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Londolozi Game Reserve
South Africa
Near Kruger National Park
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Not finding a larger body of water, the hippo was resting in a small pool not much larger than its body hunkering down to stay cool. You could see the animal was not very comfortable there with its skin turning pink, so when our jeep approached the hippo got up and started walking away. This is my third image of the hippo. You can see another one in the first comment section.
Hippos secrete a reddish oily fluid sometimes called "blood sweat" from special glands in their skin. But the fluid is not sweat. Unlike sweat, which some mammals (including humans) secrete onto their skin, where it evaporates and therefore cools the body, this fluid functions as a skin moisturizer, water repellent and antibiotic. It appears red when exposed to full sunlight, which led the first European discoverers in Africa to call it "blood sweat."
Hippos mostly try to avoid direct sunlight by lying in water during the day and feeding at night. Their skin is very sensitive to both drying and sunburn, so the secretion acts like an automatic skin ointment. It also protects the skin from becoming waterlogged when a hippo is in the water. The detailed chemical composition of this secretion, which is unique to hippos, remains something of a mystery.
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For those of you who don't know what poison ivy looks like .. here it is. The large dark green leaves, of three, are the mature plant and the smaller, lighter coloured ones are new young plants. In the fall the leaves can turn red or orange. It has berries on it in fall.
Deer can eat poison ivy with no ill effects, so it is a lesson, that just because an animal eats something, does not ensure it is safe for humans. I've also heard that dogs don't get poison ivy. I don't know if this is true, but I know that when our dog walked through the plant and later went swimming with us, a scratch from her claw on Bob's leg, resulted in a line of the blisters forming all along the scratch!
Poison Ivy can be a ground cover like this photo, or a shrub or a vine. It likes sandy soil but can be found in lots of other types of soil and is usually found at the edges of woods or trails and quite often up from sandy beaches.
It has an oil that is a strong skin irritant that causes clusters of itchy pustules. Sometimes you can be in contact with it for a few years before you become allergic but you might react within a few days of your first encounter.
Washing the area, right after contact, with a strong oil-cutting soap like yellow laundry soap, might be enough to stop a rash. If you can find a jewel weed plant, you can crush the plant/ stems and leaves, and rub the juice on the area. It has grease cutting properties.
If you do get a rash, drying it out with special ointment like Calamine helps shorten the duration. Your best defense is to recognize, and avoid the plant!
*NOTE: NEVER BURN POISON IVY!!
The oil can become airborne and breathing it in can cause internal blisters! (This happened to Bob's mother, years ago, and she had to go to hospital and was given cortisone. )
Cima da Conegliano, nickname of Giovanni Battista Cima (Conegliano, 1459/1460 - Conegliano, 1517/1518) - Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene (1495 approx.) Oil on panel, dimensions 79.6×122.9 cm - Alte Pinakothek Munich
Questo dipinto raffigura al centro la Madonna col Bambino, a sinistra san Girolamo con una lunga barba bianca, la veste eremitica e la pietra per percuotersi il petto per penitenza, a destra Maria Maddalena con l'ampolla degli unguenti, la veste tipicamente rossa e i lunghi capelli biondi.
Cima viene generalmente ritenuto, dagli storici d'arte, un allievo di Giovanni Bellini. Altre influenze pittoriche riconoscibili sono quelle di Antonio Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Marco Palmezzano.
La sua produzione artistica si incentra sulle rappresentazioni sacre e i suoi temi figurativi principali sono le immagini devozionali della Madonna.
This painting depicts in the center the Madonna and Child, on the left St. Jerome with a long white beard, the hermit's robe and the stone for beating his chest in penance, on the right Mary Magdalene with the ampulla of ointments, the typical red robe and long blond hair.
Cima is generally considered, by art historians, a pupil of Giovanni Bellini. Other recognizable pictorial influences are those of Antonio Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Marco Palmezzano.
Its artistic production is centered on the sacred representations and its main figurative themes are the devotional images of the Madonna.
"Our peony is a typical European. Overall, its distribution extends from northern Spain to the Volga, although in Scandinavia only the southern tip is colonised. The species also grows in an extra area between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Worldwide, there are around 175 species of monkshood, all of them native to the northern hemisphere, most of them in East Asia and the Himalayas.
In Germany, on the other hand, apart from Euonymus europaea, only the very similar broad-leaved coneflower (E. latifolia) can be found in the foothills of the Alps. However, its inflorescences consist of more individual flowers and it has five petals instead of four. Other European species are the warty peacock (E. verrucosa) and the winged peacock (E. alata), the latter named after the four narrow cork strips, which are also found to a lesser extent on older branches of Euonymus europaea. The evergreen Japanese coneflower (E. japonica) is one of the ornamental shrubs introduced to Europe.
