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Was able to get the rig higher than my previous attempt.
Image was captured by a camera suspended by a kite line. Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) 7' Rok
St. Philip's Church, Charleston, S.C.
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On a beautiful night in May, we had dinner at one of Charleston’s fine restaurants, Tristan, now closed, sadly. (Charleston is noted for being “food obsessed”, an obsession that works out particularly well for us.) Afterward, we wandered around the downtown area looking for interesting photo opportunities.
Although the wind was high that night, the church stood still long enough to capture some interesting frames, with a beautiful ice-ringed moon as a backdrop.
Built in 1836, St. Philip’s Church features an imposing tower designed in the Wren-Gibbs tradition. St. Philip’s is the oldest religious congregation in South Carolina, having been established in 1681.
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Gratuitous side-by-side of the two Sacred Lotus girls. I also have Devotion from the collection but she has redressed and moved on, and refuses to appear in the group shot, LOL.
Picture at the Lake Tahoe (Emerald Bay State Park)....
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada.
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“Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.”
~Henry David Thoreau
One of my contacts www.flickr.com/photos/pawprints-photography/ has beautiful shots of snow flakes, while these aren't as good as hers I was still excited to get the details of a couple. :)
DIVINITY
Pullip Custom Head by Sheryl Designs to Sinstresse
Sinstresse order me the same design on this face doll:
Taken at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery
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Another goddess arrived with Tatyan a is miss Divinity Isha and she's just stunning! Look at all the gold jewelry she wears, just like Tatyana's jewelry, it must cost thousand dollars if it's in human scale! And you have to let her out of the box to feel her completely! I have mixed feeling with her white gown when she's still in the box, but i have to say i love it when shhe's out!
I had 2 dolls from Sacred Lotus and i'm BLOWN! Kind of regret not ordering them all though...:( :( :(
“O mind, love the Lord, as the lotus loves the water. Tossed about by the waves, it still blossoms with love.”
~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“When chanting, austere meditation and self-discipline become your protectors, then the lotus blossoms forth, and the honey trickles out.”
~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011
They know that God will not take none of this….They know everything’s.
But it’s their believe that differentiate them from atheist. This is very important to be a pious man, whatever the religion you belongs.
Different fruits and money are given by the religious Hindu people.
Changing Landscapes - A Tale of Two Cities
Film Swap with [ Rober ]
Spain and New York City
Kodak Elite Chrome 200 . XPRO
Russian Rangefinder FED 5b or Nikon F90X (Rober) and Olympus OM2 (me)
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I had heard the epic saga of Lord Swami Narayan long back ago. And this was the time when my spiritual mind reached the point of highest development and I culminated a fervent desire to explore the world of evolution of the human soul.
My research drove me to a place called ‘Akshardham’, a spiritual and holy complex that boasts of preserving the traditional architectural styles and values of the Hindu culture. Out of sheer curiosity, I was ready for a fun day-out at the most exotic tourist destination, but my first impression of the place was not what I deep anticipated. This was for the poor management of patrons by the authority, especially on a busy Sunday. I describe my learning of this spiritual adventure in different episodes as follows:
Episode 1: The Cloakroom in Akshardham
It was the first time I saw a queue line of a size of a railway counter. To begin my journey, I had to first deposit all my belongings in a Cloakroom. Much to my disappointment, the wait time was more than an hour and that incessant line of tourists took me to imagine that all our plans for the day might be ruined as well.
We need to fill a form and deposit that form along with our belongings in the Cloakroom. After the Cloakroom, we need to line up for a security clearance and final entrance to the temple.
Episode 2: Entry through Bhakti Dwar
As I entered, I was transported into a different world of artistic sculptures denoting varied forms of god and his devotees. This was the beginning of my journey and an imagination of downright purity that gave me the energy to keep all the frustration at bay. The Bhakti Dwar resembles 208 sculpted dual forms of God and his devotees.
