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One of the joys of being an 'avid' gardener is to simply enjoy strolling through the different sections and wonder at the beauty of nature.
Dating back to the mid 1800's, the Watkins home here shows some original furnishings passed down through the generations.
"There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."
The flowers look beautiful, and I love flowers, so there's a beautiful joyous smile on my face. It's all so simple. Some people seek happiness at the other side of the world or in complicated ways, yet often happiness is just easy and very close to you. Like my dress; happiness can't get closer than that. Or right in front of you, like these lovely flowers.
A newspaper, a deckchair, and a beach - what more could you ask for? (actually, a couple more degrees of warmth would have been nice, it was very cold, lol)
This one is extremely simple, but I like it.
I love school so much. I'm trying out for the play...probably won't get it, but I still want to try. I'm still waiting on news for the photography club...can't wait until I have that. :D
Out among the fields,
Breezes dance and play.
Tender mercies
Soothe my day.
Class 43 locomotive No. 43366 speeds east at Westmead Rhyne with 1S55, the 14:27 Plymouth to Leeds service on Sunday 29th August 2021. Sister locomotive No. 43207 was at the rear.
I've been to this place dozens of times before to photograph trains, over many years. Yet I keep coming back. Maybe it is the lure of the simple pleasures offered by the English countryside on a late summer's afternoon such as this one that explains it. Little things like greeting walkers on the footpath, watching birds that I cannot name wheeling high overhead, or tasting the sweet sense of freedom that getting away from it all for half an hour or so can bring. And yes, the fact that this idyllic spot is next to the railway is a bonus for anyone that way inclined.
Simple Pleasures is a track from A Nod and a Wink, the 2002 album by Camel. A snippet of the song's lyrics, written by Andrew Latimer and Susan Hoover, is reproduced above.
Série: Rosas
Nº 43
“Quero a delicia de poder sentir as coisas mais simples”
Manuel Bandeira
Você deve estar se perguntando porque série rosas, será que ela pensa que é linda igual a elas! Nada disso! Quero transmitir alguma mensagem de amizade, carinho e amor a quem olhar minhas foto e esclarecer que adoro rosas e nem todas são do meu jardim, foi no decorrer do tempo fui fotografando, porque rosas sempre marcou minha vida tanto na alegria e dor, e cada uma tem marcas na minha vida. Tenho a saúde fragil e fiquei um tempo doente sem condições de fazer fotos, por causa da visão, graças Adeus agora esta tudo bem. Escolhi esta rosa porque é simples e eu fotografei no Hotel Fazenda Barreiros local que fui passar uns dias por ordem médica e presente do aniversário do ano passado, para se recuperar de várias cirurgia nos olhos. Quando cheguei neste local tudo era lindo e comecei uma nova vida, admirando a beleza do lugar, simples, rústico que me senti em casa e com ajuda da Jenniffer saímos fotografando tudo que vinha pela frente. Lembrei de muitos aqui do Flickr para fazer lindas fotos, porque o lugar é encantador e inesquecível e tudo que imaginar de comidas gostosas, bichos, pássaros e o que tem bonito na natureza. Rose
Bom Dia!
Plain and simple, a Calla Lily was a refreshing sight as I wondered the grounds of the Belmond Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge (formerly the Orient-Express Sanctuary Lodge).
Here is image #2 for my month of posts during the month of july.
While in New Mexico in april, we made a stop at White Sands NP, It was everything I thought it would be. I really wanted a shot of the white sand againt a dark sky, As it turns out, I got a bunch. The only problem I found with shooting in NM in April beside the DAMN wind, was the lack of clouds, We had a few days with some nice clouds, but most of the time it was the normal boring blue stuff. So I decided for this image I would paint the sky black and add in a single cloud.
Have a great weekend All, I am off to Vermont for the weekend. I have a Reception at a gallery to attend, Then after that, I will stay there and hopefully capture some pretty nice images....... SEE YA!!!
