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The old adage: "if the cows are laying down it's a sign that rain is imminent". Apparently, in this case, they couldn't make up their mind. :)
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Right side rainbow, two of them.
According to the old adage, no gold found here either, absolutely nothing.
But beauty.
Seen in Tettenweis (Rottal / Lower Bavaria).
The old adage of if you don't succeed try, try again is well known to those shooting landscapes and cityscapes. We've all encountered the time when the weather, the sun, the clouds, the city lights, or maybe all of the above just don't want to cooperate when you're trying to get that perfect shot. If we're lucky we get to go back to try again and hope the next opportunity turns out better.
That's the story of this beautiful area along False Creek in Vancouver overlooking Science World and BC Place stadium. I was hoping to get a decent blue hour shot here and luckily was in Vancouver for 4 days which allowed for multiple attempts. On the first attempt the rain came pouring down right around when sunset was supposed to be through blue hour. The second attempt I was very hopeful. It was Victoria Day, a major holiday in Canada, and the weather was going to be wonderful! My hopes were up dreaming of fireworks and the Science World dome with amazing lights... only to find no fireworks and most of the dome lights off with only a small section in red... Luck was on my side on the 3rd try with the dome fully lit with a cool purple! Eureka! Third time turned out to be a charm :)
From the old adage "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in morning, sailor's warning."
Departing late afternoon storm clouds west of Prachuap Khiri Khan town.
summer among the fields of wild lupins
(check out this version too: www.flickr.com/photos/cybelmoonstruck/31572961456/in/albu...)
The church was built by William Sinclair, a son of the Earl of Orkney, in the 1400s. The Sinclairs original name was St.Clair revealing the Norman connection to the family. William who was considered a ne’er do well by his father was never a Knight Templar. The knights had been dishonoured and disbanded by Pope Clement long before (in 1312)....
.....The Knights Templar themselves had a long, controversial and colourful history. Though they began in the spiritual idealism of the early Crusades, in time they amassed great wealth in the Holy Land and became known for their excesses. “To drink like a Templar“ was an adage of the day. They were eventually accused of heresy and sorcery by the church. Their order ended in dissolution and disgrace with the burning at the stake of their leader and Grand Master, Jacques de Molay in Paris. It is said he died defiant, condemning both the pope and the church!
more fascinating history here:
cybeleshineblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/rosslyn-chapel/
( experimenting with Topaz impressions)
The old adage says that "Red skies at night are a sailor's delight." It must have been really nice sailing on this particular night because I've never seen the sky so red before or since.
*This was taken in February 2006.
Welcome to the beautiful city of Uzerche under the sun, pearl of Corrèze - New Aquitaine - France - Europe
Histoire d'Uzerche
Uzerche surnommée La " Perle du Limousin " est implantée sur la crête d'un escarpement rocheux entouré par une courbe serrée de la Vézère.
Les premiers, les Gaulois s'installèrent sur ce piton rocheux.
César, après avoir conquis la Gaule, choisit de laisser quelques garnisons dans la région, avec pour mission, à Uzarcba, de surveiller les passages de la Vézère.
Le site occupait une position stratégique. Il surplombait le col de Sainte-Eulalie où se trouvait un important carrefour routier antique, d'origine préromaine. L'une des routes joignait l'Armorique au Bassin Méditerranéen, une autre permettait de franchir la Vézère à gué.
Très tôt, ce col fut équipé d'un lieu de culte consacré à une martyre espagnole du 3ème siècle, Sainte-Eulalie de Mérida.
En 480, les Wisigoths pillent et détruisent Uzerche.
Pépin le Bref, conscient de l'intérêt du site, fait bâtir une forteresse et une église protégées par une haute muraille flanquée de dix-huit tours.
La ville se dote de portes, dont la Porte Bécharie qui subsiste encore. Trente an après leur défaite à Poitiers (732), les Sarrasins envahissent une seconde fois le Limousin.
Durant sept ans la ville résiste à leurs assauts et se libère du siège par un habile stratagème. Un blason symbolisant (selon la légende) cette victoire est sculptée sur la porte Bécharie.
En 909, les Normands saccagent la cité.
Au 10ème siècle, les Carolingiens décident d'y fonder un monastère sous la conduite de l'abbé Gaubert. Un incendie en 1028 met un terme à la prospérité que connaît la communauté.
Le 12ème siècle est une période faste, les grands de ce monde traversent la cité et s'arrêtent au monastère : Henry II d'Angleterre et Aliénor d'Aquitaine, leur fils, Richard Cœur de Lion.
La ville résiste à plusieurs sièges, dont celui des Anglais, méritant ainsi le surnom d'Uzerche-La-Pucelle, celle qui n'a jamais été prise.
Dès le 14ème siècle, son développement justifie l'adage " Qui a maison à Uzerche a château en Limousin ". La noblesse de robe va construire hôtels et maisons fortes jusqu'au 16ème siècle.
En 1575, le vicomte de Turenne, à la tête des Huguenots, saccage l'abbaye.
La puissance de son abbaye et la création d'une sénéchaussée royale firent d'elle une capitale du Bas-Limousin.
Source la Corrèze.com
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History of Uzerche
Uzerche, nicknamed the "Pearl of Limousin", is located on the crest of a rocky escarpment surrounded by a tight curve of the Vézère.
The first, the Gauls, settled on this rocky peak.
Caesar, after having conquered Gaul, chose to leave some garrisons in the region, with the mission, in Uzarcba, to monitor the passages of the Vézère.
The site occupied a strategic position. It overlooked the Sainte-Eulalie pass where there was an important ancient road junction, of pre-Roman origin. One of the roads joined Armorica to the Mediterranean Basin, another made it possible to ford the Vézère.
Very early on, this pass was equipped with a place of worship dedicated to a 3rd century Spanish martyr, Sainte-Eulalie de Mérida.
In 480, the Visigoths pillaged and destroyed Uzerche.
Pépin le Bref, aware of the interest of the site, had a fortress and a church built, protected by a high wall flanked by eighteen towers.
The city is equipped with gates, including the Porte Bécharie which still remains. Thirty years after their defeat at Poitiers (732), the Saracens invade Limousin a second time.
For seven years the city resisted their assaults and freed itself from the siege by a clever stratagem. A coat of arms symbolizing (according to legend) this victory is carved on the Porte Bécharie.
In 909, the Normans sacked the city.
In the 10th century, the Carolingians decided to found a monastery there under the leadership of Father Gaubert. A fire in 1028 put an end to the prosperity of the community.
The 12th century was a prosperous period, the great of this world crossed the city and stopped at the monastery: Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son, Richard the Lionheart.
The city resisted several sieges, including that of the English, thus deserving the nickname of Uzerche-La-Pucelle, the one that was never taken.
From the 14th century, its development justifies the adage "Who has a house in Uzerche has a castle in Limousin". The nobility of the robe built hotels and fortified houses until the 16th century.
In 1575, the Vicomte de Turenne, at the head of the Huguenots, sacked the abbey.
The power of its abbey and the creation of a royal senechaussee made it a capital of Bas-Limousin.
Source la Corrèze.com
Lentamente mutaban los reflejos en formas y colores…. Bajo el influjo de Aión fui niño y a la vez anciano . Nada parecía tener principio ni fin. Mientras tanto las estrellas paseaban por el cielo , entre nubes de algodón…F.O.G.
English :
Slowly mutated reflections in shapes and colors ... Under the influence of Aion I was a child and at the same time old. Nothing seemed to have a beginning or an end. Meanwhile the stars strolled through the sky, among clouds of cotton ... F.O.G.
Observing Acorn Woodpeckers always reminds me of the adage "with friends like these, who needs enemies." As they live in a unique extended communal groups, it's a safe bet that these two are of the same group if not related genetically. Despite this connection, they are very aggressive towards one another. The exception is when a different species of bird gets to close, then they work together like a well oiled military unit to beat the snot out of the interloper. Despite their aggression (perhaps because of it) they are my favorite birds.
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Brown Acres - Jackson County - Southern Oregon
And it's not just Gannets
Two birds but only one perch
Recipe for trouble and so it proved
In this case the old adage Possession is nine-tenths of the law turned out to true!
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♪♫♬ Placebo provides our collective mood: Pure Morning
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This is a group pic featuring the lovely duo Marcy and Dacien, the team behind the Quills and Curiosities store. These guys are amongst the nicest people I've met in SL over many, many years and proves the old adage that looks can be deceiving is right - I've personally witnessed people take one look at them and run away before they even had a chance to say hello
Although this is not a blogpost your eye may have caught the halos around the image - this is the Wreath of Barbs set and is coming soon at the Necrosis event for May 28th - June 11th 2021. They are animated too.
More details on their flickr here.
I've been back north about 3 weeks now, and since I got back I'd been vigilant (obsessed) with checking the buds on the trees.
Which stubbornly remained buds....tight ones.
So, remembering the adage a watched pot never boils, I finally said enuf. And I ignored the trees...no more bud checks.
No more paying attention to them at all.
That was about 3-4 days ago.
Today, I opened my door and saw a world full of lace. A lot of lace.
