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Participated in traditional Buddhist funeral recently, found it viscerally elegant and meaningful. The live prayer chanting simultaneously by seven monks was hypnotic and reached something deeply primitive inside me. Prayers in an ancient Pali form, that have been said for over 2,000 years for those passing from our world. It left a significant, pleasantly positive impression on my psyche...
Sound track of Tibetan monks chanting....
Digitally created from my photos of objects and of the Buddhist temple.
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Tikki enjoying the fact that I have an appreciation of (and information about) her ancestors. (also that, like the cats in the illustration, I can ensure that she gets a (cough)cat treat(cough)).
(Happy Caturday theme 15 May 2021, Books. (Not going for the book title reference aspect, this time.) Tikki and I are enjoying the "British Museum Book of Cats" by Juliet Clutton-Brock copyright 1988. The 3 cats one rat is from the Harleian Bestiary (13th C), the cat playing a tabor on the other page is a B&W photo of the Queen Mary's Psalter from early 14th C. )
Malus sylvestris, the European crab apple, also known as the European wild apple or simply the crab apple, is a species of the genus Malus, native to Europe and western Asia. Its scientific name means "forest apple"
The wild apple is a deciduous small to medium-sized tree, but can also grow into a multi-stemmed bush. It can live 80–100 years and grow up to 14 metres (46 feet) tall with trunk diameters of usually 23–45 centimetres (9–17+1⁄2 inches), although diameters exceeding 90 centimetres (35 in) have been recorded. The leaves are roundish-oval and sometimes hairy on the underside. The hermaphrodite flowers appear in May, slightly preceding hawthorn, have white or pinkish petals and are insect-pollinated. The small pome-fruits are around 3 centimetres (1.2 in) in diameter, ripen in autumn and fall to the ground. The bark is light brown and breaks up in flakes. The branches are thorny, especially in response to pruning or browsing.
In the past M. sylvestris was thought to be the most important ancestor of the cultivated apple (M. domestica), which has since been shown to have been primarily derived from the central Asian species M. sieversii. However, DNA analyses confirm that M. sylvestris has contributed significantly to the genome. They found that secondary introgression from other species of the genus Malus has greatly shaped the genome of M. domestica, with M. sylvestris being the largest secondary contributor. They also found that current populations of M. domestica are more closely related to M. sylvestris than to M. sieversii. However, in more pure strains of M. domestica, the M. sieversii ancestry still predominates.
the african wildcat (felix lybica) is the ancestor of our little friends.
it is a small and shy predator (3.5/6kgs) used to hunt mainly at night.
african wildcats were domesticated first time around 10000 years ago in Egypt and
they become our home friends.
in to the wild this animal isnt rare but usually strictly nocturnal.
the main problem of this specie is the hybridation with domestic cats.
in the remote kaglagadi transfrontier park the population is still pure and with some lucky this cat can be seen
at dawn or dusk .
the south african subspecie is felix lybica cafra and it preys usually on mice,rats,birds,reptiles and insects.
"the ancestor"
kglagadi transfrontier park,SA
original 3K file here
There are still some of these old sawmills preserved and taken care of, reminding us of the hard work our ancestors had to build our country.
And in the right order , words can create one of the world's most significant documents ( even if it is in Latin of some form ! ).
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 09/08/2025 - Letters .
Of course all of you will know of and maybe recognise the Magna Carta of 1215 sealed by King John - however , the original document John reneged on and he had the Pope annul the charter he sealed with the Barons . After John died and a young King Henry III took the throne but was too young to rule at that time so William Marshal (a family ancestor of ours ) became Regent until his death in 1219 , and in this time he took the Magna Carta and reissued it in Henry III's name having made some alterations and it took it's place in history as the cornerstone of many of our laws and rights of the people .
Here is an easy to read overview of Magna Carta -----
schoolhistory.co.uk/notes/magna-carta/
And here is a translation for any academics to plough through found in the National Archives web site ---
www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/magna-carta/...
So for the purpose of SSC , I hope my shot helps to show the importance of " Letters " .
After that mind bending lesson - relax with a tune called -
" Letters From Earth "
Holly, the Ancestor, a Day of the Dead portrait. Every year I enjoy a creative project around the Day of the Dead, my favorite cosplay holiday. So when I saw how my new infrared camera performed, I was eager to use it for this year's effort. It takes a bit of a play on the traditional with a real ghostly look (provided by infrared), and a "Whatever Dreams May Come" treatment to give it an afterworld feel. This Day of the Dead portrait of Holly C. Ahrens was taken in my backyard using one single strobe light, a flower crown, and makeup by Jessie Campbell.
In Memoriam
LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR
translated, from the French, by Zack Rogow
It’s Sunday.
I’m afraid of the crowd that looks like me with its stone faces.
From my glass tower crowded with migraines and impatient Ancestors
I muse over the rooftops and hills in the mist
In the calm—the chimneys are serious and naked.
At their feet my dead are sleeping; all my dreams deeds—dust
All my dreams, needless blood spilled down the streets, mixing with the blood of butcher shops.
And now, from this observation post, as if from the outskirts of the city
I muse over my dreams walking distractedly down the streets, sleeping at the foot of the hills,
Like the drovers of my race on the banks of the Gambia and the Saloum
And now the Seine, at the foot of the hills.
Let me think about my dead!
Yesterday was All Saints, the Sun’s solemn birthday
And all the cemeteries were empty of memories.
Oh my Dead, who always refused to die, who were able to keep Death at bay
Away from the Sine, away from the Seine, and in my fragile veins, my indomitable blood
Protect my dreams as you protected your migratory sons with their skinny legs.
Oh my dead! defend the Paris rooftops in the Sunday fog
The rooftops that protect my dead.
Let me leave my dangerously safe tower and walk down to the street
With my brothers who have blue eyes
And rough hands.
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The memorial to one of the first Drayton's to call Magnolia Plantation home. Joseph Drayton traveled to Philadelphia to attend the 1783 Continental Congress. There he unexpectedly passed away and was buried there. Later some soil from his Philadelphia grave site was returned and interred on his beloved Plantation....
Dead tree in the grounds of Calke Abbey, the twisted remnants of the trunk make for a nice photograph, I’m not sure what I find attractive in dead trees, but there you go. Date: 18/07/2024