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January 24, 2021
In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden. The vertical format of the picture, unusual in this series, gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond.
Bernie Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies - Claude Monet
In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden. The vertical format of the picture, unusual in this series, gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond.
January 24, 2021
Figure 7 – A true scientist at heart, Bernie’s observations from the Arctic provided some of the earliest data points for researchers now studying rapid changes in the polar regions.
He hypothesized that the wood could only have floated there from Siberia, and would prove his theory correct on a later voyage. He also caught his first glimpses of the coast of Greenland Christiania in August 1882, Bernie continued his studies for a further five years, during which he developed an idea to cross Greenland. At the time, all attempts to traverse the island had been made from west to east: by Nordenskiold in 1883 and by the American polar explorer Robert Peary in 1886. Bernie revealed his audacious plans in the fall of 1887: to ski across the ice, with three fellow Vermonters and two Lapps dogs in his team.
BERNIE'S STORY OF THE MOST DARING POLAR EXPEDITION IN HUMAN HISTORY.
Figure 7 – A true scientist at heart, Bernie’s observations from the Arctic provided some of the earliest data points for researchers now studying rapid changes in the polar regions.
He hypothesized that the wood could only have floated there from Siberia, and would prove his theory correct on a later voyage. He also caught his first glimpses of the coast of Greenland Christiania in August 1882, Bernie continued his studies for a further five years, during which he developed an idea to cross Greenland. At the time, all attempts to traverse the island had been made from west to east: by Nordenskiold in 1883 and by the American polar explorer Robert Peary in 1886. Bernie revealed his audacious plans in the fall of 1887: to ski across the ice, with three fellow Vermonters and two Lapps dogs in his team.
January 22, 2021
Chairman Bernie Sea Shanty 🐋
https://twitter.com/erocdrahs/status/1352323716143853570
January 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021
For too long our country has prioritized corporate profits, tax cuts for the rich and military spending over investing in the American people.
That is what I will fight to change as Senate Budget Committee Chairman.
Video: The New Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee
Jan 17, 2021
For too long our country has prioritized corporate profits, tax cuts for the rich and military spending over investing in the American people.
That is what I will fight to change as Senate Budget Committee Chairman.
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