View allAll Photos Tagged Relator
Desire has garnered undeserved bad press among spiritual writers, as if all desires were impure. According to its Latin origin, the very word means “relating to a star” or “following a star”—your star. You purify your desires not by suppressing them but by finding your highest star and hitching your heart to it.
-You Are Here Keywords for Life Explorers, David Steindl-Rast
Conventional photography by definition relates to the surface of things. This is because it is a visual record of light reflected from the surface of things. There are, of course, other forms of photography connected to forms of radiation other than visible light (x-rays e.g.). But in general, our photos show surfaces, not what is underneath. You would need to be told that underneath, just where the silhouette of the WWI soldier stands, the River Ver is crossing the road - in a pipe and still very small. From there, it flows via Redbourn to St. Albans, the Roman city which in antiquity was called Verulamium. And here comes the thing: our minds are not satisfied with surfaces only. Even if surfaces are all we have got visually, we still try to extract "meaning" from the image, that is, we go underneath or "behind" the image. We are built like that. We human beings are extremely good at making associations. We are creators of meaning. Most of us, I guess, would have no problems with connecting the soldier's silhouette with the large lorry to the right and tell a story. It is just not true that we believe only those things we can see. Our world of imagination is more like a dancer using the surface as a playground. Leica M Mono, Voigtlander CS 2.2/50.
don't relate to you
I don't relate to you, no
'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty
You made me hate this city
And I don't talk shit about you on the internet
Never told anyone anything bad
'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything
And all that you did was make me fucking sad
So don't waste the time I don't have
And don't try to make me feel bad
I could talk about every time that you showed up on time
But I'd have an empty line 'cause you never did
Never paid any mind to my mother or friends
So I shut 'em all out for you 'cause I was a kid
As I was standing in line waiting to be let into the House of Blues this performer saw me and came over to say hi. As we were talking about her performing as the Magic Carpet in a different show she was relating how important the hand and arm gestures are because in a two thousand seat theater not everyone can see her facial expressions. It brought home just how skillful and how much stage craft goes into each performance.
So the "It's The Small Details" refers to her hand gesture of placing her finger in her mouth to emphasize her desire for the individual she is looking at.
Also this is pretty much straight out of the camera except for a little (a lot) of noise reduction. I was shooting at ISO 3200 which is four times where I like to be.
Amsterdam - De Nieuwe Ooster - Kruislaan - Rozenburglaan
Copyright - All images are copyright © protected. All Rights Reserved. copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
The Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats is a cemetery in Amsterdam. It is located on Kruislaan in the Watergraafsmeer neighbourhood in Amsterdam East and covers an area of 33 hectares. The cemetery opened on 1 May 1894. It is now called De Nieuwe Ooster (The New East) because of the construction of a crematorium in 1994, designed by R. van Liesveld. The Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats replaced the (Oude) Oosterbegraafplaats, laid out in 1866, just outside the Muiderpoort. In 2003, the cemetery became a national monument complex with a number of national monuments, such as the De Nieuwe Ooster entrance gate. In 2005, the site was declared an arboretum. It contains the monumental tree De rode beuk (The Red Beech), planted before the cemetery opened. There are many species of shrubs, roses, elms, chestnuts, oaks, birches, magnolias, conifers and rhododendrons.
There are various memorials and monuments at the Nieuwe Ooster relating to the Second World War:
There is a monument to 18 resistance fighters who were executed in 1942, designed by sculptor Hildo Krop. The Buchenwald monument commemorates those who perished in the Buchenwald and Ravensbrück concentration camps. This monument, erected in 1956, contains an urn with soil from all the places of martyrdom in Europe during the Nazi occupation. The field of honour for fallen Allied soldiers in the south-eastern part of the cemetery. This burial ground falls under the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; more than 300 dead from the Second World War are buried here, from Commonwealth countries and Poland. The identities of almost fifty of them are unknown. The monument “Nooit meer Auschwitz” (Never again Auschwitz) stood at the Nieuwe Ooster for sixteen years. It was unveiled in January 1977, designed as a grave cover by writer and sculptor Jan Wolkers. In 1993, this monument was moved to Wertheimpark.
This piece was created in response to a call out for submissions for a Batik Guild exhibition on the theme of 'Patterns of Change.'
An artistic response to climate change.
Typically I finished this not far from the deadline and submitted my photo and application for judging.
'This work started with me quite freely making marks, spontaneously playing with the batik process. There arose a playfulness in my thoughts that began to take form in the work being created, like converging energy flows running their own course then uniting as one.
