Meeting with President, Paintings and CHRISTMAS

Dear blog readers,

 I see that you not sleeping and regular visit my page. I think this is great. Sorry for all who comment on my blogs, but don't get answers. I try to write them (I can say that one answer I wrote 12 times/not lie/ and when I push a button to confirm it, it will show me that here is a problem and try again), but I read them all and keep them in heart.
And now back to the topic. In December 10 I went in capital of Lithuania, to big event for International contest winners, where President of Lithuania and Minister of Education congratulate us, shake hand and gift a bag and amazing greeting. Here is some photos (photographer Jonas Karolis):

The breathtaking President speech.

What a nice feeling in White hall with decorated Christmas tree and gift for us.

I love the photographer who take a photo of how I shake hand for President

and for Minister of Education

And we all, the team of European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) 2013 who come from Lithuania to Prague.

 

A great visit in capital and meeting with President make me very proud. But that is not the end. I think this is just a beginning of new journey to bigger works. For Christmas I wish for microscope. I hope Santa will hear my wish and I can explore something more. But I think that Santa will hear other my wish about the phone, because that which I have now have some problems, which can't be fixed for low price. I was good this year, reached a lot, so maybe one of those wish will come true.

 Now you maybe start to think why I wrote the paintings, while I talk only about President and Christmas. Well yes, that is important. But I can happily say, that I done this year in university, now I have a vacations, so that mean I have some free time and when I have it, I let my hands relax with brush and canvas. I add just two photos of my new works:



As you may see they both are blue. That is the color which associate with winter. Blue always mean cold for me, so this painting is frost on canvas. My dad loves it, he take a look on this for about a 15 minutes and try to see something unusual. I did that too.

 

This is great painting, which I done yesterday. This one I paint for my sister, who loves blue color. I just love to see the clouds and this is first serious try to paint them. And I think that I am succeed. The town in this painting is not just my imagination. This is my town from the view, when we go home from grandparents and first view from highway is just like this.

 

I hope these painting going better and better. And now, for the end, I want to say big thank you for keeping in touch all the year and read my posts. I also thank for all who share information which I need, teach me something new, gift me seeds, or even ordered daylilies for me. For all who buy my silk works and comment all my posts here or in Facebook.

 

Big hugs for all,
Edvinas



Non garden thing, but about the gardener

 Hello for all,

This time is nothing to do in garden. Even I have no snow here, but rain and strong wind doesn't make outdoors attract me to go in garden. And I have nothing to do now. So I can post something about person who work in that garden - me. Today I mention just recently news, what I do. So begin with last weekend when we light our city Christmas tree with fireworks. In this photo you see our unique Christmas tree, which make from plastic bags only, in back our City Hall and wonderful firework show. That day was great, no wind, rain or snow. That was first year when we go to see this ceremony again. Last time we go here about 10 years back.

(This photo captured with simple phone camera by me and not edited with any program)

 

"To Edvinas Misiukevičius, 2012-2013 school years European Union contest for young scientists laureate. Kaunas city municipality." This text is on medal which I got yesterday in wonderful ceremony for special city students at City Hall, which is in first photo I posted. This is second medal which I got and now I am proud of those honors and I believe that these gave me more confidence and just make me step up for more works.

Next year I plan two trips to other countries. One is of my EUCYS Special Prize to Joint Research Centre and second to LIYSF (London International Young Scientist Forum). And all summer spend in my gardens (now I have 3: my own, grandmother and one, which I get from university).

Also, next year I plan to do some other interesting activity with daylilies. This time not science article, but just experiment when I try to convert diploid to tetraploid. All winter discovery and read articles and hear other peoples experience in this and then try. Today I got scalpels kit, so I am a half ready :D Just kidding, first I need to found chemicals and read instructions again and again.

That is enough for now. Will go to learn some things for University lectures. I thought that last weeks may be easier, but I was wrong :D

 

Good luck,

Edvinas

Respect. Inspiration. News.

