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...A small bird flies off upriver, flashing the electric blue plumage on its back. A bright insect darts among the iris leaves....
...In contrast, the Chinese have traditionally regarded bats as auspicious. DH Lawrence mentions this in a poem about the bats he saw dodging around the Ponte Vecchio in Florence....
...Branching out on his own, he began with a couple of street food wagons and now has finally opened Humble Chicken in Soho in the auspicious premises that previously housed both Freak Scene and the original...
...Populations of birds and fish were collapsing. Kelp forests were vanishing. Then, in late 2018, Tasmania was struck by huge fires unlike any he had seen before....
...In the hall there is the auspicious money plant motif, with silvery, moon-like leaves, appearing in each stage of its life from bud to full flower. In the lounge, the theme is the forest....
...It was the eve of Kartik Poornima, the most auspicious full moon of the year, and the dimming horizons were thronged with the devout. Each candle marked an individual shrine....
...Visually it is hypnotic; yet its back story – the appearance of the birds was seen by the people as an omen of good luck – testifies to a culture steeped in a tradition of augury....
...“It was just very auspicious in that there was this whole community of people coming from visual arts and performing arts that were really trying to break the boundaries of their art form,” she says....
...They were beautiful birds.”...
...Not long ago, Rangá hosted 16 honeymooning couples from Japan who believe it is auspicious to conceive under the Northern Lights....
...The first is an allegorical menagerie – an elephant, monkey, rabbit and bird – who climb on each other’s backs to pick fruit from high branches....
...Impressions of Barnsley tend to be clichéd: think brass bands, Kes, Dickie Bird, Arthur Scargill and Michael Parkinson....
...“One animal and one bird badge – a rhinoceros and a silver pheasant, both embroidered on silk and very pretty,” says Gale....
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