Tell me what you know :-)

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

water lily, sarah p duk gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

I kicked candy and now seem to be stuck with quotations, which are attacking my brain instead of my teeth :-)

Robert Byrne, "Sources, References, and Notes," The Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said, 1984

HGGT! HBW!

zinnia, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”

- Sigmund Freud

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw

WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT – TOM JONES

Looking for the waxwings

eating apples in the orchard

a big cat came to greet me

he was huge and very forward

He climbed the fence to meet me

to block my view of birds

he told me they were meant for him

hadn't anybody heard

I must admit he made my day

he made me belly laugh

I laughed until my ribs were aching

he told me I was daft

He climbed the fence like he was human

and not a cat at all

but he landed like a cat on all fours

told me a tale so tall

Once upon an eerie moment

he said he'd seen a ghost

while lurking in the nearby churchyard

scratching at a post

It was the spirit of a lady

who carried a lantern bright

she stooped to pick up falling conkers

her body clothed in white

her hair so long and straggly dangled

over her eyes and face

her finger nails were more like talons

that cut through her finest lace

“I think she was a witch”, he said

“and once I was her familiar,

so I hid behind the biggest headstone

in case she beckoned me to her.”

“Were you afraid?”, I asked the cat.

“No, not at all, not really ...

but I'd rather be a humble cat

chasing the waxwings freely.”

He looked well fed and was content

he loved to pose for his portrait

and I was sorry to say goodbye

but had I stayed I would be late

Happy Fence Friday to you my friends

and a Happy Caturday too

It's nice to be back and feeling happy

and it's lovely to see all of you! : 0)

- AP - Copyright remains with and is the intellectual property of the author

Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission'

Quotations from Buddha

"My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias."

William Allen White

Whenever I link a quotation to one of my images, I am compelled to learn about the author of said quote. If you are interested in such things, you might want to know this about the author...

"William Allen White (February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) was an American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. Between 1896 and his death, White became a spokesman for middle America.

At a 1937 banquet held in his honor by the Kansas Editorial Association, he was called "the most loved and most distinguished member" of the Kansas press."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_White

"Give yourself a gift: the present moment."

Marcus Aurelius

While walking along the road, I noticed the smallest flowers bending in the breeze. The whole plant was no larger than my smallest finger. I was stunned to see the beauty of its form once it was at eye level.

The older I become, the more I appreciate not only the rich beauty of our natural world, but also the wise words of philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius. An appreciation of our time spent on this Earth is often overlooked in the search for more exciting moments. Thus I offer this tiny flower and some wise words to take you through the day.

The gulls seem to be taking it easy!

The face of the Olympian Hermes. Just a tiny part of the whole statue. The other parts, represented by Fujifilm boxes, you have to visualise yourself or, since his image is scattered over the world-wide web, you can look it up. Here, I am offering just a visual quotation. It refers to something larger and, at the end of the day, to a long narrative which, in itself, is invisible.

Fujifilm X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 (wide-open).

Quotation from, 'On seeing the graves of the forty-seven rônin at Sengakuji Temple' Anon.

Better viewed large

Happy Caturday 11.8.2018 "Quotations"

Neighbours Snoop dines like a real gentleman

"Dinner for one" is the most played skizze in german TV - no silvester without it:-)

It was listed in 1988 in the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's most frequently repeated television production".

www.imdb.com/title/tt0121210/

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“In the midst of darkness, light persists.”

– Mahatma Gandhi in a speech delivered in 1947

Kelly's second favorite quotation is: "Caturday: Preferred by Cats 2 to 1"

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” - 469 BCE. Socrates.

© All rights reserved.

All my images are protected under international authors copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, or edited without my written explicit permission.

Thoreau: It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

307/365 pictures in 2019

Thoreau quotation - Our Daily Challenge

Let it glow - Smile on Saturday

All rights reserved. Please do not use or reproduce this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission.

digital art

Literary Walk Museum, Huntingdon

...just mystification.

Reflection on a big pond around the buildings,

Infineon Technologies AG

is in 1999 by spinning off the semiconductor business of Siemens AG through a public offering (IPO) in 2000, this high technology company headquartered Neubiberg near Munich,

Bavaria, Germany

@ Wikipedia

When you're not being able to do much there's always technology to make you have a dialogue with your many florals, which I did yesterday. Many quotes spring to mind, but I chose this one.

"The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and harmonious tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs to him" ~ August Rodin

Quotation

Quotation from Shrek by Donkey! I liked the tiny flecks of colour and patterning of the Sedimentary layers.

Boulders and Rockpools on the beach at Mains of Slains Farm, the North Sea Coast Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

153/366 pictures in 2020

Our Daily Challenge -Thoreau quotations

43/100x floral macros in 2020

“As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done."

All rights reserved. Please do not use or reproduce this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my permission.

Durham mural

We're Here! : Numbers

Running out of ideas for your 365 project? Join We're Here!

Quotation by Roman Payne, The Wanderess

Santa Fe, New Mexico

For Poetography group: Some topics speak to me more than others and this week is a good example. Our word is leaf, or leaves.

They started cutting down the forest behind our house yesterday to build homes. I hoped this wouldn't happen too soon even though we were told to anticipate it. It's still tough.

“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Fine Art America

I LOVE QUOTATIONS!

I LOVE the way other people reinforce my thoughts about life.

I LOVE when my photos connect with these thoughts.

Here is a smorgasbord of fun thoughts on DIRECTION ~

“I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.” ~ Anna Louise Strong ~

BUT . . .

“You can't row a boat in two directions at the same time.” ~ anon ~

HOWEVER, Goethe says:

“I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”

SO REMEMBER TO:

“Keep your head and your heart in the right direction and you'll never have to worry about your feet.”

with all of this being said, I still love the philosophical thoughts of Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Petite Prince) ~

“A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth. Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.”

...to rob us of our former selves. (Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, 'A Woman of Independent Means' )

Getting so old, so weak, barely peek

Yet beautiful still, until, the next fill

For a generation, a whole celebration,

"In quotation"

[] HaMeD!caL []

Rose and quotation Prem Rawat

Staatstheater gespiegelt im Eckensee, Stuttgart

"I remember a hundred lovely lakes,

and recall the fragrant breath of pine

and fir and cedar and poplar trees.

The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk,

opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets."

~ Hamlin Garland ~

Which came first? The fiber arts tassel or the verse?

Serendipitously the short, poetic composition popped up and brought even more meaning, surprise and delight as it accented the opalescent and saffron beads which had been strung on silken threads upon the dangle, attached to a charm of golden pine cones!

Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday everyone!

Words of wisdom

I come across another funny Quotation on FaceBook and wanted to share this with you all. Have a fantastic day, everyone!

'and i was speechless...'

my day consists of floral skirts and quotation marks.

outtakes in comments!

all sooc of course (:

The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.

- Baha'u'llah

quotation: W.C. Fields

youtu.be/VcGfuEZ9dSo

(Please right click on the blue link and select "Open Link in New Tab")

For the Smile on Saturday group, Topic: quote.

quotation by Vartan Gregorian

218

2nd day of midterms

not bad

danny made lunch for me and nicole :3

i really like this photo

especially without the text

but the text is true and appropriate so i left it

Also known as Cranesbill because of it's beak like seed capsule.

Notice the oak tree catkins on the leaves. I have never seen so many of these before. They are everywhere!

"A single oak tree produces both male and female flowers. The male flowers are tiny yellow structures that grow along a slender stalk. The stalked structure is called a catkin. The stalk with its flowers looks a bit like a yellow worm dangling from the tips of the oak branches. The female flowers are small pink to red structures that are also located near the twig tip. The male flowers produce pollen which is carried by wind to female flowers, often on a different tree. The amount of pollen produced by a large oak tree is enormous and the flowers continue producing pollen for several weeks. Unlike flowers that are pollinated by bees or other animals, the pollen of oaks floats freely in the air and is inhaled by people. Many people are allergic to oak pollen and the large amounts and long duration of oak pollen production can make oaks one of the more serious spring allergens."

~ University Of Mount Union

Unfortunately, I am one of those with an allergy to oak pollen.

Mother Nature has the US in her grasp. I hope you are all warm and safe as this continues to pass through our lives.

trying to break an addiction to candy. I kicked candy and now seem to be stuck with quotations, which are attacking my brain instead of my teeth :-)

Robert Byrne

rose, 'Love and Peace', little theater rose garden, Raleigh, north carolina

HRH Princess Margarita de Romania is the daughter of HM King Mihai de Romania and of HM Queen Anne, princess of Bourbon-Parme

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www.blouseroumaine.com/orderthebook_p1.html

Prin linia materna, Printesa Margarta fiica Reginei Ana de Romania se trage din Movilesti, iar prin acestia din urma din Stefan Cel Mare si Sfant si prin el din Dragos, Descalecatorul Moldovei.

Iata cateva detalii despre ascendenta materna a ASR Printesa Margareta din voivozii Moldovei:

Regina Ana, Printesa de Danemarca si de Bourbon-Parma se trage, asa cum spune numele din Bourboni,

Mai precis din ramura spaniola a Bourbonilor care erau si Duci de Parma.

