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1099 - 1st Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem

1205 - Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus

1207 - John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.

1240 - A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.

1307 - Duke Henrik van Karinthi chosen king of Bohemia

1381 - John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.

1410 - Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland

1500 - Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion

1500 - "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre

1501 - Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon

1524 - Emperor Karel I bans German national synode

1538 - Peace talks between Karel & King Francois I

1662 - King Charles II charters Royal Society in London

1741 - Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.

1755 - French ambassador recalled from London

1779 - US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY

1783 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France

1787 - Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes

1789 - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.

1795 - "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem

1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign. The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor differences between them), it provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

1806 - Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest

1808 - French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders at Rochefort & is later exiled on St Helena

1815 - 1st flat horse race held on Nottingham Hill at Cheltenham, England (day and month TBC)

1823 - A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.

1830 - 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri

1840 - England, Russia, Austria & Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance

1850 - John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North v South at Lord's

1856 - Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony

1862 - CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet & Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R

1863 - Pres Davis orders service duty for confederate army

1864 - Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard

1867 - SF Merchant's Exchange opens

1869 - Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy

1870 - Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to US

1870 - Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province & NW Territories created

1870 - Hudson's Bay & Northwest Territories transferred to Canada

1876 - Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford

1888 - Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years

1893 - Commodore Perry arrives in Japan

1900 - President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin

1901 - NY Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St Louis, 5-0

1902 - Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex v Surrey

1904 - 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles

1906 - Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam

1909 - Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs

1911 - 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines

1912 - British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect

1914 - Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe

1916 - 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass NC (state record)

1916 - Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash

1918 - 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I

1920 - Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season

1922 - 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at NY zoo

1922 - 26th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill

1923 - 27th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in NY

1923 - Italian parliament accepts new constitution

1926 - VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms

1927 - 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St Andrews

1927 - Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.

1929 - 1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca

1932 - President Hoover cuts own salary 15%

1933 - Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world

1934 - Continental Airlines commences operations.

1936 - Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget

1937 - Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens

1937 - Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China

1938 - Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent

1939 - Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight

1940 - 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il

1940 - Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam

1941 - Florey & Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)

1942 - 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz

1942 - Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps"

1944 - Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb

1945 - 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton Ohio

1946 - British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown

1948 - Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain

1948 - Pres Truman nominated for another term (Phila)

1949 - "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances

1949 - Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US

1949 - WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting

1952 - 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins

1952 - Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding

1954 - 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)

1954 - 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)

1954 - KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 - WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 - WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 - Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.

1956 - Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational

1956 - Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8)

1957 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die

1957 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site

1958 - Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months

1958 - US marines deployed in Lebanon

1959 - The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.

1960 - Balt Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle

1961 - "Donnybrook!" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 68 performances

1961 - 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale

1961 - Spain accept equal rights for men & women

1962 - Algeria becomes member of Arab League

1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open

1962 - Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea

1963 - KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting

1963 - Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding

1964 - Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans

1965 - "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars

1965 - Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece

1967 - "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances

1967 - LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs

1967 - Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open

1967 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1968 - "One Life to Live" premieres on TV

1968 - Commercial air travel begins between US & USSR

1968 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1968 - NJ Americans moved to Comack & become NY Nets (ABA)

1968 - Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres

1969 - Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader

1969 - Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season

1970 - Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship

1971 - Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China

1972 - 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane

1972 - Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship

1973 - Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0

1973 - Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic

1973 - Paul Getty III kidnapped

1973 - Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide

1973 - Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs

1974 - Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees

1975 - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee

1975 - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pitts Pirates) & John Matlock (NY Mets)

1975 - Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz)

1975 - Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later

1976 - 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children & their bus driver in Calif

1978 - 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St Andrews

1979 - 34th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz

1979 - Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India

1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record

1982 - Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle

1982 - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas

1982 - Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0

1983 - 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France

1983 - Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"

1984 - 39th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy

1984 - John Lennon releases "I'm Stepping Out"

1985 - Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe

1986 - 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston

1986 - All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)

1987 - Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence

1987 - John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings

1987 - State of siege ends in Taiwan

1990 - 45th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King

1991 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1991 - US troops leave northern Iraq

1991 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks & Phila Spirit

1992 - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed

1994 - Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary

1994 - Israel & Jordan agree to talks in Wash DC on July 25th

1994 - NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit

1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)

1995 - Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton)

1995 - Jews take Jerusalem

1995 - Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540

1996 - After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd

1996 - MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV

1996 - Prince Charles & Princess Di sign divorce papers

1996 - Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake

1996 - A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

1999 - The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.

2002 - "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.

2002 - Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

2003 - AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

2009 - A 7.9 Magnitude earthquake registers 160km west of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami.

 

White is maybe the most rigorous and psychological color, it seems to purify the surfaces, it’s a color that makes the vacuum merge. The empty spaces have slight contrasts of shape as a value.

