I haven't been around much, as my eyes are so tired. I can't wear my contacts yet, and end up with an awful headache as the day goes on. Starting tomorrow, I can wear my contacts again. I really take my eyes for granted!
That was so interesting, Eva, about your dad. I loved the comment, "doesn't he know how famous he is?" and your response, "he is?" haha. He sounds like a great guy. :)
Froggy, I hope you have some relief soon. THere are some good meds.out there. Zyrtec and flonase nasal spray are what get me through the allergy season. Sycamore trees used to torment me. We don't have them in our current location.
Thinking of you all - Wog, Surfie, Gloria and Phoo. Just too much work to keep on typing with this eyestrain.
Have a lovely day everyone; I'll check in tomorrow. :)
Love you Paget. We just want you to feel better. Must be so hard to type without your contacts. We have some kind of flowering trees outside of our window that must be causing allergies for Froggy.
Eva, your dad sounds like he has led an interesting life. Does he have a personal collection of art works? I would be interested to know of his favorite artists.
Everyone here has done interesting things. Every now and then Ponders let go with some interesting tidbit about their past. My life has been rather boring.
Deer Gloria, you are interesting! We love your posts, and love to hear about your day, and about your life.
Sometimes Froggy and I watch some crime show or listen about some fracas on the news and say, "We must be the two most boring sisters on the planet." I don't know how some people get into so much mischief.
Hello, all. I'll be in and out all weekend. I'm dealing with a family crisis. Not easy to do long distance.
Froggy, when I was talking to my Dad this morning, I asked him if he knew the artist you mentioned yesterday. He said the name didn't ring a bell, but "there are thousands of damn good artists I don't know about." He has really not kept up in his latter years. He spent the rest of the conversation trying to remember the name of an Israeli artist that he used to correspond with and never did remember.
Gloria, as far as a personal collection of art, my father collects African sculpture. Believe me, when people come to his house, they better be prepared to be freaked out. He has horrible looking war masks all over the place and bizarre figures of women with babies. He told me that when he passes away, I'm supposed to hide the "good" stuff so it doesn't get added to his estate. I asked if I'm supposed to know which pieces are good and which aren't. One afternoon, we walked around while he said, "Good. Commercial. Good. Commercial". I took notes, but I don't know where they are!!
He has paintings and prints that artist friends have done and those of students he taught. He has his own paintings from long ago. Those are mostly anonymous models from his own student days and biblical scenes. I grew up walking past a huge canvas he titled "God Creating Adam".
Lately, he has been making papier mache heads. So far, he's done Isaac Singer, Sigmund Freud, W H Auden, Rembrandt, Vincent Van Gogh, Arthur Rubenstein, Victor Borge, Saul Bellow, Reinhold Niehbuhr, and a couple of others I can't remember. It's really weird how he can make them actually look like the people they are. I guess that's because his training is as a portrait painter. As long as he's having fun.
Gotta get going. Everyone have a lovely weekend and I'll try and check in again.
Eva, love the stories about your Father! A little friendly advice from one who's dealt with a parent's "museum" ... write it down now so you won't be quite so overwhelmed later!
Hope our deer Ponders with allergies and eyelid surgery recovery feel better and better. Prayers for you, as always.
As usual, I've waited to the last minute to do my taxes. Always do that because I don't want the IRS (spit) to get any of my hard earned dollars a nanosecond early. I'll spare you an epistle on government waste and corruption!
Hi all, I just got home from riding buses all day. And then it started raining. Guess a true froggity shouldn't mind a little rain. Froggy has been snuggled in bed all day, or at least, everytime I came home. I turned the heat up. The rain puts a chill in the air.
The news just said that Jonathan Winters died today. What a funny, funny man. I used to watch The Tonight show from the first ones with Steve Allen. Loved Jack Paar. And loved Johnny Carson even more. And Maria Tallchief, the diva ballerina who married Balanchine, passed away too.
Eva, Visiting your dad must be like going to an art show. He sounds wonderful and so interesting. I'd love to see those papier mache's.
"A chestnut tree that inspired Anne Frank while her family hid from the Nazis will live on in the form of 11 saplings being planted around the United States."
INDIANAPOLIS — Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being distributed to 11 locations in the United States as part of a project that aims to preserve her legacy and promote tolerance.
The tree, one of the Jewish teenager's only connections to nature while she hid with her family, was diseased and rotted through the trunk when wind and heavy rain toppled it in August 2010. But saplings grown from its seeds will be planted starting in April, when the Children's Museum of Indianapolis will put the first one in the ground.
The 11 U.S. locations, which also include a park memorializing Sept. 11 victims in New York City, an Arkansas high school that was at the heart of the desegregation battle and Holocaust centers in Michigan and Washington, D.C., were chosen by The Anne Frank Center USA from 34 applicants. (snip)
The tree is referred to several times in the diary that Anne Frank kept during the 25 months she remained indoors until her family was arrested in August 1944.
"Nearly every morning I go to the attic to blow the stuffy air out of my lungs," she wrote Feb. 23, 1944. "From my favorite spot on the floor I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver, and at the seagulls and other birds as they glide on the wind."
Good morning deer friends!
ReplyDeleteI haven't been around much, as my eyes are so tired. I can't wear my contacts yet, and end up with an awful headache as the day goes on. Starting tomorrow, I can wear my contacts again. I really take my eyes for granted!
