Yes, you’ve seen it once before from a different angle. This fall, it’s in a little worse condition. The holes are bigger, the roof sags a little more. How many more autumns does it have? I’ll keep you posted....

Due to my health condition, I am unable to hold or stabilize a camera for extended periods of time. Additionally, using a tripod has never been enjoyable for me, as it would cause pain when trying to position it correctly and constantly bending over to check the viewfinder. Consequently, I have chosen to explore digital AI artwork as an alternative. I understand that this may not be everyone's cup of tea, as it diverges from traditional photography. However, I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, digital AI artwork fulfills that purpose, at least for the time being.

 

Due to my health condition, I am unable to hold or stabilize a camera for extended periods of time. Additionally, using a tripod has never been enjoyable for me, as it would cause pain when trying to position it correctly and constantly bending over to check the viewfinder. Consequently, I have chosen to explore digital AI artwork as an alternative. I understand that this may not be everyone's cup of tea, as it diverges from traditional photography. However, I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, digital AI artwork fulfills that purpose, at least for the time being.

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Picture taken at Ironwood Hills

Happy Window Wednesday! Old building wall with windows in downtown Portland, Oregton

ENG: The Schäzlerpalais Staircase in Augsburg can be seen, this museum houses the municipal and state art collection. It is located at the Herkulesbrunnen, directly at the corner of Maximilianstraße and Katharinengasse and used to be the city palace of a banker.

 

The former Palais House on site was replaced by a new building in 1765. This rococo palace was built according to plans by the Munich court architect Karl Albert von Lespilliez. The construction work took four and a half years. In October 1958, Wolfgang Freiherr von Schaezler (fourth generation) donated the building to the city of Augsburg on condition that it never be sold and used exclusively for cultural purposes.

 

GER: Zu sehen ist das Augsburger Schäzlerpalais Treppenhaus, dieses Museum beherbergt die städtische und staatliche Kunstsammlung. Es liegt am Herkulesbrunnen, direkt an der Maximilianstraße Ecke Katharinengasse und war früher das Stadtschloss eines Bankiers.

 

Das ehemalige Palais Haus vor Ort wurde ab 1765 durch einen Neubau ersetzt. Dieses Rokoko-Palais entstand nach Plänen des Münchner Hofbaumeisters Karl Albert von Lespilliez. Die Baumaßnahmen dauerten viereinhalb Jahre. Im Oktober 1958 schenkte Wolfgang Freiherr von Schaezler (in vierter Generation) das Gebäude der Stadt Augsburg mit der Auflage, es niemals zu veräußern und ausschließlich für kulturelle Zwecke zu nutzen.

and the lullaby

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel (French-Swiss author & philosopher, 1821 - 1881)

 

Enhanced with a self-made texture.

 

You all have a happy weekend and as usual thank you for taking the time to stop by.

To Love and To Be Loved

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

 

All photos used are my own. Pano-sabotage image cropped and re-coloured.

 

All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way. You may NOT download this image without written permission from lemon~art.

Old photo that I took inside our barn. :-)

Happy SoS!

Ison : Bodysuit lace Dress

Kitja : Catty Jacket

Vale Koer : Primefiber Trainers

Luxe : O’ring necklace

DeLa: Belle

           → available @ Uber

 

Enfant Terrible : Exclusive Headphones

 

Contoured Mesh Head by Vive Nine Fiore

           w/ Taylor Applier + Aya Lip

On this blustery, showery summer’s day in the 1970s, Dawlish looks anything but inviting. The sea is an unappealing slate grey, while the shabby condition of this busy holiday destination’s station was symptomatic of the rundown state of the railway in the 1970s.

 

1059 ‘Western Empire’ slows for the station stop while working 1b87, the 0800 Cardiff Central to Plymouth service. Thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/150694866@N08] for confirming the identity of the locomotive.

 

Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.

This big guy was looking good before the start of the rut.

With the air conditioning on full blast on this sweltering June, 2002 afternoon, a former Conrail C39-8 leads NS 19K through Claypool, IN, on the Marion Branch. This scene looks quite different today, with the grain elevator gone, several less-used crossings removed, and a new connection track between the former NKP and the Marion Branch where the elevator once stood.

 

6/22/02

White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus). Veronica is a little doe that comes around everyday. She’s missing part of her ear but she’s in good condition. Don’t usually name wild animals but I felt that since something bit her ear off she deserved one.

