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It would go very well with your new eye-patch, I think!...."
Yes, if she wants to look really piratical & scary!
https://i.postimg.cc/rmQMRDqs/bluebel...Recent photo of the woods where we walk Teddy (weather permitting)... showing a wonderful display of bluebells...
and this one shows Teddy on 'his' beach, in splendid isolation - it rarely has many people (or dogs) on it, but this is especially quiet!
https://i.postimg.cc/HnzqPRrL/teddy-b...
CCCubbon wrote: "Love the bluebells, Scarletnoir."I'm glad... the problem with the bluebells is, they're so beautiful that we tend to take loads of pictures of them (and still have loads left from previous years). I put this one up, as it seemed to be one of the best shots.
The first time that I saw bluebell carpeting woods was when I was just sixteen and we moved to Essex from Islington. My sister and I were out for a bike ride and, coming down a hill in Laindon spied this wonderful sight. We ran into the trees and gathered armfuls, shouldn’t have done but we knew no better, put them in our bike bags and took them home where they promptly died.But my sister and I often talk about that moment when we first saw the bluebells. A few years ago someone won the Countryfile photo competition with a shot taken there.
The ancient wood close by here does have some blue areas but it was used as an RAF camp during the war ( camouflage) and some of the buildings remain but I guess the bluebells were very disturbed. It is inhabited by rare bats now. I will see if I can find some photos for you.
https://postimg.cc/FYtpYSvd
CCCubbon wrote: "We ran into the trees and gathered armfuls (of bluebells), shouldn’t have done but we knew no better, put them in our bike bags and took them home where they promptly died.That's what happens - this bluebell wood is in my home town, to which I returned after many years of globetrotting (a slight exaggeration, but never mind...).
I have a very precise memory of the first time I visited these woods. Our primary school had been re-housed for a year or so into a much older school building, whilst our own was being renovated. This older school was very close to the woods, and when spring came around, our class teacher took us up there for a nature ramble... the only thing I remember about that is that most of us gathered handfuls of bluebells, which - as you discovered - didn't keep very long!
Just to show how things have changed - our classroom had one of those old 'Maigret-style' cylindrical cast-iron stoves in the middle, with a chimney angling diagonally upward to the ceiling. This black monster got extremely hot - it would have severely burned anyone who touched it - but no-one did. I guess that the teacher kept us well under control, plus we were maybe more aware of danger back then, as less protected. This is just an observation - I am certainly not implying that things were 'better' then. I'd rather keep kids safe, any day.
am loving the bluebells woods near me, wonderful colours, though with the trees leafing more slowly than the last decade or so, its a strange mix, the shady greens overhead are more like small budsnear my parents, i walked through a lush bluebell wood which was abutted by an entire hillside of almost bare trees, it was like March!
(will upload a pic of this- the pic is to show the bare trees not the bluebells so much)
Morning RobertI must be rather dim this morning for I am not sure what the cartoonist is trying to say. Is it that God could not create a chicken, i.e. no God`?
Gary Larson was that rare cartoonist who studied hard science. God as a kid experimenting in his room seems as likely as anything else. Though the cartoon raises other questions. What are God's parents like? Do they know what he's up to in his room? And who will pick up the mess, if anyone at all?
For PaulGlad that you liked that slime mould and leatherjacket photo - I thought it fantastic,
That's a strange one, Robert. Do you know if the two men in front are constructed of different stone. the upside down one fascinates,it's that leg
CCCubbon wrote: "For PaulGlad that you liked that slime mould and leatherjacket photo - I thought it fantastic,"
That slime mold was fascinating. I once had a great professor, 85 years old and still in the lab, who used to study various slime molds. In particular, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicty...
His office was fascinating.
Paul wrote: "CCCubbon wrote: "For PaulGlad that you liked that slime mould and leatherjacket photo - I thought it fantastic,"
That slime mold was fascinating. I once had a great professor, 85 years old and s..."
I never realised that slime mould could be so interesting and can understand that professor’s fascination.
I have saved the article to study it more, particularly interested in the way that the mould moves and why it moves to the soil surface.
Must look up those mathematical equations.
As I grow older I realise how much I don’t know, I need another lifetime!
CCCubbon wrote: "As I grow older I realise how much I don’t know, I need another lifetime!"Don't we all!
