10.15.07
500 years of Woman in Art
This is just the coolest video!
Enjoy!
I know you will!
; )
But wait there is more…..
Woman in Film
thank you eggman913 for your great work!
07.15.07
Koi ponds of the LES, NYC
This Saturday I had the extreme pleasure of going on the Green Thumb Koi Extravaganza!
It was a walking tour of some of the Community Gardens on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that have Koi Ponds. They were beautiful!
We started our tour at the 6BC garden. I just Love this Garden!
It is such a jewel tucked away on 6th street between Aves B & C.
You really forget you are in the city when you step into this garden.
The 2 floor freestanding building is such a charmer, with vines reaching for the roof, which has solar collector panels on it that power the waterfall in the Koi Pond.
A big thank you goes out to Cary who spoke for his garden, you guys do amazing work!
Our next stop was 6th and Ave B Garden, this garden was made famous with its large towering sculpture.
This was on the opening shots of NYPD Blues TV series.
This garden also boasts a large performance stage.
William gave us the lowdown on their Koi pond, thank you for all the great info.
Our last garden was on 8th St between Aves C & D.
This garden had the largest of all the Koi ponds we saw that day as well as the oldest it is 20yrs old!
They also have some lovely structures’.
Thank you to Jan, Jim & Asami for their wealth of info on Koi & pond care.
I had such a great morning, hope you enjoy the photos!
07.11.07
garden in the dark…..
Well I don’t know what the weather has been like where you are, but here in NYC it has been brutal! So HOT and so HUMID that the heat index is around 105*!!!! YIKES!!! The kind of weather that makes you sweat while you stand still.
Due to this present climate change, I have been saving my garden chores till later in the day.
My grape tomato plant is out of control! Small clusters of baby tomatoes are erupting all over this plant. They needed to be staked better with some support for all this bounty.
Here are some photos of the garden in twilight
06.25.07
A Visit to the Flea Market
My good friend Claudia thought that I needed some time away from the gardens and decided to take me to the Flea Market. Sadly these have been downsized greatly.
The 6th Avenue Flea Market was world famous.
Now there are new high-rise luxury apartments where the main 3 spots were.
New Yorkers never say die though…a few have sprouted in the shadows of the skyscrapers, and seem here to stay, for now.
There is such a cornucopia of goods, and not so good, to be had for all.
After all the running around it was time for a break!
Hope that you will enjoy the sample of views….
06.14.07
Marrakech Majorelle Gardens
Marrakech Majorelle Gardens
Inspired by a comment about Marrakech, I decided to let my fingers take me around the world to see what grows there. It is just so beautiful!
See so yourself.
04.18.07
The World Has Gone Mad!!!!
I just do not know what to say of the events of the last few days, except to say the world has gone mad! What has happened to us all??? My personal defense mechanism will not let my mind dwell on these horrific thoughts and images. Let’s go away from the dark side…. I offer some other pleasant views to fill our minds with, come on in the waters fine…
hope that you enjoyed this time out, I know i did.
