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Good morning! Can you believe it is the last day of January? I cannot believe how fast time flies, it seems to go faster the older I get. The days are getting longer and we are another month closer to Spring. The weather has been so mild here that are trees already flowering, and I’ve see the daffodils peaking out of the ground.
I hope that you enjoy my finds for the week.
Even though the weather is unseasonably warm it is always great to have a Chicken Soup( Dam Delicious) recipe in your arsenal.
I could eat an entire pan of this Meyer Lemon Fettuccine from Floating Kitchen, it looks so good.
Spaghetti squash is healthy and delicious and this Lemon Butter Spaghetti Squash from How Sweet Eats looks scrumptious.
If you are still looking for something easy to make for the Super Bowl, these Cuban Sliders from House of Yum would be great.
10 Healthy Sheet pan Dinners That You can Make in 20 minutes.
Articles
Mankind Shows Us What It Means To Love
10 Little Habits that Wreck Thousands of Lives One Day at a Time
Paris Mayor Has Dream for a 15 Minute City
Meet the Man Cooking Every Single Ina Garten Recipe (At 650, He’s Halfway There)
Secondhand screen time may be just as dangerous as secondhand smoking! WOW.
Books
Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit
Growing up in London, Beatrix Potter felt the restraints of Victorian times. Girls didn’t go to school and weren’t expected to work. But she longed to do something important, something that truly mattered. As Beatrix spent her summers in the country and found inspiration in nature, it was through this passion that her creativity flourished.
There, she crafted The Tale of Peter Rabbit. She would eventually move to the countryside full-time, but developers sought to change the land. To save it, Beatrix used the money from the success of her books and bought acres and acres of land and farms to prevent the development of the countryside that both she and Peter Rabbit so cherished. Because of her efforts, it’s been preserved just as she left it.
This beautiful picture book shines a light on Beatrix Potter’s lesser-known history and her desire to do something for the greater good.
Girl in the Afternoon is a love story, a mystery, a tragedy, and a moving study of the human capacity to contain both reckless error and surprising redemption.” -Carrie Brown, author of The Stargazer’s Sister
Born into a wealthy Parisian family at the center of Belle Epoque society, 18-year-old Aimée Savaray dreams of becoming a respected painter in the male-dominated art world; and secretly, she also dreams of being loved by Henri, the boy her parents took in as a child and raised alongside her.
But when Henri inexplicably disappears, in the midst of the Franco-Prussian war, the Savarays’ privileged lives begin to unravel. Heartbroken, Aimée tries to find him, but Henri doesn’t want to be found–and only one member of the family knows why.
As Aimée seeks refuge in the art world, mentored by the Impressionist Édouard Manet, she unwittingly finds her way back to Henri. With so many years gone by and secrets buried, their eventual reunion unmasks the lies that once held the family together, but now threaten to tear them apart.
Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian’s list of the ten most important paintings ever made. Often referred to by the subject of its central panel, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it represents the fulcrum between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time.
Since its completion in 1432, this twelve-panel oil painting has been looted in three different wars, burned, dismembered, forged, smuggled, illegally sold, censored, hidden, attacked by iconoclasts, hunted by the Nazis and Napoleon, used as a diplomatic tool, ransomed, rescued by Austrian double-agents, and stolen a total of thirteen times.
In this fast-paced, real-life thriller, art historian Noah Charney unravels the stories of each of these thefts. In the process, he illuminates the whole fascinating history of art crime, and the psychological, ideological, religious, political, and social motivations that have led many men to covet this one masterpiece above all others.
This is my favorite book of the week. I ordered several to give as gifts to friends and family. I have been to Giverny several times but I had no idea that it was an American(the authors mother) who was instrumental in opening the house and garden to the public.
Bring Monet’s paintings and gardens to life using this gorgeously illustrated book that will teach you how to create a Monet lifestyle from your living room to your kitchen to your garden—from the documentarian and author of Monet’s Palate Cookbook, with the support of the American steward and all the head gardeners at Giverny.
Aileen Bordman has long been influenced by the work of Claude Monet, one of the founders of French Impressionist painting whose esteemed works capturing the simple beauties of fin de siècle French life—from waterlilies to haystacks—have fetched astonishing sums at private auction houses and can be found in the greatest art museums around the globe. With direct access to Giverny through a pair of insiders—her mother, a steward of the Giverny estate, and its head gardener—she transports you to Monet’s garden at Giverny, the third most visited site in France, in Everyday Monet.
Combining the history, palette colors, and designs of Monet’s gardens and paintings in this one-of-a-kind volume, Aileen shows how to encapsulate a home and lifestyle inspired by the artist. Filled with insights, step-by-step instructions, musings, recipes, gorgeous photography, and how-to graphics, Everyday Monet teaches how to grow a garden like Monet, preserve a waterlily inside the home, decorate a dining room table or a bathroom inspired by Monet’s aesthetic, and prepare foods that inspire your inner-Impressionist.
Filled with lush photos of Monet’s milieu—from the gardens of Giverny to the streets of Normandy—and reproductions of Monet’s most famous paintings, Everyday Monet is a practical guide to finding ways to implement Monet’s beautiful designs into any home and garden, whether you live on a country estate or in a city apartment, and is a memorable keepsake Monet devotees will treasure.
Finds
Large Heat sweater from Banana Republic
I hope that you have a great weekend. If you are watching the Super Bowl enjoy the game and it you are hosting a party or making any tasty treats please share the recipe with us.
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Such a great post Elizabeth – and I really found great reads in several of the articles you directed me to.
The Monet book would be something I'd love – the gardens, when I visited on an early sunny spring morning a few years back were exquisite, and touring the beautiful house was amazing.
Have a fabulous weekend.
The sliders look good.