Finally we got some snow! It's late in the season and the temperatures will be above freezing soon but at least we got some snow to play with. On the other hand, when I went out to shovel I found that someone had beat me to it. Guess I was not the only one to want to play with a snow shovel.
Many years ago I took a series of slides of barns and silos for a farm unit I was teaching to grade one children. Friday, as I drove down some country roads on the way to Hamilton, I realized that some of those barns were long gone and others were well on their way. Several of the barns in our neighbourhood that were full of dairy and beef cows only two years ago are now empty and falling into disrepair. I am thinking that perhaps a new set of photos is in order before this architecture and way of life is totally gone.
This live piranha was thrown into a room of hungry humans and stripped to the bone in a few seconds
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well, maybe not. It is really part of the RBG's "AMAZON VOYAGE" show and the myths of piranhas eating people and cattle in seconds turns out to not be true either according to research.
It's unusual for Honeysuckle leaves to be hanging on this late in the winter. Only one bush in a damp area seems to be doing this in the Hendrie Valley of the RBG. There are the usual Oaks and Beeches hanging onto leaves in the area but that is normal. This particular Honeysuckle stands out in the lower shrubbery. There are three different Honeysuckles in the area so I don't know what species this is.
Really, it's way to early to be opening up but this particular Red-berried Elder (Sambucus rasemosa) is often opening up too soon and getting it's leaf tips frozen off. It should be at least a six weeks before this should be happening.
Another encaustic bit of art in progress. It just needs a bit of clean up so no major changes will happen. I am fairly pleased with this one already. There is just a bit of colour to remove from a couple of places and a signature to put on.
Yes, a possible future chocolate bar: this cacao tree flower is on a cacao tree that is part of the "Amazon Voyage, vicious fishes and other riches" show that opened at the RBG this weekend. There are lots of other interesting things to see at the show.
http://www.rbg.ca/pages/AmazonVoyage.html
I am taking an encaustic workshop next weekend and need several works in progress to take along. That being said, the more I look at this piece, the less I think it is "in progress" and the more I think it may be finished already. Comments and critiques welcome - positives, negatives, suggestions for change . . . offers to buy . . .
