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Here's a bus grinding (or perhaps grounding) to a halt inside a car forest located in the distant desert sands of Nevada. This was the first location we hit on our first night out west. Great skies provided interesting backdrops in nearly all directions. After a few hours the clouds moved out, the moon began to set and we made our way to the motel to rest up for our next adventure. www.capenightphotography.com
In a world where AI feeds our desire for instant gratification as soon as we have a thought or need, it is grounding and humbling to walk in a place that is impervious to the wishes of man. Created by time and the most natural of elements, water and earth, a beauty emerges that is wondrous in its impossibility. Man's interference is not welcome or wanted here. Here patience is respected. The Navajo understood the sacredness of this space, knowing that there are things larger and greater than themselves.
Cyanotype on watercolor paper.
Making things is such nice way to distract myself and to create beauty in my world. The creation of beauty, being both its birth mother and its midwife, is a part of the answer to some of life’s most existential questions. Plus, the process of making this piece, of cutting the prints and weaving them together, noticing the delightful texture of this paper between my fingers, all of that is calming and grounding. I hope that you’re able to embrace the things that soothe and give you hope during this strange time in our lives.
I don't know why, but every now and again, I have to do shots like these. To stay sane perhaps....to not get steered away by my own meandering....or when I'm getting carried away sometimes.
'get it out of your system,
now let's play again'
C-GZSG - Boeing B-737MAX-8 - WestJet
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 60.516 - built in 2018
Currently stored YHM due to the worldwide B-737MAX-grounding
This is a Cleansing Ceremony. It opens most of our activities and helps transport one into the calm focused world of spiritual gatherings. A smudge is made by lighting a match (preferred to a lighter) to a ball of dried plant medicines so that it smolders. The material is often held in a shell or ceramic bowl. It is most common to use: tobacco, sage, cedar and sweetgrass.
Tobacco is used as an offering before you harvest anything from Mother Earth. It is believed to open the door between our world and the Spiritual World and carries our prayers to the Creator in the sky.
Sage is believed to be a masculine plant and it reduces or eliminates negative energy.
Cedar offers protection and grounding. It can be placed at entrances to a home. For extra grounding it is placed in shoes for daily wear.
Sweetgrass is a feminine plant that teaches kindness because it bends without breaking. Because sweetgrass is considered to be the hair of Mother Earth, we show respect to her by braiding it before it is picked. In a smudge it is used to attract positive energy.
The smoke from these four dried medicines is pushed forward with an Eagle Feather. When we smudge, we first cleanse our hands with the smoke rising from the smudge bowl as if we were washing our hands. Then we draw its smoke over our hearts, our mouths, eyes, ears, small of back and our feet.
We cleanse our heart to clean it of resentment and ill will and to
open it to compassion.
We cleanse our mouth so that what we speak will be truthful and
honest and said in a caring manner.
We cleanse our eyes so that they will see the Truth in the world, the
beauty of Mother Earth and the gifts of the Creator.
We cleanse our ears so that we will clearly hear the messages of
others and understand the truth.
We cleanse the small of our backs so that we will release anger
gathered there, open ourselves to positive energy and heal.
We cleanse our feet so that we will walk the True Path, walker
closer to our friends and families and easily flee our enemies.
a grounding experience for sure; and
what do you want to do next? in
drawing out the complexities of each side;
what keeps you fresh, its opposite exhausts?
what facilitates & magnifies the right vision,
and the wrong one frustrates the spirit?
welcome and farewell, beneath the veil.
dualities of yearning as well as doubt.
offsprings an obfuscated state of consciousness.
when nothing stands still, how you stand fully present?
not a present tense self who evades questions about the past.
can you create your Truth-maps? way for the -
dream-maps to be internalized into the narrative -
when naturally more value is given to connection, harmony,
respect, and to honour the truth transcending the moment.
an honest inquiry and a sustained attention to see,
how obstacles that also clarify the path;
character in how you move through the day...
character in solitude where reflective choices are made
character in fortitude where equilibrium precedes choice
and this thought-process takes great practice -
to see emotional texture in words and silences
in all of these gestures, never a deceit.
