PUMPKIN CARVING

ART OF PUMPKIN CARVING

Artist Ray Villafane began carving pumpkins on a lark 
for his art students in a small rural school district in Michigan .
The hobby changed his life as he gained a viral following online and unlocked his genuine love of sculpting.


Here are images of pumpkin carvings Villafane created over the past five years.     

BEAUTIFUL TULIP FIELDS

Beautiful Tulip fields 


At first glance, it looks like a giant child armed with a box of crayons has been set loose upon the landscape. Vivid stripes of purple, yellow, red, pink, orange and green make up a glorious Technicolor patchwork. Yet far from being a child’s sketchbook, this is, in fact, the northern Netherlandsin the middle of the tulip season. With more than 10,000 hectares devoted to the cultivation of these delicate flowers, the Dutch landscape in May is a kaleidoscope of giddy colors as the tulips burst into life. The bulbs were planted in late October and early November, and these colorful creations are now ready to be picked and sold as bunches of cut flowers in florists and supermarkets. More than three billion tulips are grown each year and two-thirds of the vibrant blooms are exported, mostly to the U.S.and Germany. 

Their dazzling colors are thanks to the years in the 17th century when Tulip mania swept the globe and the most eye-catching specimens changed hands for a small fortune. But like a rainbow, this colorful landscape is a short-lived phenomenon. When the flowers are gone, the land will be cultivated for a rather more mundane crop of vegetables. The Netherlandsproduce more than nine million bulbs a year.

Golden Pearl

On the island of Palawan in south western Philippines, the only living person in the world, who revealed the secret production of a rare form of jewelry and gold pearls.

 Go to the fragile natural pearls are treated like royal jewelry. Each oyster takes 5 years to produce one such gem, and the slightest jolt could kill it.