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Duane Hanson Sculpture in the Ft Lauderdale airport; I have loved his work since I first saw some of his lifelike characters in a NY museum decades ago. I sent him a "fan letter" and he graciously wrote back.
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. In 2023 it's the day when daylight saving ends in New Zealand.
[...] What wise men established in 100 years, the fools demolish in 2 days [...]
-- Quote by unknown
Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5, 8mm - f/8 - 1/8s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
Fara Sabina, Italy (April, 2016)
Getting everything spick and span and in tip top shape for the APRIL FOOLS Art opening ..Collage art by Carlito Juanito. Tuesday April 1 1-3pm and 7-9pm at Tart Gallery
Elsie went out for a minute than turned around and came back in. Cried for awhile by the door, then slept the day away.
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you
Makeup and styling by Kelayla
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7 May 19
When I think of a #Fool, I think of the Tarot deck. The #Fool is the number zero, not because he is nothing, but because he can be anything. He has no expectations, complete faith in the universe, and no attachment to self. He appears a #Fool to the masses, but he/she is enlightened. It is a jester and pokes fun at our attachment to the ego and self. The jester's mask is a mirror that reflects at us the ridiculousness of the roles we play. So for this week's Flickr Friday, I pay homage to the Divine #Fool.
This image was taken in RAW and processed in Linux using RawTherapee.
A few days ago, I was on a walk through the countryside when I saw a pheasant. It disappeared into the barley. I put my camera in program mode and the lens at its longest focal length of 90mm and hoped for it to reappear. Instead I heard a sharp “Taktak” behind me and when I looked round, I stared into the eyes of a roe deer. It had jumped out of the cornfield onto the middle of the road. After that brief stare it jumped into the barley and jumped up three times to see if I was following her. At the third time I snapped my shutter…half a second too late! But at least I had a nice shot of the barley.
Yesterday I was at the same location taking photos of the barley when I heard rustling behind me. There she was again. She had almost bumped into me. She turned sharp left and ran at high speed along the fence, jumped it and crossed the street to disappear into the barley again. I had a 25mm lens on and offcentre focus, so the shot is cropped, and focus is somewhere in the trees. But at least I got something :-)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Olympus OM-D E-M10 MKII, M.Zuiko 25mm f1.8
Interestingness page on Explore, 14/09/2009
Front page on Explore, 14/09/2009
"Playing with the queen of hearts,
knowing it ain't really smart.
The joker ain't the only fool
who'll do anything for you."
(Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton)
4. Two wyverns attack a field guarded by a scarecrow, unbothered by the gold star hung around the scarecrow's neck... or perhaps attracted to it. The stars may bring prosperity, but good fortune can turn sour in the hands of those who do not know its value.
The fourth in a series of vignettes (which I'm uploading in reverse order) each showcasing a fantasy minifigure. I wanted to narratively and visually tie the vignettes together, an idea I first explored in an old sci-fi figbarf. I decided to incorporate a gold star element into each build, and from this, a story emerged.
1. Opportunity
2. Strike
3. Rule
4. Fool
Only a fool
Like fools before me
I always think with my heart
Only a fool
That same old story
Seems I was born for the part
It's a lesson to be learned
And a page I should have turned
I shouldn't cry but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through
How many times
Have I mistaken
Good looks and laughs for bad news?
And how many times
Have I mistaken
Good looks and laughs for the blues?
When a road I walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through
When a road I walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shouldn't cry but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through
For nearly five minutes, the White-Faced Heron stood motionless, just staring at the opposite bank of the small waterway...
Unfortunately, I didn't have the heron's patience; after watching and waiting for over four minutes with a finger on the shutter button, I took the photo - and a split-second later, the bird struck...!
The little crab and I had been fooled by the heron's immobility...!!!
A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AWAY
I've just spent a couple of nights in a motel 30 minutes south of the Manawatu Estuary. It was comfortable enough, and reasonably priced, but:
1. a railway line passes just 20 metres from the Unit's rear windows (and most NZ freight trains travel at night, and they sound like an approaching earthquake before passing the Unit with an almighty roar!), and
2. the motel advertised 'free wi-fi' but the internet was only Hot Spots which were more like Cold Spots because they came and went every few seconds, and in the end, I gave up...!
Mrs Lance is overseas with our son who is attending a conference. I was invited, but I'm unable to fly Long Haul for Health reasons, so driving to Levin and the Manawatu estuary was a sort of "consolation prize" that I gave myself...! :-))
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