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This is an image of wild flowers in brass thimble. This was definately the most difficult assignment so far. I looked like a micro-surgeon, operating on small bouquet: converging lens was above bouquet, in my left hand was a pincette, in my right hand was pair of scissors. Also, I had to work very quickly as wild flowers wilt within fifteen minutes. I've worked on this for two days in order to be ready for the big shoot; I've practiced the speed so I could do it quickly and in enough time. At the end I've managed to capture these small wild flowers in a thimble as I've imagined it.
I wish you a lot of years of succesful work and thank you all for helping me learn so much about macro photography.
HBMM!
As always, thank you so much for your visits, comments and faves!
A view of the north side of the Logan County Courthouse Square (right) in the 600 block of Broadway St. in downtown, Lincoln. Also shown is the east side of the 100 block of N. Kickapoo St. (left). All of the buildings in this late afternoon street view lie within the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The district is rich with commercial buildings erected in the late 19th century.
Of the buildings on Broadway St., the former Lincoln Savings and Building Association building (c. 1914, Neoclassical) on the near corner and a two-story commercial building at the opposite end of the block (c. 1895, Italianate) are contributing properties in the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.. City Hall (c. 1886, Romanesque Revival), which can be seen in the 700 block of Broadway St., also is a significant property in the historic district.
The buildings between the former Lincoln Savings and the two-story commercial building at the opposite end of the block are a mix of newer mid-century commercial buildings, and older buildings that have been modernized to the extent that their historic architectural antecedents are basically unrecognizable. These buildings are non-contributing properties within the historic district.
First settled in the 1830s, Lincoln is the only town in the United States that was named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president. Mr. Lincoln practiced law here from 1847 to 1859. The seat of Logan County, Lincoln is situated in central Illinois approximately 26 miles northeast of Springfield, the state capitol. The population of Lincoln at the 2020 census was 13,288.
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10 years ago I took a shot of the same statue from the same angle - and there is a marked difference, due to both a better camera and a more practiced eye. See for yourself here:
www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/3400929149
This is a Roman marble statue of the god Apollo, dated to circa 150 A.D. It was renovated in about 1790 (at a time when restauration works were generally done with a quite heavy hand). On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Parc animalier de Gramat 46
Le paon blanc est une forme rare d'une espèce bien connue, à savoir le paon bleu. Ils ont les même caractéristiques.
Son plumage blanc est le résultat d'une mutation génétique. Une particularité du paon mâle sont ses longues plumes de queue qui lui permettent de faire la roue.
Composée d'environ 150 plumes, la roue du paon mâle vise à impressionner les femelles.
Les premiers paons sont arrivés d'Inde sur la côte de la Méditerranée il y a déjà 4000 ans. Le paon est donc le plus ancien oiseau d'ornement connu.
En Europe, l'élevage des paons est pratiqué depuis le XVIIIè siècle. La beauté du paon, mais aussi le fait qu'il reste sur le lieu où il a élu domicile, font de lui un oiseau idéal pour les parcs publics.
Symbole de beauté, de richesse, mais aussi d'immortalité et de vanité, le paon a toujours occupé une place privilégiée dans le monde animal.
En milieu naturel, les paons vivent principalement dans la jungle dense de l'Inde où ils sont sacrés et très populaires.
he white peacock is a rare form of a well-known species, namely the blue peacock. They have the same characteristics.
Its white plumage is the result of a genetic mutation. A peculiarity of the male peacock is its long tail feathers which allow it to make the wheel.
Composed of around 150 feathers, the male peacock wheel aims to impress females.
The first peacocks arrived from India on the Mediterranean coast 4000 years ago. The peacock is therefore the oldest known ornamental bird.
In Europe, peacock breeding has been practiced since the 18th century. The beauty of the peacock, but also the fact that it remains in the place where it has taken up residence, make it an ideal bird for public parks.
Symbol of beauty, wealth, but also of immortality and vanity, the peacock has always occupied a privileged place in the animal world.
In the wild, peacocks live mainly in the dense jungle of India where they are sacred and very popular.
