Tamara de Lempicka Girl Sleeping paintingTamara de Lempicka Femme a la Colombe painting
the stands. Harry looked around, expecting to see Hermione, but it was Lavender Brown. He would have quite liked to have hidden his face in his hands, as she did a moment later, but thought that as the Captain he ought to show slightly more grit, and so turned to watch Ron do his trial.
Yet he need not have worried: Ron saved one, two, three, four, five penalties in a row. Delighted, and resisting joining in the cheers of the crowd with difficulty, Harry turned to McLaggen to tell him that, most unfortunately, Ron had beaten him, only to find McLaggen's red face inches from his own. He stepped back hastily.
"His sister didn't really try," said McLaggen menacingly. There was a vein pulsing in his temple like the one Harry had often ad-mired in Uncle Vernon's. "She gave him an easy save."
"Rubbish," said Harry coldly. "That was the one he nearly missed."
McLaggen took a step nearer Harry, who stood his ground this time.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles dAvignon painting
Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles dAvignon paintingPablo Picasso Large Nude in Red Armchair painting
there's anyone else here who's not from Gryffindor," roared Harry, who was starting to get seriously annoyed, "leave now, please!
There was a pause, then a couple of little Ravenclaws went sprinting off the pitch, snorting with laughter.
After two hours, many complaints, and several tantrums, one involving a crashed Comet Two Sixty and several broken teeth, Harry had found himself three Chasers: Katie Bell, returned to the team after an excellent trial; a new find called Demelza Robins, who was particularly good at dodging Bludgers; and Ginny Weasley, who had outflown all the competition and scored seventeen goals to boot. Pleased though he was with his choices, Harry had also shouted himself hoarse at the many complainers and was now enduring a similar battle with the rejected Beaters
there's anyone else here who's not from Gryffindor," roared Harry, who was starting to get seriously annoyed, "leave now, please!
There was a pause, then a couple of little Ravenclaws went sprinting off the pitch, snorting with laughter.
After two hours, many complaints, and several tantrums, one involving a crashed Comet Two Sixty and several broken teeth, Harry had found himself three Chasers: Katie Bell, returned to the team after an excellent trial; a new find called Demelza Robins, who was particularly good at dodging Bludgers; and Ginny Weasley, who had outflown all the competition and scored seventeen goals to boot. Pleased though he was with his choices, Harry had also shouted himself hoarse at the many complainers and was now enduring a similar battle with the rejected Beaters
Alphonse Maria Mucha Dance painting
Alphonse Maria Mucha Dance paintingMichelangelo Buonarroti Crucifix painting
Then there was a rustle and a crack, and a man in rags dropped from the nearest tree, landing on his feet right in front of Ogden, who leapt backward so fast he stood on the tails of his frock coat and stumbled.
"You're not welcome."
The man standing before them had thick hair so matted with dirt it could have been any color. Several of his teeth were missing. His eyes were small and dark and stared in opposite directions. He might have looked comical, but he did not; the effect was frighten-ing, and Harry could not blame Ogden for backing away several more paces before he spoke.
"Er — good morning. I'm from the Ministry of Magic —" "You're not welcome."
"Er — I'm sorry — I don't understand you," said Ogden nervously.
Then there was a rustle and a crack, and a man in rags dropped from the nearest tree, landing on his feet right in front of Ogden, who leapt backward so fast he stood on the tails of his frock coat and stumbled.
"You're not welcome."
The man standing before them had thick hair so matted with dirt it could have been any color. Several of his teeth were missing. His eyes were small and dark and stared in opposite directions. He might have looked comical, but he did not; the effect was frighten-ing, and Harry could not blame Ogden for backing away several more paces before he spoke.
"Er — good morning. I'm from the Ministry of Magic —" "You're not welcome."
"Er — I'm sorry — I don't understand you," said Ogden nervously.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Fabian Perez Brunette painting
Fabian Perez Brunette paintingFabian Perez Balcony at Buenos Aires II paintingFabian Perez Balcony at Buenos Aires I painting
train was gathering speed.
"…be good and…" , She was jogging to keep up now.
"…stay safe!"
Harry waved until the train had turned a corner and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were lost to view, then turned to see where the others had got to. He supposed Ron and Hermione were cloistered in the prefects' carriage, but Ginny was a little way along the corridor, chatting to some friends. He made his way toward her, dragging his trunk.
People stared shamelessly as he approached. They even pressed their faces against the windows of their compartments to get a look at him. He had expected an upswing in the amount of gaping and gawping he would have to endure this term after all the "Chosen One" rumors in the Daily Prophet, but he did not enjoy the sensation of standing in a very bright spotlight. He tapped Ginny on the shoulder.
train was gathering speed.
"…be good and…" , She was jogging to keep up now.
"…stay safe!"
Harry waved until the train had turned a corner and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were lost to view, then turned to see where the others had got to. He supposed Ron and Hermione were cloistered in the prefects' carriage, but Ginny was a little way along the corridor, chatting to some friends. He made his way toward her, dragging his trunk.
People stared shamelessly as he approached. They even pressed their faces against the windows of their compartments to get a look at him. He had expected an upswing in the amount of gaping and gawping he would have to endure this term after all the "Chosen One" rumors in the Daily Prophet, but he did not enjoy the sensation of standing in a very bright spotlight. He tapped Ginny on the shoulder.
Thomas Kinkade xmas cottage painting
Thomas Kinkade xmas cottage paintingThomas Kinkade Victorian Autumn paintingThomas Kinkade The Night Before Christmas painting
They'll be murdered in their beds!" she whispered.
"No they won’t!" said Ron, who, like Harry, was laughing. "This is brilliant!"
And he and Harry led the way into the shop. It was packed with customers; Harry could not get near the shelves. He stared around, looking up at the boxes piled to the ceiling: Here were the Skiving Snackboxes that the twins had perfected during their last, unfinished year at Hogwarts; Harry noticed that the Nosebleed Nougat was most popular, with only one battered box left on the shelf. There were bins full of trick wands, the cheapest merely turning into rubber chickens or pairs of briefs when waved, the most expensive beating the unwary user around the head and neck, and boxes of quills, which came in Self-Inking, Spell-Checking, and Smart-Answer varieties. A space cleared in the crowd, and Harry pushed his way toward the counter, where a gaggle of delighted ten-year-olds was watching a tiny little wooden man slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: Reusable hangman - spell it or he'll swing!
"Patented Daydream Charms”
They'll be murdered in their beds!" she whispered.
"No they won’t!" said Ron, who, like Harry, was laughing. "This is brilliant!"
And he and Harry led the way into the shop. It was packed with customers; Harry could not get near the shelves. He stared around, looking up at the boxes piled to the ceiling: Here were the Skiving Snackboxes that the twins had perfected during their last, unfinished year at Hogwarts; Harry noticed that the Nosebleed Nougat was most popular, with only one battered box left on the shelf. There were bins full of trick wands, the cheapest merely turning into rubber chickens or pairs of briefs when waved, the most expensive beating the unwary user around the head and neck, and boxes of quills, which came in Self-Inking, Spell-Checking, and Smart-Answer varieties. A space cleared in the crowd, and Harry pushed his way toward the counter, where a gaggle of delighted ten-year-olds was watching a tiny little wooden man slowly ascending the steps to a real set of gallows, both perched on a box that read: Reusable hangman - spell it or he'll swing!
"Patented Daydream Charms”
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Edward Hopper Morning Sun painting
Edward Hopper Morning Sun painting
Amedeo Modigliani Reclining Nude painting
If Harry had not seen Dudley's lips move, he might not have believed it. As it was, he stared at Dudley for several seconds before accepting that it must have been his cousin who had spoken; for one thing, Dudley had turned red. Harry was embarrassed and astonished himself.
"Well... er… thanks, Dudley."
Again, Dudley appeared to grapple with thoughts too unwieldy for expression before mumbling, "You saved my life,"
"Not really," said Harry. "It was your soul the dementor would have taken…"
He looked curiously at his cousin. They had had virtually no contact during this summer or last, as Harry had come back to Privet Drive so briefly and kept to his room so much. It now dawned on Harry, however, that the cup of cold tea on which he had trodden that morning might not have been a booby trap at all. Although rather touched he was nevertheless quite relieved
Amedeo Modigliani Reclining Nude painting
If Harry had not seen Dudley's lips move, he might not have believed it. As it was, he stared at Dudley for several seconds before accepting that it must have been his cousin who had spoken; for one thing, Dudley had turned red. Harry was embarrassed and astonished himself.
"Well... er… thanks, Dudley."
Again, Dudley appeared to grapple with thoughts too unwieldy for expression before mumbling, "You saved my life,"
"Not really," said Harry. "It was your soul the dementor would have taken…"
He looked curiously at his cousin. They had had virtually no contact during this summer or last, as Harry had come back to Privet Drive so briefly and kept to his room so much. It now dawned on Harry, however, that the cup of cold tea on which he had trodden that morning might not have been a booby trap at all. Although rather touched he was nevertheless quite relieved
Albert Bierstadt Yosemite Valley painting
Albert Bierstadt Yosemite Valley painting
Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting
"Lies!" Harry bellowed, and through the window he saw the next-door neighbor, who had paused to restart his lawn mower, look up nervously.
Harry sat down hard on the bed. The broken bit of mirror danced away from him; he picked it up and turned it over in his fingers, thinking, thinking of Dumbledore and the lies with which Rita Skeeter was defaming him ...
A flash of brightest blue. Harry froze, his cut finger slipping on the jagged edge of the mirror again. He had imagined it, he must have done. He glanced over his shoulder, but the wall was a sickly peach color of Aunt Petunia's choosing: There was nothing blue there for the mirror to reflect. He peered into the mirror fragment again, and saw nothing but his own bright green eye looking back at him.
