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Front view of the Cathedral of the Holy Vivifying Trinity constructed at Borisovo Ponds in Moscow in 2001-2004 to commemorate 1000 anniversary of the baptism of Holy Russia.It is one dome cross-shaped church built by project of Vladimir Kolosnitsyn in Byzantine Revival style of architecture.
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Photo #035 taken on August 17, 2014 after seeing off in Domodedovo airport my dear clients from USA, Schweitzer family.
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The sun is the epitome of benevolence - it is lifegiving and warmthgiving and happinessgiving, and to it we owe our thanksgiving. ~Jessi Lane Adams
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Though the circular round-and-round of routine be the bulk of life's affairs, make an occasional jutting diversion - of fun, love, or something that will outlast you - so the shape and motion of your life shall resemble the round lifegiving sun with bright rays shining forth from all directions.
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"Nothing is trivial."
This is a supermacro of the leaves and leaflets from a newly growing tomato plant on my balcony.
........................................... Wishing a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 to All My friends.....
All through eternity
Beauty unveils His exquisite form
in the solitude of nothingness;
He holds a mirror to His Face
and beholds His own beauty.
he is the knower and the known,
the seer and the seen;
No eye but His own
has ever looked upon this Universe.
His every quality finds an expression:
Eternity becomes the verdant field of Time and Space;
Love, the life-giving garden of this world.
-Rumi
I like looking at this shot, the symmetry, this alien being, this unknowable insect, there is something alive, even relatable here. This one is worth looking at full-screen. What if, indeed, this Megachile brevis, was as large as a puppy dog, would we treat it the same as we do now? A bug to be ignored, because it doesn't sting us and because it isn't the size that our eyes can view all the particulars, all the wonderful details that are built into this being in a similar but different way than the flowers that pollinate's and we honor by making him into bouquets and making them integral to all our major life events. Would they make good pets? Would they like to be groomed by us, scratched behind the head? My my I probably shouldn't write these things late at night they're just too many rabbit holes out there to fall into.
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Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth and all ye need to know
" Ode on a Grecian Urn"
John Keats
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Today I played around with all kind of things around me,such fun.
I descided to make a celebration card for me,my friends and for life.
Orange is for me so lifegiving healing fun vibes!!!
Take care of your day...hugs!
View from the old style bridge on the beautiful Holy Vivifying Trinity Cathedral framed by ornate street lamps against blue sky with white clouds on a nice sunny spring day. The majestic cathedral was constructed in Byzantine Revival style of architecture at Borisovo Ponds in 2001-2004 to commemorate 1000 anniversary of the baptism of Holy Russia.
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Photo #140 taken on May 16, 2018
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This is number five in a series of six illustrations. It's a sequence, although it doesn't really matter. It will make more sense if you read them in order, though.
The next day, the story teller and I wandered through hidden mountain passes where few men ever went. We saw streams and rivers and trees.
At last, the story teller resumed his tale.
Now, the cloud was blocking the sun. He had the power to protect the land from the unforgiving heat, to bring shelter and water to the land below. His was a lifegiving strength. Truly, he felt all powerful.
And then the wind began to blow. Within minutes, the cloud felt himself disappearing, being pushed where he didn't want to go, losing control over his destiny.
At last, he cried out, "I'm so tired of being a cloud! The wind puts me wherever it wants! I wish I were the wind!"
He wished so hard, with such passion, that suddenly, he became the wind.
Dunure is a small fishing harbour located about 5 miles south of Ayr, on the West Coast of Scotland.
It has a ruin of an old castle sitting above a cliff just above the village.
It enjoys spectacular sunsets due to its location.
This was taken in 2014, when it was pretty cloudy, but the skies had a show to put on, and as the clouds moved away, what a show.
Ahmed Mater Al-Ziad Aseeri (1979) may best be described as an illuminator of both form and ideas and a man of energy and few habits. He is from the traditional village of Rujal Al-Ma’a in the mountainous and green area of Aseer and was raised in its capital Abha, where he still combines his career as an artist with that of a medical doctor at the local hospital.
It is from this knowledge of both loss and enlightenment that Mater appears to have the ability to move from expressing sadness and anger to sharing his insights with a sense of humor and lifegiving lightness. In the work which has brought him fame in both Europe and Saudi Arabia, when it was acquired by The British Museum, he combined explicit notes from his medical education with images of the Kaaba and a mosque. In a tradition of making collages these notes were loosely distributed on and around a visually attractive blue and black X-Ray. While advertising science in this work Mater does not overestimate its meaning and serves his audience with the real question: is it just DNA that makes us human or is something more required? Mater is one of those artists who is not there for viewers alone but actually needs a listening audience. ‘Has eyes, so can see,’ is what he may write on his collectors' foreheads.
Celebrating the pleasure of your eyes, but punching you on your nose with milk cartons and cheese boxes of a yellow variety of La vache qui rit, is what Mater ambitiously did in the 2007 Sharjah Biennial. Mater does his homework and has given much thought to the yellow cow that is mentioned in the Quran as a pleasure to see. Yellow Cow Products was a non commercial shop apparently critical of ‘Western’ consumerism. Not afraid of some bravura, Mater, as if he was mocking a TV commercial, went off into the desert with a bucket of yellow paint and a sponge to paint a real cow yellow in a country where painting yellow cows real is considered not done.
Extreme and disturbing pain is there in a work that deals with suicide and oil that went on show as a trilogy or triptych on the 11th Cairo Biennial. Again it is said to deal with the effects of consumerism on the traditions of his country and perhaps of his region in particular.
