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What I told someone while working on this: "I started out to work on many photos, then I got distracted working on one photo, then it became a painting, then it became a Rorschach test."
Leaves and flood debris
Santa Rosa Creek, Cambria, CA | June 28, 2025
X-Pro2 • Voigtländer Macro Apo-Ultron 35mm ƒ2
Capture 1 edit.
I mostly edited this upside-down to render it abstract while I was effectively painting details into the darkness. I should have been working on the shots from earlier in the day instead, but so it goes. Funny how influences build and transfer. I'm applying a Cartier-Bresson technique to an abstracted landscape that he'd find objectionable. I'm having trouble putting names to the rest of the influences here though; I feel like I've seen that bright trunk in an Ansel, but I keep thinking of Garrod for some reason. I joked while editing this that it had turned into a Rorschach test, but maybe there's a deeper truth to that than I even intended.
I saw the recent interview with Ralph Gibson where he gave the advice that you shouldn't imitate those you admire because you won't learn anything that way. Important truth there. Influences will influence, that's just how it works, but when we imitate what we've seen instead of letting it work behind the scenes on what we do, we end up stuck in a learning phase comparable to how rules of composition get memorized and consciously applied like recipes, rather than first recognizing that they are descriptive rather than prescriptive, and then internalizing them so that they form an unconscious groundwork of effective seeing.
I think anyone who's followed me a while will recognize—as I certainly do—that this is a big weakness of mine. I love my influences deeply, and sometimes I imitate them consciously, but that's not my overarching goal. Occasionally praise gets thrown at me for it, and appreciation is appreciated, but I also get a lot of misunderstanding. In my best moments, I've just barely touched that place where I find myself amongst all the competing influences looking through my eyes, and I'm always trying to claw my way back to that.
I know I might never do it though. I think there's still value in honoring what we love, but what loves us wants us to rise above its constraints. I think about dear old Jeff Nixon with intense empathy. He fought hard, but I don't think he wanted his appreciated work to be only the times he best imitated his teacher. If I'm on a rocky beach and Edward feels like working through me a little, I'll never complain, but I do also hope he'll sometimes let me stand on his shoulders to get my own shot before the light is gone.
(DSCF2476c (flickr))
Don't talk to strangers, keep away from the danger
Don't talk to strangers who smile
Keep away from the danger all the time, you just keep away
Just keep away
Red lights are flashing, there's been a misunderstanding
I'm Bruised and broke and bandaged
Through drinking all that brandy
I was, under the table but I came back for more
Gotta hit that bottle but my head hit the floor
Danger, danger, don't talk to strangers
Fotografada por: Mim :D
Modelo: Nika Fadu
The globular cluster M3 was the first object in the Messier catalog to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier spotted the cluster in 1764, mistaking it for a nebula without any stars. This misunderstanding of M3’s nature was corrected in 1784 when William Herschel was able to resolve the cluster’s individual stars. Today it is known to contain over 500,000 stars.
M3 is notable for containing more variable stars than any other known cluster. The brightness of a variable star fluctuates with time. M3 contains at least 274 variable stars.
Interestingly, M3 is actually larger in size than the well known Great Cluster M13 in Hercules. M3 is estimated to be 180 light years in diameter vs M13 about 120. However M3 is 10,000 light years more distant than M13. Both clusters are very old, about 11+ billion years.
Capture info:
Location: Backyard (Las Cruces, NM US)
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: QHY268C
Mount: RST 135E
Data: 41 x 5 min
Processing: Pixinsight
Bello Honest Emigrant Australia Would Marry Compaesana Illibata -
Director: Luigi Zampa
Writers: Rodolfo Sonego
Stars: Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone
(1971)
A worker who emigrated to Australia searches for a mail-order wife using a friend's photo. A former prostitute who wants to change her life contacts him, without revealing herself. Their mutual lies create a series of hilarious and bitter misunderstandings.
Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her life style. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends a photograph to Carmela of his handsome friend Giuseppe.
Carmela, seeing him, lashes out, calling him names and the fight breaks out
life scenes
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Herbert the literal, half-deaf dream fairy didn't quite hear poor Wayne correctly.
Moral:
Think positive all the time or you may be misunderstood.
hehheee for my group at my Trickery, trickery, trickery
There was a cute misunderstanding in this chapel. The benches are reserved for praying people. I knelt down right beside them, to get a good capture including the ceiling. A friendly man invited me to sit on the bench to pray :-)
La casa de Castril es un palacio renacentista ubicado en la ciudad española de Granada, comunidad autónoma de Andalucía; en ella se encuentra actualmente el Museo Arqueológico de Granada.
La casa se halla enclavada en la carrera del Darro, en el antiguo barrio árabe de Ajsaris, sede a partir del siglo XVI de parte de la nobleza granadina, como muestran sus construcciones blasonadas. La Casa de Castril es uno de los mejores ejemplos de palacios renacentistas de Granada y perteneció a la familia de Hernando de Zafra, secretario de los Reyes Católicos que participó activamente en la reconquista de la ciudad a los musulmanes y en sus Capitulaciones. En lo alto de la fachada está grabada la fecha de su construcción: 1539. Esta obra ha sido atribuida a Sebastián de Alcántara, uno de los más destacados discípulos de Diego de Siloé. En 1917 se adquirió la Casa del Castril a los herederos del insigne arabista Leopoldo Eguílaz y Yanguas para ubicar definitivamente el citado Museo.
Además, sobre el edificio recae una vieja leyenda, de cuando era habitado en época árabe, la cual se refiere a una misteriosa dama de blanco que se aparece de vez en cuando, fruto de un desencuentro entre el padre de una bella muchacha que habitaba el edificio y su supuesto amante, que desencadenaron la furia del padre y posteriormente su ahorcamiento y emparedamiento en el balcón lateral del edificio. Sobre este balcón ciego se puede leer una consigna que dice: "Esperando la del cielo", lo que podría referirse a "esperando la justicia del cielo", que probablemente tuviese relación con las palabras que el supuesto amante pronunció antes de ser ahorcado.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Castril
rinconesdegranada.com/casa-de-castril
The Castril palace (also House of Castril) is a Renaissance style palace located in Sacromonte, a district of the Spanish city of Granada. Nowadays it hosts the Archaeological Museum of Granada.
