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A FAMILIAR species, in part of its affinity for human habitation. Stiil is Britians most numerus bird just, but you cannot hide the fact it also is in fast decline. I think they are beautiful, and wish more people would post them. Seen from home today (Tues)
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THANK YOU, for you valued visit and comment, will return the visit very soon. Stay well and safe, God bless.............Tomx.
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GOD has over 7,000 promises made for you, written in the Bible, promises of success, confidence, health, prosperity, strenth , wisdom and more. Ask him into your life today, is all you have to do.
Say this prayer with me !
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LORD JESUS CHRIST, I am sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life, please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong. THANK YOU that you died on that cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free. Please come into my life today, to be with me forever.
THANK YOU , Lord Jesus. Amen.
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In the early days Veere was a flourishing commercial city. This prosperity can be found in the beautiful historical premises. The town of Veere arose in the twelfth century. The following centuries the town was being used to store Scottish wool. Veere still has these typical Scottish homes, which were built in the sixteenth century by rich Scottish merchants. At the Kaai in Veere, two of these Scottish houses still stand, and they remind people of the wool trade back in those days. Antique collections of the last private owners are among the things which can be admired here. Also fans of porcelain, furniture, style rooms and stitch costumes have much to look at. In the Scottish houses you can regularly go to see different expositions of the artists from Veere.
Big church
Big church Veere
The big church is from 1348 and it is a really great sight. As from 1811 the church was being used by Napoleon’s soldiers as a military hospital; the church was a beggars house and a barrack for a while as well. You can still clearly see the traces of an eventful past.
Dear friends, thank you so much for your continued support and inspiration throughout the past year. I really appreciate!
May the New Year bring you health, happiness, peace and prosperity. May your 2023 be bright and full of beautiful moments!
Welcome to the beautiful city of Uzerche under the sun, pearl of Corrèze - New Aquitaine - France - Europe
Histoire d'Uzerche
Uzerche surnommée La " Perle du Limousin " est implantée sur la crête d'un escarpement rocheux entouré par une courbe serrée de la Vézère.
Les premiers, les Gaulois s'installèrent sur ce piton rocheux.
César, après avoir conquis la Gaule, choisit de laisser quelques garnisons dans la région, avec pour mission, à Uzarcba, de surveiller les passages de la Vézère.
Le site occupait une position stratégique. Il surplombait le col de Sainte-Eulalie où se trouvait un important carrefour routier antique, d'origine préromaine. L'une des routes joignait l'Armorique au Bassin Méditerranéen, une autre permettait de franchir la Vézère à gué.
Très tôt, ce col fut équipé d'un lieu de culte consacré à une martyre espagnole du 3ème siècle, Sainte-Eulalie de Mérida.
En 480, les Wisigoths pillent et détruisent Uzerche.
Pépin le Bref, conscient de l'intérêt du site, fait bâtir une forteresse et une église protégées par une haute muraille flanquée de dix-huit tours.
La ville se dote de portes, dont la Porte Bécharie qui subsiste encore. Trente an après leur défaite à Poitiers (732), les Sarrasins envahissent une seconde fois le Limousin.
Durant sept ans la ville résiste à leurs assauts et se libère du siège par un habile stratagème. Un blason symbolisant (selon la légende) cette victoire est sculptée sur la porte Bécharie.
En 909, les Normands saccagent la cité.
Au 10ème siècle, les Carolingiens décident d'y fonder un monastère sous la conduite de l'abbé Gaubert. Un incendie en 1028 met un terme à la prospérité que connaît la communauté.
Le 12ème siècle est une période faste, les grands de ce monde traversent la cité et s'arrêtent au monastère : Henry II d'Angleterre et Aliénor d'Aquitaine, leur fils, Richard Cœur de Lion.
La ville résiste à plusieurs sièges, dont celui des Anglais, méritant ainsi le surnom d'Uzerche-La-Pucelle, celle qui n'a jamais été prise.
Dès le 14ème siècle, son développement justifie l'adage " Qui a maison à Uzerche a château en Limousin ". La noblesse de robe va construire hôtels et maisons fortes jusqu'au 16ème siècle.
En 1575, le vicomte de Turenne, à la tête des Huguenots, saccage l'abbaye.
La puissance de son abbaye et la création d'une sénéchaussée royale firent d'elle une capitale du Bas-Limousin.
