I can’t begin to tell you what the E8 system is. These people probably have a better chance at it. This might be another starting point, but there are arguments about it.
Posts Tagged ‘beauty’
A lovely bit of math
Posted in tactless observations, tagged beauty, beyond my ken, dimensions, mathematics on 6 June, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Persian persian?
Posted in Art and Craft, tagged archives, beauty, British Library, gold, gold ink, Persia, poetry, rare manuscripts, silver ink on 22 September, 2016| Leave a Comment »
From a 1500s book of Five Poems, or The Kamsah available online through the British Library. This beastie is looking up at a running hare, and reminds me of Xeno. Although this scan doesn’t show it to best effect, the ink is gold. In the next image, you can see where silver ink had been used on the stag’s horns, but centuries have tarnished those sections black..
A quick trip to the Botanical Garden, redux
Posted in Gardening, tagged beauty, botanical gardens, hope for spring, humidity, naughty cacti, snarkiness, soap, winter on 2 February, 2009| Leave a Comment »
So about that glimpse of springtime:
Then lots of lush tropical greens, where it gets really steamy: 
Before we’re back with the rude cacti and their party favors:
A quick trip to the Botanical Garden
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, botanical gardens, hope for spring, humidity, snarkiness, soap, winter on 2 February, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is the time of year when I need a garden fix. As happy as I am with snow and ice, I want to catch a glimpse of the spring yet to come, and I want to stand around in some humidity without there being a bar of soap involved.
I’ll post some pictures — of the plants — later tonight perhaps….
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