Photo taken from today’s Tennis Channel broadcast of the French Open Ladies Semifinal…
photography
I’m ready for my close up
Opened in the garden today. How could I resist not sharing its beauty…
All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players
William Shakespeare born 450 years ago today.
Remembering The Battle of Vimy Ridge: April 9 -12, 1917
Commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which began at 5:30 am on Easter Monday the 9th of April 1917. The battle continued until nightfall of the 12th of April when the Canadian Corps of four divisions gained firm control of the ridge. They suffered 10,602 casualties: 3,598 killed and 7,004 wounded. Four members of the Corps received Victoria Crosses for their actions during the battle:
- Private William Johnstone Milne of the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion.
- Lance-Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton of the 18th (Western Ontarion) Battalion
- Private John George Pattison of the 50th (Calgary) Battalion.
- Captain Thain Wendell MacDowell of the 38th (Ottawa) Battalion.
To view more images of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial I invite you to visit my post for Remembrance Day last year.
The haunting Flowers of the Forest is played by Pipe Major Angus MacDonald of the Scots Guards who for several years was the personal piper to Her Majesty the Queen, and described as one of the finest bagpipe players in the world.
Lest we forget
This is knot: a painting – homage to Rene Magritte
I thought I would follow up my submission to the Daily Prompt: Make Me Smile with this homage to Rene Magritte’s painting Ceci nest pas une pipe.
Its partner piece is entitled not a painting or Ceci n’est pas une peinture in keeping with the homage, since it really isn’t a painting, but as you can see is indeed a knot…in a frame…which by the way is not for sale!
Finally, this week I submitted for the first time to the Weekly Writing Challenge. This week’s challenge is to write a story in exactly fifty words. I entitled it Knot at Home (sound familiar?) It is another homage, this one to Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, as you will see if you visit the post on my other site theotherpalette.
OK…I think it’s time in the immortal words of George Burns to “Say Goodnight, Gracie”…
Take the A Train and visit one of New York City’s gems, the museum and gardens of the Cloisters in Washington Heights, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Vimy. The universal story of the unknown soldier
Poetry in Motion Tessa and Scott
The sublime magical perfection of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir’s silver medal performance in ice dance at Sochi 2014.
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