“Even kings need rest. A lion in stillness, soaking in the warmth of the wild, a reminder that true power is often found in peace.”

Hainburg on the Danube

Hainburg an der Donau from www.niederoesterreich.at

Embedded in a charming landscape lies Hainburg an der Donau, Austria's most easterly city, between the cosmopolitan cities of Vienna and Bratislava.

Braunsberg Hainburg vantage point, mountain peak

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The Braunsberg, together with the Thebener Kogel in Slovakia, represents the Hainburg or Hungarian gate of the Danube. The breakthrough valley at the Braunsberg is a geological link between the Alps and the Carpathians. A road leads from Hainburg to the summit. The Braunsberg offers an excellent view of the Hundsheimer mountains, the Danube and the city of Bratislava and its surroundings, as well as far into the Marchfeld. On the mountain is the memorial of the Carpathian Germans in memory of their old homeland in Slovakia. Wide view over the Donau-Auen National Park, the March estuary to Bratislava. Nature reserve - the Braunsberg is also an archaeologically important site. The Celts built a powerful settlement on the plateau, protected by a palisade fence (2nd century BC). A small part of the palisade and a watchtower have been reconstructed.

Join us on a goat hike around the Braunsberg in beautiful Hainburg an der Donau. Without any stress, hassle or pressure.

The Braunsberg is a 346 m high limestone massif near Hainburg an der Donau. The mountain, which is unusually shaped with its sloping plateau, was a city mountain of the Celts and still bears clear traces of the Celtic-Roman era. Wikipedia

This is another sunrise shot from that enchanted corner of our busy world, the meanders of the river Adda near Airuno. If you think that it is very similar to the previous one, The Round of the four Elements, you are right: this is the very same view, taken some minutes later with a different lens, so that it is classifiable as a "detail landscape".

In the previous wideangle shot I felt strongly the intimate interplay of the traditional four Elements - whence the title. Here, correspondingly, I was impressed by the feeling that the river and the wetland beyond were transpiring forgotten tales together with the mist. Tales told in the secret language of Nature, which we can obscurely understand since we are among Nature's children. Tales as ancient as the world. Tales from the Earth.

I was a blessed beholder of this little miracle - when I deeply felt that the whole universe is an infinitely interconnected totality, where everything is in intimate relationship with everything else​ - as modern physics teaches us​. I am glad to have had a chance to capture at least some scraps of the magic of this moment and offer it to other people.

This image comes from a blending of a -1.7/0/+1.7ev bracketing by luminosity masks, processed in The Gimp. The more I explore this technique, the more I feel amazed by its versatility and seemingly unlimited power in post-processing.

This is not merely a statue — it is the stillness of truth made visible, a silence shaped by time, standing as a reminder of something far greater than the self.

The Buddha does not represent a god, but the profound stillness that lives within all beings — the stillness from which karma flows, guiding each moment with quiet, unfailing balance.

Inner peace is not something one can own. It is a state to return to, after all illusions of control have faded.

The universe does not bend to human will. Humanity moves within it. And at its heart lies not dominion, but harmony. Stillness. Grace.

Many seek meaning in noise and motion. But the truth waits in stillness — vast, enduring, and patient — reminding all that we are not here to conquer the universe,

but to remember how to belong to it.

Reflexo na água das casas típicas de Bergen ao anoitecer. Estas edificações pitorescas, que remontam ao século XVIII, são um tesouro histórico e cultural da cidade. É uma cena que fascina os visitantes e os habitantes locais, que aproveitam para caminhar pelo cais e contemplar a paisagem.

A reflection in the water of Bergen's typical houses at dusk. These picturesque buildings, which date back to the 18th century, are a historical and cultural treasure of the city. It's a scene that fascinates visitors and locals alike, who take the opportunity to stroll along the quayside and contemplate the landscape.

The Lakes of Covadonga (el. 1134 m.) are composed of two glacial lakes located on the region of Asturias, Spain. These lakes, often also called Lakes of Enol or simply Los Lagos, are Lake Enol and Lake Ercina located in thePicos de Europa range and they are the original center of the Picos de Europa National Park, created in 1918.

This building dates from the late Edo period (1600-1868).

The current Tokyo farmhouse built in

At that time, Japanese people opened the windows wide and became familiar with nature.

Living life by shortening the distance and sharing compassion

Was.

The room is simple, without waste, and has a subtractive style peculiar to Japanese people.

A unique space called aesthetics is born, and its history is here.

It seems that it was handed down from generation to generation

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One of the characteristics in traditional Chinese architecture is the harmony with nature in the surrounding.

Does the modern Chinese architecture like the ones you see in Shanghai World Expo or Beijing share the same quality?

I doubt a little on this. The new Chinese architecture seems to embrace the modernity concept as the new superpower China wants to show off the economic power and communicate with the rest of the world just like what happened in the other social and economic developments in the recent decade.

My snapshot at International Buddhist Temple Richmond.

Happy Monday to all of you!

with owner: Belle Jingly