I saw dill pickle cucumbers at one of the vegetable and fruit stands on the weekend.   We mostly pickle vegetables - and really, cucumbers for dill and sweet pickles in North America.  But there is a long list of fruits and vegetables that are pickled in every country. I decided, though, that most people don't have my fascination for pickles, chutneys, relishes and salsas.   What did I decide we are all interested in?  The recent story of the lobster diver in Cape Cod having a Jonah experience - that is compelling.   I find out that a Jonah experience is considered only possible with a sperm whale as it is the only whale that can possibly swallow a human.  The Cape Cod story involved a humpback whale, which cannot swallow a human.  The only other story of this sort was that of James Bartley (1870-1909) being swallowed by a whale near the Falklands - and was in its stomach for 3 days.  However, while this story has been much repeated, it was never proven. Moreover,  the wife of the ship's captain who travelled on the ship at that time said it was false.  Our recent story was verified by Michael Packard's partner: "A commercial lobster diver says he escaped relatively unscathed after nearly being swallowed by a humpback whale, in a biblical-sounding encounter that whale experts describe as rare but plausible.  Michael Packard, 56, said in local interviews and on social media that he was diving off the coast of Provincetown, Mass., on Friday morning when the whale suddenly scooped him up. "I was in his closed mouth for about 30 to 40 seconds before he rose to the surface and spit me out," Packard later wrote on Facebook. "I am very bruised up but have no broken bones." More about the story HERE. And if whales don't swallow people, and people don't survive being swallowed by whales, what is the Biblical story of Jonah, really?  Check out the Wikipedia entry - everyone weighed in on Jonah and the symbolism of his 'giant fish' adventure. A Daylily flower is particularly beautiful because of its little slippers. They are bluish-brown so I"ve given them some colour treatment to make them such a shiny blue colour.   Purchase at: FAA - marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca