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SylvaC Stories: Bunny Boilers.

Posted on April 24, 2017 by pennimania

Once upon a time, rather more years ago than I care to remember, I found a dear little green pottery bunny in a junk shop on the Isle of Wight. As I have a predilection for green ceramic items I … Continue reading →

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La Fontana delle Scimmie.*

Posted on April 22, 2017 by pennimania

*warning blog post contains references to Florence (again)   This is the Museo delle Porcellane di Boboli, an exquisitely faded small palazzo in the gardens of the Pitti Palace. It has a superb collection of porcelain and chinaware and delicious … Continue reading →

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We Have Lost the Taste for Acorns.

Posted on March 30, 2017 by pennimania

About 2000 years ago the Roman philosopher Lucretius wrote: “We have lost our taste for acorns. So  we have abandoned those couches littered with herbage and heaped with leaves. So the wearing of wild beasts’ skins has gone out of fashion … Continue reading →

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Egrets: I Have a Few.

Posted on January 14, 2017 by pennimania

Ever since I came back from Florence I’ve been thinking about egrets. In fact, I’ve already written about them here: The Lake of Lettuce The one pictured above is a lesser egret – you can tell by the black beak and … Continue reading →

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Sermons in Stones

Posted on December 5, 2015 by pennimania

“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.”  As You Like It, Shakespeare I understand that  Duke Senior was … Continue reading →

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Funeral Baked Meats

Posted on November 7, 2015 by pennimania

They don’t seem to be worrying about the alleged carcinogenic qualities of processed meat in Italy. I have never seen so many hams in one place in my life. And they are available in nice sweaty little packs for those … Continue reading →

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The Nautilus Cup

Posted on October 28, 2015 by pennimania

This drawing is an illustration from my third positioning paper. I had been exploring notions of greed or pleionexia in Dutch pronkstilleven painting from the Seventeenth century. I have already mentioned that there is a disturbing under current which runs below the surface of … Continue reading →

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A Cloud for a Robe, Rainbows for Tassels.

Posted on October 27, 2015 by pennimania

Someone sits in a mountain vale A robe of clouds, rainbows for tassels The fragrant forest is the place to live The road has been long and difficult With a heart full of doubt and regret A life has passed … Continue reading →

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White Founts Falling in the Courts of the Sun

Posted on October 9, 2015 by pennimania

There are a lot of drinking water fountains in Florence. And some of them have been there for a long time. This one, near the San Lorenzo market, has lost its nose, presumably by the long term erosion of water … Continue reading →

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Daisy in a Jelly Glass

Posted on October 6, 2015 by pennimania

“Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. I have been thinking about glass and its bewitching qualities and that has led me to that rather mawkish quote. … Continue reading →

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