The house is nailed in the Race of the Darro, in the old Arab district of Ajsaris, seat of 16th century's granadine nobility. The palace is one of the best Renaissance palaces of Granada and belonged to the family of Hernando de Zafra, secretary of Catholic monarchs who participated actively in reconquering it from the Muslim hands during the Reconquista.
At the top of the facade the date of its foundation is recorded: 1539. This work has been attributed to Sebastián de Alcántara, one of the most outstanding disciples of Diego de Siloé. In 1917, the Castril palace was acquired by arabist and orientalist Leopoldo Eguílaz y Yanguas to make it a definitive location of the Archaeological Museum of Granada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castril_Palace
There is also an old legend about the building, dating back to the time when it was inhabited in Arab times, which refers to a mysterious lady in white who appears from time to time, the result of a misunderstanding between the father of a beautiful girl who lived in the building and her supposed lover, which triggered the father's fury and subsequently led to her hanging and walling herself up on the side balcony of the building. On this blind balcony one can read a slogan that reads: "Waiting for heaven's justice", which could refer to "waiting for heaven's justice", probably related to the words that the supposed lover uttered before being hanged.
When I joined, I never would have thought I'd gain as much of a following as I have in these 3 years. I'm so thankful for it and I'm grateful for everyone who continues to face and comment on my stuff. I'm grateful for all the friends I've made and the new experiences and interests that I've gained through being a part of this website.
Over the years, a lot has changed. So many people have come and gone, and it honestly hurts seeing so many of the people I enjoyed not being here anymore. The Lego community has died down from a real involved community that does fun events and team projects or challenges, to something where we just kind of post and hope for some comments. I dont know if there's any way to change that, to be honest. I'd like to think so, but it just hasnt happened. That is not to say I dont like this community anymore, but I definitely have lost a good bit of interest since I first joined. That's really all I can say about that.
I'd like to take a little time to thank some specific people that I've become really close with over these years. We used to do this a lot for our flickrversaries, so I wanted to bring it back.
BrickTailor- Scott, I have no idea how we hit it off so randomly, but I'm glad we did. You're so much like me, but so different at the same time, and I like that a lot about you. XD I'm glad we've gotten to know each other so well and stay in contact on a pretty regular basis. I'd love to meet you one day dude.
Multi-Sharp- Jon, you're super chill and I love the vibe you give with your personality. When I first met you I wasnt too fond of you, but when I got to know you I realized I was just misunderstanding what you had been trying to say and that you just wanted to be friends. I'm glad we talk and that I get to know you.
Giftbaby04- Gretchen, you're hilarious and wholesome and I love being your friend. XD I love your art and your morals and how good of a friend you try to be to everyone. Keep being yourself, cuz you're great.
Grayish.Plutonium- Tanz, you're a cool little bean who never fails to surprise me with your randomness. XD I really enjoy talking to you and getting to be your friend.
Please don't be upset if I left you out, these are just a couple of the people I felt I should point out specifically. I appreciate you all, and I thank you for supporting my content. Thank you also if you read all this, because it means a lot. That's all for now. Stay frosty, bros and broditas!
-FANTXTIK
P.S. If anyone remembers fig-offs, would you like to do one with me?
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And from the stage
All the faces out front seemed so hungry
With an unbearably wholesome misunderstanding
From where they sat, you seemed so far up there
High and live and diving
And instead you were swamp crawling
Down, deeper
Until you tasted the Earth's own blood
And chatted with the buzzing-eyed insects that heroin breeds
8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain | Part 2
~ JC
You Lost me
It all started with a simple hello and I fell madly in love. I knew my world would never be the same again. I thought you were the best thing that ever happened to me. You said all of the right things and made all the right moves. You said you have never felt this way about anyone before and maybe for some time it was true, but with hindsight, you’re everything I thought you never were. For some reason I thought I knew what real pain felt like, but no amount of time could prepare me for the excruciating pain I feel because of you. Now I finally know what it feels like when a person means everything to you but you mean absolutely nothing to them. I guess I was the fool for allowing you this close to me.
Getting to know your hearts desires and your fears, was just a few of the exciting times we shared together. There was so many moments I thought to myself…is this really happening? Is it possible to feel this happy with someone? In return I showed you a piece of me that I’ve never showed to anyone before, because I trusted you completely. In my mind I finally found true love…the kind that would last forever and a day. Now all I can think about is everything I gave to you, and that I’ll never get that back.
All the unanswered questions left me paralyzed with fear and uncontrollable tears. Now I’m at a place I thought I’d never be. I am somebody I would have never imagined. The truth is you wanted the best of both worlds, and for some time you had it your way, but making promises you can’t keep is worse than not making promises at all. Someone once said “Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making, when they make them”. Yes, nobody said it will be easy and no one ever said it would be this difficult either, but when you said forever, I guess you meant until you find someone new.
I am trying to figure out exactly where things went wrong. I’m questioning everything you ever told me. You lied over and over again, even when you told me I was perfect. So many times you said you are so happy and because I was happy, I thought it must be true, but maybe a happy ever after was never meant to be.
I guess the worst part is knowing now that I was just someone that filled an empty space in time, while you were searching for another. I guess I was just a footnote in your life story, while you were a chapter in mine. An entire chapter on heartache, deception, betrayal and love lost. You never truly loved me, you just didn’t want to be alone and for a while, it felt like love. In retrospect it was just a huge misunderstanding that led to a shattered heart.