♦
Satsang - Communion with the Truth. Sarvopari Agnya:
निजाऽऽत्मानं ब्रह्मरूपं देहत्रयविलक्षणम्।
विभाव्योपासनं कार्यं सदैव परब्रह्मणः॥११६॥
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Rit avadti nathi; te shu je, Sachu che ne Dradh Vishwas
— HDH Mahant Swami Maharaj. 19 Feb 2023, Mumbai.
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To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.
— Thoreau
I could be brown I could be blue I could be violet sky
...let me take this to mananam sukh... ek inch khasvanu nahi
Grounding of the UK registered Dive Support Vessel Jean Elaine in Deer Sound, (Dingieshowe) Deerness, Orkney.22/07/24 is under investigation by the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)
The Jean Elaine was intentionally beached after she started taking on water on the evening of 22/07/24 she was conducting a Sea Grass Survey and struck an unknown underwater object.
The Jean Elaine has been cleaned and fuel oils and other such pollutants have been removed as her owners await a decision from her insurers as to what will happen next? i.e. be salvaged? be broken up onsite? or will the winter storms break her up where is?
www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-accident-invest...
The tug/barge Presque Isle was designed as an integrated tug/barge unit, with the tug fitting into a specially-designed notch where it would rigidly lock in, and the pair would sail as one vessel. It was designed with intentions to take advantage of the U.S. Coast Guard’s tug/barge manning requirements, but since the tug was not deemed seaworthy on its own, it had to operate with an full-size crew. The pair was built at a cost of about $35 Million under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970.
Together, the tug/barge Presque Isle became the Great Lakes’ second 1,000-Footer.
Tug/barge combo Presque Isle arrived at Eria, PA, for repairs. The duo sustained damage after grounding at Johnson’s Point, St. Marys River, on August 5, 2025. There has been no official information from operator Great Lakes Fleet/Key Lakes, however waterfront reports indicate she dropped her four starboard propeller blades during the incident, which were soon recovered and returned to the vessel. Her starboard rudder was also dislodged at some point prior and recovered by divers.
A high-contrast monochrome study focusing on the tactile interplay between organic form and raw structure, capturing a quiet, grounding moment against the rugged texture of an ancient stone wall.
"Pea-souper" it may not have been (as the old expression for London fog goes) but the one which descended on London last Sunday (grounding planes here and over continent) must have left passengers screaming for wind to blow it away.
Yet it lasted for 4 days. Some persistent London fog indeed.
Here you have sunday evening shot from River Thames over embankment of Lower Mall and Hammersmith Bridge.
Forearm Wrapping in Rovingian Monks - Ritualistic Symbolism by Daniel Arrhakis (2026)
Forearm Wrapping in Rovingian Monks - Ritual Symbolism
The forearm wrapping among Rovingian monks constitutes a specific ritual practice, reserved for certain occasions. In the context of the Rovingian animist movement, the choice of colors and the form of the wrapping have a practical function: to regulate, balance, and direct the energies of nature and spirits during different types of intervention.
Healing Ritual
Colors: white and black bands.
Arrangement: interspersed.
Meaning: white symbolizes purity, light, and the channeling of vital energy (Prana/Chi) for recovery; black acts as a protective shield, absorbing or grounding diseases and impurities from the physical body before they spread.
Ritual against stagnant forces and restless spirits
Colors: red and black bands.
Arrangement: interspersed or crossed.
Meaning: Red represents blood, fire, active life force, and the spiritual authority needed to confront entities; black serves to contain, isolate, and neutralize dense negative energies, preventing the monk from being possessed or drained. White can also be used in conjunction, reinforcing light and vital energy.
Meaning of the crossed arrangement
Active blocking: The crossing of the lines, in the form of an "X" or crossed spiral, creates a geometric barrier that prevents the entry of hostile energies.
Dynamic interaction: While the interleaved arrangement organizes and separates energies, the crossed pattern causes red (fire and strength) and black (containment) to act simultaneously on the same pressure point of the forearm.
Symbolism of conflict: This is a spiritual combat configuration, used when the entity or stagnation offers active resistance or tries to persuade the person to remain in the location.
