I've never known a girl like you before

Now just like in a song from days of yore

Here you come a-knockin', knockin' on my door

And I've never met a girl like you before

You give me just a taste, so I want more

Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw

'Cause now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor

And I've never known a girl like you before

You've made me acknowledge the devil in me

I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically

Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically

Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel

And I've never known a girl like you before

Never, never, never, never

Never known a girl like you before

This old town's changed so much

Don't feel that I belong

Too many protest singers, not enough protest songs

And now you've come along, yes, you've come along

And I never met a girl like you before

Terrace Falls, Salote's Pool.

South Hazelbrook, Blue Mountains NSW Australia.

 

Six Aboriginal language groups are the traditional owners of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area:

Darug.

Gundungurra.

Wanaruah.

Wiradjuri.

Darkinjung.

Tharawal.

 

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. I pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

  

Walking tracks in the mid mountains are generally not as strenuous as those in the upper mountains. Try the gentle walks of South Hazelbrook where for over a hundred and fifteen years European walkers and nature lovers have been inspired by the majestic scenery of Terrace Falls Reserve. Here you will find a historic and complex layout of walking tracks.

 

Thoughtful walkers will appreciate the effort that went into creating the beautiful stone steps and gently-sloping paths that give access into this wonderland of tumbling waters, sandy ‘beaches’, still pools, peaceful rainforests, and strange rocks.

 

The old track layout had eight bridges providing easy access over Terrace Falls and Bedford Creeks at various points. All have been lost through floods or bushfires, but the watchful eye can spot remains at creek crossings.

For Macro Mondays group theme "Label" [15-Jun-2020].

 

I want to apologize to flickr friends, and to flickr group-mates, for hardly ever leaving comments on their photos, and for not acknowledging and thanking those who leave comments on mine.

 

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Posting here to acknowledge Lori with so much thanks, and to point y'all to the collection she's made here, with pics that are far, far better than this one :D

 

www.flickr.com/groups/only_the_best_in_here/

Wilton Windmill, Wiltshire after sunset

 

I try to acknowledge each 50 increase in followers so having now just reached the 300 mark I thought I'd post this one. It's also of Wilton Windmill after sun set taken as I approached it before taking the star trails shot. I hadn't taken either of my telephoto lenses so had to shoot this on my 24-105mm using the 1.6 crop function. It's then been heavily cropped and enlarged using the ON1 Resize AI module to give what I think is a reasonable image given how much it's cropped. I loved the orange hue in the sky which made me pull over. I'm intrigued by what looks to be lighting on the windmill. It's not something I've added and I noticed a purple hue when shooting. When I got to the windmill there was no lighting on it but maybe they turn it off a little after sunset. I'll have to try to find out next visit.

 

To the 302 people who have chosen so far chosen to follow me on my journey as a Tog a sincere 'Thank You'. I hope you continue to find at least some of my photos worthy of your time viewing and commenting.

Thanks again. Steve.

 

© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

A delicate balance and a modicum of patience is required for me to set up this image, me being a sometimes grumpy and impatient chap. The forks were set up on a mirror and the glass ball was adorned with a small star to acknowledge that the festive season is once again upon us.

One of the most attractive Cosmos in my garden this year that has very large blossoms. IMG_4530

 

Thank you everyone for views, comments, faves, invites and awards. I was out of town for 5 days after I posted this so I am way behind in acknowledging comments.

Celebrating life by acknowledging those who went before. Looking like a modern Caterina in a dress by I.M.Collection @ Sense and shoes from Ghee @ Fashion Essentials. Info & links on my Blog ~ aznanasfandangles.blogspot.com/2021/10/101921imc.html

I acknowledge it often seems more difficult to trust God than to obey Him. The moral will of God given to us in the Bible is rational and reasonable. The circumstances in which we must trust God often appear irrational and inexplicable….Obeying God is worked out within well-defined boundaries of God’s revealed will. Trusting God is worked out in an arena that has no boundaries. We do not know the extent, the duration, or the frequency of the painful, adverse circumstances in which we must frequently trust God. We are always coping with the unknown. - Jerry Bridges

Union Pacific's Cache Valley Local rolls through the small town of Richmond, Utah the morning of July 15, 2020. Agriculture and dairy cows are king in this part of the state, and the community acknowledges that fact with its 'Black and White Days' celebration, held each year at the end of August.

Sun beyond the trees disappearing below the horizon.

Autumn Sundown - About as peaceful as it gets

 

British Columbia, Canada

 

A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.

 

I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.

 

Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honored I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.

 

Thank-you for all the Flickr love.

 

~Christie

  

Coal Harbour is a section of Burrard Inlet lying between Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula and the Brockton Point of Stanley Park.