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9-12-2021
SMALL WONDERS
It crossed my mind how many small wonders go unnoticed every single day. The fact that we all breath without having to think about it. Our hearts just pump without a thought. So all these small wonders happen for each of us every moment of every day. LOOK to your left and right, front and back, there are wonders all around you.
Consider this...If these small wonders are happening for each of us is it not reason to celebrate? Take it to the next level, that person you just met is a wonder too!
If just a small portion of us practiced this thought what a different world we would live in.
Matthew Jeffres ♾️
The Oriented Natural Reserve of the Saline di Trapani and Paceco is a protected natural area of Sicily that extends for almost 1000 hectares in the territory of the municipalities of Trapani and Paceco.
The reserve, within which the ancient activity of extraction of sea salt is carried out, is an important wetland, which offers shelter to numerous species of migratory birds. It is managed by WWF Italy.
Much of the Reserve is made up of privately owned salt pans, where salt extraction is still practiced according to traditional techniques in use for centuries.
The presence of numerous windmills is of considerable landscape impact.
They are traditionally of different types: those used to pump water between basins, the mill for lifting the water, and finally those for grinding salt crystals.
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La Riserva Naturale Orientata delle Saline di Trapani e Paceco è un'area naturale protetta della Sicilia che si estende per quasi 1000 ettari nel territorio dei comuni di Trapani e Paceco.
La riserva, all'interno della quale si svolge l'antica attività di estrazione del sale marino, è un'importante zona umida, che offre rifugio a numerose specie di uccelli migratori. È gestita dal WWF Italia.
Gran parte della Riserva è costituita da saline di proprietà privata, dove l'estrazione del sale è ancora praticata secondo tecniche tradizionali in uso da secoli.
Di notevole impatto paesaggistico è la presenza di numerosi mulini a vento.
Tradizionalmente sono di diverse tipologie: quelli utilizzati per pompare l'acqua tra le vasche, il mulino per il sollevamento dell'acqua e infine quelli per la macinazione dei cristalli di sale.
Magic has been practiced since ancient times.
Thanks to Truth Hair, Kegel Clothing, Endless Pain Tattoos and West End for making this Ancient Witch look possible.
If you want to visit the sim where I have taken the photo, which is full of Magic and beautiful places, it is called Home of the Ancient Order of Centaurs.
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Omer Beaudoin, photographer , 1953
Ministry of Culture and Communications funds - National Archives of Quebec.
Colorized by Alain Girard, 2023
Agronomist at the Department of Agriculture of Quebec, Omer Beaudoin (1912-2005) immortalizes, by means of his camera, the gestures of the land of the farmers. The farms are sublimated by its objective, put at the service of the competition of agricultural merit for nearly 20 years.
Family chores in the fields, milk runs on horseback, cutting sugar beets, artisanal weaving or canning crops from the vegetable garden: these rural scenes are just some of the snapshots of history captured by Omer Beaudoin. An agronomist by training, he is the author of more than 7,000 photographs kept in the archives of the Office du film du Québec[1]. Taken on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, all his pictures depict work on the farm, as practiced between the 1940s and 1960s.
A black and white tribute to agriculture and the people of the land, the work of Omer Beaudoin reveals a photographer of great finesse, with an ethnographic eye. His daughter Kèro, a photographer renowned among other things for her portraits of Quebec writers, has agreed to share her memories of her father. They are valuable supplements to primary sources at times silent. Once gathered, this information sheds light on the hitherto unknown story of Omer Beaudoin's photographs.
[1]. However, this number is below the actual production achieved by Omer Beaudoin.
A view from the intersection of S. Chicago St. and Pulaski St. in downtown Lincoln. The buildings in this view lie within the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Additionally, all of the commercial buildings between 202-206 S. Chicago (2 story building on right) and 415-417 Pulaski (building to the left of the alley where you see the utility poles) are Italianate designs constructed in the 1890s.
Perhaps the most interesting building in this view is the corner structure known by its address: 200 S. Chicago St. This is a significant building in the historic district with its curved facade, highlighted by an imposing, four bay entryway with decorative, rusticated columns. The three windows at the lower level and seven windows in the upper level all have ornamental, pedimented caps. The building is topped with a strongly articulated, metal cornice, rising to a peak over the curved corner section.
First settled in the 1830s, Lincoln is the only town in the United States that was named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president. Mr. Lincoln practiced law here from 1847 to 1859. The seat of Logan County, Lincoln is situated in central Illinois approximately 26 miles northeast of Springfield, the state capitol. The population of Lincoln at the 2020 census was 13,288.
An old custom practiced on the first day of the New Year is to zou chun (走春), literally “walk spring,” meaning to take a walk to make courtesy calls. This practice arose in old farming communities. Taiwanese pick both an auspicious time and direction to set out, which attracts good luck and also increases one’s chances of meeting the God of Wealth (財神) at the door. Nowadays many people will visit a temple to pray as part of their zou chun, asking that all will go well in the year to come.
千里之外 - 鍾嘉鳳，古箏
HCS
On the south side of the Beardstown square, east of the Carnegie Library shown previously, is a courthouse that dates back to when Beardstown was the seat of Cass County. Located on the southeast corner of Third and State streets, the building was constructed in 1844 by Thomas Beard, the man who settled the town in 1820.
What makes this courthouse famous is its association with Abraham Lincoln. Known as the "Almanac Trial" courthouse, this is where Lincoln, 2-1/2 years before being elected 16th President of the United States, saved an innocent man from the gallows by using an almanac to expose the perjury of a villainous witness. Today it is the only courtroom still in use where Abraham Lincoln once practiced law.
This building served as the county courthouse until 1872 when the current courthouse in Virigina was completed. Since then it has continued to be used as a courtroom and for other local government functions. Now known as the Old Lincoln Courtroom and Museum, today the building includes the courtroom where Lincoln defended Duff Armstrong, the 24-year-old man charged in the Almanac Trial, as well as collections of historical artifacts from the region.
Located in West Central Illinois, Beardstown had a population of 5,951 at the 2020 census making it the largest city in Cass County.
Body art, such as tattooing, has been practiced for hundreds of years all over the world. In body art tattooing here in Second Life, unlike that of RL (where this artform is basically permanent), it transforms the human canvas while allowing you with the flexibility to experiment with different tattoo designs on your body.
I love shopping at Carol G. not only for this reason but also because of the vast selection and variety of quality designs that Jewel has created over the many years that I have been following her work.
Here is the Taxi where you can check out her work In-World:
A view of the Logan County Courthouse looking northeast from the intersection of S. Kickapoo and Pulaski Streets in downtown Lincoln. Completed in 1905, the three-story, limestone Logan County Courthouse was designed in Classical Revival style by architect J.M. Deal. The courthouse anchors the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
First settled in the 1830s, Lincoln is the only town in the United States that was named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president. Mr. Lincoln practiced law here from 1847 to 1859. The seat of Logan County, Lincoln is situated in central Illinois approximately 26 miles northeast of Springfield, the state capitol. The population of Lincoln at the 2020 census was 13,288.
This was taken during a meet up with Camera Club friends out in Montana de Oro. I practiced long exposures, this was the result of many attempts to get the waves pleasing to my eye.
All sports of racket paddle, tennis, raquet ball, squash, ... ping pong.
Here I show the paddle because the one that can be practiced the most now and in Spain it is very popular.
Padel is a racquet sport.
Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court roughly 25% smaller than the size of a tennis court. Scoring is the same as normal tennis and the balls used are similar but with a little less pressure. The main differences are that the court has walls and the balls can be played off them in a similar way as in the game of squash and that solid, stringless bats are used. The height of the ball being served must be at or below the waist level.
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This house was constructed at the end of 19th -20th Century. This estate is an original building from a farmstead of Poltavshchyna of 19th-20th Century. The building has carved elements, typical of northern Poltava area (on tips of ceiling beams, on furniture, on window shutters, etc.). It has a porch with awning on columns.
It stays next to the homesteads from Leliukhivka and Popivka villages.