A return to using science to express something for which there is no scientific solution is his work Magnatic. Using the dual qualities of magnetisisme to both attract and repulse and playing on visual parallels with pilgrims circling the Kaaba, Mater seems to comment on relations of Islam with the world or on differences within the nation of Islam.
No illumination without darkness. They need each other. Not only does Mater refer in his works to present and future, he also includes images of a more magical past in his Talisman X-Rays. Texts appear that may be associated with magical bowls that were once in use in many parts of the Eastern world.
Artspace in Dubai has announced a solo exhibition of Mater which will probably coincide with Art Dubai 2009.
"Moses who stood at Sinai between our assembled fathers and the angel in the wilderness and took the life-giving words given to him and handed them over to us, words our fathers would have nothing to do with". Acts 7: 38-39.
This angel was photographed at the North Stradbroke cemetery in Queensland
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Girl:
Meaning:
Origin:
Boy:
Meaning:
Eartha
Of Earth
Old English
Eirik
All-Powerful
Ruler
Easter
From Holiday
Old English
Eugene
Born Lucky
Ebere
Mercy
African
Elgan
Bright Circle
Eberta
Bright, Brilliant
Teutonic
Egbert
Bright Sword
Ebony
Black Wood
Greek
Eachan
Brown Horse
Edana
Fiery
Gaelic
Emir
Charming, Prince
Edda
Rich
Old English
Esbern
Divine Bear
Edena
Renewal
Hawaiian
Egerton
Edge
Edeva
Rich Gift
Old English
Egil
Edge Or Point, Sting
Edith
Prosperity, Or Gift
Old English
Evangelos
Evangelist
Edlyn
Noble Maiden
Old English
Eurwyn
Fair And Golden
Edna
Renewal
Hebrew
Elmar
Famous Nobleman
Edolie
Noble
Old English
Ethan
Firm, Strong
Edrea
Prosperous
Old English
Erland
Foreigner, Stranger
Edria
Mighty
Hebrew
Eustace
Fruitful, Or Steadfast
Efterpi
Pretty In Face
Greek
Elu
Full Of Grace
Eglantine
Flower
Old French
Elezar
God Is My Help
Eiddwen
Beloved Fair
One
Welsh
Eros
God Of Love
Eirwen
White As
Snow
Welsh
Eudor
Good Gift
Ekala
Lake
Aboriginal
Eldred
Great
Counsellor
Elaine
Form Of Helen
English
Edgar
Great
Spearman
Elanora
Home By Sea
Aboriginal
Edward
Happy
Guardian
Elata
Exalted
Latin
Eisig
He Who
Laughs
Elda
Battle Maiden
Italian
Emyr
Honor
Eldora
Golden One
Spanish
Erik
Honorable
Ruler
Electra
Brilliant
Greek
Emrick
Immortal
Eleora
Lord Is My
Light
Hebrew
Euridice
Justice
Eliane
Sun
Latin
Ezio
Like Eagle
Elina
Pure,
Intelligent
Greek, Hindu
Edan
Little Fiery
One
Eliora
God Is My
Light
Hebrew
Egan
Little Fire
Elisa
Dedicated To
God
Spanish
Einar
Lone Warrior
Elita
Little Winged
One
Old French
Elijah
Lord Is God
Elle
She, Woman
French
Eryx
Mythological
Figure
Ellema
Milking Cow
African
Ehner
Noble And
Famous
Elma
Pleasant,
Amiable
Greek
Ethelred
Noble
Counsellor
Elmas
Diamond
Armenian
Edsel
Noble One
Elmira
Noble
Old English
Etzel
Noble One
Eloise
Healthy
Teutonic
Elgar
Noble Spear
Elouera
From Pleasant
Place
Aboriginal
Earl
Nobleman
Elrica
Ruler Of All
German
Eldwin
Old Friend
Else
Concecrated
To God
Hebrew
Elden
Old, Wise
Friend
Elvina
Friend Of
Elves
Old English
Eusebio
Pious,
Respectful
Elysia
Blissful
Latin
Eknath
Poet, Saint
Ema
Beloved
Polynesian
Egon
Point Of
Sword
Emalia
Flirt
Latin
Elkan
Possessed By
God
Emanuela
God Is With
Us
Hebrew
Eneas
Praised One
Emily
Industrious
Teutonic
Elmo
Proctector
Emina
Lofty Maiden
Latin
Edlin
Prosperous
Friend
Emma
Healer Of
Universe
Teutonic
Edwin
Prosperous
Friend
Emmet
Industrious
Old English
Edmond
Protector
Endocia
Unquestionable
Greek
Edric
Prosperous
Ruler
Endora
Fountain
Hebrew
Edgardo
Prosperous
Warrior
Engelberta
Bright Angel
Teutonic
Edolf
Prosperous
Wolf
Engracia
Graceful
Spanish
Ehno
Protector
Enid
Pure Soul
Celtic
Edmund
Protector
Enola
Magnolia
Native American
Edom
Red
Enora
Light
Greek
Ernest
Serious, Earnest One
