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The Pillars stand again and frame the Shekinah.
If and only if your QBL, or Qabalah takes you to Tarot then maybe you might wish to think of The Fool as Aleph being able to see all potential and never need for it to be made material, as the all and nothing with some of everything fulfils in harmonic continuing equilibrium both with and without matter and The Fool is always looking upon The House of God that is The Magician as Beth is the Aleph-Beth progress of the Hebrew Letters.
This is only a vision that is complete within itself. The Holiest of Holies is ever held and adored within. When it finds and fits elements from the without to meet and match the within there is a harmonic balance. The Hermit meets and matches two selves and the possibility of sharing with others in self and in person. [Maybe also think Yod and not one Hermit looking, but two together finding, when The Pillars are standing they create the essence aethyrically betwixt them that is the cloud, the shroud the of the cloaked Hermit from the dowd, cowed and bowed stance the so proud so loud and so avowed can become the endowed over loud unbowed thundercloud that can become vibrant mist capable of all potential. The grey cowl can become the Coat of Many Colours when the situation calls for the transformation.]
Boaz is forever broken and Jachin has gone, but their essence can be seen wherever you wish to find your Temple Rise and your Tabernacle host four pillars and veil.
Your own Ephod Apron and Hoshen Breast Plate being yours to activate and energise at your will with love such that through love your will is proof enough.
Please forgive me for using older religious terms to feature in completely new settings with radically different uses. The language of our forefathers gives us foundation to explore. We are forever searching as The Hermit does, he searches til he finds a span to lower his head, only to raise it again and adore in the threefold pose of Pillars, Branches, The Caduceus and such.
The 4 Picture Production is presentation on which Qabalah and Tarot have been placed and set down in the description that hopefully reveals the open potential to the finding everything all the time as the ultimate that can ever be in own individual perception just wherever we wish to choose and to focus.
© PHH Sykes 2022
phhsykes@gmail.com
An image on the Peak Forest Canal, Romiley near Bridge 13A looking north. Pluses in this photo were threefold. No sun to give heavy contrast; the rain brought mist with it and most importantly no wind to blur the reflections in the water.
My Country, our country indeed. I wanted to start the story of our recent journey through our country, in fact, some country Queensland but mostly New South Wales with a bit of a bang and I couldn't find any better shot than this one at the grain silos in Gunnedah, NSW which feature this marvellous mural of Dorothea Mackellar and her famous poem, "My Country".
I don't know what they teach at school today, but there wouldn't be anyone of my generation who didn't study and know her great poem. But I never realised to my regret in a way (obviously forgot) that the verse which no doubt stays is our memory the most is actually verse 2......"I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains....." Here is the full poem.
My Country by Dorothea Mackellar
The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes.
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance
Brown streams and soft dim skies
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!
A stark white ring-barked forest
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes,
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops
And ferns the warm dark soil.
Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die -
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.
Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold -
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.
An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land -
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand -
Though earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly
There is no doubt we saw and experienced much of this during our short trip. Here finally is a link in Wikipedia to the life of Dorothea Mackellar.
Hier regnet es seit gestern und daher brauche ich ein wenig blauen Himmel :-) Macht euch einen gemütlichen Samstag!
It is raining here since yesterday and this is the reason for a photo with blue sky. Make yourself a comfortable Saturday!
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Die Blütezeit reicht von April bis Mai. Die meist einzelnen, selten zu zweit stehenden Blüten sind nickend[3] bis nach unten hängend. Die zwittrigen, dreizähligen Blüten sind fast geruchlos und breit glockenförmig. Die sechs gleichgestaltigen, etwa 4 Zentimeter langen Perigonblätter, deren stumpfe Spitze meist etwas umgebogen ist, sind schachbrettartig purpurrot-weiß oder grünlich-weiß gefleckt. Selbst bei der völlig weißen Form Fritillaria meleagris f. alba ist die namensgebende Musterung noch schwach zu erkennen.
The flowering period runs from April to May. The mostly single, rarely in pairs standing flowers are nodding [3] to hanging down. The hermaphrodite, threefold flowers are almost odorless and wide bell-shaped. The six equal multiform, about 4 centimeters long tepals whose blunt tip is usually somewhat bent, are checkerboard mottled purple-white or greenish-white. Even with the completely white form Fritillaria meleagris f. Alba the eponymous patterning is barely recognizable.
(Wikipedia)
It has been a great year for this handsome butterfly with numbers of Red Admirals up 75% compared with 2016 and threefold compared with 2015.
'Behold her name the threefold breath
The veil under her eyes portends only death
Her breast is venomous, her kiss rebirths
Go further and further close to the death'
- Sakis Tolis
"Huis Verwolde", te Laren, The Netherlands
Huis Verwolde is a classicist nobleman's house from 1776 on the estate of the same name in the former municipality of Verwolde, northeast of Laren. Verwolde belongs since 1854 to Laren, which since 1971 belongs to the municipality of Lochem in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Despite the corner tower it is not a castle, but more a stately country house. It is one of the former recognized manors of the Kwartier Zutphen.
History
The earliest written record dates back to 1346 when Derck II van Keppel is the owner of Verwolde. In that year, Varenwolde was split off from Keppel by brotherhood, while it remained a loan from the Heeren van Keppel. Probably Verwolde was founded in the 12th century by one of the Lords of Keppel as a hunting lodge because of the wild environment. In 1182 Wolter I van Keppel is mentioned in connection with Verwolde. Derck III had his own fortified house built on the property.
