Another son took a trip to the Caribbean and saw this critter.
Dr. Jane Goodall, who I just learned, has prosopagnosia, which makes it difficult to recognize familiar faces.
In January 2025, Dr. Goodall was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. You can imagine which President awarded it to her.
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Today's quote:
Today's quote:
Everything turns in circles and spirals with the cosmic heart until infinity. Everything has a vibration that spirals inward or outward — and everything turns together in the same direction at the same time. This vibration keeps going: it becomes born and expands or closes and destructs — only to repeat the cycle again in opposite current.
Like a lotus, it opens or closes, dies and is born again. Such is also the story of the sun and moon, of me and you. Nothing truly dies. All energy simply transforms.
—Suzy Kassem --
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An old photo:
Ceramic sculptures by Susan Wilkerson in Black Mountain at Red House Gallery
Sharing with Saturday's Critters!
And today is the 71st anniversary of Tolkien's publication of the Fellowship of the Ring, in the Lord of the Ring series. See this post to commemorate it.
Love those clay figures!
ReplyDeleteI have Navigator stones from Aotearoa New Zealand...mine have been made by a potter. Others were made from stone. On one side the inward spiral is the female, the planning. On the other side , complementing the first is the outward spiral, the male, the voyage.
My personal one I carry with me as travelers always have. I'm sure that it has drawn me back many times. Another I was given for my workshop.
I've never heard of Navigator stones, but they do sound wonderful! Especially for travelers. Perhaps I should have one, with all my roaming about the earth! Great reminder of the movements of opposites.
Delete...this year, my garden is full of dragonflies.
ReplyDeleteI saw a blue darter the other day, but wasn't able to follow it to catch it's photo.
DeleteClay figures have their own presence, as if they were waiting in the clay.
ReplyDeleteOoh, that's a wonderful way to describe them!!
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ReplyDeleteYour sons are doing some traveling, Denmark and the Caribbean. I love the dragonfly, the clay critters and the birds both the real birds and the ceramic sculptures. Sad new about the health of Jane Goodall, she is one of my female heroes. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your critter post! Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
So glad to share a few critters, of different places today, with you and your crew of critter lovers!
DeleteI forgot to say I'm glad I have something in common with Jane goodall. She also taught me to conserve water with her documentary about how much of women's lives it can consume, just carrying it for daily use.
ReplyDeleteOoh, that hits home for a post on cooking and kitchens with a galvanized water bucker (or two) which I'll post next week for Sepia Saturday! I need to see that documentary too!
DeleteI’ve heard of that condition. It’s a weird one.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem very sad...but I tend to assume I don't know most people, even though they will tell me that they already met me. Maybe somewhat like that.
DeleteI have it and you learn to manage around it. I've had comic experiences, too. It's not at all sad.
DeleteHi Barbara, Love the photos of the seabirds with their offspring! Laurie and I saw a bunch of those big lizards in yards in South Florida a couple of years ago. Kind of mind boggling if you aren't used to seeing them... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteYes, I've never seen a big one around a place I lived in FL...glad of that. Small ones are ok, and usually skittish. I'd think a big lizard would just sit there and wait for me to leave.
DeleteOoh, that goat is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHe sure is!
DeleteI love those ceramic birds! They are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSusan made them based on photographs. I was always amazed at her proportions coming out great, as well as the fabulous glazes.
DeleteThe ceramic birds are amazing. Great series of critters from others parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad to share what I've got with my blog friends. Of course there are many more critters which bloggers can share from around the world.
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