Pornind pe linie directa ascendenta a familiei de Bourbon-Parma, deci pe linie barbateasca, ajungem la Ferdinand I de Bourbon, Duce de Parma (1751-1802) nepotul Lui Filip V regele Spaniei si Duce de Anjou (1683, Versailles - 1746 Madrid).

Acest Ferdinand I Infante de Spania (1751-1802),care preceda cu sase generatii pe Ana de Bourbon-Parma a noastra [sper si a domniei tale] ) era casatorit cu printesa Louise Elisabeth de France (1727-1759), fiica lui Ludovic al XV regele Frantei si a sotiei lui Maria Leczynska ( 1703-1768) regina Frantei, care la randul ei era fiica lui Stanislas Lesczynski regele Poloniei si Duce de Lorena (1677-1766).

Acum, ca sa ajungem la Movilesti trebuie sa trecem pe ramurile femeiesti:

Bunica materna a lui Stanislas Lesczinski (socrul lui Ludovic XV) era Maria Ana Printesa Jabolonowska (1643-1687) nascuta contesa Kasanowska, iar bunica materna a acesteia din urma era Domnita Maria Movila ( 1591-1638) (fata lui Ieremia Voda), domnita moldoveanca al carui sot era Contele Stefan Potocki, Palatin de Wroclaw si prin care casatorie era cunoscuta in Polonia drept Marya Mohylanka.

Aceasta inseamna, bine inteles, ca prin stramosii ei Movilesti, Regina Ana de Romania se trage, prin Iermia Voda Movila, chiar din Petru Rares si din Stefan cel Mare si Sfant, iar prin acesta din urma din Dragos Voda primul descalecator al Moldovei.

Despre domnita Maria Movila contesa Potocka ne vorbeste istoricul Constantin GANE (1885-1962) in celebra lui lucrare "Trecute Vieti de Doamne si Domnite".

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"Blouse Roumaine - the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women"

Presented and Selected by Constantin ROMAN

Anthology E-BOOK (11BM)

DISTRIBUTION: Online with credit card

COST: $ 54.99, £34.99 (ca Euros 35.50)

LINK: www.blouseroumaine.com/orderthebook_p1.html

CONTENTS:

2,250,000 words,

over 1,000 pages,

ca 160 illustrations in text

160 critical biographies,

58 social categories/professions,

600 quotations (mostly translated into English for the first time),

circa 3,000 bibliographical references (including URLs and credits)

6 Indexes (alphabetical, by profession, timeline, quotation Index, place

index and name index)

AUTHOR: Constantin Roman is a Scholar with a Doctorate from Cambridge and a Member of the Society of Authors (London). He is an International Adviser, Guest Speaker, Professor Honoris Causa and Commander of the Order of Merit.

INDEX BY PROSFESSION: 58 CATEGORIES by Call, Profession or Social Status

Academics (22), Actresses (9), Anti-Communist Fighters (14), Architects/Interior Designers (2), Art Critics (9), Artist Book Binders (1), Ballerinas (6), Charity Workers/Benefactors (20), Communist Public Figures (2), Courtesans (3), Designers (2), Diplomats (4), Essayists (11), Ethnographers (6), Exiles & First-generation Romanians born abroad (87), Explorers (1), Feminists (12), Folk Singers (1), Gymnasts, Dressage Riders (2), Historians (5), Honorary Romanian Women (15), Illustrators (3), Journalists (13), Lawyers (4), Librarians (3), Linguists (2), Literary Critics (1), Media (15), Medical Doctors/Nurses (5), Memoir Writers (16), Missionaries and Nuns (4), Mountainéers (2), Museographers (1), Musical Instruments Makers (1), Novelists (24), Opera Singers (16), Painters (14), Peasant Farmers (6), Philosophers and Philosophy Graduates (4), Pianists (6), Pilots (4), Playwrights (5), Poets (29), Political Prisoners (30), Politicians (5), Revolutionaries (2), Royals and Aristocrats (34), Scientists (8), Sculptors (4), Slave (1), Socialites/Hostesses (20), Spouses/Relations of Public Figures (51), Spies (2), Tapestry Weavers (4), Translators (25), Unknown Illustrious (6), Violinists (4), Workers (3)

NOTE:

Most of the above 160 Romanian women, in the best tradition of versatility, are true polymaths and therefore nearly each one of them falls in more than just one category, often three or more. This explains why adding the numbers of the 57 individual categories bears no relation to the actual total of the above 160 women included in Blouse Roumaine.

