In his 1836 book On the Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement of Mankind, Reverend Thomas Dick calls the peacock “the most beautiful bird in the world.” There are few that would dispute this d…
Source: The Peacock in Myth, Legend, and 19th Century History
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I’ve done a few peacock-based images but nothing I could compare to these masters of the art. Time to match up!
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The display of the male peacock is undoubtedly one of the wonders of nature.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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(My error there, a Peacock is of course the male bird, and didn’t need both words.)
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Worry not, Pete. Truly wondrous they are indeed.
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What a beautiful image. Thanks, Sarah
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Always a pleasure to share the wonders of the world, Olga!
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Wow, this is really beautiful Sarah 😀
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Isn’t it just, Irene.
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What a fascinating article, Sarah. I love the description of a ‘wine-bibber’ which is pretty accurate if moderation is not employed. I also love the Vibert painting The Preening Peacock. I wonder what the proud gentleman made of it when he saw it.
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Yes. A delight to reblog. Mimi is well worth following, especially if history is your bent.
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A few things I didn’t know in here…thanks for the link! (K)
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Pleasure!
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It’s both beautiful and mysterious. Those feathers are remarkable.
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Magical all round, really.
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We ordered the first batch of your cards last weekend! I’m looking forward to them.
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I know! See today’s (Tuesday) post. Thank you so much.
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Poor bird … that’s a whole lot of bad press.
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I don’t feel as sorry for the bird as much as I currently feel for you having read your dental post!
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Thanks … five days later and I’m kinda through the worst of the throbbing-face-every-time-I-move stage.
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Good to hear.
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Recently, when I was in Los Angeles, I went on a tour of the Hollywood Forever cemetery. Peacocks figure prominently there – some gorgeous stained glass windows featuring peacocks – and they have peacocks on the grounds, including a white one. The tour guide said the peacocks represented eternal life to those who first built? developed? the cemetery. At any rate, beautiful birds with more symbolism than I realized.
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It sounds amazing. Were you allowed to take photographs?
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Oh yes. It was truly fascinating to see who resides there: Douglas Fairbanks (Sr and Jr), Tyrone Power, Mickey Rooney and, of course, Rudolph Valentino.
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Wondrous!
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Maybe not the most beautiful but certainly its beauty and sense of nobility rank it high on the scale of magnificence for me. If it could just improve that call……😉
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Oh, I love that call!
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Well having small baies back in the day, there was a peacock on the neighboring property that cried out at night and sounded like a baby in distress. Too much anxiety for me.
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Ah, yes, that would have been the same for me. When I was still living in Crete (recently returned to the UK) we used to hear them only in the daytime and it always sounded like someone calling for a dog called Leon (next door’s dog was, in fact, called Leon) and it was rather comforting!
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😊
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A not-very-near neighbor has peacocks. At this time of year, we can hear them calling from across the valley. They sound like they’re yelling, “Help! Help!”
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Oh dear!
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I’ve decided I can’t help, although I suspect a peahen could if she was in the mood. They do make me laugh.
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