The garden of earthly delights

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 11/19/2016

The Museo del Prado in Madrid houses “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” a triptych done in oil on oak by the 16th century Dutch painter, Hieronymus Bosch. The work has drawn many diverse interpretations, especially the central…

Burlas bloom anew in Sirao

Apple Ta-as 02/07/2016

Yellow and red celosia, locally known as “burlas,” now blooms anew in abundance at this hillside flower farm in Barangay Sirao, an upland village of Cebu City. The Sirao flower garden, managed and owned by Maria Elena…

A Steiner-Waldorf education in Cebu

08/10/2015

St. Michael’s Play Garden, a small preschool in Banilad, is the only school that offers Steiner-Waldorf education in Cebu. “Here in St. Michael’s, everything is done through human interaction. No technology, no books, and no pens. Children…

And to think it is May

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 05/10/2015

Many varieties of fruit trees, herbs and flowers grow around the house. We only have a small area but somehow we have managed to cram into it a good number of trees — limonsito, avocado, guyabano, nangka,…

A visit to the Bonsai village

Ram Alcoseba-Martinez 05/11/2014

Omiya (“grand shrine”) gets its name from the Musashi Ichinomiya Hikawa Shrine,  said to have a history of more than 2,000 years  and one of the greatest  old shrines in Japan. The village of Omiya is located…

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