He had imagined it, there was no other explanation; imagined it, because he had been thinking of his dead headmaster. If anything was certain, it was that the bright blue eyes of Albus Dumbledore would never pierce him again.
Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting
"Lies!" Harry bellowed, and through the window he saw the next-door neighbor, who had paused to restart his lawn mower, look up nervously.
Harry sat down hard on the bed. The broken bit of mirror danced away from him; he picked it up and turned it over in his fingers, thinking, thinking of Dumbledore and the lies with which Rita Skeeter was defaming him ...
A flash of brightest blue. Harry froze, his cut finger slipping on the jagged edge of the mirror again. He had imagined it, he must have done. He glanced over his shoulder, but the wall was a sickly peach color of Aunt Petunia's choosing: There was nothing blue there for the mirror to reflect. He peered into the mirror fragment again, and saw nothing but his own bright green eye looking back at him.
He had imagined it, there was no other explanation; imagined it, because he had been thinking of his dead headmaster. If anything was certain, it was that the bright blue eyes of Albus Dumbledore would never pierce him again.
Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow painting
Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow painting
Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation paintingHarry finished reading, but continued to gaze at the picture accompanying the obituary. Dumbledore was wearing his familiar, kindly smile, but as he peered over the top of his half-moon spectacles, he gave the impression, even in newsprint, of X-raying Harry, whose sadness mingled with a sense of humiliation.
He had thought he knew Dumbledore quite well, but ever since reading this obituary he had been forced to recognize that he had barely known him at all. Never once had he imagined Dumbledore's childhood or youth; it was as though he had sprung into being as Harry had known him, venerable and silver-haired and old. The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.
Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation paintingHarry finished reading, but continued to gaze at the picture accompanying the obituary. Dumbledore was wearing his familiar, kindly smile, but as he peered over the top of his half-moon spectacles, he gave the impression, even in newsprint, of X-raying Harry, whose sadness mingled with a sense of humiliation.
He had thought he knew Dumbledore quite well, but ever since reading this obituary he had been forced to recognize that he had barely known him at all. Never once had he imagined Dumbledore's childhood or youth; it was as though he had sprung into being as Harry had known him, venerable and silver-haired and old. The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.
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
Gettysburg AddressDelivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that Nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
Gettysburg AddressDelivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that Nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who gave their lives that Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Vincent van Gogh Self Portrait painting
Vincent van Gogh Self Portrait painting
Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers painting
Greece certain types of relic and economic aid, but these are inadequate. There is no other country to which democratic Greece can turn. No other nation is willing, and able, to provide the necessary support for a democratic Greek government. We must take immediate and resolute action.I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of 4 hundred million dollars for the period ending JuT1e 30, 1948. In requesting these funds, I have taken into consideration the maximum amount of relief assistance which would be furnished to Greece out of the 350 million dollars which I recently requested that the Congress authorize for the prevention of starvation and suffering in countries devastated by the war. In addition to funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey at the request of those countries to assist in the tasks of reconstruction,
Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers painting
Greece certain types of relic and economic aid, but these are inadequate. There is no other country to which democratic Greece can turn. No other nation is willing, and able, to provide the necessary support for a democratic Greek government. We must take immediate and resolute action.I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of 4 hundred million dollars for the period ending JuT1e 30, 1948. In requesting these funds, I have taken into consideration the maximum amount of relief assistance which would be furnished to Greece out of the 350 million dollars which I recently requested that the Congress authorize for the prevention of starvation and suffering in countries devastated by the war. In addition to funds, I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey at the request of those countries to assist in the tasks of reconstruction,
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Pablo Picasso Gertrude Stein painting
Pablo Picasso Gertrude Stein painting
Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Madame painting
That so few soldiers in the coalition died somehow seemed to Americans a vindication. It was even a return of their shining self, of Buffalo Bill, who (e. e cummings wrote) could “ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break one two three four five pigeons just like that.” The unspoken text was this: the nation had recovered its immunity, its divine favor, or anyway its gift for doing things right. The victory was as satisfying as anything Americans have done together since landing on the moon.Would it be seemly to have a moment of silence for the Iraqi corpses?It is not inconsequential to kill 100,000 people. That much life suddenly and violently extinguished must leave a ragged hole somewhere in the universe. One looks for special effects of a metaphysical kind to attend so much d
Tamara de Lempicka Portrait of Madame painting
That so few soldiers in the coalition died somehow seemed to Americans a vindication. It was even a return of their shining self, of Buffalo Bill, who (e. e cummings wrote) could “ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break one two three four five pigeons just like that.” The unspoken text was this: the nation had recovered its immunity, its divine favor, or anyway its gift for doing things right. The victory was as satisfying as anything Americans have done together since landing on the moon.Would it be seemly to have a moment of silence for the Iraqi corpses?It is not inconsequential to kill 100,000 people. That much life suddenly and violently extinguished must leave a ragged hole somewhere in the universe. One looks for special effects of a metaphysical kind to attend so much d
Edmund Blair Leighton The End of The Song painting
Edmund Blair Leighton The End of The Song painting
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Numbers" takes audiences on a completely different sort of ride with Travolta portraying a celebrity weatherman, Russ Richards, and Lisa Kudrow from TV's "Friends," as the lotto ball girl at a Harrisburg, Penn. TV station. When Richards finds himself in financial trouble, he hatches a scheme with Kudrow's Crystal Latroy to rig the lottery. But when they win, the idea of all those millions of dollars begins to bewitch not only them, but the TV station manager, a local thug and several other accomplices in the scheme. Written by Nora Ephron ("Sleepless in Seattle", "When Harry Met Sally",) the characters in "Numbers" spiral downward as each of them tries to get their hands on the winning lotto ticket and events take a murderous turn for the worse.
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Numbers" takes audiences on a completely different sort of ride with Travolta portraying a celebrity weatherman, Russ Richards, and Lisa Kudrow from TV's "Friends," as the lotto ball girl at a Harrisburg, Penn. TV station. When Richards finds himself in financial trouble, he hatches a scheme with Kudrow's Crystal Latroy to rig the lottery. But when they win, the idea of all those millions of dollars begins to bewitch not only them, but the TV station manager, a local thug and several other accomplices in the scheme. Written by Nora Ephron ("Sleepless in Seattle", "When Harry Met Sally",) the characters in "Numbers" spiral downward as each of them tries to get their hands on the winning lotto ticket and events take a murderous turn for the worse.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Frida Kahlo Diego and Frida painting
Frida Kahlo Diego and Frida painting
Rembrandt Christ In The Storm painting
That means the snow that's already on the ground will remain on Christmas, and there's a good chance of more snow.Nebolski, who works at a grocery store in South Bend, Indiana, says super cold weather is putting a chill on Christmas. "I hate it," she says. "I mean, even in the store, it's so cold here too. You've just got to dress warm."She says the bitter cold has meant the snow gets no chance to melt: "It just keeps snowing and snowing and snowing. Last time I remember snow like this was the December we had in '77 and then we had the blizzard in '78, so I hope it's not gonna be like that again."The weather has been stranding people nationwide the past week as they try to get home for the holidays — causing lengthy delays at airports and freezing up train service.
Rembrandt Christ In The Storm painting
That means the snow that's already on the ground will remain on Christmas, and there's a good chance of more snow.Nebolski, who works at a grocery store in South Bend, Indiana, says super cold weather is putting a chill on Christmas. "I hate it," she says. "I mean, even in the store, it's so cold here too. You've just got to dress warm."She says the bitter cold has meant the snow gets no chance to melt: "It just keeps snowing and snowing and snowing. Last time I remember snow like this was the December we had in '77 and then we had the blizzard in '78, so I hope it's not gonna be like that again."The weather has been stranding people nationwide the past week as they try to get home for the holidays — causing lengthy delays at airports and freezing up train service.
Thomas Kinkade Mountain Paradise painting
Thomas Kinkade Mountain Paradise painting
Thomas Kinkade Mountain Memories painting
4 was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the year's top-grossing movie. Its weekend take was $11.6 million, giving it a $232 million total.The comedy Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock as a tomboy FBI agent who goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant, premiered in fifth place with $10.3 million.Ang Lee's acclaimed adventure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon jumped into the top 10. After two huge weekends in narrow release, the Mandarin-language film expanded to 141 theaters and grossed $2.8 million to finish at No. 10, averaging $19,748 per cinema.Overall, the top 12 movies grossed $110.2 million, up 17 percent from the same weekend last year. By next weekend, Hollywood is expected to squeak past last year's revenue record of $7.5 billion, though higher ticket prices mean movie attendance was down for 2000, said Paul Dergarabedian, president
Thomas Kinkade Mountain Memories painting
4 was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the year's top-grossing movie. Its weekend take was $11.6 million, giving it a $232 million total.The comedy Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock as a tomboy FBI agent who goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant, premiered in fifth place with $10.3 million.Ang Lee's acclaimed adventure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon jumped into the top 10. After two huge weekends in narrow release, the Mandarin-language film expanded to 141 theaters and grossed $2.8 million to finish at No. 10, averaging $19,748 per cinema.Overall, the top 12 movies grossed $110.2 million, up 17 percent from the same weekend last year. By next weekend, Hollywood is expected to squeak past last year's revenue record of $7.5 billion, though higher ticket prices mean movie attendance was down for 2000, said Paul Dergarabedian, president
Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting
Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting
Gustav Klimt Sea Serpents painting
The reason this visit matters a lot is...the fact that it signals the end of an era, and an opportunity to try to build the European architecture that Secretary Albright has worked hard at over the last few years," a senior State Department official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Albright argued fiercely for the bombing, aimed at stopping what supporters called "ethnic cleansing" of Kosovo's ethnic Albanians by forces of then President Slobodan Milosevic. Isolated by sweeping international sanctions, Milosevic was eventually toppled by a popular revolt last October which forced him to accept the results of a September election.