A friend of mine noticed and said the buds on her trees didn't so much open as explode!!!
So, three conclusions from this.
A watched pot never boils.....and an unwatched pot explodes.
Your choice. ;-)
And the third......It's Spring.
Because of this song: I can change - Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive is one of my favorite bands... such talented musicians and Rachel's voice is so flawless.
this song is one of their slow and thoughtful and clever songs and I was mesmerized by the video ...
hate casts a long shadow
I know that I lie in it
and let it rule my mind from time to time
escaping an old battle
clings on like a vine to me
whispers dirty lies in my ear
I know, we didn't start this fight
and I won't let it rule my heart tonight
I can change
I can change
I can still change
I can still change
tracing an old pattern
drawing the lines from where I am
and from where I wanna be
forget that old adage
the history continues to
keep us from the world we wanna see
I am scared that I won't get it right
but fear won't rule my heart tonight
I can change
I can change
I can still change
I can still change...
then here's the opposite
no still waters in sight
a fountain at the local golf course…..
for # 31, Bubbles, 52 in 2016 Challenge
“Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past."
The beginning lines of T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets: Burnt Norton," have always haunted me. The older I get, the more poignant these lines have become, reminding me of that age-old adage, "no matter where you go, there you are."
Happy Slider's Sunday everyone.
North Bloomfield CA
Since my first posting got bumped off (it's an adage so not really a product- see the first comment box), here's my second choice possibility for the Macro Mondays group’s theme of medical for May 23. The inspiration for this came from my DD!
The MM magnetic tiles together are about 6cm-- i post a size verification picture later.
………💙HMM 💊💙
CMWD_red
Proving the old adage that there is someone for everyone, these cormorants seem to be in love. Ahhh, Spring.
(Flickr Friday: #321 Adage)
According to the current theme, group members were supposed to represent an adage in a photo. I chose "You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette", which means that if you want to achieve something, you often have to destroy something or make difficult sacrifices. I used an egg cup, a chocolate egg filled with colourful sweets and a teaspoon for the photo.
De acuerdo con el tema propuesto, los miembros del grupo teníamos que representar un dicho en una foto. Escogí aquel que dice que “no se puede hacer tortilla sin romper los huevos”, el cual significa que se tienen que destruir algo o hacer sacrificios difíciles para lograr algo. Para la foto, utilicé una huevera, un huevo de chocolate relleno con dulces coloridos y una cucharilla.
I begged and pleaded with them to help me out. I was hoping for an hour or so and hundreds of shots. Instead they sat down for five seconds before the older turned to me and said 'Happy now?' and they both immediately bolted. I guess one is better than nothing. Beggars can't be choosers I think is how the adage goes.
In digging through the pile of shots from over the past years I came across another shot that had been taken many and many a year ago during one of my traditional Advent outings to some of the popular destinations within one-day's travel reach around here. That year, my choice was Salzburg, which proved to be one of the top successful selections not only for the city's splendid Christmas decorations all along its pretty, human scale streets and alleys, as opposed to broad and definitely stunning, but too crowded avenues of Vienna, but also for one of the most beautiful small family-run hotels I have ever been accommodated in. There, in a tastefully designed hotel lobby, there was a huge Venetian glass mirror placed centrally to the staircase hailing everyone who passed with its crystal clear reflections...and, as the adage goes, the rest is history ... :)
Thank you everyone for taking the time to visit, fave and/or comment. Thank you also to all who just stop by, smile or not, and move on... And, the most important enjoy your weekend everyone! Cheers!
© Inga Vuljanko Desnica 2014 – All Rights Reserved
Please do not use (assuming anyone would wish to) without my written consent. Thank you!
HCS 😊😊😍
Clichés
Related to Gardens, Gardening, Farming, Agriculture, Nature
Metaphors, Similes, Idioms, Proverbs, Sayings, Epigrams
Short Quotes, Adages, Brief Thoughts, Catchy Ideas, Witticisms
Compiled by Mike Garofalo
Green Way Research, Red Bluff, California
www.gardendigest.com/cliche.htm
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As I continue down my road of discovery within the realms of photography, I have found my propensity for finding fault in every detail becoming more assertive. Perhaps it’s the old adage “You’re your own worst critic” or perhaps, more fittingly, it’s that I am looking at a scene more critically. Composition, such an easy concept! Well, it is when you first hear about it, then you delve deeper. This is a rabbit hole even Alice would tire of I feel. And yet, we steadfastly march onward! Finding ourselves correcting, and even dissecting every scene. A slow bubbling madness within all photographers, reflecting in our works before inevitably looking back at the journey we have taken to get there. Do you feel fulfilled, or is it the madness that keeps us coming back… Looking to conquer the feeling you could do better…next time.
