I can see very well There's a boat on the reef with a broken back And I can see it very well There's a joke and I know it very well It's one of those that I told you long ago Take my word I'm a madman, don't you know
Once a fool had a good part in the play If it's so would I still be here today It's quite peculiar in a funny sort of way They think it's very funny everything I say Get a load of him, he's so insane
You better get your coat dear It looks like rain, yeah
We'll come again next Thursday afternoon The in-laws hope they'll see you very soon But is it in your conscience that you're after Another glimpse of the madman across the water
I can see very well There's a boat on the reef with a broken back And I can see it very well There's a joke and I know it very well It's one of those that I told you long ago Take my word I'm a madman, don't you know
The ground's a long way down but I need more Is the nightmare really black Or are the windows painted Will they come again next week Can my mind really take it
We'll come again next Thursday afternoon The in-laws hope they'll see you very soon But is it in your conscience that you're after Another glimpse of a madman across the water
From 1970
You tell me there's an angel in your tree Did he say he'd come to call on me For things are getting desperate in our home Living in the parish of the restless folks I know
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
Burn down the mission If we're gonna stay alive Watch the black smoke fly to heaven See the red flame light the sky
Burn down the mission Burn it down to stay alive It's our only chance of living Take all you need to live inside
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today My wife cried when they came to take me away But what more could I do just to keep her warm Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls
Now everybody bring your family down to the riverside Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
Burn down the mission If we're gonna stay alive Watch the black smoke fly to heaven See the red flame light the sky
Burn down the mission Burn it down to stay alive It's our only chance of living Take all you need to live inside
Never one to pass up a sales opportunity, Da Roach is hawking a limited edition sneaker.
GetTrumpSneakers.com, a website owned by Roach, is the go-to retailer to secure a pair of high-top sneakers printed with an image from the recent assassination attempt
against the former president. The limited-edition 5,000-quantity run
are going for $299 and have already sold out in a number of sizes.
The white sneaker features a five-star American flag on the upper
portion of the shoe, just above the photo of Trump holding his fist up
after being shot in the ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last
weekend. The outer sole of the sneaker reads “Fight Fight Fight” in navy
blue text.
A shot rang out in the cantina. The local police happened to be there and saw the whole thing. In a corner where a poker game was being played, a man stood up and shot a pitcher of sangria sitting on the table. When asked why he did it, he replied "the sangria, it was messing with me!" The police sent him home with one of his buddies.
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The Dancing Forest
H. Padleckas
A pine tree forest planted in the 1960's on a sand spit located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russiaare twisted into several patterns, such as rings, hearts and convoluted spirals bending to the ground.
There has been no explanation as to why these trees have grown into these curious shapes. From a recent doc: "...it has baffled scientists and captured the imagination of visitors..."
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Al Naslaa Rock, Saudi Arabia
Disdero
From Wiki: a large sandstone rock split neatly down the middle into two parts, both balanced on small pedestals.
The overall shape of the rock is due to wind erosion and the chemical
weathering made possible by the moist conditions in the protected
underside of the rock. It is split in two by a joint.
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Hessdalen Lights
From Wiki: The Hessdalen lights are unidentified lights which have been observed in a 7.5 mi stretch of the Hessdalen valley in rural central Norway periodically since at least the 1930s.
They appear both by day and by night, and seem to float
through and above the valley. They are usually bright white, yellow or
red and can appear above and below the horizon. The duration of the
phenomenon may be a few seconds to well over an hour. Sometimes the
lights move with enormous speed; at other times they seem to sway slowly
back and forth. On yet other occasions, they hover in mid‑air.
There is no consensus amongst scientist what is causing this phenomenon.
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Lake Baikal, Russia
Lake Baikal boasts many things: the world's oldest lake, among the clearest, largest freshwater lake by volume and the deepest. Fun fact: in winter, hovercraft is the preferred transportation on this expanse of ice.
Methane bubbles under the ice
Some notable purple prose from a doc:
"Winter transforms this body of water into a symphony of whites and blues."
