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[inkstainedruth]

20 hours ago, essayfaire said:

It will jump.  Ours jumps under the walkway every year, and sends runners further and further away from its assigned patch.  It now habitually crops up 30 feet away.  However, if we assiduously kick over the new stalks each spring, it does not talk over the property.

I used to watch a show called Gardening by the Yard.  The host was a master gardener, and he'd show *how* to do stuff, often working in his *own* yard (which was a lot more interesting than some gardening shows I'd seen, where the host/hostess would take a camera crew around some exquisitely (and professionally) landscaped property.  There was an episode which included a segment about planting bamboo -- and if if was "running" (as opposed to "clumping") bamboo you *started* by digging a 3' deep (!) trench around the bed, lining it with 1" metal rebar used to hold 3' wide sections of rolls of heavy duty plastic in place, and the filling the trench in.  Then planting the bamboo inside the trenched area -- because the bamboo roots *could* -- and *would* -- go down that far...).

I know that in some parts of the US (th DC metro area being among them) they were asking people to grow bamboo in their yards to feed pandas at the local zoo(s).  But unless things have changed, the Pittsburgh Zoo does not have any pandas....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Andrew_L]

Ukrainian humorist, participant of the “League of Laughter” show Yaroslav Garkavko, died in the war.

 

(Lotus Maharaja, Pelikan Edelstein Olivine, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/01/modern-lotus-maharaja-oversize/

[Andrew_L]

I just liked this image on my Windows lockscreen carousel, so I decided to deviate a little from my usual portraits and drawing this lighthouse (The Baily Lighthouse, Dublin, Ireland).

 

(Pilot Capless VP w|custom UEF nib, Platinum Carbon Black, Double A(A4))
 

http://lenskiy.org/2018/06/ground-f-to-ef-modern-pilot-vanishing-point-pilot-capless-vp/

 

[txomsy]

That is a gorgeous drawing. I can't but feel reminded of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata when looking at it.

 

https://gl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Beethoven_Moonlight_sonata_sequenced.ogg

[Astronymus]

Beautiful. I was thinking of painting a lighthouse last weekend but couldn't find the time.

[Andrew_L]

Thank you!!

 

Warrior of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from photo by Serhiy Pylnyk

 

(Wancher DreamPen TrueUrushi Red, Diamine Wild Strawberry, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/02/modern-wancher-dreampen-true-urushi-red/

[essayfaire]

That's beautiful, @Andrew_L. Bravo.

[Andrew_L]

Storm

 

(Pilot Capless VP w|custom UEF nib, Platinum Carbon Black, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2018/06/ground-f-to-ef-modern-pilot-vanishing-point-pilot-capless-vp/

 

[Astronymus]

Very cool. 🌊

[inkstainedruth]

+1 to what Astronymus said.  Although I was thinking more along the lines of "Surf's up!" (I have some cousins who live in Hawaii, although I've never met any of them, and they're mostly a lot older than me -- the *youngest* is about 8 years older).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Andrew_L]

Thank you very much!

 

"Could not defend his Crimea, so he defends the whole of Ukraine" - Bohdan Krotevych (call sign "Tavr" Taurus ) - chief of staff, first deputy commander of the special purpose regiment "Azov" of the National Guard of Ukraine.

 

(Sailor 1911 Standard, Sailor Black, Double A(A4))

 

Update review: http://lenskiy.org/2019/05/modern-ground-m-to-f-sailor-1911-standard/

[Andrew_L]

Warrior of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from photo by Serhiy Pylnyk

 

(Narwhal Nautilus, Pelikan 4001 Brown, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/02/modern-narwhal-nautilus-cumberland-le/

 

[Andrew_L]

Warrior of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from photo by Serhiy Pylnyk

 

(rOtring 600 Gold, Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/02/rotring-600-gold/

[Andrew_L]

Warrior of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from photo by Serhiy Pylnyk

 

(rOtring Newton w|custom Crisp Italic BB, Lamy Blue-black, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/02/rotring-newton-earlier-edition/

[Andrew_L]

Warrior of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from photo by Serhiy Pylnyk

 

(Pilot Justus 95 w|adjustable nib, Pelikan 4001 Violett, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/02/modern-pilot-justus-95/

[jandrew]

Abstract inkwork

[ParramattaPaul]

1 hour ago, jandrew said:

Abstract inkwork

Nice. To me, it looks like an impressionist's painting of office buildings. 

[Andrew_L]

3 hours ago, jandrew said:

Abstract inkwork

 

For some reason, it reminded me of the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando (with reflections)

[Andrew_L]

... and Mountain & Sea Art Museum / gad in Cuifeng Ecological Park in the city of Kunming

[Andrew_L]

Warrior of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from photo by Serhiy Pylnyk

 

(Pilot Justus 95 w|adjustable custom UEF nib, Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black, Double A(A4))

 

Updated review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/02/modern-pilot-justus-95/