Edward Elderman
@edwereddie
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Retired English Professor
United States
Joined October 2013
Joyce Carol Oates.@JoyceCarolOates. dear Eddie: this golden pheasant is an emblem of your spirit/heart/soul. you give so much to others whom you don't know. Edward Elderman.@edwereddie.·.Golden pheasant also known as the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant.
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The ewe (on the left lambed a stillborn.She cried most of the night longing for her lamb after we removed it. The ewe on the right lambed very small twins last wk. It seems that today she has given o1 of her twins to the grieving mother to raise as her own.
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Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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It's not stained glass. It's a dragonfly's wing close-up.
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Judas tree - an extraordinary tree whose flowers grow straight from the trunk
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A mysterious creature was spotted on Washington state’s Long Beach Peninsula. It was announced to be a ribbon seal. This type of seal is probably the most stylish one on the planet, and it is so rare to spot, the last time it was seen in the region was back in 2012. Nature Vibes
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Her father warned her:"If you marry that man you will never set foot in this house again."Mary used to tell people,"be4 I invite you to my home. my husband is black." Some wld never talk to her again. Last yr they celebrated their 70th anniversary.
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If Holly (Ilex aquifolium) finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it switches genes on to make them spiky when they regrow. So on taller Holly trees, the upper leaves (which are out of reach) have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are prickly.
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Before they're ripe it's easier to understand why they're called eggplants.
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Mel Brooks birthday boy will be 98 tomorrow June 28th.
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Abandoned & forgotten on a corner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is so much better.” Ingrid Bergman
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Two baby weasels pause for a photograph while scampering across a scenic road in the Scottish Highlands
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Lake Superior is actually not a lake at all, but an inland sea . All of the four other Great Lakes, plus three more the size of Lake Erie, would fit inside of Lake Superior. There is enough water in Lake Superior to submerge all of North and South America in 1 foot of water.
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Ed Asner, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore and Ted Knight recognised for their individual contribution’s at The 28th Annual Emmy Awards, 1976.
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This once in a lifetime photo was taken by Ernie Serediak in Kelowna,
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After losing his parents,Suryia,a 3-yr-old orangutan, was so depressed he wldn't eat or respond to medical treatment.The vets thought he may die. An old sick dog named Roscoe was also rescued by zookeepers on the grounds.The two lost souls met & have been inseparable ever since.
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Euronews.Tens of thousands to join People's March in Washington DC against Trump
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I repost this every year:.Swiss psychologist and genetic epistemologist Jean Piaget sitting in his home office, 1979. Of course he knows exactly where every individual item is.
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West Side Story legends George Chakiris, 90, and Rita Moreno, 91, reunited earlier this week.
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Scientists have revived a plant from the Pleistocene epoch. This plant is 32 thousand years old! Yes, it is the oldest plant ever to be "resurrected" and was grown from 32,000-year-old seeds, beating the previous record by some 30,000 years. Attenborough Fans
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Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Bob Dylan - Behind the scenes. Live Aid, 1985
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John Singer Sargent - "The daughters of Edward Darley Boit", 1882
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A dragonfly at dawn, before the sun melted the dewdrops off its wings. Nature's Vibes
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"NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS" OFFICE. The people who work here know where everything is.
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Swiss psychologist and genetic epistemologist Jean Piaget sitting in his home office, 1979. Of course he knows exactly where every individual item is.
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"The amazing capture is by photographer Debbie DiCarlo. She calls it, "Howling Lesson.""
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Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Catherine Scorsese, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci on the set of Goodfellas, 1989.
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On Life in 1986: .Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Goldie Hawn, Barbra Streisand and Jane Fonda
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Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 1911.
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In Mia Farrow's autobiography, she opened up about Sinatra's offer to have Woody Allen's legs broken after discovering the latter's relationship with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn .
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Wyeth said:he worked on the painting for the whole winter of 1946. It was the 1st tempera painting he made after the death of his father(N. C. Wyeth).Andrew Wyeth said of the picture:"It was me,at a loss-that hand drifting in the air was my free soul, groping".