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LIST OF 160 CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES (each supported by Quotations and Bibliography)

AA *Gabriela Adamesteanu *Florenta Albu *Nina Arbore *Elena Arnàutoiu *Ioana Raluca Voicu-Arnàutoiu, *Laurentia Arnàutoiu *Mariea Plop - Arnàutoiu *Ana Aslan *Lady Elizabeth Asquith Bibescu

BB *Lauren Bacall *Lady Florence Baker *Zoe Bàlàceanu *Ecaterina Bàlàcioiu-Lovinescu *Victorine de Bellio *Pss. Marta Bibescu *Adriana Bittel *Maria Prodan Bjørnson *Ana Blandiana *Yvonne Blondel *Lola Bobescu *Smaranda Bràescu *Elena Bràtianu *Élise Bràtianu *Ioana Bràtianu *Elena Bràtianu- Racottà *Letitzia Bucur

CC *Anne-Marie Callimachi *Georgeta Cancicov *Madeleine Cancicov *Pss. Alexandra Cantacuzino *Pss.Maria Cantacuzino (Madame Puvis de Chavannes) *Pss. Maruca Cantacuzino-Enesco* Pss. Catherine Caradja *Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu *Marta Caraion-Blanc, *Nina Cassian, *Otilia Cazimir *Elena Ceausescu *Maria Cebotari *Ioana Celibidache *Hélène Chrissoveloni (Mme Paul Morand)*Alice Cocea *Irina Codreanu *Lizica Codreanu *Alina Cojocaru *Nadia Comàneci *Denisa Comànescu *Lena Constante *Silvia Constantinescu *Doina Cornea *Hortense Cornu *Viorica Cortez*Otilia Cosmutzà *Sandra Cotovu *Ileana Cotrubas *Carmen-Daniela Cràsnaru *Mioara Cremene *Florica Cristoforeanu *Pss. Elena Cuza

DD *Hariclea Darclée *Cella Delavrancea *Alina Diaconú *Varinca Diaconú *Anca Diamandy *Marie Ana Dràgescu *Rodica Dràghincescu *Bucura Dumbravà *Natalia Dumitrescu

EE *Micaela Eleutheriade *Queen Elisabeth of Romania (‘Carmen Sylva’) *Alexandra Enescu *Mica Ertegün

FF *Lizi Florescu, *Maria Forescu *Nicoleta Franck *Aurora Fúlgida

GG *Angela Gheorghiu *Pss Grigore Ghica *Pss. Georges Ghika (Liane de Pougy) *Veturia Goga *Maria Golescu *Nadia Gray *Olga Greceanu *Pss. Helen of Greece *Nicole Valéry-Grossu *Carmen Groza

HH *Virginia Andreescu Haret *Clara Haskil *Lucia Hossu-Longin

II *Pss. Ileana of Romania *Ana Ipàtescu *Marie-France Ionesco *Dora d’Istria *Rodica Iulian

JJ *Doina Jela *Lucretia Jurj

KK *Mite Kremnitz

LL *Marie-Jeanne Lecca *Madeleine Lipatti *Monica Lovinescu *Elena Lupescu

MM *Maria Mailat *Ileana Màlàncioiu *Ionela Manolesco *Lilly Marcou *Silvia Marcovici *Queen Marie of Romania *Ioana A. Marin *Ioana Meitani *Gabriela Melinescu *Veronica Micle *Nelly Miricioiu *Herta Müller *Alina Mungiu-Pippidi *Agnes Kelly Murgoci

NN *Mabel Nandris *Anita Nandris-Cudla *Lucia Negoità *Mariana Nicolesco *Countess Anna de Noailles *Ana Novac

OO *Helen O’Brien *Oana Orlea

PP *Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu *Milita Pàtrascu *Ana Pauker *Marta Petreu *Cornelia Pillat *Magdalena Popa *Elvira Popescu

RR *Ruxandra Racovitzà *Elisabeta Rizea *Eugenia Roman *Stella Roman *Queen Ana de România, *Pss. Margarita de România *Maria Rosetti *Elisabeth Roudinesco

SS *Annie Samuelli *Sylvia Sidney *Henriette-Yvonne Stahl *Countess Leopold Starszensky *Elena Stefoi *Pss. Marina Stirbey *Sanda Stolojan *Cecilia Cutzescu-Storck

TT *Maria Tànase *Aretia Tàtàrescu *Monica Theodorescu *Elena Theodorini

UU *Viorica Ursuleac

VV *Elena Vàcàrescu *Leontina Vàduva *Ana Velescu *Marioara Ventura *Anca Visdei *Wanda Sachelarie Vladimirescu *Alice Steriade Voinescu

WW *Sabina Wurmbrand

ZZ *Virginia Zeani

A few hours earlier this long rubber fisherman's walkway had been flying through the air, tossed around by the strong winds blowing across Dungeness beach. It came to rest in this serendipitous form and just had to be photographed!