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Postcard Story – A Vase of Flowers – Margareta Haverman – 1716 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Margareta Haverman | A Vase of Flowers | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) *** A Vase of Flowers – Margareta Haverman Second Sister - 06/29/21 …and she stood and studied the painting, not so much to admire, as it was so dark, but to search out to the details, annoyed with the dark...
Postcard Story – Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine – Childe Hassam – 1890 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/14930 *** Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine – Childe Hassam - 1890 Oldest Daughter - 05/06/21 …and it was always wonderful visiting her cousin, especially in the spring, when everything came alive, so suddenly it seemed when the colors...
Postcard Story – Part 2 – Boating – Edouard Manet – 1894 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edouard Manet | Boating | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Postcard Story – Part 2 - Boating – Edouard Manet – 1894 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Friend of Oldest Grandson - 01/15/24 …and this all…was it truly more than two years since she first stepped into the boat, and this...
Postcard Story – Part 1 – Boating – Edouard Manet – 1874 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436947 Postcard Story – Boating – Edouard Manet Oldest Grandson – 09/14/21 …and the sailing was smooth and easy, the wind with just a…touch of warmth, the… kiss…of the breeze within the sails, steady and pleasant, the day bright and… And yet,...
Postcard Story – The Parc Monceau – Claude Monet – 1878 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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,...