Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel

 

I love collaborating with people. Sometimes it's easy to get stuck in a creative rut, then you link up with friends and ideas just flow. That's pretty much how it is anytime Tiff and I work together. Super chill and effortless - much like our friendship. Thanks so much for asking me to do this with you, chica! Love you!

 

See Tiff's version here!

  

【Jessa】

DOUX - Shy hairstyle (out now at DUBAI)

OSMIA - Erika.Crop Sweater

Blueberry - Evie - High Waist Jeans - Sky

Blueberry - Aria - Wrap Around Shirts

 

【Tiffany】

Blueberry - Can't Relate Shorts & Belts, Stockings, Top & Wrap Around Cardigan

Stealthic - Jealousy

 

【Pose】

Fanxy - Autumn Wind (Girls) Bento Pose

 

【Scene】

{moss&mink} Maeve Wagon (out now at FaMESHed X)

LB_Grass.V4{Animated}Mesh

Heart - AUtumn Leaves - Large2

LB_JapaneseMaple{Animated}5Seasons

Ariskea[Nordz] Outdoor Fireplace

Trompe Loeil - Yara Hanging Chair + Lights short/flat {A}

HPMD* Cliff Hill - green B

Compulsion - Country Lane

Skye Enchanted Woods V3

  

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:)

Re-worked, seen at Gythion Bay, Greece April 2019

 

Dimitrios (Greek Δημήτριος) is a Greek shipwreck famous due to its picturesque location on an easily accessible sandy beach near Gythio, Greece.

Dimitrios (previously named Klintholm), a small, 67-metre (220 ft) cargo ship of 965 gross register tons cargo capacity built in Denmark in 1950, was registered in the Prefecture of Piraeus, registration no. 2707. The ship belonged 76.75% to the Molaris Brothers (Greek: Αφοί Μόλαρη) and 23.25% to the Matsinos Brothers (Greek Αφοί Ματσινού). Dimitrios has been stranded on the beach at Valtaki (Greek Βαλτάκι) in today's Evrotas municipality in the prefecture of Laconia, Greece, since 23 December 1981.

 

There are many rumors about the ship's origins and how it got stranded on the beach. Most relate that the ship was used to smuggle cigarettes between Turkey and Italy. She was seized by the port authorities of Gythio and then deliberately released from the port and left to be dragged by the sea to the beach at Valtaki, about 5 kilometres (2.7 nmi; 3.1 mi) from the port of Gythio. She was then set on fire to hide the evidence of cigarette smuggling. Another, less common rumor speaks of a ghost ship of unknown origins.

 

However, according to a book written by the Honorary Chief of the Hellenic Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Christos Ntounis (1935–2010), Ta Navagia stis Ellinikes thalasses (translated as The shipwrecks of the Greek seas) there is more to be said about the true history of the ship.

 

In Ta Navagia stis Ellinikes thalasses (Volume B 1950–2000), Ntounis writes that the ship made an emergency docking at Gythio on 4 December 1980 because her captain needed access to a hospital due to a serious illness. However, after the ship's docking, financial problems arose with the crew, as did various engine problems, coupled with insurance measures imposed by various lenders. The crew was then fired and the task of safeguarding the ship was assigned to Georgios Daniil and Vasilis Parigoris.

 

The ship was docked at Gythio until June 1981, when she was declared unsafe due to wear on the docking ropes and starboard list due to water entering her hull. The port authorities asked for her to be moved to an anchorage outside the port for safety reasons, but the owners did not respond until November 1981. The book states that "at approximately 12:30 p.m. on the 9th of November 1981 the ship was swept about 2 [nautical?] miles [2.3 miles; 3.7 km] away due to severe weather conditions and it was temporary anchored". But the temporary anchorage did not last for long, as the ship was swept away again and finally stranded at its current location on the beach at Valtaki on 23 December 1981. The ship was then simply abandoned there and no attempts were made to recover her.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Taken:Oct, 19, 2012.

Written this morning. Nov, 5, 2022.

Internet is a melting pot for meetings

Different virtual knowing, between artists, each in the corner of his portfolio.

Together with these meetings, many developments are being created, with each and every artist.

The internet is undoubtedly a spiritual journey (not for everyone ).

Different people relate to this voyage differently, according to each personality.

On this journey, I "met" very many people, during the last 2 decades.

Few influenced in a special way.

Heart for / 2 ART is about Spiritual Special Experience, I call it, here: SSE.. Instead of calling it a "TIE" (that I used to in the Past), or the very many ties that I had and have, by now.

The SSE, with its regularity, in our case developed into ART Creations: Fine art, Design, Photography & writing.

While everyone has a different outlook and perception.

The personal SSE, no one could understand, understood really, but Me & You. Each for himself, herself.

Expressing ourselves through Art ( art, design, photography) using sometimes text, or just a few words, that accompany.

I ask... and actually reply to myself.. Did Me & You always really could understand one another? What held, and glued that connection, if not Art ?......

What stopped us? If we could ever stop the SSE ?

For me it stopped since of circumstances .

Since indeed, Art, is LIFE, as I said so in the far past, and later of the later you too, and I don't wonder why.

The SSE, is part of our journey.

For me, it was never harmful, but in a way protective.

For the LOVE of Art.

Thanks for visiting. Copyrights (c) NIra Dabush.

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

My Website ¦ Facebook ¦ My Blog ¦ Google+

  

Explored 9/21/13

Georgia O'Keeffe.

 

I can relate to this quote, it's so true for me and I'm sure very true for most of you as well. I love Georgia O'Keeffe's work.

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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjF9IqvXDjY

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY

 

I have always believed in life that life is like a mirror to us.

 

People come into our lives to teach us, some we may perceive as our enemies in the moments of our betrayal or whatever pain this person has caused you. In time and with inner guidance and contemplation I know that those we perceive as our enemies are nothing more than ‘teachers’ in disguise to expose that part of us that is our deepest wounding.

 

The lessons are painful and these painful lessons are more profound, have a deeper impact dependent upon the depth of feelings we have for that person.

