CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND
CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND
This is your opportunity to post your photos or other items that you have created for all to enjoy.
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
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My photos of boats. The one above was taken in the Yellow River near Luoyang in Henan Province.
A cruise boat on which one can get a sunset dinner cruise on the Jialing and Yangze Rivers near where they meet at Chongqing.
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This one was my boat - a 14 1/2 foot bowrider with an Evinrude (Johnson brand) 70 hp motor. Here I'm teaching my young son how to fish. You know the story - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." (Lao Tzu)
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These 2 were taken during a New Year's stroll through a Chongqing park.
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This boat was being passed by the cruise boat that I was on sailing down the Li River through the Karst Mountains of Guangxi Autonomous Region.
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A boat lost in the wilderness near the school where I used to teach near Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
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And now back to Canada - a sailboat on the Ottawa River just behind the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
Contemplation (© G. Gam)
Fabulous - a work of art. I'm running out of superlatives in describing what you've been producing.
On a similar subject - I call this one "Meditation":
Love the compensation (and the great name).
Thanks much.
Love your use of colors!
Thank you, Perrie.
Your GIFT is evident!
I'm not good with acronyms, if it is one, and who are you replying to?
A few in black and white...
Having in the past spent much time in my darkroom processing B&W photos, I've always felt that a B&W photo can be more dramatic, eliciting more emotion than a colour photo. Thanks for posting yours.
I feel like you found stuff long forgotten. Really like them.
Morning....
For my beautiful mum who passed away on Sunday..🥀
I will miss you forever..🥀
Now is the hour when we must say goodbye....🥀
No matter the age or the medical inevitabilities losing a parent is always a great blow. God bless.
God bless...💐
The last words spoken by my mum 3 weeks ago sitting in the chair and waving me goodbye for the last time..
Little did I know that then....💔
My condolences for your loss.
Thank you Buzz..
Sorry to hear that ,
there are no words to help ease the pain of a wounded heart. only time will heal. my sincerest condolences to you.
Morning...thank you Vangy...
😔💔🥀
Condolences, shona. Very sorry for your loss.
Morning g.. yes it's been along road but peace has now come..😊
I am so sorry to hear that, Shona. I hope you're doing well.
Morning Dig...thank you..yes all is well and as with the passing of time, the processing of the loss begins...😔
I'm so sorry for your loss, shona.
Morning...
Happy Easter everyone no matter where you are..hope you enjoy it with family and friends..
Hope you have a good Easter although it will be your first one without your mother. And as well it is Qing Ming Jie (Tomb Sweeping Day) in China. I will be doing an article about it.
Many years ago I went with my friend and his family to the Chinese cemetery in Hanalei, Kaua'i, for Ching Ming.
On another visit one of his uncles had just passed away. That was the only time I've been to a Chinese funeral. It was very interesting. It included a procession from the mortuary on the south side of the island to the cemetery on the north shore. Every time they drove through an intersection, as per their tradition, they threw paper money out of the car windows. It wasn't real money. It was some kind of ceremonial money they used, as I recall. I was driving my rental car with one of his local friends as a passenger as the last car in the procession. My friend and his family were all born in Hawai'i, but they are descendants of Chinese immigrants.
That must have been quite an interesting experience. I have never attended a Chinese funeral, not even the one for my mother-in-law. The fake paper money is burned to provide money to the deceased for use in their afterlife.
They burned money at the cemetery, but they didn't throw burning money out of the car windows. They did throw the money as they passed through every intersection all the way from one side of the island to the other. They may have also burned incense at the cemetery. That was 40 years ago.
My friend is a Buddhist and Daoist. I don't think his parents were particularly interested in religion. I went with him to a small Daoist temple at a private home in the hills above Honolulu one time. They had a special collection of statues of the Eight Immortals, who are Daoist deities. You may be familiar with them. I believe they may have belonged to his grandmother who was from Kaua'i. Her parents must have brought them from China. There are no Daoist temples on Kaua'i, so he took them to Honolulu.
Apple blossoms.
Alyssum.
Trying out a new kind of tree support on the new apples. Only needs one post, and no strings to bother with.
Some of the first asparagus this year.
Morning..the last of my tomatoes autumn is well and truly here now..
Looking good. Salad time for you.
Tomatoes are one of my favourite foods, as it was for my father as well. I will never forget watching him eat a tomato like an apple.
I eat at least one, and often more than one, tomato a day. I eat them like a piece of fruit.
NIce blossoms. I wish my wife would grow asparagus in her mini-farm.
Not enough room?
I'll ask her again now that you've reminded me.
It's fairly low maintenance and comes back every year on its own, but it does grow some rather large foliage in the summer that needs to be cleared away in the fall. That summer growth can take up a lot of room in a small plot.
Getting your garden ready?
I had some of my tomatoe plants outside for a few nice days but brought them in for cold nights this week
I already have peas, carrots, turnips, beets and some spinach in the ground. Some of it's up and growing. The asparagus is almost in full swing.
It's been so warm that I was able start in March. Not much rain so far, which I guess is good when it comes to getting everything going. I haven't had to wait for any mud to dry yet. I do hope the rain picks up a bit now, though.
Are you going to try some corn this year?
My wife grows a lot of corn, and I am SO looing forward to it's being ripe.
I hope to if I can. I want to try square patches
Warning. The weekend is over in less than a half an hour, so wrap it up folks.
Crop-growing discussion is now over. Growing great vegetables could be considered a creative art, could it not? LOL That's it for this weekend. Thanks to all participants. See you all next weekend.