The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

 from the Joan of Arc Series, I: The Vision and Inspiration , by Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, now in the National Gallery of Art in Wash...

  the statue of Joan of Arc outside of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco; 30 May is the feast of Saint Joan

detail of the tomb effigy of Alonso de Mera by Juan de Montejo; in the background is part of The Crucifixion by the Master of the Urbino...

  the Lohengrin-inspired swan boats in the Boston Public Garden, June 2019

  column with ducks , from Egypt in the reign of Akhenaten, now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

  a rose (Betty Boop), April 2021

  detail of Sarah Bernhardt as La Dame aux Camélias, a poster by Alphonse Maria Mucha, which I saw at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as p...

  a butterfly feeding on a lemon blossom

  Python necklace by David Bielander, made of anodized titanium, seen by me in 2017 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  the monument to the Portuguese immigrant, San Leandro California, March 2021