Naturally, Japanese coneflowers can be found in sparse deciduous forests, alluvial forests, forest edges of all kinds and as part of dry scrub. They are also often planted in hedges and to stabilise embankments. The yellow wood of the foxglove is considered to be very tough. In the past, it was used to make organ pipes, shoe nails, knitting needles and spindles, hence the old name spindle bush. In addition, a particularly high-quality charcoal could be extracted from the peacock coneflower, which was used as drawing charcoal.
All parts of the plant, especially the seeds, contain toxins, including cardiac glycosides and various alkaloids. Even large grazing animals can die from them. The ground seeds were once used to make insect powder, and the powder was even used as a shampoo or in ointments to cure scabies caused by mites. The monkshood is also dangerous for humans. Eating the fruit can lead to circulatory disorders, fever and colic. The poisonous effect only occurs after at least twelve hours. In extreme cases, eating 30 to 40 seeds can lead to fatal paralysis."
Sources:
"https://www.nabu.de/tiere-und-pflanzen/pflanzen/pflanzenportraets/wildpflanzen/gehoelze/04724.html"
"https://www.lfl.bayern.de/iab/kulturlandschaft/111442/index.php"
It seems reasonable to assume a significant public intervention and the existence of an important authority(s), which ensured the realization of the planned reduction of the plateau, and allow the areas outside the city walls to grow. In theory, this urban growth allowed a small scattered development of farms, which coincides with some findings in the neighboring localities
The most significant number of findings dating back to 3rd and 4th century. B.C. consists of ceramic fragments. These fragments represent both small and large cups, two handled Athenian or Corinthian wine cups, and some closed shape, such as pelikai (two handled wine or oil jars), askoi (wine or oil jar with spout) and remnants of medicinal ointment. These ointments are similar or comparable with other known ointments found in Basilicata, These ointments conforms to the organic structure and technical trends of the medicinal salve/balms found in Grecian cities along the coast. This is also true of the various pottery found.
The large number of loom weights found also attests to the spread of weaving in the area. There are signs of religious adoration, which are defined by terra cotta figurine fragments that were found, These fragments are similar to those of the neighboring Greek cities, These fragments are evident that there were cults connected to the underworld, reflected by recumbent figures, satyrs, and big female busts.
Significant data is offered by the excavations on the eastern cliffs of the hill of Pomarico Vecchio which have highlighted fifteen tombs in earth graves, covered with sandstone slabs. The tombs or burial chambers are made of materials similarly found in Grecian antiquity sites. However, These tombs show a continuation of the types of tombs found in Italy, with a crouching position of the skeletons, which is a local tradition.
Almost perfect conditions with high tide, no wind and a matched 50 and set. The only slight fly in the ointment (and there is always one!) is the very hazy conditions that plagued the South West for many days putting Dawlish in the background into slight soft focus.
You know I like my pictures dark, they actually make me happy.
I hope It's just a phase though, because its starting to become boring.
Anyway, I think i've gotten to the point where this 365 has become less stressful and more fun.
I've given up a few extra hours of sleep in exchange for early morning school study sessions, but it's really worth it!
I feel like I am accomplishing something, and not just snapping the button on a camera.
I finally feel like i can be less and less ashamed of my work and that in itself makes me happy. :)
Oh crap, I'm going to jinx myself.
This was inspired by the lovely Sevgi.k
www.flickr.com/photos/sevgik/2776391648/
And this guy shagagraf.deviantart.com/art/Ointment-to-heart-68547191
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at a co-operative's shop up in the Atlas Mountains. The argan oil is made into very expensive soap and cosmetic products / ointments as well as edible butter eaten with bread. Here, these Moroccan women show how the oil is extracted from the fruit.
Last week, another cat (we don't know who but suspect Yuba) scratched Norio's nose such that it bled a bit and required an antibiotic ointment from the vet. His scratch is healing well and the scab is getting smaller, as you can see here.
Después de la noche, al amanecer, en lo mas profundo y recóndito del Hayedo de Montegrande, (Tierras Altas de Teverga - Principado de Asturias),
aparece mágica y escondida, la Casa de la Bruja. Cuentan los lugareños que desde hace mas de mil años allí se fabrica el ungüento, que mas tarde vierten en La Fuente de Las Vallinas, para curar la Lepra a todos los habitantes del Privilegio....
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After the night, at dawn, in the deepest recesses of Beech and Montegrande (Teverga Highlands - Principality of Asturias), appears magical and hidden, the Witch House. The villagers who for more than a thousand years there is made the ointment, which later poured into The Source of The Vallinas, cure Leprosy to all inhabitants of the privilege ....
"Our peony is a typical European. Overall, its distribution extends from northern Spain to the Volga, although in Scandinavia only the southern tip is colonised. The species also grows in an extra area between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Worldwide, there are around 175 species of monkshood, all of them native to the northern hemisphere, most of them in East Asia and the Himalayas.
