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Photo Memory of the Week
Also not a finch. Or a canary.
Music of the Week
Quote of the Week
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
Source: Richard P. Feynman, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Posted: 2025 Nov 28And check out this post for more of Richard Feynman's world view.
Category Archives: Photos of Flora
Pinky Winky Strikes Again
Dispatches from an early-morning expotition to the front garden. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora
Tagged Flowers, Insects, Other Plants
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I Sink, Therefore I Am
More fun with idioms. And physics. (Your results may vary.) Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Flowers, Water, Word Play
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Awe
How to forget yourself. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers
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Spinus tristis
A flash of yellow. And of hope. Continue reading
More than Pretty Hills
Scenes of Ireland Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Fauna, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Birds, Flowers, Mammals, Terra Firma, Travel, Water
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Squares and Rectangles
The mathematics of beauty Continue reading
The 1980s Called
Who knows *what* they want back? Continue reading
Poppy Surprise
Live and learn. And collect poppies. Continue reading
What It Feels Like
Views (and feels?) of the desert. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Desert, Other Plants
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