At last .....I think the rain has stopped enough for me to cut the grass..... must go can't risk missing this 'window'

Arbirlot, the photos

The tiny village of arbirlot, 2 1/2 miles west of Arbroath. Walking along Elliot Water and past the ruins of the old Meal Mill.

Diego Rivera

The wonderful paintings of Diego Rivera

Art Sunday; Diego Rivera

This is an old favourite, I've posted him before and so have others. But; ..... what can I say?... I love his work and am posting again, he makes such 'happy' paintings and looking at them makes me feel good.

 

Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was born Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez in Guanajuato, Gto.

 He was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active Communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, 1929-1939 and 1940-1954 (her death).

 Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City

HHis 1931 retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City was their second.

Lots more very interesting info here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera

Great site and pictures of his mural work

http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm

also check this one out, the Mural project

http://www.riveramural.com/home.asp?language=english

his paintings are here

http://forgetmenot525.multiply.com/photos/album/257/Diego_Rivera

Aghhhhhhh don't ask!!................it was supposed to export stuff OVER to blogger NOT import all the stuff already duplicated there. Now its going to take me ages to go back and delete all the double posts

Arbirlot, a tiny village.

Yesterday turned into a walking and taking photos day. It was not warm enough to sit and paint but not quite wet enough to force us indoors. We ended up at Arbirlot, a tiny village about 2 ½ miles West of Arbroath on the Elliot Water.

 The remains of an old Meal Mill can be seen here

 

and in places flowering wild garlic cover the ground like a carpet.

Along the banks wild primroses and violets are in bloom,

occasionally we even saw wood anemone.

There was a huge sloe tree overhanging the water

and several wild cherry trees

but I think my favourite must be the hundreds of water marigolds growing at the waters edge.
 
More information here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbirlot

 

  More photos here

http://forgetmenot525.multiply.com/photos/album/258/Arbirlot_the_photos

 

sun..rain..sun..rain..sun..rain..................off out soon, maybe rain..gallery, maybe sun...painting,....who knows, back later :-) and for when I get back.....here is a question for my many gardening friends........what is the best way to harvest/ dry or otherwise preserve herbs for all year use??