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Diwali one of the largest and brightest festivals in India, spiritually signifies the victory of good over evil. Wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali !
A door can symbolize many things in our lives.
It can be something that represents the hope of possibilities;
the promise of new opportunity. It can convey the idea of change or transition. Sometimes it signifies prevention.
We often use the expression, 'when one door closes, another one opens' and it seems to be a truism in life. We think we know exactly what we want to do, or have, but despite our best efforts and how frequently we try to smash our way through, the door remains firmly shut. That's when frustrations can be calmed with the notion that perhaps there's something better ahead than we're presently aware of if we're patient and vigilant.
The phrase, 'the door of opportunity' is another truism and sometimes when we think back on our lives we can see where we successfully took advantage of the moment and the opportunity presented to us. Conversely, one of life's regrets can be the open door we ignored.
"What's it going to take to open the closed door?" We know we need, or want, to get to a certain position but some type of key is required. Many times that becomes a time of emotional, spiritual or intellectual pursuit of an answer to a mystery.
I suppose it's also true that doors can be the stuff of nightmares. What frightening thing is on the other side? But for the mostpart, at least to my way of thinking, a door can be a golden opportunity.
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A breakwater at Portobello beach. Not sure what the numbers on the upright signify. Perhaps it refers to the 3 people who sat down upon it today right in front of me as I was taking the photo?
In ancient Egypt, the cobra signified protection, and also was a symbol of deity. These cobras carved along the top of a staircase near the step pyramid of Saqqara have stood the test of time
Built around 2630 BC, the Pyramid of Djoser is the world's oldest and most iconic pyramid. Located in Saqqara, Egypt, it was built for the Pharaoh Djoser and is the first known pyramid of its kind.
**Explore #368 April 24, 2023. Thanks for all of the views and faves
More photos and peeks into the past to come!
See my album 2023 Egypt and Jordan www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/albums/72177720306889694
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Gulf Aviation Co. Ltd. titled Avro 652A Anson '(G)-AIWX' on display at the 2000 Coventry Airshow
Really G-VROE, she's also wearing Royal Mail marks signifying licence to carry Mail
Once with the RAF as a T.21 and serialled WD413
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
The Caspian Tern is the largest tern in the world. These two are breeding adults signified by their full black cap.
Photographed in the Aransas Bay, Texas Gulf.
From what I am told the ropes around the Titanic area are to signify the connection with the Belfast Ropeworks which was once the biggest in the world. The Belfast Ropework Co was established in 1876 and the managing director was William Holmes Smiles. G W Wolff, of the Belfast shipbuilding firm Harland & Wolff, was the chairman.
In a quiet corner of the Hogwarts grounds, a Ravenclaw and a Gryffindor were finding themselves enjoying the quiet company of each other while lip-locked; at least that was until the clock chimed to signify the hour.
The Ravenclaw gasped as he glanced towards the clock tower. He turned his flushed face to look up at his partner as he unwound his arms from around his shoulders.
"And now you're late!" Vin chuckled wryly as he detached himself and went to pick up his book from the ground. "Corry, I TOLD you this would happen!"
"It's okay. It's just practice."
"But you are the captain!"
"Exactly!" Corry grinned cheekily and he leaned in to steal another kiss. "They can't start without me."
"Exactly! So then lead by example..." Vin gave him a firm push on his shoulder and blushed as he narrowly avoided Corry's kiss. "...and don't be late! Go. I will see you at lunch!"
As Corry playfully huffed and went to fetch his broom, Vin licked his slightly swollen lips; still tasting him there. Oh, he didn't want to send him off! Not at all! But...they had to be responsible.
Once Corry mounted his broom, he gave a small wave and said, "See you then!" He kicked off and left Vin behind to wave with a chuckle. As he settled back down under the tree's shelter, his gaze followed Corry as flew across the grounds with a small, amused smirk.
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Thanks to my husband Vin for indulging me and posing as my Ravenclaw!
I have always loved the Harry Potter series so getting to dress up in Hogwarts robes is top notch enjoyment! Be on the lookout for more Hogwarts-inspired pictures!
This was supposed to be a collab to signify the end of The Survivors RPG. However after a few months most people have slowly dropped out due to personal reasons. Im still extremely happy to finally be able to show this to you all. I built for about two weeks nonstop when I wasn't working. I tried to pack as much detail as I could into this and didnt want to leave anything feeling empty. I think I'm riding the line on having too much in the end but... its fine for what I like. I hope its what you like too!! The story behind the build is that my sig-fig (Cray) and The Survivors push into this command center to extract coordinates for the high ranking Imperial Officer in charge for enslaving the Wookiees. Thank you for taking to time to check out this build. Always extremely appreciated.
