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Friday, February 9, 2024

A bird, a sheep, and clouds

I told my grandson and his girlfriend taht on their cruise in the Caribbean I'd be a seagull watching them.  The joke was that they couldn't tell which gull was really me. He took this photo of the bird, and sent it to me. Who knows what she (the gull) saw, it wasn't me that time!

The Black Mountain Yarn Shop shows a sheep, and there's a possibility one might be confused and think it was a black sheep...

A solar heart in the sky...
The wonderful intersection of the street I was stopped on, US 70 (State St) and crossing of NC 9 (Montreat Rd) gave a view of the Town Hardware on the far corner. And a few clouds up high or in the distance at the edge of the mountains.

Sharing with Thankful Thursday!

Sharing with Skywatch Friday!


Today's quote:

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. 

-Henry Adams, historian and teacher (1838-1918)
 

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18 comments:

  1. TomFebruary 9, 2024 at 6:10 AM

    ...keep looking up!

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  2. AnvilcloudFebruary 9, 2024 at 8:29 AM

    What a pleasant post about gulls and sheep and that terrific heart.

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    1. Barbara RogersFebruary 9, 2024 at 4:13 PM

      And of course I didn't know the heart was there until I saw it on the computer! Nice surprise.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2024 at 10:02 AM

    I love that your grandson took a photo of that seagull. Sweet! You photograph of the cloud shows a beautiful iridescent heart cloud. I love it! (NewRobin13)

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    1. Barbara RogersFebruary 9, 2024 at 4:14 PM

      He posted lots of shots of his girlfriend and himself...so I sometimes commented. Then I noticed the only other comments were from his mother. So I kind of backed off. But I loved the connection we had of the seagull story!

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  4. Aritha V. February 9, 2024 at 10:39 AM

    What a creative post. The cloud is very nice an d the story along the bird also. https://momentsfrozentime.blogspot.com/

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    1. Barbara RogersFebruary 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM

      Second try to comment on yours...thanks for stopping by. I'll check out your blog now.

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  5. Vicki LaneFebruary 9, 2024 at 10:45 AM

    Wonderful seagull!

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    1. Barbara RogersFebruary 9, 2024 at 4:15 PM

      Just about positive there would be a few on his trip!

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  6. Granny SueFebruary 9, 2024 at 6:25 PM

    Ooooo, that quote. Spot on. And a bit scary really.

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  7. JimFebruary 9, 2024 at 6:33 PM

    Good seagull capture.

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  8. Photo CacheFebruary 9, 2024 at 8:10 PM

    Funny, about the gull.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  9. owlfarmerFebruary 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM

    I was surprised to see a quotation from the ineffable Henry Adams (I almost wrote a dissertation on The Education of Henry Adams); he was always pretty good at truth-telling. But the gull photo story is really nice, and I also appreciate your sentiments regarding the Tsalagi people. I'm glad you posted!

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  10. LindaFebruary 9, 2024 at 11:24 PM

    Nice heart-shaped cloud!

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  11. MaschaFebruary 10, 2024 at 1:43 AM

    What a heartwarming story with the seagull... and: a true quote!
    Greetings from Germany

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  12. Yogi♪♪♪February 10, 2024 at 10:03 AM

    What a thing to tell a kid. I'll have to remember that except we don't have very many seagulls in Oklahoma.

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  13. MichelleFebruary 13, 2024 at 7:10 PM

    I like that seagull and what a cloud heart! Very nice. Thank you for linking up.

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