a hermit's garden

Oil on linen , 

“Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don’t ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead. What a wonderful thing it would be to visit your own funeral. To sit at the front and hear what was said, maybe say a few things yourself. Michael and I grew old together. But at times, when we laughed, we grew young. If he was here now, if he could hear what I say, I’d congratulate him on being a great man, and thank him for being a friend”

1993, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

this summer im trying to feel like this

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔬𝔰

Andromeda Galaxy, 1925 Around The Pleiades, 1932 Cygnus Wall, 1910 North America Nebula, c. 1920

Words by Mary Oliver engraved in rock

Oil on canvas , 91.5 x 121.8 cm .

The Bodmer Oak, named after Swiss artist Karl Bodmer (who exhibited a painting of it at the 1850 Paris Salon), was a popular subject among artists of the later 19th century. Monet painted this work in autumn 1865, at the close of a long visit to the Fontainebleau Forest, and took great pains to depict the contrast between the green leaves still on the surrounding trees and the carpet of orange at the foot of the oak.

The converse house built in 1870 in Norwich, CT

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir

Lil ladybug is enjoying the sun after the rain

Judy Garland