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LE CULTE DE LA ROSE**
Célébrant une fleur,c'est un hymne à la femme
Que Bécaud a chanté avec toute son âme.
Suscitant le désir, elle engendre la vie,
Quand, semblable à la rose, elle s'épanouit.
Déesse de l'amour, fascinante et féconde,
Elle est indispensable à la survie du monde.
Èros, dieu puissant qui incarnait l'amour
Agit, différemment, sans doute, de nos jours.
Cette splendide fleur que l'on appelle rose,
Doit être protégée, en bouton ou éclose.
Des hommes la célèbrent et vantent ses attraits,
Pour vénérer la femme en des rites secrets.
La rose est l'important,nous affirma Bécaud.
Il loua cette fleur symbolique, tout haut.
Elle nous apparaît,reine par sa beauté
Et déesse accomplie de la fécondité.
Suzanne Walther-Siksou**
Soak up the sun
Affirm life’s magic
Be graceful in the wind
Stand tall after a storm
Feel refreshed after it rains
Grow strong without notice
Be prepared for each season
Provide shelter to strangers
Hang tough through a cold spell
Emerge renewed at the first signs of spring
Stay deeply rooted while reaching for the sky
Be still long enough to
hear your own leaves rustling.
["Think Like a Tree" by Karen Shrag]
a walk into a thin place for Andrew
my textures & photoshop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1oiojnGrA
.... Oui, tout est à faire jaillir de la lumière pour étendre la liberté, la liberté de tous. Nous sommes au matin de l'aventure fabuleuse, avec nos outils de préhistoire, nos goûts de caverne, nos vieux démons.
Nous manquent la fraîcheur des sources, le renouveau des fleuves, la fraternité des oiseaux. Nous manque le plus simple que nous avons relégué aux oubliettes. Il est encore temps d'aller aux fontaines, il est encore temps d'ouvrir nos portes, de trancher les secondes comme un fruit puis de les offrir en partage, d'affirmer la terre comme notre seule patrie.
Nous avons négligé le simple pour l'insignifiant, nous avons choisi l'or qui tâche les mains au lieu de l'amour qui est sans prix.
Nous avons choisi la haine, la rancœur, l'amertume et nous ne sommes plus que de maigres feux éteints dans la lande.
Oui, je vois des incendies, des désastres partout et quelques pauvres gens qui osent encore, osent encore dire Non mais l'on n'entend même plus leurs voix perdues dans notre nuit commune.
J. VERNET - Marcher est ma plus belle façon de vivre (extrait)
Ballade avec des amis au sommet de la Bourgeoise à Samoëns.
le temps était pourri, et pourtant, arrivé au sommet, le ciel se dégage et là, surgit une explosion de couleurs.
On prétend que le nom de Bourgeoise désignant le sommet dominant Samoëns, proviendrait du fait que son ascension est facile... et que même les bourgeoises sont à même de pouvoir le gravir. Cela est fort peu flatteur pour la gent féminine. La part de vérité de l'affirmation est qu'effectivement, l'ascension ne pose pas de problèmes majeurs. Par contre, ce n'est pas parce que l'accès est facile et que l'altitude est relativement modeste, que le point de
vue n'en vaut pas la peine. En effet, depuis le sommet, on jouit d'une vue superbe sur le Mont Blanc, la Chaîne des Aravis et le Massif du Faucigny. D'y grimper est donc une expérience inoubliable...
I believe in karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you cant appreciate real love until youve been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you dont know what youve got until you say goodbye
~Savage Garden
Affirmer sa solitude revient à aborder sa peur, surtout la peur de mourir, et à mesurer sa propre puissance.
Jacqueline Kelen
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A powerful affirmation on my birthday day! 🎈
The world has become a very harsh place.
Reconnect with your heart by noticing the sweetness in life.
Feeling gratitude and appreciation for all of life's loveliness will awaken a renewed sense of peace and happiness within you!
