Pilgrimages
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Every year I try to get to some bluebell woods (not last year of course) and this year was no exception. A 4:30 alarm call and forty minute drive, are we all mad or what !!
The same wood as the last image, how different it looks !!
When the rapeseed fields bloom in spring.
View of the villages, Vorne Rainding, with the parish church of St. Michael. At the back, Sammarei (Bavarian for: Sankt Maria) a Catholic pilgrimage site and district of the Ortenburg market near Passau in Lower Bavaria.
Just returning from our annual Pilgrimage to Tofino where a shorebird festival is hosted every year. My husband and I decided to keep our plan to go even if the weather forecast had shifted at the last minute and wildlife photography opportunities were going to be limited. This time the forecast was right and we sure had a load of rain and fog. But, Tofino rain or shine or fog is still Tofino.... I know that these distant shots are not as popular as close-up but I like to take them.... It is always a challenge to try a full frame on these scenes of wildlife in their habitat. Here is a marble godwit (left) with a Whimbrel (right) .... We have been visiting Tofino for several years and we always find practically at the same location a pair of Whimbrels with one solitary godwitt hanging around together... never the other way around.... makes me wonder if they are the same birds, like us, on their annual pilgrimage to Tofino :) . The irony of it all is that while we were away, Victoria had a real windfall of shorebirds of all kinds. As many as 30 Whimbrels among other things showed up at the Victoria Golf Course.... that is life I guess :) I will be posting more from Tofino over the next couple of days.
Croagh Patrick is a mountain and an important site of pilgrimage in County Mayo, Ireland.
From ancient times pilgrims have climbed the mountain barefoot, as an act of penance.
Some tourists entering into the basement of the Abbey of San Fruttuoso, near Portofino.
The Abbey of San Fruttuoso is a Catholic abbey on the Italian Riviera between Camogli and Portofino, built in the VII century.
The abbey is located in a small bay beneath a steep wooded hill. It can only be reached by sea and by hiking trails, there is no road access. The abbey is owned by the heritage organisation Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
Christ of the Abyss
The underwater statue Christ of the Abyss was installed in the sea off San Fruttuoso in 1954, at a depth of 17 metres (56 ft).
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me. Only in the Heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
- Kabir
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen / Lake Constance / Baden-Württemberg / Germany
Album of Germany (the south): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712099...
It is always with a sense of anticipation when I visit one of my favourite churches. If I have not been for a while I will often feel a 'calling' to return.
The atmosphere of the church will envelop me and I know I have to go.
This church is St. Mary's, and is only a ten minute walk from where I live. This day I walked a different way, through a small park, and the morning light lit up the pampas grass.
I am going to add on a thank you here to everybody who has supported me on Flickr. With this third batch of images that I have uploaded, this image being the first of those, I have done this with more confidence this time round because of all your support. Nobody really saw my images except my partner, my parents, and a couple of close friends, for over 25 years. I worked in isolation, never really thinking it was good enough. Things changed when I lost some members of my family under difficult circumstances, and to save my heart I picked up my camera again on the advice of a gentle man of faith. I am grateful to him, and I wish to say a big thank you to all of you.
Thank you, all, Shelley.
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My annual pilgrimage to Osoyoos to visit Spotted Lake. I was tipped off viewing Foggy Lens-Kris Peterson ' (Foggy Lens) latest photo of this lake that the spots had indeed returned. Most of the years I've seen this the lake was fairly robust and the craters were almost invisible. This year with the drought we have experienced the lake has pretty much dried up leaving the craters in full evidence. I decided to stay until evening to get the sunset over the lake.
This roofless but otherwise largely intact chapel was probably originally erected in the 16th century, possibly by Bishop Vaughan (1509-22) on considerably earlier foundations, using some of the earlier structure's materials. Descriptions of the earlier structure suggest battlements, gables and a tower. The chapel's name derives from the legend that the 6th and 7th century Saint Justinian was buried there after he was murdered on Ramsey, where he was established for a time. The chapel was a place of pilgrimage for some centuries.
During his lifetime, Justinian was a confessor to St David and his bones are believed to now rest in St Davids Cathedral
I have rested for a while, my pilgrimage nearly at its end
I constantly seek a connection, my spirit searching for meaning
But often I feel as though I have just missed you
In reaching for you it's as if I am trying too much
You come to me at the point of stillness,
Often when I turn around to say goodbye
And then I see your glory and inspiration
And marvel that I did not see you before
But I was not looking in the right places
Because you were always there beside me
It is as though we have to stop to start
And the pilgrimage just opens our heart
This beautiful detail of a Stained Glass Window in Glynde Church, Sussex, UK of St.Peter’s resting feet made me think of those who undertake a difficult pilgrimage, some going barefoot all the way, and the dedication it takes to do this. Not only that, it was the fact that these feet looked so vulnerable. And this is the meaning of pilgrimage, to make ourselves open and receptive to what thoughts or guidance that might come. It is the journey, rather than the destination that is often important.
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original photographs, snapseed, procreate, apple pencil— includes six figures from the union street sculptor’s ‘under wraps’ group sculpture, photographed at the 10th palmer sculpture biennial in 2022
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El Santuario de Chimayó is a Roman Catholic church in Chimayó, New Mexico, United States. (Santuario is Spanish for "sanctuary".) This shrine, a National Historic Landmark, is famous for the story of its founding and as a contemporary pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year and has been called "no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States.
Neben Maria Plain zählt Maria Kirchental zu den beliebtesten Wallfahrtsorten im Salzburgerland. Kaum ein anderer Ort weit und breit kann eine so beeindruckende Einheit von Natur und Kultur, von Geschichte und Gegenwart aufweisen. Seit über 300 Jahren pilgern Salzburger, Tiroler, Oberösterreicher und Bayern zu diesem 900 m hoch gelegenen Gnadenort zu Füßen der Loferer Steinberge. „Bergkristall unter den Wallfahrtsorten“ hat ihn Alterzbischof Eder nach Abschluß der Renovierungsarbeiten im September 2001 genannt.