This building arose at the end of 19th Century. It represents a type of multi-room dwelling (home + mudroom +small room + storeroom + larder). This is a typical house of a Poltavshchyna grain-grower. Its owner practiced additional craft – pottery. Besides a big premise of the house, where the family lived, there is also a small room for making pieces of pottery. For his craft, the owner used potter’s lathe, fixed here to a sitting bench. He made different things: pots, bowls, big bowls makitra, banky (ancient mason-jars), tykvy (homemade bottles) and many others, required for every home.
In the same room, there are upper shelved (piarta) for drying the just-made pieces. The house is made of oak-tree semi-timbers, clayed and whitewashed from inside and outside. In front of the house, there is a porch with awning on columns. Its windows have carved single-leaf shutters. Around the house, there is a perimeter walk, supported by boards fixed with perches. The perimeter walk is outlined with red clay. On edges of the sidewall, tips of the beams are decorated with carving in form of horses, a popular pattern for farmers’ dwellings on Poltavshchyna.
The walls are made of oak-tree semi-timbers, doors, windows, roof of straw and clay perimeter walk.
Dimensions are 9.43 x 4.96; its total area – 46.77 square meters
Хата з с. Велика Павлівка, Зіньківського р-ну, Полтавської обл.
Хата збудована наприкінці ХІХ ст. Об'єкт є оригінальною житловою будівлею селянської садиби Полтавщини ХІХ-ХХ ст. Будівля має характерні для північної Полтавщини елементи різьблення деталей (коники на випусках сволоків, на меблях інтер’єру, віконниці та випуски платв оздоблені різьбленими елементами). Ганок з піддашком на стовпчиках.
Розташована біля садиб із с. Лелюхівка та с. Попівка.
Хата збудована наприкінці ХІХ ст., за типом є багатокамерним житлом (хата+сіни+хатина+комора+чулан). Типове для хлібороба Полтавщини селянське житло, господар якого займався додатковим промислом – гончарством. Крім великого хатнього приміщення, де жила вся сім’я, є ще мала хатина, де гончар виготовляв вироби з глини. У хатині гончар займався виготовленням гончарних виробів, користуючись гончарним кругом, що тут прикріплений до лави для сидіння. Вироблялися різноманітні вироби – горшки, миски, макітри, баньки, тикви та багато іншого посуду, без якого не обходиться домашнє господарство.
У цій же хатині розташовані верхні полиці («п'ятра») для просушування свіжовиготовлених гончарних виробів. Сама хата збудована з рублених плах, що обмазані й побілені зовні та всередині. Перед хатою – ганок з піддашком на стовпчиках. Вікна хати мають одностворчаті віконниці з різьбленням. Навколо хати влаштована призьба з глини, яка підтримується заставленими за кілки дошками. Призьба підведена червоною глиною. На причілковій стіні на кутах – випуски платв, оздоблені різьбленими елементами у вигляді «коників» – розповсюджений мотив селянського житла на Полтавщині.
Зруб – дубові плахи, двері, вікна, солом'яний дах, глиняна призьба.
У плані – 9,43 х 4,96 м. Площа – 46,77 кв. м.
In the heart of the woodland’s embrace,
Where ancient trees stand tall,
A gray squirrel scurries with gentle grace,
Answering nature's call.
With fur as soft as silver mist,
It moves with practiced ease,
Through sunlit rays and shadows kissed,
Among the whispering trees.
Its tail, a plume of feathery gray,
Flicks with every leap,
As it dances through the branches,
In a silence the forest keeps.
With eyes that sparkle, quick and bright,
It surveys its leafy domain,
Collecting treasures, day and night,
Before the autumn rain.
A creature small, yet full of might,
With courage in its stride,
The gray squirrel thrives in nature’s light,
In the forest, wild and wide.
So let us marvel, as we see,
This acrobat of the wood,
For in its grace, so wild and free,
The gray squirrel lives as it should.
I am still no good at it. :-)
Robert Brault
HMM!!HBM!!