A small portion of the Stanley Park Seawall as observed to the left of this image.

 

As the sun set, pastel colours of pink and blue painted the sky.

  

A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.

  

Happy Clicks,

~Christie (happiest) by the Oceanside :-)

       

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Off to go fishing in the early morning golden light!! This Osprey parent had two babies to feed, which requires the parents to be fishing most of the day especially just before they fledged!! As always thanks for looking and we will see everyone on Wednesday!! As always thanks for looking and all of the favorites!!

 

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Estuary, San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico.

Dramatic golden hour lights up the sky beyond the Vancouver Rowing Club

 

As captured from Stanley Park

Coal Harbour

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

  

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Happy Clicks,

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Always chase your dreams. Chase the sun. Look for the good, embrace it. Acknowledge the bad but let it go and embrace the beauty around you.

 

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” —L.M. Montgomery

 

"If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you." —Lao Tzu

 

✈️ : LeLoo's World

  

🎼: Chasing the Sun ~The Wanted~

 

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, you'll find us chasing the sun

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, you'll find us chasing the sun

 

And when the daylight's fadin'

We're gonna play in the dark 'til it's golden again

And now it feels so amazing

Can't see it coming, I will never grow old again

You'll find us chasing the sun

Coastal Mountains

Pitt Meadows

Super Natural British Columbia

Canada

  

A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.

 

Happy Clicks,

~Christie

   

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'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'

    

Acknowledge beauty

Convey delight

Enjoy fully

Acknowledged as one of the world's premier aerobatic display teams, the Red Arrows are renowned throughout the world as ambassadors for both the Royal Air Force and the UK. So expect plenty of flair and precision-flying when the team takes to the skies above RAF Fairford to demonstrate their breath-taking close-formation flying. The team formed at RAF Fairford in 1965 and flew Folland Gnat jet trainers until 1980 when they transferred to the BAE Hawk T1.

I've been off Flickr for some months. Some issues. Will try to participate in spreading beauty and interest, and acknowledging them.

 

Isn't God a great artist?

Christian theology, therefore, is obliged not only to acknowledge but also to highlight the divine kenosis, referred to by a recent pope as “a grand and mysterious truth for the human mind, which finds it inconceivable that suffering and death can express a love which gives itself and seeks nothing in return.”…

… The kenosis of God is the ultimate reason why time is real and God is not-yet. Divine presence is humbly withheld to make room for time and hence the opportunity for something other than God to come into being…

… While I want to take into account as far as possible the experience of other religious traditions, I am obliged to start with the scandalous Christian belief that God is vulnerable and defenseless love. I cannot casually pass over the fundamental Christian belief that God has chosen to be identified with a crucified man who was fully subject to the terrifying irreversibility of time.

 

-God after Einstein What’s Really Going On in the Universe? John F. Haught

 

Remnants of an old pier, the only visual remains of a once booming, Salmon canning industry.

Dating back to the turn of the century.

Washington (State)--Point Roberts

 

Well over a hundred years ago, this would have been a busy fishing port.

Today, we can only imagine the sights of the heavily loaded fishing vessels tied up alongside this pier, and the hardworking employees bustling the catch of the day, up and down the pier.

 

On the horizon you will have left USA waters and entered Canadian waters, BC Canada

 

~C

   

Point Roberts is a pene-exclave of the United States on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, south of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The area, which had a population of 1,314 at the 2010 census, is reached by land by traveling 25 mi (40 km) through Canada. It is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington with a post office, and a ZIP Code of 98281. Direct sea and air connections with the U.S. are available across Boundary Bay.

 

Point Roberts was created when the United Kingdom and the United States settled the Pacific Northwest American-Canadian border dispute in the mid-19th century with the Oregon Treaty. Both parties agreed the 49th parallel would delineate both countries' territories, but they overlooked the small area that incorporates Point Roberts (south of the 49th parallel). Questions about ceding the territory to the United Kingdom and later to Canada have been raised since its creation but its status has remained unchanged.

Wikipedia

 

*For more history information , please see previous image

 

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~Christie

 

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I don't have images of birds in flight, but I have to acknowledge a hero from my childhood, Chuck Yeager, who died yesterday - Dec. 7 for those who've forgotten - at the age of 97. He was what legends are made of: Chuck Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. He was the right stuff, the stuff for a 7 year old that comic book heroes are made of.

Selma, AL | March 04, 2007

 

"Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I'm going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every day, not just in Capitol Hill but also back here in the district. Please give a warm round of applause for your Congressman Artur Davis.

 

It is a great honor to be here. Reverend Jackson, thank you so much. To the family of Brown A.M.E, to the good Bishop Kirkland, thank you for your wonderful message and your leadership.

