A well travel seed pod

I started some poppies from seed this spring which grow into small plants and was told it will not produce flowers this year. My poppy seed has an interesting story: a couple of years ago, just before I travel to …

My mother’s bitter melon

The bitter melon is also called bitter squash which origin from India and introduce to China during the 14 century. Bitter melon has many heath benefits, such of lower blood pressure and blood sugar and Chinese use it for cooking, …

Memory of Spring

Even we are into September but  it been very hot and humid here. the hot weather makes me wish for Spring when the nights were cool and days fills with blooming spring flowers. Just finished this painting, a watercolor, “Memory …

A week of roses

Although I panted many flower paintings however I rarely paint roses because it is not my favorites flower and there are countess paintings of roses out there already. However it was an email changed my view on painting on rose: …