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Château de Bussy-Rabutin, Burgundy France |
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Boudin, Bourbon, Voodoo and the Feast of the Assumption - Blogging about Food, Booze, Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Dive Bars - Essays and Interviews
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Château de Bussy-Rabutin, Burgundy France |
Gus Kopriva - Juror - Archway Gallery’s Seventh Annual Juried Art Exhibition (through July 29). Image by Virginia Billeaud Anderson |
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Gold Bowl Used Personally by the Qianlong Emperor, Qing dynasty, reign of the Qianlong emperor, 1735–96, gold, National Palace Museum, Taipei. Image © National Palace Museum |
Cormac's Chapel Door Arch Carvings at the Rock of Cashel Ireland |
Dolin Vermouth Rouge and Mint by Virginia Billeaud Anderson |
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Franz X. Winterhalter, Empress Eugénie, (Wedding Portrait,) (Copy) oil on canvas |
Archaeological site of Hattusa. Lion Gate at the ruins of the Bronze Age Citadel of the Ancient Hittites. Image from antikcag.tarihi |
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Maggie Marbry, Photo of Urubamba River, Top of the Peruvian Andes, 2000 |
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Lynda Frese, Le Grande Salle, 2013, Photographs, egg tempura on panel, 16” x 20” |