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A dedication to the abused Ukrainian People, whose freedom has been trampled on and denied... whose wings have been clipped... In the hope that this Country will soon rise again and be spared from further violence.
I'm still few days impossibilitated to stay connected for long at the Net, but I want to donate to the CC this further digital design of mine in tribute to Ukraine illustrating a pair of wings that I mainly designed manually, maintaining a certain asymmetry in order to not have a mirrored effect from a wing to the other.
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#PlanisphericArt by ©WhiteAngel
From their website:
Estate of the Art
Can a winery elevate the craft of winemaking to a fine art? Of course it can. Can a winery dedicate itself as a temple to works of fine art? Why not? But can a winery that does one also achieve the other? Good question. Now, if you were to put that question to Bacchus, god of wine, mischief-maker and generally acknowledged originator of the practice of horsing around, we know just where he'd send you: straight to the horse's mouth.
And not just any horse. He'd send you to Pegasus, the winged horse of ancient myth whose hooves brushed against the earth, unleashing the sacred spring of the muses. Lucky earth. That spring gave life to grapevines, and the wine that flowed from them inspired poetry and art in all who drank it.
In that spirit, a couple of millennia later, we set out to create a place where the wellspring of wine and the muses of art could live together -- a sort of temple to wine and art. Not a museum or a sacred shrine way up in the clouds, but a haven here on earth. The kind of place we know Bacchus would approve of, where art and vines seem to spring from the same fertile soil, where smiling is encouraged, and pleasure and serendipity are all around you.
And in tribute to those fateful hoofbeats that started it all, we called that place Clos Pegase. Clos being the French word for an enclosed vineyard -- an estate winery, where every wine is made from that vineyard's own grapes. Which is what we are. And Pegase being the French word for "Pegasus." Which sounded nicer with clos.
Can wine and art come together to create an experience as lofty as Olympus and as lusty as the rascal Bacchus? We think so. Here's our story.
The Making of a Winemaker
Now, if you were to ask the wise-acre, Bacchus, "how do you make a small fortune in the wine business?" chances are he'd reply: "start with a large fortune."
In the case of Clos Pegase, that large fortune came from -- of all places -- the Japanese publishing industry. In 1955, our founder, Jan Shrem, who was studying for his Master's degree at UCLA, took what he thought was going to be a little vacation in Japan. He fell in love with the place -- and with a woman named Mitsuko -- and he decided to stick around. For the next thirteen years.
To support himself, Jan began importing English-language reference and technical books to a market hungry for all things Western. He was in the right place at the right time. Building on his success, he began translating and publishing books in Japan as well, and, by the time he sold his company in 1968 to elope with Mitsuko to Europe, it had grown to some 50 offices and nearly 2,000 employees.
In 1980, after 25 years in the publishing business, Jan found himself at a crossroads. He had built a publishing empire. And, in the meantime, Mitsuko had introduced him to the mysteries and pleasures of wine -- an interest that had quickly turned into a consuming passion. He decided the time had come to listen to his "inner Bacchus" and devote his life to winemaking.
Jan enrolled in the enology program at the University of Bordeaux, where he soon became fascinated with the idea of combining ancient winemaking practices with emerging technologies. Nowhere was this combination more vital and exciting than in California, so, armed with the Napa Valley address of the dean of American winemakers, Andre Tchelistcheff, Jan headed west.
With Tchelistcheff's help, Jan eventually created a unique wine estate -- and an equally distinctive style of winemaking. He began by purchasing a 50-acre vineyard in Calistoga in 1983. Later, he would add more than 400 additional acres in the northern and southern ends of the Napa Valley.
A Temple Among the Vines
By the mid-1980s, it became clear that Jan's new wine estate would need an anchor -- a building to serve as its base of operations. But Jan was thinking bigger than a mere roof and walls. He envisioned a place designed to showcase his extensive art collection in a way that made it accessible to everyone; a focal point that could match the majesty of the rocky knoll that rises above the valley from the center of the vineyard; a place of celebration, education and pleasure; and a visible, visit-able symbol of his winemaking philosophy.
