Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Friday, 16 November 2018
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
From Papillion de Nuit
✿ღ¸╭•⊰✿
ça fait du bien d'être soi,
en acceptant ses hauts, ses bas,
on se permet ainsi d'avancer,
sans le poids du masque à porter,
en acceptant ses hauts, ses bas,
on se permet ainsi d'avancer,
sans le poids du masque à porter,
ça fait du bien de lâcher prise,
de laisser la vie faire à sa guise,
car le contrôle à bout de bras,
nous fatigue bien trop quelquefois,
de laisser la vie faire à sa guise,
car le contrôle à bout de bras,
nous fatigue bien trop quelquefois,
ça fait du bien de faire confiance,
de se dire qu'on construit la chance,
que le destin nous veut du bien,
quand on est juste, calme et serein,
de se dire qu'on construit la chance,
que le destin nous veut du bien,
quand on est juste, calme et serein,
ça fait du bien d'ouvrir les yeux,
pour admirer ce qui rend heureux,
sans toujours rechercher le plus,
comme on attend un autobus,
pour admirer ce qui rend heureux,
sans toujours rechercher le plus,
comme on attend un autobus,
ça fait du bien de prendre soin de soi,
quand on s'oubliait quelquefois,
que l'on dit à son corps "je t'aime",
à la place des regards de haine,
quand on s'oubliait quelquefois,
que l'on dit à son corps "je t'aime",
à la place des regards de haine,
ça fait du bien d'être candide,
lorsque le monde est trop sordide,
quand on fait naître l'Amour en soi,
on peut le donner à tour de bras,
lorsque le monde est trop sordide,
quand on fait naître l'Amour en soi,
on peut le donner à tour de bras,
et c'est dans la simplicité,
que l'on accepte de continuer,
puisque le meilleur est à venir,
et que le présent devient plaisir.
que l'on accepte de continuer,
puisque le meilleur est à venir,
et que le présent devient plaisir.
-Alexandra Julien
The direct translation on facebook
It feels good to be self,
So we can move forward,
Without the weight of the mask to wear,
It feels good to let go,
To let life do as it please,
Because control at the end of arms,
We're tired too often,
It feels good to trust,
To say we're building luck,
That Fate wants us good,
When you're just, calm and serene,
It feels good to open your eyes,
To admire what makes happy,
Without always looking for the most,
As we wait for a bus,
It feels good to take care of yourself,
When you forgot sometimes,
Tell her body "I love you",
Instead of hate looks,
It feels good to be candide,
When the world is too sordid,
When you make love to yourself,
We can give it in turn,
And it's in simplicity,
That we agree to continue,
Since the best is to come,
And the present becomes fun.
- Alexandra Julien
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Raffle Fundraising for Kidney Research UK
I have checked my emails today and no orders come in for the NYR despite brilliant stats on visitors to my blog, twitter followers and Facebook visits... so hope some more customers will register and order to get some commission to add to this total. You can keep updated on my Marjorie's Yard blog and I have page to keep updated on the raffle see Christmas Raffle update page scroll down for daily updates... with thanks...
Friday, 2 November 2018
Botanical art
Marianne North (British painter) 1830 - 1890
A Common Plant on Sandy Sea-Shores in the Tropics, 1870s
oil on board
25.4 x 35.2 cm. (10 x 13.86 in.)
Marianne North Gallery, Richmond, United Kingdom
Marianne North was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries and the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Marianne North was born on 24 October 1830 in Hastings, the eldest daughter of a prosperous land-owning family descended from the Hon. Roger North, younger son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North. Her father was Frederick North, a Norfolk Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, and Liberal M.P. for Hastings. Her mother, Janet, was the daughter of Sir John Marjoribanks M.P., 1st Baronet of Lees in the County of Berwick.
She trained as a vocalist under Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, but her voice failed, and she then devoted herself to painting flowers. After the death of her mother in 1855, she constantly travelled with her father, who was then member of parliament for Hastings; and on his death in 1869 she decided to pursue her early ambition of painting the flora of distant countries.
Marianne North travelled with her father in Syria and along the Nile in 1865-67. After her father's death in 1869 she travelled and made paintings in Sicily. In 1871–1872, she travelled to Canada, the United States and Jamaica, and spent a year in Brazil, where she did much of her work at a hut in the depths of a forest. In 1875, after a few months in Tenerife, she began a journey round the world, and for two years painted the flora of California, Japan, Borneo, Java and Ceylon. She spent all of 1878 in various parts of India.
