About a year ago, I was lucky enough to acquire a two volume set of The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, written…
My husband is in the hospital again. Still dealing with the repercussions from his accident last May. It’s more serious this time. An infection has…
I am exhausted. On a whim, I decided to paint my living area and kitchen red. I’ve always wanted red walls. I think they are…
This blog generates a lot of email. I try my best, but I can’t always answer it all. Often I will receive an email that…
I’m lucky enough to have regular readers here at Pre-raphaelite Sisterhood and several lovely followers on the accompanying Facebook page. The Facebook page has been…
I’m still reading Sidonia the Sorceress and am actually surprised at how much I’m enjoying it. I spent most of the weekend reading and jotting…
Fernand Khnopff was not a Pre-Raphaelite painter, but I wanted to share his 1891 painting I Lock My Door Upon Myself which draws inspiration…
It is the first of November and we have followed All Hallow’s Eve into All Soul’s Day. Autumn is a season that excites all the…
The weather has been unusually cold and yesterday’s snow made my little neighborhood look like a different and more enchanting place. I loved yesterday. It…
In this previous post, I mentioned a mirror seen in Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor by Burne-Jones and also in The Return of Tibullus to…
I am looking forward to a new year! I send you all good wishes as we begin this new decade. I do not usually make…
Tonight I was browsing through images and happened upon The Return of Tibullus to Delia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This painting interests for many reasons,…
