All the thoughts from all the years, and now.
When I first saw this painting it literally took my breath away, and that was just seeing it on my computer screen! It was frightening and beautiful at the same time. It was painted in 1850 by Ivan Aivazovsky, considered to be a great Russian seascape painter. You can see why!
“The Ninth Wave”
Detail: “The Ninth Wave”
Notes:
“The Ninth Wave ‘The Ninth Wave,’ painted in 1850, is Aivazovsky’s most famous work and is an archetypal image for the artist. The painting depicts the feared ninth swell, believed by Russian seamen to be the most powerful and destructive. Copyright ©. George Mitrevski. Auburn University. e-mail:mitrege@auburn.edu
“Ivan Aivazovsky is the great Russian painter of seascapes. The sea was his life and the chief subject of his art. No-one else painted the sea the way that he did.” http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/editions/video/history_rus_iso/ajvazovskij/
N.B. Merillion:
How disappointing – a slap in the face;
A shocking outcome – a trust misplaced.
From: Forbes.com
Did Justice Roberts Change His Obamacare Vote At The Eleventh Hour?
Author: Rick Ungar, Contributor
“Back in May, there were rumors floating around relevant legal circles that a key vote was taking place, and that Roberts was feeling tremendous pressure from unidentified circles to vote to uphold the mandate…”
“…was he [Roberts] responding to the heat from President Obama and others, preemptively threatening to delegitimize the Court if it invalidated the ACA (Affordable Care Act)?”
Read entire article here:
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Matthew 6, 28&29
The Stella d’Oro Lily – “Star of Gold”
Every year, like clockwork, the Stella d’Oro lilies outside our kitchen window come into bloom. And every year, like clockwork, I become Katharine Hepburn. I come back inside and say to Mr. Merillion, “The lilies are in bloom again.”
And here’s Katharine:
“In September 2006, the Sheriff’s Office implemented an innovative program that matched unadoptable
dogs with specially trained jail inmates…”
“…The affect the dogs have had on the inmate population has been remarkable and has created a calming affect among the inmate population. In many cases, inmates have said their time working in the program was life-changing and gave them purpose during a tough time in their lives.” Read entire article here: PAWS&STRIPES 2012-06-01 column vers2
Mt. Rushmore (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The United Nations wants to give Mt. Rushmore back to the Indians.
It strikes me that people at the U.N. don’t have enough work to do.
First of all, our Mt. Rushmore, which is located in the United States of America, is none of your damn business. If you want to control countries and tell them how to live and what to do, work with your own country.
Another piece of information for you:
Your fancy-schmancy U.N. building is located on the island of Manhattan. You want to give something to the Indians?
Give them the U.N. building. I’m sure it’s worth a lot of money, and you people don’t deserve it anyway.
“Los Pastores de Belem”
A traditional Spanish Carol
Uploaded by joypsalunga on Sep 23, 2011
Glad Christmas Tidings
August 14, 2012
Merillion