 

I want to acknowledge one of the great heroes of American history and American life, somebody who captures the essence of decency and courage, somebody who I have admired all my life and were it not for him, I'm not sure I'd be here today, Congressman John Lewis.

 

I'm thankful to him. To all the distinguished guests and clergy, I'm not sure I'm going to thank Reverend Lowery because he stole the show. I was mentioning earlier, I know we've got C.T. Vivian in the audience, and when you have to speak in front of somebody who Martin Luther King said was the greatest preacher he ever heard, then you've got some problems.

 

And I'm a little nervous about following so many great preachers. But I'm hoping that the spirit moves me and to all my colleagues who have given me such a warm welcome, thank you very much for allowing me to speak to you here today.

 

You know, several weeks ago, after I had announced that I was running for the Presidency of the United States, I stood in front of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois; where Abraham Lincoln delivered his speech declaring, drawing in scripture, that a house divided against itself could not stand.

 

And I stood and I announced that I was running for the presidency. And there were a lot of commentators, as they are prone to do, who questioned the audacity of a young man like myself, haven't been in Washington too long.

 

And I acknowledge that there is a certain presumptuousness about this.

 

But I got a letter from a friend of some of yours named Reverend Otis Moss Jr. in Cleveland, and his son, Otis Moss III is the Pastor at my church and I must send greetings from Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. but I got a letter giving me encouragement and saying how proud he was that I had announced and encouraging me to stay true to my ideals and my values and not to be fearful.

 

And he said, if there's some folks out there who are questioning whether or not you should run, just tell them to look at the story of Joshua because you're part of the Joshua generation.

 

So I just want to talk a little about Moses and Aaron and Joshua, because we are in the presence today of a lot of Moseses. We're in the presence today of giants whose shoulders we stand on, people who battled, not just on behalf of African Americans but on behalf of all of America; that battled for America's soul, that shed blood , that endured taunts and formant and in some cases gave -- torment and in some cases gave the full measure of their devotion.

 

Like Moses, they challenged Pharaoh, the princes, powers who said that some are atop and others are at the bottom, and that's how it's always going to be.

 

There were people like Anna Cooper and Marie Foster and Jimmy Lee Jackson and Maurice Olette, C.T. Vivian, Reverend Lowery, John Lewis, who said we can imagine something different and we know there is something out there for us, too.

 

Thank God, He's made us in His image and we reject the notion that we will for the rest of our lives be confined to a station of inferiority, that we can't aspire to the highest of heights, that our talents can't be expressed to their fullest. And so because of what they endured, because of what they marched; they led a people out of bondage.

 

They took them across the sea that folks thought could not be parted. They wandered through a desert but always knowing that God was with them and that, if they maintained that trust in God, that they would be all right. And it's because they marched that the next generation hasn't been bloodied so much.

 

It's because they marched that we elected councilmen, congressmen. It is because they marched that we have Artur Davis and Keith Ellison. It is because they marched that I got the kind of education I got, a law degree, a seat in the Illinois senate and ultimately in the United States senate.

 

It is because they marched that I stand before you here today. I was mentioning at the Unity Breakfast this morning, my -- at the Unity Breakfast this morning that my debt is even greater than that because not only is my career the result of the work of the men and women who we honor here today. My very existence might not have been possible had it not been for some of the folks here today. I mentioned at the Unity Breakfast that a lot of people been asking, well, you know, your father was from Africa, your mother, she's a white woman from Kansas. I'm not sure that you have the same experience.

 

And I tried to explain, you don't understand. You see, my Grandfather was a cook to the British in Kenya. Grew up in a small village and all his life, that's all he was -- a cook and a house boy. And that's what they called him, even when he was 60 years old. They called him a house boy. They wouldn't call him by his last name.

 

Sound familiar?

 

He had to carry a passbook around because Africans in their own land, in their own country, at that time, because it was a British colony, could not move about freely. They could only go where they were told to go. They could only work where they were told to work.

 

Yet something happened back here in Selma, Alabama. Something happened in Birmingham that sent out what Bobby Kennedy called, 'Ripples of hope all around the world.' Something happened when a bunch of women decided they were going to walk instead of ride the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry, looking after somebody else's children. When men who had PhD's decided that's enough and we're going to stand up for our dignity.

 

That sent a shout across oceans so that my grandfather began to imagine something different for his son. His son, who grew up herding goats in a small village in Africa could suddenly set his sights a little higher and believe that maybe a black man in this world had a chance.

 

What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation. It worried folks in the White House who said, “You know, we're battling Communism. How are we going to win hearts and minds all across the world? If right here in our own country, John, we're not observing the ideals set fort in our Constitution, we might be accused of being hypocrites. So the Kennedy's decided we're going to do an air lift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.

