Hi guys!!!

So as i promise here goes the tags:D

(and facts)

  

1. i love all you guys that comment and are there looking at my work, you guys are amazing!!!

2. i havent seen harry potter yet-.- haha i was going to see it yesterday but we saw devil:p

3. i can watch horror movies all day long!!:D:D

4. i believe in destiny

5. i hate that i have insomnia but at least i dont talk when im asleep, and for that im grateful:)

6. if you see my previous facts...they all star with ''i'' lol im silly

7.someday i will be living in nyc and i will own a photography gallery with an icecream place:D:D

8.i still cant get over my summerlove. im stupid

9. music is my life! you dont know how easy i can relate to songs.

1O. i wanna meet my flickr friends someday.

11. i cant sleep with light. and i love darkness

12. i wanna learn to mix music!!!!:D

13. ohh god im so bad at writing facts!!! i still start with ''i'' -.-

14. i hate double-face people.

15. i promise better facts next time

   

Have a GOOD, NICE, EXCELLENT, AWESOME, STUNNING day!

haha kidding but hope you do:)!!!!

   

ahh BTW i almost forgot...I WILL BE DOING A PRINT GIVEAWAY and maybe EXCHANGE for the ones who want haha :D

  

i feel like i miss some one...but if so PLEASE PLEASE tag yourself:)

  

I guess im done with the tags!!!

sorry if i missed you, but think they are complete:)

Can you relate? I got up early because I wanted to photograph some places in town at sunrise. Hoping for warm light and strong shadows.

Almost all the sites I visited had changed into construction sites though and I really got in a bad mood.

I decided to go on since I was there anyway and time can be precious.

Then I saw the light on this window. Diffused by the tree. It's shadows casted on the wall. It instantly changed my mood. I started to photograph other things than planned and got home with a really nice set of photos. You have got to stay open minded.

 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Olympus E-300, Zuiko Digital 40–150mm F3.5–4.5

I am reposting this message and creation from my December 2019 post

 

Although this was written in 2019 I knew something big was going to take place on earth in the months ahead.

 

It is as relevant today as it was back in 2019 because it relates to today in 2021

 

I underestimated the severity of this message. In saying this I was extremely unsettled for many months and prayed as I knew something was going to happen but I did not know exactly what.

I had endured many months of suffering knowing. Through this process things became crystal clear to me and with that an understanding of the higher picture and ultimately a sense of surrendering to 'what is' and a sense of Peace and Calm came with this, along with so much gratitude for being guided and shown. A blessing and a curse

 

To add to this, many souls have sacrificed themselves - knowingly and unknowingly to wake up humanity.

We can never know the soul agreement that each of us has made when we birthed into this world.

 

I am eternally grateful to the many souls who have endured hell on earth, lost their lives to awaken the masses to the reality of this world.

 

There are many people at this time on earth who are struggling with all that is happening in our world.

 

I was guided with this message and design back in 2019 - it started many months before it was completed by December of that year.

 

I hope that this message will bring some understanding and comfort to anyone who is struggling right now.

 

Despite her name Black Winged Goddess, she does bring a message of Hope and Unity to humanity.

 

We are living in times of great destruction of the world as we know it, earth changes, fires, floods, earthquakes.

 

Here alone in Australia we sit in horror at the extent of the fires rampage across the country. Unprecedented fires and weather in the history of our existence (well what is on record)

 

Whilst horrific - the earth we live on has always been full of cyclic changes.

 

Ancient cities have been discovered under the sea, we are naive to think that the world as we know it will remain the same.

 

What continents exist now may no longer exist. What coastline exists now is slowly being swallowed up by the ocean.

 

Volcanic eruptions are changing the face of the planet as are earthquakes - the list is long.

We cannot stop the force of Mother Nature. We live on a planet that has always endured such destruction.

 

We have pole shifts taking place - all kinds of catastrophic events happening across the Globe. We are but a spit in the ocean to the wide Galaxies that we know of. Yet we think we are precious in some way.

 

I cannot help but wonder why I was so drawn to create this "Black Winged Goddess" let alone give her the name of Black Winged Goddess. But I was drawn, my soul was pushing me for weeks with a "slight vision" of what I needed to create. It now makes total sense to me why I was so drawn to create The Black Winged Goddess, given the state of our world and humanity.

 

My soul as always when I listen guides me with powerful messages and reminds me to just 'be' to accept 'what is'.

 

We may not like the current state of our world, but it is what it is and all we can do is stay strong within ourselves and hold the power of 'love' in our hearts despite seeing so much being played out on the planet.

 

Kali (Hindu) - was known as a deity of the Fearsome Demon destroying Goddess who represents death and rebirth - so her name means "Black One".

 

We can never truly comprehend or understand the power of mother nature - we have abused her for centuries, taken her for granted and she is a living breathing consciousness so powerful that we dare not go up against here.

 

In recent years we have seen the influence of the feminine energy on earth which for eons has been dominated by the male energy.

So it makes complete sense to me that we are witness to so much destruction on the planet.

 

We are witness to the destruction of our societies as we know it, breakdown of families, law, politics.