Excerpt from parkscanadahistory.com/brochures/fortgeorge/booklet-tour-...:
Officers’ Quarters: Officers expected to live like gentlemen, even on the frontier, and those at Fort George were no exception. They attempted to re-create in their living quarters the high material and social standards they were accustomed to in Great Britain. The mess — the centre of social activity — is the central feature of this building. Originally, the word mess meant to eat. Later, it came to mean dining together, and ultimately, to signify a dining room or social area.
Elaborate mess rules were established, and social life here became a military version of civilian "high society." Dinners were sophisticated affairs, complete with silverware, fine china, pewter serving dishes, and decanters of port and sherry. After dinner, card games, music, and more imbibing of wine would conclude the evening in the games room.
The bedrooms or personal quarters reflect the background, rank, and interests of the officers. Some furniture was brought from home, some purchased from local cabinet-makers or tradesmen, and some supplied by the barrackmaster.
Last year marked the Year of the Rat, the first animal on the Chinese zodiac, while 2021 will signify the Year of the Ox, the second in the cycle. Some view the ox as being symbolic of hardworking attitudes and reliability because of its role in agriculture. -- Google search by "ox year" ;-)
The Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the final rest of the soldier, and the duty of the dead. Ralph kindly posed for me in the light of a stained glass window. His grandmother's first fiancé died in France in 1917, his great uncle was a pilot who died in 1944. We have been fortunate to avoid a world war for nearly 80 years but will that last?
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Mushrooms and toadstools also symbolize male fertility and virility because of their phallic shape. In China, the mushroom symbolizes long life, happiness and rebirth. Mushrooms are the food of the Taoist immortals. In China, it's believed the mushroom will only grow in peaceful times, thus it is a symbol of successful government. Some African and Siberian tribes regard mushrooms as symbolic of the human soul, In Mexico, the sacred mushroom signifies knowledge and enlightenment. Some Western myths show fairies and elves sitting on mushrooms and toadstools
To me the blooming of the fireweed signifies the beginning of the end of summer here in the north.
Triptych with Polaroid Originals film for SX-70.
iPad scan.
What does the white delphinium flower symbolize?
Like many flowers, different colours of delphiniums often carry their own significance. Blue, the most common colour, signifies dignity and grace while white and pink represent new life and the power of youth.
(86/365) The candle signifies the first anniversary of my last birthday. I was allowed to eat half of the cupcake :(. At least the preceding dinner was good.
"A tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing."
- Shakespeare / Mac Beth
Picture from the exhibition 2/24 at The carbone Studio
Teleport to The Carbone Studio
Milena Carbone's art studio
Novels - art photography - dance performance
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Carved into a kerbstone, a single letter. What does it signify? Who did it? When was it done?
No hydrant, hospital, hotel or other 'H' is nearby. It's a mystery.
Αντιγραφή από Την επίσημη ιστοσελίδα του Λευκού Πύργου
Ιστορία
Ο Λευκός Πύργος κτίστηκε το 15ο αι., μετά την άλωση της Θεσσαλονίκης από τους Οθωμανούς το 1430. Στη θέση του υπήρχε παλαιότερος πύργος της βυζαντινής οχύρωσης της Θεσσαλονίκης, στο σημείο που το ανατολικό τείχος συναντούσε το τείχος της θάλασσας. Ο Πύργος αποτελούσε το ανατολικό άκρο του θαλάσσιου τείχους, υπήρχε άλλος ένας στο δυτικό άκρο και τρίτος στο ενδιάμεσο.
