselessly, "Once I'm seventeen, the protective charm that keeps me safe will break, and that exposes you as well as me. The Order is sure Voldemort will target you, whether to torture you to try and find out where I am, or because he thinks by holding you hostage I'd come and try to rescue you."
Uncle Vernon's and Harry's eyes met. Harry was sure that in that instant they were both wondering the same thing. Then Uncle Vernon
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Painting
most unpleasant shock to the Dursleys. Harry had to admit, however that as Mr. Weasley had once demolished half of the living room, his reappearance could not have been expected to delight Uncle Vernon.
"—Kingsley and Mr. Weasley explained it all as well," Harry pressed on remorselessly, "Once I'm seventeen, the protective charm that keeps me safe will break, and that exposes you as well as me. The Order is sure Voldemort will target you, whether to torture you to try and find out where I am, or because he thinks by holding you hostage I'd come and try to rescue you."
Uncle Vernon's and Harry's eyes met. Harry was sure that in that instant they were both wondering the same thing. Then Uncle Vernon
Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Madame painting
Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Madame painting
Eric Wallis Girls at the Beach painting
general debris at the bottom – old quills, desiccated beetle eyes, single socks that no longer fit. Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch, experienced a stabbing pain in the fourth finger of his right hand, and withdrawn it to see a lot of blood.
He now proceeded a little more cautiously. Kneeling down beside the trunk again, he groped around in the bottom and, after retrieving an old badge that flickered feebly between SUPPORT CEDRIC DIGGORY and POTTER STINKS, a cracked and worn-out Sneakoscope, and a gold locket inside which a note signed R.A.B. had been hidden, he finally discovered the sharp edge that had done the damage. He recognized it at once. It was a two-inch-long fragment of the enchanted mirror that his dead godfather, Sirius, had given him. Harry laid it aside and felt cautiously around the trunk for the rest, but nothing
Eric Wallis Girls at the Beach painting
general debris at the bottom – old quills, desiccated beetle eyes, single socks that no longer fit. Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch, experienced a stabbing pain in the fourth finger of his right hand, and withdrawn it to see a lot of blood.
He now proceeded a little more cautiously. Kneeling down beside the trunk again, he groped around in the bottom and, after retrieving an old badge that flickered feebly between SUPPORT CEDRIC DIGGORY and POTTER STINKS, a cracked and worn-out Sneakoscope, and a gold locket inside which a note signed R.A.B. had been hidden, he finally discovered the sharp edge that had done the damage. He recognized it at once. It was a two-inch-long fragment of the enchanted mirror that his dead godfather, Sirius, had given him. Harry laid it aside and felt cautiously around the trunk for the rest, but nothing
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Titian The Fall of Man painting
Titian The Fall of Man painting
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
Whatever agreements not to use hydrogen bombs had been reached in time of peace, they would no longer be considered binding in time of war, and both sides would set to work to manufacture hydrogen bombs as soon as war broke out, for if one side manufactured the bombs and the other did not, the side that manufactured them would inevitably be victorious...As geological time is reckoned, Man has so far existed only for a very short period one million years at the most. What he has achieved, especially during the last 6,000 years, is something utterly new in the history of the Cosmos, so far at least as we are acquainted with it. For countless ages the sun rose and set, the moon waxed and waned, the stars shone in the night, but it was only with the coming of Man that these things were understood. In the great world of astronomy and in the little world of the atom, Man has unveiled
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
Whatever agreements not to use hydrogen bombs had been reached in time of peace, they would no longer be considered binding in time of war, and both sides would set to work to manufacture hydrogen bombs as soon as war broke out, for if one side manufactured the bombs and the other did not, the side that manufactured them would inevitably be victorious...As geological time is reckoned, Man has so far existed only for a very short period one million years at the most. What he has achieved, especially during the last 6,000 years, is something utterly new in the history of the Cosmos, so far at least as we are acquainted with it. For countless ages the sun rose and set, the moon waxed and waned, the stars shone in the night, but it was only with the coming of Man that these things were understood. In the great world of astronomy and in the little world of the atom, Man has unveiled
Friday, July 25, 2008
Francois Boucher The Rape of Europa painting
Francois Boucher The Rape of Europa painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the Lerrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the government's authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries A commission appointed by the tJnited Natiolls Security Council is at present investigating disturbed conditiol1s in northern Greece, and alleged border violations along the tiontier between Greece on the one hand and A1bania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia on the other. Meanwhi1e, the Greek government is unable to cope with the situation. The Greek army is small and poorly equipped. It needs supplies and equipment. if it is to restore authority to the government throughout Greek territory Greece must have a system if it is to become a self supporting and self respecting democracyThe United States must supply this assistance. We have already extended
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the Lerrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the government's authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries A commission appointed by the tJnited Natiolls Security Council is at present investigating disturbed conditiol1s in northern Greece, and alleged border violations along the tiontier between Greece on the one hand and A1bania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia on the other. Meanwhi1e, the Greek government is unable to cope with the situation. The Greek army is small and poorly equipped. It needs supplies and equipment. if it is to restore authority to the government throughout Greek territory Greece must have a system if it is to become a self supporting and self respecting democracyThe United States must supply this assistance. We have already extended
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Salvador Dali Les Elephants painting
Salvador Dali Les Elephants painting
Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow painting
This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises great and small, when the fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom, and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend. We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps, but we have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy and shaken our confidence.Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people, and we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us. From our Revolution to the Civil War, to the Great Depression, to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history.
Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow painting
This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises great and small, when the fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom, and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend. We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps, but we have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy and shaken our confidence.Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a restless, questing, hopeful people, and we must bring to our task today the vision and will of those who came before us. From our Revolution to the Civil War, to the Great Depression, to the civil rights movement, our people have always mustered the determination to construct from these crises the pillars of our history.
Claude Monet Argenteuil painting
Claude Monet Argenteuil painting
Fabian Perez Valencia painting
The new products come as AOL waits for regulatory approval for its purchase of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) Negotiations between the government and the companies has been extended for two weeks, sources close to the talks said Tuesday. Neither side appeared pessimistic or seemed on a collision course over the deal, the sources said. An AOL spokeswoman said the deal is still set to close later this fall.
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona (L) holds the team jersey of the Buenos Aires soccer club Atletico Almagro, in Havana October 23, 2000. The 39-year-old former soccer ace, who was accompanied by Almagro president Dardo de Marchi (R), announced that he had agreed to accept an offer to manage the struggling Buenos Aires club.
HAVANA - Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said on Tuesday he was returning to the professional game as manager of lowly Buenos Aires team Atletico Almagro.
Fabian Perez Valencia painting
The new products come as AOL waits for regulatory approval for its purchase of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) Negotiations between the government and the companies has been extended for two weeks, sources close to the talks said Tuesday. Neither side appeared pessimistic or seemed on a collision course over the deal, the sources said. An AOL spokeswoman said the deal is still set to close later this fall.
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona (L) holds the team jersey of the Buenos Aires soccer club Atletico Almagro, in Havana October 23, 2000. The 39-year-old former soccer ace, who was accompanied by Almagro president Dardo de Marchi (R), announced that he had agreed to accept an offer to manage the struggling Buenos Aires club.