Baptisia, 'Sparkling Sapphires', plant delights nursery, wake county, north carolina
Traditional farming methods are still practiced in just a handful of fields in rural Devon. The Stooks are cut by hand so as not to cause damage to the stems and left to dry with hollow interiors for air flow, then are likely to be used for thatching. This is the first time I've been lucky enough to find them. You can imagine the excitement of having a field full of these to yourself at goldenhour if you shoot landscape :-) (f/16, 19 mm, 1/8th sec at ISO 50)
The Japanese traditional costume is the symbol of nationality. We can see many kinds of styles, admirable textiles, and fabrics in their costume all around the world. The Japanese traditional costume is closely linked to the custom, which has been practiced in that area so that the respective dress pattern represents the nation or religion to express who they are. European traditional costume has a similar dress pattern, and a corset has been used to emphasize women’s bodyline to appeal to an ‘hourglass.’ On the other hand, the Japanese kimono conceals women’s bodyline. This difference in both costumes shows the different approaches to how people and society perceive dress and women. The ‘hourglass’ is a symbol of femininity in the European tradition, but not in Japan. This is to say that the Japanese traditional costume is not only the dress to decorate on women’s bodies, but also to express the identity of their life and culture.
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Thierry Djallo.
Back tracking and trying out the new noise reduction in Lightroom on past photo of our Schnauzer who left us three years ago. He loved sitting this chair where he could also check outdoors through the window when on neighborhood patrol.
I was also trying our bounce flash at this time, exposing the frame for the window and sky, and filling in with bouncing the flash. He was a real trooper as I practiced.
Even with our new 3 year old schnauzer that is a real lover as well, still miss this one. He had a great soul as well.
The name Ana Kai Tangata has led to various speculations due to the different translations. On one hand, Ana, means “cave”; Tangata, means “man”; and Kai, means “to eat” in modern Rapa Nui. For which, the cave is referred to as “the cave of the cannibals” or of the “man-eaters”. However, there is no archaeological proof or any oral traditions that confirm that the Rapa Nui practiced cannibalism.
On the other hand, the word Kai in ancient Rapanui may have meant “to gather”, “to count” or “to teach”, so you could actually say that this cave was a place used for meetings or providing some form of education. In fact, apparently at some point in history, this cave was a shipyard and port, so some researchers say it could have been used “to teach” how to make canoes.
Yesterday. I sat with my husband beside the neighbours butterfly garden and together we practiced how to do multiple exposures with our cameras. Charlotte Hedman, a Flickr friend, has done several of these with wonderful results. Then my two photography friends, Cindie Fearnall and Denise Bonte showed me on our last outing how to adjust my settings on my camera to do this. So I was armed with the basics but needed to play with the composition. So Bert Reket showed me a few tricks on composition and voila! It took several practice shots to get some sense of how to approach the subject with a set of 3 images. It took team work to get me to this point in my new challenge. Thanks everyone! What I love is that each of my Flickr friends puts a new twist to their images with their interpretation and creative input.
Cross-country skiing has a long history in the Nordic countries. Today, this versatile sport is practiced on ready-made tracks, as here in Ylläs in northern Finland. Even today, during the darkest season and in severe frost, many enjoy this beloved species. In addition to skiing, you can then admire the ever-changing lights and colors of the North.
i grab mocacinno... ~sluuurp~
these days... the weather's so cold every morning :D
last nite, i practiced freelensing...
but i dont dare to do that outdoor... because the dust will dirt my sensor...
i have to watering the road in front of my house every morning and noon :)
The world is going crazy. The real nature of a person is now coming out into the open and you realize that there is only hatred and discontent. Dissatisfaction because you no longer had the same freedom as two years ago. Dissatisfied with oneself. So unhappy about life that you have to project hate onto others. Agitation is practiced and it doesn't matter who it hits. Why not learn from history, what was written before us? Why don't we try to do better?
Are we too lazy?
Too stupid?
Too blind?
I am sooo exhausted, just my head.
- It is wide awake.-
The Ganges is the sacred resting place for many Indian people. I asked if I could take this picture of a cremation along the banks of the great river.
