with the blue tongue
. . . and the dishevelled one
from the species, Natural Blonde
. . . of the steampunk basin cut.
Where did it all go wrong?
Some blame Bob Dylan . . .
but it was Uncle Ernie playing his
Frank Zappa albums all night long.
So watch out Boy Scout!
Best you get that tambourine out …
for here comes the Water Dragon 🐲
Images;
David B. Redpath © 2020
( Except that Dylan – Baez one 📷 )
I certainly hope that cobra was defanged 👀
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I forgot to ask the cobra’s dentist 😎
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Oh, you handsome boy! With handsome reptiles. And, pretty women. Awesomeness!
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Who could ask for more, Vic? 🤔
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❤💙💚💛🧡💜💖💝💘
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Not in love with reptiles though they are looking beautiful in here.
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Thanks Kritika 🙏
Reptiles are misunderstood critters.
Being cold blooded, there’s nothing
they like more than a warm cuddle 💛
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Yes, indeed. I hope my fear of them around subsides.
Have a wonderful day 🙂
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🥰😍😘
Such a beautiful man and it was wonderful to see where it all began
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Thank you erogenously, EC 🙏💛
I felt it was high time to post
a bit of family history. Hopefully
this will put an end to the rumours
that I’m a Russian bot, spawned by
a Dark Web 🕸️algorithm 😎
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Erogenously hahaha
People tell you how wonderful you are all the time…right? Because they should be, they should be
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I was trying hard not to blush 💖
But now you’ve blown my cover.
I’m now red of face 🔴
as well as a Redpath by nature 😎
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This is really beautiful. You are really beautiful. 😎👀😇As is/was your mom, if I’ve guessed this lovely lady right. Stunning montage, David.
You’re lucky to have such good photographers around… looking through a lens of true love. 💛But that, I imagine, is thanks in huge part to the lovely love you yourself emit. 💗Kudos, and much gratitude for sharing your snake-and-lizard-kinglike self with us. 🐍🐲😊🙏
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Lia, you’ve got me on my knees 💛 😎
Thanks for the wonderful comments.
And yes, Lizard King could be a thing!
Families are complicated, and mine
was no exception. But then, no use
complaining. And who would care
to listen. But any childhood you’re
able to walk away from can’t have
been a complete crash scene 🤔
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❤️❤️❤️
This comment kind of collapsed my heart.
Your comments are ever a work of art.
I’m not sure exactly why, but it brought some tears,
For a boy who perhaps made it
Through some years of fears.
Hugs from far, to a shining star.
A talented artist, you certainly are.
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What doesn’t kill you
makes you stronger.
Or possibly weaker?
I was sent from penthouse
to pavement … in a blink 👁️
Yet the pavement wasn’t
as bad as you might think.
It taught me to walk the line
along a sharp edge
of the brink 😎
I now feel privileged
that I avoided
going down the sink 🌀
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Hey Blondie 👱♂️
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That’s little old me, Yassy 😎
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You bet 🤓
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Lovely photos, as usual. So the little boy is you?
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Yes Basilike, apparently.
Or at least, that’s what
my family tells me 🤔
My theory is that I was
stolen by gypsies, and
that’s just a facsimile.
I was missing you …
thinking perhaps you’d been
kidnapped by gypsies too? 😎
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Not kidnapped! I moved to Athens and got Internet only this month. I missed you too.
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Glad you’re jacked back in, Basilike.
Without your serene presence,
WordPress just wasn’t the same🌹
But then, getting unplugged, and
out into the the real world 🌍 is the
thing that keeps me sane 😎
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Me too, David. Balance is the word.
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You had such depth in your eyes even as a little one. Contemplative, artistic, empathetic, always. Hair like the sun. Thank you for sharing these photos. They’re a stain glass window into who you are. Reptile brethren and Bob Dylan. ♥️🐍
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Grazie mille, April 🙏
My pleasure to share some memories.
Life is indeed rich with both venom
and honey. On life’s true quest, best
take the road to where it’s sunny ☀️
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Ah see.. You just layered that quote effortlessly and your intelligence has been inherent since the beginning, little Apollo. All flowers in time bend toward the sun. Thus the pleasure is mine. 🌞🌾
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I pinched that quote from your site,
April. I was hoping you wouldn’t notice
it missing 😎
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That was my point! You applied it so perfectly here. The paradox that resides within us. Present since we ourselves were invented…. Your intellect is staggering my friend.