HAVANA - Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona said on Tuesday he was returning to the professional game as manager of lowly Buenos Aires team Atletico Almagro.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Fabian Perez Sophia painting
Fabian Perez Sophia painting
Fabian Perez Man in Black Suit painting
mundane but critical daily chit-chat they can't otherwise share for less than 15 cents a minute. Like the other lovers in this story, Harland and Astrid asked that their real names not be used. "When we were living together, we e-mailed one another often but the tone was different, for example, 'I bought some broccoli today,'" Harland e-mailed. "Now it is different: 'I could buy no broccoli today because of a broccoli strike in France and a fuel strike and flood in England.'" Frank, 32, and Morgan, 26, were both television reporters who dated while working together in the Midwest. But when Morgan left for a job on the East Coast, they called it quits. Two months, later, Morgan got an e-mail from her
Fabian Perez Man in Black Suit painting
mundane but critical daily chit-chat they can't otherwise share for less than 15 cents a minute. Like the other lovers in this story, Harland and Astrid asked that their real names not be used. "When we were living together, we e-mailed one another often but the tone was different, for example, 'I bought some broccoli today,'" Harland e-mailed. "Now it is different: 'I could buy no broccoli today because of a broccoli strike in France and a fuel strike and flood in England.'" Frank, 32, and Morgan, 26, were both television reporters who dated while working together in the Midwest. But when Morgan left for a job on the East Coast, they called it quits. Two months, later, Morgan got an e-mail from her
Guido Reni reni Aurora painting
Guido Reni reni Aurora painting
Francois Boucher The Toilet of Venus painting
The most recent, in Honolulu in November 1999, also left seven dead. Others included July 1999 shootings that left nine dead at two Atlanta brokerages, August 1999 shootings that left three people dead at two office buildings in Pelham, Alabama, and in Garden Grove, California, that same month when a man opened fire in an auto parts store killing two people.Shirley Singleton, Edgewater's chief executive, released a statement confirming the shootings and vowing to help police."Everyone at Edgewater Technology is shocked and devastated by the loss of our friends," the statement said in part and added, "We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims' families at this tragic time."Started as a private Internet commerce software firm outside Boston in 1992, Edgewater Technologies was purchased by a large publicly traded temporary staffing company, StaffMark Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas, in May 1999
Francois Boucher The Toilet of Venus painting
The most recent, in Honolulu in November 1999, also left seven dead. Others included July 1999 shootings that left nine dead at two Atlanta brokerages, August 1999 shootings that left three people dead at two office buildings in Pelham, Alabama, and in Garden Grove, California, that same month when a man opened fire in an auto parts store killing two people.Shirley Singleton, Edgewater's chief executive, released a statement confirming the shootings and vowing to help police."Everyone at Edgewater Technology is shocked and devastated by the loss of our friends," the statement said in part and added, "We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims' families at this tragic time."Started as a private Internet commerce software firm outside Boston in 1992, Edgewater Technologies was purchased by a large publicly traded temporary staffing company, StaffMark Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas, in May 1999
Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
You can bring folks here because of the jobs, but you'll keep them here because of the quality of life," Montague-Bruno said.The average high-tech annual salary in San Jose was $85,100, putting it second behind Seattle, where workers averaged $129,300. San Francisco high-tech wages were fourth in the nation, at an average of $78,400. In some areas in the country, high-tech wages were as much as 220 percent higher than private sector wages. Compared to the East Coast, university research and development ventures in Silicon Valley were falling behind."The Bay area lags behind in R&D, compared to many of the universities on the Eastern seaboard," Albertson said.This is the first year of the study, which aims to provide a snapshot of the high-tech industry in 60 metropolitan areas. But it is missing a key element of the
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
You can bring folks here because of the jobs, but you'll keep them here because of the quality of life," Montague-Bruno said.The average high-tech annual salary in San Jose was $85,100, putting it second behind Seattle, where workers averaged $129,300. San Francisco high-tech wages were fourth in the nation, at an average of $78,400. In some areas in the country, high-tech wages were as much as 220 percent higher than private sector wages. Compared to the East Coast, university research and development ventures in Silicon Valley were falling behind."The Bay area lags behind in R&D, compared to many of the universities on the Eastern seaboard," Albertson said.This is the first year of the study, which aims to provide a snapshot of the high-tech industry in 60 metropolitan areas. But it is missing a key element of the
Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting
throw cold water on the idea that Nintendo is going to acquire Sega," said John Taylor, an analyst with Portland-based Arcadia Investment, "but there may be some basis on which they can work together." The companies themselves sharply denied the report. "There is absolutely no chance that Nintendo will buy Sega," Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi said in a statement. Sega released a similar statement on its Japanese Web site saying, in part, that the company "would like to announce that such report is completely false, and would like to deny all reports related to the matter." The New York Times, citing unidentified executives "close to the negotiations," reported that the companies have been talking for months and a deal "could still collapse."
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting
throw cold water on the idea that Nintendo is going to acquire Sega," said John Taylor, an analyst with Portland-based Arcadia Investment, "but there may be some basis on which they can work together." The companies themselves sharply denied the report. "There is absolutely no chance that Nintendo will buy Sega," Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi said in a statement. Sega released a similar statement on its Japanese Web site saying, in part, that the company "would like to announce that such report is completely false, and would like to deny all reports related to the matter." The New York Times, citing unidentified executives "close to the negotiations," reported that the companies have been talking for months and a deal "could still collapse."
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Douglas Hofmann Reclining Nude I painting
Douglas Hofmann Reclining Nude I painting
Claude Monet Irises in Monets Garden painting
Democratic vice president and failed presidential candidate -- administered the oath and gave Mrs. Clinton a kiss on the cheek. President Clinton sat in the front row of the gallery, holding daughter Chelsea's hand, as Mrs. Clinton was sworn. Others in the gallery were Mrs. Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham, and Tyler Clinton, the first couple's 6-year-old nephew. "Ecstatic!" the president replied when asked his mood at a ceremonial picture-taking session afterward. "I'm so happy."Mrs. Clinton's answer to the same question was simply "great."The ironies came thick and fast: Sen. Clinton's inauguration occurred in the same room where her husband was tried and acquitted on impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. After decades in and around government, this is Mrs. Clinton's
Claude Monet Irises in Monets Garden painting
Democratic vice president and failed presidential candidate -- administered the oath and gave Mrs. Clinton a kiss on the cheek. President Clinton sat in the front row of the gallery, holding daughter Chelsea's hand, as Mrs. Clinton was sworn. Others in the gallery were Mrs. Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham, and Tyler Clinton, the first couple's 6-year-old nephew. "Ecstatic!" the president replied when asked his mood at a ceremonial picture-taking session afterward. "I'm so happy."Mrs. Clinton's answer to the same question was simply "great."The ironies came thick and fast: Sen. Clinton's inauguration occurred in the same room where her husband was tried and acquitted on impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. After decades in and around government, this is Mrs. Clinton's
John Singleton Copley paintings
John Singleton Copley paintings
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
diplomats say several governments oppose many of the proposals, estimated to cost more than one billion euros ($910 million) next year, aimed at cutting production to avoid the build-up of costly new beef mountains.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that Iraq will attend talks next week aimed at breaking a stalemate over U.N. sanctions, but acknowledged that recent allied airstrikes could make dialogue
Iraq, which wants the United Nations to lift crippling economic sanctions imposed after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, sent word it still plans to participate in talks in New York on Feb. 26-27, Annan said.
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
diplomats say several governments oppose many of the proposals, estimated to cost more than one billion euros ($910 million) next year, aimed at cutting production to avoid the build-up of costly new beef mountains.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that Iraq will attend talks next week aimed at breaking a stalemate over U.N. sanctions, but acknowledged that recent allied airstrikes could make dialogue
Iraq, which wants the United Nations to lift crippling economic sanctions imposed after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, sent word it still plans to participate in talks in New York on Feb. 26-27, Annan said.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
building painting
building painting
Children painting
It's well-deserving of an Oscar. Winning is an honor for all Chinese," Beijing office worker Mary Chen said of the film, a collaborative product of all three regions, together known as "Greater China."Although the ethnic Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the communist mainland share the same culture and heritage, they have been kept apart for decades by civil war, colonial rule, regional feuds and historic grudges.But in recent years, business interests and political change have been bringing them together, and there's been much talk about how Greater China will eventually challenge the dominance of Japan and the United States.For some, "Crouching Tiger" symbolizes the region's hidden potential. The movie won Oscars for Best Foreign-Language film, cinematography, original
Children painting
It's well-deserving of an Oscar. Winning is an honor for all Chinese," Beijing office worker Mary Chen said of the film, a collaborative product of all three regions, together known as "Greater China."Although the ethnic Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the communist mainland share the same culture and heritage, they have been kept apart for decades by civil war, colonial rule, regional feuds and historic grudges.But in recent years, business interests and political change have been bringing them together, and there's been much talk about how Greater China will eventually challenge the dominance of Japan and the United States.For some, "Crouching Tiger" symbolizes the region's hidden potential. The movie won Oscars for Best Foreign-Language film, cinematography, original
Friday, July 18, 2008
Louise Abbema paintings
Louise Abbema paintings
Leonardo da Vinci paintings
the public is interested in reducing the amount of violent crime in our society, if the public is interested in its own safety, then it's going to care about this issue," says Gilligan. "It only endangers us all.""A lot of people think if you commit a crime, you're in prison," says Robtoy. "Let the chips fall where they may, rape that person every day. But yet if that person is in prison and if he is being assaulted, when he gets out, what is he going to do?"
