As we have noted, Pierre Auguste Renoir loved beautiful things.  I think this spring floral arrangement is beautiful!  Do you recognize any of the kinds of flowers he painted?  Notice the brush strokes in the table in the foreground - little dabs of color that give an impression of light and shadow and texture.  You could try painting your own flower or bouquet with the impressionistic style - using dabs of color.

A new composer today - Johannes Brahms.  You can read a brief biographical sketch here:  Johannes Brahms - biographical sketch  or Wikipedia - Johannes Brahms
Here is an early piece composed by him - Sonata No. 1 in C played by Sergey Schepkin (28) from Russia.  He is playing in the semi-final of the 1991 GPA Dublin International Piano Competition. In his interview when in Dublin Sergey told of the occasion when Brahms began playing this sonata for Schumann during a visit. After 10 bars Schumann said to Brahms: "wait for a second, I must call my wife."  It is long - about 1/2 an hour so you may want to draw or do handwork while you listen or turn it up and do some housework. Brahms - Sonata No 1 in C

Emily Dickinson loved nature.  Here is a poem about rain.  A  fête in the last line is a festival, celebration or party. 

A DROP fell on the apple tree
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh.
A few went out to help the brook,	5
That went to help the sea.
Myself conjectured, Were they pearls,
What necklaces could be!
The dust replaced in hoisted roads,
The birds jocoser sung;	10
The sunshine threw his hat away,
The orchards spangles hung.
The breezes brought dejected lutes,
And bathed them in the glee;
The East put out a single flag,	15
And signed the fête away.