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Thanks for your kind words 🙏
A child of Zeus, and a lunatic
on the loose 😎 The pleasure
of a warm April shower is
something forever to treasure 🌹
(In Australia, below the Equator,
April is in the early Autumn, and
usually quite warm ☀️)
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beautiful work Redpath
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Muchas gracias, Pe Pa 👍😎
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How very wonderful David. You have beautiful eyes and a gentle heart 🌷
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Glad you liked my family album, Ellie.
But don’t worry, I’ve saved the fugly
ones for later 😎
Life can be hard when your relatives
are a bit scaley 🦖
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😊very much so
I’ll keep watch 😎
Much truth there 🦖
Non relative reptiles are pretty cool though.
I was the only girl in herpetology and loved it 😄😎
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Sadly, I was a Herpetology Major
drop out. The teacher, being a
voracious raptor, tried to make
me her pet, with no apology 🦖 😎
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Oh 😮
Happy you escaped 😊
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The reptile you’re holding looks very much like the salamander known as a “hellbender” in these parts. Seems appropriate somehow. 🙂
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He’s an Aussie water skink, Anna.
And he was always very well behaved.
But I can’t say that about my Frilled
Neck lizard! He’d do anything for
a bit of a thrill 😎
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Great pics. Love the poster of Dylan and Joan Baez 💕✌️
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Thanks Christine 🙏
Actually, I didn’t take that iconic pic.
I was far too young 📸 😎
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😉
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I am not going to say I am afraid of reptiles just because I haven’t got the change to meet one in my life, just seen movies and zoo’s.
So I am going to be happy about it and say that you are a great owner! ^^
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Growing up in Australia, I was
surrounded by reptiles. I think
I may even be related to some 🤔
They can be very handy as they
eat the Redback spiders like candy.
The Blue Tongue lizards come over
for regular visits, so I dont actuality
need to own any. And when it comes
to snakes, I find it’s best to mind my
own business 😎
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It’s true that you get used to the animals that surround us. I don’t do good with spiders, I came to understand in time that I have arachnophobia as I am really scared of them.
I could not even think of watching them, rather eating them.
You are brave man, David! 🙂
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Completely Fabulous, David.
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Glad you liked my trip down
memory lane, Rita 💜😎
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Right down to the mention of Mr. Nonconformity, Zappa. Love your obvious comfort with those beautiful creatures.
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Feathers, fur, scale, or fin …
we are all part and parcel
of the miracle called creation 💛
Even Frank Zappa 😎
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Absolutely ❤️😊
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The photos are wonderful my friend. I was station on Africa and the Middle East. I was part of a refueling station and we had lights for the Black hawks to land. The desert snakes would surround the lights at night. We left them be. I did collect the spiders.
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Thanks for reviewing the troops.
Being cold blooded, the snakes
would’ve enjoyed the warmth, as
the desert tends to freeze at night.
Much like reptiles, spiders are sadly misunderstood, as they come in all
shapes and sizes 🕷️ 😎
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We treated the spiders well. Became our home away from home pets. You are welcome David.
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May the desert 🦂 scorpion
be with you, John 🙏
Rather than against you 😎
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I love all the reptiles. The photo with the cobra is great.
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Thanks Timothy.
I don’t keep any creatures
in captivity.
Sometimes I visit them.
And sometimes
they visit me 🐍😎
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That reptilian creature is quite beautiful, in a slithery, shuddery, repulsive sort of way. As for you, I can see the influence of the Frank Zappa records–and that’s a good thing!
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Thanks Liz 🙏
Yes, weasels ripped my flesh quite
often 🎶 But I’m sure that was the
Mother of Invention’s intention 😎
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Yes, my brother was a huge Zappa fan after being introduced to Suzy Creamcheese. I have very fond memories of the two of us listening those records. I now have his Hot Rats album.
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Frank Zappa was a musical genius
and innovator. His collaborator,
Captain Beefheart, is a particular
favourite of mine.