Most of the British broadsheets seemed to miss the boat this morning, as only the Daily Telegraph reports on the latest of the drama still unfolding in Cotonou, Benin.
International search efforts have been closely following the travels of the MV Etireno, a Nigerian-registered ship believed to have 180 child slaves on board. The ship docked in the middle of the night but without the children on board, leading both to concern for the children's whereabouts and speculation that this story may have indeed been a hoax. The story is likely to continue as today progresses. Another developing drama, sure to unfold not in the next few days but rather as the next few weeks progress involves possible plans for violent protests for May Day in London next month.
Leonardo da Vinci paintings
the public is interested in reducing the amount of violent crime in our society, if the public is interested in its own safety, then it's going to care about this issue," says Gilligan. "It only endangers us all.""A lot of people think if you commit a crime, you're in prison," says Robtoy. "Let the chips fall where they may, rape that person every day. But yet if that person is in prison and if he is being assaulted, when he gets out, what is he going to do?"
Most of the British broadsheets seemed to miss the boat this morning, as only the Daily Telegraph reports on the latest of the drama still unfolding in Cotonou, Benin.
International search efforts have been closely following the travels of the MV Etireno, a Nigerian-registered ship believed to have 180 child slaves on board. The ship docked in the middle of the night but without the children on board, leading both to concern for the children's whereabouts and speculation that this story may have indeed been a hoax. The story is likely to continue as today progresses. Another developing drama, sure to unfold not in the next few days but rather as the next few weeks progress involves possible plans for violent protests for May Day in London next month.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Guillaume Seignac The Awakening of Psyche painting
Guillaume Seignac The Awakening of Psyche painting
Eric Wallis Roman Girl painting
'Inside We Are All the Same'After clinging to life for four months, the father of two can expect to go home to his wife and children soon. "It's unbelievable," said Cohen. "I don't have many words but I hope that this will bring our hearts together."Dr. Yaacov Lavie, the cardiologist at Tel Hashomer Hospital near Tel Aviv who performed the transplant, said, "When I told him it was the heart of a Palestinian he was totally amazed." Lavie said during the operation, he felt much the same way: "You realize that you're actually holding a Muslim heart in one hand and a Jewish heart in the other hand, and you suddenly realize they're absolutely identical and totally
Eric Wallis Roman Girl painting
'Inside We Are All the Same'After clinging to life for four months, the father of two can expect to go home to his wife and children soon. "It's unbelievable," said Cohen. "I don't have many words but I hope that this will bring our hearts together."Dr. Yaacov Lavie, the cardiologist at Tel Hashomer Hospital near Tel Aviv who performed the transplant, said, "When I told him it was the heart of a Palestinian he was totally amazed." Lavie said during the operation, he felt much the same way: "You realize that you're actually holding a Muslim heart in one hand and a Jewish heart in the other hand, and you suddenly realize they're absolutely identical and totally
Alphonse Maria Mucha Monaco Monte Carlo painting
Alphonse Maria Mucha Monaco Monte Carlo painting
Tamara de Lempicka Sketch of Madame Allan Bott painting
Five days after the royal bloodbath that ended with the death of 10 royal family members, including Dipendra, Nepal is still attempting to recover from the shock. The government today lifted a two-day curfew set to curtail rioting on the streets of Katmandu after hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Monday. Pedestrians and traffic crowded the narrow streets of Katmandu and mourners at the royal palace were allowed to pay condolences to the departed king. Police shot and wounded 14 people for defying the curfew Tuesday and a total of more than 400 curfew violators have been arrested over the past two days. Inquiry in Disarray
Tamara de Lempicka Sketch of Madame Allan Bott painting
Five days after the royal bloodbath that ended with the death of 10 royal family members, including Dipendra, Nepal is still attempting to recover from the shock. The government today lifted a two-day curfew set to curtail rioting on the streets of Katmandu after hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Monday. Pedestrians and traffic crowded the narrow streets of Katmandu and mourners at the royal palace were allowed to pay condolences to the departed king. Police shot and wounded 14 people for defying the curfew Tuesday and a total of more than 400 curfew violators have been arrested over the past two days. Inquiry in Disarray
Andrew Atroshenko The Fan Dancer painting
Andrew Atroshenko The Fan Dancer painting
Howard Behrens Rue de St. Paul painting
forests at the upper reaches areas of Miyun and Huairou reservoirs and carry out de-silting and water improvement projects at the Guanting reservoir. Reducing Solid Waste PollutionReducing the city's daily garbage is a priority for the government. By 2007, regulations will ensure the safe and efficient disposal of all domestic rubbish. Protecting bio-diversityThe management and construction of nature reserves, wetlands, forests, bird habitats will be further strengthened. The sale of wild animals will be prohibited. Nature Reserves will account for at least eight percent of the total area of the city. A Green City for a Green OlympicsThe construction of the Olympic Village will not threaten
Howard Behrens Rue de St. Paul painting
forests at the upper reaches areas of Miyun and Huairou reservoirs and carry out de-silting and water improvement projects at the Guanting reservoir. Reducing Solid Waste PollutionReducing the city's daily garbage is a priority for the government. By 2007, regulations will ensure the safe and efficient disposal of all domestic rubbish. Protecting bio-diversityThe management and construction of nature reserves, wetlands, forests, bird habitats will be further strengthened. The sale of wild animals will be prohibited. Nature Reserves will account for at least eight percent of the total area of the city. A Green City for a Green OlympicsThe construction of the Olympic Village will not threaten
Igor V.Babailov paintings
Igor V.Babailov paintings
John Collier paintings
picture of himself, said as he got into a car to leave the National Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon. ``You guys have a good time. Win one for me.'' It had been more than 100 years since sisters played for a Grand Slam tournament title. Before Venus and Serena took to the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium, two black players had never stood at opposite sides of a net to decide a major singles tennis championship. And to top it all off, it was the first time a women's Grand Slam final was scheduled for prime time. Every so often, the right genes and other factors produce siblings who soar to great heights in the same field: the Wrights, Bushes, Brontes, Jacksons, et al. But it's relatively rare in major sports, where it can't be easy to feel 100 percent committed to winning at all costs when your opponent is your flesh-and-blood and your best friend.
John Collier paintings
picture of himself, said as he got into a car to leave the National Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon. ``You guys have a good time. Win one for me.'' It had been more than 100 years since sisters played for a Grand Slam tournament title. Before Venus and Serena took to the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium, two black players had never stood at opposite sides of a net to decide a major singles tennis championship. And to top it all off, it was the first time a women's Grand Slam final was scheduled for prime time. Every so often, the right genes and other factors produce siblings who soar to great heights in the same field: the Wrights, Bushes, Brontes, Jacksons, et al. But it's relatively rare in major sports, where it can't be easy to feel 100 percent committed to winning at all costs when your opponent is your flesh-and-blood and your best friend.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
wholesale oil painting
wholesale oil painting
China oil paintings
Most people are right-handed, but what about other animals? Scientists explored whether most animals, like people, favor one side.
A growing body of evidence suggests that chimps, rhesus monkeys, cockatoos, humpback whales and even toads favor one hand, paw, claw or fin over the other. And now it appears another animal, the crow, or at least one species of crow, may be predominantly oriented to the right like people. Right-Eyed Tool-MakersThe clues are in the elaborate hooking tools the famously clever New Caledonian crow crafts for poking into trees' crevices and yanking out spiders, millipedes, larvae and cockroaches. This species of crow, which populates the island of Grand Terre, New Caledonia (a Pacific island east of Australia) manufactures the tools from leaf
China oil paintings
Most people are right-handed, but what about other animals? Scientists explored whether most animals, like people, favor one side.