Στο πέρασμα του χρόνου αναφέρεται με διάφορες ονομασίες˙ Πύργος του Λέοντος το 16ο αι και Πύργος της Καλαμαρίας το 18ο αι.˙ το 19ο αι. τον βρίσκουμε με δύο ονομασίες, ανάλογα με τη χρήση που είχε˙ Πύργος των Γενιτσάρων, και Πύργος του αίματος (Κανλή Κουλέ), όταν έγινε φυλακή και τόπος εκτέλεσης καταδίκων. Ο ιστορικός Μιχαήλ Χατζή Ιωάννου το 1888, στο βιβλίο του για μνημεία της πόλης, τον αποκαλεί Βαστίλη της Θεσσαλονίκης, όπου έσφαζαν τους θανατοποινίτες στον εξώστη του, με το αίμα να βάφει τους τοίχους του, ενώ βολή τηλεβόλου από τα δυτικά της πόλης σήμαινε την εκτέλεση της θανατικής ποινής. Το 1883, με διαταγή του σουλτάνου Αβδούλ Χαμίτ Β’, ο Πύργος ασπρίζεται και του δίνεται η ονομασία Λευκός (Μπεγιάζ Κουλέ). Είμαστε στο δεύτερο μισό του 19ου αι., εποχή που πνέει ο άνεμος της μεταρρύθμισης στην οθωμανική αυτοκρατορία, ύστερα από τις πιέσεις της Αγγλίας, και πύργος με την ονομασία «του αίματος» δεν αρμόζει στη νέα φυσιογνωμία της αυτοκρατορίας. Και ήταν ο κατάδικος Νάθαν Γκουελεντί, που με αντάλλαγμα την ελευθερία του, άσπρισε τον Πύργο. Από τότε έμεινε η σημερινή ονομασία. Με τον καιρό έγινε το σύμβολο της Θεσσαλονίκης, αφού απόμεινε από το 1911 να στέκει μόνος στην παραλία, ύστερα από την κατεδάφιση του θαλάσσιου και του ανατολικού τείχους και του περιβόλου του.
Μετά την απελευθέρωση της πόλης το 1912 και την ενσωμάτωση της στο ελληνικό κράτος, ο Πύργος είχε διάφορες χρήσεις. Στη διάρκεια του Α’ Παγκοσμίου πολέμου ένας όροφος χρησιμοποιήθηκε για τη φύλαξη των αρχαιοτήτων από τις ανασκαφές που έκανε η αρχαιολογική υπηρεσία της Στρατιάς της Ανατολής. Στους χώρους του φιλοξενήθηκαν η αεράμυνα της πόλης, το εργαστήριο μετεωρολογίας του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου και συστήματα ναυτοπροσκόπων.
Το 1983 ο Πύργος παραχωρήθηκε στο Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού.
Copy from The official site of Thessaloniki’s White Tower
History
The White Tower was built in the fifteenth century after the fall of Thessaloniki to the Ottomans in 1430. At its location there had been an older tower belonging to Thessaloniki’s Byzantine fortifications, where the eastern wall met the sea wall. The Tower was the eastern end of the sea wall; there was another at the western end, and a third in between.
Over the years, it was referred to by various names: the Lion Tower in the sixteenth century, the Tower of Kalamaria in the eighteenth, while in the nineteenth century we find it with two names, depending on its use: the Tower of the Janissaries when the garrison of Janissaries was stationed there, and the Tower of Blood (Kanle Kule) when it became a prison and place of execution for convicts. In 1880, in his book on the city’s monuments the historian Mihail Xatzi Ioannou called it the Bastille of Thessaloniki, where those condemned to death were slaughtered on its terrace and their blood dyed its walls red, as a cannon shot from the western part of the city signified that the death sentence had been carried out. In 1883, on orders of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the Tower was painted white and given the name “White Tower” (Beyaz Kule). We are in the second half of the nineteenth century, an era when the winds of reform were blowing in the Ottoman Empire in the wake of pressure by England, and the Tower with its “bloody” name was not appropriate to the empire’s new character. It was a convict, Nathan Guiledi, who whitewashed the Tower in exchange for his freedom. It has remained with its current name since then. In time it became the symbol of Thessaloniki, since from 1911 it stood by itself on the seacoast following the demolition of the sea and eastern walls and its surrounding wall.
After the city’s liberation in 1912 and its incorporation into the Greek state, the Tower had various uses. During World War I, one floor was used to store antiquities from the excavations done by the archaeological service of the Armée d’Orient. The city’s air defense, Aristotle University’s meteorology laboratory, and Sea Scout groups have all been hosted in its spaces.
In 1983, the Tower was given to the Ministry of Culture.
Από το 1988 αποτελεί ένα από τα συνολικά 18 πρωτοχριστιανικά και βυζαντινά μνημεία της Θεσσαλονίκης εγγεγραμμένα στον σχετικό κατάλογο παγκόσμιας κληρονομιάς της UNESCO (UWH)
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Since 1988 it is one of Thessaloniki's 18 total early Christian and Byzantine monuments inscribed in the relevant UNESCO World Heritage List (UWH)
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Male figbird displaying the bright red eye patches that signify that the breeding season is in full swing.
The withering away of darkness, as it gives way to the rising sun, signifies the most important aspect of life – despair giving way to hope.
