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The Reading Lesson (1890). Richard Crafton Green (British, fl. 1869-1890). Oil on canvas.

"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift." — Kate DiCamillo

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the blackline by lauren

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“My father used to do this with me when I was a baby. People always looked really anxious and asked him what he was doing. He would simply reply, “I’m teaching her to trust me.”

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Ohhhh thank you BB!! :) I love you!!

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Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany (by Thomas Cook Egypt)

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Muse of Music. Karl Ludwig Adolf Ehrhardt (German, 1813-1899). Oil on canvas.

In 1838, Ehrhardt went to Dresden and became assistant to the history painter Edward Bendemann. Ehrhardt was involved in the decoration of the royal residence palace, especially in various murals of the throne room and ballroom.

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Compassion

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il bacio by massimodaddi on Flickr.

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tr3slikes:

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(On to Baby)

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The Secret Garden + Scenerygasm

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Portrait of a Musician, detail: hand and sheet music booklet (c.1515-1520). Il Pordenone (Italian, Venetian School, 1483–1539). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.

Il Pordenone, byname of Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis, was a vigorous chiaroscurist and flesh painter. The 1911 Britannica states that “so far as mere flesh-painting is concerned he was barely inferior to Titian in breadth, pulpiness and tone.” 

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Favourite films: The Secret Garden (1993)

The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. 

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Portrait of Florence Hooton playing the cello (1936). Wilfred de Glehn (British, 1870-1951). Oil on canvas. Royal Academy of Music.

Hooton (1912-1988), student, fellow and professor, Royal Academy of  Music, is shown full-length, looking to the viewer. Wearing a long white dress, her left hand is on the fingerboard, and her right arm is extended, with her bow resting on the strings. Youthful, and with her fair hair hanging down and framing her face.