The light of God surrounds me.

The love of God enfolds me.

The presence of God watches over me.

Wherever I am , God is.

Enfold your wings with mine and let us fly to the sky.

Another from the blinds ....

Happy Friday, and thank you all so very much for the kind comments and support you always give me, you have no idea how grateful I am to each of you

much love

~xo~

岬つつむ星夜

"It is easy to recollect the good things of life, the times when one's heart rejoices and expands, when everything is enfolded in kindness and love; it is easy to recollect the fineness of life-how noble one was, how generous one felt, what courage one showed in the face of adversity.":

- Oliver Sacks

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The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

– Kate Chopin

Where´s the luck ?

And how does it look like ?

Is it the water trickling through

the fingers in a dry desert,

dropping down and being visible for a second

as a small dark spot in the hot sand ?

Or is it the fading fog that enfolds me and

makes me forget the greedy world ?

I need to find a way to stop its rapid dwindling.

EXPLORE | August 23 | 2015 | #10

Seen in EXPLORE #35

NO INVITES and GRAPHICS please!!! I appreciate and would really be happy to see your personal comments :) THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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"Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts.

No matter how we may dread the rush, the long

Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought

and given - when Christmas Day comes there is still

the same warm feeling we had as children, the same

warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes."

By: Joan Winmill Brown

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Have MERRY and BOUNTIFUL CHRISTMAS my FRIENDS!!!

Lets her go, and everyday awaits.

For the moonless ocean,

Only hope remains, when she decides to rise.

Here I am, here I am, just waiting to enfold you.

again

Help, I have done it again

I have been here many times before

Hurt myself again today

And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Enfold me

I am small

I'm needy

Warm me up

And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again

Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,

Yeah I think that I might break

Lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Enfold me

I am small

I'm needy

Warm me up

And breathe me

Be my friend

Hold me, wrap me up

Enfold me

I am small

I'm needy

Warm me up

And breathe me

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Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, California

A creosote bush pokes its branches up between the dunes.

miles fall in…

so rhythm goes…

memory manifests…

and dreams enfold…

so here…

I sense…

her shadow is…

abiding wisdom.

-rc

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Had fun building this one. It's based on this speeder I made back in 2021, but a lot smaller and foldable.

A woman in a room being enfolded by nature

All rights reserved: Spoken in Red/Jennifer Rhoades Photography

Recently went on a roadtrip to explore some places of the island that I've never been to but been curious about for quite a while.

The trip was awesome and me and Sawyer (the dog) had a lot of fun hiking and exploring waterfalls, caves, lakes, you name it.

This scene enfolded in front of us on the drive back from Thasis, on the single rainy day we had.

I love the little cloud of mist between the 'main speaker' and the 'listeners' throwing a spotlight.

Unfortunately I didn't increase my ISO to go with a faster shutter in this one. The result is blurry leaves as they were moving in the wind. I adjusted that immediately but my spotlight was gone ;)

🎶 Long afloat on shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

'Til your singing eyes and fingers

Drew me loving to your isle

And you sang

“Sail to me

Sail to me

Let me enfold you

Here I am

Here I am

Waiting to hold you “🎶 (Tim Buckley)

2018©janeschultz

Long afloat on shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

'Til your singing eyes and fingers

Drew me loving to your isle

Waiting to hold you....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1LeXdP9lcM

I am puzzled as the newborn child

I am troubled at the tide

Should I stand amid the breakers?

Should I lie with death my bride?

Waiting to hold you....

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This close of a Black Rhino's skin was taken with a telephoto lens from the safety of a safari vehicle in the Borana Conservancy, Kenya. This was a wild (but very mellow) animal.

At NYBG's Orchid Show : 'The Orchid Show: Natural Heritage', now thru April 23, 2023.

Phragmipedium

Cardinale 'Wilcox'

ORCHIDACEAE

NYBG's annual Orchid Show, now on its 20th year, is designed by acclaimed artist Lily Kwong, which presents a meditative and captivating design inspired by her ancestral connections to the natural world.

Be immerse in a mesmerizing array of orchids, enfolded into rolling mountains throughout the historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

--- nybg.org

Similar in many ways to the other slipper orchids, the Paphiopedilums, Phragmipedium is a very popular genus that was establishing by Robert Rolfe in 1896 when he revised all the slipper orchids. Those species native to the tropical Americas were places in other Selenipedium or Phragmipedium. Rolfe named the genus, using the Greek words phragma (fence) in reference to the division of the ovary and pedilon (slipper).

As with the other slipper orchids, the species of this genus are sympodial in growth habit and form tight fans instead of pseudobulbs.

