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Arriva Orange.
For a time, the 8 services in Shrewsbury had its own pair of dedicated Optare Solos carrying an allover orange livery with the eights branding, as demonstrated by 2500 seen leaving Shrewsbury bus station on an 8B service.
Now that the Provence romane (“Romanesque Provence”) trip photographs have all been uploaded, and before we embark upon the Languedoc roman one with yet more Mediæval wonders to behold, let us take a short break.
In late October 2022, we went to the Paris area to visit family, and over the course of a long weekend, we managed to go into Paris to view an exhibit devoted to The Eighties, visit the château of Fontainebleau, and drive around the lovely river towns of Saint-Mammès and Moret-sur-Loing, at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine rivers. Here are a few photos from that trip which I hope will interest you.
The exhibit about The Eighties that the Musée des Arts Décoratifs put together displayed iconic items from that period of the 20th century during which many of us baby boomers lived their 20s and 30s.
Although I couldn’t honestly say that I “recognized” many of them, it was fun to look at those artefacts, items of clothing or furniture. More than truly familiar friends, they symbolized an age of hope, prosperity, unbridled creativity, without AIDS and COVID, and without such modern-day stupidities such as wokism or political correctness. Those were the days...! :o)
Now that the Provence romane (“Romanesque Provence”) trip photographs have all been uploaded, and before we embark upon the Languedoc roman one with yet more Mediæval wonders to behold, let us take a short break.
In late October 2022, we went to the Paris area to visit family, and over the course of a long weekend, we managed to go into Paris to view an exhibit devoted to The Eighties, visit the château of Fontainebleau, and drive around the lovely river towns of Saint-Mammès and Moret-sur-Loing, at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine rivers. Here are a few photos from that trip which I hope will interest you.
The exhibit about The Eighties that the Musée des Arts Décoratifs put together displayed iconic items from that period of the 20th century during which many of us baby boomers lived their 20s and 30s.
Although I couldn’t honestly say that I “recognized” many of them, it was fun to look at those artefacts, items of clothing or furniture. More than truly familiar friends, they symbolized an age of hope, prosperity, unbridled creativity, without AIDS and COVID, and without such modern-day stupidities such as wokism or political correctness. Those were the days...! :o)
Now that the Provence romane (“Romanesque Provence”) trip photographs have all been uploaded, and before we embark upon the Languedoc roman one with yet more Mediæval wonders to behold, let us take a short break.
In late October 2022, we went to the Paris area to visit family, and over the course of a long weekend, we managed to go into Paris to view an exhibit devoted to The Eighties, visit the château of Fontainebleau, and drive around the lovely river towns of Saint-Mammès and Moret-sur-Loing, at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine rivers. Here are a few photos from that trip which I hope will interest you.
The exhibit about The Eighties that the Musée des Arts Décoratifs put together displayed iconic items from that period of the 20th century during which many of us baby boomers lived their 20s and 30s.
Although I couldn’t honestly say that I “recognized” many of them, it was fun to look at those artefacts, items of clothing or furniture. More than truly familiar friends, they symbolized an age of hope, prosperity, unbridled creativity, without AIDS and COVID, and without such modern-day stupidities such as wokism or political correctness. Those were the days...! :o)
Now that the Provence romane (“Romanesque Provence”) trip photographs have all been uploaded, and before we embark upon the Languedoc roman one with yet more Mediæval wonders to behold, let us take a short break.
In late October 2022, we went to the Paris area to visit family, and over the course of a long weekend, we managed to go into Paris to view an exhibit devoted to The Eighties, visit the château of Fontainebleau, and drive around the lovely river towns of Saint-Mammès and Moret-sur-Loing, at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine rivers. Here are a few photos from that trip which I hope will interest you.
The exhibit about The Eighties that the Musée des Arts Décoratifs put together displayed iconic items from that period of the 20th century during which many of us baby boomers lived their 20s and 30s.
