Prince passed away ten years ago today.

I did this tribute art of him a few weeks after he died.

happy bday English writer Charlotte Brontë, b.1816.

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”

Fifty Years in the Magic Circle by Signor Blitz, Illustrated. Green cover with gold titles and black decoration of owl and strange serpentine creature with foliage and magician on the binding.

Book Cover of the Day:

A photograph of John Muir, underneath the words "Legacy Library."

Today is the birthday of #JohnMuir, the celebrated naturalist and author famed for his exploration of the Yosemite area, his work to establish a number of national parks, and his founding of the Sierra Club. Muir Woods National Monument in California is named in his honor. #💙📚 #Booksky

The Red Vineyards near Arles

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Year: 1888
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Location: The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia.

{The only painting Vincent van Gogh sold during his lifetime. It was purchased by artist Anna Boch for 400 francs}

#vanGogh
#Art

A poster with a colorful stack of books on the left and this text on the right: “Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

"Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.”
~ Jeff Zentner

Day 4858: Phoning it in Today’s Daily Bitch Calendar is about phoning it in. . Because I’m in Barcelona and left my laptop at home, I am totally phoning it in when I blog, take photos, and connect with my husband and cats…

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Librarians are amazing. You can ask them about a book you think might have been a dream, but you’re pretty sure you read when you were eleven and the cover was blue…and they’ll find it! 💙📚

Has to be National Tea Day! 🫖☕️
@yorkshiretea.bsky.social

How are you going to spend this precious day? 💙

A newly green ginkgo tree, a gigantic white cloud, and a beautiful blue sky.
#ColorADay #BlueTue

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

"On a February morning, Danielle Crittenden's world cleaved in two: the life before her daughter Miranda was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment, and the life after."

Win a copy of Danielle Crittenden's "Dispatches from Grief" from @infiniteb88ks.bsky.social

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#PhotoShare
Paris
1932

good morning
what an interesting artist to read this morn-thank you

"...A poet out of the time of Baudelaire,
By day among books, at night in a café,
I curse my love and dance like Salome.

The world has its opulence and its misery..."

- Martinus Nijhoff

happy bday Dutch writer Martinus Nijhoff, b.1894.

"The air’s like silk, the trees and street-lamps
only like themselves. No dream
could say it clearer. Some compass needle
leads me to the park, where gates of steel
declare ‘Each plant and planet feels
the inmost drive to move and dream.’..."

"A recently divorced single mom returns to her family’s fixer-upper beach house and finds romance amidst the heartbreak."

Enter to win a copy of @jenniferaobrien.bsky.social's "The Summer I Found You" from @alcovepress.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

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Happy Monday! It's a new week! The clouds refused to budge from their bland gray until just before sunrise when a little backlighting appeared – and then when the sun broke the horizon some nice front lighting complemented the show. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

My cat

My last question of the day; What gives you comfort?

🧶 #knit #sew #crochet #craft

Friday's sunset and the heart tree. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Good Morning Friends. Happy 420 eve. I think we will do baseball today. ☮️✌️☮️✌️☮️

Go Fly A Kite Day sounds uplifting!

How are you going to spend this precious day? 💙

Our job is not to deliver #karma but to skillfully make and manage our own.

Morning Coffee ☕️ with Bhante Sujatha

"On the Shelf", not dated
acrylic on canvas

By the contemporary British artist and illustrator Chrissie Snelling
@chrissiesnellingart [IG]

Private Collection
#art #painting #illustration #cats #caturday

Bright pink round metal serving tray features a white cat with yellow eyes surrounded by leaves, flowers and fruit in green, white, pink and golden yellow. Pat Albeck (1930–2017) was a prolific British textile designer who had a career spanning more than 60 years. Her colorful and quintessentially British patterns became household staples, appearing on everything from kitchen linens to high-fashion fabrics.

Happy #Caturday 🌼

Cat & Flowers Serving Tray by Pat Albeck for Worcester Ware (1970)

One of my Raccoons.

Last night's sunset above the edgy silhouette of rooftops.
#BlueskyArtShow #Edge

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn