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[00:02] Vas (vasean.talamasca): It reminds me of Paris and Nicole.
[00:02] Vas (vasean.talamasca): all the glam without the dumb and stds.
Nowrūz (Persian language: نوروز [noʊruːz]), meaning 'New Day') is the traditional ancient Iranian festival and also the start day of Iranian "New Year".
Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some ethnic groups in Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia.
Nowruz marks the first day of Spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians, the same time is celebrated in the Indian sub-continent as the new year. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and Iranian families gather together to observe the rituals.
The term Nowruz in writing, first appeared in Persian records in the second century AD, but it was also an important day during the time of the Achaemenids (c. 648-330 BC), where kings from different nations under the Persian empire used to bring gifts to the emperor also called King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Persia on Nowruz.
The UN's General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of Nowruz, describing it a spring festival of Persian origin which has been celebrated for over 3,000 years.In 2009 Nowrūz was officially registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Since 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognizes March 21 as the "International Day of Nowruz".
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz
So if you have been wondering why I’ve been absent lately, blame this beast of a build, my second largest ever. 6 weeks and 3623 dark red 1x1 slopes later…As usual, 100% LEGO.
Inspired by this architectural photo by Heinrich Pollmeier.
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Prosperity Once More
An entry for Global Contest IX from the Lands of Roawia Castle Builders Game
The City Hall of Durrough is an interesting structure, the most modern in the entire region, if not all of Roawia. Its striking roof and colors stand out significantly amongst Durrough’s more traditional buildings. A mixture of the latest Lenfald architecture with highlights of sandstone and roof tiles from Loreos, it was meant to be a sign of friendship between the two neighboring lands; a political symbol of the important trade Durrough had right across the Aines river mouth which the city guarded. Unfortunately only three months after its completion the two lands went to war, and this made the heavily Loreos-influenced edifice less than popular with the citizenry. In fact the Queen’s troops easily occupied it as Durrough folk weren’t particularly interested in keeping it as their center of banking and courts. Times were different now though, with the Queen’s evil influence removed and relationships and trade with Loreos normalizing…which is exactly the reason High Lord Triphian chose its speaking platform as the ideal spot to give his returning victory speech.
“My fellow citizens, now is the time for recovery! For rebuilding that which was lost; for sowing the seeds of our new crops; for reestablishing friendships once strained but now full of hope, and for families to be reunited after this terrible time of oppression and war.” Triphian had come to his main point in his speech to the people of Durrough, a people not long liberated from the oppressive fists of the Queen’s troops, and his listeners rewarded him with another round of applause, happy that the Provincial leader had chosen Durrough as his harbor of return from campaign. Standing beside him was Durrough’s own stalwart leader, Duke Cartney, who had already delivered a short and therefore good speech on their victory, especially thanking the heroes who liberated the city during one brutal late-summer morning, not that long ago. Among those thanked were both Sir Caelan Munro, now standing in a place of honor behind Triphian, and Sir Haymar, who was not present, as he had had the good common sense to “avoid another silly speech from bureaucrats” by selectively being off “pursuing a band of brigands” just at the right time. And standing behind Sir Caelan was Lady Kenzie, who was very much on his mind right now instead of the speech.
The young baron however was brought out of his pleasant thoughts of an impending proposal back to the present situation, when Lord Triphian spoke of matters which no doubt would pertain to his not-so distant future.
“My people, you so deserve a time of peace. [applause again from the crowd] Yet in order to have that peace we must finally rid ourselves of this false Queen, this liar and conniver and stealer of wealth and tranquility, but I have returned not with news of more war for you, no, but for the professionals such as Sir Caelan here” —and this was where Caelan really woke up and started to pay attention—“for soon I must call on our valiant knights once more to finish the task, but not you, my people. I will not rob you of your husbands again, I will not call on your sons and brothers, no, but when the time comes our knights will carry the torch of righteous battle to give the Queen what she badly deserves!” [much applause here from a war-weary people].
So this was news, and Caelan started to ponder what it meant…certainly Triphian knew something more than he was divulging now, but there would still be time for that proposal, he was determined….and again his mind was interrupted by Triphian’s final rallying point, to prolonged applause.
