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Natural beauty is temporal. Spirituality is supposed to be long lasting. They are good contrast against each other.
Which one do you prefer?
Cherry blossoms and Thrangu Tibetan Buddhist Monastery on No. 5 Road Richmond.
Have a great weekend!
Thrangu Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
No 5 Road Richmond, March 2016.
佛說：花花世界，無非夢幻泡影。
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) is a United States military monument sited at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery and next to the Netherlands Carillon, in Arlington Ridge Park, Arlington, Virginia. The memorial which was built after World War II is dedicated to all personnel of the United States Marine Corps who have died in the defense of the United States since 1775.
The memorial features the statues of the six servicemen who raised the second and larger replacement U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, five Marines and one Navy corpsman: Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, Private First Class Rene Gagnon, Private First Class Ira Hayes, Private First Class Franklin Sousley, and Pharmacist Mate Second Class John Bradley (USN).
To the lower left you can see the Washington monument and the U.S. Capitol building.
Although white balance was set to automatic, the tungsten lighting in the city provides for the purpleish hue to the sky and clouds.
This is not the famous Japanese Maple at the Portland, Oregon Japanese Garden, (that one will come later)... I just couldn't resist this lovely tree as well. If anyone is ever in Portland, Oregon in the Fall, the Japanese Garden is a must see! The colors there were simply sensational!! I appreciate the visits and wishing everyone a great Friday! :-)
The sun is about to dip behind the mountain peaks for our last few minutes on the beach for the day. A brown bear and her cub are making their way to the inlet in hopes of capturing the low tide and a few wayward salmon. She stops momentarily to look at us but then resumes her trek northward, uninterrupted. I love the little glimpses into the daily lives of the animals that live along these northern shores. Photography helps me solidify these experiences and bring them home as lasting memories.
es.......¡¡ campo castellano !!
y,. se avecina la tormenta
más , aún es todavía temprano
para recolectar el grano
la era , todavía ............
.......no se ha preparado
a pesar del tiempo ya cercano
güadañas y demás aperos
todos preparados,.................
........ que, es casa de pobre
ya, lo habréis notado
por la falta de una segadora
y aquí, todo se hace a mano
segar y preparar las gavillas
para meter en la alventadora
y darle a la manivela............
............. ¡¡ como una loca !!
esto, es cosa de mujeres
mientras el hombre.............
...........hace otros menesteres
que ésta es una casa de pobres
por lo que siempre.................
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,¡¡ seremos labradores !!
Azaleas /əˈzeɪliə/ are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks. Shade tolerant, they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the Ericaceae family.
Even several days after being cut down and shoved into the yard waste can, with the leaves wilting, this one flower still shines on.
lasting only a moment, before slipping gently into nightfall......
only time to catch a breath, grab the pocket compact, max its zoom and quick snap.
SOOC, unaltered just cropped...
This is a lapel rose from a wedding we attended recently. The photo was taken 6 days after the wedding,
Explored. =)
Here's another shot from the same visit to Marshall Beach in January. The composition is pretty much the same, as are the lighting conditions, but I really liked the wave action on this one. I think it the white water motion here gives a completely different feeling to the scene.
It was my first time visiting Marshall Beach, and as soon as I arrived I realized that I wasn't prepared for it. I was in jeans, leather shoes, and my fashion trench coat, for starters! It's a violent and wild place that reminds you of how small and fragile we are.
An image taken last summer on an outing with fellow members of the BCC. Decided to revisit the post processing on this and covert to mono.
This is one of the locations included on the two day Photography workshop I'm assisting with in April.
Only lasting a week, autumn colors in Alaska are fleeting. But if you are lucky enough to see the foliage you will be blown away. Hundreds of miles of fall colors. We drove nearly 2400 miles in 16 days.
Lasting beauty.
Thank you in advance for any likes or comments. I appreciate your opinion and support, but I may have limited time to respond.
Peace, blessings, and light!
EXPLORE - Oct.12, 2014 - #278
T. E. Lawrence
“perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world.”