Working with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jan sponsored an architects' competition. From a field of 96 entrants, the judges selected renowned Princeton architect, Michael Graves. He was commissioned to build a "temple to wine and art" at the base of the knoll and a home for Jan and Mitsuko at its summit, with sweeping views of the Napa Valley below. Within the knoll itself, 20,000 feet of aging caves would be excavated, including the breathtaking Cave Theater, a dramatic setting for celebrations, presentations and special events.
Construction was completed in 1987. The spectacular structures Graves created -- and the surrounding sculpture garden that includes some of the world's greatest twentieth-century works of art -- have won international awards and generated great excitement in the wine industry. The national press has been generous in its praise as well, describing Clos Pegase as "a place of pilgrimage" and "America's first monument to wine and art."
And, just as Jan had hoped, the stately symmetry of the building reflects his own winemaking ethos. "In architecture, as in our wines," he says "I believe we have achieved balance, harmony and symmetry in the classical Greek sense, avoiding the baroque concepts of high oak, high alcohol and high extract to create food-friendly wines of quiet elegance. These are the hallmarks of what has come to be known as the 'Clos Pegase style.'"
The Clos Pegase Style. It's there as you walk through the grounds. It's there in the cool stillness of the caves. You find it when you round a corner in the vineyard and come face to face with a sculpture that's both beautiful and as disarmingly irreverent as Bacchus himself. And it's there on our label, in Jan's favorite painting from his collection. There, depicted by the great 19th-Century French artist Odilon Redon, is the winged horse, Pegasus, his front hooves rearing toward the heavens, his back hooves firmly planted right here on earth.
While in Texas my friend Ann and I were lucky enough to witness several Fall Outs of Migrating Song Birds and spent a lot of time using flash photography in dense wooded areas to capture the migrating Song Birds. Many of which had just landed after crossing the Gulf of Mexico!! This bird is also a member of the Warbler family!! They like wet areas and feed mainly on insects, flipping over leaves as they walk about the forest floor!! Hope you like the image!!
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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FORT LANGLEY. BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Museum (c.1915)
If you zoom in close, you may find a young couple, that to me, appeared very much in love.
The Historical CN Station was built in 1915.
The design was one of the Canadian Northern Railways '3rd class plans'. This plan was used by the CN until 1924.
In 1918 Canadian Northern became part of Canadian National, and the CN Station was enlarged to accommodate larger living quarters for the Station's Agent. The Station Agent was Richard Charles Simpson between 1918-1929.
The train station operated fulltime until 1972 and at that time was reduced to a flag stop.
Passenger service was ended in 1980.
This Station was build west of the location where it stands today. In 1983 it was moved to its present location and restored by the Langley Heritage Society in cooperation with the Township of Langley.
Designated a Heritage Site on Feb. 27, 1984.
Mrs. Simpson’s Garden was planted in memory of the Station Agent, Richard C Simpson wife.
The CN Station is now a museum and is located on the corner of Mavis Street and Glover Road in Fort Langley.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
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~Christie by the River
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I am sure that those who are seeing this picture will not acknowledge this effort by Indian Railways to repaint WAP-7 in Duronto livery.2259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express approaches Chander Nagar Halt behind GZB WAP-7 30246 in Duronto livery.Train running late by 45 minutes
Capturing the person's hair spinning in the air, as she spun around, was purely luck.
This beautiful sunset went down in a blaze of glory.
The clouds lit up in brilliant tones of orange and yellow, as the sun slipped below the horizon.
The dock lights had just come on, providing for a warm glow to set off this inviting nautical scene.
Steveston Village
Fisherman's Wharf
Richmond. British Columbia
Canada
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~Christie (happiest) by the River
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Canon EOS 5Ds with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS lens.
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A symbolic title for this image to acknowledge the Rainbow Nation or South Africa, its official name. Archbishop Desmond Tutu coined the term for his country land after the country's first democratic election in 1994.