🍊Calamondin oranges (Citrus mitis) are believed to have originated in China and are found throughout Southeast Asia, especially in the Philippines. Their small white flowers produce a delicate and sweet citrus fragrance. While these small trees are mostly ornamental, the colorful, juicy but very tart fruits can be used in teas and marinades, to flavor drinks, and to make a delicious marmalade.
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Hi again everyone. I've decided to take a small break from flickr because I have some things to attend to before we start our trek through central Australia in September.
I'd particularly like to say thanks for all of your support and comments. No doubt I will do the occasional upload during this break but I won't be here on flickr anywhere near as much as I have been in the past. I'll be back online properly in September and I hope you'll come along and join me on our journey to Uluru, Alice Springs and Central Australia.
Just so nobody is worried by my absence, I'd just like to say that everything is going good for me at the moment and that is a big part of why I'm so short on time. Those of you who have been around for a long time know what I'm talking about and I'd particularly like to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who have been there to support me in the past. Your love and kindness has been a HUGE part of my getting better and I'd like to dedicate this photo and this song by Savage Garden particularly to you!
Who would have thought I would find such inspiration from the friends that I've found on flickr? I'm constantly amazed at all of my contacts' and regulars' talent, ability, empathy and kindness. You guys are an affirmation of everything that is wonderful about photography and flickr!
A troubled mind
Trenches of dirt too deep
With its vines intertwined
It planted the seed
Wailful words it was condemned to believe
Were the catalyst that set it free
A deluded mind speaks the truth in lies
Fabricating your fables with its self deceit
Scrutiny will not bury the seed
Validation from tenacious eyes is not what it seeks
A seed is what it chooses to be
But you, the product of its never ending story
Is this all you amount to be?
A jester within the twisted web you weave
Vengeance lies in what will become obsolete
As the truth is something you will never reach
A seed finds comfort behind the distorted belief
That everything is exactly as it seems
You, the blind pilot behind the windshield of dreams
The key lies in the bullet that remains with me
A troubled mind has learned to breathe
Through false affirmation that you buried it to sea
When signals set your ship to sail
Pray that the person awaiting you is not me
‘A conversation affirms man’s faith in his own experience. For creative understanding it is immensely important for the person to be located outside the object of his or her understanding.’
-Richard Sennett, Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Co-operation (London, Allen Lane, 2012), p. 115.
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This is the light of the mind, cold and planetary.
The trees of the mind are black. The light is blue.
The grasses unload their griefs at my feet as if I were God,
Prickling my ankles and murmuring of their humility.
Fumy spiritous mists inhabit this place
Separated from my house by a row of headstones.
I simply cannot see where there is to get to.
The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right,
White as a knuckle and terribly upset.
It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet
With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here.
Twice on Sunday, the bells startle the sky –
Eight great tongues affirming the Resurrection.
At the end, they soberly bong out their names.
The yew tree points up. It has a Gothic shape.
The eyes lift after it and find the moon.
The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.
Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.
How I would like to believe in tenderness –
The face of the effigy, gentled by candles,
Bending, on me in particular, its mild eyes.
I have fallen a long way. Clouds are flowering
Blue and mystical over the face of the stars.
Inside the church, the saints will be all blue,
Floating on their delicate feet over cold pews,
Their hands and faces stiff with holiness.
The moon sees nothing of this. She is bald and wild.
And the message of the yew tree is blackness –
blackness and silence.
Sylvia Plath
Think Like a Tree
by Karen I. Shragg
Soak up the sun
Affirm life's magic
Be graceful in the wind
Stand tall after a storm
Feel refreshed after it rains
Grow strong without notice
Be prepared for each season
Provide shelter to strangers
Hang tough through a cold spell
Emerge renewed at the first signs of spring
Stay deeply rooted while reaching for the sky
Be still long enough to
hear your own leaves rustling.
All images and textures are my own.