 

I like to deal with this non-pigmentation because its process is a ramification of many harmonic elements that allude to a perfect informality. These pictures may seem incongruous because they are elegant and messy at the same time. They are contemporary, I took familiar objects like: “Burger King” glasses, crumbled pills, glasses of plastic or packs, which I photographed in high key. This kind of illumination, in which high and white tones are predominant, spreads positivity and freshness, which is another element of contrast towards the mess of the scenery, that often has a dirty tablecloth, like someone suddenly left the meal. The position of elements is never random, but it is necessary to highlight the constituent structure: pieces of silverware, pills, bottles, remains of food or dry branches are often put close to each other on levels, like there was a narrative correlation more or less narrow between each other. There is no human presence, but it is re-invoked through the representation of objects, where plasticity alternates with flatness, creating at the same time tension and melancholy.

We visited a Masai settlement and these guys were slowly getting together to perform the tribal greeting.

This photo is not very good as the contrast was too high I've tried it in hdr to attempt to get some detail...its a little better! Kept it because of the memory it invokes! To say they were reluctant would be an understatement mainly I think it was because we were only two and female! Oh well! a few more to follow asap!

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Another picture that invokes memories; or , possibly, feelings of another place and time. It's how I remember the countryside as a child; or rather, how I remember pictures of the coutryside when I was a child - muted colours, grey, washed-out skies, defunct hedges, long forgotten fences, wind strained trees and sheep. This is what old photographs can do to your memories - to your memories of memories: they replace the bright sunshine, vibrant colours of nature and the sense of freedom of being out in the countryside.

 

And here I am, perpetuating and even exacerbating the problem.

 

With apologies to you know whom … I simply could not resist showing this little levitation gem enhanced by some cool rim light. Does not look too shabby in large either. What happened is that the resident squirrel received a visit from his south-american cousin, the flying squirrel. Family being what it is, and not to offend the south-american machismo, he pretended to be genuinely impressed by his cousin’s antics. But as soon as his cousin had left, he came over and in a conspiratorial voice whispered to me “Come watch this and bring your camera”. I had nothing better to do at the time, actually, I rarely have anything better to do at any time, and moved the Adirondack chair into position and observed his masterful command of levitation in some pretty cool lighting conditions. Truth be told, we were at this for about an hour and these lighting conditions occurred for only about 5 minutes.

 

I have a huge problem here. During my research for catchy tunes I came across this Elvis song that has absolutely nothing to do with this image. You may have noticed that does happen from time to time. What to do? I could just ignore this dilemma and post the song but the squirrel sprang to my aid and invoked an old light incantation whose origin is shrouded in mystery to this day. He turned to the sun and whispered "Kiss me Quick"

 

Kiss me Quick– Elvis Presley

   

this is early evening.

its almost 8 p.m. and the sun is still not set in the sky.

we lost today, to downingtown west, they're a good team, i'm not pulling my hair out over it.

there are far more reason to be doing that.

 

i read something the other day that made me think a whole lot. i thought it was pretty funny because it definitely wasn't written to invoke deep-thinking but somehow it ended up that way:

 

He stood there checking it for nearly 20 minutes. Dudes were pulling up and paddling straight out. But this guy was timing sets, studying the crowd, and sprinkling sand into the wind. He removed his board from his fin sock, sat on the curb and began scraping off the wax. When he was finished, he wiped the board with a moist towel and began the careful task of waxing back up. Base coat first. Nose to tail. Tail to nose. Slow, careful circles. Meticulous, evenly spaced beads. He checked his fins. Checked his tail pad, his leash, his rails. Then he set the board carefully in the shade and covered it with a towel. Time for sunscreen. Vertra for the face. White slather everywhere else. Behind the kneecaps. Between the fingers. He even had a flat neoprene strap to rub the hard-to-reach spot on his back. After stowing the sunscreen, he held a t-shirt under a faucet, rang it out and put it on wet. Out comes the First Aid kit. He holds a tiny reef cut under the faucet. Dries it. Applies Chinese medicine. Band-Aid. And then tapes over the whole situation. He runs a quick strength and flexibility test on the First Aid. Satisfied.

Now the stretching. Deep knee bends. Toe touches. Torso twists. Arm rotations. Everything slow, counted, and are-you-f--cking-kidding-me careful. He's staring at the surf. Sniffing the wind. Getting his mojo together. And now he's ready. He waxes the top of his feet. Secures and double checks his leash. Then jogs down the steps to the waters edge.

His car door is wide open. Keys dangling from the ignition.

-Nathan Myers

 

take from it what you like (:

goodnight and God bless.

Re-posted ~ The most famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster was taken 81 years ago today.

 

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The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. The most frequent speculation is that the creature represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs. The legendary monster has been affectionately referred to by the nickname "Nessie" since the 1950s.

 

The earliest legend about the Loch Ness monster recorded is the story of the Irish monk Saint Columba’s encounter with the beast. During is pilgrimage in Scotland to spread Christianity across the land, on his way to visit with the Pictish king in Inverness, he encountered some Picts burying what remained of one of their own people, badly savaged by a creature in the Loch. Columba ordered one of his followers to swim over to the other side of the water and retrieve the dead man’s boat. During this the servant was attacked by a creature. Columba (invoking the name of God) commanded the beast to return to whence it came and it vanished beneath the waters of the Loch leaving the swimming man unharmed.

