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Neon at Night: September 1967

With the summer drawing to a close last year, we knew that a lot of the neon signs would be extinguished for a long winter’s hibernation. So, my husband Ray and I drove around and took a few pictures of the neon signs in their busy season. These photos were taken on September 15th, 1967. (…Or, was that 2023?) We just got back into town over the Rio Grande bridge, so we started with the neon Wawa…

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Golgotha, Anthony van Dyck, 1630

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Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656) "Saint Sebastian" Dutch Golden Age

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spocktober 17

he so creature! :PPP

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St Sebastian Healed by an Angel (c.1601-1603, oil on canvas) | Giovanni Baglione

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Saint Agatha, Lorenzo Lippi, 1638

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Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563 - 1639), St Cecilia with an Angel, ca. 1617-18, oil on canvas; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

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Gerard van Honthorst, Saint Sebastian, 1623 Oil on canvas

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Saint Sebastian (129 x 980 cm, oil on canvas), Guido Reni, c. 1615, Capitoline Museums, Rome

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St. Paul Shipwrecked on Malta, Laurent de La Hyre, 1630

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Gerard Seghers (1591-1651) "Saint Sebastian Comforted by an Angel" (c. 1630) Oil on canvas

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Holidays: St. Patrick's Day

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

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Hendrick ter Brugghen, St Sebastian Tended by Irene and her Maid, 1625, oil on canvas, 149 x 119.4 cm, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio

Source: Wikimedia Commons