Ru-ta-ba-ga: a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber, also called Swedish Turnip. Or as I like to see it, an orb with a really cool purple color that melds into a nice orange-y gold hue and flowing green leaves that have holes where the bugs got at them. This is definitely a vegetable that is under appreciated, but apparently quite healthy for us. Try adding carrots or parsnips to a mash of rutabaga, with some butter (not too much!) and garlic and top with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese... delightful! Consider this my ode to eating more vegetables--along with all those other things that are healthy habits to employ! God gives us all that we need to nourish our bodies and souls--its up to us to partake in His bounty! ~~~This painting is in a private collection in Maine.
Twelve Noon on New Year's Day. Happy 2014! I absolutely love New Year's Day...its a new beginning, a fresh start. Its a chance to grow, learn, change, appreciate, and love...just a little bit better, a little bit more, than the year before. Building upon all that I learned, I journey forward into this budding pathway. I have some new things I want to try, some new thoughts I want to think. Join me in this voyage we call life...the adventure of a brand new year! AND, as is tradition at Dragonfly Arts, the first painting of the year ("Comes the Dawn" pictured above) is given to the first person who asks for it...free! (This one is painted on aquaboard and is 5"x7") My email is dragonflyartsofmaine@yahoo.com
The Owl Moves A calling She slips from the flannel envelope of her Slumber And mind Beckoned by the stillness The chill The darkness to gaze Amid the barren branches of the winter's night A voice Created, of a creature An oral beacon that echoes in the cavern of time Louder, still louder "Speak, my heart listens; guide, I will follow" Distant diamonds of light Wings brush the dawn Her flight By RMM 1/28/13
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