Diego Rivera

This post "Diego Rivera" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyras Garden

Diego Rivera

It is one of my favourite painter and it is birthday today. Born on the 8th of December 125 years ago.

"Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo " Read more - wikipedia

This painting is entitled Baile Tehunatepec and it is from 1928

And then we have the famous Diego Callas.

Here are three very characteristic paintings.

 I just love the vibrant and warm colours in the painting.

Above te painting Feast of Santa Anita from 1931

 Nude with Callas and

Vendor by Diego Rivero

All photos from internet Squidoo

Water lily - Nymphaea 'Rhonda Kay'

This post Water lily - Nymphaea 'Rhonda Kay' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras trädgård/Tyra's Garden

I was going through some pictures this morning and found this simple yet stunning water lily. It is called 'Rhonda Kay' and I found her in Kew Gardens. 

Photo: Water Lily House at KEW GARDENS

'Rhonda Kay' at Kew Gardens.The Nymphaeaceae are aquatic, rhizomatous herbs. 

About: Mr Landon the father of the "Rhonda Kay" Waterlily.

"Mr. Landon, a renowned waterlily hybridizer and plant explorer, has assembled a collection that contains 90 percent of the world's known wild species of waterlilies (about 85, he said) and more than 4,000 hybrids. (Most are growing or stored, as seeds or bulbs, at his farm in Miles, about 20 miles northeast of here, or by growers in three states and in Europe.)

Largely self-taught -- he minored in botany while earning a degree in industrial engineering -- he is known around here as the Indiana Jones of the waterlily world. He nonchalantly tells of braving snake-infested waters, escaping the snapping jaws of crocodiles and the like, in his search, from Amazonia to Zanzibar, for some rare wildling once thought extinct.






And every year, thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world come to see these lilies, which Mr. Landon tends through an $80,000 contract with the city. San Angelo is also home to the International Waterlily Preservation Repository, a seed bank Mr. Landon established in 2007. " Read the whole article here.  From an article in the New York Times about Mr Landon  For Waterlilies, An Odd Refuge

Mr. Rudbeckia 'Magnus'

This post 'He is the Man! - Mr. Rudbeckia 'Magnus' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blogg Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden

 

Who is the Man - He is the Man

Hip, Hip, Hurrah!

Happy Birthday! Mr. Magnus B. Nilsson

 The famous Swedish nurseryman that celebrate his 105th birthday today.

The gardener and breeder who is the "father" to one of my favourite perennial flower, the Rudbeckia ‘Magnus’ Echinacea purpurea. The Rudbeckia ‘Magnus’ was the plant of the year in 1998 both here in Sweden as well as abroad. I just love this perennial coneflower with the most fascinating colour combination.  The rusty centre combined with the pale cerise coloured silk-like petals. It is not just we people that enjoyes Rudbeckia ‘Magnus’, so does the butterflies and bees too, they love it.

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Cyclamen persicum - November blooms

This post "Cyclamen persicum  - November blooms" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden

This is an ornamental pot-flower that is perfect for our November weather conditions. Especially this November, we still have this wonderful mild weather. I really love it. It reminds me of the winters I spent in UK; rather wet, mild and foggy. We haven’t had Jack Frost here at all! Thank you - and that is the way the Cyclamen and I like it to be until… Christmas. Although we do, of course, like it to be a white Christmas.

Christmas tree pattern on the Cyclamen leaf  Photo: Meneerke Bloem

SKÖTSELRÅD-CYKLAMEN från Blomsterfrämjandet

Svenskt namn: Cyklamen ~ Latinskt namn: Cyclamen persicum.

Cyklamen vill ha en jämn tillförsel av vatten, ca 1/2 - 1 dl per dag. Mjukt vatten eller regnvatten är särskilt bra och allra bäst är om den får vattnet underifrån. Tillför en svag dos med näring en gång i veckan under hösten. Gör uppehåll under vintern och återuppta gödslingen i februari-mars.

Cyklamen ska stå ljust. Vid för varm placering kan växten bli lös. Den trivs utmärkt på svala platser samt inglasade balkonger och uterum. Växten klarar temperaturer ned mot 0°C.

