Today, I took my dad and N to some art museums. N loves art and artsy things. She shows great talent and maturity at such a young age. She'll far out shine her big sister for certain.

  I think I'll always have a soft spot for Rauschenberg. This piece gave my heart a little smile. Dad probably thought it looked like a piece of garbage on the wall. In fact, he didn't really like most of the Modern - Contemporary stuff, but he was sweet to tag along and listen to me ramble excitedly about this artist and that movement and why I love this stuff.

Robert Rauschenberg, "Niagara Summer Glut," 1987

  These are a couple favorites of mine at the Museum of Fine Art Houston. I like them because they're dreamy and girly. When I was in Paris this past summer, I went to a retrospective of Odilon Redon that was absolutely fabulous.

Odilon Redon, Two Young Girls Among Flowers, 1909

 Kees van Dongen, Corn Poppy, c.1919