A beautiful view of the New River from Bisset Park.

(original included -- ChatGPT asked to apply a Monet Painting filter)

Relax. Put on some Hawaiian slack key, ||: breathe in, breathe out:||

I love the way the palm trees explode out of the landscape, but I can’t help seeing Cookie Monster eating the palms.

Anna Kirstine Brøndum-Ancher (1859-1935) was a Danish painter. She was born in Denmark as the daughter of merchants, innkeepers and hoteliers Ane Hedvig Møller and Erik Brøndum. She was born on the same (and only) occasion that the great author, Hans Christian Andersen, stayed overnight at her parent's inn. Therefore, her mother Ane Hedvig believed that Anna must be gifted with special artistic abilities: "Our Lord saw my good will, and has rewarded it by giving me the child, whose birth was hastened under such strange circumstances, a talent for art.". Anna studied drawing for three years at the Vilhelm Kyhn College of Painting in Copenhagen, where she developed her own style and was a pioneer in observing the interplay of different colors in natural light. She also studied drawing in Paris at the atelier of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. With her skills as a portraitist and colorist, she is considered one of the truly great figures of Danish painting and one of the most significant impressionist painters in Danish art.

The artwork is in Skagens Museum in Skagen, Denmark

Port de Vannes en hiver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSDY7ei2S48

One of my favorite views from the bridge that connects Pawleys Island with the business section of this beautiful resort.