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Barry Allen is a forensic chemist with a reputation for being very slow, and frequently late, which frustrates his fiancée, Iris West.
One night, as he is working late on a new case, a lightning bolt strikes and shatters a case full of unspecified chemicals and drenches all over Barry, temporarily knocking him out. As a result, Allen later finds that he can run at super-human speeds and possesses equally enhanced reflexes, senses, and healing.
He later dons a red bodysuit, sporting a lightning bolt in the chest (reminiscent of the original Fawcett Comics Captain Marvel), dubs himself the Flash (after his childhood comic book hero, Jay Garrick), and becomes Central City's resident costumed crime fighter and protector.
Central City University professor Ira West (Iris's adoptive father) designed Allen's costume and the ring which stores it while Allen is in his civilian identity.
The ring can eject the compressed clothing when Allen needs it and suck it back in with the aid of a special gas that shrinks the suit.
In addition, Allen invented the cosmic treadmill, a device that allowed for precise time travel and was used in many stories. Allen was warmly received by his superhero colleagues, so much to the extent that nearly all speedsters that come after him are often compared to him. Batman once said "Barry is the kind of man that I would've hoped to become if my parents had not been murdered."
As presented in Justice League of America 9, when the Earth is infiltrated by alien warriors sent to conquer the planet, some of the world's greatest heroes join forces, Allen among them. While the superheroes individually defeat most of the invaders, they fall prey to a single alien and only by working together are they able to defeat the warrior. Afterwards, the heroes decide to establish the Justice League.
During the years, he is depicted as feeling slightly attracted to Black Canary and Zatanna, but he never pursues a relationship because he feels his real love is Iris West, whom he ultimately marries. Allen also becomes a good friend with Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), which would later be the subject of the limited series Flash and Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold.
In The Flash 123—"Flash of Two Worlds"—Allen is transported to Earth-Two where he meets Jay Garrick, the original Flash in DC Continuity; it is revealed that Jay Garrick's adventures were captured in comic book form on Earth-One.
This storyline initiated DC's multiverse and was continued in issues of Flash and in team-ups between the Justice League of America of Earth-One and the Justice Society of America of Earth-Two. In the classic story from Flash 179—"The Flash – Fact or Fiction?"—Allen is thrown into the universe eventually called Earth Prime, a representation of "our" universe, where he seeks the aid of the Flash comic book's editor Julius Schwartz to build a cosmic treadmill so that he can return home. He also gains a sidekick and protégé in Iris' nephew, Wally West, who gains super-speed in an accident similar to that which gave Allen his powers.
Barry has the ability to run at super-human velocities. He was at times during the Silver Age described as faster than the speed of thought. Flash 150, "straining every muscle", he ran at ten times the speed of light.
However, when he pushed himself further (during the Crisis on Infinite Earths) he appeared to waste away as he was converted into pure energy, traveled back in time, and was revealed to be the very bolt of lightning that gave him his powers.
His speed allows him, in certain circumstances, to "vibrate" between dimensions. In Final Crisis, using the Speed Force, Allen was able to undo the effects of the Anti-Life Equation upon an individual: an ability he used on his wife Iris to free her from the bondage of Darkseid's mind control.
Barry's speed has numerous secondary applications. He can use it to generate cyclones by spinning his arms quickly. Barry can also manipulate the electrical Speed Force energy he generates.
He can channel the energy into arcs of lightning, as well as use the electricity to manipulate magnetism on a minor level. He has also used the lightning to create blinding amounts of light.
By interlocking his lightning with that of another speedster, Barry can short circuit their connection to the Speed Force. Barry is also immune to telepathic attacks and control as he can shift his thoughts at a speed faster than normal thought.
Through "speed-reading", he can absorb large amounts of information into his short-term memory, which remain in his mind just long enough for him to make use of it. Using this technique, Barry was able to learn enough about building work to rebuild a destroyed apartment building.
The Speed Force also supplies Barry with a protective aura that shields him from friction and kinetic impacts, as well as grants him superhuman durability.
