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Gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba) revisited July 18, 2021 / Books & Bonsai beginBonsai This is a tree I started as a cutting in 2018 (see https://beginbonsai.net/2020/08/23/gumbo-limbo-baby-bursera-simaruba/ for its history, and see https://beginbonsai.net/2019/09/02/gumbo-limbo-bursera-simaruba/ for a history of its parent). I haven’t seen a lot of these developed as bonsai. They are hardy, can be easily propagated from […]
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I haven’t re-blogged TokyoSand’s weekly cartoon posts for the past couple of weeks because the ‘toons seemed just too dark. Not TS’ fault at all, but just a statement of the way things are these days … it’s hard to find humour in things some days. However, I found this week’s to be grin-worthy and […]
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Hey friends, hope you all are safe at your places… So hows life guys… Well mine is going on too occuppied these days… I have been thinking to write a poem since long long time and see, i am stuck totally… As it happens many of times that we wanna write so many stuffs but […]
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Day Eight: Sitka, June 28, 2021 July 15, 2021 / Books & Bonsai Musin’ With Susan Over the course of two weeks I am sharing my travels in Alaska day-by-day. I hope you enjoy coming along! Our cruise ended in Sitka and at breakfast we said “good bye” to some nice […]
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Art Attack! In 1817, a young French writer, Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), better known by his pen name, Stendhal, went to see art in Florence, and lost his shit. I was in a sort of ecstasy, from the idea of being in Florence, close to the great men whose tombs I had seen. Absorbed in the […]
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A new painting My blogging friend, Smitha Vishwanath, started painting at the beginning of the pandemic last year. I have been watching her improve and stretch her creative wings with oil paints and watercolours and I am amazed by her progress and talent. A couple of months ago, one of her paintings caught my eye […]
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a cold beer for a special day Paul’s blog shows you his picture. The header image is only an example. 😉 Source: a cold beer for a special day Source: https://photopaulm.com
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To Spite Ourselves – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon The Stories I keep – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Here I Stand – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon We Hold Hope – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Forming – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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aul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a leading 19th-century Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer. His bold experimentation with color directly influenced modern art in the 20th century while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his paintings, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the way to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential […]
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In yesterday’s post I showed the colorful star. Beautiful to look at. Today it is the kingfisher’s turn. In terms of color, it is even more beautiful to look at. The shimmering feathers of the kingfishers are beautiful. They shimmer in the sun, in many colors. I am always thrilled, when I see one of […]
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