A growing body of evidence suggests that chimps, rhesus monkeys, cockatoos, humpback whales and even toads favor one hand, paw, claw or fin over the other. And now it appears another animal, the crow, or at least one species of crow, may be predominantly oriented to the right like people. Right-Eyed Tool-MakersThe clues are in the elaborate hooking tools the famously clever New Caledonian crow crafts for poking into trees' crevices and yanking out spiders, millipedes, larvae and cockroaches. This species of crow, which populates the island of Grand Terre, New Caledonia (a Pacific island east of Australia) manufactures the tools from leaf
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Floral paintings
Floral paintings
Garden painting
Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common joke. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!" It isn't only children that like such jokes. Grownups like such pranks, too. The news media even gets involved. Some years ago, for example, a famous joke was played on the radio. A scientific correspondent reported that strange geological changes had resulted in weaker gravity in different parts of Britain. He asked listeners to jump up and down and see if they could jump higher than they normally could. Many people did. Not until twelve o'clock did the BBC gently remind its listeners it was April Fools' Day that day. It's simply a "for-fun-only" holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!
Garden painting
Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common joke. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!" It isn't only children that like such jokes. Grownups like such pranks, too. The news media even gets involved. Some years ago, for example, a famous joke was played on the radio. A scientific correspondent reported that strange geological changes had resulted in weaker gravity in different parts of Britain. He asked listeners to jump up and down and see if they could jump higher than they normally could. Many people did. Not until twelve o'clock did the BBC gently remind its listeners it was April Fools' Day that day. It's simply a "for-fun-only" holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!
impressionist painting
impressionist painting
Knight painting
Now thousands of moms and dads in America are taking advantage of new programs called “Baby Pictures”, which allow new parents a chance to see the latest movies at the theater in a baby-friendly environment."It feels very normal to buy your ticket and get some popcorn, even if you have a baby on your lap," said Amy Kett, the mother of 8-month-old Henry John, adding that she had missed just one movie since the program began.There are special conveniences for parents. At the back of the auditorium, a line formed to use a changing table, with baby wipes, powder and lotion provided by the theater.The lights went down only part way so parents could keep an eye on their children and bring them back when they crawled too far.
Knight painting
Now thousands of moms and dads in America are taking advantage of new programs called “Baby Pictures”, which allow new parents a chance to see the latest movies at the theater in a baby-friendly environment."It feels very normal to buy your ticket and get some popcorn, even if you have a baby on your lap," said Amy Kett, the mother of 8-month-old Henry John, adding that she had missed just one movie since the program began.There are special conveniences for parents. At the back of the auditorium, a line formed to use a changing table, with baby wipes, powder and lotion provided by the theater.The lights went down only part way so parents could keep an eye on their children and bring them back when they crawled too far.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting
Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting
Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
Waller, now 64, was a pioneer of online dating among people her age. She posted on two Internet dating sites during her search for a companion. And thousands of others age 60 and older are also turning to the Internet to find romance."You don't have to be a beauty queen or a young babe to find interesting people on the Net. People think that their romantic lives are over because of age, but it has nothing to do with it," said Waller, a psychotherapist in America who logged onto chatrooms after her second husband died in 1996. She's now in a serious relationship with an executive-turned-farmer, but said she met dozens of other interesting men over the Web. In August, more than 16 percent of those active on the top five dating sites, including Yahoo! Personals and Match.com, were 55 and over, and more than 5
Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
Waller, now 64, was a pioneer of online dating among people her age. She posted on two Internet dating sites during her search for a companion. And thousands of others age 60 and older are also turning to the Internet to find romance."You don't have to be a beauty queen or a young babe to find interesting people on the Net. People think that their romantic lives are over because of age, but it has nothing to do with it," said Waller, a psychotherapist in America who logged onto chatrooms after her second husband died in 1996. She's now in a serious relationship with an executive-turned-farmer, but said she met dozens of other interesting men over the Web. In August, more than 16 percent of those active on the top five dating sites, including Yahoo! Personals and Match.com, were 55 and over, and more than 5
Guillaume Seignac La Libellule painting
Guillaume Seignac La Libellule painting
Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
Zinc-fortified foods may help seventh teens perform better in school, according to study findings presented at the Experimental Biology 2005 meeting in San Diego.
Zinc-fortified foods may help Grade 7 students perform better in school, according to study findings presented at the Experimental Biology 2005 meeting in San Diego. In a 10-week study of 209 Grade 7 students, those who had fruit juice supplemented with zinc cut their reaction time on a visual memory test by 12 percent compared with 6 percent for students who received regular juice. They also had more correct answers on a word recognition test and had better scores on a task requiring sustained attention and vigilance. However, test performance did not improve significantly in students who
Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
Zinc-fortified foods may help seventh teens perform better in school, according to study findings presented at the Experimental Biology 2005 meeting in San Diego.
Zinc-fortified foods may help Grade 7 students perform better in school, according to study findings presented at the Experimental Biology 2005 meeting in San Diego. In a 10-week study of 209 Grade 7 students, those who had fruit juice supplemented with zinc cut their reaction time on a visual memory test by 12 percent compared with 6 percent for students who received regular juice. They also had more correct answers on a word recognition test and had better scores on a task requiring sustained attention and vigilance. However, test performance did not improve significantly in students who
Filippino Lippi paintings
Filippino Lippi paintings
Francisco de Zurbaran paintings
bonds. And friendship only gets more important from there on out, as kids gain the life skills that will lead to future independence from their parents. All along these years, parents can help ready their children for successful friendships. Author Carol Weston, who has written three advice books for girls (Private and Personal, Girltalk, and For Girls Only), lists a few things parents can do to instill friendship skills. "They can be role models themselves by enjoying their own friends and showing that friendship is part of their own lives," Weston says. And they can pass on some of those unwritten rules of friendship. Small children need to learn to say thank you Older kids need to learn about hurt feelings, including what causes them and how to deal with them. And they need to learn about the issues surrounding popularity, she adds
Francisco de Zurbaran paintings
bonds. And friendship only gets more important from there on out, as kids gain the life skills that will lead to future independence from their parents. All along these years, parents can help ready their children for successful friendships. Author Carol Weston, who has written three advice books for girls (Private and Personal, Girltalk, and For Girls Only), lists a few things parents can do to instill friendship skills. "They can be role models themselves by enjoying their own friends and showing that friendship is part of their own lives," Weston says. And they can pass on some of those unwritten rules of friendship. Small children need to learn to say thank you Older kids need to learn about hurt feelings, including what causes them and how to deal with them. And they need to learn about the issues surrounding popularity, she adds
Ford Madox Brown paintings
Ford Madox Brown paintings
Federico Andreotti paintings
The two former Carolina Panthers cheerleaders arrested after allegedly having sex with each other in a bathroom stall at a nightclub have been approached by Penthouse to pose nude for the adult magazine, MSNBC-TV reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, a fugitive arrest warrant was issued for one of cheerleaders who allegedly gave a false name during her arrest at a bar where witnesses said she had sex with another cheerleader in a restroom stall.Renee Thomas was charged with giving a false name and causing harm to another, a third-degree felony punishable by probation or a jail term of up to five years, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said Tuesday.Thomas, 20, was released before police learned she had given them a driver’s license belonging to another Panthers cheerleader, who was not in Tampa.
