Flowers of mountains. Serbia

      Before chosing flowers for our garden it would be rather useful to know what kind of soil prevails  and what flowers feels better in this very area. We walked a lot in the nearby forests and crossed  enormous already empty fields. The dry soil and modest plants do not leave great hope for a flourishing garden. The dream seems will be much more difficult to acheive. The lay of fertile soil is half meter deep with a lot of clay. Rains are rare, and the sun will  burn out most of flowers. 

      What kind of plants to choose? I'll be grateful for your comment :)

A casual still life – a space for a mood and an experiment.

     What do we know about a still life? It’ a popular art genre, known from the XVth century. Six centuries ago, and may be more, artists began to paint flowers on their canvases, devoted to various religious scenes. Now dozens and hundreds of pictures with flowers, fruits, vegetables  can be found in every art gallery. But  far from all of them affect our soul, arouse memories  and create any mood, however many of them are painted ideally.

     A modern still life is of quite different style. I’d call it “casual”.  Rather ordinary flowers, fruits, glasses and other things  are put together on those pictures, brushes are very often seem careless, and the whole atmosphere is bright and easy.

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     These pictures give us a lot of fresh ideas how to decorate our space with flowers replacing traditional buckets. We can experiment with plants and vases or simple jars and create unique compositions full of  charm.  

 

Parks of Alhambra - a unique landscape design

     Alhambra- is a magnificent fortress and parks, founded by Mohammed I in XIII century. This site became a royal residence in XV-XVI centuries. In 1984 Alhambra was included in the UNESCO list of the world cultural heritage.

     Parks of Alhambra present a unique creation of the landscape design art. In a divine way they comишту regular classical gardens (which were developed in XVIII century), English parks (which seem close to nature and became popular since XIX century) and daedal asymmetric Eastern gardens, known from the ancient hanging gardens of Babylon. 

     It seems amazingly that the beauty of Alhambra parks are created mostly with rather common flowers: daisies, marigolds, nasturtiums.

Sweet energy of flowers

       How many kinds of honey do you know? Two, three? Actually there are dozens  of them. The tastes and quality of honey depend upon the time when the bees work: May or Midsummer. They depend, of course, upon trees and flowers where bees collect. And one more important factor – the geographical area where these plants grow, its soil, air, water regime.

      Each year a honey market is organized in Moscow, hundreds of beekeepers participate in these markets. Usually honey pavilions occupy grand areas in a recreational zones of national historical parks. One can find there a great variety of honey, of different colors – from dark amber to milk white, of wide variety of consistency – from  warm chocolate to toffee, and of different tastes – sweet, sweet and sourish, sweet  with bitterness (as a chestnut honey).

Can we use the energy of flowers?

       Why many of us feel an enormous pleasure looking at roses? And why we look at  some flowers quitе indifferently? We chose meticulously a  bouquet for our beloved ones. Of course, we are attracted by a beauty of roses, tulips, golden-daisies. We also admire a lot of quite simple plants, as forget-me-nots. What attract us in flowers? Only their beauty, freshness and fragrance? 

      Why our ancient predecessors attributed a magic force to particular plants? Druids chose the mistletoe, some African tribes worshiped maize. If we read the Bible with more attention we’ll find that the fig-tree played an important role in dramatic events both of the Old and New Testaments.  Lilies are honored in Koran. A cult of plants exists in Buddhism, the fig-tree is esteemed particularly as a World tree. 

      

Why I decided to start this blog

     Why I decided to start this blog?

     I love and deeply respect nature. For quite a long time our mentality was anthropocentric and even now, when our views of human beings & nature relationships drastically changed, we do not feel that we are a part of nature, and every negative modification in  the nature makes an impetus on us in any way. Yes, our lives can not be complete without the energy which trees, flowers, rivers, animals give us.  

      Most of us live in an artificial environment, full of techniques, electronics, climate control, rafined food. However, not being able to exist without modern comfort, we’d like to have nature in our life. We plant flowers in our rooms, on balconies, in tiny gardens. These plants, exotic or quite simple, give us their energy, make our life more beautiful and exciting.