 

So much of humanity is at war with the 'system', the injustices, and the lack of balance within our society. The homeless, the abused, the forgotten souls, the mental health issues that seem to have become rampant, the rise of Corporate wealth while humanity is trapped in slavery. We have learnt nothing as a humanity over the past how many hundred years?

 

In order for rebirth, for new growth, a culling needs to take place - hence the energy of the Black Winged Goddess she is both the Destroyer and the Giver of New Life.

 

We have elected to be here at this time on the planet - despite the suffering we witness or endure - I know at a higher level it is absolutely necessary for real change to take place.

 

Our world is a very different place to the one we have known - and whilst we have believed we have had a safe and reasonable planet in which to live, the reality is much Evil has existed and people have been brainwashed to the point of being zombies. There has been so much suppression imposed upon humanity even to the extreme of vaccinations and fluoride to our water supply. All of these chemicals act as suppressants to our brain! It has been a deliberate agenda of the existing power on earth. Their agenda has always been to rule, control and suppress the populous.

 

Humanity is awakening and with this will be uproar, dis - ease, a culling if you like. It is time for humanity to step out of fear and into their true power which is within each and every one of us.

 

New growth, new beginnings but not before the dismantling of the old - it has to be this way.

 

These times we are living through were written in history.

 

So I have created "The Black Winged Goddess" she is available in different styles, inside a Dome with beautiful etched glass or stand alone. She will rotate or can be static.

 

She is available on MP in the Stand Alone version (rotating) or can be seen in world at my store.

 

****This POST IS NOT to promote my MP. I will not put my MP link here for this reason. If anyone does not have the money and would like a version of her please send me a notecard in world with your full name and I will happily send one to you. This is NOT about promoting my MP it is about assisting humanity at this time***.

 

I hope you enjoy and embrace 'The "Black Winged Goddess' and rather be in fear of her - understand she brings 'New Life" but first the old has to die for the new to be born.

 

How appropriate for a New Year of 2020 fast approaching.

 

Interestingly and unconsciously I created 4 of these Black Winged Goddesses.

 

The year 2020 equates to the number 4 in Numerology.

 

The #4 represents a Universal energy. (see below for a deeper understanding of the #4)

 

The # 2 - Is the most feminine and often underestimated when it comes to power and strength. She is always gentle, tactful, diplomatic, forgiving and understanding. She likes to keep peace and likes to avoid confrontation. # 2 is the survivor and extremely resilient force. Her shape looks as though she is bent back on a knee with head bowed in humility and service. However when enough pressure is applied to the # 2 energy. Some would perceive her as weak and powerless due to this servitude shape. However never underestimate the power behind #2 because she represents the power (double) #1 who is the all powerful warrior who will shake and destroy no matter what. So #2 brings the balance but never underestimate the power of 2 Energy.

 

The #4 Energy in more detail

 

The 4 is without a doubt masculine, reflecting strength and stability. His chief characteristics are dependability, productivity, punctuality and obedience. He is trustworthy, patient, conventional and a traditionalist.

 

Tend to be rule followers. 4 is the area of sciences, upholding the law (such as Government and the military). The #4 represents Disciplined, systematic, Dependable, Strong. Loyal

 

Four is the basis of all solid objects. Four points are used in constructing the simplest solid and thus four is the number symbolizing the way of construction. In many religions, four is seen as the number for earth, and representing the four elements, Air Earth, Water and Fire.

At its extreme 4's can tend to overreact to violence.

 

So 2020 seems to have more challenges ahead and I suspect we will be seeing more uprising across the planet (#2 energy) with totalitarianism (#4 energy) being played out like never before. Perhaps more of what the world has witnessed in Hong Kong this year.

 

It is as if the two energies Masculine & Feminine are battling against one another. But at the same time, I cannot help but feel and acknowledge UNITY - and this is what I will remain focused upon during the year ahead. We must stand united. We are after all 'one humanity'

 

We are without doubt living in very challenging times.

May peace be with you!

Copyright December 2019 Chant Lyric

 

Please share with anyone who you believe may take some comfort during these days - not because I want awards, in fact I do not want awards. This is for humanity and was given to me through the Grace of God

This post is NOT about promoting my MP - she is available there for anyone who wants to purchase her. For anyone who truly feels drawn to her and the strength and comfort she brings to me, and do not have the money to purchase her. Please contact me in world with a notecard, give me your full name and I will happily send her free of charge to you.

 

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112 pictures in 2012, #29 Leap Day (any shot to be taken on, or relating to 29th Februari2012)

 

Explore, Highest position: #132 on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

It is truly difficult to effectively relate how graceful and ethereal Manta Rays are as they perform their nightly ballet in the warm waters near Kona Hawaii. This image perhaps does the work of hundreds of adjectives in relating the emotion you feel as these massive creatures glide inches from your face.

If you would like to read more about swimming with Mantas and see more photos of this adventure, check-out my blog article: www.firefallphotography.com/swimming-manta-rays-tips-phot...

Have a great day!

 

Jeff

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Explored 9/21/13

‭When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.

When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

~Ansel Adams

 

To make someone feel, make someone relate, make someone think - this is the beauty of it all. Making some sort of an impact has and always will be my purpose in why I take photographs.

