In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
We're just back from 2 days in the gorgeous Charlevoix, along the estuary of the St. Lawrence River. This was drawn quickly on the rocky beach at Port-au-Persil, looking downriver toward the sea, after a big glass of white wine and a picnic...full-color coverage begins tomorrow.
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Your photograph of a bowl of fresh peaches looks like a painting by Mary Pratt ... beautiful in terms of composition and light, as well as meditative in terms of our relation to the intimate and everyday.
Not bad for a post-prandial drawing!
Posted by: andrea | July 23, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Your photograph of a bowl of fresh peaches looks like a painting by Mary Pratt ... beautiful in terms of composition and light, as well as meditative in terms of our relation to the intimate and everyday.
Posted by: -s | July 24, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Lovely images all around--what a pleasant stay!
Posted by: marly youmans | July 25, 2012 at 02:03 PM