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Here it is, in English and in the German original version:
Brush of Hope
She paints alone in morning light,
A world of peace, serene and bright.
Soft skies, still lakes, and blossoms fair—
A dream of love lives everywhere.
With every stroke, her heart takes flight,
Wishing this scene could birth the night.
If only what her hands create
Could shape the world, could change its fate.
She steps away, her vision done—
A quiet hope beneath the sun.
Pinsel der Hoffnung
Sie malt allein im Morgenlicht,
Eine Welt voll Frieden, still und schlicht.
Sanfter Himmel, blühend’ Land,
Ein Traum von Liebe, zart gebannt.
Mit jedem Strich erhebt ihr Mut,
Sie wünscht, dass dieses Bild es tut—
Die Welt zu wandeln, still und sacht,
Zu bringen Schönheit, Frieden, Macht.
Sie tritt zurück, das Werk vollbracht—
Ein leiser Hoffnungsstrahl erwacht.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
Sting - Russians (a song that always touched me - a song that is just as actual, as back, when it was written, maybe even more)
Deep in the Swamps of Northern Kalifornia.
----------------------------- JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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"There is a CP 8111 somewhere in Topeka that just got GTBs" is what a text I received in the morning read. A few hours later, I was driving over Kansas Ave. when I saw a headlight pulling out of the yard. A few minutes later, said headlight turned out to be that of the aforementioned 8111!
Sure enough, it was paired up with the KCS 4852, and it was one of the "chicken trains" that have been running to/from the Cargill elevator via UP Haulage Rights for years. Now, following the merger, these have transferred over to the CPKC, as evidenced by the consist here.
This is the last view I had of the Grand Canyon before plunging into its abyss for a descent of 1400m. It is a very beautiful park without being my favorite in the region.
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Lago di Misurina:
Il lago di Misurina è il lago naturale più grande del Cadore e si trova a 1 754 m s.l.m. a Misurina, frazione di Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno). Il perimetro è di 2,6 km mentre la profondità è di 5 metri.
A est del lago si trovano degli impianti di risalita, e la catena dei Cadini di Misurina (Dolomiti di Sesto), attraversata dal sentiero attrezzato Aldo Bonacossa. A nord del lago, prendendo la strada che porta alle Tre Cime di Lavaredo, si trova il Lago d'Antorno. A sud invece si trova il Gruppo del Sorapiss (Dolomiti Ampezzane).
Presso il lago passa l'Alta via n. 3, che partendo da Villabassa giunge a Longarone.
Cadini di Misurina:
I Cadini di Misurina sono un gruppo delle Dolomiti orientali,in provincia di Belluno, a ovest di Auronzo di Cadore, a nord-est di Cortina d'Ampezzo e a sud di Dobbiaco, in posizione sovrastante il lago di Misurina, la cui vetta più alta si erge a 2.839 m s.l.m. con la Cima Cadin di san Lucano.
Fanno parte della sottosezione Dolomiti di Sesto, di Braies e d'Ampezzo e appartengono al comune di Auronzo di Cadore. Il termine Cadini deriva dal cadorino Ciadìn che può essere tradotto in valloni, di cui la catena è piena e rende l'insieme delle cime un labirinto.
La catena montuosa è attraversata dall'Alta via n. 4 e dal sentiero attrezzato Aldo Bonacossa, che partendo dalla sponda medirionale del lago, arriva sino alle Tre Cime di Lavaredo. La particolare geomorfologia che distingue e caratterizza così profondamente i Cadini di Misurina, permette comunque di attraversare il gruppo da svariate direttrici cosicché, salendo e scendendo dalle loro forcelle.
Il sentiero attrezzarto Durissini permette ad esempio di compiere il giro completo del ramo di San Lucano. Si tratta di un percorso ad anello, con partenza al rifugio Fonda-Savio (2367 m), che attraversa in sequenza la forcella della Torre (2400 m), la forcella Sabbiosa (2440 m), la forcella Cadin Deserto (2400 m), la forcella Cristina, la forcella de la Neve (2471 m) e per ultima la forcella del Nevaio (2620 m), con un dislivello totale di circa 1.000 m.
This species can be found in most of European countries. It mainly occurs in wet meadows and forests, but its narrow habitat is restricted to the range of its host plant.