The interleaved red and black arrangement is used for approach and diagnosis. Allows the monk to enter a charged environment while maintaining passive protection and neutrality during spiritual assessment.
The cross arrangement in red and black is reserved for situations of spiritual resistance, especially in the presence of restless or vengeful spirits, when negative energy persists and refuses to dissipate.
The forearm as a connecting point
In the Rovingian animistic movement, the upper limbs—especially forearms and hands—are understood as the main channels for the emission and reception of energy. Therefore, the interleaved bandaging functions as a filter or closed energy circuit, protecting the monk during interaction with the spiritual world.
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Enfaixamento dos antebraços nos monges rovingianos - Simbolismos Ritualistas
O enfaixamento dos antebraços entre os monges rovingianos constitui uma prática ritual específica, reservada para determinadas ocasiões. No contexto do movimento animista rovingiano, a escolha das cores e a forma do enfaixamento têm uma função prática: regular, equilibrar e direcionar as energias da natureza e dos espíritos durante diferentes tipos de intervenção.
Ritual de cura
Cores: bandas brancas e pretas.
Disposição: intercalada.
Significado: o branco simboliza pureza, luz e canalização da energia vital (Prana/Chi) para a recuperação; o preto funciona como um escudo protetor, absorvendo ou aterrando a doença e as impurezas do corpo físico antes que se espalhem.
Ritual contra forças estagnantes e espíritos inquietos
Cores: bandas vermelhas e negras.
Disposição: intercalada ou cruzada.
Significado: o vermelho representa o sangue, o fogo, a força vital ativa e a autoridade espiritual necessária para confrontar entidades; o negro serve para conter, isolar e neutralizar energias negativas densas, impedindo que o monge seja possuído ou drenado. Pode ainda usar-se conjuntamente o branco reforçando a luz e a energia vital.
Significado da disposição cruzada
Bloqueio ativo: o cruzamento das linhas, em forma de "X" ou espiral cruzada, cria uma barreira geométrica que impede a entrada de energias hostis.
Interação dinâmica: enquanto a disposição intercalada organiza e separa as energias, o padrão cruzado faz com que o vermelho (fogo e força) e o negro (contenção) atuem em simultâneo no mesmo ponto de pressão do antebraço.
Simbolismo de conflito: trata-se de uma configuração de combate espiritual, usada quando a entidade ou a estagnação oferece resistência ativa ou tenta persuadir a pessoa a permanecer no local.
A disposição intercalada em vermelho e negro é utilizada para aproximação e diagnóstico. Permite ao monge entrar num ambiente carregado mantendo proteção passiva e neutralidade durante a avaliação espiritual.
A disposição cruzada em vermelho e negro é reservada para situações de resistência espiritual, especialmente na presença de espíritos inquietos ou vingativos, quando a energia negativa persiste e se recusa a dissipar.
O antebraço como ponto de ligação
No movimento animista rovingiano, os membros superiores — especialmente antebraços e mãos — são entendidos como os principais canais de emissão e receção de energia. Por isso, o enfaixamento intercalado funciona como um filtro ou circuito energético fechado, protegendo o monge durante a interação com o mundo espiritual.
Terranova
Hush
No one to fuel
Up into the center of command
The spinning thing it wants to win
Here by me your silent sea
Waiting to be called
To another lake/link
The one that takes it all
The foolish are the ones
Never to be seen
And i wonder why we go to such extremes
We watch and wait
Hesitate
I don't blame you at all
But talk to me
Love me
Break this fall
There is no greater gift
That holds past my lips
The fountain of life drinks me
And i drink it
Nebulous are all beginnings
But not their ends
The proof of the neverending
Which is always waiting to continue
With the strength that knows not it's strength
Always testing in this dream/this extreme?
This is a gift to you
This is a gift to you
So we continue to create the stage
Pages that read out of sight
Turned away the proofs we tried not to see
While feeling safe in the arms of destiny
Cutting through to the core of the face
Deeper with every kiss
The course of the earth
The beat of the heart
The grounding foundation that's forming
We move to the center slowly rising
Above the rivers we flow with the tide
We crash with the waves embracing beginnings
Then fall back inside
Don't see the ways of others?
