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Deuteronomy 4:40 “Keep His statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”
Leviticus 26:18 “And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins.”
Amur adonis is an auspicious flower in Japan.
Flower that celebrates happiness and longevity.
Fuku means happiness and jyu means longevity in Japanese.
Fukujyu-sou was blooming in clusters on the sunny slope of the forest. It always makes me feel bright when I see this flower.
山林の斜面で陽光を燦々と浴びて喜びを表すかの如く咲いてました。福寿草を見ると自然と明るい気分になります(^^♪
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There's this new thing: longevity. And ice bathing is one of the hottest trends in that respect. It is supposed to boost our resilience, strength, clarity of mind, and more. Ice bathing does it all. Or does it really? I'm not sure, because I've never tried it. But this little guy has, a few times since last night, and look how happy it has made him. Maybe, just maybe, he has taken things a little too far, but he keeps assuring me that he feels gorgeous. "Put me back into the freezer, it's much too warm in your place!" So I did.
Well, there are century-old traditions like the Finnish sauna or other bathing traditions that combine hot and cold treatments, so there probably is something to ice bathing. Maybe I will dig deeper into the issue once Mr. Bones is defrosted so he can tell me all about it. Maybe I will also defrost him in warm water to give him the full experience, because before I put him in the ice bath and froze him, he never complained about it "being too warm" in my place. We'll see.
I seriously had no idea what to put into water to freeze. Actually, I could have put anything into the ice cube mould, and then simply taken a decent photo of it, but, as usual, this freedom of choice blocked me out. Until I found Mr. Bones while searching for the skull mould I had already used for another ice theme. The ice cube mould was just a little too small for this mini Lego figure, so I put him in an egg holder that also made a nice round ice cube shape.
I did focus stacking (in camera, 15 images, combined in Helicon Focus, method A, R8, S4). For the green light, I placed the green bottle in front of one of the LED lamps and put a silvery "reflector" (cardboard) on the opposite side of that lamp. To make the ice glow, I used two LED flashlights, set on spot, one placed behind the ice cube, and the other placed in front of it. The fourth light source was my natural light photo lamp from above.
HMM, Everyone!
The morning sun just reaches this vintage suspension walking bridge in the Richfield County Park, part of the Genesee County Parks. This little gem of a bridge was built in 1938 via the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal economic recovery program. It continues to be a magnet for senior high school pictures and weddings.
The Myiopsitta monachus is a species native to the Southern Cone of South America, distributed across Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and southern Brazil. This bird is recognized for its unique social behavior among parrots: it constructs large communal nests made of branches and sticks, where several pairs breed and find shelter. Due to its great adaptability and longevity, this species has managed to establish self-sustaining populations outside its native range in various regions of the world, being considered an introduced or feral species in countries in North America and Europe.
• Monk parakeet
• Cotorrita verde, cotorrita verdigrís, cotorra argentina, perico monje
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Psittaciformes
Superfamily:Psittacoidea
Family:Psittacidae
Subfamily:Arinae
Genus:Myiopsitta
Species:M. monachus
Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay
Explored: December 4, 2025
There is now 10 cm's of fresh snow here at Keefer Lake. The temperatures are predicted to hover around zero in the coming week and only getting colder thereafter ... so ... it is official ... winter has arrived. I love all of our seasons (including winter) however, winter is the longest season by far (the ice forms on the lake in November and isn't gone until May). Thank goodness for Portugal! :)
- Keefer Lake forest trail, Ontario, Canada -
View of Kunming Lake from Longevity Hill within the Summer Palace, an ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces located in the western outskirts of Beijing. In 1998, the Summer Palace was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hazy weather is quite typical for Beijing, partly due to air pollution, partly due to the nearby desert.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with GIMP.
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I found this shot in Canary Wharf in London. Its a shot of two busses looking down towards One Canada Square the tallest building in Canary Wharf.
Near the mountains of north Guangxi is the township of Bama (Panyang River). It is known for the high number of people aged over one hundred years of age.
