Thomas Kinkade xmas cottage painting

Thomas Kinkade xmas cottage paintingThomas Kinkade Victorian Autumn paintingThomas Kinkade The Night Before Christmas painting
Hermione's hand was fastest once more.
"lt's Polyjuice Potion, sir," she said.
Harry too had recognized the slow-bubbling, mudlike substance the second cauldron, but did not resent Hermione getting the credit for answering the question; she, after all, was the one who had succeeded in making it, back in their second year. "Excellent, excellent! Now, this one here . . . yes, my dear?" said Slughorn, now looking slightly bemused, as Hermione's hand punched the air again.
"It's Amortentia!"
"It is indeed. Ir seems almost foolish to ask," said Slughorn, who was looking mightily impressed, "but I assume you know what it does?"
“It's the most powerful love porion in the world!" said Hermione.

Vincent van Gogh The Olive Trees painting

Vincent van Gogh The Olive Trees paintingVincent van Gogh Still Life with Open Bible paintingVincent van Gogh Still Life with Iris painting
began to file out of the Great Hall toward their dormitories. Harry, who was in no hurry at all to leave with the gawping crowd, nor to get near enough to Malfoy to allow him to retell the story of the nose-stamping, lagged behind, pretending to retie the lace on his trainer, allowing most of Gryffindors to draw ahead of him. Hermione had darted ahead to fulfill her prefect's duty of shepherding the first years, but Ron remained with Harry.
“What really happened to your nose?" he asked, once they were at the very back of the throng pressing out of the Hall, and out of earshot of anyone else.
Harry told him. It was a mark of the strength of their friendship that Ron did not laugh.
“I saw Malfoy miming something to do with a nose," he said darkly.
“Yeah, well, never mind that," said Harry bitterly. "Listen to what he was saying before he found out I was there…"
“Harry had expected Ron to be stunned by Malfoys boasts. With what Harry considered

Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting

Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
Francisco de Goya Nude Maja painting
and at the same time felt the sidecar sway ominously: Its metal connections to the bike had splintered with the force of acceleration.

　　　"It's all righ', Harry!" bellowed Hagrid, now thrown flat onto the back by the surge of speed; nobody was steering now, and the sidecar was starting to twist violently in the bike's slipstream.

　　　"I'm on it, Harry, don' worry!" Hagrid yelled, and from inside his jacket pocket he pulled his flowery pink umbrella.

"Hagrid! No! Let me!"

"REPARO!"

　　　There was a deafening bang and the sidecar broke away from the bike completely. Harry sped forward, propelled by the impetus of the bike's flight, then the sidecar began to lose height –

Guido Reni reni Aurora painting

Guido Reni reni Aurora painting
Francois Boucher The Toilet of Venus painting
Funny," said Harry, "really amusing."

　　　"If it has to come to force, then it will," growled Moody, his magical eye now quivering a little in its socket as he glared at Harry. "Everyone here's overage, Potter, and they're all prepared to take the risk."

　　　Mundungus shrugged and grimaced; the magical eye swerved sideways to glance at him out of the side of Moody's head.

　　　"Let's have no more arguments. Time's wearing on. I want a few of your hairs, boy, now."

"But this is mad, there's no need –"

　　　"No need!" snarled Moody. "With You-Know-Who out there and half the Ministry on his side? Potter, if we're lucky he'll have swallowed the fake bait and he'll

Salvador Dali The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory painting

Salvador Dali The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory painting
Salvador Dali The Crucifixion painting
And then, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surrounded. At least thirty hooded figures, suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the middle of which the Order members had risen, oblivious –

　　　Screams, a blaze of green light on every side: Hagrid gave a yell and the motorbike rolled over. Harry lost any sense of where they were. Streetlights above him, yells around him, he was clinging to the sidecar for dear life. Hedwig's cage, the Firebolt, and his rucksack slipped from beneath his knees –

"No – HELP!"

　　　The broomstick spun too, but he just managed to seize the strap of his rucksack and the top of the cage as the motorbike swung the right way up again. A second's relief, and then another burst of green light. The owl screeched and fell to the floor of the cage.

"No – NO!"

