TSoT: Kalahari Popcorn D – Butter

TSoT = The Story of Trees

Popcorn tree: Butter

Let me butter you up to like this artwork or to read this piece. We usually know when buttering up is happening, because the preamble sounds too good to be true. Rest assured that I am not inviting you to participate in anything that is not wholesome; just take a bite of butter with me.

When I look at this drawing, I see a tree that appears to be holding up the sky. The brownish dotted branches are standing like buttresses forming silhouette shapes against the baby blue speckled sky. The painting is almost cut in half by the upward arching ochre mass dividing the sky and the veld. I used a variety of brown and ochre colours here which lend an earthy butteriness to the landscape, reminding me of the crust or a slice of wholewheat bread. Excuse my lavish referral to butter and its uses here; I am still buttering you up, remember. (If you want to see more of these remarkable trees, you may click on this link: Structure #shortvideo #tree #nature #veld #kalahari #respect #function #naturalwonder #meditation.)

Butter with a fluorescent filter.

Now that I have paid some artistic attention to the work, which is the topic of this blog, let us focus on the title and whet the appetite for butter (and hopefully we will smell the butter on the popcorn too). Just a reminder here, these trees I am discussing currently are part of my popcorn-collection. It is hard to imagine a life without butter, unless you are very health conscious and/or you dislike butter or its texture. I have a friend who never puts butter on his bread or toast, he prefers to add the jam without the creamy butter blanket. However, I believe the larger part of the population still prefers butter with its rich creamy qualities. We don’t have to do an extensive search to see how butter is used in cooking, the French cuisine immediately comes to mind where butter is an integral part of many a recipe. Can you think of a movie which illustrates this beautifully? The American lady who lived in France for a season … I am sure you know which one I am referring to.

Butter in a gallery with an inverted filter.

Do you want to know more about the history of butter? Apparently, butter has been around for more than 9 000 years according to some sources and there was a time you had to pay before you were allowed to eat it.  I invite you to read the two articles I list here: A Brief History of Butter - Churncraft and Butter's rich history: 5 things you might not know | MPR News. We are indeed living in exciting times, because margarine we are told by many health experts now, is no longer a good thing, and we have to revert to using butter instead. With enough butter, anything is good, you can never have too much butter, keep calm and add butter, these are but a few of the butter quotes we treasure. You may read more of these here: 47+ Unique Butter Quotes and Butter Instagram Captions - No Fuss Kitchen. If you are one of those idiom lovers, you are welcome to add to your collection: Butter - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

I trust you are well buttered up now and that you are ready to enjoy a great day or evening with a buttered something and all the extras which need to accompany it. Don’t be too stressed about the small things, as they say: Life is like butter. When things cool down, they can be reshaped. Remember there is Art in your heart. Oh, I forgot the icing on the cake, which still needs to be made. You can find a recipe here: Butter icing - Recipes - Snowflake