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thai congee.
Rice porridge, half a lobster, eggs, scallions, cilantro, black pepper, fried garlic, ginger
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".
Lobster pots stacked on the walls of Whitby Harbour once on top of the other, basking in the warm spring sunshine.
A small part of the Lobster/fishing fleet centered around the mouth of the Piscataqua river and Portsmouth Harbor in the seacoast region of New Hampshire and southern Maine.
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.
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
Cropped image of the Lobster Nebula
Equipment used
EQ6R Pro mount
William Optics GT81V and .8 reducer
Asi 2600MC cooled to -10c
Optolong L Extreme Filter
ASIAIR Pro
120mm guide scope and mini camera
Zwo EAF
Processed in Pixinsight
6 hours of 600 second exposures
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