Source la Corrèze.com
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History of Uzerche
Uzerche, nicknamed the "Pearl of Limousin", is located on the crest of a rocky escarpment surrounded by a tight curve of the Vézère.
The first, the Gauls, settled on this rocky peak.
Caesar, after having conquered Gaul, chose to leave some garrisons in the region, with the mission, in Uzarcba, to monitor the passages of the Vézère.
The site occupied a strategic position. It overlooked the Sainte-Eulalie pass where there was an important ancient road junction, of pre-Roman origin. One of the roads joined Armorica to the Mediterranean Basin, another made it possible to ford the Vézère.
Very early on, this pass was equipped with a place of worship dedicated to a 3rd century Spanish martyr, Sainte-Eulalie de Mérida.
In 480, the Visigoths pillaged and destroyed Uzerche.
Pépin le Bref, aware of the interest of the site, had a fortress and a church built, protected by a high wall flanked by eighteen towers.
The city is equipped with gates, including the Porte Bécharie which still remains. Thirty years after their defeat at Poitiers (732), the Saracens invade Limousin a second time.
For seven years the city resisted their assaults and freed itself from the siege by a clever stratagem. A coat of arms symbolizing (according to legend) this victory is carved on the Porte Bécharie.
In 909, the Normans sacked the city.
In the 10th century, the Carolingians decided to found a monastery there under the leadership of Father Gaubert. A fire in 1028 put an end to the prosperity of the community.
The 12th century was a prosperous period, the great of this world crossed the city and stopped at the monastery: Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son, Richard the Lionheart.
The city resisted several sieges, including that of the English, thus deserving the nickname of Uzerche-La-Pucelle, the one that was never taken.
From the 14th century, its development justifies the adage "Who has a house in Uzerche has a castle in Limousin". The nobility of the robe built hotels and fortified houses until the 16th century.
In 1575, the Vicomte de Turenne, at the head of the Huguenots, sacked the abbey.
The power of its abbey and the creation of a royal senechaussee made it a capital of Bas-Limousin.
Source la Corrèze.com
A half-open bud of Rosa ‘Prosperity’ against the winter's blue sky. The petals present a crapy texture and a soft pink touch in this season. This bud will not fully open until it fades away.
Rosa ‘Prosperity’ (hybrid musk) bred by the Reverend Joseph Hardwick Pemberton (1919).
Tomorrow is Diwali,the festival of lights.I wish all my Flickr friends a very Happy Diwali .May this year be full of peace,happiness,good health and prosperity.
The rest of the ship entering San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge. And one of the Matson Line ships on its way out.
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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The Magpie is a highly intelligent member of the corvid family (which includes crows and ravens) known for its striking black-and-white plumage and complex social behavior. While often unfairly branded as a "thief" or a bad omen in European folklore, it is revered as a symbol of good luck and prosperity in many East Asian cultures.
High Intelligence & Behavior
Self-Awareness:
The Eurasian magpie is one of the few non-mammal species to pass the mirror test, proving it can recognize its own reflection.
Problem Solving:
They are known to use tools, play games, and work in teams to fend off predators or hunt.
Social Memory:
Magpies can recognize individual human faces and may remember people who have been either kind or threatening in the past.
Grief:
They have been observed performing elaborate social rituals that resemble funerals when a member of their group dies.
Appearance & Identification
Iridescent Feathers:
While they look black and white from a distance, their black feathers actually have a blue, green, and purple iridescent sheen visible in sunlight.
Long Tail:
The tail makes up more than half of the bird's total length (approx. 45 cm total) and is used for balance and communication.
Vocalisations:
Their most common sound is a harsh, rapid "chacker-chacker" chatter, though they are also capable mimics of other sounds and even human speech.
Habitat & Diet
Adaptability:
They are found across Europe, Asia, and North America, thriving in suburban gardens, parks, and farmland.
Diet:
As omnivores, they eat a varied diet including insects, seeds, fruit, carrion, and occasionally the eggs or chicks of other birds.
Nesting:
They build large, domed nests of twigs and mud, usually high in trees or thorny bushes for protection.
This Tern chases all of the other Terns away from the tidal gate area at Bolsa Chica. He wants is all and he's quite successful!
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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Minor crop - best enlarged - it's easier to see the two fish he caught in his beak
This one of the techniques from the photoclass ...might look sloppy, but it's not easy to get right ;o) There is no photoshop features involved ..it's all made by the camera on normal settings and shaken not stirred ... lol
Both Mandarin ducks and Mandarin oranges play special roles in Chinese traditions! Mandarin ducks are like the ultimate lovebirds, symbolizing romance and loyalty. Mandarin oranges are the stars of Chinese New Year, gifted to spread good luck and prosperity.
Mandarin Ducks are pretty but unsavory to eat,
Mandarin oranges, sweet treats that can't be beat.
Augustijnenrei in the Ezelstraat Quarter, in northern Bruges, Flanders, Belgium.
It is a watercourse which runs as an extension of the Speelmansrei, from the Ezelbrug to the Torenbrug, from where it continues as the Gouden-Handrei. A street of the same name is located on the northern bank and runs from the Vlamingbrug to the Oost-Gistelhof.
The name "Augustijnenrei" refers to the lost Augustinian monastery founded around 1276. Located in one of the wealthiest districts of the city, the monastery church became the religious center of the Spanish and Italian nations, as well as of the Chamber of Commerce. The merchants of Genoa, Lucca, Pisa, Venice, the nations of Castile and Navarre had their chapel there.
Guilds and craftsmen also came to the Augustinians via the Commerce Chamber, among whom the skippers, the tapestry weavers, the gray workers, the barbers and surgeons, as well as the fencers, had their altars there. They brought wealth and prosperity to this monastery.
The church, monastery and school were sold in 1797 and largely demolished in the following years. The space where the monastery used to be was occupied by a brewery, a garage and a few houses. Until 1950, parts of the closing wall still existed. Until about 1980 relics of the monastery building were still present along the Augustijnenrei.
On the site of the former monastery church there is now a parking lot and a small square with lime trees along the Augustijnenrei. What remains of the former abbey is the large garden, the farm in Jan Miraelstraat and a former part of the college in Hoedenmakersstraat. In 1987, excavation works were carried out and 14th-century burial vaults with paintings were uncovered, as well as foundations of some parts of the monastery.
The Augustijnenrei lied at the foot of the first city walls of Bruges and was dug in 1127-1128 together with the Smedenrei, the Speelmansrei and the Gouden-Handrei. In 1270 the Augustijnenrei, together with the other inner canals, was deepened to allow shipping on it.
Information source:
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Dear friends and sponsors
I wish you all much health, peace, joy, faith and prosperity this Christmas and in the New Year.
I will be on vacation for a few days, but I will be back after January to be with you all year long, God willing.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!
A big hug to each one of you ^^
For MACRO MONDAYS, this week’s theme: "Currency".
The Coin (1 inch in Diameter) in the front with Chinese Character 乾隆通寶 was a kind of cash coins produced under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1735 to 1796).
The gold ingot behind the coin called Yuanbao 元寶, was also a currency used in the first dynasty of Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC.
At the present days, they remain a symbol of wealth and prosperity and are commonly depicted during the Chinese New Year festivities.
As today is Chines New Year's Eve, I wish my Flickr friends a healthy and prosperous year!
HMM!
♥ Thank you very much for your visits, faves, and kind comments ♥
Wishing all my Flickr friends a most Merry Christmas and that 2025 brings you health, prosperity and peace on earth.
No Photoshop, no digital processing, it is a real calendar of the old year
Here, In Northern Italy, at the sunset hour on 5th January, somewhere, there is the tradition to burn Calendars of the just passed year with the hope that the new year will be more and more full of wonderful things in Love, Joy, Happiness, and Prosperity
so......
LOVE, JOY, HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY
FOR ALL OF YOU
FROM THE VERY DEEP OF MY HEART
IN THIS NIGHT AND FOREVER.
MAY YOUR DREAMS BECOME REAL.
YOUR FRIEND
Elisabetta
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They are the symbols of Love and Prosperity. A pair of Sarus crane (Grus antigone) was standing together in their natural habitat under a cold and misty morning. The situation was not for a handsome portrait as they were located against the light with a small ray of light hitting them by a narrow angle. But as Nature photographers know the wild animals most of the time offer frames in challenging situations. However it was my pleasure to frame such a charismatic frame in a back-lighten foggy condition. Soon the fog faded away and I had a prosperous sunny day for the shooting. Pics was taken from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
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The color version of the photo above is here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
So far there's only been one photo in my gallery that hasn't been taken in my garden ('The Flame Rider', captured in the Maggia Valley: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/53563448847/in/datepo... ) - which makes the image above the second time I've "strayed from the path" (although not very far, since the photo was taken only approximately 500 meters from my house).
