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since the days of mr sparkle has there been a hero as clean as this guy.
A shining light to us all, a non stick super slick warrior of truth and Justice..

I love that Bob Ross is streaming on one of the video streaming deals. He was just the most soothing and uplifting guy. We need more Bobs in this world. Also...I'm completely jealous of his prowess in mixing paint colors.

Bob Ross quotes:

“There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”
“We don’t make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.”
“I think there’s an artist hidden at the bottom of every single one of us.”
“You too can paint almighty pictures.”
“No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen.”
“Don’t forget to make all these little things individuals — all of them special in their own way.”
“Find freedom on this canvas.”
“It’s so important to do something every day that will make you happy.”
“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.”
“Make love to the canvas.”
“ will bring a lot of good thoughts to your heart.”
“We artists are a different breed of people. We’re a happy bunch.”
“We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.”
“That’s a crooked tree. We’ll send him to Washington.”
“Every day is a good day when you paint.”
“I think each of us, sometime in our life, has wanted to paint a picture.”
“We tell people sometimes: We’re like drug dealers, come into town and get everybody absolutely addicted to painting. It doesn’t take much to get you addicted.”
“They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers — just to upset the critics.”
“Gotta give him a friend. Like I always say, ‘Everyone needs a friend.’”
“See how it fades right into nothing. That’s just what you’re looking for.”
“If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.”
“Water’s like me. It’s lazy. Boy, it always looks for the easiest way to do things.”
“In painting, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. But when I get home, the only thing I have power over is the garbage.”
“Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you.”
“Didn’t you know you had that much power? You can move mountains. You can do anything.”
“I like to beat the brush.”
“Just let go — and fall like a little waterfall.”
“Talk to the tree, make friends with it.”
“I taught my son to paint mountains like these, and guess what? Now he paints the best darn mountains in the industry.”
“I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the ‘Mona Lisa’ with a two-inch brush.”
“Be so very light. Be a gentle whisper.”
“Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel’s wing.”
“You need the dark in order to show the light.”
“You can do anything you want to do. This is your world.”
“You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful.”
“However you think it should be, that’s exactly how it should be.”
“In nature, dead trees are just as normal as live trees.”
“You can have anything you want in the world — once you help everyone around you get what they want.”
“If you do too much, it’s going to lose its effectiveness.”
“This is happy place; little squirrels live here and play.”
“That’s where the crows will sit. But we’ll have to put an elevator to put them up there because they can’t fly, but they don’t know that, so they still try.”
“Remember how free clouds are. They just lay around in the sky all day long.”
“We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”
“If we’re going to have animals around we all have to be concerned about them and take care of them.”
“You can do anything here — the only prerequisite is that it makes you happy.”
“Go out on a limb — that’s where the fruit is.”
“Isn’t it fantastic that you can change your mind and create all these happy things?”
“Anytime you learn, you gain.”
“It’s life. It’s interesting. It’s fun.”

Well don't think too hard, as I am about to tell you exactly what i did.
I sent myself a flower just to see how long it would take to get here.
and well to be honest It took longer than I would have expected..

curious are we

in the real world is drawing to a close.
It feels so good to be coming home. Sure there are the memories
and bric a brac reminders of the journey but they all fade to pale when the sight of the old stead comes into view, Keep the lamp burning CS..

We have lost a 57 year old talented artist , musician , guitarist , performer and iconic figure, Prince.
He composed , sang and perform many wonderful songs ,and also a side that many didnt come to know about he was an animal friend, a vegan, and an activist who poured his words in many of his songs to be heard as his concern of many of the ongoing political world issues.
Leaving behind such a wonderful and unforgettable legacy of a star and true legend.
You will always be in our heart. We will always love you ..




A bientot Prince , may your soul rest in peace.

Better a witty fool than a
foolish wit..


From the time as young man and now late into manhood I am still in love with Shakespeare.

From Mendelssohn interpretation of Midsummer nights dream,Kurosawa
Ran inerpretation of King Lear and the funeral speech of Mark Antony for Julius Ceasar..

Reading Shakespeare is food for the mind for me..

Who have a quote from Shakespeare today ?

I have information that may lead to the actual capture of a troll.
Are there rewards offered, substantial enough to keep me in fine standing in a fairy tail kingdom such as this. If you want the info You can find me at the local Inn sitting at the darkest corner grabbing comely barmaids and slapping Wenches

Great Sphinx of Giza.....................................

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The Great Sphinx of Giza commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of the Pharaoh Khafra.

It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC)

Mythology
Colin Reader has proposed that the Sphinx was probably the focus of solar worship in the Early Dynastic Period, before the Giza Plateau became a necropolis in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2134 BC). He ties this in with his conclusions that the Sphinx, the Sphinx temple, the Causeway and the Khafra mortuary temple are all part of a complex which predates Dynasty IV (c. 2613–2494 BC). The lion has long been a symbol associated with the sun in ancient Near Eastern civilizations. Images depicting the Egyptian king in the form of a lion smiting his enemies date as far back as the Early Dynastic Period.

In the New Kingdom, the Sphinx became more specifically associated with the god Hor-em-akhet (Hellenized: Harmachis) or "Horus-at-the-Horizon", which represented the pharaoh in his role as the Shesep-ankh (English: Living Image) of the god Atum. Pharaoh Amenhotep II (1427–1401 or 1397 BC) built a temple to the north east of the Sphinx nearly 1000 years after its construction, and dedicated it to the cult of Hor-em-akhet.

I did some research, and read some books on Egypt in my past, the pyramids, culture and Sphinx.(Robert Bauval & Graham Hancock)

If u r interested in the early Egyptian culture and civilisation, gods and goddesses, please comment?