On her return to Britain she exhibited a number of her drawings in London. She offered to give the collection to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and to erect a gallery to house them. This offer was accepted, and the new buildings, designed by James Fergusson, were begun that year.
At Charles Darwin's suggestion she went to Australia in 1880, and for a year painted there and in New Zealand. On her return, she presented Darwin the shrub 'Australian Sheep' (Raoulia eximia) as a gift and showed him her Australian pictures. Her paintings of Banksia attenuata, B. grandis and B. robur were highly regarded. Her gallery at Kew was opened in 1882.
In 1883, after a visit by her to South Africa, during which trip she called on the botanical artist Katharine Saunders, an additional room was opened at the Kew gallery, and in 1884–1885 she worked in the Seychelles and in Chile. She died at Alderley, Gloucestershire on 30 August 1890 and is buried in the local churchyard.
The scientific accuracy with which she documented plant life in all parts of the world, before photography became a practical option, gives her work a permanent value. A number of plant species are named in her honour, including Areca northiana, Crinum northianum, Kniphofia northiana, Nepenthes northiana, and the genus name Northia.
Kew Gardens claims that the North Gallery (situated in the east section of the gardens) is "the only permanent solo exhibition by a female artist in Britain". In 2008 Kew obtained a substantial grant from the National Lottery, which enabled it to mount a major restoration of both the gallery and the paintings inside.
A Common Plant on Sandy Sea-Shores in the Tropics, 1870s
oil on board
25.4 x 35.2 cm. (10 x 13.86 in.)
Marianne North Gallery, Richmond, United Kingdom
Marianne North was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, her plant discoveries and the creation of her gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Marianne North was born on 24 October 1830 in Hastings, the eldest daughter of a prosperous land-owning family descended from the Hon. Roger North, younger son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North. Her father was Frederick North, a Norfolk Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, and Liberal M.P. for Hastings. Her mother, Janet, was the daughter of Sir John Marjoribanks M.P., 1st Baronet of Lees in the County of Berwick.
She trained as a vocalist under Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, but her voice failed, and she then devoted herself to painting flowers. After the death of her mother in 1855, she constantly travelled with her father, who was then member of parliament for Hastings; and on his death in 1869 she decided to pursue her early ambition of painting the flora of distant countries.
Marianne North travelled with her father in Syria and along the Nile in 1865-67. After her father's death in 1869 she travelled and made paintings in Sicily. In 1871–1872, she travelled to Canada, the United States and Jamaica, and spent a year in Brazil, where she did much of her work at a hut in the depths of a forest. In 1875, after a few months in Tenerife, she began a journey round the world, and for two years painted the flora of California, Japan, Borneo, Java and Ceylon. She spent all of 1878 in various parts of India.
On her return to Britain she exhibited a number of her drawings in London. She offered to give the collection to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and to erect a gallery to house them. This offer was accepted, and the new buildings, designed by James Fergusson, were begun that year.
At Charles Darwin's suggestion she went to Australia in 1880, and for a year painted there and in New Zealand. On her return, she presented Darwin the shrub 'Australian Sheep' (Raoulia eximia) as a gift and showed him her Australian pictures. Her paintings of Banksia attenuata, B. grandis and B. robur were highly regarded. Her gallery at Kew was opened in 1882.
In 1883, after a visit by her to South Africa, during which trip she called on the botanical artist Katharine Saunders, an additional room was opened at the Kew gallery, and in 1884–1885 she worked in the Seychelles and in Chile. She died at Alderley, Gloucestershire on 30 August 1890 and is buried in the local churchyard.
The scientific accuracy with which she documented plant life in all parts of the world, before photography became a practical option, gives her work a permanent value. A number of plant species are named in her honour, including Areca northiana, Crinum northianum, Kniphofia northiana, Nepenthes northiana, and the genus name Northia.
Kew Gardens claims that the North Gallery (situated in the east section of the gardens) is "the only permanent solo exhibition by a female artist in Britain". In 2008 Kew obtained a substantial grant from the National Lottery, which enabled it to mount a major restoration of both the gallery and the paintings inside.
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