Fabian Perez red hat paintingFabian Perez man in black hat painting
We couldn't have done," said Hermione. "We smashed the entire stock of Ministry Time-Turners when we were there last summer. It was in the Daily Prophet."
"Ar, well then," said Hagrid. "There's no way yeh could've done it. ... I'm sorry I've bin — yeh know — I've jus' bin worried about Aragog ... an I did wonder whether, if Professor Grubbly-Plank had bin teachin' yeh —"
At which all three of them stated categorically and untruthfully that Professor Grubbly-Plank, who had substituted for Hagrid a few times, was a dreadful teacher, with the result that by the time Hagrid waved them off the premises at dusk, he looked quite cheerful.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Edgar Degas The Bellelli Family painting
Edgar Degas The Bellelli Family paintingEdgar Degas At the Races painting
mealtimes to see them purple in the face and straining as though they had overdosed on U-No-Poo; but he knew that they were really struggling to make spells work without saying incantations aloud. It was a relief to get outside into the greenhouses; they were dealing with more dangerous plants than ever in Herbology, but at least they were still allowed to swear loudly if the Venomous Tentacula seized them unexpectedly from behind.
One result of their enormous workload and the frantic hours of practicing nonverbal spells was that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had so far been unable to find time to go and visit Hagrid. He had stopped coming to meals at the staff table, an ominous sign, and on the few occasions when they had passed him in the corridors or out in the grounds, he had mysteriously failed to notice them or hear their greetings.
mealtimes to see them purple in the face and straining as though they had overdosed on U-No-Poo; but he knew that they were really struggling to make spells work without saying incantations aloud. It was a relief to get outside into the greenhouses; they were dealing with more dangerous plants than ever in Herbology, but at least they were still allowed to swear loudly if the Venomous Tentacula seized them unexpectedly from behind.
One result of their enormous workload and the frantic hours of practicing nonverbal spells was that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had so far been unable to find time to go and visit Hagrid. He had stopped coming to meals at the staff table, an ominous sign, and on the few occasions when they had passed him in the corridors or out in the grounds, he had mysteriously failed to notice them or hear their greetings.
Thomas Kinkade San Francisco Lombard Street painting
Thomas Kinkade San Francisco Lombard Street paintingThomas Kinkade Make a Wish Cottage painting
And you think we're scum, do you?" screamed Gaunt, advancing on Ogden now, with a dirty yellow-nailed finger pointing at his chest. "Scum who'll come running when the Ministry tells 'em to? Do you know who you're talking to, you filthy little Mudblood, do you?"
"I was under the impression that I was speaking to Mr. Gaunt," said Ogden, looking wary, but standing his ground.
"That's right!" roared Gaunt. For a moment, Harry thought Gaunt was making an obscene hand gesture, but then realized that he was showing Ogden the ugly, black-stoned ring he was wearing on his middle finger, waving it before Ogden's eyes. "See this? See this? Know what it is? Know where it came from? Centuries it's been in our family, that's how far back we go, and pure-blood all the way! Know how much I've been offered for this, with the Peverell coat of arms engraved on the stone?"
"I've really no idea," said Ogden, blinking as the ring sailed within an inch of his nose, "and it's quite beside the point, Mr. Gaunt. Your son has committed —"
And you think we're scum, do you?" screamed Gaunt, advancing on Ogden now, with a dirty yellow-nailed finger pointing at his chest. "Scum who'll come running when the Ministry tells 'em to? Do you know who you're talking to, you filthy little Mudblood, do you?"
"I was under the impression that I was speaking to Mr. Gaunt," said Ogden, looking wary, but standing his ground.
"That's right!" roared Gaunt. For a moment, Harry thought Gaunt was making an obscene hand gesture, but then realized that he was showing Ogden the ugly, black-stoned ring he was wearing on his middle finger, waving it before Ogden's eyes. "See this? See this? Know what it is? Know where it came from? Centuries it's been in our family, that's how far back we go, and pure-blood all the way! Know how much I've been offered for this, with the Peverell coat of arms engraved on the stone?"
"I've really no idea," said Ogden, blinking as the ring sailed within an inch of his nose, "and it's quite beside the point, Mr. Gaunt. Your son has committed —"
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Pablo Picasso Ambroise Vollard painting
Pablo Picasso Ambroise Vollard paintingYvonne Jeanette Karlsen Nude paintingSteve Hanks Interior View painting
Ginny and Gabrielle will look very sweet togezzer. I am theenking of dressing zem in pale gold, pink would of course be 'orrible with Ginny's 'air!"
"Ah, Harry!" said Mrs. Weasley loudly, cutting across Fleur's monologue. "Good, I wanted to explain about the security arrangements for the journey to Hogwarts tomorrow. We've got Ministry cars again, and there will be Aurors waiting at the station."
"Is Tonks going to be there?" asked Harry, handing over his Quidditch things.
"No, I don't think so, she's been stationed somewhere else from what Arthur said."
"She has let 'erself go, zat Tonks," Fleur mused, examining her own stunning reflection in the back of a teaspoon. "A big mistake if you ask."
"Yes, thank you," said Mrs. Weasley tartly, cutting across Fleur again. "You'd better get on, Harry, I want the trunks ready tonight, if possible, so we don't have the usual last-minute scramble."
Ginny and Gabrielle will look very sweet togezzer. I am theenking of dressing zem in pale gold, pink would of course be 'orrible with Ginny's 'air!"
"Ah, Harry!" said Mrs. Weasley loudly, cutting across Fleur's monologue. "Good, I wanted to explain about the security arrangements for the journey to Hogwarts tomorrow. We've got Ministry cars again, and there will be Aurors waiting at the station."
"Is Tonks going to be there?" asked Harry, handing over his Quidditch things.
"No, I don't think so, she's been stationed somewhere else from what Arthur said."
"She has let 'erself go, zat Tonks," Fleur mused, examining her own stunning reflection in the back of a teaspoon. "A big mistake if you ask."
"Yes, thank you," said Mrs. Weasley tartly, cutting across Fleur again. "You'd better get on, Harry, I want the trunks ready tonight, if possible, so we don't have the usual last-minute scramble."
Thomas Kinkade Clearing Storms painting
Thomas Kinkade Clearing Storms paintingThomas Kinkade Chicago Water Tower paintingThomas Kinkade Autumn Lane painting
Right you are, Verity, I'm coming," said George promptly. "Harry, you help yourself to anything you want, all right? No charge."
"I can't do that!" said Harry, who had already pulled out his money bag to pay for the Decoy Detonators.
"You don't pay here," said Fred firmly, waving away Harry's gold.
"But..."
"You gave us our start-up loan, we haven't forgotten," said George sternly "Take whatever you like, and just remember to tell people where you got it, if they ask."
George swept off through the curtain to help with the customers, and Fred led Harry back into the main part of the shop to find Hermione and Ginny still poring over the Patented Daydream Charms.
"Haven't you girls found our special WonderWitch products yet?" asked Fred. "Follow me, ladies..."
Right you are, Verity, I'm coming," said George promptly. "Harry, you help yourself to anything you want, all right? No charge."
"I can't do that!" said Harry, who had already pulled out his money bag to pay for the Decoy Detonators.
"You don't pay here," said Fred firmly, waving away Harry's gold.
"But..."
"You gave us our start-up loan, we haven't forgotten," said George sternly "Take whatever you like, and just remember to tell people where you got it, if they ask."
George swept off through the curtain to help with the customers, and Fred led Harry back into the main part of the shop to find Hermione and Ginny still poring over the Patented Daydream Charms.
"Haven't you girls found our special WonderWitch products yet?" asked Fred. "Follow me, ladies..."
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Leighton Flaming June painting
Leighton Flaming June painting
Raphael La Belle Jardiniere painting
despised and mistrusted. "You heard what Mr. Weasley and Kingsley said," Harry replied.
"We think the Ministry has been infiltrated."
Uncle Vernon strode back to the fireplace and back breathing so strongly that his great black mustache rippled his face still purple with concentration.
"All right," he said. Stopping in front of Harry get again. "All right, let's say for the sake of argument we accept this protection. I still don't see why we can't have that Kingsley bloke."
Harry managed not to roll his eyes, but with difficulty. This question had also been addressed half a dozen times.
"As I've told you," he said through gritted teeth, "Kingsley is protecting the Mug – I mean, your Prime Minister."
Raphael La Belle Jardiniere painting
despised and mistrusted. "You heard what Mr. Weasley and Kingsley said," Harry replied.
"We think the Ministry has been infiltrated."
Uncle Vernon strode back to the fireplace and back breathing so strongly that his great black mustache rippled his face still purple with concentration.
"All right," he said. Stopping in front of Harry get again. "All right, let's say for the sake of argument we accept this protection. I still don't see why we can't have that Kingsley bloke."
Harry managed not to roll his eyes, but with difficulty. This question had also been addressed half a dozen times.
"As I've told you," he said through gritted teeth, "Kingsley is protecting the Mug – I mean, your Prime Minister."