Las calles medievales, con las casas con estructuras de roble "pas de bois" y soportales con columnas de base de piedra y pilares de madera, son uno de los rasgos característicos del casco antiguo de Dinan. La extraordinaria duración de estas estructuras de madera se debe a que el roble puede tener la asombrosa longevidad de hasta 1000 años e incluso más en construcción, si se utiliza verde siguiendo los métodos tradicionales. Cuando no hay roble disponible se usa el alerce como alternativa, con resultados muy aceptables. Un paseo por estas calles te transporta al pasado.
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The medieval streets, with oak-framed houses "pas de bois" and porches with columns of stone and wooden pillars, are one of the characteristic features of the old town of Dinan. The extraordinary length of these wooden structures because the oak can have amazing longevity of up to 1000 years and even more under construction, if used green using traditional methods. When there is no available oak larch used as an alternative, with very acceptable results. A walk through the streets transports you to the past.
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Otherwise known as the Chinese New Year, it is celebrated for 15 days, the 15th day being 12 February 2025. I will be posting pics of the decorations here in Kuala Lumpur until then....
Ozzy the Bull at Birmingham New Street Station.
Named by the public after Black Sabbath icon Ozzy Osbourne.
It stole the hearts of the public at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
The bull, which was made using materials from factories in Birmingham and the Black Country and constructed around a 17-tonne forklift crane, was not designed as a permanent fixture and has been modified to ensure its longevity.
Longevity.
Predire miti frantumare alieni rapidi trasferimenti presumere opere disegnare sillabe eccedere tirature eredità bugie pronunciate scetticismo assoluto,
eilimintí míochaine monaí reatha seanchothroime éagothroime cearta dlíthiúla nathanna fianaise íorónta cumhachtaí treallach córais ghairm gníomhaíochta pragmatach,
нууц үгс алга болсон нууцлаг кодуудыг сийлсэн иероглифик элементийн үнэнийг сурч буй шинжлэх ухаан төөрөгдүүлж буй төөрөгдөл ойлгомжтой эрхүүд,
ouverture voyages malheurs international avenir folies contemporains embellissements versification processus alchimique singuliers notions abstraites vécues,
государственная мудрость прикрывает откровенность враждебные идеи академический метафизик текущие изображения цензура редакторы тщеславные удовольствия,
拷問を押す実質的な頑固な感覚は意見を妥協します好意的な製品スタンピングデザインは反乱に資金を提供しました区画化された泥棒の商業的利益に対する絶え間ない恐怖が、目を輝かせる独特のパラドックスを見る.
Steve.D.Hammond.
It's just a day,
but a very special day
living to tell
a simple way to excell,
your light is proof enough
of life's essential stuff
every glare and beam;
the shadow of the deeper dream
glimmering shades and shapes
of this day that never escapes
attention and importance
for time is life's own heritance
and all we miss so deeply,
may be reached so simply
ordinally, the virtue of patience
respiration and the gift of sentience
offer hope upon time unto each and all
for the taking, simplicity to recall
hail longevity, a timeless talent indeed
redeeming our features in need
we welcome reminders to precede
a tulle touch of the life we wish to lead
instinct being your first feeling of living
and isn't it beautiful, worthy of our thanksgiving
venerate your soul and project yourself
unto every new day with love in itself
sparking the anniversary of every one of us
we all deserve a celebration of hope to profess!
Love your life, love this day, love one another!!
by anglia24
10h55: 06/02/2008
©2008anglia24
This antique piece was brought to me by my friend Mark from Thailand. A beautiful wood carved Buddha. Carving date unknown.
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Mosaic Montage Monday: Longevity
Double exposure in camera
The Bunya Bunya Pine, Araucaria bidwillii, belongs to the Araucariaceae family, which dominated the globe during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, i.e. from 201 to 66 million years ago. Three genera of this family have survived: Araucaria, Agathis and Wollemia. All survivals are in the southern hemisphere, in ancient Gondwanaland. Seven further genera have been identified in the fossil record.
... at the Yiheyuan (颐和园, ie. the Garden for Nourishing Peace/Harmony), the Imperial Summer Palace, in the light of the winter sun.
