<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &amp; Exploring]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://swittersb.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &#38; Exploring]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://swittersb.com/author/swittersb/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Odd Fellow &amp; Mental Health: La Isla de las&nbsp;Muñecas]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>Fanciful fun or mentally miss wired? Creepy visually and I wouldn&#8217;t go here if you&#8217;ve lost a child or your mind is impressionable. Many of the images are unsettling for some. I won&#8217;t be traveling to <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-isla-de-las-munecas" target="_blank">La Isla de las Muñecas</a> ever.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="30377" data-permalink="https://swittersb.com/2014/01/20/odd-fellow-mental-health-la-isla-de-las-munecas/isla-doll2/" data-orig-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg" data-orig-size="980,653" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1391266314&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="isla doll2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=825" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-30377" alt="isla doll2" src="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=655&#038;h=436" width="655" height="436" srcset="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=655&amp;h=436 655w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=400&amp;h=267 400w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg?w=825&amp;h=550 825w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll2.jpg 980w" sizes="(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px" /></a></p>
<p><em><strong>&#8220;Over fifty years ago, Don Julian Santana left his wife and child and moved onto an island on Teshuilo Lake in the Xochimilco canals. According to some, a young girl actually drowned in the lake, while most others, including his relatives, say Don Julian Santana merely imagined the drowned girl&#8230;.In 2001 Don Julian Santana was found drowned in the same area in which he believed the little girl had died.&#8221; (<span style="color:#ff9900;"><a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-isla-de-las-munecas" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Atlas Obscura</span></a></span>) more here <span style="color:#ffff99;"><a href="http://www.viralnova.com/creepy-doll-island/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ffff99;">(X) for the creepy gluttons</span></a></span>.</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="30378" data-permalink="https://swittersb.com/2014/01/20/odd-fellow-mental-health-la-isla-de-las-munecas/isla-doll-1/" data-orig-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg" data-orig-size="980,607" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1391266300&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="isla doll 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=825" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-30378" alt="isla doll 1" src="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=655&#038;h=405" width="655" height="405" srcset="https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=655&amp;h=405 655w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=150&amp;h=93 150w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=400&amp;h=248 400w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=768&amp;h=476 768w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg?w=825&amp;h=511 825w, https://swittersb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/isla-doll-1.jpg 980w" sizes="(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px" /></a><strong>Speaking of mental health issues: overload, burnout, numbness, an inner voice beckoning, searching for the harmony&#8230;.it isn&#8217;t found in the above (sorry to some for the exposure at all). The weather is moderating (knock on wood) and Springtime (even a false Spring) is right around the corner. Winter doldrums are quite burdensome right now for many.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest. The only thing that could spoil a day was people and if you could keep from making engagements, each day had no limits. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” </strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast)</strong></p>
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