He wanted to remind the people that 9 African tribes with different languages live beside whites who speak two different languages. Add to this mix, a huge Indian population and. foreign nationals and you have the "new" South Africa. The name signified, for many, the end of apartheid rule where citizens could start living in harmony.
In my travels through out the country, I was struck by the tremendous regard that the citizens of all races and nationalities still have for their three Nobel Peace Prize winners. Tutu, FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. This respect seems to bind people together as it should. The men worked together to end what the violence and hatred tat was destroying their nation.
Before I give a little background about the ORP Blyskawica let me acknowledge that the world is currently going through a period of horrendous turmoil, in particular in Ukraine and Gaza. The last thing I want to do with this upload is appear to be glorifying instruments of war.
The ORP Błyskawica dates back to 1936 and is therefore a product of an age when very few living today will recall her launch. For the last fifty years she has acted as a museum ship and has quite rightly become a source of Polish pride. Her launch in 1936 occurred in the shipyards of J Samuel White of East Cowes in the Isle of White. There is nothing remarkable there, however two days before the onset of the World War 11 hostilities on 30th August the Blyskawica and two other sister ships sailed from the Baltic Sea to the UK. What this meant was that these three Polish destroyers were saved from the imminent Axis advance. For duration of the war the Polish navy amounted to just these three destroyers.
Of her two sister ships the ORP Grom was lost in the Norwegian campaign in 1940. The ORP Burza (an older French design) survived the war and be=came a museum ship in Gdynia until for some reason it was scrapped in 1977. She was of course replaced by the ORP Blyskawica as the resident museum ship in Gydnia.
I won't go into much of her service details, but will say the ORP Blyskawica provided constant effective service throughout the conflict. Highlights included, a presence at Dunkirk, Atlantic convoy support and escort duty for the RMS Queen Mary.
Perhaps one of her strangest but best known actions occurred when she was undergoing an emergency refit in Cowes in May 1942. A Luftwaffe air raid involving 160 aircraft targeted the Isle of White whilst she was in dockhand undergoing repair work. She acted as an impromptu anti aircraft gunnery position and seemingly provided such a barrage that the Luftwaffe had to climb significantly higher and therefore dropped their bombs from a greater range. This action is believed to have saved countless and the destroyer is still held in high regard in Cowes for this very reason.
Turning to the current day, she acts as a museum ship and is berthed in Gdynia, just up the coast from Gdansk. She is also the oldest surviving destroyer in the world. Alas we arrived in town just as tours were closed for a two hour period so I wasn't able to look around her.
Paddle boarding, possibly the closest thing to walking on water.
Evening sun, capturing this boarders' upper torso.
Looking closer, I noticed the tan line of where his watch was, opposed to where it in the photo.
Also, I noted the perfect, dark shadow of the paddle handle, centered against the paddler's forearm.
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 honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
~Christie
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Least Tern baby named Tipi.
Yes it's a repost but I love this photograph!
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One style sometimes acknowledges another. There is a place of reference at the beginning that sometimes is not the conclusion, rather it reveals a pathway with significant moments upon the journey. This figure laid out on the skyline goes through all the variations of the atmospheric conditions each year wearing snow and lush green growth with light and shadow from the Sun and from clouds. The diversity of each day and night bring about variations.
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Captured this image of a giraffe when he appeared to be in deep thought. He was totally uninterested in my presence and did not even acknowledge that we were near by. Love these gentle, quiet animals.
Have a lovely day !
Birkenhead Park.
It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847. It is generally acknowledged as the first publicly funded civic park in the world.