--- aos.org

Model : Casey Cruz

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Read Milena Carbone's Second Life stories on Medium

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Inspired by : Enter one - Sol Seppy

After a storm

I want to be brave

And keep you warm

And not fade away

As we float from the shore

Into the light

Into the unknown

Like thousands of lanterns

Glowing with grace

In glorious silence

Descending through space

To a friend

A sister in need

Who is not alone

And they are surrounding her

And they will enfold her outstretched hand

In our love

Into the light

It's hard to believe

It's always been ours to give

And to receive

I want to be shameless like the sun

Moving into you

Entering light

Welcome

Inshallah, Inshallah

Enter one amazing grace is pouring down

Fear not this light

We are of this light divine

So come

We move as one

Amazing grace is pouring down

Fear not this light

We are on this light divine

Welcome

Enter one

After a storm

I wanna let go

Of the things that I've done

Without any worry

I wanna come home

Into the light

Into the unknown

I want to be shameless

Like the sun

Moving into you

Entering light

Welcome

Inshallah, Inshallah

Enter one

Amazing grace is pouring down

Fear not this light

We are on this light divine

So come

We move as one

Amazing grace is pouring down

Fear not this light

We are on this light divine

Welcome

Enter one

# #PryceMothersDayTribute

Ps Ty Lawrence for letting me be part of this Challenge :) Ty so much :)

Song to the Siren

This Mortal Coil

[Verse 1]

On the floating shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

Till your singing eyes and fingers

Drew me loving to your isle

And you sang, "Sail to me

Sail to me; let me enfold you

Here I am, here I am

Waiting to hold you"

Lyrics:

genius.com/This-mortal-coil-song-to-the-siren-lyrics

Song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJ3Q0FGcaE

Notes:

In the winter cycles of life, things appear dark and cold. But the freshness of spring will come again, and the sun will return to shine on you.

Location:

Winter Love Valley

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Heartsong%20Love%20Valley/...

Long afloat on shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

'Til your singing eyes and fingers

Drew me loving to your isle

And you sang

Sail to me, sail to me

Let me enfold you

Here I am, here I am

Waiting to hold you

Did I dream, you dreamed about me?

Were you here when I was full sail?

Now my foolish boat is leaning

Broken lovelorn on your rocks

For you sing

Touch me not, touch me not

Come back tomorrow

Oh, my heart

Oh, my heart shies from the sorrow

Well I'm as puzzled as the newborn child

I'm as riddled as the tide

Should I stand amid the breakers?

Or should I lie with death my bride?

Hear me sing

Swim to me, swim to me

Let me enfold you

Here I am, here I am

Waiting to hold you

Song To The Siren · This Mortal Coil

JUSTICE

When I play with my animals, a Godly bliss enfolds my being!!!!!!! Like I am surrounded by playful Cherubins, participating in our game!!! The child inside is THERE!! Outside!!!! I become a kitten....myself!!! I hear me loughing , talking with funny, sweet , kitten-voices!!! I look at their magnificent , vivid eyes, funny eyes, and I melt , like the sweetest ...ice cream!!! Bless Your Animals , dear Father of ours!!!!!!! Thank You, for their blessed presence into my life!!!!

(Visual Soundscapes Project)

All the stars may shine bright

All the clouds may be white

But when you smile

Ohh how I feel so good

That I can hardly wait

To hold you

Enfold you

Never enough

Render your heart to me...

As the twilight enfolds the glaciers around Cabane Grand Mountet, Zinal, colour still clings to the snows of the Ober Gabelhorn.

Explore #301 of 21 June 2008

Soundtrack // Bande-son: THIS MORTAL COIL ("Song To The Siren"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM

"SAIL TO ME... Sail to me... Let me enfold you.."

"Trop mignons, ces petits bateaux alignés comme des petits soldats qui ne vont jamais en guerre sinon une semaine par an !" // "So cute are these small boats, aligned like little soldiers only going to war one week a year !" (Régis DUBUS / www.flickr.com/photos/dubusregis/)

"Wonderful collection of masts; great harbor image Reg." (Elliot MARGOLIES / www.flickr.com/photos/elliotmar/ )

"Une foret de mats ....c'est beau ce port." // "A forest of masts. Lovely harbour." (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/26450367@N04/)

"La composition et le process sont extras !" (Gérard MARCONNET / www.flickr.com/photos/grard/ )

Such a gorgeous colour, each petal so delicately formed and gently enfolding the others around a deep heart. This flower has the most delicate fragrance and is a joy to behold!

May the Irish hills caress you.

May her lakes and rivers bless you.

May the luck of the Irish enfold you.