The building on the right, at the top of the hill, is the Sea of Wisdom. In front of it is the Tower of Buddhist Incense.
The current Imperial Summer Palace, Yiheyuan, was built after the Old Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan, had been looted and burnt by Anglo French forces during the Second Opium War. Many looted items are now said to be in British and other European art collections.
Near Beijing, December 2017,
08 484 runs out of the yard towards the test track whilst 20 314 and 20 096 tick over awaiting departure with 7X09 11.47 Old Dalby to West Ruislip. Collectively these three locomotives have racked up 168 years service.
Longevity bracelet.
The symbol of Longevity represents a long, healthy, prosperous life, which is one of the most admirable and highest goals of humanity.
I took this photograph a few weeks ago with the sole intention of posting this on my father's birthday.
This year he would have been 96.
Oak is often associated with honor and wisdom thanks to its size and longetivity and I thought it a fitting image to describe my father.
Just like the Oak, my father was always there, a strong but quiet presence.
It was 24 years ago now. I remember clearly the day. I was in a meeting in my office in Covent Garden, it was late morning when my sister phoned to tell me the news.
Time marches on but since moving up to Cheshire I often think how lovely it would have been for both my mother and father to have seen my wife and children.
Happy Birthday Dad.
The Upper Crust performing at Church in Boston, MA - USA on December 31, 2008
Contact: crustmail@gmail.com
From official biography:
The Upper Crust played their first show in the back room of a Cambridge, Massachusetts bar one Monday night in 1994. Not for a moment did they or anyone else imagine that-more than a decade later-they would be comfortably enshrined in the pantheon of rock stardom, polishing their platform shoes to kick it up a notch with their newly remixed, remastered collection of stellar hits “Cream of the Crust.”
The original band concept was simple and loaded with comic potential: Young fellows singing about the joys and sorrows of the only life they knew, like numberless youths since the dawn of rock and roll… only these lads are filthy rich and theirs is a life of appalling self-indulgence, entitlement and privilege. The result was seen in instant classics like “Let Them Eat Rock,” “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” and “We're Finished With Finishing School.” Like any other concept band, the odds against longevity seemed loaded. No one has been more surprised then they themselves to find that the public's appetite and affection for the Upper Crust, far from diminishing, has grown more insatiable with every passing year. It was not long before the band's image resolved into sharper focus, as they adopted the dress and personae of members of the 18th century European aristocracy in powdered wigs and knee breeches, and the identities Jackie Kickassis (drums), Lord Bendover (guitar, vocals) the Duc d'Istortion (guitars, vocals). Original members Lord Rockingham and the Marquis du Rocque left to pursue other careers and were replaced by the vastly talented Count Bassie (bass, vocals).
The Crust appeared on Conan O'Brien, played with Aerosmith, earned accolades in national press (Vogue, GQ, etc.). They released three studio CDs and one live CD on various independent labels. They won the love and devotion of an ever- growing legion of fans, among them many music and show-business celebrities like Joan Jett, Steven Tyler and daughter Liv, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Tenacious D, etc.; people who could appreciate the nuances of their art with its peculiar blend of head-banging hard-rock, comedy, and theater.
Preferring the lavish comforts of their stately homes and disliking the hardships of the road, for several years they played mainly East Coast shows and spot tours, where they would fly to England, New Orleans or Los Angeles for one or two shows. In this way they succeeded in avoiding the demands of celebrity while enjoying its perquisites. But now the time has come for them to claim their due, and with the aid of famed producers Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie, they've remixed and remastered a compilation of 18 of their greatest hits. Cream of the Crust is released in collaboration with Redeye Distribution.
The band has been feverishly active since September, hitting such diverse markets as Raleigh, N.C., Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Providence, R.I., New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Next, they contemplate a full West Coast tour and a more detailed Southern itinerary, and are entertaining offers from European promoters. A live Upper Crust DVD entitled “Horse & Buggery” will be issued by Reptilian Records of Baltimore in November to celebrate the label's 17th anniversary.
An animated appearance on the Comedy Channel's “Code Name: Kids Next Door” is scheduled for this winter (date to be determined).