Olmsted's vision for Central Park was inspired by Birkenhead Park,
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, designed New York's Central Park
Matthew 7
The Passion Translation
Do Not Judge
7 “Refuse to be a critic full of bias toward others, and you will not be judged.[a] 2 For you’ll be judged by the same standard that you’ve used to judge others. The measurement you use on them will be used on you.[b] 3 Why would you focus on the flaw in someone else’s life and fail to notice the glaring flaws of your own?[c] 4 How could you say to your friend, ‘Let me show you where you’re wrong,’ when you’re guilty of even more? 5 You’re being hypercritical and a hypocrite! First acknowledge and deal with your own ‘blind spots,’ and then you’ll be capable of dealing with the ‘blind spot’ of your friend.[d]
This is another one of our baby Black Skimmer images!! You can see that both parents are very involved in taking care of junior!! This baby is very young (about 4 days) and you can just see how caring they are as parents!! The black background is another Skimmer family. The fish is a large needle fish that is also a surface fish!! We will be busy until Monday and hope everyone has a great weekend !!
Please note!!! I shoot with a huge lens well away from boundaries and off the beach for hours at a time!! It is very important not to bother these birds!! If you are scaring the parents or the babies it is wrong and not worth it!!
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The piebald pigeon had just started to fly down from it's perch on a wire when I grabbed the shot.
Canon EF 70-300 f4-5.6 lens on a Canon EOS 1DS MarkIII. Cropped in Lightroom Classic.
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VIEW LARGE This image was taken in Sea Level, North Carolina at Linda's Moms house. Bluebirds are very territorial of their space and will chase other species out of the area, more so when they have babies. Our last image for 2 weeks will go up on Thursday . We though we would put up some North Carolina images that you have not seen to get us in the mood !! If you are going to be in Eastern North Carolina during the next 2 weeks and want to shoot with us drop us a Flickr mail. Thanks for looking, all the comments and Friendships!!!
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"BP later acknowledged to Congress that the worst case, if the leak accelerated, would be 60,000 barrels a day, a flow rate that would dump a plume the size of the Exxon Valdez spill into the gulf every four days." - NY TIMES
The Drake was acknowledging another pair of BWT within 10 feet. they were chatting politely with each other. This one has a red eye, the other had a dark one.. I have seen both colors but I am not sure what it means as both males were accompanied by a female. these were overexposed but RAW had enough detail to make a usable image..
The woodpecker does not like the cracked preferring only the sunflower seeds that are mixed in. So he will move his head and toss the seeds around with his beak.
The "Hen Party", the pigeons and the small sparrows are happy when this happens as they get to get the seeds that fall from the feeding platform to the ground.
Canon EF 70-300 f4-5.6 IS USM on a Canon EOS 1DS Mark III.
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A touch of frost on a piece of firewood. It was -3C when I woke up but now it is 11C and it is supposed to be in the 20's for the next few days. Mother Nature really needs hormone replacement therapy.
Canon EOS 1DS Mark III with a Canon FD 28mm 3.5 SC lens on a reverse macro ring.
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Lavenham in Suffolk is widely acknowledged as the best example of a medieval wool town in England.
In Tudor times, Lavenham was said to be the fourteenth wealthiest town in England, despite its small size. Its fine timber-framed buildings and beautiful church, built on the success of the wool trade, make it a fascinating place to explore today.
Although Lavenham goes back to Saxon times, it is best known as a medieval wool town. It was granted its market charter in 1257 and started exporting its famous blue broadcloth as far afield as Russia.
In the 14th century Edward III encouraged the English weaving industry and Lavenham began to prosper. However in the late 16th century Dutch refugees in Colchester began weaving a lighter, cheaper and more fashionable cloth and the woollen trade in Lavenham began to fail.
Most of the buildings in Lavenham today date from the 15th century, many of these were never altered due to the fall of the weaving industry. Consequently the town is still very much on the same scale as it must have been in the 15th century.
66613's toot is acknowledged by the S&T blokes as it finally gets away from signal WN4815 after a short delay due to a points failure at Kingsbury Branch Junction heading 6G67 Tunstead to Small Heath. The wagons of 6M27 from Cardiff Tidal are just visible to the left of 66115 and 66101 which was stuck on the main line for 135 minutes heavily delaying the following passenger services.
In front of the Jokhang temple, this family did a full body prostration.
