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For 120 pictures in 2020 #90 "Rambling", this represents more a desire to ramble. I have been perusing the map for locations we can safely visit without staying overnight. There are some interesting places within this area that relate to the Texas Revolution as well as some of the Spanish Colonial sites, so we are thinking about visiting some of them when the weather cools off a bit in a month or two. In many cases we will be able to meander among some of the small backroads to get there.
484s last day with Abellio and still managed to make it relate to the H28, wow. 8053 is pictured on the stand at Lewisham Station awaiting its next trip back to Camberwell Green
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
Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 at F8. Our furniture is a kind of bricolage - bits and pieces from different places and often relating to particular stories, lives re-arranged and expressed through our eclectic interior, a composite entity just as my mind is. Therefore, should it be true that the outside is a reflection of the inside, then this should also hold for my hobby, photography. I am not creating anything when making images. I am re-arranging what I see. Different from, say, a painter, I do not create something new. I am actually interpreting or translating what I see. Most of the time, that is. Sometimes, I design something and then take the picture. Usually, however, I am looking at things that are already out there and then give this a visual expression. Basically, I am a translator. And I am keenly aware that there can be very fine and also less convincing translations.
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.
sagittal - Relating to or denoting the suture on top of the skull which runs between the parietal bones in a front to back direction.
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Reborn Body and Avalon evo x head
Shirt- Riot
Shorts- epoch
Truth- lyrical hair
To stand inside an ancient hollow oak and look up... Such a privilege. Hollow but still living. Something i can relate to sometimes.
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
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a
: characteristic of or resembling country people
b
: lacking in social graces or polish
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: 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.
Wow...how I relate to this passage:
Through spiritual exchanges with Tibetan Buddhists during his retreat in Darjeeling, near the majestic mountain of Kanchenjunga, Merton saw that there was “another side of the mountain.” 103 For him, the mountain was a symbol of that which he had sought on his pilgrimage to Asia. He realized that “God speaks, and God is to be heard, not only on Sinai, not only in my own heart, but in the voice of the stranger” on the other side of the mountain.
-Thomas Merton’s encounter with Buddhism and beyond: his interreligious dialogue, inter-monastic exchanges, and their legacy / Jaechan Anselmo Park, OSB.
“The full beauty of the mountain is not seen until you too consent to the impossible paradox: it is and is not. When nothing more needs to be said, the smoke of ideas clears, the mountain is SEEN.”
-Thomas Merton, AJ, 156–157 (Asian Journal)
Authentic religion? How do you find it? Nagai relates how he and his little community found religious hope in the nuclear wilderness. On the last page of his book, music from the cathedral bell floods the valley of ashes, and he kneels with his children to say the Angelus. Despite their poverty and loss, they know that God is love, that suffering and the effort to keep on loving are worthwhile. “The people without a vision perish.” Nagai has come to see it is prayer that gives the vision.
-PAUL GLYNN A Song for Nagasaki The Story of Takashi Nagai Scientist, Convert and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb
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 legend of Saint Sigfrid of Sweden relates how Sigfrid, a missionary from England, chose Växjö as the site to build a cathedral. He was said to also have been buried in the cathedral that he founded. While the legend is largely unreliable as a historical source, it is probable that a wooden church was built on the same site as the current cathedral in the 11th century, during the Christianization of Scandinavia. Coins from the 11th century have been found during excavations within the church, and a preserved Christian runestone from the same century (Rundata number Sm 10), today located next to the choir wall, may be further indication of the early presence of a wooden church on the site. (Wikipedia)
Of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
GhostWorks Texture Competition #42
Texture with thanks to Skeletal Mess
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./
The two pigs that are pets at a local place just came out after the long winter. This one really put on the weight. I can relate. Sigh.
'New topographics" - When landscape photography moved from the celebration of the beauty of nature to a visual critique of humanity's expansion into the wild.
"topographic" - relating to the arrangement of the physical features of an area.
"new topographics" - 1970's photographic movement appreciating the beauty of the banal in human altered landscape
camera; Minolta SRT 201
lens: Minolta MD 28mm 2.8
film: portra 400
SOOC
Now Playing Keep You
Such a beautiful song and beautiful voice. This song really touched me.
