Joyous Celebrations
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A joyous Christmas to you and yours! This is one of my favorite photos of the beautiful Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. As you can see, it was taken before the heartbreaking fire in 2019. I haven’t been back since due to the pandemic, but have a trip planned for next fall. My fingers are crossed….
That might sound like an oxymoron, but I do enjoy being out in days like this. I took this one the same rainy day as the beach shot with the umbrellas. I was, in my mind, willing the man to go stand on the pier, and sure enough, he did.
I was out shooting all day yesterday, for the first time in ages, so wasn't online. Sorry if I've missed some of your images, but I will try to catch up to today's feed.
Can a pier be considered a fence? I'm saying it is :)
Happy Fence Friday!
Another joyous day winds down at Banff with Mt. Rundle reflected in one of the Vermilion Lakes.
"The Vermilion Lakes are a series of lakes located immediately west of Banff.
The three lakes are formed in the Bow River valley at the foot of Mount Norquay. They are located between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks. A hot spring is found at the third lake."
Wikipedia
Thanks for taking a look!
Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead!
for a HBW!
Tulip / Tulpe (Tulipa) and Daffodil / Narzisse (Narcissus)
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
Not the real reason why we celebrate Christmas, but we do enjoy the festive displays -- here inside Union Station in Kansas City. . .
We spent a day fishing and crabbing this past Sunday. Just moment before the sun went down, I temporarily quit fishing to walk around and took some sunset shots including this one. Everyone seemed to enjoy a day fishing very much. A woman in red screamed loud when she landed a big gaftop catfish.
Thank you, my dear friends, for your wonderful comments. I'm at the moment not able to reply to everyone personally. Have a wonderful weekend!
Joyous Noel to everyone !
May your Christmas 2022 be filled with Love, Happiness & Great Health. Adore others and share the Christmas Spirit that is within you !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and fabulous day dear Flickr friends !
The American Redstart (m) bursts out in song.
Pinery Provincial Park,
Lambton Shores, ON
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Sunflowers together in joyous beauty!
The morning was windy and cloudy
but the newly discovered fields
of sunflowers were welcoming
and beautiful!
They have not had sunflowers for years on old highway
52 nine miles out of town towards Baker for
quite a few years. They are back this August!
Congrats to Davenport Iowa Little League
team coming from behind to go on to the Little League
World Series next week! They beat the local team (Fargo)
3-2 yesterday to advance to the title game today!
Davenport, Iowa has not been to the Little League
World Series in 40 years.
The Little League World Series in in Williamsport, Penn.
and begins next Wednesday.
Hope to get back out to these fields one more time
She scatters in her path the sweetest flowers of nature, and everywhere breathes fragrance and joyousness. The birds of the air are carolling her welcome, and even the mute beasts of the field seem happier at her coming :-)
"May," Eliza Cook's Journal, 1850
HSS! Truth Matters! Character Matters!
dwarf flowering peach, 'NCSU Dwarf Double Red', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Summer is finally here. . .no more lock downs or face masks . . .life is a carnival!!
[we both had Covid and fortunately it was only like a two-week flu, though Lynn did have a bout of bronchitis that lingered a little longer.]
The cemetery at Fort Washakie, WY. Some of the items on the graves were whimsical and so touching. Some items, such as boots or hats, perhaps belonged to the decedent. The crosses for the most part, were wooden and painted in vibrant colours. The rain made it almost magical.
Goslings enjoying being goslings.
I had to lay down in the mud to get this perspective, but I think it was worth the effort.
HCS!
Once a year (but be warned: according to the Balinese calendar!) young people meets and - after a very joyous body-painting - they walk through dozens of villages - where all the people is expecting them. Why?They parade, singing, shouting, playing. Addressed to the whole Universe: "This is our land! Evil Spirits away from here!"Through rice fields, forests and rivers. For hours and miles. They stop every once in a temple and pray.
"This is our land! Evil Spirits away from here!"
You would say: "folklore" - "primitivism."But better to know that in Bali, the first day of the year (again according to the Balinese calendar!) three indications are strictly complied with:- no fire - no walking - no working plus one:- Silence.
And, for 24 hours, the streets are deserted, no flights in or out!, all the families at home.
Why? There's an explanation: this is the day when the evil spirits are coming flying over the island. They see it deserted ... and they go where humans - taken from their activism - are not realizing what is happening, and let Bad Spirits enter in their villages, in their houses, in their hearts.An example of a very powerful Bad Spirit? Greed!!!
Can you imagine something like in your country? Can you imagine the power of 24 hours of silence… 24 hours with no TV, no Internet, no cars, no work, no planes, no politicians, no advertising, no newspapers, no thieves (in every village, for some urgencies you are authorized to move, of course, but a self-organized village guards pay attention to movements from special places called Bale – a rotten-built small house you can see in every village).
Look at their faces, look at the beauty of being aware of the personal and collective responsibility to be free!To guarantee a balance between taking and giving - with the environment and among men - is the key of the Balinese spirituality in every day life.That's why they smile and look at you in the eyes every time they meet another human being.
PS: "Thank you" in Indonesian is "Terima Kasih" - they say in Dictionaries. But the true translation is: "To Give, To Receive"
Willow, river, mist, sun idyllic scene to enjoy. Only it was not the cold of -13 degrees per Celsius.
My dear friends I wish you a successful and joyous New Year!
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It is quite interesting really that for several mornings i would arrive here below and about 50 yards from the bridge taking shots upward of people who walked,jogged or rode their bikes at the beginning of their day. Also what was intriguing to me was further back from the river was this huge crane in line with the bridge. Sometimes i was able to catch the sun rising below and above the bridge while people cruised atop the bridge with different joyous effect.
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It is called Creative Bling and you will see my creations of many photo projects including works of the bridge scenes...Enjoy !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul....Darrell.
Have a sweet and happy day dear Flickr friends !
Happy, Joyous Easter, everyone!
Roozengaarde Tulip Display
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Mount Vernon, Washington
042519
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... for a happy Friday!
Japanese Anemone / Herbst-Anemone (Anemone × hybrida 'Whirlwind')
Main cemetery / Hauptfriedhof, Frankfurt-Nordend, Germany
More anemones in my personal "from-spring-to-autumn" Anemone Collection.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Captured at Whispering Wind - Where Our Journey Begins - The Bloom
A repost from December of 2010 when we had our last White Christmas. No such luck this year.
I wish for all of you a Happy and Joyous Holiday Season. May the New Year bring you nothing but Green Lights and Blue Skies. I'll be off line until well, next year.
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Hat, Sleeves, Dress: Belle Epoque - The Elf
Hair: Tram - K0729
Head: Genus Project - Classic
Skin: Boataom - Rose (Bom)
Earrings: POM - Jingle Bells
Collar: NaaNaa's - Mariana
Tattoo: Dappa - Jingle Bells (Bom)
Boots & Socks: Eudora3D - Cadence