Episode 3: Akshardham Mandir
This is the center of attraction that lights up the entire complex with a spark of integrity and uprightness. To enter, I had to deposit my shoes at the shoe counter and take a token from the authority personnel. The temple is an epitome of splendid architecture and a place where uniquely sculpted figures, carved pillars and magnificent domes demonstrate the very existence of the almighty God.
Episode 4: The Food Counter
When it was just halfway through the journey, I got exerted and decided to stop by the food counter to refrain from starving. After skipping my breakfast for the day in anticipation, I thought I would be treated well here. But who would have imagined that after waiting again in a long queue I was only offered the leftover snacks at the food counter in Akshardham. It was well settled now that this place needs more planning and organization to break the ice and set the right standards of cordiality in the tourism industry.
Episode 5: The Exhibitions
The best things are saved for the last. This was not the last thing we experienced in Akshardham, but invariably the most innovative. This part of my journey was filled with awe-inspiring plays covering the principles of the life of Bhagwan Swami Narayan. These plays showcased the true values of Indian culture through the use of robotic figures, laser lights and theme-driven sound effects.
The second phase starts with a sensational, staggering forty-five minutes movie depicting the life of an eleven year old child yogi ‘Neelkanth Varni’. This film is believed to have a cast of over 45000 people and shot in over 100 locations in India.
Episode 6: The Water Show
You can buy combo tickets of the Exhibition and Water show in Akshardham for a price of 250 rupees or separate individual tickets for any one of the events.
This was one of the most arresting performances of my life. The Water show presented a spiritual message from the Upnishads in a spectacular for the tourists. An artistic blend of laser lights, fountains, fire, and projections grips you till the last second of the entire duration of fifteen minutes.
Episode 7: The Boat Ride in Akshardham
The journey draws to a closure with a ride on the boat that lets you sail through 1000 years of the Indian culture and prosperity. This ride attempts to keep you abreast of all the major developments, discoveries, and inventions that happened in the Indian society for its timeless amelioration and glory.
Episode 8: The Food Court
After finishing a day filled with exhilaration and enthusiasm, I was about to faint with hunger. Thanks to the Premwati food court in Akshardham that promotes the concept of Ajanta and Elora and is home to varied multi-cuisine vegetarian delights from all over India. I was enthralled by their customer service, food quality, and reasonable prices. I had a delectable dinner at the end of the day and went back with a plethora of beautiful memories that inspirit me with a desire to come again.
Helpful Tips
Avoid hiring an auto to Akshardham. The temple is walk able distance from the Akshardham Metro Station.
Visit of weekdays, if possible as the crowd is less.
Buy Rs.5 Guide (language of your choice) for a better experience.
Get the stamp on your ticket for the exhibition so that you can roam around the rest of the temple without waiting in the queue.
Ensure to come back to the same queue if your ticket is already stamped otherwise you will be asked to go back to your respective queue and lead to time wastage.
Don’t miss out on the souvenir shop at the end.
Dress code in Akshardham- Upper Wear: Must cover the shoulders, chest, navel, and upper arms. Lower wear must be at least below knee-length
One of the three apse windows that constitute the first major stained glass commission of John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens, executed 1954-6 and portraying nine aspects of Christ's divinity.
The also constitute the first major flowering of a new, contemporary approach to stained glass design, radically different from anything produced in this country before, and therefore a milestone in the evolution of modern stained glass in Britain.
Right hand (south east) window representing Christ as the Judge, the Teacher & the Good Shepherd.
This was my second visit to Oundle School Chapel, an impressive building designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1922-3 and standing completely detached in splendid isolation in the grounds of Oundle School. The chapel was built in a late Perpendicular Gothic style with a nave flanked by low aisles and a tall clerestorey that floods the interior with light..The east end is formed by a polygonal apse surrounded with a low ambulatory (forming a hidden corridor within).
The interior is vast and spacious as a grand school chapel should be, but fine though the architecture is it is the explosions of coloured light that punctuate the aisles and the deep, brooding tones of the glass in the apse that draw the eye here. Oundle's chapel is a treasure house of modern stained glass, from the three altar windows by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens (their first ever commission dating from 1954-6, often considered the first windows in a modern style in Britain) to the extensive scheme of aisle windows recently commissioned from Mark Angus and installed in 2002-5.