Other aspects of Barry's powers include an enhanced metabolism, which grants him a regenerative healing factor. Barry learned that his body is using the Speed Force to its full extent but his brain was not. With the help of Dr. Elias he was able to learn how to use the Speed Force to process more information, and make even quicker decisions, to the point where he feels like he can see everything before it happens.
Barry also developed the ability to speed up the flow of time around him, which he used to negate the powers of Zoom, who was able to slow down time. In terms of DC's internal lexicon, Barry is classified as a metahuman: a human being who possesses extranormal abilities either through birth or (as in Barry's case) as the result of some external event.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Barry Allen
Publisher: DC
First appearance: Showcase #4 (October 1956)
Created by:
Robert Kanigher (Writer)
Carmine Infantino (Artist)
This is the Flash's first actual appearance on the Bijou Planks, though he was impersonated in BP 2019 Day 200:
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He appeared as a blur in Paprihaven 1599:
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And was used as an example when Newton explained the Paprihaven nexus in issue 1407:
Je ne sais pas comment j'ai fait, mais j'ai enfin pu prendre un papillon... il était tellement absorbé par son repas sur ces corolles jaunes, qu'il ne m'a certainement pas vue, sinon il aurait certainement pris la poudre d'escampette... et je l'aurais encore raté!!!!
(Jardins botaniques de la Villa Taranto - Lac Majeur - Verbania)
Double Tulips, speaking a silent language that I seem to understand.
Wouldn't it be a lovely thought, if I had been a beautiful flower in a 'previous' life?
As a youngster, a loner, being born in Bruges, West Flanders, I would often just walk into one of the many musea and churches (free in those days!), where you could admire all the great Flemish old Masters, I so loved their light!!!
I was a sponge, absorbed it, stored it, till now? I do aim for it in my photography!
SO,I adapted the lights and reflectors for the 'Flemish School of light' again, so suits these.
It is full on the time of the DOUBLE TULIPS in the shop... at the moment, I feel they 'might' be my favourites! They are a bit capricious, Baroque, so varied in shapes, with small oddities, I have become fascinated by them, aahh, and the colours, from deep red, through textured orange to veined yellow to green, the leaves also perform.
Oh, and that sweet honey fragrance... HMMMM, Love them.
A FLOWER STUDY, THE BENEFICES of FLOWERS! Double Tulip
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Living Wall
As one of the first airport terminal projects in the world to target LEED certification, the Living Wall demonstrates YEG’s commitment to sustainable design.
In addition, it is a spectacular centerpiece to the terminal and has been integrated into the architecture. It has been strategically located so that it can be enjoyed by both arriving and departing passengers.
About the artwork
What is the surface area?
The main central wall is 1,120 square feet and the left and right upper walls are 160 square feet and 140 square feet, respectively. This gives a total vertical green area of 1,420 square feet.
How many plants are in the design?
There are approximately 8000 individual plants, reflecting 32 unique species.
What kinds of plants are used?
Some are larger specimens including an Octopus Tree (Schefflera actinophylla) from Papua New Guinea, Lacy Tree Philodendron (Philodendron bipinnatifidum) from Brazil, Swiss Cheese Plant (Monstera deliciosa) from Central America and a Staghorn Fern (Platycerium bifurcatum ) from Indonesia.
Small to medium sized plants were chosen to create the patterns. The design includes Asparagus plumosus and although it is commonly referred to as Asparagus Fern it is not actually a fern. Nevertheless, this South African native provides a delicate refuge for the eye. Epopremnum aureum ‘Neon’ produces a strong yellow pop whereas the two Bromeliad species (Nidularium and Vriesea) wow with their unique and alluring beauty.
How is it self-sustained? (Does it water from behind?)
The watering is automatic and only comes on for a few minutes per day. There is a drip irrigation system within the living walls that percolates down through the layers of recycled fibres.
What does it do in the way of cleaning the air?
