Materfamilias Writes

Monday Morning, Back at Home, Remembering Paris. . .

Monday Morning, Back at Home, Remembering Paris. . .

Good morning! Just quickly, let me share a few more photos of Joana Vasconcelos’ outsized, wrought-iron teapot, part of the Women House exhibition I saw in Paris last Thursday, at the Monnaie de Paris. I’m busy…

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Travel Sketch. . . Trogir Putto

Travel Sketch. . . Trogir Putto

I sketched this cheeky putto in Trogir (croatia), in the chapel of the Blessed Giovanni Orsini (by Donatello pupil Fioren) in the very beautiful St. Lawrence Cathedral, and I remembered him this past week when Hamish…

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One Week: Three Italian Cities. . . .Photos from Florence

One Week: Three Italian Cities. . . .Photos from Florence

 We’re heading back to Bordeaux today after a week in Italy, based at our daughter’s home not far from Rome. These images are from the two-and-a-bit days we spent in Florence, a city that deserves…

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That Face. . . A Portrait in Rome . . . a Gallery Visit

That Face. . . A Portrait in Rome . . . a Gallery Visit

While I’m trying to decide how much of my daughter’s advice (20% less effort!) I should apply to blogging and the other activities in my life, I’ll just post this Portrait of a Lady (speculated…

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Kuniyoshi in Paris

Kuniyoshi in Paris

Writing that little Paris love story the other day and then having a virtual coffee with regular reader and commenter Dottoressa on Saturday (if you haven’t yet read her guest post, I hope you’ll find…

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