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The Lobster's Advice
One day, while fishing by the sea,
I heard a whisper close to me
And turning round upon my chair
I saw a Lobster standing there,
Proudly preening without pause
His long white whiskers with his claws.
He said, "Young man, your rod and line,
Though baited well, and looking fine,
Will never do if you would find
The sort of fish you have in mind.
For those that come to you allure
May pretty seem, but insecure -
They sparkle now with colours gay
Which, by tomorrow, fade away.
The kind of fish you're looking for
Are well-concealed upon the floor;
They will not rise to take your bait
However long you lie in wait.
You have to seek them out yourself
Upon some underwater shelf,
Beneath the water's pastel blues,
Through shoals of fish of rainbow hues,
Past coral forests, green and red,
And there, upon a muddy bed
Among the hazards - sharks and rays
And moray eels with eyes ablaze -
An object unpretentious lies.
The oyster is your worthy prize.
Her outside may be rough and plain
And yet inside, an unseen gain -
A pearl of wisdom, faithful stone
That may forever hold her own
Above the fish of fickle fin;
Which proves that beauty lies within;
So take, young man, advice from me -
Look deeper down than first you see".
The Lobster seemed to fade from sight
As I woke up; but was he right?
Laurence Swift 1976
Written on the Red Sea coast of Yemen.
Printed in the local UN "Fishy News".
This lobster or crab pot caught my eye wedged between the rocks at low tide. The wind was pretty brisk and it was quite precarious positioning the tripod across two rocks. I used an ND4 filter to slow the motion a touch.
These deep water creatures live in colonies of burrows on soft muddy substrates. There are tracks linking the burrows and some are co-habited by Frys Goby. Redundant holes make homes for long-armed squat lobsters and angular crabs( Gonoplex r). I eat creel caught langoustine/Dublin bay prawn/scampi or whatever you want to call them after seeing the devastation of their habitat by Norwegian trawlers in Loch Fyne . The prawn beds of Loch Fyne are still recovering years later.
Any place you can get fresh baked pies and fresh lobster under one roof, count me in. It is important to support these Mom & Pop establishments before they all disappear.
Passed this little stand early this morning before they were even open. It just looked like such a quaint place I stopped to get a shot of it.
Happy weekend all!
Had a wonderful girls day out today with my daughter, sister, mother, niece and great-niece. It was so nice to be able to have time with them, especially my daughter, who I don't see enough. We went for a walk along the shore for about and hour... a very chilly walk, but we didn't care. It was a beautiful day and the company was perfect. afterwards we went to lunch at a restaurant along the shore and this was the view from our table. We all decided that even though it was a beautiful day, we wouldn't want to be out on that boat.. the temp was in the high 30's... maybe the very low 40s... but it felt good to be outside in the almost middle of January with none of that white stuff underfoot.
We usually see the long pendant of brilliant flowers of the Lobster Claw Heliconia. But what does one look like when you walk right up to it and shoot it at 14+ magnification?
It's soft, tissuey and transparent. Not hard and plastic as it appears from a distance. Isn't macro amazing? The usually unseen world!
Heliconia, derived from the Greek word helikonios, is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia. Common names for the genus include lobster claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise. The last refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers (Strelitzia). Collectively, these plants are also simply referred to as Heliconias.
The leaves of these plants are 6 in-10 ft long, oblong, growing opposite one another on non-woody petioles often longer than the leaf, often forming large clumps. Their flowers are produced on long, erect or drooping panicles. They consist of brightly colored waxy bracts, with small true flowers peeping out from the bracts. The growth habit of Heliconias is similar to Canna, Strelitzia, and bananas, to which they are related.
Lobster Claw Heliconia
Biscayne Park FL
A large lobster pin made for an interesting subject for this weeks Macro Monday's theme about jewelry. Taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm 3.5 lens on an extension tube, on a Canon SL1 camera.
Stored lobster traps await the press of hungry summer visitors to Guilford's waterfront.
See my other Guilford images at flic.kr/s/aHsjsx3xaz
A selection of lobster pots on the ocean side of the rural roadway. I'm sure they have amused many a tourist and very surprising they were not tied to the roof of a sadan and snuck away for a front lawn decoration years previous.
From Wikipedia:
Johnson's first appearance was in the story "The Killer in My Skull" from Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1. Johnson and his sidekick investigate a series of bizarre deaths which appear to have been committed using telekinesis. Late in the Thirties, Lobster Johnson and his sidekick shifted to deal more with the Nazi threat to the United States. One of his unsuccessful missions (told in flashback during the story "Night Train") involved the escape of a Nazi criminal who destroyed a train full of scientists bound for The Manhattan Project. This mission lead to the death of Johnson's sidekick. Johnson began to work as an independent agent for the US government.
Lobster Johnson's final mission was an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Nazis from launching a space capsule at Hunte Castle, Austria on 20 March 1939 (in the prologue of Hellboy: The Conqueror Worm). Although he managed to force the roof of Hunte Castle to close before the launch, the capsule managed to burst through. The subsequent explosion and fire within the castle killed everyone except Nazi scientist Herman von Klempt.
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I really like the idea for this one, but I think it's missing something...
What an incredible and wonderful day I had today. In fact, I do not have enough positive words to describe how brilliant it was. Today, I walked across the Atlantic and a little later I will post you the picture of the Atlantic Bridge.
This Lobster is very white. I don't know what kind of Lobster it is. I should have read the sign at the aquarium.
My sixth entry for ABS Builder challenge. This build came together quite quickly, though the presentation was a bit of a challenge to get right. The lobster was a fun challenge to create, and I’m quite pleased with the result, though perhaps my personal favorite part of the build is the cup. Inspiration goes to Siercon and Coral, as well as Legohaulic. The dark red seed part is used 12 times.
04.15.08 : After selecting the biggest and most active lobster in the fishtank, the waiter brought it over to the table for my approval. It was then sauteed with minced pork and black beans....too bad they didn't mix in some eggs which is part of the appeal for me! =P
ABC Chinese Restaurant
(formerly known as Danny Ng Restaurant)
34 Pell Street