In Germany, on the other hand, apart from Euonymus europaea, only the very similar broad-leaved coneflower (E. latifolia) can be found in the foothills of the Alps. However, its inflorescences consist of more individual flowers and it has five petals instead of four. Other European species are the warty peacock (E. verrucosa) and the winged peacock (E. alata), the latter named after the four narrow cork strips, which are also found to a lesser extent on older branches of Euonymus europaea. The evergreen Japanese coneflower (E. japonica) is one of the ornamental shrubs introduced to Europe.
Naturally, Japanese coneflowers can be found in sparse deciduous forests, alluvial forests, forest edges of all kinds and as part of dry scrub. They are also often planted in hedges and to stabilise embankments. The yellow wood of the foxglove is considered to be very tough. In the past, it was used to make organ pipes, shoe nails, knitting needles and spindles, hence the old name spindle bush. In addition, a particularly high-quality charcoal could be extracted from the peacock coneflower, which was used as drawing charcoal.
All parts of the plant, especially the seeds, contain toxins, including cardiac glycosides and various alkaloids. Even large grazing animals can die from them. The ground seeds were once used to make insect powder, and the powder was even used as a shampoo or in ointments to cure scabies caused by mites. The monkshood is also dangerous for humans. Eating the fruit can lead to circulatory disorders, fever and colic. The poisonous effect only occurs after at least twelve hours. In extreme cases, eating 30 to 40 seeds can lead to fatal paralysis."
Sources:
"https://www.nabu.de/tiere-und-pflanzen/pflanzen/pflanzenportraets/wildpflanzen/gehoelze/04724.html"
"https://www.lfl.bayern.de/iab/kulturlandschaft/111442/index.php"
Little Fox: How’s your wound now? Is it still hurting?
Kimmy: It has recovered quickly with your ointment. Thank you.
Little Fox (smiles): Are you warm enough?
Kimmy (ignores what Little Fox asks): SL confuses me all the time. I recent reconnected with a friend who had been away for years. I should have forgotten him. How ... can that even happen?
Little Fox (smiles warmly): You can't measure time the same way. SL is a different world.
Kimmy: So confusing. People say they think of me. But how can they be away or even leave without a word for so long? If they care so much for me as they say, why don't they try to keep in touch but let the friendship rot?
Little Fox: You can't evaluate relationships the same way as you must in a world that has gravity, and needs food and shelter and such...
Kimmy wiped her tears.
Little Fox: The only way to look at it, is how you feel about today, what the dynamic is today.
Little Fox held out some waffles to her. "You must be hungry." She hesitated for a bit and then took one for a bite.
They said no more and enjoyed the beautiful snowy scene quietly.
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Precious moments - Christmas (1) I am missing you, woof
Precious moments - Christmas (2) We are together
Precious moments - Christmas (3) Together we build a rainbow
This was an old fly that got into the house.. That was the wrong thing to do...
Art Style: Daydream
Input image: Dead Fly
Created in: Wombo- Dream..
Happy Fly Day Friday, Everybody!!
a popular chinese herbal ointment (made in malaysia) which is great for relieving and soothing muscle pains, aches and insect bites
Giovanni Gaspare Lanfranco (Parma, January 26, 1582 - Rome, November 30, 1647) Saint Agatha visited in prison by Saint Peter and the angel (165-20) - Technique oil on canvas size 100×132.6 cm National Galleries of Ancient Art - Corsini Gallery
La protagonista dell'opera è Sant’Agata, martire siciliana, vissuta secondo le fonti nella prima metà del III secolo, fu sottoposta a martirio durante la persecuzione di Decio. Secondo altri testi invece, Sant'Agata potrebbe esser vissuta sotto Diocleziano, all'inizio del IV secolo. La martire, durante il suo supplizio, fu sottoposta a dure prove alle quali non cedette mai, poiché aveva fatto voto di perpetua verginità. Venne così punita con l'amputazione delle mammelle, fino a quando le apparve in una visione San Pietro a risanargliele. Lafranco rappresenta il momento nel quale la giovane vergine è rinchiusa in carcere, dopo aver subito il supplizio e riceve la visita miracolosa di San Pietro. Questo risana le sue ferite al seno con un unguento, mentre un angelo illumina il percorso con una torcia.
The protagonist of the work is St. Agatha, a Sicilian martyr, who lived according to the sources in the first half of the third century, was subjected to martyrdom during the persecution of Decius. According to other texts, however, St. Agatha may have lived under Diocletian, at the beginning of the fourth century. The martyr, during her torture, was subjected to harsh tests to which she never yielded, since she had made a vow of perpetual virginity. She was thus punished with the amputation of her breasts, until St. Peter appeared to her in a vision to restore them. Lafranco depicts the moment when the young virgin is imprisoned, after having undergone the torture inflicted on her, and receives the miraculous visit of St. Peter. This heals her breast wounds with an ointment, while an angel illuminates the way with a flashlight.
(Wikipedia)
Li Shizhen, 1518-1593, great medical specialist of the Ming Dynasty.