I realised a long time ago that my ambition to 'know everything' would never be realised... but that's helpful, as it allows the unembarrassed confession of ignorance which allows more learning to take place.
It's a big mistake to pretend to know something when you don't, as you miss out on a chance to learn more stuff!
CCCubbon wrote: "That's a strange one, Robert. Do you know if the two men in front are constructed of different stone. the upside down one fascinates,it's that leg"
Not mine. Mine are a painting of Catherine of Aragon, a statue of a girl sailing her little boat through a gang of comic monsters, and a rococo girl in stone.
It was the one of the statues outside the Hofburg Palace in Vienna - it says 'unloaded by Robert' and is on the last page -13 .Those veiled statues always make me wonder Just how the sculptor created them - I find them quite creepy.
Sorry. It's been years since I was in Vienna. The uncanny monsters outside the Hofburg appeared to be made of the same type of stone as the girl in the boat. The veiled girl is in a chapel in Milan. The delicate work that the sculptor did amazes me.
Robert wrote: "Sorry. It's been years since I was in Vienna. The uncanny monsters outside the Hofburg appeared to be made of the same type of stone as the girl in the boat. The veiled girl is in a chapel in Milan..."I've seen that one often, it's actually in Naples. Even more impressive is the Cristo Velato in the same Sansevero Cathedral. There are 4 or 5 sculptures in that little church that are just jaw-dropping. It's dang near the only reason to visit Naples
I expect most guessed that it is the top of The Scream
CCCubbon wrote: "Paul wrote: "CCCubbon wrote: "For PaulGlad that you liked that slime mould and leatherjacket photo - I thought it fantastic,"
That slime mold was fascinating. I once had a great professor, 85 ye..."
There's a pretty nice popular science book by Steven Johnson,
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software, that opens with a description of slime moulds and their uncanny behaviour as an illustration of its theme.
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I don't know who the painter is.
Machenbach wrote: "On the right is Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue, Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck."Why the dot after sz (seems to be the case for Jacobsz too)?
Machenbach wrote: "Hushpuppy wrote: "Why the dot after sz (seems to be the case for Jacobsz too)?"Patronymic"
Was confused for a sec there, as for us French it just means family name, thanks!
@ReenThanks for the kind words about Too Clever. I struggled to find a suitable photo - looked at many couples reading in the park ones but none felt right so ended up with a river.
Wish they would sort out the bug so that we could see the comments on photos not simply get an email. I have complained a couple of times but nothing is done.
Hope today is one of the lovely ones
I've looked for the Pink Dress for a Boy pair of portraits of children. The girl in blue appears to be "Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue" by Johannes Cornelis Vespronck
CCCubbon wrote: "@ReenThanks for the kind words about Too Clever. I struggled to find a suitable photo - looked at many couples reading in the park ones but none felt right so ended up with a river.
Wish they woul..."
Aha! I couldn't see any comments so obviously reposted the same ones twice... apologies for unnecessary bombardment CCC.
@reenWe haven’t been able to see comments on photos since November 2020 just after this site started.
That gladiator helmet looks very heavy Robert. It must have been hot wearing it and fighting. Haven’t seen one before sothanks
You're welcome. I'm on the track of another.
Great photo of the marsh orchid CC , well worth the walk ☺
scarletnoir wrote: "CCCubbon wrote:I found a photo of an Avenue of plane treeshttps://postimg.cc/kR4KMrPL
That is indeed a lovely photo, which brings back memories of many summer holidays spent driving across Franc..."
I posted Snowflakes Quietly Descending By Wu Lan-Chiann. The system allowed the picture in but not the title. I just corrected this. Might this be the picture you meant?
Robert wrote: "scarletnoir wrote: "CCCubbon wrote:I found a photo of an Avenue of plane treeshttps://postimg.cc/kR4KMrPL
That is indeed a lovely photo, which brings back memories of many summer holidays spent ..."
I don't know what happened here, but the link now states that the picture is 'not found', and instead shows several women who clearly are suffering from eating disorders!
So, sorry - can't answer your question.
Take care of those marsh orchids CC -if Johnsons gang get their way they will overturn all the protections for special places and habitats..
It would go very well with your new eye-patch, I think!....