don't the sky look pretty up here?

Felice Giani, 1758-1823

Paris and Helen, ca.1787/94 (central panel of the ceiling of a room)

american cowslip: you are my divinity

asphodel: my regrets follow you to the grave

bay leaf: i change but in death

bud of white rose: heart ignorant of love

carolina rose: love is dangerous

cedar leaf: i live for thee

christmas rose: transquillize my anxiety

coreopsis arkansa: love at first sight

flax: i feel your kindness

flowering reed: confidence in heaven

honey flower: love sweet and secret

honeysuckle coral: the colour of my fate

indian jasmine: i attach myself to you

jonquil: i desire a return of affection

laurestina: i die if neglected

locust tree: affection beyond the grave

milkvetch: your presence softens my pains

mulberry tree (black): i shall not survive you

orange blossoms: your purity equals your loveliness

peach: your qualities, like your charms, are unequalled

persimon: bury me amid nature's beauties

ranunculus: you are radiant with charms

syrian mallow: consumed by love

tiger flower: for once may pride befriend me

venus' car: fly with me

white clover: think of me

wild tansy: i declare war against you

how‘s the water?

you‘re in it