Mellow Yellow Monday

Drowsy Monkey is the host of the bright, colorful meme,

Mellow Yellow Monday

I'm sure that what you notice about these photos are the YELLOW parking space lines, right? Not necessarily that the car is a shiny, green Jag...

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~PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MANIC MONDAY~

Manic Monday - fountain

Mo's word for Manic Monday is FOUNTAIN.

The Fontana di Trevi or Trevi Fountain is the most famous and arguably the most beautiful fountain in all of Rome. This impressive monument dominates the small Trevi square located in the Quirinale district.

Aqua Virgo

The Trevi fountain is at the ending part of the Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct constructed in 19 BC. It brings water all the way from the Salone Springs (approx 20km from Rome) and supplies the fountains in the historic center of Rome with water.

Construction of the Fountain

In 1732, Pope Clement XII commissioned Nicola Salvi to create a large fountain at the Trevi Square. A previous undertaking to build the fountain after a design by Bernini was halted a century earlier after the death of Pope Urban VIII. Salvi based his theatrical

The restive sea horse

masterpiece on this design. Construction of the monumental baroque fountain was finally completed in 1762.

The Fountain

The central figure of the fountain, in front of a large niche, is Neptune, god of the sea. He is riding a chariot in the shape of a shell, pulled by two sea horses. Each sea horse is guided by a Triton. One of the horses is calm and obedient, the other one restive. They symbolize the fluctuating moods of the sea.
On the left hand side of Neptune is a statue representing Abundance, the statue

The crowded square

on the right represents Salubrity. Above the sculptures are bas-reliefs, one of them shows Agrippa, the girl after whom the aqueduct was named.

Tossing a Coin

The water at the bottom of the fountain represents the sea. Legend has it you will return to Rome if you throw a coin into the water. You should toss it over your shoulder with your back to the fountain.

What does the Trevi look like from above? Click here

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Shadow Shot Sunday

Shadow Shot Sunday is brought to you by Hey Harriet.



The Lady in the Shadow.
St. Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst, N.Y.

~ In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.~
- David Smith

Artwork Giveaway!

Megan M. Eckman is pleased to announce her first giveaway ever! Starting yesterday, Friday, July 10th, until next Friday, July 17th, everyone will have a chance to win one of Chelsea Rose's prints! Three lucky winners will be drawn on Friday.

Here's a closeup of Chelsea Rose's work:



Chelsea Rose's artwork is reminiscent of Tim Burton's movies and personal drawings. She works in pen and ink for her small drawing and acrylic paint for her larger paintings. Each piece contains her signature reptilian eyes, curlicues, and lovely dresses. The winners of the giveaway will get a 5" x 7" print of her work printed on cardstock and sealed in clear, archival sleeves.

In order to be entered into this giveaway, all you have to do is mention this giveaway on your own blog. Then, leave a comment at Studio M.M.E. Stutterings and put the link to your blog in the comment. Not too hard, huh? Isn't this the best giveaway ever? So go write about this awesome opportunity and support a fellow artist!

Postcard Friendship Friday

This week I'm joining in the fun of Postcard Friendly Friday! I've been wanting to for a long time.

Marie from France hosts this wonderful meme!

Years ago I collected stamps. Now today I've taken them out and Voila! all of a sudden they are, maybe not actually vintage, but certainly old!

The Currier and Ives 10-cent Christmas stamps were issued in 1974, No. 41 in a series. "The Road - Winter," the subject of the 1974 Christmas stamps, was drawn for Nathaniel Currier in 1853 by Otto Knirsch, one of the many celebrated American artists Currier employed to produce drawings that were later colored on an assembly line of girls.

I'm so glad to look at these stamps again! And to offer them to the participants in this meme!

~PLEASE SCROLL DOWN A BIT FOR LOOKING AT THE SKY ON FRIDAY~

Looking at the Sky on Friday

This is Tisha's meme.

Walden Pond (2007)

Walden Pond is a 102-foot (31 m) deep pond. It is 61 acres (250,000 m²) in area and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) around, located in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States. A famous example of a kettle hole, it was formed by retreating glaciers 10,000 - 12,000 years ago.

The writer, transcendentalist, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau lived on the shores of the pond for two years starting in the summer of 1845.



“I considered that I enhanced the value of the land by squatting on it.” - Henry D. Thoreau
"Life at Walden was not without its incidences. Thoreau occasionally harbored fugitive slaves, and once held a meeting for the Concord Women’s Anti-slavery Society, as he indirectly mentions in Walden having once housed twenty-five to thirty people under his roof." - Michael J. Frederick

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Roller Skating Babies - You'll Die From It!! :)

Saw this commercial for the first time this morning! Sharing with you! :)