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Frank Dicksee La Belle Dame Sans Merci painting
Background Recently, much attention has been paid to hepatic artery reconstruction in rat liver transplantation, which can prevent bile duct ischemia and preserve better liver structure. In this study, three methods of graft arterialization, including sleeve, cuff, and stent anastomosis, were conducted and the results were compared. Methods Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with rearterialization was conducted in 90 rats, which were divided into sleeve, cuff, and stent groups (n=30 in each). Ninety-six rats received OLTs with standardized two-cuff technique without rearterialization as a control. The sleeve technique included an end-to-end anastomosis between the donor common hepatic artery and recipient proper hepatic artery, or between the donor celiac artery and recipient common hepatic artery. Cuff technique involved an anastomosis between

Claude Monet Sunflowers painting

Claude Monet Sunflowers painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
member of the boards of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the America China Society and Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Gerstner is a member of The Business Council and a member of the president's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, as well as chairman of the Computer Systems Policy Project.Mr. Gerstner previously served on the boards of American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar, Inc., The New York Times Co., and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.A lifetime advocate of the importance of quality education, Mr. Gerstner is co-author of Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America's Public Schools (Dutton 1994). He co-chairs Achieve, an organization created by U.S.

Pino Angelica painting

Pino Angelica painting
Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette painting
If we look at large families, we can sometimes find more death, disease and tragedy than is generally expected. Socioeconomic factors — poverty primarily — increase the likelihood of untimely deaths, as do psychological ones — such as a propensity for risk-taking. Few people invoke curses to explain a disastrous string of deaths in an extended family living in a blighted neighborhood with a high crime rate, or among a circus family of high-wire performers. Combine automobile accidents, cancers and other calamities with all the cousins, aunts and uncles, grandchildren and assorted spouses, and my guess is that a tiny minority — but considerably more than a few families — would suffer from losses of the Kennedys’ magnitude over a comparable time. But we don't hear or read about these losses, and those families' personal tragedies usually have no social echo. Outsized AttentionThe effect of the news media cannot be underestimated.

Thomas Kinkade Christmas Cottage painting

Thomas Kinkade Christmas Cottage painting
Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting

America Online CEO Steve Case confers with Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin , right, before the start of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing Thursday March 2, 2000, in Washington.
NEW YORK - Like many of its Internet media rivals, America Online Inc. (NYSE:AOL) is unveiling a new service that lets members use their voices to access AOL accounts via telephone. "We are going to be rolling out a series of features over the next four to six months to incorporate other brands such as restaurant and movie information," John Borthwick, vice president of new product development at AOL. "The easiest way to think about it that we are looking at it as AOL on the phone -- replicating and extending our core services."

Claude Monet Venice Twilight painting

Claude Monet Venice Twilight painting
Alphonse Maria Mucha The Judgement of Paris painting
million, or 18 cents a share, down from $768 million, or 24 cents a share a year ago. Revenues for the quarter, which ended June 30, rose 14.6 percent to $9.4 billion, up from $8.2 billion. The stock has fallen about 70 percent so far this year, erasing about $180 billion in market value. The stock closed at $22-1/16, down 9/16, on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites). Murray Hill, N.J.-based Lucent cited several reason for its disappointing fourth-quarter performance. Its sales and gross margins in the optical business were lower than expected, due primarily to the late development of new products. Lucent's board decided on Sunday to fire McGinn after it became clear that the problems would linger into 2001, pushing its revenues down 7 percent and wiping out any hopes of a profit in the first fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31.

Rembrandt Samson And Delilah painting

Rembrandt Samson And Delilah painting
Guido Reni The Archangel Michael painting
with all Net appliances, speed counts. Downloads are reliant on the frame's internal 56K modem, but you can upload pictures to your online digital frame inbox — which comes with the subscription — from any computer with a high-speed connection.Frames that work with your computer allow you to tweak images from the frame itself or through image-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop or the company's own software. In general, you transfer pictures through a USB or serial cable that connects the frame to your computer. The products we tested worked on both Macs and PCs. We found the Digi-Frame gave the most bang for its buck, while both the Ceiva and Kodak offered a good gift choice for the less technically inclined.

James Jacques Joseph Tissot Too Early painting

James Jacques Joseph Tissot Too Early painting
John William Waterhouse My Sweet Rose painting
The company has been in a state of flux lately. In the past 18 months, StaffMark began shedding its staffing units to focus solely on high-technology consulting at Edgewater.StaffMark changed its name to Edgewater last summer, just as it completed the sales of its largest staffing units.While the company raised about $450 million through the sales of its staffing units, shareholders were displeased with the divestiture and some of its employees were unhappy with the move from Arkansas to Massachusetts.StaffMark generated revenue in excess of $1 billion in 1999 before it began a series of divestitures. During the first nine months of 2000, Edgewater reported $23.4 million in revenue.The company stock finished the day at 6-3/8, down slightly on the day but well off its 52-week high of 12-1/16.

