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The reason why time passes us by before we know it, is because it is on wheels!
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “anything on wheels” was chosen by Phunny, phunnyfotos .
I have taken a small amount of liberty on the theme this week with two photos. This is one of them. I hope you will indulge me. I don’t drive, and I’m not really into cars, so at first I was a little stumped with this week’s theme, however a friend suggested the wheels inside the workings of one of my clocks. Therefore, this is a shot taken into the back of my 1865 Seth Thomas and Company mantle clock which I received as a gift last Christmas. It has had its inner workings given a complete clean and restoration, and its brass wheels and cogs are beautifully shiny.
"las coronas
pesan más
que la razón"
"the crowns
weigh more
that the reason"
(Fotografía y prosa: Emili Bermúdez)
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For some reason I spent an evening photographing the three boxes on the low level line Crossfields, Monks Sidings and this one Littons Mill. The gates are closed to road traffic and the oil lantern, now electric, is burning bight. The LNWR box has been in use since 1890 and from July 2012 it was reduced to a crossing box when the area was re-signalled.
I have no reason to show the ass w——s who are currently being pushed out of our Capital. I have lived through assassinations, wars, protests and 9/11 but I never imagined I would live to see today’s events.
The reason for coming out this way...
Brand new to the fleet, Centrebus Luton Enviro200MMCs YX23ORW (597) and YX23ORY (598) have been outshopped in a Connect Herts livery, itself a part of the Bus Service Improvement Plan from the UK Government.
With applicable branding for routes 390 and 907 between Stevenage and Hertford/Cheshunt, YX23ORY (598) heads along Brewery Road in Hoddesdon with a Route 907 service for Cheshunt (Brookfield Centre) 28/05/23
♫ Song/Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman ❥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASTQeKywbs8
Will I ever leave Second Life?
Maybe...
Maybe one day I'll go quietly out through the backdoor ;)
INDECISIVE!
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reasons I have been gone from FLICKR. One is that I have been busy shooting and editing photos while working on my Masters degree. Anyway, this is a location near where I live and it took 3 trips to get what I wanted...I had to chase decent light...there is no good light for this location so decent has to do.
Will stop by your stream as the day goes on and thanks for not throwing virtual tomatoes at me.
Luna Moth & Rosy Maple Moth... and the "bright" reason they're there now
Rosy maple moth, a highlight of our visit to Oconee State Park, and the first time I ever remember seeing this species!
The best of our 848 captures are in a mini-themed album:
• Outing to Oconee State Park, SC – 2021APR13
◦ Moody Spring – 2021APR13 – SC Highway 107
◦ Oconee State Park – 2021APR13 – Mountain Rest, SC
◦ Wigington Overlook – 2021APR13 – SC Highway 413
Hope you enjoy this 34% of 32 "rosy" captures we took today!
Photo taken several years ago. For some reason I have always liked this one. Reminds me of all the Iowa farmsteads that have been plowed under and often only a barn or grain bin along with a few trees remain - if that. The black and white photo seems appropriate as I reflect on days gone by when we had neighbors just down the road and farms were 160 acres. New age today and probably a better age but I do miss the times gone by when the countryside was filled with so many families and farms.
The only reason for including this is the amazing colours, mostly reflected reeds and sky. And the reflections.
52 weeks of 2024
Week #51 ~ Chiaroscuro
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Une bonne raison d'avancer dans la suite logique de cette histoire...
Our reason for going to the Strahov Monastery was to visit the Theological and Philosophical Halls within the complex. For 50 Korunas any tourist can obtain a Fotolicence and snap away at these magnificent rooms.
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From www.aviewoncities.com/prague/strahovmonastery.htm:
The Theological Hall was built between 1671 and 1679 and houses the theological book collection of the famous Strahov library. Its collection contains over 200,000 books and includes works from famous printers such as Christoffel Plantin. Besides valuable books, the hall also contains several geographical and astronomical globes from the seventeenth century.
The frescoes on the ceiling of the Theological Hall took four years to complete. They depict the profession of the librarian.
Bhutan, The Land of The Thunder Dragon, is tucked amongst the Himalaya Mountains. The country is remote making it one of the last few untouched places in the world. Bhutan is almost wholly Buddhist and they measure their quality of life by Gross National Happiness. To visit Bhutan is kin to taking your soul on a journey of self-discovery. It is by far one of the few places in the world I have found myself in complete peace and all cares go away.
There are many reasons to love Bhutan and the Bhutanese. This is my list of 14 Reasons to Love Bhutan::
:: Happiness is the key to life. Instead of Gross National Product (GDP), Bhutan adheres to Gross National Happiness.
:: Colorful festivals including the Paro Festival, which I've included in a previous blog post.
:: The Bhutanese love quiet moments and so do I.
:: Bhutan treats is traditions with respect and faithfully follow what came before.
:: The ancient architecture is simple, yet stunning. Newer construction complements the old very nicely.
:: Majestic Dzongs, or ancient forts, grace every town throughout Bhutan.
:: Bhutan is the Last Shangri-La. Bhutan, or the Land of the Thunder Dragon, is the only remaining Buddhist Himalayan kingdom.
:: If you love trekking, Bhutan offers epic excursions throughout the Himalayan country.
:: When you visit Bhutan, you'll be met with rugged and pristine natural wonders everywhere you go.
:: As you drive through the high Himalayan mountain passes, you'll literally have your head in the clouds.
:: Bhutan's cultural legacy will touch deeply within you. Sometimes you don't realise how much Bhutan touches you until well after you leave
the tiny kingdom.
:: Bhutan is pure. The air is clean and there is an endearing innocence to the people you don't find in western societies.
:: Bhutan is authentic and genuine. When a Bhutanese gives his word, you know it's true.
:: The quiet in Bhutan and the quiet nature of the Bhutanese people show peace is indeed a virtue. You'll be at ease during your time in
Bhutan.
:: Picturesque monasteries, such as Tiger's Nest, will leave you speechless.
That's 15 reasons to Love Bhutan. I got carried away. If you have questions about visiting the Tiny Kingdom of Bhutan, send me an email. I'll be pleased to help.
My affection for Bhutan cannot easily fit into words. When I returned from this tiny kingdom, I couldn't view my photos without tears falling. Something beneath the surface happened while I was in Bhutan and to this day I can't explain what it is. Is it the decided ease and peace I felt; one I hadn't felt before or since? The idea of this is absolutely possible.
Few places in this world take a tight hold on me and touch deep in my soul. Bhutan is one of the places and to this day, it has not let go.
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When Reason Sleeps.
In the silence of shadows, when reason's light is dim, our neglect awakens. "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" unveiled the chaos born through neglected reason. As we slumber, the spectres of tyranny and fear multiply. Let us awaken reason and reignite the flame of liberty for all, vanquishing the shadows of infliction once more.
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my room is a disaster. my hair is greasy and choppy and i have split ends beyond reason. i can't go a day without wearing a ring on my right hand. today i wore an owl ring that was my grandmothers. i have no living grandparents. i can't stop editing my photographs with these neutral, earthy tones. i cannot stop listening to certain songs. and i have a lot to say about my own formulated ideas and opinions and beliefs on the questions i asked all of you, but i don't know how to say it all. i've been having trouble lately communicating. i don't know why, but i just want you to feel me.
and just know.
here's my own answers to the questions from my previous post:
1. i think i am going to go with a light shade of grey. and not have very much of anything on my walls at all. maybe just my polaroids.
2. this one
3. I am a virgin.
i am thankful, so thankful to be one. however, I do not judge those who are not. i choose to love people no matter what they have done. for that is how Christ has loved me. i do not believe that sex before marriage is a sin because sex is bad. sex is not bad. sex is a beautiful, wonderful act that is made to be the bonding together of two creations into one. "the two will become one flesh" however, i do believe that sex before marriage is not a good idea because it always hurts someone or something. "all other sins one commits are sins against other things or people, but sexual immorality is sin against oneself." so pretty much, we damage our souls by this sort of thing. and we may not realize it at the time. but it does. it breaks us in the depths of our being. that is why it is not such a good idea, not because it is just a meaninglessly sinful way of living, but because it causes pain in some deep and intricate way.
i believe in self-control and purity. i do not believe that kissing is wrong before marriage. i think that there is a level of intimacy that needs to be there between two people that are in love with one another. there is a physical side to love. that is how it was designed. however, i do not believe in perverting love, and tainting it with sexual immorality. i am saving myself for my husband because my body belongs to him. my body is a temple that Christ has bought with a price, therefore i desire above all else to honor him with it. i believe there are certain limitations that we need to form for ourselves to know that we are honoring God with our WHOLE selves.
4. i am going to be dead honest with you.
at one point in my life... i realized that i was so consumed with doubt and frustration at the way in which my society was telling me to live. most of our principles here in America are founded in the bible, yet, we are such freaking hypocrites. i mean, think about what we do here? we murder our own children. we neglect the poor. we deny showing love to homosexuals and drunkards. we break marriage bonds by divorce. we cheat and lie and scam and kill and turn our faces to the very life that Christ has called us to live. our society is so corrupt.
our society is so wrapped up in ourselves we just cry and moan and piss all over the place. so yes, i am not afraid to say that before i committed my life to Christ, i was freaking influenced by the society i live in. i was confused as anything, but i was influenced. i would be a liar to say i wasn't.
before i truly discovered Christ, it was pretty much just the "right thing" to say i believed in God. thats what we do here in america right? "In God we trust" its pretty much written on everything we posses. i did not believe out of love. it was just what my world told me to do. so i did it. it was just a sick and empty life i was living. so empty and full of nothingness. i had no faith in anything but my self, and that in some way or another i existed and i was just going to be just fine in my comfortable little house in my comfortable little neighborhood, in my comfortable little city, in my comfortable little state, in my comfortable little country... i am repulsed.