Federico Andreotti paintings
The two former Carolina Panthers cheerleaders arrested after allegedly having sex with each other in a bathroom stall at a nightclub have been approached by Penthouse to pose nude for the adult magazine, MSNBC-TV reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, a fugitive arrest warrant was issued for one of cheerleaders who allegedly gave a false name during her arrest at a bar where witnesses said she had sex with another cheerleader in a restroom stall.Renee Thomas was charged with giving a false name and causing harm to another, a third-degree felony punishable by probation or a jail term of up to five years, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said Tuesday.Thomas, 20, was released before police learned she had given them a driver’s license belonging to another Panthers cheerleader, who was not in Tampa.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
John Collier paintings
John Collier paintings
Jose Royo paintings
SCARLETT: Mortgage on Tara... RHETT: What would I do with a farm? SCARLETT: You wouldn't lose, I'd pay you back after next year's cotton.RHETT: Not good enough. Have you nothing better? SCARLETT: You once said you loved me. If you still love me, Rhett...RHETT: You haven't forgotten that I'm not a marrying man.SCARLETT: No. I haven't forgotten, RHETT: You're not worth three hundred dollars. You'll never mean anything but misery to any man. SCARLETT: Go on, insult me, I don't care what you say, only give me the money! I won't let Tara go, I can't let it go while there's a breath left in my body. Oh, Rhett, won't you please give me the money?RHETT: I couldn't give you the money if I wanted to. My funds are in Liverpool, not in Atlanta. If I tried drawing a draft, the Yankees would be on me like a duck on a junebug. So you see my dear, you've abased yourself to no purpose. Stop it! You want the Yankees to see like this? SCARLETT: Take your hands off me, you dunk! You know what I am going to say before I started. You knew you wouldn't lend me the money and yet, and yet, you let me go on.RHETT: I enjoyed hearing what you had to say. Cheer up, you can come to my hanging and I'll remember you in my will.SCARLETT: I'll come to your hanging. The only thing I'm afraid of is they won't hang you in time to pay the taxes on Tara.
Jose Royo paintings
SCARLETT: Mortgage on Tara... RHETT: What would I do with a farm? SCARLETT: You wouldn't lose, I'd pay you back after next year's cotton.RHETT: Not good enough. Have you nothing better? SCARLETT: You once said you loved me. If you still love me, Rhett...RHETT: You haven't forgotten that I'm not a marrying man.SCARLETT: No. I haven't forgotten, RHETT: You're not worth three hundred dollars. You'll never mean anything but misery to any man. SCARLETT: Go on, insult me, I don't care what you say, only give me the money! I won't let Tara go, I can't let it go while there's a breath left in my body. Oh, Rhett, won't you please give me the money?RHETT: I couldn't give you the money if I wanted to. My funds are in Liverpool, not in Atlanta. If I tried drawing a draft, the Yankees would be on me like a duck on a junebug. So you see my dear, you've abased yourself to no purpose. Stop it! You want the Yankees to see like this? SCARLETT: Take your hands off me, you dunk! You know what I am going to say before I started. You knew you wouldn't lend me the money and yet, and yet, you let me go on.RHETT: I enjoyed hearing what you had to say. Cheer up, you can come to my hanging and I'll remember you in my will.SCARLETT: I'll come to your hanging. The only thing I'm afraid of is they won't hang you in time to pay the taxes on Tara.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Gustav Klimt The Tree of Life painting
Gustav Klimt The Tree of Life painting
Philip Craig Twilight Courtyard painting
In my life I have net many people who are really worth recalling. But perhaps the most unforgettable person I’ve ever known is one of my Chinese language teachers. To many students, ‘teacher” is just a word, I think. For me, however, it means much more. That’s because I am lucky to have an excellent teacher. He made me want to listen to everything he said in class.
What frequently bring back memories of my school teaching is his special qualities. First of all, I was attracted by his lively wit. He is not as serious as most teachers are, and thinks of his students as friends. Because of his personality, all of his students are close to him. I remember that we students always anticipated his class with great eagerness because his lectures were humorously delivered, never failing to provoke chuckles or loud laughers. Second, he gave us the greatest gift a teacher can offer—an awakening of a passion for learning. He not only led us t to an appreciation of the beauty and perfection of Chinese and literature, but also aroused our great interest in exploring something deeper in this field. Finally, I was deeply impressed by the respect he showed for us. As he treated us like friends rather than students, we all liked to visit his home for social activities as well as for academic advice. Although it is nearly ten years since I attended his last class, he is the talk of our old classmates, and I know part of him has already stayed in my heart.
Philip Craig Twilight Courtyard painting
In my life I have net many people who are really worth recalling. But perhaps the most unforgettable person I’ve ever known is one of my Chinese language teachers. To many students, ‘teacher” is just a word, I think. For me, however, it means much more. That’s because I am lucky to have an excellent teacher. He made me want to listen to everything he said in class.
What frequently bring back memories of my school teaching is his special qualities. First of all, I was attracted by his lively wit. He is not as serious as most teachers are, and thinks of his students as friends. Because of his personality, all of his students are close to him. I remember that we students always anticipated his class with great eagerness because his lectures were humorously delivered, never failing to provoke chuckles or loud laughers. Second, he gave us the greatest gift a teacher can offer—an awakening of a passion for learning. He not only led us t to an appreciation of the beauty and perfection of Chinese and literature, but also aroused our great interest in exploring something deeper in this field. Finally, I was deeply impressed by the respect he showed for us. As he treated us like friends rather than students, we all liked to visit his home for social activities as well as for academic advice. Although it is nearly ten years since I attended his last class, he is the talk of our old classmates, and I know part of him has already stayed in my heart.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Eric Wallis Roman Girl painting
Eric Wallis Roman Girl painting
Steve Hanks Blending Into Shadows Sheets painting
William Bouguereau The Rapture of Psyche painting
had a happy childhood. We were very poor--but we didn't mind. Father was so splendid--so clever and loving and sympathetic. We were chums as far back as I can remember. And mother was so sweet. She was very, very beautiful. I look like her, but I am not so beautiful as she was."
"Miss Cornelia says you are far more beautiful."
"She is mistaken--or prejudiced. I think my figure is better-- mother was slight and bent by hard work--but she had the face of an angel. I used just to look up at her in worship. We all worshipped her,--father and Kenneth and I."
Anne remembered that Miss Cornelia had given her a very different impression of Leslie's mother. But had not love the truer vision? Still, it was selfish of Rose West to make her daughter marry Dick Moore.
"Kenneth was my brother," went on Leslie. "Oh, I can't tell you how
Steve Hanks Blending Into Shadows Sheets painting
William Bouguereau The Rapture of Psyche painting
had a happy childhood. We were very poor--but we didn't mind. Father was so splendid--so clever and loving and sympathetic. We were chums as far back as I can remember. And mother was so sweet. She was very, very beautiful. I look like her, but I am not so beautiful as she was."
"Miss Cornelia says you are far more beautiful."
"She is mistaken--or prejudiced. I think my figure is better-- mother was slight and bent by hard work--but she had the face of an angel. I used just to look up at her in worship. We all worshipped her,--father and Kenneth and I."
Anne remembered that Miss Cornelia had given her a very different impression of Leslie's mother. But had not love the truer vision? Still, it was selfish of Rose West to make her daughter marry Dick Moore.
"Kenneth was my brother," went on Leslie. "Oh, I can't tell you how
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Frederic Edwin Church Landscape in the Adirondacks painting
Frederic Edwin Church Landscape in the Adirondacks painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir The Boating Party Lunch I painting
In early June, when the sand hills were a great glory of pink wild roses, and the Glen was smothered in apple blossoms, Marilla arrived at the little house, accompanied by a black horsehair trunk, patterned with brass nails, which had reposed undisturbed in the Green Gables garret for half a century. Susan Baker, who, during her few weeks' sojourn in the little house, had come to worship "young Mrs. Doctor," as she called Anne, with blind fervor, looked rather jealously askance at Marilla at first. But as Marilla did not try to interfere in kitchen matters, and showed no desire to interrupt Susan's ministrations to young Mrs. Doctor, the good handmaiden became reconciled to her presence, and told her cronies at the Glen that Miss Cuthbert was a fine old lady and knew her place.
One evening, when the sky's limpid bowl was filled with a red glory, and the robins were thrilling the golden twilight with jubilant hymns to the stars of evening, there
Pierre Auguste Renoir The Boating Party Lunch I painting
In early June, when the sand hills were a great glory of pink wild roses, and the Glen was smothered in apple blossoms, Marilla arrived at the little house, accompanied by a black horsehair trunk, patterned with brass nails, which had reposed undisturbed in the Green Gables garret for half a century. Susan Baker, who, during her few weeks' sojourn in the little house, had come to worship "young Mrs. Doctor," as she called Anne, with blind fervor, looked rather jealously askance at Marilla at first. But as Marilla did not try to interfere in kitchen matters, and showed no desire to interrupt Susan's ministrations to young Mrs. Doctor, the good handmaiden became reconciled to her presence, and told her cronies at the Glen that Miss Cuthbert was a fine old lady and knew her place.