 

It was not until 1933 that the monster became world famous as the world newspapers reported the story. So keep your eyes on the loch as you travel around, you never know you may be lucky and spot the monster too.

 

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Sagat is menacingly tall, a trait he uses to his advantage in his long-reaching attacks. His natural size drove him to become a powerful fighter. His hands are massive enough to close around the entire head of many of his opponents. He is depicted as being totally bald, except in one official artwork that shows him with a full head of long hair.

 

In the Street Fighter II series, Sagat's in-game sprite does not display the highly muscular build of the Street Fighter Alpha series, although even at that time he had been consistently portrayed so in his Super Street Fighter II Turbo ending, and other Capcom artworks. Later on, the game graphics improved to match those of the comics.

 

Sagat wears a black eyepatch over his severely damaged right eye, though the lack of depth perception and loss of peripheral vision do not seriously hamper his ability as a powerful fighter.

 

Due to a technical limitation in the Street Fighter series, Sagat's eyepatch will appear to switch from eye to eye when Sagat faces another direction, since the left-facing sprite is a mirror-image of the right. The 3D Street Fighter EX games do not feature this limitation.

 

The massive scar on his chest is a constant reminder of Ryu's victory. Sagat makes no attempt to conceal the disfigurement, and in fact draws power from the hateful memory it invokes; in Capcom vs. SNK 2, Sagat's scar glows while he charges energy for his S-Groove super meter.

 

Sagat wears traditional Muay Thai kickboxing shorts and classic wraps. The trunks have colors varying from purple with yellow trim, to blue with red trim, to blue with yellow trim. He wears tape around his fists and feet to protect his hands and ankles.

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Updated from this, this, this, this and this.

1.Light,

2. Dark and then

3. Paint Edit with a Medusa Head Reflected in the small Crystal Ball

 

These Pipe Dreams on past photographic productions now unavailable has me making my memories of them wishing to invoke René Magritte and La Trahison des images, The Treachery of Images, which is often evoked with Ceci n'est pas une pipe translated as This is not a pipe. The painted representation of the pipe from 1929 cannot be stuffed said Magritte and it certainly cannot perform as does the pipe it resembles. With such dreams of images and reality, with lost production processes and notions that the Camera Never Lies I have my dreams some real, others surreal, a few definitely beyond reality and further those resting in imagination and with vision of a remembrance towards a former reality accomplished now here held in pixels that have been embraced in loving edits.

 

The snappy title belies the convoluted memory to digital process from a 4x5 SINAR set up out of Switzerland following formulas from there that fill my photographic contemplations. Images of images and images to last against the ravages of time are bound in my mind with Kodachrome, Cibachrome and the varying P 3 / P 3X / P 30P / P 30 P 3.5 processes. In reflection and rumination through editing I have lost and found time, thought of reality and enjoyed illusion, fantasy and fiction. This is one picture brightly produced in varying considerations, cogitations and cognations created these digital inklings that presume to be potential for a project.

 

I would like to add, this as much I do is Production Incarnate Preinduction Illustrate. A progress in work Inspiration for the next creation.

 

As the above is my usual text slide to conclude the films I release on YouTube and Flickr I will add this below so as not to use the regular ending. I feel completely engaged and absolutely ready for each next link and flow in the chain and the continuation that interlock and mind and body shock me out of, into and all around these moments. The personal interaction here in picture taking and editing has taken me to moments in history and projected me to places far beyond mystery.

 

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I should list a set of links in this space that could take you to that past factual information of the photographic processes here mentioned and pondered upon, but the journey awaits you whether you are new, or well along the ways of these defunct and still adored pictorial wonders that fuel current projects and enlighten dreams with fantastic rendition and fabulous colour.

 

Terrific poppy field. Invoking rain with my music... it works!

 

Many thanks to Javier Pogdorica for finding the location and make the shooting !

 

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patron saint of couples seeking to conceive, expectant mothers, unborn babies, healthy childbirth, sick children, loss of parents and lost causes. She is invoked by those who are struggling with difficult challenges and situations.

 

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The Romanian artist Mercea Cantor composes enigmatic artworks that appear to invoke the interrelationship between the planet, man, faith and time. The rosette shape of Rosace evokes the south rose window of Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral, suggestion faith or worship. However, Cantor’s hanging rosette comprises no medieval stained glass but rather ashtrays composed of soda cans that he bought from a street vendor in Paris. Rosace’s materials hind at contemporary society’s devotion to disposable products, as well as the resourcefulness and creativity inherent in repurposing the cans.