In the end you took more than you deserve. I’m absorbing on how to heal myself and I will be stronger than ever before. Someday I will be happy and in love again with the right person who will love me more than I’ve ever imagined. I will look back at us and realize that in the end the pain was such an emotional metamorphous and worth suffering for because I found someone who cares for me, loves me unconditionally in a way that I never experienced before and treasure the feeling of togetherness and true commitment. At this moment in time I still get sad about everything that happened. Every now and then reality sets in and hits me unexpectedly, then I realize everything was true and real for me at least, but that my life is better without you.
Now I’ll erase the messages, delete the numbers, and move on. I’ll have to accept that you are not the person I once thought you were. Yes, it’s hard to forget someone who has given you so much to remember, but every story has an end and in life every ending is just a new beginning.
2013 Salt ( Friuli-Venezia Giulia ,Italy)
Molto diffuso in Italia, il gioco della morra è stato colpito dai divieti della legge, a causa delle frequenti risse che provocava . Attualmente la morra è compresa nella tabella dei giochi proibiti. Ciò è dato dal fatto che, soprattutto nell' Italia del nord, si praticava tale gioco a tutti gli effetti come gioco d'azzardo, anche se questa affermazione è data da una percezione sbagliata del fenomeno. La morra era oggetto quindi di scommesse, in palio c'era solitamente un litro di vino come accadeva per una qualsiasi partita di carte, l'unica differenza stava nel fatto che la violenza gestuale e verbale del gioco si prestava benissimo a malintesi ed equivoci che sovente, grazie soprattutto ai contributi dell'alcool e per evitare di pagare il pegno, avevano dei risvolti drammatici fra le persone interessate.
Very popular in Italy, the game of “morra “ was hit by the prohibitions of the law, because of the frequent brawls that caused. Currently the “morra “ is included in the table of forbidden games. This is given by the fact that, especially in northern Italy, was practiced such game to all effects as gambling, even if this statement is given by a wrong perception of the phenomenon. The
” Morra “was the subject of betting then, at stake was usually a bottle of wine as was the case for any card game, the only difference was that the gestural and verbal violence of the game lends itself very well to misunderstandings and misconceptions that often, thanks to the contributions of alcohol and to avoid paying the pledge, had dramatic implications between the persons concerned.
Bello Honest Emigrant Australia Would Marry Compaesana Illibata -
Director: Luigi Zampa
Writers: Rodolfo Sonego
Stars: Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone
(1971)
A worker who emigrated to Australia searches for a mail-order wife using a friend's photo. A former prostitute who wants to change her life contacts him, without revealing herself. Their mutual lies create a series of hilarious and bitter misunderstandings.
Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her life style. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends a photograph to Carmela of his handsome friend Giuseppe.
the journey is long and includes various stops
life scenes
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The waning gibbous Moon is about to pass in front of Mars: the lunar occultation of Mars actually occurred a couple of hours later, when Mars couldn’t outshine the bright daylight. So, the two celestial bodies were shot just before the beginning of astronomical dawn:
They seem too close to each other, as their apparent position in the sky is only one degree apart (approximately). Yet, they are too far away both from each other and from the camera: The Moon was close to its apogee (the most distant point of its elliptical orbit around Earth). Mars was even farther away, of course, as a planet moving around the sun. Precise data about the positions in a comment below. Photograph made by stacking 26 light frames by Starry Landscape Stacker.
The celestial bodies’ distance reminds us of the following theatrical play’s line:
“I am too far away from what I love and my distance is without remedy.”
—Albert Camus (Le Malentendu / The Misunderstanding, act 2, sc. 2)
Esattamente due ore fà il cielo era così, e lo avevo previsto da come è andata la giornata, perchè c'erano nuvole, e succede che di solito dopo una perturbazione, il cielo ci presenta un tramonto particolare.
Quindi cosa ho fatto? Sono uscita almeno una mezz'ora prima dell'ora del tramonto ... e ho aspettato, non ci si stanca ad aspettare un tramonto !
Ne ho scattate di foto, potrei farne una serie anche di questo tramonto, ma ho scelto questa, la quale è stata verso la fine dell'evolvere del tramonto.
C'era quel venticello freddo, le mani si stavano ghiacciando quasi come quando nevicava. Ma questa volta ero in macchina, quindi ho aspettato anche stando dentro in macchina al caldo.
Ma quando il cielo si stava trasformando, ero pronta per cominciare a scattare, e succede sempre che in quel contesto le mani si riscaldano ... potere del tramonto, dell'ispirazione che dà, dell'avere fatto in tempo a riprenderlo !
... volevo trovare una citazione sul tramonto, ma improvvisamente ho avuto questa sensazione, una mia sensazione o citazione :
"Tramonto dopo una nevicata autunnale,
non certo succede spesso,
però quando succede,
ci lascia un certo che di incompreso,
o forse compreso anche troppo ..
una cosa è sicura: osserviamo di più il cielo "
(scritto di getto da me)
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Exactly two hours ago the sky was like this, and I had predicted it by how the day went, because there were clouds, and it happens that usually after a weather disturbance, the sky has a particular sunset.
So what did I do? I left at least half an hour before the sunset ... and I waited, do not get tired of waiting for a sunset!
I took photos, I could make a series of this sunset, but I chose this, which was toward the end of the sunset.
There was that cold breeze, my hands were almost icing the same as when it was snowing. But this time I was in the car, so I waited even while staying in the car in the heat.
But when the sky was changing, I was ready to start shooting, and it always happens that in that context the hands warm up ... the power of the sunset, the inspiration it gives, in being there in time !
... I wanted to find a quote on sunset, but suddenly I had this feeling, my feeling or quote:
"Sunset after an autumn snowfall,
it certainly does not happen often,
but when it happens,
It leaves within us a certain feeling of misunderstanding,
or perhaps too much understanding...
one thing is certain: we observe more at the sky "
(written by me)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-TcFt2OVSw
Hello there, is anyone there?