The thousands of plants add tons of oxygen to the terminal each year as well as absorb toxic indoor air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, benzene, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) did a number of studies to find the most efficient way to remove toxins up on space stations and found that indoor plants were more efficient than mechanical air filters. They found that 10 species were exceptionally good at purifying the air. The YEG Living Wall contains 9 out of 10 of these species.
How is it maintained?
A mechanical scissor lift is used to access the wall. Maintenance involves trimming back the plants as they grow and removing flowers that have finished blooming.
Any other interesting facts?
This is one of the largest Living Walls in Canada and to our knowledge the first and the largest inside any airport terminal in the world.
Many of the plant species chosen are epiphytes, which means that in their natural habitat they live above the ground and without any soil. They are typically found growing in just a layer of moss on the side of a cliff, next to a waterfall or on tree branches. The Green over Grey Living Wall System most closely mimics this environment. All the soil is removed from the plants before they are installed in the wall.
•The verdant masterpiece will continually evolve on the canvas to become more and more three dimensional. Some of the larger species will be allowed to grow up to ten feet out of the wall.
•There are no space limitations for the roots which are free to grow everywhere within the wall.
•Plants, especially the larger bushes, will eventually form a strong matrix within the fabric, making the system stronger as it ages.
•The fully planted system weighs only 3 to 4 pounds per square foot.
•The wall is made of 100% recycled materials.
What inspired the living wall?
Central Wall Area: The Living Wall is inspired by Cirrus cloud formations. Cloud formations make people dream and think of travel which perfectly fits the idea of an airport. The patterns on the wall are colourfully arranged to accentuate these cloud formations.
Side Wall Areas: The side walls are inspired by celebrated Canadian artists. The Group of Seven is most famous for its paintings inspired by the Canadian landscape and initiated the first major Canadian national art movement.
Some of the Group of Seven created not only landscape paintings but also dabbled in abstract. Emily Carr (right wall) and Donald Flather (left wall) both exceptionally talented and featured here, were influenced by the work of the Group of Seven.
A great story can be told when welcoming international visitors to an airport that features, in addition to a unique and lush living wall, distinctly Canadian artwork.
The designs are as true to the originals as botanically possible. The species are planted accordingly to the patterns but as the walls grow and mature the ‘paintings’ will evolve on the ‘canvas’, thus producing a verdant masterpiece that is ever-changing.
One of J. James’ 13 Leyland Atlanteans is seen at an unknown location in Dyfed. RTH639 was delivered in May 1959, one of a batch of 5 which included RTH637, the first Atlantean to enter revenue earning service.
This example entered service as No.229 but by the time of this picture had become No.1229.
The blind is set for “East Pit”, maybe our resident Welsh bus experts can identify the location . A military lorry of some description can be seen to the right.
The Atlantean’s Weymann lowbridge body shows some battle scars both above and below the cab as, incidentally, does the sister vehicle behind. Far be it from me to denigrate the company’s drivers!
James' Atlanteans were later absorbed into the fleet of South Wales Transport and some were exchanged with Oxford South Midland for highbridge front entrance Willowbrook bodied AEC Regent Vs.
Manufacturer: Chevrolet Division of General Motors LLC, Detroit - U.S.A.