Around 1500, the castle became involved in the political battle between the Heeckerens and Bronckhorsten, with Derck IV supporting the Heeckerens. In 1505, Duke Charles of Gelre took castle Verwolde because Derck IV of Keppel and Verwolde had broken the oath of allegiance to the Duke. Karel used the castle as a defense fortress on the border with the Oversticht, and placed a rhythm master with twenty men on the house. He had it thoroughly reinforced to a castle with canals and piles planted with thorn bushes. In 1510 it was attacked by the bishop of Utrecht Frederik van Baden with an army of 1600 horsemen and 300 foot soldiers, where the castle was demolished, the threefold canals were filled up and the walls were demolished.
In the 16th century a new house was built under the Van Keppels. In 1546 the Van Keppel van Verwolde family died in male line. Verwolde entrusted to the only daughter of Frederik van Keppel, Cunegonde van Keppel, who was married to Alart (de Cocq) van Haaften. The new castle was occupied by the Spaniards during the Eighty Years' War in 1583. A drawing from 1600 of the damaged complex shows that it consisted of a rectangular core surrounded by a polygonal ring wall with wall towers. Archaeological research from 2003 confirmed that the castle had a rectangular head castle of 34 by 37.5 meters, with a weather wall and a gatehouse, surrounded by two canals. Furthermore, there were a front castle of 17 by 35 meters and a few small buildings. The whole was moated with a third canal. In 1658 it came into the possession of the Ripperda family.
On May 30, 1738, Evert Jan Benjamin of Goltstein is leased - Verwolde was a loan from Keppel - with the 'house', which then was probably only a simple farmhouse, and a third of the glory Verwolde. He bought the house for his daughter Reiniera Charlotta from Goltstein and son-in-law Allard Philip van der Borch who was loaned on July 4, 1738. Van der Borch needed to be able to be published in the Knighthood of Zutphen. In 1772, his son and heir, Frederik Wilhelm van der Borch, bought the remaining two thirds of the glory of Assueer Jan Torck (1733-1793), Lord of Rosendael. Thus the glory came again in one hand.
Various renovations took place in the following centuries. In 1775, the then owner of the Verwolde glory, Frederik Willem van der Borch, decided to build a new house. The architect Philip Willem Schonck carried out this assignment in nine months. Schonck also designed the gardens for the estate. In 1926, the owner, Line baroness van der Borch of Verwolde-Voûte, lady of Verwolde (1887-1966), built a large corner tower, which gave the house a castle-like appearance. Also that year the house was completely modernized to the latest requirements of that time. During the Second World War, the baroness of the Hague Sanatorium was set up in the building in order to avoid occupation by the occupiers.
Museum
The house was sold to the Geldersche Kasteelen Foundation in 1977 by Allard Baron van der Borch of Verwolde (1926-2008). The former owner moved that same year to the hunter's house on the estate. Nowadays the youngest daughter Julie Baroness van der Borch of Verwolde lives with her husband Gijs Baron van Heemstra and their two children at the hunting lodge. She was 12 years old when she moved to the hunting lodge with her parents and is since 2011? back again.
After restoration of, among other things, the precious wallpaper in the Chinese room, the house has been in good condition since April 2012. The Geldersche Kasteelen Foundation has made the castle accessible to the public and has given it a museum function.
The garden and the forest of the estate are open to walkers. The rest is privately owned. By means of colored poles various routes have been set out that lead past monumental farms. A walk along the "Dikkeboompad" leads past the Dikke Boom, an ancient oak tree.
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Canon 70D / Sigma 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM C
With HDR Efex Pro2 conversion
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I will be releasing "RAIJIN" (Thunder god) Drum's
This product is still in production, so I haven't decided on a product name yet.
The two wheels connected to the "WADAIKO" (Japanese drum turn).
The front wheel is drummed by a cracker and wooden rear wheels spin in the opposite direction of the front wheels.
And, cloth entwined around the wheels has a passage from an "KOJIKI" about the god of thunder written on it.
The single color version will have the left threefold tomoe markings on the small and large drums.
In the Fatpack version, the big drum and pellet drum are marked with Kanji.
The pellet drum is marked with Kanji that represent the eight human emotions.
The Kanji for "JINRAI" is written on the large drum, meaning
Fierce thunder.
Don't miss it, I bet you'll love it:)
If you are interested in learning more about the ”RAIJIN” and "KOJIKI","TOMOE", please refer to wikipedia.
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (threefold) holds that God is one God, but three coeternal and consubstantial persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct, yet are one substance, essence or nature.
The We're Here group is on the lookout for triangles today.
Designation: CT-2864
Nickname: Ambush
Class: Infantry
Rank: Private
Weapons: DC-15 Rifle
Unit: 56th Naval Assault Legion, 457th Attack Corps, 11th Mobile Defense Fleet
//MISSION LOG// ... //CT-2864// … //DOWNLOADING// … //AUTHORIZING// … //VALIDATING// … //ACCESS GRANTED// … //BEGIN LOG// ...
“Watch ou—”
CT-0987’s sentence is cut short as his corpse hits the dust, two blaster wounds in his back. I immediately turn around, raising my blaster, just in time to blast the guard, the one trying to catch me off guard, out of my way. Backed by two more troopers, I proceed to send a warning shot around the wall, which is immediately returned threefold. Our next salvo is executed to perfection, as we each quickly back up and light up the skies, eliminating both the Bounty Hunter and the CIS Asset’s bodyguard. The next salvos, concentrated on the roof, manage to blow up the anti-personnel cannon stationed up there, allowing our ground troops to flank around back.
“This is CT-2864, inform high command we’ve captured the target and are proceeding to extrac—”
“Take cover!!”
CT-5324 and I manage to take cover in time, but the rest of my squad is disintegrated as a laser-gun armed Sheathipede lands near our battlegrounds, for just a mere instant. It’s just enough time for its occupants to drag our prize away, leaving us empty handed. It turns around, its engines heating up, thrusting the shuttle into the atmosphere. We’ve lost.
“Haar’chak!”
//PLAYBACK COMPLETE// ... //LOG ENDED//
My second build for the Dark Times RPG, Target II. C&C always welcome, cya!
Weapons and Shields
Axes, spears and shields are often found in pagan graves and were common weaponry for the time. Swords are a rarer find, perhaps because they were often stolen by grave robbers.
1. Axes. Some are found in graves. The two largest axes are battle axes from the second half of the 10th century. One (a) was found in the cemetery in Hábær in Þykkvabær that earlier was a heathen graveyard. The other (b) was found by Kálfafell in Fljótshverfi.
2. Sword from the late Viking Age (c) is from a cluster of graves in the southwest. The second sword (d) was found in the east of Iceland in the late 19th century.
3. Swords from the late Viking Age. The largest (e) is from a grave in South Iceland.
4. Spear heads of various types, most of them found in graves. one (c) had a silver encrusted socket.
5. Shield boss from a male grave. The shield had been laid over the head of the dead man, as was customary. Shields were circular, made of thin sheets of wood, the edges reinforced with strips of iron. At the center was a large hole, with a handle fixed across it. The boss of the shield covered the hole, protecting the hand.
Trade and Battle
The Icelanders were mostly farmers rather than Vikings, although they maintained certain Viking customs. They traded, and the men were armed.
The journeys made by Scandinavians had a threefold purpose: to trade, to raid and to settle. When they sailed to Iceland, they could only have had settlement in mind, as the country was uninhabited.
Icelanders have traded with each other from the earliest times. Farmers who lived by the sea bartered dried fish for butter, tallow or wool from inland farmers. When they sailed abroad to trade, they mainly headed for Norway.
Feuds arose between individuals or whole families, often over property or matters of the heart. Such disputes often led to armed conflict. Fighting was always carried out at close quarters, hand-to-hand, never on horseback. Women were prohibited by law from bearing arms.
I will be releasing "RAIJIN" (Thunder god) Drum's
This product is still in production, so I haven't decided on a product name yet.
The two wheels connected to the "WADAIKO" (Japanese drum turn).
The front wheel is drummed by a cracker and wooden rear wheels spin in the opposite direction of the front wheels.
And, cloth entwined around the wheels has a passage from an "KOJIKI" about the god of thunder written on it.
The single color version will have the left threefold tomoe markings on the small and large drums.
In the Fatpack version, the big drum and pellet drum are marked with Kanji.
The pellet drum is marked with Kanji that represent the eight human emotions.
The Kanji for "JINRAI" is written on the large drum, meaning
Fierce thunder.
Don't miss it, I bet you'll love it:)
If you are interested in learning more about the ”RAIJIN” and "KOJIKI","TOMOE", please refer to wikipedia.
The Pillars stand again and frame the Shekinah.
If and only if your QBL, or Qabalah takes you to Tarot then maybe you might wish to think of The Fool as Aleph being able to see all potential and never need for it to be made material, as the all and nothing with some of everything fulfils in harmonic continuing equilibrium both with and without matter and The Fool is always looking upon The House of God that is The Magician as Beth is the Aleph-Beth progress of the Hebrew Letters.
This is only a vision that is complete within itself. The Holiest of Holies is ever held and adored within. When it finds and fits elements from the without to meet and match the within there is a harmonic balance. The Hermit meets and matches two selves and the possibility of sharing with others in self and in person. [Maybe also think Yod and not one Hermit looking, but two together finding, when The Pillars are standing they create the essence aethyrically betwixt them that is the cloud, the shroud the of the cloaked Hermit from the dowd, cowed and bowed stance the so proud so loud and so avowed can become the endowed over loud unbowed thundercloud that can become vibrant mist capable of all potential. The grey cowl can become the Coat of Many Colours when the situation calls for the transformation.]
Boaz is forever broken and Jachin has gone, but their essence can be seen wherever you wish to find your Temple Rise and your Tabernacle host four pillars and veil.
Your own Ephod Apron and Hoshen Breast Plate being yours to activate and energise at your will with love such that through love your will is proof enough.
Please forgive me for using older religious terms to feature in completely new settings with radically different uses. The language of our forefathers gives us foundation to explore. We are forever searching as The Hermit does, he searches til he finds a span to lower his head, only to raise it again and adore in the threefold pose of Pillars, Branches, The Caduceus and such.
The 4 Picture Production is presentation on which Qabalah and Tarot have been placed and set down in the description that hopefully reveals the open potential to the finding everything all the time as the ultimate that can ever be in own individual perception just wherever we wish to choose and to focus.