Aperture: f8
ISO: 640
SS: 1/8th
Focal: 16mm
Fujinon 16-55mm
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I was making the long trek back to my car after a disappointing photo shoot at dusk... seeking to photograph some elusive deer in the nature park, but they kept themselves nicely hidden in the forest. Darkness fell quickly.
Then I came across this beautiful fountain lit with the most glorious light. I had seen this fountain during the day, but didn't realize how stunning it looked at night. I had to stop and take some shots... both short and long exposure. I was hoping to catch some water droplets at short exposure, but it wasn't until I got at home that I realized how artistic the extended-exposure shots were.
This is an example of the age-old adage:
If your planned shot isn't happening, move around; if you keep your eyes open, photo ops are all around us.
Groups:
Frame It Cover Contest - 1st [tie]
Frame it Photo of the Year Contest - 5th
Frame It Admins Eleven Award
Frame It Level 12 - Hall of Frame
Super Six Stage Six - Andromeda
Be you always as wise as serpents but as harmless as doves!
Many thanks to all who takes the time to view, comment and fave my pictures!
Though the cat finally did acknowledge me, she did so in a rather condescending way, at least, this is how I read her signals. As the old adage goes, 'dogs have owners, cats have staff'. Fuji X-E3 plus Helios 44M-7 at approx. F 8.
"Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning." I love these old adages. This particular one is the rule of thumb that's been used for weather forecasting during the past two millennia. It's even mentioned in the New Testament. I mention all this because this is exactly what we woke up to this morning in Grass Valley. A quick check of the weather shows us on the cusp of a 10-day rain and snow period--so exciting to see all this moisture after a year of heat and parched earth. By the way, the picture shows an early morning at Pescadero along the San Mateo County Coast. It did rain later that day--proof.
Pescadero CA
Tonight's storms,though less dramatic,are proving to be unpredictable.Sudden high winds and sheets of rain one minute,still and partly sunny the next.Heat and high humidity have been the flavor of the week so far as well.Just proves the familiar adage about midwestern weather-if you don't like the waether,just wait a minute! LOL
There are some fascinating boulders on the shore of Porth Nanven. On my last visit there were numerous beautiful rounded boulders where the little stream enters the sea. This year they have been covered by sand and I had to look for different opportunities. Not that this was a problem as there are plenty of others to catch the eye and with the Brison Islands just of shore the place is a photographers dream.
I was extremely lucky on this visit as the weather was so poor on my way here I nearly didn't bother. I thought it would be a few wet, drizzly LE shots at best. But as I scrambled over the boulders to the shore the weather started to improve and left me all alone here with conditions I certainly didn't expect to find. I came away with some decent images like this one. I suppose it's a case of the old adage, "you have to be out there to catch moments like this", and I nearly didn't!
Old soccer adage: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Got up and sat in the backyard on the wet ground for about 90 minutes this morning.
Worth it.
Similar to curling stones around the button, these "rocks" are embedded in the ice that surrounds them. They do however make an interesting study in form, and combined with the evening light, contrast against the smoothness in which they are nestled. What initially attracted me to this opportunity was their neckless like encircling of the deposit of water.
It is actually a thawed area from the river flowing around and under the ice. Closer inspection changes the look of the outcome, illustrating that old adage, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." (Einstein) This angle had me standing off the bottom of a hill and onto the ice that touches the land. With our recent higher temperatures one needs to take greater care of such thinning ice, so I stayed close to the edge.
the old adage, check out the rear of the eatery to gauge the quality of the establishment can sometimes lead to more than what you bargained for
Swan Lake with an autographed portrait of Rudolf Nureyev, which he signed when he came to Sacramento CA.
Le Lac des cygnes – Swan Lake
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lake
Swan Lake. Pas de deux: Miranda Weese and Damian Woetzel at New York City Ballet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-5ksjxGg4
Swan Lake – Entrée et Adage from the Black Swan pas de deux (The Royal Ballet)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p21n1xorjEs
The Dying Swan – La mort du cygne. Svetlana Zakharova's gala performance in 2010.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3GAjAKges
The dying swan - Natalia Makarova
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Lo importante no es lo que hacen con nosotros, sino lo que hacemos con lo que han hecho de nosotros.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Foto : Monasterio de San Petro de Arlanza (Burgos)
"Bye bye, out of my mind
You say hello and I don't reply
Got my own friends
You got yours, you don't know me
Anymore, I'm on the way up
Look at the ground, I won't wait up
Not coming down from this (this, this, this, this)
Got a new vibe, who dis?