Type: Camaro V8 Series 12400 Model 12467 (L30) Convertible
Production time: September 1966 - September 1967
Production outlet: 25,141
Engine: 5354cc GM Chevrolet Small-Block Turbo-Fire V-8 327 OHV
Power: 213 bhp / 4.800 rpm
Torque: 481 Nm / 3.200 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 184 km/h
Curb weight: 1500 kg
Wheelbase: 108 inch
Chassis: GM F-platform box frame with cross bracings and all welded steel unibody (by Fisher)
Steering: Saginaw recirculating ball race
Gearbox: Saginaw M15 three-speed manual / all synchromesh / steering column shift
Clutch: 10.4 inch single dry plate disc diaphragm spring type
Carburettor: Rochester 7037212 Quadrajet 4-barrel
Fuel tank: 70 liter
Electric system: Delco 12 Volts 61 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: 9.50 inch Bendix Delco-Moraine hydraulic, self-adjusting drums
Brakes rear: 9.50 inch Bendix Delco-Moraine hydraulic, self-adjusting drums
Suspension front: independent ball joint, unequal length wishbones with helix Jer, trapezoidal triangle cross-bar, sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle Hotchkiss type, semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live semi-floating type
Differential: hypoid : 2.73:1
Wheels: 5J x 14 inch steel discs
Tires: 7.35 x 14
Options: Saginaw-Muncie M20/M21 four-speed manual gearbox, GM Power-Glide two-speed automatic transmission, power brakes, Delco-Moraine or Kelsey-Hayes front 11 inch hydraulic disc brakes, Saginaw power steering, adjustable steering wheel, power windows, bumper guards, rear window defroster, Four-saison Air Conditioning, Comfort-Car Air Conditioning, dual exhaust sytem, Soft-Ray tinted glass, rear deck lid luggage carrier, AM/FM Stereo radio, Stereo tape system, vinyl roof cover, whitewall tires
Special:
- Chevrolet was co-founded by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. Louis Chevrolet was a race-car driver, born on December 25, 1878, in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. William Durant, founder of General Motors, had been forced out of GM in 1910 and wanted to use Louis Chevrolet's designs to rebuild his own reputation as a force in the automobile industry. As head of Buick Motor Company, prior to founding GM, Durant had hired Chevrolet to drive Buicks in promotional races.
- By 1916 Chevrolet was profitable enough to allow Durant to buy a majority of shares in GM. After the deal was completed in 1917, Durant was president of General Motors and Chevrolet was merged into GM, becoming a separate division.
- The name “Camaro” was conceived by Chevrolet merchandising manager Bob Lund and General Motors vice president Ed Rollett, while they were reading the book Heath's French and English Dictionary by James Boïelle and by de V. Payen-Payne printed in 1936. It states that Mr. Lund and Mr. Rollett found the word “camaro” in the French-English dictionary was slang, to mean friend, pal, or comrade.
- In fact, the actual French word that has that meaning is "camarade", from which the English word "comrade" is derived and not "camaro"; "camaro" is not a recognized word in the French language.
- The Camaro (code-named Panther) was first shown at a press preview in Detroit, Michigan, on September 12, 1966.
- This first generation Camaro’s (1966-1969) went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang.
- It shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced for 1967.
- The 1967 Chevrolet Camaro V8 Series 12400 (L30) was available as this 2-door Convertible and as 2-door 12437 Sport Coupé (160,648 units built).
Much to absorb in this suburban winter scene of yesteryear Leicester. Change is very much in evidence in this view of Dominion Road at its junction with New Parks Boulevard on the New Parks housing estate; a district to the North West of the City.
Open-platform rear-loading buses were still very much a part of Leicester life in 1979, pounding the city streets until their demise in 1982.
Working the No14 New Parks service, Bus 72 was a 1965 built East Lancs bodied Leyland PD3 that would see service until 1980. In pursuit of 72, is one of the new Dennis 'Dominator' buses that were ousting the last of the back-loaders.
Leicester City Transport's General Manager, Geoffrey Hilditch had a hand in the development of the Dennis Dominator. Therefore, it was of no surprise that Leicester purchased many examples, Leicester becoming a major user of the type.
Aside of the Austin-Morris Princess parked on the driveway, GM motors products are predominant in this scene. The blue Vauxhall Chevette poking out from New Parks Boulevard (the junction since blanked off). A Bedford CF van parked on the soggy grass verge, and further up the road, what looks to be the rear of a Bedford HA van.
In the middle distance at the zebra crossing, the post-war Stanton concrete lampposts are being replaced with taller steel columns carrying Thorn 'Alpha One' sodium lanterns. Today, the area is lit with LED street lights, and the zebra crossing is a traffic light controlled pelican crossing.
No double-glazed windows in the council houses, the original steel framed single-glazed Crittall style windows still in situ. It is likely that most of the housing stock pictured would be without central heating too, so ice on the insides of windows would have been common place in the winter months. Central heating is a fairly new thing to me, not living in a home that had it until I was 51.
