S is for spending the summer with John Singer Sargent

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Oh my goodness, I have been delinquent!  Sorry, let me get back —pronto— to the reverse alphabet of art. Last post was for the letter T and now I’m ready to move on to the letter S.  Andiamo!

Wouldn’t you love to be passing a summer afternoon with these ladies?  I would!  I bet they are discussing their beaus.

Or, taking a summer afternoon nap to escape the heat in this little outbuilding in Corfu?  I would!

Or, gliding in a gondola over the waterways of Venice?  I would!

Or, observing some exotic ceremony in some Middle Eastern country?  I would!

Or, playing some board game with your friends on some pretty bank of some lovely, cooling stream?  I would!  But I do wonder why all the women have their heads wrapped up in filmy cloth.  Too many insects, I presume.

Mosquito Nets by John Singer Sargent

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