Abia nitens can reach a length of 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in). The adults have a large body with a showy metallic green-golden or bronze abdomen. The thorax is black, with bluish sheen and it is slightly hairy. Wings are transparent, with brown markings in the middle. Antennae are yellow-reddish, while other species in this genus have totally or partially black antennae. Legs are yellow, with black thighs at their base.
Adults can be seen from May to October feeding on nectar of Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), of Ferulago campestris and of the Giant Fennel (Ferula communis).
Larva can reach a length of about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). They have a sandy background colour with black and yellow spots. They are oligophagous, mainly feeding between June and September on Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), cream scabious (Scabiosa ochroleuca ) and on various Dipsacus species.
The monument is located on Monument Circle in the center of downtown and has come to symbolize the city of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana
Designed by Bruno Schmitz and constructed between 1887 and 1902, this limestone monument includes sculptures by Rudolf Schwartz (who created the figures on the structure's sides), George Brewster (who created the figure of Victory that caps the monument, as well as two astragals) and Nicolaus Geiger (who created the Army astragal).
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"Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, And therein stay.
Look not through the sheltering bars Upon tomorrow; God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow."
~Mary F. Butts
H F F
Film: Kodak Professional
Nikon F100 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8
This is a photo of the tail of a cygnet swimming on the pond in Arklow . He had his feather up slightly and just kept swimming past i like how the light was shining on his feathers and how they are not pure white yet .
The Brown Wood Owl is a resident breeder in south Asia from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China. This owl is medium large (45-57 cm), with upperparts uniformly dark brown, with faint white spotting on the shoulders.
The Brown Wood Owl is a shy, nocturnal bird. During the daytime it roosts in a dark, densely foliaged tree. If disturbed, it will compress itself into a shape resembling a stub of wood, while watching through half-closed eyes. If this fails, it will fly off silently.
This owl feeds on small mammals such as rats, mice and shrews. It will also take small birds, frogs and reptiles.
This example is 18-month-old Wicket who resides at the Secret Owl Garden in Pembrokeshire.
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This is the rest of the sunset on Friday! Note that these were not taken on the bayou but at a park in an open field! Framing??? They could all be better framed but since there is nothing there but open field it is the sky that is the most interesting part of the scene and so that is why I have included as much sky as possible in each shot! It’s just difficult to believe that the Egg Drop Soup turned into the sky in the Grand Finale! At one point I just figured that the whole thing was dying and thought about packing up all of my gear and heading home! Figured that I would stick it out and see what developed! There were some subtle colors behind me but nothing close to what was being displayed by the clouds where the sun was setting!
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This is a 70 years old Buick, used to be the ride of King George V or IV (can't remember clearly now). Now it is used for weddings, the rent of this car is average 300 Pounds per day.
Valvisciolo Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the province of Latina, central Italy, near the town of Sermoneta. It is an awesome example of rigorous Romanesque-Cistercian architecture, considered a masterpiece of that style in central Italy.
Owned since 1145 by the monks of Cistercian order, damaged in the 12th-century invasion of Barbarossa, it was occupied and restored by the Knights Templar in the 13th century then owned again by the Cistercians in 1312-15 to date.
Built for a 30 minute LUG speed-build, where the theme was anything ‘Easter’. I decided to build the empty tomb, which is something I’ve wanted to try my hand at for a while now. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, considering the time restraints.
#LEGOEaster
John - Rochester LEGO Users Group
Model is the Fantastic Seraya taken at my small studio space in Nottingham! Strobist Info: Lencarta SF 300 through bowens wafer softbox camera right, Lencarta EP 300 left for fill and a Lecarta EP 300 with background reflector behind model for Halo.
I loved this scene. It's a 2 image pano showing the changing landscape. It was very cool to see the lush green foliage starting to slowly work it's way up the mountains to the higher and colder altitudes. A lot of bare trees at the top still, but life is working it's way back into the mountains from the bottom up.
This is Batman. The title is a reference to Koko the gorilla, who was taught American sign language. She combined words that she knew to refer to a kitten as "all ball". I've always loved that.
This tree is literally haunted, supposedly by the spirit of an old witch. Now I am an open minded sceptic on such matters but I used to do Ghost hunts in some pretty spooky places and have seen and heard things I cant explain. So I always get nervous around this tree and on this day, with the fog rolling through the wood it was pretty intense in there. Now I am not saying they are linked but 30 minutes after I photographed this tree i tore the tendon in my foot....coinkidink?? You decide!