The TV aerials on the roofs aim in two directions, but all are of the UHF type, most homes would have had colour television sets by this time.
The old VHF analogue system for 405-line television sets remained available in some areas until as late as January 1985. The last 405-line transmitter serving the Midlands was at Lichfield. I don't know if this would have reached North West Leicester?
Despite the colour television revolution in the early 1970s, many B&W 405-line sets remained in use until the signal was switched off. With no secondhand market and little prospect of using them again, most sets got dumped and a few were squirrelled away.
Photo - January 1979.
La Catonephele numilia numilia es una mariposa de la familia Nymphalidae, subfamilia Biblidinae, tribu Catonephelini, que vimos en la reserva "Portal del Sol", al occidente de Villagarzón, Putumayo.
En "learnaboutbutterflies", que, dicho sea de paso, clasifica a esta mariposita bajo una tribu diferente, asunto del que ya hemos hablado y que se debe a que yo sigo la taxonomía que usan Juan Guillermo Jaramillo y Kim Garwood en sus guías, pude encontrar que "el género Catonephele contiene 11 especies, con una envergadura de unos 65-80 mm. Los machos son de color marrón oscuro en la parte superior con deslumbrantes manchas anaranjadas reflectantes que varían en tamaño y forma de una especie a otra. Las hembras tienen un aspecto totalmente diferente. En la mayoría de las especies tienen alas de color marrón oscuro marcadas con hileras lineales de manchas de color crema. La hembra de numilia, sin embargo, tiene una gran mancha de color crema en la zona media del ala delantera, y tiene las zonas basal y submarginal de las alas traseras de color rojo intenso. Ambos sexos de todas las especies tienen las partes inferiores crípticas en tonos de marrón.
Catonephele numilia se encuentra desde México hasta Perú y se reproduce en la selva húmeda y en el bosque nublado a una altura que puede llegar hasta los 1800 metros".
"Estas mariposas suelen encontrarse solas. Los machos se posan en los troncos de los árboles y en las paredes de las rocas, a menudo con la cabeza hacia abajo. También se asolean en el follaje o en ramas caídas en huecos ligeros, a menudo a menos de un metro del nivel del suelo, y su comportamiento recuerda al de Nessaea. Los machos suelen absorber la humedad rica en minerales de la tierra húmeda a lo largo de las pistas forestales y los caminos. Si se les alarma, vuelan y pasan unos instantes dando vueltas cautelosamente, pero pronto se reinstalan cerca de su posición original. Las hembras son más escasas y suelen verse cuando buscan lugares de oviposición a lo largo de las pistas forestales. Ocasionalmente se las puede ver tomando el sol en los senderos".
I've been missing you so much
but only after sunset
when my mind turns to evening concerns
and I leave my work behind
all the spirits of the night gather about me
expressing their cloying powers to my mind
distracting me from duty and daily issues
as twilight shimmers among the clouds
Street Artist.
This young lady was brilliant, elegant, talented and gracious.
There were moments that she was lost in a world of her own, oblivious of the public...
This is the colour version, next the b&w.
A lot more to come.
Thanx, M, (*_*)
Thanx to BigBean I found out that her name is Lisa Lottie, see HERE:
This was one of the last shots I took on my latest London trip last week. The location is East India DLR (Docklands Light Railway) station. This shot is taken from the end of the platform and just at the ideal spot and height for taking pictures is a flat topped concrete wall. No need for a tripod which might get attention from Security anyway. There is a problem taking pictures from these above street stations with vibration as trains go by. I think the concrete may have helped to absorb these. The Cityscape of Canary Wharf can be seen from other stations on the line but none better than from this one. The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 mm lens at 12mm.