Canadian National train 419 was rolling along at Ingersoll, Ontario with SD40-2Ws 5347 and 5309 on a hot August afternoon in 1994.

 

While I was quite pissed to have traveled close to 500 miles from home to have this shot "ruined" by the nose door wide open, I understand that the crew's comfort is much more important than my mediocre choo-choo picture.

 

A wide-open nose door on a CN SD40-2W in 1994 is a thousand times better than a CN GEVO anytime with the door closed.

DSC_2061

Bad condition, but this was the only one I could find.

Canton of Ticino, Switzerland

No , not that one 'cos it is up over at Godrevy - this one is down south at The Lizard Point as far down south as you can get !!

The Lizard Lighthouse stands at Lizard Point, the most southerly point of mainland Britain.

 

It acts as a coastal mark and to indicate landfall, guiding shipping passing along the English Channel and warning them of the dangerous waters here.

 

The current lighthouse with its two towers was built in 1751 but there was a working light here as early as 1619. This early lighthouse was erected thanks to the generosity of Sir John Killigrew, who applied for a patent which was granted on the condition that the light would be extinguished in time of war so it did not help to guide enemy vessels.

 

Killigrew agreed and erected the lighthouse but while he was sufficiently wealthy to have it built, the cost of maintaining it proved too much and almost bankrupted him. He had hoped that the vessels who benefited from the light would contribute towards its upkeep but unfortunately this did not happen. James I ordered that all ships who passed the light should pay a halfpenny per ton. Pressure from the unhappy ship owners who disagreed with this tax on them forced the patent to be revoked so the light was extinguished and the tower was subsequently demolished.

 

Although requests were made, it was not until 1748 that Thomas Fonnereau was given the go ahead by Trinity House to construct a new lighthouse. Completed in 1751 it is the building you see today with its two towers linked by a cottage in which one of the keepers would sit keeping an eye on both lanterns. If the fires became low he would sound a cow horn to let the others know it was time to stoke up the fires with the bellows.

 

In 1771, Trinity House took over the running of the Lizard lighthouse.

 

From 1903 onwards only the east tower was lit.

 

Automation came to the lantern in 1998 so the lighthouse keepers were no longer required.

 

The lantern has been removed from the western tower.

 

Lighthouse Cottages

 

The former lighthouse keepers' cottages are available to rent as holiday cottages.

Click on Lizard Lighthouse Accommodation and go to Holiday Cottages for details.

 

Please note the lighthouse itself is a working lighthouse and cannot be rented.

outdoor impressions @ clinicum

Portable Air Conditioning what ever works theory, old building with out any AC found in a small town in North Carolina.

All important if the next stop is the back of the car!

Some of the Lilies weren't in good condition this season.

At the end of the nineties, two Unit Cargos to Kijfhoek passed Moordrecht one after the other at the beginning of the evening: from Amsterdam Westhaven and Arnhem Goederen. Both trains were interesting not only because of the ever-changing composition, but also because of the frequent transport of dispatch locomotives. On May 11, 1998, the train from Amsterdam was pulled by NS 1601 'Amsterdam' with the 1638 'Groningen' and 1132 behind it. The 1600s were not yet marred by the ugly air conditioning units on the roof at that time: an open door is just as effective.

One from the archives, but even more relevant when most folks are too hot this summer.

I think this is Tn 1690, the "Valdstejn", Liberec - Cheb, timed at 09.48 from Chomutov.

 

Sorry about the backlighting, but these locos, always in stunning condition from Chomutov Depot, looked great!

 

Thanks to this reference via Christoph Kainz www.flickr.com/photos/128767441@N03/, I now feel happy that the location is correct, I am standing on the little hillock at far left in this picture www.flickr.com/photos/brs-online/48060976166/in/album-721...

digital art 2008

inspired by a memory of walking at night when the car had broken down,thinking of life,the multiverse and everything and what it all means ??????????????

In mint condition with fresh cleanup service ... Flea market in Sankt Pauli on a rainy day / Hamburg / Germany.

The physical presence of Shoreham seemed the same when I took this shot on October 7, 1990 but it looked far from the SOO I was used to. We have 325 sitting with stacks capped with MILW 2009 resting behind. Off to the left is either 701 or 705 one of the pair of GP30's WC didn't want, both had been out of service since early-mid 1987. To the right of 2009's rear end you can make out one of the EMD leasing SD35's commonly called "bricks" by local fans resting in the roundhouse and just in the frame to the right is one of a couple ex BN SD45's that SOO had bought for parts but then upon finding them in better condition then expected returned them to service for relatively short while due to a power shortage.

