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D'Après Giovanna Garzoni

Graphite and watercolour on toned paper // 14 x 10 cm (5,6 x 4 inches).

Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670)

Lost in Flowers!

While the ship of the Frogs is stuck in front of Lisbon, I have completed the 8 Flowers 8 Ways course (but for Lesson 6 which I skipped) with real satisfaction. Such a great course!

Click HERE for details about this course!

Relax :-)

Having Fun (from https://valwebb.wordpress.com/)!

 

Happy Holiday(s), (in) Switzerland!

Island

Garden with Pelican (page 35)

Click HERE to all pages!

801 Ouff! He Said It.

801-d

To sum it up: there is cholera in the city. We are forbidden to disembark. We are stuck.

801-c

801-b

But... hem hem... it appears that...

801-a

Ladies and Gents, here is your Captain speaking! As you know...

800!!! A Worried Sea Dog

800-d

800-d

Oh my God!
How do I tell them?!?

800-c

800-b

Ladies and Gents, Captain Philip speaking...

800-a

Time to call the Passengers and give them disembarking instructions...

799 Athene noctua

If you are NOT scared, click HERE to *Athene noctua"!

799-d

None of the above. It is the (inauspicious) cry of the owl.

799-c

799-b

Alarm?!? This is a Foghorn!
Foghorn?!? Where is the fog? It is so clear... we can see America!
BUM!
It is the Pilot Ship!

799-a

Hey! Hey!! Turn off that alarm!!!

798 FCO Rome Intercontinental

Click HERE for the bronze statue of Leonardo by Assen Peikov (1908-1973)!

798-d

I just hope it never happens that I have to wear one of THOSE masks!

798-c

788-b

And I saw a large group of Japanese wearing health masks! Awful!!

798-a

And yet, Dear Diary, a few years ago I was at FCO, Rome's airport. The Fukushima disaster had just happened...

797 The Puppet's Museum

To know more about the Puppet's Museum in Lisbon, click HERE.

797-d

I have a soft spot for masks.

797-c

797-b

This time I intend to visit the Puppet's Museum. There is a great collection of masks.

797-a

Dear Diary, in a few hours we shall be in Lisbon...

796 Drinking On It

To know more about the old planets and the new future, it is useful to (re) read *The Betrothed* by Alessandro Manzoni, especially chapters XXXI-XXXVII (31-37).

796-d

To the new future!
To the old planets!

796-c

796-b

Oh! Mr Tony, nice to see you. Care for a sparkling glass?

796-a

Yet, what Mr Tony said, bothers me greatly...