Because sometimes you just need simple, elegant beauty. My photography is escapism for me, not just for the sake of my mental health, but also as a way for me to relax and switch off from the world, be it creating new images, or revisiting my archives. I only hope that not only do you see something perhaps you have not seen with your own eyes, or in a way you perhaps have seen something before, but that you, dear viewer, also feel some of the joy and escapism I find in the images I share. So here I present an image shot at Bempton on a foggy day, allowing me to play with high key in camera to a level of satisfaction previously not attained - a simple Gannet profile.
This is for the Our Daily Challenge Group
Theme: "Golden rules", rule of thirds (explanation: photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Eugene_Ilchenko/GoldenSection.html)
Inspired by all the Easter-egg-photos I have seen last week I decided to photograph this setting.
I just love the simplicity of these eggs.
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ODC, Simple Pleasures
Another lovely day for a stroll along the beach at low tide, which for me is one of those Simple Pleasures.
Simple corniform signs: Mont Bégo
Further to the north of Mont Bégo in the Valcomonica petroglyph megasite, can be seen dated corniform signs from the neolithic e.g. the 'roche de la Baita'. As with Mont Bégo, corniform signs can also be seen here linked with yokes - forming an early representation of a 'living tractor' - the kind that will have also been employed for ploughing and during the movement of erratic monoliths, trees and megaliths. Whilst most of the glyphs around the Mont Bégo site are certainly Bronze age, it must be very difficult to say categorically that certain of the more simple examples are not neolithic, with the rule of thumb being that heavily simplified schematic glyphs are neolithic with representational details arriving for the chalcolithic and Bronze age. Thus the above simple signs need to be seen in contrast with more detailed corniform signs (see below). They may be of the later date, they may not. They may have exactly the same 'meaning' as more complicated corniforms - they may not.
The importance of the corniform sign to Mont Bégo cannot be underestimated, and there is a statistic that if you factor out unformed marks and scratches and only count 'symbols' and 'representations', then corniforms make up close to 80% of all petroglyphs. Seeing the wide variety of expression within the category of corniform, and it can be said that the ideas associated with the corniform symbol were taken by a diverse population to a zone above the agricultural line and onto bleak but mesmerising geological spaces. Mont Bégo, with it's Vallée des Merveilles and Vallée de Fontanalba was a focus for corniform 'cow signs' and understanding the dynamic range of these signs seems to be a task. For the record, there are plentiful examples of small pecks and scratches, and even when these are included, the statistic for corniforms runs to 46% of the 30,000 or so petroglyphs.
Top left: two corniform signs. See how there is no hint of a 'real' structure: these are not direct descriptions of a subject be it a cow-form hut, a stretching skin, a cow's scull, a cow, a tool (with the horns tipped inwards the would not make a pitch fork) or cow/human spirit - the lines seem to have starting to drift towards raw symbols.
Top right : The corniform has an appearance of a jubilant humanoid. Under are two 'rouelles' or spoked 'suns'. One has six 'rays' and the other five. Others similar signs can be seen with eight spokes. These are vivid but neither systematic or common to the Mont Bégo site, so however simple and eye catching they may appear, they do not seem to be representative of the site's 'zeitgeist'. The variety of the number of branches suggests to me an informal sign and not a rigorous symbol of, for example, a sun deity. Further to the north in the Valcamonica rock art site, there are seemingly indubitable sun-like petroglyph symbols with the 'rays attached to a central circle dated to the neolithic. These seem to be more conclusively suns, and the above radiants may simply be expressive and jubilant decorations associated with decorated cows and festivals. If they are aligned to a sun God then the position on the rock is small and to the side, so subordinate. With the 'corniform' on the verge of 'dancing', a description of 'festival' and joy on the corner of a vast petrogliphic surface may be a coherent explanation. As with the image top left, excluding a neolithic date for these signs would seem to me to be difficult even though they are surrounded by multiple petroglyphs that are know to be bronze age.