Press activity is already swelling, with forthcoming spreads in several national publications. The band will be doing extensive radio and press promotion is available for interviews, in-store appearances and all other publicity.
Website: theuppercrust.org
Contact: crustmail@gmail.com
Visitors from abroad provide the excuse for this Londoner to take an overdue repeat 1/2 hr "trip" on the Millennium Wheel - this time after dark. The lens brings the South Bank, City & East London seemingly-close together.
Is it a shot from Chinese traditional painting?of course not.I took it from a huge porcelain vase in my office building,this photo is just one of small part from it.It is not flat and the reflected light is strong.So it is not easy to shoot the right one.
In Chinese culture,the pine simbolizes evergreen,and the red-crowned crane simbolizes longevity.they are both linked to best wishes.
As time goes by.everyone is getting old and even die,But human being's love is everlasting.let's enjoy everyday.
This mountain ash leaflet, already chewed up, and ripped from its tree by sever winds, landed facedown on a small outdoor table. It remained there through several days and nights of rain with only momentary reprieves, gathering a different collection of droplets each day. The table was so saturated that its wood's fibres were raised, undoubtedly helping to hold the leaf in place, when it might have floated off on several occasions. Eventually I peeled the leaflet off the table, but not before taking a photo. There was something so lovely in the sinuous line of its stem, a beauty even in its ragged state.
Another frame of this spectacular scene that all came together for me, and that I'll forever be grateful for given that it can never be repeated. This one was a treat as a local resident stepped out in front of the train, but no fear, she was never in danger given that the train was moving at a crawl.
This scene had changed greatly in the 16 months since I last photographed it and more changes were rapidly looming on the horizon. Since my last visit in May 2023 the new loop track had been completed which obviated the need to cut inbound loaded trains into pieces to dump. The land clearing and excavation undertaken to build the loop and the new road overpass opened up a much wider view than was previously possible. In addition, to the benefit to photographers the local whitetail population seems to love CN's project as it created several large sloping meadows behind me around the loop, and in fact I saw a dozen more besides this doe.
The town, harbor, and the mighty Lake Superior are all shrouded in a thick marine layer of fog, but the cloud line cuts like a knife's edge through the yard bathing the train in some of the most epic storm light I've ever seen. A Two Harbors Yard crew on board a U793 train of loaded taconite pellets from Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine which is crawling through the dump building at the prescribed 0.3 may behind a brace of classic GE C40-8s, CN 2000, 2007, and 2020. The trio were built as CNW 8501, 8507, and 8521 in Jun and Jul 1989 respectively for hauling coal out of the Powder River Basin. Later renumbered and repainted as UP 9023, 9030, and 9043 they were part of a large group retired by UP more than 24 years ago. They then served as Citirail lease units for a time until CN purchased the entire fleet between 2010-2012, and later modified a portion of those with straight air for Iron Range ore train service which has explained their unexpected longevity.
Alas after an entire second full career in heavy haul unit train service their time has come to an end as CN has modified 22 (I believe) rebuilt AC446Ms with straight air and has replaced all of these (and the EMDs on the Missabe Sub side) in 2 for 3 replacement schede on all ore trains. According to a good friend and local CN employee the end would come in a bit over a month on October 26th when the last pellet train ran down the Iron Range Sub behind a three pack of Dash-8s.
For even more history and info check out this first post if you missed it: flic.kr/p/2qxRQEq
Two Harbors, Minnesota
Friday September 13, 2024
颐和园 - 万寿山
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This object is probably the most cherished thing I have. It belonged to my Great-grandfather. I loved it since I was a very little girl and I knew it wasn’t a toy. I marveled over it for years after my mom got it. Sometime when I was a teenager my prized possession fell down in the curio cabinet and in his right hand held a staff or walking stick. Consequently the very delicate rod broke off and I don’t know what my mother did with it. In his left hand holds a peach. I was crushed. I don’t know much about except for what I found on the web. Vintage Chinese carved wood sculpture of Shou, one of the three Sanxing and the embodiment of Longevity, modeled as a bearded wise old man holding a peach. Shou is also known as the Old Man of the South Pole, the Taoist deification of Canopus, the brightest star of the constellation Carina, and the symbol of happiness and longevity in Far Eastern culture.
