Everyone knows Egypt’s pharaohs were dripping in gold—but very little silver has been found in tombs. A rare exception are the bracelets of Queen Hetepheres I. New analysis shows the silver was sourced from Greece. archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2023/digs-discoveries/the-queens-jewels/

🍽️ dinner tonight Dining like it’s 1599! Sherry braised breast of chicken adapted from a recipe in Shakespeare’s Globe much Ado About Cooking book 📕 Chicken, flour, bacon, onion, chicken stock, sherry, dates, lemon, nutmeg, mace, parsley, basil, thyme, edible dried flowers.

🍽️🍓 #cooking #preserves I got 🍀 & bought these beautiful strawberries to make low sugar jam. Tell me if you have any experience using this Pomona’s Universal Pectin? I’ve been using Certo Liquid Pectin for years w/ excellent results. It’s a struggle to limit sugar in my diet. Anyone?

#Caturday #CatsofBlueSky Julie ❤️

🧵🪡🛍️ custom knitting bag from corduroy w/ cotton lining & zipper closure

🍽️ Dinner tonight Chicken Scallopini w/ red, & brown rice, braised Brussels Sprouts & 🥕 carrots. What’s on your plate?

🍽️ Almond biscotti Top 2 loaves without egg wash prior to baking. Bottom 2 loaves with egg wash prior to baking. No difference in taste

Marc Chagall : Clock With Blue Wing (La Pendule à l'aile bleue), 1949 oil and India ink on canvas 36-1/4 x 31-1/8 in | 92 x 79 cm

A great #OnlineArtExchange on motherhood 🌟 Here's ten works of art celebrating motherhood to finish 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/ten-works-of-art-celebrating-motherhood#OnlineArtExchange Next week's theme is light and dark 💡 🧑‍🎨 Ernst Neuschul (1895–1968) © the artist's estate. 📷 Leicester Museums

Julie is all ready for work in our office. ❤️ #CatsofBlueSky #Caturday

OH 🙌🏻 YES

Drama aplenty in the Turner and Constable exhibition at Tate Britain, such as in Turner's Snow Storm -- Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (exhibited 1842). Read about the show on our blog: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2026/01/fire...

America Windows by Marc Chagall at Chicagos fabulous Art Institute My fav piece in their collection.

To me this is joy on paper

Marc Chagall : Paysage (Fairy à Cranberry Lake), 1944

Óscar Domínguez (1906-57) : La Máquina de Coser (The Sewing Machine), 1943 oil on canvas

🍽️ Dinner tonight Drop beef meatballs w/ tomato garlic, basil marinara. I make this several times a month. Quick too! What cha having?

🍽️ 🧇 Dinner tonight Belgian waffle, butter & pure maple syrup, w/ crisp bacon 🥓 What are you having?

www.empirearmadillo.com 🍽️ when in Sunnyvale or San Jose, try this new hot spot for NY deli/rib style restaurant. Deliciousness to the max. I am eating my way thru the menu. Today I am going to order Chicken Tortilla Soup with the baby back ribs. 😋

🍽️ Dinner tonight Beef Chipotle bowls w/ brown rice 🍚, black beans 🫘, corn 🌽, trio sweet bell peppers, onion 🧅, tomato sauce, cumin, garlic 🧄 topped with sour cream lime 🍋‍🟩 juice, lime zest, & cilantro What are you having for dinner? 🍽️

🍽️ Luncheroni today at Angelica’s in Redwood City, California. Delicious grilled filet of Salmon with broccolini, fried fish tacos for my guest! What are you having for luncheroni today?

#Caturday #CatsofBlueSky Julie ❤️

Peace to all 💙🦋💙 #photo #flowers #garden

Camping is when room service is (10) minutes late at London’s FABULOUS Sofitel St. James

Good morning & welcome to marvellous marmalade Monday Some days are harder and that’s okay. A positive attitude doesn’t erase the tough moments, but it softens their grip and tips the balance back in your favour.

Exciting news - opening in Fall 2026, Nasjonalmuseet will host a show about early modern female painters! 𝚆̶𝚘̶𝚖̶𝚊̶𝚗̶ Painter www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/exhibitio... This exhib will feature works by Sofonisba Anguissola, Artemisia Gentileschi, Lavinia Fontana, Clara Peeters & Judith Leyster, among others.

#Caturday #CatsofBlueSky Julie ❤️

Poor marmalade tabby #Caturday

🍽️ Dinner tonight Feasting like an Elizabethan and dining like it’s 1599! Sherry braised chicken w/ lettuce from my new cookbook, Much Ado About Cooking by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Golly I love that theatre.

🍽️ My new cookbook from Shakespeares Globe

🍽️ Dinner tonight Veuve Cliqot & pear frangipane tart. 😊 Happy New Year 2026!

🍽️🧅🍲🍜 Dinner tonight in the making French Onion Soup ala Julia Child. Substituting grated Swiss for Raclete as the latter for as more affordable. I have cubed, seasoned& toasted baguette. Simmer for 30 minutes… almost done. ✅

Here, there, and everywhere… 🕊️ 🤍 🕊️ 🤍 🕊️

We're back for the first #OnlineArtExchange of 2026 tomorrow! The theme is angels and guardians with Liverpool Cathedral 🪽 Share an artwork on the theme with the hashtag to join in 💗 'Angel' by unknown artist 📷 Museum of Farnham

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... 🖼️🖌️🎨🎭🎸🎶 OMG 😳 I can’t wait to read this book 📕. This is thrilling news! 🗞️ my takeaway: the arts can save my life! Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health by Daisy Fancourt

🍽️ Dinner Tonight ham & great northern bean soup. With carrots, celery, onion, ham, thyme, bay leaf, & chicken stock. Cornbread on the side. A homey dinner 🍲 What are you having?

🍽️ Dinner tonight One Pot Chicken Jardiniere ala Americas Test Kitchen I make this recipe over and over. Perfect for a cold rainy day.

1000 pcs jigsaw puzzle of Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus I love putting together puzzles of great art! Especially nice island of remberance too!

🍽️ Dinner tonight Classic Beef & 3 Cheese Lasagna topped with roasted red & yellow sweet peppers

My first WayMo ride from San Francisco’s SOMA to Union Square. I felt safe and look forward to my next ride. Fortunately the black out occurred minutes after my maiden ride! Waymo’s are restricted to travel on selected city streets and not on the freeway, just yet. #EV #Waymo

Share,someone may need to hear this today.

#BeKind My New Years wish for BlueSkyFriends

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. Day 2 I love puzzles 🧩 of great art.

Happy New Year

🍽️ Luncheroni today @ Empire Armadillo in Sunnyvale, CA Pulled pork, peanut Cole slaw, pinto beans w/ pulled pork, baby back ribs, corn salad w/ jalapeño, red onion &. Cilantro, and the FABULOUS banana pudding! Happy New Year!🎊🎆🎈 YUM 😋

You don’t have to rush

I dig 🪏 old stuff muchly