 

I was accused of being unforgiving and nothing could be further from the truth. I can forgive, but that does not mean I have to tolerate bad behavior from others when I have felt unfairly treated over and over again – everyone deserves a 2nd chance in life and throughout my life I have forgiven more times than most people have deserved and only ended up being betrayed, hurt over and over by the same people. There comes a time in life when you simply have to walk away, remove yourself from their life.

 

It does not mean you have not forgiven them, it simply means you honor yourself more.

 

I have fallen hard, because I loved too much, cared too much and it hurts. The kaleidoscope of emotions flood through me like a raging river that at times I feel like I am drowning in.

 

Love transcends the physical dimensional world and love resides inside of me like a volcano that is capable of erupting into a hot flow of sultry passion with the right man. It is glorious divine presence to have someone affect you so deeply that your love for them is beyond words and beyond comprehension at times. All I know is – it is magical, breathtaking and their happiness becomes your happiness.

 

To give expression to this Love inside of me is the greatest gift and the greatest blessing ever in life.

 

Never underestimate the feelings of others and the impact we each have on each other.

 

When I love it is for all eternity, Love is the most powerful of all emotions accept for the polar opposite – hate which is equally as powerful as Love but in such a toxic negative way.

 

No matter how hurtful a person has been, no matter how cruel my experiences of them may be, there is this part of me that will continue to hold a part of them inside my heart.

 

In time the pain and suffering subsides and you move on with your life. The journey is a slow one, because I feel too deeply and the love never dies for me. Yes I may go through negative emotions initially but these toxic feelings subside and all I feel is overwhelming love once more along with heartache.

 

It is as if all the wounds of the past of betrayal, loss & grief overwhelm me beyond comprehension.

 

I understand the learning I need to make –I have walked this road so often in my lifetime.

 

It is as if anything that is beautiful and good in my life is destroyed and ripped out from underneath me in this life.

 

I have learnt to shut down, withdraw for fear of every feeling so broken again. To shut down is the greatest tragedy of all – so in time you open up again, allow yourself to love again and give your all.

 

The wounding is deep and relates to my real life, but, this virtual world I have discovered so many times becomes a platform to mirror to you that which you need to heal in your real life.

 

At the same time – we never truly know who we are dealing within a virtual world.

 

You get back up in life and you find the courage to take small steps forward over and over again.

 

You once more find the dim light inside of yourself and through your understanding, patience with yourself - ignite that fire inside of you once more.

 

Our deepest yearning is to be loved and to be loved in return, it is a pretty simple desire but yet it seems to elude me over and over despite having experienced the most pure beautiful unconditional love that most never experience in a lifetime. I am blessed and cursed at the same time.

 

Because to live a life now and never experience that beautiful elixir of love again is a life not lived.

 

I am so tired of not living a life without that deep passionate love.

 

The worst part is to have tasted it again briefly to then have it taken away from you is the cruellest of cruel of life, or to discover it was just an illusion.

 

It is like being thirsty in a desert and nothing quenches your thirst

 

For now – the darkness overwhelms me inside that terrible dark vortex of anxiety, overwhelming emotions, confusion, heartache, most of all loss & grief.

 

Once more the deepest wounds have been cracked wide open.

 

What are my lessons through all of this is a constant question. I think I have got it in the past, but still these same experiences have once more hit me hard.

 

Learning to live with ‘what is’ as opposed to how we wish for things to be. But why taste this elixir once more for it to be ripped out from underneath you? This just torments me for now

 

It took me several years to heal after the last relationship that had gone to real life.

 

Just when I believed I had found my happy place in life – another deeply painful lesson comes along. It is as if it has opened up every wounding from the past.

 

The mysteries of being human continue to delude me. Perhaps my greatest lesson is the Buddha’s quote

 

Pain is inevitable – suffering is optional

And the root of suffering is attachment

 

It is difficult to love without attachment – perhaps that is the lesson that is needed right now.

 

Bless this mess and may I once more find the love and light inside of myself that feels so overshadowed by grief right now.

 

But then again grief is nothing more than the depth of love you have felt for someone.

 

Sometimes I wished I did not love so deeply.

  

For now it seems empty, painful & shallow to be in world and I take solace in using my emotions and energy into my flickr and creative works of others.

 

Life is a beautiful tragedy . . . Chant Lyric

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.

 

My original posts can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/58903384@N04/49251189433/in/datepos...

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L I S T E N

 

Mural in Fayetteville, Georgia relating to Georgia's huge movie film industry, third in the nation.

Lomo Sprocket Rocket camera with Ilford HP5+ film.

Credits :

 

Blueberry - Can't Relate - Boots Flat & High Heels @ Main Store

Blueberry - Can't Relate - Fishnet Stockings @ Main Store

Blueberry - Can't Relate - Shorts & Belts @ Main Store

Blueberry - Can't Relate - Tops Alone @ Main Store

Blueberry - Can't Relate - Wrap Around Cardigan @ Main Store

Doe: Gabriella Hair @ Collabor88

Eyes : {S0NG} :: Crow Eyes Gacha - pale blue @ Epiphany

Doe: Monster Backpack (Hold) - Pink Gacha @ Main Store

  

Romazin - Earrings - Tori @ Sense

Romazin - Necklace - Tori 1 @ Sense

Romazin - Necklace - Tori 2 @ Sense

Romazin - Necklace - Tori 3 @ Sense

 

MINIMAL - Town Hall Backdrop -flower balcony-MINIMAL - Town Hall Backdrop @ Kustom9

 

SPELL : Bike -Mushrooms - RARE @ Main Store

ionic : Antique books & iron chair @ Main Store

ionic : Interior plant @ Main Store

ionic : Store Sign (Black & Gold) @ Main Store

ionic : Tea Store Sign @ Main Store

ionic: Fountain (tiled) @ Main Store

 

from Madras Fruit Stand Decor Gacha @ Main Store

Madras Green Apple Box

Madras Watermelon

Madras Raspberry Basket

Madras Mulberry Basket

Madras Purple Grapes

Madras Green grapes

Madras Cherry Tray

Madras Apple Box

Madras Fruit Table

Madras Banana Box

Madras Pineapple Boat rare

 

My daughters were working in the kitchen and when I noticed this moment it seemed to tell me a story I could relate to that was beyond what I could find words to express. So I did what I knew to do—try to capture what I saw but couldn’t express with words.

