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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Saturday, March 23, 2013

{Our Balinese Hanuman Statues with Snake - by Reader Request}


  • On February 18, I got a reply comment from Jim, who writes the blog: RoadToParnassus. His last post was: Happy Snake Year, in regard to February 10, the beginning of the Chinese New Year. 
  • Jim is always showing the most interesting oriental collections and this time it was all about snakes. 
  • My comment in regard to his last picture was about the Hindu Deity Hanuman, or Hanoman in Indonesian. 
  • We do have two Hanuman statues in wood and they both show this Hindu God fighting a snake. You can find a link about: {Our Veranda} below this post.
  • He suggested I show a photo of our statue. So this is in reply to his request.


  • What better way to start with our Indonesian Foster Daughter Anita, with the tall wooden Hanuman statue from Bali to the left.
  • Husband Pieter did receive this heavy  'Iron' wood statue from our boss in Indonesia in the 1970s. Iron wood is derived from the Metrosideros excelsa. Images of iron wood (click)
  • Hanuman is a Monkey God in the Hindu religion, believed to be an albino, a white monkey.
  • He fought evil and won. Symbolic, Pieter did give them good advise so the problems in their mushroom business went away. 
Found the best description at Week-end à Maurice - J2 on Noushka's blog: 1000 PATTES - WILDLIFE GATEWAY

  • That's how we got our first Hanuman (Sanskrit language).
  • Below this post you find several links for reading more.


Blogger friend Jim did write about: Happy Snake Year where his last photo looks like another Hanuman
  • Okay, now let's look at our Hanuman statues.
  • First I show you the smaller one we got, from Bali in May of 1983 when I went for the very first time to Indonesia. In Ubud, Bali we found this at the workshop of a wood carver with 10 children!

  • Did bring them outside, near our pond against the big semi-evergreen oak tree.
  • This is Lord Hanuman fighting the serpent. It is biting in his foot...

  • You clearly can see the serpent/snake wrapped all around him...

  • This is the back side and the snake is wrapped up around his tail...

  • From the side, you also see Lord Hanuman's loin cloth draping down.

  • Those Balinese wood carvers are such great artists!

  • This is the tall and very heavy IRON wood Hanuman statue that was to the left of our Anita.
  • It resides in our veranda and it looks a lot lighter out in the bright daylight.
  • Above the loin cloth of Lord Hanuman you see the snake...

  • This is from the side...

  • Snake around his waist...

  • With one hand he is holding the snake that is around his waist...

  • Clearly the snake head in his throat...

  • Closeup...

  • Again, very intricate wood carving!
  • Okay Jim, let's hope this did satisfy your request for showing a photo of our Hanuman statues.
  • Both of us sat through such a Ramayana play with dance and beautiful costumes. 
A different culture but very exotic!
Hope you enjoyed this info about our life in Indonesia. 

Related links:
{Our Veranda} | previous post by me
CHRISTIE'S  FOUR BALINESE IVORY CARVINGS |  Two carvings of Hanuman subduing naga (serpent)
Bart Laurens - Hanuman | in Dutch showing statue of Hanuman fighting with a snake
Hanuman | Story about Hanuman
The Mystery of Hanuman - Inspiring Tales from Art and Mythology | Interesting read
Lord Hanuman About the Simian God of the Hindus | Good information
Hanuman Langur monkey | Connection with Indian Mythology

Interesting post by blogger friend Rosemary: Temples, Tea and Forever England where she shows Hanuman as well.

Friday, March 22, 2013

{Daffodils in CIRCLE Vase & Leonardo Figurine Bunny SPEEDY}


  • As promised before, I will show you our Circle Vase again with another display. 
  • Here you see our glass Leonardo Figurine Bunny ´SPEEDY´ with daffodils, displayed on top of the glass circle. 
  • Nice Easter decoration; if the timing for the daffodils would have worked. 
  • These photos are from February 24 and no more daffodils have bloomed since. BUT we got the photos and we have the bunnies!

  • That's our CIRCLE vase again, with the 18 bud vases that are joined together.
  • As I did mention in my previous blog post (see link below), there is a separate circle of glass, to use as a shelf.

  • Those bunnies are made of glass by Leonardo in Germany.
  • Their name is Hase (German for Bunny) Speedy.
  • We got a 16 cm (6.3") Speedy and a 26 cm (10.2") Speedy.


  • Can you see the glass shelf?


  • Different light and only the small Speedy on the glass shelf. Now you can also see part of the bud vases.
  • I used my two table cloths from Le Jacquard Français; one as a back drop.


  • Love Speedy's cute tail!


  • Here you see the full circle of the top layer with 9 bud vases...


  • Detail of shelf and bud vases.

Hope you liked this early Easter setting.

Related link:



Thursday, March 21, 2013

{Ipheion A Constellation of Blue Stars }

  • Right now, from our bay window area we can enjoy our many Ipheion Blue Stars. 
  • They truly are A Constellation of Blue Stars. Perfect for naturalizing, as each year there are more! Do you also have this great flower bulb in your spring garden?

  • Just love this combination of early spring flowers with still some fall leaves on the ground.
  • A perfect transition of seasons...

The first photo was from spring 2010 and the above photo is from spring 2013...

Related link:
{Heirloom 1916 Thalia Orchid Narcissus & Ipheion Star Flower in Our Garden} | Previous post by me
White Flower Farm | for Ipheion bulbs


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