 

I believe as photographers, we all have a story to tell of why or how we got into photography.

 

2006.

 

A year that dramatically altered my perspective on life and the spark that ignited my passion for photography.

 

It was during that year,‭ ‬two people who meant the world to me passed away‭ ‬8‭ ‬months apart from each other. Never had I anticipated experiencing death at such a rapid rate.‭ ‬Emotional turmoil took over and depression became a part of me.‭ ‬I was no longer the same person, I was filled with denial, pain and sadness. I felt numb to the world and every person in it. I was in a constant battle with my emotions, not knowing where to turn for support in such a difficult time.

 

For months I had obsessively been glancing at sites that contained photography from Deviant Art photographers.‭ ‬With every picture that came across my eye while scrolling down the pages,‭ ‬a lightning bolt of questions and curiosity struck me:‭ “‬How can someone capture something so beautiful in such a short amount of time‭?”‬ The fact that each photograph was unique and held a different view fascinated me.‭ ‬I quickly aspired to experiment with taking pictures.‭ Due to such a powerful curiosity,‭ ‬I'm sure you can imagine the delight that filled me when I got my first camera - a Canon Powershot - as a present for Christmas.‭ ‬Little did I know that what I first deemed as an‭ “‬experiment‭”‬ would within time turn into an escape,‭ ‬a passion that would heal me greatly.‭

 

‭I began to feel the world looked so much more beautiful when I looked at it through a camera's viewfinder. Every day I would be out in my backyard taking photographs, and in those moments capturing what surrounded me, I didn't feel pain. I didn't feel sadness. I didn't feel numb - I felt peace. Taking photographs made me rediscover who I was as a person. My camera became my greatest friend who knew all my secrets and witnessed me metamorphosis.

 

‭It's hard to believe it's been 3 years.

Being a part of Flickr has been such an uplifting experience for me.

‭Three years ago, I never would have imagined gaining such inspiration, support and friendship from so many extraordinary people. For that and so much more, I am forever grateful.

 

‭Photography is a true saving grace.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Ruben M. Benjamin (1833-1917), an attorney known for litigation relating to railroad regulation, had this Italianate-style house built for him and his wife, Laura, upon their marriage in 1856. The builder, carpenter John L. Routt (1826-1907), would go on to serve as the first and seventh Governor of Colorado from 1876 to 1879, and 1891 to 1893. He also served as Mayor of Denver from 1883 to 1885.

 

Benjamin received his primary education at Kinderhook Academy, New York and in 1853 was graduated from Amherst College with high honors. He was principal of Hopkins Academy at Hadley, Massachusetts, one year and was a student a year later in the Harvard Law School and the next year he was a tutor at Amherst. He arrived in Bloomington in the spring of 1856. In the fall he appeared before Judge (and future Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court) David Davis at Lincoln, Illinois, for his bar exam. One of the examiners was Abraham Lincoln. He passed the test and later became a close friend of the future 16th U.S. president.

 

Benjamin was a prominent attorney who represented the people in The People vs. Chicago and Alton Railroad. That case was widely considered a benchmark ruling that allowed the government to regulate private enterprises.

 

After Benjamin "retired" from the practice of law, he devoted his time to writing textbooks that were used at many of the most prominent law schools in the country. He also served as a McLean County judge from 1877 to 1886, and served for a time as the dean of the law school faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.

 

The Ruben M. Benjamin House is listed both by itself and as a contributing property in Bloomington's East Grove Street District. The only other home in the East Grove Street District to have this distinction is the George H. Cox House previously shown in this McLean County series.

 

The East Grove Street 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 home to State Farm Insurance, Country Financial and Beer Nuts. Illinois Wesleyan University is located here, while the neighboring twin city of Normal is home to Illinois State University and Heartland Community College. 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.

Blythe a Day - How to Sell a Haunted House (Bewitched) - 10/1/25

 

For Sale in Spookytown: Classic Haunted Beauty

 

About the Property:

Beautiful classic 4 bed 3 bath tri-level in coveted Spookytown. Original fireplaces and staircases. Hard wood flooring throughout. Old creaky windows, attic ghosts, furnace, updated electrical and much more!

 

Features:

Actual clawfoot tubs

2 ghosts

Secret staircase & door

Creaky floors

Large windows

Attic bats

Real skeletons in the closets

 

Call Drusilla, our expert relator, for a private tour.

 

House photo I took on a fall drive and recolored

Daunting Drusilla Blythe

 

The Rape of Proserpina, more accurately translated as The Abduction of Proserpina, is a large Baroque marble group sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622, when Bernini's career was in its early stage. The group, finished when Bernini was just 23 years old, depicts the abduction of Proserpina, who is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto. It features Pluto holding Proserpina aloft, and a Cerberus to symbolize the border into the underworld that Pluto carries Proserpina into.

Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned the sculpture and gave it to the newly appointed Cardinal-nephew, Ludovico Ludovisi, possibly as a means of gaining favour. The choice to depict the myth of Proserpina may relate to the recent death of Pope Paul V, or to the recent empowerment of Ludovico. Bernini drew inspiration from Giambologna and Annibale Carracci for the sculpture, which is the only work for which preparatory material survives. The Rape of Proserpina is made of rare Carrara marble, and was originally placed on a pedestal, since-destroyed, with a poem by Maffeo Barberini. It has been praised for its realism, as the marble mimics other materials like flesh. The detail is notable; for instance, a trickle of tears contributes to the expressiveness of Proserpina's face.

 

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I think all of us who love K-pop can relate to this movie...

Fantasy or not, the truth is that my soul was trapped in the demon of K-pop, and what a beautiful way this movie conveys that...

I recommend it...

But I'm taking this opportunity to say goodbye to the K-pop community in SL. For personal reasons, I'm hanging up my gloves, as they say in the daily struggle of life...

Just like in real life, things happen in SL that sometimes force you to make these decisions, and I feel I need to take a step back...

And returning to my principles as a model, dressing my Virtual Barbie has always been my priority...

To everyone who respected me and accepted my friendship in the K-pop world, THANK YOU.

I still love Korean culture, I still respect it, I like K-pop, and I always will... And my avatar will maintain that vibe for now... but I don't rule out a big change soon!

 

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything I've learned. I'll keep that!

 

Créditos - Credits:

melindabaynsl.blogspot.com/2025/07/demon-hunter-kpop-by-m...

 

Relatable.

This smiley face that one of my children drew with sidewalk chalk on our driveway caught my attention. I saw a mixture of happy and sad. Happy in the smiling face and sad that a crack in the concrete cut through the side of the smiling face. This was captivating to me and seemed to tell a story I could relate to—that I often experience multiple feelings that seem to be opposite one another yet both valid. It was so fascinating to me that one of my children’s sidewalk chalk drawings brought up these thoughts.

The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) a memorial relating the historical impact of and on Bomber Command during the Second World War. Located on Canwick Hill, overlooking the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire.

 

The city of Lincoln was selected for the location of the IBCC because 27 RAF Bomber Command stations (over a third of all Bomber Command stations) were based in the county during World War II. The large amount of airfields led to Lincolnshire being nicknamed the "Bomber County".

 

Located at Canwick Hill, the centre is just under two and half miles from RAF Waddington, which suffered the greatest losses of any Bomber Command station, and close to the former Avro aircraft production facility at Bracebridge Heath. A view of Lincoln Cathedral, a prominent landmark for aircrews, forms an important part of the vista from the centre of the Memorial Spire.

 

The aim of the IBCC is to tell the personal stories of members of the RAF Bomber Command, ground crew and civilians impacted by the bombing campaigns during the Second World War. The centre will also provide a comprehensive record of the role of Bomber Command's squadrons and to digitally display historical documentation and photographs relating to the activity of Bomber Command.

 

Within the grounds of the International Bomber Command Centre the Spire Memorial was erected on 10 May 2015. The memorial is a spire, reflecting the connection to Lincoln Cathedral. Created out of Corten A weathering steel, it is based on the dimensions of the wingspan of a Lancaster bomber, being 102ft high and 16ft at the base. The Spire was officially unveiled in October 2015 to an audience of 3,600 guests including 312 Bomber veterans.

 

The spire is encircled by walls carrying the names of all 57,871 men and women who gave their lives whilst serving in or supporting Bomber Command. This is the only place in the world where all these losses are memorialised.

 

Information Source:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Bomber_Command_Centre

 

The chapel features, on its three walls, frescoed scenes relating to the Universal Flood, the Entrance of the Animals into the Ark, the End of the Flood and Noah's Drunkenness. The compositions are characterised by outdoor visions marked by the presence of human figures and animals, both depicted on a small scale. The painter's attention seems to be focused on the description of the variety of animals and birds, without, however, failing to dwell on the more intensely dramatic scenes, such as the cases of those who drown, going as far as the cold analysis of the corpses strewn on the ground after the Flood. The stories of the Flood are linked to the fresco of the Baptism of Christ that faces them in the cloistered church, as a foreshadowing of that moment of salvation, according to what St Peter makes clear in the First Epistle (3:20-21): "God in his longsuffering waited in the days of Noah for the ark to be built, in which eight people in all found escape from the water, a figure, this one, of the Baptism that now saves us".

Historical-critical information: In these frescoes, Aurelio Luini displays an unprecedented propensity for storytelling and narration for its own sake, which results in a smug amusement directed above all at the descriptive rendering of the various animal species, rendered with an almost lenticular meticulousness. As the son of Bernardino Luini, who was active for many years in San Maurizio, Aurelio showed undisputed talent for painting, which led him to collaborate with his older brother Giovan Pietro from 1555 onwards. Here, as in other cases, Aurelio exhibits the peculiar characteristics of his painting, sustained by an exuberant expressive emphasis that is fully in line with contemporary 'Mannerism'. The naturalistic taste manifested in the frescoes of the Noah's Ark chapel also reflects the interest that Aurelio, a member of the Accademia della Val di Blenio (run by Giovan Paolo Lomazzo), had always shown in Leonardo's research.

