“An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.”
~Thomas Paine, 1795
“At such moments, courage is necessary,” Mr. Obama said. “We need courage to stand up to hate, not just in others, but in ourselves. At such moments, we need the courage to stand up to dogma, not just in others, but in ourselves.”
–Barack Obama
“Stop abortion at the source. Vasectomies are reversible. Make every young man have one. When he’s deemed financially and emotionally fit to be a father it will be reversed. What’s that? Did the idea of regulating a man’s body make you uncomfortable? Then mind your f**king business.”
~ @stephenszczerba via Twitter
“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.”
—CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
in The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (1863)
Every decision I make will either lead me towards comfort, or growth.”
—Vincent Van Patten
Refresh yourself, sister
With the water from the copper bowl with bits of ice in it –
Open your eyes under water, wash them –
Dry yourself with a rough towel and cast
A glance at a book you love.
In this way begin
A lovely and useful day.
–Bertolt Brecht
“A poem, a sentence causes us to see ourselves.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Magic is the use of spiritual skills to achieve specific goals, according to individual will.”
–Ian Corrigan
Photographic Art Pieces and Images.
© 2022 Elisabeth Connelley & Purple Shoe Photography
Robin born this morning being fed in the nest above the altar outside my window (32)
Mr. Harrington’s Phone (33)
Walking in Acres of Yellow Wildflowers as tall as me (34)
The Gardener (Frank Cabot) Documentary (35)
Playing with First Airfryer (36)
Renewing Conscious Contact with HP (37)
Making Air Fryer Donut Holes(38)
Leaf Leaping (38)
Ability to be of Service to Others(39)
Amazing new GF Pizza dough recipe and resulting Pizza Heaven(40)
Strangers on a Nature Walk(41)
Finding Hidden Lakes and Wetlands(42)
New Show: From Scratch (43)
Ha ha, I laughed out loud! Are you addicted to touching fowl now?
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nooooooooooooooooo lol
I just felt the need to post and somehow to not waste the images I took while being stampeded by fowl lol. This the the goose the continued to attempt to honk and to hiss and to warn the touch seeker. All of them came too close and they flew away after a series of alarm honks when the goose became rather frenetic sounding. 🙂
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A friend of mine raises Sebastopols. During mating season, all the males stick out their evil little tongues and hiss at you like velociraptors.
But if you raise your arms and walk towards them, they run like frightened toddlers. Pussies.
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Well I’m glad there were comments, ’cause that title and lovely goose pic sorta threw me for a loop, there at first. Ha! Good one.
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