Gustav Klimt Sea Serpents painting
The reason this visit matters a lot is...the fact that it signals the end of an era, and an opportunity to try to build the European architecture that Secretary Albright has worked hard at over the last few years," a senior State Department official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Albright argued fiercely for the bombing, aimed at stopping what supporters called "ethnic cleansing" of Kosovo's ethnic Albanians by forces of then President Slobodan Milosevic. Isolated by sweeping international sanctions, Milosevic was eventually toppled by a popular revolt last October which forced him to accept the results of a September election.
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Guillaume Seignac Cupid Disarmed painting
the other guy's positions. He took on the suicide wing of his party, which would rather be right than win, and made them roll over and play dead, threw the invisibility cloak over the congressional wing of his party and made them disappear. Stripped of every winning Republican issue — the cold war, crime, the economy — he proceeded to run on Democratic ones — education, health care, Social Security. Lampooned as a feckless frat boy, he ran a more disciplined race than we have seen in years; he made his inexperience a virtue, his vagueness a shield, his sins a sign of sincerity. That was enough to keep him in the race far longer than the computer models projected, if not enough to win him the most votes. But then came the second campaign, and the way he played the endgame told us even more about him than anything he had said as a candidate. Through the five-week Florida prizefight, he showed what he meant when he kept saying he would hire the best people, give them their freedom and hold them accountable. He stood back, stayed out of the fray since law isn't his field and he knows what he doesn't know.
Guillaume Seignac Cupid Disarmed painting
the other guy's positions. He took on the suicide wing of his party, which would rather be right than win, and made them roll over and play dead, threw the invisibility cloak over the congressional wing of his party and made them disappear. Stripped of every winning Republican issue — the cold war, crime, the economy — he proceeded to run on Democratic ones — education, health care, Social Security. Lampooned as a feckless frat boy, he ran a more disciplined race than we have seen in years; he made his inexperience a virtue, his vagueness a shield, his sins a sign of sincerity. That was enough to keep him in the race far longer than the computer models projected, if not enough to win him the most votes. But then came the second campaign, and the way he played the endgame told us even more about him than anything he had said as a candidate. Through the five-week Florida prizefight, he showed what he meant when he kept saying he would hire the best people, give them their freedom and hold them accountable. He stood back, stayed out of the fray since law isn't his field and he knows what he doesn't know.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Andrew Atroshenko The Fan Dancer painting
Andrew Atroshenko The Fan Dancer painting
Howard Behrens Rue de St. Paul painting
For example, right now TWA is running a coast-to-coast sale and American has not exactly been known for its low prices. As a matter of fact I can't even come up with a major, major sale that American Airlines has done over the last six to eight months."Sources today confirmed that Fort Worth, Texas-based American planned to buy money-losing Trans World Airlines Inc. after the St. Louis, Mo.-based carrier files for bankruptcy for the third time, perhaps as soon as Wednesday. Some airlines, including American and United Airlines, which is also trying a mega-merger, announced earlier this year they would try to ease the increasingly unpleasant experience of coach air travel through such measures as increasing leg room and storage space in the cabin.But those types of overtures would all but end with fewer major competitors
Howard Behrens Rue de St. Paul painting
For example, right now TWA is running a coast-to-coast sale and American has not exactly been known for its low prices. As a matter of fact I can't even come up with a major, major sale that American Airlines has done over the last six to eight months."Sources today confirmed that Fort Worth, Texas-based American planned to buy money-losing Trans World Airlines Inc. after the St. Louis, Mo.-based carrier files for bankruptcy for the third time, perhaps as soon as Wednesday. Some airlines, including American and United Airlines, which is also trying a mega-merger, announced earlier this year they would try to ease the increasingly unpleasant experience of coach air travel through such measures as increasing leg room and storage space in the cabin.But those types of overtures would all but end with fewer major competitors
Ford Madox Brown paintings
Ford Madox Brown paintings
Federico Andreotti paintings
JAKARTA - Mobs of indigenous Dayaks torched more homes in Borneo yesterday as security forces made their first attempt to seize weapons and stop the slaughter of Madurese immigrants.
Screaming "Long live the Dayaks!" mobs swept through the outskirts of the Central Kalimantan capital, Palangkaraya, witnesses said, burning homes abandoned by Madurese. A military spokesman said special forces troops from the Army's airborne unit would soon be sent into Borneo, although he did not say when. The Army's feared Kopassus special forces would not be dispatched, as some local media reported, he added.
Federico Andreotti paintings
JAKARTA - Mobs of indigenous Dayaks torched more homes in Borneo yesterday as security forces made their first attempt to seize weapons and stop the slaughter of Madurese immigrants.
Screaming "Long live the Dayaks!" mobs swept through the outskirts of the Central Kalimantan capital, Palangkaraya, witnesses said, burning homes abandoned by Madurese. A military spokesman said special forces troops from the Army's airborne unit would soon be sent into Borneo, although he did not say when. The Army's feared Kopassus special forces would not be dispatched, as some local media reported, he added.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Music painting
Music painting
Nude painting
Washington and Pyongyang would slow its efforts to reconcile with the North. Han Seung-soo, 63, ambassador to the US under former president Kim Young-sam, was appointed Foreign Minister.The resignation of his predecessor, Mr Lee, had been expected since Saturday, when he cancelled a trip to Santiago, Chile, for the first conference of foreign ministers of the East Asia-Latin America Forum.Mr Lee had come under fire in connection with a joint statement issued during Russian President Vladimir Putin's February visit to Seoul. The statement called the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty a "cornerstone of strategic stability". Some observers interpreted the statement as a sign of Seoul's opposition to a
Nude painting
Washington and Pyongyang would slow its efforts to reconcile with the North. Han Seung-soo, 63, ambassador to the US under former president Kim Young-sam, was appointed Foreign Minister.The resignation of his predecessor, Mr Lee, had been expected since Saturday, when he cancelled a trip to Santiago, Chile, for the first conference of foreign ministers of the East Asia-Latin America Forum.Mr Lee had come under fire in connection with a joint statement issued during Russian President Vladimir Putin's February visit to Seoul. The statement called the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty a "cornerstone of strategic stability". Some observers interpreted the statement as a sign of Seoul's opposition to a
Friday, July 18, 2008
James Childs paintings
James Childs paintings
John Singleton Copley paintings
Instead of agreeing to a second day of talks, the United States will be sending U.S. Ambassador Joseph Prueher to the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday to express U.S. dissatisfaction over China's failure to address the spy plane question. He will tell the Chinese that "it makes sense to continue meeting only if the Chinese are prepared to discuss the return of the plane," the White House official said."We want to begin discussion on it; we just want to have a discussion on it," he said.The official added there will be no discussions on any other issues — the cause of the accident and mechanisms to prevent future incidents — until China starts talking about the plane.White House officials said the delegation in Beijing would be leaving Friday, no matter what the outcome. Lines in the Sand
John Singleton Copley paintings
Instead of agreeing to a second day of talks, the United States will be sending U.S. Ambassador Joseph Prueher to the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday to express U.S. dissatisfaction over China's failure to address the spy plane question. He will tell the Chinese that "it makes sense to continue meeting only if the Chinese are prepared to discuss the return of the plane," the White House official said."We want to begin discussion on it; we just want to have a discussion on it," he said.The official added there will be no discussions on any other issues — the cause of the accident and mechanisms to prevent future incidents — until China starts talking about the plane.White House officials said the delegation in Beijing would be leaving Friday, no matter what the outcome. Lines in the Sand
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting
Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting
Steve Hanks Casting Her Shadows painting
First families are under fantastic scrutiny," says historian Carl Anthony, author of America's First Families (Touchstone). "It's amazing that anyone can grow up under those conditions. The whole world is watching."Still, only 10 presidents and first ladies had no living children while in the White House — and many of them had to raise children while trying to keep world peace. That 'Indolent' Little WashRoosevelt's eldest, Alice, had quite a reputation, dancing on cars in Newport, jumping into the White House pool fully clothed, screaming when the staff refused to serve champagne.
Steve Hanks Casting Her Shadows painting
First families are under fantastic scrutiny," says historian Carl Anthony, author of America's First Families (Touchstone). "It's amazing that anyone can grow up under those conditions. The whole world is watching."Still, only 10 presidents and first ladies had no living children while in the White House — and many of them had to raise children while trying to keep world peace. That 'Indolent' Little WashRoosevelt's eldest, Alice, had quite a reputation, dancing on cars in Newport, jumping into the White House pool fully clothed, screaming when the staff refused to serve champagne.
