Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Monday, 27 February 2017
. . . and its inhabitants
I don't remember the Mardi Gras floats and their riders being this creepy in years past. Sure, this is just one and most of the others were more tame. But at the same time, those that were less ghoulish were less interesting. Sort of dumbed down. Less glitz. less sex, less crazy. Morning in America?
Building in the three home towns of The Villages
Brownwood Post Office - Brownwood
Cattlemen's Association - Spanish Springs
Citizens First Bank - Spanish Springs
Bank - Lake Sumter Landing
Sneaky Jake's Tavern - Brownwood
Please note that with the exception of the two banks, none of these buildings are what they claim to be. They are creations by the powers-that-be in The Villages to give the area a "vintage" effect. As we've said before, The Villages is a "Disneyland for Adults."
Kalaniot, Shoshana Damari, in Trumpeldor Cemetery
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During about half of every year Israel can get some rain.
In that winter season the wildflowers go wild!
Right now the red anemones are blooming, especially here in the Negev.
Every Israeli knows the old 1945 song about anemones, "Kalaniot" in Hebrew.
It has even been called Israel's unofficial national anthem.
You can enjoy poet Nathan Alterman's lyrics translated here.
The concluding verse says this:
Yes, generations come and pass without end
but each generation has an anemone in a tune.
Happy is the man if between storms and thunder
an anemone bloomed for him, if only just once.
Shoshana Damari, the singer with the Yemenite accent who made the song famous, even has an anemone-themed gravestone.
The standing stone has her name and the message "Anemones will always blossom."
Many admirers left the traditional stones of respect on her grave, wet because it had rained that day a month ago when I visited.
Wiki says that "Kalaniot" was sung to Shoshana Damari when she was on her deathbed in February 2006.
Listen to her, our "queen of Israeli song," (often likened to Edith Piaf), singing Kalaniot here.
From her grave this is the view of Trumpeldor Cemetery.
The first burials began in 1903.
Tel Aviv has since grown up and now surrounds the famous old cemetery.
There is no more room here; you would have to be a VERY important VIP to be honored with a plot.
For more about this fascinating old Jewish cemetery please see my earlier posts.
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(Linking to inSPIREd Sunday.)
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During about half of every year Israel can get some rain.
In that winter season the wildflowers go wild!
Right now the red anemones are blooming, especially here in the Negev.
Every Israeli knows the old 1945 song about anemones, "Kalaniot" in Hebrew.
It has even been called Israel's unofficial national anthem.
You can enjoy poet Nathan Alterman's lyrics translated here.
The concluding verse says this:
Yes, generations come and pass without end
but each generation has an anemone in a tune.
Happy is the man if between storms and thunder
an anemone bloomed for him, if only just once.
Shoshana Damari, the singer with the Yemenite accent who made the song famous, even has an anemone-themed gravestone.
The standing stone has her name and the message "Anemones will always blossom."
Many admirers left the traditional stones of respect on her grave, wet because it had rained that day a month ago when I visited.
Wiki says that "Kalaniot" was sung to Shoshana Damari when she was on her deathbed in February 2006.
Listen to her, our "queen of Israeli song," (often likened to Edith Piaf), singing Kalaniot here.
From her grave this is the view of Trumpeldor Cemetery.
The first burials began in 1903.
Tel Aviv has since grown up and now surrounds the famous old cemetery.
There is no more room here; you would have to be a VERY important VIP to be honored with a plot.
For more about this fascinating old Jewish cemetery please see my earlier posts.
.
(Linking to inSPIREd Sunday.)
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