Before I took to the is trip to India, I saw a brilliant documentary done by an intrepid British travel writer. I was so impressed by his ability to become one with the Indian crowd who made pilgrimages to this holy sight.
On the day I captured this image, I reflected on his presentation. The Indian people truly are so welcoming to all who came to experience Varanasi and the religious rituals practiced along the banks of the river. We all become pilgrims when we visit.
[Eng. / Esp.]
On July 29th, 2014, in this cable-ski installation, at the Parque Luis Buñuel (Parque del Agua) in Zaragoza, a well known Spanish snowboard specialist, 36, hit his ribs and liver against the sliding platform after a bad turn, causing his death on the following day. I've myself practiced pretty risky sports like rock climbing and mountain skiing for quite a few years, always feeling safe even at the most dreary situations. However, it remains quite a mystery why we nonchalantly accept some fairly high risks whereas we easily panic in front of other preposterous situations. May this be an endearing remembrance of J.P.E., and a warmly warning to everyone embracing cable-skiing. Beware.
En julio de 2014, en esta instalación de cable-ski en el PArque del Agua de Zaragoza, un especialista de Snowboard español, de 36 años, se golpeó las costillas y el hígado contra la rampa de subida, falleciendo al día siguiente. He practicado deportes arriesgados como escalada y esquí de travesía unos cuantos años, y me he sentido seguro en las situaciones más temibles. Sin embargo sigue siendo un misterio por qué aceptamos despreocupadamente ciertos riesgos mientras que nos entra el pánico frente a situaciones ridículas. Sirva esto como un recuerdo entrañable de J.P.E., y una afectuosa advertencia a cualquiera que practique cable-ski. Tened cuidado!
I practiced my Boogy Woogy Dancing Steps.... Hope your weekend is a lot of fun! View large for better details.
Thousands of Monarch butterflies visit Pismo Beach every winter, from November through February, to vacation in one of California's most populated Monarch Butterfly Groves.
They cluster together in Eucalyptus and Cypress trees.
Next year I hope to have practiced with my 2x extender and get up closer to these beauties because they are very high up in the trees!!
One night, I attempted to sketch my mother. I worked on the drawing for a while, focusing mainly on her eyes. For some reason, I could not capture that sense of watchful isolation that shielded her vision. Hence, I practiced on Ms. Angel Aquino's portrait instead. I knew then that if I get this portrait "right", I would be able to draw my mother's portrait...and I did.
This is actually the "Genesis" of most of the pieces on my SHADOWS series- a compressed charcoal study on a 90gsm smooth paper.
for details=> www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-GUARDED/980307/4662824/view
The discrimination and division that is currently practiced on the basis of lies makes me very, very sad.
Please do not forget that we all belong to humanity.
Rumoured to be the world’s busiest, this intersection in front of Shibuya Station is famously known as ‘The Scramble’. It’s an awesome spectacle of giant video screens and neon, guaranteed to give you a 'Wow – I'm in Tokyo!' feeling. People come from all directions at once – sometimes over a thousand with every light change – yet still manage to dodge each other with a practiced, nonchalant agility.
Read more: www.lonelyplanet.com/japan/tokyo/sights/neighbourhoods-vi...
Have a great weekend friends. Will catch up with your work soon
This is a fish on a very special mug I own. It was made at Selborne Pottery." The pottery was established by Robert Goldsmith in 1985 in the beautiful and historic Hampshire village of Selborne. Each piece of stoneware is hand thrown and decorated. The lustre range adds a luxurious opulence not normally found on studio pottery......All the work is hand thrown and turned stoneware. No machines or moulds are used and the traditional techniques have taken many years to perfect. The pottery does not try to mimic the past but draws on skills rarely practiced today. Combined with high temperature stoneware glazes, fine brushwork, wax resist and glaze trailing, the finished pots with rich copper red and cobalt blue glazes are both functional and decorative whilst still having a contemporary look. On the Specials range, gold lustre is hand decorated on to the stoneware pot and then fired again, adding a luxurious opulence not normally found on studio pottery. The glazes and pigments are made up from raw materials in the pottery and are fired in a gas kiln to over 1300° Celsius. This fuses both clay and glaze together in an impenetrable bond, giving the pottery both its brightness and its depth of colour. Although decorative, the pots have been designed to be used and are oven and dishwasher safe." selbornepottery.co.uk/pages/about-us
My master had already turned in for the evening and left me here to practice. Practice, practice, practice! For hours I practiced my magic until finally that flicker of light escaped my fingers. With a gasp, I concentrated on that exact feeling and how it felt to feel the magic move through my fingertips. Biting my lower lip, I released the magic within and saw magic coming to life before my very eyes! Tentacles emerged from the book I was holding, sloshing water everywhere! I did it! I did it! Oh wait...ah shit, they won't stop growing! How the hell do I make it stop?! Help!