Enye
Grace
Yiddish
Egyed
Shieldbearer
Enys
From Island
Celtic
Essien
Sixth-Born
Son
Eranthe
Flower Of
Spring
Greek
Eban
Stone
Erasma
Amiable
Greek
Ehud
Sympathetic
One
Erika
Powerful Ruler
German/Scandinavian
Egmont
Weapon,
Defender
Eris
Goddess Of
Discord
Greek
Erasmus
Worthy Of
Love
Erlina
Girl From
Ireland
Celtic
Fletcher
Arrow Maker
Ermine
From Name Of
Fur
Old French
Farand
Attractive,
Pleasant
Erwina
Honorable
Friend
Teutonic
Ferran
Baker
Eryn
From Ireland
Irish Gaelic
Fabian
Begrower
Erzsebet
Devoted To
God
Hebrew
Farrar
Blacksmith
Eskarne
Merciful
Spanish
Faraji
Consolation
Esperance
Hope
Latin
Fabrice
Craftsman
Esperanza
Hope
Spanish
Fodor
Curly Haired
Esta
From East
Italian
Figaro
Daring,
Cunning
Etain
Shining, Bright
Irish
Farquhar
Dear One
Etana
Determination
Hebrew
Fane
Eager
Ethel
Noble Maiden
Teutonic
Finnegan
Fair
Etsu
Delight
Japanese
Finian
Fair Or White
Euclea
Glory
Greek
Fingal
Fair Stranger
Euphemia
Of Good
Reputation
Greek
Finlay
Fair Warrior
Euphrasia
Joy, Delight
Greek
Finbar
Fair-Headed
Euphrosyne
Joy
Greek
Fedele
Faithful
Eurwen
Fair
Welsh
Fidel
Faithful
Evadine
Mythology
Greek
Falk
Falcon
Evadne
Fortunate
Greek
Fuller
Field
Evana
God Is
Gracious
East European
Fielding
Field Dweller
Evangelia
Good News
Greek
Fisk
Fisherman
Evangeline
Bearer Of
Good News
Greek
Forrest
Forest
Dweller
Evania
Peaceful,
Tranquil
Greek
Faust
Fortunate One
Evanthe
Flower
Greek
Ffionn
Foxglove
Flower
Evelina
Lifegiving
Hebrew
Frans
Free Man
Eyota
Greatest
Native American
Fremont
Freeborn Man
Fabiana
Bean
Latin
Fyfe
Furnace
Fabrianne
Resourceful
Latin
Feodore
Gift Of God
Fadila
Generous
Arabic
Fujita
Wisdom
Faina
Joyful
Anglo-Saxon
Flavian
Golden-
Haired
Fainche
Saint’s Name
Celtic
Flavius
Golden-
Haired
Faine
Joyful
Old English
Ferrand
Grey-Haired
Man
Fairuza
Turquoise
Turkish
Felix
Prosperous
Faiza
Victorious
Arabic
Flint
Hard Stone
Faizah
Victorious
African
Floyd
Hollow
Fala
Crow
Native American
Freeman
In Liberty
Falda
With Folded
Wings
Icelandic
Ferenc
Independent,
Free
Fallon
Leader
Irish
Fitch
Lance Or Spear
Fantine
Childlike
French
Fallon
Leader
Farfalla
Butterfly
Italian
Faber
Little
Blacksmith
Farida
Unique
Arabic
Fabron
Little
Blacksmith
Farrah
Beautiful
Old English
Fagan
Little Fiery
One
Fascienne
Black
Latin
Faxon
Long Hair
Fatin
Captivating
Arabic
Filippo
Lover Of
Horses
Faustine
Fortunate One
Latin
Filip
Lover Of
Horses
Fawn
Young Deer
Old French
Fenn
Marsh Or Fen
Fawne
Young Deer
Old French, Latin
Fleming
Native Of
Flanders
Fayina
Free One
Russian
Fonz
Noble And
Ready
Fayme
Renowned
Latin
Fonzie
Noble And
Ready
Fayre
Fair
Old English
Frigyes
Noble
Protector
Felcia
Lucky
Polish
Firth
Of Woodland
Felda
From Field
Teutonic
Fritz
Of Woodland
Felice
Fortunate,
Happy
Italian
Fairfax
Beautiful Hair
Felicite
Fortunate
French
Forest
Out Of Woods
Femi
Love Me
African
Februus
Paggod
Fenella
White
Irish
Firdos
Paradise
Fennella
White
Irish
Frith
Peace, Might
Fern
Fern-Like
Old English
Fudo
Peaceful
Ruler
Feronia
Goddess
Latin
Federico
Peaceful
Ruler
Fidelia
Faithful
Spanish
Free
Peaceful
Ruler
Filipina
Lover Of
Horses
Polish
Folkus
People,
Famous
Findabhair
Finn
Gaelic
Forbes
Prosperous
Fionn
White, Fair
Celtic
Fiachra
Raven
Fiorella
Little Flower
Italian
Flynn
Red-Haired
One
Fiorenza
Flower
Italian
Farriss
Rock
Flanna
Red-Haired
Gaelic
Ferris
Rock
Flavia
Golden-Haired
One
Latin
Flannan
Ruddy
Fleta
Swift, Fleet
Old English
Fitz
Son
Florence
Flourishing
Latin
Festus
Steadfast
Flos
Chieftain
Norse
Firmin
Steadfast And
Firm
Fola
Honor
African
Fortescue
Strong Shield
Fonda
Affectionate
Latin
Farman
Traveller Or
Hawker
Fortuna
Fortunate One
Latin
Favian
Understanding
Fosetta
Dimpled One
French
Farid
Unique,
Unrivalled
Fotini
Light
Greek
Farrell
Valorous One
Frederika
Peaceful Ruler
Old German
Filbert
Very Bright
Freyde
Joy
Yiddish
Feroz
Victorious
Fronde