William Blake paintings

William Blake paintings
Winslow Homer paintings

President Elect George W. Bush waves goodbye to friends in Midland, Texas, as he leaves for Washington January 17, 2000 to attend his presidential inauguration to be held on January 20. Midland, in the oil country of west Texas, was Bush's boyhood home.
WASHINGTON - Standing resolute behind his controversial nominee for attorney general, President-elect George W. Bush rallies Republican supporters in Washington on Thursday as he prepares for his inauguration on Saturday. Bush arrived in Washington on Wednesday evening after an emotional farewell to his home state of Texas, where he described public service as a "noble calling" and vowed to end "all the partisan bickering and name calling and anger" in Washington.

Dancer painting

Dancer painting
field painting
The rescue effort was hampered because the accident happened in a remote area, far from homes and roads. Rescue units from four of the surrounding communities are assisting passengers. "A lot of people were hurt seriously," Drew said. "It was out in the middle of pasture. Ambulance[s] from Corning were at the scene in nine minues. "The injured passengers were taken to six different hospitals, the most taken to Allegion Health in Corning. Two people were taken by helicopter from the scene to hospitals in Omaha and Des Moines.Drew described a very panicked scene when he got there, with people "scattered all over.""One father called in and told us he couldn't find his two boys," he said. "I understand he has been reunited with them since."

Allan R.Banks paintings

Allan R.Banks paintings
Andrea Mantegna paintings

Gasoline prices have jumped by 10 cents to 20 cents a gallon in many Chicago service stations in the last two days.
And what's happening in the Windy City may signal a warning to the rest of the country, energy experts said today. It could be a tough summer, with energy supplies at last year's levels, or tighter.Calculate Gasoline Prices"This could set the stage for regional supply problems and significant price volatility," said John Cook of the federal Energy Information Administration.Combine that with California's electricity squeeze and here's a snapshot of how the summer might shape up:The West Coast can expect repeated rolling blackouts, and rising gasoline prices.

Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting

Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting
Guan zeju gzj10 painting
That hasn't quite panned out yet, although according to the Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear power costs from 2 cents to 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to generate, compared to 3.5 cents to 4.5 cents for power plants fired by natural gas.But it's less clear that this efficiency will be passed along to consumers.Tyson Slocum, a senior researcher on energy policy at Public Citizen, the Washington-based consumer group, says regions with a heavy dependency on nuclear power often see higher electricity prices — precisely because nuclear plants are so expensive to build in the first place.According to Department of Energy statistics, electricity providers in Illinois

Steve Hanks Reflecting painting

Steve Hanks Reflecting painting
Douglas Hofmann tapestry painting
Auto industry analysts say at least 2 million owners of the popular Explorer will be inconvenienced by Ford's decision to recall and replace all the Firestone Wilderness AT tires on its vehicles.Ford Vice President John Rintamaki says affected customers will be notified of the situation by mail, and the company is promising that the replacement tires will be free. But consumers may have to wait nine months to get them. And independent tire dealers say the real burden is falling on Firestone."Hey, I want to change tires," is what Miami tire salesman Sergio Guzman says his customers are telling him. "I don't want to have Firestone."The need to deal with that type of customer perception may be why Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. has been aggressively exchanging public-relations

Bartolome Esteban Murillo Madonna with the Rosary painting

Bartolome Esteban Murillo Madonna with the Rosary painting
childe hassam Geraniums painting
detector also got the nod — and $10,000 — from the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, an independent federal government agency established to encourage and support new discoveries.The WinnersAerospace: Mini-Magnetosphere Plasma Propulsion (M2P2) — “Getting to Mars, Jupiter and beyond on free power and in less time” Communications: Electroholography — “Making the Internet truly as fast as light”Editors’ Choice: Helinx - “Blood without fear”Electronics: Printed Inorganic Chips — “Cheap, Really Cheap, ChipsEntertainment: MagicBook — “3-D desktop virtual reality”Environment: NatureWorks? PLA —“Plastic made from corn”Health: Combined Optical and Magnetic Resonance Microscope — “Studying cells in real time”Transportation: Saab Combustion Control (SCC) Engine — “A car that digests its own pollutants”$100,000 Christopher Columbus Foundation Award: Timed Neutron Detector — “Saving lives”