Piper & Reyntiens' apse windows are quite unique, and more figurative than so much of their more familiar later work. The images represent nine aspects of Christ, each personifying a different aspect of his divinity. The colouring is rich and dense and the stylisation bold, many of the faces being more reminiscent of some powerful tribal mask than anything seen in a British church before. It took great vision and courage to commission these windows (Piper & Reyntiens had little experience at this stage and no previous collaboration to their names) and is perhaps symptomatic of postwar optimism and a more forward thinking approach than is often seen in today's commissions in glass. John Betjeman was so impressed on first seeing these works that he stated that the chapel would become a place of pilgrimage to art lovers, and so it should be to anyone with an interest in modern glass.
The aisle windows by Mark Angus are no less richly coloured, and some (at the west end) are equally figurative but most use a more abstract symbolic language. Much of the drawing has a rather charming, almost childlike naivety and the designs are in many cases kept refreshingly simple, allowing the various bold colours to dominate these smaller apertures.
Oundle School Chapel is a must for anyone with an interest in contemporary stained glass and the School is to be commended for its vision in making such a statement in its choice of artists. The chapel may be open to visitors much of the time but it might be advisable to check if making a special journey to see it.
DIVINITY
Pullip Custom Head by Sheryl Designs to Sinstresse
Sinstresse order me the same design on this face doll:
Aínsa, Huesca (Spain).
Dedicated to a colleague injustly fired of the company today. More than a colleague, a friend. To share with you these years of work has been divine.
Dedicada a una compañera de trabajo despedida hoy injustamente. Más que una compañera de trabajo, una amiga. Compartir contigo estos años de trabajo ha sido divino.
ENGLISH
The church of Santa María de Aínsa, is a good example of the Medieval architecture of the Sobrarbe area, although throughout its history it has undergone many modifications of the several rooms the temple is made up of: church, subterranean crypt, cloister and belfry tower.
The origins of the temple go back to the XIth century, being an irregularly proportioned construction of rough ashlar.
The church is accessed by way of an open door with a semicircular arc and archivolts, upheld by columns with carved capitals, and on the higher part of the entrance the usual Romanesque chrysmon may be seen.
However, the church has another entrance at the back, which acts as a junction between the temple proper, the tower and the irregular pentagon-shaped medieval cloister.
From the church, entering from the first stretch of the nave, one reaches the basement, a crypt opened beneath the front part of the temple.
On the other hand, to visit the tower and enjoy a beautiful view of the Aínsa’s historical urban area and its surroundings, one must enter from the exterior, through an elevated door. When one reaches the belfry’s openings, it is easy to understand why this tower had religious uses, but above all military ones , as it is an excellent observation tower for the Cinca river.
Source: www.caiaragon.com/en/actividades/index.asp?idAct=87&i...
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CASTELLANO
La Iglesia parroquial de Santa María de Ainsa (Provincia de Huesca, España) es un templo de estilo románico iniciado en el siglo XI y finalizado en el siglo XII. Se consagró en 1181.
De sencilla portada de cuatro arquivoltas apoyadas en otros tantos pares de columnas de capiteles labrados. Desde el interior del templo de única nave con bóveda de medio cañón apuntado se accede a la cripta y el claustro, ambos de gran interés.
La Cripta cuenta con 18 columnas y capiteles. Su torre, de dimensiones únicas en el románico aragonés, hace imprescindible su visita, con saeteras para la defensa, se alza entre las casas del pueblo y domina el entorno. Consta de cuatro pisos diferenciados, uno de ellos, el tercero, destinado a campanario.
El claustro, totalmente irregular, es un ejemplo de adaptación al medio. En el interior se puede admirar la obra del ábside realizada en piedra blanda de color rojo. La bóveda es de horno y tiene el eje ligeramente desviado del de la nave.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santa_Mar%c3%ada_(Ainsa)