Dear my blog visitors. I want to thank you all for interest in my blogs. That show number of views. Oh my, 5000 views of my blog this time! This number show me, that here is worth to write and share my garden and my own news. That's what I will do today also.
  I won't be here for long time because as some of you know I was in university. Busy with hard things, news and long lectures. But that is not so boring when I know that when I back home I found my little garden, cactus inside and great memories from summer or past year events. That contest, which was held in Prague give me really a lot. At first respect in university. People start to say hi when saw me, even professors, or heads of university happily shake my hand and talk for a few moments. That was amazing.
Now back to my garden things. In Lithuania we still have no snow (this is not usual), so I still can to go in garden and enjoy very late blooms. That really surprise me when one day, while I go to other building in my yard and seen iris bloom. Then I stoped and stare. That was SDB iris 'Forever Blue'. Other hybridizers say that this iris really blooms for a long time, and was a great rebloomer. But I had no rebloomers in my garden until that day. Also I seen Tricyrtis in bloom. That was a new plant to my garden.
 Tricyrtis

SDB Iris Forever Blue.

 

And you may think why I wrote inspiration in topic of this blog. Well as I was very busy, my minds was only on university things I have no time for something else. As like free time when I do some arts. And today, after long and really hard day I back home and feel that I want to do something big. I found one great song, which I listen now still, and then booom. I feel real true inspiration to do some arts. At university I have drawing lectures and here I paint a lot, but that was nothing if I don't want or inspiration was in other way, but not with me. So today I take my old artwork with daylilies in vase (that one, which I really don't like), and cover it with yellow and orange/red acrylic colors and then add few poppy flowers. As a result of it you can see few photos. Sorry for quality, these was taken with phone and in dark room.

 

 

And the last topic is News. In this gap I can say very shortly that I get invitation to meet Lithuanian president in special even for International contests winners. That will be great even. And I see our president again.

 

That's all for now.

Good luck,

Edvinas

Autumn in Lithuania

 I spend a lot my time in university things all the time and this time I can give all time only for myself. And what a free time without talking with you all. At first thanks for all who view and comment. I seen all comments, and have them all in mind. Today I will talk about my free time.

On the top was a new plant in my garden. As I love ornamental plants in fair I buy this nice Carex, which I hope was hardy enough for my winter.

  This autumn, after contest in Prague I had a lot possibilities to use and one of them is a new land field for my works. So one of my interest is all kinds of plants, so I spend few days after university for seeds picking. I go to arboretums, and dendro-parks. I love all kind of maples, so I collect about a thousand of seeds and as they are fresh almost all will germinate. Here I show few photos of my lovely time spent in park areas.

 This tree catch my eye and I go to look close even grass was very wet. I was shocked when I saw that this is quercus (Oak) tree.  The leaves was very nice and have like some kind a fur. I pick few leaves to my collection of leaves. I just start some new one, because leaves is get old and I do not know how to keep them in great condition.

What I like is color of autumn. I love to live in Lithuania where is a lot of trees with leaves and in autumn all of them has different colors. Like rainbow in forest. Here is a photo of color contrast. Also that tree has unusual shadow. Just take a look. It looks like square. I just go closer to take a look if that is true. And yes it is.

Lovely tree which catch all people eye. This is catalpa tree with seedpods. I pick a lot of them and they has full dose seeds.

 

And in end of my colorful blog without daylilies and irises, I add what I did yesterday. As I Lithuania we do not have official day called Halloween, I just want to feel the same what people in U.S. feel. Just with carved pumpkin. And this is how I imagine it.

In light and in dark. Love this creation.

 

Good luck, and have a nice autumn and not very cold winter.

Edvinas

New possibilities with big chalange

Hello for all who seen my post in here,

Today I write full of good feelings. Yesterday I get invitation to The London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF). This is very, very special for me. But the main problem for me is coast for participation. That fee is 1 495 GPB (about 2 424 dollars). Money for tickets I can collect, but participation fee for me is too big. So I try to search for donations to get in this event. I understand I ask very much, but I know nothing to how to reach money to this.
 This event will be heald in London (UK) and it is great opportunity for me to reach better communication stills and the main point of it is scientific time with special students from all over the world. To present my country and my interest in science will be so nice and interesting and to listen lectures and see great residential places of London, visit universities, labs and etc.
The biggest challange now is money. If you may have any suggestions for me, please feel free and write what you suggest for me to do to get money.

Good luck,
Edvinas

More daylilies I have, more problem I can show.

Hello,

 

Now I will write a little different than normal. All summer I have a plan to write a blog with question and wait for answer. As I know that my blog read all kind of people from simple to very respectful daylily hybridizers/professionals. In comment box I want to see the answers of question which I write.