Stephen Gjertson paintings

Stephen Gjertson paintings
Sir Henry Raeburn paintings
These and other research projects, including the 10-year, $1 billion international effort to inventory the critters that live in the world's oceans, called the Census of Marine Life, and the effort to study the entire Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range where new crust is being formed, are ambitious projects that will take years to complete.Indeed, the scientists behind the plans to study the Juan de Fuca Plate believe the sophisticated network of sensors and fiber optic cables they will be laying off the Pacific Northwest will still be in use 30 or 40 years from now. Project Neptune is expected to cost about $200 million.Determing How Organisms SurviveAbout 2,000 miles of fiber optic cables will be strung across the 80,000-square-mile Juan de Fuca Plate, according to John Delaney, a University of Washington oceanographer who heads a consortium of Neptune participants from

Emile Munier paintings

Emile Munier paintings
Edwin Lord Weeks paintings
Center rescue workers scrawl information on their skin as an identifying marker should they get hurt in the wreckage."There is a clear need for a more secure [form of] identification," says Seelig. "This was another useful application for VeriChip and to move the process along and [help] evaluate the possibility, I had the chips inserted."And Seelig isn't the only one who feels this way.According to ADS' Bolton, about 50 people have already signed up with the company to become part of the VeriChip experiments. Some volunteers, such as the Jacobs family in Boca Raton, Fla., believe that the technology will provide for a much needed additional security and safety."What it does for me is give me a peace of mind because it speaks for you when you can't," says Leslie Jacobs, a journalist in Boca Raton, Fla. Her 14-year old son, Derek, had first heard of the VeriChip on a local newscast and had

Lighthouse paintings

Lighthouse paintings
Music painting
With both teams playing well and the pace quick, Marc Wilmots had a goal called back for an infringement (36’).　　Ronaldo went close twice in minutes, first on a breakaway, which was snuffed out by Belgian goalkeeper Geert De Vlieger (37’), and the next from a cross by Rivaldo that he volleyed just over (41’).　　Roberto Carlos had the last chance of the half after seeing the ball fall to him just 8 metres out on the left side. The angle was small and his shot flew across goal (46'+).　　The second half started off with another early Belgian chance. This time it was Wilmots who turned well 20 yards out, but his blast was just tipped around the post by the diving Marcos (53’).　　This seemed to inspire Belgium’s confidence. Marcos was again saviour, just getting to the ball in front of Mpenza to force it over the end line. The resulting corner fell dangerously in the box, but ultimately came to nothing (55’).

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ballet paintings
beach painting
It's hard to be focused when you're winning with comfortable leads, and we've been a pretty focused basketball team. No let up, no let up." Swoopes and Leslie combined to score 16 of the team's 24 first-quarter points. The Americans limited Spain to just 11 points in the first quarter and 26 points in the second half. Johnson scored 12 points in the second period, including a 3-point buzzer-beater from midcourt to end the half. "I was just trying to be aggressive with the ball, because Lisa and Sheryl are going to get a lot of attention, so that takes the pressure off the rest of us to go out there and play," Johnson said. Johnson, who play in the semifinals, especially after seven straight

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
William Etty William Etty painting
Armstrong's victories and his inspiring comeback from cancer have drawn new fans to a race that has been won five times by four other riders. His professionalism, attention to detail, grueling training regimens and tactics have raised the bar for other riders hoping to win the three-week cycling marathon. "He's changed the Tour forever," said fellow American rider Bobby Julich. "He has set the blueprint for success, and he deserves all the success that he is getting." Armstrong still hasn't decided whether he will back next year to compete in the race he loves above all others, for which he trains relentlessly, leaving his three children in Texas, with former wife Kristin."I don't know what I'll do next summer. I suspect I'll be here. It's too big of a race. My only hesitance is I think the people and the event perhaps need a change, new faces, a new winner," he said. "If I'm here, I race to win."

John William Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting

John William Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting
Amedeo Modigliani Jeanne Hebuterne in Large Hat painting
Now, after several months of rebuilding and further improvement of security equipment, Statue of Liberty reopens to the public. Visitors found tightened security measures at the 117-year-old national monument, including a new anti-bomb detection device that blasts air into clothing and then checks for particles of explosive residue. Tourists now can go only as high as the statue's feet, where they can gaze up through a glass partition at the steel girders bracing the landmark's hollow interior. "This beacon of hope and liberty is once again open to the public, sending a reassuring message to the world that freedom is alive in New York and shining brighter than ever before," Gov. George Pataki, Interior Secretary Gale Norton,said. "Whether this is your first visit or one of many, I know this will be a memorable one," site superintendent Cynthia Garrett told the visitors.

