Romeo & Juliet This

I've now known Danielle Slupesky almost two years. In that time we've met several times to discuss death and dying. She also sat with me during my psilocybin journey to help alleviate my death anxiety. Here she describes accompanying a couple to Switzerland to die. I highly recommend her services.

https://www.deathdouladanielle.com/post/romeo-and-juliet-this-jim-and-angie-s-journey-to-dignity-day?utm_campaign=3cd63688-79df-4e5d-9d27-ed8058252f75&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=41b16f51-914d-4973-bbb8-63b09c9fede7

Danielle Slupesky

A Look Back

I enjoy having the blog; it provides perspective.

The comments about appreciating what one has are as relevant as ever.

I'm not adding a photo to this post as the one on the one below is more than enough. (I've since become unable to get up from the chair & have it on Craigslist.)

https://albertsturkey.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-way-it-is.html?m=1

Gardening Sunsets

We've begun returning Andre's driveway to it's original, pulling up the corn plants that've been harvested and taking out the melon plant that gave up all of three mediocre melons. 

About 6.5 inches

There're about a half-dozen ears yet to be harvested.

The clouds!!! What'll we do when we no longer go across the street to water?

Ready For the Holidaise

Description in the video.

Lullaby

These days it's all about travels in the warrens of the web.

As we near the holiday season, here's a lullaby.

I decided, for reasons unknown, to leave the g-word capitalized. 

The melody, according to Wiki, dates beck to 1818. The lyrics were written by Herr J.W. Hey who first published them in 1837. Just fyi, dontchyaknow?

Group dance & choir

https://youtu.be/gia9ADz-7cs?is=pMggBIDH_s-fdyx5

Lyrics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Ft_du,_wie_viel_Sternlein_stehen

W English translation

https://youtu.be/3EepxVUOEcI?is=Too6-ZVVnerJQud7

Church Choir

https://youtu.be/GmvNnAEcpM8?is=jJx0jHfVTmPa1eWB

A sweet version

https://youtu.be/VNHGPxNNgZ4?is=othS3rNiR8lc9zXX

With references to religious writings

https://youtu.be/9NDKm_QIImU?is=4fCBHnFJlpHxL7JP

Can you count the stars that brightly
twinkle in the midnight sky?
Can you count the clouds, so lightly
o'er the meadows floating by?
God, the Lord, doth mark their number,
with His eyes that never slumber;
He hath made them everyone.

Can you count the wings now flashing
in the sunshine's golden light?
Can you count the fish splashing
in the cooling waters bright?
God, the Lord, a name hath given,
to all creatures under Heaven;
He hath named them everyone.

Do you know how many children
rise each morning blithe and gay?
Can you count their jolly voices,
singing sweetly day by day?
God hears all the happy voices,
in their merry songs rejoices;
and He loves them, every one.

Automata

I found this in Leslie Caron's memoir Thank Heaven.

She describes several "automatons": the clockwork creations of 18th-century craftsmen. 

Famous historical automata are primarily housed in Swiss museums and prestigious European private collections.

Below are a few videos (with some overlap) that show these devices

https://youtu.be/6Nt7xLAfEPs?is=THi-acZzwhyxACty


The world's premier and most famous examples of these precise 18th-century android automata can be found at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


https://youtu.be/6Nt7xLAfEPs?is=aC68mctWmTVq7jnK


The Jaquet-Droz Automata: Created between 1768 and 1774 by Pierre Jaquet-Droz and his son Henri-Louis, these 3 clockwork marvels (known as The Writer, The Musician, and The Draughtsman) are examples of the incredible workmanship involved.


https://youtu.be/nITEU4fsqCU?is=4W55vWO1XMjt1stw


https://youtu.be/buRMXn6iedE?is=A-nanf_fy3gA-3ck


MORE! automata

https://youtu.be/EElOwG_RVLg?is=CimZdwroiAvlukyU


(I have yet to explore this "tunnel")

Swiss National Museum: The Swiss National Museum - Château de Prangins also preserves significant historical horological collections from the 18th and 19th centuries.

https://youtu.be/C7oSFNKIlaM?is=GZqnWGedQUDfUVBI


https://youtu.be/WofWNcMHcl0?is=ulAq_rn4WODTttvt


https://youtu.be/Mwt080v24gA?is=ehhYonTAQ8vFC2B7

Sun Dog