
Bergenia cordifolia
Autumn
An old rose
A precious memory
Thoreau about blueberries

Henry Thoreau suggests in his book Walden (1845) that if you are interested to know how blueberries really taste, ask the shepherd or partridge (peltopyy in Finnish). May be he meant that only they wander around enough to know about wild life.
I found yesterday that blueberries from 10 meters each other can taste all differently.
Henry David Thoreau was Harvard-educated and only 28 years old when he went to live self-suffiently in the woods and wrote his book two years afterwards about his experiences.
Live painting at Kenkävero garden
Mixed flowers
A new acquaintance: Verona green

Today I got some new watercolors from Kymin Palokärki. They are made by Ottosson Färgmakeri in Sweden. I fell in love with this Verona shade.
With ultramarine (same factor) the mixture is beautiful greenish blue, a bit greyish and reddish.



As this ultramarine spreads rather evenly, Verona green on the other hand has more character. Mixed together they have interesting features.