Sharon is a Graphic Artist, Art Lover and Roman History Nerd while hubby Clive is a crazy Pumpkin and Watermelon Carver

Joined January 2017
Ramping up for @Halloween, just thought I’d repost this video of my hubby, Clive Cooper’s amazing watermelon sculptures. Thanks to Alex Siefert for animating some of his super cool carvings! 🎃👻💀
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The Brutus Stone? Actually there are two! Both relate to a legend that it was part of an altar built by Brutus of Troy, the Trojan founder of London (or Britain) 🇬🇧 I learn something new every day!
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I should have added that these are not my photos, and that I found them on the web. Not sure who to credit, but certainly not me!
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Kind of hard to believe these are both Kandinsky don’t you think?
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Check out Pompeii 101 with Dr Jess Venner youtu.be/qlIp4vubqWc?si=XTeX… @AncientRomeLive
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Gorgeous day in Vancouver, so I went for a walk with my better half to Burnaby Lake. Nabbed a picture of a sweet little kingfisher enroute.
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Happy 45th Anniversary to my partner in love and life. What would I do without you?
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Note this is older than the speyer wine found in a fourth century tune in Germany in 1860s
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Replying to @bettanyhughes
@bettanyhughes @DariusAryaDigs @Lindsay_Powell @chapps More info on the tomb I visited in Carmona. I didn’t realize not only did it contain the oldest liquid wine in the world, there was also a bottle of intact perfume! theguardian.com/science/arti…
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Wanna know where Atlantis really is, try visiting Madrid!!
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Replying to @chapps
@chapps. One of the funkier bars in Seville has to be Bar Garlochi, with their signature drink (a type of sangria?) called the Blood of Christ.
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Replying to @JANUSZCZAK
@JANUSZCZAK @chapps @Moscerina Lucked out with a special exhibit of William Blake at the Szepmuveszeti (fine arts) Museum in Budapest
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So many familiar faces are waiting to greet you at the Kunsthistoriche Museum in Vienna!
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Replying to @chapps
@chapps @antmoose @Lindsay_Powell Pretty glass piece on view at Ecija’s Museum, Spain
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Replying to @xmuse_
@xmuse_ Pre-Raphaelite paintings at the Manchester Art Gallery. Sappho, by Auguste Mengin.
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Replying to @JANUSZCZAK
@JANUSZCZAK @JDBakewell I wondered why my birdseed was going down so fast. The Flicker has arrived. Is this bird common in England as well?
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Replying to @chapps
@chapps @DariusAryaDigs @Lindsay_Powell @barrystrauss @antmoose @Ritterton @wmarybeard Reflecting on a year of exciting adventures I paused to think what stuck with me most. Had to be visiting a 1st c tomb on friend’s property in Carmona with oldest intact wine 🍷 ever found!
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Did you know that Caravaggio painted 2 versions of #Medusa on wooden shields? One is in the Uffizi, while the other "Medusa Murtola" is in the hands of a private collector. Apparently, Murtola was the 1st to be painted in 1596. I'm seriously possessed with all things Medusa!
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Discover the Rome beyond the guidebooks📖 Hidden Rome, the 90-page National Geographic Special Edition by Darius Arya and Erica Firpo, explores the hidden archaeology and stories of the Eternal City. Get your copy: amazon.com/National-Geograph… #AncientRome #HiddenRome
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While we’ve already read @DariusAryaDigs and @Moscerina fab mag on Hidden Rome , Clive and I were surprised to see it circulating in stores like Whole Foods here in Vancouver! Now you have no excuse not to get a copy!
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