Only to choose another
And accepted for what it is
So be it
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 during engine startup with company taxiing behind (pink streak). This photo was taken before the grounding of the Max!
Swift Air Boeing 767, with Eastern titles, departing runway 6L at Toronto Pearson YYZ, operating a service for Sunwing due to the grounding of 737 Max fleet
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This snapshot captures the essence of a tranquil early September day in an Atlanta suburb. The image is dominated by a brilliant azure sky dotted with wispy white clouds, signaling the lingering warmth of summer. In the foreground, mature trees with lush green foliage frame the scene, their leaves just beginning to hint at the approaching autumn. A charming streetlamp stands sentinel, its classic design adding a touch of timeless elegance to the neighborhood. Peeking into view is the corner of a house, its roof and brick facade partially visible, grounding the scene in suburban comfort. A splash of vibrant red, from late-blooming flowers, adds a pop of color and life to the composition. This photo encapsulates the peaceful transition between seasons, where summer's warmth still embraces the community while subtle signs of fall begin to emerge in this picturesque suburban setting.
Flickr Explore Frontpage #22 April 15, 2010
The sunset over Poole and the harbour - colour enhanced by the volcanic ash from Iceland.
April 15, 2010 News – An ash cloud from Iceland's erupting volcano halted air traffic across Europe, grounding flights over Great Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries, whilst weather forecasters stated that the ash in the atmosphere would cause sunsets to be redder than usual.
New Blog Post:
"If we happen to venture out on a dérive with our camera but return without making an interesting photo, this time is not to be thought of as lost because we have spent that time engaged in the rigorous practice of active observation, not just of our environment, but also how our perception has interacted with it. Any successful photographs made during a dérive are, in this way, to be regarded as psychic breakthroughs. They are like grounding charges that have built up over a period of continued conscious attention and then earthed by the tripping of the shutter."
I have began re-editing this series (from 2008-2012), now titled Resident Alien, for a new book project in collaboration with graphic artist Ian Liddle.
The dream just goes on and on, upwards and onwards
such interstice between subconscious lovebirds
and the sky becomes the sea of interspersion
here, there and everywhere is the dreamlike vision
the linguistic ability of silence is immeasurable
for no words may touch the deeper initial uncial
which flows for the earliest manuscript of mind
the unanimous passing of the 'said and done' refined,
a signing away of time should remain unwritten
for it's understanding is little understood even as fiction
let us be still, as the passers-by slowly become torpid
too...our planet restores a sense of things well founded
ingrained in each is the purpose from momentary stillness
the lifeblood hails from it's instilling a grounding so ageless
each step is a motionless movement in the silent sweep
of heavenly, proverbial reverence only seen in deepest sleep
come back! states the life beyond the gravity of today's depravity
hail the override of journey's founding destiny from a lifestyle departure
on track without targets, this is definitely a line without deadlines!
the way of fools is an age away from our own wholly natural designs
a mission of saviour; devout faith in the Earth and the beauty beyond
this the belief that truly counts upon unity of mind when purity has dawned
upon us all, in glowing Gleichheit peace is the envoy flying ever deeper
into the vortex of hope, tantalising with facilitation the celestial sleeper
in us all, that place seems dark by roving day, yet starry in the solace of closed eyes
keeping in mind the lesson of day taught by night where answers may arise
to some disbelieving eyes the planet is blackened with social failing
yet a distant stance from parliamentary trash is a cleansing of spirit prevailing
never downtrodden is the depth of a Soul that encounters itself and unites
within oneself, the understanding of others, and beyond wherever we set our sights.
by anglia24
16h40: 29/02/2008
©2008anglia24
Excerpt from the plaque:
Primalphabet-Geographics, 1976 by Guy Ducornet: This diptych was commissioned for the Schmon tower in 1976. At that time it was called the Library Tower although it was only partially occupied by the University’s Library.
Artist and part-time instructor Guy Ducornet was excited by the idea of creating a work for a structure which, in his fertile imagination, could have appeared in Jorge Luis Gorges’ story, The Library of Babel. He envisioned two pages from an imaginary encyclopedia: Primalphabet is an alphabet of our own science and Geographics describes the evolution of time and space.