© PHH Sykes 2022
phhsykes@gmail.com
The main castle tower consist of several hafus [gables ]combined skillfully and shows a harmony of beautifully cuverd lines .The threefold castle tower rises on a solid stone wall called Gobou-Tsumi .It is said that the castle was transferred from Otsu castle ,built by Kyougoku Takatsugu and was completed around 1607.The size of castle was not as big [ height 21m ] as it was during the 18th man-goku era where it yielded 180 thousand koku of rice at that ime .[ 1 koku =approximately 180.39 liters ] The castle is not only beautiful but fulliy as well. The castle was appointed as a national treasure in 1952 .The current existing castle towers beside Hikone castle include Himeji castle ,Mastumoto castle and Inuyama castle .
The Studebaker Hawk series was introduced in 1955. The styling came from the Loewy Studios drawing boards.
Tall rear fins were introduced for model year 1957.
Th Golden Hawk was built till 1958. The Silver Hawk till one year later. For model year 1960 the name additions Golden and Silver were dropped. From that year on, these models were only called Hawk.
Late 1961 the Hawk was succeeded by the Gran Turismo Hawk. It underwent a restyle, mainly at the rear (the tall fins were dropped) done by Brooks Stevens (USA, 1911-1995).
This treatment gave the car a more modern look, and sales increased threefold to 8388 units in the first year.
4736 cc V8 engine.
1590 kg.
Production Studebaker Hawk Series: Autumn 1955-1964.
Production Hawk Gran Turismo: Autumn 1961-1964.
Production Hawk Gran Turismo this version: Autumn 1963-1964.
Production year: most probably late 1963, because:
Original old Dutch reg. number: Jan. 17, 1964.
At current owner since Febr. 14, 2002.
Seen on a classic car meeting in and around a park in the center of Sassenheim. The amount & quality of the cars was unexpected and surprisingly good.
I also happened to meet Rutger there. See also his album of this event.
Sassenheim, Hoofdstraat, Aug. 20, 2023.
© 2023 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
The Pillars stand again and frame the Shekinah.
If and only if your QBL, or Qabalah takes you to Tarot then maybe you might wish to think of The Fool as Aleph being able to see all potential and never need for it to be made material, as the all and nothing with some of everything fulfils in harmonic continuing equilibrium both with and without matter and The Fool is always looking upon The House of God that is The Magician as Beth is the Aleph-Beth progress of the Hebrew Letters.
This is only a vision that is complete within itself. The Holiest of Holies is ever held and adored within. When it finds and fits elements from the without to meet and match the within there is a harmonic balance. The Hermit meets and matches two selves and the possibility of sharing with others in self and in person. [Maybe also think Yod and not one Hermit looking, but two together finding, when The Pillars are standing they create the essence aethyrically betwixt them that is the cloud, the shroud the of the cloaked Hermit from the dowd, cowed and bowed stance the so proud so loud and so avowed can become the endowed over loud unbowed thundercloud that can become vibrant mist capable of all potential. The grey cowl can become the Coat of Many Colours when the situation calls for the transformation.]
Boaz is forever broken and Jachin has gone, but their essence can be seen wherever you wish to find your Temple Rise and your Tabernacle host four pillars and veil.
Your own Ephod Apron and Hoshen Breast Plate being yours to activate and energise at your will with love such that through love your will is proof enough.
Please forgive me for using older religious terms to feature in completely new settings with radically different uses. The language of our forefathers gives us foundation to explore. We are forever searching as The Hermit does, he searches til he finds a span to lower his head, only to raise it again and adore in the threefold pose of Pillars, Branches, The Caduceus and such.
The 4 Picture Production is presentation on which Qabalah and Tarot have been placed and set down in the description that hopefully reveals the open potential to the finding everything all the time as the ultimate that can ever be in own individual perception just wherever we wish to choose and to focus.
© PHH Sykes 2022
phhsykes@gmail.com
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Face ; Loa - Clara (@Enchantment)
Eyes ; Suicical Unborn - Aure & Spectrum Blackout
Brows ; Marsh - Morgan V4
Eyebags ; Jack Sppon - Martin
Shirt ; Pixicat - Luna Top
Pants ; Miwas - Wheelin Zipper Pants
Tights ; Miwas - Waist Fishnets
Shoes ; Reign - Demona Calf High Boots
Hairbase ; Sap - Pixie
Hat ; Vuk - Ezekiel Beanie V1
Glasses ; Balaclava - Kip Wide Nerdy
Earrings1 ; E.marie - Hailey / Melia / Maddie
Earrings2 ; Quirky - Simple Tag
Necklace ; Random Matter - Cermet Collar
Bracelets1 ; Balaclava - Threefold Bracelet
Bracelets2 ; Psycho - Scrunchie
Bag ; Beusy - Lil' Teddy Plushie Backpack
Tattoo1 ; Rotten - Starchild Scorpio
Tattoo2 ; Dappa - Feels
Face Marks1 ; Izzie's - Face Scars
Face Marks2 ; Izzie's - Little Scratches
Face Marks 3 ; Relentless - Disaster Wounds
Nose Blood ; Dazed - Busted Nose
NoseAdd ; Hazel - Nose Tentacle
Nose Piercing ; Quirky - Basic Septum
Holding ; HD - Cigarette Cool / Skellybones - Slice of Life
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Foxcity - Destination : London
Foxcity - SkinFX Midnight Madness
Pose Maniacs - Breathing 5
At first sight, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope portrays the sparkling stars of AGC111977, a dwarf galaxy located around 15 million light years away and visible in the lower left part of the image. Other galaxies appear sprinkled across the frame, along with foreground stars from our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
After closer inspection, something else comes to sight, much closer to home. Towards the lower right corner of the frame, two elongated streaks are faintly visible: the trails of asteroids – small rocky bodies in our Solar System – crossing their ways in the foreground of the stars and galaxies that Hubble was observing.