Federation Square is a cultural precinct in Melbourne, Australia. It comprises a series of buildings containing a public broadcaster, art galleries, a museum, cinemas, exhibition spaces, auditoria, restaurants, bars and shops around two major public spaces, one covered (The Atrium), the other open to the sky, and composed of two spaces that flow into one another (St. Paul's Court and The Square). The majority of the precinct is built on top of a concrete deck over busy railway lines. Construction began in 1998 and the site opened in 2002.

 

Federation Square occupies roughly a whole urban block bounded by Swanston, Flinders, and Russell Streets and the Yarra River. The open public square is directly opposite Flinders Street Station and St Paul's Cathedral. The layout of the precinct helps to connect the historical central district of the city with the Yarra River and a new park Birrarung Marr. This refocusing of the city on the Yarra River also partly reinforces links with the Southbank district, whose redevelopment has been ongoing as a key part of central Melbourne since the late 1980s.

 

The site of Federation Square has had a variety of former uses. The Gas and Fuel Buildings, Jolimont Yard and the Princes Bridge railway station were the immediate predecessors, though in the 19th century there was a morgue on the site. The result of an international design competition in 1997, Federation Square was designed by Don Bates and Peter Davidson of Lab Architecture Studio. A key part of the plaza design is its large, fixed public screen, which has been used to broadcast major sporting events, such as the AFL Grand Final, and still continues to do so. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, thousands of football fans braved cold nights to watch the matches on the Federation Square screen.

 

The complex of buildings forms a rough U-shape around the main open-air square, oriented to the west. The eastern end of the square is formed by the glazed walls of The Atrium. While bluestone is used for the majority of the paving in the Atrium and St. Paul's Court, matching footpaths elsewhere in central Melbourne, the main square is paved in 470,000 ochre-coloured sandstone blocks from Western Australia, intended to invoke images of the Outback. The paving is designed as a huge urban artwork called 'Nearamnew', by Paul Carter and gently rises above street level, containing a number of textual pieces inlaid in its undulating surface.

 

I personally thought the whole site was an ugly modern monstrosity....'carbuncle' comes to mind. Seen from the Eureka Skydeck on the 88th floor of 7, Riverside Quay, Southbank in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

In our virtual world, where so much takes place in the vapor zone known as cyberspace, the feel of the ground below my feet, coupled with the familiar scents, sights and sounds on this ridge where we live, gives me comfort. I call it serenity of place.

 

Speaking of a sense of place: here's my live and very personal rock n' roll version of a country tune that definitely invokes a sense of place. Check it out if you dare and never let it be said that an old man can't rock. :-)

 

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La verdad es que la idea de ir a Pancorbo un día como este en el que las carreteras estaban casi impracticables parecía una insensatez. Podía haber sido un día marcado por las supresiones de trenes pero hubo muchas más circulaciones de las esperadas porque los trenes con destino Santander tuvieron que encaminarse a Bilbao al estar cerrado el Puerto del Pozazal. La aparición de estas dos veteranas japonesas a buena velocidad fue todo un espectáculo y subo esta foto a mi Flickr para invocar un invierno con mucha nieve en el que podamos repetir una jornada tan inolvidable como la de aquel día.

 

The truth is that the idea of going to Pancorbo a day like this in which the roads were almost impracticable seemed a folly. It could have been a day marked by the suppressions of trains but there were many more circulations of the expected ones because the trains with destination Santander had to go to Bilbao when being closed the Port of Pozazal. The appearance of these two veteran Japaneses at good speed was quite a spectacle and I upload this photo to my Flickr to invoke a winter with lots of snow in which we can repeat a day as unforgettable as that day

- or so they say about democracy and parliaments... The building (or complex of several) invokes analogies with Westminster Palace, both magnificent examples of Gothic Revival, standing by major rivers and having enormous historical significance for each country...

Perched on top of a hillock is Hyderabads famous Shrine of Hazrat Ali, followers from far and wide come here to pay their floral tributes and invoke the first Shia Imam for blessings.Beneath the Shrine at the foothills is the Shrine of his brave son Hazrat Abbas ..This is my new series I visited Hyderabad almost 5 years back, pictures shot on negatives.The first time I came to Hyderabad to shoot Ashura all by myeslf ,than I came again to shoot the Chehlum, this time with my wife Afshaan.Hyderabad the fabulous city of the Nawabs is grandeur personified , the people of Hyderabad , absolutely honest, hospitable and even the poorer lot totally humble.For the Shias of Hyderabad Moharam is a way of Life , almost Life itself.The Hyderabadi Moharam fervour is a collective ethos of spirtuality.Azadri E Hussain , is awesome here in Hyderabad.Only black shirts and clothes for the mourning period that lasts 2 months , and eight days.I was lucky to have met Sajjad Bhai a Shia cop who was my host , who really opened doors , I have never seen a Momin like him, he carried my camera bag , while I scourged behind the Bibi Ka Alam.I was new to photography , so there are flaws but I am sure you will see the brighter side of a culture , the moods the vagaries of Shia timelessness.Forgive me but I continue with the Shia pilgrimage .Showing you Shiasm captured from a lens of a poet..and street philospher .I tweaked this as it was quite blurry , but man bowing to a greater divinity a thought poetically focussed showing his vulnerability and mortality .

