Wednesday; famous...

Chester E. Macduffee,  his newly patented, 250 kilo diving suit, 1911.

It must have been scary to dive in this monster suit.

Attorney at law, Mohandas Gandhi, 1893.

In September 1888, at age 18, Gandhi left India, without his wife and newborn son, in order to study to become a barrister (lawyer) in London. Attempting to fit into English society, Gandhi spent his first three months in London attempting to make himself into an English gentleman by buying new suits, fine-tuning his English accent, learning French, and taking violin and dance lessons. After three months of these expensive endeavours, Gandhi decided they were a waste of time and money. He then cancelled all of these classes and spent the remainder of his three-year stay in London being a serious student and living a very simple lifestyle.

This  earnest  looking young man would one day be the  famous Charlie Chaplin

 The last Tasmanian Tiger, 1933.

The TasmanianTiger, unfortunately hunted to extinction. One more "glorious deed" of the human race.

This girl working in a factory in 1944,  was later the famous  Marilyn  Monroe.

Hope you enjoyed this "famous" trip back.

Courtesy ; excerpts from  Gandhi's Biography and 

Ink Tank

Monday; memories;

My stylish mother; spring 1930

But who shall so forecast the years

And find in loss a gain to match?

Or reach a hand thro' time to catch

The far-off interest of tears?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sepia Saturday 186;

Helvetia 

is the female national personification of Switzerland, officially Confœderatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.

Helvetia on the right with Geneva; National monument in Geneva Switzerland.

The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing gown, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Swiss flag, and commonly with braided hair, commonly with a wreath as a symbol of confederation. The name is a derivation of the ethnonym Helvetii, the name of the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the Swiss Plateau prior to the Roman conquest.

Old stamp;

Swiss money;

The Swiss Confederation continues to use the name in its Latin form.  The  name Helvetia appears on postage stamps, coins and other uses; the full name, Confœderatio Helvetica, is abbreviated for uses such as on vehicle registration codes,  CH.

 Switzerland = CH

A modern Helvetia!

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Friday; gladness;

Iceberg roses in my garden;

In the morning I drink my coffee and  look out into the garden, my heart sings when I see it green and fresh from the nightly rain…

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Thursday; comfort;

Time for ease and comfort; Ts

Home is our comfort zone; Ts

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always. 

Hippocrates

Simple things make life comfortable, a smile, kindness, a helping hand…Ts

As older  I get as more comfortable becomes the past. Ts

Every child needs a family's comfort.

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Tuesday; sun play;

SUN

Found a keyhole at 6:50 AM

Here she comes, golden, tiny,  forcing her light  through the branches and leaves...6:51 AM

Here she is gilding everything around her...6:53 AM

Sunlight playing beautifully in the mighty Eucalyptus tree.  6:54 AM

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Friday; thinkers;

Plato

Philosopher

Born: 427 BC, Athens, Greece

Died: 347 BC, Athens, Greece

Plato
a philosopher in Classical Greece, was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues. Founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, religion and mathematics.

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

Jacek Yerka

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

Fabi; I want to know more...

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