Tiger Balm Gardens now known as Haw Par Villa
Haw Par Villa, also known as the Tiger Balm Gardens, is a unique theme park located in Singapore. It was originally built in 1937 by the Aw brothers, Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par, who were the creators of the popular Tiger Balm ointment.
Haw Par Villa is known for its elaborate and often surreal statues and dioramas that depict scenes from Chinese mythology, folklore, and history. The park was intended to educate visitors about traditional Chinese values and virtues through the use of vivid and sometimes graphic displays.
One of the most iconic attractions in Haw Par Villa is the Ten Courts of Hell. This exhibit depicts various levels of the afterlife according to Chinese mythology, with detailed representations of punishments for different sins and wrongdoings. It is a vivid and dramatic display that can be quite intense for some visitors.
Apart from the Ten Courts of Hell, there are many other statues and exhibits throughout the park, including depictions of famous Chinese folklore characters like the Monkey King and the Eight Immortals. The park also features lush gardens, ponds, and pavilions, providing a peaceful and scenic environment.
Over the years, Haw Par Villa has undergone renovations and changes to make it more family-friendly and less graphic. Today, it remains a popular attraction for both locals and tourists, offering a unique and sometimes surreal experience that combines art, culture, and mythology.
Visiting Haw Par Villa provides an opportunity to immerse oneself in the fascinating world of Chinese folklore and mythology, and to explore the creative vision of the Aw brothers, who sought to preserve and share Chinese heritage through this distinctive park.
Sweet solitude, what joy to be alone--
In wild, wood-shady dell to stay for hours.
Twould soften hearts if they were hard as stone
To see glad butterflies and smiling flowers.
Tis pleasant in these quiet lonely places,
Where not the voice of man our pleasure mars,
To see the little bees with coal black faces
Gathering sweets from little flowers like stars.
The wind seems calling, though not understood.
A voice is speaking; hark, it louder calls.
It echoes in the far-outstretching wood.
First twas a hum, but now it loudly squalls;
And then the pattering rain begins to fall,
And it is hushed--the fern leaves scarcely shake,
The tottergrass it scarcely stirs at all.
And then the rolling thunder gets awake,
And from black clouds the lightning flashes break.
The sunshine's gone, and now an April evening
Commences with a dim and mackerel sky.
Gold light and woolpacks in the west are leaving,
And leaden streaks their splendid place supply.
Sheep ointment seems to daub the dead-hued sky,
And night shuts up the lightsomeness of day,
All dark and absent as a corpse's eye.
Flower, tree, and bush, like all the shadows grey,
In leaden hues of desolation fade away.
Tis May; and yet the March flower Dandelion
Is still in bloom among the emerald grass,
Shining like guineas with the sun's warm eye on--
We almost think they are gold as we pass,
Or fallen stars in a green sea of grass.
They shine in fields, or waste grounds near the town.
They closed like painter's brush when even was.
At length they turn to nothing else but down,
While the rude winds blow off each shadowy crown.
John Clare
Having taken a billion or so pictures, sometimes I run out of ideas and just feel discouraged at taking the same old thing every time. So when a golden idea like treking around the Oregon woods in flip flops, strapped with kites and a surfboard hits me, I grab the Poison Ivy ointment and get to work!
In typical fashion, all the lighting was done with headlamps. Not because I was trying to be artistic or cool (unlike Sweetgrass's Afterglow movie, awesome), I just am too cheap to buy real lighting equipment.
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Brodsky Joseph
Do not leave the room, do not make a mistake.
Why do you need the Sun if you smoke Shipka?
Everything is meaningless behind the door, especially the exclamation of happiness.
Only in the restroom - and immediately return.
Oh, do not leave the room, do not call the motor.
Because space is made from the corridor
and ends with a counter. And if the live comes in
sweetheart, open mouth, expel without undressing.
Do not leave the room; consider that you blew.
What is more interesting in the light of the wall and chair?
Why go out where you return in the evening
the same as you were, much less mutilated?
Oh, don't leave the room. Dance, catching a bossanova
in a coat on a naked body, in shoes on a bare foot.
The hallway smells of cabbage and ski ointment.
You wrote a lot of letters; one more will be superfluous.
Do not leave the room. Oh, let only the room
guesses how you look. And generally incognito
ergo sum, as substance noted in the form of hearts.
Do not leave the room! On the street, tea, not France.
Do not be an idiot! Be what others were not.
Do not leave the room! That is, give free rein to furniture,
face down with wallpaper. Lock yourself up and barricade yourself
a closet from chronos, space, eros, race, virus.
1970
Mary Magdalen holds her symbol, a jar of perfumed ointment: she had earlier anointed Christ’s feet at a banquet; she would later anoint the corpse before its burial. This is likely a fragment from an elaborate altarpiece. Painted and gilded wooden sculpture was common throughout German-speaking Europe, a focus for artistic creativity and for believers’ piety. A sculptor and a broker, Lederer arranged for teams of craftsmen – including sculptors, painter and carpenters – to create work under his direction.