This is very hard to do,
The actual prostration is performed by dropping the body forward and stretching it full length on the floor, the arms outstretched in front.... Again, with hands in the lotus bud mudra, bend your arms back and touch your hands to the top of your head (forehead touching the ground), a gesture that acknowledges the blessing flowing from Guru Rinpoche. Then stretch your arms out once more and push yourself up.... Bring your hands into the lotus bud mudra for the third time and touch your heart in a gesture of reverence. Then, walk forward in body length, with a smooth motion, bring your hands to your crown and perform the next prostration...........
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostration_(Buddhism)
Lockhead Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Having just taken off from RAF Lakenheath.
Acknowledge that most of my fellow bird photographers are not bothered about planes photos, so tried my best to make them look a bit more interesting.
I sometimes feel a bit locked into landscapes, I love them but I also take so many other images that I do not post. Today I just felt like doing something out of the norm. A kitty. I happened to come upon this one while taking photos of a structure. I just loved the peeking out.
Texture used: Creme and Carmel Mood
William’s Practice involves beading everyday objects. With this work, he explores the ideas around trespassing as he subtly critiques rights of land. These camping chairs – created by many hands and thousands of glass beads – are set on river rocks that acknowledge the waterways and shorelines that run through Turtle Island. He raises the questions: “Who is claiming ownership of these lands?”
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It's said everyone has his fifteen minutes of fame, and I guess even a weed gets the spotlight sometimes. I was taking photos of the sunset on Sedona's red sandstone formations when a ray from the setting sun came through at a perfect angle to highlight this weed. Though just a lowly weed, it had put out some small flowers and now Mother Nature was acknowledging its efforts.
dr. linda manyguns spoke to visitors at Glengary Bison Ranch.
She is a Blackfoot woman, born on the Tsuut'ina Nation and registered at Siksika Nation in southern Alberta.
She is the associate vice-president of indigenization and decolonization at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
A tweet from MRU: "dr. linda manyguns joins the lowercase movement to reject the symbols of hierarchy wherever they are found and will not use capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition."
While Linda and I were at Green Cay one very early morning, a Limpkin flew up to the railing on the boardwalk right in front of us!! If you can see into the Limpkins eye you will see the flash from my camera and the sunrise!! The Limpkin still has feathers on its beak from grooming its feathers!! The shot was made mainly by using a flash with a Better Beamer because of the low light conditions!! Thanks for looking and we will see everyone on Tuesday!!
We are asked all the time why we are so behind on putting up images. Two reasons... We like to mix them up and every 4 months or so we Copyright Register all of our new images!! Files are sent to the Library of Congress for registration!! I am including a link to our Web Site, we have a blog on how to do that!! www.sunderlandwildlife.com/blog/2013/2/why-copyright-your...
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A defunct roadside eatery with a wild west flair. Internet research acknowledges it's existence. But also states it's permanently closed. Which is evident.
Every dog has it s day.
Yashica electro gsn, fomapan 400 developed in d-96 for 10 minutes @ 22 degrees C.
Gorgeous day on the St. John River. Ahh, summer. How we're going to miss ya. Not my boat. Not my beach. Not my river. Not my sky. The camera? Mine. And, my thanks to Chuck Norris for tilting the earth back for this shot. Just sayin'. It's always right to acknowledge them what does you a good turn.
Tom and Jerry came for lunch today so of course Tom had to pose for his meal.
Sigma 150-500 f5-6.3 lens on a Canon EOS 7D.
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This is an image from Everglades National Park on the Anhinga Trail that we took last year !!! Linda liked it and said it would make a great Hump day photo !! This was a very low lighting shot and the camara flash supplied the lighting of the bird and perch. The image is a little soft but still a fun image ... Poor Momma Green Heron trying to feed that everyday !!! Thanks for looking and have a great Wednesday everyone...
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I've not acknowledged any comments on my photos for a while now, so please accept my apologies for this - I've been a bit preoccupied with photography and mountains!