 

This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that the world as it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home to Selma, Alabama.

 

I'm here because somebody marched. I'm here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You'll see it. You'll be at the mountain top and you can see what I've promised. What I've promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I've fulfilled that promise but you won't go there.

 

We're going to leave it to the Joshua generation to make sure it happens. There are still battles that need to be fought; some rivers that need to be crossed. Like Moses, the task was passed on to those who might not have been as deserving, might not have been as courageous, find themselves in front of the risks that their parents and grandparents and great grandparents had taken. That doesn't mean that they don't still have a burden to shoulder, that they don't have some responsibilities. The previous generation, the Moses generation, pointed the way. They took us 90% of the way there. We still got that 10% in order to cross over to the other side. So the question, I guess, that I have today is what's called of us in this Joshua generation? What do we do in order to fulfill that legacy; to fulfill the obligations and the debt that we owe to those who allowed us to be here today?

 

Now, I don't think we could ever fully repay that debt. I think that we're always going to be looking back; but, there are at least a few suggestions that I would have in terms of how we might fulfill that enormous legacy. The first is to recognize our history. John Lewis talked about why we're here today. But I worry sometimes -- we've got black history month, we come down and march every year, once a year, we occasionally celebrate the various events of the civil rights movement, we celebrate Dr. Kings birthday but it strikes me that understanding our history and knowing what it means is an everyday activity.

 

Now, I don't think we could ever fully repay that debt. I think that we're always going to be looking back, but there are at least a few suggestions that I would have in terms of how we might fulfill that enormous legacy. The first is to recognize our history. John Lewis talked about why we're here today. But I worry sometimes -- we've got black history month, we come down and march every year, once a year. We occasionally celebrate the various events of the Civil Rights Movement, we celebrate Dr. King's birthday, but it strikes me that understanding our history and knowing what it means, is an everyday activity.

 

Moses told the Joshua generation; don't forget where you came from. I worry sometimes, that the Joshua generation in its success forgets where it came from. Thinks it doesn't have to make as many sacrifices. Thinks that the very height of ambition is to make as much money as you can, to drive the biggest car and have the biggest house and wear a Rolex watch and get your own private jet, get some of that Oprah money. And I think that's a good thing. There's nothing wrong with making money, but if you know your history, then you know that there is a certain poverty of ambition involved in simply striving just for money. Materialism alone will not fulfill the possibilities of your existence. You have to fill that with something else. You have to fill it with the golden rule. You've got to fill it with thinking about others. And if we know our history, then we will understand that that is the highest mark of service.

 

Second thing that the Joshua generation needs to understand is that the principles of equality that were set fort and were battled for have to be fought each and every day. It is not a one-time thing. I was remarking at the unity breakfast on the fact that the single most significant concern that this justice department under this administration has had with respect to discrimination has to do with affirmative action. That they have basically spent all their time worrying about colleges and universities around the country that are given a little break to young African Americans and Hispanics to make sure that they can go to college, too.

 

I had a school in southern Illinois that set up a program for PhD's in math and science for African Americans. And the reason they had set it up is because we only had less than 1% of the PhD's in science and math go to African Americans. At a time when we are competing in a global economy, when we're not competing just against folks in North Carolina or Florida or California, we're competing against folks in China and India and we need math and science majors, this university thought this might be a nice thing to do. And the justice department wrote them a letter saying we are going to threaten to sue you for reverse discrimination unless you cease this program.

 

And it reminds us that we still got a lot of work to do, and that the basic enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, the injustice that still exists within our criminal justice system, the disparity in terms of how people are treated in this country continues. It has gotten better. And we should never deny that it's gotten better. But we shouldn't forget that better is not good enough. That until we have absolute equality in this country in terms of people being treated on the basis of their color or their gender, that that is something that we've got to continue to work on and the Joshua generation has a significant task in making that happen.

 

Third thing -- we've got to recognize that we fought for civil rights, but we've still got a lot of economic rights that have to be dealt with. We've got 46 million people uninsured in this country despite spending more money on health care than any nation on earth. It makes no sense. As a consequence, we've got what's known as a health care disparity in this nation because many of the uninsured are African American or Latino. Life expectancy is lower. Almost every disease is higher within minority communities. The health care gap.

