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Paradise in Plain Sight – Happy Birthday, Puerto Rico – From the Children of Paradise.

November 19, 1943 _ November 19, 2018.  I didn’t Forget your birthday, but I was unable to send birthday wishes, so, Happy 525th Birthday Puerto Rico!

“Like the entire world we live in, bounded only by how far we can see. I began to garden. I got scratched, tired, and dirty. I broke my fingernails and ruined my shoes. I yanked out what I could have kept and put in more of what I didn’t need. I pouted and wept, cursing the enormity of the task. I was resentful and unappreciative. But when I ventured afield, sidelined by things that seemed much more entertaining or important, I always came back to this patch of patient earth. Time after time I realized that everything I want or need —the living truth of life, love, beauty, purpose, and peace —is taught to me right here, no farther away than the ground beneath my feet.”  Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden by Karen Maezen Miller

Columbus discovered Puerto Rico on November 19th, 1943 and called it the Island of Enchantment.

A Star like no other. Mid 20th century rural dispensary, Ponce, Puerto Rico. khrizrivera on Instagram

Portrait of a Man, said to be Christopher Columbus (1446 -1506) Artist: Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani), Italian, (1485–1547) Date: 1519. metmuseum.org

#happy birthday Puerto Rico #Paradise in plain sight

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Ibex – King of the Valley in the Alps by Vittorio Morletto on Flickr.

#ibex #alps

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Relaxed by Detlef Knapp on 500px

#gorilla

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Saffron Toucanet by André Inidio on 500px

#saffron toucanet #brazil

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Scratching Post by Eve'sNature on Flickr.

#themba #lion

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African Queen by Kyriakos Kaziras on 500px

#african queen

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Amboseli National Park, Kenya. The king emerging from his jungle.wisslaren on Instagram

#lion #king #kenya #africa

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Western Cattle Egret at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa. theflacksphotography on Instagram

#cattle egret #zebra #south africa

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“I tried in my way to be free...” by Charlaine Gerber on 1X

#the illusion of freedom

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The Horses of Saint Mark, also known as the Triumphal Quadriga, is a set of Roman bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing). The horses were placed on the facade, on the loggia above the porch, of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. They remained there until looted by Napoleon in 1797 but were returned in 1815. The horses remained in place over St Mark's until the early 1980s, when the ongoing damage from growing air pollution forced their replacement with exact copies. Since then, the originals have been on display just inside the basilica. Wikipedia

#horses of san marco #venice #italy

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Sea Horse. paulineperriguey | Flickr

#sea horse

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Horses lend us the wings we lack and the freedom to imagine beyond. –SR

#horse #freedom #imagination

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“Hello horses! by Hello Emilie on Instagram

#horses

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Margarita Kareva on 500px

#white horse #elegant rider

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Poldi the tiny owl and Ingo the shepherd dog by Tanja Brandt Photography

#little owl and dog

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Twilight Flight by Craig Jones Photography.

#twilight #barn owl #england uk

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White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) _ India by Craig Jones Photography

#kingfisher #india