Wassily Kandinsky Farbstudie Quadrate painting
Wassily Kandinsky Farbstudie Quadrate painting
Gustav Klimt The Bride painting
need them from now on. His school and Quidditch robes, cauldron, parchment, quills, and most of his textbooks were piled in a corner, to be left behind. He wondered what his aunt and uncle would do with them; burn them in the dead of night, probably, as if they were evidence of some dreadful crime. His Muggle clothing, Invisibility Cloak, potion-making kit, certain books, the photograph album Hagrid had once given him, a stack of letters, and his wand had been repacked into an old rucksack. In a front pocket were the Marauder's Map and the locket with the note signed R.A.B. inside it. The locket was accorded this place of honor not because it was valuable – in all usual senses it was worthless – but because of what it had cost to attain it.
Gustav Klimt The Bride painting
need them from now on. His school and Quidditch robes, cauldron, parchment, quills, and most of his textbooks were piled in a corner, to be left behind. He wondered what his aunt and uncle would do with them; burn them in the dead of night, probably, as if they were evidence of some dreadful crime. His Muggle clothing, Invisibility Cloak, potion-making kit, certain books, the photograph album Hagrid had once given him, a stack of letters, and his wand had been repacked into an old rucksack. In a front pocket were the Marauder's Map and the locket with the note signed R.A.B. inside it. The locket was accorded this place of honor not because it was valuable – in all usual senses it was worthless – but because of what it had cost to attain it.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Frank Dicksee La Belle Dame Sans Merci painting
measurably the triumphs of the past. There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal, as a human being to human beings: remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, nothing lies before you but universal death.SCIENCE AND ARTThomas Henry HuxleyMay 5, l883I beg leave to thank you for the extremely kind and appreciative manner in which you have received the toast of Science. It is the more gratefu1 to me to hear that toast proposed in an assembly of this kind, because I have noticed of late pears a great and growing tendency among those who were once jestingly said to have bee11 born in a pre-scientific age to look upon science as an invading and aggressive force, which if it had its own way would oust
Frank Dicksee La Belle Dame Sans Merci painting
measurably the triumphs of the past. There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal, as a human being to human beings: remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, nothing lies before you but universal death.SCIENCE AND ARTThomas Henry HuxleyMay 5, l883I beg leave to thank you for the extremely kind and appreciative manner in which you have received the toast of Science. It is the more gratefu1 to me to hear that toast proposed in an assembly of this kind, because I have noticed of late pears a great and growing tendency among those who were once jestingly said to have bee11 born in a pre-scientific age to look upon science as an invading and aggressive force, which if it had its own way would oust
Friday, July 25, 2008
Caravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia painting
Caravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia painting
Raphael Saint George and the Dragon painting
believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the Greek government.Greece is not a rich country Lack of sufficient natural resources has airways forced the Greek people to work hard to lnake both ends meet. Since 194O, this industrious, peace-loving country has suffered invasion, four years of cruei, enemy-occupation, and bitter internal strife. When forces of Liberation entered Greece, they found that the retreating Germans had destroyed virtually all the rai1ways, roads, port facilities, communications, and merchant marine. More than a thousand villages had been burned, eighty-five percent of the children were tuberculated, livestock, poultry and drall animals had almost disappeared, inflation had wiped out practica1Iy a1I savings. As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority exploiting human mores and miseryl
Raphael Saint George and the Dragon painting
believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the Greek government.Greece is not a rich country Lack of sufficient natural resources has airways forced the Greek people to work hard to lnake both ends meet. Since 194O, this industrious, peace-loving country has suffered invasion, four years of cruei, enemy-occupation, and bitter internal strife. When forces of Liberation entered Greece, they found that the retreating Germans had destroyed virtually all the rai1ways, roads, port facilities, communications, and merchant marine. More than a thousand villages had been burned, eighty-five percent of the children were tuberculated, livestock, poultry and drall animals had almost disappeared, inflation had wiped out practica1Iy a1I savings. As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority exploiting human mores and miseryl
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Vincent van Gogh The Night Cafe painting
Vincent van Gogh The Night Cafe painting
Vincent van Gogh Cafe Terrace at Night painting
a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy. It will require sacrifice. But it can be done and done fairly. Not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.Our Founders saw themselves in that light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched a child’s eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come. The world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand more responsibility from all.It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing from our Government of from each other. Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families, but for our communities and our country.
Vincent van Gogh Cafe Terrace at Night painting
a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy. It will require sacrifice. But it can be done and done fairly. Not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.Our Founders saw themselves in that light of posterity. We can do no less. Anyone who has ever watched a child’s eyes wander into sleep knows what posterity is. Posterity is the world to come. The world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand more responsibility from all.It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing from our Government of from each other. Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families, but for our communities and our country.
Claude Monet The Picnic painting
Claude Monet The Picnic painting
Claude Monet Sunset painting
In the futuristic-looking video for "Holler" the girls are squeezed into black leather. Videos for both songs feature the Spice Girls looking mean and moody; gone is the jumping and bouncing that accompanied their singles from earlier albums "Spice" and "Spiceworld." Their third album, "Forever," is set for a November 6 release.
America Online CEO Steve Case confers with Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin , right, before the start of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing Thursday March 2, 2000, in Washington.
NEW YORK - Like many of its Internet media rivals, America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL) is unveiling a new service that lets members use their voices to access AOL accounts via telephone.
Claude Monet Sunset painting
In the futuristic-looking video for "Holler" the girls are squeezed into black leather. Videos for both songs feature the Spice Girls looking mean and moody; gone is the jumping and bouncing that accompanied their singles from earlier albums "Spice" and "Spiceworld." Their third album, "Forever," is set for a November 6 release.
America Online CEO Steve Case confers with Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin , right, before the start of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing Thursday March 2, 2000, in Washington.
NEW YORK - Like many of its Internet media rivals, America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL) is unveiling a new service that lets members use their voices to access AOL accounts via telephone.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
Claude Monet Impression Sunrise painting
The Guinness Web site initially contains only about 4,000 records, 15 percent of the material in the latest book. But entries are steadily being added, Newport said."The purpose of the Web site is to fill in the story behind the records we have … why people do these records and how these records were achieved," he said
If Romeo and Juliet communicated via e-mail, would they have ended up happy and alive, or would they have forwarded each other Top 10 lists that ended with :)?
NEW YORK — If Romeo and Juliet communicated via e-mail, would they have ended up happy and alive, or would they have forwarded each other Top 10 lists that ended with :)? While email isn't as romantic as snailmail, it may help long-distance relationships stay afloat.
Claude Monet Impression Sunrise painting
The Guinness Web site initially contains only about 4,000 records, 15 percent of the material in the latest book. But entries are steadily being added, Newport said."The purpose of the Web site is to fill in the story behind the records we have … why people do these records and how these records were achieved," he said
If Romeo and Juliet communicated via e-mail, would they have ended up happy and alive, or would they have forwarded each other Top 10 lists that ended with :)?
NEW YORK — If Romeo and Juliet communicated via e-mail, would they have ended up happy and alive, or would they have forwarded each other Top 10 lists that ended with :)? While email isn't as romantic as snailmail, it may help long-distance relationships stay afloat.
Rembrandt Susanna and the Elders painting
Rembrandt Susanna and the Elders painting
Rembrandt History Painting
prosecutor, visibly shaken after emerging from the scene, told reporters, "The Wakefield police were able to subdue Mr. McDermott, wrestle him to the ground. Place him in custody. Mr. McDermott has been placed under arrest."The prosecutor, John McEvoy, said McDermott faced seven counts of murder."All the victims died from gunshots," he said. "There were no other victims. There were no other shooters."Martha Coakley, the Middlesex County district attorney told reporters, "There was an enormous amount of firepower."One of McDermott's co-workers, Mike Stanley, described the accused gunman as "six-foot-two, about 300 pounds with a big beard". He was a bit strange. But he was amiable guy.
Rembrandt History Painting
prosecutor, visibly shaken after emerging from the scene, told reporters, "The Wakefield police were able to subdue Mr. McDermott, wrestle him to the ground. Place him in custody. Mr. McDermott has been placed under arrest."The prosecutor, John McEvoy, said McDermott faced seven counts of murder."All the victims died from gunshots," he said. "There were no other victims. There were no other shooters."Martha Coakley, the Middlesex County district attorney told reporters, "There was an enormous amount of firepower."One of McDermott's co-workers, Mike Stanley, described the accused gunman as "six-foot-two, about 300 pounds with a big beard". He was a bit strange. But he was amiable guy.
Vincent van Gogh Self Portrait painting
Vincent van Gogh Self Portrait painting
Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers painting
Other top gainers included No. 1 computer chip maker Intel Corp, up $3-11/64 at $34-15/64, and software titan Microsoft Corp., up $4-9/16 at $47-15/16. Both also helped lift the Dow as components of the 30-company average.
San Jose residents are the most wired in the nation, with a computer in 77 percent of households and Internet access in 66 percent, according to a new study.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 — San Jose maintained its position as the No.1 place for high-tech jobs, but other cities with high employment growth were closing the gap.San Jose had 252,900 high-tech jobs in the most recent statistics, according to a study released Tuesday by the Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Electronics Association, a high-tech trade association.
Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers painting
Other top gainers included No. 1 computer chip maker Intel Corp, up $3-11/64 at $34-15/64, and software titan Microsoft Corp., up $4-9/16 at $47-15/16. Both also helped lift the Dow as components of the 30-company average.
San Jose residents are the most wired in the nation, with a computer in 77 percent of households and Internet access in 66 percent, according to a new study.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 — San Jose maintained its position as the No.1 place for high-tech jobs, but other cities with high employment growth were closing the gap.San Jose had 252,900 high-tech jobs in the most recent statistics, according to a study released Tuesday by the Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Electronics Association, a high-tech trade association.
Pino Sweet Repose painting
Pino Sweet Repose painting
Johannes Vermeer The Kitchen Maid painting
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian farmer working on his land near the Dugit Jewish settlement was killed when Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen exchanged fire after a roadside bomb was detonated near the settlement. A group called the Saladin Brigades claimed the bombing and said its activists fired at Israeli soldiers after the blast. The farmer's death raised to 299 the number of Palestinians killed in a 13-week uprising that erupted in the vacuum of deadlocked peace talks. Thirteen Israeli-Arabs and 43 other Israelis have also been killed in the unrest.The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces near the Bitounia bypass road came under fire from a Palestinian police post.
Johannes Vermeer The Kitchen Maid painting
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian farmer working on his land near the Dugit Jewish settlement was killed when Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen exchanged fire after a roadside bomb was detonated near the settlement. A group called the Saladin Brigades claimed the bombing and said its activists fired at Israeli soldiers after the blast. The farmer's death raised to 299 the number of Palestinians killed in a 13-week uprising that erupted in the vacuum of deadlocked peace talks. Thirteen Israeli-Arabs and 43 other Israelis have also been killed in the unrest.The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces near the Bitounia bypass road came under fire from a Palestinian police post.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Fabian Perez Tango painting
Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains California painting
Fabian Perez Tango painting
Between two years ago and now, San Francisco could very well have been the fastest growing area," said Marie Jones, director of business assistance at the San Francisco Partnership, a nonprofit economic development group.The study shows that in tech employment within the Bay area, San Francisco, at 20th, was upstaged by Oakland, ranked 17th.San Jose residents were the most wired in the nation, with a computer in 77 percent of households and Internet access in 66 percent.Jones said the study's findings on other cities' booming high-tech industries aren't surprising."Everyone is trying to say they're as big as San Jose. San Jose doesn't play that game. They know they're the biggest," Jones said. Even so, she added, "the idea that one city should have all the growth is kind of silly."
Fabian Perez Tango painting
Between two years ago and now, San Francisco could very well have been the fastest growing area," said Marie Jones, director of business assistance at the San Francisco Partnership, a nonprofit economic development group.The study shows that in tech employment within the Bay area, San Francisco, at 20th, was upstaged by Oakland, ranked 17th.San Jose residents were the most wired in the nation, with a computer in 77 percent of households and Internet access in 66 percent.Jones said the study's findings on other cities' booming high-tech industries aren't surprising."Everyone is trying to say they're as big as San Jose. San Jose doesn't play that game. They know they're the biggest," Jones said. Even so, she added, "the idea that one city should have all the growth is kind of silly."
Jean-Honore Fragonard paintings
Jean-Honore Fragonard paintings
Jehan Georges Vibert paintings
may take some time," Annan said. "I don't think ... we will have a miraculous breakthrough, but at least it's a beginning." American and British warplanes bombed five sites in Iraq on Friday in an attack the Pentagon said was designed to degrade Iraq's capability to defend against allied air patrols over the "no fly" zone over southern Iraq.. In a letter to Annan, Al-Sahhaf urged the U.N. chief to "condemn the dangerous aggression and the increase of tension" and to take "speedy steps to prevent such attacks from taking place again," the official Iraqi News Agency said Sunday. Annan has not condemned the allied strikes on air defense and radar sites south of Baghdad. He said he was not consulted or informed before the airstrikes — the most serious attack on Iraq in two years.
Jehan Georges Vibert paintings
may take some time," Annan said. "I don't think ... we will have a miraculous breakthrough, but at least it's a beginning." American and British warplanes bombed five sites in Iraq on Friday in an attack the Pentagon said was designed to degrade Iraq's capability to defend against allied air patrols over the "no fly" zone over southern Iraq.. In a letter to Annan, Al-Sahhaf urged the U.N. chief to "condemn the dangerous aggression and the increase of tension" and to take "speedy steps to prevent such attacks from taking place again," the official Iraqi News Agency said Sunday. Annan has not condemned the allied strikes on air defense and radar sites south of Baghdad. He said he was not consulted or informed before the airstrikes — the most serious attack on Iraq in two years.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
animal paintings
animal paintings
ballet paintings
Multi-screen videos depicting copulating animals during "Shoot to Thrill";8. Young's usual striptease act, culminating in his dropping trou to reveal American flag underwear; and 9. A paper shower from confetti cannons at the end. The kids loved it all. Seeing an 8-year-old boy singing all the words to "Highway to Hell" while his dad swigged from a giant, $7 cup of beer and furiously played air guitar and his mom smiled contentedly at old rock 'n' roll memories - ah, that's the power of music to unite generations. The occasional cloud of marijuana smoke wafting through the crowd only underscored the fact that this band's music has spanned generations. Young and Johnson very effectively used the runway that jutted out onto the floor from the stage to get close to the audience - very fan-oriented band, this. Both frequently darted down the runway and Johnson grabbed his crotch to
ballet paintings
Multi-screen videos depicting copulating animals during "Shoot to Thrill";8. Young's usual striptease act, culminating in his dropping trou to reveal American flag underwear; and 9. A paper shower from confetti cannons at the end. The kids loved it all. Seeing an 8-year-old boy singing all the words to "Highway to Hell" while his dad swigged from a giant, $7 cup of beer and furiously played air guitar and his mom smiled contentedly at old rock 'n' roll memories - ah, that's the power of music to unite generations. The occasional cloud of marijuana smoke wafting through the crowd only underscored the fact that this band's music has spanned generations. Young and Johnson very effectively used the runway that jutted out onto the floor from the stage to get close to the audience - very fan-oriented band, this. Both frequently darted down the runway and Johnson grabbed his crotch to
Friday, July 18, 2008
Julien Dupre paintings
Julien Dupre paintings
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
When Robtoy got out of the juvenile facility, he went on to what he describes as a "homophobic crime spree," beating and robbing gay men in an attempt, he says, to regain his manhood. It culminated in murder. He strangled David King, a gay man, and is now serving a life sentence in Washington state. Robtoy says prison rape can turn victims into victimizers.Gilligan agrees completely. He says inmate rape — which is about power, not sex — has helped turn America's prisons into "monster factories.""Rape is a crime of violence," says Gilligan. "It's a way of exerting dominance over another person and humiliating them totally. And nothing stimulates violence as much as feeling humiliated."The man who's been raped feels his manhood has been taken away from him. The only way to restore their sense of being an effective, dominant person — rather than the dominated — is by means of violence against other people."
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
When Robtoy got out of the juvenile facility, he went on to what he describes as a "homophobic crime spree," beating and robbing gay men in an attempt, he says, to regain his manhood. It culminated in murder. He strangled David King, a gay man, and is now serving a life sentence in Washington state. Robtoy says prison rape can turn victims into victimizers.Gilligan agrees completely. He says inmate rape — which is about power, not sex — has helped turn America's prisons into "monster factories.""Rape is a crime of violence," says Gilligan. "It's a way of exerting dominance over another person and humiliating them totally. And nothing stimulates violence as much as feeling humiliated."The man who's been raped feels his manhood has been taken away from him. The only way to restore their sense of being an effective, dominant person — rather than the dominated — is by means of violence against other people."
Thursday, July 17, 2008
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
Gustav Klimt The Kiss (Le Baiser _ Il Baccio) painting
Nepal is anxiously awaiting the new king's explanation of a massacre that left 10 members of the country's royal family dead — but the real answers could lie outside the country itself.
Devyani Rana, a beautiful aristocrat who was, according to some accounts, the catalyst for the massacre, has fled her family's palace in Katmandu for neighboring India, where her family has powerful connections, sources told the media.However, there are conflicting reports from local media outlets that she may have left the capital and be hiding elsewhere in Nepal.The most widely held explanation for the massacre is that Crown Prince Dipendra, 29, heir to the throne, shot dead eight of the royal family including
Gustav Klimt The Kiss (Le Baiser _ Il Baccio) painting
Nepal is anxiously awaiting the new king's explanation of a massacre that left 10 members of the country's royal family dead — but the real answers could lie outside the country itself.
