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Meditation
Leon Bonnat (1833-1922)
Oil on canvas, 1884
57-1/2 x 40-5/8 inches

Jeunes Paysans
Marie Caire-Tonoir
Oil on canvas, 1889
51-1/8 x 38-1/2 inches

(Taylor Mali on Def Poetry, 3:03)

These are the recipes that were on the old web site. Kind of a walk down memory lane for me, actually.

Banana Nut Muffins
Cornbread
Bisquick Impossible Taco Pie
Calzones
Chicken with Barbecue Sauce
Crock-Pot BBQ Pork
Hearty Bean Soup
Pecan Chicken
Coconut Cream Pie
Lemon Bars
Pecan Pralines
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
The Ever-Changing Coffee Cake

Here’s a little bit of goofiness from the old web site design that won’t quite fit into my new plans for a “gallery.”

Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more, - a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

—George Herbert

(It’s the same poem I posted last year. I haven’t come across anything more appropriate, nor do I really expect to.)

The Alchemist
Leon Brunin (1861-1949)
Oil on canvas

Probably because I spent a couple of months working on this, I’m just not quite ready to let it go yet, so I strung together my work-in-progress photos and made a movie (1:51). However, I started my next painting today, so this will probably be the last you hear of this one.

Blowing Bubbles
Edward Potthast (1857-1927)
Oil on canvas
25-5/8 x 29-1/2 inches

The Tailor’s Workshop
Quirijn van Brekelenkam (1622 - c. 1669)
Oil on canvas, 1661
25-7/8 x 20-3/4 inches