This look steps into the shadows of what is yet to come, embodying the Ghost of Christmas Future in all her haunting elegance. She does not rush or warn—she simply exists, a silent prophecy wrapped in darkness and gold. The structured black gown flows like a funeral veil, restrained and regal, while the high slit reveals a gleam of burnished armor beneath, hinting that survival, strength, and consequence walk hand in hand.

 

Behind her, the spiked, skeletal adornment forms a cruel halo—part throne, part burden—crafted from skulls and barbs that speak of choices made and paths left unturned. The gold tones glow against the darkness, symbolizing how even in the bleakest futures, traces of value, legacy, and memory remain. Her face, touched with the pallor of death, is calm and knowing, reminding us that the future does not scream—it watches.

 

As the final spirit of Christmas, this evolution is not about fear, but reflection. The Ghost of Christmas Future asks us to look forward honestly, to acknowledge that every decision shapes what stands behind us and what awaits ahead. In her silence, she offers the most powerful gift of all: awareness.

 

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This morning, we welcomed the Milky Way Galactic Core to shine brightly over Texas. Hope the next 8 months provide us several opportunities to capture the skies.

 

That is my friend and talented photographer Wisanu Boonrawd invoking the heavens over the Red River.On the left is Oklahoma and on the Right is Texas.

 

In the foreground is the Carpenter's Bluff Bridge which spans the Red River and links Grayson County to Bryan county, Oklahoma. Built in 1910, it was designed to allow trains, wagons, pedestrians, and horses to cross for a toll. In the 1960's, the bridge was deeded to Grayson County, which renovated it for automobile use. It's now a one-lane bridge with the old wooden walkway hugging it on one side. This piece of history gets to stand as a pedestrian bridge when the $7.3M replacement bridge which is currently under construction opens.

At 9,560' in elevation, this old snag has seen some severe weather - both winter and summer. Over the decades it survived everything Mother Nature could invoke and grew to be a tall sentinel overlooking the once verdant Paddy Creek drainage on the west flank of Escudilla Mountain.

 

However, in 2011 the Wallow Wild Fire killed much of the vegetation on the mountain, including this monarch. While certainly not as regal as before, he still stands tall with the thousands of other aspen, spruce, and pine skeletons as a reminder of what once was.

 

I was very lucky and caught the ¾ moon in the frame as it moved across the sky at sunset. Sometimes things work out.

 

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as the namazis pray

invoking allah

she invokes allah too in

humility she pleads

to get more charity

so her hungry children

she can feed

in the hot sun

different strokes

different needs

the same religion

the same creed

mans original sin

was always his

primary greed

its only man

in the name of god

that makes another

man bleed

here i pay

tribute to fatwas

that on the phone

you can divorce

your legal wife

in a second

of a nano speed

whether she hears

or hears not

whether it is cross

connection

curse the soul

of muslim womanhood

born in slavery

to produce children

breast feed

used abused

discarded

on the roads

she begs dirtied

if only only

she had

learnt to

write and read

her soul

she could have freed

her fate

overwritten

how could

she succeed

when the end

comes in an

unmarked grave

hurriedly

buried

her husband

takes another woman

the circle of deceit

muslim beggar

womans life complete

 

talaq talaq talaq on eid

  

A large jenga-style structure which monkeys sit on or walk greets viewers as the walk into the gallery housing Stephanie Quayle’s installation. Some of her clay monkeys watch us from atop planks of wood, as if waiting our reaction – and subsequent reaction – to their plight. The jenga emits a palpable threat of instability, compounded by Quayle’s use of decaying joists from timber barns and old

wooden beams. As with the game of jenga, it appears the installation could collapse at any moment. Quayle invokes the instability inherent in jenga to highlight the precarious situation human hands have wrought upon wildlife as a result of deforestation and consequence loss of habitat.

patron saint of godparents, France, the city of Rheims, France and its inhabitants, Dhuy, Belgium, Archdiocese and City, Arignano, Italy, the Frankish Kings, the conversion of the Franks to Christianity, those who want to make good meditations, and invoked against religious indifference, snakes, snake bites, epidemics, plague, the pest, fever, neck and throat pains

ALTRI POPOLI MA STESSO CREDO

  

Nelle vetrine della città si respira l'aria del Natale a pieni polmoni e tutto sembra gioioso e luminoso....come sembra lontano il dramma dell'Ucraina e lo scempio che si consuma in Iran senza parlare delle guerre in Africa e le tensioni in Corea....insomma, si deve sempre invocare la Pace ma è la Guerra a dominare il mondo.

La speranza per fortuna è l'ultima a morire.

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OTHER PEOPLES BUT SAME BELIEVE

  

In the shop windows of the city you can breathe the Christmas air deeply and everything seems joyful and bright....how distant the drama of the Ukraine and the havoc that is being consumed in Iran seems far away without mentioning the wars in Africa and the tensions in Korea....in short, one must always invoke Peace but it is War that dominates the world.

