Capsule (Full commentary found immediately below Lead Picture):
Many like to catch up on sleep. That sounds so strange to those of us who are sleep-challenged.
Farmhouse in Provence, also known as Entrance Gate to a Farm with Haystacks, is an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, produced in 1888, at the height of his career.
Eros doesn’t seem to have trouble sleeping.
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Commentary
Thursday, August 8, 2019
After several very busy weeks I seem to be coming into a few days without significant activity.
Most welcome.
Not that I don’t enjoy the activity when it’s on me, but quiet, alone time is nice, too.
We need a mix.
What shall I do with this time-bonanza?
Look at some videos of my granddaughter dancing.
Answer some very long emails.
A day trip?
I think so.
Yes.
All of the above.
Many like to catch up on sleep.
That sounds so strange to those of us who are sleep-challenged.
Long bouts of sleep are alien.
Not even existing in distant memory.
The only way we have to combat our fore-shortened nights is to stay gainfully active.
Will do.
Even during our rare quiescent moments.
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Weather
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Today in Boston will be 82* and a feels-like of 86* with a risk of a thunderstorm.
Our great stretch of weather continues projected out six days: temps hovering around 80* and full sun.
Yayy!
A squeeze of lemon and a sprinkling of fresh parsley and basil?
Delicious.
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Tuesday’s Dinner posted on
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Today we ate Swordfish fried in Asian Oil which is sesame oil flavored with fresh garlic, scallions, and fresh ginger.
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Tracking Postings – Tracking Time
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Our 489th consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 489 posts we’re at the 9.78 percentile of our commitment, that commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Note how quickly we are approaching the 10% mark.
Feels like we’re just getting started, but we are close to 10% done.
10 xs 10 and then what?
Wow!
By the way, our posts are always done by 6.00am the day of, but are usually available by 6.00pm of the night before.
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Chuckle of the Day:
Thursday, August 8, 2019
My wife asked me if I thought our kids are spoiled
I told her, "No, I think all kids smell like that."
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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Thursday, August 8, 2019
This from Kali L:
I love when Sally writes in :) and the generous spirit of Colleen's feedback!
Also 'dumbfounded'- interested in knowing more-
I'm so glad you started a blog that connects so many of us and enriches our lives regularly
Thank you,
Kali
Web Meister responds: Thank you for being an important part of this, my dear.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Self-Portrait, 1887, Art Institute of Chicago
Farmhouse in Provence, also known as Entrance Gate to a Farm with Haystacks, is an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, produced in 1888, at the height of his career.
Farmhouse in Provence was painted while Van Gogh was living in Arles, in southern France. Partially due to having been inspired by painter Adolphe Monticelli, he sought the Provence region of France to further expand his painting skill and experience.
Van Gogh used several pairs of complementary colors in the painting, the color contrast bringing an intensity to his work.
The painting now hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as part of the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection.
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black.
When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors."
Which pairs of colors are considered complementary depends on the color theory one uses:
Modern color theory uses either the RGB additive color model or the CMY subtractive color model, and in these, the complementary pairs are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.
In the traditional RYB color model, the complementary color pairs are red–green, yellow–purple, and blue–orange.
Opponent process theory suggests that the most contrasting color pairs are red–green, and blue–yellow.
Complementary colors in the RGB color model.
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Acknowledgements
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Always thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Thanks to Kali L who so frequently enriches our posts.
And to 61+ jokes for providing the material for today’s chuckle.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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Good Morning on this Thursday, the eighth day of August, 2019
I do love Van Gogh.
How sad, tragic, even, that he never sold a single painting in his lifetime.
He’s in my Pantheon of heroes om my smartphone.
Our lead picture was a Van Gogh painting.
Our commentary is on a quiet time approaching.
We posted a Boston weather report and the ‘ticking calendar’ as illustrated by the growing number of posts as calendar markers.
Our Thumbnail presented complementary colors.
We posted a chuckle and a piece of mail from Kali L.
And we thanked appropriately.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.