The image combines observations obtained on 16 November 2012 with Hubble’s ACS instrument using two different filters (606 nm, shown in blue, and 814 nm, shown in red). As the asteroids moved relative to Hubble during the observation, both trails have been imaged subsequently in each filter and thus appear part red and part blue.
The two asteroids are located at different distances from us, so they did not actually collide as their intersecting streaks might suggest. They were uncovered by citizen scientists Sovan Acharya, Graeme Aitken, Claude Cornen, Abe Hoekstra and Edmund Perozzi, some of the volunteers who have been inspecting images from the iconic space telescope in search for rocky interlopers as part of the Hubble Asteroid Hunter citizen science project.
Launched one year ago, on International Asteroid Day 2019, the Hubble Asteroid Hunter is a collaboration between ESA and the Zooniverse, inviting members of the public to identify asteroids that had been serendipitously observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Since then, 9000 volunteers from all over the world provided 2 million classifications of 140 000 composite Hubble images, finding 1500 asteroid trails – about one every hundred images.
In the project’s first phase, volunteers could explore a collection of archival Hubble images where calculations by the Solar System Objects pipeline of ESASky, ESA's discovery portal for astronomy, indicated that an asteroid might have been crossing the space telescope’s field of view at the time of the observations. The sheer number and enthusiasm of volunteers led the ESA team to expand the project, including more images of the sky collected by Hubble over the years.
Besides asteroids, the volunteers have also identified trails left by satellites in orbits higher than Hubble’s, intriguing instances of gravitational lensing, and ring-shaped features that arise when galaxies collide.
The project experienced a surge in participation during the past few months, as many people around the world were staying at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a threefold increase in the number of classifications. Thanks to the continued efforts of the volunteers, this citizen science project is now nearing completion, with only the infrared images left to explore.
Meanwhile, the team is working to identify the asteroids that were uncovered as part of the project – including the two pictured in this image – to possibly match them with known asteroids in the Minor Planet Center database, and calculate their distances from us. Stay tuned!
Asteroid Day is a UN-endorsed awareness campaign day to mark the anniversary of the 30 June 1908 Tunguska impact, and this year ESA is taking part in Asteroid Day TV distributed by the Luxembourg-based Asteroid Foundation. To watch programming by ESA as well as top content makers including Discovery Science, TED, IMAX, BBC, CNN, ESO and other educational producers, access Asteroid Day page
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA; J. Cannon (Macalester College); CC BY 4.0
The theme today is taking four lines from Dorothea Mackellar's patriotic poem, "My Country". Mackellar was just 19 and homesick in London when she started writing this poem in 1904. It was first published in The Spectator in 1908. Here is the complete version, originally titled, "Core of My Heart":
"The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes.
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance
Brown streams and soft dim skies
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!
A stark white ring-barked forest
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon.
Green tangle of the brushes,
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops
And ferns the warm dark soil.
Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die -
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.
Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold -
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.
An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land -
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand -
Though earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly."
DEFEAT and VICTORY
No, there is neither defeat nor victory for me!
Because I have already decided that victory will always be with me.
Defeat remains for the others:
With those who moan when they fall,
With those who cry when they are torn,
With those who walk in circles in the jungle.
In the wide open space where I tread,
It is impossible for me to be defeat:
Because here to fall means to rise stronger than before.
Each blow return threefold to the attacker.
Even the executioner who severes my head from my body will
feel decapitated all his life:
Having witnessed my eyes close calmly, my lip blossom in smile.
May 4, 1944
Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana
from: " Pembangunan " magazine, Vol. I, No.2,
December 25, 1945
Triple exposure, one LED light. Actually, I am less interested in the esoteric tradition of Hermeticism. The title (threefold great) goes of course back to antiquity. I tried to give visual expression to this title and discovered that the sculptor (Praxiteles I am told) had shaped Hermes' face in such a way that the size of eye and mouth is about the same. I find that astonishing.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII (Swedish: Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen.
In 1700, a triple alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony–Poland–Lithuania and Russia launched a threefold attack on the Swedish protectorate of Holstein-Gottorp and provinces of Livonia and Ingria, aiming to draw advantage as the Swedish Empire was unaligned and ruled by a young and inexperienced king, thus initiating the Great Northern War. Leading the Swedish army against the alliance Charles won multiple victories despite being usually significantly outnumbered. A major victory over a Russian army some three times the size in 1700 at the Battle of Narva compelled Peter the Great to sue for peace, an offer which Charles subsequently rejected. By 1706 Charles, now 24 years old, had forced all of his foes into submission including, in that year, a decisively devastating victory by Swedish forces under general Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld over a combined army of Saxony and Russia at the Battle of Fraustadt. Russia was now the sole remaining hostile power.