Having nothing better to do on Sunday morning, I decided to drop in on Google to see if they had matters in hand. Now, I'm no expert on these kinds of things, but judging from the sheer amount of buildings, I'd say things are coming along quite nicely for them. Google is a city unto itself, and sports an employee base that is roughly 25 times greater than the population of my hometown.
The only fly in the ointment on this day, was that I was accosted by Google security personnel on two occasions while shooting on their grounds. Accosted is actually too severe. These were the nicest security guards I've come across. The first thing they did was welcome me to Google, and then informed me that I could take pictures as long as I didn't shoot at the windows. You know those strategic trade secrets are just sitting on top of the desks waiting to be photographed. Maybe they are, but I was much more interested in the vibrant colors, especially the snazzy lawn furniture and those cool tri-colored bikes.
Keep your eyes away from those windows.
Google Headquarters, Mountain View CA
Tea at the Palaz of Hoon
Wallace Stevens, 1879 - 1955
Not less because in purple I descended
The western day through what you called
The loneliest air, not less was I myself.
What was the ointment sprinkled on my beard?
What were the hymns that buzzed beside my ears?
What was the sea whose tide swept through me there?
Out of my mind the golden ointment rained,
And my ears made the blowing hymns they heard.
I was myself the compass of that sea:
I was the world in which I walked, and what I saw
Or heard or felt came not but from myself;
And there I found myself more truly and more strange.
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Datura has been used around the world for thousands of years in medicine, magic, and other, more nefarious activities. In Ancient India, it was just as commonly used in the treatment of fevers, inflammations, and mental disorders as it was by criminal gangs to drug their victims.[1] In fact, the genus name Datura may even derive from a notorious band of thieves known as the dhatureas.[2]
In Ancient Greece and Rome, D. stramonium was an important soporific and anodyne.[3] It was also ritually burned for the Oracle at Delphi to produce a trance-inducing smoke.[4]
Datura also features in Buddhist and Hindu esotericism, or Tantra, as a crucial ingredient for black magic rituals. Among other things, it was used to appease wrathful deities and to inflict insanity, death, and discord on one’s enemies.[5][6][7] In addition to salt, oil, and black mustard seeds, datura was one of the “supreme destroyers” of tantric tradition.[8] It is also a symbol of Shiva, the “destroyer and transformer” from whose chest it is said to have sprouted and to whom it is still offered in ritual.[1][9]
The Aztecs likewise saw destructive power in the plant, which they knew as toloatzin and gave to human sacrifices before tearing out their hearts. The ancient Colombian Indians, meanwhile, are said to have plied the wives and slaves of dead men with datura-laced beer before burying them alive with the deceased.[10]
In medieval Europe, datura was firmly associated with witchcraft and was used to make “flying ointment” for transporting witches to their midnight sabbats. It is thought to have been administered through the absorbent membranes of the vagina using broomstick handles, hence their association with the craft.
Doodle time! Hong Kong Pharmacy Cat. It’s quite a common sight to see a cat or two guarding a traditional Hong Kong pharmacy which sells both oriental and western medicine and daily necessities. Besides inking and colouring the cat, it’s fun to look for references of some of the most popular and yet unusual medicated ointments and oil available in the market.
The Himba are Bantu people settled in northern Namibia, mainly in the Kaokoveld. Traditionally Himbas are tinged with red skin ointment made of animal's fat and hematite powder. This ointment protect themselves from the heat of the sun, dry air, insects
In 1904, the Herero peoples to which they belong, and Nama people were victims of the first genocide in history, perpetrated by the Germans settlers in Namibia: 85,000 people were exterminated between 1904 and 1907.
I board upon a mothership
And sail away into my heart
Upon my ground
Amongst the stars
I rise and rise
Through space and time
In darkest hours
It’s clear and sound
My earth revolves
Around the sun
For the life I am
For all that’s kind
Always with me
And by my side
On highest waves
Between the clouds
I rise and rise
Through space and time
In darkest hours
It’s clear and sound
My earth revolves
Around the sun
I lay my foot on the mother path
I rise and rise and rise
My aches and pain are nourishment to me
Rise Goddess Rise oh rise
My healing is accelerated
I rise and rise and rise
My blessings are growing multiply
Rise Goddess Rise oh rise
When my heart is missing homeland
I rise and rise and rise
From a false plain
I return home to me,
to I and I
From a false plain
I return home to me,
to I and I
In darkest hours
It’s clear and sound
My earth revolves
Around the sun
Mothership (Sefinat Em)
Written By Yael Deckelbaum
“I am writing these words, with sirens of war in my ears and bombs staggering my home. My heart is pounding, and I am afraid, so I open an Etty Hilesum card Here is what it says: “We have so much work to do on ourselves that we shouldn’t even be thinking of hating our so-called enemies. We are hurtful enough to one another as it is….Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world. Here is a song from a women choir project, for inner peace, I have been secretly working on during the times of solitude. During the age of Corona I have been meeting with women from two communities of Klil and Beit Keshet in the north of israel. It is my dream that this circle will grow and join thousands of women to sing together for healing and peace. Together we will create the frequency that will carry us and our loved ones higher and higher, on the mothership, to these inner lands of peace that exist within our hearts.”