Overall, I'll stick to my "only-garden rule", but every once in a while I'll show you a little bit of the landscape around my village, because I think it will give you a better sense of just how fascinating this region is, and also of its history.
The title I chose for the photo may seem cheesy, and it's certainly not very original, but I couldn't think of another one, because it's an honest reflection of what I felt when I took it: a profound sense of peace - although if you make it to the end of this text you'll realize my relationship with that word is a bit more complicated.
I got up early that day; it was a beautiful spring morning, and there was still a bit of mist in the valley below my village which I hoped would make for a few nice mood shots, so I quickly grabbed my camera and went down there before the rising sun could dissolve the magical layer on the scenery.
Most human activity hadn't started yet, and I was engulfed in the sounds of the forest as I was walking the narrow trail along the horse pasture; it seemed every little creature around me wanted to make its presence known to potential mates (or rivals) in a myriad of sounds and voices and noises (in case you're interested, here's a taste of what I usually wake up to in spring, but you best use headphones: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfoCTqdAVCE )
Strolling through such an idyllic landscape next to grazing horses and surrounded by birdsong and beautiful trees, I guess it's kind of obvious one would feel the way I described above and choose the title I did, but as I looked at the old stone buildings - the cattle shelter you can see in the foreground and the stable further up ahead on the right - I also realized how fortunate I was.
It's hard to imagine now, because Switzerland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world today, but the men and women who had carried these stones and constructed the walls of these buildings were among the poorest in Europe. The hardships the people in some of the remote and little developed valleys in Ticino endured only a few generations ago are unimaginable to most folks living in my country today.
It wasn't uncommon that people had to sell their own kids as child slaves - the girls had to work in factories or in rice fields, the boys as "living chimney brushes" in northern Italy - just because there wasn't enough food to support the whole family through the harsh Ticino winters.
If you wonder why contemporary Swiss historians speak of "slaves" as opposed to child laborers, it's because that's what many of them actually were: auctioned off for a negotiable prize at the local market, once sold, these kids were not payed and in many cases not even fed by their masters (they had to beg for food in the streets or steal it).
Translated from German Wikipedia: ...The Piazza grande in Locarno, where the Locarno Film Festival is held today, was one of the places where orphans, foundlings and children from poor families were auctioned off. The boys were sold as chimney sweeps, the girls ended up in the textile industry, in tobacco processing in Brissago or in the rice fields of Novara, which was also extremely hard work: the girls had to stand bent over in the water for twelve to fourteen hours in all weathers. The last verse of the Italian folk song 'Amore mio non piangere' reads: “Mamma, papà, non piangere, se sono consumata, è stata la risaia che mi ha rovinata” (Mom, dad, don't cry when I'm used up, it was the rice field that destroyed me.)... de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaminfegerkinder
The conditions for the chimney sweeps - usually boys between the age of 8 and 12 (or younger, because they had to be small enough to be able to crawl into the chimneys) - were so catastrophic that many of them didn't survive; they died of starvation, cold or soot in their lungs - as well as of work-related accidents like breaking their necks when they fell, or suffocatig if they got stuck in inside a chimney. This practice of "child slavery" went on as late as the 1950s (there's a very short article in English on the topic here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spazzacamini and a more in depth account for German speakers in this brief clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gda8vZp_zsc ).
Now I don't know if the people who built the old stone houses along my path had to sell any of their kids, but looking at the remnants of their (not so distant) era I felt an immense sense of gratitude that I was born at a time of prosperity - and peace - in my region, my country and my home. Because none of it was my doing: it was simple luck that decided when and where I came into this world.
It also made me think of my own family. Both of my grandparents on my father's side grew up in Ticino (they were both born in 1900), but while they eventually left Switzerland's poorest region to live in its richest, the Kanton of Zurich, my grandfather's parents relocated to northern Italy in the 1920s and unfortunately were still there when WWII broke out.
They lost everything during the war, and it was their youngest daughter - whom I only knew as "Zia" which means "aunt" in Italian - who earned a little money to support herself and my great-grandparents by giving piano lessons to high-ranking Nazi officers and their kids (this was towards the end of the war when German forces had occupied Italy).
I never knew that about her; Zia only very rarely spoke of the war, but one time when I visited her when she was already over a 100 years old (she died at close to 104), I asked her how they had managed to survive, and she told me that she went to the local prefecture nearly every day to teach piano. "And on the way there would be the dangling ones" she said, with a shudder.