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat painting
Theodore Robinson Valley of the Seine Giverny painting
Critics also say the plan is a boondoggle for the wealthy. "President Bush and Republicans in Congress have decided to sacrifice these priorities in order to give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest individuals," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. "This bill, in short, fails the American people." According to Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington-based group that opposes the plan, 37.6 percent of the total tax cut will go to the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers — those earning $373,000 a year or more. Democratic opponents of the legislation also say it is riddled with gimmicks
Theodore Robinson Valley of the Seine Giverny painting
Critics also say the plan is a boondoggle for the wealthy. "President Bush and Republicans in Congress have decided to sacrifice these priorities in order to give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest individuals," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo. "This bill, in short, fails the American people." According to Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington-based group that opposes the plan, 37.6 percent of the total tax cut will go to the wealthiest 1 percent of taxpayers — those earning $373,000 a year or more. Democratic opponents of the legislation also say it is riddled with gimmicks
Pino day dream painting
Pino day dream painting
Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting
principal expressway connecting the majority of the Olympic venues located in the west, northwest and north parts of the city. The Beijing Municipal Government has officially named the Fourth Ring Road the "Olympic Boulevard." It is designed to have eight-lanes with 147 flyovers to connect with the major streets of the city. A ride of less than 30 minutes can take the athletes and judges back to their lodgings. The City Rail and the Olympic Subway will provide a high-speed rail transport for the Olympic Green. The Olympic Subway extends 28 km through the city linking over ten busy sections of the downtown area. At the 24 stations, passengers may transfer to two subway lines, three ring roads and twelve public bus lines. This dedicated subway line will provide convenient transport service for the athletes to go downtownfor shopping, sightseeing or entertainment, and for the Beijing residents, it is also an easy access to the Olympic Green to watch games or take
Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting
principal expressway connecting the majority of the Olympic venues located in the west, northwest and north parts of the city. The Beijing Municipal Government has officially named the Fourth Ring Road the "Olympic Boulevard." It is designed to have eight-lanes with 147 flyovers to connect with the major streets of the city. A ride of less than 30 minutes can take the athletes and judges back to their lodgings. The City Rail and the Olympic Subway will provide a high-speed rail transport for the Olympic Green. The Olympic Subway extends 28 km through the city linking over ten busy sections of the downtown area. At the 24 stations, passengers may transfer to two subway lines, three ring roads and twelve public bus lines. This dedicated subway line will provide convenient transport service for the athletes to go downtownfor shopping, sightseeing or entertainment, and for the Beijing residents, it is also an easy access to the Olympic Green to watch games or take
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Frederic Edwin Church paintings
Frederic Edwin Church paintings
Frederic Remington paintings
And, he notes, several sportsmen's catalogs sell knives made of non-metallic material, making them impervious to metal detectors. "Even if you put it in your front pocket," says Boivin, "It wouldn't ring the detector."New Detection MethodsThat may all change as more companies begin to rapidly develop and introduce advanced detection systems.One new X-ray machine developed by Rapiscan Security Products, for example, is designed for use on passengers rather than on carry-on baggage. The Hawthorne, Calif., company's Secure 1000 looks like a large gray wardrobe closet and uses a narrow beam of low-powered X-rays to scan a passenger. The X-rays penetrate a few millimeters into the body and reflected back to sensitive detectors.Soft objects such as flesh and clothing reflect weak signals while harder objects
Frederic Remington paintings
And, he notes, several sportsmen's catalogs sell knives made of non-metallic material, making them impervious to metal detectors. "Even if you put it in your front pocket," says Boivin, "It wouldn't ring the detector."New Detection MethodsThat may all change as more companies begin to rapidly develop and introduce advanced detection systems.One new X-ray machine developed by Rapiscan Security Products, for example, is designed for use on passengers rather than on carry-on baggage. The Hawthorne, Calif., company's Secure 1000 looks like a large gray wardrobe closet and uses a narrow beam of low-powered X-rays to scan a passenger. The X-rays penetrate a few millimeters into the body and reflected back to sensitive detectors.Soft objects such as flesh and clothing reflect weak signals while harder objects
Claude Lorrain paintings
Claude Lorrain paintings
Claude Monet paintings
Korea next year where they will join country's such as holders France, Argentina, England and Italy.China have won five and drawn one of their six matches and now stand six points ahead of second-placed United Arab Emirates after scoring 10 goals and conceding just one.Captain Fan Zhiyi, who plays in England for first division club Crystal Palace, was so choked by tears in the dressing room he could barely speak.'This dream was a long time coming,' said Zhuang Yuhua, 41, who was selling headbands outside the stadium.Zhao Yi, a 22 year-old Shenyang hotel porter, added: 'This really means a lot to China -- no less than the Olympics did. A real psychological boost.'Shenyang residents streamed out of their homes after the match and headed for public squares for an all-night party.Beijing residents, still jubilant over the city winning the
Claude Monet paintings
Korea next year where they will join country's such as holders France, Argentina, England and Italy.China have won five and drawn one of their six matches and now stand six points ahead of second-placed United Arab Emirates after scoring 10 goals and conceding just one.Captain Fan Zhiyi, who plays in England for first division club Crystal Palace, was so choked by tears in the dressing room he could barely speak.'This dream was a long time coming,' said Zhuang Yuhua, 41, who was selling headbands outside the stadium.Zhao Yi, a 22 year-old Shenyang hotel porter, added: 'This really means a lot to China -- no less than the Olympics did. A real psychological boost.'Shenyang residents streamed out of their homes after the match and headed for public squares for an all-night party.Beijing residents, still jubilant over the city winning the
wholesale oil painting
wholesale oil painting
Germans have been among the most reluctant to adopt the euro because they cherished their Deutschemark as a symbol of post-war stability and prosperity.But former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, one of the main drivers behind monetary union in the 1990s, said the common currency should bind together once bitter enemies."The fathers of the euro wanted to stop us having to visit future war cemeteries," he said last week.In Vienna, European Commission President Romano Prodi marked the launch by buying his wife a bouquet of red and white roses with euro notes, saying he was happy with the launch so far, but work would be needed to educate citizens about the currency.Queues are expected at train stations and in supermarkets in the coming days as people fumble to swap old money for new.
Germans have been among the most reluctant to adopt the euro because they cherished their Deutschemark as a symbol of post-war stability and prosperity.But former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, one of the main drivers behind monetary union in the 1990s, said the common currency should bind together once bitter enemies."The fathers of the euro wanted to stop us having to visit future war cemeteries," he said last week.In Vienna, European Commission President Romano Prodi marked the launch by buying his wife a bouquet of red and white roses with euro notes, saying he was happy with the launch so far, but work would be needed to educate citizens about the currency.Queues are expected at train stations and in supermarkets in the coming days as people fumble to swap old money for new.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Seascapes paintings
Seascapes paintings
Still Life paintings
William Hung -- a Hong Kong-born boy-- has become an overnight American idol.The unfashionable William Hung is now a hit with Americans after his display of ...
William Hung -- a Hong Kong-born UC Berkeley civil engineering student -- has become an overnight American idol. Many American girls have a crush on him and scores of fans are searching for William Hung's American Idol performance.Hung is a student of the University of California, Berkeley. He volunteered for the show's San Francisco auditions and performed what can be described as a somewhat tone-deaf performance of the Ricky Martin hit "She Bangs." "You can't sing, you can't dance, so what are you going to say?" When interrupted by the merciless judge,William Hung answered, "I already gave my best, and thus I have no regrets at all."
Still Life paintings
William Hung -- a Hong Kong-born boy-- has become an overnight American idol.The unfashionable William Hung is now a hit with Americans after his display of ...
William Hung -- a Hong Kong-born UC Berkeley civil engineering student -- has become an overnight American idol. Many American girls have a crush on him and scores of fans are searching for William Hung's American Idol performance.Hung is a student of the University of California, Berkeley. He volunteered for the show's San Francisco auditions and performed what can be described as a somewhat tone-deaf performance of the Ricky Martin hit "She Bangs." "You can't sing, you can't dance, so what are you going to say?" When interrupted by the merciless judge,William Hung answered, "I already gave my best, and thus I have no regrets at all."
wine painting
wine painting
Abstract paintings
Has an ability for photography? Try a new digital camera, photography book, dark room supplies, printing paper, camera case, or a new specialty lens. Desire for hiking? Try a nice backpack, regional hiking guide, new hiking boots, compass, or thermos. Collector? Try finding new pieces to their collection, whether it's stamps, coins, teapots ,etc.Aspiring interior decorator? Get a "how to" design book filled with tips and ideas for the home, a gift certificate to a home store that will allow Mom to flex her decorating muscles, or volunteer to paint the house the way Mom always wanted it. Movie fan? Make a collection of the top 5 winning movies from any year for mom to watch on video or DVD. Or compile a set of movies featuring her favorite actor or actress. Into games? How about a new family board game, chess set, puzzles, or a computer game that will intrigue Mom?
Abstract paintings
Has an ability for photography? Try a new digital camera, photography book, dark room supplies, printing paper, camera case, or a new specialty lens. Desire for hiking? Try a nice backpack, regional hiking guide, new hiking boots, compass, or thermos. Collector? Try finding new pieces to their collection, whether it's stamps, coins, teapots ,etc.Aspiring interior decorator? Get a "how to" design book filled with tips and ideas for the home, a gift certificate to a home store that will allow Mom to flex her decorating muscles, or volunteer to paint the house the way Mom always wanted it. Movie fan? Make a collection of the top 5 winning movies from any year for mom to watch on video or DVD. Or compile a set of movies featuring her favorite actor or actress. Into games? How about a new family board game, chess set, puzzles, or a computer game that will intrigue Mom?
Monday, July 14, 2008
Claude Monet The Shoot painting
Claude Monet The Shoot painting
Gustav Klimt Water Castle painting
Betel nut beauties are a common site along the roadsides in Taiwan. Recently, Taiwan police has ordered the city's betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents...
Betel nut beauties are a common site along the roadsides in Taiwan. Some people regard their presence an outrage while others think they are a unique and colorful part of life in Taiwan. The girls can be seen in sitting in large glass-walled booths on the sides of the road. They are usually busy counting betel nuts or else sit there looking very bored. Customers stop while driving past and the girls run out to sell them bags of betel nuts.Recently, Taiwan police has ordered the city's betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents.
