Introduction
Just some random images that make me smile. Lover's note. Male painted bunting (photo). Bird of paradise (my favorite flower) (photo). The shell (Rembrandt). Crab on it's back (van Gogh). Deer's Skull with Pedernal (O'Keeffe). Calla Lily (my other favorite flower). Southwestern Painting (W. Henry). Funny thing about the two southwestern style paintings; I've always appreciated Georgia O'Keeffe, and Will Henry's surreal depiction of tumbleweed really draws me in, but the whole "southwestern" style thing makes my skin crawl. I'm sure there's some folks that like their house all done-up like that, but I find it hard to relax in that sort of space. I guess it just gives me an unpleasant response. To me it looks thrown-together in a bad way, patterns always clash, colors are always pastel/muted to a degree that it's as if John Wayne and Sears had a love child and the house decor is the result. Funny peeve right?