"Longevity:" This barren tree has stood tall over the rim of the Grand Canyon for many years, and I have visited and photographed it many times in various conditions and times of day. I wondered just how long it had been there. It has weathered many storms day in and day out and, despite not having any foliage, it stands tall, albeit slightly leaning, on the precipice of this great abyss. I watched as the last rays of the sun highlighted a distant rock structure in the canyon and the clouds above slowly started to take on beautiful hues.
Nom scientifique / Scientific name: Cardinalis
-Longueur / Length : 24 cm
-Envergure / Wingspan : 25 à 31 cm
-Poids / Weight : 42 à 48 g
-Longévité / Longevity : 15 ans
Golden Week crowds at the Hall of Benevolence and Longevity in Beijing's Summer Palace.
The Summer Palace is the best place to explore both the finery of China’s Golden Age and its rapid decay in the 19th Century. The Summer Palace isn’t just one palace, but in fact a vast complex covering more than a square mile, containing more than 3,000 buildings, and the famous Seventeen Hole Bridge as iconic a symbol of Beijing as the Palace of Westminster is of London.
Beijing was booming in the 1700s, with the population growing rapidly and along with it much light industry. Around 1749, the Qianlong Emperor decided to build a palace eight miles from the smoky downtown, on a beautiful site overlooking a lake that was being used for stables, to celebrate the 60th birthday of his mother, Empress Dowager Chongqing. He had the lake dredged and expanded to create what is now Kunming Lake, and the earth excavated to do so was used to raise the height of what is now Longevity Hill. What would become the Summer Palace was still called the Gardens of Clear Ripples.
Designed in the style of the gardens of South China, and drawing on motifs from Chinese mythology, the hill was soon graced by the Great Temple of Gratitude and Longevity, later renamed the Hall of Dispelling Clouds, which was overlooked by the Tower of Buddhist Incense, and graced by other wonderfully named buildings like Hall of Benevolence and Longevity the Hall for Listening to Orioles.
Encapsulating China’s Qianglong Golden age, it also encapsulates its subsequent disastrous decline. While the Qianlong Emperor lavished support on the arts and expanded China’s borders to their greatest ever extent, years of exhausting campaigns weakened the military, while in the Empire’s prosperous core, decadence set in, with endemic corruption, wastefulness at the court and a stagnating civil society. These problems would accelerate after the Qianlong Emperor died in 1799. In the heyday of intercontinental sailing ships, Chinese had already successfully managed direct trading relations with Europe for several centuries by this point, exporting porcelain to Europe and the Americas at scale. So when some arrogantly uncouth emissaries arrived at court in the 1830s from an upstart country named Britain, they were initially dismissed as a particularly unpleasant of self-deluding barbarians.
But a sign of the rotten state of the Chinese Empire as the 19th Century wore on was the increasingly dilapidated state of the Summer Palace. During the Second Opium War, British and French forces sacked and burned the Summer Palace as part of an invasion of Northern China which forced the Qing government to sign a trade treaty on unwelcome terms. The Place was further damaged in 1900, by an alliance of Western and Japanese troops who were putting down the Boxer Rebellion. Yet the Chinese Imperial system which stretched unbroken back to Qin ended in 1912, when Puyi, the last Emperor abdicated. Two years later, the Summer Palace was turned into a public park, and so it has remained ever since, barring a few years after the Communist takeover of 1949, when it briefly housed the Central Party School.
Restoration work has taken place at some pace since the 1980s, and continues to the present day.
This magnificent site can be very crowded, especially if you visit, as I did, on the second day of China’s weeklong early October holiday. More than ten million visitors come here every year, averaging nearly 30,000 per day. You can see why. Despite the crowds, this is one of the world’s great historic sights.
The Summer Palace is a half-hour ride on a new subway line from the city centre. The surrounding are suburbs are wealthy, and house Xi Jinping and most of the party bigwigs – but they don’t take the subway!