Uploads from Dr Tao

Happy to see all my flickr-friends - again!

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:57:51 -0800

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really, that"s truth - I am so very happy to see You (again! ), dear flickr-friends.... My sincere & warm (belated though) New Year-2008 wishes to You and Yours. Be very happy and be very healthy. Good Luck to each & to everyone! Well, sending You Good Sunny Vibes from Tel-Aviv.........an 1000 smiles - as ever.......

PHOTO:

November, 2007.

Taken in Tel-Aviv, Israel

The secret of entertaining...........

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:51:52 -0700

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1.
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals;
and to have a deference for others governs our manners.
-Lawrence Sterne (1713 - 1768)

2.
That's the secret of entertaining. You make your
guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that
honestly, the rest takes care of itself.
- Barbara Hall, (Northern Exposure, Northern
Hospitality, 1994 )

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PHOTO:

Home decor by Hermès. Boutique "Votre Maison
Paris", Kikar Hamedina. Hey Be "Yiar st.,
Tel-Aviv. Israel.

Composition by Cecile Haddad (General Manager,
Votre Maison Paris ) Taken with her kind permission.

19 October, 2007

Being transformed

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:48:53 -0700

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Inspired by Mishima Yukio "Aoi-no ue" (葵の上 - Lady Aoi)
one-act play in noh-style

When you look at the world with knowledge, you
realize that things are unchangeable and at the
same time are constantly being transformed.....
- Mishima Yukio
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PHOTO-COLLAGE:

photo for this collage taken in "Christian Lacroix
boutique " & so on...(Kikara Ha-Medina, Tel Aviv)

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Aoi no Ue (葵の上) is a fictional character in The Tale of
Genji (Genji Monogatari). Her name is very roughly
translated as Lady Aoi. She was the first wife of Hikaru Genji.

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Aoi no Ue (葵上, Lady Aoi) is a Noh play written by Zeami
Motokiyo based on an episode in the Tale of Genji and
named for Lady Aoi, one of the novel's characters. It is an
example of the fourth category of "miscellaneous" Noh plays.

Answers.com

Like lace, on the window...........

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:16:44 -0700

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Whether, as ever, it’s loneliness,
splashing a branch, like lace, on the window
or whether perhaps there’s a witness. ...

- Boris Pasternak. The Weeping Garden

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PHOTO:

site of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission

Saint Magdalena Monastery, on
Kennereth lake (Galileo Sea or Tiberian sea as well).

BTW, Kennereth-lake (or Galilean Sea or Tiberian sea
as well) - is the only source of fresh water in israel ,
however it disastrously dries..........

Tiberias, Israel

Taken 14 October, 2007

Svp, more details about Tiverias can be seen here

Journey into quiet.............

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:16:44 -0700

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How lovely those journeys into quiet!
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Yes, it’s found.
There! Yes, that’s it all right, though....
- Boris Pasternak, the Steppe

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PHOTO:

site of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission

Saint Magdalena Monastery

Tiberia, Israel

Taken 14 October, 2007

Sweet simplicity... Thanks a lot for Your kind 202.289 visits!

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:32:01 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

Thanks a lot for Your kind 202.289 visits (per 424 my
public photos). It is totally appreciated. You are
sincerely welcome, as ever...........

Wishing just a very happy, Sunny, joyful & bright
weekend to each & to everyone!

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Most modern calendars mark the sweet simplicity of
our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is
the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event....
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

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PHOTO:

Taken 11 September 2007

Pomellato - Jewellery,

boutique "Chronotime"

Kikara Hamedina

Tel Aviv, Israel

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Politeness

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:09:31 -0700

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Enjoy Your new Good Day to the fullest!

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Manners maketh man.
- William of Wykeham (1324 - 1404),
Motto of Winchester College and New College, Oxford

Politeness - the most acceptable hypocrisy.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)

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PHOTO:

A cup of capuccino.

Restaurant Yoezer Bar Yain, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Taken 19 September 2007
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Simply wait.........

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:08:03 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

Have a delicious Sunday!

1.
You do not need to leave your room. Remain
sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen,
simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will
freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no
choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
- Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

2.
Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner,
unless you eat some of what's on that plate. ..
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)

3.
The only man who is really free is the one who
can turn down an invitation to dinner without
giving an excuse.
-Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)

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When you travel, remember that a foreign country is
not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed
to make its own people comfortable.
- Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)

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PHOTO:

Taken in Alanya, Turkey

September 2007

Svp, full info about Alanya can be seenhere

Paladins ride..................

