Tuesday 4 October 2011

October summer moods

 The October light just reaches the leaves of the worlds oldest plant, the fern


 No words


 It ooks like a mess - but there is a hidden


 Face !


 A little sad


 The yellow flowers never give up


At a closer look you will find


The red squirrel !


It's sleeping until next summer


Antique glass vase, recently bought in London - flowers from my garden, recently picked - and souvenirs from a Sussex beach, recently visited with a good friend.

It's summer - it's October - it's oh so beautiful paintings

Jozef Chelmonski, (1849-1914)  Polish painter: Indian Summer 1875
This painting says it all - presence! - only the little dog looks back at summer, but has no memory

Valentin Serov (1865-1911) Russian painter: October 1895
Little boy concentrates on a tree branch - surrounded by endless more summers to come

Willard Metcalf (1858-1925) American painter: October 1908
My house keeps a thousand summers

Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Swedish painter: Indian Summer 1908
A thoughful mother - her youngster in the boat doesn't worry about the cold winter to come, 
nor does his little dog