Where is
Is there anyone to answer me?
Is anyone there?
You’re disappearing, more and more, without a sound
From me, without any reason
Was everything a misunderstanding?
Were we looking at each other in a dream?
Why am I alone?
Among all the people surrounding me
Why am I alone?
I’m all alone, I need someone
I need someone right now
Hello, is anyone there?
Anyone who can accept me?
Is anyone here?
Come to me, without a sound
Hold me, without a reason
Why am I alone?
Among all the people surrounding me
Why am I alone?
I’m all alone, I need someone
I need someone right now
As I am keeping my silence
I’ve let everyone go
A siren rings in my head
I really don’t think this is right
As I am keeping my silence
I’ve let everyone go
Oh now I got to do something
Why am I alone?
Among all the people surrounding me
Why am I alone?
I’m all alone, I need someone
I need someone right now
I need someone right now
Mystic Thoughts - Angels Dialogue by Daniel Arrhakis (2019)
With the music : Iván Dominik - Beyond The Horizon | Epic Vocal Orchestra
My work and tribute to all the victims of the El Paso shooting, Texas and of the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio.
My deepest feelings to all the victims and their families in these hard and sad times.
The cycle of hatred needs to be urgently broken, hatred is perpetuated through generations by using fear and misunderstanding, often sadly incited by unscrupulous politicians to achieve their ends - the Division of Society.
Dialogue and tolerance are now more than necessary to join hands for a new tomorrow!
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Wish a wonderful weekend to all of you dear friends ! : )
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The Japanese rock garden (枯山水 karesansui) or "dry landscape" garden, often called a zen garden, creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.[1] A zen garden is usually relatively small, surrounded by a wall, and is usually meant to be seen while seated from a single viewpoint outside the garden, such as the porch of the hojo, the residence of the chief monk of the temple or monastery. Classical zen gardens were created at temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. They were intended to imitate the intimate essence of nature, not its actual appearance, and to serve as an aid to meditation about the true meaning of existence.[
Meaning of the garden:
Like any work of art, the artistic garden of Ryōan-ji is also open to interpretation, or scientific research into possible meanings. Many different theories have been put forward inside and outside Japan about what the garden is supposed to represent, from islands in a stream, to swimming baby tigers to the peaks of mountains rising above to theories about secrets of geometry or of the rules of equilibrium of odd numbers. Garden historian Gunter Nitschke wrote: "The garden at Ryōan-ji does not symbolize anything, or more precisely, to avoid any misunderstanding, the garden of Ryōan-ji does not symbolize, nor does it have the value of reproducing a natural beauty that one can find in the real or mythical world. I consider it to be an abstract composition of 'natural' objects in space, a composition whose function is to incite meditation."
**The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Seems like this pair of Nanday Parakeets are having a misunderstanding and the male has no clue at all on what happened. Like humans, the males are always clueless when they get the silent treatment. Been there, done that.
Canon 7D Mark II, EF400mm f/4L IS USM, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 400
Misunderstanding
Doesn't go into the story line anymore, cease fire were made
In other news, the war in Poland is being brought to a conclusion as SF forces move ever closer to the capital. 囧
Fitting music: 1:12
Io, loro e Lara is a 2010 film directed by and starring Carlo Verdone.
The film was dedicated to Verdone's father, Mario, who died during
the making of the film.
Plot: Carlo Mascolo is a priest on a mission in Africa. Following a profound spiritual crisis, the priest decides to return to Rome, where the rest of his family lives, with the idea of taking a break to reflect and find clarity within himself.
However, when Carlo arrives home, he is overwhelmed by his family's problems: his elderly father Alberto has married the young Moldovan caregiver Olga, much to the disappointment of his siblings Luigi and Beatrice, who fear for their inheritance. Carlo also has doubts about his parent's choice, but everything changes with the sudden death of his stepmother.
The situation takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of Lara, the deceased's daughter: Alberto, now a widower and desperate, demands that the girl stay in the family home for a while, where she shares her life with the priest. Initially, a good relationship develops between the two, but it strains when Carlo discovers that the young woman is leading a double life. But this is only the beginning of a long series of misunderstandings...
Carlo begins to develop a good relationship with the girl, but one night, he accidentally discovers, upon entering her room, that Lara is performing half-naked on webcam.
Life scenes................
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Quarry Lodge and St Chad's Church.
Quarry Lodge (Grade II Listed) was once home to celebrity TV gardener Percy Thrower MBE when he worked for Shrewsbury Borough Council.
St Chad's Church (Grade I Listed) occupies a prominent position in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire. The current church building was built in 1792, and with its distinctive round shape and high tower it is a well-known landmark in the town. It faces The Quarry area of parkland, which slopes down to the River Severn. The church is a Grade I listed building.
Charles Darwin was baptised in St Chad's church in 1809, and as a young boy attended the church with his mother Susannah.
The present building replaced an earlier church, dedicated to St Chad, situated near College Hill; this was a 13th-century building which was largely destroyed when the central tower collapsed in 1788. All that remains of the earlier building is a side chapel surrounded by a disused churchyard which also contains an exposed crypt.
Scottish architect George Steuart was commissioned to build a new church, and he submitted several preliminary designs. Due to a misunderstanding, Steuart went on to complete a circular plan which was not the Parish Church committee's preferred design; however, time was limited, and this was the design which was built.
The foundation stone was laid on St Chad's day, 2 March 1790. The church was built of white Grinshill stone. The building work was supervised by John Simpson (who later worked on several projects with Thomas Telford, including the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct). Internally, the gallery was supported by slender cast iron pillars, an early example of cast iron used for this purpose; they were made by William Hazledine, a pioneering ironmaster who had a foundry in Shrewsbury.
The church was opened on 19 August 1792.