It relates to the theme of patterns of change by acknowledging, with a childlike sense of wonder our need to live harmoniously and at one with nature.'
Glad to say that it's been accepted and will be exhibited alongside the works of other guild members in the gallery of the Naples Botanical Gardens in Florida, USA from May 4th to June 30th 2024 and is part of the International Year of Batik celebrations.
Multi-layered batik on mono-printed habotai silk - 44cm x 44cm (60cm x 60cm in frame)
Greg Brown ~ Lull It By
From almost the minute we arrived at the lake, we could occasionally hear the yodeling call of a loon. We searched for it, catching quick glimpses of it, but of course it would dive and pop up in another area of the lake. Loons are amazing birds for me and the common loon is no exception. Finally, this one came over to investigate us, as its mate was sitting dutifully on its nest. Now that was a different loon experience for me ... usually it goes wherever I'm not. I'm sure that many of you can relate. These loons take turns on the nest while the other one forages. Diving up to 200 feet in depth looking for fish or perhaps crustaceans, they're pretty impressive. What a thrill it was to come face to face with those piercing red eyes.
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Astronomical spring relates to the position of the earth in relation to the sun, while meteorological spring relates to the warming temperatures from March through May. For meteorologists and climatologists, spring begins March 1.
Pleasant Valley Conservancy, Dane County, Wisconsin. The compass plant's name relates to its leaves that line up north to south to collect a maximum amount of sunlight.
Thank you very much
for your views, faves and comments!
sagittal - Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
Vincent of Beauvais relates that at this time there was a young cleric at Lyons who had a dream in which he beheld a mountain with a beautiful city standing on the top of it. This city attracted him mightily so that he longed to get there. But between him and the mountain was a river, and in the river he saw twelve men washing their garments. With them was another, different from them, in a shining white robe who was helping them in their task. The cleric asked the stranger who they all were, and He replied that He was Jesus Christ and that those were men doing penance with His aid, and as soon as their robes were clean, they would be able to go on to the city which they all desired, that is, to heaven. Some time later the cleric told his dream to the Bishop of Châlons, who advised him on the strength of it to enter Cîteaux. He accordingly made his way to the woods where the monks were dwelling, and finally found the enclosure of the little monastery. The gate was made of wattles, and there was an iron hammer hanging there for a knocker. When the porter responded to his summons, what was the astonishment of the cleric to recognize him as one of the men in his dream. He also recognized all the other members of the community too, and he was not long in becoming one of them.
-Thomas Merton, OCSO In the Valley of Wormwood Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age CISTERCIAN STUDIES SERIES: NUMBER TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE, (Saint Alberic, Second Abbot of Cîteaux, France)
The remains of the massive sextant at the Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It was built in the 1420's, destroyed in 1449 and rediscovered by the Russian archaeologist Vassily Vyatkin in 1908. It could accurately measure the sun from the horizon, the altitude of a star and other planets. The duration of the year, period of planets, and eclipses were measured by this device. Ulugh Beg's measurements of planets closely relate to today's measurement, showing us the phenomenal accuracy of the device. All a bit controversial at the time though. The observatory was destroyed after Ulugh Beg was assassinated by his own son, Abd al Latif.
🌵Violetility in collaboration with Violation, the Cactus Chair is a relatable mood (Go Sit on a Cactus) accented with neon. Includes solo and duo Bento animations, static photography poses, and a neon color change HUD to change the cactus neon.
🌵Violetility - Mothman Slippers- Keep cozy with a cryptid companion! The fuzzy and unisex Mothman Slippers are rigged for a variety of bodies with an unrigged version included and a texture change HUD. Rigged for eBody REBORN, Legacy Feminine and Masculine, Maitreya Lara and LaraX, Signature Gianni, Belleza Jake, and Anatomy.
#violetility #secondlife #secondlifedecor #sldecor
Backdrop-
☀️Scafall - Djerva Terrace Villa, inspired by the Mediterranean. 10% off in store with group tag! Enjoy the sun on the rooftop terrace, then escape to the well-insulated shade of the ground floor studio. It has surrounding pavement to seamlessly integrate it into landscaping.
Scafall MarketplaceScafall Main Store Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/scafall/Facebook: www.facebook.com/scafall/
#Scafall #sldecor #slhomeandgarden
#secondlifedecor
Additional Items Displayed
Reborn Body and Avalon evo x head
Shirt- Riot
Shorts- epoch
Truth- lyrical hair
1
: of, relating to, or suitable for the country : RURAL
rustic rolling farmland
2
a
: made of the rough limbs of trees
rustic furniture
b
: finished by rusticating
a rustic joint in masonry
3
a
: characteristic of or resembling country people
b
: lacking in social graces or polish
4
: appropriate to the country (as in plainness or sturdiness)
heavy rustic boots
Saint Evangelist Luke on a sail under the images of the prophets (from left to right Ezekiel, Isaiah, Aaron).