Leaf Of Fens
Latin
Fionn
White, Fair
Fruma
One Who Is
Religious
Yiddish
Faysal
Wise Judge
Fuensanta
Holy Fountain
Spanish
Farkas
Wolf
Fujita
Field
Japanese
Guntur
Bold Warrior
Fuscienne
Black
Latin
Geary
Brave
Gadar
Perfection
Armenian
Giacobbe
Brave One
Gaea
Goddess Of
Earth
Greek
Geet
Brave
Strength
Gaines
Increase In
Wealth
Middle English
Glanville
Bright Or
Kind Friend
Gajendra
Elephant King
Hindu
Gladwin
Bright Rock
Gala
Singer
Swedish
Gene
Brother
Galena
Lead-Like
Metal
Latin
Gamaliel
Camel
Gali
Spring,
Fountain
Hebrew
Gedeon
Changeable
Galia
Wave
Hebrew
Girvan
Creek, Or
Tree
Galiena
Lofty Maiden
Teutonic
Ghassan
Dark-Skinned
Galya
God Has
Redeemed
Hebrew
Gable
Delight,
Adornment
Gana
Garden
Hebrew
Gerzson
Fair Love
Ganesa
Good Luck
Hindu
Grant
Farmer
Gauri
Yellow
Hindu
Garton
Field Or
Garden
Gavrila
Heroine
Hebrew
Giovanni
Flowing
Down
Gay
Blithe,
Cheerful
Old French
Gallard
Foreign
Helper
Gayatri
Mother Of
Vedas
Hindu
Giordano
Garden
Gayle
Father’s Joy
Hebrew
Garett
Gentle, Or
Old Man
Gaynor
Fair And Soft
Welsh
Gerald
Gentle, Or
Old Man
Gazelle
Antelope
Latin
Gilbert
Gift
Gedala
Day
Aboriginal
Gabai
Gift Of God
Gelasia
Laughing
Greek
Giraldo
God Is Gracious
Gemina
Twin
Greek
Gadil
God Is My
Fortune
Gemma
Jewel Or Gem
Italian
Gafna
God Is My
Wealth
Genesia
Newcomer
Latin
Godwin
God’S Peace
Genesis
Origin
Hebrew
Gardiner
Goshawk
Genista
Broom Plant
Latin
Grover
Great
Huntsman
Genji
Gold
Chinese
Gus
Gurko
Geranium
Flower Name
Greek
Gottfried
Hero
Gerda
Protected One
Old Norse
Gratian
Large Village
Gerlinde
Of Weak Spear
Teutonic
Garridan
Leads By
Spear
Germaine
From Germany
French
Ganymede
Fair One
Gertrude
Spear Maiden
Teutonic
Galip
Little Bright
One
Geva
Hill
Hebrew
Gilmer
Little Gilbert
Trusted
Ghada
Graceful
Arabic
Gavrie
Little Hawk
Ghera
Gum Leaf
Aboriginal
Guthrie
Lord’S Cane
Ghislaine
Pledge
French
Gopal
Man
Ghita
Pearl
Italian
Gavin
Mighty Ruler
Giacinta
Young And
Beautiful
Italian
Gifford
Mighty
Warrior
Gianina
God Is
Gracious
Italian
Gautier
Name Of
Buddha
Gianna
God Is
Gracious
Italian
Gamel
Old
Gilana
Joy
Hebrew
Ganan
Old One
Gilda
Sacrifice
Teutonic
Gareth
Tends Garden
Gilen
Industrious
Pledge
Teutonic
Garnet
Tends Garden
Gin
Silver
Japanese
Geoff
Origin
Giovanna
God Is
Gracious
Italian
Grayson
Pleasing
Gisela
Pledge
Dutch/Greman
Gilchrist
Pledge
Giselle
Pledge
Teutonic
Gair
Pledge
Gita
Song
Sanskrit
Garfield
Powerful
With Spear
Githa
Gift
Anglo-Saxon
Ganesh
Progress Of
Wolf
Giuseppina
God Shall Add
Italian
Germain
Prosperous
Gizane
Christ’s
Incarnation
Basque
Grady
Pure
Gleda
To Make
Happy
Old English
Gaman
Recompense
Of God
Glenna
From Valley
Gaelic
Gomer
Revealing
Gloria
Glorious
Latin
Galway
Right One
Godiva
Gift Of God
Old English
Geronimo
Sacred
Gordana
Proud
Serbian
Gerry
Sacred
Gotzone
Angel,
Messenger
Basque
Giles
Servant Of
Christ
Grace
Graceful
Latin
Gilroy
Servant Of
Mary
Graeae
Gray Ones
Greek
Gaius
Short
Grear
Watchful
Scottish
Gelar
Spear
Greer
Watchful,
Vigilant
Scottish
Garwood
Spear Friend
Gregoria
Watchful,
Vigilant
Greek
Garner
Spear
Protector
Grette
Pearl
Danish
Gerwyn
Spear Servant
Grier
Watchful,
Vigilant
Scottish
Garmond
Spearman
Griselda
Grey Battle
Heroine
Teutonic
Gaston
Staff Of Goths
Guan-yin
Goddess Of
Mercy
Chinese
Gustav
Staff Of Goths
Guda
Good
Old English
Galor
Stranger
Gudrun
Divine Lore
Old Norse
Gamal
Stranger
Guida
Guide
Latin
Gethin
Stranger,
Banished
Gulara
Moonlight
Aboriginal
Guillermo
Strong
Gunnhild
Maiden Of
Battle
Old Norse
Guido
Strong
Gurley
Native Willow
Aboriginal
Gul
Strong
Gwendolen
White Ring Or
Bow
Welsh
Gianni
Supplanter
Gwenhyvar
Gwen
Welsh
Gurion
Thunder
Gwyneth
From
Wales
North
Welsh
Gerad
Tiller Of Soil
Gymea
Small Bird
Aboriginal
Galen
To Rejoice
Gypsy
Wanderer
Old English
Gordy
Triangular
Hill
Gytha
Warlike
Old English
Gore
Triangular
Hill
Habiba
Beloved, Dew
One
Arabic
Gilby
Trusted
