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We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means. I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image. An image possessing the same distinguishing features as the world it represents. An image — as opposed to a symbol — is indefinite in meaning. One cannot speak of the infinite world by applying tools that are definite and finite. We can analyse the formula that constitutes a symbol, while metaphor is a being-within-itself, it's a monomial. It falls apart at any attempt of touching it.
― Andrei Tarkovsky
♫ Sounds on Trick or Treat Street ♫
This capture was taken at The 4th Annual Interactive Trick or Treat Neighborhood
En 1897, l'État met en vente aux enchères ce rocher appelé l'île d'Or. Un habitant de Saint-Raphaël l'achète alors pour 280 francs.
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SURL for Fairhaven : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stratography/160/138/22
Canna or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family Cannaceae, consisting of 10 species. It has been cultivated by Native Americans in tropical America for thousands of years and was one of the earliest domesticated plants in the Americas. The starchy root is edible. The plants are large tropical and subtropical perennial herbs with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves that are such a feature of this plant, grow out of a stem in a long, narrow roll and then unfurl. The leaves are typically solid green, but some cultivars have glaucose, brownish, maroon, or even variegated leaves. 53032
...or should I say Chevy Horses.
A classic old Chevy truck with it co working horses nearby.
Happy Truck Thursday!
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Location: Steckborn at the Lake Constance.
real or not that is the question
An 13 verschiedenen Standorten haben die sympathischen und zugleich imposanten Kunstfiguren ihre Plätze eingenommen und stehen für Christel Lechners Credo: „Gelebtes Leben ist die menschlichste Form der Schönheit.“
The clear answer to this question is given in my next photograph. But I would not have been surprised when taking this shot to see one of those Galapagos reptiles come crawling over the orange lichen covered rocks. As long as it's not that island that has all the snakes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3OjfK0t1XM
It's Winter here anyway, so that was not going to happen.
Au fond de la vallée de la Manche, aussi appellée Vallée des Mines d'or, ce petit lac bénéficie d'un environnement appréciable : cols, alpages et forêts.
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The principal or Jordan Staircase of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg is so called because on the Feast of the Epiphany the Tsar descended this imperial staircase in state for the ceremony of the "Blessing of the Waters" of the Neva River, a celebration of Christ's baptism in the Jordan River.
During state receptions and functions the Jordan Staircase was a focal point for arriving guests. After entering the palace through the Ambassadors' entrance, in the central courtyard, they would pass through the colonnaded ground floor Jordan Hall before ascending the staircase to the state apartments. Following a ball at the Winter Palace in 1902, The Duchess of Sutherland wrote: "The stairs of the palace were guarded by cossacks, with hundreds of footmen in scarlet liveries, I have never in my life seen so brilliant a sight—the light, the uniforms, the enormous rooms, the crowd, the music..
7DWF, Wednesdays: Macro or Close-up
A lonely lantern in an empty room to whom does it shine, where does it send its light in the dark night?
Eine einsame Laterne in einem leeren Raum wem leuchtet sie, wohin sendet sie in der dunklen Nacht ihr Licht?
Une lanterne solitaire dans une pièce vide à qui brille-t-elle, où envoie-t-elle sa lumière dans la nuit noire?
Una linterna solitaria en una habitación vacía a quien brilla, ¿a dónde envía su luz en la noche oscura?
Uma lanterna solitária em uma sala vazia para quem ela brilha, para onde ela envia sua luz na noite escura?
Una lanterna solitaria in una stanza vuota a chi brilla, dove manda la sua luce nella notte oscura?
Een eenzame lantaarn in een lege ruimte naar wie schijnt hij, waar zendt hij zijn licht in de donkere nacht?
En ensam lyktor i ett tomt rum till vem lyser det, var sänder det sitt ljus i mörk natt?
En ensom lanterne i et tomt rum til hvem skinner det, hvor sender det sit lys i den mørke nat?
Samotna latarnia w pustym pokoju, do kogo świeci, gdzie w ciemną noc wysyła światło?
The Temple of Aphaia (Greek: Ναός Αφαίας) or Afaea is located within a sanctuary complex dedicated to the goddess Aphaia. Formerly known as the Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius, the great Doric temple is now recognized as dedicated to the mother-goddess Aphaia. It was a favourite of the Neoclassical and Romantic artists such as J. M. W. Turner.
It stands on a c. 160 m peak on the eastern side of the island approximately 13 km east by road from the main port of Aegina island, which lies in the Saronic Gulf, Greece.
Aphaea (Greek: Ἀφαία, Aphaía) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively here. She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as a local deity associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle. Under the later Athenian hegemony she came to be identified with the goddesses Athena and Artemis and with the nymph Britomartis as well, by the 2nd century CE, the time of Pausanias:
On Aigina as one goes toward the mountain of Zeus, god of all the Hellenes, the sanctuary of Aphaia comes up, for whom Pindar composed an ode at the behest of the Aeginetans. The Cretans say (the myths about her are native to Crete) that Euboulos was the son of Kharmanor, who purified Apollo of the killing of the Python, and they say that Britomartis was the daughter of Zeus and Kharme (the daughter of this Euboulos). She enjoyed races and hunts and was particularly dear to Artemis. While fleeing from Minos, who lusted after her, she cast herself into nets cast for a catch of fish. Artemis made her a goddess, and not only the Cretans but also the Aeginetans revere her. The Aeginetans say that Britomartis showed herself to them on their island. Her epithet among the Aeginetans is Aphaia, and it is Diktynna of the Nets on Crete. Description of Greece 2.30.3
Or bourgeoisie reflections in a glass of wine.
Marstrand is a quite philistine seaside resort in the archipelago of the West Coast of Sweden
Thanks to Eiona Roberts for identifying it as a Cricket and Joan Disley for naming it as a Dark-Bush Cricket
I got lots of shots of blur and empty leaves before he stopped jumping just long enough to get this shot.
Taken on a walk near our South Wales home
Where it all started, or where you can find out how it started.
There are stories that should not be forgotten... Well, perhaps we should never forget. From memories, from the past and from our history we learn. Today I begin to record the result of my investigations. A task that has taken me a year, a long year of wandering between the shelves of the Carnelian Archive, where all the Fairlands chronicles are kept. The dust, the smell of leather, paper and history have been my faithful companions in this search, which is now over. It was something personal, yes. It has already been lost in time and in the silence of my relatives over the years, but I needed to know the truth. And the truth, like a polished diamond with countless faces, is not as simple as they imagined. There is no good or bad, but a mixture of the two whose balance maintains the Universe. Anyway, this is not the time to ramble. I think I should pick up the scattered fragments, hinted at in these flickr posts, and tell the whole story, though maybe not the whole truth, who knows....
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
--Hans Christian Anderson
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Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival also featured two tethered hot air balloons which allowed riders a bird’s eye view of the Willamette Valley and the colorful tulip beds.
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All the other birds were in their breeding plumage so this beauty stood out from the crowd.
black guillemot or tystie (Cepphus grylle)
Oban- Argyll Scotland
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A Virgin High Speed Train is snapped passing Rugeley Trent Valley station at speed.
A tripod-mounted time exposure on Fujichrome Velvia, processed using Flickr's own software. I like the graphic result - but it's not for everyone.
Nikon F70
18th June 2000
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