I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseille eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you because I am busy painting huge sunflowers. - Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, letter to his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Van Gogh arrived in Arles in early 1888, he was fascinated by the Provençal landscapes, producing over 300 paintings and drawings during his time there.
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today is Gattina's birthday! Happy birthday , dear blog friend!
Updated to include the agenda:
today is Gattina's birthday! Happy birthday , dear blog friend!
Gorgeous sunflowers!! I love sunflowers...they make me feel cheery. I'm trying to decorate my kitchen in sunflowers and butterflies (with yellow and white). But those are stunning...thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMichele sent me to smell the flowers :)
Sunflowers are my favourite flowers and I have seen the original of van Gogh's sunflowers, but it was very disappointing because the colors were not at all so bright as on copies !
ReplyDeleteI have got a bouquet of sunflowers from my "DIL" which my son brought from Amsterdam, he came for my birthday today. BTW you missed the gifts I've got I wanted to add them to my blog but the phone was ringing all the time, so I just published now.
The sunflower is a very attractive flower, bringing very base colours to life so strikingly ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures ;)
I just popped in to thank you for the comments and say Hello ;)
And also wish you in return a happy Sunday
Sunny sun flowers match your disposition dear Mar.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is some great pics of Sunflowers. I love sunflowers, so simple yet so sunny and giving me happy feelings all over :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Sunflowers!
ReplyDeleteVielen Dank für die liebe Geburtstagskarte ! Habe mich sehr gefreut. Die neue Kamera macht sehr schöne Bilder und ist sehr leicht zu bedienen. Ausserdem ist sie schnell was für meine Katzenfotos ja wichtig ist, die bleiben nicht still sitzen. Sie ist nicht ganz klein aber auch nicht gross und sehr leicht. Guck sie Dir mal an sie macht auch Macro Bilder das meine alte nicht machen konnte.
ReplyDeleteI love sunflowers! I have one tattooed on my lower back.
ReplyDeletemy dear friend is a total sunflower NUT....did you take these pictures? They are lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt smells like a Provence atmospher
ReplyDeletein barcelona today! i adore bouillabaisse. My father was cooking the best it can exist on the world!
Sunflowers were an obsession for Vincent and I can easely understand his feeling. They represent the warm, the beauty, the energy!
Oh my! They are simply beautiful. Could you please send your guests over to my home - I always welcome those with armfuls of pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful quote! Actually, most everything about Van Goghis wonderful.
Sunflowers were a favorite of my mothers...So I love them. Thanks for sharing your lovely photos with us.
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Connie
It's difficult for us to watch TV ! We always watch Rosie playing it's too funny especially with fat Arthur ! He lazily lays down and the little one danses around him and attacks, he only watches and from time to time gives a little slap with his paw !
ReplyDeletesunflowers are just so happy! They make me smile :)
ReplyDeleteI loved that quote about Van Gogh. I'm sure you've read Irving Stone's novel about his life, The Agony and The Ecstasy? Or, maybe that was Michaelangelo, but Stone did write an outstanding biography of Van Gogh which made me feel like I knew him.
ReplyDeleteVan Gogh has always been such an inspiration. This GREAT GREAT Artist, who sold only one painting in his whole life---And that was, I believe, to his brother...died, not knowing that HE Changed the face of Modern Art, forever!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Sunflowers....They are so extrordinary, aren't they?
So pretty! We've been having so much rain that I haven't even seen any sunflowers around here yet.
ReplyDeleteI remembered! Irving Stone's novel about Van Gogh is "Lust for Life." Truly, it's worth the read, especially if your a fan of his, or sunflowers, or the south of France. Like we are.
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