Tuesday, May 17, 2011

My Choice 367 - Lucia Popp: Solveig's Song (Grieg)

My previously publisheded video of this song is not available anymore. This newest version is made up with beautiful photoes of Switzerland, simple and beauutiful, just like Greig's Solveig's Song from "Peer Gynt".

Friday, May 6, 2011

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother and Child by Francis Coates Jones, 1885.

Gentre-figure painter Francis Coates Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1857, first expressed interest in art in 1876 when visiting Edwin Abbey. In the autumn of 1887 he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Happy Easter!

My brother sent me this greeting card from Hungary and I would like to share it with you with my best wishes for Easter.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Christ before Pilate













Munkacsy, 1880, - Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest.


Mihaly Munkacsy (February 20, 1844 - May 1, 1900) was a Hungarian painter, who lived in Paris and earned an international reputation with his large scale biblical paintings.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Walk with me by the water...


A friend of mine sent this to me, I found it very inspiring.


A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE ABOUT GROWING OLDER


Oh gosh, I forgot the words..

Recovering my posting...


While I was editing my blog the other day, I accidentally deleted my two latest postings! I guess, I was experiencing my "senior moments".


Here is my March 17, Saint Patrick's Day posting:

May I express my best wishes to all my Irish friends and readers. God bless you all!