  

With deadlines coming up,

the overwhelming numbing sensation

is oddly alarming

 

If only time could cease to be.

  

I need 6 photos to put in my portfolio in which relate to a theme. I was thinking maybe "conceptual" as a theme...

 

any ideas?

  

no graphics please! they'll be deleted. comments are more than welcome :) encouraged, even.

 

Explored # 43

...relating to the first in comments!

 

A few things can be described about this. The location is Bingsjö in Sweden, Päckosgården to be more exact. Once the home of a musician...

 

This year I will try to stay away from the cruising nights and concentrate on this place ;) More to come on that...

June 05, 2016

 

Villatic:

[vi-lat-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to the country or to a farm; rural.

 

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It's a cool, gray and rainy Sunday here which is perfect for some quality time in the kitchen!

 

We desperately need the rain, and I really needed to get caught up and ready for the work week ahead by preparing food so the rain is working out just fine for me.

 

The garden is being watered and I'm not tempted to go sit out in the sun with a good book. Win, win!

 

I bought a lot of basil plants this week and so I was on the hunt for a recipe that would work for Sweet Sunday, then I got it in my head that I needed scones for the week which narrowed down my search until I came across this!

 

In the future, I think I would double the basil, lessen the strawberries and maybe throw some jam in the mix for additional flavour, but this reccipe is not a bad starting point!

 

Recipe:

 

Ingredients:

3 cups of flour

1/3 cup of sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

2 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

3/4 cup of unsalted butter, cut into small chunks

1 cup of buttermilk

1 cup chopped of fresh strawberries

1/4 cup of fresh chopped basil

1 tablespoon of buttermilk, for brushing

Brown sugar for sprinkling

 

Directions:

01. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

02. Mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl from flour - baking soda.

03. Add butter and mix using pastry cutter, a knife or your hands, until mixture resembles coarse meal.

04. Add buttermilk and mix until just combined. Fold in strawberries and basil.

05. Lightly dust flour onto work surface. Divide dough in half. Working with one batch at a time, shape dough into 3/4 inch thick circle. Cut into 8 wedges.

06. Lay on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

07. Repeat with other dough.

08. Brush tops of scones with buttermilk and sprinkle with brown sugar.

09. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

 

Hope everyone is having a Sweet Sunday!

 

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June 25, 2011.

This is my sister

I'm only getting started. I won't blackout

Thank you so much Meggie for the testimonial :)

 

I've been thinking for a long while over the topic of meeting new people, and watching the previous ones leave as new ones enter.

Maybe everyone is meant to meet one monster in their lives, the ghost of their past that whispers in the haunting darkness, the one shadow that will never let them go. It awakens in the night, waiting for the hours to tick by so it can press its suffocating weight onto your shoulders. Insomnia keeps your eyes wide open, allowing you to feel the pressure from the shadow.

There's no escaping, because nightmares only materialise in pure silence, when your thoughts are fleeing in hurried bursts from your mind. When the only sound is the jagged edge of your breath catching in the ragged air. When your hands are clenched in tight little grips on the sheets, and you feel an inconsolable sense of grief.

All that you have lost, and the pain you have gone through, slowly collected in that one shadow, all weighing down on you. All the memories. All the recollections. They're all waiting in the dark to come back and haunt you.

Remembering a memory is akin to taking a blurred photograph and putting it in your pocket. You will always remember what happened in that instant, but not too clearly; yet clearly enough to know the general details. And try as you might, you will never be able to change the memory. Because it has already been printed, and it has become a fact of life.

 

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Banteay Srei or Banteay Srey is a 10th-century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Located in the area of Angkor, it lies near the hill of Phnom Dei, 25 km (16 mi) north-east of the main group of temples that once belonged to the medieval capitals of Yasodharapura and Angkor Thom. Banteay Srei is built largely of red sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still observable today. The buildings themselves are miniature in scale, unusually so when measured by the standards of Angkorian construction. These factors have made the temple extremely popular with tourists, and have led to its being widely praised as a "precious gem", or the "jewel of Khmer art."

 

The temple's modern name, Bantãy Srĕi—citadel of the women, or citadel of beauty—is probably related to the intricacy of the bas relief carvings found on the walls and the tiny dimensions of the buildings themselves. Some have speculated that it relates to the many devatas carved into the walls of the buildings. Apsaras, divine nymphs or celestial dancing girls, are characters from Indian mythology. Apsaras and devatas are ubiquitous at Angkor, but are most common in the foundations of the 12th century. Depictions of true (dancing) apsaras are found, for example, in the Hall of Dancers at Preah Khan, in the pillars that line the passageways through the outer gallery of the Bayon, and in the famous bas-relief of Angkor Watdepicting the churning of the Ocean of Milk.

 

Dvarapalas are human or demonic temple guardians, generally armed with lances and clubs. They are presented either as a stone statues or as relief carvings in the walls of temples and other buildings, generally close to entrances or passageways. Their function is to protect the temples. Dvarapalas may be seen, for example, at Preah Ko, Lolei, Banteay Srei, Preah Khanand Banteay Kdei. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banteay_Srei)

 

Not certain how this relates to Cool Hand Luke, but I have to say that this Great Brown Heron did have a bit of shaking going on while resting in the shallow waters along Horsepen Bayou. Yes, it is a juvenile Great Blue Heron that hasn’t transitioned to the adult blue colors and my Great Brown reference is just another lame attempt at humor. My daughter will tell you that you don’t have to laugh at my jokes. I did like the feather detail.