 

Blacks are less likely in their schools to have adequate funding. We have less-qualified teachers in those schools. We have fewer textbooks in those schools. We got in some schools rats outnumbering computers. That's called the achievement gap. You've got a health care gap and you've got an achievement gap. You've got Katrina still undone. I went down to New Orleans three weeks ago. It still looks bombed out. Still not rebuilt. When 9/11 happened, the federal government had a special program of grants to help rebuild. They waived any requirement that Manhattan would have to pay 10% of the cost of rebuilding. When Hurricane Andrew happened in Florida, 10% requirement, they waived it because they understood that some disasters are so devastating that we can't expect a community to rebuild. New Orleans -- the largest national catastrophe in our history, the federal government says where's your 10%?

 

There is an empathy gap. There is a gap in terms of sympathizing for the folks in New Orleans. It's not a gap that the American people felt because we saw how they responded. But somehow our government didn't respond with that same sense of compassion, with that same sense of kindness. And here is the worst part, the tragedy in New Orleans happened well before the hurricane struck because many of those communities, there were so many young men in prison, so many kids dropping out, so little hope.

  

A hope gap. A hope gap that still pervades too many communities all across the country and right here in Alabama. So the question is, then, what are we, the Joshua generation, doing to close those gaps? Are we doing every single thing that we can do in Congress in order to make sure that early education is adequately funded and making sure that we are raising the minimum wage so people can have dignity and respect?

 

Are we ensuring that, if somebody loses a job, that they're getting retrained? And that, if they've lost their health care and pension, somebody is there to help them get back on their feet? Are we making sure we're giving a second chance to those who have strayed and gone to prison but want to start a new life? Government alone can't solve all those problems, but government can help. It's the responsibility of the Joshua generation to make sure that we have a government that is as responsive as the need that exists all across America. That brings me to one other point, about the Joshua generation, and that is this -- that it's not enough just to ask what the government can do for us-- it's important for us to ask what we can do for ourselves.

 

One of the signature aspects of the civil rights movement was the degree of discipline and fortitude that was instilled in all the people who participated. Imagine young people, 16, 17, 20, 21, backs straight, eyes clear, suit and tie, sitting down at a lunch counter knowing somebody is going to spill milk on you but you have the discipline to understand that you are not going to retaliate because in showing the world how disciplined we were as a people, we were able to win over the conscience of the nation. I can't say for certain that we have instilled that same sense of moral clarity and purpose in this generation. Bishop, sometimes I feel like we've lost it a little bit.

 

I'm fighting to make sure that our schools are adequately funded all across the country. With the inequities of relying on property taxes and people who are born in wealthy districts getting better schools than folks born in poor districts and that's now how it's supposed to be. That's not the American way. but I'll tell you what -- even as I fight on behalf of more education funding, more equity, I have to also say that , if parents don't turn off the television set when the child comes home from school and make sure they sit down and do their homework and go talk to the teachers and find out how they're doing, and if we don't start instilling a sense in our young children that there is nothing to be ashamed about in educational achievement, I don't know who taught them that reading and writing and conjugating your verbs was something white.

 

We've got to get over that mentality. That is part of what the Moses generation teaches us, not saying to ourselves we can't do something, but telling ourselves that we can achieve. We can do that. We got power in our hands. Folks are complaining about the quality of our government, I understand there's something to be complaining about. I'm in Washington. I see what's going on. I see those powers and principalities have snuck back in there, that they're writing the energy bills and the drug laws.

 

We understand that, but I'll tell you what. I also know that, if cousin Pookie would vote, get off the couch and register some folks and go to the polls, we might have a different kind of politics. That's what the Moses generation teaches us. Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Go do some politics. Change this country! That's what we need. We have too many children in poverty in this country and everybody should be ashamed, but don't tell me it doesn't have a little to do with the fact that we got too many daddies not acting like daddies. Don't think that fatherhood ends at conception. I know something about that because my father wasn't around when I was young and I struggled.

 

Those of you who read my book know. I went through some difficult times. I know what it means when you don't have a strong male figure in the house, which is why the hardest thing about me being in politics sometimes is not being home as much as I'd like and I'm just blessed that I've got such a wonderful wife at home to hold things together. Don't tell me that we can't do better by our children, that we can't take more responsibility for making sure we're instilling in them the values and the ideals that the Moses generation taught us about sacrifice and dignity and honesty and hard work and discipline and self-sacrifice. That comes from us. We've got to transmit that to the next generation and I guess the point that I'm making is that the civil rights movement wasn't just a fight against the oppressor; it was also a fight against the oppressor in each of us.

 

Sometimes it's easy to just point at somebody else and say it's their fault, but oppression has a way of creeping into it. Reverend, it has a way of stunting yourself. You start telling yourself, Bishop, I can't do something. I can't read. I can't go to college. I can't start a business. I can't run for Congress. I can't run for the presidency. People start telling you-- you can't do something, after a while, you start believing it and part of what the civil rights movement was about was recognizing that we have to transform ourselves in order to transform the world. Mahatma Gandhi, great hero of Dr. King and the person who helped create the nonviolent movement around the world; he once said that you can't change the world if you haven't changed.

