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11.21.2011
just a quick sketch...the beginnings of plans for a painting.
last sunday we went for a pretty short hike at our local state park. we haven't been lately because they allow hunting every day but sunday. even so, we still heard gunfire.
we saw deer hair everywhere. i guess from hunters dragging them back to their cars.
we also saw this poor mouse. i think he had just been killed by a cyclist. the cyclists can be fairly annoying in this park since the trails are shared.
an osage orange (maclura pomifera)...related to the mulberry and they were once food for a now extinct giant ground sloth. neat, huh? most people just think they're ugly, annoying things.
believe it or not, this is actually one chrysanthemum plant with many different hybrid flower heads grafted onto it. it reminds me of a goddess or a god with many faces.
on halloween we drove around some back roads that are supposedly haunted...we drove right past a portal to hell even! but, all we stumbled upon was a little rabbit wanting to cross the road.
i took these two on a hike yesterday...i'll post those pictures soon.
and i watched 'the countess'...it was pretty good. i've always been intrigued by erzsébet báthory and it was nice to see her portrayed by julie delpy, who also wrote and directed the film. the costumes, jewelry and sets were so good.
we very bravely ventured into this little children's garden. it was really charming and very short.
there was an herb garden...the rosemary was so vibrant!
in the outside gardens, i found a container with horsetail and some sort of carnivorous plant. a type of pitcher plant, maybe?
the geese were really boisterous. this is my favorite time of year for walks and general outdoors activities. hopefully this fall weather will stick around for a bit.
the 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the double 9th festival, or chongyang, or chrysanthemum festival as we refer to it. the number 9 is meant to be masculine...makes sense, no? apparently, 'chong' means double. all around, it adds up to some cosmic auspicious stuff!
this is a camellia hybrid on it's last legs...still beautiful. sometimes flowers on the verge of wasting are the most beautiful, i think.
the highlight of longwood garden's chrysanthemum festival is this beautiful 1,000 chrysanthemum flower. those are all part of 1 well-trained plant. the largest in north america!
this was one plant with many different grafted hybrid flowers and their names. a wonder!! (i always want to pronounce wonder "wundah" like they do in manchester.)
a living wall.
spider mums. they were really curly!
these japanese umbrellas were so impressive in person. really lovely.
a smaller, let's say 200 flower, chrysanthemum.
this is called a shrimp plant. see the resemblance?
bird of paradise.
chenille plant.
i'll post a few more tomorrow. of course there will be prints.
also, i put this mix together today. music good to clean/paint/celebrate to...
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