- Yael
Still away on my SongQuest but had to stop and share this subllme song by a radiant and wise Israeli songwriter and composer, activist and peacemaker. I feel such a wave, a call that so many women are feeling, to go deeper, let go and honor what is coming through. It is a great invitation to seek out our gifts and offer them forth. I painted this image a few weeks ago: Universal Mother holding the healing ointment.
Peace and love to all of you. Keep cherishing your dreams. 'Till soon.
Here is the link to hear the women's choir.
Let the universal harmonies reach into your Being:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1y4XMifkE
Also she has written the beautiful song "Prayer of the Mothers" which was featured in the video about the great "Women Wage Peace" movement joining thousands of Palestinian and Israeli women back in 2015. I cry every time I see it:
On my way from Venlo to Amsterdam yesterday, we stopped off at Heeze in Noord-Brabant for a little birthday celebration. The host was kind enough to take me to Strabrechtse Heide, a beautiful heath just outside the village. I'd been here before but not when the heather was in flower. A marvellous scene and we weren't the only visitors: in the photo some landscape artists came to 'save' the view.
They probably weren't aware that not far away to the east southeast from where they were sketching there's the Hoenderboom. Once a notorius place for it was here that under the jurisdiction of cruel Erasmus van Grevenbroek, lord of Lierop and Zandvliet, in 1595 some 25 women and men were burnt at the stake for witchery. Most were apparently strangled - as a boon - before being burnt. But one 90-year old woman, Griet Mijnsheren, refused to admit to any guilt and she was burnt alive. The accusation against her was that a jar of 'baby fat' had been found on her premises. That fat was procured by cooking the bodies of unbaptised young boys (see inset image of 1608). It was used to concoct an ointment by which witches were said to be able to fly away to join a witches' sabbath. Try as I could, this tale stayed with me as I continued on to Amsterdam. Can a landscape be guilty?
The owner of this ZS appeared as I was photographing it today. The car needs to be sold within a week or so, or it may end up being scrapped, which would be criminal as it is in really nice condition and has a pretty good MOT history. The (rather big) fly in the ointment is that it requires a replacement engine. The car has suffered HGF, which I understand is a common issue with the 1.8 K-Series engine, and because it has been repaired on a previous occasion it can't be sorted again apparently. It will have to be towed or trailered away. The car is listed on Facebook Market Place for £395, but if anyone is interested you can also contact me and I'll put you in touch with the owner.
Ma vieille poupée profitant d'une belle journée d'été au jardin. Sa patte avant est tondue pour pouvoir lui mettre de la pommade contre l'arthrose.
Quant aux flocons blancs c'est le rembourrage du mouton bleu détruit par Lewis
My old doll enjoying a beautiful summer day in the garden. Her front paw is shorn to be able to put ointment against osteoarthritis.
As for the white flakes it is the padding of the blue sheep destroyed by Lewis
The Himba are Bantu people settled in northern Namibia, mainly in the Kaokoveld. Traditionally Himbas are tinged with red skin ointment made of animal's fat and hematite powder. This ointment protect themselves from the heat of the sun, dry air, insects
In 1904, the Herero peoples to which they belong, and Nama people were victims of the first genocide in history, perpetrated by the Germans settlers in Namibia: 85,000 people were exterminated between 1904 and 1907.
I think this tree is actually not maple, is some sort of quite poison tree~ but I got no idea what is the name at all so i just call it maple~~ the leaf look the same anyway~ :-P
Update:
"The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae (the evolution of this plant family is relatively unexplored [1]) the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the subtribe Ricininae. Its seed is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean.
Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses. The seeds contain between 40% and 60% oil that is rich in triglycerides, mainly ricinolein. The seed coat contains ricin, a poison, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant.
The toxicity of raw castor beans is well-known, and reports of actual poisoning are relatively rare. Children could conceivably die from as few as three beans; adults may require eight or more. As an example of the rarity of castor bean poisoning, in recent years there have only been two cases reported in all of England, and both the victims recovered uneventfully.[1]
Even so small a dose of ricin as 1/25 000 000 of the body weight may cause toxic symptoms when injected. [2]
Castor seeds have been found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 4000 BC. Herodotus and other Greek travelers have noted the use of castor seed oil for lighting, body ointments, and improving hair growth and texture. Cleopatra is reputed to have used it to brighten the whites of her eyes. The Ebers Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical treatise believed to date from 1552 BC. Translated in 1872, it describes castor oil as a purgative."