 

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Relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colors, and textures.

Elysian (E•ly•sian): relating to, or characteristics of heaven or paradise. | Model: @ktmkvi

 

So I'm finally posting personal work. Took this awhile ago with my friend. I really really wanted to get out and go explore. We decided to go check out these waterfalls by my house & do a shoot. It was super cold. So cold that nobody was even at this park. We climbed down to the base and walked right over the ice. Large portions of the water was frozen so it made it easy getting over by the waterfall. After a while we both started getting cold and packed up.

Eidetic: relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible. Gainesville Florida 9/8/24

Two photos today relate to an exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, in 2011. This first one is of a replica poster in our own collection. It is one of the costume designs by Russian artist Léon Bakst (1866-1924) for Sergei Diaghilev's Les Ballet Russes production of Shéhérazade (1910). The music was written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

nga.gov.au/exhibition/balletsrusses/default.cfm?MnuID=4&a...

 

The costume was to be worn by the character Shah Zeman, the brother of the ruler of Persia, in one of the stories from "The Arabian Nights". nga.gov.au/exhibition/balletsrusses/Default.cfm?IRN=74158...

 

Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) was the impresario who founded Les Ballet Russes.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Diaghilev

Practically, most humans ears merely relate far less than 20% of truth through listening and our highly regard window of souls, the dependent eyes only sees 60% of absolute truth. Fundamentally, our weakest, disturbant mind render and analyse close to 20% of unrational facts in many circumstances incorrectly.

Sadly, we human being prefer to act 100% according to our unbalance, misery brain chemical signal, our separated left and right brain cell sent out very contradicting wave signal and therefore our final independent heart is determine to react accordingly in final stage. even 90% of great scientist miss out emphasize our critical functionality of heart incorrectly with mistake

In reality with all such complex human senses aid, we can only be less than 90% certain correct at most times as the other negative balance remain 10% was distributed and affect by our much prejudice, emotional core ownership - human solitude heart that stay much farther away from eyes ears and the brain. As a matter of fact, heart, eyes, mind and ears solely function individually and selfishly according to days and night different basically cause by the atmospheric transition of changing light phantom . Is still a mystical to scientist but much connected with your previous Karmathic field records why we are here. To argue, fight and destroy for own justice with the five distratrous senses we own from pass mistake.

 

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The BBC radio has been devoting practically all the time since the announcement of the death of HRH, the Duke of Edinburgh, to talking about his long life. This radio is also very old though not quite so old as Prince Philip was. But like Prince Philip it has done long years of good service for us. I think I bought it in 1977 and we still use it as the sound is much better than on our more modern lighter radios. Maybe it is slightly related to his interest in engineering and how things are made. The flowers grown in our organic garden perhaps relates a little to his interest in the environment.

 

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Hovering

1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: gulls hovering over the waves.

2. To remain or linger in or near a place: hovering around the speaker's podium.

3. To remain in an uncertain state; waver: hovered between anger and remorse.

 

“Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly, with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your life” Isaac Watts

 

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Dolomiti - I laghi dei Piani.

... da subito questa foto dei laghi dei Piani (realizzata con l'unione di 6 scatti effettuati alle spalle del rifugio Locatelli) ha richiamato alla mia mente un pezzo dei Genesis che ho amato tantissimo ... e, con questo brano, il mito della Ninfa Salmacis e di Ermafrodito, rielaborato da Ovidio ...

 

Ovid's account relates that Hermaphroditus was nursed by naiads in the caves of Mount Ida a sacred mountain in Phrygia (present day Turkey). At the age of fifteen, he grew bored with his surroundings and traveled to the cities of Lycia andCaria. It was in the woods of Caria, near Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum, Turkey) that he encountered the nymph, Salmacis, in her pool. She was overcome by lust for the boy, who was very handsome but still young, and tried to seduce him, but was rejected. When he thought her to be gone, Hermaphroditus undressed and entered the waters of the empty pool. Salmacis sprang out from behind a tree and jumped into the pool. She wrapped herself around the boy, forcibly kissing him and touching his breast. While he struggled, she called out to the gods that they should never part. Her wish was granted, and their bodies blended into one form, "a creature of both sexes". Hermaphroditus prayed to Hermes and Aphrodite that anyone else who bathed in the pool would be similarly transformed, and his wish was granted.

 

Ermafrodito (in greco antico: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος), era il figlio nato dalla relazione segreta tra Ermes e Afrodite.

Il giovane, da neonato, era stato allattato dalle Naiadi nelle grotte del Monte Ida, una montagna sacra situata nella regione della Frigia, in Asia Minore.

All'età di quindici anni cominciò la sua esplorazione del mondo e fu proprio nel corso di essa che arrivò in Caria, sulle rive di un grande lago.

