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Showing posts with label Koi. Show all posts

4.1.15

A very few things I'd do if I had money to work with...


For myself, a few coming up. 




The mums btw were saved, if you read about Kings problem with the mums last year. 
A couple bought out Kings mums, so I will begin ordering plants soon after all, this year.
I really missed doing them
Last year. I was learning so much more each year. Surely I have it down now^^!

I could use a greenhouse but have made do.
Here we don't get the sun and warmth to dry the ground to force feed the plants the phosphrous they need for blooms. However, due to the coolness, the blooms last much longer.
Everything's a trade off.
Nothing wrong with making do.
I put my Kiku under the back porch to protect them from damage on the delicate petals because the rain disturbs the bloom.
You learn other ways of accomplishing things, as you do with glazes and throwing pots or designing tiles or sculpting, as the process goes along.

I'd hoped Paul Allen would get involved and save the day for Kings mums. I was sure a man like him  interested. I couldn't think of anyone else in the area who would care one way or the other. I had a hunch, but things worked out. But the nursery has been moved to Oklahoma.
I was hoping he would hear of their plight and get involved, but he is a busy man,
 a fellow Intp plus born a day after me. Amazing man I think. 



I'll be receiving new suzani's this week. 
This isn't one. The palak is not in my budget.
But it's beautiful isn't it. 
My museum will need a few palaks..
I will be posting suzani's as they arrive and after I have them cleaned and pressed...
My daughter gave me one for Christmas!




Below: A silkscreen I got for Christmas, "Finefish", koi, in the shop being framed. 
Remind me of Japan and how much I love that country and admire the esthetic 
And how I'd love to go this spring to view the cherry blossoms. 

I miss my friends in Japan and especially miss Nagaoka in the fall. I'd love to have my own Japanese 16th century style home complete with garden and koi pond. Mums and peonies.



This pillow top arrives Tuesday. 
I got some money for Christmas and temporarily forgot I need a new computer I'm saving for, among other things, and I bought Suzani's  and stuff. Stay tuned. 

Had a nice trip searching for snow over Christmas and New Years I did find some colorful snowy places. The earth is a miracle of beauty and amazement. 


I've had friends, ( men I dated) tell me they'd give me half their lottery winnings just to see what I'd do with the money. 

I have to laugh. 
I do believe most of them meant it. Darn they didn't win! 

As a strong conceptualist, I have an inventive mind. 
 I download ideas like people download facebook. 

It can be frustrating but usually another interesting idea comes along, so I'm always entertained and happy within myself. 

But I do have great ideas arrive that would serve community. Many of them have already.
My strength is in conception. And I see answers to problems. 

Not necessarily in incorporating things which would take a lot of energy with institutions etc like banks, to accomplish them. I've had businesses before and they were successful but I always have to move on to the next idea. 

Still...my library ideas are so unconventional. I wish I wish someone would lend an ear. One library was started when I introduced the idea at a public forum years ago but I moved away and didn't get to oversee it. The wrong person in charge. Changes everything. 


My traveling yurt museum of art. 
Drooling over this incredible proposition. 

Making a difference begins with children, and art. Art anyway isn't what is made. It's a way of thinking. The thought is first. 

BTW Hello Fairbanks Alaska!






8.2.09

Seattle, Nature Prints for Sale

I'm a backpacker and hiker/photographer/ceramic artist
If you're interested in any of these prints, or others of mine, contact me in my sidebar by the reading cat.
and see my ceramic art
here
Reach me under the cat reading in my side bar..

Photos left to right:
1. Mt. Adams Cairn
2.  Mt. Adams sunrise
3. Harlequin Ducks on the Elwha River
4. Apples in Snow
5. Foggy Barn at Snohomish
6. Koi
7. Mt Shuksan
8. Tulip Fields
9.  Red Barn at Whitehorse
10. Fields of Snow
11. Dungeness Pool
12. Peacock
13. Dungeness River
14. Heather Lake Under Snow

29.6.08

Banana Trees At Moorehaven Koi Gardens, Mukilteo




I was surprised to find banana tress growing in the PNW. I guess our two months of summer, with such long long days that just get heated up by 3PM are ripe for most fruits and vegetables. So maybe my garden planted mid June still has a chance..

I have baby radishes about 2" tall, and carrots coming up, squash, and lettuce that is almost 3 inches tall already.

 Now, if I can protect this garden from the infamous "banana Slugs" of the PNW, maybe I'll even get food! One year I had giant sunflowers about 3.5 ft tall, One day the flowers were 3" across, and the next morning, no flower at all, Banana Slugs!

8.6.08

Wire House @ Moorehaven Gardens, Mukilteo



Crooked House with Northwestern Native art, pond inside..

All the comforts of home, including a door....
Moorehaven Garden's is off of Bev/ Ed Road in Mukilteo. 
We haven't been having much sun, but peony's are budded. 
I am sure the Garden's are a nice afternoon activity.
 (Wait just a few days).
Take your slickers, and pack a lunch basket.
It may be a wet picnic under a typical grey sky ...  
There's 5 acres to roam, you may get hungry!

7.6.08

Koi Gardens






They don't stop on their way to the feeder, and it could be your hand they suck food out of , as you can see you might not want to get in their way..so stand back, let the kids do the feeding.. (Ask For help and permission before putting hands in water)

This is the best kept secret in Mukilteo,  (until recently 'small village type of place' where the ferry goes to Whidbey Island, the  2nd largest island in the US, next only to  Manhattan Island).
A great Destination place. 
Hop the ferry and take a free bus around the Island. 

 If you take your car,  the North tip of the Island  conjoins the mainland again. Weave slowly through Deception Pass, and  near the  tulip fields of Laconner (Shagit Valley) not too far from Mt Baker, Mt Shuksan, etc..all short destinations from home in lazy Mukilteo by the bay.


About Koi


Koi For Dummies
10 Lbs Fish Food Semi Floating Small Pellets36% Protein
Atlantic Pro Skimmer, 14" weir, up to 10,000 gph, Professional Grade
Make Your Pond Sing: An Introduction to Water Ponds & Koi Ponds
KOI USA & Associated Koi Clubs of America Present Practical Koi Keeping Volume 1 (Includes: Koi Ponds, Filters, Koi, Water, Pumps)
The Essential Book of Koi: A Complete Guide to Keeping and Care








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