"Le destin passe et repasse à travers nous, comme l'aiguille du cordonnier à travers le cuir qu'il façonne."
Amin Maalouf, Le Rocher de Tanios (1993)
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Sartorius
"Le destin passe et repasse à travers nous, comme l'aiguille du cordonnier à travers le cuir qu'il façonne."
Amin Maalouf, Le Rocher de Tanios (1993)
Blessing in disguise
"Since my house burned down
I now own a better view
of the rising moon."
Mizuta Masahide, poet and samurai, student under Matsuo Bashō (1657-1723)
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Food chain: Keystone species Vs Apex predator
"The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position."
Christine Stevens, activist (1918-2002)
Monday, 23 July 2012
Hunger
"A hungry man is not a free man."
Adlai Stevenson, Governor of Illinois, U.S. presidential candidate, U.N. Ambassador (1900-1965)
Sunday, 22 July 2012
22.07.12 Bords de Loire
Un bon coin de pêche
Héron cendré
Difficile de prendre une sterne à l'instant de pêche
Aigrette
J'ai déjà de la chance de l'avoir vu, mais ce martin-pêcheur était quand même un peu loin
Vol du héron cendré. Notez l'aile droite qui effleure à peine la surface de l'eau
Fontaine entre le pont Wilson et la bibliothèque municipale de Tours
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