Qui, in un boschetto, nei pressi di Alicarnasso, lo vide la giovane ninfa Salmacis la quale si innamorò perdutamente di lui.

In preda alla passione Salmacis cercò di sedurre il giovanetto, ma da questi fu respinta.

Salmacis allora si nascose e quando Ermafrodito si spogliò ed entrò nelle acque del lago per dissetarsi si gettò su di lui, abbracciandolo.

Mentre il giovane si dibatteva, lei chiese agli dei di potersi unire per sempre al suo amato e di non esserne mai separata.

Il suo desiderio venne accolto e i due divennero un essere solo, i loro corpi si fusero in una singolare creatura di entrambi i sessi, metà maschio e metà femmina.

Ermafrodito, prima di sparire sul fondo del lago, maledisse Salmacis, chiedendo, per coloro che si fossero bagnati nelle acque del lago, il suo stesso destino.

  

Questo il testo del pezzo dei Genesis:

 

From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood,Mount Ida rises like an island.Within a hidden cave,

nymphs had kept a child;Hermaphroditus, son of gods, so afraid of their love.As the dawn creeps

up the skyThe hunter caught sight of a doe.In desire for conquest,He found himself within a

glade he'd not beheld before.

Hermaphroditus:"Where are you, my father?Give wisdom to your son"

Narrator:"Then he could go no fartherNow lost, the boy was guidedby the sun"

And as his strength began to failHe saw a shimmering lake.A shadow in the dark green

depthsDisturbed the strange tranquillity.

Salmacis:"The waters are disturbedSome creature has been stirred"

Narrator:"The waters are disturbedNaiad queen Salmacis has been stirred"

As he rushed to quench his thirst,A fountain spring appeared before himAnd as his heated

breath brushed through the cool mist,A liquid voice called, "Son of gods, drink from my

spring".The water tasted strangely sweet.Behind him the voice called again.He turned and saw

her, in a cloak of mist aloneAnd as he gazed, her eyes were filled with the darkness of the lake.

Salmacis:"We shall be oneWe shall be joined as one"

Narrator:"She wanted them as oneYet he had no desire to be one"

Hermaphroditus:

"Away from me cold-blooded woman

Your thirst is not mine"

Salmacis:

"Nothing will cause us to part

Hear me, O Gods"

Unearthly calm descended from the sky

And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged

Forever to be joined as one.

The creature crawled into the lake.

A fading voice was heard:

"And I beg, yes I beg that all who touch this spring

May share my fate"

Salmacis:

"We are the one

We are the one"

Narrator:

"The two are now made one,

Demi-god and nymph are now made one"

Both had given everything they had.

A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last,Forever still beneath the lake.

  

In una densa foresta di grandi pini scuri

Il monte Ida sorge come un’isola

In una caverna nascosta le ninfe avevano cresciuto un bambino:

Ermafrodito, figlio di dei,

che dovevano nascondere il loro amore

 

Mentre l’alba saliva nel cielo

Il cacciatore vide tracce di cerva

Desideroso di conquistarla

Si ritrovò in una radura che non aveva mai visto prima

 

Ermafrodito: “Dove sei, padre mio?

Dai saggezza a tuo figlio”

 

Narratore: “A quel punto non riuscì più ad andare avanti

Perso, il ragazzo era guidato dal sole”

 

E quando iniziarono a mancargli le forze

Vide un lago scintillante

 

Un’ombra dall’abisso verde scuro

Disturbò quella strana tranquillità

 

Salmacis: “Le acque sono agitate

Una creatura si è mossa”

 

Narratore: “Le acque sono agitate

La regina naiade Salmacis è stata disturbata”

 

Quando lui corse a placare la sua sete

Una sorgente apparve davanti a lui

E quando il suo fiato bollente si fece largo tra la fresca foschia

Una voce limpida disse “Figlio di dei, bevi alla mia fonte”

L’acqua era stranamente dolce

 

Dietro di lui la voce risuonò ancora

Si girò e la vide vestita solo di un manto di nebbia

 

E quando lui la guardò fisso, gli occhi di lei si erano riempiti dell’oscurità del lago

 

Salmacis: “Saremo una sola cosa”

“Saremo uniti come un’unica cosa”

 

Narratore: “Lei voleva che fossero una cosa sola

Ma lui non voleva”

 

Ermafrodito: “Lontana da me donna dal sangue freddo

La tua sete non è la mia”

 

Salmacis: “Niente ci costringerà a separarci

Ascoltatemi, o Dei !”

 

Una calma sovrannaturale discese dal cielo

 

E poi le loro carni e ossa furono stranamente mescolate

per sempre per diventare una cosa sola

 

La creatura strisciò nel lago

Si udì una voce fioca:

“E chiedo che tutti coloro che tocchino questa sorgente

Possano condividere il mio destino”

 

Salmacis: “Siamo una cosa sola

Siamo una cosa sola”

 

Narratore: “I due erano ora diventati uno

Il semidio e la ninfa erano diventati un’unica cosa”

Entrambi avevano dato tutto ciò che avevano

Un sogno di amante era stato soddisfatto alla fine

Per sempre racchiuso nel lago

Entrambi avevano dato tutto ciò che avevano

Un sogno di amante era stato soddisfatto alla fine

Per sempre racchiuso nel lago.