The sanctuary window is a copy in stained glass of a triptych by Rubens in Antwerp Cathedral; it was made in the 1840s by David Evans, a local stained glass artist. The original pulpit, which obscured the altar, was removed in 1888; it was replaced by a copper and brass pulpit in Arts and Crafts style, placed to one side and giving a clearer view of the Sanctuary.
The entrance hall has many memorials relating to the 53rd Regiment of Foot, and its successor regiment the King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) including:
• alabaster tablet memorial to officers and men of the 53rd who died at the Battle of Sobraon (1846);
• large tablet to those of that regiment who died in the Indian Mutiny campaign (1857–59);
• tablet to those of the 1st Battalion KSLI who died in the Egyptian campaign of 1882;
• tablet to those of the 1st KSLI who died in the occupation of Suakim, Sudan, 1885–86;
• tablet above vestibule entrance to KSLI dead (4,700 all ranks) of the First World War, unveiled 1930 in presence of Poet Laureate John Masefield; and
• books of remembrance of KSLI war dead of both World Wars, in separate cases, in addition to separate county books of remembrance to all war dead from the county of Shropshire.
(Notes from Wikipedia)
For more photographs of Shrewsbury please click here: www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/
With a weight of 6 tons and a height that can reach 3.3 m to the shoulder, the elephant is the largest land animal in the world. Tusks of 90 kg have been recorded, but tusks of older bulls generally weigh 50 to 60 kg. Elephants can live as long as 70 years. With as many as 50 000 muscles, the elephant’s trunk is very sensitive. It is essentially a modified nose, able to detect water underground. Using the finger-like appendages at the tip of the trunk, elephants can pick the smallest flowers and twigs, pick a thorn from their feet and pull out strong reeds or grass. There is a common misunderstanding that the joints between the elephant’s feet and body are its knees. They are, in fact, its wrists. Elephants’ foot bones and hand bones are one and the same and have evolved to suit this four-legged mammal. An elephant’s tusks are actually its upper incisors, growing continuously until the elephant dies at about 60 years of age. They use their tusks for obtaining food, self-defence, and males use it for fighting. An elephant’s skin is about 3 cm thick, although it is rather sensitive. Elephants eat great quantities, and in a day can consume up to 272 kg (600 pounds) of tender shoots, grass and tree bark, drinking up to 200 litres of water in a single session. One elephant deposits about 150 kg (330 pounds) of dung per day, and drops a dollop every 15 minutes.
Info source: southafrica.co.za/elephant.html
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The photo was taken during September 2017 at Lake Panic Bird Hide, Kruger National Park Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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"Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. "
"The essential is invisible to the eyes."
"The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart."
"One sees clearly only with the heart."
"Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."
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UNIVERSAL QUESTION: DOES ISLAM PROMOTE VIOLENCE?
1. Does Islam promote violence, bloodshed, and brutality since the Qur’an says that Muslims should kill the kuffar wherever they find them?
ANSWER: NO. Let us study the following misquoted verses of the Holy Qur'an used by those who want to perpetuate the myth that Islam promotes violence, and exhorts its followers to kill those outside the faith of Islam.
2.What is the particular verse cited by Islam critics to distort Islam as a religion?
This verse: "Kill the mushriqeen (pagans, polytheists, kuffar)
wherever you find them". [Al-Qur’an 9:5]
----This verse is OFTEN USED by the critics of Islam to show that Islam promotes violence, bloodshed, and brutality. They cite this to support their BIASED theory motivated by religious hatred by identifying Islam with TERRORISM which is the EXACT PROHIBITION IN THE Holy Qur'an.
3. WHY do the critics of Islam intentionally MISQUOTE this verse?
The answer is simple: to show that Muslims WILL NOT SPARE non-Muslims if only to follow this verse and put it into practice.
This is an act that ABSOLUTELY DISTORTS the essence of Islam and the ANTI-THESIS OF WHAT ISLAM IS.
This verse SHOWS ONLY A PART of the entire message in the HOLY QUR'AN. What the critics DID NOT SHOW are the ENTIRE VERSES which is composed of Surah 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
The intentional skip by not mentioning the other related verses explains the motive of the critics-- TO MISEDUCATE about Islam.
By citing only this particular verse, it provokes MISUNDERSTANDING among the Muslims and the non-Muslims which will lead to an impression that ISLAM is a militant faith and purely anti non-Muslims. If you believe this, you become a victim of the hate campaign against Islam.
Now, in order to understand the entire message of the Holy Qur'an, let me, therefore, cite the hidden and intentionally deleted SURAH 6 by the critics of ISLAM.
It says:
"If one amongst the pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so that he may hear the word of Allah; and then escort him to where he can be secure that is because they are men without knowledge.
" [Al-Qur’an 9:6]
What message do you get from this verse?
The act of FORGIVENESS, right? But staunch critics of
Islam like Arun Shourie in India DID NOT CITE VERSE 6 of SURAH 9 for obvious reasons. What he kept citing in his arguments is VERSE 5 of Chapter 9 of the Holy Qur'an.
Shourie quotes verse 5 of Surah Taubah chapter 9 in his book "The World of Fatwahs’, on page 572. After quoting
verse 5 he jumps to verse 7 of Surah Taubah. Any sensible
person will realize that he has skipped verse 6.
4. WHAT THEREFORE IS THE ENTIRE MESSAGE OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE HOLY QUR'AN?
Chapter 9 of the Holy Qur'an is not a message of war but
of Forgiveness. That even if war has to be made against
those who violated the rights of Muslims or have
transgressed them to serve their evil purpose, still, FORGIVENESS MUST BE GIVEN TO THOSE who
seek for it.
Here, please read the lines of this verse:
"But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."[Al-Qur’an 9:5]
If you will only read the first part about killing and delete the last lines, you will be guilty of "kitman", the intentional deletion of important lines in a verse to produce a different "hostile and violent" meaning.
5. WHAT is the REAL STORY behind CHAPTER 9 of the Holy Quran?
Chapter 9 discussed a history of a PEACE TREATY between the Muslims and the Mushriqs (pagans) of Makkah during that time when the following verse was written. The peace treaty was violated by the Mushriks of Makkah.