Edgar Degas paintings

Edgar Degas paintings
Emile Munier paintings
a study presented Saturday at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Orlando, Fla.Smoking is thought to be the cause of 30% of all cancer deaths and 87% of deaths from lung cancer.But tobacco is very addictive — more so than cocaine and heroin, according to some researchers. There are a variety of prevention tools available to combat smoking, including nicotine patches, nicotine gums and drugs such as bupropion.At least four companies are testing nicotine vaccines: Cytos Biotechnology of Zurich, whose vaccine Cornuz studied; Xenova Group of Berkshire, England; Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Boca Raton, Fla.; and Prommune of Omaha, Neb.The concept behind the vaccines is simple. Antibodies to nicotine bind to it in the blood and remove it, preventing the drug from reaching and stimulating the brain.

canvas painting

canvas painting

Why you shouldn’t try to read your dog’s mind? Owners assume their pet's brain works like their own. That's a big mistake.
Blue, Heather's normally affectionate and obedient Rottweiler, began tearing up the house shortly after Heather went back to work as an accountant after several years at home. The contents of the trash cans were strewn all over the house. A favorite comforter was destroyed. Then Blue began peeing all over Heather's expensive new living room carpet and systematically ripped through cables and electrical wires. "I know exactly what's going on," Heather told her vet when she called seeking help. "Blue is angry with me for leaving her alone. She's punishing me. She always looks guilty when I come home, so she knows she's been bad. She knows she shouldn't be doing those things."

John William Godward The Delphic Oracle painting

John William Godward The Delphic Oracle painting
Amedeo Modigliani the Seated Nude painting
Acting Techniques That Work on the Job: If all the world’s a stage, it’s no wonder those with performing arts backgrounds do so well in non-theatre jobs like politician, educator or business executive. And it’s no coincidence that many young executives are turning to acting classes to help build their confidence and create a stronger presence. Whether you’re looking to find a new job, get promoted or be a corporate star, here are 10 techniques actors use to improve their performance that you can incorporate into your work life: 1. Become the audience: When getting ready to walk into an interview, present at a meeting or speak before a large crowd, don’t think about yourself and your anxieties. Rather, become outward-focused. Visualize yourself as part of the audience ready to enjoy your performance. This will not only calm you, but also help you better connect with your audience. 2. Breathe: When people

Wassily Kandinsky paintings

Wassily Kandinsky paintings
William Etty paintings
tonight!"
"We have been very happy here, haven't we, Anne-girl?" said Gilbert, his voice full of feeling.
Anne choked, unable to answer. Gilbert waited for her at the fir-tree gate, while she went over the house and said farewell to every room. She was going away; but the old house would still be there, looking seaward through its quaint windows. The autumn winds would blow around it mournfully, and the gray rain would beat upon it and the white mists would come in from the sea to enfold it; and the moonlight would fall over it and light up the old paths where the schoolmaster and his bride had walked. There on that old harbor shore the charm of story would linger; the wind would still whistle alluringly over the silver sand-dunes; the waves would still call from the red rock-coves.
"But we will be gone," said Anne through her tears.
She went out, closing and locking the door behind her. Gilbert was waiting for her with a smile. The lighthouse star was gleaming northward. The little garden, where only marigolds still bloomed, was already

Francisco de Goya Nude Maja painting

Francisco de Goya Nude Maja painting
Berthe Morisot Boats on the Seine painting
Don't you think Dick should be considered a little too?" pleaded Anne.
"Dick! Dick Moore! He's happy enough. He's a better behaved and more reputable member of society now than he ever was before.
Why, he was a drunkard and perhaps worse. Are you going to set him loose again to roar and to devour?"
"He may reform," said poor Anne, beset by foe without and traitor within.
"Reform your grandmother!" retorted Miss Cornelia. "Dick Moore got the injuries that left him as he is in a drunken brawl. He deserves his fate. It was sent on him for a punishment. I don't believe the doctor has any business to tamper with the visitations of God."
"Nobody knows how Dick was hurt, Miss Cornelia. It may not have been in a drunken brawl at all. He may have been waylaid and robbed."