At that time there was no fine art program at Brock. He taught numerous drawing, painting and art history courses between 1975 and 1993. At first he taught in whatever rooms were available, using homemade easels and treating the whole campus as a studio. Ducornet was convinced that Brock could offer a comprehensive art program, with training provided by professional teachers and artists. A program was established in 1977. Today the Visual Arts Department flourishes within the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts and rest on the foundation set by the imagination of vision of people such as Guy Ducornet.
Guy Ducornet lives and works in France. He has a scholarly grounding in Esistentialism and Surrealism, and is an internationally recognized artist, writer, translator, poet, jazz musician as well as ceramicist in the tradition of Japanese masters.
Caught this little vine in Jaya’s garden, quietly climbing—leaf by leaf—like it knows where it’s headed. There’s something grounding about watching life unfold this close. It’s all in the details.
Imperial Russian Navy cruiser Gromoboi photographed in Australian waters in 1901 by Alan C.Green. My restoration and colorization of the original image in the Victoria State Library archive.
"Gromoboi (Russian: Громобой, meaning: "Thunderer") was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1890s. She was designed as a long-range commerce raider and served as such during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. When the war broke out, she was based in Vladivostok and made several sorties in search of Japanese shipping in the conflict's early months without much success.Gromoboi, with the other armoured cruisers of the Vladivostok Cruiser Squadron, attempted to rendezvous in the Strait of Tsushima with the main portion of the Russian Pacific Fleet sailing from Port Arthur in August 1904. The Fleet was delayed, and the squadron returned to port alone. On the return, the squadron encountered a Japanese squadron of four armoured cruisers blocking their passage to base. The Japanese sank the oldest Russian ship, Rurik, and damaged Gromoboi and Rossia during the subsequent Battle off Ulsan. Both Russian ships were repaired within two months. Gromoboi ran aground immediately after completing her repairs and was out of action for four months. Three months after the damage from the grounding incident was repaired, she struck a mine, but successfully returned to port. Her armament was reinforced while under repair, but she saw no further action during the war.Gromoboi was transferred to the Russian Baltic Fleet after the end of the war and began a lengthy refit that was completed in 1911. She was mostly inactive during World War I, but had her armament and protection upgraded during the war. She was placed into reserve in 1918 and sold to a German company in 1922 for scrapping. She was forced aground near Liepāja during a storm en route to Germany and was scrapped in place." (Wikipedia)
Make sure you use an appropriate scope for long-term anchoring, so your anchor has a proper purchase in storms.
Also, budget for recovery and/or scrapping of a "cheap" boat before you purchase it.
Don't be a coastal litterbug.
C-GZSG - Boeing B-737MAX-8 - WestJet
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 60.516 - built in 2018
Currently stored YHM due to the worldwide B-737MAX-grounding -
still waiting for better times
This abandoned/grounded ship is on a sandbar just behind the little town of Inverness within the park - not a lot of information listed for this boat - but the area around the park has a great history of shipwrecks, in 1870 a lighthouse was built that greatly reduced the wrecks.
Found it as the light was getting low in the Bay, creating really great reflections.
This Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier was built as hull #417 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI for the American Steamship Co. (Boland & Cornelius, managers), Buffalo, NY. She was launched May 9th, 1953 as the John J. Boland (3) and is one of three near sister vessels built by this shipyard. The other two vessels are the John G. Munson built as hull #415 for the USS Great Lakes Fleet still actively sailing, and the Detroit Edison built as hull #418 also for the American Steamship Co. A grounding in northern Lake Michigan on December 22nd, 1980 ended the Detroit Edison’s career on the Great Lakes.
C-GZSG - Boeing B-737MAX-8 - WestJet
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 60.516 - built in 2018
Currently stored YHM due to the worldwide B-737MAX-grounding
Barye's thorough grounding in classical prototypes is evident in this highly charged representation of an incident from the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs described in Book XII of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Bayre surely knew the series of metopes from the Parthenon depicting the Greek legend, but the death blow delivered by the Greek hero is recognizable as a borrowing from the marble Hercules and a Centaur by the Mannerist sculptor Giambologna in Florence.