I can relate to the words, there is someone in Second Life that I have said good bye to and I miss him every day. I will always treasure the love and laughter we shared and I will never forget him.
That being said, we must all move on. Treasure the good times and learn from our mistakes. There is no use hanging onto something that is past tense.
Lyrics
We said goodbye. Tried our hand at magic.
But we couldn't make us disappear.
Not a day goes by I don't wish I had you.
So in a way, I'm glad you're still here.
It's a bitter sweet victory.
Lovin' the ghost in front of me.
Now I can't laugh, can't cry.
And I can't run, can't hide.
What do I gotta do?
What do I gotta do to keep you?
What do I gotta do to keep you from doing this to me?
I wrote a couple of notes.
One in love, one in anger.
They're lying there dying in the dresser drawer.
Lived louder than my voice. Struggled through a stranger.
He loved me until I loved you even more.
It's a bitter sweet victory.
Knowing someone else wanted me.
Now I can't laugh, can't cry.
And I can't run, can't hide.
You get used to the pain, and numb to the sting
Till you can't feel anything.
You tried to explain, but I couldn't hear it.
As if your words were my tears.
Flowing freely, warm and quiet.
From the edges of my eyes and my ears.
Then all that disappears.
Now I can't laugh, can't cry.
And I can't run, can't hide.
Now I can't laugh, can't cry.
And I can't run, can't hide.
What do I gotta do?
What do I gotta do to keep you?
What do I gotta do to keep you from doing this to me?
Ok, now here is today's news. I have put up a few extra shots today that relate to some that I hav recently uploaded. I will explain the links as we go. I have also disabled comments on some, I realise that duplications cause extra effort and while I am always grateful for you comments and thoughts, I do not want to push it for busy people. So here we go.
BTW, this marvellous Goose was at the Sandgate Golf Club in amongst a gaggle of white ones. They collect lost balls in their spare time.
This memorial is in honour of Princess Saovabhark, a consort of King Chulalongkhorn, who died along with three of their children in all in the same year of 1887. I couldn't find any details relating to their deaths but I imagine that it must have been an illness that struck them all down.
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!
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Conversation relates to the two ladies and the inspection relates to the two people looking in the shop window.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Moses Lunham
Ojibwe visual artist Moses Lunham created this painting during National Indigenous People’s Day at Mississauga Celebration Square. The concept was created in collaboration with Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Moses engaged event visitors to add to the painting onsite. It takes inspiration from word “Mississauga” referring to water, river, and how they relate to survival, life and community.
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.
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
Thomas St, Northern Quarter, Manchester
My first outing in months and a chance to meetup with Eddie, Steve and Terry. Didn’t have clue what to photograph but you soon get into clicking mode. No prizes for guessing what this relates to!
A feeling likely every single one of us can relate to right now! I am definitely feeling a bit antsy, particularly wanting to get back out and head out for multiple days exploring and photographing our wonderful natural world. However, looks like I need to content myself with the digital form only for now (together with some walks around the neighborhood). This was from a visit to Boardman Tree Farm in Oregon a few years ago. It was a popular stop for photographers in the fall to shoot the rows of aspen, but sadly it was sold and the last trees harvested and converted to farmland.
This particular crop was from a much larger pano I took (9 or 10 frames wide I think). I was just experimenting, and when I got it on the computer some of the most interesting symmetries got lost in the wider angle but cropping it down made it more pleasing and also made the "bars" at the end of this row visible. I thought that was an interesting little detail.
It has in fact been a delight for me to spend time with my family in recent weeks, and I feel in some ways like it's made up for at least a little bit of the time I missed traveling for the job when the girls were younger. I am realizing just how disruptive the constant business travel was, not just to me but to our whole family. We have a practice now of stating what we appreciate and are grateful for at dinner each night which I think has been helpful. I am extremely grateful for such a loving and wonderful family. They have kept a fantastic sense of humor and a warm and cooperative spirit in a time when it's easy to let anxiety consume one's emotions. I hope everyone is able to find some light and color in their lives right now.
