Freaking gorgeous, this book.  Designed in part by our friend Dante Hong Carlos who now designs at the Walker Art Center.   This is a purchase in our near future..

‘Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers’ is published to accompany the first major retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States in nearly 30 years. It includes examples from all of Klein’s major series, including his Anthropometries, Cosmogonies, fire paintings, planetary reliefs and blue monochromes, as well as selections of his lesser-known gold and pink monochromes, body and sponge reliefs, “air architecture” and immaterial works. Essays by curators Kerry Brougher and Philippe Vergne, Klein scholar Klaus Ottmann, art historian Kaira M. Cabañas and curatorial fellow Andria Hickey, as well as archival materials and translations of Klein’s published and unpublished writings, offer insights into the artist’s endeavors and process. Born in Nice, France, in 1928, Yves Klein created what he considered his first artwork when he signed the sky above Nice in 1947, making his earliest attempt to capture the immaterial. The artist carved out new aesthetic and theoretical territory based on his study of the mystical sect Rosicrucianism, philosophical and poetic investigations of space and science, and the practice of Judo, which he described as “the discovery of the human body in a spiritual space.”
Hirshhorn/ Walker Art Center, 2010; Hardcover, 352 pp.

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Reminds me of:

Jello gif is from here and the slime mold gif from here.  I previously posted the slime mold gif here, but today when I saw the Jello gif, I started laughing thinking of the gross similarity to the slime mold animation.  Enjoy!

Miss you.

I was given this Acanthocalycium about a month ago by the plant society that I belong to,  and now it’s blooming.  This is actually the second flower in one week, but I didn’t snap a photo of the first one because I didn’t realize that these blossoms only last one day.   The flowers are about the same size as the cactus itself!

My friend’s sister Debbie is a super talented photographer who just opened an Etsy shop and is selling half-tone prints of some of her awesome photos.  Check it out.  I’m pretty sure there will be more to come.

This bad boy is going into my dinner.  Gorgeous, right?

I found this guy today.  He’s so cute, I’m torn about whether I should keep him or sell him.

I have embarked on a slow but hopefully rewarding little project… I’m growing three different types of cactus from seed.  The ones below are Gymnocalycium kieslingii and will someday look like this.  They’ve made the most progress since I planted them two weeks ago which is why I’m only showing you these guys so far.  Aren’t they so adorable?

Do you remember this post?  Well here’s what the buds look like open!  Most likely pollinated by flies, is my guess, due to the colouring. I think these are truly lovely little flowers.  It’s the first time this succulent has bloomed for me, so I’m excited.

Gardening, drinking, making crafts, talking about flora and fauna with my husband, and generally trying to forget Monday-Friday.  What are you up to this weekend?