15th May 2025

Oh dear we have to get rid of men ;) ;)  From the Guardian via Rebecca Solnit, they use up too much of the Earth's resources and drive cars, though I thought women did as well.

Murr being her usual wickedly funny written self  Now Murr has a very funny bone inside her, it is the way she looks at the world from, often, a purely nature inspired blog.

Someone will have to give his totally over the top plane back.  As if, forgot he is totally above the law.

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I really cannot cope with what is going on in the world today, even its humour escapes me.  But checking through my photo files I came across 'Collections'. It was Paul's file of the multitude of things he collected.  I wonder what happened to the old straw firemen's Japanese uniforms that were soaked before they tackled a fire.  He was a great collector, I have the opposite tendency trying to off load my possessions, I hope his sons treasure them though, as will Leo his grandson when he grows up.

Amitahba - Buddha of Eternal Light

A wooden Mejii shop sign

Japanese Kanamona (metal fitting) of a hare dancing amongst waves

Japanese Buddhist Vajra

And of course my favourite large painting that hung on the wall.  It would probably have been displayed at the entrance to a temple to ward away evil.  Somewhere in my blogs I have written of it.  And here it is.

Two Carp Leaping among Waves by Tsukioka Shuei (died 1839) mid-late Edo period