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www.rutgers.edu/news/why-do-leaves-change-color Leaves change color when chlorophyll – a substance plants use to turn light into sugar that makes a leaf look green – is breaking down and the plant is not rebuilding replacement molecules as the days get shorter. Other pigments, a class called the carotenoids, show as yellow and contribute to the appearance of orange and brown. Carotenoids are always on some level in the leaf, but instead of being overwhelmed by the green as they are in the summer, they appear as the chlorophyll, and thus the green, fades away. The reds are from a more “expensive to make” pigment, anthocyanin, and they develop in fall. The reds and yellow together give us the orange fall colors in some tree species.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fight_Between_Carnival_and_Lent The literary theme of the struggle between personifications of Shrove Tuesday and Lent dates as far back as the year 400 with the Psychomachia. The 13th Century French poem La Bataille de Caresme et de Charnage describes a symbolic battle between different foods, meat against fish.[2] A likely graphic precursor of the painting is a 1558 Frans Hogenberg print in which the personifications of lean and fat are driven together on carts by their supporters. The supporters attack each other with fish, waffles, cookies and eggs.

Came inside to pose for a photo!! After about 36 hours I found him by the window, tired and listless, wrapped him in a sheet of cloth and let him out on the laws. Hope he recovered and doing well WWW web says its life span is 10 to 12 months

Zen brush painting is the intentional use of simple and intuitive brush painting to embody the teachings of Zen. Each Zen painting can be regarded as a unique marking or brushstroke representing the presence in the moment it was created

His last gamble a failure, Napoleon sails to exile on St. Helena abroad the H.M.S. Northumberland. This Orchardson print may refer to July 23, 1815, when Napoleon caught his last glimpse of Europe. He stayed at the rail from dawn to dusk, watching the coast fade away.

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nrsrini.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-temple-outside-praakaara-walls-are.html The sprawling caves of Bhimbetka are located about 45 km northeast of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh in India. Bhimbetka owes its name to Bheema from the epic Mahabharata. The rock art of Bhimbetka has been classified into various groups on the basis of the style and subject. Superimposition of paintings shows that different people used the same canvas at different times. The rock paintings have numerous layers belonging to various epochs of time, ranging from the Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic Age to the early historic and medieval periods. The most ancient scenes here are believed to be commonly belonging to the Mesolithic Age. Executed mainly in red and white, with the occasional use of green and yellow with themes taken from the everyday events, it depicts the details of social life during the long period of time, when man used to frequent these rock shelters. These are the colors you find on Lord Jagannath also. May be they also use these natural colors considered as sacred! It is a marvel that these paintings have not been fading even after several thousands of years. The colors used by the cave dwellers were prepared by combining manganese, hematite, easily pulverized red stone, and wooden charcoal. Perhaps, animal fat and extracts of leaves, vegetables, and roots were also used in the mixture. Brushes were made of pieces of fibrous plants. The natural pigments have endured through the ages because the paintings are generally made deep inside a niche or on inner walls not exposed to direct light. The oldest paintings are considered to be 30,000 years old, but some of the geometric figures date to as recently as the medieval period. Though the South Indian wall paintings with red and white are of recent origin and are of lime and red earth, it is likely they have been motivated by these ancient religious paintings dominating in red and white. HWW & Best wishes

He lives in a corner of the gaurage, He sits there and waits from some insect to come and feed him. Ah, the strange ways of evolution -- the auto pilot!! The amount of time that spiders can live without food varies between different species of spiders. Larger species tend to live longer without food than smaller species, but in general, they can go anywhere from 30-60 days without food. ~ Source WWW

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Some day you'll see that I'm gone ....Tomorrow i rainin' So I follow the sun

The core ingredient — the jalapeño pepper — originated in what is now Central America and Mexico. The name jalapeño was given to the pepper by the Spanish. The ancient Aztecs were the first people to use the jalapeno, but it did not become a global sensation until Columbus spread hot peppers around the world in 1492. Mexico is still the most prolific country for producing Jalapeno peppers, with an estimated 70,000 acres dedicated to growing them.