Stay safe!
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
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.
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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.
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Captured bin 2x2 over 2 nights in April 2021 for a total acquisition time of 14 hours.
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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
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Kinetic Photograph made with one single long exposure shot, printed straight out of camera.
If you’d like to read more details about how the shot is made see below. And for more of my kinetic photographs here’s my set, "Drawing with Light"
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Kinetic: Relating to, caused by, or producing motion.
These are called “Kinetic” photographs because there is motion, energy, and movement involved, specifically my and the camera’s movements.
I choose a light source and/or subject, set my camera for a long exposure (typically around 4 seconds), focus on my subject and push the shutter button. When the shutter opens I move the camera around with my hands...large, sweeping, dramatic movements. And then I will literally throw the camera several feet up into the air, most times imparting a spinning or whirling motion to it as I hurl it upward. I may throw the camera several times and also utilize hand-held motion several times in one photo. None of these are Photoshopped, layered, or a composite photo...what you see occurs in one shot, one take.
Aren’t I afraid that I will drop and break my camera? For regular followers of my photostream and this series you will know that I have already done so. This little camera has been dropped many times, and broken once when dropped on concrete outside. It still functions...not so well for regular photographs, but superbly for more kinetic work.
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Our bones relate
Amalgamate with the sins in our blood
Why are all the ruins in your wake?
Why were all my heroes forced to stop?
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.
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Though she looked quite interesting with these lights and shadows!
I kind of like how the the photo has a light half and a darker half. Not sure why I would relate to that.
His Golden Touch
One day, as Ovid relates in Metamorphoses XI, Dionysus found that his old schoolmaster and foster father, the satyr Silenus, was missing. The old satyr had been drinking wine and wandered away drunk, to be found by some Phrygian peasants who carried him to their king, Midas (alternatively, Silenus passed out in Midas' rose garden). Midas recognized him and treated him hospitably, entertaining him for ten days and nights with politeness, while Silenus delighted Midas and his friends with stories and songs. On the eleventh day, he brought Silenus back to Dionysus in Lydia. Dionysus offered Midas his choice of whatever reward he wished for. Midas asked that whatever he might touch should be changed into gold.
Midas rejoiced in his new power, which he hastened to put to the test. He touched an oak twig and a stone; both turned to gold. Overjoyed, as soon as he got home, he touched every rose in the rose garden, and all became gold. He ordered the servants to set a feast on the table. Upon discovering how even the food and drink turned into gold in his hands, he regretted his wish and cursed it. Claudian states in his In Rufinem: "So Midas, king of Lydia, swelled at first with pride when he found he could transform everything he touched to gold; but when he beheld his food grow rigid and his drink harden into golden ice then he understood that this gift was a bane and in his loathing for gold, cursed his prayer."
Tales of history relate that Dinajpur derived its name from Raja Dinaj or Dinaraj, founder of the Dinajpur Rajbari. But others say that after usurping the Ilyas Shahi rule, the famous Raja Ganesh of the early 15th century was the real founder of this house for a brief period. At the end of the 17th century Srimanta Dutta Chaudhury became the zamindar of Dinajpur and after him, his sister's son Sukhdeva Ghosh inherited the property as Srimanta's son had a premature death. Sukhdeva's son Prannath Ray became famous and powerful and began the construction of the famous Kantanagar Nava-Ratna Temple, now known as the Kantajir Mandir, one of the most precious heritage structures.
It is difficult to conceive what the main palace block looked like when it was young and bold. Wild leaves and veins have wrapped the building like octopus tendrils while the skeleton and naked brick structures give a horrid look as the ageing plaster is almost worn out of the walls. In different parts of the building, structural girders are exposed while there is no roof above. Still from his historical study and the remaining ruins, Dr Nazimuddin Ahmed gave a vivid description of the structures in one of his publications published in 1986.
"The imposing façade of the two-storey palace, facing east has a broad frontage of about 150 feet. The central part carrying a 10 feet wide verandah above is projected prominently. The front projection has a series of elegant Ionic columns in pairs with round shafts on the upper floor.
