FOODOPHILE 2

(Batter-fried organically grown Greens in a Sunset Point Restaurant in Mukhteshwar, Uttarakhand, India)

"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."    — Samuel Butler (1835—1902).

FOODOPHILE 1

“Omelettes are not made without breaking eggs” Maximilien Francois Robespierre

BUTTERFLY ON YOUR BONNET!

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
~Irish Blessing

AND THEN CLARE TURNED!

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” Margaret Thatcher

CLARE ENJOYS HER COFFEE & CAKE AT L'OPERA!

“I see a lilly on thy brow, / With anguish moist and fever dew; / And on thy cheek a fading rose / Fast withereth too. I met a lady in the meads / Full beautiful, a faery's child; / Her hair was long, her foot was light, / And her eyes were wild.” John Keats

FLOWERS FOR MY SOUL!

            The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.  ~Basho

DANCING PEACOCK - 4

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of his tail.
- Rabindranath Tagore

DANCING PEACOCK - 3

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

DANCING PEACOCK - 2

The peacock is there not only because it's so beautiful, but because since medieval times the peacock was seen as a symbol of Christ's immortality. It was believed in the Middle Ages that the flesh of the peacock did not decay after it died.

~ Larry Feinberg

DANCING PEACOCK - 1

"To him shall be proffered and returned gifts of such an astonishment as will rival the hues of a peacock and the harmonies of heaven, so that though he live to the great age when man goes stooping, yet shall he walk upright and remembering, as one whose heart shines like a great star within his breast." - Anonymous