Gustav Klimt Water Castle painting
Betel nut beauties are a common site along the roadsides in Taiwan. Recently, Taiwan police has ordered the city's betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents...
Betel nut beauties are a common site along the roadsides in Taiwan. Some people regard their presence an outrage while others think they are a unique and colorful part of life in Taiwan. The girls can be seen in sitting in large glass-walled booths on the sides of the road. They are usually busy counting betel nuts or else sit there looking very bored. Customers stop while driving past and the girls run out to sell them bags of betel nuts.Recently, Taiwan police has ordered the city's betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents.
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids — not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars.
An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids — not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars, experts say.Girls are getting their hands on the same dangerous testosterone pills, shots and creams that have created a scandal in major league baseball and other sports. Often, these are the same girls who have eating disorders, according to some research. Overall, up to about 5 percent of high school girls and 7 percent of middle-school girls admit trying anabolic steroids at least once, with use of rising steadily since 1991, various government and university studies have shown.
Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids — not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars.
An alarming number of American girls, some as young as 9, are using bodybuilding steroids — not necessarily to get an edge on the playing field, but to get the toned, sculpted look of models and movie stars, experts say.Girls are getting their hands on the same dangerous testosterone pills, shots and creams that have created a scandal in major league baseball and other sports. Often, these are the same girls who have eating disorders, according to some research. Overall, up to about 5 percent of high school girls and 7 percent of middle-school girls admit trying anabolic steroids at least once, with use of rising steadily since 1991, various government and university studies have shown.
Juarez Machado paintings
Juarez Machado paintings
Joan Miro paintings
With skin cancer rates soaring, health advocates are stepping up efforts to warn teens of the dangers of sun exposure. Is the message getting through?
Fair-skinned, blue-eyed Charlie Guild got a bad sunburn after she forgot to reapply her sunscreen at a pool party. When she was 16, she mistakenly fried herself on a family Christmas vacation trip to Puerto Vallarta. Charlie was just 25 when she learned she had melanoma. She died from it eight months later. "I never had the faintest idea that literally a burn could cause you to get a fatal disease. It can," says her mom, Valerie Guild, president of the Charlie Guild Melanoma Foundation (charlie.org), a national advocacy group trying to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention and detection through sun-safety education for children and other efforts.Getting tan may not be as harmful as smoking. But unprotected exposure to its ultraviolet rays in the teen years dramatically increases the
Joan Miro paintings
With skin cancer rates soaring, health advocates are stepping up efforts to warn teens of the dangers of sun exposure. Is the message getting through?
Fair-skinned, blue-eyed Charlie Guild got a bad sunburn after she forgot to reapply her sunscreen at a pool party. When she was 16, she mistakenly fried herself on a family Christmas vacation trip to Puerto Vallarta. Charlie was just 25 when she learned she had melanoma. She died from it eight months later. "I never had the faintest idea that literally a burn could cause you to get a fatal disease. It can," says her mom, Valerie Guild, president of the Charlie Guild Melanoma Foundation (charlie.org), a national advocacy group trying to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention and detection through sun-safety education for children and other efforts.Getting tan may not be as harmful as smoking. But unprotected exposure to its ultraviolet rays in the teen years dramatically increases the
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Caravaggio paintings
Caravaggio paintings
Claude Lorrain paintings
Northern Iraq is a stable land where people love America and Americans. So why doesn't the U.S. military make itself at home?
For a brief spell last year, small groups of American soldiers fresh off the battlefields of Fallujah and Samarra got a chance to rest and relax at the Jiyan Hotel in the highlands of Iraq. They could swim laps, play tennis, shoot pool and generally just chill as they looked out on the dramatic snow-covered peaks that have always been the refuge of the Kurds. ("We have no friends but the mountains" is a well-known Kurdish proverb.) Kids mobbed the soldiers, asking for candy; adults began every conversation with "My friend." Indeed, there are few places anywhere in the world these days where American troops get a warmer welcome.When you hear that Iraqis are sick of the U.S. occupation, remember the Kurds. They love the U.S.A. They want these American occupiers, and really do think
Claude Lorrain paintings
Northern Iraq is a stable land where people love America and Americans. So why doesn't the U.S. military make itself at home?
For a brief spell last year, small groups of American soldiers fresh off the battlefields of Fallujah and Samarra got a chance to rest and relax at the Jiyan Hotel in the highlands of Iraq. They could swim laps, play tennis, shoot pool and generally just chill as they looked out on the dramatic snow-covered peaks that have always been the refuge of the Kurds. ("We have no friends but the mountains" is a well-known Kurdish proverb.) Kids mobbed the soldiers, asking for candy; adults began every conversation with "My friend." Indeed, there are few places anywhere in the world these days where American troops get a warmer welcome.When you hear that Iraqis are sick of the U.S. occupation, remember the Kurds. They love the U.S.A. They want these American occupiers, and really do think
Mark Rothko paintings
Mark Rothko paintings
Montague Dawson paintings
hope you'll be glad to hear. Now come and say hello to my cousin, Melanie Wilkes.SCARLETT: Oh, do we have to?ASHLEY: She's been looking forward to seeing you again.Melanie! Here's Scarlett.MELANIE: Scarlett. I'm so glad to see you again.SCARLETT: Melanie Hamilton, what a surprise to run into you here. I hope you're going to stay with us a few days at least.MELANIE: I hope I shall stay long enough for us to become real friends, Scarlett. I do so want us to be.ASHLEY: We'll keep her here, won't we, Scarlett?SCARLETT: Oh, we'll just have to make the biggest fuss over her, won't we, Ashley? And if there's anybody who knows how to give a girl a good time, it's Ashley. Though I expect our good times must seem terribly silly to youbecause you're so serious.MELANIE: Oh, Scarlett. You have so much life. I've always admired you so, I wish I could be more like you.SCARLETT: You mustn't flatter me, Melanie, and say things you don't mean.
Montague Dawson paintings
hope you'll be glad to hear. Now come and say hello to my cousin, Melanie Wilkes.SCARLETT: Oh, do we have to?ASHLEY: She's been looking forward to seeing you again.Melanie! Here's Scarlett.MELANIE: Scarlett. I'm so glad to see you again.SCARLETT: Melanie Hamilton, what a surprise to run into you here. I hope you're going to stay with us a few days at least.MELANIE: I hope I shall stay long enough for us to become real friends, Scarlett. I do so want us to be.ASHLEY: We'll keep her here, won't we, Scarlett?SCARLETT: Oh, we'll just have to make the biggest fuss over her, won't we, Ashley? And if there's anybody who knows how to give a girl a good time, it's Ashley. Though I expect our good times must seem terribly silly to youbecause you're so serious.MELANIE: Oh, Scarlett. You have so much life. I've always admired you so, I wish I could be more like you.SCARLETT: You mustn't flatter me, Melanie, and say things you don't mean.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Diego Rivera Portrait of Natasha Zakolkowa Gelman painting
Diego Rivera Portrait of Natasha Zakolkowa Gelman painting
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Summary
King Solomon's Mines was written by Haggard in conscious rivalry with Stevenson's Treasure IslandWE had killed nine elephants, and it took us two days to cut out the tusks and get them home and bury them carefully in the sand under a large tree, which made a conspicuous mark for miles round. It was a wonderfully fine lot of ivory. I never saw a better, averaging as it did between forty and fifty pounds a tusk. The tusks of the great bull that killed poor Khiva scaled one hundred and seventy-pounds the pair, as nearly as we could judge.
As for Khiva himself, we buried what remained of him in an ant-bear hole, together with an assegai to protect himself with on his journey to a . It was intended, in the author's own words, to be "a book for boys". Published in 1886, Cassell's the publishers drew on the enthusiasm of early readers' reports and launched it with hype only repeated in the latter half of the twentieth century. On vast posters and in narrow type were emblazoned the words "KING SOLOMON'S MINES - THE MOST AMAZING BOOK EVER WRITTEN". Put up in the dark, people leaving for work could not escape the message in the morning and the book subsequently became a phenomenal success (see Higgins' book Rider Haggard for more details on that advertising coup). Improbable and therefore fable-like, the story tells of English travellers who penetrate a remote African country, the site of a vanished empire with predictably
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Summary
King Solomon's Mines was written by Haggard in conscious rivalry with Stevenson's Treasure IslandWE had killed nine elephants, and it took us two days to cut out the tusks and get them home and bury them carefully in the sand under a large tree, which made a conspicuous mark for miles round. It was a wonderfully fine lot of ivory. I never saw a better, averaging as it did between forty and fifty pounds a tusk. The tusks of the great bull that killed poor Khiva scaled one hundred and seventy-pounds the pair, as nearly as we could judge.
As for Khiva himself, we buried what remained of him in an ant-bear hole, together with an assegai to protect himself with on his journey to a . It was intended, in the author's own words, to be "a book for boys". Published in 1886, Cassell's the publishers drew on the enthusiasm of early readers' reports and launched it with hype only repeated in the latter half of the twentieth century. On vast posters and in narrow type were emblazoned the words "KING SOLOMON'S MINES - THE MOST AMAZING BOOK EVER WRITTEN". Put up in the dark, people leaving for work could not escape the message in the morning and the book subsequently became a phenomenal success (see Higgins' book Rider Haggard for more details on that advertising coup). Improbable and therefore fable-like, the story tells of English travellers who penetrate a remote African country, the site of a vanished empire with predictably
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
least he is a Presbyterian. So I suppose I shall have to be satisfied with that."
"Would you marry him if he were a Methodist, Miss Cornelia?"
"No, I would not. Politics is for this world, but religion is for both."