Ta bort vissna blommor och blad med ett kraftigt ryck. Om det blir kvar en bit av stjälken längst ned vid knölen pressas växtsaft ut genom brottytan vilket ger en bra grogrund för sjukdomar.

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My Melancoly November

This post Melancoly November was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius  Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden

My Melancoly November

Weather-wise, we have enjoyed a very mild start of November here, no temperatures below zero (C) and no storms! Very pleasant indeed, although rather foggy at times and that makes it melancholy. I rather like it, the silence and all the different shades of grey. The last rose of the growing season 2011 disrupt the pattern with it’s bright pink colour.

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Mosaic Monday My Melancoly November - Today's Flower - My Last Rose

Red October - Rose Hips

This post 'Red October - Rose Hips' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

Red October - Rose Hips

Along the shores of the Baltic Sea I often find the lovely berries of the wild roses - the rose hips.
 At this time of the year it is especially nice to take a walk along the rocky shores and pick these nutritious berries. That is if the weather is nice. Today was one of those wonderful October days with high clear air, blue sky, a mild October sun and hardly any wind at all.

Rose hips, red autumn leaves and the last of the Echinacea purpurea

Last night was the first night with ground frost...fall is definitely here. 

I took a few hours  walk along the sea, looking and admiring Mother nature’s flora and fauna and listening to the waves from the Baltic Sea as the gently rolled in.  I made a stop at the very end of the small peninsula and just caught the moment. I had brought some hot cocoa in a thermos and that tasted just wonderful … it always does.

In this post "Full of vitamin C and so delicious" I give you a recipe for a Rose Hips Marmalade

Dahlia - Bishop's Children

This post "Dahlia - Bishop's Children" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård -Tyra's Garden

October flowers - DAHLIA

We have enjoyed a period of wonderful weather here where about I live, we call it Brittsommar and it is almost like your Indian summer, not as hot but still absolutely marvelous. The kitchen garden is still full of flowers - Nasturtiums, Pot Marigolds, Zinnias, Sweet Peas and Dahlias. The Dahlia on the picture is Bishop’s Children, a Dahlia I grow from seed. I planted them in April and now in October they are all “ in floribus”. I bought the seeds from US. SSE Seed Savers Exchange. The thing I really like with this Dahlia is the very dark foliage, isn’t it just fabulous

The Kichen Garden - Köksträdgården is just updated with a new post about Edible flowers.

By the way the Dahlia is also edible.

Harvest Monday with the Harvest Moon

This post 'Harvest Monday with the Harvest Moon' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden

September in the garden  - Harvest Monday at Daphne

Giant cukes! Tomatoes, red hot chili peppers, grapes and blackberries - life is good!

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

Neill Young

Picture from our one and only Moon-girl Joey The Village Voice

Love to hear from ya!/ Tyra  

Shadow

This post 'Shadows' was oroginally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyras Garden

Red Hot Chili Pepper - Harvest in my potager - Begonia in the greenhouse

Today's flowers - Begonia

Fototriss - 'Three of a kind' and this weeks theme is SHADOW

Without the shadows playing over the objects, the photos are dead. Shadows is just as important as the light in a picture. Its the cooperation between shadow and light that is absolutely essential for a good result. Its an art to be able to see when to catch the moment.


Veckans tema är skugga. Det skall bli kul att se allas tolkningar. Det är roligast om man först gör sitt eget inlägg och sedan reser runt bland alla bloggare och ser era tolkningar. Kul ämne tycker jag.


Ha en trevlig söndag! / Tyra 

September in my Potager

This post 'September in my Potager' was oroginally uploade by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in th blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden

I have the privilege to have both Vanessa and Echinacea in my September garden, two very beautiful and highly appreciated visitors. Nice combo, don't you think? I just love this time of the year in my potager. It is still warm and kind of quiet and calm, I have this melancholy feeling but… nevertheless it feels actually rather pleasant.

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.

The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook-side
Make asters in the brook,

But none of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air
Is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.

T'is a thing which I remember;
To name it thrills me yet:
One day of one September
I never can forget.

- Helen Hunt Jackson, September