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Mosaic of Life #27 – Heinz Museum – Pittsburgh

RJ Walters

When I planned on visiting the Heinz Museum in Pittsburgh, I imagined it would be all about ketchup and other condiments. Yeah, that was included, but a big majority of the contents were about documenting history. During my visit I discovered that the museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute. If you want to see a video of the museum, click HERE The museum in itself made the two days in Pittsburgh well worth the visit. But there are other sites you must see if you visit that city. The Primanti Brothers Bar & Pub, which is only a … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #27 – Heinz Museum – Pittsburgh

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Mosaic of Life #8 – High Plains Barn & Silo

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I mentioned a few posts ago that I am hankering to do another purely analog mosaic, but before I do that I need to close out my early attempts in that mode. I have been across the high plains States numerous times, but like Indiana, many traveling through the High Plains just breeze through it without stopping. The most prominent thing about this area of the country is that it is WINDY. Maybe I should stop here and give you my definition of “High Plains”, that is Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming, and South Dakota, and central Kansas. In hindsight, it was … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #8 – High Plains Barn & Silo

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Mosaic of Life #68 – A Rose Is A Rose… Into The Depth

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I love looking into the depth of a flower. How can anything so beautiful come from something so simple? Because I reside in a RetCom (retirement community) I see beautiful flowers every day. Since there are over 200 residents here, someone has a birthday or other even to celebrate almost every day. I thought I would show you where this single flower came from. Below is the source photo. Can you pick out the flower I choose? Continue reading Mosaic of Life #68 – A Rose Is A Rose… Into The Depth

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Mosaic of Life #32 – Veggie Flowers Are…

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Just because I am trying to nurture my artsy side here at RJsMosaics doesn’t mean that my logical engineering side is stifled. I decided to use the 2017 photo of my veggie garden to highlight the yellow flower that is prominent at the top of the picture to show you the beauty of veggie flowers. Yes, they are for the most part very short-lived and die off quickly when the veggie, in this case zucchini, starts maturing, but that doesn’t decrease their beauty. I think that veggie flowers are just as beautiful as the flowers that were in my wife’s … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #32 – Veggie Flowers Are…

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Mosaic of Life #60 – Ft Wayne Museum of Art

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For those of you who don’t know Indiana, that is probably most of you, Ft Wayne is in the northeast corner of the state. It is the second-largest city in the state with a population of about 260,000, although it seems much smaller than that. I had been in Ft Wayne several times but had never visited it Museum of Art. I’m glad I finally got there in 2019. I don’t remember if it had the usual Renaissance paintings that most of the larger cities have, but I definitely remember the abstract wing as shown above and below. One thing … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #60 – Ft Wayne Museum of Art

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Mosaic of Life #10 – Wounded Warrior??

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When I took this picture in my wife’s garden in 2017, I didn’t immediately realize that the butterfly had a serious portion of his left wing missing. I know that if an airplane had that much wing destroyed, it would seriously hamper its ability to fly. I can’t imagine how that happened, but I like to dream that he got it while defending his family. 🙃 Continue reading Mosaic of Life #10 – Wounded Warrior??

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Mosaic of Life #15 – Prayer Plant

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This was an early analog post of a flower I bought from my favorite local nursery last November. I bought seven young plants to put on my patio door shelves in my RetCom apartment. They are all doing very well. The prayer plant is now about four times its original size, as shown to the right. Why is it called the “Prayer Plant”? Of course, I had to check that out. Here is what Google AI says about that: The prayer plant is a colloquial term for plants in the genus Maranty. The name comes from the way the leaves fold … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #15 – Prayer Plant

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Mosaic of Life #4 – I Gotta Get Back To It…

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Grandma Moses started painting at 78, which is about where I am right now. So, maybe it’s not too late for me. 🥴 This mosaic is one of those I made when I was working in the analog mode. It was inspired by a photo I had taken several years before. I still get numerous compliments on this mosaic, so I thought I will finally post it here. Since I officially opened this blog in mid-January I have been mainly concentrating on digital art, but I am finding that I am actually missing the messiness of the analog version, so … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #4 – I Gotta Get Back To It…