As I grow daylilies in Lithuania, maybe I have some other problems (not hardy now), but bloom spots. This summer I seen that I have very much blooms with spots and that is my one headache of this year. I try to found some information in books, or articles, but nothing found. So I ask for professionals in this field. What cause this, how to protect from it and does it have any genetically variation or just because of weather conditions or soil?

I give few photos as examples how they look. These are not all. I took just few of them and others just cut off when I seen that I have them, because visitors won't want to see blooms who not like normal.

 

Big Red Vagon. In all season I have seen only one perfect in color bloom. This one is close to perfect, but still have some spots.

Bass Gibson x unknown. This one show me all different blooms. Others look nice and this one not.

Lacy Dusk x Get'R done. It is almost perfect, but still few spots

Paint the Rose Red. One of most complicated variety I have. All blooms looks like this or worse.

AHS-15. The worst seedling of year. All blooms look like this. My grandmother say that this is new variety type because I have all blooms with spots. I hope she just laugh.

Bass Gibson x unknown. The same seedling as I post few photos up.

Startle. I grow this variety for 3 years and never seen normal bloom. Just this day, when I took that photo it looks absolutely not like Startle. I think this is the worst daylily variety I grow.

AHS-15. The same seedling (I can't drag it close to other, sorry for problems)

 

Fizziwig. This variety is very unusual because it have stippled blooms, but it has spots also and make that variety look not very nice.

 

So this is my topic which I want to get know better and teach Lithuanians and get better blooms next year.

Wait for answers.

 

Bye,

Edvinas

EUCYS 2013 PRAGUE

 Vilnius-Frankfurt

Frankfurt-Praha (Praha)

 

Let me start my blog with apoligise of delay. This time is busy, but for you I take some relax minutes and write a little new for you all. At first I want to thank all my blog visitors, who read my blook, look at the pictures or just click on link and go out. All of you reached over 4000 views and for that I was really surprised. And back to the topic. Those two first photos you have seen few weeks back, when I go to Prague and add those photos at the next day they was taken. So then I write nothing for you and feel bad. Now you may know how all ends, but I still write for some of you.

So as you remember I won national etap of European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) and the final of it was in Prague. So my great days was in September 20-25 at Prague city. Love that great town, just sad that I have only few moments to visit some place. I have been only at Cenate of Czech Republic, short walk tour in night old town of Prague and Bethlehem Chapel. Also Incheba Expo palace, where all contest was held.

There is some photos and then more information.

Arriving to hotel with other Lithuanians, national organizers and other contestans.

Incheba Expo Prague palace

My project stand. Some of those flyers will go to States and will be given for some of you. Packing package and send to Maureen Strong with those flyers and my science project copy.

Czech Respublic Senate. Great place with very nice garden, but that was not very important at that time, because then was bascetball final where competing Lithuania. So we skip that event, eat something and go to watch. Sad, we won silver medal.

 

The time in that conest was amazing. I meet some great peoples, young scientists. To communicate with them is great experience, because I get know more about other countries from them point, get to know what they creating, working with etc. But now close to what I want to say. In contest I present science project about daylilies. People very interested in that topic, asked me to present my work in Czech or Russian languages, but I can only in English and Lithuanian. Jury interested also, ask some questions, let me to present my work to them and for other people, who go to contest zone. I have 6 jury members, who come to my work and they all was happy that I work with this.

Opening ceremony was at Krizik Singing Fountain near Incheba Expo. That was the most impresive and attractive ceremony I ever been. Those fountains, who dance with music, people who play with fire like me with pollens and others, which fill that ceremony to awesome event.

Award ceremony was in

Bethlehem Chapel. Program not very luxury, but I love that place. And dam da da da! I won Special Prize of Joint Research Centre for one week in chosen institue. I still reading about them, but now I look only in Italy and Spain institutes.

Free zone, where we can take a brake of presentation near stands. In this moment I send photos to computer and later add in this blog.

Krizik Singing Fountain before big show.

Contestants on stage. I am in the right. Behind me was dancing fountain. Great moment.

A photo when we walk from bus to Cenate with other Lithuanian contestant who need help for her heels.

 

And this is photo of me near my stand.

Award ceremony. All winners and me in the back.

 

And this photo captured about 10-15 minutes after ceremony.