Luckily hope is the last to die.

  

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One of the most vivid memories of my own childhood happiness invokes the moment when the inhabitants of our family wagon would first catch a glimpse of the beach. The roads always seemed to be twisty and curvy, slowing us, thus lengthening the anticipation in the hot kid-stuffed back seat.

 

As these fortunate people turn into their driveway, their eyes are fixed on the blue Atlantic at the end of the way.

 

Today.

Cummaquid, Massachusetts.

As the time approaches for unshaven and overweight Santas to get stuck in chimneys ( extraction of which is placed on our understaffed Fire service ) apart from not setting a good example to kiddies, I thought I would post a snow scene. No reindeers to be seen sliding down clouds, just bleak snow & some mist. I went BW with this one, no attempt to pretty it up with colourful blue shadows. The texture is added to invoke a coarseness & a chilly atmosphere.

Count your blessings & stay warm.

 

Texture my own.

Chester Cathedral and Chester Visual Arts present ‘Our Colour Reflection’ by international artist, Liz West. The installation creates a conversation between the viewer and the setting using hundreds of mirrors made of coloured acrylic.

 

West creates vivid environments that mix luminous colour and radiant light. Working across a variety of mediums, West aims to provoke a heightened sensory awareness in the viewer through her works. She is interested in exploring how sensory phenomena can invoke psychological and physical responses that tap into our own deeply entrenched relationships to colour.

 

Open Monday to Saturday: 9am – 5pm, Sunday: 11am – 4pm

FREE ENTRY – generous donations welcome

 

For more information about Chester Cathedral see:

chestercathedral.com

 

For more information about Liz West see:

www.liz-west.com

 

#ChesterCulture #ourcolourreflection

One important ritual of Hinduism is tarpana. Tarpana means “satisfying” or “satiating”. One acknowledges the debt one has to devas (gods), rishis (sages) and pitris

(ancestral manes) and tries to satisfy them using this ritual.Just as gods are invoked in fire in a homam, pitris are invoked in water in this ritual, then held in the palm and released in a specific way conducive to freeing them.

The fifth and last picture that invokes memories; or , possibly, feelings of another place and time. It's how I remember the countryside as a child; or rather, how I remember pictures of the coutryside when I was a child - muted colours, grey, washed-out skies, defunct hedges, long forgotten fences, wind strained trees and sheep. Though this example lacks some of the features listed, for me, it still carries the same feelings. This is what old photographs can do to your memories - to your memories of memories: they replace the bright sunshine, vibrant colours of nature and the sense of freedom of being out in the countryside.

 

And here I am, perpetuating and even exacerbating the problem.

 

The Kinavai ceremony, that signifies landing of Tolai people on the shores of East New Britain, starts before sunrise with Tolai secret society invoking Duk Duk (male) and Tubuan (female) spirits. The society is referred to as secret because its rituals are restricted to its members only. When we arrived on the shore at around 4am we could not see anything, we only could hear voices and people walking on the beach in both directions. We did not know what is happening. With sun rising we saw more people gathered on the shore including those wearing Duk Duk and Tubuan ceremonial costumes. After sunrise more Tolai people in Duk Duk and Tubuan costumes arrived on canoes accompanied by chanting and drumbeat. In the past, Duk Duk and Tubuan acted as sole law enforcers. These were people wearing Duk Duk and Tubuan masks believed to have spirits residing in them after the spirit was invoked. Their judgement was unquestionable and they would on occasion burn houses and kill people as a punishment. We saw Duk Duk and Tubuan dancing until shaman announced that possession by a spirit took place. After that Duk Duk and Tubuan would go to villages to administer punishment to wrongdoers including their own relatives.

Wild triangle on the ground

Mysterious darkness it is found

Between the sides, counting three

Invoking magic for all who see

What is hidden between the sides

Of the triangle that now rides

Over the day, through the night

Illuminated by the darkest light

We found this Shining Sunbeam in a polylepis forest near Lima, Peru during a visit in February of 2010. I find it to be a pretty interesting bird, but somehow the name Shining Sunbeam invokes such a powerful image in my mind that I don’t think anything could live up to it.

 

When I spotted this bird, I was walking around on a steep hillside which was quite challenging. It was quite interesting to walk among the stunted trees at the top of the Andes and it sure was a treat to spot this beauty when I sat down on a rock to take a break. While I was enjoying this bird and the amazing scenery that surrounded it, I could hardly imagine that only a couple of hours away was the bustling city of Lima.

 

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Chester Cathedral and Chester Visual Arts present ‘Our Colour Reflection’ by international artist, Liz West. The installation creates a conversation between the viewer and the setting using hundreds of mirrors made of coloured acrylic.

 

West creates vivid environments that mix luminous colour and radiant light. Working across a variety of mediums, West aims to provoke a heightened sensory awareness in the viewer through her works. She is interested in exploring how sensory phenomena can invoke psychological and physical responses that tap into our own deeply entrenched relationships to colour.