"And you may be a `relict' after all, Miss Cornelia."
"Not I. Marshall will live me out. The Elliotts are long-lived, and the Bryants are not."
"When are you to be married?" asked Anne.
"In about a month's time. My wedding dress is to be navy blue silk. And I want to ask you, Anne, dearie, if you think it would be all right to wear a veil with a navy blue dress. I've always thought I'd like to wear a veil if I ever got married. Marshall says to have it if I want to. Isn't that like a man?"
"Why shouldn't you wear it if you want to?" asked Anne.
"Well, one doesn't want to be different from other people," said Miss Cornelia, who was not noticeably like anyone
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
least he is a Presbyterian. So I suppose I shall have to be satisfied with that."
"Would you marry him if he were a Methodist, Miss Cornelia?"
"No, I would not. Politics is for this world, but religion is for both."
"And you may be a `relict' after all, Miss Cornelia."
"Not I. Marshall will live me out. The Elliotts are long-lived, and the Bryants are not."
"When are you to be married?" asked Anne.
"In about a month's time. My wedding dress is to be navy blue silk. And I want to ask you, Anne, dearie, if you think it would be all right to wear a veil with a navy blue dress. I've always thought I'd like to wear a veil if I ever got married. Marshall says to have it if I want to. Isn't that like a man?"
"Why shouldn't you wear it if you want to?" asked Anne.
"Well, one doesn't want to be different from other people," said Miss Cornelia, who was not noticeably like anyone
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
John William Waterhouse My Sweet Rose painting
John William Waterhouse My Sweet Rose painting
Rembrandt Rembrandt night watch painting
knew who you were, although I had never seen either of you before. I had heard of the new doctor and his bride who were coming to live in Miss Russell's little house. I--I hated you that very moment, Anne."
"I felt the resentment in your eyes--then I doubted--I thought I must be mistaken--because why should it be?"
"It was because you looked so happy. Oh, you'll agree with me now that I am a hateful beast--to hate another woman just because she was happy,--and when her happiness didn't take anything from me! That was why I never went to see you. I knew quite well I ought to go--even our simple Four Winds customs demanded that. But I couldn't. I used to watch you from my window--I could see you and your husband strolling about your garden in the evening--or you running down the poplar lane to meet him. And it hurt me. And yet in another way I wanted to go over. I felt that, if I were not so miserable, I could have liked you and found in you what I've never had in my life--an intimate, real friend of my own age. And then you remember
Rembrandt Rembrandt night watch painting
knew who you were, although I had never seen either of you before. I had heard of the new doctor and his bride who were coming to live in Miss Russell's little house. I--I hated you that very moment, Anne."
"I felt the resentment in your eyes--then I doubted--I thought I must be mistaken--because why should it be?"
"It was because you looked so happy. Oh, you'll agree with me now that I am a hateful beast--to hate another woman just because she was happy,--and when her happiness didn't take anything from me! That was why I never went to see you. I knew quite well I ought to go--even our simple Four Winds customs demanded that. But I couldn't. I used to watch you from my window--I could see you and your husband strolling about your garden in the evening--or you running down the poplar lane to meet him. And it hurt me. And yet in another way I wanted to go over. I felt that, if I were not so miserable, I could have liked you and found in you what I've never had in my life--an intimate, real friend of my own age. And then you remember
William Merritt Chase Peonies painting
William Merritt Chase Peonies painting
Edgar Degas Star of the Ballet painting
brown hair and a little white, sweet face, and long slender fingers like yours, Mistress Blythe, only browner, for she was a shore girl. Sometimes I wake up in the night and hear the sea calling to me in the old way, and it seems as if lost Margaret called in it. And when there's a storm and the waves are sobbing and moaning I hear her lamenting among them. And when they laugh on a gay day it's her laugh--lost Margaret's sweet, roguish, little laugh. The sea took her from me, but some day I'll find her. Mistress Blythe. It can't keep us apart forever."
"I am glad you have told me about her," said Anne. "I have often wondered why you had lived all your life alone."
"I couldn't ever care for anyone else. Lost Margaret took my heart with her--out there," said the old lover, who had been faithful for fifty years to his drowned sweetheart. "You won't mind if I talk a good deal about her, will you, Mistress Blythe? It's a pleasure to me--for all the pain went out of her memory years ago and jest left its blessing. I know you'll never forget her, Mistress Blythe. And if the years, as I hope, bring other little folks to your
Edgar Degas Star of the Ballet painting
brown hair and a little white, sweet face, and long slender fingers like yours, Mistress Blythe, only browner, for she was a shore girl. Sometimes I wake up in the night and hear the sea calling to me in the old way, and it seems as if lost Margaret called in it. And when there's a storm and the waves are sobbing and moaning I hear her lamenting among them. And when they laugh on a gay day it's her laugh--lost Margaret's sweet, roguish, little laugh. The sea took her from me, but some day I'll find her. Mistress Blythe. It can't keep us apart forever."
"I am glad you have told me about her," said Anne. "I have often wondered why you had lived all your life alone."
"I couldn't ever care for anyone else. Lost Margaret took my heart with her--out there," said the old lover, who had been faithful for fifty years to his drowned sweetheart. "You won't mind if I talk a good deal about her, will you, Mistress Blythe? It's a pleasure to me--for all the pain went out of her memory years ago and jest left its blessing. I know you'll never forget her, Mistress Blythe. And if the years, as I hope, bring other little folks to your
Monday, July 7, 2008
Salvador Dali paintings
Salvador Dali paintings
Stephen Gjertson paintings
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.
Anne's physical strength suddenly failed her. If she had not clutched at a low willow bough she would have fallen. Pacifique was George Fletcher's hired man, and George Fletcher lived next door to the Blythes. Mrs. Fletcher was Gilbert's aunt. Pacifique would know if -- if -- Pacifique would know what there was to be known.
Pacifique strode sturdily on along the red lane, whistling. He did not see Anne. She made three futile attempts to call him. He was almost past before she succeeded in making her quivering lips call, "Pacifique!"
Pacifique turned with a grin and a cheerful good morning.
Stephen Gjertson paintings
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.
Anne's physical strength suddenly failed her. If she had not clutched at a low willow bough she would have fallen. Pacifique was George Fletcher's hired man, and George Fletcher lived next door to the Blythes. Mrs. Fletcher was Gilbert's aunt. Pacifique would know if -- if -- Pacifique would know what there was to be known.
Pacifique strode sturdily on along the red lane, whistling. He did not see Anne. She made three futile attempts to call him. He was almost past before she succeeded in making her quivering lips call, "Pacifique!"
Pacifique turned with a grin and a cheerful good morning.
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famous painting
tiny scrap of a woman, with soft pink cheeks, mild blue eyes, and a mouth like a baby's. Dressed in a beautiful, fashionably-made black silk dress, with a fluffy white shawl over her shoulders, and her snowy hair surmounted by a dainty lace cap, she might have posed as a grandmother doll.
"How do you do, Janet dear?" she said sweetly. "I am so glad to see you again, dear." She put up her pretty old face to be kissed. "And this is our new teacher. I'm delighted to meet you. My son has been singing your praises until I'm half jealous, and I'm sure Janet ought to be wholly so."
Poor Janet blushed, Anne said something polite and conventional, and then everybody sat down and made talk. It was hard work, even for Anne, for nobody seemed at ease except old Mrs. Douglas, who certainly did not find any difficulty in talking. She made Janet sit by her and stroked her hand occasionally. Janet sat and smiled, looking horribly uncomfortable in her hideous dress, and John Douglas sat without smiling.
At the tea table Mrs. Douglas gracefully asked Janet to pour the tea. Janet turned redder than ever but did it. Anne wrote a description of that meal to Stella.
"We had cold tongue and chicken and strawberry preserves, lemon pie and tarts and chocolate
tiny scrap of a woman, with soft pink cheeks, mild blue eyes, and a mouth like a baby's. Dressed in a beautiful, fashionably-made black silk dress, with a fluffy white shawl over her shoulders, and her snowy hair surmounted by a dainty lace cap, she might have posed as a grandmother doll.
"How do you do, Janet dear?" she said sweetly. "I am so glad to see you again, dear." She put up her pretty old face to be kissed. "And this is our new teacher. I'm delighted to meet you. My son has been singing your praises until I'm half jealous, and I'm sure Janet ought to be wholly so."
Poor Janet blushed, Anne said something polite and conventional, and then everybody sat down and made talk. It was hard work, even for Anne, for nobody seemed at ease except old Mrs. Douglas, who certainly did not find any difficulty in talking. She made Janet sit by her and stroked her hand occasionally. Janet sat and smiled, looking horribly uncomfortable in her hideous dress, and John Douglas sat without smiling.
At the tea table Mrs. Douglas gracefully asked Janet to pour the tea. Janet turned redder than ever but did it. Anne wrote a description of that meal to Stella.
"We had cold tongue and chicken and strawberry preserves, lemon pie and tarts and chocolate
John William Waterhouse Ophelia painting
John William Waterhouse Ophelia painting
childe hassam At the Piano painting
," answered Anne, rather crisply.
"Well, no offense meant. Mrs. Hiram Sloane told me the other day that a big envelope addressed to the Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company of Montreal had been dropped into the post office box a month ago, and she suspicioned that somebody was trying for the prize they'd offered for the best story that introduced the name of their baking powder. She said it wasn't addressed in your writing, but I thought maybe it was you."
"Indeed, no! I saw the prize offer, but I'd never dream of competing for it. I think it would be perfectly disgraceful to write a story to advertise a baking powder. It would be almost as bad as Judson Parker's patent medicine fence."
