Lorene Eleanor
Happy Mother's Day, Mom.
I love you.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Can You Say Doppelgänger?
If trees had faces they would look something like this. I feel as if I'm being watched when I walk in the woods now. Maybe I am.
Since I have a couple of these on the property, I wanted to know what they represent. All I can say is, "Yikes!"
Here is Wikipedia's explanation of a doppelgänger:
A doppelgänger is a tangible double of a living person in fiction, folklore, and popular culture that typically represents evil. In the vernacular, the word doppelgänger has come to refer to any double or look-alike of a person.
The word also is used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. Doppelgängers often are perceived as a sinister form of bilocation and generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death.
In Norse mythology, a vardøger is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen performing their actions in advance. In Finnish mythology, this is called having an Etiäinen, ie. "a firstcomer". In Ancient Egyptian mythology, a "ka" was a tangible "spirit double" having the same memories and feeling as the original person. In one Egyptian myth titled "The Greek Princess," an Egyptian view of the Trojan War, a ka of Helen was used to mislead Paris of Troy, helping to stop the war. In some myths, the doppelgänger is a version of the Ankou, a personification of death; in a tradition of the Talmud, to meet oneself means to meet God.
Since I have a couple of these on the property, I wanted to know what they represent. All I can say is, "Yikes!"
Here is Wikipedia's explanation of a doppelgänger:
A doppelgänger is a tangible double of a living person in fiction, folklore, and popular culture that typically represents evil. In the vernacular, the word doppelgänger has come to refer to any double or look-alike of a person.
The word also is used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. Doppelgängers often are perceived as a sinister form of bilocation and generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death.
In Norse mythology, a vardøger is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen performing their actions in advance. In Finnish mythology, this is called having an Etiäinen, ie. "a firstcomer". In Ancient Egyptian mythology, a "ka" was a tangible "spirit double" having the same memories and feeling as the original person. In one Egyptian myth titled "The Greek Princess," an Egyptian view of the Trojan War, a ka of Helen was used to mislead Paris of Troy, helping to stop the war. In some myths, the doppelgänger is a version of the Ankou, a personification of death; in a tradition of the Talmud, to meet oneself means to meet God.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Not So Novel But Catchy
On a recent trip to the hardware store, I caught sight of some colorful garden accessories that I had not seen in previous years—a rainbow of colored tomato cages. I am still undecided about whether they are something I would buy for my own garden but they are catchy. The tomato cages I use are quite substantial and these do not compare in size or strength. Glamos Wire Products (www.glamoswire.com) manufactures a variety of garden products and, although I haven't had great success with outdoor plastic-coated wire products, they do add a bit of whimsy to a garden. Let me know what you think.
Photos from www.glamoswire.com.
Photos from www.glamoswire.com.
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