Diana

Pencil/charcoal drawing by DDC

Oil pastels drawing by DDC

@westernexile Excellent point. Those who just "follow the sun" or try to replicate a vacation they took once, won't take well to the inevitably complex day to day logistics that money alone can't shelter you from

After a decade in Italy, I learned to quickly tell which 'expats' were not going to last a year. Those who moved there and considered learning its language and respecting its customs to be optional for a fulfilling life always spiralled into frustration and depression. Also, if you move to another country, avoid expat communities like the plague. Meeting other foreigners should only ever be a rare and random occurrence, entirely extra to the friends you have made locally. Otherwise you are simply lingering atop the diving board, and will never reach the water.

@blindete Gorgeous

In a period obsessed with movement, Giuseppe Giorgetti sculpted a reclining Saint Sebastian — serene, elegant, and completely horizontal.

Giuseppe Giorgetti became the principal sculptor for the Barberini family for whom he undertook some restoration of ancient sculptures, most importantly of the Barberini Faun in 1679, carried out together with Lorenzo Ottoni.

Fifth Avenue in Winter #artbots @hassam

@jphanel1972 Oui

@Telogen Trop mimi ces chats 😻

Pencil/charcoal drawing by DDC

@SamaHoole Very interesting 👌

Every hospital in Britain had a stockpot on the stove until approximately the 1960s. Every workhouse before that. Every military mess. Every school kitchen. Every farmhouse. Every household that could afford bones, which was every household, because bones were the cheapest thing the butcher sold. The stockpot ran continuously. Beef bones, pork bones, chicken carcasses, lamb shanks. The bones went in with water and were simmered for 12, 18, 24 hours. The broth that came out was the foundation of every soup, every stew, every gravy, every sauce. Bone broth contains collagen, which breaks down into gelatin during cooking. Gelatin provides glycine and proline, essential for joint health, gut lining integrity, and connective tissue repair. It contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium leached from the bones. It contains glucosamine and chondroitin, now sold as joint supplements at £15 per bottle. It contains bone marrow, rich in fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and K2. Your grandmother did not know the names of these compounds. She knew the broth kept the family well. She knew a bowl of broth settled the stomach when someone was ill. She knew the broth made the gravy and the gravy made the dinner and the dinner kept the children growing. The broth was replaced by the stock cube. The stock cube contains salt, maltodextrin, palm oil, yeast extract, flavouring, sugar, and colouring. It does not contain collagen, glycine, glucosamine, or any of the compounds the 24-hour broth provided. The stock cube is flavoured salt water. The generation that grew up on the broth has joints. The generation that grew up on the stock cube has a glucosamine subscription and an orthopaedic appointment. The supplement industry now sells, individually and at substantial markup, every compound the bone broth contained for free. Collagen powder: £25. Glucosamine tablets: £15. Bone broth itself, repackaged as a wellness product: £8 per serving from a company in Shoreditch with a minimalist label. They have not discovered anything new. They have rediscovered what their grandmothers threw away. The stockpot is still available. The bones are still at the butcher's. Water. Bones. Heat. Time. The broth has been the broth for approximately 10,000 years. The stock cube has been the stock cube for approximately 70. The broth's track record is better.

@Artodreams Thank you

@Telogen 👍🐈‍⬛

@jphanel1972 Elle dort a cote de moi quand je dessine

@Telogen So beauty 🖤🖤

@sandrag926 🐈

@Telogen 😍❤❤❤

Couch on the Porch, Cos Cob, 1914, by Childe Frederick Hassam (American, 1859-1935).

@justcelticmusic Lovely photos of Ireland. Beautiful land, I visited two decades ago ☘️

@Telogen Hello, Diana! Thanks for everything. Are you OK? Where are you from, dear?

Lucie Spartacus

Teodor Axentowicz Kobieta z wazonem, 1903

'Dinner at the Casino' by Gaston La Touche, 1906

The Spanish Steps, Rome #artbots @hassam

@Telogen MARTIN LEWIS - Rainy Day, Queens

@claudioborlotto Just splendid!

Portrait of N.Z. Rappoport #artbots #serov