tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post1193635765267388007..comments2024-03-19T07:27:18.687-07:00Comments on Red Cardinal: AUSTRALIANS ALL LET US REJOICEPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-57133715721140098862017-06-17T00:51:53.035-07:002017-06-17T00:51:53.035-07:00This is a smart blog. I mean it. You have so much ...This is a smart blog. I mean it. You have so much knowledge about this issue, and so much passion. You also know how to make people rally behind it, obviously from the responses.<br /><a href="http://jenniferdawn.ca/how-to-successfully-grow-your-blog-or-businessoptin/" rel="nofollow">Make Money Blogging</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-89327523561502988252013-01-30T06:06:26.856-08:002013-01-30T06:06:26.856-08:00Sorry to come so late to this informative post,lov...Sorry to come so late to this informative post,love the colours of the Aboriginal art.<br /><br />I met Reg Campbell,the Australian portrait artist,when he came to England to paint the Queen in 1968,for the Australian parliament.<br /><br />Heard that the East coast of Queensland around Rockhampton under threat from flooding yet again.Hope all is well with you.IdaJudith https://www.blogger.com/profile/03634258386057489997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-53870492488315288332013-01-29T15:51:47.409-08:002013-01-29T15:51:47.409-08:00Oh no, Patricia,thank goodness you're safe! I&...Oh no, Patricia,thank goodness you're safe! I'm so very sorry to hear this and hope that you can get the damage repaired and your home restored as soon as possible. Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-38440758823092004772013-01-29T14:45:45.520-08:002013-01-29T14:45:45.520-08:00Thank you ladies - I am finally back on line after...Thank you ladies - I am finally back on line after losing electricity supply from Sunday night to Wednesday morning, due to floods and cyclone. Will blog later after disposing of food in refrigerators, and attempting to dry out waterlogged house!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-9666807823138024222013-01-28T06:22:47.799-08:002013-01-28T06:22:47.799-08:00Enjoyed your informative post. The Golden Wattle ...Enjoyed your informative post. The Golden Wattle looks like a beautiful tree and the @ueen's broach is really beautiful. Hope you had a great weekend.<br /><br />DarlaDarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729017606957829830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-36352994547077101582013-01-28T05:13:31.773-08:002013-01-28T05:13:31.773-08:00I hope you had a great Australia Day! That's a...I hope you had a great Australia Day! That's a wonderful portrait of the Queen.Sulky Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152258940667581336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-22690839087476197272013-01-27T11:05:59.060-08:002013-01-27T11:05:59.060-08:00What a beautiful flower with such an odd name - Go...What a beautiful flower with such an odd name - Golden Wattle. Sort of a Turkey look to it. Albert Namatjira sounds close to a Japanese name. Love that picture. Stay safe and dry in the coming storm! Berylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386043271411304736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-4686760107214992092013-01-26T18:39:31.209-08:002013-01-26T18:39:31.209-08:00Thank you for introducing us to these two artists ...Thank you for introducing us to these two artists and their very interesting work. The Golden Wattle is beautiful; have seen the name mentioned in gardening books but have never seen the plant. Isn't the Queen beautiful in that portrait, as is the Wattle Brooch as well. Happy Australia Day.sandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355232032181406759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-72626994546120631452013-01-26T17:56:32.134-08:002013-01-26T17:56:32.134-08:00I mean WILD weather!!I mean WILD weather!!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-33659376281726682013-01-26T17:56:04.744-08:002013-01-26T17:56:04.744-08:00Thanks Mette, Australia Day is officially 26 Janua...Thanks Mette, Australia Day is officially 26 January, but we tend to make a long weekend of it, with Monday a public holiday. It is usually hot and sunny, but here we are drowning in winds and rain. Talk about a contrast! Hubby is out in the wind weather security things down around the swimming pool. I'll be keeping dry and sewing today!Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-53794372646367405602013-01-26T17:53:12.213-08:002013-01-26T17:53:12.213-08:00Ha ha Janice, you could call it Pommie weather, bu...Ha ha Janice, you could call it Pommie weather, but with tornados forecast today it is getting rather out of hand. Our street barbeque scheduled for Monday is not looking very promising at the moment, but I'm baking for it anyway! PxPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-961068578686796662013-01-26T17:51:37.499-08:002013-01-26T17:51:37.499-08:00Hello Shane, and welcome to my blog. We were over...Hello Shane, and welcome to my blog. We were over the ditch quite recently, looking at Hobbiton! Yes, our nations have a lot of shared history, and definitely feel like cousins, if not siblings.. I have looked at Vicki's blog quickly but did not quite understand the Grow Your Blog party (ie, how it works). Will revisit later. Thank you for your lovely email, and I'll write back to you soon. Hugs across the Tasman, P.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-12215743649689060352013-01-26T17:43:21.293-08:002013-01-26T17:43:21.293-08:00Thank you Perpetua, it has become a very different...Thank you Perpetua, it has become a very different Australia Day weekend this year. Cyclonic weather has now come to Brisbane with lots of rain and lashing winds, with tornados forecast. Many events have been cancelled. I will write more about the art of Australia, as a celebration of our nation. I wonder if the Queen ever wears the wattle brooch in the UK ??Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-7688914350731195722013-01-26T17:40:59.398-08:002013-01-26T17:40:59.398-08:00Thank you Silver Bunny; I think the Aboriginal peo...Thank you Silver Bunny; I think the Aboriginal people of this country make a wonderful contribution to the arts, and having mentioned the work of the past, am planning future posts on the development of indigenous art over the past forty years. Have you seen the work in the Quai Branly museum, which was done by some Australian artists? I'd love to go there ...<br />Mimosa is delightful, isn't it? xPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-6493053835758523302013-01-26T11:46:22.297-08:002013-01-26T11:46:22.297-08:00I hope you enjoyed your Australia Day ( I´m late i...I hope you enjoyed your Australia Day ( I´m late in commenting (;.<br />Wonderful pictures, including the portrait of the Queen and the piece of jewelry. <br />Great to have had a glimpse of the art too!!mettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732534795009852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-53306793434588394902013-01-26T10:25:26.120-08:002013-01-26T10:25:26.120-08:00Have a wonderful Australia Day... friends in Brisb...Have a wonderful Australia Day... friends in Brisbane have told me its been cancelled because of "Pommie weather"..... hope all is well with you and you are able to celebrate in fine style. JxJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-65489822036651500592013-01-26T10:06:40.243-08:002013-01-26T10:06:40.243-08:00Hello Patricia
How lovely to meet you in blogland...Hello Patricia<br /><br />How lovely to meet you in blogland.<br />Thank you for coming over the ditch and joining my blog!<br /><br />I’ve had a little look around but I’ll be back soon – once Vicki’s "Grow Your Blog" party winds down!<br />The little corner of your verandah looks like a great place to sit and share a cup of tea and chat with you!<br />I would love to live in an old Queenslander house - love the lattice and verandahs!♥<br /><br />AUSTRALIANS rejoice indeed – of course you are all so very close to the hearts of all New Zealanders especially our ANZACS. As nations we have so much in common – a cousin kind of feeling!<br />Happy Australia Day!!<br />I’m emailing you too.<br /><br />Hugs<br />Shane ♥<br />http://roseslaceandbrocante.blogspot.co.nz/<br />Shane Pollardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674612132049839026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-12979736101497880192013-01-26T07:12:16.317-08:002013-01-26T07:12:16.317-08:00Happy Australia Day, Patricia, and thank you for t...Happy Australia Day, Patricia, and thank you for this fascinating post with its gorgeous photos. Like Rosemary I knew nothing about the wattle brooch or Aboriginal art and had never heard of Margaret Preston, but your post left me wanting to find out more. Your native plants are so beautiful and I love it when you show them to us.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-64435558570228548252013-01-26T06:37:40.987-08:002013-01-26T06:37:40.987-08:00What a wonderful and caring idea to talk about an ...What a wonderful and caring idea to talk about an aborigenal artist on Australia Day ; it is far from being common ! The fact that the Aborigenes didn't understand his art just show how difficult it is for two cultures which are so different to understand each other. It's a sad sad story ... The Queen's brooch is beautiful but then I'm very partial to mimosa !.. Have a beautiful week-end !xThe Silver Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05349086912610874215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-58029214524420328762013-01-26T02:28:08.724-08:002013-01-26T02:28:08.724-08:00Oops, Rosemary, wattle is also called mimosa somet...Oops, Rosemary, wattle is also called mimosa sometimes. I know it appears in other countries but maybe Australia has its own particular species.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-23134474987858872492013-01-26T01:51:13.483-08:002013-01-26T01:51:13.483-08:00Thank you Rosemary, I enjoyed putting this post to...Thank you Rosemary, I enjoyed putting this post together. I remember the yellow diamond brooch from when I was a child, as my mother always pointed out things like that to me. I've never seen an Aboriginal art piece on the Antiques Roadshow, but I'll look out now, as I am quite curious as to how they approach the subject. Margaret Preston is an old favourite of mine, and I wrote essays about her at every opportunity when I was an art history student. Like you, I find the Shoalhaven River work particularly note-worthy. The red flower at the end is from an Australian gum tree, and Preston painted them too. I'll have to find a way to show some of her other (not ochre!) paintings..Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579555037165364084.post-26588504553878022302013-01-26T01:43:57.003-08:002013-01-26T01:43:57.003-08:00What a lovely post Patricia - so many interesting ...What a lovely post Patricia - so many interesting facts and pictures here. Now is golden wattle similar to the bush I am familiar with - mimosa? I love the red flower at the end, but have never seen it before, it is glorious when you clicked on the image.<br />I had no idea about the yellow diamond brooch, and I must say the Queen does look rather fetching in yellow.<br />Sometimes paintings from the indigenous population of Australia turn up on the Antique Roadshow, and I know that Aboriginal art is extremely collectible and highly sort after.<br />What a pity that Margaret Preston was not celebrated more, I find her work really interesting and particularly like the painting Flying over the Shoalhaven River, 1942. It is interesting the way she combined the colours of the Aboriginal art with her own style. Thanks for the introduction.<br /><br />Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.com