Monkey Puzzle tree at UVic
Friday, October 31, 2003
This is a really neat monkey puzzle tree that is outside the MacLarin Building at UVic. Going to my Group of Seven in Western Canada class I noticed this tree and thought it would be a good idea to paint for my friend, Mary, who loves Monkey Puzzle trees...then I thought, why not paint the tree she planted, then why not do that and their first house and do it in the original colours...the evolution of a painting! Used my new digital camera for this and am very pleased with the results.
Monkey Puzzle tree at UVic
Monkey Puzzle tree at UVic
Sunday, October 26, 2003
I did this painting for my friends, Derek and Mary. This is their first house in Victoria only the current owners had white stucco put on it and blue trim...sort of a Greece villa look. We all liked the original barn look so I made it that way in the painting. Also, Mary had planted the monkey puzzle tree and was wishing she had it back so now she does in a small way.
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Sunday, October 19, 2003
What I've been reading:
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark haddon. Told from the point of view of an autistic teenager. What an amazing book...excellent! I see it's on Bolen's best seller list at #1 this week.
"Elizabeth Costello" by J.M. Coetzee. I'm quite glad he won the Nobel prize for literature. He is always an interesting and intelligent writer. Not too sure how to respond to his latest...could be quite brilliant or just reworked previously written essays loosely put into novel form. Lots of intriguing ideas and somehow I was involved and interested with the "protagonist" who mainly goes round to various conferences and gives talks. The novel mainly consists of these talks.
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark haddon. Told from the point of view of an autistic teenager. What an amazing book...excellent! I see it's on Bolen's best seller list at #1 this week.
"Elizabeth Costello" by J.M. Coetzee. I'm quite glad he won the Nobel prize for literature. He is always an interesting and intelligent writer. Not too sure how to respond to his latest...could be quite brilliant or just reworked previously written essays loosely put into novel form. Lots of intriguing ideas and somehow I was involved and interested with the "protagonist" who mainly goes round to various conferences and gives talks. The novel mainly consists of these talks.
Thursday, October 16, 2003
For those of you who are interested in languages and especially Spanish you might want to give this url a try to access live TV from Mexico.
http://dgtve.sep.gob.mx/tve/red_edusat/TVeducativa/en_linea.htm
Choose Channel 16 for the best Mexican tv channel.
For Destinos (all 52 programs of the Spanish language course) connect to Annenberg CPB. You will have to check a US state for address--no problem. Then you will get access to plenty of good PBS shows on demand.
For Spanish and other languages try this url:
http://wwitv.com/portal.htm
http://dgtve.sep.gob.mx/tve/red_edusat/TVeducativa/en_linea.htm
Choose Channel 16 for the best Mexican tv channel.
For Destinos (all 52 programs of the Spanish language course) connect to Annenberg CPB. You will have to check a US state for address--no problem. Then you will get access to plenty of good PBS shows on demand.
For Spanish and other languages try this url:
http://wwitv.com/portal.htm
Sunday, October 05, 2003
What I've been reading lately.
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. A pleasant surprise in that although it seems to be generally considered "magic realism" (which I don't like all that much) there was a very heavy concentration of realistic details. Fascinating really in that you are actually made to believe that a tiger, an orangutang, a zebra, and a hyena all ended up in a life-raft with Pi and he managed to keep alive through it all. Very much about the brute force of nature and how even man will do almost anything to keep alive.
"Marrying the Mistress" by Joanna Tollope. Excellent. Sounds like it's some trashy novel but quite the opposite. A wonderful portrayal of the mess and beauty of family life and relationships.
"A Place of Hiding" by Elizabeth George. Always gives you pretty good value in a mystery.
"Next of Kin" by Joanna Trollope. Not as polished as "Marrying the Mistress" but pretty good all the same.
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. A pleasant surprise in that although it seems to be generally considered "magic realism" (which I don't like all that much) there was a very heavy concentration of realistic details. Fascinating really in that you are actually made to believe that a tiger, an orangutang, a zebra, and a hyena all ended up in a life-raft with Pi and he managed to keep alive through it all. Very much about the brute force of nature and how even man will do almost anything to keep alive.
"Marrying the Mistress" by Joanna Tollope. Excellent. Sounds like it's some trashy novel but quite the opposite. A wonderful portrayal of the mess and beauty of family life and relationships.
"A Place of Hiding" by Elizabeth George. Always gives you pretty good value in a mystery.
"Next of Kin" by Joanna Trollope. Not as polished as "Marrying the Mistress" but pretty good all the same.
Friday, October 03, 2003
You might want to take a look at this site
Arts and Letters Daily
It's a service by the Chronicle of Higher Education and points you to an amazing number of current articles of interest plus has links to news services, newspapers, magazines, etc. Worth a look.
Arts and Letters Daily
It's a service by the Chronicle of Higher Education and points you to an amazing number of current articles of interest plus has links to news services, newspapers, magazines, etc. Worth a look.
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