“When loud March blows
Thro’ slanting snows her fanfare shrill
Blowing to flame the golden cup
Of many an upset daffodil.
Signs of hope
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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
I am a bit of a fan of wee Rory McIlroy and I am very sorry to see him in such a bad place mentally at the moment.
I am going to take this opportunity to advance your knowledge of golfing terminology by explaining the etymology of the terms “birdie” and “albatross”.
The word “bird” was once a word like cool, ace, super, champion etc. It was slang for “excellent”.
A golfer named Ab Smith in Atlanta in 1899 hit a shot which came to rest just inches from the hole leaving him one under par. “What a bird of a shot!” he cried and there and then he and his companions decided to call scores of one under par “birdies”.
An albatross is the completion of a hole in golf in 3 shots under par. It is so named because the albatross is an even larger bird than the eagle and much more rare…a bit like making 3 under par.
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Here is the last tranche of Dillon Boyer’s lovely convent photos. So sad…..
The Sacred Heart stained glass window
I failed to identify this saint from the internet but I did learn that a palm leaf usually denoted a martyr. I’m sure someone local knows who this is.
Sacred Heart |
Another work of art |
St. Ann |
St. Therese of Lisieux |
door to the sacristy |
plinth in the front garden |
side altar with Sr. Cosolata’s organ covered
<<<<< Michael Keane in Perth sent me an interesting email describing an exhibit at
Perth Arts Festival Exhibition
OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD – TIMEZONE GMT +8 SAT 9 FEB 2013 – SAT 2 MAR 2013
As you enter you are handed a grain of rice. That grain of rice is you. There are a lot of other people there. Hundreds of millions. Each represented by a single grain of rice. In heaps and patterns and piles: all the people in our time zone GMT +8. 1.54 billion. 30 tonnes of rice.
In a hauntingly beautiful, constantly shifting, sculptural landscape, the sheer vastness of population is captured, bringing to life previously incomprehensible statistics and presenting them in eloquent visual form.
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