May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

Happy St. Patrick's day! I'm lucky to share my birthday and an Irish heritage with St. Patrick. And in honor of my birthday, Nick and I finally bought our own kayaks, so we have even more to explore!

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She who is the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, calls unto thy soul. Arise, and come unto Her. For She is the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe. from Her all things proceed, and unto Her all things must return; and before Her face, beloved of gods and men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite. Let Her worship be within the heart that rejoiceth; for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are Her rituals. And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you. And thou who thinkest to seek Her, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not unless thou knowest the mystery; that if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee, then thou wilt never find it without thee. For behold, She has been with thee from the beginning; and She is that which is attained at the end of desire.

Shot for Compositionally Challenged Week 1 Challenge - Song Titles. Sung by Etta James

I want a Sunday kind of love

A love to last past Saturday night

And I'd like to know it's more than love at first sight

And I want a Sunday kind of love

Oh yea yea

I want a a love that's on the square

Can't seem to find somebody

Someone to care

And I'm on a lonely road that leads to no where

I need a Sunday kind of love

I do my Sunday dreaming, oh yea

And all my Sunday scheming

Every minute, every hour, every day

Oh I'm hoping to discover

A certain kind of lover

Who will show me the way

And my arms need someone

Someone to enfold

To keep me warm when Mondays and Tuesdays grow cold

Love for all my life to have…

Song to the Siren

Long afloat on shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

'Til your singing eyes and fingers

Drew me loving to your isle

And you sang

Sail to me

Sail to me

Let me enfold you

Here I am

Here I am

Waiting to hold you

Did I dream you dreamed about me?

Were you here when I was forced out

Now my foolish boat is leaning

Broken lovelorn on your rocks

For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow

Oh my heart, Oh my heart shies from the sorrow"

Well I'm as puzzled as the newborn child

I'm as riddled as the tide

Should I stand amid the breakers?

Or should I lie with death, my bride?

Hear me sing, "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you

Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you"

[Innerspace Particle System]

WLS Cyborg Wall Hanging by SamWhat88.

Self-modded for the "Siren"

The Garden of Hope is a special build inspired by hope, peace and healing for Relay for Life’s Relay Weekend. A collaborative build by Patch Thibaud from The Grove Country Clube Estates and Ty Tenk from Calas Galadhon, this amazing experience will enfold you mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Experience this magical destination before the end of July, 2023 when it goes to sleep.

Click to teleport to The Garden of Hope

When love beckons to you, follow him,

Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him,

Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

-- Kahlil Gibran

I love these "natural" images of Manhattan, nature fully enfolds the vast city.

Like Sofia

miles fall in…

so rhythm goes…

memory manifests…

and dreams enfold…

so here…

I sense…

her shadow is…

abiding wisdom.

-rc

«Surrounded by darkness yet enfolded in light» ― Alan Brennert, Moloka'i

Shapes and lights in the night. Grado (GO), Italy. © Michele Marcolin, 2022. K1ii + DFA 150-450mm f4.5-5.6

The Miho Museum is a little gem nestled in the remote mountains of Kyoto, Japan. It houses Mihoko Koyama's private collection of Asian and Western antiques bought on the world market by the Shumei organisation in the years before the museum was opened in 1997. The design of the museum was done by the world renowned architect I. M. Pei, who came to call it “Shangri-la”, and who by the way just turned 100 this year.

Out of respect for nature, Pei built 80% of the museum below ground. While the silhouette of the roof has its origins in traditional Japanese architecture, which harmonizes beautifully with the surrounding landscape, the building’s contemporary glass structure allows a light-filled interior space. From the geometric design of its glass ceilings to its limestone walls (the same material used by Pei in the reception hall of the Louvre), the entire building welcomes its visitors as it enfolds rich visions in the splendor of natural light.

[Source: Wikipedia and Miho Museum Pamphlet]

I should have posted these individually for you to see, the edges don't match up but but but. I wanted to give you a view of the landscape of the Northern Cape of South Africa. The vast spaces. The sense of emptiness, calm, sun, dry roads, endless roads, and an enfolding of both landscape and ancient spirit. I hope you enjoy the landscape shot through the window of a moving car as much as I loved travelling it

[ENG] “Surrounded by darkness yet enfolded in light”. Alan Brennert, Moloka'i, American author, television producer, and screenwriter.

For “Smile on Saturday” group, “Light and Dark” theme

[ESP] "Rodeado de oscuridad pero envuelto en luz”. Alan Brennert, Moloka'i, autor estadounidense, productor de televisión y guionista.

Para el grupo “Sonríe el Sábado”, tema “Luz y Oscuridad”

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the steady drip

the strangled silence

[the heart of light]

Surrounded by darkness, yet enfolded in light.