Susan Kay Anderson: Where I Used To Live (With Views of Rabbit Island)


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Mānana (Rabbit Island), a small islet located off the eastern windward shore of the island of Oahu, between Makapuu Point and Waimanalo: photo by Vernon Brown, 25 April 2009



That’s where I used to live.
Close to Rabbit Island. That’s where
I used to sleep. Under that ironwood
at the end of that beach access—
Hihimanu Street. All the old naupaka
gone now where cubbyholes existed—
dry, windless places—just one or two
where I’d find him crashed, reeking,
needing to hold onto me like a man
in the whole bunch of trouble that he was.






Mānana (Rabbit Island), Oahu: photographer unknown, original 1950s Kodachrome transparency; image by ElectroSpark, 4 March 2012



The island of Mānana, or Rabbit Island, with the smaller island of of Kaohikaipu in front of it (to the right in the photo): photo by Daniel Ramirez, 30 August 2008


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Scaevola taccada
(Beach Naupaka aka Naupaka Kahakai) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)


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Scaevola taccada (Beach Naupaka aka Naupaka Kahakai) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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Scaevola taccada (Beach Naupaka aka Naupaka Kahakai) (habitat). Kanaha Beach, Maui: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 9 February 2001
(from Plants of Hawaii)

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Scaevola taccada (Beach Naupaka aka Naupaka Kahakai) (habitat over ocean). Growing on rocky volcanic soil, Pauwalu Point, Maui: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 12 October (from Plants of Hawaii)


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Scaevola taccada
(Beach Naupaka aka Naupaka Kahakai) (fruits). Kihei, Maui: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 9 March 2001 (from Plants of Hawaii)


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Tournefortia argentea (Tree Heliotrope) (habitat).
Growing amid volcanic tuff. With view of Mānana, or Rabbit Island, beyond. Kaohikaipu, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 24 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)


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Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis (Pohuehe/Beach Morning Glory) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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Pluchea indica (Indian Fleabane) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel Grass) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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 Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel Grass) (habitat).
Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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Euphorbia hirta (Hairy Spurge) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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Argemone glauca (Pua Kala) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

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Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel Grass) (habitat). Mānana, Oahu: photo by Forest and Kim Starr, 25 February 2005 (from Plants of Hawaii)

 

Makapuʻu Point, Oahu, with Mānana (Rabbit Island) beyond: photo by Lukas, 17 September 2008

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Mānana Islet, off the coast of O‘ahu in Hawai‘i, here seen from the end of the Makai Pier
: photo by Eric Guinther, 18 July 2005


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Rabbit Island (Mānana), Oahu, Hawaii: photo by Peleg, September 2003


Waimanalo Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii: photo by Joel Metlen, 6 May 2012


Waimanalo Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii: photo by Sarah Gaston, 12 May 2012

Dorothy Parker: Comment


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Mating ritual of the James's Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi); also known as the Puna Flamingo, it breeds on the high Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina: photo by Pedro Szekely, 19 August 2007



Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania.



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The Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis), is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of South and Southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. The Common Jezebel is one of the most common species in the genus Delias. This individual is male. The butterfly may be found wherever there are trees, even in towns and cities, flies high among the trees and comes lower down only to feed on nectar in flowers. It rests with its wings closed exhibiting the brilliantly coloured underside. Due to this habit apparently, it has evolved a dull upper-side and a brilliant underside so that birds below it recognise it immediately while in flight and at rest. The bright coloration is to indicate the fact that it is unpalatable due to toxins accumulated by the larvae from the host-plants. Kadavoor, Kerala, India: photo by Jkadavoor. 12 December 2010


Dorothy Parker (1893-1967): Comment, from Enough Rope (1926)

I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true. -- DP

Marie of Roumania: Marie Alexandra Victoria (1875-1938), born in Kent, England, the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and the former Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Ferdinand of Romania in 1893, became Queen of the Romanians in 1914, and served as a nurse in World War I. They had six children. In November 1927 Marie made a triumphant tour of the United States, cut short because she had to return home for her dying husband.

