WhatsApp Group Invite

Phalaenopsis Penang Girl : Phalaenopsis violacea x Phalaenopsis venosa. Photo of the hybrid and parents..

I once saw St. Lucy. Not while she was alive, of course—she died in the Sicilian city of Syracuse in 304. Her body, however, lies enshrined in the Church of Sts. Jeremiah and Lucy in Venice, Italy, and I made sure to visit her to give thanks for my eyesight. After all, she is the…

Portable Rock Art Museum - member submitted portable rock art photos

chalkboard

Antonio Rossellino was the youngest and most notable member of a family of sculptors and architects prominent in Florence during the 1440s and 1450s. He trained in the family studio under his oldest brother, Bernardo, and developed a lively sculptural style noted primarily for his sensitively rendered marble figures of youths, as well as reliefs of the Madonna and Child. This sculpture of the standing Madonna and Child possibly represents a commission for one of Florence's many chapels, and was probably completed by the artist's workshop under his direction. Antonio died of the plague around 1479.

In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London

Note: This blog post outlines upcoming changes to Google Currents for Workspace users. For information on the previous deprecation of Googl...