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Love the photos . I’m a photofanatic. Cheers
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Thanks for the Wandaful comment 😎
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😀😀you’re wanderfully welcome
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Really cool pics! Loved the surreal feel; especially the colorful one with the monkey.
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That pic was taken at the Monkey
Temple in Jaipur. A place with an
uber surreal vibe, full of laid back
monkeys, goats, pigs, and roaming
cows. All super chilled knowing
that the local humans are vegetarian.
The monkeys would jump up on
your shoulders, and start grooming, looking for some lunch, so it paid
to take a food offering 🐒
Thanks for visiting, Rose🌹 🙏
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Amazing! Sounds like paradise, David. 😍
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Mister Redpath, I missed ya!! Such cool images!! You are a beautiful
human, inside and out! 💖 Abrazotes desde Andalusia
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Big Aussie hugs from Down Under 💕
My No. 2 son just left Español, and
Catalonia, after a two week trek.
I should have warned ya.
I was wondering how you were
going. But knowing you wouldn’t
have been kidnapped by a band of
gypsies, yourself being a Gypsy 😎
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Aussie hugs gratefully received, mil gracias 💕
Lol you should have warned me of a Redpath on the loose in Spain? Fortunately, my country is pretty big 😛 haha.
Thanks for your kind thoughts!
Really like your (at least outwardly?) cool, calm, and collected ways and your trust in
my Gypsy-powers. Muchas gracias!! So far,
they have not let me down, even though intensity was a factor in many of my life experiences… but Australia has had a soothening effect on my Spanish fires haha.
Am more of a cool cat now I guess 😎
At least outwardly 😉 Much love to ya!
Always SO nice “talking” to you and enjoying your art.
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Forgot to say – super cool images!!! I have never seen a reptile with such a bright blue tongue!! Looks like an in-fashion-animal or something like that haha. Abrazos grandes! Hope you are well dear Bob-Dylan-inspiration-spreader 🙂 💖
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I guess that’s why we call that
particular critter a Blue Tongue 😎
They’re no lounge lizard, as they
work hard keeping snakes at bay.
With a vice-like bite, once they get a
grip they don’t give up till the snake
is snuffed. It’s very handy for us
as the deadly brown snake likes to
slither around these parts 🐍
Glad you liked the pics, Gypsy.
The entire post is a blue tongue in
cheek response to a poem. But that’s another long story. Something to do
with revising the influence Bob
Dylan had on this dysfunctional
western culture.
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Lol touche my dear 😎
So no couch potatoe-lizards around you,
that´s a definite asset 😀
Which poem are you refering to?
Then I can check it out. Always in favor and supportive of loving corrections to our societies 😎💪🏻
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I’m not at liberty to divulge that
particular poets identity 🙊 As he
is not a member of the Dead Poet’s
Society (not yet, anyway 😎) and
he’d probably take a fatwa out on
on me 🙃🕶️
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Hahaha LOL. Guess we´ll all be members of
the Dead Poet´s society eventually 😛
All good in the Spanish hood.
Its good you can keep a secret! 😎
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I’m hoping to become a life member
of the Dead Poet’s Society ☠️
You’ve just reminded me of another
song by You-Know-Who ..
When you’re sad
and when you’re lonely,
and you haven’t got a friend
Just remember that death
is not the end
And all that you’ve held sacred,
falls down and does not mend
Just remember that death
is not the end
When you’re standing
on the crossroads
that you cannot comprehend
Just remember that death
is not the end
And all your dreams have vanished and you don’t know
what’s up the bend
Just remember that death
is not the end
When the storm clouds
gather ’round you,
and heavy rains descend
Just remember that death
is not the end
And there’s no one there
to comfort you,
with a helpin’ hand to lend
Just remember that death
is not the end
Oh, the tree of life is growing
Where the spirit never dies
And the bright light
of salvation shines
In dark and empty skies
When the cities are on fire
with the burning flesh of men
Just remember that death
is not the end
And you search in vain to find
just one law-abiding citizen
Just remember that death
is not the end
Not the end, not the end
Just remember that death
is not the end
~ Bob Dylan
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This is gorgeous, thank you so much my friend!! Will copy and keep it. So much appreciated!!! Gracias for your beautiful kindness. Big abrazotes 💕
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Oh my, same lizard from when you were a youth?
