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Do thou thy best, and leave to God the rest.

James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “New Sayings,” 2nd Century (1659)

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Howell, James - Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, "New Sayings," 2nd Century (1659) | WIST Quotations

Do thou thy best, and leave to God the rest.

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Defector | The last good website.Feb 11

They Publish Books By “Women And Weirdos” In Their Free Time

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Ray Baptist Jan 19

Gongsun Sheng making a magical gesture, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

I love the energy in his expression. It's interesting to me because these old Ukiyo-E prints aren't meant to be realistic, or they didn't hold realism up as a necessary quality, and yet there is enough there that it feels really consistent. In some of them the design is almost abstract and it takes me a while to figure out what is meant to be happening. In this one there is so much billowing fabric that I had no idea what his feet were doing at first, I think I have it now.

Look at that face. He's hunched up and squirming, so powerful are the forces in play 😁

#art #ukiyoe #ukiyo-e #kuniyoshi #print #blockPrint #yellow #magic #taoism #tryHard

JCMcHammy Nov 3

Well I seem to be taking a while to sort my Kalymnos vids, but here's a bit of a roundup of day 3 of a fantastic trip. Gammos is a new crag near Arginonta Valley, a short walk-in from Arginonta beach and well worth the visit. The lines were nice, the belay stances good, and plenty in the low-mid grades to play on. One of the more memorable features of the day, apart from finding my own flow, was Yoshi in beast-mode, following literally everything I climbed - including Pethera, which was by far the hardest route of the day and a serious challenge to onsight!
#Climbing #Kalymnos #SportClimbing #LimestoneClimbing #ClimbingIsMyPassion #TryHard #NewCrags

Defector | The last good website.Oct 20

Rax King Plays The Banjo

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JCMcHammy Aug 29, 2025

Having got my sendgeance on Anonymous Bosch, we moved a couple of routes down to this thin, balancy-looking corner to step things up a notch. To be honest I wasn't actually expecting to onsight this, but was super-chuffed to get the send. Definitely a lot of try-hard and sheer bloody-mindedness to keep going towards the top, which I am also quite proud of. Surprisingly for me, my inner monologue didn't break and I didn't start talking and swearing at myself... Maybe because of all the helpful encouragement from Jeremy Donaldson that I was vaguely aware of in the background :-) Thanks also to Robin James for the patience watching us try this stuff after he broke himself...
#Climbing #Gower #SportClimbing #LimestoneClimbing #ClimbingIsMyPassion #TryHard #Onsight

Ray Baptist has moved!May 29, 2025

Hummingbirds and Cholla, Billy Hassell, 48x50"

I guess this is a big painting irl, I think that's awesome, I'm going to paint big paintings someday (when I retire and have time).

Hummingbirds and cacti embody desperation in a way?

Hummingbirds can never, ever stop, they have to keep moving and eating, they zip around like bullets, I think they eat double their body weight every day.

Cacti gotta hold on to that water! and protect it with spikes!

And, beautiful ☀️❤️

#art @art #tryHard #life