Wednesday, August 17, 2022

August's Bookish Art...

Robert Emil Stubner -- Summer Afternoon


"A book was a powerful thing. It could take her away from all 
her incessant worries for whole minutes at a time."
--Susan Wiggs, The Lost and Found Bookshop

22 comments:

  1. Ahhh, I love this! I am in such a reading (everything) slump right now, I'd love to get lost in a book. I'm just finding it hard to sit and read these days.

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    1. Bookish slumps are the worst! When I feel like that I almost have to force myself to sit down and start reading...and then hope the book I pick up captures my attention. But it's hard.

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  2. What a gorgeous picture. I'd love to be sitting at a table covered with flowers, drinking tea, reading a good book, and wearing a fabulous hat. :)

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  3. Beautiful. Both the book and the quote. As always. Books are powerful, we all know and love that.

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  4. I LOVE this quote! It's so true. Beautiful painting too! :)

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  5. Love the quote. Though I have to say, I usually hope to get more than minutes of distraction at a time... ;-)

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  6. Lovely painting and a lovely quote. I do not have too many worries right now, but I am having problems focusing on reading and writing for the blog, recently.

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  7. Just beautiful. I feel relaxed just looking at it.

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  8. Looks like a delightful summer afternoon! :)

    Greg

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  9. I agree with Wendy—this painting has such a calm vibe to it! And I love the quote. Reading definitely helps me forget about my troubles, at least for a time.

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  10. Love the art and the quote!!! So true.

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  11. Eveything about this artwork is fabulous! And, the quote is so true.

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  12. I love the art and the quote though I do think reading in that massive hat would give me a headache!

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  13. LOL--best quote ever. And the picture is sublime!

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  14. I can totally relate to that quote! Books are powerful.

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  15. Only minutes at a time? Books can take you away for hours! ha

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  16. That's a lovely painting and great quote, too!

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