Habika
Sweetheart
African
Gregory
Vigilant
Hadara
Bedecked In
Beauty
Hebrew
Gresham
Vigilant,
Watchful
Hadassa
Flowering
Myrtle
Hebrew
Gamble
Warrior
Hadil
Cooing Like
Dove
Arabic
Garland
Warrior
Hadiya
Gift
Arabic/Swahili
Geert
Warrior,
Devastator
Hadya
Leader Or
Guide
Arabic
Guildford
Wide One
Hafwen
Summer
Welsh
Gallagher
Winner
Hagar
Forsaken
Hebrew
Harald
Ruler Of
Army
Haidee
Modest
Greek
Harwin
Army Warrior
Haifa
Slender
Arabic
Hamar
As Gentle As
Lamb
Haimi
Seeker
Hawaiian
Hillel
Battle Sword
Hala
Halo Around
Moon
Arabic
Hervey
Battle-Worthy
Haldana
Half Danish
Old Norse
Hawley
Beloved
Haleigha
House Of
Rising Sun
Hawaiian
Hackett
Beloved One
Haley
Ingenious
Irish Gaelic
Hedley
Blessed Peace
Halfrida
Peaceful
Heroine
Teutonic
Hare
Bold, Daring
Halia
Sun
Greek
Harun
Born In
Spring
Halima
Gentle
African
Hartwood
Brave Fiend
Hallie
Thinking Of
Sea
Greek
Hardy
Brave Friend
Halona
Fortunate
Native American
Hardwin
Brave Warrior
Hana
Bliss,
Happiness
Arabic
Halden
Brilliant Hero
Ha-Neul
Sky
Korean
Hogan
Brilliant Mind
Hanya
Stone
Aboriginal
Haddon
Child Of
Valley
Happy
Bright And
Cheerful
English
Hanley
Contented
One
Harika
Wonderful
Turkish
Harlan
Cultivator
Harmony
Harmony
Greek
Haslett
Decisive One
Haruko
Spring
Japanese
Herst
Deer
Hasina
Good
Swahili
Hiten
Deer
Hasna
Beautiful
Arabic
Hamal
Defender Of Rock
Hathor
Love And Joy
Egyptian
Hastings
Elephant
Havana
Capital Of
Cuba
Spanish
Hampton
Faithful One
Haya
Life
Hebrew
Hume
Famous
Warrior
Hayfa
Slender,
Delicate
Arabic
Hafiz
Friend In
Battle
Haylee
From Hay
Meadow
Old English
Hortensius
Garden Lover
Hayley
High Clearing
Old English
Horton
Garden Lover
Hazel
From Hazel
Tree
Old English
Hirsh
Generous
Hea
Grace
Korean
Hansel
God Is
Gracious
Heather
Flower Name
Old English
Hanson
God Is
Gracious
Heba
Gift From God
Hebrew
Hannibal
God Is
Gracious
Hedda
Contentious
Scandinavian
Hobart
Goodness
Hedea
Pleasing
Greek
Hagan
Guardian
Hedia
Voice Of Lord
Hebrew
Howe
Guardiof
Home
Hedva
Joy
Hebrew
Hadley
Guide Or
Leader
Hedwig
Contentious
Teutonic
Haldor
Half Danish
Heledd
Traditional
Name
Welsh
Hastin
Handsome
And Good
Helice
Spiel
Greek
Hieronymus
High Gate
Helima
Kind, Gentle
Arabic
Hyde
High Gate
Helina
Light Of Sun
Russian
Howell
Burial Mound
Helki
To Touch
Miwok Indian
Horatio
Hour In Time
Hema
Snow, Himalayas
Hindu
Hori
Hour In Time
Henka
Ruler Of Estate
Teutonic
Huntley
Huntsman
Hermelinda
Shield Of
Power
Spanish
Hamid
Ingenious
Herminia
Lady Of Earth
Spanish
Hyam
Inhospitable
Place
Hermosa
Beautiful
Spanish
Hart
Joy
Hestia
Goddess Of
Hearth
Greek
Hyatt
Life
Hibiscus
Flower Name
Greek
Hermon
Messenger Of
Gods
Hide
Excellent,
Fruitful
Japanese
Habib
Name Of
Honor
Hidi
Root
African
Hakim
Noble, Fiery
Hika
Daughter
Polynesian
Halbert
Of Noble
Birth
Hilda
Battle Maiden
Teutonic
Havika
Place Of
Refuge
Hinda
Female Deer
Jewish
Hilton
Praised One
Hine
Maiden
Polynesian
Hunor
Protector Of
Peace
Hiriwa
Silver
Polynesian
Halton
Rock
Hiroko
Generous
Japanese
Haig
Rooster
Hisa
Long-Lasting
Japanese
Houghton
Salvation
Hjordis
Sword
Goddess
Old Norse
Hanford
Sky
Hoku
Star
Polynesian
Hollis
Spear-Like
Holda
Concealed
Teutonic
Heinrich
Steward
Holli
From Name
Holly
Teutonic
Hagen
Strong
Defense
Hollye
From Name
Holly
Teutonic
Hartwell
Strong Man
Honey
Sweet One
Old English
Halsten
Stronghold
honor
Honorable
Latin
Helmut
Sun
Honora
Honor
Latin
Heller
Sunny Day
Hope
Hopeful,
Old English
Havelock
Swift One
Optimistic
Hortense
Garden Lover
Latin
Hamilton
Thankful One
Hoshi
Star
Japanese
Hakon
Wise And
Judicious
Hua
Flower
Chinese
Holbrook
Youth
Hue
Lily
Vietnamese
Hypatia
Highest
Greek
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I stumbled across this sculpture of a lion, which looked very precious to me. Not sure out of what kind of material it was made of, but I'm quite sure it wasn't marble. Probably limestone or sandstone.