Devyani Rana, a beautiful aristocrat who was, according to some accounts, the catalyst for the massacre, has fled her family's palace in Katmandu for neighboring India, where her family has powerful connections, sources told the media.However, there are conflicting reports from local media outlets that she may have left the capital and be hiding elsewhere in Nepal.The most widely held explanation for the massacre is that Crown Prince Dipendra, 29, heir to the throne, shot dead eight of the royal family including
Amedeo Modigliani Jeanne Hebuterne in Large Hat painting
Amedeo Modigliani Jeanne Hebuterne in Large Hat painting
Frida Kahlo Roots painting
Washburn, of Celina, Ohio, is a 15-year Navy veteran attached to the U.S.S. Rushmore, Navy press officer Lt. Bill Speaks told iCanSay.com. The motivation for the attack is still unclear. U.S. military sources said the sailors were probably not in uniform, and were not robbed.One account is that the armed men took the whole party hostage for a brief time and released the group when the Philippine sailors turned over their weapons. Popular But Dangerous SpotThe area around Mount Pinatubo is a popular tourist destination, but it is also known as a home to communist rebels.The New People's Army is a leftist group that has been fighting for
Frida Kahlo Roots painting
Washburn, of Celina, Ohio, is a 15-year Navy veteran attached to the U.S.S. Rushmore, Navy press officer Lt. Bill Speaks told iCanSay.com. The motivation for the attack is still unclear. U.S. military sources said the sailors were probably not in uniform, and were not robbed.One account is that the armed men took the whole party hostage for a brief time and released the group when the Philippine sailors turned over their weapons. Popular But Dangerous SpotThe area around Mount Pinatubo is a popular tourist destination, but it is also known as a home to communist rebels.The New People's Army is a leftist group that has been fighting for
Pino Restfull painting
Pino Restfull painting
Vladimir Volegov Yellow Roses painting
We found that embryonic stem cells are unstable — the state of their genes changes a lot," explains Jaenisch. "What was surprising was despite this genetic irregulation, still some embryos developed into pups. This means that those cloned animals that reach birth or beyond may appear normal, but our research shows they're not." Sounding CautionScientists may have succeeded in cloning sheep, mice, cows, pigs and goats, but Jaenisch says this new research adds to mounting evidence that cloning remains a poorly understood science and one that is not ready to be undertaken with people. Mark Westhusin, a cloning expert at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, points out that problems with genetic expression — the way information in genes is manifested in the body — are difficult to detect and this makes the practice of cloning even more dangerous.
Vladimir Volegov Yellow Roses painting
We found that embryonic stem cells are unstable — the state of their genes changes a lot," explains Jaenisch. "What was surprising was despite this genetic irregulation, still some embryos developed into pups. This means that those cloned animals that reach birth or beyond may appear normal, but our research shows they're not." Sounding CautionScientists may have succeeded in cloning sheep, mice, cows, pigs and goats, but Jaenisch says this new research adds to mounting evidence that cloning remains a poorly understood science and one that is not ready to be undertaken with people. Mark Westhusin, a cloning expert at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, points out that problems with genetic expression — the way information in genes is manifested in the body — are difficult to detect and this makes the practice of cloning even more dangerous.
Horace Vernet paintings
Horace Vernet paintings
Irene Sheri paintings
Venus and Serena Williams giggle at each other's jokes, finish each other's sentences, delight in each other's hobbies and in a myriad of other ways are just like ordinary sisters.
Venus and Serena Williams giggle at each other's jokes, finish each other's sentences, delight in each other's hobbies and in a myriad of other ways are just like ordinary sisters. They are also quite extraordinary sisters, sharing an uncanny ability to swing a tennis racket at balls traveling speeds banned on highways. For the past two weeks, and portions of the past two years, they have been the best female tennis players in the world. On Saturday night, a decade, continent and so much more removed from the public courts in Compton, Calif., where their father honed their stunning skills, Venus and Serena Williams were to take sibling rivalry somewhere it never had
Irene Sheri paintings
Venus and Serena Williams giggle at each other's jokes, finish each other's sentences, delight in each other's hobbies and in a myriad of other ways are just like ordinary sisters.
Venus and Serena Williams giggle at each other's jokes, finish each other's sentences, delight in each other's hobbies and in a myriad of other ways are just like ordinary sisters. They are also quite extraordinary sisters, sharing an uncanny ability to swing a tennis racket at balls traveling speeds banned on highways. For the past two weeks, and portions of the past two years, they have been the best female tennis players in the world. On Saturday night, a decade, continent and so much more removed from the public courts in Compton, Calif., where their father honed their stunning skills, Venus and Serena Williams were to take sibling rivalry somewhere it never had
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Anders Zorn paintings
Anders Zorn paintings
Anne-Francois-Louis Janmot paintings
Still, some defense and security experts doubt that EMP bombs would be the weapon of choice for terrorists.For one, devices can be protected or hardened against EMP. Sensitive electronic circuits, for example, can be encased in Faraday cages — metal structures that intercept and redirect excessive EMP energy into the ground like a lightning rod.Another mitigating factor in the minds of some experts is the limited effectiveness of conventional EMP weapons. Robert Sherman, a defense analyst with the Federation of American Scientists, says that small e-bombs like FCGs have to be placed very close to potential civilian targets such as a telephone center."If you can get that close to a communication node, you can just use a truck bomb," says Sherman. "There are a lot of other things that people should be worried about."
Anne-Francois-Louis Janmot paintings
Still, some defense and security experts doubt that EMP bombs would be the weapon of choice for terrorists.For one, devices can be protected or hardened against EMP. Sensitive electronic circuits, for example, can be encased in Faraday cages — metal structures that intercept and redirect excessive EMP energy into the ground like a lightning rod.Another mitigating factor in the minds of some experts is the limited effectiveness of conventional EMP weapons. Robert Sherman, a defense analyst with the Federation of American Scientists, says that small e-bombs like FCGs have to be placed very close to potential civilian targets such as a telephone center."If you can get that close to a communication node, you can just use a truck bomb," says Sherman. "There are a lot of other things that people should be worried about."
oil painting from picture
oil painting from picture
famous painting
Since energy is a premium in nature, scientists have suggested that people evolved to host their motor and speaking tools on one side the brain to streamline development. The same could be true for the crows. "Just as people appear to have developed a specialization in the left side of the brain for language, these crows seem to have a specialization on their left side for tool making," said Hunt, who is based at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Most individual creatures from dogs to cats to horses and toads show a tendency to favor one side over the other. But scientists are still divided over whether entire species of animals favor one side over the other like the human right-handed majority.
famous painting
Since energy is a premium in nature, scientists have suggested that people evolved to host their motor and speaking tools on one side the brain to streamline development. The same could be true for the crows. "Just as people appear to have developed a specialization in the left side of the brain for language, these crows seem to have a specialization on their left side for tool making," said Hunt, who is based at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Most individual creatures from dogs to cats to horses and toads show a tendency to favor one side over the other. But scientists are still divided over whether entire species of animals favor one side over the other like the human right-handed majority.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Christ painting
Christ painting
church painting
Shaolin Soccer has been Hong Kong's most successful movie and now becomes a hit to many American filmgoers.The movie’s special effects give the illusion that the ball is moving at ...
Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer, is going public in North America. Shaolin Soccer has been Hong Kong's most successful movie and now becomes a hit to many American filmgoers.The movie’s special effects give the illusion that the ball is moving at bullet speed, transforming it into a ball of fire as it whizzes through the air. What most attracts audience, as a sport movie, is its unique and consistent sense of humor and drama. Its infectious style has a way of lifting spirits. The watcher doesn’t have to be a fan of soccer or kung fu to enjoy it.
church painting
Shaolin Soccer has been Hong Kong's most successful movie and now becomes a hit to many American filmgoers.The movie’s special effects give the illusion that the ball is moving at ...
Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer, is going public in North America. Shaolin Soccer has been Hong Kong's most successful movie and now becomes a hit to many American filmgoers.The movie’s special effects give the illusion that the ball is moving at bullet speed, transforming it into a ball of fire as it whizzes through the air. What most attracts audience, as a sport movie, is its unique and consistent sense of humor and drama. Its infectious style has a way of lifting spirits. The watcher doesn’t have to be a fan of soccer or kung fu to enjoy it.
sunset painting
sunset painting
Tropical paintings
Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, is expected to earn much more money from helping create video games than making movies...
Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, is expected to earn much more money from helping create video games than making movies.The computer game based on his movie "The Return of the King," was among best-seller list. And game makers wanted to get in early on "King Kong," Mr. Jackson's next movie.Recently, Jackson worked out a deal with the game maker Ubisoft and Universal Pictures, the studio that plans to release "King Kong" next year. It means Mr. Jackson will give great control over the future game.
Tropical paintings
Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, is expected to earn much more money from helping create video games than making movies...
Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings, is expected to earn much more money from helping create video games than making movies.The computer game based on his movie "The Return of the King," was among best-seller list. And game makers wanted to get in early on "King Kong," Mr. Jackson's next movie.Recently, Jackson worked out a deal with the game maker Ubisoft and Universal Pictures, the studio that plans to release "King Kong" next year. It means Mr. Jackson will give great control over the future game.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Steve Hanks Country Comfort painting
Steve Hanks Country Comfort painting
Diego Rivera The Flower Seller painting
Flowers, notes, Superman dolls and a floral tribute in the shape of the Superman 'S' mark the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of Christopher Reeve in Hollywood October 11, 2004. He was the star of...
Flowers, notes, Superman dolls and a floral tribute in the shape of the Superman 'S' mark the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of Christopher Reeve in Hollywood October 11, 2004. Reeve, the star of the 'Superman' movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research. Reeve died on Oct. 10, 2004, of heart failure while at his New York home. He
It would be better to sit down and write a letter to a friend or a loved one,"said German president Horst Koehler, "I suggest people write more love letters. The world would be a better place for it."....
