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The Entrance to Giverny under the Snow 1885

Claude Monet

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Tomb of Midas (and his “city” as well)

Yazılıkaya, Eskişehir, Turkey

6th-7th century BCE

The archaeological site of the so-called Midas City is situated in the Eskişehir region in Central Anatolia, near the village of Yazılıkaya (which in Turkish means something like “rock inscription”). With a few exceptions, most of the Phrygian rock-cut monuments for which the site has become famous, date back to the sixth century BCE.

The so-called Midas Monument owes its name to the fact that the word Mida is used in an inscription on the upper left-hand side of the façade, which is almost eighteen meters high. Mida was mistranslated as Midas, the name of a legendary king of Phrygia; in fact, it is a surname of Cybele, the Phrygian Mother Goddess. The so-called tomb, which is older than the rest of the city and belongs to the eighth century BCE, was in reality a sanctuary. During the ceremonies, a statue of Cybele could be placed in the niche. To the south of the Midas Monument lies a rock-cut necropolis with several Phrygian tombs. From here one can walk further on the plateau and reach another Phrygian rock-cut monument, which has remained unfinished. A little bit further you reach the impressive water cisterns, some with a flight of steps who leads to several huge underground cisterns.

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A Custom Phaeton by Bohman and Schwartz on a Buick chassis. 1940.

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~Statue of Athene (“The Peiraeus Athena”). Medium: Bronze Date: 340—330 BCE. Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus (Αθήνα, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πειραιά)

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Chrysler Town & Country woodie

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Netsuke. Ivory and Horn. Japan, approx. 1975 HEIGHT 3,2 CM The work of a modern master born 1931 in Tokyo. According to legend, the rabbit turns snow white after 1000 years of age. The eyes are two-colored inlaid horn and very lively in expression. Himotoshi on bottom and signature BAI-SHODO YASU-FUSA on legs. The name Baishodo comes from the studio, the artist´s real name is Saito Yasufusa. From a private German collection                

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From @parkerandlily: “Round and round Jasmine goes. Where mom stops, Jasmine doesn’t know.” #catsofinstagram [source: http://ift.tt/2fPQnAT ]