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„I'm afraid that we could lose our language, and so lose our souls, our sense of truth, and ordinary reality, our sense of direction, our knowledge of right and wrong.“ (Iris Murdoch, The Good Apprentice)
#bookchatweekly „People imagined all sorts of things. In reality, nothing was ever the way people imagined.“ ✍️Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic 🎨Adolf Erbslöh, Ruins of Bethincourt (1916)
First read, then watch? Or the other way round? What‘s the recommended course of action? #tarkowski
Parents pretty busy with the feeding and defending of the youngsters. 🪶Black Redstarts
When you involuntarily become part of a piece of art… 🪶Barn Swallow 🗿Justin Thomson, Shelf Life
🪶Great Crested Grebe with a chick. It was so close, I could take a snapshot in passing without leaving the trail. This is not even my good camera.
„At first glance all seems normal hereabouts. But a sharp eye might notice one or two things amiss. […] there is something wrong with the motel. The roof tiles are broken. The swimming pool is an opaque jade green, a bad color for pools.“ ✍️Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins
„I, for example, am a Roman Catholic, albeit a bad one […] I believe in God and the whole business but I love women best, music and science next, whiskey next, God fourth, and my fellowman hardly at all.“ ✍️Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins
🪶Blue Tit for #BirdOfTheDay theme #Preeners&Scratchers, birds preening plumage or scratching.
I saw one once. Fascinating. I only knew it was a sparrow because he was hanging out with the rest of the crew.
This one is much closer: 🪶Great Tit feeding its fledgling. For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #GardenFavourites, birds you love to see in your garden.
These are very far away, but it’s the first time I saw - and captured - a 🪶Goldfinch feeding their young ones. For #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #GardenFavourites, birds you love to see in your garden.
🪶Fieldfare for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #BranchingOut, any bird standing/sitting on a branch.
🪶Female Black Redstart for today‘s #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme #FemaleBeauty, the beauty of female birds.
🪶Starling for #BirdOfTheDay theme today #FirstWingbeat, capturing the instant of take-off.
Dear Ursula Le Guin, what the heck is „sleaze-metal-punk-virtual-noir Capitalist Realism?“ (Le Guin, On Not Reading Science Fiction)
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, your best capture of May. 🪶Wagtail, Jelenia Gora
🪶Dunnock, Mount Śnieżka, for today‘s #BirdOfTheDay #NegativeSpace, where the subject occupies only a small portion of the frame, with empty or simple surroundings playing an important role in the composition.
🪶Great Tit, Mount Śnieżka, for today‘s #BirdOfTheDay Alt Theme #Paridae, any of the species.
Can anyone confirm if this is a Willow Warbler? Seen and heard on Mount Śnieżka. 🪶