Notice how the lion has its left paw on an emblem - often described as "the lion is resting his paw on ..." I interpret it as a symbol of life-giving power or protection.
Church of Life-Giving Trinity in Troitsko-Golenischevo
First documentary evidence of existence of village Golenischevo goes back to year 1406, the village and all nearby grounds were known for summer residence palace of Moscow Patriarchate situated here, in vicinity of river Setun’. Upon benediction of Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow at the spot was built wooden church dedicated to John the Evangelist. In 1644-46 the church was renovated in stone by Antipa Konstantinov, who was also the architect of Terem Palace of the Moscow Kremlin. Refectory and bell-tower was built later in 1660 and then renovated in year 1840. The church was closed in 1937 and returned to the Eastern Orthodox Church of Russia in year 1991.
Egg tempera on wood
Early Modern period, early 17th c. CE
From Crete
Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Icon Museum and Study Center (formerly the Museum of Russian Icons), Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Gift of Dr. Emilio Bizzi
inv. R2022.02
"I read like the ink from the book is oxygen and I'm gasping for breath."
I hope heaven has books.
Freddy, Mum, and I stopped at our favorite used bookstore on the way to visit Gran today. We hadn't been there in ages. It is funny after years of visiting I finally felt at ease enough to grab a latter and start climbing. Yep you heard right...he has rolling latters!?! Each needed a special dose of soul soothing and this was our moment for the day.
Lady worker: Can I help you find anything?
Mum: No, thank you. I'm not much of a shopper. I find what I want and I'm ready. I'm waiting on my daughters.
Lady worker: Well just don't leave your kids here. We trade in books, not kids.
Mum: They are in their twenties so they wouldn't be much of a bother. They would probably love it if I traded them for a pile of books.
#TrueStory
ODC-Something You Can't Live Without
I think this is one of the most obvious things we can't live without, whether it be human or any other living creature, we all depend on water for survival. Here in the southwestern US we are going through a severe drought, so we are even more aware of how precious this resource is in this area. Here I'm filling up the bird bath which I do every day due to the water evaporating so fast.
Thanks for any comments/faves you wish to leave me, I do appreciate them all.
Have A Terrific Tuesday and Drink Your Water!
Jo :)
Vultures descend and circle 'round the dead remains, seeking the positions where their loooong shadows won't ruin their photos in the evening sunlight.
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In Philadelphia on March 24th, 2011, off the south side of Christian Street, between South 16th Street and South 17th Street.
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Library of Congress classification ideas:
QK773 Climbing plants—Pictorial works.
TH9732 Wire fencing—Pictorial works.
QB216 Sun—Rising and setting—Pictorial works.
F158.37 Philadelphia (Pa.)—Pictorial works.
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus term:
• chain link fences
The droplet at the bottom of this fern frond has an interesting reflection.
For me this symbolises the vital part water plays in keeping Australia's Wet Tropics in good condition ... as well as the patience needed as we wait for that water to fall.
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Ahmed Mater Al-Ziad Aseeri (1979) may best be described as an illuminator of both form and ideas and a man of energy and few habits. He is from the traditional village of Rujal Al-Ma’a in the mountainous and green area of Aseer and was raised in its capital Abha, where he still combines his career as an artist with that of a medical doctor at the local hospital.
It is from this knowledge of both loss and enlightenment that Mater appears to have the ability to move from expressing sadness and anger to sharing his insights with a sense of humor and lifegiving lightness. In the work which has brought him fame in both Europe and Saudi Arabia, when it was acquired by The British Museum, he combined explicit notes from his medical education with images of the Kaaba and a mosque. In a tradition of making collages these notes were loosely distributed on and around a visually attractive blue and black X-Ray. While advertising science in this work Mater does not overestimate its meaning and serves his audience with the real question: is it just DNA that makes us human or is something more required? Mater is one of those artists who is not there for viewers alone but actually needs a listening audience. ‘Has eyes, so can see,’ is what he may write on his collectors' foreheads.
Celebrating the pleasure of your eyes, but punching you on your nose with milk cartons and cheese boxes of a yellow variety of La vache qui rit, is what Mater ambitiously did in the 2007 Sharjah Biennial. Mater does his homework and has given much thought to the yellow cow that is mentioned in the Quran as a pleasure to see. Yellow Cow Products was a non commercial shop apparently critical of ‘Western’ consumerism. Not afraid of some bravura, Mater, as if he was mocking a TV commercial, went off into the desert with a bucket of yellow paint and a sponge to paint a real cow yellow in a country where painting yellow cows real is considered not done.
Extreme and disturbing pain is there in a work that deals with suicide and oil that went on show as a trilogy or triptych on the 11th Cairo Biennial. Again it is said to deal with the effects of consumerism on the traditions of his country and perhaps of his region in particular.
A return to using science to express something for which there is no scientific solution is his work Magnatic. Using the dual qualities of magnetisisme to both attract and repulse and playing on visual parallels with pilgrims circling the Kaaba, Mater seems to comment on relations of Islam with the world or on differences within the nation of Islam.
No illumination without darkness. They need each other. Not only does Mater refer in his works to present and future, he also includes images of a more magical past in his Talisman X-Rays. Texts appear that may be associated with magical bowls that were once in use in many parts of the Eastern world
Church of Life-Giving Trinity in Troitsko-Golenischevo
First documentary evidence of existence of village Golenischevo goes back to year 1406, the village and all nearby grounds were known for summer residence palace of Moscow Patriarchate situated here, in vicinity of river Setun’. Upon benediction of Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow at the spot was built wooden church dedicated to John the Evangelist. In 1644-46 the church was renovated in stone by Antipa Konstantinov, who was also the architect of Terem Palace of the Moscow Kremlin. Refectory and bell-tower was built later in 1660 and then renovated in year 1840. The church was closed in 1937 and returned to the Eastern Orthodox Church of Russia in year 1991.