Claude Monet The Shoot painting

Claude Monet The Shoot painting
Gustav Klimt Water Castle painting
kept there any longer. Mr. Leavitt had to give in, for the Douglases paid half his salary, so Fiske departed, and we had to depend on our Bibles once more for instructions on how to get to heaven. After he was gone Mr. Leavitt found out he was just a masquerading Methodist, and he felt pretty sick, believe me. Mr. Leavitt fell short in some ways, but he was a good, sound Presbyterian."
"By the way, I had a letter from Mr. Ford yesterday," said Anne. "He asked me to remember him kindly to you."
"I don't want his remembrances," said Miss Cornelia, curtly.
"Why?" said Anne, in astonishment. "I thought you liked him."
"Well, so I did, in a kind of way. But I'll never forgive him for what he done to Leslie. There's that poor child eating her heart out about him--as if she hadn't had trouble enough--and him ranting round Toronto, I've no doubt, enjoying himself same as ever. Just like a man."
"Oh, Miss Cornelia, how did you find out?"

Claude Monet Sunset painting

Claude Monet Sunset painting
Claude Monet Poppy Field In A Hollow Near Giverny painting
Not that I knows on. Dunno's she ever saw any sweet-grass. No, it's because it has a kind of motherly perfume--not too young, you understand--something kind of seasoned and wholesome and dependable--jest like a mother. The schoolmaster's bride always kept it among her handkerchiefs. You might put that little bunch among yours, Mistress Blythe. I don't like these boughten scents-- but a whiff of sweet-grass belongs anywhere a lady does."
Anne had not been especially enthusiastic over the idea of surrounding her flower beds with quahog shells; as a decoration they did not appeal to her on first thought. But she would not have hurt Captain Jim's feelings for anything; so she assumed a virtue she did not at first feel, and thanked him heartily. And when Captain Jim had proudly encircled every bed with a rim of the big, milk-white shells, Anne found to her surprise that she liked the effect. On a town lawn, or even up at the Glen, they would not have been in keeping, but here, in the old-fashioned, sea-bound garden of the little house of dreams, they belonged.
"They do look nice," she said sincerely.
"The schoolmaster's bride always had cowhawks round her beds

Igor V.Babailov paintings

Igor V.Babailov paintings
John Collier paintings
people grew up and married and settled down where they were born, or pretty near it. Thank goodness you've stuck to the Island, Anne. I was afraid Gilbert would insist on rushing off to the ends of the earth when he got through college, and dragging you with him."
"If everybody stayed where he was born places would soon be filled up, Mrs. Lynde."
"Oh, I'm not going to argue with you, Anne. I am not a B.A. What time of the day is the ceremony to be?"
"We have decided on noon--high noon, as the society reporters say. That will give us time to catch the evening train to Glen St. Mary."
"And you'll be married in the parlor?" No--not unless it rains. We mean to be married in the orchard-- with the blue sky over us and the sunshine around us. Do you know when and where I'd like to be married, if I could? It would be at dawn--a June dawn, with a glorious sunrise, and roses blooming in the gardens; and I would slip down and meet Gilbert and we would go together to the heart of the beech woods,--and there, under the green arches that would be like a splendid cathedral, we would be married."
Marilla sniffed scornfully and Mrs. Lynde looked shocked.
"But that would be terrible queer, Anne. Why, it wouldn't really

Anders Zorn paintings

Anders Zorn paintings
Anne-Francois-Louis Janmot paintings
Yes, I think so."
"In that case I shall hie me home at once to do something I should otherwise have to do tomorrow. So Alice Penhallow is to be married tonight. Three weddings for you in one summer, Anne -- Phil's, Alice's, and Jane's. I'll never forgive Jane for not inviting me to her wedding."
"You really can't blame her when you think of the tremendous Andrews connection who had to be invited. The house could hardly hold them all. I was only bidden by grace of being Jane's old chum -- at least on Jane's part. I think Mrs. Harmon's motive for inviting me was to let me see Jane's surpassing gorgeousness."
"Is it true that she wore so many diamonds that you couldn't tell where the diamonds left off and Jane began?"
Anne laughed.
"She certainly wore a good many. What with all the diamonds

