"O,

"... He'll pace allright but then look carefully

at how, reaching the edge, he turns around...

.... that quick step

revolving on the one hind leg, bringing the other down just as
the swivel ends, then giving over all the weight

to one front paw, onto each pad distinctly it would

seem, then onto number four and he's
around headed the other way

again."
~ Jorie Graham

~ * ~
Blog, I'll warrant ye, or dog? Who knows. Pass the grog!
But if ye see me lost pup, please bring that scurvy dog home!
I got Leon a brand-new bone, with a chest full a' booty.
_________________
http://journals.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo

"Hark, low,
Know forever more ~ Hasten whole

Heartedly, for larks a dog barks ~ !

Call The Pet Shop
Boyz

Post Haste,
Not Hoc~ !"
~ Master Minor Byrd

"You called,
Or U Too ~ ?"
~ Dr. Peter Kross, DVM,
Dog Murderer

"Hey, Dude,
You owe us ~ !

Ransom note,
How much ~ ?"
~ Folly

"Upon the floor, by ocean washed,
A head, apparently deade, she tossed,

Rolling fast across
By windy force,

Who said, 'O, mon chair, of course
No longer do I need, my body lost."
~ The Annotator

"From train station, he disembarks, eyeing town;
Strangers mingle; one sports evening gown.

Beyond a glass quaint jesters play charades.
He peers, whereupon his dead body laid.

Quoted message said:

From bones to ashes Leonardo rose from coals,

Melody his libretto now for many roles."
~ Cotter

"Aloft,

A spark transmitter
For lunar sail across Pacific ~

All atwitter
Avec Folly & Twittering
[& babysitter, her milk sorcerer]

A rescue mission
Stem to stern
Of very fine intention

For The Sorrow
Of The Little Sand Crabs."
~ Sir Cumference

nightbat wrote

Twittering One said:

"Aloft,

A spark transmitter
For lunar sail across Pacific ~

All atwitter
Avec Folly & Twittering
[& babysitter, her milk sorcerer]

A rescue mission
Stem to stern
Of very fine intention

For The Sorrow
Of The Little Sand Crabs."
~ Sir Cumference

nightbat

When down and dirty and in passion doubt check the oil lick it
up, and ring that bell don't forget to ring the ladies bell!

on alert,
the nightbat

"Ortenzia Caviglia, hitherto unheard, went on instead; her
'Vide le cereuil, vide mon coeur' put the audience into
raptures."
~ Edward Gorey,

Quoted message said:

From "The Blue Aspic"

"Meanwhile, assorted and sundry bats
Flew swiflty down from the rafters ~

The call of laughter
Their beacon, peel of bells rung from the belfry
A tolled Tale Sung of Too."
~ Martin

Peal ~ A ringing of bells,
Especially a change or series of changes rung on bells.
A set of tuned bells.
A loud repetitive sound, for example, of thunder or laughter.

To ring a bell loudly and sonorously, or to be rung in this way
To say something loudly
And sonorously.

"The orange peel
Uncoils artfully, by blade's deft
Curve

Her hand precisely guides
Skating figures 8's over ice, she glides ~
A whiff, as if perfect seal
Of citrus scent sails in to Delft

On a ship from exotic farther lands,
Artfully unwraps

A stroke of chromatic gilded nerve
A tone's tuning fork precisely strikes

Quoted message said:

From sable brush, pigment's swept

Stroke light delights and dapples,

Opalescent citrus tears wept
Upon a stretch of cotton primed for apples,

Bartlett pears, and sundry
Other Vanitas reminders on a Sunday night."
~ Margaux

~ * Elaborate Tabletop Still Life with Foodstuffs,
Exotic Animals,
And Precious Objects * ~

Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Dutch, 1606-c. 1684,
Active in Antwerp

Late 1640's
Oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 46 1/4 inches.
Bequest of John Ringling.

http://www.ringling.org/educational_programs2.asp?id=75

~ * ~

~ * The Ringling Museum
Of Art * ~

Offers special group tours for blind and visually impaired visitors and
their companions. These interactive tours, led by trained docents,
include engaging verbal descriptions of the works of art on view;
reproduction enhancements; tactile diagrams to help visitors "feel"
the work of art; and touchable props.

Tours of the Museum of Art are available to groups of five or more
people with visual impairment and their companions.

Tours are offered by advanced reservation only:
Tuesdays - Fridays from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

http://www.ringling.org/visitor_information2.asp?id=64&fragment=0&SearchType=AND&terms=blind

~ * ~

"When down and dirty
And in passion doubt

Check the oil, lick it
Up, and ring that bell ~ Don't forget to ring
The ladies bell ~ !

On alert."
~ nightbat

"Or gravy, tongue to savor,
Off left foreclaw ~ foot,

Mahogany
Wing chair,

Delft blew plate
China perched precarioulsy upon right arm,
A wedge of Black Forest cake,
Silver fork, cherry half bitten, upholstery, worn."
~ Kibbles

Twitter?

Rob

Yes, Fluff ~ ?