Agnus Dei

by Francisco de Zurbaran.
Dated 1639. The inscription at lower center reads TANQVAM AGNVS/ IN OCCISIONE

By the early 1630's Zurbaran established himself as the leading painter of religious, large scale works in Seville, having gained the patronage of the city's sacred and secular elite. While mainly focused on religious themes, his major compositions made use of still life, using incidental and humble objects as a means to bring sacred events into to the everyday.

The Great Jenny Slate!

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Mitsuko Uchida.
She's made my favorite recordings of Mozart's piano sonatas.
Here she talks about about Schumann's piano concerto, and his wife Clara being the better pianist.

wildfires

Hundreds of them, burning throughout the Russian countryside, many extremely close to Moscow. Officials have confirmed that some forests contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have now burned, but it's unclear what danger the smoke from these fires could pose. Monitoring stations haven't yet registered any increase in radioactivity.

Keep these people and animals in your thoughts.

dinner and a walk

with dearest Julie. How great to see you again, 2 years -to the day!

Dear Kev,
Next time you're home alone and upset about it, please choose something other to chew than knives you've knocked off the counter.
Love,
Auntie

Grey Mountain

I was up North for a week working, and there was time on Saturday for a hike and some (low-bush blue)berry picking with my dear people.
So nice to go and so nice to come home.

talk about i am love

AAAAAAAAAAgggggggghhhhhhh
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeedith!

afternoons

K. brought treats over the other day from Pasticceria Alati-Caserta on Dante.

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Xavier Ribas

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And if you're questioning what you will be dining on tonight, perhaps try this quick and clean beauty. God knows I can't resist another chilled soup, or anything with radishes in/on it.

more EATTERBURY

From her time at a bat colony.

QQQQQ

Lenka Clayton

EATTERBURY

Photographs by my friend and yours, Elizabeth Atterbury.

little leaf linden

Collected at Parc Jarry this week.

Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Tiliaceae – Linden family
Genus	Tilia L. – basswood
Species	Tilia cordata Mill. – littleleaf linden

chilled borscht

Another summer supper. With pink & red beets, yellow & red carrots and fresh dill.
Soup doesn't get prettier than this. Ahh l'été!