The Epiphany Album !

[thescot]

Robert, as always, you present us photos that show great style and grace. your customs are wonderful, and I appreciate the detail.

In Todd's photo of the cop baby, (for those who don't know), you can tell he's a NOLA cop by his badge. Their unique badges have the crescent with the star suspended beneath since N.O. is the "Crescent City." (check a map sometime to see the bend of the river, and you'll understand what it's called that.)

And finally, Epiphany is from the Greek επιφανεια or επιφανός (I think that's right; it's been decades since I studied Greek) which is, as pointed out, a revealing or uncovering. Most American protestants have forgotten that Christmas was orginally a season of 12 days which began on Dec 25 and lasted until Jan. 6, hence "on the first day of Christmas my true love . . .". "We Three Kings" is a very popular song on that day or the Sunday just preceding it.

[piperdbh]

...Epiphany is from the Greek επιφανεια or επιφανός (I think that's right; it's been decades since I studied Greek) which is, as pointed out, a revealing or uncovering...

...which lead to the common use of epiphany as a sudden understanding or realization; an unobscuring of something that had been hidden or misunderstood.

Robert, those are beautiful pictures, as always. One of my students saw them and asked, "Does he live in the 19th century?" Thanks for sharing your holiday with us.

[Ancienne Alliance]

[QUOTE=piperdbh;839893 One of my students saw them and asked, "Does he live in the 19th century?" Thanks for sharing your holiday with us.[/QUOTE]

yes... I am very sentimentally attached to the naive Victorian Celtic revival look... amongst other things !

Thank you all for your sweet comments. I try to keep up the standard, as we say.


Best,

Robert

[Macman]

Thank you all for your sweet comments. I try to keep up the standard, as we say.

In my opinion, you succeed admirably, Robert! Thank you for posting the wonderful pictures.

[macwilkin]

...which lead to the common use of epiphany as a sudden understanding or realization; an unobscuring of something that had been hidden or misunderstood.

Robert, those are beautiful pictures, as always. One of my students saw them and asked, "Does he live in the 19th century?" Thanks for sharing your holiday with us.

James Joyce, for example, was famous for the epiphanies experienced by his characters; one of the most famous comes from his best short story (INMHO), "The Dead", which was made into a delightful movie by the late John Houston.

T.