To consider preserving peace, the Muslims gave the Mushriks a period of four months to amend their ways
otherwise, the war would be declared against them.
TAKE NOTE of the fairness exercised by the Muslims during that time.: PATIENCE was given to the violators and there was no immediate declaration of war against them.
But this point is obviously hidden by Muslim critics.
The motive behind the intentional skip of VERSE 6 is to avoid making their argument ineffective against Islam.
Why many continue to adhere to this distorted belief is beyond my mind, but it is of prime importance that the truth
must be told to correct a wrong.
6. Miseducation and hate campaign against Islam:
Surah Taubah chapter 9 verse 5 is being used by the critics of Islam as justification for their allegation that Islam promotes violence, brutality, and bloodshed.
The truth about Islam is granting forgiveness to enemies who
repents and secure them in the name of Allah.
What is the point of killing? A true Muslim does not use religion to oppress and terrorize innocent civilians.
This is exactly what Allah (swt) says in the Glorious Qur’an to promote peace in the world.
View On Black Because I wrote this on the run some of my contacts have received a wrong impression. This is not my backyard. If it were, I would be hiring somebody to maintain it because I would be that rich. This image was taken at Dunkerhook Park, NJ. Please accept my apologies for any misunderstandings. :-)
A quick posting as I return to my backyard for some digging. Maybe I am part dog. LOL. see you later :-)
The Symbol Jewels Of Ion - Sacred Geometries - The Stygmat by Daniel Arrhakis (2023)
A new mystic series "The Symbol Jewels Of Ion - Sacred Geometries"
The Symbol Jewels Of Ion - Sacred Geometries (*)
Symbols and sacred geometries in the Mystical World of Ion whose meaning goes far beyond the visual representation or its dreamlike character.
They materialize a mystical power that unites human qualities with a conscious and omnipresent universal spirituality that reigns over destiny, matter and time.
The Stygmat
Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμα stigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ: the hands, wrists, and feet.
A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.
In the Mystic World Of Ion the symbolism of this geometry is a little different, the red blood is the intrinsic strength, the hereditary character, the courage to face adversity, the base of the calyx of a flower that extends vertically to its stigma, to the light, to the green of hope and redemption.
The chalice delimited by two juxtaposed hands that pray and face with faith, adversity, the stigmas of ignorance and misunderstanding.
In the center, the blue sky, faith renewed after the storm, the sweet home you return to at the end of the day, the temple that awaits and welcomes you, the water that quenches your thirst.
In the Mystical World of Ion, far from being a stigma, Stygmat geometry is the representation of strength, faith, courage and, above all, resistance in the face of adversity.
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As Joias Simbólicas de Íon - Geometrias Sagradas
Símbolos e geometrias sagradas no Mundo Místico de Íon cujo significado vai muito além da representação visual ou de seu caráter onírico.
Eles materializam um poder místico que une as qualidades humanas com uma espiritualidade universal consciente e onipresente que reina sobre o destino, a matéria e o tempo.
Stigmat
Stigmata (do grego antigo: στίγματα, plural de στίγμα estigma, 'marca, mancha, marca'), no catolicismo, são feridas corporais, cicatrizes e dores que aparecem em locais correspondentes às feridas da crucificação de Jesus Cristo: as mãos, pulsos e pés.
Uma marca de desgraça associada a uma circunstância, qualidade ou pessoa em particular.
No Mundo Místico de Ion o simbolismo dessa geometria é um pouco diferente, o sangue vermelho é a força intrínseca, o caráter hereditário, a coragem para enfrentar as adversidades, a base do cálice de uma flor que se estende verticalmente até seu estigma, para a luz, para o verde da esperança e da redenção.
O cálice delimitado por duas mãos justapostas que rezam e enfrentam com fé as adversidades, os estigmas da ignorância e da incompreensão.
Ao centro, o céu azul, a fé renovada depois da tempestade, o doce lar a que regressas ao fim do dia, o templo que te espera e te acolhe, a água que mata a tua sede.
No Mundo Místico de Íon, longe de ser um estigma, a geometria Stygmat é a representação da força, da fé, da coragem e, acima de tudo, da resistência diante das adversidades.
(*) Text and images of the series "The Symbol Jewels Of Ion - Sacred Geometries" created by Daniel Arrhakis
week 40
dramas, misunderstanding and disappointments
ignore how i'm looking, i had to take this after i had a soccer play because the sun was so beautiful!
quote
"There's a misunderstanding somewhere, and I want to put it right. The fact is, this is a good dragon."
Kenneth Grahame
8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932
was a British writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for The Wind in the Willows (1908), a classic of children's literature, as well as The Reluctant Dragon. Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's Toad of Toad Hall, based on part of The Wind in the Willows, was the first. Other adaptations include Cosgrove Hall Films' The Wind in the Willows (and its subsequent long-running television series).
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La casa de Castril es un palacio renacentista ubicado en la ciudad española de Granada, comunidad autónoma de Andalucía; en ella se encuentra actualmente el Museo Arqueológico de Granada.
La casa se halla enclavada en la carrera del Darro, en el antiguo barrio árabe de Ajsaris, sede a partir del siglo XVI de parte de la nobleza granadina, como muestran sus construcciones blasonadas. La Casa de Castril es uno de los mejores ejemplos de palacios renacentistas de Granada y perteneció a la familia de Hernando de Zafra, secretario de los Reyes Católicos que participó activamente en la reconquista de la ciudad a los musulmanes y en sus Capitulaciones. En lo alto de la fachada está grabada la fecha de su construcción: 1539. Esta obra ha sido atribuida a Sebastián de Alcántara, uno de los más destacados discípulos de Diego de Siloé. En 1917 se adquirió la Casa del Castril a los herederos del insigne arabista Leopoldo Eguílaz y Yanguas para ubicar definitivamente el citado Museo.