There was a lot of processing involved in this shot. First it is a combination of 3 shots taken from exactly the same position There are 2 shots of the train, first as it passed close by and then further up the track. Then another image with more detail in the track. All images were used to build up more light trails in the road. This is very easy to do in Photoshop. Just paste in each additional image as a new layer and change the blend mode to Lighten. Some adjustment was done to the shadows by pasting in again one of the lighter images and using a layer mask
Additional processing included Topaz Clarity and a crop. Then a brightness adjustment layer to reduce the lights in the buildings. Then a saturation adjustment layer reds channel to bring up the reds in the train light trail. Then heal and clone tools to tidy up including getting rid of a crane.
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Inside former textile factory, the greenery absorbs old threads and empty halls since 1990...
The most beautiful place I have ever seen in terms of atmosphere, sunset, sound of water, old machines..
Greetings to: Tajemnicze Miejsca, General Theory of Urbex, Darker Shades Of Black and Stefaan!
16 Avril : on fait mémoire de :
Bernadette Soubirou.
Petite bergère née à Lourdes, pauvre et illettrée de 14 ans fille de meunier au chômage, à la santé fragile.
En allant chercher du bois à la grotte de Massabielle elle voit apparaître une belle dame à la robe blanche, ayant une rose jaune sur chaque pied.
Elle apparaît à Bernadette 16 fois : allant du 11 février au 16 juillet 1858. Par le fait, c'est bien la Vierge, mais Bernadette ne le sait pas (….)
C'est Marie qui dicte tout, donnant des instructions précises à la jeune innocente.
Bernadette au fur et à mesure absorbe les indications.
Dès la deuxième fois, La Vierge demande à la fillette de venir ici quinze jours durant.
La Vierge se montre très déférente pour la pauvresse qui à la première fois, n'a même pas su qui lui apparaissait, elle l'a demandé en tendant une feuille de papier, mais Marie a décliné disant :
"Ce n'est pas nécessaire"
A la troisième prophétie Marie s'adresse spécialement à Bernadette quant à sa destinée ultérieure :
"Je ne vous promets pas de vous rendre heureuse en ce monde, mais dans l'autre".
Cela se vérifia comme le constata plus tard Bernadette.
Quelques phrases importantes sont dites à la petite concernant une mission de prière dont elle aura la gageure :
"Pénitence ! Pénitence ! Pénitence…"
"Vous prierez pour les pécheurs."
"Allez baiser la terre en pénitence pour la conversion des pécheurs".
Autre message concernant le lieu où allait Bernadette :
"Allez dire aux prêtres de faire bâtir une chapelle et qu'on y vienne en procession".
Au même moment, Bernadette grattant la terre, a vu une source en jaillir.
Des personnes venues sur les lieux ont assisté au premier miracle.
Et c'est le point de départ des miracles futurs, sûrs et attestés qui feront la renommée de Lourdes connu du monde entier et reconnue par l'Eglise dogmatique.
Le 25 mars, jour de l'Annonciation, la Vierge apparaît de nouveau, mais n'a pas encore dit son nom.
Bernadette le demande trois fois.
A la troisième fois l'apparition sourit et dit :
"Que soy era Immaculada Counceptiou'"
"Je suis l'Immaculée Conception".
Bernadette rapporte cette formule au prêtre de Lourdes qu'elle ne comprend pas.
Elle se fait rabrouer sévèrement par ledit prêtre qui renvoie Bernadette chez elle.
Il faut dire que le dogme de l'Immaculée Conception de Marie a été défini par Pie IX en 1854 !!!
Bernadette ne le sait pas.
Cela bouscule le prêtre tiraillé entre son émotion et ces mots qui lui semblent ne pas tenir debout.
Marie conçue sans péché, oui," immaculée" non, dit la théologie.
Quel est ce style abstrait, pourtant concrétisé par l'apparition ?
S'en suivront d'importants bouleversements, débats, remous dans lesquels Bernadette sera prise et fort malmenée.
On la croira folle.
D'autres miracles suivront.
Le 18 janvier 1862 l'évêque attestera la véracité de l'apparition à Bernadette de
"L' Immaculée Conception".
Toutes les fois où `Bernadette a eu à parler, justifier ses dires, elle usera de réponses admirables.
Elles ont la même teneur que celles de Jeanne d'Arc.