Pablo Picasso Card Player painting

Pablo Picasso Card Player painting
Tamara de Lempicka The Musician in Blue painting
that. It's a handsome house. Jog along, black mare. As for Thomas, he was poor, and if his house didn't leak in dry weather it was about all that could be said for it, though it looks kind of pictureaskew. But, y'see, I loved Thomas, and I didn't care one red cent for W.O. So I argued it out with myself. `Sarah Crowe,' say I -- my first was a Crowe -- `you can marry your rich man if you like but you won't be happy. Folks can't get along together in this world without a little bit of love. You'd just better tie up to Thomas, for he loves you and you love him and nothing else ain't going to do you.' Jog along, black mare. So I told Thomas I'd take him. All the time I was getting ready I never dared drive past W.O.'s place for fear the sight of that fine house of his would put me in the swithers again. But now I never think of it at all, and I'm just that comfortable and happy with Thomas. Jog along, black mare."
"How did William Obadiah take it?" queried Anne.
"Oh, he rumpussed a bit. But he's going to see a skinny old maid in Millersville now, and I guess she'll take him fast enough. She'll make him a better wife than his first did. W.O. never

Pino pino_color painting

Pino pino_color painting
Claude Monet The Shoot painting
passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul. Anne was not wont to be troubled with soul fog. But, somehow, since her return to Redmond for this third year, life had not mirrored her spirit back to her with its old, perfect, sparkling clearness.
Outwardly, existence at Patty's Place was the same pleasant round of work and study and recreation that it had always been. On Friday evenings the big, fire-lighted livingroom was crowded by callers and echoed to endless jest and laughter, while Aunt Jamesina smiled beamingly on them all. The "Jonas" of Phil's letter came often, running up from St. Columbia on the early train and departing on the late. He was a general favorite at Patty's Place, though Aunt Jamesina shook her head and opined that divinity students were not what they used to be.
"He's VERY nice, my dear," she told Phil, "but ministers ought to be graver

Pino Desire painting

Pino Desire painting
Claude Monet The Picnic painting
to Mrs. Lynde or Marilla, there now!"
Nevertheless, when Davy was garbed in his gray flannel nighty, he did not seem in a hurry to begin. He stood before Anne, shuffling one bare foot over the other, and looked undecided.
"Come, dear, kneel down," said Anne.
Davy came and buried his head in Anne's lap, but he did not kneel down.
"Anne," he said in a muffled voice. "I don't feel like praying after all. I haven't felt like it for a week now. I -- I DIDN'T pray last night nor the night before."
"Why not, Davy?" asked Anne gently.
"You -- you won't be mad if I tell you?" implored Davy.
Anne lifted the little gray-flannelled body on her knee and cuddled his head on her arm.
"Do I ever get `mad' when you tell me things, Davy?"

Diego Rivera Portrait of Natasha Zakolkowa Gelman painting

Diego Rivera Portrait of Natasha Zakolkowa Gelman painting
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
still, heroic form, wrapped in his own starry flag, lying on the quarter deck -- the gallant Lawrence. Time's finger had turned back his pages, and that was the Shannon sailing triumphant up the bay with the Chesapeake as her prize.
"Come back, Anne Shirley -- come back," laughed Philippa, pulling her arm. "You're a hundred years away from us. Come back."
Anne came back with a sigh; her eyes were shining softly.
"I've always loved that old story," she said, "and although the English won that victory, I think it was because of the brave, defeated commander I love it. This grave seems to bring it so near and make it so real. This poor little middy was only eighteen. He `died of desperate wounds received in gallant action' -- so reads his epitaph. It is such as a soldier might wish for."
Before she turned away, Anne unpinned the little cluster of purple pansies she wore and dropped it softly on the grave of the boy who had perished in the great sea-duel.

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Jacques-Louis David paintings
John Everett Millais paintings
Anne kept her own counsel and Mrs. Harrison never knew that her gratitude found its way to its object. Anne felt rather bewildered over the far-reaching consequences of those foolish "notes." They had reconciled a man to his wife and made the reputation of a prophet.
Mrs. Lynde was in the Green Gables kitchen. She had been telling the whole story to Marilla.
"Well, and how do you like Mrs. Harrison?" she asked Anne.
"Very much. I think she's a real nice little woman."
"That's exactly what she is," said Mrs. Rachel with emphasis, "and as I've just been sayin' to Marilla, I think we ought all to overlook Mr. Harrison's peculiarities for her sake and try to make her feel at home here, that's what. Well, I must get back. Thomas'll be wearying for me. I