At Thompson Chemists in SoHo, you can listen to bluegrass from Sheriff and the Deputy every other Tuesday night. The band plays among rows of ointments and face creams, a performance known as the Thompson Street Medicine Show. It draws a local crowd. The show is just one of the unusual offerings at the shop, opened in 1994 by pharmacist Gary Alony.
From treesforlife.org:
Think of any fairy tale illustration of elves or goblins sitting on or under a toadstool, and most likely the cap of such a fungus will be bright red with white spots. The autumnal abundance and vibrant colours of the fly agaric mushroom make it probably the most widely recognised of our fungi. As the name suggests it was formerly used as an insecticide, with pieces often floated in milk, to intoxicate and kill flies attracted by its aroma. Similarly most people will be wary of its poisonous reputation (though fatal reactions are rare), and appreciation of this mushroom will mostly be limited to the aesthetic. It has been suggested that northern Europeans' wariness of mushrooms may stem from long-established taboos relating to the use of mushrooms containing mind expanding substances. These would originally have been reserved for those shamans or priests who served as intermediaries between the common folk and the unseen worlds of spirit.
The fly agaric may have been the earliest source of entheogens, that is hallucinogenic substances used for religious or shamanic purposes, the use of which date back possibly over 10,000 years. Fly agaric has been put forward as the most likely candidate for the mysterious Soma, mentioned in around 150 hymns of the Hindu Rig-Veda, which was written between 1500 - 500 BC by Aryans in the Indus valley. Soma was a moon god, as well as a related plant and a holy brew which were also worshipped. Though there have been many suggestions as to the identity of the plant, fly agaric fits many of the Vedic references as a substance with which to contact the gods.
Fly agaric contains two toxins, ibotenic acid and muscimol, which are responsible for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic effects. To minimise its toxic side effects fly agaric would be processed in some way eg. dried, made into a drink, smoked or made into ointments. Care in its preparation and ritual were paramount. The Celtic Druids, for example, purified themselves by fasting and meditating for three days, drinking only water. Amongst the Koryak people of north-eastern Siberia the ceremonial use of fly agaric involved the shaman ingesting the mushroom, after which others would drink his urine to partake of its entheogenic effects. Though this sounds distinctly unpleasant to modern ears, if the shaman had been fasting, the urine would have been mainly water containing the hallucinogenic compounds. The body absorbs the fly agaric's hallucinogens first, and then expels the toxins from the stomach. The hallucinogenic chemicals then exert their influence on the body and are expelled unaltered in the urine. Reindeer in northern Europe are also attracted to the fly agaric's euphoric effects and Siberian people would notice the drunken behaviour of such animals and slaughter them to get the same effects from eating the meat.
Modern research has also shown that the two active ingredients' effect on the brain can inhibit fear and the startle reflex. This would corroborate theories that the ferocious Viking Berserker warriors used fly agaric prior to going into battle, bringing on the uncontrolled rage and fearlessness for which they were renowned.
Fly agaric has been a popular icon for the Midwinter and Christmas festivities in central Europe for a long time and is found on Christmas cards and as replica decorations for tree and wreath. Our current concept of Santa Claus can be traced back as an amalgamation of several characters of popular European folklore, such as a more pagan Scandinavian house goblin who offered protection from malevolent spirits in return for a feast at midwinter, and the fourth century Byzantine archbishop who became St Nicolas and was renowned for his kindness to children. More recently it has been suggested that the Siberian use of fly agaric may have played a part in the development of the legend of Santa Claus too. At midwinter festivals the shaman would enter the yurt through the smoke hole and down the central supporting birch pole, bringing with him a bag of dried fly agaric. After conducting his ceremonies he would leave the same way he had come. Ordinary people would have believed the shaman could fly himself, or with the aid of reindeer which they also knew to have a taste for fly agaric. Santa is now dressed in the same colours as the fly agaric, carries a sack with special gifts, comes and goes via the chimney, can fly with reindeer and lives in the 'Far North'.
Eurymedon Bridge (Selge) Köprülü Canyon
This Roman bridge, beautifully situated over deep Köprülü Canyon, is an irrefutable proof of Roman engineers' ingenuity. The bridge, spanning the cliffs of the canyon, is now called Oluk Köprü (i.e. Gutter Bridge). It still provides the communication link on the route from the Mediterranean coast deep into the Taurus Mountains, to the area of ancient Pisidia.
The bridge stands over Köprüçay River, in ancient times known as Eurymedon. The structure is 14 meters long and 3.5 meters wide. The narrow road on the bridge limits the width of vehicles to 2.5 meters. The bridge consists of a single arch, with a span of 7 meters.
The voussoirs (i.e. wedge-shaped elements) which were used during the construction of the bridge, are 60 cm wide. They were fitted together without the use of mortar. The building technology indicates that the bridge was erected in the 2nd century CE, in the heydey of the city of Selge.
