It really embodies the purity of clear air and foaming water. Perhaps early Earth really was a lot like this as it condensed (minus the lovely maiden, but then again, how would we *really* know she wasn't there?...).

Robert Wilhelm Ekman's rendition of "Ilmatar".

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They said April showers make May flowers...only now it's June, or even July, and all it does is rain. Oh, in California it's not a problem, but how many darlings just like these in the lusher parts of the world have spent a warm season like this, beset day after day with "A Summer Shower". Painting by Charles Edward Perugini.

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The world turns, the sun rises, and a new season is born. Happy Spring Equinox, everybody!

Painting by Edwin Blashfield: "Spring Scattering Stars".

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It's almost that season of the year again! Though I think the rest of us will have a less harried time than this darling of the nymphs...

The "Return of Spring" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

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I have no idea what kind of a party they're going to, but whatever this energy is, I wanna be a part of it! Such is the vibe here in Giulio Aristide Sartorio's stylish painting of "A spring evening".

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We sometimes turn the rivers green for Saint Patrick's Day, but the sky? For now, at least, that is only turned green by the hands of mother nature. How spectacular would this be tonight...

Painted by me: "Dance to the green dancing lights in the sky".

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Ray Harryhausen did a lot to keep this myth alive for a modern audience, but before there was cinema, there was oil and canvas. This particular painting by Gustave Doré, his rendition of "Andromeda", has quite some atmosphere.

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Rare instance when the cat works harder than the human! Well...let's be real, neither of them are "working"; they're both doing something much better with themselves. The much-maligned virtue of "Idleness", as lovingly painted by John William Godward.

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A vibe I'm feeling now (so help me, California's in a heat wave!): when it's too warm to feel like doing much of anything, except enjoying the company of your own imagination...

Dolce Far Niente" by John William Godward.

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It gets brighter, warmer, lusher out...and I feel like making something beautiful. So a place like this starts to seem really appealing to stay for a day...a week...a season...aw, let's be honest, the rest of the year. 🙃

Davidson Knowles's lovely "Watercolours by the Window".

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