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The noble Blue Tongue 💙
renowned in reptilian circles
for it’s longevity. Something
to do with not wasting time and
energy on grooming it’s hair
… being scaley 😎
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Jaipur is well worth the visit.
As is the entire Subcontinent.
“To other countries, I may
go as a tourist, but to India,
I come as a pilgrim.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Many thanx for some of the 60’s flashbacks, Dave. Very cool lizard.
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You’re retroactively welcome, Loujen ✌️
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Yes, I thought Uncle Ernie would be somewhere to blame in the background. 😎
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Well, at least he’s offered to pay
for the post trauma counselling 💵
Cost him less than that blonde wig
he’s wearing 🤔 I had mentioned
Uncle Ernie was Australia’s leading
female impersonator back in the day.
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Sir Redpath
Missed you
Find me here if you want
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Not half as much as
I’ve been missing you
your Poetic Highness 💖
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Sigh…you’re the best Sir Dave
Can’t wait to cAtch up
💕
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A long awaited reunion worthy of a
Bob Dylan quotation celebration …
Any minute now
I’m expecting
To wake up
From a dream
Miss so much
The softest touch
Like the grave
Of some child
Who neither wept
Nor smiled
I’m hiding my faith
In the rain
I’ve been
Dreamin’ of you
That’s all I do
And it’s
Driving me insane
Somewhere dawn
Is breaking
Light is streaking
Across the floor
Church bells
Are ringing
I wonder who
They’re ringing for
Travel under any star
You’ll see me
Wherever you are
The shadowy past
Is so vague and so vast
I’m sleeping
In the balance of pain
I’ve been dreamin’ of you
That’s all I do
But it’s
Driving me insane
Maybe they’ll get me
Maybe they won’t
But whatever
It won’t be tonight
I wish your hand
Was in mine right now
We could go
Where the moon is white
For years
They had me
Locked in a cage
Then they threw me
Onto the stage
Somethings
Just last longer
Then you
Thought they would
And they never
Ever explain
I’m dreamin’ of you
That’s all I do
And it’s
Driving me insane
Feel like
A ghost in love
Underneath
The heavens above
Feel further away
Then I ever did before
Feel further
Than I can take
Dreamin’ of you
That’s all I do
But it’s
Driving me insane
Everything in the way
Is so shy like the day
In queer and unusual form
Spirals of golden haze here
In there in a blaze
Like beams of light
In a star
Maybe you’re here
Or maybe you weren’t
Maybe you
Touched somebody
And got burned
The silent sun
Has got me on the run
Burning a hole
In my brain
I’m dreamin’ of you
That’s all I do
But it’s
Driving me insane
~ Bob Dylan
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You beautified my morning
Thank you with hugs and kisses and poetry
💕💕
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Haha. Such a cool post, David!! I’ll be watching out for the water dragon with that outrageous blue tongue.
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Thanks Parker 🙏
Yes, dragons 🐲 come in all shapes,
sizes, and configurations. But I only
hang out with the friend ones 😎
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YAY to all the twists and turns that made You who You are!!!
Reptile lovin’ wise word spouting creature from afar!
The groovy pics sure made me smile;
vast journey whittled down
Impossible to see this all and try to even frown!
If You’d conformed when You were born Your EPIC words we’d miss
And global travelin’ with Your Goddess
would be a daydream wish
So cheers to every brilliant, strange and silly dash of life
That gifts us funkadelic posts from You and Your lovely wife!!!
Cheers from this here double wood dragon who greatly appreciates the more adventurous beings on the planet!!! This post ROCKS!!! 🤗❤️🌀🙏🏼😄
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Thank you intensely, Katy 🙏
Yes, I don’t know how Linda puts up
with me! She could be hanging out
with Eros, on Mount Olympus ⛰️
But instead she chose to go on the
road, backpacking from Tuscany
to the foothills of the Himalayas.