Charles' subsequent march on Moscow met with initial success as victory followed victory, the most significant of which was the Battle of Holowczyn where the smaller Swedish army routed a Russian army twice the size. The campaign ended with disaster when the Swedish army suffered heavy losses to a Russian force more than twice its size at Poltava. Charles had been incapacitated by a wound prior to the battle, rendering him unable to take command. The defeat was followed by the Surrender at Perevolochna. Charles spent the following years in exile in the Ottoman Empire before returning to lead an assault on Norway, trying to evict the Danish king from the war once more in order to aim all his forces at the Russians. Two campaigns met with frustration and ultimate failure, concluding with his death at the Siege of Fredriksten in 1718. At the time, most of the Swedish Empire was under foreign military occupation, though Sweden itself was still free. This situation was later formalized, albeit moderated in the subsequent Treaty of Nystad. The result was the end of the Swedish Empire, and also of its effectively organized absolute monarchy and war machine, commencing a parliamentary government unique for continental Europe, which would last for half a century until royal autocracy was restored by Gustav III.
Charles was an exceptionally skilled military leader and tactician as well as an able politician, credited with introducing important tax and legal reforms. As for his famous reluctance towards peace efforts, he is quoted by Voltaire as saying upon the outbreak of the war; "I have resolved never to start an unjust war but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies". With the war consuming more than half his life and nearly all his reign, he never married and fathered no children. He was succeeded by his sister Ulrika Eleonora, who in turn was coerced to hand over all substantial powers to the Riksdag of the Estates and opted to surrender the throne to her husband, who became King Frederick I of Sweden.
And it swings open in to the (very bad) weather. This is a little cameo of a 17th or 18th century merchant's house in Hamburg (Deichstrasse, back front). Facing the canal (Nikolaifleet), these large houses would have a threefold purpose - accommodation for the owner plus family, business administration, and storage of commodities up in the attic. You can still see parts of the pulley mechanism that enabled the workers to lift goods out of the barges. Leica M8, Elmar (collapsible) 50/2.8.
The building on the right, curving into the distance, is the Ringway Centre at Smallbrook Queensway in the centre of Birmingham. It was designed by James Roberts and Sydney Greenwood and completed in 1962, and is integral to the creative vision for the earliest part of the city's inner ring road. Architecture and road layout combine to make an heroic piece of town planning, typical of its era. The Ringway Centre has street level shops, office space in the upper stories and forms a bridge spanning Hurst Street halfway along its elevation.
Notable architectural details include the bands of pre-cast abstract geometric relief panels that separate floors, creating powerful horizonal visual emphasis, and projecting sculptural concrete uplighters which are my own favourite features.
On 1st February 2024 Birmingham City Council's planning committee voted in favour of allowing the building to be demolished. In its place three tower blocks of 44, 48 and 56 stories respectively are planned for the site.
Now (July 2024) a coalition of organisations that believe the building should be saved has applied for permission to lodge a judicial review of that planning committee decision. But to cover the costs of doing this a sum of £15,000 must be raised by 18th July 2024.
The coalition's arguments are threefold:
• Heritage - the Ringway Centre is one of the best surviving modernist buildings from Birmingham's post-war reconstruction
• Zero carbon - demolition and redevelopment would release 187 million Kg of CO2
• Local democracy - the City Council's plans for Birmingham (including this project) do not take account of residents' opinions. This campaign seeks to redress that imbalance
Those who know anything about my architectural tastes won't be surprised to learn that this is a building that I like a lot. I agree with all the arguments above and support the building's re-use rather than demolition on grounds of environmental impact alone.
Photograph made Saturday 10th February 2024.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringway_Centre
Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham by Andy Foster (2005), Yale University Press
The Monastery of the Three Holy Hierarchs is located in the old centre of Iasi, on Stefan cel Mare si Sfant Boulevard, formerly known as the Princely Street.
The "Trisfetite" Church, built during Prince Vasile Lupu’s reign (1637 -1639), was intended to be a royal burial ground; it reflects the founder’s aspiration to the Byzantine world as it combines traditional structures and shapes with precious materials and a sumptuous decoration. Metropolitan Varlaam consecrated this holy place on the 6th of May 1639, and two years later Saint Paraskeve’s relics were moved here. The monastery accommodated a printing house and the "Schola Basiliana", the future Princely Academy. In 1970 the monastery was closed and the only religious services to be officiated were the celebration of the feast day of the Three Hierarchs (30th January) and the Union Day on 24th of January. Following the 1989 events, the monastery was reopened.
The monument is renowned for its embroidery in stone (most of it preserved in its original form) that decorate the outer walls. Thirty different carved stone decoration bands cover the entire outside walls of the church from the base to the top of the steeples; they are inspired from the national old wood carvings and embroideries blended with Asian and Western elements. An impressive threefold twisted cord – a symbol of the Holy Trinity – makes the architectural complex of the church absolutely perfect.
This centre of Romanian spirituality was to be the starting point of the Greek Independence War (1821). The first signal for the liberation of Greece was given in the monastery’s premises by Alexander Ypsilanti who read a proclamation (28th of February 1821) stating the objectives of the Filiki Eteria in the war to free the Balkan peoples.
The Studebaker Hawk series was introduced in 1955. The styling came from the Loewy Studios drawing boards.
Tall rear fins were introduced for model year 1957.
Th Golden Hawk was built till 1958. The Silver Hawk till one year later. For model year 1960 the name additions Golden and Silver were dropped. From that year on, these models were only called Hawk.
Late 1961 the Hawk was succeeded by the Gran Turismo Hawk. It underwent a restyle, mainly at the rear (the tall fins were dropped) done by Brooks Stevens (USA, 1911-1995).
