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…perhaps
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the best
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Yuletide
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dress or
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decoration
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is being
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wreathed
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in smiles!
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Author Unknown
The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie. Ann Landers
Xmas Cactus
The Xmas Cactus blooms each winter with is message of faith, hope and beauty.
Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Xmas Cactus is not a Christmas tree, but I would say they can both hold wonder.
IF • rambunctious!
The "Frogget" children choir
were nicely humming away,
at the social of Georgianna Day.
When the "goldfish" heard
this great wonderful classic,
they all joined in to the music.
The musical turned rambunctious!
and totally out of hand,
thus splashing and wetting
the whole "Frogget" band!
original painting – private collection – Nashville, TN • "Day by Day"
• watercolor, wax, ricepaper and glazed! • 38"H x 70"W • © Lisa Rivas
The fish in the water are silent, the animals on the earth are noisy, the bird in the air are singing.
But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.
Rabindranath Tagore
The Akran / Acorn
Only on mature trees do you appear,
those large and sturdy with years of age.
You will nurture many of those around you,
creatures with wings, tails, claws and paws.
They say you stand for patience and fruition,
a symbol of long / hard labor, one of strength.
Call you the fruit of the enclosed land,
that is only assigned to major trees.
Top Nut, “Little Acorn” of the Mighty Old Oak!
• 10″ x 10″ • © Lisa Rivas • “Top Nut”
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
Thou wert a bauble once, a cup and ball
which babes might play with;
and the thievish jay,
seeking her food, with ease might have purloined
the auburn nut…
The Yardley Oak, William Cowper (1791)
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read more the poem: Little By Little…
Like a globe!
Cacti
are succulents, a group of plants with peculiar shape and size and
mostly adopted for desert life. They have a highly specialized anatomy
to enable them to survive prolonged drought. Their bizarre appearance reflects a unique evolution, in which plant form, function and survival are inextricably linked. Here's a globular stem cacti!
"Globe" (original)
• watercolor, black walnut ink on ricepaper
I made the BLACK WALNUT INK used in this piece.
Click for the recipe!
• 10" x 10" • © Lisa Rivas • "Globoid"
• digital print on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
A
sphere (a globe) is the optimum shape for a stem succulent as it has the smallest
possible surface area in proportion to volume, keeping water loss to a
minimum.
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