Wednesday, May 11, 2022

May's Bookish Art...

 
Henri Lebasque -- Le Cannet Madame Lebasque Reading in the Garden


"It's a great blessing if one can lose all sense of time, all worries, if only for a short time, in a book." 

--Nell Last

20 comments:

  1. Hear, hear. With things as they are in the world at the moment, I don't know what people who don't read do to shut it all out.

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    1. I don't know what they do either. I love being able to escape into a book. :)

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  2. Such a great combination of art and quote. In a picture like that, we can easily lose all sense of time.

    Thanks for visiting my TTT this week which is all about readers.

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    1. This time it was your comment that ended up in my spam folder. It's so dumb! We comment back and forth all the time. Stupid computers. ;D

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  3. So true. I love it. Regine www.rsrue.blogspot.com

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  4. Being able to concentrate on reading without distractions is a gift to be sure.

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  5. Lovely pic, and yes AMEN to getting lost in good books.

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  6. Such a pretty painting and a great quote too. It's so nice being able to get lost in a book. :)

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  7. Books are inspiration . I love the image- makes me think of reading on a bench outside an Italian villa. :)

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  8. Such a great quote and books can really do that, transport us to another world so we forget our worries for a bit.

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  9. I love this painting and this quote is perfect. Books are such a great escape.

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  10. Looking at that painting made me let out the most contented sigh, lol. Just such a heavenly scene.

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  11. This is a beautiful painting. I had not seen it before. I looked it up and date is circa 1923. Interesting.

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  12. That quote! Yes! And the art is beautiful.

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  13. Love the art, love the quote!

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