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Spring is sprung

August 31, 2024 by Lesley Truffle

Spring is sprung   Spring is sprung, the grass is riz I wonder where the birdies is. They say the birdies on the wing, but that’s absurd. I always thought the wing was on the bird.        attributed to  Anonymous/Ogden Nash/ obscure 19th Century poets.   This year Spring on the island has been preceded … [Read more…]

Posted in: Melbourne, Nature, Observations, Social Comment Tagged: Botticelli, La Primavera, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Melbourne, Melbourne Trams, mythological allegory, Sandro Botticelli, Spring, Spring fever, Spring living

Botticelli’s Venus

January 24, 2023 by Lesley Truffle

Botticelli’s Venus   Goddess on the mountain top Burning like a silver flame The summit of beauty and love And Venus was her name … Venus by Robbie van Leeuwen, Shocking Blue rock band.               On a recent visit to the National Gallery of Victoria I glimpsed Jeff Koon’s stainless steel version of Venus. And … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, artists, Historical, Mythology Tagged: Birth of Venus, Botticelli, Greco-Roman mythology, Jeff Koons, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Sandro Botticelli, The Rokeby Venus, Toilet of Venus, Venus

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