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Genesis 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Always stand up against injustice. Diversity is beautiful.
Poem by Rupi Kaur, whose poetry really is very self affirming especially for women.
My thoughts are with all of the beautiful souls and the families of those who perished in NZ at the hands of yet another white extremist. It a travesty that we live in a world where people aren't even able to pray safely.
Photo from Ghent, Belgium.
Garden Bumblebee (I think) on Hollyhock at Babbinswood Farm last summer
I can’t come up with a better pic so out of keeping with the season (UK) and in keeping with my mood.
A very dear friend from overseas womboyne7 appears to have survived what our planet threw at them in Australia and yet still managed through some back door (followers’ feeds) to post or open comments to what I interpreted as an ‘I’m still here and fighting’ utterly real and beautiful affirmation.
And another friend and guru of mine RonnieLMills 10 Million Views. Thank You All :) re-found his mojo this morning, capturing a sunrise which puts us us right there with him when it happened, struck and yet quiet, with awe and wonder.
I do hope happiness — if it isn’t already with you, happens by your way soon.
(Off to bed now, still with concern about her and her family and friends. but that she’s there, I know I'll drop off. Thank you for that, Victoria :-))
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Pendant que la mer gronde et que les vagues roulent,
Et que sur l'horizon les tumultes s'écroulent,
Ce veilleur, le poète, est monté sur sa tour.
Ce qu'il veut, c'est qu'enfin la concorde ait son tour.
Jadis, dans les temps noirs comme ceux où nous sommes,
Le poète pensif ne se mêlait aux hommes
Que pour les désarmer et leur verser son coeur ;
Il aimait le vaincu sans haïr le vainqueur ;
Il suppliait l'armée, il suppliait la ville ;
Aux vivants aveuglés par la guerre civile
Il montrait la clarté du vrai, du grand, du beau,
Etant plus qu'eux tourné du côté du tombeau ;
Et cet homme, au milieu d'un monde inexorable,
Etait le messager de la paix vénérable.
Il criait : N'a-t-on point assez souffert, hélas !
Ne serons-nous pas bons à force d'être las ?
C'était la fonction de cette voix qui passe
De demander à tous, pour tous, Paix ! Pitié ! Grâce !
Les devoirs sont encor les mêmes aujourd'hui.
Le poète, humble jonc, a son coeur pour appui.
Il veut que l'homme vive, il veut que l'homme crée.
Le ciel, cette demeure inconnue et sacrée,
Prouve par sa beauté l'éternelle douceur ;
La poésie au front lumineux est la soeur
De la clémence, étant la soeur de l'harmonie ;
Elle affirme le vrai que la colère nie,
Et le vrai c'est l'espoir, le vrai c'est la bonté ;
Le grand rayon de l'art c'est la fraternité.
À quoi bon aggraver notre sort par la haine ?
Oh ! si l'homme pouvait écouter la géhenne,
Si l'on savait la langue obscure des enfers, —
De cette profondeur pleine du bruit des fers,
De ce chaos hurlant d'affreuses destinées,
De tous ces pauvres coeurs, de ces bouches damnées,
De ces pleurs, de ces maux sans fin, de ces courroux,
On entendrait sortir ce chant sombre : Aimons-nous !
L'ouragan, l'océan, la tempête, l'abîme,
Et le peuple, ont pour loi l'apaisement sublime,
Et, quand l'heure est venue enfin de s'épouser,
Le gouffre éperdu donne à la terre un baiser !
Car rien n'est forcené, terrible, effréné, libre,
Convulsif, effaré, fou, que pour l'équilibre ;
Car il faut que tout cède aux branches du compas ;
Car l'indignation des flots ne dure pas,
L'écume est furieuse et n'est pas éternelle ;
Le plus fauve aquilon demande à ployer l'aile ;
Toute nuit mène à l'aube, et le soleil est sûr ;
Tout orage finit par ce pardon, l'azur.
Victor Hugo.
