#window ledge

Collection: Private Collection

This painting is loosely inspired by the writings of the early Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). It depicts his beloved Beatrice, who appears in both the Vita Nuova and Purgatory. While Dante’s Beatrice is described as divine, Stillman paints a more earthly beauty, lost in thought as she contemplates her reading.

Collection: Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, United States

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

white flowers in a pot

"Guilt isn't in cat vocabulary. They never suffer remorse for eating too much, sleeping too long or hogging the warmest cushion in the house. They welcome every pleasurable moment as it unravels and savor it to the full until a butterfly or falling leaf diverts their attention. They don't waste energy counting the number of calories they've consumed or the hours they've frittered away sunbathing. Cats don't beat themselves up about not working hard enough. They don't get up and go, they sit down and stay. For them, lethargy is an art form. From their vantage points on top of fences and window ledges, they see the treadmills of human obligations for what they are - a meaningless waste of nap time.” ― Helen Brown, Cleoe

Things on the window ledge ..⁺ . 𓆩 ana 𓆪 . ⁺ ..

St Mary Magdalene Church ~  Quatford