“You don’t need a significant other to lead a significant life.” ― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman

José Basso (Chilean, b. 1949)

Mark Edwards

Wojciech Weiss (1875-1950) Landscape from Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 1936

Some places whisper louder than any city…

"I must have flowers, always, and always." — Claude Monet Tessa Newcomb

Bryan Angus (born 1960) Pine Woods near the River Deveron

Koichi Sakamoto (Japanese, b.1932) Sunset and Crows 1970

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading.” ― Christopher Morley

Jef Bourgeau (American, b.1950) "The Stand," 2023

"Time is a step It fits in its own space. With it we depart And in it we return Fulfilling the indirect plan Of reintegration: It is the arrow Fired from the bow of all invention" Ana Hatherly in, The Appearances art Eduard b. Gordon

(Eyvind Earle)

Mountain Snowfall. Sonia Lera Preston

Fuji and the Morning Star. Kikuchi Yuichi

The Sound of Silence. Steve Burgess

Ray Swirsky. Canadian artist

The Aquarium,1970. Maurice Green. Canvas,Oil.

Falling Leaves Rachelle Brady.

A Wintry Walk by Lowell Birge Harrison (1854-1929),

Cyril Cox, Canadian acrylic on panel

“I love the smell of book ink in the morning.” ― Umberto Eco

Kiyoshi Saitō. 1966.

Ryohei Tanaka b. 1933 Japanese painter.

Eyvind Earle (1916–2000) Winter Compass

Eyvind Earle (1916–2000) from the stunning book “Merry Christmas - The Christmas Card Art of Eyvind Earle.”

"Reading is a biological necessity of the species. No screen and no technology will be able to suppress the need for traditional reading." Umberto Eco Artwork by Edward B. Gordon

Camille Pissarro

“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.” Pierce Brown Carl Larsson - Toys in the Corner, 1887.

“Without libraries what have we?” ― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures Kaoru Yamada

"Blue Season" Dao Hai Phong

Downs in Winter - Felicity House

"It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple." ~ Rabindranath Tagore Kaoru Yamada

Sarah Evans Hyden Hill

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ― Meister Eckhart

Gerhard Gluck

Lowell Birge Harrison (1854-1929; American naturalist painter) "Christmas Eve"

Merry Christmas By D'lavigne, dlavigne.paris

“If you're not too long, I will wait for you here all my life.” ― Chad Alan Gibbs, Two Like Me and You Art by SUIMA

Tsuchiya Koitsu

René Wiley Reflections in The Alley, 2012 Oil on Canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir "Wheatfield", 1879

Paul Evans - Winter Solstice Shadows in the Artist's Garden, 2025.

“You are sunlight through a window, which I stand in, warmed. My darling.” ― Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist Kaoru Yamada

“A cup of tea would restore my normality." ― Douglas Adams Duytter - Daniel Uytterhaeghe

Wake Up Sunshine

Eyvind Earle, 1916-2000 American artist

The Woodland Stream in Winter. Lisa S.