Elles ramènent à la consigne du Christ dans l'Evangile de Matthieu :
"L'Esprit de votre Père parlera en vous".
C'est édifiant, le Christ "parle" aux innocents, prenant parfois des intermédiaires, comme à Lourdes !!!
Bernadette par la suite, entrera au couvent de Nevers .
Elle quitte définitivement Lourdes le 6 juillet 1866.
Elle y connait une vie austère, douloureuse, faite de brimades, d'abandon, d'isolement.
On craignait de l'exposer au public.
Elle aura été comme le grain semé en terre, qui doit pourrir pour faire semence.
Très malade, tuberculeuse, asthmatique, elle souffrira beaucoup, car mal soignée.
Elle meurt le mardi de Pâques 1879.
Ce qui est à retenir du message de Bernadette à l'immense portée et que l'on connait de manière universelle quant au lieu : Lourdes.
Il tient en douze mots :
Pauvreté, prière, pénitence, et origine immaculée de Marie. Plus trois secrets que Bernadette à pris à son compte et gardés pour elle.
Chacun les décryptera aisément.
On sait que Lourdes reste la capitale de la prière, et surtout la possibilité du voyage des malades, même grands et de tout acabit, y compris les malades mentaux, les gens au dernier stade d'une maladie mortelle, les dyalisés…..
La ville a des hôpitaux d'une grande modernité.
Des miracles s'y produisent par intermittence, organiques ou moraux.
Des millions de personnes viennent en ce lieu, miraculeux à tous les titres.
Prions la petite Bernadette si pauvre, et si priante, pénitente.
Sa mission est remplie.
Demandons-lui, de nous montrer le plus souvent possible comme elle.
Amen
Godinton House has absorbed the history and culture of it’s region for six hundred years. Standing in it’s tranquil parkland setting, it has seen the rise and fall of a score of monarchs, uprisings, rebellions, Civil War and the threat of invasion. Like the great oaks in the park, it has been buffeted by the occasional onslaughts of change, but has remained relatively unsullied by time. It has been fortunate, and unusual among it’s neighbours, in having only two major changes in ownership in six hundred years. It has been doubly fortunate in that its owners improved their inheritance without sweeping away what had gone before, ensuring that such a rich heritage continues.
Twelve acres of tranquil gardens are surrounded by ancient parkland studded with stately oaks and chestnuts. Four hundred years of changing garden fashions have contributed to a landscape which is now predominantly Reginald Blomfield’s 1898 design. Terraced lawns bordered by a vast yew hedge and topiaried box have been softened over the last century by the addition of long, curvy-edged herbaceous borders and ornamental tree and shrub plantings. All areas of the garden continue to be restored and maintained to an unusually high standard.
Their new tables have drawn the grandkids through a portal that leads to other dimensions. It made for a silent part of a Christmas evening.
Loved the simplicity of this everyday moment. It looks like he's looking into some sort of portal into another dimension...
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This photograph shows members of the Tasmanian Lighthorse, C Squadron, 3rd Australian Lighthorse. The Lighthorse regiments were gradually absorbed into mechanized units by the time of WW2, but they took part in some significant battles in the Middle East during WW1. The most significant of these was the charge on the Ottoman HQ in Beersheba on October 31, 1917. This victory enabled them to move on into Damascus. Two significant films have been made of this event. Charles Chauvel’s “40,000 Horsemen” (1940) and “The Lighthorsemen” (1987).
The Tasmanian Lighthorse Historical Troop is fittingly made up of volunteers, many with military backgrounds. It is fitting because the original Lighthorse regiments were made up of volunteers. Most of them were rural men: farmers, drovers, and cattlemen who knew how to handle a horse. Once they joined up they were given extensive training in cavalry techniques. Many of them already knew how to use firearms.
Tomorrow is ANZAC Day. For the first time since it was first gazetted as a National Day of Remembrance, members of the public will not be able to attend the Dawn Service or take part in the commemorative marches. We all know why.
under the skies that transcend billions of universes,
the outsized elephant-room of questions & secrets;
deepak ` the lightwriter's canvas broach in open.
we read our dread, Who if I cried out would hear me?
mind the stillness-mat viz; feelings get encroached; at
first, you praise their dress, then you get ash-dressed.