AFFIRMATION
May an Angel’s love surround you
Each and every day
May an Angel’s breath keep you warm
And tempt you to stay
May an Angel’s wings protect you always
When your life becomes difficult and hard
When the light seems increasingly dark
And you need help to find your way
May an Angel’s love surround you
Each and every day
*****
Blessings to you all,
Shelley.
Thank you to each and every one of you who has supported and shared your lives and thoughts with me this year.
I cannot thank you enough, as you have kept a light burning for me as well in difficult times.
Even semi-human Angels need love to know they are needed...
I write often of spiritual love, but some days we need to feel real tangible love.
I seek ways out of the darkness, and I hope you will continue to fly with me into the New Year.
Forgive my lateness in replying to comments and faves from my last batch of work, I will get to you...life is demanding and even Angels have to sleep....sometimes..haha!
Angels drive cars and have to get them fixed and sort out dodgy freezers right before Xmas. Angels have family and they sometimes need your surety.
But Angels also have friends on Flickr who have supported them and commented, faved and viewed with astounding generosity.
Thank you, thank you, with all my heart.
*****
This image is a detail from a stained glass window in St. Mary's, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.
Angels like it here a lot.
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affirmation:
i have no body
i have no mind
i have no spirit
i am just the breath of God
the breath of life
breath of life
breath of God
in spanish
afirmación:
no tengo cuerpo, no tengo mente, no tengo espíritu
soy solo el aliento de Dios, aliento de vida
aliento de Dios, aliento de vida
my favorite affirmation given by my yoga teacher; yogi bhajan
Conférence de presse FIPA, 2019 paru dans l'éclaireur en Côte d'Ivoire
"En déclarant que la poésie est au service de la société, le commissaire général fait allusion à Jan Theuninck, pour qui la poésie engagée est un devoir envers la société." (l'éclaireur)
Le FIPA, Festival International de la Poésie d'Abidjan est un colloque international sur la Poésie africaine d'expression française avec à la clé de grandes communications sur le thème : L'Ecole, un foyer de cohésion sociale. Du 24 au 26 Octobre 2019 se tiendra à Abidjan, sous le parrainage de Madame KANDIA CAMARA, Ministre de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Technique et de la Formation Professionnelle, la 3ème Edition dotée du prix de Poésie KANDIA CAMARA des lycées et collèges
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D’après le poète P. Reverdy, « la poésie est à la vie ce qu'est le feu de bois. Elle en émane et la transforme ». Le caractère primordial du genre littéraire qu'est la poésie est donc ici clairement posée. Il s'agira dans cette préface d'étudier la poésie engagée ; ses problématiques et ses limites. Comme l'exprime Jan Theuninck en affirmant « Je considère la poésie engagée comme une mission personnelle, un devoir envers une société », le poète, lorsqu'il s'engage, choisi de mettre son œuvre au service d'une cause.
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Jan Theuninck iest un peintre et poète belge
www.boekgrrls.nl/BgDiversen/Onderwerpen/gedichten_over_sc...
www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.be/wiki/index.php/Yperite-Jan...
www.graphiste-webdesigner.fr/blog/2013/04/la-peinture-bel...
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Completely unlike the fleur-de-lys, the lush dark red lily in the silver field of the coat of arms is a proud emblem of beautiful Florence. The presence of such a lily in the coat of arms explains the magnificent motto: «A flower in full bloom - so flourishes the blooming Florence.»
Anatole France used the image of the "red lily" as the title of his novel. "Red Lily" is a novel about love in the world of politicians and prudent businessmen.
The play based on this novel made a huge impression on the young Marcel Proust. The red lily, which gave the title of the novel, is not just a flower, but a symbol of Florence, where the love of the social beauty Countess Marten-Bellemm and the talented sculptor Jacques Deschartre blossomed.