German president Horst Koehler says the world would be a better place if people wrote more love letters.President Koehler said: "It is a sad comment on our times when we hear that young people spend hours every day text-messaging each other on their mobiles instead of talking face-to-face."It would be better to sit down and write a letter to a friend or a loved one,” added the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He added: “I suggest people write more love letters. The world would be a better place for it."
Diego Rivera The Flower Seller painting
Flowers, notes, Superman dolls and a floral tribute in the shape of the Superman 'S' mark the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of Christopher Reeve in Hollywood October 11, 2004. He was the star of...
Flowers, notes, Superman dolls and a floral tribute in the shape of the Superman 'S' mark the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of Christopher Reeve in Hollywood October 11, 2004. Reeve, the star of the 'Superman' movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research. Reeve died on Oct. 10, 2004, of heart failure while at his New York home. He
It would be better to sit down and write a letter to a friend or a loved one,"said German president Horst Koehler, "I suggest people write more love letters. The world would be a better place for it."....
German president Horst Koehler says the world would be a better place if people wrote more love letters.President Koehler said: "It is a sad comment on our times when we hear that young people spend hours every day text-messaging each other on their mobiles instead of talking face-to-face."It would be better to sit down and write a letter to a friend or a loved one,” added the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He added: “I suggest people write more love letters. The world would be a better place for it."
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Painting painting
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Painting painting
Claude Monet Venice Twilight painting
Having taught Thailand's elephants to paint, dance and play musical instruments, their Thai handlers are now toilet-training the beasts. Handlers have installed giant human-style toilets...
Having taught Thailand's elephants to paint, dance and play musical instruments, their Thai handlers are now toilet-training the beasts. Handlers -- known as mahouts -- have installed giant human-style toilets at a camp in a northern city of Thailand to try to rid the tourist attraction of unsightly droppings.Some seven elephants are being trained to sit like a human on the giant white toilets, which can be flushed by pulling on a rope with a gentle tug of the trunk.It showed a picture of a five-year-old elephant named Diew testing out one of the oversized concrete toilets, which has been fitted with jumbo-sized plumbing. The elephants were rescued from the streets of Bangkok where people were using them to collect money from tourists.
Claude Monet Venice Twilight painting
Having taught Thailand's elephants to paint, dance and play musical instruments, their Thai handlers are now toilet-training the beasts. Handlers have installed giant human-style toilets...
Having taught Thailand's elephants to paint, dance and play musical instruments, their Thai handlers are now toilet-training the beasts. Handlers -- known as mahouts -- have installed giant human-style toilets at a camp in a northern city of Thailand to try to rid the tourist attraction of unsightly droppings.Some seven elephants are being trained to sit like a human on the giant white toilets, which can be flushed by pulling on a rope with a gentle tug of the trunk.It showed a picture of a five-year-old elephant named Diew testing out one of the oversized concrete toilets, which has been fitted with jumbo-sized plumbing. The elephants were rescued from the streets of Bangkok where people were using them to collect money from tourists.
David Hardy paintings
David Hardy paintings
Dirck Bouts paintings
better yet, offer a liver treat as an alternative to whatever's distracting her. But how do I establish eye contact when her nose is buried? Can I cluck or bark? Use a whistle or hoot like an owl? I've found that coughing, of all things, fascinates her, catches her attention, and makes her head swivel, after which she responds. If you walk with us, you will hear me clearing my throat repeatedly. What can I say? It works. She looks at me, comes to me, gets rewarded.The reality is, we don't know that much about what dogs think, because they can't tell us. Behaviorists tend to believe that dogs "think" in their own way—in sensory images involving their finely honed instincts. They're not capable of deviousness or spite. They love routine: Nothing seems to make them more comfortable than doing the same thing at the same time in the familiar way, day after day: We snack here, we poop there, we play over here. I am astonished at how little it takes to please them, how simple their lives can be if we don't complicate them.(to be continued)
Dirck Bouts paintings
better yet, offer a liver treat as an alternative to whatever's distracting her. But how do I establish eye contact when her nose is buried? Can I cluck or bark? Use a whistle or hoot like an owl? I've found that coughing, of all things, fascinates her, catches her attention, and makes her head swivel, after which she responds. If you walk with us, you will hear me clearing my throat repeatedly. What can I say? It works. She looks at me, comes to me, gets rewarded.The reality is, we don't know that much about what dogs think, because they can't tell us. Behaviorists tend to believe that dogs "think" in their own way—in sensory images involving their finely honed instincts. They're not capable of deviousness or spite. They love routine: Nothing seems to make them more comfortable than doing the same thing at the same time in the familiar way, day after day: We snack here, we poop there, we play over here. I am astonished at how little it takes to please them, how simple their lives can be if we don't complicate them.(to be continued)
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Johannes Vermeer paintings
Johannes Vermeer paintings
Jacques-Louis David paintings
CHARLES: Take advantage of me?ASHLEY: Yes, he's one of the best shots the country, he's proved a number of times, against steadier hands and cooler heads than yours.CHARLES: Well, I'll show him.ASHLEY: No, no no, please, don't go tweaking his nose anymore. You may be needed for more important fighting, Charles. Now if you'll excuse me, Mr. Butler's our guest... I think I'll just show him around. (Ashley leaves the hall with intention of walking Butler around the house. But before he can do this, Scarlett calls him into a detached room.) SCARLETT: Ashley!ASHLEY: Scarlett...who are you hiding from here?...What are you up to? Why aren't you upstairs resting with the other girls? What is this, Scarlett? A secret? SCARLETT: Well, Ashley, Ashley...! love you.ASHLEY: Scarlett... SCARLETT: I love you, I do.ASHLEY: Well, isn't it enough that you gathered every other man's heart today? You always had mine. You cut your teeth on it.
Jacques-Louis David paintings
CHARLES: Take advantage of me?ASHLEY: Yes, he's one of the best shots the country, he's proved a number of times, against steadier hands and cooler heads than yours.CHARLES: Well, I'll show him.ASHLEY: No, no no, please, don't go tweaking his nose anymore. You may be needed for more important fighting, Charles. Now if you'll excuse me, Mr. Butler's our guest... I think I'll just show him around. (Ashley leaves the hall with intention of walking Butler around the house. But before he can do this, Scarlett calls him into a detached room.) SCARLETT: Ashley!ASHLEY: Scarlett...who are you hiding from here?...What are you up to? Why aren't you upstairs resting with the other girls? What is this, Scarlett? A secret? SCARLETT: Well, Ashley, Ashley...! love you.ASHLEY: Scarlett... SCARLETT: I love you, I do.ASHLEY: Well, isn't it enough that you gathered every other man's heart today? You always had mine. You cut your teeth on it.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Avtandil The Grand Opera painting
Avtandil The Grand Opera painting
Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting
gazed astonished for a moment, forgetting our own miseries in the extraordinary and, as it seemed to us, semi-miraculous sight.
"Ay," said "Sir Henry, "and here is where he got his ink from," and he pointed to a small wound on the dead man's left arm. "Did ever man see such a thing before?"
There was no longer any doubt about the matter, which I confess, for my own part, perfectly appalled me. There he sat, the dead man, whose directions, written some ten generations ago, bad led us to this spot. There in my own hand was the rude pen with which he had written them, and there round his neck was the crucifix his dying lips had kissed. Gazing at him my imagination could reconstruct the whole scene: the traveller dying of cold and starvation, and yet striving to convey the great secret he had discovered to the world; the awful loneliness of his death, of which the evidence sat before us. It even seemed to me that I could trace in his strongly-marked features a likeness to those of my poor friend Silvestre, his descendant, who had died twenty years ago in my arms, but perhaps that was fancy. At any rate, there he sat, a sad memento of the fate that so often overtakes those who would penetrate into the unknown; and there probably he will still sit, crowned with the dread majesty of death, for centuries yet unborn, to startle the eyes of wanderers like ourselves, if any such should ever come again to invade his loneliness. The thing overpowered us, already nearly done to death
Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting
gazed astonished for a moment, forgetting our own miseries in the extraordinary and, as it seemed to us, semi-miraculous sight.
"Ay," said "Sir Henry, "and here is where he got his ink from," and he pointed to a small wound on the dead man's left arm. "Did ever man see such a thing before?"
There was no longer any doubt about the matter, which I confess, for my own part, perfectly appalled me. There he sat, the dead man, whose directions, written some ten generations ago, bad led us to this spot. There in my own hand was the rude pen with which he had written them, and there round his neck was the crucifix his dying lips had kissed. Gazing at him my imagination could reconstruct the whole scene: the traveller dying of cold and starvation, and yet striving to convey the great secret he had discovered to the world; the awful loneliness of his death, of which the evidence sat before us. It even seemed to me that I could trace in his strongly-marked features a likeness to those of my poor friend Silvestre, his descendant, who had died twenty years ago in my arms, but perhaps that was fancy. At any rate, there he sat, a sad memento of the fate that so often overtakes those who would penetrate into the unknown; and there probably he will still sit, crowned with the dread majesty of death, for centuries yet unborn, to startle the eyes of wanderers like ourselves, if any such should ever come again to invade his loneliness. The thing overpowered us, already nearly done to death
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
Julien Dupre paintings
word that my sister Matilda has broken her leg and wants me to go and stay with her for a spell."