Artist Ivan Yizhakevich (1864-1963).
Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel, was an Israelite priest.
The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him.
The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied the destruction of Judah's capital city Jerusalem. Then in 587 BCE, the Babylonian empire conquered Jerusalem, destroyed Solomon's Temple, and sent the Jewish upper classes into the Babylonian captivity.
However, Ezekiel also prophesied the eventual restoration of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. It is believed he died around 570 BCE; Ezekiel's Tomb is the most important Jewish religious site in Mesopotamia. Three decades later in 539 BCE, the Persian empire conquered Babylon and the Edict of Cyrus repatriated the Jews in the return to Zion.
The name "Ezekiel" means "God is strong" or "God strengthens" in Hebrew.
Isaiah - one of the biblical prophets, coming from a noble Jewish priestly family, was born in Jerusalem around 765 BC. e. He prophesied in Hebrew. Isaiah is notable primarily for its prophecies about the Messiah.
Aaron - according to Abrahamic religions, he was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Knowledge of Aaron, along with his brother Moses, exclusively comes from religious texts, such as the Bible and the Quran.
Святий Євангеліст Лука на вітрилі під зображеннями пророків (зліва направо Єзекіїль, Ісая, Аарон).
Художник Іван Їжакевич (1864-1963).
Святий апостол і євангелист Лука походив з Антіохії Сирійської. Чоловіком він був дуже ученим, добре знав лікарську справу. Згідно з переданням, яке збереглося у греків і знайшло своє відображення у їхніх Мінеях, а звідти перейшло і до наших церковних книг, святий Лука був одним із сімдесяти учнів. Це йому і Клеопі дорогою до Емауса об’явився Христос Спаситель після свого Воскресення.
/Кость Маркович, Кафедра Сакрального мистецтва Львівської національної академії мистецтв, «Святий Апостол i Євангелист Лука». Християнський голос N 20, 2018/
Єзекіїль - у християнстві шанується як святий у літургічному календарі Східної Православної Церкви — і тих Східних Католицьких Церков, які наслідують візантійський обряд.
Святий Бонавентура витлумачив твердження Єзекіїля про «закриту браму» як пророцтво про Втілення: «брама» означають Діву Марію, а «князь» належить до Ісуса. Це одне із читань на вечірні у великі свята Богородиці у Східних Православних та Візантійських Католицьких Церквах: «Ніхто не може увійти до Раю, окрім як через Марію, як через двері». Образ дає основу концепції, що Бог дав Марію людству як «Врата Небесні» (звідси посвята церков і монастирів, ідея також викладена у молитві Salve Regina ( Радуйся, Свята Королева ).
Ісая - один із біблійних пророків, походець зі знатної єврейської священицької родини, народився в Єрусалимі близько 765 року до нашої ери. Він пророкував на івриті. Книга Ісаї примітна насамперед своїми пророцтвами про Месію.
Книга Ісаї багаторазово цитується авторами Нового Завіту. В Євангелії від Іоанна говориться, що Ісайя «бачив славу Ісуса і говорив про Нього».
Григорій Ніський (бл. 335–395) вважав, що пророк Ісайя «знав досконаліше, ніж всі інші, таємницю релігії Євангелія». Ієронім (бл. 342–420) також вихваляє пророка Ісайю, кажучи: «Він був більше євангелістом, ніж пророком, тому що він описував усі Таїнства Церкви Христової так живо, що можна було подумати, що він не пророкував про майбутнє, а скоріше писав історію минулих подій».
Нащадками Аарона були батько і мати Іоанна Хрестителя праведні Захарія (оскільки він був священиком) та Єлисавета (Лк. 1:5). Апостол Павло говорить про те, що священство Аарона минуще, «бо з ним пов'язаний закон» (Євр. 7:11), йому на зміну йде Ісус Христос – священик за чином Мелхиседека. У православ'ї Аарона згадують у Тиждень святих предків.