That was so interesting, Eva, about your dad. I loved the comment, "doesn't he know how famous he is?" and your response, "he is?" haha. He sounds like a great guy. :)
Froggy, I hope you have some relief soon. THere are some good meds.out there. Zyrtec and flonase nasal spray are what get me through the allergy season. Sycamore trees used to torment me. We don't have them in our current location.
Thinking of you all - Wog, Surfie, Gloria and Phoo. Just too much work to keep on typing with this eyestrain.
Have a lovely day everyone; I'll check in tomorrow. :)
Love you Paget. We just want you to feel better. Must be so hard to type without your contacts. We have some kind of flowering trees outside of our window that must be causing allergies for Froggy.
DeleteGood morning.
ReplyDeleteEva, your dad sounds like he has led an interesting life. Does he have a personal collection of art works? I would be interested to know of his favorite artists.
Everyone here has done interesting things. Every now and then Ponders let go with some interesting tidbit about their past. My life has been rather boring.
Deer Gloria, you are interesting! We love your posts, and love to hear about your day, and about your life.
DeleteSometimes Froggy and I watch some crime show or listen about some fracas on the news and say, "We must be the two most boring sisters on the planet." I don't know how some people get into so much mischief.
Hello, all. I'll be in and out all weekend. I'm dealing with a family crisis. Not easy to do long distance.
ReplyDeleteFroggy, when I was talking to my Dad this morning, I asked him if he knew the artist you mentioned yesterday. He said the name didn't ring a bell, but "there are thousands of damn good artists I don't know about." He has really not kept up in his latter years. He spent the rest of the conversation trying to remember the name of an Israeli artist that he used to correspond with and never did remember.
Gloria, as far as a personal collection of art, my father collects African sculpture. Believe me, when people come to his house, they better be prepared to be freaked out. He has horrible looking war masks all over the place and bizarre figures of women with babies. He told me that when he passes away, I'm supposed to hide the "good" stuff so it doesn't get added to his estate. I asked if I'm supposed to know which pieces are good and which aren't. One afternoon, we walked around while he said, "Good. Commercial. Good. Commercial". I took notes, but I don't know where they are!!
He has paintings and prints that artist friends have done and those of students he taught. He has his own paintings from long ago. Those are mostly anonymous models from his own student days and biblical scenes. I grew up walking past a huge canvas he titled "God Creating Adam".
Lately, he has been making papier mache heads. So far, he's done Isaac Singer, Sigmund Freud, W H Auden, Rembrandt, Vincent Van Gogh, Arthur Rubenstein, Victor Borge, Saul Bellow, Reinhold Niehbuhr, and a couple of others I can't remember. It's really weird how he can make them actually look like the people they are. I guess that's because his training is as a portrait painter. As long as he's having fun.
Gotta get going. Everyone have a lovely weekend and I'll try and check in again.
Eva, love the stories about your Father! A little friendly advice from one who's dealt with a parent's "museum" ... write it down now so you won't be quite so overwhelmed later!
ReplyDeleteHope our deer Ponders with allergies and eyelid surgery recovery feel better and better. Prayers for you, as always.
As usual, I've waited to the last minute to do my taxes. Always do that because I don't want the IRS (spit) to get any of my hard earned dollars a nanosecond early. I'll spare you an epistle on government waste and corruption!
TGIF!!!
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteI just got home from riding buses all day. And then it started raining. Guess a true froggity shouldn't mind a little rain. Froggy has been snuggled in bed all day, or at least, everytime I came home. I turned the heat up. The rain puts a chill in the air.
The news just said that Jonathan Winters died today. What a funny, funny man. I used to watch The Tonight show from the first ones with Steve Allen. Loved Jack Paar. And loved Johnny Carson even more. And Maria Tallchief, the diva ballerina who married Balanchine, passed away too.
Eva, Visiting your dad must be like going to an art show. He sounds wonderful and so interesting. I'd love to see those papier mache's.
ANNE FRANK'S TREE:
ReplyDelete"A chestnut tree that inspired Anne Frank while her family hid from the Nazis will live on in the form of 11 saplings being planted around the United States."
INDIANAPOLIS — Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being distributed to 11 locations in the United States as part of a project that aims to preserve her legacy and promote tolerance.
The tree, one of the Jewish teenager's only connections to nature while she hid with her family, was diseased and rotted through the trunk when wind and heavy rain toppled it in August 2010. But saplings grown from its seeds will be planted starting in April, when the Children's Museum of Indianapolis will put the first one in the ground.
The 11 U.S. locations, which also include a park memorializing Sept. 11 victims in New York City, an Arkansas high school that was at the heart of the desegregation battle and Holocaust centers in Michigan and Washington, D.C., were chosen by The Anne Frank Center USA from 34 applicants.
(snip)
The tree is referred to several times in the diary that Anne Frank kept during the 25 months she remained indoors until her family was arrested in August 1944.
"Nearly every morning I go to the attic to blow the stuffy air out of my lungs," she wrote Feb. 23, 1944. "From my favorite spot on the floor I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver, and at the seagulls and other birds as they glide on the wind."
READ MORE: http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/saplings-from-anne-franks-tree-take-root-in-11-us-locations
This is a wonderful project. I love it.
DeleteHi Gloria, I thought this was a beautiful story. It's a story to be remembered.
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