I loved the way the sun was dancing across these flowers and their leaves as they swayed gently in the breeze.

Julien in the late afternoon sun

Imo "August 15th, 1888" would have been a more attractive way of expressing the date than "G. 15. AUG. 1888."

At first I was confused by the "G." and I wondered if it meant "graven," but then I remembered the Freemasons and their veneration of the letter G as a symbol of Geometry and their God, whom they conceptualize as the Grand Architect of the Universe.

For me personally the Masonic G represents the Galore of Weirdnesses we encounter in the U.S.

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In downtown Michigan City, Indiana, on June 9th, 2024, was a datestone at a rectory, adjacent to St. Paul Lutheran Church, a "contributing property" in the Franklin Street Commercial Historic District, 13001013 on the National Register of Historic Places, on the east side of Franklin Street, north of East 9th Street.

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Here, many a Briton was laid to rest under elaborate marble tablets engraved with touching elegies — generals and clerks and young maids all lying together in the silent, sundappled interior. Most of the tombstones bear eloquent messages

you are almost here and I can hardly stand it.

lots of different colors in the sun and shade

Another lazy day in our sundappled house.

#day216 #365 #photooftheday #livingroom #dining #polishedfloors #sunny #happy #relaxed

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3 wild violet flowers amid greenery, in sun dappled light

Sundapped path, strewn with red and orange leaves - Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 2008.

Overhead foliage in the Garden of Eden

mmm!

Imperial Palace East Gardens, Tokyo.

view crossing back over towards where the georgians where positioned & now the parking lot on the hill....

Led me away from its nest.

Greenbriar

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In downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin, on May 23rd, 2024, was a sign on the east side of South Adams Street between East Walnut Street and Doty Street, at an addition to the Brown County Courthouse.

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From the Brocken summit

I left this one pretty-much as I found it: the light was so nice.