This treatment gave the car a more modern look, and sales increased threefold to 8388 units in the first year.
4736 cc V8 engine.
1590 kg.
Production Studebaker Hawk Series: Autumn 1955-1964.
Production Hawk Gran Turismo: Autumn 1961-1964.
Production Hawk Gran Turismo this version: Autumn 1963-1964.
Production year: most probably late 1963, because:
Original old Dutch reg. number: Jan. 17, 1964.
At current owner since Febr. 14, 2002.
Seen on a classic car meeting in and around a park in the center of Sassenheim. The amount & quality of the cars was unexpected and surprisingly good.
I also happened to meet Rutger there. See also his album of this event.
Sassenheim, Hoofdstraat, Aug. 20, 2023.
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Ever since the breakaway of B11!!! from the mainland, Berryessa has been obsessed with the implications. However, she thought conquering the land would anger Lux, as it was her will to move the peninsula. Instead, Berryessa devoted her resources to exploring the sea floor underneath where the land had been. If it it was able to float so far away, it was plausible it was never attached to the planet beneath the sea to begin with.
What Aberryca found was marvelous. The skeleton of a gigantic behemoth of a sea creature was found in the depths of the abyss. Strange and unseen corals and kelps, along with other oversized lifeforms, were discovered in the area of the extinct beast.
Aberryca being one of the foremost authorities on genetic modification technology, could not wait to build a new facility to research the area and its current and past life. The Seed program was born.
With the facilities of a small city, Seed has a threefold purpose. The first is reverse bioengineer the life from the skeleton and surrounding life to learn as much as possible. The second was to take that data and weaponize it. The JUICE augmentation bulb contains DNA from the skeleton fused with modern species and enhanced by the transformative properties of JUICE. The resulting gestating creature is highly classified. The final purpose of the base is to serve as a self sustaining city in the extremely likely event of the end of the world in five weeks.
What will the new treasure trove of biological data yield for mighty Berryessa?
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Config C: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/50186654761/in/datepo...
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Laboratories: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/50186654371/in/datepo...
JUICE augmentation pod: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/50186109183/in/datepo...
Weapons module and reactor: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/50186654321/in/datepo...
Submarine construction facility: www.flickr.com/photos/188464565@N06/50186109083/in/datepo...
Some old republic inspired tech!
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I was going to upload this yesterday but ended up not getting a chance to; So to make up, I'll be uploading two today.
I'm also liking the iPod 5 camera a lot, so I'll probably be sticking to if for a while.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Maine
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Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, ibut how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
I had two favorite "Peanuts" strips that go back to the early 1960s. In one, Linus comes to Lucy for advice. She hauls off and clobbers him. Charlie Brown asks, "What did you do that for?" and Lucy replies, "There's nothing like a little physical pain to get your mind off your emotional problems!" Well, this week has been the opposite for me. A little gum surgery and two fillings as "temporary measures," a back that's out again, and gaining two pounds after not having eaten in two days should, according to the wisdom of Lucy as channeled from Charles Shultz, get my mind off all the other things in my world, but it hasn't.
My computer has been down twice in three days. Having resolved that, and just about to catch up on Flickr comments, we lost power and nothing plays with computer settings than losing power as though socket for the computer was hit by a bolt of lightning. I thought I had it resolved at 11 last night, but today, I'm missing the "Menu Bar" in Chrome. That's happened before, and the solution is so simple that I never thought to write it down. Now, even Google won't answer, and Siri and Alexa are playing dumb.
One of the problems with being my age is that *I* am the one with the most knowledge and experience. Who do *I* go to? My 12 years old grandson is the resource for all things wifi, tablet, and even Alexa, but a PC to him is a typewriter or phonograph, whatever they are.
I may be late commenting, but there will probably be a Eureka! moment by tonight. I promise: I will return ... unless I don't.
Finally, he gets to the point! While you're on hold, since I can't play mind numbing music with constant hum and static, let me present you with my favorite wildflower ever, even ahead of the Basket Garlic Flower of Hawaii. This is so unique as you can see, and it is endemic to "my" mountain. If there's a prime way to get over emotional problems, however temporarily, it's a hike in and on the foothills of Mt. Diablo.
From Wikipedia: Calochortus pulchellus is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern or Mount Diablo globelily. Calochortus pulchellus is endemic to California, where it is mainly restricted to Mount Diablo of the Diablo Range, in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area.
Such a unique flower, and that's all that's said about it. As I recall, it is also called the "Mariposa Lily," but even the lowly acorn and wild garlic get more print space than this flower that is three flowers in one, and one of the petals is green which deserves some mention.
Ten days ago, I showed you another or Mt. Diablo's gems, the Clarkia Elegans! flic.kr/p/UAJyhT How could I have been so lucky as to have moved to a home at the base of Mt. Diablo and found two special wildflowers, over 120 species of birds, 22 species of Odonata, two lizards, and four snakes! I've been willing to share these through photography. I hope I haven't been responsible for the threefold increase in population since we got here.
The Pillars stand again and frame the Shekinah.
If and only if your QBL, or Qabalah takes you to Tarot then maybe you might wish to think of The Fool as Aleph being able to see all potential and never need for it to be made material, as the all and nothing with some of everything fulfils in harmonic continuing equilibrium both with and without matter and The Fool is always looking upon The House of God that is The Magician as Beth is the Aleph-Beth progress of the Hebrew Letters.