One evening, when the sky's limpid bowl was filled with a red glory, and the robins were thrilling the golden twilight with jubilant hymns to the stars of evening, there
Ted Seth Jacobs paintings
Ted Seth Jacobs paintings
Vladimir Volegov paintings
her hour of supreme agony she had no doubt of that. He did not love Christine Stuart -- never had loved Christine Stuart. Oh, what a fool she had been not to realize what the bond was that had held her to Gilbert -- to think that the flattered fancy she had felt for Roy Gardner had been love. And now she must pay for her folly as for a crime.
Mrs. Lynde and Marilla crept to her door before they went to bed, shook their heads doubtfully at each other over the silence, and went away. The storm raged all night, but when the dawn came it was spent. Anne saw a fairy fringe of light on the skirts of darkness. Soon the eastern hilltops had a fire-shot ruby rim. The clouds rolled themselves away into great, soft, white masses on the horizon; the sky gleamed blue and silvery. A hush fell over the world.
Anne rose from her knees and crept downstairs. The freshness of the rain-wind blew against her white face as she went out into the yard, and cooled her dry, burning eyes. A merry rollicking whistle was lilting up the lane. A moment later Pacifique Buote came in sight.
Vladimir Volegov paintings
her hour of supreme agony she had no doubt of that. He did not love Christine Stuart -- never had loved Christine Stuart. Oh, what a fool she had been not to realize what the bond was that had held her to Gilbert -- to think that the flattered fancy she had felt for Roy Gardner had been love. And now she must pay for her folly as for a crime.
Mrs. Lynde and Marilla crept to her door before they went to bed, shook their heads doubtfully at each other over the silence, and went away. The storm raged all night, but when the dawn came it was spent. Anne saw a fairy fringe of light on the skirts of darkness. Soon the eastern hilltops had a fire-shot ruby rim. The clouds rolled themselves away into great, soft, white masses on the horizon; the sky gleamed blue and silvery. A hush fell over the world.
Anne rose from her knees and crept downstairs. The freshness of the rain-wind blew against her white face as she went out into the yard, and cooled her dry, burning eyes. A merry rollicking whistle was lilting up the lane. A moment later Pacifique Buote came in sight.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Decorative painting
Decorative painting
Janet told me I could have the use of the parlor when any young men called! I don't think there are many to call. I haven't seen a young man in Valley Road yet, except the next-door hired boy -- Sam Toliver, a very tall, lank, tow-haired youth. He came over one evening recently and sat for an hour on the garden fence, near the front porch where Janet and I were doing fancy-work. The only remarks he volunteered in all that time were, `Hev a peppermint, miss! Dew now-fine thing for carARRH, peppermints,' and, `Powerful lot o' jump-grasses round here ternight. Yep.'
"But there is a love affair going on here. It seems to be my fortune to be mixed up, more or less actively, with elderly love affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Irving always say that I brought about their marriage. Mrs. Stephen Clark of Carmody persists in being most grateful to me for a suggestion which somebody else would probably have made if I hadn't. I do really think, though, that Ludovic Speed would never have got any further along than placid courtship if I had not helped him and Theodora Dix out.
"In the present affair I am only a passive
Janet told me I could have the use of the parlor when any young men called! I don't think there are many to call. I haven't seen a young man in Valley Road yet, except the next-door hired boy -- Sam Toliver, a very tall, lank, tow-haired youth. He came over one evening recently and sat for an hour on the garden fence, near the front porch where Janet and I were doing fancy-work. The only remarks he volunteered in all that time were, `Hev a peppermint, miss! Dew now-fine thing for carARRH, peppermints,' and, `Powerful lot o' jump-grasses round here ternight. Yep.'
"But there is a love affair going on here. It seems to be my fortune to be mixed up, more or less actively, with elderly love affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Irving always say that I brought about their marriage. Mrs. Stephen Clark of Carmody persists in being most grateful to me for a suggestion which somebody else would probably have made if I hadn't. I do really think, though, that Ludovic Speed would never have got any further along than placid courtship if I had not helped him and Theodora Dix out.
"In the present affair I am only a passive
Francisco de Goya Nude Maja painting
Francisco de Goya Nude Maja painting
Berthe Morisot Boats on the Seine painting
the A.V.I.S. gave a farewell party to Jane Andrews before her departure for the West. And, while light feet danced and bright eyes laughed and merry tongues chattered, there came a summons to a soul in Avonlea that might not be disregarded or evaded. The next morning the word went from house to house that Ruby Gillis was dead. She had died in her sleep, painlessly and calmly, and on her face was a smile -- as if, after all, death had come as a kindly friend to lead her over the threshold, instead of the grisly phantom she had dreaded.
Mrs. Rachel Lynde said emphatically after the funeral that Ruby Gillis was the handsomest corpse she ever laid eyes on. Her loveliness, as she lay, white-clad, among the delicate flowers that Anne had placed about her, was remembered and talked of for years in Avonlea. Ruby had always been beautiful; but her beauty had been of the earth, earthy; it had had a certain insolent quality in it, as if it flaunted itself in the beholder's eye; spirit had never shone through it, intellect
Berthe Morisot Boats on the Seine painting
the A.V.I.S. gave a farewell party to Jane Andrews before her departure for the West. And, while light feet danced and bright eyes laughed and merry tongues chattered, there came a summons to a soul in Avonlea that might not be disregarded or evaded. The next morning the word went from house to house that Ruby Gillis was dead. She had died in her sleep, painlessly and calmly, and on her face was a smile -- as if, after all, death had come as a kindly friend to lead her over the threshold, instead of the grisly phantom she had dreaded.
Mrs. Rachel Lynde said emphatically after the funeral that Ruby Gillis was the handsomest corpse she ever laid eyes on. Her loveliness, as she lay, white-clad, among the delicate flowers that Anne had placed about her, was remembered and talked of for years in Avonlea. Ruby had always been beautiful; but her beauty had been of the earth, earthy; it had had a certain insolent quality in it, as if it flaunted itself in the beholder's eye; spirit had never shone through it, intellect
Vladimir Volegov Beauty painting
Vladimir Volegov Beauty painting
Eric Wallis Undressing painting
seethed within. Davy had suffered, or thought he had suffered, many things at the hands and tongue of Mrs. Rachel Lynde since she had come to Green Gables, for Mrs. Lynde could not live with anybody, whether they were nine or ninety, without trying to bring them up properly. And it was only the preceding afternoon that she had interfered to influence Marilla against allowing Davy to go fishing with the Timothy Cottons. Davy was still boiling over this.
As soon as he was out of the lane Davy stopped and twisted his countenance into such an unearthly and terrific contortion that Dora, although she knew his gifts in that respect, was honestly alarmed lest he should never in the world be able to get it straightened out again.
"Darn her," exploded Davy.
"Oh, Davy, don't swear," gasped Dora in dismay.
Eric Wallis Undressing painting
seethed within. Davy had suffered, or thought he had suffered, many things at the hands and tongue of Mrs. Rachel Lynde since she had come to Green Gables, for Mrs. Lynde could not live with anybody, whether they were nine or ninety, without trying to bring them up properly. And it was only the preceding afternoon that she had interfered to influence Marilla against allowing Davy to go fishing with the Timothy Cottons. Davy was still boiling over this.
As soon as he was out of the lane Davy stopped and twisted his countenance into such an unearthly and terrific contortion that Dora, although she knew his gifts in that respect, was honestly alarmed lest he should never in the world be able to get it straightened out again.
"Darn her," exploded Davy.
"Oh, Davy, don't swear," gasped Dora in dismay.
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
When it is finished I'll read it to you and Mr. Harrison, and I shall want you to criticize it SEVERELY. No one else shall see it until it is published."
"How are you going to end it -- happily or unhappily?"
"I'm not sure. I'd like it to end unhappily, because that would be so much more romantic. But I understand editors have a prejudice against sad endings. I heard Professor Hamilton say once that nobody but a genius should try to write an unhappy ending.
And," concluded Anne modestly, "I'm anything but a genius."
"Oh I like happy endings best. You'd better let him marry her," said Diana, who, especially since her engagement to Fred, thought this was how every story should end.