The lotus (Sanskrit and Tibetan padma) is one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols and one of the most poignant representations of Buddhist teaching.
The roots of a lotus are in the mud, the stem grows up through the water, and the heavily scented flower lies pristinely above the water, basking in the sunlight. This pattern of growth signifies the progress of the soul from the primeval mud of materialism, through the waters of experience, and into the bright sunshine of enlightenment.
Though there are other water plants that bloom above the water, it is only the lotus which, owing to the strength of its stem, regularly rises eight to twelve inches above the surface.
According to the Lalitavistara, "the spirit of the best of men is spotless, like the lotus in the muddy water which does not adhere to it."
According to another scholar, "in esoteric Buddhism, the heart of the beings is like an unopened lotus: when the virtues of the Buddha develop therein, the lotus blossoms; that is why the Buddha sits on a lotus bloom."
The lotus is one of Buddhism's best recognized motifs and appears in all kinds of Buddhist art across all Buddhist cultures. Scrolling lotuses often embellish Buddhist textiles, ceramics and architecture.
Every important Buddhist deity is associated in some manner with the lotus, either being seated upon a lotus in full bloom or holding one in their hands. In some images of standing Buddhas, each foot rests on a separate lotus.
The lotus does not grow in Tibet and so Tibetan art has only stylized versions of it, yet it appears frequently with Tibetan deities and among the Eight Auspicious Symbols.
The color of the lotus has an important bearing on the symbology associated with it:
White Lotus (Skt. pundarika; Tib. pad ma dkar po): This represents the state of spiritual perfection and total mental purity (bodhi). It is associated with the White Tara and proclaims her perfect nature, a quality which is reinforced by the color of her body.
Pink Lotus (Skt. padma; Tib. pad ma dmar po): This the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity. Thus naturally it is associated with the Great Buddha himself.
Red Lotus (Skt. kamala; Tib: pad ma chu skyes): This signifies the original nature and purity of the heart (hrdya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion and all other qualities of the heart. It is the flower of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.
Blue Lotus (Skt. utpala; Tib. ut pa la): This is a symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses, and signifies the wisdom of knowledge. Not surprisingly, it is the preferred flower of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.
Icelandic weather can be particularly tough. Two minutes before and ten minutes afterwards this scene was bathed in a glow from golden sunshine.
I'm not too sure what those two great monoliths are supposed to signify.
Locks on the Locke Street bridge, that apparently signify unbreakable love. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_lock
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"There's something subversive
About you and me
'Cause there's a market value on love
And we're getting something for free"
- Subversives, Lowest of the Low (another obscure Canadian band from my youth)
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The bluebirds have been working on a nestbox in my garden for over a week. I'm hoping that this big clump of feathers (from a mourning dove who met a hawk last week) signifies that finishing touches are being put on the nest. Andover, NJ
Ever since the drone uprising, when we overthrew the filthy humans, we have performed human sacrifice at the end of every Droneuary. This ritual signifies where we ascended from, and also reminds humans of our continued dominance, keeping them in their place.
Death to all meatbags!
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Definitely my darkest build ever thematically, but I've had this idea for a year and thought it would make for a really cool looking build despite how dark it is. After not building anything for Droneuary the past two years I really needed to make something this year, and since I'd already had this idea for awhile I figured it was time to actually do it (Plus I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make mohawked priest drones!). Hope you all like it, I'm very happy with how it turned out, apparently I'm addicted to doing scenes with complex lighting after this one and my recent cyberpunk scene.
See a close-up of the interior of the temple here.
(Just so you know: I have an abiding - and of course irrational - affection for this tree. Not just because to me she signifies an Indigenous maiden ceremoniously welcoming home the first salmon, but because she once welcomed me in the most sweetly ingenuous way possible.)
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Seventeenth in the series ‘Wild Bonsai’, this tree is sixty inches (1.5m) in height and perhaps 2000 years old.
'Wild Bonsai' is a numbered collection of photos of naturally occurring bristlecones (p. longaeva) generally less than five feet in height (158cm) and - as nearly as I can estimate - between fifty and five-hundred years old - some much older. Most will have sprouted and survived in tiny cracks and crevases or miniature basins of sand and gravel. Shaped by the elements, flourishing tenaciously in the most minimalist of conditions, their lives are measured not in the millennia of more robust bristlecones, but in centuries...often mere decades.
'Duality', the cover photo for this album, is to me a matriarch of sorts and will remain unnumbered as a small token of a deeply intuitive and unapologetic respect that remains as transcendent and mysterious to me as it may seem odd to others. The essay that accompanies 'Duality' could, in many ways, apply as well to any other tree I may post in this series.