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:23:46 -0700

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The eternal entrance into Eden
Is not locked with seven precious seals;
It has no charms nor light of heaven,
And the people don't know that it is..........
- Nikolai Gumilev (1886-1921)

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Have a wonderfully joyful and relaxing weekend!

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PHOTO:

Cruising through Mediterranean sea - from israel
to Turkey and from Turkey to Israel.

On desk of "Iris" -ship
(Mano-cruise company)....

September 2007.........

On flaming paradise’s sands

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:25:46 -0700

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Her steps aren’t heard or ever hurried:
They’re quiet, oddly smooth and fine......
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She carries lightning in her hands,
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On flaming paradise’s sands...........

- Nikolai Gumilev (1886 -1921)

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If a man insisted always on being serious,
and never allowed himself a bit of fun and
relaxation, he would go mad or become
unstable without knowing it.
- Herodotus (484 BC - 430 BC), The Histories of Herodotus

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PHOTO:

High-class professional belly-dancer (dancing on a
birthday-banquet).

Restaurant "Buhara Jaffa".

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Taken 18 September, 2007

Charm

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:33:47 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within
me there lay an invincible summer.
- Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer
yes without having asked any clear question.
- Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), La Chute (The Fall),1956

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PHOTO:

Taken in Alanya, Turkey.

September 2007

Svp, full info about Alanya can be seenhere

We have come......

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:53:20 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

....And he, who went with me wherever,
Trough thunders and the silent peace,
He, who was kind to me in fever,
And cruel when I stayed in bliss;

Who taught me to a wisdom whole,
To fight, reserve, or overcome,
Will turn to me, and leave his pole,
And simply tell me, “We have come.”
- Nikolai Gumilev

PHOTO:

CHURCH of HOLY SEPULCHRE
(just a tiny fragment)
Jerusalem, Israel

Taken 29 September, 2007

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

In the days’ embracing limits...........

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:30:34 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

Oh, how silent is the nature,
It only looks and only hears...........
- Nikolai Gumilev (1886 -1921)

By the hut, left by people and heaven,
Where the fence’s black remnants are steeping......
- Nikolai Gumilev

I’m in the days’ embracing limits,
Where even skies are ever gray....
-Nikolai Gumilev

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PHOTO:

In two steps to old city, Jerusalem, Israel

Taken 29 September, 2007

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:29:10 -0700

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Thoughts

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:17:32 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

Why did you come, my thoughts, in instant,
Like thieves to rob my quiet habitation,
Like vultures, gloomy and malignant,
With thirst for dread retaliation......
- Nikolai Gumilev (1886-1921)

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PHOTO:

On board of Iris-ship, cruising through Mediterranean
(from Israel to Turkey)

September, 2007

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

The moment..............

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:57:52 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

The city, with blue domes...............
With flourish and decor of jasmine gardens..........
- Nikolai Gumilev (1886-1921)

The moment fled, and next one now hovers..........
-Nikolai Gumilev (1886 -1921)

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PHOTO:

Safra Square, Jerusalem, Israel

Taken 29 September, 2007

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:54:15 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:45:47 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

The Path of the Conquistadores

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:27:12 -0700

Dr Tao posted a photo:

Conquistador, set in the iron armor,
I gaily follow the outgoing star,
I go over precipices, harbors
And rest in joyful groves, so far.

Oh, how wild and starless heaven's shelter!
The haze is growing, but, silent, I must wait.
Conquistador, in iron armor set,
I'll find my love, find it sooner or later.

And if the stars are void of midday words,
I shall myself create them for the worlds,
And warmly charm them by the songs of battles.

I am a brother to the gulfs and storms,
But I will plait into my uniforms
A lily -- the blue star of flourishing valleys.

- Nikolai Gumilev (1886-1921)

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PHOTO:

the Crusador's castle "Aqua Bella".

Taken in Ein-Hemet ( just near Jerusalem), Israel

29 September 2007

to get anything done in this world....

nobody@flickr.com (Dr Tao) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:00:16 -0700

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Have a sweet , Sunny, pretty delightful weekend! and.......
surely, Love Yourself!

Love yourself and eveything else falls into line. You really
do have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
- Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)

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PHOTO:

Taken in Alanya, Turkey.

00 September 2007

Svp, full info about Alanya can be seenhere