Зовсім не схожа на fleur-de-lys пишна темно-червона лілія у срібному полі герба — горда емблема прекрасної Флоренції. Наявність у гербі такої лілії пояснює чудовий девіз: «Квітка у повному кольорі – так процвітає квітуча Флоренція».
Анатоль Франс використав образ «червона лілія» як назву для свого роману. "Червона лілія" - роман про кохання у світі політиків та розважливих ділків.
Поставлена за цим романом п'єса справила величезне враження на юного Марселя Пруста. Червона лілія, що дала назву роману, - це не просто квітка, а символ Флоренції, де розквітла любов світської красуні графині Мартен-Беллем та талановитого скульптора Жака Дешартра.
Герб Флоренції є овальним геральдичним щитом срібного кольору, на щиті зображена червона лілія. Лілія є старовинним символом Флоренції. Зображення геральдичної лілії карбувалося на аверсі флорентійських золотих флоринів з 1252 року.
Спочатку герб прикрашала біла лілія на червоному тлі. Однак у 1251 році гвельфи, вигнавши з Флоренції гібеллінів, змінили забарвлення герба, зробивши квітку червоною, а фон білим.
I will be your Father,and you will be my sons and daughters, say the Lord Almighty..
2 Corinthians 6:18
AN AFFIRMATION OF SELFLESS LOYALTY
My fearless heart
Of diamond clarity
Where expression and thought
Are proof of your bravery, justice and swiftness
That cut through ignorance and malcontent
To reveal the pristine awareness of being
Where the freedom of the mind
Is like the sweet chorus of the birds
*****
Sometimes the reinforcement of gracious qualities and love can be a good thing.
So I decided to start an Album on Flickr doing just that.
I like to take shots of the things I have collected over the years that are sharing their presence with me in my home.
Some of my Grail shots have this quality, but often the poem ends up being longer than an affirmation, to me they end up more like a prayer. You can see the Album that contains those works in my Flickr account as well.
But in a sense this is the same principle, as the things I have collected over the years often have a sacred presence or meaning, so I thought I would start to share them here.
On rainy days or when I am not in a writing mood, it is good to still keep working, using the camera in this way, and it is not only enjoyable, it is an opportunity to appreciate these wonderful sacred items and sculptures all over again, and listen to what they have to say.
This Garuda is a modern piece, but the history, energy and protective instinct is the same as from his first incarnation.
This shot is from where he resides, in my glass cabinet, where I keep many other precious things..
He saw that Buddhists and Christians must dialogue at a profound spiritual level since those who experienced self-transcendence were no longer in isolation but were able to accept others with openness, freedom, and love, and to dialogue with them at a mature level. Merton noted, “The more I am able to affirm others, to say ‘yes’ to them in myself, by discovering them in myself and myself in them, the more real I am. I am fully real if my own heart says yes to everyone.”
-Thomas Merton’s encounter with Buddhism and beyond: his interreligious dialogue, inter-monastic exchanges, and their legacy / Jaechan Anselmo Park, OSB.
I didn’t become who I am alone.
The people I’ve let close - the rare few - have shaped my architecture. Some challenged me and forced me to grow sharper; some offered quiet stability and taught me how to rest without vanishing; some widened the inner horizon I didn’t know could hold so much light.
And others, in their own ways, taught me refinement through fracture; not because they intended harm - though sometimes they did - but because not everyone is capable of seeing someone clearly, even when standing right in front of them. Every bond - tender, volatile, brief, or breathtaking - has become part of my design.
I still believe in beauty, not as decoration, but as something constructed with intention, protected with discernment, and chosen again and again in spite of everything that may try to dismantle it.
I may not be the pretty skinny girl who has her picture gawked at, but I am me. I am a human being, and I am happy with myself. I have curves, and I don't wear a size 2. Call me what you want, I know I truly am.
I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse tv evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
Until you say goodbye
-Savage Garden "Affirmation"
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
Nel 1995 Giovanni Hajnal realizzò una nuova vetrata nel rosone della facciata principale.