"Oh, I'm very sorry--sorry that your sister has met with such an accident, I mean," exclaimed Anne.
"Ah, well, man was made to mourn, Mrs. Doctor, dear. That sounds as if it ought to be in the Bible, but they tell me a person named Burns wrote it. And there is no doubt that we are born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. As for Matilda, I do not know what to think of her. None of our family ever broke their legs before. But whatever she has done she is still my sister, and I feel that it is my duty to go and wait on her, if you can spare me for a few weeks, Mrs. Doctor, dear."
"Of course, Susan, of course. I can get someone to help me while you are gone."
"If you cannot I will not go, Mrs. Doctor, dear, Matilda's leg to the contrary
Julien Dupre paintings
word that my sister Matilda has broken her leg and wants me to go and stay with her for a spell."
"Oh, I'm very sorry--sorry that your sister has met with such an accident, I mean," exclaimed Anne.
"Ah, well, man was made to mourn, Mrs. Doctor, dear. That sounds as if it ought to be in the Bible, but they tell me a person named Burns wrote it. And there is no doubt that we are born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. As for Matilda, I do not know what to think of her. None of our family ever broke their legs before. But whatever she has done she is still my sister, and I feel that it is my duty to go and wait on her, if you can spare me for a few weeks, Mrs. Doctor, dear."
"Of course, Susan, of course. I can get someone to help me while you are gone."
"If you cannot I will not go, Mrs. Doctor, dear, Matilda's leg to the contrary
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
but I notice he can always get up early to go fishing. Isn't that like a man?"
Anne smiled. She had learned to discount largely Miss Cornelia's opinions of the Four Winds men. Otherwise she must have believed them the most hopeless assortment of reprobates and ne'er-do-wells in the world, with veritable slaves and martyrs for wives. This particular Tom Holt, for example, she knew to be a kind husband, a much loved father, and an excellent neighbor. If he were rather inclined to be lazy, liking better the fishing he had been born for than the farming he had not, and if he had a harmless eccentricity for doing fancy work, nobody save Miss Cornelia seemed to hold it against him. His wife was a "hustler," who gloried in hustling; his family got a comfortable living off the farm; and his strapping sons and daughters, inheriting their mother's energy, were all in a fair way to do well in the world. There was not a happier household in Glen St. Mary than the Holts'.
Miss Cornelia returned satisfied from the house up the brook.
"Leslie's going to take him," she announced. "She jumped at the chance. She wants to make a little money to shingle the roof of her house this fall, and she didn't know how she
Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
but I notice he can always get up early to go fishing. Isn't that like a man?"
Anne smiled. She had learned to discount largely Miss Cornelia's opinions of the Four Winds men. Otherwise she must have believed them the most hopeless assortment of reprobates and ne'er-do-wells in the world, with veritable slaves and martyrs for wives. This particular Tom Holt, for example, she knew to be a kind husband, a much loved father, and an excellent neighbor. If he were rather inclined to be lazy, liking better the fishing he had been born for than the farming he had not, and if he had a harmless eccentricity for doing fancy work, nobody save Miss Cornelia seemed to hold it against him. His wife was a "hustler," who gloried in hustling; his family got a comfortable living off the farm; and his strapping sons and daughters, inheriting their mother's energy, were all in a fair way to do well in the world. There was not a happier household in Glen St. Mary than the Holts'.
Miss Cornelia returned satisfied from the house up the brook.
"Leslie's going to take him," she announced. "She jumped at the chance. She wants to make a little money to shingle the roof of her house this fall, and she didn't know how she
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
John William Waterhouse Waterhouse Narcissus painting
John William Waterhouse Waterhouse Narcissus painting
John Singer Sargent Two Women Asleep in a Punt under the Willows painting
infidels and heretics in the world can't argue it away, any more'n they can argue God away. It's there, and it's working. But, mind you, Cornelia, I believe it's going to get the worst of it in the long run."
"I am sure I hope so," said Miss Cornelia, none too hopefully. "But speaking of the devil, I am positive that Billy Booth is possessed by him now. Have you heard of Billy's latest performance?"
"No, what was that?"
"He's gone and burned up his wife's new, brown broadcloth suit, that she paid twenty-five dollars for in Charlottetown, because he declares the men looked too admiring at her when she wore it to church the first time. Wasn't that like a man?"
"Mistress Booth is mighty pretty, and brown's her color," said Captain Jim reflectively.
"Is that any good reason why he should poke her new suit into the kitchen
John Singer Sargent Two Women Asleep in a Punt under the Willows painting
infidels and heretics in the world can't argue it away, any more'n they can argue God away. It's there, and it's working. But, mind you, Cornelia, I believe it's going to get the worst of it in the long run."
"I am sure I hope so," said Miss Cornelia, none too hopefully. "But speaking of the devil, I am positive that Billy Booth is possessed by him now. Have you heard of Billy's latest performance?"
"No, what was that?"
"He's gone and burned up his wife's new, brown broadcloth suit, that she paid twenty-five dollars for in Charlottetown, because he declares the men looked too admiring at her when she wore it to church the first time. Wasn't that like a man?"
"Mistress Booth is mighty pretty, and brown's her color," said Captain Jim reflectively.
"Is that any good reason why he should poke her new suit into the kitchen
William Etty paintings
William Etty paintings
William Merritt Chase paintings
Did you hear how Gilbert Blythe was this morning?" Anne's desperation drove her to the question. Even the worst would be more endurable than this hideous suspense.
"He's better," said Pacifique. "He got de turn las' night. De doctor say he'll be all right now dis soon while. Had close shave, dough! Dat boy, he jus' keel himself at college. Well, I mus' hurry. De old man, he'll be in hurry to see me."
Pacifique resumed his walk and his whistle. Anne gazed after him with eyes where joy was driving out the strained anguish of the night. He was a very lank, very ragged, very homely youth. But in her sight he was as beautiful as those who bring good tidings on the mountains. Never, as long as she lived, would Anne see Pacifique's brown, round, black-eyed face without a warm remembrance of the moment when he had given to her the oil of joy for mourning.
Long after Pacifique's gay whistle had faded into the phantom of music and then into silence far up under the maples of Lover's Lane Anne stood under the willows, tasting the poignant sweetness of life when some great dread has been removed from it. The morning was a cup
William Merritt Chase paintings
Did you hear how Gilbert Blythe was this morning?" Anne's desperation drove her to the question. Even the worst would be more endurable than this hideous suspense.
"He's better," said Pacifique. "He got de turn las' night. De doctor say he'll be all right now dis soon while. Had close shave, dough! Dat boy, he jus' keel himself at college. Well, I mus' hurry. De old man, he'll be in hurry to see me."
Pacifique resumed his walk and his whistle. Anne gazed after him with eyes where joy was driving out the strained anguish of the night. He was a very lank, very ragged, very homely youth. But in her sight he was as beautiful as those who bring good tidings on the mountains. Never, as long as she lived, would Anne see Pacifique's brown, round, black-eyed face without a warm remembrance of the moment when he had given to her the oil of joy for mourning.
Long after Pacifique's gay whistle had faded into the phantom of music and then into silence far up under the maples of Lover's Lane Anne stood under the willows, tasting the poignant sweetness of life when some great dread has been removed from it. The morning was a cup
Monday, July 7, 2008
China oil paintings
China oil paintings
On the first Thursday night of Anne's sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting. Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting. She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it. Anne felt quite amazed. Later on, she found out Janet's motive in so arraying herself -- a motive as old as Eden.
Valley Road prayer-meetings seemed to be essentially feminine. There were thirty-two women present, two half-grown boys, and one solitary man, beside the minister. Anne found herself studying this man. He was not handsome or young or graceful; he had remarkably long legs -- so long that he had to keep them coiled up under his chair to dispose of them -- and he was stoopshouldered. His hands were big, his hair wanted barbering, and his moustache was unkempt. But Anne thought she liked his face; it was kind and honest and tender; there was something else
On the first Thursday night of Anne's sojourn in Valley Road Janet asked her to go to prayer-meeting. Janet blossomed out like a rose to attend that prayer-meeting. She wore a pale-blue, pansy-sprinkled muslin dress with more ruffles than one would ever have supposed economical Janet could be guilty of, and a white leghorn hat with pink roses and three ostrich feathers on it. Anne felt quite amazed. Later on, she found out Janet's motive in so arraying herself -- a motive as old as Eden.
Valley Road prayer-meetings seemed to be essentially feminine. There were thirty-two women present, two half-grown boys, and one solitary man, beside the minister. Anne found herself studying this man. He was not handsome or young or graceful; he had remarkably long legs -- so long that he had to keep them coiled up under his chair to dispose of them -- and he was stoopshouldered. His hands were big, his hair wanted barbering, and his moustache was unkempt. But Anne thought she liked his face; it was kind and honest and tender; there was something else
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres The Grande Odalisque painting
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres The Grande Odalisque painting
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Madonna with the Rosary painting
had never refined it. But death had touched it and consecrated it, bringing out delicate modelings and purity of outline never seen before -- doing what life and love and great sorrow and deep womanhood joys might have done for Ruby. Anne, looking down through a mist of tears, at her old playfellow, thought she saw the face God had meant Ruby to have, and remembered it so always.