Getting there:
The nearest settlement is Beşkonak village and the most impressive ancient city near the bridge is Selge, situated in Altınkaya village, 11 kilometres away from the bridge. The bridge is 43 km away from the crossroad on D400 route, running along the Mediterranean coast.
By car: the bridge over Eurymedon is located in the Taurus Mountains, at an altitude of about 1,000 meters above sea level. From the Mediterranean coast, you can get there on a decent road. In order to find the proper turn-off, find a signpost on the intersection on D400 route (36.893219, 31.239155), located between the towns of Manavgat (25 km to the east) and Serik (14 km to the west).
From this intersection, the road leads to the north, in the direction of Köprülü Canyon National Park. During the ride, you can enjoy the views of Köprüçay River and its canyon. After 43 km, you reach the bridge, and later you can drive over it and head to the ruins of Selge. They are located 11 km away to the north-west of the bridge
turkisharchaeonews.net/object/eurymedon-bridge-selge
Köprüçay River
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eurymedon
Selge, Pisidia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selge,_Pisidia
Selge (Greek: Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
History[edit]
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
The Roman Eurymedon Bridge near Selge
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
Remains[edit]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD. Selge was the seat of a bishop; it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley
Segna di Bonaventura (Siena, c. 1280 - Siena, 1331) - Mary Magdalene (c. 1320) - poplar panel 44.2 x 29.1 cm. - Alte Pinakothek, Munich
L'artista senese, allievo di Duccio, raffigura la santa con una veste rossa che, insieme al vasetto di unguenti, la identifica come Maria Maddalena. La pittura, rigorosamente piatta e ancora in linea con la maniera bizantina, si distingue per l'espressività del volto ed è ravvivata dal gioco ornamentale delle linee.
The artist from Siena, a pupil of Duccio, depicts the saint in a red garment which, together with the ointment jar, identifies her as Mary Magdalene. The strictly planar painting, still very much in keeping with the maniera bizantina, is outstanding thanks to the expressiveness of the face and is enlivened by the ornamental play of lines.
Piero di Cosimo (Florence 1462 - Florence 1522) - Santa Maria Maddalena (1490-1495) - tempera on panel 72 x 53 cm - National Roman Museum Palazzo Barberini - Rome
Santa Maria Maddalena è riconoscibile dal profilo segnato dall’aureola, dai lunghi capelli e dal vaso di unguenti. Quest’ultimo fa riferimento alla visita della Maddalena e delle pie donne al sepolcro nella mattina di Pasqua: giunte sul luogo per imbalsamare il corpo di Gesù con oli profumati, trovarono il sepolcro vuoto, testimoniando per prime la Resurrezione.
I lunghi capelli con cui solitamente viene raffigurata la Maddalena derivano invece da un’erronea interpretazione del Vangelo, che ha portato a confondere la Maddalena con l’ignota prostituta che, pentendosi dei peccati commessi, pianse sui piedi di Gesù e li asciugò con i propri capelli.
Nel dipinto di Piero di Cosimo vi sono tuttavia degli elementi che vanno oltre la tradizionale rappresentazione della santa e rimandano invece alla contemporaneità dell’artista: la foggia dell’abito, il libro aperto e la posa della donna, oltre all’architettura che la incornicia, hanno riferimenti diretti con la ritrattistica quattrocentesca. Non è infatti da escludere che il dipinto sia stato commissionato da o per una donna di nome Maddalena, che volle essere ritratta come la santa di cui portava il nome.
Degna di nota è la raffinatissima esecuzione dell’opera, che colpisce per qualità della superficie pittorica e definizione dei dettagli. Riguardo questi aspetti, Piero di Cosimo ha inoltre dimostrato di apprezzare e di comprendere fino in fondo i valori formali della pittura fiamminga.
Saint Mary Magdalene is identified by her profile and the halo, her long hair and jar of ointment. The jar alludes to the visit of the Magdalene and the pious women to the sepulcher on Easter morning. Having reached the place where the body of Jesus would be embalmed with perfumed oils, they found the sepulcher empty and were the first to bear witness to the Resurrection.
The long hair with which the Magdalene is generally depicted actually derives from an erroneous interpretation of the Gospel, arising from a confusion between the Magdalene with the nameless prostitute who, repenting of her sins, shed tears on Jesus’ feet and dried them with her own hair.
Piero di Cosimo’s painting, however, includes details that go beyond the traditional depiction of the saint, drawing on the artist’s own time: the style of her dress, the open book and the lady’s pose, like the architecture framing her, draw directly on the portraiture of the 1400s. In fact, it cannot be excluded that the painting may actually have been commissioned by or for a lady named Maddalena, who wished to be portrayed as the saint whose name she bore.
The painting is notable for its extremely refined execution, particularly striking in the pictorial surface and definition of the details. In these ways, Piero di Cosimo reveals his profound understanding and appreciation of the formal values of Flemish painting.