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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Camille Pissarro

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My name is Rebecca. Wife to E. Mama to B and C. Located in Colorado. Art history buff. Bird nerd. Book worm. Episcopalian. Charlotte Mason groupie. Loyal cheesehead. National Park junkie. Real food enthusiast. Common Place Quarterly contributor. Modern-day abolitionist. This site is a hodge-podge of my thoughts and follows no particular theme....so essentially it's my brain flattened out on a screen. Read More…

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Today in the liturgical calendar is the feast day of St. Luke. As I've mentioned before, I'm a fan of all things Northern Renaissance and I was actually able to see this piece, featuring St. Luke drawing Mary and Jesus, in person. Back in 2009, I was at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and during a clandestine escape from a tour group that was walking far too fast for my recently-graduated-with-an-art-history-degree taste, I was able to see a few pieces that weren't on the tour but that were definitely on my list. Three other versions of this painting by the same artist, Rogier van der Weyden, are also in Boston, Munich, and Bruges.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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St. Luke is credited with writing an icon of Mary in the middle ages and is portrayed either holding a painting or icon, or in the process of painting or drawing a portrait or writing an icon. For this reason, one of the many things he is known as is the patron saint of painters and this piece was most likely commissioned for the painters guild in Brussels, where Rogier van der Weyden lived in the 1430s. It is also believed that van der Weyden actually used his own face to portray St. Luke here, though little is known about his life so this is difficult to confirm.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Van der Weyden included many background details in this piece which was characteristic of the early Netherlandish painters. The background is clear with no atmospheric distortion and even the folds of the woman's dress looking over the rampart are full of detail. Nearer to the viewer, the intricate patterns in the wall and floor allowed van der Weyden to display his skill. He also included an ox, hiding beneath a book stand behind St. Luke, which is a nod to the saint's traditional symbol in art. It's an intimate little scene that offers both contemplation and beauty.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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St. Luke Drawing the Virgin⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Rogier van der Weyden⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#liturgicalyear #liturgicalcalendar #stluke #saintluke #art

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Live thy Life,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Young and old,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Like yon oak,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Bright in spring,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Living gold;⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Summer-rich⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Then; and then⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Autumn-changed⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Soberer-hued⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Gold again.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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All his leaves⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Fall’n at length,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Look, he stands,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Trunk and bough⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Naked strength.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#poetry #oak #nature #naturestudy #tree #autumn #tennyson

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Dehydrating almonds, walnuts, cashews, and oatmeal today. Trying to adapt our tried-and-true pancake recipe (which we have every weekend) to C's recently-discovered egg white allergy has been hit or miss, so we're trying a new, egg-free recipe this weekend that uses ground oats. I decided to soak and dehydrate them as trying to figure out the conversion of wet, soaked oats to the dry amount the recipe calls for is beyond the capabilities of my brain. And I like the idea of having already-soaked oatmeal on hand as well. We’ll see how it actually turns out.... Food allergies are no fun, but I'm thankful for the improvements we've seen in her health since we had her tested!
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#food #dehydrator #excaliburdehydrator #realfood #westonaprice #wapf

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🐈drawing. because we don't have enough cats in our life. 😳😊
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B has always enjoyed drawing, so I hoped adding in some more formal drawing instruction to our lesson time would be something he liked. My hesitation, though, was in making it too rigid and no longer fun for him. Before I decided on this particular drawing book, I had visions in my head of him sitting in something akin to the drawing classes I took in college that somehow managed to suck the joy right out of creating art. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
What I appreciate about "What to Draw and How to Draw It" is how it breaks the drawings down step-by-step so he can see another way to actually build a drawing, but without a lot of explanation or preparatory steps. In a very simple and doable way, it reduces the drawing down to individual shapes that can actually make it easier to create the whole image. And, of course, he doesn't mind spending some of his school time drawing little animals and toy soldiers. 😊
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#charlottemason #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonhomeschool #homeschooling #homeschool #whattodrawandhowtodrawit

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#sundayvibes..... homemade pumpkin spice latte and pre-reading for the week. No complaints here. ☕️ 📚 .
#charlottemason #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonhomeschool #homeschool #homeschooling #livingeducation #cmirl #livingbookpress #amblesideonline #amblesideonlineyear3

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Today's library book sale haul!
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Back a million years ago (aka. the 1990s), I worked in a Christian bookstore, part of a nation-wide chain that no longer exists. Rich Mullins and his Ragamuffin band were just getting to be HUGE and it all lead back to Brennan Manning's "The Ragamuffin Gospel." I've never read anything by him, but I've heard lots of good things, so I decided to grab this book off the shelf.
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"Gilead" is not my favorite of the Gilead series. "Lila" and "Home" tie for first place, depending on my mood, but I think I'll probably want to read it again as I grow older as I feel like it could mean different things to me in different stages of my life. Either way, her prose and insight are wonderful.
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Emily Dickinson.... I don't think I need to say anything else. 🙂
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And the Come Look With Me series is just plain fantastic and I was excited to see this one on the shelf. I recommend them in the picture study aids and I'll recommend them here too. If you ever happen to see one at a Goodwill or book sale of any kind, GRAB IT!
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#librarybooksale #usedbooks #booksale #book #books #bibliophile #bookworm

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I checked the weather on Sunday to discover that we were supposed to get ❄️SNOW❄️ this week. While October snowfalls in Colorado are not unheard of, I was not prepared at all (our aspen trees haven’t even fully changed yet!). So earlier in the week it was a mad dash to finish buying outdoor winter clothing for the kids (who begged me all during school this morning to go outside which they couldn't because *school* but also because said outdoor winter clothing is out for delivery right now....😳) and yesterday was a mad dash to get some last-minute shopping done (I hate driving in the snow) and the sprinklers blown out (accomplished at 7 pm last night). Add on to these things other tasks like having to finish reading for and attending my monthly Charlotte Mason book group, prepare my materials to teach in co-op tomorrow, as well as getting our house ready to host it (which will be our first time hosting). There's nothing like a week like this to make me appreciate more how boring my life is most of the rest of the time. 🙂
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#snow #octobersnow

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