My poor Camino map that I carried and then Catherine carried across.
(photo P Volker)
Just when you thought you were safe, crocodiles show up. It’s all William’s fault really. He wrote a comment about yesterday’s post and that’s where it started. My post said that I would see heart rocks on the Camino when I really needed some inspiration. And William commented that that was just for me as in I was the one that saw them. Maybe someone else didn’t see them but was inspired by something else. OK, got it. But then he starts writing about the pic on yesterday’s post has a crocodile on it and it is going to chomp down on my thumb! What?
And I look and there it is. Can you see it? I thought I was looking at a map of the Camino. But for William it morphs into a reptile and it’s open mouth is by my thumb as I hold up the “map”. So, William proves his point. We very personally see what we see.
Which brings up a technical point. If you get this daily post on your email I don’t think you get the daily pics. If you connect by going directly to the www.caminoheads.com website you will get the pics which I think adds to the post. So, you have to maybe get to the website to see the crocodile.
On the map a yellow line is the Camino from Astorga to Santiago and it forms the top edge of the open of the crocodile. Teeth seem to hang downward and are numbers that mark the daily stages. The lower edge of the mouth is a line formed by the words Ourense and Ponferrada. The pièce de resistance is the eye formed by the city of Oviedo. And there it is for William to see.
Time to go. Have a walk this afternoon. I haven’t been all the way around it since the snow fell. Maybe I will make it today.
more later loves, Felipé.
Oh my!!!!!!!!! William is totally right!!!!! Watch out!!!!!!!!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And that applies to every single thing. We see the world we want to see… This is why one of the kindest things we can do for others is encourage them to see the good in the world…
Good looking loves,
Cris
Cris ~ Pretty crazy but a great lesson occurred. Leave it to William! But you are right, encouraging ourselves and others to see the best in things is important. Awesome. Felipé.x
Funnily enough I have just been watching Sir Rodger Moore in Live and Let Die in which he escapes from some crocodiles 🐊. Alligators and crocodiles look similar to the layman but I believe that there are only two species of alligator; the American and Chinese but loads of types of crocodile including the huge and very dangerous Saltwater Croc found in Australia,New Guinea and such places.
Kevan ~ oh man, crocodiles appearing over there too! Yike! Some days I write this blog and crazy things happen. Thanks man for the news, Felipé.
Wow, I was so mistaken! I thought it was an alligator. Anyway, thanks to William for making that point clear: it’s your Camino, walk and learn from what you see, hear, smell, taste and touch. Or perceived from your senses.
Gotta go, I think I smell cinnamon rolls ready to come out of the oven!
And the pictures do show for me on the emails I get every day…
Ronaldo ~ OK, that is good to hear. Thanks, Felipé.
Ronaldo ~ You will have to hash this out with William. Alligators, crocodiles, all the same to me. They could both drag me under by a thumb. Close escape! Cinnamon rolls, didn’t you give them up for Lent? Oh, that was on Tuesday. Hello to Ann. Felipé.
Crocodiles generally have more pointed snouts,can live (but not all!)in fresh or salt water,are more aggressive and live longer than alligators.another major difference between them is there are many kinds of crocodile but only two types of alligator.also crocodiles are generally bigger if I recall the; Saltwater,then the Nile and then the Mugger Crocodiles are the biggest of the bunch.
Kevan ~ over here every year some TV channels have Shark Week where they play all shark stuff to get viewers all creeped up. Maybe it’s a teenage thing predominantly. Anyway they could easily have Croc Week. don’t you think? Felipé.
Hi Phil,
Am catching up a bit and loving the Camino beatitudes! I’ve come across some similar sayings but these are new and so worthy of contemplation! And all kinds of memories of Camino dawns and friendships have come to mind.
I totally see the crocodile/alligator!
Blessed Ash Wednesday to you!
Susan
Susan ~ yes, the Beatitudes are lovely. They have been a part of this blog since 2014. Every year or two I drag them out, dust them off and talk about them. Glad you are here. Have a blessed Lenten time. Felipé.x
There use to be reports of Crocodiles living in the sewers of big cities like New York City.the idea being that people bought them as babies but when they grew the people flushed them down the toilet and they grew and grew in the sewer systems! thought to be an urban legend as places like NYC are far to cold for Crocodiles to survive.plus of course these days I’ll guess it’s illegal to sell Crocodiles and sewer waste goes through treatment plants.good luck to any Crocodile surviving the recent cold snap most of the interior of the USA has had I saw it was -8c even as far south as Dallas!
Kevan ~ yea, those feral reptiles show up every once in a while. They are very much the survivors. And Texas is in the news here. A most crazy situation has developed there. It will take much suffering and time to straighten it out. Fortunately the temps are rising there or a least that is the forecast. Felipé.