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Perseverance is required to overcome many of life's stumbling blocks.
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera and KOWA 1:2.8/85 lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SO56•2C(YA3) filter using Adox CHS 100 II film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized using Photoshop.
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palissades sur trottoir d'un chantier sans autorisation obligeant la factrice à descendre sur la chaussée, rue du Temple.
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For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
~Fr. Alfred D'Souza
kim klassen texture(s)
so grow through the obstacles! ;)
hff!!
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Shot at about 1.5 times life size with a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens. See a larger image / buy a print.
Every year for the past seven years I have attended the Grad Parade at the high school where my son graduated from. I enjoy seeing all the happy young grads all dolled up and the proud parents, and my friends like to see the fashion show. This year was so fraught with difficulties from start to finish that I have vowed never again! I think I'm getting too old for this, it was hot, people were very pushy, and my back hurt from the endless standing. Oh well, all good things must come to an end. I guess I better switch to kittens and roses :))
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2023 Logger Sports, Willingdon Beach, Powell River, qathet Region, B.C.
Nikon D200
AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm ƒ/2.8 G IF-ED
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What would you do if you're blocked with obstacle along your way?
Would you try to take an alternative path or go through the hindrance and face the challenge?
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Something totally different this morning. We paid a visit to the National Carriage Driving championships @ Sandringham. a few representative photos. Have not been for about 12-15 years. No water splash obstacle this year unfortunately as that gives the best photos usually. A 3 day event with the 2nd day (today) being a "marathon", about 8km drive on roads & parkland leading to 8 obstacle course's that are timed with a short breating drive between each one. This was once the favorite sport of the Duke of Edinborough.
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Christ's Resurrection Basiilica (Lithuanian: Kauno mūsų Viešpaties Jėzaus Kristaus Prisikėlimo bazilika) in Lithuania's second city, Kaunas, was consecrated in 2004 and finished in 2005. It is located on a hill immediately to the north of the city centre and is on a monumental scale, with the main tower rising to 70 metres.
After Lithuania regained independence in 1918, the concept of a new church that would express gratitude to God for its regained freedom arose. A committee led by president Antanas Smetona was established in 1926 to oversee its construction. The City of Kaunas was chosen as its site, since the historic capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, was part of Poland between 1920 and 1939. A design competition was held in 1928 and the proposal drawn up by Karolis Reisonas was chosen for the church as the best. Due to the technical difficulties arising from the grand scope of the design, and dramatic escalation of its cost estimates, the final design was not approved until 1933.
The first cornerstone for the church was brought from Jerusalem's Mount Olive in 1934, marking the church's first symbolic milestone. Funds for the construction were raised in Lithuania and abroad. The prominent Lithuanian parson Feliksas Kapočius was particularly involved not only in the details of the building project, but also in its funding. He traveled through the United States, where many Lithuanian émigrés were living, to enlist support. The construction underwent several setbacks, and at times was suspended for lack of funding.
In 1936 certain Czechoslovak architects from Prague said that the church will become a masterpiece of modern architecture in the Baltics.[2] In 1938 the walls and roof of the church were completed, and by 1940 it was largely finished; at this point around one million litas had been spent, most of it from individual donations. Further work on the church was suspended during World War II. The Nazi occupational authorities used the church as a storeroom; during the Soviet period of Lithuanian history, the building was confiscated by the government. In 1952 Stalin decreed that it be used as a factory; the cross atop the tower was demolished, as was the chapel.
The church structure was used as a radio factory until the Lithuanian national awakening in 1988. Soon thereafter, control of the church was returned to a newly founded council. During the 1990s, its rehabilitation met with further obstacles; church and state had been officially separated, and Lithuanian citizens struggled with economic downturns during the transition to a market economy. In any event, the work continued. Funding was provided by both private sources and the Lithuanian government, and the church was consecrated in 2004.
In 2015 the church received the minor basilica title from Pope Francis.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
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