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| This is the motif on the railing that winds through the Circular Quay wharves. It is quite different from the railing around the rest of Sydney Cove. This Sea-horse motif echoes similar motifs which decorate the railway station immediately behind the wharves. It was recenly pointed out to me that a Star-fish was now to be called a Sea-star, because it was not a fish. A Sea-horse is not a horse, so ... |
Ha ha, people always point out things that we really should not care about. A Sea-horse will always remain a Sea-horse.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this image Julie, seahorses are my fav sea creatures.
ReplyDeleteChuckling about your commentary. The pose of the seaorse lines up well with the vertical rails - like a slight detour of fantasy from the routine lines.
ReplyDeleteThe colour is really appealing too!
ReplyDeleteI've seen a few seahorses around the railway station there too.
ReplyDeleteJulie, a good point....
ReplyDelete... but then a sea-star is not really a star but merely a star shape. Perhaps it should be called a sea star shape and a sea horse should be called a sea horse shape. Oh my ... accuracy is not imagination's friend.
ReplyDeleteI had a chuckle, Joe. I will continue to call them what I have always called them ...
ReplyDeleteAccording to this Brazilian beautiful song I will always name it Starsee (in Portuguese it is Star-see):
ReplyDeleteA small grain of sand
Was an eternal dreamer
Looking at the sky, he saw a star
And imagined things of love
Years have passed, many years
She in sky, he at sea,
They say the poor one
Could never meet with her.
Whether anything happenned or not
With them both
No one can to this day state
Truth is that later, much later
Appeared the starfish.
Listen to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZyIqDJ-Rs
Ops!!! Not Star-see in Portuguese, but Sea-star. (Sorry, terrible translation)
DeleteLove your thoughts on the sea horse.
ReplyDeleteA nice find:)
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