  

Day 16

 

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As a way to cope with circumstances beyond my control, survive and work to keep fighting for life I decided to try to take at least one photo (or more) each day. I call this “a photo (or more) a day.” Practicing this form of therapeutic photography helps me work to focus on the present moment, gives me something familiar and enjoyable to focus on as I use photography skills that have become like second-nature to me and being able to view the images I capture helps me recall what I was thinking, feeling and noticing at the moment when I created the photos. More of the photos from this series can be seen on my Instagram account

 

I may not always have the energy, time or capacity to share photos from this series—especially with the very challenging circumstances my family and I are experiencing—and will do my best to continue taking a photo (or more) a day even if I’m not able to share.

 

If you would like to support my work and my family, one way you can do so is by ordering my zines:

CLOUDS

in the moment | collection 1

in the moment | collection 2

Moving Forward

 

Many thanks for your support.

I could probably best relate to this as the equivalent of giving your little brother an unplugged video game remote and acting like he's the one who's good at the game.

 

Probably in an event to keep me more engaged in the US rail scene than I was at the time (looking back 2 months later makes me realise how none of this can be recreated back home), the R'bauers assigned me to choose somewhere for this coal train we were pretty sure was close by.

 

A quick geeze at Sun Seeker and Google Maps, trying to pinpoint where the late afternoon shadows won't have covered the BNSF Fallbridge Sub. Came to the conclusion that John Day Dam Road may be the best bet.

 

Up a hill and only a few minutes later, I could see the microscopic coal wagons at Towal moving. An excited shout to the R'bauers, and this bad boy rolls by a few minutes later.

 

Specifically, a coal train from Spring Creek mine in Montana to the Centralia Power Plant in Washington. From what Lewis' notes lead me to believe, this power station is scheduled for closure later in the year.

 

6117-9361-6038-6550(r) BNSF C SCMCEC 021 east of Maryhill 22-4-25

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

Relatable.

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Triangularity - Relating to entities such as three people, objects, ideas,...…. And Tri... refers to the number 3 an odd number...

 

For the challenge = triangular shapes, three items on a scarf with three sided shapes,......

 

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Like noticing, capturing and being hydrated by a flood of precious, meaningful, healing tears.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Happy safe privacy to all of us!

Copyrights (c) Nira Dabush.

I have been pretty busy lately working on a number of side projects, almost all of which relate to photography, so I have been a bit absent of late. But I am excited to say that because of that work I have quit a bit of news to share, though I am not going to get to all of it tonight.

 

For this evening's post, the biggest item I wanted to talk about is my website. I have my own corner of the web now. It is a project I have been meaning to get wrapped up for some time, but as I possess little to no web developing skills, or much of a budget to pay for them, it has taken me until now to actually realize that little dream (many thanks to Ben and Stacey, but more on them in a bit).

 

The main reason I have wanted to get my own website is mainly to serve as an on-line portfolio. Flickr is a great site, but my Flickr stream now has over 800 photos, a laughably small amount compared to some streams, but still way too many for a portfolio.

 

For the past couple of years I have been sending people to my Flickr stream if they wanted to see my work, but with the realization that they would have to sift through it all. The idea of a portfolio is a very important one. It is, you ought to be able to communicate a sense of your body of work with a concise set of 8-16 photos or so, give or take a couple. I think it is an art that is quickly becoming forgotten, especially in this era of 4gb memory cards that allow the shooting of thousands of images in a single day. I know a number of photographers that are lost when forced to edit their bodies of work down to such a small number of images. I, myself, find the task challenging, but in a good way.

 

I know the temptation is to show a lot of your work, the fear that you will edit out some important shot that would have sealed the deal. But at the same time, many photographers fail to realize that most of us have fairly short attention spans. We are going to spend a couple of minutes max looking at images before we move on. If you have not sold me in the first dozen images, I probably am not going to keep sifting through the next dozen, or the third after that hoping for some hidden gem. At least this is my mentality when looking at portfolios. The portfolio is meant to serve as an introduction, and more importantly, to catch interest and attention right away. It is your best work and only your best work.

 

And this is how I wanted my site. I purposely wanted to design one around the ideas of clean, simple and elegant. No animations, no (shudder) music, nothing blinking or bleeping, nothing overly fancy, something that was all about the photography...almost. In other words, I wanted the site to embody those qualities of a physical portfolio. I would not have my portfolio play music when a reviewer opened it up, nor would there be some animated screen embedded in the cover, and so on.

 

I am not saying websites that incorporate these features are bad, it all depends on how they are used. I have seen several websites that use many of those features quite well, I have also seen some very awful examples. But I believe in this case, for me at least, less is more.

 

The other purpose of my website was to incorporate a blog feature. I wanted it to have its own soapbox that I could occasionally climb up on. I do plenty of that here on Flickr, but they are much more informal and spontaneous, not to mention they tend to get lost in the shuffle, even by me. I think I have a lot to offer, not just in what I see and shoot, but what I think, feel, believe and say, and it was important for me to have a vehicle with which I could share that.

 

I really should wrap up this bit about the website and move on to news item #2. But before I do that, I have to say a big thanks to ben_hengst and kirainpdx. They were the movers and the shakers (though not necessarily in that order) in making my site happen. If you see something about my site that you like, you should let them know. So thank you Ben and Stacey.

 

Now on to related news. For the past year or so I have been represented by the Bartram Gallery in La Jolla. They have been a pleasure to work with, and I have been quite impressed with their philosophy regarding not just how they run their gallery, but about photography in general.

 

They are pretty forward thinking folk, and in the last couple of months have really pressed forward at strengthening their web presence. A part of this direction for them has been the start of an on-line blog which they have asked me to be at the helm of. Oh dear... No really, it is going to be a fair amount of work, writing for both their blog and maintaining my own (I will probably share a lot of material actually), but it is a responsibility I am looking forward to. It really means a lot to me to be able to share so many of my thoughts with a wider audience, and even more so, so far at least, to have them respond favorably.

 

Phew. Ok I think that is good for tonight. I need to save my strength, still fighting a bit of a cold. So I will save the rest of my news for tomorrow night, or the night after, or the night after that. ;-)

 

And now for those patient enough to read this far down, or yes for those too impatient and just scrolled to the bottom...

 

My website here: www.zebandrews.com

 

The on-line blog at Bartram Gallery I will be helping to manage:

bartramgallery.com/blog/

There are plenty of things I could tell you about this image but what I am going to relate tonight is only going to involve the mistake I made.

 

One of the risks to habits is that you can come to rely on them overly much. A case in point would be that by an unofficial rule I generally keep my Hasselblad backs loaded with 400 ISO film, one back for color and the other for b&w. When I do load a different speed film in one of my backs I try to make a note because I am so used to 400 speed film in them that I have mis-exposed film before because of mistaken assumption.

 

Before this latest trip up to the Olympic Peninsula I had been working a lot and photographing only a little. As such by the time I got up there my black and white back was halfway through a roll of film I could not remember loading and so I could not remember which film was in it. Normally no note would mean 400 speed but something in my brain was tickling away that this was not true, that I had loaded something out of the ordinary in terms of film speed in this back.

 

So what are my options at this point with about six frames left to expose? Well I could trust my habits and expose at 400. I could attempt to second guess motives and backtrack through memory to deduce which film I might have loaded. I could meter somewhere in between. This latter is what I did. I figured the only other speed I would have loaded would have been 100 ISO film. So if I metered at 200 then I would only be wrong by a stop. If it was 100, I would be a stop under and considering that I normally overexpose by habit anyway, all would be ok. If it was 400, then I would be a stop over (or two with my usual overexposure). and film so readily forgives overexposure. Seriously, you can get away with three or four stops over and still produce reasonable images. Additionally I was going to be a bit less choosy with those six frames and try to blow through them quickly so I could confirm the film and if necessary backtrack to re-expose any images.

 

Thus I set off. Unfortunately it was sunny and clear and conducive to heavy ND shooting so "blowing through" half a roll takes on a slightly different meaning when shooting through 18 stops of neutral density. It took a few hours but I managed, wound the roll and unloaded it... to find a roll of Rollei RPX 25. Umm yeah. So metering for 200, maybe overexposing by design by a stop I was still going to be two stops under. That was a bit disappointing. Usually I defer to the decisions that past-Zeb makes. He often seems to think of things that present-Zeb appreciates. But this time I was wondering what in the heck that past me was thinking by loading a roll of 25 speed film in a camera that usually uses 400 speed and not putting a note on it to warn present-Zeb how to expose it properly. Sheesh.

 

So I had a bit of a sinking feeling in my stomach, figuring not even the forgiveness of film was going to save me this time. Luckily I was still on the same beach and did backtrack to re-expose the images I felt most strongly about. I debated having the roll pushed when I got back but then the first half had theoretically been exposed accurately and I couldn't really remember what was on it, so I didn't want to push process that stuff, so I just let it go, morbidly curious to see how thin the negs would be. Imagine my surprise when the stuff that came back turned out to be fairly usable... at least some of it. This image for example was metered somewhere around 100 to 200 ISO, which means I probably overexposed it to begin with due to the deep shadows in the frame. But that is ok, I wanted the cliffs to be black anyway.

 

So what to take from all this? I guess mostly that we all make mistakes. In fact you ought to find opportunities to make mistakes. They keep us sharp, they are opportunities to learn, they sometimes show us things we may not have discovered on our own, they remind us that we are fallible in our decision-making. And I tell you about this one in particular so that you know that I am not above making such silly errors. I tend to curate out most of the images I don't consider worth the time to post or your time to see. I edit down to the good stuff, which really means the stuff that I like for one reason and another. And I think with practice and by limiting how much I post I tend to only share the stuff that is noteworthy for good reasons. But that can easily lead to the mistaken perception that maybe I don't make the same mistakes you make. That I don't screw up my calculations or forget something simple and obvious. Well trust me, I do. And sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't. On this case I got lucky, no thanks to my past self.

 

Hasselblad 500C

Rollei RPX 25

Frankreich / Provence - Basses gorges du Verdon

 

The Verdon Gorge (French: Gorges du Verdon Occitan: Gòrja de Verdon) is a river canyon located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. It is about 25 km (15.5 mi) long and up to 700 metres (0.4 mi) deep. It was formed by the Verdon River, which is named for its turquoise-green colour, one of the location's distinguishing characteristics. In between the towns of Castellane and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, the river has cut a ravine to a depth of 700 meters through the limestone mass. At the end of the canyon, the Verdon flows into the artificial Lake of Sainte-Croix.

 

The gorge is very popular with tourists, who can drive around its rim, rent kayaks to travel on the river, or hike. The limestone walls, which are several hundreds of metres high, attract many rock climbers. It is considered an outstanding destination for multi-pitch climbing, with 1,500 routes available ranging from 20 metres (65 feet) to over 400 metres (1,300 feet).

 

History

 

During the Triassic period, the Provence subsided and was covered by the sea, leaving thick layers of various limestone deposits. Several million years later, with the arrival of the Jurassic period, the area was covered by a warm shallow sea, which allowed the growth of various corals. The Cretaceous period saw what is now Basse Provence being raised and the sea reaching the current location of the Alps, which were themselves erected during the tertiary era. As a result of the large-scale geological activity, many of the Jurassic limestone deposits fractured, forming relief with valleys and other such features. The origins of the Verdon Gorge can be traced to this era.

 

The dawn of the Quaternary period had large-scale glaciation, transforming water pockets and lakes into rivers of ice, which remodeled the topography, scouring and striating the landscape. At the end of this activity, erosion by rivers continued, forming the Gorge as it is today. The Verdon's riverbed was scoured for a second time of the accumulated coral and limestone sediments, by a water delivery rate nearing 2000 to 3000 cubic metres per second.

 

Discovery

 

The gorge was described in printed form from 1782 and 1804. By the second half of the 19th century, it was featured in French tourist guides. According to Graham Robb's book The Discovery of France, the gorge did not become known outside France until 1906.

 

Recent developments

 

On 10 July 2006, the Council of State annulled the declaration of public use of a project by EDF relating to a proposed high-voltage line which would have had to pass through the Verdon Gorge. This decision ended 23 years of struggle by public groups and associations of environmental defence to preserve a site of exceptional natural interest, of which a part contains protected animal and plant species.

 

During the 2022 European drought, the water levels in the river were very low and dried up completely in some parts.

 

Geography

 

The source of the Verdon is close to the col d'Allos hill in the Trois Eveches mountain range, whence it continues, flowing into the Durance river near Vinon-sur-Verdon after traveling 175 kilometres. Between Castellane and the Galetas bridge, the river passes through the lake of Sainte-Croix, created by the construction of a dam of the same name. Before the dam was constructed, the village of Les Salles-sur-Verdon occupied the river plain. To create the reservoir, the village was destroyed in 1973. Les Salles-sur-Verdon was reconstructed as a more modern settlement higher up the valley. Today, it is the youngest village in France.

 

For some distance the Verdon Gorge forms the border between the départements of Var to the south and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence to the north in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région.

 

This region between Castellane and the Lac de Sainte-Croix is called the Gorges du Verdon, or Verdon Gorge. It is split into three distinct parts:

 

"Prégorges" ('pre-gorge'), from Castellane to Pont de Soleils,

the deepest part of the Gorge, from Pont de Soleils to l'Imbut, and

the Canyon from l’Imbut to the Pont du Galetas.

 

The Verdon Gorge is narrow and deep, with depths of 250 to 700 metres and widths of 6 to 100 metres at the level of the Verdon river. It is 200 to 1500 metres wide from one side of the Gorge to the other at the summits. The Gorge has been compared to the Grand Canyon in the United States.

 

Hydro-electric dams

 

Between 1929 and 1975, five dams were erected on the course of the Verdon, between Castellane and Gréoux-les-Bains. These dams hold back water in the following reservoirs:

 

Lac de Castillon, which was created by flooding the village of the same name

Lac de Sainte-Croix, flooded the village of des Salles-sur-Verdon.

Lac d'Esparron-Gréoux, known locally as "lac d’Esparron".

Reservoir at Chaudanne

Reservoir at Quinson, sometimes improperly called the "lac de Montpezat", the name of the village over which it dominates.

 

Notable features

 

The Styx du Verdon, associated with the river Styx of Greek mythology, is an area of sub-canyon within the gorge.

 

The Imbut, also known as Embut or Embucq, is an area where the Verdon disappears underground, beneath enormous rock structures, before re-emerging above ground.

 

Tourism

 

The Verdon Gorge attracts numerous tourists, especially during the summer period. The river's turquoise colour is associated with glacial sources and the minerals of rock flour suspended in the water.

 

It is easily accessible on its right bank from the north (via route D952 from Castellane to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie), and on its left bank from the south (via routes D71, D90 and D955 from Aiguines to Castellane).

 

Sport

 

The Verdon Gorge attracts many rock climbers for its more than 1,500 climbing routes on good limestone rock.

The Verdon and its Gorge are also a favoured destination for fishermen, particularly for fly fishing.

Hiking, canoeing, paragliding, rafting, climbing and canyoning are some of the sports practised in the region.

 

Hiking and scenic walks

 

The most common hikes in the gorge include:

 

Le sentier (pathway) de Martel

Le sentier de l'Imbut

Le sentier du Bastidon

Le belvédère de Rancoumas par le pont de Tusset (the Rancoumas panoramic viewpoint near the Tusset Bridge)

 

The Sentier Martel, was laid out in 1928 by the Touring Club de France.[citation needed] It was named in 1930 to honor the explorer Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859–1938). Martel had visited the Verdon in 1905 as an employee of the Southeast Electricity Company, carrying out precise geological surveys of the river. On 11 August, he and his team (explorer Armand Janet, schoolmaster Isidore Blanc, geographer Cuvelier, plaus Baptistin Flory, Fernand Honorat, Prosper Marcel, and Tessier Zurcher) began an expedition of the region. Their successful arrival at the Pas de Galetas marked the completion of the first expedition of the Verdon Canyon.

 

Other expeditions to the Verdon included Martel's team the following year; followed by Robert de Joly, who in 1928 was the first to completely cross the Verdon Gorge.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Die Verdonschlucht, französisch Gorges du Verdon, umgangssprachlich auch Grand Canyon du Verdon, ist eine Schlucht in der französischen Provence, Département Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Sie beginnt flussabwärts nach der Stadt Castellane und endet nahe Moustiers-Sainte-Marie im Stausee Lac de Sainte-Croix. Durch den etwa 21 km langen und bis zu 700 Meter tiefen Canyon fließt der türkisfarbene Fluss Verdon. Die Gorges du Verdon sind neben der Tara-Schlucht einer der größten Canyons Europas und Hauptbestandteil des nach ihm benannten Regionalen Naturparks Verdon.

 

Geographische Lage

 

Der Verdon entspringt in der Nähe des Col d’Allos im Bergland Trois Évêchés und mündet nach etwa 175 km in der Nähe von Vinon-sur-Verdon in die Durance. Das interessanteste Stück seines Laufes befindet sich zwischen Castellane und der Galetas-Brücke kurz vor dem Lac de Sainte-Croix. Die Schlucht von Verdon definiert über weite Strecken die Grenze zwischen den Départements Var im Süden und Alpes-de-Haute-Provence im Norden. Das Gebiet ist in drei Teilabschnitte gegliedert:

 

Die „Prégorges“ zwischen Castellane und der Brücke bei Soleils

Die Schlucht zwischen der Brücke und l’Imbut

Der Canyon zwischen l’Imbut und der Brücke von Galetas

 

Die Schlucht ist am Grund zwischen 6 und 100 m breit, die gegenüberliegenden Flanken sind zwischen 200 und 1500 m voneinander entfernt und die Tiefe variiert zwischen 250 und 700 m.

 

Entstehung

 

In der Trias-Zeit senkte sich die Provence ab und wurde vom Meer bedeckt. In der Folge lagerten sich am Grund verschiedene Schichten von Kalk (abgestorbene Muscheln u. ä.) ab. Im Jura wurde die Provence erneut von einem warmen, wenig tiefen Meer überflutet, was die Entstehung mächtiger Korallenbänke begünstigte.

 

In der Kreidezeit hob sich die Provence, und das Meer zog sich in den Bereich der heutigen Alpen zurück. Erst im Tertiär wurden die Alpen aufgefaltet. Die in der Folge zerbrechenden Kalkmassive aus der Jurazeit bestimmten das Relief und die Täler. In dieser Zeit suchte sich auch der Verdon sein Bett.

 

Im Quartär überformten die eiszeitlichen Gletscher die Landschaft. Am Ende der Vereisung nehmen die Flüsse ihre Erosionstätigkeit wieder auf. Bedingt durch die Eisschmelze waren die Wassermengen gewaltig: bis zu 3000 m³/s. Diese Mengen ermöglichten die tiefen Einschnitte im weichen Gestein.

 

Jüngere Geschichte

 

Auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Stausees, der durch den Bau des Sainte-Croix-Staudamms entstand, befand sich vor 1973 die Ortschaft Les Salles-sur-Verdon, die kurz vor der Flutung des Tals vollständig zerstört und an anderer Stelle neu aufgebaut wurde. Heute ist sie eine der jüngsten Gemeinden Frankreichs.

 

Seit dem 7. Mai 1990 ist die Schlucht offizielles Naturschutzgebiet.

 

Am 10. Juli 2006 beschloss der Conseil d’État, dass die geplante 400.000-Volt-Hochspannungsleitung der Électricité de France durch den Canyon nicht gebaut werden dürfe. Damit endete ein über 23 Jahre andauernder Kampf verschiedener Umwelt- und Naturschutzorganisation, die sich für den Erhalt der ursprünglichen Schlucht einsetzen.

 

1905: Erste vollständige Durchquerung der Schlucht durch den Speläologen Martel

1929: Grundsteinlegung des Castillon-Staudamms

1932: Unterbrechung der Bauarbeiten

1936: Ein Brand beschädigt den Staudamm

1948: Fertigstellung des Castillon-Staudamms

1951: Fertigstellung des Chaudanne-Staudamms

1960: Fertigstellung des Esparron-Gréoux-Staudamms

1973: Flutung des Sainte-Croix-Stausees

1973: Wiederaufbau der gefluteten Ortschaft Les Salles-sur-Verdon etwa 400 m entfernt

1974: Beginn der Stromproduktion des Wasserkraftwerks in Sainte-Croix

1975: Flutung des Quinson-Stausees

 

Aktivitäten

 

Auf dem Wasser

 

Teilweise lässt sich die Verdonschlucht mit Wildwasser-Kajaks befahren, im Unterlauf am Lac de Sainte-Croix auch mit größeren Booten. Der Wasserabfluss der oberen Stauseen ist zumindest während der Hauptreisezeit Juli und August einheitlich festgelegt. Um den Wassersport wie Wildwasserschwimmen, Rafting etc. zu unterstützen, wird an zwei Tagen der Woche (meist dienstags und freitags) mehr Wasser abgelassen. Der Abfluss beträgt dann 10–16 Kubikmeter Wasser pro Sekunde, an den anderen Tagen ca. 0,5 Kubikmeter Wasser pro Sekunde. Es existiert eine Hotline zur Information über aktuelle Wasserstände. In der Vor- und Nachsaison hingegen wird deutlich unregelmäßiger Wasser abgelassen, in manchen Jahren wochenlang bis zu 40 Kubikmeter pro Sekunde, in anderen wochenlang nur 0,5 Kubikmeter pro Sekunde. Bei Wassermengen über 2 bis 3 Kubikmeter wird im Wildwasserschwimmen Ungeübten vom Baden in der Strömung abgeraten. Durch unberechenbare Hindernisse wie Siphone, Unterspülungen und Holzverblockungen besteht dann Lebensgefahr.

 

Wandern

 

Das Wandern in den unzugänglicheren Regionen der Schlucht ist beliebt und gilt als ungefährlich. Die bekannteste Wander-Route durch den Verdon-Canyon beginnt und endet in der Mitte des Canyons an einem Aussichtspunkt, von dem es relativ steil über Serpentinen bergab geht. Sie führt entlang des Sentier Martel (benannt nach dem Erstdurchquerer Martel). Der Abstieg beginnt von der Route de Crête, am Vereinshaus La Maline. Unten am Fluss angelangt sollte man sich an der dortigen Weggabelung nach Norden halten und dort zügig dem Wegverlauf stromaufwärts folgen. Im Verlauf der fast sechsstündigen Wanderung – ohne Möglichkeit eines Zwischenausstieges – führt der Wanderweg beständig bergauf-bergab und über einige künstlich angelegte Leitern und Treppen abwärts. Eine davon (Brèche Imbert) ist recht steil und führt über 252 Stufen von einem Aussichtspunkt hinunter. Kurz vor Ende der Route führt der Weg durch zwei hintereinander liegende Tunnel, die als einzige Möglichkeit weiterführen. Hier sollte ursprünglich der Fluss komplett umgeleitet werden, doch das Projekt wurde nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg aufgegeben. Die Länge des ersten Tunnels beträgt 110 m, die des zweiten 657 m.

 

Insgesamt ist für diese Bergwanderung mit etwa fünf bis sechs Stunden reiner Gehzeit zu rechnen. Am End- bzw. Ausgangspunkt Point Sublime im Norden befindet sich ein weiterer Parkplatz. Für die Rückfahrt zum Ausgangspunkt besteht die Möglichkeit, ein Schluchtentaxi oder einen allerdings selten verkehrenden Linienbus zu benutzen.

