Judith

Going on a much-needed quiet retreat.

Lake in the arboretum in the Fall.

Lake at the arboretum in the Fall. #nature, #lakes

Blue Ridge Solstice, oil on canvas, 30x50, sold

"Blue Ridge Solstice", oil on canvas, 34x50, sold
#Art, #painting

Photograph featuring an elderly Japanese woman sitting on a crate in a garden setting facing forwards holding an orange, next to her to the left is a white cat facing forwards sitting in a basket filled with oranges on a small trolly, behind is an orange tree

Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the bond between her grandmother, Misao and her beloved cat Fukumaru #WomensArt #Autumn

Sanctuary of St. Don Bosco in Brazil

This stained glass at the Sanctuary of St. Don Bosco in Brazil looks like a jeweled curtain of light.

Eternity and Death There are ways to live forever but I wonder on the desire As Egyptians mummified the kings to travel to an afterlife The bodies encased in w...

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Maybe more of a corporate takeover of that and more. Who benefits is always my question.

A beautiful blue!

Edit "Couldn't" get the best shot.

Apparatus and Hand by Salvatore Dali, from traveling Dali show in MFA Boston.

"Apparatus and Hand" Salvatore Dali, 1927. Traveling Dali exhibition MFA Boston. From St. Petersburg, Fl collection. Could get the best shot of this since there were quite a few visitors. #BlueskyMonday, #Art, #painting, #surrealism

I hear it down here. The majority of the immigrants coming from the Hispanic countries are Catholic. I can't help but wonder.

Charming! Wish there was more of this around.

"How I am, you will also become." A study of a memento mori painted in class at UNF years ago. November 2nd remembering those who have passed.

"How I am, you will also become." A quick study of a memento mori painted in class at UNF years ago. November 2nd, All Souls Day and remembering those who have passed.
#Art, #painting, #Allsouls

It gives me a bit of nostalgia.

Interesting. It took a while then.
Last time I was in Palma, Mallorca in 2005 I remember how much more Americanized and commercialized it had become.

Interesting how some European countries have started recognizing Halloween in the past couple decades. I never saw it celebrated when I lived in Spain during the 1980's.

Light from above

Wonder if they stole it for the cream.. Getting nutty out there.

Water lily pads on the lake at the UNF Nature Preserve.

Water lily pads on the lake at the UNF Nature Preserve. #nature, #lakes, #hikes

The Light offers help in the Darkness I am alive when I shouldn't be Aware, I have a source of hope There's love, it fulfills my soul I'm called into truth and I know Staring int...

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Definitely one of the best!

Sun Lijuan, Chinese, Lotus, hand embroidery on silk, 50 x 50 cm, private collection

Boston

Boston, #urbangaze, #cityscape, #blackandwhite

Light and mood

Symbolic of what's happening.

Santiago Caruso, Argentine (1982- ), TV Terror, ink and scratch on plastered card, 8 x 8.5 in, private collection

Left laying on the field Trapped on the battlefield, no one coming to our rescue We're hidden in vehicles of war and they might explode No saving us by anyone, the o...

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Smothered probably a more precise word for it.

The world is steeped in usury and corruption.

View of the lake from the woods. #GreenSat, #nature, #lakes, #woods