The sleeper must awaken
“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” Frank Herbert (1920-1986), author of Dune, and much more Time for my weekly quotation-inspired image. If the quote […]
Rhythm and strength
Masai warriors demonstrate their strength and skill with their jumping dance, or adumu. Straight, narrow, and immobile, apart from their feet and legs, is key to this competitive dance. The […]
Tower
I’m weaning myself off my recent obsession with collective nouns, but gently, as you see. Why this tower was disguised as a giraffe, I do not know, but it caught […]
Confusion
Yes, I’m back with another collective noun. This is an unusual one, but I really didn’t invent it! It is thought that this term is related to the exuberant and […]
Watery delights
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 11 April 2019 Posted as part of Cee’s B&W
Dazzle
We’ve created some wonderful collective nouns in English. There are some very ordinary ones, such as group, herd and flock; and some fascinating ones like a sloth (of bears), a […]
Understanding
“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.”– Rudyard Kipling It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired image. If the quote inspires a pictorial or wordy […]
Elephantine
– Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 March 2019 Posted as part of #spikysquares
Curvy antlers
This impala happily turned to the camera to flaunt his impressive ridged horns. Only the males sport these lyre-shaped horns, that are used to prove the dominance. The shape allows […]
Essential goods behind the doors
No missing what is on sale in these roadside stores – clever use of the inside of the outer secure doors to depict the goods. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 February […]
