Friday Night Photos - Keep Calm and Carry On edition

Here's Fred, demonstrating how to do it:

Very wet, heavy snow fell today, so I'm going to follow Fred's example and lie down.

Buonasera!

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Italian and dutch governments collapse

Fred's got the right idea.

Shocking thought!! Fred is RED. He must be a Putin Puppet!

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I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.

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@The Voice In the Wilderness

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@The Voice In the Wilderness

A red state. Hmm........

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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@on the cusp

If he's going to do a 'Fred'.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

@Bollox Ref because I asked him politely to let me snap a photo, and not die.
Nevertheless, he was letting his woman(women) do their thang, and just resting up for the next fight with the next lion.
I have taken a picture of a male lion upright during the day, but cannot find it.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

@on the cusp
Spend the night eating, fighting other males and jumping females.

A teen-age boy's dream!

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I've seen lots of changes. What doesn't change is people. Same old hairless apes.

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@on the cusp

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be well and have a good one

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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@enhydra lutris

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@janis b

3 or 4 (can't recall) out in the open and in transit. That one walked in front of our vehicle maybe 4 or 5 feet away, completely unconcerned.

be well and have a good one

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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@on the cusp IMG_0496

be well and have a good one

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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@on the cusp IMG_0496

be well and have a good one

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

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Looks like Fred has the right idea.

This is a still life I did the other day. The painting was done by my paternal great grandfather in 1893. The house is the original family homestead in Trenton N.J. I've also seen a photo of the house that was taken around the same time as the painting with a notation on the back that said the house was built in 1774.

2021-01-14-10.18.11.5 ZS PMax

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When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is yes or no.
Not all this "who are you, and how did you get in here?" nonsense.

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@Socialprogressive

Lovely stuff SP. Does the house still exist?

Reminds me of recently putting a poor musical manuscript of a song into viable sheet form, from Mrs. B's great-aunt, a concert pianist in the 1900's.

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Gëzuar!!
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@Bollox Ref
I don't know if the house is still there. When I first saw the photo 6 years ago I asked my brother and sister if they knew if the house was still there. My sister said she had done a little research and thought it might still be there but wasn't sure.

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When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is yes or no.
Not all this "who are you, and how did you get in here?" nonsense.

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@Socialprogressive

How romantic a painting and still life, thanks.

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@janis b

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When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is yes or no.
Not all this "who are you, and how did you get in here?" nonsense.

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@Socialprogressive awesome story and photo SP! The quality of the artistry is very high IMHO. Yer photo ain't a bad composition either. Wink My wife and I lived in a historic house in the NE-most square mile of NJ, so other end, Rockleigh. Pop. 92, all millionaires, one renter, in this awesome old house. The guy that owned it was old and he was born in it. Washington camped in the field next door. We loved it. Could only see lights of other houses in winter when all the leaves fell, and were 20 minutes from Manhattan. A couple years in the early 80's that seem like a dream now. Those are great old houses in the Garden State, and if you weed through them, some pretty good people there too.

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

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@dystopian
I wonder if you would find the same solitude 20 min. from Manhattan today?

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When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is yes or no.
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Thanks for posting and hosting Bollox, and hi from warmer climes -

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@janis b

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Gëzuar!!
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@janis b
I really like your shadow shot. It has a playful mood about it.

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When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is yes or no.
Not all this "who are you, and how did you get in here?" nonsense.

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@Socialprogressive

I look forward to hearing more about your family's 18th century residence and life, if you know it. I can also be serious.

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@janis b Wow, those are some wild images Janis. You are always impressively creative. Will have to stare and study these a bit... Wink

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

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It appears Fred has mastered the zen art of doing nothing. Like only a cat can, and maybe a few lucky people, have. I have long understood lizards in the sun, or my lizard-brain does. Cats really know how to nap, people could learn a thing or two. I love yer sign... Wink

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

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I gotta fly, but here is a pic of one of the Texas state birds at our birdbath. They are real cute until you try to have a garden or flower bed around one.

Nine-banded Armadillo is the proper correct name. 'dillo' is what most call them here.
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I saw a poster in town today that had something about a groundhog day event... here??? Where there are no groundhogs??? Kinda wonder if they got something planned with a dillo?

Remember to NOT wear your horned fur helmet out for a while...

Have a good one all!

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein

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@dystopian

that dillos do burrow. That must be an awfully big burrow.

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@dystopian
It's ears look a lot like the ears of a rhinoceros.

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When I offer to wash your back in the shower, all you have to say is yes or no.
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@Socialprogressive

Fun facts about armadillos

Armadillos live anywhere from seven to 20 years.
They give birth once a year, and always to a litter of four males or four females.
Despite popular belief, only two types of armadillos can roll themselves into a ball: the Brazilian armadillo and the southern three-banded armadillo. Both are found in South America.
Armadillos are the only living mammal with a hard shell.
Northwestern University has celebrated its annual Dillo Day since 1972.

https://www.terminix.com/blog/education/armadillo-facts/

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@janis b It is a good sized burrow, more than a foot across, and about a foot tall. If you startle one, they might jump about 1.5-2 FEET straight up into the air, and straight back
down, needless to say not much of a glide path on them. Wink A .22 rifle round will mostly just bounce off of their armor, unless just the right place and angle. They eat ants and termites like an anteater or aardvark. Their range has greatly expanded north since about 1960 or so.

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
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both - Albert Einstein

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@dystopian  
having gotten their start when a tortoise and a hedgehog decided to do a “horseshoe theory” thing and, lacking forces, joined skills instead to outwit a young, still-living-with-his-mom jaguar.

http://www.online-literature.com/kipling/161/

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@dystopian

I'm wagering that after your study you will recognise the drying flowers.

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In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.

Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!

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https://www.hawaii-nation.org/soa.html

Coups for industry! Coups for the dead! Coups for [the sugar] industry!

HI! I'm Joe Beats Biden. Say, what chance does a deceased returning war veteran have for that good payin' job, more sugar, and that free mule we've all been dreaming of? Now take off your shoes. Now you can see how increased spending opportunities mean harder work for everyone, and more of it, too! So, do yourself a favor, Joe. Join with millions of your friends and neighbors, and take off your shoes!

For industry!

— Firesign Theatre

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Skippy Ioane — Hawaiian Consciencism #2

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6SLSTeVOz0]

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@lotlizard

and the Hawaiian Consciencism video. I look forward to watching and listening to more.

I find much pleasure in the culture of the islands.

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@janis b  
but I’ve met him personally, he is one based Hawaiian. Here he touches on many topics, including fearless talk about the scourge of “ice” (meth) and drugs and individual responsibility for choices, even in his own family. If I may indulge in a little hyperbole, his spiritual roots in the earth reach way, way down, like Tūtū Pele’s, to beyond the Mohorovicic discontinuity.

At the other end of the spectrum, the intellectual cleverness, wordplay, and queer sophistication of quantum physicist Karen Barad:

https://dailyinspirationblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/10/how-queer-is-quant...

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@lotlizard

his language, philosophising, music and humour.

An old, but forever favourite ...

[video:https://youtu.be/TlxTYAbCDQU]

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Has taken to sleeping in the bathtub...
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She's always liked an open drawer...
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She's become a bit addled in her old age.

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”