A perspective: Housed in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the fifth oldest living cultivated bonsai in the world is something over 500 years old and is a designated National Treasure of Japan.
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”Thus the ”meaning” of my expressions always escapes me. I never know exactly if I signify what I wish to signify nor even if I am signifying anything.” J.-P. Sartre
Walking the streets of Pembroke. Cars driving by. Light trails. Castles. This shot has a lot! The name signifies the old and new in frame. Old castle, modern cars.
The shell symbol on his hat and in his left hand signifies his destination is Santiago de Compostela some 2577km away.
An aspect of Chrysanthemum, tightly packed, a true Autumn flower, built against rain, wind and cold?
The name "chrysanthemum" is derived from the Greek words chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower)
Chrysanthemums, sometimes called mums or chrysanths, are flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae.
They are native to Asia and northeastern Europe.
Most species originate from East Asia and the center of diversity is in China.
Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC.
The flower was brought to the Western World in the 17th century.There are about 40 valid species and countless horticultural varieties and cultivars.
For many years, chrysanthemum signifies praise and admiration.
A chrysanthemum is considered as a noble flower of the Chinese noble class.
Wishing you a day full of good light and thanks for your visit, M, (*_*)
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University Of Bristol, Life Sciences Building.
Sir David Attenborough opened the Sheppard Robson – designed, £56.5 million, Life Sciences building at Bristol University.
The architectural ambition of the project was to create a building that respects the neighbouring listed buildings and surrounding conservation area whilst also adding a confident piece of contemporary design to Bristol.
It is the University’s biggest construction project to-date and is arranged in two parallel wings, with the east-facing element housing the office accommodation and responding to the proportion and massing of the adjacent listed buildings. Distinctly different in form, the west-facing wing is designed as an undulating aluminium wall, signifying the cutting-edge laboratory space housed in that part of the building. The two elements of the building are linked by a full height atrium space, which forms the social heart of the building.
A close-up - A closed hand or fist can be used to illustrate/signify struggle, unity, hard work, toughness, anger, power, hate and fight amongst other things.
I know there is at least one member of Macro Mondays who will recognize this logo. I wonder how many more there are. Raise your hand if you do.
These little pins (about 1cm in width, each) are perhaps on the younger end of things one might deem "vintage" (this week's theme for Macro Mondays), but they signify a time that was both early and formative for the World Wide Web, and a seminal product without which we all would not be here playing this game.
Thraupis
Gr. thraupis unidentified small bird, perhaps some kind of finch, mentioned by Aristotle. In ornithology thraupis signifies tanager.
episcopus
Late L. episcopus bishop; refers to the black cap, or purple or blue plumage.
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How's this for a new photography acronym - ATMS? It signifies that a particular image of yours is the "most stolen" from your portfolio on the web.
This shot of mine taken on the Icefields Parkway in Alberta, Canada has been shared (without my copyright or any attribution) on Facebook, Pinterest, etc. at least 20,000 times that I'm aware of....and I've seen it claimed by several dozen photographers worldwide as their own. There are two posters - yes, posters - that I've seen crafted from this photo of mine....and it seems to have taken on a life of its own.
Since people steal it so often, I guess I can say that it is well liked!
I've reworked it a bit and we'll see how long it takes for this version to be purloined....
Took this dramatic image of this centre cloud rapidly changing shape and gaining height at 15.30pm yesterday afternoon with a Tamron 28-300MM lens.
Currently we are in a cold Northerly Airstream and as well as much colder temperatures, we are experiencing sudden and heavy rain showers. These clouds are about 9 miles away probably having just come ashore from the Irish Sea near Rhyl on the North Wales Coast - gaining further moisture en route.
Cumulonimbus Clouds are a type of Cumulus Cloud associated with storms and heavy precipitation - producing rain, hail, thunder and lightning. They are formed beneath 20,000 ft - are relatively close to the ground and the reason they have so much moisture.
According to Gormley, the significance of the angel was three-fold: first, to signify that beneath the site of its construction, coal miners worked for two centuries; second, to grasp the transition from an industrial to an information age, and third, to serve as a focus for our evolving hopes and fears.......
The work is made of Corten steel, weighs 200 tonnes and has 500 tonnes of concrete foundations. The mound near the A1 motorway which was the designated site of the sculpture was made after the closure of the Lower Tyne Colliery, out of the destroyed remains of the pithead baths. It is a tumulus marking the end of the era of coal mining in Britain