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Taken this spring as the saguaros bloom near my winter home at the base of the Superstition Mountains. One of my favorite hikes to the mountain. It was one of those dramatic light days with high winds as the storm moving in.
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The Superstition mountains start the spring bloom. It is fabulous that a desert is so green and colorful. This was a windy early morning view from the famous Apache Trail.
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Copyright 2016 © Merilee Phillips.
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One of my lovely Mums superstitions.....If you have lost something, simply take a pin (any type will do), and say out loud “I pin the devil”. Follow this by the name of the lost object and stick the pin in the back of a cushion, you'll soon find the object you've lost!
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Araignée du matin, chagrin – araignée du midi, profit – araignées du soir, espoir !
If you wish to live and thrive, let a spider run alive !
52 weeks of 2017 ... superstitions ...
... to break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck ... and I did that on purpose (!) ... because hey ... scherven brengen geluk ;) ... (Dutch saying: shards bring good fortune)
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The legend of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine centers around the Superstition Mountains. According to the legend, a German immigrant named Jacob Waitz discovered a mother lode in the Superstition Wilderness and revealed its location on his deathbed in Phoenix in 1891 to Julia Thomas, a boarding-house owner who had taken care of him for many years. Several mines have been claimed to be the actual mine that Waitz discovered, but none of those claims have been verified- Wikipedia
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In some cultures black cats are seen as a symbol of mystery and secrecy. Yet in Britain, women with black cats are said to be lucky in love. And captains once kept black cats aboard ships to keep their sailors safe while at sea.
Black Cat Appreciation Day is celebrated each year on August 17th.
Superstition Mountain, east of Phoenix Arizona. Duotone processed with Lightroom, Photoshop, texture layers and Topaz filters
I live in the middle of the desert and can see snow from my back yard. It gets colder than you might imagine. Dips below freezing on Winter nights.
Superstition Mountains, AZ
multi-image stitched composite.
Winter snow storm in the desert. The light areas are caused by a shaft of sunlight breaking through the clouds.
Phoenix is not just a hot place in the summer at some point in its past it was volcanic and magma produced many mountain ranges across the state but none are closer to the city than the Superstition Mountain range. A lot of the mountains are contained within the Tonto National Forest and was is not has been protected as the Superstition Wilderness area, a favorite for the hiking and off roading crowd. Those that brave the Superstition’s will find jagged volcanic peaks rising to 5000+ feet punctuated by bolder strewn valleys filled with saguaro and also an odd sense of desolate peacefulness that I found quite enjoyable.
I took this on Dec 22th, 2019 with my D750 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 70mm, 1/80s, f11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
"Every pearl you give away will be followed by a tear in no time". So is an old wisdom and who wants to be guilty of the grief of his beloved ones? Even brides are therefore advised not to wear pearls on their wedding day. Each pearl represents Ehetränen. This superstition comes from the pearl diving, because until the beginning of the 20th Century diver had to dive without equipment up to 30 meters deep and thus put their lives on the line. Many never returned to the surface, causing many tears. However, pearls are bred today, so no guilty conscience is needed anymore, at least with regard to the pearl diver.
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"Auf jede Perle, die man verschenkt, folgt in kürzester Zeit eine Träne". So lautet eine alte Weisheit und wer möchte schon am Kummer seiner Liebsten Schuld sein? Auch Bräuten wird aus diesem Grund davon abgeraten, an ihrem Hochzeitstag Perlen zu tragen. Jede Perle steht für Ehetränen. Dieser Aberglaube entstammt der Perlentaucherei, denn bis zum Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts mussten die Taucher ohne Ausrüstung bis zu 30 Meter tief tauchen und setzten somit ihr Leben aufs Spiel. Viele kamen nie wieder an die Oberfläche zurück und sorgten somit für zahlreiche Tränen. Heutzutage werden Perlen allerdings gezüchtet, weshalb kein schlechtes Gewissen mehr nötig ist, zumindest im Bezug auf die Perlentaucher.
Vielen Dank für eure netten Kommentare und die zahlreichen Sternchen, über die ich mich sehr freue.
As the prince surveyed his land a beacon shown brightly behind him that all would know his rank.
We hiked Lost Dutchman State Park with Jean's 2 visiting sisters on Sunday. As we came down Superstition Mountain the sun shown brightly behind a spire creating a beacon effect. I knew I had to get some shots while the sun was there and Jasper did some nice posing for me. I thought this one was a rather confident and princely pose. Minimally processed - mostly color correction. For whatever reason, this park always makes my photos read rather green.
Macro Mondays, Superstition
It is said that frogs are lucky, plus if you're really lucky, it'll turn into a prince!
This is a froglet, no wider than 1/2 inch.
Western wedding chapel in Arizona near Superstition Mountains
(not HDR just a few tickles and a pinch in PS)
We hiked at Lost Dutchman State Park in Apache Junction, Arizona last week. The park is in the Superstition Mountains which have long been rumored to have rich veins of gold. Some beautiful views and even a few wildflowers.
Superstition
This superstition really does originate 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. A ladder leaning against a wall forms a triangle, and Egyptians regarded this shape as sacred (as exhibited, for example, by their pyramids). To them, triangles represented the trinity of the gods, and to pass through a triangle was to desecrate them.
Happy Macro Mondays
Arriving in Arizona you are usually flying into Phoenix making the Superstition Mountain range one of the closest places you have available to experience the vision we all have in our imaginations of the wild west. This scene records a little of the evening on our way back through the Apache Trail a place of amazingly beautiful compositions just waiting for capture. I love these type of landscape views and my only wish was to have a cowboy at his cook fire or lazily making his way back to camp on horseback to punctuate what I find so appealing about this gorgeous desolation.
I took this on Dec 22th, 2019 with my D750 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 32mm, 1/3s, f16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
See a penny, pick it up
and all day long you'll have good luck
See a penny, let it lay
and your luck will pass away.
Opals
Macro Mondays - theme: Superstition
30-image focus stack.
The opals are just under 3" across. For an image with scale, see here (although the link may not work since the Flickr update) :
www.flickr.com/photos/kuriyan/47933761638/in/photostream/
Wikipedia:
"In the Middle Ages, opal was considered a stone that could provide great luck because it was believed to possess all the virtues of each gemstone whose color was represented in the color spectrum of the opal. It was also said to grant invisibility if wrapped in a fresh bay leaf and held in the hand ... Following the publication of Sir Walter Scott's Anne of Geierstein in 1829, opal acquired a less auspicious reputation. In Scott's novel, the Baroness of Arnheim wears an opal talisman with supernatural powers. When a drop of holy water falls on the talisman, the opal turns into a colorless stone and the Baroness dies soon thereafter. Due to the popularity of Scott's novel, people began to associate opals with bad luck and death ... Even as recently as the beginning of the 20th century, it was believed that when a Russian saw an opal among other goods offered for sale, he or she should not buy anything more, as the opal was believed to embody the evil eye."
Our hikes around the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix always makes me think of the Old West and cowboy country so I processed this photo in both b&w and color. I think I like the b&w better, but I do like the light on the mountains in the color version
Snow in the mountains. Weaver's Needle and La Barge Canyon from the Boulder Creek trail near Canyon Lake.
Macro Mondays Theme: Superstition
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