So spake Anne loftily, little dreaming of the valley of humiliation awaiting her. That very evening Diana popped into the porch gable, bright-eyed and rosy cheeked, carrying a letter.
"Oh, Anne, here's a letter for you. I was at the office, so I thought I'd bring it along. Do open it quick. If it is what I believe it is I shall just be wild with delight." Anne, puzzled, opened the letter and glanced over the typewritten contents.
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," answered Anne, rather crisply.
"Well, no offense meant. Mrs. Hiram Sloane told me the other day that a big envelope addressed to the Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company of Montreal had been dropped into the post office box a month ago, and she suspicioned that somebody was trying for the prize they'd offered for the best story that introduced the name of their baking powder. She said it wasn't addressed in your writing, but I thought maybe it was you."
"Indeed, no! I saw the prize offer, but I'd never dream of competing for it. I think it would be perfectly disgraceful to write a story to advertise a baking powder. It would be almost as bad as Judson Parker's patent medicine fence."
So spake Anne loftily, little dreaming of the valley of humiliation awaiting her. That very evening Diana popped into the porch gable, bright-eyed and rosy cheeked, carrying a letter.
"Oh, Anne, here's a letter for you. I was at the office, so I thought I'd bring it along. Do open it quick. If it is what I believe it is I shall just be wild with delight." Anne, puzzled, opened the letter and glanced over the typewritten contents.
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Salvador Dali The Rose painting
Vincent van Gogh Cafe Terrace at Night painting
Yes, it has," said Anne shortly.
"Well, that editor must be crazy. What reason did he give?"
"No reason at all. There is just a printed slip saying that it wasn't found acceptable."
"I never thought much of that magazine, anyway," said Diana hotly. "The stories in it are not half as interesting as those in the Canadian Woman, although it costs so much more. I suppose the editor is prejudiced against any one who isn't a Yankee. Don't be discouraged, Anne. Remember how Mrs. Morgan's stories came back. Send yours to the Canadian Woman."
"I believe I will," said Anne, plucking up heart. "And if it is published I'll send that American editor a marked copy. But I'll cut the sunset out. I believe Mr. Harrison was right."
Out came the sunset; but in spite of this heroic mutilation the editor of the Canadian Woman sent Averil's Atonement back so promptly that the indignant Diana declared that it couldn't have been read at all, and vowed she was going to stop her subscription immediately. Anne took this second
Vincent van Gogh Cafe Terrace at Night painting
Yes, it has," said Anne shortly.
"Well, that editor must be crazy. What reason did he give?"
"No reason at all. There is just a printed slip saying that it wasn't found acceptable."
"I never thought much of that magazine, anyway," said Diana hotly. "The stories in it are not half as interesting as those in the Canadian Woman, although it costs so much more. I suppose the editor is prejudiced against any one who isn't a Yankee. Don't be discouraged, Anne. Remember how Mrs. Morgan's stories came back. Send yours to the Canadian Woman."
"I believe I will," said Anne, plucking up heart. "And if it is published I'll send that American editor a marked copy. But I'll cut the sunset out. I believe Mr. Harrison was right."
Out came the sunset; but in spite of this heroic mutilation the editor of the Canadian Woman sent Averil's Atonement back so promptly that the indignant Diana declared that it couldn't have been read at all, and vowed she was going to stop her subscription immediately. Anne took this second
Douglas Hofmann tapestry painting
Douglas Hofmann tapestry painting
Steve Hanks Interior View painting
pruned down to please the fastidious Mr. Harrison.
"I've left out ALL the descriptions but the sunset," she said at last. "I simply COULDN'T let it go. It was the best of them all."
"It hasn't anything to do with the story," said Mr. Harrison, "and you shouldn't have laid the scene among rich city people. What do you know of them? Why didn't you lay it right here in Avonlea -- changing the name, of course, or else Mrs. Rachel Lynde would probably think she was the heroine."
"Oh, that would never have done," protested Anne. "Avonlea is the dearest place in the world, but it isn't quite romantic enough for the scene of a story."
"I daresay there's been many a romance in Avonlea -- and many a tragedy, too," said Mr. Harrison drily. "But your folks ain't like real folks anywhere. They talk too much and use too high-flown language. There's one place where that DALRYMPLE chap talks even on for two pages, and never lets the girl get a word in edgewise. If he'd done that in real life she'd have pitched him."
Steve Hanks Interior View painting
pruned down to please the fastidious Mr. Harrison.
"I've left out ALL the descriptions but the sunset," she said at last. "I simply COULDN'T let it go. It was the best of them all."
"It hasn't anything to do with the story," said Mr. Harrison, "and you shouldn't have laid the scene among rich city people. What do you know of them? Why didn't you lay it right here in Avonlea -- changing the name, of course, or else Mrs. Rachel Lynde would probably think she was the heroine."
"Oh, that would never have done," protested Anne. "Avonlea is the dearest place in the world, but it isn't quite romantic enough for the scene of a story."
"I daresay there's been many a romance in Avonlea -- and many a tragedy, too," said Mr. Harrison drily. "But your folks ain't like real folks anywhere. They talk too much and use too high-flown language. There's one place where that DALRYMPLE chap talks even on for two pages, and never lets the girl get a word in edgewise. If he'd done that in real life she'd have pitched him."
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Eric Wallis Undressing painting
Eric Wallis Undressing painting
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
Diana looked hurt.
"I didn't think you'd make fun of me, Anne," she said reproachfully.
"Dearest, I wasn't making fun of you," cried Anne repentantly. "I was only teasing you a bit. I think you'll make the sweetest little housekeeper in the world. And I think it's perfectly lovely of you to be planning already for your home o'dreams."
Anne had no sooner uttered the phrase, "home o'dreams," than it captivated her fancy and she immediately began the erection of one of her own. It was, of course, tenanted by an ideal master, dark, proud, and melancholy; but oddly enough, Gilbert Blythe persisted in hanging about too, helping her arrange pictures, lay out gardens, and accomplish sundry other tasks which a proud and melancholy hero evidently considered beneath his dignity. Anne tried to banish Gilbert's image from her castle in Spain but, somehow, he went on being there, so Anne, being in a hurry, gave up the attempt and pursued her aerial architecture with such success that her "home o'dreams" was built and furnished before Diana spoke again.
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
Diana looked hurt.
"I didn't think you'd make fun of me, Anne," she said reproachfully.
"Dearest, I wasn't making fun of you," cried Anne repentantly. "I was only teasing you a bit. I think you'll make the sweetest little housekeeper in the world. And I think it's perfectly lovely of you to be planning already for your home o'dreams."
Anne had no sooner uttered the phrase, "home o'dreams," than it captivated her fancy and she immediately began the erection of one of her own. It was, of course, tenanted by an ideal master, dark, proud, and melancholy; but oddly enough, Gilbert Blythe persisted in hanging about too, helping her arrange pictures, lay out gardens, and accomplish sundry other tasks which a proud and melancholy hero evidently considered beneath his dignity. Anne tried to banish Gilbert's image from her castle in Spain but, somehow, he went on being there, so Anne, being in a hurry, gave up the attempt and pursued her aerial architecture with such success that her "home o'dreams" was built and furnished before Diana spoke again.
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
Steve Hanks Country Comfort painting
the very spot where Mr. Irving proposed to her twenty-five years ago. Marilla, that is romantic, even in prose. There's to be nobody there except Mrs. Irving and Paul and Gilbert and Diana and I, and Miss Lavendar's cousins. And they will leave on the six o'clock train for a trip to the Pacific coast. When they come back in the fall Paul and Charlotta the Fourth are to go up to Boston to live with them. But Echo Lodge is to be left just as it is. . .only of course they'll sell the hens and cow, and board up the windows. . .and every summer they're coming down to live in it. I'm so glad. It would have hurt me dreadfully next winter at Redmond to think of that dear stone house all stripped and deserted, with empty rooms. . .or far worse still, with other people living in it. But I can think of it now, just as I've always seen it, waiting happily for the summer to bring life and laughter back to it again."
There was more romance in the world than that which had fallen to the share of the middle-aged lovers of the stone house. Anne stumbled suddenly on it one evening when she went over to Orchard Slope by the wood cut and came out into the Barry garden. Diana Barry and Fred Wright were standing together under the big willow. Diana was leaning against the gray trunk
Steve Hanks Country Comfort painting
the very spot where Mr. Irving proposed to her twenty-five years ago. Marilla, that is romantic, even in prose. There's to be nobody there except Mrs. Irving and Paul and Gilbert and Diana and I, and Miss Lavendar's cousins. And they will leave on the six o'clock train for a trip to the Pacific coast. When they come back in the fall Paul and Charlotta the Fourth are to go up to Boston to live with them. But Echo Lodge is to be left just as it is. . .only of course they'll sell the hens and cow, and board up the windows. . .and every summer they're coming down to live in it. I'm so glad. It would have hurt me dreadfully next winter at Redmond to think of that dear stone house all stripped and deserted, with empty rooms. . .or far worse still, with other people living in it. But I can think of it now, just as I've always seen it, waiting happily for the summer to bring life and laughter back to it again."
There was more romance in the world than that which had fallen to the share of the middle-aged lovers of the stone house. Anne stumbled suddenly on it one evening when she went over to Orchard Slope by the wood cut and came out into the Barry garden. Diana Barry and Fred Wright were standing together under the big willow. Diana was leaning against the gray trunk
Gustav Klimt Three Ages of Woman - Mother and Child (Detail) painting
Gustav Klimt Three Ages of Woman - Mother and Child (Detail) painting
Pierre-Auguste Cot The Storm painting
letters and vacations. Dearest, I'm afraid you're looking a little pale and tired."