Today is the 1st Advent, so I thought, I post a photograph with candle lights I took in Paris in a church (Saint Severin) some weeks ago ... Practiced photographing with a shallow depth of field and playing around with different compositions. Converted it into a high contrast and low key b/w image in LR :)
HSS!
This Italianate style house was built in 1874 for Dr. David & Elizabeth Moore. Dr. Moore practiced medicine for 40 years and often treated patients in this house. He held the office of City Physician.
The Dr. David & Elizabeth Moore House is a contributing property in Bloomington's East Grove Street District. This residential historic district includes 43 houses and apartment buildings, 25 of which are considered contributing buildings. The houses in the district were built between 1855 and 1915 for many of Bloomington's upper middle class residents. Due to a building boom between 1880 and 1900, the then-popular Queen Anne style is the most prevalent in the district. Other popular architectural styles in the district include Greek Revival homes from the 1850s, Italianate homes built between 1860 and 1880, and Arts and Crafts homes built in the 1900s. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987.
Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. It is adjacent to Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago, and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. The estimated population of Bloomington in 2019 was 77,330, with a metro population of 191,067.
This Cuban woman seemed to be happily posing with a long cigar in her hand as a "tourist attraction " on a Havana street in Cuba. Who could resist? I used my Olympus mirrorless camera and post processed with Snapseed and Enlight.
A Navajo artist works his magic on a piece of sandstone. His artwork and medium are no different than those practiced by his ancestors over the centuries. He is a direct descendent from the ancients that left their work on the walls of caves. I marveled at how quickly he could sketch a beautiful scene. His hand was a thing of beauty.
Monument Valley, Utah
Wikipedia: The Tai folk religion, or Satsana Phi is a form of animist religious beliefs intermixed with Buddhist beliefs traditionally and historically practiced by groups of ethnic Tai peoples.
Tai folk animist traditions are practiced by the Lao, Tai Ahom, Shan people, Dai people, Tai Khamti, Lao Isan and Thais of Thailand. These religions are animistic and polytheistic and their practice involves classes of shamans and ancestor worship. However they have a more syncretic nature and are partially Buddhist in nature. Often a family practices both Buddhism and animism.
Within the Satsana Phi belief system, supernatural deities or gods can sometimes be the tutelary gods of buildings or territories, of natural places, or of things. Deities can also be ancestral spirits, or other types of spirits of seemingly supernatural forces. Such deities often interact with the world of the living, at times protecting people, and at other times seeming to cause harm. Guardian deities of places, such as the phi wat of temples and the lak mueang of towns are celebrated and propitiated with communal gatherings and offerings of food. Gods of Hindu derivation are included in the Satsana Phi pantheon of gods, as well as several indigenous non-Hindu gods called phi thaen Gods are ubiquitous, with some of them being associated with the universal elements: heaven, earth, fire, and water.
Along the river Inn (Innsbruck, Austria) arise several colourful houses. I was told that those colours used to have a meaning: each colour stood for a different craft, practiced by the inhabitants. (Se non è vero, è ben trovato.)
Sufi Sama or Dhamaal is a special dance style unique to Sufis in Pakistan and India. The rhythmic beat of dhol i.e. drums, sometimes accompanied by other instruments, makes men sway and whirl their bodies into unusual and fascinating shapes.
