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The little feral kitten that has adopted us. First time this morning I was allowed to get so close, the trust happened yesterday. Green eyes was fast asleep in the sun in this little hollow yesterday as I came to put biscuits out for her/he. Eyes opened, but she did not run away, one step nearer to catching her I suppose.
The weather will turn bleak today, rain and wind, so a happy photo of summer. An Essex church by the river with the honeyed scent of cow parsley to be imagined.
It is counting the birds in your garden today for an hour. Well my first impression was the 'mew' of the buzzard in the sky above with the angry chatter of the crows as they sought to drive him from their territory.
A Russian painter caught my eye yesterday, why I don't know, perhaps it was the way she had captured the straight lines of planting, or not.
A Russian painter caught my eye yesterday, why I don't know, perhaps it was the way she had captured the straight lines of planting, or not.
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| Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova 1884-1967 |
I usually like the paintings you choose but I can't say I could live with this one - those lines would drive me crazy. But those adorable little green eyes towards the front of your picture - now that's another matter.
ReplyDeleteNo I don't like the painting either, but it is unusual. No trees for a start, a slightly alien (Russian of course) landscape. Her other paintings are also bleak as well.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the kitten. Three of our cats came as strays with the other from a kitty rescue. They make great companions for us once they became house kitties.
ReplyDeleteWell it a pretty little creature but I am not sure how long I will be here, so adopting another creature is a bit illogical.
DeleteThat kitten is adorable. I do hope that she/he found shelter during the rain and wind.
ReplyDeleteThe painting would play havoc with my vertigo.
Well Rachel has stores of hay for her sheep in the field at the back, so I am sure the kitten will find somewhere dry.
DeleteI do hope you'll be able to encourage and tame the little cat--my burden for feral/neglected cats has been life-long. The poor things left to their own ways, simply reproduce and add to the overload. What a pretty face he/she has.
ReplyDeleteThe summer photo is very appreciated as we're having a run of bleak weather.
Well we do have the Cats Protection league down the road, definitely will need neutering sometime in the future. Our weather has turned as well, cold wind from the North-west. I love all your cats, but have a feeling a cat would fight with all my knitting and crochet work!
DeleteIt's the sort of weather that makes me wonder if there ever will be blue sky and sunshine again! So your photo is much appreciated
ReplyDeleteEssex can be very pretty Sue, this was a lovely walk along the river. Spring will soon be on its way and there will be some blue skies to raise the temperature.
ReplyDeleteI quite like the painting but would they really plough across rather than with the inclines? I don't know but it doesn't feel right.
ReplyDeleteIt is a strange painting, and don't forget late Victorian early 20th Century for this Russian scene, did they have tractors to start with?
ReplyDeleteI do love that painting! With my camera I am often trying to get just the right angle on the geometric rows of various agricultural plantings that I see on my travels - Date palms, figs, artichokes. I like this picture because it is less geometric and more flow-y than the scenes I usually see, and it shows the gentle human engagement with the land and ordering of the landscape.
ReplyDeleteYour photos of your local scenes, including kitty, are awfully nice, too. :-)
Thank you Johanna. It was a strange painting for me, because of the lack of trees, our English landscape can have large fields but there will always be some trees somewhere.
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