This little chap was really enjoying himself, sampling wholemeal crusts, I must say he looks in tip-top condition.

 

'Little Sparrow'

 

Hi' I'm a little sparrow with feathers somewhat bland,

don't let that fool you, for I'm a singer in a band ....

 

I knock around the houses, searching for some bread,

me and my band-mates are happy to be fed ....

 

We are small and nifty, make the garden swing, we chatter to each other, and 'oh boy' can't we sing.

 

original fun poetry:

by Sean 😊

Pioneer Days on the Prairies ..

And this flood, this flood is slowly rising up,

Swallowing the ground beneath my feet

Tell me how anybody thinks under this condition, so

I'll swim, I'll swim as the water rises up, sun is sinking down and now

All I can see are the planets in a row suggesting it's best that I

Slow down, this night's a perfect shade of

 

Dark blue, dark blue

Have you ever been alone in a crowded room

When I'm here with you

I said the world could be burning and burning down

Dark blue, dark blue

Have you ever been alone in a crowded room?

Well, I'm here with you

I said the world could be burning dark blue

 

-Dark Blue - Jack's Mannequin

 

-________________xoxo________________-

 

...yeah... i really like this pic. therefore i used it twice... :D

Today is likely to become the hottest day of the season here in East-Westphalia, temperatures will reach the high thirties. If you have to face a similar situation simply enjoy a Winter shot to cool down. Hücker Moor, Ostwestfalen, Germany

This year we end the Seven Days of Thanksgiving series in Paprihaven on the day after. Why? While it is wonderful to have a day set aside specifically to acknowledge our impossible debt to God by expressing our gratitude, every day should truly be a day of thanksgiving. After the amazing celebration at the Simmons,* the girls are back at Tracy's house.

 

Tracy: Wow. So tired. What a great time. Thank you, God.

 

Buckley: I'm so stuffed! I'll sleep on this bench if I can't make it upstairs.

 

Tracy: Who said you're staying here??

 

Buckley: You gotta be responsible, Trace! You can't let me drive home in this condition.

 

Briar: HAHAHA!

 

Tracy: You're not drunk! You don't even drink!

 

Buckley: I'm loaded with tryptophan. I can't make it. I'm DONE FOR, offissaaAAaa!

 

Briar: HAHA! What's 'trippafan'?

 

Tracy: It's an amino acid in turkey that people say makes you sleepy. I think what happened is we all just ate too much.

 

Briar: I ate sooooo much! I looooved that corn casserole! Who made that?

 

Tracy: I think Honor did.

 

Buckley: Ooohhh, I'm gonna pop. Let's just all get in bed, under the covers, and tell stories til we fall asleep.

 

Briar: That's FUN!

 

Buckley: But y'all GOTTA CARRY ME UUUUUUP!

 

Briar: HAHAHA!

 

Tracy: Oh, good grief. I'm stuck with both of you tonight. Are you sure you even have homes? You're always here.

 

Buckley: Oh! Haha! On Paprichat, Sheila Harper posted a video of her poodle grabbing a piece of turkey from the table!

 

Briar: I want to see that!

 

Tracy: Can you not be on your phone for like two seconds? And, I want to see too. And, who's Sheila Harper?

 

Buckley: She's got that pretty green Jaguar? Always real shiny? **

 

Tracy: Oh, yes.

 

Briar: I wanna see the video!

 

Buckley: Then come over here.

 

Briar: Can't move. You come over here.

 

Buckley: Uh uh.

 

Briar: BuuUUUUCK!!!

 

Buckley: You're outta luck, kid.

 

*WOOF!*

 

Briar: Hey, Biff!

 

Buckley: The Biffster!

 

Tracy: Wow, what a great day. And now we're just chilling. Peace. Joy. Love. God is good.

 

Buckley: All the TIME!

 

Briar: All the time!

 

Tracy: And, all the time...

 

Buckley: God is GOOD!

 

Briar: God is good!

 

Tracy: Bible challenge, then we somehow struggle upstairs. God's loving kindness. Psalm 117:2, "For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!"

 

Briar: Psalm 63:3, "Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You."

 

...

 

Tracy: Buckley...

 

Buckley: Um... What's the one? "Please answer me God because you are loving and kind... and compassionate?"

 

Tracy: Close enough! Psalm 69:16, "Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me." Okay, upstairs! Up!

 

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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.

 

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God wants you to give thanks.

