tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post3312713130951757994..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Children's Hourelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-33971764261744466732007-07-10T08:28:00.000-04:002007-07-10T08:28:00.000-04:00+JMJ+I love this painting! It reminds me of when m...+JMJ+<BR/><BR/>I love this painting! It reminds me of when my three cousins and I were all little girls. There was even a room in our grandparents' old house which looks just like the painting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-89221860851968988442007-07-09T23:13:00.000-04:002007-07-09T23:13:00.000-04:00He certainly loved his girls. Who said father's o...He certainly loved his girls. Who said father's only want boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-70832766397535984232007-07-09T18:03:00.000-04:002007-07-09T18:03:00.000-04:00Thanks, Juliana, and Teresa, I am delighted.Thanks, Juliana, and Teresa, I am delighted.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-31414831741511294292007-07-09T17:53:00.000-04:002007-07-09T17:53:00.000-04:00Wow, does this bring back a flood of memories! I h...Wow, does this bring back a flood of memories! I had to memorize this poem and recite it in the 4th grade. When I got to the line,"Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti," I would get the giggles and let my voice swoop upward on the last word. On the way home I would walk down Brattle Street just outside of Harvard Square past the Longfellow house and try to imagine what life inside was like. Eventually our class was taken inside for a tour.<BR/>It was wonderful.<BR/>This post today is wonderful.<BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-85358926486265790742007-07-09T14:40:00.000-04:002007-07-09T14:40:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting this. It brings back wonder...Thank you for posting this. It brings back wonderful memories; my father used to read this to me when I was a little girl. At one point, I had it memorized!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-82215175638389270552007-07-09T12:15:00.000-04:002007-07-09T12:15:00.000-04:00That is wonderful, Elisa!Yes, Terry, he is definit...That is wonderful, Elisa!<BR/><BR/>Yes, Terry, he is definitely one of my favorite American painters.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-89597148844440027072007-07-09T12:06:00.000-04:002007-07-09T12:06:00.000-04:00Sargent is one of my favorite painters.Sargent is one of my favorite painters.Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-75081332887399642902007-07-09T10:34:00.000-04:002007-07-09T10:34:00.000-04:00A few years ago I went with my parents to a travel...A few years ago I went with my parents to a traveling exhibit of John Singer Sargent's paintings at Wash., DC's National Gallery of Art. This painting of the four girls was among them; it's a large one. Sargent knew the girls' family (I forget where that pamphlet went--argh!!). It's a beautiful painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com