♥️______________________♥️
Hair: DOUX - Olga Hairstyle
Head: LeLUTKA Fleur Head 2.0
Eyes: buzzeri. Moody Eyes (@ N21)
Eyebrows: . MILA . Lux Eyebrows
Ears: ^^Swallow^^ Pyramid Ears
Body: [LEGACY] Meshbody (f)
Top: .miss chelsea. Nimi Top Legacy Grey (@ N21)
Shorts: Blueberry - Can't Relate - Shorts & Belts - Black
Lipstick: TOP1SALON - HD EXCUSE ME LIPSTICK (Lelutka Evo) NUDE PALE
Liner: WarPaint* Seduction liner [Lelutka - Evo]
Pose: FOXCITY. Rain Bento Pose Set
♥️______________________♥️
Not really what is required when on the lunge, but its a bit hard when there is no real work area, just a paddock that they relate to as their home.
Stanley just blowing out the cobwebs before he settles into a good rhythm (hopefully)
[polski opis niżej]
The title relates to the previous photo. The event from which this picture comes, was the first one organized by Pomeranian Railfans Society with the old Ganz-MÁVAG's SN61-183. The journey took one day and covered some used and unused railway lines in North-Western Poland. Here, the diesel motor car in Złocieniec, before depart to Grotniki Drawskie. October 28, 2000.
Złocieniec is a knot point station built in 1877 and originally named Falkenburg, with the suffix (Pommern) added later. It used to have a steam locomotive depot for three locomotives to serve the two railway lines 210 (Chojnice - Runowo Pomorskie) and 410 (Grotniki Drawskie - Choszczno), which meet here, with the latter originally running from Grzmiąca, 61 kilometers further.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
Tytuł nawiązuje do poprzedniego zdjęcia. To natomiast pochodzi z pierwszej imprezy zorganizowanej przez Pomorskie Towarzystwo Miłośników Kolei Żelaznych z udziałem szczecińskiego SN61-183 (ex-189). Jako że to była pierwsza impreza, potrwała "tylko" jeden dzień i obejmowała linie w woj. zachodniopomorskim. Na fotce "ganz" w Złocieńcu, przed odjazdem do Grotnik Drawskich. 29 października 2000 r.
Fot. Jarek / Chester
Greymouth, NOVA ZELANDA 2023
History House Museum is a collection of photographic and archival records and historical objects relating to Grey District on the West Coast of New Zealand. The museum opened in the former Grey County Council Chambers in 1996, but the building was deemed unsafe in the event of an earthquake and forced to close in 2017. A new home for the collection is being sought
History House Museum was housed in the former Grey County Council Chambers at 27 Gresson Street, Greymouth. The Grey County Council was formed in 1877, and built the Grey County Council Chambers in 1924. In 1989 the building was vacated when the County Council amalgamated with the boroughs of Greymouth and Runanga and the Greymouth Harbour Board to form the Grey District Council.
The project to turn the empty building into a history museum was instigated by former deputy mayor Kevin Brown, Mayor of Grey Ron Hibbs, and Kevin Beams of Grey District Council. Kevin Brown recruited volunteers from the Lions, family, and local community to fit out the building and assemble a collection. The museum opened in 1996, with Brown as manager. When Brown was elected Mayor in 1998, volunteer Bob Naisbitt took over the running of the museum, along with assistant historian Margaret Mort. By 2013 Margaret Mort and Karen Prendergast were running the History House.
Volunteers Jack Flood and George Gardner apply a paint job to the Standard Austin-Western Grader outside History House Museum. The Grey County Council purchased the grader in 1920 for £225.
In February 2017 a seismic assessment of the Grey County Council Chambers found it was at only 10 per cent of the new building standard (NBS), well below the 34 per cent required for a public building; the standards had been revised following the 2010–2011 Christchurch earthquakes. The cost to strengthen the building would be $142,000, and it is in a flood zone. The museum was closed and the archives moved to the Grey District Library. Several options were pursued: eventually incorporating the museum into a "Discovery Centre", disbanding the collection, or moving to another space – the former Dick Smith premises at 130 Mackay Street at a cost of $50,000/year – in conjunction with an iSite visitor centre.
The location of the museum (at the other end of town from the railway station where most tourists arrived) and the lack of signage were blamed for the low visitor numbers: about 6–8 people a day.[3][8] The Greymouth iSite manager Phil Barnett claimed tourists were simply not interested in its collections.
In any event the Protected Objects Act and Public Records Act required the collection to be catalogued before moving, at a cost of over $100,000. One consultant suggested the bulk of the collection was not "of sufficient merit" to be archived. The archives at the museum also needed to be properly stored; the Council Chambers are unsuitable and in a flood zone. There is no regional archive on the West Coast, although Shantytown near Greymouth had offered to host one.