"The parapet is plain except for a curved plaque-wall in the centre, bearing in relief, two elephants standing face to face and holding a crown. Above and below it are some indistinct English letters. On either side of the balcony a broad spiral masonry staircase leads up to the upper storey. The roof of the 15 feet wide balcony collapsed.
"Immediately behind the balcony a large hall (50"X20") originally flagged with white marble stone and flanked by two 10" wide verandahs on the east and west is roofed over with massive iron girders. The lofty 25 feet high roof is in a highly disintegrating condition. On its north there is another smaller (30"X 20") hall and on the south a broad corridor leads to the inner quadrangle of residential quarters."
If the bricks could paint or write the tales of the Rajbari and its inhabitants, what a book could have been written! But with the silent walls, the palace has now grown old and inexpressive. It has faced not only the cruelty of time but also the ravages of nature like the 1897 earthquake that had left it badly damaged. Although the palace was largely rebuilt by Maharaja Sir Girijanath Ray Bahadur, time has not spared it from its claws. It is up to us now whether we would at least let the ruins remain and let our future generations see them and let their imagination flow back to the past and touch our heritage.
other pictures from the set Dinajpur Rajbari .... Discovering the hidden glory
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Carl Jung rejected many of Freud's theories. Jung expanded on Freud's idea that dream content relates to the dreamer's unconscious desires. He described dreams as messages to the dreamer and argued that dreamers should pay attention for their own good. He came to believe that dreams present the dreamer with revelations that can uncover and help to resolve emotional or religious problems and fears.
Jung wrote that recurring dreams show up repeatedly to demand attention, suggesting that the dreamer is neglecting an issue related to the dream. He believed that many of the symbols or images from these dreams return with each dream. Jung believed that memories formed throughout the day also play a role in dreaming. These memories leave impressions for the unconscious to deal with when the ego is at rest. The unconscious mind re-enacts these glimpses of the past in the form of a dream. Jung called this a day residue. Jung also argued that dreaming is not a purely individual concern, that all dreams are part of "one great web of psychological factors."
Fritz Perls presented his theory of dreams as part of the holistic nature of Gestalt therapy. Dreams are seen as projections of parts of the self that have been ignored, rejected, or suppressed.Jung argued that one could consider every person in the dream to represent an aspect of the dreamer, which he called the subjective approach to dreams. Perls expanded this point of view to say that even inanimate objects in the dream may represent aspects of the dreamer. The dreamer may, therefore, be asked to imagine being an object in the dream and to describe it, in order to bring into awareness the characteristics of the object that correspond with the dreamer's personality.
Sea Princess Scenic Nature, Seals & Fjord Cruise tour out of Northeast Harbor Maine is a great way to see Nature and spectacular views of Mount Desert Island.
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
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Nope. It's not originally from Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, as its name suggests, nor is it from the Cape of South Africa, as is often claimed. But our pretty Lily hails from Japan.
It was first mentioned by Jacques-Philippe Cornut (1606-1651) who saw it flowering in the garden of Jean Morin at Paris on October 7, 1634. He calls it Narcissus japonicus rutilo flore. About a quarter of a century later - in 1657 - the Scottish botanist Robert Morison (1620-1683), who was then working in the botanical gardens at Blois in France, writes that he saw it in the same gardens. Moreover, he relates how this Nerine came by the name 'Guernsey Lily'.
It seems that an East-India Trading Ship - uncertain, he says, whether Dutch or English - returning home from Japan - had been wrecked shortly before 1657 on the snaggy rocks of the Channel Islands near Guernsey. Out spilled those Japanese Lily bulbs only to sprout in bright profusion on Guernsey's sandy coasts. Hence the vernacular name.
It seemed to me unlikely that that ship would have been English if it came from Japan. Since 1641 only the Dutch and Chinese were allowed to trade with Japan. So I checked the records I could for shipwrecks of Dutch ships plying from Japan to Europe on the Guernsey Coast until 1660. It would have been nice to find one... But none...
That our Lily also grows in South Africa is not strange for it's by way of the Cape that many Dutch East Indiamen rerturned home from Japan; in these years of the seventeenth century some six or seven laded ships a year.