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OK this is my week for asking my readers questions. I am posting a few pictures that have me scratching my head. One is of a tile depicting a saint – well, he has a halo! He seems to have a falcon on his hand as he rides his horse. Any idea who he is?…
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Those of my readers who love plants will know the frustration one experiences on finding a plant and having no idea what it is. Perhaps someone out there knows? It is shown here at the end of March in a mountain environment in Spain. So, it is able to thrive in cold snowy mountains and…
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Legions of hills and beyond, mountains stretch along the horizon. Large cumulous clouds lie above – mighty emperors reclining on rocky couches. Near our little cabin sits a terraced farmers plot. Almond blossoms of white and of a shocking neon pink bless a chicken coop. A yellow and white cat treads along a narrow plank…
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via ‘Wedding Pictures’ by Isobel Cunningham
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Originally posted on Montréal Writes: Illustration by Andres Garzon ? Hi, Honey! Oh, Granny is so glad to see you. I hardly ever get a chance to baby-sit now that Nanna lives with you guys. I can’t compete with her! Oh, my. Look how you’ve grown. You’re a big girl now, five years old…
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Yesterday we went jewel hunting – and we found some! On Wednesday we met some very kind Germans who were parked in their camper out in a wilderness just down the ravine from a volcano caldera. Now, there’s a something you don’t read every day! These two people were shuffling around in the dust…
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Find that dime, that quarter, that dollar, that card Find the time, find the words. Find the sea song that sends the sigh over the waves on the white wings of gulls. Let me hear your breath, soft with a faint rasp like the ripple of a wave that drags down pebbles. Press the receiver…
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Spanish hunters buy these birds to use as live lures for wild partridge. We saw lots of them in clean, well-watered cages today. It seemed a kind of mean way to fool the birds. I know, we use duck decoys and moose calls to fool game into getting shot but this seems particularly gruesome to…
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We spent a few days visiting this ancient city recently. Yes, it’s named after Carthage in North Africa and it has a marvellous ruin of a Roman theatre Last weekend was carnival weekend and I was astonished to see the energy and sheer number of people engaged in the carnival parade. There were a…
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This is how a garden is made! Jump over the fence behind the apartment we are renting, scrape with a borrowed rake, run for bags of earth, pepper plants, artichokes, lettuce, onions, broccoli, strawberries(!) hack with a hand pick and add to the pile of stones at the base of a slope bordering this…
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