Just an octopus, happy, at play
Then we zoom out (we know that we may)
And it seems that the odds
Say that cephalopods
Are involved in the Last Judgment Day
(Took these pics today. Can you guess?)
Jun 21 2008
Where In The World Now?
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Laurie
June 21, 2008 at 7:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think that’s actually a nonopus. Probably one of the signs of armageddon. Or maybe Ragnarok.It sure looks as though you’re having fun (earthquakes excepted, of course)! I have no clue where you are. Italy?
podblack
June 22, 2008 at 12:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh you are a clever fishy! What a great montage!
Cuttlefish
June 22, 2008 at 12:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Not Italy, laurie, but a good guess! Actually, this church would have been a bit at odds with Rome…
Katrina
June 23, 2008 at 2:09 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hmm. Definitely Orthodox. Looks Byzantine.I’m going to go out on a limb and guess Romania. This has so many of the elements seen in the Voronet Monastery.Am I close?
Cuttlefish
June 23, 2008 at 10:04 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Close… close but no cigar. Wrong alphabet, for one thing…
Thinker
June 23, 2008 at 4:29 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hmm… I believe you are in a monastery in Bulgaria. A friend travelled there recently and showed pictures afterward. Although there are probably similar frescoes in a lot of places, I remember seeing the black and white arches, which I thought were an odd contrast to the colorful imagery of the murals. I can’t remember the name of the place, though…
Cuttlefish
June 24, 2008 at 12:08 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Very good, Thinker!The monastery is Rila, and it is an amazing place.
podblack
June 26, 2008 at 6:01 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Man, your readers are so clever! :D Well done, Thinker!
Thinker
June 28, 2008 at 1:36 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Sounds like you’re having fun, DC – keep enjoying it, and please keep us updated!Regarding the monastery:The monks have gone modern at RilaAnd explain their renewal of zeal: “Ah,We consume the DivineNot as wafers and wineBut as nachos, washed down with tequila.”
podblack
July 3, 2008 at 11:19 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ah, I miss you. Let me know when the tides come in.
Lifewish
July 3, 2008 at 12:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thought of Judgement of each critter’s worthFills your average fundy with mirth.But the catch, if God did,Is that He is a squid -And the beaked shall inherit the Earth!(Someone must have used this punchline before me, but I cannot for the life of me find any examples)