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The Monarch Butterfly’s Spring Migration
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Photograph: A Monarch Butterfly on a Purple Coneflower (2007). Author: Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). WikiCmns; License: GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 only. This image was selected as picture of the day on English Wikipedia, August 27, 2008.
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Bright button charm bracelet
Lighthearted…
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A certain lighthearted whimsy has overtaken RT since publishing the first four tablets of Gilgamesh this morning. In the spirit of the moment, he offers this drawing…
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Drawing: Here Comes the Parade (1881); Ida Waugh; WikiCmns; Public Domain.
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Watercolor Experiment with Pink Outlines
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fun stuff for april… RT
(reposted from The Painter Speaks)
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In Progress: Iron Work and Blossoms
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Washington at its most beguiling… RT
(reposted from Theresa Bean)
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Happy Birthday, All You Spring Babies!!
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well, spring is a traditional time for birthing, and RT knows quite a few people with birthdays during the season. As for the Porsche cake, well, RT has got a hunch it’s delicious…dig in (& happy birthday), everyone!!! RT
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Photo: Designer Porsche Cake; Author: Tony Alter (cake made by Couture Cakes of Newport News); WikiCmns; CC 2.0 Generic.
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spring’s arrival
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women store their coats
find their garlands, walking free
in their body’s bloom
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© copyright, 2013, The Rag Tree
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Fresco: Primavera from Stabiae; (Villa Arianna; one of the most famous frescoes, the undisputed masterpiece of painting from the Roman period (third Pompeian style), surely inspired by terracotta figurines of the fourth century BC). WikiCmns; Public Domain.
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