“But for you my people of Lenfald, prosperity once more!”
For my vide; youtu.be/MOV_FZJadqk?si=F6lWzJDbX3EoeHN4,
Vancouver Central Harbour,
Taken from, Maplewood flats
Oil tanker loading
Westridge, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
At the end of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, Burnaby Terminal serves as a local distribution point, for crude oil and refined products to local terminals, including Parkland refinery and Westridge Marine Terminal. With 26 tanks, Burnaby Terminal has a combined storage capacity of approximately 5.5 million barrels. The terminal also has full-service fire protection systems, emergency response equipment, an enhanced stormwater treatment system as well as odour mitigation and abatement equipment. Three 30-inch delivery lines supply crude oil through the Burnaby Mountain tunnel to Westridge Marine Terminal for marine export.
1,180-kilometre pipeline carries crude and refined products from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the only pipeline in North America that carries both refined product and crude oil in batches.
Navig8 Prosperity,
a Crude Oil Tanker built in 2019 and currently sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands.
Length / 250m,
Beam / 44 m,
109,997 tons,
May 2011 brings to everyone,Peace,Joy,Success,Prosperity,Happiness and much health !
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Did you see the dragon cloud? I guess not huh! I took this with my friend he saw it and I said I saw nothing then I tried to snap a picture, I though that way I can see it. Well, some people born with a pair of spirit eye which they can see stuff and ordinary people can't. He said the dragon is heading toward the sun which its play time is over. True or not true I don't really believe it but the story suit this picture.
Destination:
» Eastwood
Lens:
» Canon 28-90mm.
» Polarized light filter.
Software:
» Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
» Photoshop CS3
» Photomatix Pro 3
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
» Added 1 layer reduce noise
» Added 1 layer for border
Photomatix Pro 3
» Details enhancer
Photoshop CS3
» Added 1 layer of curves to increase the lightness and darkness
» Uses Dfine2.0 to polarize the surrounding picture and increase saturation.
» Added 1 layer for masking around the cloud and sun to increase the saturation
» Added 1 layer masking around the tree and use filter to reduce noise.
Comment and criticism are welcome.
DESCRIPTION:
The talented engineers of kingdom Astra have completed the frame of the the Prosperity.
UPDATE: This version 1 is the final state as it fell over and got destroyed. The next ship will be a different version.
Prosperitas, navis regia ad astra:
"Prosperity, the royal starship".
The Prosperity is the royal flagship of the fleet: a space faring magical castle. A seed ship bringing the goodwill and cooperation of kingdom Astra to the Systar System and beyond.
BUILD SUMMARY:
This is a 2 meter / 7.5 foot Technic spaceship built from Jan 14 2019 - May 30th 2019.
I've swooshed it on Bricksmith's livestream.
The height is measured to the top of the dome, not the needle. Hours: About 20 hours a week during the duration of the build.
Download the 46 MP original to zoom in and look at some of the construction techniques and detail. Maybe you can count all the classic space astronauts sprinkled throughout the photo.
Click here for the Prosperity Album, which has WIP photos from the beginning until now.
Location: Gasing Hill 加辛山
Date Taken: July 21th, 2010 12:32am
Nikon D90, Tamron AF SP 90mm f/2.8
ISO 200, "A" mode 1/250 @ F5
The display at the Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay for the Chinese New Year festival during Dahlia Dreams 2022.
Here's a shot of me next to the build for a sense of scale. I'm 5' 9" tall, and the photo backdrop is 7' tall.
DESCRIPTION:
The talented engineers of kingdom Astra have completed the frame of the the Prosperity. UPDATE: This version 1 is the final state as it fell over and got destroyed. The next ship will be a different version.
Prosperitas, navis regia ad astra:
"Prosperity, the royal starship".
The Prosperity is the royal flagship of the fleet: a space faring magical castle. A seed ship bringing the goodwill and cooperation of kingdom Astra to the Systar System and beyond.
BUILD SUMMARY:
This is a 2 meter / 7.5 foot Technic spaceship built from Jan 14 2019 - May 30th 2019. I've swooshed it on Bricksmith's livestream. The height is measured to the top of the dome, not the needle. Hours: About 20 hours a week during the duration of the build.
