Thursday, Feb 05 2009
La persistencia de la memoria (1931) is Salvaldor Dalí’s most famous painting.
Dalí died exactly twenty years ago last month, and it’s too bad, because I would have loved to have invited him over for dinner this week. I’m sure as we would have stood in the kitchen, sipping sangría, laughing, and wildly trilling our r’s [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, HomeMonday, Sep 15 2008
My hydrangea bush continues to flaunt its personality. The massive flower from June that I showed in my last post has faded to a green with rosy tips as it rounds out its life cycle. At its peak it was a pale blue, almost white. The color of hydrangea is dependent upon the pH of [...]
Categories: Blog, Daily Grind, Home -- Tags: Hydrangea, MastheadFriday, Sep 05 2008
We have often speculated that our tiny little backyard has traces of radioactivity; plants and insects seem to grow unusually large there. In the case of our hydrangea bush, we welcome the over-sized growth. Here’s a bud from June that eventually became massive.
It’s more pale than some of the other flowers, but beautiful nonetheless.
Some of [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Home -- Tags: Hydrangea, Praying Mantis