The feast is celebrated on the anniversary of the day on which St. Helena found the True Cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.
The feast also commemorates the day in 335 AD on which the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was dedicated,and the day in 629 AD on which Patriarch Sergius I elevated the True Cross at Hagia Sophia after it was recaptured from the Persians by Byzantine Emperor Heraclius.
Along with Great Friday, it is one of the two Orthodox feast days which is a strict fast.
Fasting is observed for this feast no matter on what day of the week it falls.
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the official name of the feast is "Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Cross".
During religious service on the feast day, a cross decorated with flowers is brought into the middle of the church by a procession, accompanied by candles and incense.
The priest elevates the cross in four cardinal directions, each time repeating a benediction.
The congregation also says the Doamne, miluieste!(Kýrie, eléison) a hundred times.
Golden Sunrise at Shenandoah National Park Skyline Drive Overlook
I used 2-exposure fusion and some additional hand working (although Ansel Adams I am not!) to balance the sun and the dark mountains, but still retain a true-to-life looking photograph. This image is shot straight into the sun, so the HDR process helps keep balanced light. The lens flares and ghosts where included on purpose ("I meant to do that!") to keep the sun as a main focal point against the dark mountain forground. The sun-dappled grass also helps keep the focus on the sunlight. What is left of a dead standing hemlock tree (which is a popular photo target along Skyline Drive) is positioned at the other side of the photo in stark contrast to the warm, lifegiving sun. The tree looks like a harsh paper-tear in the picture - baren and lifeless. The mountain view reaches out to nine layered peaks spreading out to the sun and the horizon.
This shot was taken from the Jvari Church, on a hill opposite Mtskheta. This is the oldest (dating back to the 4th Century, though the "modern" structure we see here is 11th Century) and first Cathedral in all of Georgia, and has an impressive history to go along with the colorful and ornate stonework.
Legend has it that this is the final resting place of Christ's robe, taken from him before he was crucified. As the tale goes, in the 1st century AD a Georgian Jew from Mtskheta named Elias was in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified, and bought Jesus’ robe from a Roman soldier at Golgotha. Returning home, he was met by his sister Sidonia who immediately died when she held the robe, from the strong emotions engendered by the sacred object. The robe could not be removed from her grasp, so she was buried with it at the site where the Cathedral is currently located.
Soon after, directly from her grave sprung forth an enormous cedar tree. In the 4th Century, St. Nino ordered that the tree be used to create a Church on the site, and had seven columns made from it for the church’s foundation. The seventh column, however, had magical properties and rose by itself into the air, only returning to earth after St. Nino prayed the whole night. Also, from the seventh column, a sacred liquid apparently flowed that cured many sick people. In Georgian, sveti means "pillar" and tskhoveli means "life-giving" or "living", hence the name Svetitskhoveli or the "Pillar of Life" Church.
This Church and several other structures led to UNESCO naming the city a World Heritage Site in 1994 to protect and preserve the many cultural, religious, and archeological treasures found in this city.
Ahmed Mater Al-Ziad Aseeri (1979) may best be described as an illuminator of both form and ideas and a man of energy and few habits. He is from the traditional village of Rujal Al-Ma’a in the mountainous and green area of Aseer and was raised in its capital Abha, where he still combines his career as an artist with that of a medical doctor at the local hospital.
It is from this knowledge of both loss and enlightenment that Mater appears to have the ability to move from expressing sadness and anger to sharing his insights with a sense of humor and lifegiving lightness. In the work which has brought him fame in both Europe and Saudi Arabia, when it was acquired by The British Museum, he combined explicit notes from his medical education with images of the Kaaba and a mosque. In a tradition of making collages these notes were loosely distributed on and around a visually attractive blue and black X-Ray. While advertising science in this work Mater does not overestimate its meaning and serves his audience with the real question: is it just DNA that makes us human or is something more required? Mater is one of those artists who is not there for viewers alone but actually needs a listening audience. ‘Has eyes, so can see,’ is what he may write on his collectors' foreheads.
Celebrating the pleasure of your eyes, but punching you on your nose with milk cartons and cheese boxes of a yellow variety of La vache qui rit, is what Mater ambitiously did in the 2007 Sharjah Biennial. Mater does his homework and has given much thought to the yellow cow that is mentioned in the Quran as a pleasure to see. Yellow Cow Products was a non commercial shop apparently critical of ‘Western’ consumerism. Not afraid of some bravura, Mater, as if he was mocking a TV commercial, went off into the desert with a bucket of yellow paint and a sponge to paint a real cow yellow in a country where painting yellow cows real is considered not done.
Extreme and disturbing pain is there in a work that deals with suicide and oil that went on show as a trilogy or triptych on the 11th Cairo Biennial. Again it is said to deal with the effects of consumerism on the traditions of his country and perhaps of his region in particular.
A return to using science to express something for which there is no scientific solution is his work Magnatic. Using the dual qualities of magnetisisme to both attract and repulse and playing on visual parallels with pilgrims circling the Kaaba, Mater seems to comment on relations of Islam with the world or on differences within the nation of Islam.