James Tunnicliffe cleaning the gold-mining Kershaw Pump outside History House Museum
After a stocktake of the collection, items relevant to other West Coast districts were sent to the Hokitika Museum and Coaltown Museum. The museum operated from a pop-up space in the former Dick Smith premises, operating Wednesday to Sunday afternoons from 20 December 2017. The space had to close in July 2018 but had 1200 visitors in the first month and 9000 visitors in total, compared to the 1200 visitors a year at its former home.
In September 2018, the Council budgeted $140,000 to strengthen the Gresson Street building, but resolved to move the museum to a new discovery centre combining a library and museum some time in the future. The cost to reopen History House was estimated at $455,000, and just to make the building safe would be $170,000: even strengthened the former Council building would still have problems with climate control, fire safety, and storage. The former manager Kevin Brown took back his extensive photograph collection in protest at the lack of progress in strengthening the building. In 2020 the building was emptied and the collection moved into two climate-controlled shipping containers at a cost of $90,000.
Wikipedia
The title relates in a free manner on Genesis 8:7
(“At the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.” )
Facade of a shopping mall at Cracow, Poland. (Galeria Krakowska). It is an inner city shopping mall located directly at the main station of Kraków. It is a project of the german company ECE - a vast center with 60.000 square meters shopping area. It opened 2006. Architecture is not remarkable at all. But the facade with its light emitting glass cylinders is interesting - at least for photographers.
Camprodon, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
CATALÀ
Dedico aquest fotografia a Alba Gracia que m’ha demostrat que sap relacionar millor que jo l’arquitectura i el pas del temps.
ENGLISH
I devote this photograph to Alba Gracia who has shown me that she knows how to relate architecture and the passage of time better than I do.
ESPAÑOL
Dedico esta fotografía a Alba Gracia que me ha demostrado que sabe relacionar mejor que yo la arquitectura i el paso del tiempo
Of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
GhostWorks Texture Competition #42
Texture with thanks to Skeletal Mess
I cannot relate the story behind this little scene, all I can do is to relate the circumstance.
I was enjoying my early morning walk to fetch the morning newspapers when this odd picture leapt into my vision. It was much too early for the site workers to have started their days work though.
It relates to 18th Century. As of the time of transfer to the museum, the house was the oldest in the village and belonged to Oros family. The house has two premises: house and mudroom. It is one of the most ancient types of house planning in Zakarpattia. Walls of the house are constructed with wide oak cut blocks. Its high four-sloping roof is covered with straw.
This house is the oldest Zakarpattia house in our museum. It displays specific features of national building in valley of Tereblia-river and the middle reaches of Tysa River. The house’s area is 35.4 square meters.
Look at the exterior of the hut:
Характерною ознакою житла лемків (етнографічної групи українського народу), як і бойків, були білий та синій кольори.
Хата із с. Теребля, Тячівського району Закарпатської області
Датується XVIII ст. На час перенесення до музею хата була найстарішою в селі і належала родині Оросів. Хата дводільна: хата, сіни – є одним із давніх варіантів планування житла на Закарпатті. Стіни хати складені з широких дубових колених брусів. Високий чотирисхилий дах вкритий соломою.
Це найстаріша хата Закарпаття в експозиції нашого музею. Вона розкриває особливості народного будівництва у долині ріки Теребля та середньої течії річки Тиси. Площа хати — 35, 4 кв.м.
Орос Ярослав (родина з Тячівського району) - журналіст, відомий у літературі як ідеолог українського арійства:
“Ментально і культурно українці належать до західної цивілізації. Сучасний конфлікт із Росією — насправді цивілізаційний конфлікт. Війна на Донбасі — це війна між західною цивілізацією та азійською, виразником якої є сучасна Росія. Захоплюючись мужністю у відстоюванні європейських цінностей під час Революції гідності, сучасний французький філософ Бернар-Анрі Леві сказав: «Я французький громадянин, я — європейський федераліст, але сьогодні на Майдані, який нагадав Європі про її першочергові покликання, я також українець».
Фактично Леві у такий спосіб потрактував ідею Освальда Шпенґлера про старіння європейської культури («Присмерк Європи»). Україна, Литва, Польща — надія старої Європи, її свіжа енергія. У питанні європейських цінностей і свободи ми готові воювати і покласти за це життя, а Західна Європа до цього вже не готова.
Вона занадто розбещена комфортом і достатком. Ідея арійства допоможе нам бути сильнішими, сміливішими, енергійнішими — компенсувати покірність, століттями нав’язувану російським православ’ям. Арійство не заперечує християнську любов чи мораль, а повертає до першо¬джерел. Сучасне українське суспільство хоче бути цивілізованим, культурно й економічно конкурентним. І арійство — та духовна сила, що допоможе нам такими стати.”
