CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND
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IF YOU HAVE A PAINTING, A DRAWING, A PHOTOGRAPH, OR YOU HAVE WRITTEN A POEM, OR RECORDED AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF MUSIC, POST THEM!
REMEMBERING NEPAL AND TIBET--
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
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Tutuila, American Samoa (© G.Gam)
Although I've travelled to many places in the world, you have been to, and recorded so well, so many more than I have.
Thanks.
It looks like paradise.
The people on that island were amazingly friendly. We were there for a few days so we rented a jeep and drove around the whole island. Everyone we saw (pedestrians, other drivers, people in their yards or sitting on the porches of their houses) waved and smiled at us. It was really something. My mouth hurt from grinning so much!
Street scenes from various cities in China...
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China is endlessly interesting.
It's the magical land of Xanadu.
Neat. Is that corn in the last image?
Yes, it is. My wife grows it as well at her within walking distance 2 acre mini-farm. It's one of her veggies I look forward to the most.
It looks like some of it is a white and red or purple bi-color. I've seen ornamentals like that, but I've never seen it in an eating variety.
Amazing market scenes, luv it!
Thanks - next weekend I'll do a wet market.
My new tattoo is done and healed.
Very nice!
ow ...
I just want to know whose eyeball that is...
The ravens are Huginn (thought) and Muninn (memory) and the eyeball is Odin's eye.
From the Völuspá:
Ein sat hon úti, þá er inn aldni kom
yggjungr ása ok í augu leit. Hvers fregnið mik?
Hví freistið mín? Allt veit ek,
Óðinn, hvar þú auga falt, í inum mæra Mímisbrunni.
Drekkr mjöð Mímir morgun hverjan af veði Valföðrs.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?
Translated:
Alone I sat | when the Old One sought me,
The terror of gods, | and gazed in mine eyes:
"What hast thou to ask? | why comest thou hither?
Othin, I know | where thine eye is hidden."
I know where Othin's | eye is hidden,
Deep in the wide-famed | well of Mimir;
Mead from the pledge | of Othin each mom
Does Mimir drink: | would you know yet more?
From the Poetic Edda:
Huginn ok Muninn fljúga hverjan dag
Jörmungrund yfir;
óumz ek of Hugin, at hann aftr né komi,
þó siámz ek meir um Muninn.
Translated:
Huginn and Muninn fly each day
Over the spacious earth;
I fear for Huginn, that he come not back,
Yet more anxious am I for Muninn.
That is really interesting. It's not often we get Icelandic/Norse mythology and poetry posted on here.
It's my understanding that there were no Norse tattoos. There is one historic report but it was probably body painting and not tattoos. Tattoos were commonly found throughout Polynesia and were a significant part of Polynesian culture.
Thanks!
Very artistic. What's it like to be a walking canvas?
I'm just a big fan of art. I have three tattoos now. If I could justify the expense I'd have more, but I plan on some Celtic knotting on this same arm, probably next year.
It is also my understanding that tattoos were not part of Celtic culture although body painting was.
A photo Mr G took of the front yard. He filled the bird feeders and threw down corn for the squirrels. But he has deer eating the corn and squirrels in the bird feeders.
Nice.
Morning...always great having wildlife around your home..
There are a pair of Plovers nesting on my neighbours front lawn..
They are extremely protective of their eggs and chicks which are born feathered and walking..
The parents will swoop anything they perceive as a threat and hit you if they can and have spurs on their wings..
They don't swoop me as they know me and they have lived here for years... so simply ignore me, I am no threat..
Not my photos...
They nest on the ground..
Adult and newly hatched chick..
Interesting bird!
bloody hell, a real oz pigeon ...
Playtime © CZG
This painting is full of joy!
An apt description.
It is. Fairies are always a delight
Thank you
from my past experiences, they can sometimes be difficult in the restaurant business ...
That is great!
That's wonderful. You'd be a great illustrator for fanciful children's books.
Thank you!
Lovely. It radiates warmth.
Thank you!
Here's last night's eclipse.
It took me the better part of the afternoon to remember how I used to do collages like this in PaintShop, but I finally figured it out. To get it nice and symmetrical I used a preset vector image of an octagon and then layered the various moon shots over the angle points. Handy trick.
And, of course, a couple shots of Gracie.
Morning Dig...great photos..was outside last night myself around 11pm with the cat...was a great full moon...
It was a lovely crisp and clear night.. could see the Southern Cross stars really clearly and the usual satellites whizzing around..
There was a possum fight out the gumtree in my front yard which in turn set off all the dogs in the neighbourhood barking..
Possums snarl and grunt alot when fighting...Spring is in the air...😊
Not my photo but I did spotlight the possum with my torch...
I sat outside playing games on my phone for most of the eclipse, and actually got a little cold by the end of it. It got down to 62 last night (16.6 C) and I could hardly believe it. That was the first chilly night in a long time.
I'm glad for you. I know you hate winter (or what you consider winter, lol).
Even though it was a bit chilly last night I can't really say that fall is in the air here yet. It probably won't start feeling that way until October.
Gracie seems to love having fun.
You should see her bouncing off the walls when she gets the zoomies in the middle of the night.
Nice job with the lunar eclipse display, Dig.
Is Gracie an affectionate cat? I bet it's a riot when she gets zoomie.
For the most part. She's still young and full of energy so sometimes she wants to play (bite and scratch) instead of being petted. I imagine that'll change as she gets older and slows down. Still, she loves to sleep on me when I'm sitting. So much so that I often feel guilty about moving her when I need to get up. She makes a disgruntled little whine when I move her as if she's saying no.
And noisy. She runs all over—streaking across rooms, jumping on everything, and trying to open cabinet doors (making a repetitive thunking noise). For a while she had this thing about climbing curtains from floor to ceiling as if she were climbing a tree. That sucked because her claws were putting pinholes in them, but thankfully she seems to be over that, lol.
get a laser pointer and let the fun begin ...
my cat mojo would play the floor is lava thru the apartment, starting well after midnight, since he would sleep all day ...
She's already over the laser pointer. All her other toys, too. Got bored with them, I guess. I need to find her some new stuff.
get her some catnip toys ...
Yeah, I think I might. Maybe one of those catnip balls that you stick to a wall or something.
The crystal hummingbird is on one side of the screen and the feeder with a real hummingbird on it is on the other side.
Fascinating.
Closing up. Thanks to everyone for their contributions and comments. See you again soon.