Wednesday 14 December 2011
Hoots
I love this one, the tenth window in Saltaire's Living Advent Calendar. It's only small - the transom window above the front door of a house on Rhodes Street - but I think it's really imaginative and rather sweet. Some of the owls look like mere babies, but it put me in mind of this quote:
'A wise old owl sat on an oak; the more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard; why aren't we like that wise old bird?'
And - ha! - did you know the collective name for a group of owls is a parliament?!
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Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK
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That is simply brilliant!
ReplyDeleteIt is so simple but yet very striking. The quote is so very true. A Parliament, I must remember that next time I'm at a trivia session.
ReplyDeleteI love that one t(w)oo ...
ReplyDeleteSimple, but very effective =D
by the way:
An alternative, and equally appropriate, collective noun for owls is a "stare"...
Quite adorable addition to the Living Advent Calendar, this parliament of graphic owls! I'd heard the group term before, but would have failed a trivia quiz. And I couldn't agree more with the quote. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh! I love those quaint little owls - so very cute. I must try and be more like that wise old owl - more listening and less talking!!
ReplyDeleteHave to say, of those I've seen, that's the winner.
ReplyDeleteWe learnt lists of collective names at school, but I must admit I'd forgotten this one, until you reminded me. I won't forget it again, though, thanks to you :)
ReplyDeleteOh that the MPs would be so wise, huh!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute photo.
Parliament?!How funny!Those owls are really cute!
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to your advent windows - by now they are a regular seasonal treat for me. Just fancy : you have become a blog tradition!
ReplyDeleteOh, that is cute! And I haven't heard that quote in a very long time! So very true!
ReplyDeleteNo I didn't! I love the gradation of light in the photo.
ReplyDeleteWhat cute little owls! I love this Advent calendar.
ReplyDeleteA Parliament of Owls, a Murder of Crows, an Exaltation of Larks and (alas for the USA) a Congress of Baboons -- though that's not really fair to our simian cousins...
ReplyDeletePretty cool, Jenny.
ReplyDeleteAnd the collective name for photgraphers . A "clique" of photographers . . .
ReplyDeleteSo sweet, and I never knew the name for a group of them before, thanks Jenny! ~Lili
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