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Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States.The (15 ha / 37 acres) [1] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska.
Lotusland – coined by Vancouver Sun writer Allan Fotheringham, Lotusland refers to Homer's Odyssey, in which the hero, Odysseus, visits a land whose inhabitants are befuddled by a narcotic lotus (the "Land of the Lotus-Eaters"). It sometimes is used to describe all of British Columbia. [10]
The lotus fruit is about the size of the lentisk berry and in sweetness resembles the date. [5] The lotus-eaters even succeed in obtaining from it a sort of wine. [6] Polybius identifies the land of the lotus-eaters as the island of Djerba (ancient Meninx), off the coast of Tunisia. [1] Later, this identification is supported by Strabo. [7]
Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans. [1] Evans' orchestra appears on five of the album's nine tracks, including the nearly 9-minute "Lotus Land".
Lotus Land: Gene Rains-vibes; Paul Conrad-piano; Archie Grant-bass & flute; Alan Watanabe-percussion; Far Across The Sea & Rains In The Tropics: Gene Rains-vibes; Allen Watanabe-drums; Archie Grant, Jr.-bass; Bryon L. Peterson-piano; The Call Of The Tropics is a compilation featuring selections from the first three LPs
For Bérard the land of the Lotus-Eaters was Djerba off southern Tunisia; the land of the Cyclopes was at Posillipo in Italy; the island of Aeolus was Stromboli; the Laestrygonians were in northern Sardinia; Circe's home was Monte Circeo in Lazio; the entrance to the Underworld was near Cumae, just where Aeneas found it in the Aeneid; the ...
Lotus Land Story (東方幻想郷, Tōhō Gensōkyō, lit. "Fantasy Land") The fourth game in the series was released on August 14, 1998, at Comiket 54. The peace in Gensokyo (first used in this game's title) is broken when a tremendous energy surges from beneath a mountain lake, causing yōkai to swarm the Hakurei Shrine.
"Bad Apple!!" is the sixth track in the soundtrack of the 1998 shoot 'em up video game Lotus Land Story, the fourth entry in the Touhou Project series created by Team Shanghai Alice. The instrumental theme was originally designed to be played during the third stage of the game, as chiptune on the Japanese NEC PC-9800 computer platform, at 161 ...