Rose

Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2012

Tagesrund und Reflektionen

Heute morgen als ich aus dem Fenster sehe,

fällt mir wieder ein, dass wir heute

erneut eine Zusammenkunft von Venus und Mond haben.

Today in the morning as I look out of the window,

it crosses my mind again, that there is another meeting of Venus and Moon today.

Ich nehme die Kamera mit und mache einen schönen Spaziergang zum Bus.

I take the camera with me and have a nice walk to the bus.

Und von der Bahn aus fotografiere ich die Binnenalster.

- Am Nachmittag auf dem Rückweg steige ich dort drüben aus der Bahn...

And from the train I take this picture of the Inner alster Lake.

- In the afternoon on my way back I alight from the train...

Als ich die Burg am Eisenbach erreiche, geht schon die Sonne wieder unter...

nur noch ein paar kurze Tage und sie bleibt länger!

As I reach the Castle at the Eisenbach the sun sets again...

only a few short days and she stays for longer!

Sonntag, 9. Dezember 2012

2. Advent

Am Eisenbach öffnen sich in der Wärme der Burg die Amaryllis.

Ihnen gleich tut es die Königin... sie erfreut sich an Beigaben wie der

gehäkelten Schneeflocke von Sandra...

At the Eisenbach the Amaryllis opens in the warmth of the Castle.

The Queen follows suit... she is delighted by goods like a crocheted snowflake by Sandra...

oder extra Fotos... or photos extra by Zuzana Mitosinkovie.

In wechselnder Besetzung treffen wir uns am Küchentisch und knacken ein paar Nüsse. Habe noch zwei Keksdosen voll Weihnachtsdeko wieder gefunden...

In varying personnel we meet up at the kitchen table and crack some nuts.

Have found two cookie boxes full of Christmas decoration again...

I wanna look at some more cacti at your places these days.
Dear Renilde will be our next host of dc with SHELTER!

Happy Monday!

Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012

dc Cactus

My husband's father (RIP) got a window sill with lots of cacti.

I don't like cacti because of their fending thorns... but their blossoms amaze me.

So for this week's drawing challenge I whitewash a used canvas... scratch with a needle the shape of a Christmas cactus blossom and dye it with a little bit of Carmine which turns pink with the wet white colour:

By the way...

in early days (1100) in the area of Mexico the colour Carmine was made from female scale insects living on a host plant... an Opuntia cactus. That knowledge was for a long time a well-guarded secret. Later (1535) conquerors brought it to Europe... together with plants and insects.

And we drank Campari, this red drink, didn't we...?

wikipedia

Our host for this week's dc No. 86 is woolfy Nadeschda with Cactus. Please visit her place for more cacti by wonderful artists.

Just have found that dear Hermine has been to the 'Serres of Jardin des Plantes' in Paris... there are wonderful huge cacti :)

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No. 83 Habit

No. 84 Little Red Riding Hood
No. 85 State of Mind'

NOW: No. 86 woolfy Nadeschda with CACTUS at the 8th + 9th of December

No. 87 Renilde with SHELTER at the 15th + 16th of December

who is our next host?

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