Mrs. Gillis called Anne aside into a vacant room before the funeral procession left the house, and gave her a small packet.
"I want you to have this," she sobbed. "Ruby would have liked you to have it. It's the embroidered centerpiece she was working at. It isn't quite finished -- the needle is sticking in it just where her poor little fingers put it the last time she laid it down, the afternoon before she died."
"There's always a piece of unfinished work left," said Mrs
Bartolome Esteban Murillo Madonna with the Rosary painting
had never refined it. But death had touched it and consecrated it, bringing out delicate modelings and purity of outline never seen before -- doing what life and love and great sorrow and deep womanhood joys might have done for Ruby. Anne, looking down through a mist of tears, at her old playfellow, thought she saw the face God had meant Ruby to have, and remembered it so always.
Mrs. Gillis called Anne aside into a vacant room before the funeral procession left the house, and gave her a small packet.
"I want you to have this," she sobbed. "Ruby would have liked you to have it. It's the embroidered centerpiece she was working at. It isn't quite finished -- the needle is sticking in it just where her poor little fingers put it the last time she laid it down, the afternoon before she died."
"There's always a piece of unfinished work left," said Mrs
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
Jules Joseph Lefebvre Mary Magdalene In The Cave painting
Mrs. Lynde limped out of her kitchen as he joined Dora.
"Are you clean?" she demanded severely.
"Yes -- all of me that shows," Davy answered with a defiant scowl.
Mrs. Rachel sighed. She had her suspicions about Davy's neck and ears. But she knew that if she attempted to make a personal examination Davy would likely take to his heels and she could not pursue him today.
"Well, be sure you behave yourselves," she warned them. "Don't walk in the dust. Don't stop in the porch to talk to the other children. Don't squirm or wriggle in your places. Don't forget the Golden Text. Don't lose your collection or forget to put it in. Don't whisper at prayer time, and don't forget to pay attention to the sermon."
Davy deigned no response. He marched away down the lane, followed by the meek Dora.
Jules Joseph Lefebvre Mary Magdalene In The Cave painting
Mrs. Lynde limped out of her kitchen as he joined Dora.
"Are you clean?" she demanded severely.
"Yes -- all of me that shows," Davy answered with a defiant scowl.
Mrs. Rachel sighed. She had her suspicions about Davy's neck and ears. But she knew that if she attempted to make a personal examination Davy would likely take to his heels and she could not pursue him today.
"Well, be sure you behave yourselves," she warned them. "Don't walk in the dust. Don't stop in the porch to talk to the other children. Don't squirm or wriggle in your places. Don't forget the Golden Text. Don't lose your collection or forget to put it in. Don't whisper at prayer time, and don't forget to pay attention to the sermon."
Davy deigned no response. He marched away down the lane, followed by the meek Dora.
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Guillaume Seignac Cupid Disarmed painting
must have one pathetic scene in it," said Anne thoughtfully. "I might let ROBERT RAY be injured in an accident and have a death scene."
"No, you mustn't kill BOBBY off," declared Diana, laughing. "He belongs to me and I want him to live and flourish. Kill somebody else if you have to."
For the next fortnight Anne writhed or reveled, according to mood, in her literary pursuits. Now she would be jubilant over a brilliant idea, now despairing because some contrary character would NOT behave properly. Diana could not understand this.
"MAKE them do as you want them to," she said.
"I can't," mourned Anne. "Averil is such an unmanageable heroine. She WILL do and say things I never meant her to. Then that spoils everything that went before and I have to write it all over again."
Finally, however, the story was finished, and Anne read it to Diana in the seclusion of the porch gable. She had achieved her "pathetic scene" without sacrificing ROBERT RAY, and she kept
Guillaume Seignac Cupid Disarmed painting
must have one pathetic scene in it," said Anne thoughtfully. "I might let ROBERT RAY be injured in an accident and have a death scene."
"No, you mustn't kill BOBBY off," declared Diana, laughing. "He belongs to me and I want him to live and flourish. Kill somebody else if you have to."
For the next fortnight Anne writhed or reveled, according to mood, in her literary pursuits. Now she would be jubilant over a brilliant idea, now despairing because some contrary character would NOT behave properly. Diana could not understand this.
"MAKE them do as you want them to," she said.
"I can't," mourned Anne. "Averil is such an unmanageable heroine. She WILL do and say things I never meant her to. Then that spoils everything that went before and I have to write it all over again."
Finally, however, the story was finished, and Anne read it to Diana in the seclusion of the porch gable. She had achieved her "pathetic scene" without sacrificing ROBERT RAY, and she kept
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
Paul McCormack Cavalier painting
self-sacrificingly told that he might smoke in the house if he took care to sit by an open window. Mr. Harrison rewarded this concession by going outdoors altogether to smoke in fine weather, and so mutual goodwill reigned.
Anne had come over to ask Mrs. Harrison for some of her yellow dahlias. She and Diana were going through to Echo Lodge that evening to help Miss Lavendar and Charlotta the Fourth with their final preparations for the morrow's bridal. Miss Lavendar herself never had dahlias; she did not like them and they would not have suited the fine retirement of her old-fashioned garden. But flowers of any kind were rather scarce in Avonlea and the neighboring districts that summer, thanks to Uncle Abe's storm; and Anne and Diana thought that a certain old cream-colored stone jug, usually kept sacred to doughnuts, brimmed over with yellow dahlias, would be just the thing to set in a dim angle of the stone house stairs, against the dark background of red hall paper.
Paul McCormack Cavalier painting
self-sacrificingly told that he might smoke in the house if he took care to sit by an open window. Mr. Harrison rewarded this concession by going outdoors altogether to smoke in fine weather, and so mutual goodwill reigned.
Anne had come over to ask Mrs. Harrison for some of her yellow dahlias. She and Diana were going through to Echo Lodge that evening to help Miss Lavendar and Charlotta the Fourth with their final preparations for the morrow's bridal. Miss Lavendar herself never had dahlias; she did not like them and they would not have suited the fine retirement of her old-fashioned garden. But flowers of any kind were rather scarce in Avonlea and the neighboring districts that summer, thanks to Uncle Abe's storm; and Anne and Diana thought that a certain old cream-colored stone jug, usually kept sacred to doughnuts, brimmed over with yellow dahlias, would be just the thing to set in a dim angle of the stone house stairs, against the dark background of red hall paper.
Claude Monet Girls In A Boat painting
Claude Monet Girls In A Boat painting
Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
when the prince comes that things begin to happen."
Mr. Irving smiled a little sadly into her uplifted face, all astar with its youth and promise.
"Sometimes the prince comes too late," he said. He did not ask Anne to translate her remark into prose. Like all kindred spirits he "understood."
"Oh, no, not if he is the real prince coming to the true princess," said Anne, shaking her red head decidedly, as she opened the parlor door. When he had gone in she shut it tightly behind him and turned to confront Charlotta the Fourth, who was in the hall, all "nods and becks and wreathed smiles."
"Oh, Miss Shirley, ma'am," she breathed, "I peeked from the kitchen window. . .and he's awful handsome. . .and just the right age for Miss Lavendar. And oh, Miss Shirley, ma'am, do you think it would be much harm to listen at the door?"
Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
when the prince comes that things begin to happen."
Mr. Irving smiled a little sadly into her uplifted face, all astar with its youth and promise.
"Sometimes the prince comes too late," he said. He did not ask Anne to translate her remark into prose. Like all kindred spirits he "understood."
"Oh, no, not if he is the real prince coming to the true princess," said Anne, shaking her red head decidedly, as she opened the parlor door. When he had gone in she shut it tightly behind him and turned to confront Charlotta the Fourth, who was in the hall, all "nods and becks and wreathed smiles."
"Oh, Miss Shirley, ma'am," she breathed, "I peeked from the kitchen window. . .and he's awful handsome. . .and just the right age for Miss Lavendar. And oh, Miss Shirley, ma'am, do you think it would be much harm to listen at the door?"
Steve Hanks Forever a Mystery painting
Steve Hanks Forever a Mystery painting
Gustav Klimt The Tree of Life painting
compliments mixed. Public opinion never agreed on Anne's looks. People who had heard her called handsome met her and were disappointed. People who had heard her called plain saw her and wondered where other people's eyes were. Anne herself would never believe that she had any claim to beauty. When she looked in the glass all she saw was a little pale face with seven freckles on the nose thereof. Her mirror never revealed to her the elusive, ever-varying play of feeling that came and went over her features like a rosy illuminating flame, or the charm of dream and laughter alternating in her big eyes.