'ours' keeps breaking - ourselves, within our perimeter.
bully / pulpit alters us; diminishes sickle consciousness.
betwixt the micro spaces of conversation / correctness,
a certain static silence had enshrined in - just all over.
harbinger of tenuous assumptions kept on ossifying
into the experiments with musts, doubts, turncoats.
approvers bare intimacy that bears inching eyes;
and when one is completely inside one's perfidy,
a cover-up mindset suborns a hushed horizon —
pretends - the decisions had been difficult. 'yes'
— deserts us in a forgetting curve that reminds us,
of sti-ff-ness between us, culturing the same sky.
take over air consternates us-sets dreams on fire.
formless hubris viz debris, give themselves to gust
to be e'er scattered betwixt this/that; bedraggled.
zeroing in, insecurity at the heart of human constructs
the displaced shoes let you see, the surface of yore.
a long haul to dig and find, the great heart of our past.
no spin here, to foresee, real ground under our feet.
unchopping a tree, perched on wasteland, silences..
a thousand mile stare, ensouls thousand silhouettes:
anagram—breathy.ed each other to the bridging truth;
and learnedness, endlessly multiplied with curtain call.
where e g /oquence isolates honest assessment, not
being one of their chiliad/st.ic quarters isn't isolation.
not a diminishment, if being exercised more fully -
- truth's episodic memory is tender and unwavering;
ongoing procedure of days - = - simply transformative,
to rain align, all the absorbed moments of illumination.
bathed in light, friendships bear holistic temperament
alert, alert, alter! “after the game is before the game”.
tales shine in via our window of thousand caresses,
where you are sewing a blouse that feeds the spine.
tender paws & sky-ball inside, dashing out of a conch;
over tears-coasts, the white expanse, so kind & clear.
coconut chirping an intrinsic and glorious awakening.
rose dew here, and trouble talk lies beyond the map.
the truth is made real through servitude in affection.
psithurism of intimate revelations recalls clutched keys;
the key did turn. everywhere you turn is full of wonder.
awed to see - the shift inside, shifts deep garden state!
how did a blackbird of the milky way land up here,
that joy glistens in the kaleidoscopic, tent•i•er eyes.
how else to truly trace this landscape of provenance,
a cat following a radiant butterfly to the ringing bells.
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India ▪ that is Bhāratam
a quiet 'photo meditation' and a poem
to read in the quiet of your days.
and share as we gather around what we love.
© Think Through The — Magic Box Photographie [◎]
* The italicized line is by Rainer Maria Rilke.
A last minute dash to the Winter Lights Festival in Canary Wharf. Was very impressive & also very busy, which made taking photos incredibly difficult with people everywhere. Finally managed to get a 'clean' shot of this art installation in Cabot Square. credit to designer Gali May Lucas & sculptor Karoline Hinz.
A quiet moment of connection and pause—three women share time together, absorbed in their own worlds. A snapshot of life, calm yet vibrant, where stories and moments unfold in stillness.
The absorbance pattern responsible for the red color of anthocyanins may be complementary to that of green chlorophyll in photosynthetically active tissues such as young Quercus coccifera leaves. It may protect the leaves from attacks by plant eaters that may be attracted by green color.
- Wiki
A close-up rather than a macro, as I was hoping to capture a few shots of male pheasants feeding in a frosted field, so I set up with a 300m lens. The 'character' of the head and the colours absorbed by the veiled morning sun were what attracted me and being far enough away from the car.... As it turned out, the pheasants had flocked off by the time I arrived anyway!
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La photographie est un art, un métier et un moyen d'expression, mais c'est aussi un moyen d'expression grandissant pour des millions de personnes comme vous et moi. Capturées lors d'une de mes formations.
Photography is an art, a craft and a means of expression, but it is also a way to live the moment for millions of people like you and me. Captured during one of my training courses.
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