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[Esp. / Eng.] - (The English translation is mine, please report any mistake or questionable expression).
Afectuosamente dedicada a Oscar Hevia, que tiene la fortuna de vivir en ese hermoso rincón del mundo. // Warmly devoted to Oscar Hevia, who has the fortune of living in that wonderful corner in the World.
La luz tiende su velo de plata sobre el mar.
Sosegadas, las olas subliman el silencio
de los tÃmidos pasos del dÃa
aventurándose en su costumbre
de ruidos ascendentes
La piel se recupera y va asumiendo
el esplendor del sol que ya prodiga
su lujo de colores y relieves
el mar azul, el avaro espejo
en que se mira el cielo soleado
y en su vaivén el rumor de las olas
sugiere un largo viaje a la memoria.
Cada dÃa renueva su memoria viejos dÃas
en la unidad de tiempo que es la vida
The light spawns its silver light over the sea.
Pacified, the waves magnify the silence
of the feeble steps of the day
venturing into their habit
of increasing noises.
The skin gets over and is assuming
the splendor of the sun which already lavishes
its luxury of colors and reliefs,
the blue sea, the greedy mirror
in which the sunny sky watches itself
and in its swinging the sound of the waves
suggests a long trip to memory.
Each day renews its memory, old days
in the time unit which is the life.
Ildefonso Manuel Gil (Paniza, Zaragoza 1912 - Zaragoza 2003) - Cancionerillo y otros poemas inéditos. Poemas: poema nº 3. Editado por la Institución Fernando El Católico, 2003.
(Sony rx10 M2 - carl zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T* F2.8) with a 24-200m lens.HDR on
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Bluebells are probably one of the best known wildflowers found in the British Isles, sometimes carpeting entire floors in early spring with brightly colored flowers, appearing April-May.
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Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. Built 1705-1722 originally for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as reward for military activities including the Battle of Blenheim. Birthplace in 1874 of Winston Churchill.
Christopher Wren was in the running to be architect but the post was given to John Vanbrugh who was assisted by Hawksmoor. The building is in the ‘English Baroque’ style that paralleled the perhaps more exuberant Continental Baroque. English baroque was soon unfashionable and replaced by the restraint of the Georgian buildings of Edinburgh and Bath.
Had the pleasure of visiting The O'Connor House English Tea Room in Deseranto, Ontario and this beautiful scene was on our table. Such a lovely way to spend a few hours on a weekend afternoon.
Photo Date: 22 Dec 2021 (Wed)
Located: Stonehenge, Near Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Filmed and edited by Kelvin Ho
Another slide restoration from Summer 1976. I'd think late Summer or the grass would be all brown.
In my mind's eye, most of the gardens I remember in the 70s were much this design. Reality struck when I had my own first garden, which I doubt went little further than the shed. Gardens are generally getting smaller today, with developers trying to pack as many houses as they can into a new housing scheme.
Caroline and I had breakfast on the cliffs over looking the sea.
The sea mist rolled around over Northern France. Its a view we have witnessed many times.
A painted shot of English Bay on a sunny bright day last week.
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There was a time when we thought that the Anglican Church was as unchangeable and as permanent as the English weather, that the red telephone cubicle was part of an identifiable English character, and that the equally red letter box would be eternal.
"Oh, oh, you think you're special
Oh, oh, you think you're something else"
The Anglican Church is no longer what it used to be - and its majority is no longer "English". English weather is now a matter of unpredictable surprises, telephone cubicles have been superseded by smart phones, and the Royal Mail is neither royal nor reliable in its delivery of letters. And the English character? You tell me. We in the UK are living among fossilised objects, and if new life is springing up it will in all likelihood have little to do with the Anglican Church, the Royal Mail and Englishness. Let me put it bluntly, it is immigration that is blowing new life into a sclerotised and inelastic body. Leica M8, Voigtlaender 35/1.4.
Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
‘Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come buy, come buy:
Apples and quinces,
Lemons and oranges,
Plump unpeck’d cherries,
Melons and raspberries,
Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches,
Swart-headed mulberries,
Wild free-born cranberries,
Crab-apples, dewberries,
Pine-apples, blackberries,
Apricots, strawberries;—
All ripe together
In summer weather,—
Morns that pass by,
Fair eves that fly;
Come buy, come buy …’
Christina Rossetti, ‘Goblin Market’
Taken at Goatwood stunning 1800s sim
DenDen - "Freedom" pose
Today DRS finally gave us 37425+37402 on an engineering diagram instead of running them down south. In some wispy light, 37425+37402 lead 6K05 past Ribblehead 19 late, I assume to do with the Cements.
General poisoning notes: English ivy (Hedera helix) is an indoor and outdoor ornamental vine. This plant contains saponins, which can cause poisoning in cattle, dogs, sheep, and humans. Two chemicals in the sap can also cause severe contact dermatitis in sensitive humans. HMM!
Macro Mondays: Poisonous.