"Oh. . .hoo. . .hoo. . .hoo," went Paul on the dyke, where he had been making noises diligently. . .not all of them melodious in the making, but all coming back transmuted into the very gold and silver of sound by the fairy alchemists over the river. Miss Lavendar made an impatient movement with her pretty hands.
"I'm just tired of everything. . .even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes. . .echoes of lost hopes and dreams and joys. They're beautiful and mocking. Oh Anne, it's horrid of me to talk like this when I have company. It's just that I'm getting old and it doesn't agree with me. I know I'll be fearfully cranky by the time I'm sixty. But perhaps all I need is a course of blue pills." At this moment Charlotta the Fourth, who had disappeared after lunch
Pierre-Auguste Cot The Storm painting
letters and vacations. Dearest, I'm afraid you're looking a little pale and tired."
"Oh. . .hoo. . .hoo. . .hoo," went Paul on the dyke, where he had been making noises diligently. . .not all of them melodious in the making, but all coming back transmuted into the very gold and silver of sound by the fairy alchemists over the river. Miss Lavendar made an impatient movement with her pretty hands.
"I'm just tired of everything. . .even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes. . .echoes of lost hopes and dreams and joys. They're beautiful and mocking. Oh Anne, it's horrid of me to talk like this when I have company. It's just that I'm getting old and it doesn't agree with me. I know I'll be fearfully cranky by the time I'm sixty. But perhaps all I need is a course of blue pills." At this moment Charlotta the Fourth, who had disappeared after lunch
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Dirck Bouts paintings
Dirck Bouts paintings
Dante Gabriel Rossetti paintings
going to give up trying to be good, 'cause no matter how good I am you'd like Paul Irving better. So I might as well be bad and have the fun of it."
"I don't like Paul Irving better," said Anne seriously. "I like you just as well, only in a different way."
"But I want you to like me the same way," pouted Davy.
"You can't like different people the same way. You don't like Dora and me the same way, do you?"
Davy sat up and reflected.
"No. . .o. . .o," he admitted at last, "I like Dora because she's my sister but I like you because you're you."
"And I like Paul because he is Paul and Davy because he is Davy," said Anne gaily. Well, I kind of wish I'd said my prayers then," said Davy, convinced by this logic. "But it's too much bother getting out now to say them. I'll say them twice over in the morning, Anne. Won't that do as well?"
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going to give up trying to be good, 'cause no matter how good I am you'd like Paul Irving better. So I might as well be bad and have the fun of it."
"I don't like Paul Irving better," said Anne seriously. "I like you just as well, only in a different way."
"But I want you to like me the same way," pouted Davy.
"You can't like different people the same way. You don't like Dora and me the same way, do you?"
Davy sat up and reflected.
"No. . .o. . .o," he admitted at last, "I like Dora because she's my sister but I like you because you're you."
"And I like Paul because he is Paul and Davy because he is Davy," said Anne gaily. Well, I kind of wish I'd said my prayers then," said Davy, convinced by this logic. "But it's too much bother getting out now to say them. I'll say them twice over in the morning, Anne. Won't that do as well?"
Il'ya Repin paintings
Il'ya Repin paintings
Igor V.Babailov paintings
thought you'd scattered more feathers over the floor than usual," remarked Marilla.
Then Anne put Davy to bed and made him promise that he would behave perfectly the next day.
"If I'm as good as good can be all day tomorrow will you let me be just as bad as I like all the next day?" asked Davy.
"I couldn't do that," said Anne discreetly, "but I'll take you and Dora for a row in the flat right to the bottom of the pond, and we'll go ashore on the sandhills and have a picnic."
"It's a bargain," said Davy. "I'll be good, you bet. I meant to go over to Mr. Harrison's and fire peas from my new popgun at Ginger but another day'll do as well. I espect it will be just like Sunday, but a picnic at the shore'll make up for that."
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thought you'd scattered more feathers over the floor than usual," remarked Marilla.
Then Anne put Davy to bed and made him promise that he would behave perfectly the next day.
"If I'm as good as good can be all day tomorrow will you let me be just as bad as I like all the next day?" asked Davy.
"I couldn't do that," said Anne discreetly, "but I'll take you and Dora for a row in the flat right to the bottom of the pond, and we'll go ashore on the sandhills and have a picnic."
"It's a bargain," said Davy. "I'll be good, you bet. I meant to go over to Mr. Harrison's and fire peas from my new popgun at Ginger but another day'll do as well. I espect it will be just like Sunday, but a picnic at the shore'll make up for that."
Irene Sheri paintings
Irene Sheri paintings
Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky paintings
Anne woke three times in the night and made pilgrimages to her window to make sure that Uncle Abe's prediction was not coming true. Finally the morning dawned pearly and lustrous in a sky full of silver sheen and radiance, and the wonderful day had arrived.
Diana appeared soon after breakfast, with a basket of flowers over one arm and her muslin dress over the other. . .for it would not do to don it until all the dinner preparations were completed. Meanwhile she wore her afternoon pink print and a lawn apron fearfully and wonderfully ruffled and frilled; and very neat and pretty and rosy she was.
"You look simply sweet," said Anne admiringly.
Diana sighed.
"But I've had to let out every one of my dresses again. I weigh four pounds more than I did in July. Anne, where will this end? Mrs. Morgan's heroines are all tall and slender."
Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky paintings
Anne woke three times in the night and made pilgrimages to her window to make sure that Uncle Abe's prediction was not coming true. Finally the morning dawned pearly and lustrous in a sky full of silver sheen and radiance, and the wonderful day had arrived.
Diana appeared soon after breakfast, with a basket of flowers over one arm and her muslin dress over the other. . .for it would not do to don it until all the dinner preparations were completed. Meanwhile she wore her afternoon pink print and a lawn apron fearfully and wonderfully ruffled and frilled; and very neat and pretty and rosy she was.
"You look simply sweet," said Anne admiringly.
Diana sighed.
"But I've had to let out every one of my dresses again. I weigh four pounds more than I did in July. Anne, where will this end? Mrs. Morgan's heroines are all tall and slender."
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette painting
Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette painting
Tamara de Lempicka Adam and Eve painting
Davy winked at Anne, and then, leaning over the table, snatched Dora's first piece of cake, from which she had just taken one dainty little bite, out of her very fingers and, opening his mouth to the fullest extent, crammed the whole slice in. Dora's lip trembled and Marilla was speechless with horror. Anne promptly exclaimed, with her best "schoolma'am" air,
"Oh, Davy, gentlemen don't do things like that."
"I know they don't," said Davy, as soon as he could speak, "but I ain't a gemplum."
"But don't you want to be?" said shocked Anne.
"Course I do. But you can't be a gemplum till you grow up." Oh, indeed you can," Anne hastened to say, thinking she saw a chance to sow good seed betimes. "You can begin to be a gentleman when you are a little boy. And gentlemen never snatch things from ladies. . . or forget to say thank you. . .or pull anybody's hair."
"They don't have much fun
Tamara de Lempicka Adam and Eve painting
Davy winked at Anne, and then, leaning over the table, snatched Dora's first piece of cake, from which she had just taken one dainty little bite, out of her very fingers and, opening his mouth to the fullest extent, crammed the whole slice in. Dora's lip trembled and Marilla was speechless with horror. Anne promptly exclaimed, with her best "schoolma'am" air,
"Oh, Davy, gentlemen don't do things like that."
"I know they don't," said Davy, as soon as he could speak, "but I ain't a gemplum."
"But don't you want to be?" said shocked Anne.
"Course I do. But you can't be a gemplum till you grow up." Oh, indeed you can," Anne hastened to say, thinking she saw a chance to sow good seed betimes. "You can begin to be a gentleman when you are a little boy. And gentlemen never snatch things from ladies. . . or forget to say thank you. . .or pull anybody's hair."
"They don't have much fun
Pino Restfull painting
Pino Restfull painting
Vladimir Volegov Yellow Roses painting
smell dying fir is very heaven. That's two thirds Wordsworth and one third Anne Shirley. It doesn't seem possible that there should be dying fir in heaven, does it? And yet it doesn't seem to me that heaven would be quite perfect if you couldn't get a whiff of dead fir as you went through its woods. Perhaps we'll have the odor there without the death. Yes, I think that will be the way. That delicious aroma must be the souls of the firs. . .and of course it will be just souls in heaven."
"Trees haven't souls," said practical Diana, "but the smell of dead fir is certainly lovely. I'm going to make a cushion and fill it with fir needles. You'd better make one too, Anne."
"I think I shall. . .and use it for my naps. I'd be certain to dream I was a dryad or a woodnymph then. But just this minute I'm well content to be Anne Shirley, Avonlea schoolma'am, driving over a road like this on such a sweet, friendly day."
"It's a lovely day but we have anything
Vladimir Volegov Yellow Roses painting
smell dying fir is very heaven. That's two thirds Wordsworth and one third Anne Shirley. It doesn't seem possible that there should be dying fir in heaven, does it? And yet it doesn't seem to me that heaven would be quite perfect if you couldn't get a whiff of dead fir as you went through its woods. Perhaps we'll have the odor there without the death. Yes, I think that will be the way. That delicious aroma must be the souls of the firs. . .and of course it will be just souls in heaven."
"Trees haven't souls," said practical Diana, "but the smell of dead fir is certainly lovely. I'm going to make a cushion and fill it with fir needles. You'd better make one too, Anne."
"I think I shall. . .and use it for my naps. I'd be certain to dream I was a dryad or a woodnymph then. But just this minute I'm well content to be Anne Shirley, Avonlea schoolma'am, driving over a road like this on such a sweet, friendly day."
"It's a lovely day but we have anything
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