Scientific research has explored grounding for inflammation, cardiovascular disease, muscle damage, chronic pain, and mood.
The central theory from one review studyTrusted Source is that grounding affects the living matrix, which is the central connector between living cells.
Electrical conductivity exists within the matrix that functions as an immune system defense, similar to antioxidants. They believe that through grounding, the natural defenses of the body can be restored. Further research expands on this idea.
In a small studyTrusted Source on grounding and heart health, 10 healthy participants were grounded using patches on the palms of their hands and soles of their feet.
Blood measurements were taken before and after grounding to determine any changes in red blood cell fluidity, which plays a role in heart health. The results indicated significantly less red blood cell clumping after grounding, which suggests benefits for cardiovascular health.
Another slightly larger studyTrusted Source examined the role of grounding on post-exercise muscle damage. Researchers used both grounding patches and mats and measured creatine kinase, white blood cell count, and pain levels before and after grounding.
Blood work indicated that grounding reduced muscle damage and pain in participants. This suggests that grounding may influence healing abilities.
This research is supported by a recent studyTrusted Source on grounding for pain reduction and mood improvement. Sixteen massage therapists alternated between periods of grounding and no grounding.
Before grounding therapy, physical and emotional stress and pain were common side effects of their physically demanding jobs. After the earthing therapy, pain, stress, depression, and fatigue were all reduced among participants.
Most of the studies on grounding are small and rely somewhat on subjective measures, such as self-reported feelings, mood, or even self-administered treatment.
Some studies also rely on blood markers, such as those that detect inflammation, but the size and shortage of these studies suggests that more research is needed.
Types of grounding or earthing
There are many types of grounding. All of them focus on reconnecting yourself to the earth. This can be done through either direct or indirect contact with the earth.
Walking barefoot
Have you ever been outside on a warm summer day and felt the urge to run barefoot in the grass? One of the easiest ways to ground yourself to the earth is to walk barefoot.
Whether this is on grass, sand, or even mud, allowing your skin to touch the natural ground can provide you with grounding energy.
Lying on the ground
You can increase your skin-to-earth contact by lying on the ground. You can do it in the grass by the park or on the sand at the beach.
If you’re going to ground yourself in this way, be sure to take the proper precautions and never lie somewhere you could be injured.
Submersing in water
According to advocates for grounding, water may be used to ground in the same way the physical earth is used for grounding.
They suggest simply wading in a clear lake or swimming in the ocean as a way to ground yourself. As always, be sure to stay safe when swimming, especially in murky or deep waters.
Using grounding equipment
When going outside to ground yourself isn’t an option, there are alternativesTrusted Source. One method of earthing involves connecting a metal rod to the ground outside and then connecting the rod to your body through a wire.
If you’re not comfortable using a metal rod to ground yourself, there’s other grounding equipment available. This equipment is an effective way to incorporate earthing therapy into your daily life and includes:
grounding mats
grounding sheets or blankets
grounding socks
grounding bands and patches
You can find grounding mats, sheets, blankets, socks, and bands online.
Shot with my A7RIII and Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F/2.8 AEJ Contax mount.
F/11 1/200 ISO 200
Blueberry Hill Conservation Area consists of 134 acres of wooded area in Gibbsboro, NJ. It features both paved and unpaved trails that are suitable for hiking or biking. At 192 feet, Blueberry Hill is one of the highest elevations in Southern New Jersey.
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My sister once said to me to have a fire outside at least once a month because there is something grounding about fire. It seems to burn all the problems away. This is in the mountains of spain. There is a German, Spanish, English, Argentinian, Italian, Polish and a Greek. What a fire it was till early in the morning!!
I love technology. My phone, iPad, and computer are integral to my daily life, helping me stay connected, productive, and entertained. They're indispensable tools for managing tasks, staying informed, and communicating with others. But despite my reliance on modern devices, I have a deep love for writing with a typewriter. There's something undeniably special about the tactile experience of pressing down on each key, hearing the mechanical clatter, and seeing the ink imprint directly onto the page. Writing with a typewriter strips away the distractions of notifications and endless editing, allowing me to focus solely on the words as they form. It demands a level of intention and care that often gets lost in the digital world. Plus, there's a nostalgic charm in using a typewriter, a connection to the history of writing that feels both grounding and inspiring. It's a refreshing balance to the fast-paced digital age I navigate every day.
