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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...
Postcard Story – Hippopotamus – Egypt, early Middle Kingdom – 1981-1885 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Postcard Story – Hippopotamus – Egypt, early Middle Kingdom – 1981-1885 B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art Hippopotamus ("William") | Middle Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Hippopotamus – Egypt, early Middle Kingdom Fifth Sister – 07/08/21 …and, of course, her eyebrows...
Postcard Stories – Margot Standing in a Garden – Mary Cassatt – 1900 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10422 Third Granddaughter – 04/28/14 ...and the little girl…well, she loved wearing pretty things, and oh, pink was so nice and fun and happy so pink was always good. And the little girl looked around the park and towards her family, and towards the...
Postcard Story – La Grenouillère – Claude Monet – 1869 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claude Monet | La Grenouillère | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) La Grenouillère – Claude Monet Oldest Daughter – 07/21/21 …and now in college at NYU when her grandfather called, or she texted him, they could always arrange a few hours, usually went more, at the Met, just like,...
Postcard Story – Olive Trees – Vincent van Gogh – 1889 –The Metropolitan Museum of Art – 1899
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437998 *** Olive Trees Oldest NYC Grandson – 02/01/23 …and he was just about to say that he has always had an affinity with olive trees, but that was not quite right. No, it was more he had memories of olive trees from when he was a young boy, but...
Postcard Story – The Fortune Teller – Georges de La Tour – 1630s – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436838 (In Public Domain) Second Grandson– 12/01/20 …and he never understood all the words of advice, all the talk at the supper table, parents, older brothers and sisters, grandparents - he referred to them as ancient of days with his friends, not...
Postcard Stories – Young Mother Sewing – Mary Cassatt – 1900 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10425 Second Granddaughter – 04/21/14 …and the young girl loved her mother who she thought was very pretty and sometimes she just wanted to be with her and watch her cook, or read, or sew. And sometimes she would just watch and sometimes she would...
Postcard Story – The Temple of Dendur – Egypt, Lower Nubia, Roman period, 15 B.C. – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547802 The Temple of Dendur Fifth Sister – 03/08/21 …art is sometimes big, old, and monumental, and, sometimes, something that you are able to touch, if you are careful, if you make it right. For art, here stone chiseled and shaped millennia ago –...