"Stalactites dangle from the ceiling of caves, producing a crystal palace effect. Bathed in daylight, they shimmer in a mesmerizing sky blue."
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In the middle of an volcanic crater on the island of Madacascar, there is evidence of human dwellings. Check out this doc from VOX:
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Bad design:
It begs the question: is OH! brand going to introduce a Girl Syrup any time soon?
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Catbird: these little guys have been around the past couple of weeks. Smaller than a robin with a call that resembles the mewing of a cat-I'd say it sounds like a bird with allergies.
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I came across a vid on Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest organized faiths on the planet originating in Persia 2000 BCE. Its concepts of monetheism and an eternal struggle between good and evil later influences the Abrahamic traditions of Judiasm, Christianity and Islam and the Greeks.
Their priests were known as Magi or magicians. I wondered if the Christian tradition of the Magi visiting baby Jesus had anything to do with Zorastrians? According to the vid, by the time the event was getting integrated into the Jesus story, especially as Christianity was making serious inroads in the Roman Empire, there was a fierce ideological campaign between Christianity and Zorastrians faiths. Could this tale of Magi coming to worship Jesus part of this campaign-signalling the prominence of Christianity by the Church fathers?
Fun fact: the name of the Creator of everything and all that is good in the universe was Ahura Mazda, a name later appropriated by a Japanese car maker.
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I was watching a doc about owls. The producers chose to write the opening like a gothic thriller: Ghost Killers! Merciless predators whose presence makes small mammals blood run cold with fear! The score had a certain Tim Burtonish feel about it. Oy.
As I was watching this, Bud was stretched under the dining table to the right of the couch. There was a section of owl calls. I looked over to see how Bud would react. He was unconcerned, saying "it's still light out so no worries." We do not have daylight owls in our area. Imagine how life really sucks for small mammals where they have both day and night owls-they live in constant fear. However, the daytime owls don't dominate the environment as their night brothers and sisters do. Daytimers often have worry about hawks and foxes.
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Fabulously trippy Simpson's couch gag by Bill Plympton.
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Exactly what was the forbidden fruit that Eve ate in the Garden of Eden? Some religious scholars say the apple’s association with the
forbidden fruit might have started when the Bible was translated from
Hebrew into Latin. The Latin words for “evil” and “apple” are both
versions of the word malus. More specifically, the Latin word for
“apple” is mālum, while the Latin word for “evil” is mălum.
After that, Renaissance artists such as Lucas Cranach the Elder
painted Adam and Eve in the garden with apples, furthering the idea that
the forbidden fruit was an apple.
If the fruit wasn’t an apple, what might it have been?
Because the Hebrew Bible describes the forbidden fruit only as peri,
the term for general fruit, no one knows. It could be a fruit that
doesn’t exist anymore. Or it is simply a metaphor.
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Silphum plant has grown! Probably 7' tall.
First bloom 7/7
New rose of sharon plantings replacing the Japanese willows:
7/8-first monarch seen in East Garden this year. How many generations did it take for your folk to go to Mexico and back?
Stock photo
Around the Diner and Back 40:
One of the Chuckettes emulating Mum-isn't time to be on your own?
A Chipper having a bite
Liza taking a break on a muggy day
Happy accident-the purple finch's color matches the daylilies
It's Deck Yoga with Buddy!
Afterwards-wrapping his arms around his Mum
7/9-7/10-remnants of Hurricane Beryl pays us a visit. She originated from a tropical wave of low pressure that moved off the coast of Africa south of the Cape Verde Islands on June 22.
OhHaiMark
Rain started here in the evening and it rained steadily throughout the night ending around 1.30 pm. My rain gauge showed 1.4". At the airport, 2.10" was reported. East Lansing took a big hit with some areas flooded due to over 7" of rainfall.
Happy Independence Day. Will this be the last one we celebrate as a republic?
July 5: our planet will reach aphelion or the farthest point away from the sun in our elliptical orbit.
