The Parc Monceau – Claude Monet – 1878 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Oldest Daughter – 06/01/23 …and the spring day was beautiful, sunny, bright, so good to leave the house, and, even in the black of the mourning clothes, she was conspicuous among all the lighter colored clothes of the spring...
Postcard Story – On the Stile – Winslow Homer – National Gallery of Art, Washington – 1878
On the Stile (nga.gov) On the Stile – Winslow Homer 4th Granddaughter – 10/25/21 ...and it was such a nice day, with the breeze, a gentle breeze that was friendly and good, and her mother said it was a blessing, a benediction…a new word to her…that the Lord provided for her cousin Elsie’s wedding...
Postcard story – Houses On The Achterzaan – Claude Monet – 1871 – the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claude Monet | Houses on the Achterzaan | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) *** Houses On The Achterzaan Third Granddaughter - 06/02/23 ... and when they arrived at the house, “granpère’s on the river” as she always called it, Jules came out of his house next door and saw her and he...
Postcard Story – The Town Beach, Collioure, Opus 165 – Paul Signac – 1887 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paul Signac | The Town Beach, Collioure, Opus 165 (Collioure. La Plage de la ville. Opus 165) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) The Town Beach, Collioure, Opus 165 – Paul Signac Second Sister – 10/13/21 …and at times as she walked, wandered, alone along the shore, her quiet time,...
Postcard Story – Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies – Claude Monet – 1899 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claude Monet | Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies Fifth Sister – 10/14/21 …bridges are bridges, she’s not into this metaphor thing, menudo is menudo, a Sunday morning special, a new car is the new car, sit in it...
Postcard Story – Corridor In The Asylum – Vincent van Gogh – 1889 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vincent van Gogh | Corridor in the Asylum | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Corridor In The Asylum Second Grandson - 08/31/23 …and now it seems that when he started his first year in college, things were more set, he was more certain about…well, the things that were more certain,...
Postcard Story – Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase – Vincent van Gogh – 1890 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vincent van Gogh | Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase Sister - 06/01/23 …and as she walked into the house from her morning walk, with her steps now slower, not a bit slower, or much slower, but slower, just slower, as now many...
Postcard Story – The Repast of the Lion – Henri Rousseau – 1907 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438822 The Repast of the Lion Second Granddaughter – 05/03/21 …repast, an interesting word, she thought, and as she had been taught, she looked it up, and it meant a meal, a feast maybe, something to eat…well how about that! And yes, she could see...