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Frederick Carl Frieseke paintings
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had predicted it. . .to the very day, too. Uncle Abe forgot that he had ever denied setting the day. As for the trifling discrepancy in the hour, that was nothing.
Gilbert arrived at Green Gables in the evening and found Marilla and Anne busily engaged in nailing strips of oilcloth over the broken windows.
"Goodness only knows when we'll get glass for them," said Marilla. "Mr. Barry went over to Carmody this afternoon but not a pane could he get for love or money. Lawson and Blair were cleaned out by the Carmody people by ten o'clock. Was the storm bad at White Sands, Gilbert?"
"I should say so. I was caught in the school with all the children and I thought some of them would go mad with fright. Three of them fainted, and two girls took hysterics, and Tommy Blewett did nothing but shriek at the top of his voice the whole time."
"I only squealed once," said Davy proudly. "My garden was all smashed flat," he continued

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Douglas Hofmann paintings
Diane Romanello paintings
Thanksgiving should be celebrated in the spring," said Anne one evening to Marilla, as they sat on the front door steps and listened to the silver-sweet chorus of the frogs. "I think it would be ever so much better than having it in November when everything is dead or asleep. Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can't help being thankful. . . that they are alive, if for nothing else. I feel exactly as Eve must have felt in the garden of Eden before the trouble began. is that grass in the hollow green or golden? It seems to me, Marilla, that a pearl of a day like this, when the blossoms are out and the winds don't know where to blow from next for sheer crazy delight must be pretty near as good as heaven."
Marilla looked scandalized and glanced apprehensively around to make sure the twins were not within earshot. They came around the corner of the house just then.
"Ain't it an awful nice-smelling evening?" asked Davy, sniffing delightedly as he swung a hoe in

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Vladimir Volegov paintings
Vincent van Gogh paintings
better. Rachel will be left pretty lonely if anything happens to him, with all her children settled out west, except Eliza in town; and she doesn't like her husband."
Marilla's pronouns slandered Eliza, who was very fond of her husband.
"Rachel says if he'd only brace up and exert his will power he'd get better. But what is the use of asking a jellyfish to sit up straight?" continued Marilla. "Thomas Lynde never had any will power to exert. His mother ruled him till he married and then Rachel carried it on. It's a wonder he dared to get sick without asking her permission. But there, I shouldn't talk so. Rachel has been a good wife to him. He'd never have amounted to anything without her, that's certain. He was born to be ruled; and it's well he fell into the hands of a clever, capable manager like Rachel. He didn't mind her way. It saved him the bother of ever making up his own

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wholesale oil painting
Avonlea, so that no leverage could be exerted by family connections. Martha Parker was a lady of all too certain age who disapproved of young people in general and the Improvers in particular. Judson was a jovial, smooth-spoken man, so uniformly goodnatured and bland that it was surprising how few friends he had. Perhaps he had got the better in too many business transactions. . .which seldom makes for popularity. He was reputed to be very "sharp" and it was the general opinion that he "hadn't much principle."
"If Judson Parker has a chance to `turn an honest penny,' as he says himself, he'll never lose it," declared Fred Wright.
"Is there nobody who has any influence over him?" asked Anne despairingly.
"He goes to see Louisa Spencer at White Sands," suggested Carrie Sloane. "Perhaps she could coax him not to rent his fences."

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Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen By the sea painting
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maternal pride in him as she led him into the old Cuthbert pew.
Davy behaved quite well at first, being occupied in casting covert glances at all the small boys within view and wondering which was Paul Irving. The first two hymns and the Scripture reading passed off uneventfully. Mr. Allan was praying when the sensation came.
Lauretta White was sitting in front of Davy, her head slightly bent and her fair hair hanging in two long braids, between which a tempting expanse of white neck showed, encased in a loose lace frill. Lauretta was a fat, placid-looking child of eight, who had conducted herself irreproachably in church from the very first day her mother carried her there, an infant of six months.
Davy thrust his hand into his pocket and produced

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Guillaume Seignac paintings
George Owen Wynne Apperley paintings
"I guess you'd better have sold me that cow when I wanted to buy her last week, Anne," chuckled Mr. Shearer.
"I'll sell her to you now, if you want her," said her flushed and disheveled owner. "You may have her this very minute."
"Done. I'll give you twenty for her as I offered before, and Jim here can drive her right over to Carmody. She'll go to town with the rest of the shipment this evening. Mr. Reed of Brighton wants a Jersey cow."
Five minutes later Jim Shearer and the Jersey cow were marching up the road, and impulsive Anne was driving along the Green Gables lane with her twenty dollars.
"What will Marilla say?" asked Diana.
"Oh, she won't care. Dolly was my own cow and it isn't likely she'd bring more than twenty dollars at the auction. But oh dear, if Mr. Harrison sees that grain he will know she has been in again, and after