True-and-Faux photos: PORTRAITS of COUPLES, #5

prior posts (1st group)

domestic turkeys - introduction

armadillos
black swans

black-necked swans 

broad-headed skinks 

Canada geese 

chickens 

dogpark figures 

prior posts - (2nd group)

domestic geese 1(Paris) 

domestic geese 2(Toronto) 

emus 

family - Canada geese

feral domestic ducks 

frogs 

gemsboks

g(i)roomed dogs 

prior posts - (3rd group)

goats (in prep)
Harris hawks
hippos 
horses 
house finches 

llamas 
loons 
mallard ducks

prior posts - (4th group)

mute swans

pelicans 

pigeons 

pigs 

sheep 

skeletons 

toucans 

trumpeter swans

CURRENT CONTENTS

turtles, red sliders  

white ibis 

wild turkeys

wood ducks 

The above slide, displaying two male domestic turkeys in the state of Connecticut, honors the LGBT community. The other couples portrayed here are heterosexual, as far as the editors can determine.

Editors' Note (on behalf of True-and-Faux Photos): For now, this post concludes our folio of photos of couples. We hope that you have enjoyed it, and will set up a photo-shoot so that we can help you to honor your life-partnership. In the meanwhile, you might consider whether a new technical twist, the background-subtracted rendering might be appropriate for your needs. 

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BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCE: a somewhat random assortment

 

Grandpa Greg's Advanced Grammar: NEOLOGISMS (personal)

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Dyscoprotaxis

Potusa

Awarassment

Electile dysfunction

More to follow

Other personal neologisms highlighted as the subject of verses on Giorgio's blogs: 

pelicatessen ("Waterfowl")

DOGgraphy  ("Diagnostic Imaging")

And, playing a supporting role: high-nasty, pelfless, critiquery and remissitude.

Don't like Giorgio's choice in personal neologisms? Stay tuned, and in March we will let you in on some verses about 'classic' neologisms.

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JUL 21: the start of a hiatus

PLEASE NOTE THAT GIORGIO WILL BE TAKING A MUCH-NEEDED VACATION.

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DEATH and the AFTERLIFE #2

previous poetic posts (#1)

cardiac arrest
decease in the crease
dining in Heaven
end-of-life care
garbage in Heaven
giving up the ghost
ghostbusters
heavenly pie

CURRENT CONTENTS: (#2)

Homes in Heaven (Shemayim)

Last breath

Leaving the planet

Memorial service

[Sic] to death

Where bad Jews go

Will's last testament

Bequest (3 verses, a 'brief saga') 

Authors' Note: 

chutzpah (Yiddish): shameless audacity

Shemayim (Hebrew): heaven

Authors' Note: We were inspired, in studying the enigmatic final chapter of existence, to find that OEDILF, as of mid-2022, has about 150 submissions that deal with the subject of 'death'. That research shows that the spectre of death underscores many linguistic idioms.

getting off cheap: an idiom, perhaps further towards the slang end of the scale, in comparison with getting off easy

sick to death of: a cliché, only rarely entailing the imminent demise of the subject

to die in your sleep: a cliché, albeit puzzling biologically

survive to a ripe old age: a cliché; here also used as the basis of a pun

Authors' Note: The above verse was inspired by an essay by Mal Abrams, who named the eternally unsatisfactory restaurant 'Feh'.

 Author's Note:  Although the short forms 'Will' and 'Bill' may be casually interchanged as first names (short forms of ‘William’), the nouns 'will' (as in 'last will and testament') and 'bill' are generally used with more careful scrutiny. ‘Will’ and ‘testament’ being essentially synonyms, the expression is a prototypical example of the redundant binomial expressions that seem to be loved by lawyers.

    Subtle differences in the form of idioms may underwrite important differences in meaning. ‘At last’ and ‘at the last’ seem similar, but in fact their usage and meaning differs considerably.

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