 

Well, Thanksgiving came and went. Did your gratitude last beyond your afternoon nap? For many, that’s the extent of their thanksgiving—a one-time, get-it-out-of-the-way holiday that reminds them to reflect on how blessed they are. Too often and too quickly, people resort back to being ingrates. But God wills us to be thankful all the time, in all things. That’s the point of 1 Thessalonians 5:18 where Paul says, “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” So if you’re saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, and suffering, you have one thing left to do in order to follow God’s will—be saying thanks.

 

Paul’s simple, direct command—in everything give thanks—allows believers no excuse for harboring ingratitude. In everything carries an unlimited requirement. It refers to everything that occurs in life. With the obvious exception of personal sin, we are to express thanks for everything. No matter what struggles or trials, God commands us to find reasons for thanking Him always (Acts 5:41; James 1:2-3; 1 Peter 1:6-9). That’s His will.

 

If you’re not obeying that command, you’re not following God’s will. Think of it like this: If gratitude doesn’t come easy for you, neither will finding God’s will. Or to put it another way, if you struggle with being thankful, you’ll struggle with following God’s will. Need some motivation? Here are some reasons God wills you to be thankful:

 

God commands it:

 

Gratitude should come naturally to believers in response to all God has done on their behalf, but because of our hardness of heart, God enjoins us to thanksgiving with commands (Philippians 4:6; Colossians 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). Therefore, all forms of ingratitude are sinful. Paul commanded the Colossians, “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful” (Colossians 3:15).

 

When Paul describes the believer’s Spirit-filled life, he writes, “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father” (Ephesians 5:20). God doesn’t merely command those expressions of gratitude and leave believers helpless to comply. He enables us to articulate them (Philippians 2:13), and is pleased when we do.

 

Joni Eareckson Tada, who was involved in an accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down, writes, “Giving thanks is not a matter of feeling thankful, it's a matter of obedience.”

 

Thankfulness acknowledges God’s sovereignty:

 

The single, greatest act of worship you can render to God is to thank Him. It’s the epitome of worship because through gratitude, we affirm God as the ultimate source of both trial and blessing—and acknowledge our humble acceptance of both.

 

With a thankful heart, you can say in the midst of anything, “God be praised.” That kind of attitude looks beyond the circumstance to the plan of God. It sees beyond the pain to the sovereignty of God. It remembers, “God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). An attitude of thankfulness enables us to deal with those who wrong us, saying with Joseph, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20). Those who are thankful see the providential hand of God everywhere and say, “God, I thank You for the peaceful times as well as the hard times—a difficult marriage, a challenging job, a severe illness—because I know You will use those things for my good and Your glory.”

 

The grateful Christian remembers that suffering perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes him (1 Peter 5:10). God wills that kind of thankfulness.

 

God judges ingratitude:

 

William Shakespeare wrote, “How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. Ingratitude thou marble hearted fiend.” If Shakespeare understood the hostile attitude behind thanklessness, imagine what God must think about it.

 

Ingratitude is the very essence of an unregenerate heart, ranking among the most intolerable sins in Scripture. The apostle Paul identified unbelievers as ungrateful: “For even though they knew God [through conscience and general revelation], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened” (Romans 1:21). Because man in his pride fails to honor and glorify God as Creator, he also refuses to thank Him for His gracious provision. Ingratitude betrays unbelief, and both sins bring about God’s judgment.

 

Although God is the source of every good thing that men possess—giving life, breath, rain, sunshine, and other natural blessings to the just and unjust alike (Matthew 5:45; Acts 14:15–17)—the natural man refuses to thank Him. In his fallen mind, to thank God is to acknowledge his own obligation to worship Him.

 

In summary, God wills our being thankful in all things because gratitude is the ultimate expression of a transformed heart. But thanklessness can infest and destroy a church, marriage, family and home. So cultivate a heart of gratitude. Be thankful for all things and in all circumstances. That’s God’s will. Are you following it?

 

- John MacArthur, adapted from God Wants You To Give Thanks

 

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* As seen yesterday!

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54950920265

 

** As seen in BP 2021 Day 107!

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51121244013/

 

Previous Days of Thanksgiving on Paprihaven:

2015:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/22949342829/

2016:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31221411415/

2017:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37886668344/

2018:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31063953947/

2019:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49137396007/

2020:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50649209702/

2021:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51704094592/

2022:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52521485290/

2023:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53349976036/

2024:

www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54170722018

 

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