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Jun 13 2009

Posted by David under Blog, Music, My photos, Well-known Artists

Chris Botti In Boston/ Katharine McPhee/ I’ve Got You Under My Skin/

3621895769 66b76aa6d6  Chris Botti In Boston/ Katharine McPhee/ Ive Got You Under My Skin/

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Play I’ve Got You Under My Skin

05 I’ve Got You Under My Skin

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Jun 13 2009

Posted by David under Blog, Flowers, Landscapes

Springtime in Virginia

3621916007 38c0a2a8ec Springtime in Virginia

, originally uploaded by Davidlind.

Here are some photos I took recently in Maymont Park here in Richmond, Virginia.

MaymontParkSpring2009 Springtime in Virginia
Maymont Park Spring 2009

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May 28 2009

Posted by David under Blog, My photos, Well-known Artists, Well-known Quotations

Man’s Best Friend/ Samuel Butler/ Mabel Robinson/ Agnes Turnbull/ David Jordan

3475198959 b565ceb803 Mans Best Friend/ Samuel Butler/ Mabel Robinson/ Agnes Turnbull/ David Jordan

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ~Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912

From the dog’s point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog. ~Mabel Louise Robinson

Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. ~Agnes Sligh Turnbull

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! ~David Starr Jordan

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May 19 2009

Posted by David under Blog

Achelous And Hercules/ Thomas Hart Benton

Archelous and Hercules

Achelous and Hercules battled over the beautiful Dejanira.

The river Achelous said ” . . .this man who boasts himself the son of Jove, it is either a false pretense, or disgraceful of him if true, for it cannot be true except by his mother’s shame. ”

As he said this Hercules scowled and with difficulty restrained his rage.  “My hand will answer better than my tongue.  I yield you the  victory  in words but trust my cause  to the strife of deeds.”

At first Achelous took the form of a serpent but Hercules said “It was the labor of my infancy to conquer snakes”.  So he assumed the form of a bull and Hercules threw him down and tore off one of his horns.  The Naiades took it, consecrated it and filled it with fragrant flowers.  Plenty adopted it and it was called Cornucopia.

Thomas Menton’s also touched on the most compelling events of the late 1940’s.   America’s agricultural bounty was airlifted to Europe following WW2 through the Marshall plan.

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