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Garfield reminds us of our cat called Simon:
and here is what I wrote about Simon some while back:
“Simon is absolutely so not simple, no matter what the rhyme tries to convey to the contrary!! He would make a first class security personnel where the concerns for the high safety and security would be of utmost [...]
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The photo is part of The Names at the Yad Vashem* Museum in Jerusalem by me.
January 27, aka today is the annual official day for the remembrance of the victims of the Nazi-era worldwide and here is the what the UN has decreed on the same:
“International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) is [...]
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“Those of you who feel knitting has changed your life, welcome to the club. I can think of no better occupation to reveal your own creativity.”
Kaffe Fassett
Wikipedia defines knitting as “a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each [...]
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This week’s theme on
PICTURE PERFECT
is
CONTRAST
I call this picture:
FIRE & ICE!
The FLAMING HOT FIRE of the orange rising sun in the photo looks like a fireball had burst on the scene, and the contrasting extreme cold and frost on the branches and on the ground look so chill-into-your-bones ICY C-O-L-D. Brrr….
It was an extremely cold [...]
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This is a Canadian couple Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz*
dancing the RIVERDANCE in the Olympics in Nagano (Japan) in 1998.
I suppose I am homesick for Ireland…
Tis for now, Rii
* He is married to a Finnish ice dancer since 2004 according to Wikipedia.
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Some while back Noizy had a photo of an Irish pub in Maine in his blog on 360 and the name of the establishment was:
The Pickled Onion!
My comment was this:
HEEEH!! lol
I think that the onion is not the only one that is getting pickled in that establishment!!
Tis for now, Rii
European [...]
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The theme this week on
PICTURE PERFECT
is
A SONG TITLE
This RHAPSODY in BLUE is my contribution. The photo was taken during the holidays in December in the Finnish countryside. This title came to me while looking at the photo; for to me, everything is dancing: the falling snowflakes, the lights on the [...]
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Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning— AHEM — Afternoon…
Tis for now. Rii
© Photos: Riihele. All rights reserved
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“Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.” Kenneth Burke
re·flec·tion (noun)
1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. Something, such as light, radiant [...]
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