While Anne was not beautiful in any strictly defined sense of the word she possessed a certain evasive charm and distinction of appearance that left beholders with a pleasurable sense of satisfaction in that softly rounded girlhood of hers, with all its strongly felt potentialities. Those who knew Anne best felt, without realizing that they felt it, that her greatest attraction was the aura of possibility surrounding her. . .the power of future development that was
Gustav Klimt The Tree of Life painting
compliments mixed. Public opinion never agreed on Anne's looks. People who had heard her called handsome met her and were disappointed. People who had heard her called plain saw her and wondered where other people's eyes were. Anne herself would never believe that she had any claim to beauty. When she looked in the glass all she saw was a little pale face with seven freckles on the nose thereof. Her mirror never revealed to her the elusive, ever-varying play of feeling that came and went over her features like a rosy illuminating flame, or the charm of dream and laughter alternating in her big eyes.
While Anne was not beautiful in any strictly defined sense of the word she possessed a certain evasive charm and distinction of appearance that left beholders with a pleasurable sense of satisfaction in that softly rounded girlhood of hers, with all its strongly felt potentialities. Those who knew Anne best felt, without realizing that they felt it, that her greatest attraction was the aura of possibility surrounding her. . .the power of future development that was
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Charles Chaplin paintings
Charles Chaplin paintings
Douglas Hofmann paintings
beside her and I said, `Mary Joe, do you know what I think? I think the evening star is a lighthouse on the land where the fairies dwell.' And Mary Joe said, `Well, yous are de queer one. Dare ain't no such ting as fairies.' I was very much provoked. Of course, I knew there are no fairies; but that needn't prevent my thinking there is. You know, teacher. But I tried again quite patiently. I said, `Well then, Mary Joe, do you know what I think? I think an angel walks over the world after the sun sets. . .a great, tall, white angel, with silvery folded wings. . . and sings the flowers and birds to sleep. Children can hear him if they know how to listen.' Then Mary Joe held up her hands all over flour and said, `Well, yous are de queer leetle boy. Yous make me feel scare.' And she really did looked scared. I went out then and whispered the rest of my thoughts to the garden. There was a little birch tree in the garden and it died. Grandma says the salt spray
Douglas Hofmann paintings
beside her and I said, `Mary Joe, do you know what I think? I think the evening star is a lighthouse on the land where the fairies dwell.' And Mary Joe said, `Well, yous are de queer one. Dare ain't no such ting as fairies.' I was very much provoked. Of course, I knew there are no fairies; but that needn't prevent my thinking there is. You know, teacher. But I tried again quite patiently. I said, `Well then, Mary Joe, do you know what I think? I think an angel walks over the world after the sun sets. . .a great, tall, white angel, with silvery folded wings. . . and sings the flowers and birds to sleep. Children can hear him if they know how to listen.' Then Mary Joe held up her hands all over flour and said, `Well, yous are de queer leetle boy. Yous make me feel scare.' And she really did looked scared. I went out then and whispered the rest of my thoughts to the garden. There was a little birch tree in the garden and it died. Grandma says the salt spray
Jules Breton paintings
Jules Breton paintings
Johannes Vermeer paintings
lemon juice or to the unusual flush on her cheeks. When they were ready they looked quite as sweet and trim and girlish as ever did any of "Mrs. Morgan's heroines."
"I do hope I'll be able to say something once in a while, and not sit like a mute," said Diana anxiously. "All Mrs. Morgan's heroines converse so beautifully. But I'm afraid I'll be tongue-tied and stupid. And I'll be sure to say `I seen.' I haven't often said it since Miss Stacy taught here; but in moments of excitement it's sure to pop out. Anne, if I were to say `I seen' before Mrs. Morgan I'd die of mortification. And it would be almost as bad to have nothing to say."
"I'm nervous about a good many things," said Anne, "but I don't think there is much fear that I won't be able to talk"
And, to do her justice, there wasn't.
Anne shrouded her muslin glories in a big apron and went down to concoct her soup. Marilla
Johannes Vermeer paintings
lemon juice or to the unusual flush on her cheeks. When they were ready they looked quite as sweet and trim and girlish as ever did any of "Mrs. Morgan's heroines."
"I do hope I'll be able to say something once in a while, and not sit like a mute," said Diana anxiously. "All Mrs. Morgan's heroines converse so beautifully. But I'm afraid I'll be tongue-tied and stupid. And I'll be sure to say `I seen.' I haven't often said it since Miss Stacy taught here; but in moments of excitement it's sure to pop out. Anne, if I were to say `I seen' before Mrs. Morgan I'd die of mortification. And it would be almost as bad to have nothing to say."
"I'm nervous about a good many things," said Anne, "but I don't think there is much fear that I won't be able to talk"
And, to do her justice, there wasn't.
Anne shrouded her muslin glories in a big apron and went down to concoct her soup. Marilla
Jacques-Louis David paintings
Jacques-Louis David paintings
John Everett Millais paintings
sure, he insisted on remaining in the kitchen, for his curiosity wanted to see all that went on. But as he sat quietly in a corner, busily engaged in untying the knots in a piece of herring net he had brought home from his last trip to the shore, nobody objected to this.
At half past eleven the lettuce salad was made, the golden circles of the pies were heaped with whipped cream, and everything was sizzling and bubbling that ought to sizzle and bubble.
"We'd better go and dress now," said Anne, "for they may be here by twelve. We must have dinner at sharp one, for the soup must be served as soon as it's done."
Serious indeed were the toilet rites presently performed in the east gable. Anne peered anxiously at her nose and rejoiced to see that its freckles were not at all prominent, thanks
John Everett Millais paintings
sure, he insisted on remaining in the kitchen, for his curiosity wanted to see all that went on. But as he sat quietly in a corner, busily engaged in untying the knots in a piece of herring net he had brought home from his last trip to the shore, nobody objected to this.
At half past eleven the lettuce salad was made, the golden circles of the pies were heaped with whipped cream, and everything was sizzling and bubbling that ought to sizzle and bubble.
"We'd better go and dress now," said Anne, "for they may be here by twelve. We must have dinner at sharp one, for the soup must be served as soon as it's done."
Serious indeed were the toilet rites presently performed in the east gable. Anne peered anxiously at her nose and rejoiced to see that its freckles were not at all prominent, thanks
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
John William Godward The Delphic Oracle painting
John William Godward The Delphic Oracle painting
Amedeo Modigliani the Seated Nude painting
Well, I s'pose that was 'cause you was a girl," said Davy, squirming back to his place after another hug. "You was a girl once, I s'pose, though it's awful funny to think of it. Dora can sit still. . .but there ain't much fun in it I don't think. Seems to me it must be slow to be a girl. Here, Dora, let me liven you up a bit."
Davy's method of "livening up" was to grasp Dora's curls in his fingers and give them a tug. Dora shrieked and then cried.
"How can you be such a naughty boy and your poor mother just laid in her grave this very day?" demanded Marilla despairingly.
"But she was glad to die," said Davy confidentially. "I know, 'cause she told me so. She was awful tired of being sick. We'd a long talk the night before she died. She told me you was going to take me and Dora for the winter and I was to be a good boy. I'm going to be good, but can't you be good running round just as well as sitting
Amedeo Modigliani the Seated Nude painting
Well, I s'pose that was 'cause you was a girl," said Davy, squirming back to his place after another hug. "You was a girl once, I s'pose, though it's awful funny to think of it. Dora can sit still. . .but there ain't much fun in it I don't think. Seems to me it must be slow to be a girl. Here, Dora, let me liven you up a bit."
Davy's method of "livening up" was to grasp Dora's curls in his fingers and give them a tug. Dora shrieked and then cried.
"How can you be such a naughty boy and your poor mother just laid in her grave this very day?" demanded Marilla despairingly.
"But she was glad to die," said Davy confidentially. "I know, 'cause she told me so. She was awful tired of being sick. We'd a long talk the night before she died. She told me you was going to take me and Dora for the winter and I was to be a good boy. I'm going to be good, but can't you be good running round just as well as sitting
Pino Soft Light painting
Pino Soft Light painting
Pino Mystic Dreams painting
Clair I am determined he shall be called. His father obstinately continues to call him Jacob, and the boy himself has a perfectly unaccountable preference for the vulgar name. But St. Clair he is and St. Clair he shall remain. You will kindly remember this, Miss Shirley, will you not? Thank you. I told Clarice Almira that I was sure it was only a misunderstanding and that a word would set it right. Donnell. . .accent on the last syllable. . .and St. Clair. . .on no account Jacob. You'll remember? Thank you."
When Mrs. H. B. Donnell had skimmed away Anne locked the school door and went home. At the foot of the hill she found Paul Irving by the Birch Path. He held out to her a cluster of the dainty little wild orchids which Avonlea children called "rice lillies."
"Please, teacher, I found these in
Pino Mystic Dreams painting
Clair I am determined he shall be called. His father obstinately continues to call him Jacob, and the boy himself has a perfectly unaccountable preference for the vulgar name. But St. Clair he is and St. Clair he shall remain. You will kindly remember this, Miss Shirley, will you not? Thank you. I told Clarice Almira that I was sure it was only a misunderstanding and that a word would set it right. Donnell. . .accent on the last syllable. . .and St. Clair. . .on no account Jacob. You'll remember? Thank you."
When Mrs. H. B. Donnell had skimmed away Anne locked the school door and went home. At the foot of the hill she found Paul Irving by the Birch Path. He held out to her a cluster of the dainty little wild orchids which Avonlea children called "rice lillies."
"Please, teacher, I found these in
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