Got a new vibe, who dis?
R-I-P -- Didn't meant to get savage
2019, but you know the old adage
"Never judge a person by their worst picture"
Gotta look deeper, gotta find a finsta
Got my own fam, too bad you're not in it
I'm head of the table every night for dinner
You a little salty, better pass the pepper
Go ahead and @ me, but I got the paper"
My father (Last on the right.) Learned to become a trained singer and tried to make some money off his abilities and did some off Broadway and some odd and end work over the years with his best paying work doing seasonal work working at the Metropolitan Opera doing choir work for several operas for over a decade until his voice started to fade. But as the old adage goes never give up your day job which he never did.
Until last year, the two weeks after Christmas would have found us boating in southern Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, or British Columbia. Most people were surprised to hear we'd be boating in WA and BC in January. But it was one of our favorite times - no crowds, cheaper moorage, and many a fine New Year's Eve celebration with family and friends. Sometimes it would be a potluck around a campfire, other times a fine dinner at a special restaurant. It was also a great time to repeat one of my favorite adages, "There's no such thing as bad weather - only bad clothing."
As some of you know, we sold our boat a year ago. It was a good decision for us with - no regrets, but we do miss it sometimes. And this week is one of those times. Januarys past are front and center for me today - on my mind and in my heart.
I was trying to catch Brendan's image in between two train cars. Almost got it, but not quite. Should the adage be updated to: Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades......and photography? I didn't think so either. Oh well.
Sensational Saturday to you my friend.
Channeling Jackson Pollack and dressed for the cold? There's more of me thinking about him in the first comment box below.
I'm also thinking this would make a challenging jigsaw puzzle? In any case, I doubt if it belongs in anyone's 'minimals album.' :)
For those that just have to know, it's a neighbour's house photographed from our very frozen lake through the birch trees that are growing in their lakeside yard. f/8 seemed about right for the 'separation' I wanted although f/5.6 might have been better? Alas, you can't go home again. I must remember to bracket more often - it doesn't cost anything in the age of digital.
If you are contemplating buying this lens, although expensive, it proves the old adage that "you get what you pay for." It's crazy sharp at all focal lengths, focuses fast and silently and is relatively small given its zoom range. It also focuses very close such that you get an - almost - macro lens at 400mm (.35x) ... great for skittish butterflies and such. Enlarge this image and you will see first hand some of the len's strengths.
- Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
A page from Lake's book:
There are so many adages written about life, death, and the importance of our time on this earth.
One thing we all know for certainty is that we are born with a physical expiration date.
However, I'm one who believes that the divine energy that sustains our souls never dies. It continues to ascend and travel into other dimensions.
On the sixth of August, 2024, a very good friend of mine passed away. He was young, full of life, and he died prematurely and unexpectedly. It took a few days for this news to knock on my door. I used to feel extreme sadness at the passing of a loved one. And while it still weighs heavily on my heart, my belief in going to a better world when we die is unshakable, and that gives me strength. Did I cry for the loss of my good friend? Yes. Did I raise a glass and wish him glorious travels to his next dimension? Heck yes!
David, thank you for all our conversations about life, sports, relationships and the world. You were a true gentleman, a caring man. Your jovial personality and your shining smile were like magnets. You were one heck of a sportsman. I will miss seeing you play hockey.
One last goal for you, my friend.
I will see you again.
Peaceful travels.
Cerro Gordo County - Iowa
As the saying goes, "Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning, red sky at night, a sailor's delight!" Well, this was followed by at least an inch of rain and intense lighting about two hours later!
It must apply to an orange sky as well . . . another photo moment with my iPhone! Sigh . . .
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It was all downhill from here. We pull in to the plant to see if they are running today only to have them stop here so we did what any normal railfan would do and grab a quick shot. (Going with the old adage its easier to ask forgiveness than permission.) Naturally we were spotted and chastised for it. FMIX didn't run and after waiting 3.5 hours for RJ Corman we left only minutes before the train showed up at Frankfort and the light was gone. But at least we got this.
This was such an interesting and fun project for me; the abstract quality of the subject matter gave me a ton of (very forgiving) choices to work with as I try to find things that will "work" with the 1:1 ratio.
As the adage goes, "Old habits die hard," and as I tune my eye toward trying to see in 1:1, my "old faithful" wide crop ratio is still there! The other thing for me in this was that I also left my "temperature comfort zone..." for a little while!
I have long admired your photos of snowy mountains, ice covered rivers, glaciers, icy caves etc., not just for their beauty, but also in admiration of you who have made the treks to get to those places. Kudos to you, and thanks for allowing us to "come along." Cheers.