by Nan Rae | Apr 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
a film that distinguished filmmaker Philip Hass was to shoot in London. The subject was the painting of Arhat’s ‘Taming the Dragon’ an early 14th century silk painting in the museum’s permanent collection that was done in the meticulous ‘Gong-bi or Palace/Court...
by Nan Rae | Apr 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t wait to tell you about this 100% real live, walking, talking MIRACLE that I personally know of! You may have seen the following incident on TV news February 8, 2005.Daphne Cates was traveling northbound on Hwy 5 at the “Grapevine” towards...
by Nan Rae | Apr 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
When I told you about the yellow bird, I did say to watch for the Ladybug. Well, when the picture was taken I did think it was just one Ladybug.
by Nan Rae | Apr 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
…has attracted the most beautiful guest…an Altamira Oriole. How do we know that? Besides taking several pictures of our new friend, Charles did an hour’s worth of computer digging to find out who we were entertaining! The bird was first spotted by...
by Nan Rae | Apr 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
with one of our trees. Over the years our ancient Japanese gardener has trimmed this tree into submission. We’re at a point now where man and Bonsai tree have such a bonded relationship that all else pales by comparison. Jeffrey has truly ‘become one...
by Nan Rae | Mar 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
…because they’re no longer safe! We’ve discovered the true meaning of ‘Action Painting’ with master calligrapher Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow. Using the largest brushes we could find the adventure started by splashing milk onto a large piece of Double Shuen paper...