  

p.s. io al lago non mi sono avvicinato ...

 

I think that any fisherman, fisherwoman, fisherkid can relate to this scene!

 

Thanks for looking, etc.:)

Captured at a D Day revival event held in the village of Southwick, Hampshire. Members of the public can take the opportunity to celebrate the event by wearing costumes relating to the 1940's.

  

Magnus relating the history of the Viking realm of the Southern Isles (ie: the Western Isles of Scotland and I of Man)

The 1890 Empress Flour Mill on Queen Street is category C industrial heritage building, which means that its removal is a permitted activity. There are two plaques on the front of the building, one relating to the 118 year old structure and the other to the 1921 grain silos. With a height of 35 metres the category B listed heritage silos are the town's most prominent landmark. They're still in use and will not be demolished.

 

Relating to a blog I posted today about how I'm fine taking my clothes off in abandoned buildings yet totally afraid to pose clothed in public view, I went outside to take a photo. Granted, it was just on the corner of my street, but someone even walked by while I was setting up the camera and nothing bad happened! Baby steps. That's what it's all about.

While I support the artform known as graffiti, I do not condone any act or form of vandalism or any illegal activity relating to such whether it be to private, commercial, or public property.

Meols was named as such by the Vikings; its original name from the Old Norse for 'sand dunes' was melr, becoming melas by the time of the Domesday Survey.

 

Impressive archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic period suggest that the site was an important centre in antiquity. Since about 1810, a large number of artefacts have been found relating to pre-Roman Carthage, the Iron Age, the Roman Empire, Armenia, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.[6] These include items as varied as coins which belonged to the Coriosolites in Brittany.

The other major change relating to the Central Connect withdrawals is that the 93 is more-or-less replaced by the LC9. It’s similar but not identical and funded by Leicestershire County Council between Nottingham and Bottesford (despite the vast majority of the route falling within Nottinghamshire).

 

Since the drivers and vehicles for this route are based out of Grantham, some journeys extend to there, to allow travel on what would otherwise be dead mileage for changeovers. However the Grantham to Bottesford section has even more going on which I’ll delve into at a later time.

 

Journeys on the LC9 are covered by two individual duties which interwork onto different routes, so it starts off with vehicle ‘A’, then swaps to vehicle ‘B’, and then later on back to ‘A’ again. The route regulars are these YY64 E200s, plus a pair of 75 plate E200 MMCs that originated at Chaserider. The 64 plates are 6cyl and have some poke to them.

 

Here YY64 GWF turns down Friar Lane, Nottingham, on 2.2.26

 

Can anybodyout there relate to this adult burrowing owl (dad)? I feel that I can ... seems to me that it's just looking for a little bit of shade from the heat and a bit of solitude from its routine busy day duties.

 

See, this dad had numerous burrowing owlets to provide for and a mate that also requires a bit of attention. The owlets can be quite demanding at times ... not to mention noisy. Where better can there be than to fly off to a nearby tree that the young can't quite navigate yet. LOL

 

It's an absolutely gorgeous day here on the western slope of Colorado, though I honestly wish it would be a bit cooler. Hopefully it won't be that long, though the cold weather from a few weeks ago got me anxious for more.

 

Happy Weekend everyone. Hope that you're out there enjoying it.

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I met this giraffe doing a feeding type of this and boy was he only there for the food and that’s it which is obviously pretty relatable I think

Heila is the oldest monk at the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem. A few people I asked, did not know to tell how old he is. In his rank, he is one of the least important clergymen, but due to his age, many relate to him like a saint, asking his blessing, or consulting with him. He sits all day long in the church, most of the time alone, taking care of the place.

In recent years he is one of my 'projects'. I created an album dedicated to his photos.

I can relate, LOL! This made me laugh, as did the yellow squash in the previous post. I mean, usually you see them in a more passive pose at the grocery store. This was at the roadside market on Hwy 60 in east Brandon, FL. Hugs and thanks for viewing! I hope this makes you smile as it did me! =o)

 

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In a split second after I took this photo she walked away, and I couldn't help but wonder what her thoughts were as she had lingered at the artwork for quite a while before I took this photo. The white clothing she wore, plain and simple, made me think she could relate to the minimalistic and simple artwork she seemed to be admiring.

 

I can relate to this surfer's race to beat the setting sun. The big kid in me is always on the lookout for one last adventure before the end of the day. With this kind of daydream/sunset who can resist not getting one last ride before the days end?

 

Pacific Ocean Sunset

Southern California, USA

 

Mike D

 

Behind the Camera:

I'm off today and have loads of chores to do around the house. It's cold and rainy outside. All I care to do is sit around and surf the web or go out on a photo walk. Yes its the winter of my discontent.

  

This entry relates to the north-eastern most part of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, that receives the first light as the sun rises in the east. This is the landscape during April and the start of the harvst season following the wet, when the earth receives sudden showers during what is meant to be the dry. This artwork was painted on a huge piece of bark and tells the story about a group of spirit women who appear as stars in the night sky.