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MAM Day XVIII Wild Life

The prompt for today was “wild” but as it happens 18 is a special number in Hebrew –

Transliterated as “chai”, translated it means “life”.

So here are some depictions of wild life (wildlife):

Top left Japanese painting of a tiger photographed in the Asia Society Museum in New York; top right Leopard wall mural photographed in Costa Rica; bottom left Audubon painting of parrots photographed in the NY Public Library; bottom right Japanese painting of fish and other sea creatures from the Asia Society Museum

And here is a collection of my own colored pencil drawings of wildlife here in Adamant and environs:

Not so wild local wildlife.

I hope my dreams will be more tame than wild 🐑🐑🐑🥱💤 and yours too.

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MAM Day XV Daffodils etc.

The prompt for today is “daffodils”

Okay, lots of photos of daffodils…pretty but…

I like the species name “jonquil”. It includes flowers that are a variety of yellows and whites, apricots and creams..

All jonquils are daffodils (genus Narcissus), but not all daffodils are jonquils. So there. I like the way the name jonquil rolls off the tongue better than daffodil anyway.

Here are some daffodils being restrained, or perhaps we are being restrained from getting too close to them?

Well now here’s a strange use of a daffodil…

What’s all this about? Remember Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”? Ariel when they are about to be freed sings this song:

“Where the bee sucks, there suck I: 

In a cowslip’s bell I lie; 

There I couch when owls do cry. 

On the bat’s back I do fly…”

I love the character of Ariel, so here am I, like Ariel in a cowslip’s bell I lie…Only I cheated – by “in a cowslip’s bell” Shakespeare was referring to a primrose where Britons at the time thought faeries slept and not in daffodils but I didn’t have any photos of primroses so I thought a daffodil would do just as well…maybe even better, for the purposes of my collage.

This is a Shakespeare garden in Central Park. Lots of jonquils but no primrose. So who knows…

P.S. there is a Narcissus (paperwhite flower) called Ariel.

Here it is in all its translucent beauty. Nice to force and see in a pot in your house in winter…but I hate the smell.

Very shortly my front path will be lined with jonquils. Something to dream about.💤

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MAM Day XIV “Soaring”

“Soaring” was the prompt for today. Hmmm, what am I going to do with that??? Well what first comes to mind of course is a soaring bird.

But there are other things that soar…

Vaulted ceilings that may hold soaring voices or music.
Light sculptures
Angels on horses in a painted ceiling. I put the angel from a painting in the painted ceiling. I thought they went together quite nicely.
Spiderman in a library window .
Stone sculptures that can soar in the imagination
Or wooden ones that hold spirits that sometimes when called upon will soar.
Don’t forget fireworks !

And with that off to bed to dream of soaring like a bird way up in the sky.

Good night 💤

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MAM Day XIV “Soaring”

“Soaring” was the prompt for today. Hmmm, what am I going to do with that??? Well what first comes to mind of course is a soaring bird.

But there are other things that soar…

Vaulted ceilings that may hold soaring voices or music.
Light sculptures
Angels on horses in a painted ceiling. I put the angel from a painting in the painted ceiling. I thought they went together quite nicely.
Spiderman in a library window .
Stone sculptures that can soar in the imagination
Or wooden ones that hold spirits that sometimes when called upon will soar.
Don’t forget fireworks !

And with that off to bed to dream of soaring like a bird way up in the sky.

Good night 💤

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MAM Day XIII Friday the 13th!

My MAM day off. Friday the 13th🐈‍⬛. Probably a good one to take off!

BaaBaa, Swee’pea and me, relaxing on our day off.

I’ll leave you with one of my colored pencil drawings.

Today is a good day to avoid stepping on one. Luckily they haven’t appeared yet in Vermont this Spring, so no worries here.
(Not that I’m superstitious or anything 😉.)

Enjoy your day. Stay safe.

Shabbat Shalom.

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MAM Day XII Skyscrapers

The prompt for today is “skyscape” but because yesterday I chose to post photographs of skies today I am changing my focus from rural to urban and from skyscape to skyscrapers (just add in two r r’s and an “s” and there you have it). The geometry, the light on the buildings and the contrast between landscape and hardscape attract my eye. Most of the photos, but not all, are of my hometown, NYC, the queen of skyscrapers.

Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. I love to photograph this view because of the shapes, the ever changing light, and the reflections.
The Chrysler Building (One of my favorite NYC skyscrapers) glimpsed between two buildings in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
Hudson Yards, west side New York. So modern.
Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge Park. A classic skyline.
New York City night skyline
See, didn’t I tell you, New York has the best skylines! (What a braggart!)
Seen through Central Park trees.
Caught a glimpse of this rainbow as I walked down the street after a city downpour. What a gift!

Let’s get away from New York for a bit even if our gull says it has the best skylines.

Redpath Museum Montreal
Philly at a street festival.
Another in Philly near the museum.
Minneapolis…love the colors and the reflection.
Prague – old and new. Though not exactly skyscrapers I thought I’d sneak this one in.

And back to a few parting shots of ol’ NYC.

Through the rigging of the tall ships
Taken from the walkway by the East River looking under the Brooklyn Bridge.
A quiet moment boating in Central Park.
Disappearing in the mist like Brigadoon.

Good night 💤

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MAM XI Blue Skies

Looking forward to many more blue sky days. I’ll take you on a tour of blue skies I have photographed locally and in different parts of the world.

Let’s start near home.

The geese are coming home!
Clouds over Sodom Pond
Wrong season for today but a leaf floating in the sky. I love the colors of the leaves on the trees against the blue sky.
Birches against a blue sky
Almost double rainbow in East Montpelier
Cow huddle in East Montpelier farm. What do you think they’re discussing? not the color of the sky I’m sure.
Double blue skies!
I like looking up at the sky through tree branches.
Canada Lilly. Love that combination of yellow and blue
Heading towards evening, a different hue of blue
From the plane, let’s take a little trip out of Vermont

Starting with New Mexico

Colors of the butte against a blue sky reminds me of the leaves in the autumn trees in New England
Purple and blue
Pretty prickly

Then on to Japan.

Coming in for a landing
At the airport
Not very blue over the Pacific Ocean
Through the church windows
By the Crane Museum
Crane in flight
From a boat in the Pacific Ocean looking over into the boundary with Russia
Ship in Japanese harbor
Bonsai against a blue sky

Next on to Portugal

At their beautiful beaches
Lighthouse, blue ocean blue sky.
Church looks like it’s blowing smoke.
On a boat going through the archway.
Looking down at the flowers from a boardwalk
From the tower window
Statue of a storybook character
Three sails to the wind and off we go!

That’s all for tonight.

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