Cabine du Jardin deux
A blog about art, astronomy and a garden shed. (Sometimes including references to life, paleontology, gastronomy, tropical fish keeping and the delights of the 5-string banjo)
Saturday, 3 October 2026
Singularities and the 'Full English '
The 'Bird of Paradise'
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| 'The Bird of Paradise' - George Gemini Roberts blend October 2026. |
"I may paint an acrylic paint on canvas version of this over the coming winter".
The 'Bird of Paradise'
May the 'Bird of Paradise' fly up your nose
Let it enhance your life and phloem as it grows
May the 'Bird of Paradise' fly right up our street.
Let it massage 'heart and soul' with avian feet.
May the 'Bird of Paradise' fly by in orange jacket
Let it dance, buzz and tingle like Charlie Packet
May the 'Bird of Paradise' fly down off the brush
Let it curate colour, paint and canvas oh so lush.
May the 'Bird of Paradise' never fly from the rafter
Let it teach us to celebrate the now and not after.
May the 'Bird of Paradise' fly high for all our fun filled years
Let it lead us in laughter and protect us from irrational fears.
George Roberts October 2026
Friday, 2 October 2026
Lighthouse
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| 'Lighthouse' A George Gemini Roberts meld October 2026. |
The lighthouse stands where rock meets sea
Braving all that weather and wave can muster
A pointer towards safe harbour's lee
Withstanding gales and storm's angry bluster
High and dry above volcanic caves
A bright light in the night to get us home
Rough and tough above roiling waves
With solid base beset by spume and foam
Calming on this summer's night
Sun and Moon pass as through a door
Charming us with Cotman light
Whilst our ship nears a foreign shore.
George Roberts ' Travel Doggerel' October 2026
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'Lighthouse' George Roberts without AI assistance 🤣
"All done in the best of possible taste" -Syd Snot RIP.
Thursday, 1 October 2026
Edward Hopper's lunch break
On walking on a path in moonlight
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| 'Dark and Deep' - water colour sketch (from 2025) adjusted using AI to create a night scene. -George 'Gemini' Roberts - September 2026 |
Whose house is this we do not know.
Illuminated under Harvest Moon glow
He will not see us stopping here
To watch tide and life in ebb and flow
The house is simple, dark and deep,
But we have a holiday to keep,
And years to go before we sleep,
And years to go before we sleep.
Mainly Robert Frost 'mucked about with' by George Roberts September 2026
Apologies to Robert Frost a 'proper' poet whereas I am s slinger of 'doggerel'.
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Stromboli Google Gemini
I asked Google Gemini AI to create atmospheric painting in the style of Piranesi using my uploaded photograph. I think AI did very well after a bit of prompting.
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Two Volcanoes one Guvnor
" Loads of lava at dusk"
I am completely aware of the downside issues associated with Artificial Intelligence and its impacts upon the Environment, the ownership of creativity, Art and Artists.
What I would say in its favour is that, when AI is used as a tool in combination with traditional sketching and painting, as you might use a brush or a palette knife, you can test out a series of ideas, colours, lights and darks which are reversible and nondestructive. Bouncing around ideas, techniques and virtual paint and light on my smartphone seems no less natural than taking my paintbox out from my satchel?