 

Open Monday to Saturday: 9am – 5pm, Sunday: 11am – 4pm

FREE ENTRY – generous donations welcome

 

For more information about Chester Cathedral see:

chestercathedral.com

 

For more information about Liz West see:

www.liz-west.com

 

#ChesterCulture #ourcolourreflection

Some people have reported seeing butterflies when they invoke Archangel Raphael

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There is a sense of hope/adventure if you stand at the edge of a cliff and look out into the wider world. Staring at a wall immediately in front of you invokes sadness/melancholy. Not to suggest that is the emotion the puffin is experiencing. It is the emotion I feel from observing the puffin. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the puffin is merely thinking "maybe this is a good place to build our den".

 

Newfoundland has much to offer, and puffins are no doubt among the best of the offerings. The Atlantic/common puffin is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN due to their rapid population decline.

The guilds of Venice started in medieval times as artisans got together to help protect and promote their industry. As with almost everything in Venice, the state soon got involved and a system was created in which the guilds were set up officially, with statutes (mariegole) approved by the government and lodged in the state archives (where they remain to this day). In the 16th century guild membership became compulsory for all artisans and shopkeepers and the guilds were given the responsibility to provide soldiers and sailors from among their membership in time of war.

 

Each guild, or arte had a headquarters, often in a church, but the larger and more important guilds had their own building known as a scuola. These buildings were used for meetings and ceremonies and were often decorated by famous artists. The guilds charged their members fees but membership of a guild also acted as a form of social security. Needy members received medical assistance and sometimes housing from the guild and often the guild paid for their funerals.

 

Saint Roch or Rocco is specially invoked against the plague.

I’m shaken, stunned & dazed. As I invoked the invincible Hand of God which did freeze up the lions deadly jaws from using Daniel for a meal, the cameraman @ the ongoing revival @ the National Biennial Conference of Christian Intellectuals @ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology captured unusual radiant supernatural Hand to Gods Glory & participants from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana Institute of Journalism, University of Ghana, University of Development Studies, Ghana Medical School, University of Mines & Technology, University of Education, Central University College, Institute of Professional Studies, Takoradi Polytechnic, Kumasi Polytechnic, Cape Coast Polytechnic & Sunyani Polytechnic were shocked beyond description

The River Hongbao 2023 edition has something for everyone during the Lunar New Year, even for those that may not be too interested in the Chinese Zodiac decorations. For the kids and young at heart, there are always the carnival games and bumper cars to create memories and invoke nostalgia.

Planes (Hover, Erupt, Erode) by Thai artist Mit Jai Inn

 

In Planes (Erode) [shown here], a field of scraped impasto and pigment signposts are immersed in a sea of water and alcohol. As the spirits are absorbed and consumed over time, we will see what remains.

 

While his work invokes meditation on light, space and time, it also engages with Thai social-political realities.

 

Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia (Monday 26 March 2018)

(I want to point and say this photo was done by Abel Kryon. He is an amazing photographer and Beyond brilliant. Please go check out his work.)

 

Queen Bee

 

Ivanna strides onto the runway, exuding confidence and grace as the Queen Bee, her presence commanding the attention of every eye in the room. Draped in a stunning ensemble inspired by the intricate beauty of a beehive, she embodies the elegance and significance of these remarkable creatures. Bees, often hailed as the unsung heroes of our ecosystem, play a crucial role in pollinating plants, ensuring the production of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Their tireless work supports biodiversity, sustains our food supply, and maintains the balance of nature. Ivanna's regal entrance not only celebrates her own stature but also pays homage to the vital contributions of bees to our world.

Ivanna's outfit from Irresistible is a masterclass in cohesive elegance, seamlessly integrating every detail to draw attention to her striking frame. The ensemble includes not only a meticulously crafted dress but also complementary hair , shoes, and accessories that harmonize to enhance her silhouette. Adorned with intricate bees and honeycomb jewelry, the outfit celebrates the beauty of nature's design, while the spinning bees add a refined, dynamic touch. Each element, from the golden hues to the delicate craftsmanship, culminates in a look that is both sophisticated and captivating, making Ivanna the epitome of the Queen Bee.

Ivanna feels an immense sense of pride and joy in her role as the Queen Bee, a title that resonates deeply with her appreciation for the vital work bees perform in our world. As she embodies this regal persona, she reflects on how bees tirelessly pollinate plants, contributing to the growth of our food supply and the preservation of biodiversity. This indispensable labor ensures the health of ecosystems and the sustenance of countless species, including humans. Ivanna’s pride stems not only from her own accomplishments but also from honoring the diligent bees whose efforts are crucial for life on Earth. It is this profound connection to their work that fills her with joy and a sense of purpose, reinforcing the significance of her role.

 

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Outfit: irrISIStible To Bee or not to Bee ( Outfit comes with hair piece, shoes, honeycomb tat, most bees attachment, and siut and skirt.)

