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quite and simple life in a stunning seaside setting.
realistic, with so many little touches that breath life into this Build.
Seen here in remarkable isolation on the remote Dengie Peninsula on the Essex coast, St Peter-on-the-Wall is widely regarded as one of the oldest surviving churches in England and one of the most important surviving buildings connected with the earliest spread of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon Britain. The chapel was founded around AD 654 by Saint Cedd, a monk from the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, who had been sent south to convert the pagan East Saxons to Christianity under the patronage of King Sigeberht of Essex.
The location chosen for this early Christian mission was deeply symbolic. The chapel was constructed directly within the remains of Othona, a substantial Roman coastal fort built during the late 3rd century AD, probably around AD 280–300, as part of the Roman Empire’s defensive network known as the Saxon Shore forts. These forts were established to defend the vulnerable eastern and southern coastline of Roman Britain against increasing raids by Germanic seabororne invaders, particularly Saxons and Franks crossing the North Sea. The fort at Othona guarded the approaches to the estuaries of the Blackwater and Colne rivers and would once have housed a Roman garrison protecting this strategically important stretch of coastline.
When Saint Cedd arrived some 350 years later, Roman authority had long since vanished but the surviving stone walls of the abandoned fort provided an ideal place to establish one of the earliest Christian communities in southern England. Builders reused Roman bricks, tiles and stone from the ruined fort itself, creating the chapel’s strikingly simple appearance and giving rise to its modern name: St Peter-on-the-Wall. It stands as a fascinating physical link between the final years of Roman Britain and the emergence of Christian Anglo-Saxon England.
After serving as a place of worship for centuries, the building gradually lost its ecclesiastical role. By the 17th century, during a period when many older religious buildings fell into disuse, the chapel had been converted into an agricultural barn. Large doorways were cut through its ancient walls to allow the storage of farm equipment and crops, fundamentally altering the original structure. Fortunately, its immense historical importance was recognised in the early 20th century and in 1920 the building underwent careful restoration before being reconsecrated for religious use once again.
Visible near the coastline is the Othona Community, founded in 1946 by Anglican minister Norman Motley. Established in the aftermath of the Second World War, the community was created as a centre for Christian retreat, reconciliation, hospitality and reflection, welcoming people of all faiths and backgrounds. The community remains active today and helps maintain the chapel as a place of worship, pilgrimage and quiet contemplation.
The surrounding landscape is equally significant. The Dengie Peninsula is a low-lying and geologically young coastal landscape formed largely from marine clay, estuarine silts and alluvial deposits laid down over thousands of years by tidal action in the North Sea. The extensive surrounding salt marshes, mudflats and reclaimed grazing marshes are internationally important habitats supporting migratory birds and specialised salt-tolerant plant communities. This exposed coastline, shaped continuously by erosion, tides and storm surges, would have looked broadly familiar both to Roman soldiers stationed at Othona nearly 1,700 years ago and to Saint Cedd when Christianity first arrived here almost 1,400 years ago.
Few places in England capture such an extraordinary continuity of history in one small landscape — from Roman military occupation, through the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, centuries of agricultural use, and into the modern era where this isolated chapel still stands as a living monument to nearly two millennia of human history on the Essex coast.
Hello! :)
I've been so lazy to take new pics of my dolls for posting. AND, I'm having hard time keeping up with friends new uploads cause I'm missing so many good photos with this Flickr page endless scrolling! :(
Don't you???
So I think the best way to keep in contact is always posting new pics and then go check everyone who leaves comments. I'm doing my best.
If you still didn't watch my latest video, its for Ringdoll video event, here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFw2yF6Mx94
(feel free to share! ㋡ )
I think the winners will be announced in April.
Hope everyone is doing great.
I miss the "doll memes" and tag things here on Flickr as we used to do in the "past" LOL when Flickr was "simpler". I do it a lot on deviantArt, but I miss my Flickr friends so badly! ( ´͈ ॢꇴ `͈ॢ)･*♡
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Just a simple beginning to the day on Armand Bayou and Horsepen Bayou. This is a view taken near Bay Area Park and heading in this direction will take you to Mud Lake and to Horsepen Bayou.
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life can be so simple in the islands ... these 2 buddies were just having a chat under the shade sheltering themselves from the afternoon heat ... and enjoying the sea view!
modcloth shoes, vintage blazer, asos shirt, f21 necklace, bcbg skirt, free people clutch/wallet.
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Some people say my photos are simple & uncolorful, but that's just me. Some say I live my life differently, more simple, more complicated, more different, but that's just the way I see things, that's just me. Every time i try to not be me, i fail.
I say I should just give my studies more time, it is not easy nor difficult, it just takes time, sometimes i feel i'm at the very wrong place, but then i remember how blessed grateful i am to be here, and all the hard work it took, then i know that i am at the very right place! At least i hope.
& yeah this was featured in my stop motion.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II © 2016 Klaus Ficker. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator
One of the great things about camping trips is scaling everything back to the simple necessities. For the five days camping, this was all that was needed to prepare and have meals. And yes, no plate is needed when you eat straight from the pan, making one less thing to clean. Having the table was a bonus since I usually just lower the truck's tailgate and set up on that. This little combo has served me well for decades. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2020
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Words are such simple things. It is incredible how something as simple as a word can cause so much trouble. The way things come out don’t always match what we really want to say. Throw into that, cultural differences and language barriers and something that starts out as a friendly talk can end with people being hurt.
And all we ever wanted to do was to be heard.
Among the old alleys of Asakusa there are tiny restaurants where the elderly eat mostly. Prices are low and are not equipped to accommodate tourists.
Vita semplice
Tra i vecchi vicoli di Asakusa ci sono minuscoli ristoranti dove mangiano soprattutto gli anziani. I prezzi sono bassi e non sono attrezzati per accogliere i turisti.
I finally found this photo of my mother who passed away in 1986 !!! This photo has been taken in Ain Saadé ( Maten )in Mont Lebanon.The photographer is unknown ,i never bother to ask her who took that shot for her ( big mistake ) ,curiosity kills me sometimes !!! LOL Her dog name was Simplé !!!
The original is black & white, i made few versions but i like this one more than others !!!
HFF! This was taken in England in December. I like the silhouette of the fence and tree on the hill.
Whilst walking in the dales last weekend, the weather got me thinking. The clouds were very low and there was this wonderful eerie atmosphere, as the mist slowly undulating down Wharfedale.
This tree caught my eye, as the cloud base kept dipping down and stroking its highest branches. I’d been past this spot many times, but the mist had re-framed my perspective, helped me ‘see more’. The conditions had not only physically framed a new perspective but they had helped me emotionally connect with a familiar place in a different way.
The calm feelings I had, were paradoxically warm and optimistic considering the hostile conditions. But its only now that I select and edit this image that i truly recognise this. In reflection i did feel calm when there, but I didn’t explore the reasons, I didn’t question what it was that inspired them.
Yes I was inspired by the photographic conditions, but it was more than that. I truly felt like I should be there (sorry if I'm sounding like an old hippy). I wonder if the new perspective created by the unusual weather was the very reason I felt optimistic. It was indeed a break from the norm and the new perspective on familiar ground was refreshing. What made it special to me was that, I managed to find such positive optimistic feelings from what others would not.
This in itself is reward enough, but I wondered what other simple experiences that I took for granted could be explored and turned into simple pleasures.
Here is an (edited) list I began in the café on that day, that I fully intend to explore further. Some are more common than others and some I haven’t the bottle to share with you guys, fearing being taken away in a white coat (o:
Coming in from the cold,
The first five seconds of a new bath,
Clean sheets,
Smell of spring air,
A massive sneeze,
Waking up in the middle o the night, knowing that you have several hours left to sleep,
The smell of fresh coffee/bread,
A single bird song,
Sound of crashing waves,
Humbling feeling whilst looking at mountains,
Walking on a deserted beach at dawn / dusk,
Swimming with eyes closed,
Dry sand through fingers,
Sea spray on face,
Warm sun on face,
Catching a big wave,
The feeling of exhaustion from exercise,
The sound of the glugs from a wine bottle,
The smell of a log fire.
The low morning light was beautiful on the grass and weeds lining this gravel road north of Idaho Falls. I am becoming more and more convinced that there is beauty all around us. Finding that beauty is not so much traveling to it but opening our eyes and seeing the beauty in the common and simple things around us.
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