Quote of the moment Vol.2
“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.”
– Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931
G. K. Chesterton
Highlighted Quotes That Caught my Attention At The Moment
"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians"
-Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary
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Good morning, my friend, dear reader of this present post! How are you today, this new week? It should be the last one for February, quite soothing that it will end on a Sunday as well, given it started on a Sunday, too! As for me, I did sleep quite a bit yesterday, but I cannot complain of not being a productive day, given I finished reading the biography of Madame de Pompadour, written by Nancy Mitford. Quite a good one, and in fact, I would say is a great one! What a remarkable lady she was, the great patronesse of Rococo, though she sensed a move in France towards a more neoclassical direction, and overall set the sails on the direction of the style of the next era, the one called Louis XVI style, though in truth it was the queen Marie Antoinette who truly set the tone. I like this topic, and I love her majesty. Though the late rococo she preferred was hinted with an antique tint, it was not the more sober neoclassical of the 1790's and the Napoleonic era. She brought flowers a...
In which we talk about the fact that I'm with no pictures left
Hello everyone! Good morning and happy Monday! A new week is upon us, I hope it may be a nice one with good surprises, I'm doing okay so far, just a bitty bit tired haha, even if I woke up super early today, how are you? How are things going? I wish you the best and hope all is fine, like I always do and always will do, brings me much joy to wish goof things upon you, dear reader! How is the weather where you are? Here it is hot, but I got two fans and I'm feeling fresh because of the AC, so it should be fine, as long as I don't move too much. I was gonna draw this morning but decided not to unfortunately, maybe next time is what I have in mind. I'm a bit worried as well, as I dont have any pictures left on my library that I haven't posted yet on Instagram, such a tragedy, well, here on the blog there's still space for some, like this one!
This lovely Santa is what we have from the Christmas Season, that's still fresh in the memories of everyone, though the hype of it has died off, unfortunately, but as it is to be expected, well, this is going to have to be a rushed post at this point for I have to go to have lunch at the house of my grandparents and I'm still home haha, well thank you so much for being here, dear reader, you are the very best, happy Monday again!
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