Scotland

Scotland
Castillo
Castle
Georgia
Peanut Butter 

Jordan 

Himeji Castle

Peach
 

 

Psalms 25:2
“O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.”

Himeji Castle

"It was the peak of summer in the Berkshires."~~~Saul Bellow

 

"Polish sausage is going for peanuts in Cracow"~~~Joseph Heller

"I heard the watchman peal the sliding season"~~~Tennyson

 "Won't it be peachy if we win the game?"~~~Tom Lehrer

 

 

"Some sought the flocks of Oedipus, and died
In Cadmus' land, at seven-gated Thebes;
And some, who crossed the open sea in ships,
For fair-haired Helen's sake, were killed at Troy.
These men were covered up in death,
But Zeus the son of Kronos gave the others life
And homes apart from mortals, at Earth's edge.
And there they live a carefree life, beside
The whirling Ocean, on the Blessed Isles."~~~HESIOD: The Works and Days (translation by Dorothea Wender)

 

 

Chess: "Scotland" "Castillo" "Castle" "Georgia" "Peanut Butter" "Peach"

Windsor

Windsor
Castle
Castillo
Castro
Venegas
Balmoral 
Woodrow Wilson
Peregrine Falcon 
Woodstock
Alaska
Sherwood Forest

Prov.29:24
"Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not."

Windsor Castle, England

Windsor Castle (Rose Garden), Windsor, England

Woodrow Wilson

Peregrine Falcon: Falco peregrinus

Alaska (Caribou)

Sherwood Forest, Nottingham Shire, England

Woodstock

Balmoral Castle, Scotland

Balmoral Castle, Scotland

Winter shot of German Castle Burg Eltz

Chess: "Windsor" "Castle" "Castillo" "Castro" "Venegas" "Balmoral" "Woodrow Wilson" "Peregrine Falcon " "Woodstock" "Alaska" "Sherwood Forest"

http://whitejhg.tumblr.com/post/28514974414/el-estero-carlos-salazar-herrera

Maple Leave

Alhambra

Algebra

Ali Baba

Arabian Nights

Scheherezade  

Maple Leave 

Hojas 

descascara  

Canada 

Castillo 

Samuel Hunt 

Heredia

 
Prov.10:3
"The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked." 
Rom.8:28
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." 

A poem should be equal to:
 ...

 For all the history of grief
 An empty doorway and a maple leaf

Puerto Viejo, Jessy Gonzalez

Chess: "Arabian Nights" "Algebra" "Ali Baba" "Alhambra" "Maple Leave" "Hojas" "Canada" "Castillo" "Samuel Hunt" "Heredia" "descascara" "Scheherezade"

Ars Poetica -- Archibald MacLeish

Ars Poetica

 A poem should be palpable and mute
 As a globed fruit
 Dumb
 As old medallions to the thumb
Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
 Of casement ledges where the moss has grown -

A poem should be wordless
 As the flight of birds
 A poem should be motionless in time
 As the moon climbs
Leaving, as the moon releases
 Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,
Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
 Memory by memory the mind -
A poem should be motionless in time
 As the moon climbs

A poem should be equal to:
 Not true
For all the history of grief
 An empty doorway and a maple leaf
For love
 The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea -
A poem should not mean
 But be

-- Archibald MacLeish

 

Scotland

Oxford
Mérida
Castillo
ЮГ
Prov. 29:1

"He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."The Magic That is Autumn
Digital Autumn Leaves

Chess: "Oxford" "Mérida" "ЮГ" "Valencia" "Scotland" "Castillo"

ojo a los arabescos sofísticos que se pueden elaborar jugando con cervice y service- ver verso en Latín:

¹viro qui corripientem dura cervice contemnit repentinus superveniet interitus et eum sanitas non sequitur

Castle Stalker

Castle Stalker

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Castle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is located about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) north east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland and visible from the A828 main road about mid-way between Oban and Glen Coe. The islet is accessible (with difficulty) from the shore at low tide. The name 'Stalker' comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning 'hunter' or 'falconer', and should therefore be pronounced 'stal-ker', with the 'l' sounded, not as in the pronunciation of the English word 'stalker'. In recent times the castle was brought to fame by the Monty Python team, appearing in their film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It also appeared in the film Highlander: Endgame. The Castle's implausibly picturesque appearance, with its bewitching island setting against a dramatic backdrop of mountains, has made it a favourite subject for postcards and calendars, and something of a cliché image of Scottish Highland scenery. It should be noted, however, that Stalker is entirely authentic; it is one of the best-preserved medieval tower-houses surviving in western Scotland.

History

The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn.^[1] Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The web-site tells a dramatic story of arguments, murders, hunting visits by the Stewart's relative King James IV of Scotland and a drunken bet around 1620 resulting in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After changing hands between these clans a couple of times the Campbells finally abandoned the castle around 1840, when it lost its roof. Then in 1908 a Stewart bought the castle and carried out basic conservation work, and in 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

While the other castles in Monty Python and the Holy Grail were filmed in and around Doune Castle, Castle Stalker appears in the final scene as Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh. First we see the castle from a distance, next John Cleese uses his outrageous French accent to taunt Arthur from its battlements, then finally a massive attack is launched at the castle with an odd conclusion: The police officers who were investigating the death of the historian earlier in the film arrive and arrest Arthur and the other knights for killing the historian. One of them then turns to the camera and says, "All right, sonny, that's enough, turn that off", forcibly ending the movie.

The Castle Today

Castle Stalker is in private ownership, but the official website (below) gives details of dates and arrangements by which visits can be made by appointment, subject to advance notice, weather and tides.

References

↑ http://www.castlestalker.com/castle.htm#History