Dubai Miracle Garden

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KAΛΟ ΜΗΝΑ!!!

Διανθισμένος με περισσότερα από 45 εκατομμύρια είδη λουλουδιών, ο “Miracle Garden” («Ο Θαυμαστός Κήπος») είναι ο εκτενέστερος ανθισμένος κήπος στον κόσμο.

 

The Dubai Miracle Garden is the largest flower garden in the world. The Dubai Miracle Garden itself is a miracle, as it is located within the hot deserts of Dubai, UAE. Desert and garden are the two opposite things in nature yet they are highly desirable by its inhabitants. The Dubai Miracle Garden realizes such dreams and desires into reality by introducing a sustainable concept of a huge garden and that too in the heart of a desert. Continue reading

Rosemaling, the decorative folk painting of Norway

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Τhanks Amanda  from blog … Something to Ponder About

 

 

 

Most people have never heard of “Rosemaling” or Rose Painting, but if you ever go to Norway, you will see plenty of it in shops, museums, private homes and most especially, in older churches.

Before technology arrived, Norwegians spent long winters in darkness, so, in order to brighten up the interior of the homes and places of worship, they developed a form of traditional painting that was completely unique. “Rosemaling artists” or Rose painters earned their living traveling through the western fjords of Norway, often times painting in the styles that might have passed out of European fashion 100 years previously. Continue reading