In essa è raffigurata l'affermazione del Concilio Vaticano II, dove Maria, eccelsa figlia di Sion, è l'anello di congiunzione tra la Chiesa del Vecchio Testamento, rappresentata dal candelabro a sette braccia, e quella del Nuovo simboleggiata dal calice con l'Eucaristia.
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
In 1995 Giovanni Hajnal created a new stained glass window in the rose window of the main facade.
It depicts the affirmation of the Second Vatican Council, where Mary, sublime daughter of Zion, is the link between the Church of the Old Testament, represented by the seven-branched candlestick, and that of the New, symbolized by the chalice with the Eucharist.
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Affirmation solennelle d'attester l'engagement et la sincérité d'une promesse.
A solemn affirmation attesting to the commitment and sincerity of a promise.
"That such a slave as this should wear a sword,
Who wears no honesty. Such smiling rogues as these,
Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain
Which are too intrinse t' unloose; smooth every passion
That in the natures of their lords rebel,
Bring oil to fire, snow to their colder moods;
Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks
With every gale and vary of their masters,
Knowing naught (like dogs) but following.
A plague upon your epileptic visage!
Smile you my speeches, as I were a fool?
Goose, an I had you upon Sarum Plain,
I'ld drive ye cackling home to Camelot."
-Earl of Kent, "The Tragedy of King Lear"
Taken at Burgundy in Blood
EVERY DAY
You can leave me in the light
And not worry about finding me
You must surely know
That I will always seek you out
When you feel your sanity
Might be in doubt
When your heart feels sore
And you can’t take anymore
When you hide in dark corners
Shunning the current conversation
All so trite and full of spite
Come and find me
Where you left me
Just look for the light
Because that is me calling you
Every moment of the day
From the light
Look it’s alright
From the light
I love you
From the light
Day and night
*****
Thank you to my Friends and Followers,
an Affirmation for Every Day.
Dear friends and followers, and those who have viewed and faved recently on my last batch of work. I have been thinking of you all and wanting to get back to you before now.
The past few days I have been unwell however, but recovering now.
So this was just a little offering to keep you all going until I can cast my eyes over your lovely work and thank you all for supporting me.
Grail Keepers do not forget their friends. Grail Keepers are people who do not forget and have loyalty as their middle name.
Behind the scenes I have been working, thinking. Seems to me we need beauty and decency back in this world. We need the sort of values that anybody, regardless of who or what they are, or what faith they follow, can have.
A Grail Keeper in my mind is someone who will help in this way, even if its only in small ways, it all adds up to something bigger.
Martin Luther King was a Grail Keeper. John Lennon was a Grail Keeper. Mother Teresa was a Grail Keeper. Alexei Navalny was a Grail Keeper. There are so many, the list could go on.
These are courageous well known examples. But there are also Grail Keepers who work diligently in their own communities. There are Grail Keepers who perform small acts of kindness every day.
I want to start to expand on this idea, and the work I do I hope will bring some light into this dark uncertain world of ours. It doesn’t have to be this way, and Grail Keepers even if its only in a simple, small way, need to find their courage and continue to hold up a light.
This work is from Glynde Church, in Sussex in the UK. I take my Grails out into the area I know and have lived in all my life. With them I seek to find a connection to the spiritual world that will heal and enlighten.
Short of having you there with me, the least I can do is share my work in images and words.
And as always, if you would like to see more of my work, have a look at my website at:
March 13th, 2024. Dear Friends...I am still catching up...if I haven't got to you yet, I will.
Meanwhile...The Grail is obsessing me again, when does it not you might ask. Fair point. I really think there is going to be more written as I think upon it. I mean, I have thought about it pretty much all my life, but I think it has a poignant relevance now. I can see some Blogs might get written in the future, especially on the Grail Keeper theme. Modern Grail Keepers are also our future.
Think of any? Might be somebody in your local community.
