Hello ! Welcome to the Vermeer Pearls group - family friendly group. Please award other photos you like in the pool, we expect you to comment at least on 2 other photos. - please feel free to invite great works you find on Flickr. enjoy and have a good time Johannes Vermeer van Delft was a great Dutch painter. He lived in 17th century - times where paintings were very popular in Holland and decorating a lot of houses. On some of his paintings there is a girl with pearls. That's where the name of the group comes from. We invite you to see the next step group : best of Vermeer Pearls group Best of Vermeer Pearls Group . winner of our latest contest you can see other winners in our gallery here . . . . Windows by Passie13(Ines van Megen) . . . . ********************** AWARD CODE: ****************** . . To use the Award code copy and paste between the lines. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wonderful work ! <a target="blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pearlie/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4464475310_bf7c3250b6_t.jpg" title="pearls1" alt="pearls1aquot; width="100" height="80" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pearlie/">Seen in Vermeer Pearls</a> <b>This excellent image deserves a Vermeer Pearls Award </b> when you have enough awards add your photo to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pearlie/discuss/72157623581659789">the 3-4 awards thread</a> or 5 + awards and will be invited to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/vermeer_best/ "> Best of Vermeer Group</a> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------------it should look like this----------------------------------- Wonderful work ! Seen in Vermeer Pearls This excellent image deserves a Vermeer Pearls Award when you have enough awards add your photo to the 3-4 awards thread or take part in our front page contest when you got 5 + awards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++ INVITE CODE:+++++++++++++++++++++ Wonderful ! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pearlie"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4463699897_43ee02d492_t.jpg" width="75" height="75;" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/pearlie"> <b>You are invited to post this photo to Vermeer Pearls Group</b></a> <b> This invitation counts as a first Vermeer Pearls Award</b> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------------it should look like this----------------------------------- Wonderful ! You are invited to post this photo to Vermeer Pearls Group This invitation counts as the first Vermeer Pearls Award +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++