In other news, I now have the new Mac mini set up and running and boy oh boy its a joy to edit photos on it compared to my old PC. So much quicker and smoother workflow now.
This is another JLO cover. I'm so in love with her album... :D So probably I'll make a cover for all the songs. Comments?!
This is fan made music video I have been working on for quite some time on and off due to school. I wanted to know what my graphic design peeps thought about this, so I decided to upload a preview of it. The storyline behind the video is showing relationships fall in their own special ways. "Bleed Out", a song by Jason Derulo off of his amazing album Future History, is such an emotional song IMO, and I really wanted to capture the song in video. In this preview, you will see just small snippets of what the full video will be. I hope you like it and please give me any critiques you may have or just tell me what you think about it. This is just uploaded to my Flickr only, as I want to keep the happenings of this video away from YouTube at the moment. :P Plus I want to show my graphic design community another passion of mine, which is video editing! :D I really can't wait to hear what you all think of it!
There is quite a difference in winter versus the warm months in observing the eating habits of pheasants. In the summer time unless you are out very early in the mornings or happen to catch them searching for bits of gravel to serve as grit to help their digestion, pheasants often are more hidden as they seek things to eat. They normally have a menu with more entries on it than they do during the winter.
The phrase “scratching out a living” goes all the way back to the 14th-15th centuries when in the older farming communities the farmers “scratched” the land using more primitive tools.
By the 18th-19th centuries, the use of the phrase gained uses beyond that of farming to include anyone who was barely making ends meet in their day to day struggle.
Jump ahead until today and the phrase applies to a broad spectrum of normally physically hard, low paying jobs or an unstable work life.
I grew up in an era when there were only a few government help agencies and can well remember my folks talking about people around them during the Depression and beyond who spent many years on community “poor farms”.
Poor farms were quite prevalent at one time in the US and folks who were unable to work due to age, disability or other factors were housed and fed in exchange for helping to produce food and maintain a farm. Local governments ran the farms as they were considered a cost-effective way to care for the needy rather than simply doling out monies to individuals.
It carried negative connotations for participants, particularly because they were labeled “inmates.”
Poor farms gradually petered out by the middle of last century with many in Minnesota closing in the 1930s due to government programs starting up such as Social Security in 1935 and the growing prevalence of nursing homes.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
The Maastunnel is a tunnel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, connecting the banks of the Nieuwe Maas. About 75,000 motor vehicles and a large number of cyclists and pedestrians use the tunnel daily, making the Maastunnel an important part of Rotterdam's road network. Building commenced in 1937 and finished in 1942. There was no official opening ceremony, but the Dutch held an unofficial opening ceremony in secret without Nazi participation.
The length of the Maastunnel is 1373 metres (including access roads). The underground part is 1070 metres long. The lowest point of the tunnel is approximately 20 meters below sealevel. Above ground, the tunnel's location can be recognized by its characteristic ventilation buildings on both sides of the river. It can be seen from the nearby Euromast tower as well. [Wikipedia]
Architect: A.J. van der Steur (1895 - 1963)
What fascinated me about this boat ramp was this brick like structure creating such a fantastic texture in the foreground.
Drs owned but Regional Railways liveried 37425 is seen coasting through Haughley Jn as is starts its day out around the Anglia region by heading to Harwich first as the snow starts to set in..
Rifugio Lagazuoi is one of the most elevated mountain inns in the Dolomites. Its spacious deck is so famous for the breathtaking views on the Dolomite peaks , UNESCO World Heritage , that it has appeared on several Italian (Dove, Bell'Italia, the Touring Club Guide) and international magazines.
It is nestled on the summit of Mount Lagazuoi above Passo Falzarego, half way between Cortina d'Ampezzo and Val Badia, between the Natural Park of Fanes and Sennes and the one of the Ampezzo Dolomites. It can be easily reached hiking or by the Lagazuoi cable car.
It's an excellent starting point to visit the restored galleries, trenches and emplacements of the 1st World War Open Museum and to ski along the famous Armentarola, the longest and most spectacular slope of the Dolomites, and on all the slopes of the Cortina and Val Badia ski areas.
It offers accommodation, bar and restaurant service with local specialities like polenta with roe deer or the typical strudel.
