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(Towers of the Virgin, Zion)
We cruised northward from Joshua Tree that winter, staying just behind the storms battering the southwest, gaining all the photographer’s benefit of seeing our favorite haunts draped in fresh snow. Dawn shivered with hoarfrost on oaks that were the namesake of the creek out there in the meadow, and I blew on gloved fingers and paced around, waiting for the sun. Thirty five hundred feet above the valley floor, the Towers lit up along with the skies at sunrise, and gave me hopes for the day. The people who opened up this country were often surprisingly well read in the classics, and most knew their scriptures. Inspired by sacred places, they bestowed names that make them sacred still: Court of the Patriarchs, Angel’s Landing, The Great White Throne. The high point anchoring the right side of the Towers, stained red under the flat top of a sandstone pinnacle, reminded a clergyman over a century ago of a sacrificial altar, and so it became the Altar of Sacrifice. The name conjures biblical connotations of Abraham’s trust and even the rituals of the Aztecs, but the idea, central to every early culture, has modernized. The most dramatic burnt offerings today are probably votive candles, and gods are no longer feared. My parents’ generation taught us the virtue of sacrifice by their example, and looking up there I think of how natural that act is to us. I have a sister who has suffers all for one of those parents, her self-denial is an ultimate devotion. But it’s selfish to consider how much I have given up myself; others can judge that. Instead I’ll bow towards the Altar and say a silent thank you, to all those who have sacrificed something for me.
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After going to a meeting in San Francisco I went to the Sutro Bath ruins Park near the Cliff House. Someone drew lines, not to draw a line in the sand, but to express her devotion to a loved one.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and applied a filter to give the scene a classic look from the intense gold in the original image.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC9298_hdr1bal1d
Inspiration: Sweetest Devotion - Adele
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Messin' around in Black Dragon while Sami was amidst her own maternity shoot. Thank you for letting me tag along to hone my skills!
Holy Week in Malaga (Spain), is typical for its thrones in which images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary appear, usually weighing between 3,000 and 4,000 Kg, carried on shoulders.
Sometimes not being in control
is the most beautiful thing in the world.
To all wannabe SL-Doms:
Being Dominant does not mean calling her names or barking orders. It means teaching her with gentle heart, a firm hand, Trust, Love, Honesty and understanding she may have submitted to You. But she did so because she trusts You. Not because she felt unsafe.
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In 2009 a statue of a Border Collie dog called Ruswarp (pronounced Russup) was placed on the platform of the refurbished Garsdale Head railway station on the Settle-Carlisle railway line in Cumbria. (It was once in Yorkshire, now in South Lakeland and is also in the Yorkshire Dales National Park).
This commemorative bronze sculpture was funded by public subscription. It was made by sculptor Joel Walker and celebrated the saving of the railway line from closure in 1989. The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle had coordinated that, and their first secretary was Graham Nuttall. He was a keen hillwalker, and his dog Ruswarp signed the petition to save the line with his paw print.
On 20 January 1990, Graham and Ruswarp went missing. He had bought day return tickets from Burnley to Llandrindod Wells to go walking in the Welsh Mountains, but they never returned. A lone walker found Graham's body on 7 April 1990.
The 14-year-old Ruswarp had stayed with Graham for 11 weeks in winter weather; he was so weak that he had to be carried down the mountain. His veterinary fees were paid by the RSPCA, who awarded him their Animal Medallion and Collar for 'vigilance' and Animal Plaque for 'intelligence and courage.'
Ruswarp passed away shortly after Graham Nuttall's funeral.
One last picture from the "Our Lady of Conception Church" series. Decided to post it separately for I like it particularly.
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Leica M10-M, Elmarti 2.8/24 ASPH, Affinity Photo, EI 6400 ISO, 1/30s, f/2.8
Cyclamen symbolises the empathetic, devoted heart, and was therefore planted beside old monasteries and churchyards in the countries around the Mediterranean
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