31 March 2007

Octavio Paz born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1914 he was a poet, writer and diplomat. In 1990 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Dan Graham born in 1942 Urbana, Illinois. A conceptual artist who loves music!

Birthday greetings to "en svensk man"!

Ingvar Kamprad born in 1926 and the founder of IKEA in 1943. The name IKEA is based on the initials of his name and Elmataryd the name of the farm he grew up on and Agrunnaryd the nearest village.
I just love the meatballs!

30 March 2007 Two painters

Dutch man Vincent Willem Van Gogh born in Zundert in 1853.

Van Gogh painted by Paul Gaugain.

Francisco Jose' de Goya y Lucientes born today in 1746 in Fuentedos in the province of Aragon. A Spanish painter and printmaker I want to show some of the many facets of his work.

This is for Spunkle and Nefno!

LOU F****ING REED IN DA HAUS!

Etruria 6

Etruscan figurines.

Patrick Heron

Driving home today from my local village, and the fishvan man Archie from Eyemouth in Scotland, I saw Patrick swoop over the car and follow it for a while. We drove along the North Tyne and passing fields with sheep and newborn lambs! There is a heronry nearby and we see him quite often. Each time is a real treat. He likes to fly above the river snaking its way in the valley.

29 March 2007

Queen of Bossa Nova and samba was born today in 1940 in Bahia, Brazil. She married Joao Gilberto and worked with him and Stan Getz originally. The Girl from Ipanema is one of the long-lasting collaborations and known by everyone. What a voice she has!

The white peacock

Blanca blanco vit weiss white blanc bianco bianca...

I am reminded of going to Holland Park while I was pregnant with my son and looking at the white peacocks there. I find them so beautiful in a very special way, more so than the blue/green peacocks. They are spectacular and impressive but the white ones really hold my attention. What is it about white cats, white buffalo, white horses? They are magical, just like all black cats, horses, etc. Void of colour they are powerful.

Spotted in the yarden today...

A peacock butterfly! A beaut!

Virginia Woolf died today in 1941.

Adeline Virginia Stephen with her father Sir Leslie Stephen in 1902.

Virginia Woolf painted by Vanessa Bell, her sister.

A young Virginia.

Today in 1941 Virginia Woolf left Monk's House near Lewes in East Sussex to drown herself in the nearby river Ouse. She filled her pockets with stones and walked in to the river. The note which she left for Leonard spoke of her deep despair and not being able to go through another bout of illness and also of putting him through it. She suffered from what is thought to be bi-polar.

28 March 2007

Mario Vargas Llosa Peruvian novelist and politician born in 1936.

Robert Ashley born in 1930 in Ann Arbour. An American contemporary composer of operas.

Here with Terry Riley another composer.

27 March 2007

Daniel Spoerri born today in 1930 in Galati, Romania. He is a central figure in the FLUXUS movement, he was also a ballet dancer and a stupendous cook. His birth name was Daniel Isaac Feinstein.

Dudley Moore in the ultimate taxi. He was an actor, comedian and musician and he died today in 2002 at the age of 66.

Yellow Gul Jaune Gelb

Yellow forsythia.

Yellow daffodils, masses of them. Yellow coltsfoot or tussilago.
Yellow primrose path.
Yellow gorse galore!

Yellow has always been the colour of Hope for me. Every spring in the areas where I have lived the first blossoms are yellow. The gorse, forsythia, daffodils, coltsfoot and primroses.

It is also a happy and fresh colour.

Hope is what it makes me feel.

When I am in NYC and I see the yellow cabs I feel such relief, a sense of hope and safety! All you have to do is flag one down. That is all!

Yellow chicks, yellow yolks,...

I park my skyblue car under a forsythia bush/shrub at present. It looks lovely!

Siberian Iris

With the waxing moon I planted a Siberian Iris and a red Scotch Rose near the door and an Admiral butterfly flew by!

Transamerica

Felicity Huffman the actor who plays Bree in Transamerica is truly amazing. A moving portrayal and very convincing. It is quite a feat for a woman playing a man who is a transexual.

Kevin Zeger plays Toby his/her son.

I enjoyed the film mainly for the performance, but the art direction is hilarious with its pastel extravaganza, and the road movie parts gave me wanderlust again. I have crossed the US 7 times on wheels.

Proud to be a Christian!