Website: www.sollows.ca
One of the places I always seem to drift back to in Amsterdam is Rembrandt’s House. There’s something grounding about sitting on those front steps, watching the city move in its steady, unhurried rhythm. Walking tours pass by with that familiar mix of curiosity and reverence, pausing to soak in the history of one of the world’s greatest artists. And every now and then, they unknowingly become part of a fleeting moment themselves — like in this image, a tiny slice of history layered on top of centuries already lived.
Prompt: Create an ultra-realistic digital fine art painting of a classic 1930s-style red convertible roadster, viewed in three-quarter front perspective. The vintage car should exude timeless elegance, with sweeping fenders, polished chrome headlights and grill, detailed wire-spoke wheels, and a leather luggage compartment strapped neatly at the rear.
The body color is a deep, glossy scarlet red with subtle highlights and reflections emphasizing its smooth curvature and hand-crafted steel panels. Chrome accents around the headlights, bumpers, and hood ornament gleam with a soft metallic luster. The tires are slightly dusty, grounding the vehicle in realism.
The background should blend softly textured watercolor tones — muted beige, pale blue, and warm sepia — with gentle brush strokes and faint pencil sketch lines, creating a nostalgic, painterly ambiance that merges illustration with realism. Subtle architectural and mechanical sketch outlines should fade into the background, giving the impression of an artist’s concept study brought to life.
Lighting is soft and diffused, suggesting natural daylight filtered through a hazy atmosphere. The car’s reflections and subtle shadow beneath it should feel grounded and authentic. The composition is vertical, with the vehicle slightly angled to the lower right, leaving ample airy space above and behind for a fine art gallery aesthetic.
Artistic Style:
Ultra-realistic digital fine art painting
Hybrid watercolor and pencil sketch technique
Fine brush strokes, gentle vignette edges
Museum-quality illustration with elegant, nostalgic tones
Aspect Ratio: Vertical (3:4 or 4:5)
Quality: High-resolution, clean detailing, no noise, no grain.
Mood: Timeless, refined, nostalgic sophistication.
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI Sora AI and Photoshop
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (c/n 48486/509)
Central Air Leasing
Zürich-Kloten (ZRH/LSZH)
05 January 2005
Built for LTU as D-AERX in 1992 and acquired by Swissair as HB-IWT in November 1998, this MD-11 was one of several not transferred to the new Crossair/Swiss entity in 2002. After the Swissair grounding in October 2001 it was instead stored at Zürich
In June 2002 it was acquired by Central Air Leasing and registered as N15WF. It remained stored at Zürich until late 2004, when it was made ready again. It was eventually seen departing from runway 28, heading for freighter conversion, and still sporting basic Swissair colours with hastily overtaped titles.
In May 2005 freighter conversion was completed, and the MD-11 then flew for Transmile until early 2011, when it was acquired by Federal Express. Now registered as N643FE, it is still active today.
On the second day after the grounding a crew works to try to recover the Jamie K. but by nightfall they had had no success.
On the evening of Monday, July 20th, 2015, this 65 foot shrimp boat out of Charleston in Coos County, Oregon, hit some rocks while maneuvering through a hazardous area called the "Little Hole" to reach a good fishing area. A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer was able to get all four crew members safely to shore during the night one at a time. Recovering the boat is proving to be a challenging task.
Last week I crossed out one place off my bucket list - Bengtskär Lighthouse in the Finnish archipelago. The lighthouse reaches up to 52 meters and is the highest and perhaps the coolest lighthouse in the Nordic countries (rivaling opinions are also kindly noted 😆).
The lighthouse originates back to 1906 after several groundings by passing ships in the near by shallow waters. The lighthouse also saw some heavy fighting back in World War 2, so go check out also the museum in the premises if you are interested.
Special gratitude to @bengtskar_lighthouse for kindly accepting us in these difficult times and making our dreams true!
