“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only
knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up
somebody.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Cat Portrait – 4″ x 4″ Watercolor
The photo of Panny was taken when she was walking across (WetCanvas
artist) Stacey’s studio table, while she was trying to do art. Can
you see the body language? “Mom… I’m right here and I don’t want to be
ignored any longer. I will keep coming back until you put down that
paint brush and pet me.” I love to paint critters, although they never
look just like the pet. That’s okay with me. No rules, right?
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a beloved American poet of the 19th century, is best known for “
The Song of Hiawatha” and “
Evangeline.” He was born in Maine in 1807. He knew Latin by the age of six, and when he taught at
Bowdoin College,
he wrote the textbooks himself. He courted his second wife while
teaching at Harvard and frequently walked the several miles from
Cambridge to Boston across the
West Boston Bridge. The bridge that replaced it was named the Longfellow Bridge in his honor. He died in 1882.
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