 

Klettern

 

Die Verdonschlucht war in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren eines der bedeutendsten Klettergebiete. In den 1970er Jahren wurden zahlreiche ausgesetzte technische Linien erstbegangen, in den 1980er Jahren gelang dann Kletterern wie Patrick Berhault und Patrick Edlinger die freie Begehung vieler dieser Routen. Auch heute wird in dem Gebiet noch intensiv geklettert.

 

Weitere Aktivitäten

 

Auf der Ringstraße um den Verdon-Canyon sind immer wieder Aussichtspunkte zur Schlucht hin, aber auch auf die Lavendel-Felder, für die die Region berühmt ist, angelegt. Über der Schlucht kreisen häufig Paraglider, Drachen und Segelflieger, wenn das Wetter dies zulässt. Die Pont de l’Artuby wird sehr stark von Bungee-Jumpern frequentiert. Ebenso ist die Schlucht mit ihren Pässen Ziel vieler Motorradfahrer.

 

(Wikipedia)

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Napali Coast!

Kauaʻi (Hawaiian IPA pron.: [kauˈa.ʔi]; Kauaʻi-Niʻihau dialect: [tauˈa.ʔi]; usually spelled Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands and pronounced [kəˈwɑ.i]) is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands.

 

Nā Pali Coast State Park encompasses 6,175 acres (25 km²) of land and is located in the center of the rugged sixteen miles (26 kilometers) along the northwest side of Kauaʻi. The Na Pali coast itself extends southwest starting at Keʻe Beach extending all the way to Polihale State Park on the oldest inhabited Hawaiian Island. The pali, or "cliffs", rise as high as 4,000 ft (1,200 m) above the Pacific Ocean. The Na Pali Coast state park was formed to protect the Kalalau Valley.

 

Although inaccessible to automobiles, this coast can be enjoyed by hiking, boating or from a helicopter.

 

There is no known meaning behind the name of Kauaʻi. Native Hawaiian tradition indicates the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa — the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kauaʻi after a favorite son.

 

Info from en.wikipedia.org

 

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Another Image relating to History. This is a statue of Queen Victoria holding her regalia. In the background is an example from the centre of Birmingham of the sort of buildings of visual power that she managed to lead over decades.

 

This video “MIX 9” is another selection of images, both graphic, design and Photographic. The idea is to show the range of styles and techniques from right across my wide range of styles. It is followed in my Photostream by individual images taken from the video, but shown as single images at full size. These will appear on my photostream spread over the following week.

 

There are more examples of these Mixes on my portfolio website :-

 

pleech96.wixsite.com/portfolio

 

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

 

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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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.

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

You should know, by now, how i flip with this type of images: windows, walls and color and how they relate to each other. That's cause you know me already, well a bit.:)

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.

  

Much less visited than Rosslyn Chapel on the opposite Western Bank of The North Esk river you will find The Wallace Cave. There are several Wallace Caves in Scotland. There is only one Wallace Cave in Roslin Glen. There are also caves under Hawthornden Castle. If you are going to Rosslyn Chapel I hope that you have a great visit and if you have a chance do walk in the Roslin Glen. The Castle and the Chapel retain the older name of Rosslyn and the contemporary village has the newer name of Roslin.

 

Both the Focused and Focusless Fabulous Fungi a Miraculous Magical Mushroom were a joint effort. I managed in Manual Focus to capture an impressionistic rendering and a photographic view of the same rather large mushroom. My lighting expert is not on Flickr so I cannot link them locally and I do not have permission to link them further afield. He is a great companion to share a historically important cave with. Our focus on photography led us to moths and small gnats and large spiders with varying fungi and moss and lichen. The clean air just 8 miles from Edinburgh enables some fantastic growths that increase in quantity and size as you move further away from the city into more vibrant landscapes that support such greater growth. The size and vitality of the Mushroom was so unexpected that I have labelled it fabulous, miraculous and magical as it certainly appeared that way being the only such branching out extended growth from the rock face with roots nestled in a shallow crack.

 

The cave shows many pick marks from it having being extended and masoned sections where door and fittings have been fitted and broken away. The valley side opposite Rosslyn Chapel and Castle has a path way and viewing platforms cut into the cliff sides. The cave itself is not too large and the Mushroom as focus of attention and camera here looks quite unlikely to be natural and also at the same time possible so. It does appear like something brought in affixed and maybe even tended. There is a bed of rushes in the cave, changed annually and often dressed into the form of a sleeping figure. This Both Focused and Focusless Fabulous Fungi a Miraculous Magical Mushroom that proudly proclaims itself present and potent whilst discreetly declining any casual further investigation beyond speculation such as I have delivered here.

 

There is a legend of a Black Hen, don’t say Pullet, that is noted as confusing treasure seekers and grail hunters by digging holes to false terrain the site and to fill in half dug holes for when seekers return to complete their excavations and further still through special skill to carefully indicate the better and best grounds to explore through careful talon and beak soil manipulation. There are further tails of either this Black Hen, or of another such similar still don’t say Pullet, Black Hen, maybe there is just the one, or possibly there are a pair of magical soil shrouders at work? The other hen story relates to a treasure hidden under a stair. The exact stair can be correctly deduced in a manner not fully revealed within the story. Any stair testing and excavating can and will lead to the Black Hen II, this time the truth will not out*, moving the treasure when the excavators are in the right area and also the hen will bamboozle the grail hunters with special Holy Hen Acts that will confuse, strain, enrage and bring chaos to order and the ‘BH II’ wonder guard will clear up after the said chaos and restore all to proper order til the right, maybe even righteous, approach of the mythic legendary treasure grail hunter seekers who are destined to step on the right step at the right time in the right manner possibly with the left foot.

 

Please only read good humour and faithful following in my words above. I have followed signs to Rosslyn Chapel and parked when there were just a few spaces next to the old barn and byre. I have wandered in the beauty of the landscape and listened to the stories and here share some quickly to say that this is a place of beauty and of mystery, both of folly and of faith with a river bend bringing out rock inscribed from thousands of years ago to natural and extended caves, with castles and chapels, formerly and currently hosting services and battles til a part of the past seems to have been deeply woven here such that we choose to look at it again and again making pilgrimage and enacting rampage all engaged through marvellous mysteries and eldritch histories far beyond our fascination and into our fine fashioned fulgent fabricated fantasies.**

 

*Black Hen I also assured that the truth would not out, Black Hen II is not a fully fledged sequel as of course it could be one Hen, not a Pullet, successfully stealth working both grounds and stairs.

