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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Old memories od a warmer place
The valley of the temples [ la valle dei templi ] in Agrigento originally Agrakas, is one of those places that inspire and point to man's unlimited poptential. I return there often but these shots are from my first visit way back when. All shot on Kodachrome II with the canon FT. The color from these scans si amazing consider the age of the images. I always wonder what happened to the little girls walking between the columns. She was part of a wedding party. It is customary for wedding parties to have photos taken in the temples.
BTW, the best preserved temples and monuments in all Magna Grecia including Greece itself are found in Sicily.
BTW, the best preserved temples and monuments in all Magna Grecia including Greece itself are found in Sicily.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
A rainbow
As I stated a two days ago, that with winter's unyielding hold I turn to poetry to make this ugly season bearable.
My heart leaps when I behold
A Rainbow in the sky
So was it when my life began;
So it is now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The child is father of the man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety
By: William Wordsworth
" My heart leaps up when I behold"
My heart leaps when I behold
A Rainbow in the sky
So was it when my life began;
So it is now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The child is father of the man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety
By: William Wordsworth
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
"I wandered lonely as a cloud"
What can you do when the wind chill factor is 30 below zero and the damn polar ice caps refuse to melt? You can read poetry and dream of spring.
"I wandered lonely as a cloud"
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous on the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in ever lasting line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed - and gazed -but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils
By William Wordworth
"I wandered lonely as a cloud"
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous on the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in ever lasting line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed - and gazed -but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils
By William Wordworth
Sunday, February 15, 2015
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