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Monday, March 30, 2009

Classical Rendezvous

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Display on my mantel piece
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Monochrome Monday meme
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Shakespeare, Bach and Brahms
Strange, unlikely partnership
Together in time
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13 comments:

Aileni said...: Stephen has done the same topic - yours is tidier and more intellectual that ours. Makes an excellent mono subject.; March 30, 2009 6:11 AM
RuneE said...: Very symmetric and full of associations - well done!; March 30, 2009 6:20 AM
Carolina said...: That is a very intellectual and indeed classical mantlepiece display you have there ;-); March 30, 2009 6:44 AM
Your EG Tour Guide said...: Neat, clean and inviting. ;-); March 30, 2009 6:57 AM
Dina ... UK said...: Black & white is classic, your mantelpiece fits it perfectly...; March 30, 2009 7:30 AM
allhorsestuff said...: I think they all would be honored to know that they have such a revered location as your lovely mantle! Great in B/W!; March 30, 2009 8:16 AM
Babooshka said...: How starnge to see to mantlepiece images in the same week,but both so differen. Clever title.; March 30, 2009 9:38 AM
starnitesky said...: Three great people, good subject for mono.; March 30, 2009 9:50 AM
Joe Narvaez said...: I love the framing and I love the title.; March 30, 2009 3:16 PM
Catherine said...: Do they get on well together ? (I watch you separated the composers with Shakespeare).
Colours wouldn't have brought anything to this perfect subject.
Interesting title too.; March 31, 2009 12:50 AM
Daryl said...: Quite nice .. they are handsome and silent .. two good qualities in a man .. (kidding!); March 31, 2009 1:19 AM
Linnea W said...: Great men to share your home with!; March 31, 2009 1:57 AM
keith said...: Far more interesting than J K Rowling, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger!; March 31, 2009 8:03 AM

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A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman