Time for a celebration!

Moorhen chick

Moth on Lady's Mantle. or maybe a butterfly.

Canada goslings

Hot bikes

Detail from cabinet - love the snails.

Cages?

Glass vase

Elephant and rider
Kesu Das, India c, 1585
Paper, gouache, gold
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The elephant and rider rest in the shade of a tree. The animal's legs are chained together to prevent sudden movements. The miniaturist Kesu Das was active in the workshop of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He was a master in the rendering of light on fabric.

Information from Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Farm Cottage (Boerderij)
Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)

Van Gogh spent the last two months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, where he hoped to recuperate from his psychiatric problems. In that short period  he was inspired by the beautiful rural countryside to make nearly a painting a day. He enthusiastically wrote to his brother, Theo, and his sister-in-law, Jo: 'Auvers is truly beautiful - among other things many old thatched roofs, which are becoming rare'.



Information from Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Going to see The Nightwatch

Golden dome

Through the doorway

Blistering blue barnacles!

White tower

Three royal fish

Trees

Leiden bikes

Waiting for the bus?

Museum afloat

The red tower

Wave

Breaking dawn

Starry sky over the pier

Pink ocean with duck

Red sea

Red sail

Ganesha, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699

Ganesha, 'who brings success', is one of the most popular Hindu gods and the first to be greeted when entering a temple. Ganesha is always invoked at the start of an enterprise, when beginning a journey for example, or starting a business. He is holding a sweet to symbolise his enormous appetite, and also good fortune. The rat by his right foot is his mount. 

(Information from Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Flute playing can be dangerous

Red canal house

Red sky over canal houses