Hi Hans, I am catching up with your blog now after your autumn adventure has ended and enjoying it tremendously. Sounds like you & Marian have had a lovely, memorable experience at the Academy in Rome. I've just read the beginning few post and Il Cielo and will start reading al of the rest in-between. I had saved the link when you began but it had fallen of my radar until now when I found it today! The pine trees of Rome are my favorite silhouette of the Italian landscape as they punctuate the skyline. Pine nuts are also my favorite way to flavor a meal and or course use in making fresh pesto. I'll post more responses in the next week as I dive in to your musings. I have been expanding my full-time artist evolution the past two years as I close out the last of my firm projects which is close to being done this summer. Kudos to you for really embracing living la dolce vita!
Hans, thank you so much for your observations of life, art, architecture, botany, art and food in Rome and Italy. Matt and I have loved the umbrella pines of Rome every time we visit, and I'm sorry to hear that they are currently endangered. Have you listened to The Pines of Rome by Respighi? Lovely. I travelled to Northern India a number of years ago to see my sister's wedding reception, and your images of the botanical stone carvings reminded me very much of those I saw in India, where botanical themes are ever-present--perhaps worthy of exploration? I have forwarded many of your posts to Matt, and he looks forward to reading them soon, and he hopes to somehow thank you for your generous inclusion of him in your last visit to the Grove.
Hi Hans, I am catching up with your blog now after your autumn adventure has ended and enjoying it tremendously. Sounds like you & Marian have had a lovely, memorable experience at the Academy in Rome. I've just read the beginning few post and Il Cielo and will start reading al of the rest in-between. I had saved the link when you began but it had fallen of my radar until now when I found it today! The pine trees of Rome are my favorite silhouette of the Italian landscape as they punctuate the skyline. Pine nuts are also my favorite way to flavor a meal and or course use in making fresh pesto. I'll post more responses in the next week as I dive in to your musings. I have been expanding my full-time artist evolution the past two years as I close out the last of my firm projects which is close to being done this summer. Kudos to you for really embracing living la dolce vita!
Hans, thanks you for such wonderful and informative writing. What a time together you and Marian have had there.
Hans, thank you so much for your observations of life, art, architecture, botany, art and food in Rome and Italy. Matt and I have loved the umbrella pines of Rome every time we visit, and I'm sorry to hear that they are currently endangered. Have you listened to The Pines of Rome by Respighi? Lovely. I travelled to Northern India a number of years ago to see my sister's wedding reception, and your images of the botanical stone carvings reminded me very much of those I saw in India, where botanical themes are ever-present--perhaps worthy of exploration? I have forwarded many of your posts to Matt, and he looks forward to reading them soon, and he hopes to somehow thank you for your generous inclusion of him in your last visit to the Grove.
have loved this blog of yours Hans! the garden fresco grabbed my attention and I like the note you end on