tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post8926071496442624778..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Canberra and Velasquezzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-66655629371324616232012-05-19T05:07:52.102+02:002012-05-19T05:07:52.102+02:00The very mention of a Chinese elm makes me shudder...The very mention of a Chinese elm makes me shudder - we planted one that became a sinister monster that spread out over the entire back garden, casting a chilly shade and stunting everything in its radius. We had to get a man in to remove it eventually so that everything else could thrive. I've never encountered a malevolent tree before, but that one seemed to be. Ugh.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-61117612094283170532012-05-18T09:58:41.204+02:002012-05-18T09:58:41.204+02:00Oh that's a gingko tree ... love, love, love t...Oh that's a gingko tree ... love, love, love them. There's a lovely one (at least) at the Oaks Brasserie outside Yarralumla nursery. They live for a long time and symbolise fortune and longevity (as I recollect) in Japan (and probably China from whence they first come).<br /><br />In fact I'm rather astonished at how many Chinese trees we seem to have. In my own garden we have Manchurian Pears, Chinese (which we planted), Chinese pistachios (one of which we planted), a Chinese Elm, and a Sapium or Chinese Tallow Tree. It only struck me recently and made me wonder if the world was telling me something.<br /><br />Oh, and I love your link to the painting. Cleverly done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-34758138855103858262012-05-18T09:56:31.008+02:002012-05-18T09:56:31.008+02:00I think they got on quite well until she got a bit...I think they got on quite well until she got a bit tubby.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-11658273929819037072012-05-18T09:56:10.106+02:002012-05-18T09:56:10.106+02:00I just love seeing how the paint was applied by Ve...I just love seeing how the paint was applied by Velasquez to create his beautiful illusionszmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-9036821247581286652012-05-18T04:14:41.632+02:002012-05-18T04:14:41.632+02:00I'd be pretty confident ZMKC that this as ever...I'd be pretty confident ZMKC that this as ever excellent piece is the first written with the title 'Canberra and Velasquez'. I wondered whether this was Maria Theresa of Austria but of course she was much later than Velasquez and I see this was Maria Theresa of Spain who became the Queen of the Sun King, Louis XIV. When she died, Louis said 'this is the first trouble which she has given me' which I suppose was a compliment, albeit an odd one.Analogue Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922576450897475604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-72958495468356688652012-05-17T13:53:09.794+02:002012-05-17T13:53:09.794+02:00I really love the first, third and fifth imagesI really love the first, third and fifth imagesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-8271478041606221492012-05-17T12:38:49.985+02:002012-05-17T12:38:49.985+02:00maria theresa aka the gingko girlmaria theresa aka the gingko girlzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-89506480420044608042012-05-17T12:25:41.853+02:002012-05-17T12:25:41.853+02:00its a ginko tree - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...its a ginko tree - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_bilobawormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.com