"But you like to cry over stories?"
"Oh, yes, in the middle of them. But I like everything to come right at last."
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
When it is finished I'll read it to you and Mr. Harrison, and I shall want you to criticize it SEVERELY. No one else shall see it until it is published."
"How are you going to end it -- happily or unhappily?"
"I'm not sure. I'd like it to end unhappily, because that would be so much more romantic. But I understand editors have a prejudice against sad endings. I heard Professor Hamilton say once that nobody but a genius should try to write an unhappy ending.
And," concluded Anne modestly, "I'm anything but a genius."
"Oh I like happy endings best. You'd better let him marry her," said Diana, who, especially since her engagement to Fred, thought this was how every story should end.
"But you like to cry over stories?"
"Oh, yes, in the middle of them. But I like everything to come right at last."
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
When it is finished I'll read it to you and Mr. Harrison, and I shall want you to criticize it SEVERELY. No one else shall see it until it is published."
"How are you going to end it -- happily or unhappily?"
"I'm not sure. I'd like it to end unhappily, because that would be so much more romantic. But I understand editors have a prejudice against sad endings. I heard Professor Hamilton say once that nobody but a genius should try to write an unhappy ending.
And," concluded Anne modestly, "I'm anything but a genius."
"Oh I like happy endings best. You'd better let him marry her," said Diana, who, especially since her engagement to Fred, thought this was how every story should end.
"But you like to cry over stories?"
"Oh, yes, in the middle of them. But I like everything to come right at last."
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
When it is finished I'll read it to you and Mr. Harrison, and I shall want you to criticize it SEVERELY. No one else shall see it until it is published."
"How are you going to end it -- happily or unhappily?"
"I'm not sure. I'd like it to end unhappily, because that would be so much more romantic. But I understand editors have a prejudice against sad endings. I heard Professor Hamilton say once that nobody but a genius should try to write an unhappy ending.
And," concluded Anne modestly, "I'm anything but a genius."
"Oh I like happy endings best. You'd better let him marry her," said Diana, who, especially since her engagement to Fred, thought this was how every story should end.
"But you like to cry over stories?"
"Oh, yes, in the middle of them. But I like everything to come right at last."
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting
I s'pose you'll be starting off for college in a fortnight's time?" continued Mr. Harrison. "Well, we're going to miss you an awful lot, Emily and me. To be sure, Mrs. Lynde'll be over there in your place. There ain't nobody but a substitute can be found for them."
The irony of Mr. Harrison's tone is quite untransferable to paper. In spite of his wife's intimacy with Mrs. Lynde, the best that could be said of the relationship between her and Mr. Harrison even under the new regime, was that they preserved an armed neutrality.
"Yes, I'm going," said Anne. "I'm very glad with my head. . .and very sorry with my heart."
"I s'pose you'll be scooping up all the honors that are lying round loose at Redmond."
"I may try for one or two of them," confessed Anne, "but I don't care so much for things like that as I did two years ago. What I want to get out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most and best with it. I want to learn
Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting
I s'pose you'll be starting off for college in a fortnight's time?" continued Mr. Harrison. "Well, we're going to miss you an awful lot, Emily and me. To be sure, Mrs. Lynde'll be over there in your place. There ain't nobody but a substitute can be found for them."
The irony of Mr. Harrison's tone is quite untransferable to paper. In spite of his wife's intimacy with Mrs. Lynde, the best that could be said of the relationship between her and Mr. Harrison even under the new regime, was that they preserved an armed neutrality.
"Yes, I'm going," said Anne. "I'm very glad with my head. . .and very sorry with my heart."
"I s'pose you'll be scooping up all the honors that are lying round loose at Redmond."
"I may try for one or two of them," confessed Anne, "but I don't care so much for things like that as I did two years ago. What I want to get out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most and best with it. I want to learn
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting
William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
It would be dreadful, Charlotta," said Anne firmly, "so just you come away with me out of the reach of temptation."
"I can't do anything, and it's awful to hang round just waiting," sighed Charlotta. "What if he don't propose after all, Miss Shirley, ma'am? You can never be sure of them men. My older sister, Charlotta the First, thought she was engaged to one once. But it turned out he had a different opinion and she says she'll never trust one of them again. And I heard of another case where a man thought he wanted one girl awful bad when it was really her sister he wanted all the time. When a man don't know his own mind, Miss Shirley, ma'am, how's a poor woman going to be sure of it?"
"We'll go to the kitchen and clean the silver spoons," said Anne. "That's a task which won't require much thinking fortunately. . . for I couldn't think tonight. And it will pass the time."
It passed an hour. Then, just as Anne laid down the last shining spoon, they heard the front door
William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
It would be dreadful, Charlotta," said Anne firmly, "so just you come away with me out of the reach of temptation."
"I can't do anything, and it's awful to hang round just waiting," sighed Charlotta. "What if he don't propose after all, Miss Shirley, ma'am? You can never be sure of them men. My older sister, Charlotta the First, thought she was engaged to one once. But it turned out he had a different opinion and she says she'll never trust one of them again. And I heard of another case where a man thought he wanted one girl awful bad when it was really her sister he wanted all the time. When a man don't know his own mind, Miss Shirley, ma'am, how's a poor woman going to be sure of it?"
"We'll go to the kitchen and clean the silver spoons," said Anne. "That's a task which won't require much thinking fortunately. . . for I couldn't think tonight. And it will pass the time."
It passed an hour. Then, just as Anne laid down the last shining spoon, they heard the front door
Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting
Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting
Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist painting
seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen.
As they picked, Charlotta the Fourth confided to Anne her fears regarding Miss Lavendar. The warm-hearted little handmaiden was honestly worried over her adored mistress' condition.
"Miss Lavendar isn't well, Miss Shirley, ma'am. I'm sure she isn't, though she never complains. She hasn't seemed like herself this long while, ma'am. . .not since that day you and Paul were here together before. I feel sure she caught cold that night, ma'am. After you and him had gone she went out and walked in the garden for long after dark with nothing but a little shawl on her. There was a lot of snow on the walks and I feel sure she got a chill, ma'am. Ever since then I've noticed her acting tired and lonesome like. She don't seem to take an interest in anything, ma'am. She never pretends company's coming, nor fixes up for it, nor nothing, ma'am. It's only when you come she seems to chirk up a bit. And the worst sign of all, Miss Shirley, ma'am. . ." Charlotta the Fourth lowered her voice as if she were about to tell some exceedingly weird and awful
Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist painting
seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen.
As they picked, Charlotta the Fourth confided to Anne her fears regarding Miss Lavendar. The warm-hearted little handmaiden was honestly worried over her adored mistress' condition.
"Miss Lavendar isn't well, Miss Shirley, ma'am. I'm sure she isn't, though she never complains. She hasn't seemed like herself this long while, ma'am. . .not since that day you and Paul were here together before. I feel sure she caught cold that night, ma'am. After you and him had gone she went out and walked in the garden for long after dark with nothing but a little shawl on her. There was a lot of snow on the walks and I feel sure she got a chill, ma'am. Ever since then I've noticed her acting tired and lonesome like. She don't seem to take an interest in anything, ma'am. She never pretends company's coming, nor fixes up for it, nor nothing, ma'am. It's only when you come she seems to chirk up a bit. And the worst sign of all, Miss Shirley, ma'am. . ." Charlotta the Fourth lowered her voice as if she were about to tell some exceedingly weird and awful
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Claude Lorrain paintings
Claude Lorrain paintings
Claude Monet paintings
cushions on the window seat, "but father's hair is gray. He has lots of it, but it is gray. You see, father is nearly fifty. That's ripe old age, isn't it? But it's only outside he's old. Inside he's just as young as anybody. Now, teacher, please sit here; and I'll sit at your feet. May I lay my head against your knee? That's the way my little mother and I used to sit. Oh, this is real splendid, I think."
"Now, I want to hear those thoughts which Mary Joe pronounces so queer," said Anne, patting the mop of curls at her side. Paul never needed any coaxing to tell his thoughts. . .at least, to congenial souls.
