A wool tapestry from the 15th
century, called Offering of the
Heart, is one of 276 works to
be loaned by the Louvre.

It's got me thinking of taking a "real" holiday next summer. How often do we get to see artifacts from the Louvre, without going all the way to Paris?

You can read the whole story here:

Louvre to loan works to Quebec museum

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Here I sit at my desk, with a brand new computer (woo hoo! a 20-inch iMac) right next to the old one, but not hooked up to the internet yet, and in the kafuffle of getting old files transferred to the new machine the connection for the digital camera has been put somewhere, so I can’t post any photos of the gorgeous foot of snow that’s fallen on us over the past couple days. Before that, it rained and froze ... and today the trees are covered with sparkling ice ... it’s enchanting, and I am dreaming anyway when I imagine my camera being able to reflect the light and beauty as it really is.

The boys are home three days this week and I'm enjoying having company in the house, though they mostly do their thing and I do mine. Tomorrow afternoon they head out with their dad and his girlfriend for the weekend. She took this picture last time: