Six Things for a Sunday Afternoon
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This could be my favorite of the week. From mymodernmet.oom
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But then again, this is a good candidate for the most absolute favoritist thing I have seen this year. Among many.
A virtual tour of Frida Kahlo’s home.
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Then again, knowing how much I LOVE maps!…..
Another October. The maples have done their slick trick
of turning yellow almost overnight; summer’s hazy skies are cobalt blue …
…I want to praise things
that cannot last. The scarlet and orange leaves
are already gone, blown down by a cold rain,
crushed and trampled. They rise again in leaf meal
and wood smoke…Geese cut a wedge out of the sky, drag the gray days
behind them like a skein of old wool.
I want to praise everything brief and finite.
Overhead, the Pleiades fall into place; Orion rises.
Great Horned Owls muffle the night with their calls;
night falls swiftly, tucking us in her black velvet robe,
the stitches showing through, all those little lights,
our little lives, rising and falling.
”Equinox” by Barbara Crooker
Thanks to Vita’s for this poem.
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This zebra from Kenya was born with dots instead of stripes. There are more, plus videos and some other amazing wild animal photos at this Frank Liu’s Instagram site. I found that Instagram page reaching for this cute dotted guy, and found even more amazing things there. frankliuphotography at IG.
Frank Liu Photography
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In Alhaurin de la Torre in Spain, seven women textile artists, plus their crochet teacher, Eva Pacheco, have spent months weaving new sunshades for the town centre...Story and more more photos here.
And. this week (all things working in my favor), an Early Bird calendar video should be posted. This year’s calendar: American Road Trip. Watch this space.