"I thought them out in the fir grove one night," he said dreamily. "Of course I didn't believe them but I thought them. You know, teacher. And then I wanted to tell them to somebody and there was nobody but Mary Joe. Mary Joe was in the pantry setting bread and I sat down on
Claude Monet paintings
cushions on the window seat, "but father's hair is gray. He has lots of it, but it is gray. You see, father is nearly fifty. That's ripe old age, isn't it? But it's only outside he's old. Inside he's just as young as anybody. Now, teacher, please sit here; and I'll sit at your feet. May I lay my head against your knee? That's the way my little mother and I used to sit. Oh, this is real splendid, I think."
"Now, I want to hear those thoughts which Mary Joe pronounces so queer," said Anne, patting the mop of curls at her side. Paul never needed any coaxing to tell his thoughts. . .at least, to congenial souls.
"I thought them out in the fir grove one night," he said dreamily. "Of course I didn't believe them but I thought them. You know, teacher. And then I wanted to tell them to somebody and there was nobody but Mary Joe. Mary Joe was in the pantry setting bread and I sat down on
Julien Dupre paintings
Julien Dupre paintings
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
Barry was an old friend of Anne's, and she promply sent the platter out, with a letter exhorting Anne to be very careful of it, for she had paid twenty dollars for it. The platter had served its purpose at the Aid bazaar and had then been returned to the Green Gables closet, for Anne would not trust anybody but herself to take it back to town.
She carried the platter carefully to the front door where her guests were enjoying the cool breeze that blew up from the brook. It was examined and admired; then, just as Anne had taken it back into her own hands, a terrific crash and clatter sounded from the kitchen pantry. Marilla, Diana, and Anne fled out, the latter pausing only long enough to set the precious platter hastily down on the second step of the stairs.
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
Barry was an old friend of Anne's, and she promply sent the platter out, with a letter exhorting Anne to be very careful of it, for she had paid twenty dollars for it. The platter had served its purpose at the Aid bazaar and had then been returned to the Green Gables closet, for Anne would not trust anybody but herself to take it back to town.
She carried the platter carefully to the front door where her guests were enjoying the cool breeze that blew up from the brook. It was examined and admired; then, just as Anne had taken it back into her own hands, a terrific crash and clatter sounded from the kitchen pantry. Marilla, Diana, and Anne fled out, the latter pausing only long enough to set the precious platter hastily down on the second step of the stairs.
Jeffrey T.Larson paintings
Jeffrey T.Larson paintings
Jean-Paul Laurens paintings
dressed herself and the twins, and looked more excited than she had ever been known to look before. At half past twelve the Allans and Miss Stacy came. Everything was going well but Anne was beginning to feel nervous. It was surely time for Priscilla and Mrs. Morgan to arrive. She made frequent trips to the gate and looked as anxiously down the lane as ever her namesake in the Bluebeard story peered from the tower casement.
"Suppose they don't come at all?" she said piteously.
"Don't suppose it. It would be too mean," said Diana, who, however, was beginning to have uncomfortable misgivings on the subject.
"Anne," said Marilla, coming out from the parlor, "Miss Stacy wants to see Miss Barry's willowware platter."
Anne hastened to the sitting room closet to get the platter. She had, in accordance with her promise to Mrs. Lynde, written to Miss Barry of Charlottetown, asking for the loan of it.
Jean-Paul Laurens paintings
dressed herself and the twins, and looked more excited than she had ever been known to look before. At half past twelve the Allans and Miss Stacy came. Everything was going well but Anne was beginning to feel nervous. It was surely time for Priscilla and Mrs. Morgan to arrive. She made frequent trips to the gate and looked as anxiously down the lane as ever her namesake in the Bluebeard story peered from the tower casement.
"Suppose they don't come at all?" she said piteously.
"Don't suppose it. It would be too mean," said Diana, who, however, was beginning to have uncomfortable misgivings on the subject.
"Anne," said Marilla, coming out from the parlor, "Miss Stacy wants to see Miss Barry's willowware platter."
Anne hastened to the sitting room closet to get the platter. She had, in accordance with her promise to Mrs. Lynde, written to Miss Barry of Charlottetown, asking for the loan of it.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Gustav Klimt lady with fan painting
Gustav Klimt lady with fan painting
Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting
bridge in Lynde's Hollow and along the Green Gables lane. Marilla's face was rather grim. It was ten miles from East Grafton and Davy Keith seemed to be possessed with a passion for perpetual motion. It was beyond Marilla's power to make him sit still and she had been in an agony the whole way lest he fall over the back of the wagon and break his neck, or tumble over the dashboard under the pony's heels. In despair she finally threatened to whip him soundly when she got him home. Whereupon Davy climbed into her lap, regardless of the reins, flung his chubby arms about her neck and gave her a bear-like hug.
"I don't believe you mean it," he said, smacking her wrinkled cheek affectionately. "You don't look like a lady who'd whip a little boy just 'cause he couldn't keep still. Didn't you find it awful hard to keep still when you was only 's old as me?"
"No, I always kept still when I was told," said Marilla, trying to speak sternly, albeit she felt her heart waxing soft within her under Davy's impulsive caresses.
Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting
bridge in Lynde's Hollow and along the Green Gables lane. Marilla's face was rather grim. It was ten miles from East Grafton and Davy Keith seemed to be possessed with a passion for perpetual motion. It was beyond Marilla's power to make him sit still and she had been in an agony the whole way lest he fall over the back of the wagon and break his neck, or tumble over the dashboard under the pony's heels. In despair she finally threatened to whip him soundly when she got him home. Whereupon Davy climbed into her lap, regardless of the reins, flung his chubby arms about her neck and gave her a bear-like hug.
"I don't believe you mean it," he said, smacking her wrinkled cheek affectionately. "You don't look like a lady who'd whip a little boy just 'cause he couldn't keep still. Didn't you find it awful hard to keep still when you was only 's old as me?"
"No, I always kept still when I was told," said Marilla, trying to speak sternly, albeit she felt her heart waxing soft within her under Davy's impulsive caresses.
William Bouguereau The Nymphaeum painting
William Bouguereau The Nymphaeum painting
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen sisters painting
I'll try to," gasped Anne, choking back a wild desire to laugh. "I know by experience that it's very unpleasant to have one's name spelled wrong and I suppose it must be even worse to have it pronounced wrong."
"Certainly it is. And Clarice Almira also informed me that you call my son Jacob."
"He told me his name was Jacob," protested Anne.
"I might well have expected that," said Mrs. H. B. Donnell, in a tone which implied that gratitude in children was not to be looked for in this degenerate age. "That boy has such plebeian tastes, Miss Shirley. When he was born I wanted to call him St. Clair . . .it sounds so aristocratic, doesn't it? But his father insisted he should be called Jacob after his uncle. I yielded, because Uncle Jacob was a rich old bachelor. And what do you think, Miss Shirley? When our innocent boy was five years old Uncle Jacob actually went and got married and now he has three boys of his own. Did you ever hear of such ingratitude? The moment the invitation to the wedding. . .for he had the impertinence to send us an invitation, Miss Shirley. . .came to the house I said, `No more Jacobs for me, thank you.' From that day I called my son St. Clair and St
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen sisters painting
I'll try to," gasped Anne, choking back a wild desire to laugh. "I know by experience that it's very unpleasant to have one's name spelled wrong and I suppose it must be even worse to have it pronounced wrong."
"Certainly it is. And Clarice Almira also informed me that you call my son Jacob."
"He told me his name was Jacob," protested Anne.
"I might well have expected that," said Mrs. H. B. Donnell, in a tone which implied that gratitude in children was not to be looked for in this degenerate age. "That boy has such plebeian tastes, Miss Shirley. When he was born I wanted to call him St. Clair . . .it sounds so aristocratic, doesn't it? But his father insisted he should be called Jacob after his uncle. I yielded, because Uncle Jacob was a rich old bachelor. And what do you think, Miss Shirley? When our innocent boy was five years old Uncle Jacob actually went and got married and now he has three boys of his own. Did you ever hear of such ingratitude? The moment the invitation to the wedding. . .for he had the impertinence to send us an invitation, Miss Shirley. . .came to the house I said, `No more Jacobs for me, thank you.' From that day I called my son St. Clair and St
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