"Certainement le château au monde le mieux préservé et le mieux conservé dans son entité" Laurence d'Arabie
Le Krak des Chevaliers, ou Krak de l'Hospital — krak dérive du syriaque karak signifiant forteresse ,
Qal`at al-Hosn (La forteresse imprenable) ou
Hisn al-Akrād (forteresse des Kurdes)
La forteresse est construite sur une colline de 750 mètres de haut aux flancs abrupts
Les chevaliers de l'Hôpital (ou Hospitaliers) gérèrent le fort de 1142 - offert par Raymond II, Comte de Tripoli - jusqu' à 1271, date de sa conquête par Az-Zâhir Rukn ad-Dîn Baybars al-Bunduqdari - Baybars Ier - sultan des Mamelouks. Il ne put malgré tout s'emparer du krak que par la ruse : il envoya une fausse missive, émanant prétendument du Grand Maître des Templiers, enjoignant aux assiégés de se rendre.
En 1157, un important tremblement de terre ébranla le château et Raymond du Puy, le grand maître des Hospitaliers, le fit restaurer et agrandir, nouveau tremblement de terre en 1170
Saladin (mort en 1193) eut beau infliger de nombreuses défaites aux croisés, ne put s'emparer du krak des Chevaliers
un des châteaux médiévaux les mieux préservé au monde
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, passages et ponts
à 40 km à l'ouest de la ville de Homs, proche de la frontière du Liban, à 30 km à vol d'oiseau de la mer
Le 20 mars 2014, le château, jusque-là tenu par la rébellion, est repris par les forces gouvernementales
surface totale de 2,5 hectares protégée par deux enceintes concentriques entièrement indépendantes.
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, ponts et passages. Le krak hébergeait une garnison de 2 000 hommes et possédait des vivres pour cinq ans.
Krak des Chevaliers - Crusader castle - one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a settlement of Kurds; as a result it was known as Hisn al Akrad, meaning the Castle of the Kurds;. In 1142 given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the Knights Hospitaller.
Due to an earthquake in 1157, followed by another one in 1170, the castle was restored and enlarged,
It remained in their possession until it fell in 1271.
after a siege lasting 36 days, supposedly by way of a forged letter purportedly from the Hospitallers' Grand Master that caused the Knights to surrender.
It became known as Crac de l'Ospital; the name Krak des Chevaliers was coined in the 19th century.
could house up to 2.000 men and food for 5 years
located 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon, 30 km from the sea, the castle sits atop a 750-metre-high (2,130 ft) hill
13 towers, cisterns, barrracks, shops, stables, bridges
The Syrian Arab Army recaptured the castle and the village of al-Hosn from rebel forces on March 20, 2014
Our 2nd trip to seek out interesting structures along the Atlantik Wall didn't start too well. After a short stop in the Netherlands Phill and I made our way back to a location we visited last year. Unfortunately the wind had picked-up and on our daytime scouting mission we were sandblasted and the same weather carried on through the night. On top of that, I had picked up a stomach bug that left me retching all the next day and we had decided to drive to the west coast as the weather was better. After I started to feel less like a zombie we decided to go and have a look at the location and when I leaned over to get my camera out of my backpack, I pulled my back out. I am a walking calamity! :) But what an epic adventure.
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The Brusilov Offensive was an offensive started by the Russian empire lasting from June 4th to September 20th 1916
The overall war was not going well for the allied powers especially for the Russian empire that had suffered several defeats and lost a significant portion of its territory. The plan was created by Russian general Aleksei Brusilov who commanded the southwestern front of the Russian army during the war on the eastern front. Part of the plan was to launch an offensive against the Austro-Hungarian empire in order to draw away German troops from Verdun since the Austro-Hungarians have grown too reliant on German support.
The offensive was launched on June 4th in which the Russian artillery decimated Austrian positions in Galicia (Modern day Poland and Ukraine). Throughout the offensive the Austro-Hungarians were decimated and soon had to rely on German support. The Russians for the first time in a while were winning and as a result of their successes convinced Romania to join the war.
Overall the offensive was a success as the Russians met their goals of drawing German attention away from Verdun, convincing Romania to join the war and the total decimation of the Austro-Hungarian army, but it came at too high of a cost for the Russians to continue it.
Another thing that came out of this offensive was the idea of breakthrough tactics with smaller units to penetrate weak points and this was later used in WWI for "storm troopers". To Brusilovs credit he created the first storm troopers.
A change from what I was going to post today, It is such a dreary dull wet and windy day, we need some colour so I dug this little gem out to put some colour into our day , hope you like it folks .Being in the right place at the right time .
Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The Giant's Causeway, located in County Antrim, on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.
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