No illumination without darkness. They need each other. Not only does Mater refer in his works to present and future, he also includes images of a more magical past in his Talisman X-Rays. Texts appear that may be associated with magical bowls that were once in use in many parts of the Eastern world
My grandfather is the fire
My grandmother is the wind
The Earth is my mother
The Great Spirit is my father
The World stopped at my birth
and laid itself at my feet
And I shall swallow the Earth whole
when I die
and the Earth and I will be one
Hail The Great Spirit, my father
without him no one could exist
because there would be no will to live
Hail The Earth, my mother
without which no food could be grown
and so cause the will to live to starve
Hail the wind, my grandmother
for she brings loving, lifegiving rain
nourishing us as she nourishes our crops
Hail the fire, my grandfather
for the light, the warmth, the comfort he brings
without which we be animals, not men
Hail my parent and grandparents
without which
not I
nor you
nor anyone else
could have existed.
Life gives life
which gives unto itself
a promise of new life
Hail the Great Spirit, The Earth, the wind, the fire
praise my parents loudly
for they are your parents, too
Oh, Great Spirit, giver of my life
please accept this humble offering of prayer
this offering of praise
this honest reverence of my love for you.
Ahmed Mater Al-Ziad Aseeri (1979) may best be described as an illuminator of both form and ideas and a man of energy and few habits. He is from the traditional village of Rujal Al-Ma’a in the mountainous and green area of Aseer and was raised in its capital Abha, where he still combines his career as an artist with that of a medical doctor at the local hospital.
It is from this knowledge of both loss and enlightenment that Mater appears to have the ability to move from expressing sadness and anger to sharing his insights with a sense of humor and lifegiving lightness. In the work which has brought him fame in both Europe and Saudi Arabia, when it was acquired by The British Museum, he combined explicit notes from his medical education with images of the Kaaba and a mosque. In a tradition of making collages these notes were loosely distributed on and around a visually attractive blue and black X-Ray. While advertising science in this work Mater does not overestimate its meaning and serves his audience with the real question: is it just DNA that makes us human or is something more required? Mater is one of those artists who is not there for viewers alone but actually needs a listening audience. ‘Has eyes, so can see,’ is what he may write on his collectors' foreheads.
Celebrating the pleasure of your eyes, but punching you on your nose with milk cartons and cheese boxes of a yellow variety of La vache qui rit, is what Mater ambitiously did in the 2007 Sharjah Biennial. Mater does his homework and has given much thought to the yellow cow that is mentioned in the Quran as a pleasure to see. Yellow Cow Products was a non commercial shop apparently critical of ‘Western’ consumerism. Not afraid of some bravura, Mater, as if he was mocking a TV commercial, went off into the desert with a bucket of yellow paint and a sponge to paint a real cow yellow in a country where painting yellow cows real is considered not done.
Extreme and disturbing pain is there in a work that deals with suicide and oil that went on show as a trilogy or triptych on the 11th Cairo Biennial. Again it is said to deal with the effects of consumerism on the traditions of his country and perhaps of his region in particular.
A return to using science to express something for which there is no scientific solution is his work Magnatic. Using the dual qualities of magnetisisme to both attract and repulse and playing on visual parallels with pilgrims circling the Kaaba, Mater seems to comment on relations of Islam with the world or on differences within the nation of Islam.
No illumination without darkness. They need each other. Not only does Mater refer in his works to present and future, he also includes images of a more magical past in his Talisman X-Rays. Texts appear that may be associated with magical bowls that were once in use in many parts of the Eastern world.
Artspace in Dubai has announced a solo exhibition of Mater which will probably coincide with Art Dubai 2009.
Icon (by Fr. Theodore Jurewicz) on the south deacon's door of the iconostasis at Saint John's Monastery in Hiram, OH.
"O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance. Give victory to those who battle evil, and with your cross protect us all."
"O cross of Christ, you are the hope of Christians and the guide of those who have strayed, haven of those tossed about by the storm of life, pledge of victory for all who battle evil, and resurrection for the fallen. By its power, O Christ, have mercy on us all."
"Bestow you mercies on all who bear your name, O you who freely let yourself be raised upon the cross. In your power, gladden all who battle evil, by gracing them with victory over every foe. For as long as they have you as their ally, they possess a weapon of peace, an unfailing trophy of victory."
(hymns for the feast)
When a cactus pad falls off to the ground, it never truly* dies. It lies dormant
for a while, losing its water slowly and changing colors. But if you check just
below the surface you will see tiny signs of life... root threads making their
way into the soil, just waiting for the lifegiving rains to fall so once again it
can rise up to begin a new cycle in life.
I've always been amazed at the purple prickly pears here in Arizona... they
are just glorious to look at.
2010....My focus word for the year was "Risk". The opportunity to test this was presented on January 1 2010 when a friend needed me during a tragic time. As weeks turned into months and as I began to realize just how fragile she was, I made a choice. I risked losing friends, I hardly saw the swans, did not even make time to visit, or keep in touch with most people. I stayed by my friends side, we planted a garden, took walks together, talked, and even laughed. We plotted and planned our re-emergence into the art world, started an exercise program and she appeared to bloom. What I gave her was so very little, and I hope it was enough, I hope I made a difference, because what I got back from this experience was unexpected. I was filled with the love and joy of a true friendship, and now I must do what friends do, I must honour her desire to die.
My friend is very very sick, physically and heartsick, she has seen one too many Christmases and way too many New Years Eve parties, she is tired and the lifegiving ability to breath is leaving her, she has advanced emphysema, and although I have tried to get her to quit smoking, I now must stand aside and let her live out her life on her own terms. I shall remain by her side for as long as she needs me.
I hope you all find your special doorway this year. Thank you all for your visits and friendship, you have no idea how important you have been to me, you have brought tears and smiles, some have passed on, others have just begun, and thus ends a perfectly normal year.
Hello 2011, I think I am going to like getting to know you.