Printable Vintage Art: Still Life with Flowers in a Glass by Jan Brueghel the Elder

Still Life with Flowers in a Glass, 17th century
by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)

What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.
― John Lubbock, The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in

It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wild flowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover.
― Shannon L. Alder

A somewhat dark and somber flower painting, which was par for the course in art from the 17th century (sometime between 1600 and 1625). Oiginally found on Wikimedia here. I thought this picture rather echoed my general mood when winter starts to descend in earnest. I can feel the malaise beginning to creep in around the edges and it can be helpful to stave off depression with a small posy of flowers (or at least, a picture of one if you can't get your hands on the real thing). You can download a digitally enhanced version of the vintage artwork (seen above) as a 7” x 9” @ 300 ppi JPEGs here.

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Printable Vintage Art: Still Life of Vegetables by Giuseppe Antonio Pianca

Health is the greatest possession.
Contentment is the greatest treasure.
Confidence is the greatest friend.
― Lao Tzu

The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
― Wayne Fields

A beautiful still life painting by Giuseppe Antonio Pianca (1703–1762) simply titled “Still Life of Vegetables,” which was produced in the 18th century, c1757. Oiginally found on Wikimedia here. Digitally enhanced version of the vintage artwork can be downloaded as a 6” x 8” @ 300 ppi JPEG here.

I'm not sure about you but looking at vegetables during the festive season naturally gets me thinking about holiday cooking. One of the must-have accompaniments at our family gatherings is obviously stuffing! I usually have to prepare an enormous batch of it as everyone loves eating it for days after our big feast. I am always looking for interesting stuffing recipes and these ideas from Good Housekeeping should keep me busy testing them out for years to come. If you have a great stuffing recipe, feel free to share in the comments below.

Photo credit: Good Housekeeping

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Printable Vintage Art: A Bed of Poppies by Maria Oakey Dewing

To hear never-heard sounds,
To see never-seen colors and shapes,
To try to understand the imperceptible
Power pervading the world;
To fly and find pure ethereal substances
That are not of matter
But of that invisible soul pervading reality.
To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul;
To be a lantern in the darkness
Or an umbrella in a stormy day;
To feel much more than know.
To be the eyes of an eagle, slope of a mountain;
To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon;
To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves;
To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets
Of crazy cities watching, watching, and watching.
To be a smile on the face of a woman
And shine in her memory
As a moment saved without planning.
― Dejan Stojanovic
Masterful landscape artwork by Maria Oakey Dewing (1845–1927) titled “A Bed of Poppies,” which was painted in 1909. Oiginally found on Wikimedia here. Digitally enhanced version of the vintage artwork can be downloaded as a 15” x 12.5” @ 300 ppi JPEG here.


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Printable Vintage Art: A Snowy Morning by F.F. Palmer

The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving.
― Cambria Hebert, Whiteout

I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. There the snow lay around my doorstep — great heaps of protons quietly precessing in the earth's magnetic field. To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.
― Edward M. Purcell

A vintage Currier & Ives lithograph of a painting by Fanny Palmer (1812-1876) entitled “A Snowy Morning”; oiginally found on Wikimedia here. Digitally enhanced version can be downloaded as a 17” x 12” @ 300 ppi JPEGs here.


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