My Duck today

My Duck today 

My Duck today

My Duck today 

A beautiful show at Bay City last night – This was our first time seeing the fireworks here and it was fantastic.. Thanks for sharing and have a great evening…

A beautiful show at Bay City last night – This was our first time seeing the fireworks here and it was fantastic.. Thanks for sharing and have a great evening…

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Watch “The Band/Bob Dylan,Eric Clapton,Ronnie Wood,Neil Young & Ringo Starr – I Shall Be Released” on YouTube

They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here

I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

They say every man needs protection
They say that every man must fall
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Somewhere so high above this wall

I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

Now yonder stands a man in this lonely crowd
A man who swears he’s not to blame
All day long I hear him shouting so loud
Just crying out that he was framed

I see my light come shinin’
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

Munții RetezatFoto: Mircea Nechita

Mănăstirea Râmeț, AlbaFoto: Dan Kelemen

Mănăstirea Râmeț, Alba

Foto: Dan Kelemen

” San Zaccaria Altarpiece ” 1505By Giovanni Bellini

” San Zaccaria Altarpiece ” 1505

By Giovanni Bellini 

Period: Italian Renaissance 

Location: Church of San Zaccaria , Venice , Italy

Oil on Canvas transferred from wood 402 × 273 cm

Masivul Retezat văzut din Munții Orășiei.

Masivul Retezat văzut din Munții Orășiei.

Buon pranzo! Prânz bun!

Today’s Holiday:Fillmore Jazz Festival

Today’s Holiday:
Fillmore Jazz Festival

Sponsored by the Fillmore Merchants Association in San Francisco, California, the Fillmore Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival in the western United States. The festival comprises two full days and nights of musical entertainment on three stages, held on the weekend closest to Independence Day. In addition to offering performances of standards from the 20th-century golden age of jazz, the lineup features local and national acts offering funk, fusion, salsa, Afro-rhythms, and R&B. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Today’s Birthday:Hermann Hesse (1877)

Today’s Birthday:
Hermann Hesse (1877)

Hesse was German novelist and poet who wrote about the individual’s search for spiritual fulfillment, often through mysticism. His major works include Siddhartha and Steppenwolf. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. At around the time of his death in 1962, his novels began to enjoy a revival of popularity due to their association with some of the themes of the 1960s counterculture movement. What fellow German writers did Hesse help to escape from the Nazis? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

This Day in History:First Wal-Mart Store Opens in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)

This Day in History:
First Wal-Mart Store Opens in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)

Now the world’s largest corporation, the Walmart chain of superstores was founded by Sam Walton, a former US Army Captain with an economics degree. Walton owned and ran a chain of five-and-dime stores in Arkansas before he opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962. In the 50 years since, the company, which sells brand-name goods in high volume at low prices, has flourished. It now has 8,500 stores operating in over a dozen countries. What was the last US state to get a Walmart? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Quote of the Day:Sophocles

Quote of the Day:
Sophocles

Silence gives the proper grace to women. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Article of the Day:Durian

Article of the Day:
Durian

Widely revered in its native Southeast Asia as the “King of Fruits,” the durian is distinctive for its large size, thorny husk, and unique odor. Although durians contain an edible, custard-like pulp and have seed coverings that taste like a combination of banana, caramel, and vanilla, their unusual smell is very strong and penetrating. The odor has prompted many people to search for an accurate description, with widely divergent results. To what odors has the durian’s smell been compared? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Idiom of the Day:it ain’t over till/until the fat lady sings

Idiom of the Day:
it ain’t over till/until the fat lady sings

The final outcome cannot be assumed or determined until a given situation, event, etc., is completely finished. (“Ain’t” is a colloquial contraction of “is not.”) The phrase refers to the stereotypically overweight female sopranos of the opera, particularly the Valkyrie Brünnhilde, whose aria concludes Richard Wagner’s opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. It is often used in reference to organized competitions, such as sporting events, political elections, or the like. Watch the video…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Word of the Day oracular

Word of the Day:

oracular

Definition: (adjective) Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
Synonyms: enigmatic
Usage: As the teacher read aloud, enchanted by the oracular sayings of Victorian poets, the class became progressively more confused.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Watch “Bird on a wire-Perla Batalla_ Special_Features “I’m Your Man”” on YouTube

Lyrics

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from some old-fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
If I, if I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you

For like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, “you must not ask for so much”
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me, “hey, why not ask for more?”
Oh, like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

Songwriters: Leonard Cohen

Bird on the Wire lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Watch “Dvorak – Romance in F major for piano and violin, Op.11 (Peter Lang)” on YouTube