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big day in history
gay people of Ireland saying
Marry me
are church people in agony?
what is a marriage?
I married my soul many sunsets ago
making a commitment to having a go
at loving myself unconditionally
being patient and breathing through compromises
when the littleness within me rises
caring for my wishes and needs
the earliest moment my soul pleads
I admit to having an affair with my ego and my mind
not daily but from time to time
I am yet to master it all though I had learned
it is a gift too when I fall
I love my soul and for mad choices I try to forgive me
because from insanity only compassion sets me free.
I love my soul and I hope my soul loves me
We care for each other, we are free.
For only love defines marriage and family.
And if I dont love me how can I love aneebodee??
China, Inner Mongolia, horses, gallop, spur, groom, horsekeeper, herd of horses, ride, run, speed, flee, runaway, power, splash, water, river, wild, free, outdoor
Another cold December evening and I was sitting one night trying to process a half decent shot of some spinning coins I had photographed. Instead I looked at some shots of my face that I had done on the same night as the coin captures. I was looking for a ghostly horror type shot and when I processed various photographs I had. I came up with this creation. My partners reaction to seeing the shot was more than I could have hoped for. She said the image is horrific and told me to turn it off, result. I didn't think I was that bad looking. I think I achieved the image of the ghostly horror type image that I imagined and I am pleased with this. Looking at the image from various angles on my laptop the image is almost three dimensional. I called the piece inner demons as it actually began to spook me and I am the guy in the shot.
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The beautiful inner courtyard of Subiaco Abbey & Academy with the last morning light of winter 2015-16. The Abbey was founded in 1878. A 1927 fire destroyed some of the structures but much was saved.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuyama_Castle:
Fukuyama Castle (福山城, Fukuyama-jō), sometimes called Hisamatsu Castle (久松城, Hisamatsu-jō) or Iyō Castle (葦陽城, Iyō-jō) was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period of Japanese history. The grounds of the castle have been designated a National Historic Site since 1964. The castle is located in Fukuyama Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima near Fukuyama Station.
Fukuyama Castle is located at a hill in the center of Fukuyama city. Prior to the Edo Period, this area was a large tidal flat. The Sanyōdō highway, which connects the Kinai region with Kyushu, ran to the north of the modern city center, and Tomonoura, a port on the Seto Inland Sea from the Heian period, was to the south. The main power center for Bingo Province was at Kannabe Castle to the northeast. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Fukushima Masanori was awarded control of both Aki Province and Bingo Province; however, in 1619, the Tokugawa shogunate used the pretext that he had made repairs to Hiroshima Castle without permission to seize a portion of his domain, awarding a 100,000 koku portion of Bingo Province to Tokugawa Ieyasu's cousin, Mizuno Katsunari. Katsunari had an outstanding military record and it was expected that he would act as a bulwark on the Sanyōdō highway against possible rebellion by the powerful tozama daimyō of western Japan, such as the Mōri clan. Mizuno found that Kannabe Castle was located in a narrow mountain valley and was inconvenient both to manage his domain and to defend against attack, some received a special exception from the shogunate's "one domain - one castle" rule to build a new castle and castle town on reclaimed land. Construction started in 1619 and was completed in 1622.
The new Fukuyama Castle occupied a hill with a length of 400 meters and width of 200 meters. The inner bailey occupies the southern half of the hill, and contains a five-story tenshu at its northern edge. The southern edge was protected by two yagura turrets.The Fushimi yagura was a white three-story structure transferred from abolished Fushimi Castle in Kyoto. The Tsukumi yagura has a red handrail balcony. Between these two yagura is the main gate of the castle, also transferred from Fushimi Castle.
The secondary bailey occupied the north half of the hill, and outer bailey surrounded south half of the hill. Fukuyama Castle had seven three-story yagura and 15 smaller yagura, and tall stone walls, and was surrounded by water moats, connected by canal to the Seto Inland Sea.
The Mizuno clan was replaced by the Abe clan was rulers of Fukuyama Domain in 1698 and governed to the Meiji restoration. Although the various Abe daimyō played important political roles in the administration of the shogunate, they seldom visited the domain in person. During the Boshin War, Fukuyama Castle was attacked by the Chōshū army in January 1868, but the domain defected to the Imperial side and the castle was spared destruction.
After the Meiji Restoration, most of the buildings except for the tenshu and a number of yagura were demolished. The castle grounds became a public park. In 1931, the tenshu was designed a "National Treasure" under the former Cultural Properties Protection Law. However, the tenshu burned down during World War II. Much of outer areas of the castle grounds disappeared due to the construction of railways and urban development. Fukuyama Station was built directly adjacent to the inner bailey of the castle and the tenshu can be seen clearly from its platforms.
SUNRISE - Shrimp-Boat Fleet - Smathers Beach - seagull
Key West, Florida U.S.A. - The Florida Keys - 11/30/25
Thanksgiving Weekend - Sunday Morning - 7:00 AM
Florida State Road A1A - still dark out! - Atlantic Ocean
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - all 15-boats anchored!]
--------A1A Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail -------
------Key West: Far from Normal - Close to Perfect----
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
"A Pirate Looks At Forty" - Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0W7gXEEbqo
"Margaritaville" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XtBiWgXLE
"It's Five-Oclock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU
RIP Jimmy Buffett - Passed 9/1/23
My 2025 Key West Slideshow: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCGDDN
Canon Canonet 28
Kodak Ektar 100
Rollei Digibase C-41
Epson V600 + Betterscanning ANR glass insert
While on a roadtrip around southern Sweden, I was given a Canonet 28 by a friend we were visiting, that she had just inherited. It was in perfect condition so I immediately loaded up a roll of Ektar and started shooting.
Despite being a low-end consumer model, it's a solid little camera with a sharp lens that I actually quite enjoyed using.
texture credit: shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/ - thanks to skeletal mess
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Corvette Racing No. 3 & 4 as captured through the barriers at the Inner Loop. I could say I planned this, correct?
"You can see my outward physical appearance.
My inner self is far more difficult to discern."
- Frank Bruce, creator of these amazing sculptures.
We are coming close to the end of our look at the old Mount Royal Hospital at Parkville in Melbourne. But there are some perspectives on this magnificent old 19th century structure I want to show you before we move on.
This shot is obviously all about lines and angles, light and shade. We are looking across this small inner quadrangle to the old nurses quarters (up that external staircase high on the building). But if we look straight down the hall past the bicycle, there is a lovely little bit of light streaming through a window into the dark passage. I've tagged it on the photo. It is a little element Vermeer would have loved.
Another addition to the series. While this one has depth, strangely it lacks a sense of height -- it is a downward slope to the floor below.
Another pic of this incredible place, this time with the HDR effect more pronounced.
I know some of you will hate the HDR effect, but I like it!
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