Rebellion was my primary, secondary,
and tertiary, education. But a rebel
with out a cause is just a dragon
without claws. Salvation of the
planet, and the person, is a worthy
destination 🌎 😇
All Creation is a love celebration 💞
Hatred and destruction will come to
a big bang end in a final revelation 💛
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OH YES!!! And here here!!! Yay! 🤗🌀🥂❤️😀
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a stunning compilation of captions and images; is that kid in the photographs you?
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Thanks John.
I can neither confirm or deny my
identification, as I’m currently in
witness protection 🙊 😎
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fair enough 🙂
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This is very cool. Enjoyed the pictures too. Love 💕 Joni
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Glad you liked them, Joni.
Thanks for viewing 🙏 💛 😎
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Your work and poetry are very intriguing. I am a bit floored by the ability that some artist have in their ability to describe so many different feelings in one piece. Again beautiful images and thoughts. 😘❤️
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I’ve been blessed to have survived
a perilous existence. Much of it
self inflicted. When it comes to
expressing life, love, and death,
I suspect it helps to have lived it.
Thanks Joni for your kind comments 💛
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Well, we too, share this as well. Mine was surviving my parents and without God’s constant miracles I would not have survived. Then that is another story. So glad you did survive look at your amazing work in which others benefit. Love 💕 Joni
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🐍 🦎😬 😰 😱
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It’s all in the eye of the beholder, Eugenia.
🐊🦕🦖 👀😎
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Yes, David, where did it all go wrong, that is the question? I gave up asking myself that question long ago. At some point early in every person’s life the innocent child departs as corruption sets in. The human condition. Childhood is a vanishing virtue. Especially in today’s world where every corrupt man is out and about to trample the rest of humanity underfoot. A seething mass of ugly plastic people clambering over each other, in order to get to the illusory ‘top’ of the disgusting heap.
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I saw a bit of that, Peter, during the
recent stampede for toilet paper.
The shop shelves had been emptied
of pasta, rice, and sugar. I just thought
to myself, there must be a multitude
of overfed arseholes around here 🤔
But then, where there’s life, there’s
hope … somewhere beyond despair 🙏
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David, natural blonde David, I never quite know whether or not you’re joshing! Or maybe I should say Joshua-ing..? Maybe you’re not aware of it, maybe it’s not intentional, but there is humour in your words. It is a redeeming quality of course. Without it all that religious bunkum would amount to little more than sermonising. Peace and love, Peter
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Peter, honourary Irish Peter.
You do know that I’m Australian!?
We have our very own home grown
convict gallows sense of humour,
deported from the old country.
That reminds me … 🍀 have a
shamrocking St. Patrick’s Day 😎
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By Jasus David, I won’t be drownin the old shamrock this year… too old for that malarky now… and besides the corona virus thing and all that … so there probably won’t be any parades to attend or bars to quench the thirst anyway!
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Yes! Steer clear of St. Patrick Day
crowds this year, Peter 😎 But a
wee shot of Jameson, being
medicinal, is sure to be forgiven 😇
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Aye, Davey boy, whiskey knocks this old man out these days… but used to partake of a hot Paddy now and then in my younger days and put a smile on winter cold’s face… and anyway I wouldn’t want to be rollin’ home…
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… for an Irish seven
course breakfast …
A boiled potato, and
six pack of Guiness 😎
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You’re still a young fella, plenty of go in ya. As for me I can’t hack it any more. And I can’t the porter, never could drink that stuff. Give me an Aussie lager beer mate, a cool blonde… a bit like yerself David… ha ha ha
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Make mine a Pure Blonde Apple Cider!
In Australia it’s very popular. It’s bespoke,
boutique, and fruity … a bit like me 😎
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😀And that blue tongue…..
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🦎 💙 😎
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Wonderful artworks as always, David. A pleasure to come back to your blog from time to time. Una abraçada des de Catalunya. 😊💕Marta
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I wonder if Uncle Ernie enjoys Watermelon in Easter Hay as much as I do. It’s one of those instrumentals which makes me think of nothing but feel everything while I enjoy my cigarette. So melancholy and beautiful.
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Nothing Uncle Ernie enjoys more
than a roll in the hay after a puff
of wacky tobaccy. Watermelon
a seasonal optional extra 🍉
Thanks for asking, Nitin 😎
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