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Showing posts with label Wordless Wednesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wordless Wednesday. Show all posts
The only boys in the house are the Amazing Egyptian Dude and Marlowe, the cat. Perhaps because they are so seriously outnumbered by the females in the house (6:2), the two of them share a special bond. Whenever the AED sits on his couch, Marlowe jumps up on the arm and begins to tap him on the chest.
The tapping will continue until the AED first rubs Marlowe's chin and cheeks, then holds him for more of the same. This has become such a routine that the AED remains engrossed in whatever he's watching on TV, while Marlowe revels in the glory and drools blissfully.
These photos are not mine. My sister's mother-in-law sent them to me in an email yesterday, and I just had to share them. :) The seizures are back, so I am posting early and heading for bed to hopefully sleep them off. Happy WW to everyone!
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I love the expression on the dog's face!
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Sorry, but I can't leave this post entirely wordless. The tree in this photo grows in the parking lot at the university where I teach. It has fascinated me for many years. I have no idea what kind of tree this is. What I do know is that starting in mid-April, the tree begins to bear its strange "fruit" -- cotton balls the size of cantaloupe. It's truly amazing to see when the tree is in full bloom! Because I had to snap this photo with my iPhone, it was impossible for me to zoom in on the "fruit" itself, but you can see several other cotton balls behind the main image.
Thorns grow all over the trunk and branches of this tree. In its native habitat, the thorns must be a protective barrier between the tree and whatever critters might want to steal its crop of cotton balls, I suppose.
If anyone knows what kind of tree this is, I would love to share your knowledge!
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Evangeline Oak
St. Martinsville, Louisiana
Summer 2008
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, Evangeline, made a possibly true story a legend. The story, in a nutshell, is about a young girl named Emmaline Labiche (Evangeline in Longfellow's poem), who is separated from her fiancee, Louis Arceneaux (Gabriel in the poem), on their wedding day when the French deported the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755 because they refused to swear allegiance to the British crown and renounce their Catholic faith. This much of the story is true; however, Longfellow embellishes the tale with a Romeo and Juliet tragic quality that immortalized the story and helped it become a legend.
The French placed the Acadians on different ships with no regard for family ties, so Evangeline and Gabriel were separated and ended up in different locations in America. Ever faithful, Evangeline never married; instead, she embarked on a quest to find Gabriel. She seemed always to be just a day late and a dollar short in finding her true love, though, as everywhere she went, Gabriel had departed from the location a day before she arrived. That is, until Evangeline heard that her beloved Gabriel was in St. Martinsville. The oak tree, located on the banks of the Bayou Teche in St. Martinsville, is said to mark the spot where the pair were finally reunited and where, in true Shakespearean tragic fashion, Gabriel died in Evangeline's arms.
You can read more about the history of the deportation and the legend of Evangeline at any of these websites:
- Legend of Evangeline
- Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
- Illustrations from Longfellow's Poem
- The Myth of Evangeline
- Wikipedia entry, Evangeline
- The Great Upheaval (article about the deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia)
We haven't had a chance to finish picking the last crop of oranges from the tree in our backyard, but yesterday morning I found blossoms that mark the coming of the next one! Freshly squeezed OJ, anyone?Click here to see other Wordless Wednesday entries.
The jasmine that grows on our fence has begun to bloom, a sign that spring is in the air at last! With the entire fence covered in a profusion of highly-scented blooms, the scent of spring spreads from my home to nearly half the neighborhood. Does it take a village to smell a jasmine?Find more Wordless Wednesday entries here.
Perfect Fit
Ok, this isn't going to be completely wordless -- I have to explain what this is all about! I like schedules and routines, so I figured that having a specific type of post to do on a weekly basis would encourage me to post regularly. Wordless Wednesday is a meme for which participants post a photo -- just a photo. Let's see how well I do next week, because I am not exactly a wordless kind of person!
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