One thing, dear peoples, that I am really looking forward to when I finally find the perfect house is having a garden. A proper garden. One that faces in the right direction for growing dahlias. And lettuce. I find I really can’t get on with supermarket lettuce any more. I don’t know what they have done to it. The post-consumption effects are really quite dreadful. Fear not a florid description. I leave you to your imaginings.
Something has got to be done. For I am on the verge of becoming a one-woman climate catastrophe. The Boyfriend is just as bad. And now, oh dear, other supermarket vegetables… and fruit. But luckily not blueberries. So far, we are safe with blueberries, which is marvellous as they can help stave off dementia. And beetroot, which both lowers your blood pressure and perks up other things… and can help you cycle faster. Beet that, as the man himself says.
The garden must have plants for the bees, and other bugs too of course. I have little gardening knowledge so was delighted to discover this AI powered collaboration between artist Daisy Ginsberg and the Eden Project. All you do is input a few details such as your soil type, aspect and size. And poof… your very own colourful planting plan for a pollinator paradise. Genius.
“The fact that the colors in the flower have evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; that means insects can see the colors. That adds a question: does this aesthetic sense we have also exist in lower forms of life?” – Richard P. Feynman
I was intrigued to read that our facial expressions do not in fact reveal our emotions. Eh? That a newly developed heat battery may reduce our reliance on gas. Cool. And how bacteria may help prevent corals from bleaching. Yay!
Here it is, my favourite restoration/project of the moment, a gloriously colourful house in Umbria. You can even stay there. I have fallen for these gorgeous photographs of Miami by George Byrne. And Seth Armstrong’s intricate paintings of Los Angeles. I was tickled to discover Bill Mayer’s surreal artworks. And Su Blackwell’s enchanting book sculptures. And wondered at Lisa Nilsson’s intricate works in paper inspired by Persian carpets. Oof… I think I need to win the lottery. Quick.
I leave you with this… 22 ideas that will change our world. That’s a lot of ideas.
A bientôt
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