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Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts

Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts

Sunday, November 19, 2017

19/11/2017 A few shots from the garden and house.

Maximum temperature 9C, minimum 1C. 5 km/h NW winds, 16 km/h gusts. Dry.

Sorry, I am far behind with everything. I seem to have caught a bug which I hope clears up very quickly as we are due for a very long drive on Friday, but more of that in another post. My head feels like it is full of cotton wool (more than usual)!!

A lone hoverfly out on the one and only dandelion around...

As above.

Hydrangea protected from frost against the wall.

Lawn daisy.

Viola.

Zimbabwean carved giraffe.

The three paintings you see now are hanging in our house. Sorry photos taken at an angle because of light reflections....

Think this is possibly my favourite but I love them all...

They are all by the South African artist Edmund Barton. To see more of his wild life paintings which are for sale see HERE.

Note: I have not been asked to advertise his name but his paintings are well worth looking at.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

09/05/2015 Day 7. Looking at museums in Amsterdam.

Maximum temperature 16C, minimum 7C. Intermittent light showers.

43 km/h winds with 63 km/h gusts.

Easy travelling by tram.

The Opera house.

Van Gogh self portrait.

Van Gogh, sunflowers.

Rijks museum.

A part of the large painting 'Night Watch' by Rembrandt.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

01/03/2015 Suddenly it is March, yesterday it was Christmas!!!!!! Thought today's photos were going to be inside but the birds at the window came to my rescue.

Maximum temperature 11C, mimimum 10C but a very chilly wind blowing.
7 mm of rain measured this morning.

Monday, January 26, 2015

26/01/2015 Not much of interest today!!

Maximum temperature 5C, minimum -1C. Some rain not measured yet.

Note to self : We re-sealed the shower in the the original bathroom today.

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Shadows Along the Zambezi by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I so enjoyed this book and towards the end I could not put it down only finishing at 2am! Having lived most of my early life in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, so many places had a lot of meaning to me. Diana’s knowledge of every detail in this book is incredible.
Sadly, so much of this story is fact and very true. It made me cry and at times it made me smile. I hope that it might awaken the world as to what is going on in many African countries, and instead of so many people burying their heads in the sand, perhaps they might stand up and do something. Smuggling and hunting are very soon going to leave the world a very sad place when there are no animals left.
Now I am off to read Shadows over an African Heart.

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Shadows Over an African Heart: a novel by Diana M. Hawkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shadows over an African Heart is the perfect name for this book. The shadows are even bigger than I ever dreamt, and this book is a real eye-opener to the truth of what is going on. I was in tears in many places in this book. The fictional side story I so enjoyed, but the true and very sad story of the elephants and other animals; the Zimbabwe government has so much to answer for.
The world needs to read both of Diana’s books and action needs to be taken before the children of today never see wildlife as we have had the joy to grow up with around us.
There are many African words in the story which to me were great to be reminded of, but many are explained as you read and there is a good glossary of the words in the back of the book.

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