And here is after ceremony when we wait for bus, which take all winners to hotels. Will miss that place, contestants, organizators and everything, what was in that contest in those 5 days.







WOW day

This day is really special. And I dedicate it for my blog and daylilies, which give me a suggestion to create it.
Today is round numbers day. I have 3000 views and this post is 50. Very much, I think so. So I want to thank you all who read and interested in my works and dreams.

 There is mark of 3000 views of my page. As I use blogger and in Lithuanian, text in redactor or here is in my language, but you see numbers and can believe that I say true.

And now, as I say I want to write my post about daylilies. And not just talks, but as usual photo blog with my unusual daylily type, which blooming now. Yes - rebloomers!

And that is came very an impromptu, when I go back from exhibition of gladiolus in Panevėžys and back home with members of Lithuanian flower hybridizers society near my grandmother house and I asked to visit her. And when I take them with me to see how my fields look in not blooming season I was shocked. I have seen many rebloomers. Almost all Floyd Cove Nursery daylilies set new scapes and blooms. What is sad, that they are not in my own garden and I can't to stay in grandmother home to see them. Oh poor me. One of rebloomers is No String Attached. That one I wanted to see the most, but in normal blooming season that one won't set scape and I think that this will happened next year, but now I see that this one want to rebloom. But I am happy and for that, what I saw.

 William Marchant seedling. Crawned Heads x Fiji. This is second seedling of that cross, which has bloomed for me this year. Just this one wanted to start blooming now. Cute one.

 Curb Appeal. This is more than perfect variety, which give me many blooms this year. I counted 5 scapes and when I come closer I have seen and 6th. I get it just this just year, but I have seen more blooms than in those, which I grow 3 years.

 Water Drops. First bloom this year and it look wow how great. And for this I am very appreciate to Claudia Conway, who gift me this one.

And this is one little surprise for Claudia. This is her seedling with very unusual buds. I picked one, but they are still too small and opened not well in my home for take a picture of it. But I can describe it. It is purple with small eyezone, and dark edge which is turn to big ruffled teeth edge. Amazing, but I need to see normal bloom, what not gonna happened this year. Cross: Darla Anita x China Clipper.

Now I see one big problem with gardening in two gardens in different parts of Lithuania. I wish I could found any way to get any money for my home and big garden to place all my flowers in. If you know any person who can help me, please write in comments, or contact me in other ways.

Have a nice day, my garden friends.
Edvinas

Gladiolus Exhibition 2013

This year, first time in my life I visited exhibition of gladiolus in Panevėžys Gabrielės Petkevičaitės-Bitės library. This exhibition is one of the best gladiolus show in Lithuania. Organizator and hybridizer Dr. Alfonsas Žobakas did amazing job for it. This year gladiolus exhibition reached international level. This year we have gladiolus flowers not only from our members in Lithuania, bu Latvian and Belarus. Latvian hybridizer Laimonis Zakis is known for us, he visited exhibition last year, but this year he came with Raimonds Cīrulis. From Belarus came great person, warm for talks and great for experience to come here from Belarus with gladiolus - she is Alesia V.Kruchonok. And now you can see a part of that exhibition in my photos. Enjoy

Lithuanian hybridizer Danutė Simonaitienė with husband and I with Alesia V.Kruchonok, Belarus.

One of 3 stands in exhibition. What is very great was glass roof which give us best light for gladiolus fowers and that can make us better photos.

This table of gladiolus is our neighbor Alesia V.Kruchonok, Belarus, gladiolus display. Something very nice. One almost green gladiolus still not opened when she pick that on table. Other day that must to look better, but that can see others.

All hybridizers and exhibition visitors gets into motion when seen a Lithuanian politician and Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2012 Rasa Juknevičienė, which very interested in gladiolus hybridizing and our gladiolus hybridizer Ona Dana Bagdonaitė teach her.

And after successful teaching we make a photo with members. From left: Genė Ratkevičienė, Ona Dana Bagdonaitė, Rasa Juknevičienė, Danutė Simonaitienė and me.

And then teacher wanted to take a picture with a "student", she gave on gladiolus from show for first crosses.

That is all from our show in Lithuania. I wish next year I can make an exhibition of irises and daylilies+lilies. But time will shows what will be.
Good luck and enjoy last chance to work in garden before autumn, when days will be rainy and not so warm as now.

Edvinas