I didn't get what she meant, so she explained. Visiting the city center where the high ranking military resided meant she had to walk underneath the executed men and women who were hanging from the lantern posts along the road (these executions - often of civilians - were the Germans' retaliations for attacks by the Italian partisans).
I never forgot her words - nor could I shake the look on her face as she re-lived this memory. And I still can't grasp it; my house in Ticino is only 60 meters from the Italian border, and the idea that there was a brutal war going on three houses down the road from where I live now in Zia's lifetime strikes me as completely surreal.
So, back to my title for the photo above. "Peace". It's such a simple, short word, isn't it? And we use it - or its cousin "peaceful" - quite often when we mean nice and quiet or stress-free. But if I'm honest I don't think I know what it means. My grandaunt Zia did, but I can't know. And I honestly hope I never will.
I'm sorry I led you down such a dark road; I usually intend to make people smile with the anecdotes that go with my photos, but this one demanded a different approach (I guess with this latest image I've strayed from the path in more than one sense, and I hope you'll forgive me).
Ticino today is the region with the second highest average life expectancy in Europe (85.2 years), and "The Human Development Index" of 0.961 in 2021 was one of the highest found anywhere in the world, and northern Italy isn't far behind. But my neighbors, many of whom are now in their 90s, remember well it wasn't always so.
That a region so poor it must have felt like purgatory to many of its inhabitants could turn into something as close to paradise on Earth as I can imagine in a person's lifetime should make us all very hopeful. But, and this is the sad part, it also works the other way 'round. And I believe we'd do well to remember that, too.
To all of you - with my usual tardiness but from the bottom of my heart - a happy, healthy, hopeful 2025 and beyond.
"Prosperity", a traditional Yorkshire fishing coble, hauled up on the beach at North Landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.
A gift from a friend, a beautiful cake to which I added some raspberries, chocolate sauce and cream... very decadent and realized what a beautiful little blessing that I did not ask for nor expect.
Psalm 128:1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Memory of a good companion lost last week, never did like his pic being taken, gone but not forgotten
Ungheria, Budapest, Pest dalla collina Gellert, Primavera 2016
La collina Gellért, alta 235 metri, si affaccia sul Danubio a Budapest, Ungheria. Prese questo nome in onore di San Gerardo, che fu ucciso gettandolo dalla collina. Il famoso Hotel Gellért e le Terme Gellert si trovano nella omonima piazza, ai piedi della collina, vicino al Ponte della Libertà. La Statua della Libertà alle pendici della collina è un monumento che ricorda coloro che hanno sacrificato la loro vita per l'indipendenza, la libertà e la prosperità di Ungheria. La vista di Budapest da qui è unica soprattutto al tramonto.
Gellért Hill is a 235 m high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Gellért Hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill. The famous Hotel Gellért and the Gellért Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the hill, next to Liberty Bridge. The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue is a monument at the top of the hill and it commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary. The view of Budapest from here is unique especially at sunset.
Guang Fu Temple
The temple, which is a mix of modern and Art Deco architecture styles, is believed to be over 100 years old.
It started out as a small wooden temple with Tua Pek Kong as its resident deity.
Over the years, the temple was renovated and extended but some of its original furnishings such as the ornately carved wooden altar and the statues of the deities were maintained.
Today, other than the Tua Pek Kong, devotees can also offer prayers to other deities such as the Goddess of Mercy and Buddha in the temple.
Tua Pek Kong (God of Prosperity)
Source: www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/10/02/butterworths-v...
Butterworth, Penang 🇲🇾
September 2023
Українська хата мазанка під стріхою - традиційне житло українців на Поділлі.
На Поділлі хати у селі завжди виглядали гарно. Завжди побілені, іноді розписані в квітах та в пташках. В конструкції будівель цих районів у другій половині 19 століття переважав каркас з заповненням його деревом та глино-соломою з наступною обмазкою та побілкою. Особливістю подільської народної архітектури є широке застосування в декорі поліхромних розписів, підводок, кольорового пофарбування стін як житла, так і господарських будівель. Тридільна споруда (хата-сіни-хата). Поруч з хатою знаходилась клуня в якій молотили хліб.
Хата 1907 року села Яснозір`я-2 Черкаського району Черкаської області.