 

Jewelry: Bracelet: Finesmith HoneyBee Bracelet

Necklace: @rOrO Bee Jewelry

Rings: Livia Honeycomb Rings

 

Nails: Livia Honeycomb Nails

 

Makeup: Eyeshadow: ChirppieBird Hive Queen

Lips: Opulein Glamourama Lipstick Black

 

Flower Petals: Persefona Floating Rose Petals (White)

 

Bees: SKBW Brain Full o' Bees Brown

 

Eyes: Opuleinm Cristiana Eyes (Honey)

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I had called up Mrs Punam Sinha mother of Sonakshi Sinha and wife of Mr Shatrughan Sinha that I was going for the Press conference of Lal Bagh Chya Raja and would invoke the Lord for Sonakshi Salman Arbaz and their film.

 

Bhabi as I call Mrs Punam Sinha requested me to offer ladoos a sum of 5100 and 5 tickets of Dabbang at the feet of Lal Bagh Chya Raja at the first Arti tomorrow before he sees the film first day first show.

 

So I gave all she gave me to my dear friend Raju Langewal to to the needful he spoke to Bhabiji too..

 

So this is the story of love and devotion of the Sinhas for Lal Bagh Chya Raja .

 

And every year I walk barefeet with Lal Bagh Chya Raja till his Immersion , and the coconuts the karya kartas give me I hand it over to her including a few other friends.

 

World-renowned street artist Rone’s latest exhibition / installation is in his hometown of Geelong.

 

Rone said of the installation at the Geelong Gallery; “My show is an ode to abandoned spaces and a reminder to value the original treasure they once were. Influenced by the architecture of the building and the toll of time, the central installation preserves an imagined moment of the space adorned at its finest and left to slowly deteriorate.”

 

“Featuring a push and pull between light and dark, viewers may be compelled to either end of the experience but are united in the same recognition of overall decay. The damage has been done and my installation invokes a longing for what is lost and cannot ever return.”

 

My photos will not do justice to the detail included in the work, nor to the beauty of Rone’s artwork. It is truly exceptional.

In June 1982, 4-VEG No.7910 arrives at Littlehampton station with a service from London Victoria.

 

Southern EMUs have always been something of an acquired taste. Particularly in the 1970s and early 1980s, the monotony of virtually all passenger trains carrying either blue or blue and grey livery and featuring a small number of similar designs ensured they were of limited interest.

 

Growing up on the Southern Electric network, for me, the nadir of these units were the 4-VEP units. By the late 1970s these high density, outer suburban units all carried blue and grey livery and could be guaranteed to invoke yawns across most of the Southern Region.

 

But... fear not: enter the 4-VEGs!

 

Passenger growth to Gatwick Airport in the 1970s convinced the Southern to 'improve' the service between Victoria and Gatwick by dedicating 12 4-VEP units to these services. To cater for the increased luggage of airport travellers, in each coach seating bays were removed and replaced by luggage racks. The fleet were reclassified as 4-VEG (with the 'G' standing for Gatwick, of course), carried "Rapid City Link Gatwick London" logos, an aeroplane symbol and were renumbered into the 79xx sequence.

 

While notionally dedicated to Gatwick services, occasionally they escaped onto other Central Division workings as appears to have happened here.

 

The VEGs were replaced in 1984 and they faded back into obscurity being converted back into VEP units and surviving until ousted by modern units in the 21st century.

 

Over 40 years later, while the 4-VEG are long gone, Littlehampton looks remarkably similar to this image. While the dockside crane on the river Arun on the far left has gone, the houses, semaphore signals and even the gas holder survive.

 

Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.

Excerpt from www.bwst.ca/the-artists/west:

 

Liz West

Location: A

Title: Through No.5

Material: Polycarbonate, polyester vinyl and wood

 

Liz West (b.1985) is a British artist known for her wide-ranging works, from the intimate to the monumental. Using a variety of materials and exploring the use of light, she blurs the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, design and painting to create works that are both playful and immersive. West has been commissioned worldwide by institutions and organisations including Natural History Museum, London Design Festival, Paris Fashion Week, Milan Design Week, National Trust, National Science and Media Museum, Dubai Design Week, Natural England, Salford University, Fortnum & Mason and Bristol Biennial. West’s work has been included in exhibitions at St Albans Museum + Gallery, Chester Cathedral, Compton Verney, Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris, Kraftwerk Berlin, Tripostal Lille and Bangalore International Centre.

 

Artist Statement:

 

West creates vivid environments that mix luminous colour and radiant light. West aims to provoke a heightened sensory awareness in the viewer through her works. She is interested in exploring how sensory phenomena can invoke psychological and physical responses that tap into our own deeply entrenched relationships to colour. West's investigation into the relationship between colour and light is often realised through an engagement between materiality and a given site. Our understanding of colour can only be realised through the presence of light. By playing and adjusting colour, West brings out the intensity and composition of her spatial arrangements.

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These little vessels never cease to invoke a happy feeling and a smile on my face.

I also love lying in the water like that, LOL.

More gathered from all over.

 

The light was just fabulous as you can see, M, (*_*)

 

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