 

If you want to change the world, the change has to happen with you first and that is something that the greatest and most honorable of generations has taught us, but the final thing that I think the Moses generation teaches us is to remind ourselves that we do what we do because God is with us. You know, when Moses was first called to lead people out of the Promised Land, he said I don't think I can do it, Lord. I don't speak like Reverend Lowery. I don't feel brave and courageous and the Lord said I will be with you. Throw down that rod. Pick it back up. I'll show you what to do. The same thing happened with the Joshua generation.

 

Joshua said, you know, I'm scared. I'm not sure that I am up to the challenge, the Lord said to him, every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given you. Be strong and have courage, for I am with you wherever you go. Be strong and have courage. It's a prayer for a journey. A prayer that kept a woman in her seat when the bus driver told her to get up, a prayer that led nine children through the doors of the little rock school, a prayer that carried our brothers and sisters over a bridge right here in Selma, Alabama. Be strong and have courage.

 

When you see row and row of state trooper facing you, the horses and the tear gas, how else can you walk? Towards them, unarmed, unafraid. When they come start beating your friends and neighbors, how else can you simply kneel down, bow your head and ask the Lord for salvation? When you see heads gashed open and eyes burning and children lying hurt on the side of the road, when you are John Lewis and you've been beaten within an inch of your life on Sunday, how do you wake up Monday and keep on marching?

 

Be strong and have courage, for I am with you wherever you go. We've come a long way in this journey, but we still have a long way to travel. We traveled because God was with us. It's not how far we've come. That bridge outside was crossed by blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, teenagers and children, the beloved community of God's children, they wanted to take those steps together, but it was left to the Joshua's to finish the journey Moses had begun and today we're called to be the Joshua's of our time, to be the generation that finds our way across this river.

 

There will be days when the water seems wide and the journey too far, but in those moments, we must remember that throughout our history, there has been a running thread of ideals that have guided our travels and pushed us forward, even when they're just beyond our reach, liberty in the face of tyranny, opportunity where there was none and hope over the most crushing despair. Those ideals and values beckon us still and when we have our doubts and our fears, just like Joshua did, when the road looks too long and it seems like we may lose our way, remember what these people did on that bridge.

 

Keep in your heart the prayer of that journey, the prayer that God gave to Joshua. Be strong and have courage in the face of injustice. Be strong and have courage in the face of prejudice and hatred, in the face of joblessness and helplessness and hopelessness. Be strong and have courage, brothers and sisters, those who are gathered here today, in the face of our doubts and fears, in the face of skepticism, in the face of cynicism, in the face of a mighty river.

 

Be strong and have courage and let us cross over that Promised Land together. Thank you so much everybody.

  

God bless you."

 

The 1935 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Gurney Nutting Streamline Coupé, flown from India to Monterey California just for the Concours.

 

Rolls-Royce had, at the time, developed a reputation as the makers of what was supposedly the ‘World’s Best Car’. However, after Bentley won the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times between 1924 and 1930, Sir Henry Royce was charged up enough to decide on developing a ‘sporty’ car to rival the Bentleys. So after absorbing the financially bankrupt, but engineering rich firm, including WO himself (until he fled several years later to Lagonda to produce their amazing V-12). Henry Royce made his first foray into actual sporting models, the 'Continental' Phantom II. Keeping the Bentleys as the 'cheaper' Rolls, The Phantom II 'Continental' was designed to be self-driven over long distances at considerable speed, by a more sporting owner, the Phantom II Continentals were shorter, lighter and markedly quicker than the ‘full size’ Rolls-Royce Phantom IIs that were built to be chauffeur driven. Only 279 of these ‘sporty’ Rolls-Royces found buyers who were willing to pay a hefty premium over the already expensive Phantom IIs. Just six of the Phantom II Continentals found customers in India and only one still remains in the country.

 

Of the six, two were ordered by the Maharaja of Jodhpur, Umaid Singh, who seemed to have had a penchant for Rolls-Royces, given that he ordered 18 over two decades. The last of the Phantom II Continentals to come to India though, was this Streamline coupe that you see here. Also from 1935, this car was in fact, the very last of the Continentals built. Chassis # 62UK features sublimely beautiful coachwork from J Gurney Nutting, the most flamboyant amongst the classically staid British coachbuilders of the era. Acknowledged as one of the best of the English stylists during the 1930s, J Gurney Nutting’s chief designer A E ‘Mac’ Macneil drew out a perfectly proportioned coupe that embodied the delightful leitmotif of the coachbuilder’s house style, with superb two-toning that amplified the flowing lines of this gorgeous automobile. And this is the original color combo! it was delivered to Bombay, India on the 18th of October 1935.