Although I couldn’t honestly say that I “recognized” many of them, it was fun to look at those artefacts, items of clothing or furniture. More than truly familiar friends, they symbolized an age of hope, prosperity, unbridled creativity, without AIDS and COVID, and without such modern-day stupidities such as wokism or political correctness. Those were the days...! :o)
Description: Photographer unknown. Photo annotated at bottom with names of artists. Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953
Sloan, John, 1871-1951
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 18 cm x 13 cm
Date: c. 1896
Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/everett-shinn-ro...
Repository: Archives of American Art
Accession number: aaa_miscphot_5409
Now that the Provence romane (“Romanesque Provence”) trip photographs have all been uploaded, and before we embark upon the Languedoc roman one with yet more Mediæval wonders to behold, let us take a short break.
In late October 2022, we went to the Paris area to visit family, and over the course of a long weekend, we managed to go into Paris to view an exhibit devoted to The Eighties, visit the château of Fontainebleau, and drive around the lovely river towns of Saint-Mammès and Moret-sur-Loing, at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine rivers. Here are a few photos from that trip which I hope will interest you.
The exhibit about The Eighties that the Musée des Arts Décoratifs put together displayed iconic items from that period of the 20th century during which many of us baby boomers lived their 20s and 30s.
Although I couldn’t honestly say that I “recognized” many of them, it was fun to look at those artefacts, items of clothing or furniture. More than truly familiar friends, they symbolized an age of hope, prosperity, unbridled creativity, without AIDS and COVID, and without such modern-day stupidities such as wokism or political correctness. Those were the days...! :o)
Now that the Provence romane (“Romanesque Provence”) trip photographs have all been uploaded, and before we embark upon the Languedoc roman one with yet more Mediæval wonders to behold, let us take a short break.
In late October 2022, we went to the Paris area to visit family, and over the course of a long weekend, we managed to go into Paris to view an exhibit devoted to The Eighties, visit the château of Fontainebleau, and drive around the lovely river towns of Saint-Mammès and Moret-sur-Loing, at the confluence of the Loing and the Seine rivers. Here are a few photos from that trip which I hope will interest you.
The exhibit about The Eighties that the Musée des Arts Décoratifs put together displayed iconic items from that period of the 20th century during which many of us baby boomers lived their 20s and 30s.
Although I couldn’t honestly say that I “recognized” many of them, it was fun to look at those artefacts, items of clothing or furniture. More than truly familiar friends, they symbolized an age of hope, prosperity, unbridled creativity, without AIDS and COVID, and without such modern-day stupidities such as wokism or political correctness. Those were the days...! :o)
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Davies.
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
Creator/Photographer: Peter A. Juley & Son
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 35 cm x 28 cm
Date: c. 1908
Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/arthur-b-davies-...
Repository: Archives of American Art
Collection: 1913 Armory Show, 50th anniversary exhibition records, 1962-1963
Accession number: aaa_munswilp_10605
Robert Henri (1865-1929)
Pet, 1927 (also known as Wee Annie Lavelle)
He was a major figure of the Ashcan School of American urban realism. Henri was also one of the organizers of the group known as "The Eight." They were a loose association of artists who protested the restrictive exhibition practices of the powerful, conservative National Academy of Design.
The frame is a machine and hand carved style popular in the 60's and 70's. It is an a vaguely Louie-ish style with a antiqued leaf finish that allows some of the bole to show.
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Landscape with Figures, No. 2 (Willows, Salem), 1918, oil on canvas (Newark Museum)
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Landscape with Figures, No. 2 (Willows, Salem), 1918, oil on canvas (Newark Museum)
A Lion Among Men -- "While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, an enigmatic figure known as Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. As payment, Yackle, who hovered on the sidelines of Elphaba's life, demands some answers of her own.
Brrr surrenders his story to the ailing maunt: Abandoned as a cub, his earliest memories are gluey hazes, and his path from infancy in the Great Gillikin Forest is no Yellow Brick Road. Seeking to redress an early mistake, he trudges through a swamp of ghosts, becomes implicated in a massacre of trolls, and falls in love with a forbidding Cat princess. In the wake of laws that oppress talking Animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the war-mongering Emperor of Oz.