Like the Post Master in mine, who helped me sort out the right postage to get my new Driving License there and back safely. He got it in the right envelopes and everything for me.
My notes are expanding. But then so is love for the Grail.
All my love everybody, Shell x
Boeing 737-84P SE-RXA msn 35757/3192 Unicef Livery Norwegian Air Sweden Riga International Airport RIX/EVRA Latvia Riga(RIX) - Alicante(ALC)
Britannica. UNICEF was created in 1946 to provide relief to children in countries devastated by World War II. After 1950 the fund directed its efforts toward general programs for the improvement of children’s welfare, particularly in less-developed countries and in various emergency situations. The organization’s broader mission was reflected in the name it adopted in 1953, the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1965. It is headquartered in New York City.
Acronym of: United Nations Children’s Fund
Formerly (1946–53): United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Areas Of Involvement: education health child
Related People: Audrey Hepburn Ève Curie Peter Ustinov Ferdinand Léopold Oyono Sheikh Hamidou Kane
UNICEF has concentrated much of its effort in areas in which relatively small expenditures can have a significant impact on the lives of the most disadvantaged children, such as the prevention and treatment of disease. In keeping with this strategy, UNICEF supports immunization programs for childhood diseases and programs to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS; it also provides funding for health services, educational facilities, and other welfare services. Since 1996 UNICEF programs have been guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which affirms the right of all children to “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health.” UNICEF’s activities are financed by both government and private contributions.
Karen Mingst
...vues par ma nièce, Geneviève...
Je peux aussi affirmer que c'est un bonheur d'y admirer un coucher de soleil ...
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Les îles de la Madeleine sont un archipel canadien du golfe du Saint-Laurent appartenant au Québec. Ses habitants sont les Madelinots et les Madeliniennes.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Îles_de_la_Madeleine
Si vous désirez les découvrir davantage virtuellement
www.tourismeilesdelamadeleine.com/fr/decouvrir-les-iles/
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Vous lire est un plaisir. Merci de vos commentaires, votre visite, vos invitations et favoris!
To read your comments is a pleasure. Thank you for your visit, comments, invitations and faves!
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ATTENTION!
Pas d'invitations à des groupes dont les photos du pool sont inaccessibles aux non-membres!
No invitations to groups whose photos of the pool are inaccessible to non-members!
Château d'Azay-le-Rideau (37-Indre et Loire)
Evolution architecturale progressive du XVIème siècle (Francois Premier) au XIXème siècle
Ma petite série sur le Val de Loire dégénère de plus en plus en catalogue "cartepostalesque", à peine digne des brochures de l'Office du Tourisme tourangeau...
Vous avez heureusement échappé aux couchers de soleil touristiques gluants (j'aurais pu, mais j'ai su raisonnablement me retenir avant de commettre l'irréparable !)
Pourtant, il m'était impossible de ne pas poster ici au moins une photo de mon château de la Loire préféré, petit bijou architectural posé au centre de son écrin aquatique, et enfin débarrassé de ses échafaudages disgracieux depuis 2017.
Et ceci même si cet angle de vue peu original a sans doute déjà été exploité plusieurs millions (milliards ?) de fois sur les cinquante dernières années !
Mais, tant pis, j'assume !
"Bis repetita placent" affirmait déjà Horace, qui ne subissait pourtant pas le harcèlement des chatons miaulant sur les réseaux sociaux, sinon il aurait vite rectifié sa pensée !
of a coldness to the touch with the fingers
of hurting and healing simultaneously
in the familiarity of a warm heart
Kaya Project ft.Randolph Matthews ~ Playful New World
This beautiful Great Blue Heron has looked like this for a long time. He seems healthy and perseveres in spite of his affirmity. I lovingly refer to him as Ole' Crookneck.
You are amazing! Yes - You :-).
I just love this video by the Duirwaigh team.
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CG18FPCj0
"When inspiration knocks - open the door."