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" Dead bodies are buried under the cherry trees!
You have to believe it. Otherwise, you couldn't possibly explain the beauty of the cherry blossoms. I was restless, lately, because I couldn't believe in this beauty. But I have now finally understood: dead bodies are buried under the cherry trees. You have to believe it. "
– Motojirō Kajii, opening of "Under the Cherry Trees" (a popular Japanese quote, especially the first sentence)
Was startled the other day by the long, loud blast of an automobile horn while I was out in the yard. Thought at first it was a road rage incident. Only later I discovered a dead squirrel directly in front of my driveway. Then I connected the horn with the driver's futile attempt to warn the squirrel out of the path of his oncoming car. The squirrel didn't make it and his limp body lay exactly in the position where his life ended. Just a rodent but sad nonetheless. Standing there looking down at the remains, I was reminded of the split second timing that often separates life from death. A fraction of a second either way and the squirrel would still be alive, probably eating seeds from my bird feeder. Instead it lay lifeless and mangled before me. I got a shovel from the garage and carefully scooped up the little guy and carried him off of the road. No intention of conducting a squirrel funeral but I couldn't bear the thought of seeing him every time I left the house. His tail moved just as I lifted him onto the shovel and it frightened me momentarily thinking he was still alive. Then I realized it was just the wind blowing it. Just the wind. This incident reminded me of a photo I had taken a few weeks ago of a small figurine in a nearby cemetery. It stirred the same emotions in me as the dead squirrel. I see toppled funerary statues all the time. But something about this one seemed especially desperate. The gaping mouth, blank eyes, and the limp, lifeless pose. It was immediately distressing but at a level I couldn't fully appreciate until the squirrel incident. Another life metaphor I suppose. The impact or meaning of things sometimes isn't apparent until later, if ever.
I walked to the end of our dirt road. It's a dead end just down a way's from our driveway. the Sun was illuminating the tall grasses, I could smell the pungent Woodline from all the rain we just had. This is the start of a Hike towards the mountains.
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A wonderful find this morning. I haven't seen any Dead Nettle flowers since before we moved here in 2014.
Walking up to the garden full of odd things I found loads along the roadside in the hedgerow.
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Cracow, Poland
Cricoteka - Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor (1915 – 1990), famous Polish painter, stage designer and theatre director, founder of Cricot 2 experimental theatre. "Dead Class" was the the most famous of Tadeusz Kantor's theatre pieces.
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Driving down this country lane I stopped to take a quick photo of this overgrown pole with old style insulators, it was covered in dead Ivy. Happy Telegraph Tuesday everyone.
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Red Dead Nettle / lamium purpureum. Stanton Canal, Derbyshire. 10/04/20.
Red Dead Nettle is usually a low growing, sprawling sort of plant, but it will readily use taller neighbouring wildflowers for support when it can. If that happens, RDN can grow up to 40cms tall.
Easy to dismiss, it actually has very attractive flowers and is worthy of a closer look, particularly in Spring when it's at it's best. It is much beloved by bees as a nectar source.
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dead and lonely - tom waits
Everything that is left
They will only plow under
Soon every one you know
Will be gone