In Sufi shrines in Pakistan, such as the Lal shrine in Sehwan, Sindh, the practice of Sufi whirling is called Dhamaal and is performed to honor Sufi saints. Unlike the Turkish practice, Dhamaal may be practiced by any devotee – priests as well as pilgrims. Dhamaal is usually preceded by the beating of a drum (naghara) and ringing of bells, as pilgrims raise their hands, start to skip steps standing at one place and gradually work into a trance as the beats get faster. As the beats get faster, rhythms change and the drum beats are accompanies by the playing of shehnai.
In fact such practices were not taught by the last prophet of Allah, Muhammad (peace be upon him). These are innovations in Shariah (God's Law).
The Prophet (peace be upon him) states, “The best speech is that which is embodied in the Book of Allah, the Al Quran; and the best guidance is the guidance given by me, Muhammad. The most evil affairs are the innovations ( bid'ah ), and every innovation ( bid'ah ) is an error”
God ordered Muslims not to divide themselves into sects. Innovations and divisions in matters of religion and worship within Islam are considered to be contamination, error, and deviation. Earlier heinous deviations from monotheism, such as worshipping creation, resulted in condemnation by God. (However, innovations in other matters, such as science and technology to improve life, are greatly encouraged.) God, The Most Compassionate, has told us through His last Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), when Muhammad (peace be upon him) was nearing the end of his life, that He had completed the religion of Islam. Muslims must recognize that any change in matters of worship is strictly forbidden. No change introduced by humankind, who is under the influence of Satan, could ever add anything positive and would only contribute to the degradation of the completed and perfected religion established by God. All innovations in matters of religion lead to straying, and all straying leads to hellfire. People must not allow any deviation (addition or deletion), even as small as one degree, in matters of worship. If any changes are allowed, those deviations will be compounded by future generations, and the result will be another man made religion, not the Islam as it was perfected by God, The Truth. To build a faith using a “shopping cart” approach or the blind following of any religious leader is inadmissible.
The changing of God’s laws is forbidden in Islam. God condemns religious leaders who alter divine principles. One who attempts to make changes places him or herself on the same level with God, committing polytheism. An example of this would be to make the killing of innocents lawful. The laws of God are perfect and do not need to be “modernized” by anyone. God allows us the freedom to obey or disobey Him by choosing to follow His faith or to follow our own desires. However, He forbids us to change His religious principles.
The spread of sama or dhamal among Sufi orders began sometime around the mid third/ninth century C.E. in Baghdad, eventually finding acceptance and favor in Persian, Turkish and Indian sub continent. The custom of sama evolved in practice over time as it complemented Sufi dhkir, whirling and among some orders dancing and a meal.
here i show you my most popluar images in 2021 according to your favourites.
thank you all for your loyal visits and the inspiration i receive from so many.
we are lucky to have a fulfilling hobby that can be practiced at any time. even in times of a pandemic.
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1. time - lockdown song, 2. who plays with me?, 3. autumn is calling, 4. lit, 5. leading lines, 6. caramel candy, 7. ink, 8. tulip beauty, 9. white roses but not from athens, 10. bottle, 11. back there, 12. fire extinguisher reference, 13. redcurrant juice, 14. rusty chain, 15. clouds, 16. five, 17. natural white, 18. all good things come from above, 19. orange rose, 20. tulip love
Although in disarray, sacred ceremonies are still practiced here which surprised the Hell out of Trinket.
Trinket also took a few shots which you can see on her stream here.
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These chicks are just two days old and they don't come much cuter than this. My thanks to Tony Nixon (Flickr) for inviting me over to his garden (where we practiced responsible social distancing.) My thanks also to Victoria for allowing me to, not only sit and watch her youngsters, but to photograph them as well. Thanks to Albert (daddy swan) for staying on the canal.
I watched this recently fledged Osprey yesterday as it practiced its flying skills on our backyard pond. It was such a thrill to see this healthy youngster exploring the world outside the nest.
This photo was taken as he landed in a tree to take a rest.
Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
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