Origin of the bandana: from Wiki: bandanas began in India as bright-coloured handkerchiefs of silk and cotton with spots in white on colored grounds, chiefly red and blue tie-dyed textiles. The bandana found popularity in the US during the late 1700s because snuff
users preferred coloured and patterned silk handkerchiefs over white
ones, as the former hid tobacco stains better when the users blew their
noses.
Humans: "Bad Tornado!"
Tornado: "I can't help it! I just luvvv tossing things into the air and watch them go 'round and 'round" me! Whee!!
World's oldest representational art found in a Sulawesi, Indonesia cave.
One of those words I've heard of but couldn't tell you what they mean-Belvedere: a structure (such as a cupola or a summerhouse) designed to command a view.
The dragon blood tree-from Wiki: Dracaena cinnabari, is native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea. It is named after the blood-like color of the red sap that the trees produce.It is considered the national tree of Yemen.
Cinque Terre (5 lands), are five villages part of a Unesco world heritage site in Italy.
From Wiki: Cinque Terre is mentioned in documents dating to the 11th century.
Monterosso and Vernazza were settled first and the other villages grew
later, whilst within the territory of the Republic of Genoa.
In the 16th century, the inhabitants reinforced existing forts and
built new defensive towers to protect the population from attacks by the Turks. Some families have lived in these villages for centuries.
The predominant crops in the area have been grapes and olives. Some
fishermen are based in Monterosso, but the area's gaily painted
fishermen's cottages were conceived in the late 1970s as a tourist
attraction. Tourism is the main driver of economy.
Monterosso al Mare
Vernazza
Corniglia
Manorola
Riomaggiore
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Shake yur tail feathers!
God’s Fool~ St. Francis of Assisi, by
sculptor Frank C. Gaylord at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Naperville,
Illinois; commissioned by the Wood family. On one side of the pedestal
are the words “Where there is sorrow, joy”; on the other side “For it is
in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
A live bird perches next to a sculpted one.
Modern fable: In the early morning and evening, there is often a single, prominent bird singing its song. With a large number of backyard Pavarottis in the neighborhood, birds bid on air time where they can sing solo without the usual cacophony of others interfering with their time on center stage. A long tradition of brokerages make the arrangements for a nominal fee. Even the Raucous Caucus are obliged to move to a different area and mute themselves during these events.
"Miss Sarajevo" 1995-U2, Brian Eno and Luciano Pavarotti.
During the Bosnian War, Sarajevo was under siege from 1992-1996 with the population reduced to poverty with little access to food, water, shelter, medical help, heat, electricity. In response, a group of women held a beauty pageant as an act of defiance. They held up a banner "Please Don't Let Them Kill Us". The song was included on a U2 financed doc concerning the humanitarian plight of the city's residents.
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A sweet 7 minute animated film "La Luna"-a 2012 release by Pixar.
Invented: 1899 Europe-although prototypes had been around earlier-the first patent came around this time.
Item: Spoon
Invented: 1000 BCE Egypt-our first utensil for eating, defined as a shallow bowl shape with a handle.
Item: Dice
Invented: Predates recorded history
Item: Broom
Invented: Several thousand years ago-originally, bunches of thin sticks, reeds and other natural fibers were tied together and attached to a larger stick.
Item: Wheel
Invented: 4000-3500 BCE Sumerians in Mesopotamia. It is thought that a round shape of stone mounted on a central axle was first used as a potter's wheel. Soon afterwards, it was adapted for transportation, beginning with two solid round wood disc on an axle. By 2000 BCE, the solid disc was replaced with spokes for a lighter, swifter vehicle.
Within the family of cats, Felidae, there is a division: the big cats which include lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and everyone else. Around 6.37 million years ago, the ancestors of big cats broke away from the rest. One of the main differences is that big cats roar but do not purr due to changes in their throat structure.
The big cats in order of size:
Lion
Tiger
Jaguar
Leopard
While both leopards and jaguars have spotted coats, there is a difference: both have circular shapes called rosettes but jaguars have internal spots within the rosette.