Además, sobre el edificio recae una vieja leyenda, de cuando era habitado en época árabe, la cual se refiere a una misteriosa dama de blanco que se aparece de vez en cuando, fruto de un desencuentro entre el padre de una bella muchacha que habitaba el edificio y su supuesto amante, que desencadenaron la furia del padre y posteriormente su ahorcamiento y emparedamiento en el balcón lateral del edificio. Sobre este balcón ciego se puede leer una consigna que dice: "Esperando la del cielo", lo que podría referirse a "esperando la justicia del cielo", que probablemente tuviese relación con las palabras que el supuesto amante pronunció antes de ser ahorcado.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Castril
rinconesdegranada.com/casa-de-castril
The Castril palace (also House of Castril) is a Renaissance style palace located in Sacromonte, a district of the Spanish city of Granada. Nowadays it hosts the Archaeological Museum of Granada.
The house is nailed in the Race of the Darro, in the old Arab district of Ajsaris, seat of 16th century's granadine nobility. The palace is one of the best Renaissance palaces of Granada and belonged to the family of Hernando de Zafra, secretary of Catholic monarchs who participated actively in reconquering it from the Muslim hands during the Reconquista.
At the top of the facade the date of its foundation is recorded: 1539. This work has been attributed to Sebastián de Alcántara, one of the most outstanding disciples of Diego de Siloé. In 1917, the Castril palace was acquired by arabist and orientalist Leopoldo Eguílaz y Yanguas to make it a definitive location of the Archaeological Museum of Granada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castril_Palace
There is also an old legend about the building, dating back to the time when it was inhabited in Arab times, which refers to a mysterious lady in white who appears from time to time, the result of a misunderstanding between the father of a beautiful girl who lived in the building and her supposed lover, which triggered the father's fury and subsequently led to her hanging and walling herself up on the side balcony of the building. On this blind balcony one can read a slogan that reads: "Waiting for heaven's justice", which could refer to "waiting for heaven's justice", probably related to the words that the supposed lover uttered before being hanged.
In the next weeks and months I'd like to use my photography to raise awareness of mental health issues, particularly experiences compounded by Covid19. This is a subject I feel very strongly about, having battled with chronic anxiety for most of my life and witnessing first hand the continued misunderstandings and misconceptions surrounding mental health, as well as the negativity. But I'd also like this to be a positive project, demonstrating how people have found ways to cope and overcome.
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Bello Honest Emigrant Australia Would Marry Compaesana Illibata -
Director: Luigi Zampa
Writers: Rodolfo Sonego
Stars: Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone
(1971)
A worker who emigrated to Australia searches for a mail-order bride using a friend's photo. A former prostitute who wants to change her life contacts him, without revealing her identity. Their mutual lies create a series of hilarious and bitter misunderstandings.
Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her life style. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends a photograph to Carmela of his handsome friend Giuseppe.
Beautiful Amedeo on display goes to the city looking for what he is looking for
here he goes to meet his friend Giuseppe
life scenes
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The truth is a little lie we tell ourselves sometimes.
Sometimes truth is
fathomless. It rises and falls like the sea; shifts and changes form
like wisps of smoke.
You’re only as sick as your secrets, they say,
so make your lies stand in a line,
at attention and pay
attention to them.
But then they just grow wings. They take flight.
They breathe and grow up into monsters.
After all, there’s a valid reason they exist.
Validity is truth too, no?
What is valid then?
Who holds the scales?
My favorite teachers play games with words. They shape words around to their purpose.
Is that truth?
Linguistics, semantics, what is the spirit of the matter?
Wanna kick the legs out from under our little monster to be?
Deconstruct it. Take it a
part and piece it
back together
until it looks like a reason.
Until it’s a choice. A right.
Who has the right to the truth?
Only the one possessing it.
That’s an inconvenient… yeah.
Funny, isn’t it?
We make demands and bully our way to what feels
certain but
nothing ever is.
Only this feeling down deep in our guts that shivers along the space between skin and muscle.
The philosophers know it.
You know it. I can actually
see it.
I see the words come from a distance. I cup knownigness in my hands like clay and then the clay is words. Thoughts. Truth.
That’s truth, darling. Laws of the universe. Gravity, long as we’re here. Long as our awareness doesn’t change; our perspective.
One day even that might turn out to be a strange misunderstanding.
You’re not off the hook, no. You have to pay the piper to dance across the river. But
the good news is, I hear she takes a song,
I hear she takes chances.
I know she’ll take it on credit because she’s a nimble thinker too, Jack.
Be quick now. Give her something to chew on. Crumbs to find her way.
Take care, she is a divining rod, this one. She’s a snake with an apple.
She sees every angle.
Lucky you, son.
Lucky you.
03.26.22
Aftermath of a misunderstanding between Freight 325 and a plow extra, Allens, Waldoboro. February 1972
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Visit: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-deportation...
From the Canadian encyclopedia's website:
Soldiers rounding up terrified civilians, expelling them from their land, burning their homes and crops ‒ it sounds like a 20th century nightmare in one of the world's trouble spots, but it describes a scene from Canada's early history, the Deportation of the Acadians.
The Acadians had lived on Nova Scotia’s territory since the founding of Port-Royal in 1604. They established a small, vibrant colony around the Bay of Fundy, building dykes to tame the high tides and to irrigate the rich fields of hay. Largely ignored by France, the Acadians grew independent minded. With their friends and allies the Mi' kmaq, they felt secure, even when sovereignty over their land passed to Britain after 1713 (see Treaty of Utrecht).
In 1730 the British authorities persuaded the Acadians to swear, if not allegiance, at least neutrality in any conflict between Britain and France. But over the years the position of the Acadians in Nova Scotia became more and more precarious. France raised the stakes by building the great fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. In 1749 the English countered this threat by establishing a naval base at Halifax. In 1751 the French built Fort Beauséjour on the Isthmus of Chignecto and the English responded with Fort Lawrence, a stone's throw away.