/Урядовий кур’єр, 9 листопада 2024./
This work relates to an analogy made by Glabush between paintings and individuals: "there is no starting point within the painting and it appears all at once, similar to the way we perceive a person. A person has a history and is the product of embodied memory and experience, and imagination. But when we seek to really see a persona we perceive a totality not a collection of parts."
The Church was originally built sometime in the 12th century. The story relates that there is one night when a group of sailors tried to navigate back to Iceland in a storm. The southern coast of Iceland is notorious for its hidden reefs and rough coast. The distressed sailors prayed to God for a safe return and vowed to build a church wherever they landed. When they ended their prayer an angel, seemingly made of light, appeared before their bow. The angel guided them through the rough surfs and led the crew into a bay for safe landing. The sailors, making good on the promise, built a wooden church at the site and named it Strandarkirkja.
Vespertilian 57 365
Poznan, Poland
Autumn
Definition of vespertilian. :of, relating to, or resembling a bat. flaunts vespertilian wing and cloven hoof. —Robert Graves.
Such a great word. Reminded of it after listening to some Peter Murphy..of course. :)
Have a day!
Join me on my personal website Erik Witsoe or contact me at ewitsoe@gmail.com for cooperation. Thank you.
If you like my work, you can support me by giving me a like on my Facebook Erik Witsoe Photography and 500px and Twitter Instagram and also Google + Thank you for stopping by!
adj. *Festive:
1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival.
2. Merry; joyous: a festive party.
Festive Ambiance, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
PixQuote:
"Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."
-Ansel Adams
PixNote:
This is from my 2005 archives....I took several shot of this scene, here is a vertical shot that I posted last year, it was called Dreamy......That is to explain why I did not crop this one.
The Crazy Tuesday theme is to create a random collage. This is my first (and second) attempt and there are so many features I could have used but I wanted to be sure I had at least one. The pictures are not supposed to relate to each other - hence the random, but must have been taken in the last six days. I tried the landscape mode for my second attempt with a couple of different shots. It’s a 3 day trial period.,so I may try some other ones later today.
……..💙HCT💙
Recently, I have been listening non-stop to Miley Cyrus’s The Climb. Maybe because I’ve been feeling shitty for the past week or so, I can relate to the song very well. But it’s not like I’m going through something challenging or whatnot, I just feel lousy. Why so? Midlife crisis? Btw, I just turned 27 today …
In photo: Road to my destination @ Kg. Kota Bukit, Sik, MALAYSIA.
"The Climb by Miley Cyrus"
I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreaming but
There’s a voice inside my head sayin,
You’ll never reach it,
Every step I’m taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna want to make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you gonna have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing,
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes they knock me down but
No I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m gonna remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
Cause there’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna want to make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you gonna have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby…
It’s all about
It’s all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
Looe Island is off the coast of West Looe in the south-east of Cornwall. It is a nature reserve, and glass-bottomed boats travel out from Looe so that visitors can enjoy seeing the underwater world. In years gone by the island was a place of Christian pilgrimage, and folk tales relate that the boy Jesus once travelled here with his uncle, Joseph of Arimethea, who was a merchant. I have come across similar tales in other parts of Cornwall.
Meditating on "What is essential is invisible to the eye", by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, I reason on the fact that actually being above my valley at night may seem like a non-essential activity... but for me it is, because only in these moments I relate to the invisible.
I notice more and more that today's trend is to homogenize everything, therefore an applause to that wholly personal quid that motivates our lives, each one special and different, therefore unique.
YouTube channel “Organo Santuario della Consolata”
YouTube channel “ALPS pictures & tales”
Instagram @roberto.bertero
_____________________
©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Said starway isn't what I was standing on while taking the picture, it rather relates to the current state of the locomotive presented on the picture. The ET42-025 shown here running alone through Kraków Mydlniki in the direction of Zabierzów is no more in service (presumably hasn't been for a couple of months now), and the railway station has undergone a massive modernisation, leading to a classically standardised look without the footbridge or any romanticism ;), as you can see by yourself over here.
In general the whole ET42 class of engines is coming to an inevitable end, as more and more Dragon locomotives are delivered from Newag to PKP Cargo. At the time of writing this description (12.01.2024) there are only 17 locomotives in service, from what used to be a series of 50 engines produced between 1978-1982 in НЭВЗ (Новочеркасск, Russia). They were innitially mostly deployed on the railway line connecting Silesia with the northern harbours in Gdynia and Gdańsk, but in recent years also spread to majority of the country, even becoming relatively common in Warsaw since around 2018, which was unthinkable beforehand.
From what I heard, the ET42 locomotives were generally a pretty successful series, thanks to being based on ВЛ10 engines, which had already been after years of service in the harshest conditions of the Soviet Union. Extremely reliable, easy to repair, but not without their downsides, the worst of which is that the locomotives could get extremely hot in summer, forcing drivers to provide different ways of cooling by themselves.
A little curiosity on all of the engines is their paint scheme, which differed from the standardised PKP livery. All ET42 locos had a big V-shape at the very front, presumably as a tribute to the ВЛ10 forefathers. The colour of the stripe making up the V differed across the years, together with the general paint schemes of PKP, but never really disappeared until the corporate scheme of PKP Cargo was introduced. Initially yellow on minty green background, then it turned to orange with the introduction of the 'yellow fronts' in 1989 and finally settled on red after the grassy-green livery was made the new standard. Despite generally liking the yellow fronts, I find that the red stripe on grassy green fits these Soviet monsters best.
The nicknames, which the railfans came up with included Czapajew and Rusek, generally very generic names which could theoretically be attributed to any locomotive of Soviet origin, just as Gagarin become a common way to call ST44.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
There is a theory about stripes relating to sex workers and street entertainers. As you may also know, stripes have always been somewhat transgressive and associated with prisoners.
Additionally, it has been said that the 13th-century Carmelites who arrived in Paris from Palestine in two-tone cloaks so offended decorum that Pope Boniface VIII banned all religious orders from slipping into anything stripy.
But as you examine this very sexy YoU By GeMyles Arabella Robe, Bra & Panties Set, you will find yourself thinking about how stripes beautifully enhance the contours of a woman’s body - concluding in your mind that there is also something to these speculations about their sensual yet naughty vibe.
I paired this Arabella Set with YoU By GeMyles' Carlyne Boots which Color Hud works flawlessly with color-matching that of the Arabella Set.
Fits: Belleza genX Classic (+ curvy), Maitreya Lara (+ Petite + Mounds), Inithium Kupra, Legacy (+ Perky + Nerido), and Inithium Kupra mesh bodies.
Both the Arabella Set and the Carlyne Boots are exclusively available at the SWANK Fall into Autumn Event for November.
Swank Event Landmark:
EXPLORE # 49 ...... many thanks :) :)
There are two stories relating to this charming ancient packhorse bridge which dates back to 1561 crossing the River Hodder at Hurst Green.
The first relates to Oliver Cromwell's 8,000 strong parliamentary army who crossed the bridge during his march from Skipton to intercept the Royalists at the Battle of Preston in 1648 where they fought the King's men and that is were it earned it's name.
The second is that J R R Tolkien visited this area in the 1940's when his eldest son John was studying for the priesthood at Stonyhurst College so many places in "The Lord of The Rings" are based on this scenic part of the world ..... Brandywine Bridge was based on Cromwell's Bridge and it's very easy to imagine the middle earth dwarves crossing this way.
View On Black
I am sure all of you can relate to the feeling of waiting for a moment or a photo opportunity for months and years and then feeling giddy with joy (and quite overwhelmed) when it actually arrives. For me that was Kenya. I am sure you guys have deduced that by now, based on my endless rambling, but moving on!
Not only have a dreamt of taking photos of the great African wilderness for years but in my little head I have dreamt about that ‘moment’ when all the elements come together and I KNOW I have taken a good shot. There is no greater joy than that moment is there? My trip was filled with several such moments including the one above. Would you believe that this herd is right outside our lodge - Ol Tukai, less than 200 m away? Look at them marching without a care in world. And look at that adorable baby, with its trunk, totally out of control! It is the very definition of surreal. I have said it a million times and I will say it again, Amboseli, your place in my heart cannot be taken by any other!
