Bits and Clips for May 2015
You can see it has been a full month! Here are the articles, blogs, podcasts and videos from this month that I felt were worth sharing. I hope you find…
Month: May 2015
I’m in this New Pond Farm Art Show
This New Pond Farm art show is a fun one to be in and a percentage goes to benefit the farm. I made the above chard from the farm out of pastel for the show and
My New Website: Coming Early Next Week
I’m so excited! After two years of hard work, my new website will be ready to launch on Monday. It will have all sorts of features you have been waiting for:
Empedocles on the Nature of God
“The nature of God is a circle
of which the center is everywhere
and the circumference is nowhere.”
Empedocles
Book Review: The Story of Science Series
I can’t say enough good things about this science series written by Joy Hakim that was designed for middle schoolers. I read it aloud twice, to two different kids who enjoyed it, and I loved it as much as they did, both times.
Visiting Alain Picard’s Studio
I’ve enjoyed visiting Alain Picard’s studio recently. It is fun to watch him work, grow, and become successful as an artist.
Recipe: Our Best Berry Cobbler
What better way to honor our veterans on Memorial Day than with the best berry cobbler?
This is really delicious and very easy, although a food processor to pulse the crumble in does help.
Quote by Danna Faulds
Throw off the bonds of your conditioning and fear and celebrate the wonder of being here. Experience this moment as it is, connected by breath and essence to the whole. You couldn’t be separate if you tried.
Blossoms on other Spring Trees
Recently I posted this spring’s magnolia photos and ones of our weeping cherry. Here are the other spring tree blossom photos I’ve taken recently in my rambles. These include, ornamental plum, ornamental pear, crab apple, and real fruit bearing trees.
Weird Succulent Flower
We’ve had this succulent for around 18 years, and it just bloomed for the first time for us. It is a strange blossom and smells a bit putrid, but because it is so novel, I share it here…
New Pastel Landscape: Evening Sun in Yellowstone
This new pastel of mine was done from a photo I took in Yellowstone when camping there with our youngest. The painting is 12” x 12” and done in soft pastel.
Are You Buying Fake Olive Oil or Real?
Suffice it to say it is a very corrupt business. Studies at the University of California state that 73% of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil on US shelves DID NOT MEET standards for genuine olive oil.
Studio of French Floral Artist Claire Basler
I love these photos I found on Pinterest of French floral artist Claire Basler’s studio, and thought you might enjoy them too.
Persistence Alone Wins the Prize
When I think of persistence, I think of the slow erosion of stone, or the prolonged build up of stalactites and stalagmites, over long years of seemingly inconsequential but protracted dripping.
Poem By Rosemary Wahtola Trommer: In Case I Forget to Say It Enough
Thank you for this day made
of wind and rain and sun and the scent
of old-fashioned lilacs.
Photos of Our Weeping Cherry Tree
Here you can see the full trajectory of our tree from bright pink at the beginning, to almost white as it fades into leaves and the petals fall.
Movie Review: Far from the Madding Crowd
I thought the film’s cinematography beautiful, the casting terrific, and the acting well done. Throw in beautiful costumes, impressionistic lighting, galloping horsemanship, rivals, as well as a farm to save and you get the idea.