a little birdie told me so: Random Photo Day

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Random Photo Day

Blue glass and crystal balls.

11 comments:

Carol MurdockJune 17, 2009 at 6:38 AM
Wow! I love saphire blue!
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leanne pizioJune 17, 2009 at 7:25 AM
Beautiful. Makes me yearn to swim in the Cozumel waters.
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MaureenJune 17, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Bubbles and reflections are very nice.
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Tess KincaidJune 17, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Oooo. Sparklies! I like.
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DarylJune 17, 2009 at 9:01 AM
cobalt blue is my fav blue ... but you are showing off now to make me jealous of that lens
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HilaryJune 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Oh nice! I have to echo the others who say it's their favourite shade of blue. It's always drawn my attention. Nicely done.
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meJune 17, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Great pictures! I love the 2nd and 3rd ones the best! =)
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ChristineJune 17, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Blue is my favourite colour and these photos captivated me!
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julie kingJune 17, 2009 at 8:05 PM
so beautiful! and how great to have captured reflections in the glas! love it!
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Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiJune 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Wondeful close ups! I like the bubbles capture in the glass
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Betsy BrockJune 17, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Beautiful!
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...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'