A Lion Among Men chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City's approaching armies. What does the Lion know of the whereabouts of the Witch's boy, Liir? What can Yackle reveal about the auguries of the Clock of the Time Dragon? And what of the Grimmerie, the magic book that vanished as quickly as Elphaba? Is destiny ever arbitrary? Can those tarnished by infamy escape their sobriquets—cowardly, wicked, brainless, criminally earnest—to claim their own histories, to live honorably within their own skins before they're skinned alive?" -- from www.amazon.com
I'm really enjoying this book -- as much as I enjoyed "Wicked" and "Son of a Witch". I like Maguire alot and I've already got his other books on my 'to read' list for the year :)
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The Winter King -- "Arthur is fierce, dedicated and complex, a man with many problems, most of his own making. His impulsive decisions sometimes have tragic ramifications, as when he lustfully takes Guinevere instead of the intended Ceinwyn, alienating his friends and allies and inspiring a bloody battle. The secondary characters are equally unexpected, and are ribboned with the magic and superstition of the times. Merlin impresses as a remarkable personage, a crafty schemer fond of deceit and disguise. Lancelot is portrayed as a warrior-pretender, a dishonest charmer with dark plans of his own; by contrast, Galahad seems the noble soldier of purpose and dedication. Guinevere, meanwhile, no gentle creature waiting patiently in the moonlight, has designs and plots of her own. The story of these characters and others is narrated forcefully and with dry wit by Derfel Cadarn, one of Arthur's warriors, who later becomes a monk." -- from www.amazon.com
I'm only a little ways into this book but so far it's very good and I'm pretty much a sucker for Arthurian legends :)
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Lemuria & Atlantis -- "The mysterious civilizations of Lemuria and Atlantis become reality as Shirley Andrews, the author of Atlantis: Insights From a Lost Civilization combines details from scholars, scientists and the respected psychic Edgar Cayce. Her sober portrayal of disturbing parallels between the spiritual decay of Atlantis and our modern world, and her reasonable explanations for the vivid dreams and past life memories recounted by numerous people about life on the lost lands enhance this fascinating book." -- www.amazon.com
I really wish that I had read the amazon.com description and reviews of this book before I checked it out at the library. I thought this was going to be more of an historical overview of theories on Atlantis but it turned out to be about past lives and hallucinogen-induced memories of Atlantean culture...and I wouldn't exactly call her explanations of these things 'reasonable'...Oh well, my bad...bad eye8pudding *slaps own wrist*
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The Eight -- "Catherine Velis, a computer expert banished to Algeria by her accounting firm, gets caught up in a search for a legendary chess set once owned by Charlemagne. An antique dealer, a Soviet chess master, KGB agents and a fortune-teller who warns Catherine she's in big trouble all covet the fabled chess pieces, because the chess service, buried for 1000 years in a French abbey, supplies the key to a magic formula tied to numerology, alchemy, the Druids, Freemasonry, cosmic powers. As the story shuttles between the 1970s and the 1790s, we are introduced to 64 characters, including Mireille, a spunky French nun who helps scatter the individual chess pieces across Europe lest the set fall into evil hands. Involving Napoleon, Talleyrand, Casanova, Voltaire, Rousseau, Robespierre and Catherine the Great in the quest, Neville has great fun rewriting history and making it all ring true. With two believable heroines, nonstop suspense, espionage, murder and a puzzle that seems the key to the whole Western mystical tradition..." from www.amazon.com
I really, really loved this book. The story moved really well and the descriptions and character development were great. I would definitely recommend it....I'll be starting the sequel, "The Fire" this weekend...I can't wait!!
A Lion Among Men -- Started: Apr. 20, 2009 Finished: May 1, 2009
The Winter King -- Started: Apr. 21, 2009 Finished: May 19, 2009
Lemuria & Atlantis -- Started: Apr. 23, 2009 Finished: May 20, 2009
The Eight -- Started: Apr. 24, 2009 Finished: Apr. 28, 2009
25 Book Challenge 2009 Books #23, #24, #25 & #26