I spent yesterday at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. I'm part of a group of four teachers who take a class of honors students to the Getty every year. We get to go the Getty for "orientation" every year too, to get acclimated to any new exhibits since we're the tour guides. It is an incredible museum, situated on a hill overlooking downtown L.A. Of course, the view was a bit obscurred yesterday with all of the smoke, but the weather itself was perfect. We've been planning to go to the Getty Villa, which is now open in Malibu, but for obvious reasons it's been closed for the last week.
These two paintings are both on dispaly at the Getty. They're both paintings of Venus and Adonis by Vouet and Titian, respectively. I really like Vouet's version (top picture), since it reminds me of the mint candies my grandma used to have when I was little. It's the pastel colors I guess. I even used these two paintings as a subject for one of my papers for an art class I had to take for my Humanities degree. Sadly, that was the only class I received a B in, and the prof. ripped apart the two papers of mine that she graded. I never even got back my third and fourth papers....but I'm not bitter. (LOL)I haven't been doing any impressive knitting, but I've been happily knitting pumpkins. I found a pattern for these pumpkins Curly Purly. They're so easy but still cute, I think. I think I'm calling the yellow one an apple. I'm planning to donate them for a fundraiser at our church next weekend. I figure they'll look cute on a Thanksgiving table.
8 comments:
Cute pumpkins! And I think your way of picking a winner was great, congratulations to Black Sheep:-)
No hard feelings on my end for not winning the yarn. As you know it wouldn't of gone to any good use here in Lincoln. But my poem was semi amusing to you, I hope!
Take care, I hope we can chat soon....let's make a point to.
XO
Ann M.
I love the pumpkins! Very Cute.
Congrats, BlackSheep. :)
:0) Thank you! Now 'll something to knit while I'm home on vaccation! (not that I won't be bringing stash, but you know, new yarn is always more exciting than stash.) I'll be trying to think of something special to do with it. I have an idea...
Like I already said in my e-mail, the pumpkins are really adorable. Makes me want to go out and get some orange yarn.
I adore those pumpkins. I don't like to wear the color orange but I love the fall and I love orange pumpkins, red/orange/yellow leaves - it's all part of the warmth of fall, which is kind of an oxymoron because it's about 45 degrees in my house this morning. I can't make sense all the time. Congrats to Black Sheep!
The Getty looks great! And love those sweet pumpkins! Happy days ((HUGS))
Really cute pumpkins! Thanks for sharing the pattern. I may have to try it.
Those pumpkins are so cute. I have a pattern for felted pumpkins somewhere that I really would like to knit sometime.
Congrats to theblacksheep on the winning post.
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