 

For the Rolls-Royce enthusiast, the Phantom II Continental is regarded as the finest from the pre-war era, and this car is easily one of the finest of the finest, and the unique colors always draw a large crowd.

  

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I will acknowledge the fact that my opponent does not expect me to win, but I will NEVER surrender. Weakness will not be in my heart. I will arrive at the cutting edge of battle and win by any means at my disposal!

 

I accept the fact that my team expects me to move faster and fight harder than our opponent; NEVER shall I fail my teammates. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically strong and morally straight...and I will shoulder more than my share of the task whatever it may be...100%

 

Who am I?

 

I am a CHAMPION!

 

~Motivation~

youtu.be/0RfSrWYbyHw

...I acknowledge mine.

William Shakespeare "The Tempest"

 

Cuba, Havana, El Malecón

*Working Towards a Better World

 

When are we going to understand the real problem of the shortage of water and how it is a global issue?

 

The Water Project

thewaterproject.org/water_scarcity

 

Web of Creation - Ecology Resources

Problems: Fresh Water & Oceans in Danger

www.webofcreation.org/Earth Problems/water.htm

 

WWF

www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity

 

Sci Dev Net

www.scidev.net/global/water/multimedia/water-shortages-en...

 

Policy.Mic

mic.com/articles/111644/why-water-shortages-are-the-great...

 

I am sorry there seems to be so much to do, I will be back later to visit your works just give me a little time please.

 

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️

Had a very busy day at work so I couldn't up load my lunch time image. I though I would put up something different that you may not have seen before! I caught this Woodpecker at the moment that she hit the wood with her bill. I though it was a pretty interesting image, hope you like it!! Have a great weekend and we will see everyone on Monday.

 

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I would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Great Horned Owl in taking this photograph, as the Owl was the subject of the Crow's wrath. Crows are often aggressive towards Hawks and Owls, and usually perch high. This one was kind enough to perch on a lower branch. I always find them hard to photograph... Seen today at the Loch, Central Park, New York.

Great Malvern’s Priory has some wonderful stained glass from the sixteenth century . However this very modern window by Thomas Denny really caught my eye. It is inspired by a line from the 23rd psalm ‘In thy light we shall see light’

 

Thomas Denny is a stained-glass artist and painter, educated at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1970’s. In the 1980‘s and 1990‘s he exhibited his paintings in London and New York. Latterly, Denny has concentrated on stained-glass and has now made some fifty windows for churches and cathedrals. In an article he wrote ;

“All of my windows are made with materials and techniques largely the same as those used in 14th century stained glass, with the addition of much acid etching of flashed glass, a technique that developed in the 19th century. This helps, I believe, to incorporate them in their settings; treatment of imagery can be very different, but colour, texture and the intransigence of lead and glass all make connections with what is already there, whether it is other stained glass, or the forms and surfaces of surrounding architecture and artefact's. Stained glass must be interesting and beautiful in its own right, but it must always acknowledge its context.”

 

His work can be seen in many settings including Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York,St John’s, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland,Gloucester Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and Hereford Cathedral

  

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.

 

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This beautiful visitor spent about 2 months at Markham Park In Sunrise. The Western Spindalis brought in birders and photographers from all over to see this rare tropical visitor!! Thanks for looking and we will see everyone next week!

 

Mar & April: Photography exhibit at the J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel, Florida . Has Been extended until the end of July!!

  

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Maybe it’s ok to rest, to cry, to acknowledge that you’re not ok, to recognize what you’re feeling (when it’s possible to notice), to allow yourself to grieve, to care for yourself. It makes sense that carrying out these necessary and important actions is unfamiliar, challenging and even scary for you. And you are surviving, growing, learning and healing through working to listen to and do what you can to meet your needs even though it’s not easy—a true victory.

 

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My soft blanket and pillow where I have spent countless hours. The light shining onto the wrinkled pillowcase caught my eye so I took a quick picture with my phone.

 

Six Aboriginal language groups are the traditional owners of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area:

Darug.

Gundungurra.

Wanaruah.

Wiradjuri.

Darkinjung.

Tharawal.

 

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. I pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.Top of a misty Wentworth Falls.......

 

Got home from work grabbed Jen and the camera and headed off to Wentworth falls to check out the flow!!! The flow was a bit disappointing to be honest but I didn't mind this shot in the mist and all. This shot was taken in the actual water bare feet with the Manfrotto poised precariously in the drink!!! ... have a good weekend!!!