Soft Wild
Dubai, April 2026.
Some looks don’t arrive loudly. They unfold.
Light, movement, a little undone in the best way.
The Serafina set feels like that moment just before golden hour fully settles. The crisp structure of the top, the fluid drop of the skirt, and then that long trailing sweep that follows you like a second thought. It is controlled, but never stiff. Elegant, but never distant.
What makes it linger is the contrast. Clean lines above, softness below. A silhouette that feels styled, yet somehow effortless.
The Lode head wreath brings in something quieter. Organic. Almost weightless. It softens everything without taking away from the shape. Like it belongs there without asking.
And then the finish.
The Yasum heels, delicate and wrapped, grounding the look just enough.
And the hair, loose and moving, catching light the way it should when nothing is forced.
This is the kind of styling that does not try to impress.
It simply exists beautifully, and lets you notice.
Model
TwinkieBean
Credits
Outfit
Serafina — Top & Skirt (Dubai Event)
Headpiece
Lode — Head Wreath “Aquilegia” (Dubai Event)
Shoes
Yasum — Tender Heels (Dubai Event)
Hair
DOUX — Cheyenne (Dubai Event)
Is there a prettier corner of the world?
The row of four small cottages on Llanddwyn Island was built for the pilots who helped boats navigate into the ports along the Menai Strait. This narrow channel dividing Anglesey from the Welsh mainland posed a threat of grounding on sand banks to the boats calling mainly at the ports of Caernarfon, Y Felinheli and Bangor to collect the fine roofing slate produced in the hills of North Wales. As well as guiding commercial shipping, the pilots crewed the Llanddwyn lifeboat until its withdrawal from service in 1903.
Overlapping from sleep I hesitate to say
that my borderlines are not where I presently lay
dangling, overhanging, dizzying heights
undaunted by the skyward drift of emotive flights
I'm well away from here now, that which remains below
the place I waited years to leave with memories yet to bestow
the custom of the hinterland is a grounding in thoughts borne
to traverse the mind beyond the quest of land-lain hearts so torn
is a hope beyond reason of medical schooling
sinking loops of tablets in reams of scientific ruling
my body pleads with the goodwill of health
is that so rude as to be at the expense of all my wealth
for the moment why should I care, floating beyond my sick beds
that rarified noose of struggle befitting my healing entranced musical threads
remixed tunes that have sown my Spring view from above,
am I dreaming or is this the rampart I write of?
scrutiny is the rank outsider of solving the riddle of thought
that passes life's noughts by crossing my mind over which it so bitterly fought
a game of two halves; the have's and have not's if you like
played over and over, no two clips are ever alike
I wanted to escape, I want to jump, I want to disassemble
the life I can't recognise from the living I hope it can again resemble
so this dirigible weightlessness give me strength to float some more
metapsychology ironically still cannot say what I will or wont yet explore.
by anglia24
10h20: 20/05/2008
©2008anglia24
25/06/2023, at anchor, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.
The former Sjöfartsverkets (Swedish Maritime Administration) buoy/lighthouse tender 'Fyrbyggaren', which was converted in 2021 to a passenger 'expedition' vessel for use in the Arctic region.
Owned and operated by Virgo Rederiaktiebolaget of Partille, Sweden.
Built in 1976, and commissioned on 14/12/1976 by Sigbjørn Iversen Mekaniske Verksted AS, Flekkefjord , Norway (40)
655 g.t. & zero dwt.
Length x breadth x depth =
41,81m x 10,19m x 3,98m., as
'Fyrbyggaren' to 2021, and
'Virgo' since.
**16/06/2022, vessel ran aground in Fuglefjorden, north-western Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norwegian archipelago between Norway and North Pole, Arctic, at around 10:00 UTC on June 14th.
There were 13 passengers and seven crew on board.
The ship’s hull was reported as breached in the area of its fuel tank and an oil leak was reported.
As of 15:00 UTC June 14th the vessel appeared to have been refloated and to be manoeuvring at very slow speed near the grounding site, with a tug and auxiliary vessel nearby.
Subsequently repaired and returned to service.**
Photo with the kind permission of Ovanes Agaryan.