Explored : 5th January 2015
-
-
related to there
related
to there being a spirit
of
determination
however
one
relates
it t o one
in
the
spirit
of integration the understanding is
there
is more than
one
in
a
state
or
condition of portrayal by way
of
separation as this is next from one
perspective
there is more
than
one way for integration to
be
portrayed
in
the
spirit
of
determination
it has been
determined
one
might
say
it
is already decided
there
must be more
to
it
than
that we might
say
n - - - o one finishes
that
with a flourish related to integration since
or
as we need to be
determined
to
understand
portrayal is directed
not
to
be
just
now
fully integrated I
mean
honestly in what
direction
are
we
integrated
for
now
there
is a rhetorical - - - environment to the policy of
integration
in the atmosphere
one
might
say
trust
me
we can all be familiar - we can all be familiar
with
the
atmosphere
one just needs to integrate - one just needs to integrate
it
portray it as
integral
to
being
directly
related
somehow
or
other relate it back to your leader
but
no
but
no if only
portrayal
is directed in
the
spirit of determination
unity
has to be in diversity
the
only
thing
that can be
integrated
into one as
an
element
of
portrayal
is
separation
with
the understanding portrayal
is
directed - - - that which is
not
in
any
direction is fallacious
earth
water
fire
air
ether
mind intelligence and
time
sensitive
ego
those are the
elements
that bring direction into play as they
are
in no way merged like this or
suggestive
of a great big impactful origin already
they
are
to
be
portrayed
as the separated energies of
the
complete whole by
way
of being complete
in
and of themselves
that
is
the
way to portray unity in
diversity
-
-
-
-
-
-
space makes sense
ॐ
pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ
pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya
pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
light
o r
one
might say the light is
complete
in and of
itself
why
bother
saying
it
is has no
mass
I chose this name as the definition relates to regions beyond our earth/celestial and heavenly and it also happens to be the soundtrack that was used in the video I created (music by Stelladrone) see here on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKCZJYChmE
Captured using a QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on the Takahashi 130 FSQ that we have the honor of beta testing for QHYCCD.
This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1.
grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentals.
Some of the objects visible include NGC4438-NGC4435 are known as The Eyes Galaxies and are among the most prominently featured Galaxies in this image lying at a distance of around 52 Million Light Years from us. 3 galaxies from the messier catalogue M87, M86 and M84, 52 galaxies from the NGC-IC catalogues, but you have to zoom in to see the over 600 distant galaxies from the PGC catalogue.
View in High Resolution
Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/m3s2ui/
Captured bin 2x2 over 2 nights in April 2021 for a total acquisition time of 14 hours.
Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Dates of Capture April 3rd and 8th 2021
LUM 216 min 108 x 120 sec
RED 210 min 105 x 120 sec
GREEN 218 min 109 x 120 sec
BLUE 198 min 99 x 120 sec
Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit, bin 2x2
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Mount: Paramount ME
Image Scale:2.39 arcsec/pix
Image Scale: 2x2 = 2.38 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6, Pre Processing in Pixinsight and Post Processing in Photoshop CC
Explore Dec 16, 2015 #66
In 1943 Dutch artist M. C. Escher created a reptile lithograph that depicts a desk on which there is a drawing of a pattern of reptiles. The reptiles come to life and crawl around the desk, over the objects on it and eventually re-enter the drawing.
Escher would love the colors and patterns here! The Common Agama, Red-headed Rock Agama, or Rainbow Agama (Agama agama) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family, found in most of Subsaharan Africa.
It can often be seen in the heat of the day. In the breeding season, the males develop dramatically colorful markings, the head and neck and tail turning bright orange, and the body dark blue. Outside of the breeding season, the male is a plain brown. The females and juveniles are always more cryptically marked. This lizard can be found climbing rocks and walls. Its primary source of food is insects.
The males are territorial, claiming small to medium patches of land which they defend against other mature males. Juveniles and females reside within the territories unchallenged. The mature males become agitated when confronting each other; nodding vigorously, arching, skipping sideways, and clashing tails. The loser is chased out of the territory.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
RELATES TO LEEDS TOTW: STAIRS (John Fotohouse Jan 2009)
Alas, she will never resemble my dear departed friend.
www.flickr.com/photos/jamesw-bell/292288524/
Though she looked quite interesting with these lights and shadows!
This words is relates to some one ( يعرف نفســه) :
كل ما اكتشفت من الاصاحيب بــلاس .. اقول يالله جعل فالامر خيره
خيره تعرف ان به من اصحابك " اخســـــاس .. خـــيره ولكن ياعـساها الاخيره
وبعض البشر مثل ابتسامات الاعراس .. على كثر ماهي مثيره "ضريره"
والكل مايخلو من" اخباث"و"ادناس" .. في كل نفس اهناك حاجه "حقيـــــره "
..
Fine with out you ..
A long exposure here relates to the tired weather beaten lighthouse situated at the end of Neist Point on the extreme Western tip of the Isle of Skye.
This iconic landmark is quite dishevelled when you get up close to it. I spent some time exploring this location on a recent trip to the island. This was the best of several attempts at a long exposure shot from the top of the cliffs. The wind was gusting and despite my best efforts to try and keep the tripod and camera steady the wind was winning!
You can make out the Island of Uist in the Outer Hebrides on the far horizon.