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The Real Model for the statue of Liberty .Bartholdi's model was Frenchwoman Isabelle Boyer, In 1878, the 36-year-old Duchess de Campo Selice attracted the attention of the sculptor who forever immortalized her features in the face of Lady of Liberty.
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Ronnie Spector, Dee Dee Sharp, Cassius Clay, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Micki Harris and Betty Harris in 1963. (Photo by Michael Ochs)
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Goldie Hawn having body paint applied behind-the-scenes of Rowan&Martin's Laugh-In(1968).2groups of starlets were tested to be part of the show: group 1= Lola Falana,Joey Heatherton&Charo;& group 2= Goldie Hawn,Judy Carne&Teresa Graves. Group 2 was eventually cast.
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George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and a white peacock in 1995.
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Natalie Wood in Ukrainian National Dress, 1960 . Her real name Natalia Zakharenko . She was born in San Francisco . Her parents were from Kharkiv,Ukraine .
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Willie Nelson, Sally Field, Burt Reynolds,.Richard Pryor and Robin Williams
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Kyra Sedgwick & Kevin Bacon. Married for 34 years. They have 2 children together, Sosie and Travis Bacon.
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A collection of Clarice Cliff teacups from the 1930s.
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My 97-year-old Great Grandma, Lily Ebert BEM - Auschwitz Survivor, has just recovered from Covid-19. Today she went on her first walk in a month after making a miraculous recovery. 📷📷 A fighter and survivor. 📷📷".Credit: Twitter / Dov/Forman
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On this day in 1959, introduced by Johnny Cash, 13-year-old Dolly Parton makes her Grand Ole Opry debut singing George Jones' "You Gotta Be My Baby." She receives three encores.
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“Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.”—Lily Tomlin
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Yes, Green Roses are real and they are very special and very old.
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Fantastic photo of a 108ft long two-masted sailing ship in front of this massive blue iceberg, Greenland 2023 📷. Photo by:
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The Bee Gees, Sylvester Stallone and John Travolta on the set of Staying Alive (1983).
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A painting by British painter Phil Lockwood (born 1941) in which every window is Edward Hopper's painting.
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A rare photograph of Vincent Van Gogh taken in 1873 when he was 19 yrs old. When the image was taken, Vincent worked for the Goupil & Cie art dealership in The Hague,shortly be4 being relocated to their branch in London, England. It is the only known photograph of Van Gogh's face
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Perspective. A grizzly bear's paw. The incredible size of a grizzly bears paw.This picture was taken after the Bear was sedated to be tagged and released. This bear is alive.
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Vintage stove with a retro floor and a diner-style booth.
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Amazing World:."Our office building has a Peregrine Falcon who recently took a liking to me and my office window."
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Joyce Oates turned 85.She travels all over over the world,gives interviews, teaches courses at 3 Universities, walks.plants gardens.hikes,takes care of 2 cats,and writes novels, novellas.short stories.poems&essays. She's 5 yrs older than Biden.
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Camille Claudel1864-1943=sculptor who became the lover of Auguste Rodin.Most agree she was an outstanding genius(more talented than Rodin)who, starting w wealth,beauty,iron will&a brilliant future even be4 meeting Rodin,was never rewarded&died in loneliness,poverty,&obscurity.
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The Godfather reunion with Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Francis Ford Coppola, James Caan, Al Pacino and Talia Shire.
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A lonely stork dad was left alone with four storks after mum died over the weekend on high voltage wires. Fortunately, he accepted the help of people and now, three times a day, a man climbs onto the nest and feeds both babies and dad.David Attenborough
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15 year old Meghan Markle poses outside Buckingham Palace, 1996.
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Clouds over Harrodsburg, Kentucky. True colors, no filters used.
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Threatened by poaching, the red cinnamon douc is rare but can be found in Vietnam
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Bowerbirds create elaborate structures to attract potential mates and place a variety of bright objects they collect in and around a bower, spending many hours arranging the collection.
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"He is George McLaurin the 1st Black man admitted to Oklahoma U in 1948,he was forced to sit in a corner away frm his fellow white men. .But his name remains on the honor list as 1 of the top 3 students in college.
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