My climbing partner and I are travelling to the Highlands of Scotland (via Wales) so I may be off the airwaves for a couple of weeks. I love the inspiration you can draw from the work of Flickr members so I'll try and check in to Flickr as and when I can.
Thanks for checking out my photos and I hope to be able to post some half decent photos of Britain's mountain scenery when I return.
No mention of the Dennis Tridents at Stagecoach East Midlands can be made without acknowledging the Plaxton Presidents, which are arguably just as (if not more) synonymous with the place than the ALX400s. Despite the majority being new to Manchester, plus a smattering elsewhere, many convened on North Notts and Lincolnshire to see out significant parts of their working lives. Not to mention some operated in Hull, too.
18023 was always nice to see around with its flip dot destination blind and cemented itself as one of my favourites. On 27.7.23 it is departing Lincoln for Sleaford on the 31X and seen immediately outside the bus station, on Norman Street.
Usually at this juncture I complain that none of the East Midlands Presidents survive, but it’s possible that up to three do; 18046 was converted to a non-PSV thing and could still be at large somewhere; 18050 got donated to the police force; and 18056 – which served Bassetlaw but ended its days in Fife – got preserved in Scotland.
Now, all those things occurred between 2021 and 2023 and since then there’s been no update on any of them. Checking the government MOT and tax online database in October 2025, 18046 is shown as taxed until November 2026 but no MOT, while 18050 and 18056 come up as SORN with expired MOTs. So it’s a good indication that they still exist.
As for 18023 in this picture, it comes up with no results on the website so is likely scrapped. However, I can be satisfied in the fact that I was able to cheaply pick up the Northcord model of 18023 last March, so as far as I’m concerned now that *is* 18023... a small and mildly inaccurate representation of the original which fits nicely on a shelf.
MX53 FLC
Trying to remind myself today:
- Mindlessly scrolling social media will not
bring true, lasting comfort.
- Physically harming myself will not bring
true, lasting comfort.
- I can acknowledge what I'm feeling and
not just try to ignore or suppress it and let
it slowly decrease it won't last forever at
that same intensity.
- It's ok to be honest.
- It's ok to ask for help.
- I can rest in God's love and care for
me. He is with me in each moment.
- What do I need right now?
- It is not completely selfish to do these
things (if they are done in a healthy
manner)—in order to truly be here for and
serve my family, friends or anyone I encounter I also have to take care of my own wellness.
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I took this photo nearly two years ago (9/6/20) as I was doing my AMonthOnFilm image for that day. The prompt for my film photo was “looking up” [ www.flickr.com/photos/amandacreamerphotography/5051301140... ] and for that photo I laid in the grass at the edge of our yard where it meets the corn field, looking up at the sky, trying to cope as I was struggling intensely and working on taking my film photo. Here are some of the words I wrote that day with my “looking up” image: “…I listened to the corn blowing in the breeze, heard the loud insects buzzing all around me, felt the breeze blowing across my skin and the pressure of the solid ground under me, the cushion of the grass on my back and bugs biting at my ankles. I tried to absorb it all, take it all in among the anxiety raging in my body and mind. I tried to enjoy the moment instead of worrying I’d totally missed the shot by missing focus and not having the convenience of checking the image on the back of my camera—film doesn’t work that way. Even if I totally messed up this shot it can still remind me of this beautiful moment in God’s creation.” As I stayed in that spot, still working to cope, to try to find a tiny sliver of calmness I took some other photos with my digital camera. This is one of those images. I was holding my phone in my hand with the night sky as a backdrop. While outside I think my “trying to remind myself” phone alarm went off. I had an alarm set twice a day at set times and when the alarm sounded I would look at this image I created with one of my photos and words I had written to remind myself of. This was a habit for a while. I don’t do this anymore with an alarm and I can see evidence that these principles as well as some others not listed here are becoming more ingrained in my life and within myself. Things that were so foreign and felt so awkward are now starting to slowly become a little more natural. A small sign of some growth. It’s amazing to see how far I’ve come when there’s still SO far to go. I am thankful.