 

**Please do not test the Hen, or Hens, not Pullets, as you could be destroying a beautiful and historial protected place that is best left none Hen tested and none destroyed. Age, atmosphere and our antecedents have done more than enough destruction and also they had with them those that fought to give enough preservation and conservation too.

  

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Welcome to Rosslyn Chapel

www.rosslynchapel.com/

 

Hawthornden Castle

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthornden_Castle

 

Alexander Nasmyth - Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh - Google Art Project

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Hawthornden Foundation Hawthornden Castle

www.hawthornden.org/hawthornden-castle

 

Hawthornden Foundation

www.hawthornden.org/

 

Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings SM6825

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ROSLIN GLEN AND HAWTHORNDEN CASTLE GDL00327

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Roslin Glen

Rosslyn Chapel Trust is responsible for the conservation and care of part of the picturesque landscape known as Roslin Glen, which is adjacent to Rosslyn Castle and Rosslyn Chapel.

www.rosslynchapel.com/about/roslin-glen/

 

Roslin Glen Country Park

www.midlothian.gov.uk/directory_record/171/roslin_glen_co...

 

Roslin Glen Country Park

www.rosslynchapel.com/about/roslin-glen/

 

Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings

canmore.org.uk/site/51808/wallaces-cave

 

Archaeology Notes

canmore.org.uk/event/712032

 

Roslin Glen And Hawthornden Castle

Date of Inclusion: 31/03/2001

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Council: Midlothian

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ROSLIN GLEN AND HAWTHORNDEN CASTLE

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Gorton House Rock Carving(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)

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

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La vie de Martha Desrumeaux est relatée par exemple dans cette video :

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Pour les amateurs de street art en Ile-de-France, il faut faire un tour place du colonel Fabien à Paris. Devant le bâtiment symbole et siège du parti communiste français sont affichés 11 grands portraits de figures résistantes du parti, portraits réalisés par le street artiste C215, pour fêter à sa façon le centenaire du PCF (le parti communiste français fut créé à l'issue du congrès de Tours qui se déroula du 25 au 30 décembre 1920...).

C'est plutôt l'aspect "résistants de la seconde guerre mondiale" qui est mis en avant, plutôt que l'aspect communiste. Le PCF est malgré tout très visible puisque les portraits sont réalisés sur des fac-similés de pages de l'Huma de 1945, un temps alors fort stalinien.

Just to show the door opens.

 

For an art assignment, the theme was 'The Street'. I chose to do an altered book, relating loosely back to abandoned things. It is all very influenced by yyellowbird's photography, Frankie magazines and various poems that I have found inspiring. [[Work in progress!]]

 

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.

The Rainbow Lorikeets were having a bit of a beak wag around the feeder on Sunday. One seemed to be holding court whilst the others appeared to be fascinated by whatever story he was relating. Just a little social shot for those who may not be familiar with the antics of these birds.On closer observation, you can see that the one telling the story has pollen around its beak whilst none of the others do. Perhaps it was telling them the "secret" location ?

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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I am sure that many of us will have seen this Spitfire in the media coverage relating to the D-Day anniversary. I came across it today at Sywell Airport, just to the north of Northampton, where it is now based. This plane is accredited with shooting down the first enemy aircraft over the Normandy beachhead on D-Day (a JU-88) and shared the second. The pilot was Flying Officer Johnnie Houlton DFC.

 

The Grace Spitfire ML407 was originally built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944 as a Mark IX single seat fighter and served in the front line of battle throughout the last twelve months of World War II with six different allied Squadrons of the RAF’s 2nd Tactical Air Force. ML407 flew a total of 176 operational combat sorties amassing an impressive total 319 combat hours.

 

In 1950 it was converted to the two seat configuration for the Irish Air Corps as an advanced trainer. Having been in storage it was offered for sale in 1968 and Sir William Roberts eventually bought the aircraft for his museum in Strathallan, which sold it to Nick Grace in 1979. It is now operated by Ultimate Warbird Flights.

 

Please see www.warbirdflights.co.uk/spitfireml407 for full details.

 

The light was dreadful (though thankfully the rain had ceased) and I was using Judy's iPhone, so I've processed it differently to my normal style. I hope it works.

In the heavy wooden door of the Heidelberg Castle you will find a smaller gate with a thick ring made of iron. They used to use that gate for single visitors or emissaries in times of war when they did not want to open the big wooden door. Today you can see a dent on the thick ring of the gate which they have used for knocking. This dent is the so called “Witch’s Bite”. The old Heidelberg Legend of the Witch’s Bite relates that once the Electoral Prince, who was in a dying condition, worried about a successor because he has not left any descendants behind. So he promised the transfer of power to the one who would bite through the thick iron ring. The Electoral Prince thought anyone who would be strong enough to bite through an iron ring would be also strong enough to be a ruler. Many noble and brave men tried their luck but they failed because of broken teeth. Not only men did desire the power. There was a witch who had a try at biting through the ring. As she was almost successful in doing it she fortunately also lost her teeth at the critical moment . The iron ring remained entirely and there was just a dent left thanks to which today they use the term “witch’s bite”.

 

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.

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.

 

Tel Goded is an archaeological site in the heart of the Judean Foothills (the Shephelah), 20 km south of Beth-Shemesh. Set on a hill with strategic significance, Tel Goded was settled throughout various periods of history.

The ancient name of Tel Goded is unknown. Still, some scholars suggested identifying Tel Goded with Moresheth Gath, the hometown of prophet Micha (1:1). A British expedition excavated most of the site on the turn of the 20th century. Sporadic evidence from the Iron Age might be related to the Biblical prophet Micha, but the main finds relate to a Hellenistic-era mansion. On the eastern slope of the mound are several bell-shaped caves used for different purposes. Jewish rebels turned some into hideouts during the Bar-Kokhba revolt (132-135 CE).

 

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)

 

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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.