'Whiter Shade of Pale' - Claus Dalby's Spring Garden

This post, "Whiter Shade of Pale" was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/
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... I usually store my ABC Wednesdays in the Greenhouse but not so this week. I thought as it is not about my garden, potager nor the greenhouse I'll rather have it here.

R is for Risskov

These pictures are from Risskov near Århus, Denmark

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Meet Claus Dalby’s fantastic garden, that I call a ’Whiter shade of pale’ garden. This man can really paint with his plants, though his spring garden is almost monochrome it is truely amazing, so very beautiful. Claus found all these wonderful plants and composed them into a crème coloured symphony for his spring garden.

ABC Wednesday and the letter i s R, find more participants here
and read more about Claus Dalby's fantastic garden in Risskov here

All the pictures are from Klematis, I just made the collage.

We skipped the light fandango

turned cartwheels 'cross the floor

I was feeling kinda seasick

but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder

as the ceiling flew away

When we called out for another drink

the waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later

as the miller told his tale

that her face, at first just ghostly

turned a whiter shade of pale...

I never really understood that lyrics...hm

But still it's a great song by Procum Harum and lyrics by Keith Reid.

I wish you all a happy ABC Wednesday round.

TYRA

Heirloom Patterns - Oriental Floral Décor

This post, 'Heirloom Floral Patterns - oriental floral décor' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

Heirloom Floral Patterns

Horticulture on the wall

This is a collage of framents of floral décor.

Details from एतमाद-उद-दौला का मक़बरा,

Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb

اعتماد الدولہ کا مقبرہ

The walls are white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with semi-precious stone decorations - cornelian, jasper, lapis lazuli, onyx, and topaz in floral images. More from my visit at Itmad- ud- Daula here

I have an itch to paint.

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Heirloom patterns - a gift from the past

We have all heard about heirloom seeds and heirloom plant, as I was going through some pictures from India I thought these wonderful botanical patterns are true heirloom patterns – a gift from the past. These fragments of rugs and the wall decoration are from Jaipur and Amber* Fort Rajasthan they have this fantastic floral patterns from the past. The skill of for instance carpet weavers is a typical livelihood passed from one generation to another. The patterns, the art becomes heirloom.

My father, grandfather and uncle as a matter of fact all of the family as far back as I can remember, were carpet weavers before me. I entered the weaving industry at 10 years of age. These word were said by Arthur Mitchum a Brittish weaver b.1862

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Horticulture on the floor

I think you can learn both some horticulture and anthropology by just looking and learning from decorations like these. Indoor Gardens on the floor.

This is a collage with fragments from rugs each one of them a wonderful garden.
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The weaver girl at her loom

I have just learned that loom is a tool and it dates back to 4400 BC (horizontal loom)

The loom is what in this case the rug is woven on. It consists of a wooden framework with a grid of cotton threads. The cotton becomes the base the foundation of the rug. The “warp” is the cotton that runs vertically on the loom and the “weft” is the one that runs horizontally. The warp and weft together create a grid of cotton on which each strand of wool is tied around.

more gems...

Oriental Gemstone Painting with floral design.

That is all folks - I hope you have enjoyed my post about florals made of stones and yarn.

~ TYRA ~

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Blooming Friday today and Friday the 13th! This is my contibrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina.

I have an itch to paint!

Flowers upon the wall?

That could be an idea!

Lily at Baby Taj

You know I love painting as well as gardening. I showed you one’s my “Topiary upon the wall” painting I have done in one of our rooms and after the trip to India I’m so inspired to do some more painting!... perhaps a “flowers upon the wall” room. This is one of the places in India that truly put some ideas into my head. Look at this.

Itmad-Ud-Daulah - It has the nickname BABY TAJ – much more easy to say.

Shoes are not allowed so you have to wear special slippers

Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Often described as a 'jewel box'. the tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daulah is often regarded as a sketch of the Taj Mahal. I love this place it is so beautiful and the morning I was there we were alone there, so peaceful.
Along with the main building, the structure consists of numerous smaller buildings and beautiful gardens. The whole place has a most fascinating water system I can’t describe it now but it takes care of all the rainwater in a “canal system”. The tomb was built between 1622 and 1628. Commissioned by Nur Jahan for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg who had been given the title Itmad-Ud-Daulah meaning “pillar of state”.

On this picture you can see some of the water canal that I mentioned above, though dry now.

Itmad-Ud-Daulah’s walls are made in white marble from Rajasthan, and the walls are covered with semi-precious stone decorations - Onyx, Cornelian, Jasper, Lapis Lazuli and Topaz in wonderful patterns and images of flowers, trees and other decors like fruit or vases containing flower arrangements. Light to the interior passes through delicate Jali screens of exquisitely carved in white marble. Like laces in marble it is so beautiful. I don’t know how they manage to do it. I think the jali is typical for Arabic architecture as well, I've seen similar jalis in Alhambra, Spain.

Almost 400 years old, semi-precious stone decorations.

What do you think, shall I have a go? Lilies and Papaver upon the wall, I dont know what the "tree" is but it's pretty.

TYRA