A new bunny painting - this one along with the recent portrait of
Wee Elodie will be sent as Christmas gifts to my dear friend Gwen who lives in England.
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| Jack Toovey / 12 x 9 / oil on linen panel |
Many of those who follow my blog may remember that my daughter Kimberly has been living and working for the past two years in Amsterdam. My husband, son and I recently traveled to Europe to visit her. She is planning to come home (with her close friend Hans) in early December to spend a few days with us and we are all very excited! In the meantime, her employer has sent her to Russia on a business trip to meet up with her colleagues in the Moscow office. She arrived on Saturday and on Sunday spent the day with her new friends touring the Kremlin!
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| Kim (3rd from left) with her Russian co-workers in front of St. Basil's Cathedral |
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| Cathedral of the Assumption - first constructed in 1326 and rebuilt in 1479 of vaulted limestone with 5 golden cupolas. In 1547 the coronation of the first Russian Tsar, Ivan the Terrible, took place here and Napoleons troops stabled their horses inside during the Russian campaign. |
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| Inside the Cathedral of the Assumption |
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| Inside showing frescoes |
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| My daughter in Moscow! |
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| WWII tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
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| Kimberly with Russian Guards |
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| In Red Square, Kilometer Zero is marked with a bronze plaque in front of the Iberian Gate. All points from Moscow are measured from here and it is tradition to toss a coin over your shoulder to please Lady Fortune. |
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| I told Kim to keep her eyes open for a sighting of President Putin and I guess she did! |
The surname of Smolensky is a Russian name and in the museums there are several paintings of Russian princesses:
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| Princess Ecaterina Smolensky |
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Princess Daria Smolensky
Some day I suppose we should investigate through Ancestry.com to see if we are truly related to any of these people but its fun to think we might be! Moscow also boasts a Smolensky Bridge and Smolensky Boulevard. The Boulevard was immortalized by Kandinsky in his painting Smolensky Boulevard in Snow. What fun!
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