Садиба заможного селянина – це приклад «відкритого двору», де чиста частина розташована на першому плані при вході: хата, комора, криниця та погріб. Центральне місце на садибі відводилося хаті, за планом вона тридільна: хата, сіни, хата-світлиця, рублена із соснових пиляних брусів, з короткими випусками вінців. У великих просторих хатах на дві половини виділено одне чисте приміщення – світлиця, прибрана по-святковому: мальовані ікони, народна картинка в купованих червоних «кролівецьких» рушниках перед образами – святкові обрядові прикраси. Біля полу на лаві стоїть маленька скринька, в якій зберігалося намисто, стрічки, дукачі, гроші, документи.
У лівій хаті – щоденний побут селянської родини, де готувалася їжа, бавили дітей, ткали, пряли. У сінях великий спільний димохід для печей. На долівці стоїть ножна ступа, діжка-шаплик для купання, струг для вичинення шкіри.
Заможність господаря простежується і на подвір’ї. Господарські приміщення великі, відрізняються різноманітністю та гарним будівельним матеріалами, з яких вони зроблені.
This farmstead of a prosperous farmer exemplifies a concept of an “open yard”. Its clean part is located at the fore, near the entrance: a house, a storeroom, a wall and a vault. The farmstead’s central place is occupied by the three-room house, consisting of a house, a mudroom, a solar and made of pine-tree saw beams with short open tips. One clean room – a solar – was separated in big double-halved houses. This is a lovely decorated room with painted icons and a national picture, framed by purchased “krolivetsky” embroidered towels and sacral festive items in front of them. A small box on a bench next to the pil (rest space) was made for keeping bead necklaces, strips, precious items, money, and documents.
An ordinary life of a farmer’s family is represented by the left-side house. Here they cooked, nursed babies, wove, spun yarn. A large chimney, common for the both stoves was placed in the mudroom. A mortar, a trough for bathing and a drawing-knife lay here on the floor.
Prosperity of the owner of the house is also evidenced by the yard. All service buildings here are quite big and notable for their difference and good building materials.
When I first visited Lisbon the city still had buildings where house wives did the laundry together (by hand). Since then Portugal joined the EU and enjoyed some improved prosperity. But it seems that some people in the traditional working-class neighbourhood Alfama still stick to the old ways. I hope it is out of tradition or because of social contacts, not out of poverty.
So hard to resist a beautiful red apple.
They are a symbol of prosperity, wealth, temptation, perfecton, beauty, fullfilled goals and desires.
Diwali is a festival of lights. The festival is widely associated with Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity. In Jain tradition, Diwali is celebrated in observance of "Mahavira Nirvana Divas", the physical death and final nirvana of Lord Mahavira.
I had in mind to place 8 bills in a frame, which according to Feng Shui, 8 is money/prosperity number. It took me three years to find the perfect frame, and finally I found one at Thrift Store.
“Always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t then you will be prosperous in acquiring your heart’s desire.” – Gi ♥
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Photographer & Model: Giselle Chauveau
Animal symbolism on a Korean soapstone carving (lid of an inkwell). Close-up. I was interested to see how an object almost uniformly black would look when photographed. Lighting is everything here as the object can only be seen due to the difference of light-absorbing and -reflecting parts.
Hindelopen jest jednym z 11 miast Fryzji. To malownicze miasteczko, a raczej wieś, otrzymało prawa miejskie w 1225 roku. Populacja ok. 900 osób.
Hindeloopen is one of the eleven cities of Friesland.
Hindeloopen received city rights in 1225 and in 1368 it became a member of the Hanseatic League. Since the 12th and 13th century, shippers of Hindeloopen undertook journeys to the North and Baltic Sea Coasts. The strong overseas connections with foreign countries and infrequent contact with the hinterland were probably the reasons for the developing of the Hindeloopen language; a mixture of West Frisian, English, Danish, and Norwegian.
The shipping trade brought the population of Hindeloopen a great prosperity. The 17th and 18th century were especially golden times. At that time, the people of Hindeloopen spent a lot of money in Amsterdam on precious fabrics and objects, which were supplied through the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The rich town developed in those days her own costume and a completely individual style with colorful painted walls and furniture.
In the small streets some sea captains houses remind of this time of glory. You can see an anchor hanging on the façades of these houses, in those years a sign, that the captain could still accept freight. In summertime when the captain was at sea, the captain's wife lived with the children in the so-called “Likhus”. A little house behind the captain's house at the waterline. (wiki)