Larry Beckett: Second Avenue


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Neon in the rain, downtown Portland: photo by Orbmiser, 17 March 2008



In the hissing street, that old girl goes
with a newspaper over her bowed head,
and I blow my hands and walk on hard
in the fool's rain on Second Avenue,

all the holes closed for the night
and the bad wine wearing off,
and nothing for the cold but that fire
in an iron barrel, my knowledge of you.






Neon, downtown Portland: photo by Orbmiser, 17 March 2008

Savanna Cat: Serval ("always being there, watchful, even when we do not hear it")


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Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya: photo by Valentina Storti, 11 August 2010

Though the book is known in English as The Leopard, the original title of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel Il Gattopardo in fact refers to a serval (Leptailurus serval). A savanna cat rarely seen north of the Sahara, the serval has a few remaining North African ranges, one of these bordering on Lampedusa in Sicily, where the great historical novel is set. This animal figures in the coat of arms of the Tomasi family.

Noi fummo i Gattopardi, i Leoni; quelli che ci sostituiranno saranno gli sciacalletti, le iene; e tutti quanti Gattopardi, sciacalli e pecore, continueremo a crederci il sale della terra.

We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth. 
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Don Fabrizio had always known that sensation. For a dozen years or so he had been feeling as if the vital fluid, the faculty of existing, life itself in fact and perhaps even the will to go on living, were ebbing out of him slowly but steadily, as grains of sand cluster and then line up one by one, unhurried, unceasing, before the narrow neck of an hourglass. In some moments of intense activity or concentration this sense of continual loss would vanish, to reappear impassively in brief instants of silence or introspection; just as a constant buzzing in the ears or the ticking of a pendulum superimposes itself when all else is silent, assuring us of always being there, watchful, even when we do not hear it.
-- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard), 1958




Night about to fall, shadows
stretching across
the hunting ground
of the serval.

In the long grass, the ears
as radar; the watching,
the listening
................and then
the swift burst
through the grass;
the pause;
the quiet springing.




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Serval (Leptailurus serval) in Serengeti, Tanzania: photo by Budgiekiller, June 2007

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 Serval (Leptailurus serval) at Mundawanga, Chilanga, Zambia: photo by Hans Hillewaert, 26 July 2010 



The Crater Floor, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania: photo by Brandon Daniel, 17 June 2009




Serval (Leptailurus serval), Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania: photo by Brandon Daniel, 17 June 2009


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Serval
(Leptailurus serval) in Sabi Sands, South Africa. Note the large ears adapted for hearing small prey: photo by Lee R. Berger, 26 July 2007


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Serval (Leptailurus serval), Sabi Sands, South Africa. Seen from behind. Note the white markings on the ears (ocelli) used to signal kittens while hunting: photo by Lee R. Berger, 26 July 2007

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 Serval (Leptailurus serval) at Mundawanga, Chilanga, Zambia: photo by Hans Hillewaert, 26 July 2010

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Serval (Leptailurus serval) at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: photo by Bob Fabry, 11 February 2007


Serval (Leptailurus serval) in frost, Malawi: photo by Nick Jewel, 4 January 2009

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A view of Mt. Kenya from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy: photo by Lengai101, June 2010

Ananya Cute Pink Dress Photo Shoot


Ananya  Nair (born 29 March 1987), better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian film actress, who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in Malayalam with Positive (2008) and debuted the following year in Tamil with Naadodigal, which emerged a critical and commercial success. She currently has a list of films in her hands in Malayalam and Tamil.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bruna Abdullah Photo Shots for South Movie Billa 2


Bruna Abdullah Photo Shots for  South Movie Billa 2 :  Bruna Abdullah was born on October 24, 1980, in Guaíba, Brazil. She is an Arab Brazilian model. She is known for her role as Giselle in Punit Malhotra's I Hate Luv Storys, alongside Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor. However, she was first noticed on Channel V's show, India's Hottest. Bruna Abdullah is daughter of an Arabian father and Brazilian mother. Bruna has been stationed in Mumbai and has her eyes set on Bollywood. She performed an item song (Rehem Kare) for Anubhav Sinha’s Cash. Anubhav’s item song was the stepping-stone for her.