5. but now, i have and am constantly being transformed in my mind. two and a half years ago, somebody in my life showed me the true love and grace of Christ, and i finally understood. i discovered truth beyond all reason. there is something that happened inside of me when i choose to turn from my old way of living in an empty and pitiful state, and following the only one who loves all people no matter anything. its called unconditional love. nothing else makes any sense except that sort of love. is that not what all humans desire? to be forgiven and loved? i mean... wanted? the core of everything terrible that has happened or is happening or will ever happen in the complete history of humanity is that there was a void of love. there was someone who was hurt and broken and empty and hopeless and nobody showed them this love.
we cannot deny the fact that even we ourselves feel no purpose in life without feeling loved in some way or another. it is the core of everything.
Christ came and said, "darling, child, i love you. i am love in the flesh. i am so incredibly in love with you, and i made you, i created you, i know every single hair upon your head, i know every freckle on your skin. i know your heart and i know your mind. and even though you have denied me, even though you have murdered and lied and judged and stolen and hated, i know you, and i love you and i want you to be mine. i want you to come with me, because i will show you a love that does not count those things of the past against you. i will forgive everything horrible you have ever done or will do. i will try to remake your heart so that love is at the center of it. not the absence of love. please, beloved, come with me and i will show you truth."
this is why i believe in Christ.....nothing else that this world offers me can surpass the truth of Christ and his love. i know in my being that it is the truth because my soul has always ached for it. always. and when it finally was filled with it, this God of love, when i finally understood it all, there was not a single crack or crevice that was not satisfied in me.
there is proof in faith.
i've lived without believing in Christ. i have gone down that path. i have walked it before. and now, i know, that it is a dead end. nothingness. nothing that we do in this life means anything at all without him. no other religion offers love in this way. no other religion calls us to just simply accept the love and live it. its not about all the freaking do this and do that's. if you have understood Christ to be the guy who stands up there on sunday and tells you that your wrong and your going to hell and you don't deserve anything good and your a big pile of shit, then you are being led astray by the brokenness and the void of love that i was talking about earlier. Christ is LOVE. he would hang out with those people that your preacher tells your are going to hell. why? because he loves all, and came to heal the sick. he came to love the loveless. and embrace those who have never known embrace.
every silence all around me is screaming through the walls.
( my interpretation to "el sueno de la razon" by Goya )
.. the reason the crinoline cage jots out towards the back is three metal buttons I inserted into the front hem. With the weight - folds of the final outer skirt in the back - it will balance out evenly.
52 weeks of 2022
Week #33 ~ In the style of Cindy Sherman ~ Part III of IV
Inspired by this self portrait by Cindy Sherman "Untitled Film Still #56, dated 1980":
www.artic.edu/artworks/72442/untitled-film-still-56
You can see more about the great photography of Cindy Sherman :
www.theartstory.org/artist/sherman-cindy/
rebrand.ly/uyrok19
www.artic.edu/artists/23759/cindy-sherman
citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/cindy-sherman/
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jul/03/cindy-sherma...
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Extra, close-up pics:
For some reason, these Royal Spoonbills love this sandbar on the northern edge of the Pauatahanui - probably because it's isolated from the rest of the world by thick and very soft mud! (And trust me: I know just how thick and soft it is!!!).
Because it is isolated from two-legged pests called Humans, the birds are quite comfortable having a Siesta Time in the middle of what was a lovely warm Spring the day!
One other thing...: if you look carefully, you might note that some of these birds are wearing Mating plumage on the back of their necks...
On previous occasions, attempts to photograph these Spoonbills from the road has been challenging to say the least, but with the use of a Monopod, camera shake has been over-come! (Yay!).
The photo bomber in the background is a Black Swan!
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For some odd reason, relatives rarely came to visit our house. But when they did, I always made a point to go and see what kind of car they drove. Being of Italian heritage [ I know, I know, with a last name like Smith... it's a long story ] the automobiles that showed up were very impressive.
Here is a visual memory of those rare visits and the amazing vehicles that showed up.
On a different note:
It had been threatening rain the day I took this photo, but I was feeling the need to go out and be creative.
Not having a car, I dragged my gear about a half mile away and set up the shot.
You know where this story is going; so let me say I got the shot and made it home just as the deluge hit.
Personally, I've always liked the quality of light that happens before a storm and it shows up nicely in this image.
Both of the cars are by The Danbury Mint. The Buick is spectacular.
But its close. There's not a lot of topography on this line east of Crosby so a little hump was reason enough to put on the bigger glass (that and having about 15 wedgies in the bag already).
Note the fancy paint job on the bell!
Feelings don't die easily because we keep feeding them with memories...that's exactly the reason why it's so hard to move on.
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A tiny little Weevil. It does indeed feed on both peas and beans in gardens but only in a very minor way and causes very little damage to the crop. As an adult, this small creature feeds on the leaves of many leguminous species including Red and White Clover although for some reason it avoids Lupins. The larvae feed on the roots of the same species under the soil.
I came across a number of Bald Eagles on the Sumas Prairie who were fighting over the remains of a dead Swan. For some reason most of them ended up in this straight line, who know?
For whatever reason, I saw more bears than usual in my past experiences in Yellowstone, including both black and grizzly mothers with cubs. Most of the grizzlies were very far off, but one pair was close enough for reasonable photos. I also saw a pack of six or seven wolves, but they were at binocular distance, the only distance at which I have ever seen them in the park. Black bear, Yellowstone National Park.