Download the 46 MP original to zoom in and look at some of the construction techniques and detail. Maybe you can count all the classic space astronauts sprinkled throughout the photo.
Click here for the Prosperity Album, which has WIP photos from the beginning until now.
This is a 2 meter / 7.5 foot Technic spaceship I built over about six months. At this stage it's mostly the external frame that's complete.
I showed this at Denver Pop Culture Convention Lego display hosted by the Colorado and Wyoming Lego Users Group (COWLUG).
Mural by Menace Two and Resa Piece collectively known as @menaceresa, seen at 3454 Union Pacific Avenue in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California.
The artists state: "The laughing Buddha entity is considered a symbol of happiness, abundance and good luck. We painted this golden chrome Buddha character with stylized neon clouds because we think all of us can use a little good luck considering what’s going on in the world right now. The Chinese word painted by Menace says Prosperity. Wishing everyone a Buddha Blessed Day."
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Taken in the garden, with evening sunlight. I love how the droplets magnify the texture of the petals.
I think this variety is White Prosperity. It came in a mixed pack, but it's the only one I've found with the fuchsia pink stamens and soft pink blush on the older flowers.
Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
Around the world stand empty hotels that symbolise the loss of prosperity and the death of dreams. This lavish resort on Koh Mak - Thailand called Back to Nature which were once filled with life and activity is now abandoned and filled only with decay. Perhaps the name was choosen wrong cause indeed nature took it back. Once a paradise on a remote part of the globe for backpack tourists who wants to be closer to nature. A harmonious blend with nature now changed into a decrepit abandoned place. Perhaps it was storm who destroyed this resort and a lack of tourists due to the recession. Who knows? This spot serve as reminder that even the best laid plans don’t always work out over time.
Photo of the abandoned resort - Back to Nature - on the tropical island Koh Mak - Thailand. Once a peaceful backpacker's resort, clean and private thatched-roof, wooden cottages sit above seawaters and blend harmoniously with nature. But today it seems indeed nature took it back.
Verlaten gebouwen hebben een speciale sfeer. Het symboliseert de teneergang van welvaart wat eens een mooie droom was. Zo ook hier op het tropische eiland Koh Mak- Thailand. Het bungalow park genoemd Back to Nature was eens een druk bezochte plek door veel backpack toeristen maar nu totaal is verlaten. Een plek waar de tijd lijkt stil te staan en het verval ongecontroleerd voortgewoekerd heeft. Misschien lag het aan de gekozen naam van het bungalow park want inderdaad is de natuur weer helemaal terug. Of was het een zware storm? Misschien kwamen er te weinig toeristen door de recessie. Wie zal het zeggen? Des te vreemder de geschiedenis daarachter, des te spannender het bezoek kan zijn. Het verkennen van verlaten gebouwen is niet geheel zonder gevaar. Pas op voor vallende voorwerpen, gaten in de vloer, rotte trappen, ongedierte, slangen, etc.
The year is 1937. America and most of the world is experiencing the Great Depression. Rural Americans often relied on interurbans that were fairly prevalent from the turn of the century. Wisconsin especially had many lines connecting not only the larger cities, but many of the smaller towns in between. This is my interpretation of that era. While I dont wish to make accusations without the facts, it would appear the driver of the Cord 810 is rather well off for the times. The only time a car like that appears is when it's headed to one of the resorts up north frequented by the many gangsters from Chicago.
Scratchbuilt interurban. Vehicles by Franklin/Danbury Mint.
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Smuggler's Cove in Flamborough, one of our favourite haunts.
Magical place and wonderful people, their catch, mainly crabs and are beyond words.
They also catch lobsters... they go straight to the Continent...
During the week, these fisher folk are working from very early morning, on Sunday, they take people around the surrounding bays, and to view the cliffs like the famous Bempton Cliffs, with all their natural (bird) wildlife, some take people fishing.
Here the skipper eased his boat in with confidence, funny how they spot a lens aimed at them so quickly..
Mind your head!
Again uncropped, take the time and experience the joys of the discipline of composing your image in camera…
Have a super day and thank you for visiting, Magda (*_*)
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