I wish I was as good as a fisherman as these busy adult Black Skimmers are!! All were returning to the Black Skimmer Colony with fish to feed their young chicks!! I was really surprised to see a group of three Black Skimmers returning together with fish at the same time!! We will be off the computer for a few days and will see everyone on Monday!! We hope everyone has a safe weekend and is able to spend time with friends and family!!

 

This is not a Photoshop image, nothing was added....

 

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We respectfully acknowledge the sacrifice of those that died to keep us safe.

Acknowledging the many deaths over these last few months: Be it friendships i had to let go of, spiritual and/or emotional deaths - RL and SL. Clarification: This is not about a physical death of anyone - it's symbolic.

The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied the destruction of Judah's capital city Jerusalem. In 587 BCE, the Neo-Babylonian Empire conquered Jerusalem, destroyed Solomon's Temple, and sent the Judahite upper classes into the Babylonian captivity.

However, Ezekiel also prophesied the eventual restoration of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. It is believed he died around 570 BCE; Ezekiel's Tomb is a Jewish religious site in Mesopotamia. Three decades later, in 539 BCE, the Persian empire conquered Babylon and the Edict of Cyrus repatriated the exiles.

The name "Ezekiel" means "God is strong" or "God strengthens" in Hebrew.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel

 

Авраамічні релігії визнають Єзекіїля пророком. Згідно з оповіданням, Єзекіїль пророкував знищення столиці Юдеї Єрусалиму. У 587 р. до н. е. Нововавилонська імперія завоювала Єрусалим, зруйнувала храм Соломона і відправила юдейські вищі класи у вавилонський полон.

Однак Єзекіїль також пророкував остаточне відновлення єврейського народу в землі Ізраїлю. Вважається, що він помер близько 570 року до нашої ери; Гробниця Єзекіїля — єврейське релігійне місце в Месопотамії. Через три десятиліття, у 539 році до н. е., Перська імперія завоювала Вавилон, а едикт Кіра повернув вигнанців на батьківщину.

Ім'я «Єзекіїль» на івриті означає «Бог сильний» або «Бог зміцнює».

A day to acknowledge the role that squirrels play in nature and the environment all over the world.

 

And some more information about these lovely critters HERE!

 

Feeding Red Squirrel / Europäisches Eichhörnchen (Sciurus vulgaris) in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt

 

for an enjoyable and peaceful Sunday!

Dentdale, on the western side of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, has long been associated with sheep farming, and my feeling is that the church in Dent is a Wool Church. These are churches that were extended or built in the Middle Ages with money made from sheep farming. We have a permanent reminder in the House of Lords where the Lord Speaker (formerly Lord Chancellor) sits on a woolsack, acknowledging the wealth made from the wool trade. The tradition started in 1621.

 

Dentdale was once in the West Riding of Yorkshire but was transferred to Cumbria (now just a Ceremonial County) after the boundary changes in 1974.

Taking a break from our regular programming to acknowledge an important day in Canadian railway history.

 

On this day in 1885, the driving of a plain iron spike at Craigellachie, British Columbia, marked the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, a moment that united Canada “from ocean to ocean” and helped define our identity for generations.

 

In this image, the new face of the company that once rightfully proclaimed itself “the world’s greatest travel system” blurs westbound to the coast, as trains have for the past 140 years.

The world has become to adsorbed into what we do, we see people but never acknowledge. Two worlds pass in the mid-day sun.

I love to wrap my arms around you...make you laugh between whispers...listen to your worries, to your joys...sharing our fears to fail....our sighs about what we desire...

acknowledging we might not be perfect each one, but it really seems perfect to me when we are together...

goodnight baby, sweet dreams, feel my arms around you hugging you tight as we slowly fall asleep...

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PP work in Luminar Neo AI filters for: Face; Eyes; Mouth; Skin. And much cloning in PS Elements.

 

Prompt: Cyndi Lauper dressed as a court jester in colorful motley fool attire.

 

Lauper is known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful and distinctive four-octave singing range. She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States. Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama's second inauguration. Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40. I love her flambpyant style and a few of her songs too.

 

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Calm is a state that begins within, but it’s highly influenced by external factors. Be mindful of the power of those influences to better preserve the calm. They can’t always be changed but even acknowledging them improve our state of mind.

"Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other."

Deuteronomy 4

 

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“A Backwards Attitude” acknowledges a post-digital and enlightenment age where information is everywhere and the correct course of action is clear, but an attitude of rejection thwarts it.

 

This sculpture represents a pivotal point in technology, its effects on our lives, and our need to recognise that. The work asserts that the entire world is available for digital consumption.

 

By Louis Pratt, Cold cast aluminium, steel and fibreglass

180cm H x 102cm W x 287cm D. 2 x life size