Lower left : It is very easy to see that two methods were used to produce this image. 'Pecking' and then 'scratching' with no great innovations from the great paleolithic rock art site of the Coa valley. The rock surface is very hard, and today pecking might involve a hole punch and a hammer - no great change, just a need for a sharp wrist action and eye concentration. The scratching is not always present (some may also be from historical visitors) and involves a repeated action to break the peaks between the pecks and in so doing creating a unified image. This mix of technique may have repeated on a larger scale during the late prehistoric periods for regional earthworks. Studies of some large earthworks show that ditches were first made as a series of pits and then broken through to create the large ditch enclosures we can see today. There are many surfaces where the best way to dig a pit is by driving down many deep holes using a weighted pole with a chiseled end. Adding water can speed up the process by creating shatter pressures and colloids that squirt out on their own. Messy but fast. Once a series of vertical perforations has been made, these can be broken through by levering a large pole, with the rubble of the pit removed. Two pits next to each other in the envisaged line of, let's say, a henge ditch, with the dividing wall battered down and antler picks used to clean up the ruts and imperfections. Today, predictive calculations for the time taken to make prehistoric earthworks are often made using only the final antler picks - as if you cook for one hundred using only a serving spoon - which can lead to dramatic statistics and truly vast numbers of hours required. This can make prehistory look like a repetitive and gruelling adventure in space-time or, force it to approach some of slave based monuments of early civilisation.
Lower right : A purely abstract sign again with humanoid overtones - a certain joy. The curling of the horns suggests an animal like a mouflon or a goat rather than a cow. Around Mont Bégo there are rare glyphs that I did not manage to photograph that are understood to be of goats. As with Soay sheep, the mouflon is an archaic variety - an early variety of sheep that has returned to the wild. They are easy to see today and unlike Isards, they retain a slight domestication and can wait to have their picture taken while still looking very wild. A very small corniform is also present top left of this image.
In conclusion, within the category of corniform there may be two qualitatively different glyphs with the above examples within the 'simple signs' group.
AJM 12.2.19
Vladimir Putin stood in the middle of the eastern Ukrainian town of Luhansk and addressed the residents. “I am not Vladimir Putin,” he began. “These vicious and false rumors are put forth by the west, by the propagandists in Europe and America. I am nothing but a simple farmer, and have toiled my entire life in the fields of Eastern Ukraine.”
“These rumors of Russian invasion are lies,” he continued. “There are no Russian troops in Ukraine, and there never have been. We can defend ourselves from the illegal and tyrannical Ukrainian government that attacks our local people. I came here to stand with my fellow Ukrainians, offering my rough farming hands in defense of our land.” At this Putin held up his soft pink hands, recently manicured and powdered.
“With me I bring my wife, Katyuska,” Putin said, gesturing to a masked special forces soldier standing behind him. “And together we bring our 67,000 children and cousins,” he continued, waving to the sea of armed Russian troops flooding the town. “Aggression towards free people cannot be tolerated. I am here with you in solidarity to protect our freedom. I bring nothing but my family and some farming equipment that I thought could help.”
The tanks rolled in all day and all night.
751. "Simple Pleasures" - Sometimes the simple pleasures are what our dogs most enjoy. What is your dog's simple pleasure?
I'd like to say that Spanky enjoys when I pet him, but most of the time he doesn't. He loves his morning neck rubs, but other than that, the fresh little thing moves away when I try to pet him.
So, while HE may not always appreciate them, belly rubs are MY simple pleasures.
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Pattaya City, TH
Sometimes the simple things in life are the most beautiful. This flower is proof of that!
I took this shot several years ago in The Park of Honor, which was formerly known as Sensory Park. It is the only one of the parks in the area that had braille on the plaques that told visitors what kinds of flowers and plants were there. It ended up being renamed, and I haven't been back since to see if the braille markers are still there. I'm thinking they may have realized that it wasn't going to work because they would have to change the plaques every time they replanted new flowers in the garden. Many of the area parks do change things up seasonally, or after particularly bad storm years.
This shot was one I already edited some time ago, but wasn't completely happy with, so I re-did it. It was quite noisy, and I'm still not completely satisfied with it, but after looking at the original edit, I much prefer this one. The SOOC and original are both below.