While previous British governors had been conciliatory towards the Acadians, Governor Charles Lawrence was prepared to take drastic action. He saw the Acadian question as a strictly military matter. After Fort Beauséjour fell to the English forces in June 1755, Lawrence noted that there were some 270 Acadian militia among the fort's inhabitants ‒ so much for their professed neutrality.
In meetings with Acadians in July 1755 in Halifax, Lawrence pressed the delegates to take an unqualified oath of allegiance to Britain. When they refused, he imprisoned them and gave the fateful order for deportation.
Lawrence had strong support in his Council from recent immigrants from New England, who coveted Acadian lands. Traders from Boston frequently expressed wonder that an "alien" people were allowed to possess such fine lands in a British colony. On Friday, September 5, 1755 Colonel John Winslow ordered that all males aged 10 years and up in the area were to gather in the Grand-Pré Church for an important message from His Excellency, Charles Lawrence, the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. The decree that was read to the assembled and stated in part: "That your Land & Tennements, Cattle of all Kinds and Livestocks of all Sorts are forfeited to the Crown with all other your effects Savings your money and Household Goods, and you yourselves to be removed from this Province."
It was a New Englander, Charles Morris, who devised the plan to surround the Acadian churches on a Sunday morning, capture as many men as possible, breach the dykes and burn the houses and crops. When the men refused to go, the soldiers threatened their families with bayonets. They went reluctantly, praying, singing and crying. By the fall of 1755 some 1,100 Acadians were aboard transports for South Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Lawrence urged his officers not to pay the least attention "to any remonstrance or Memorial from any of the inhabitants." When Colonel John Winslow read the deportation order, he admitted that although it was his duty, it was "very disagreeable to my nature, make and temper." In a phrase that would not be out of place in many more recent atrocities he added "But it is not my business to animadvert, but to obey such orders as I receive."
Some Acadians resisted, notably Joseph Beausoleil Brossard, who launched a number of retaliatory raids against the British troops. Many escaped to the forests, where the British continued to hunt them down for the next five years. A group of 1,500 fled for New France, others to Cape Breton and the upper reaches of the Peticoudiac River. Of some 3,100 Acadians deported after the fall of Louisbourg in 1758, an estimated 1,649 died by drowning or disease, a fatality rate of 53 per cent.
Between 1755 and 1763, approximately 10,000 Acadians were deported. They were shipped to many points around the Atlantic. Large numbers were landed in the English colonies, others in France or the Caribbean. Thousands died of disease or starvation in the squalid conditions on board ship. To make matters worse, the inhabitants of the English colonies, who had not been informed of the imminent arrival of disease-ridden refugees, were furious. Many Acadians were forced, like the legendary Evangeline of Longfellow's poem, to wander interminably in search of loved ones or a home.
Although the Acadians were not actually shipped to Louisiana by the British, many were attracted to the area by the familiarity of the language and remained to develop the culture now known as "Cajun."
Back in Nova Scotia, the vacated Acadian lands were soon occupied by settlers from New England. When the Acadians were finally allowed to return after 1764, they settled far from their old homes, in St Mary's Bay, Chéticamp, Cape Breton, Prince Edouard Island and the north and east of present-day New Brunswick.
The expulsion proved to have been as unnecessary on military grounds as it was later judged inhumane. Lawrence's lack of imagination played as big a part as greed, confusion, misunderstanding, and fear.
The migrations of the Acadians to a new Acadia continued into the 1820s. Throughout the ordeal they maintained their sense of identity, as indeed they do today ‒ a remarkable demonstration of human will in the face of cruelty. (From the Canadian encyclopedia's website)
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Look well to this day,
For it and it alone is life. . . . .
. . . . . For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow is but a vision.
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Anonymous poet, 50 B.C.
This concludes the series, that I call “Misunderstanding and it’s Consequences”. This I tried showing through: The deception of believing what we read or are told, being misunderstood ourselves by others, loneliness and the worry of not be being accepted or acknowledged. This in the hope that when any of us fall prey to these, we will know that we are not alone.
This will also be my last posting for a while, as I will be off flickr and possibly my computer for a month or so. I wish you all well. To my close contacts, let me say how much our “contact” has meant to me. Through sharing our vision of life, our comments and occasional e-mails, it has helped me through a trying time. I am very grateful! Thank you all.
October 31st has a Blue Moon.
Traditionally the definition of a blue moon is the third full Moon in an astronomical season containing four full moons. They are somewhat rare, and the next one is not until 31 August 2023.
Another definition of the blue moon, perhaps the more commonly used due to its simplicity, is actually a mistake.
This definition describes the blue moon as the second full Moon in any calendar month with two full moons.
But as this is usually the case, you can see where the misunderstanding came from.
Back in 2018, both January and March had full two moons, and February had no full moon at all.
Explore! 05-28-09
Let me take you down
cause I'm going to strawberry fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry fields forever
Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone
But it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down
cause I'm going to strawberry fields
Nothing is real
and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry fields forever
No one I think is in my tree
I mean it must be high or low
That is you know you can't tune it
but It's all right
That is I think it's not too bad
Let me take you down
cause I'm going to strawberry fields
Nothing is real
and nothing to get hung about
Strawberry fields forever
Always know sometimes it's me
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think a "No" will mean a "Yes"
but it's all wrong
that is I think I disagree
Let me take you down
Cause I'm going to strawberry fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry fields forever
Strawberry fields forever
strawberry fields forever
strawberrry fields forever *Beatles*
White-striped longtail, Chioides albofasciatus, at the Wildflower Center in Austin, 6/11/21. This is a very un-butterfly-like skipper in both appearance and sometimes aggressive-looking flight habits. The first time I ever saw one I thought it might be some kind of stinging insect. Such misunderstandings no doubt usually benefit the species.