The place where I had sleep. www.zanolla.nl/Bed_&_Breakfast.html
This is my first attempt at combining Ha data with LRGB. I would like to add five more hours of luminance and 30 minutes each for G and B channels.
Equipment
Tele Vue NP101is/LCF
ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x 7 (HaLRGB)
Losmandy G11
Software
Planned and captured with NINA
Autoguiding with PHD2
Processing with PixInsight
Composition
Ha: 25 subs at 420s each
L: 24 subs at 90s each
R: 64 subs at 120s each
G: 48 subs at 120s each
B: 48 subs at 120s each
Total Integration time: 8:51
This is my my favourite garden for many reasons. Firstly I have may happy memories of it. The garden is arranged in four separate areas. Main lawn and patio, Lower lawn, greenhouse and apple trees. The third section in the front and parking area flanked with borders. The last area is gravelled and contains the shed. There are around 200ft of beech hedge including the 100ft section along the main road which is formally cut. The garden has a wide range of plants, trees and shrubs. My parents have created this garden from nothing, it has taken them over thirty years. I have been granted permission to photograph their garden this year and use the photographs on Flickr, mostly because their house is for sale and will appear on the Holters (www.holters.co.uk) website soon in the LD2 area.
Life is but a dream - La vita è un sogno
In una giornata caldissima ed assolata ho girato lo sguardo ed ho visto sul mare una figura che si delineava leggera in una calma perfetta.
This is one of those trippy lights with optical fibre on top of a small lamp, which changes colours. The effect is thanks to the ceilling fan.
Anthurium, is a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae. General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf
My late Purple entry for Saturday ! :-)))
This is a shot of the amazing baroque architecture of Dresden in Germany. A rare view of the sun setting behind the sinister looking silhouette of the cathedral in the centre of the city.
Very busy yesterday and today but I will catch up with all streams later. Thanks a million times for your visits !!! Have a good Saturday I'm off for a trip down the Thames ! :-))
Have a Perfect Purple Saturday
Explore #67
Helsinki365 is a photo project carried out by a Helsinki based freelance photographer Jussi Hellsten.
What does Helsinki look like? How does it feel – how do I feel it? Although I have lived in Helsinki for several years now, it still feels unfamiliar to me. This year-long project is my chance to explore the city in a new way and from a different perspective. The year 2012 is also a special year to be photographing Helsinki, when the city serves as the World Design Capital.
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Traditional end of winter ghost at Miyakawa street.
located in Kyoto, Japan.
EF 85mm f1.4L IS USM
宮川町 花傳 舞妓 小晶 Koaki
宮川町 河よ志 舞妓 ふく弥 Fukuya
The Qutb Minar is a minaret that forms a part of the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India. Qutb Minar is a 73-metre tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metres base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres at the peak. It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps.
Qutab Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar's first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey. Firoz Shah Tughlaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more.
Mt. Rainier, an active volcano, is the highest peak in the Cascade Range at 14,411 feet.
With the recent discussion around the renaming of Mt. McKinley to its original name Denali, the topic of potentially renaming other mountains has come up. The local Puyallup Tribe refers to Mt. Rainier as Mt. Tahoma.
“Patience is power.
Patience is not an absence of action;
rather it is "timing"
it waits on the right time to act,
for the right principles
and in the right way.”
― Fulton J. Sheen
Scandalize, Lamb, Amias, LeLuck and more…. Check it all out in detail at SimplyAnafied
Paul Moriat
Saintpaulia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_2qty7GptU -thank you Steve
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This is possibly the first idea I had to use the Lowell Sphere design on when I first created it about ten years ago. It took me until last year to actually get started on it, and it's been sitting around since then waiting to be published.
This is mostly based on the 1952 Wienermobile.
Chrome credit goes to my dad.
There is something to be said about trainwatching at sunrise. The rising sun brings the rails, and the communities it touches, to life. In a word, it's magical.
The sun slowly rises over the small Central Valley community of Escalon, CA. Faint rays of the rising sun slowly starts to counteract the cool, crisp morning air. In the long siding at Escalon, a westbound BNSF manifest slumbers in the siding. The rising sun illuminates the side of the train. Thanks to earlier rainstorms. large puddles occupy drainage ditches adjacent to the rails. One puddle brilliantly reflects the slumbering train.
When all of the elements come together, being trackside at dawn can be magical. More incentive to set that alarm for that early hour.
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