This is only a vision that is complete within itself. The Holiest of Holies is ever held and adored within. When it finds and fits elements from the without to meet and match the within there is a harmonic balance. The Hermit meets and matches two selves and the possibility of sharing with others in self and in person. [Maybe also think Yod and not one Hermit looking, but two together finding, when The Pillars are standing they create the essence aethyrically betwixt them that is the cloud, the shroud the of the cloaked Hermit from the dowd, cowed and bowed stance the so proud so loud and so avowed can become the endowed over loud unbowed thundercloud that can become vibrant mist capable of all potential. The grey cowl can become the Coat of Many Colours when the situation calls for the transformation.]
Boaz is forever broken and Jachin has gone, but their essence can be seen wherever you wish to find your Temple Rise and your Tabernacle host four pillars and veil.
Your own Ephod Apron and Hoshen Breast Plate being yours to activate and energise at your will with love such that through love your will is proof enough.
Please forgive me for using older religious terms to feature in completely new settings with radically different uses. The language of our forefathers gives us foundation to explore. We are forever searching as The Hermit does, he searches til he finds a span to lower his head, only to raise it again and adore in the threefold pose of Pillars, Branches, The Caduceus and such.
The 4 Picture Production is presentation on which Qabalah and Tarot have been placed and set down in the description that hopefully reveals the open potential to the finding everything all the time as the ultimate that can ever be in own individual perception just wherever we wish to choose and to focus.
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Anika Lamade, actress, Hamburg (Germany), 2022
Fujifilm GFX50R & Mamiya Auto Sekor SX 135/2
Such a cheap lens with lots and lots of nice, vintage, creamy bokeh. It has a slight vignette on a full GFX sensor but the bokeh on such small budgets makes up for it threefold and more.
More about great cheap lenses on the Fujifilm GFX (Google translated): www-schlicksbier-com.translate.goog/altglas-u-a-fuer-die-...
Original German version: www.schlicksbier.com/altglas-u-a-fuer-die-fujifilm-gfx100...
"Him whose three places that are filled with sweetness, imperishable joy as it may list them, Who verily alone upholds the threefold, the earth, the heaven, and all living creatures.
May I attain to His well-loved mansion where men devoted to the Gods are happy.
For there springs, close akin to the Wide-Strider, the well of meath in Vishnu’s highest footstep."
(From the Rig-veda - 1.154.1-5)
This man was stepping down Nandeshwar Ghat towards the holy waters of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras).
This picture is a kind of metaphor in order to emphasize that the area along the ghats is eulogised as Vishnu's body.
Varanasi has 98 sacred water fronts, which are believed to form the cosmic frame linking 14 bhavana kosas of the human body.
Among 84 ghats, 5 are considered to be supremely auspicious.
These are Asi, Dashashwamedha, Manikarnika, Panchganga and Adikeshava.
These are the Panchathirthas, and are believed to be symbols of the cosmic body of Lord Vishnu; Asi at the head, Dashashwamedha at the chest, Manikarnika at the navel, Panchganga at the thighs and Adikeshava at the feet.
Manikarnika is considered to be at the center of the 5 thirthas, the navel of the universe from which blooms life.
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The 85 foot tall aptly titled Triple Falls is kind of the grand poobah of the waterfalls along Oneonta Creek. I fished this out of the archives from my visit there in August '09, most notably because it provides the kind of exposition I am looking for as well in my waterfall captures moving forward. Initially, this image quickly made the "goodbye pile" and was archived onto a DVD. What a difference a year and a half makes, now I enjoy it for how it captures the true beauty of the area. I will definitely be excited to get back out here and capture it at a longer exposure (a second or two more), this lighting was pretty tricky for a novice at the time. Triple Falls is pretty cool because of its unique drops, though it is more popular than it deserves at times. Thanks for checking this out. Enjoy!
I’d call this a “stellar” snowflake, which is relatively rare. Usually you’d find side-branches filling in the shape to a greater degree, and running along the main branches is a colourful surprise. You need to take a closer look and view large!
The center of this snowflake reveals a different past. The three-fold symmetry is beautiful and indicates a more “triangular” beginning. Things even out as the branches reach farther away from the center, where random variations average out any initial pattern created by the aerodynamic properties of the snowflake. I love seeing these shapes – they reveal a curious beauty by breaking full symmetry, but creating another kind.
The branches reveal a beautiful feature of crystals of any kind: a “prism” effect. Rainbows and colour in snow are caused by two primary phenomenon: thin film interference, and simple splitting of light the way a prism does. Certain features of a snowflake can split light into its component wavelengths, resulting in rainbows of colour being generated inside the branches. The rainbow doesn’t appear in the proper order as one might expect, colours might shift unexpectedly and certain colours might be more prevalent based on the growth pattern of the crystal.
Some of the colour, mostly subtle magentas and cyans are created by colour fringing. In some cases there is evidence that this occurs in the crystal, other evidence points towards the camera lens. For colours that seem clearly created by the camera equipment, I try to subdue them while allowing the natural colour in the snowflake to stay saturated. Careful attention to colour is given to every snowflake, even the ones without any noticeable colour phenomenon. I endeavour to make them as “real” as possible!
The rounded branch tips are a sign that this snowflake has already started to disappear. There aren’t any signs of melting, so we’re left to conclude that this snowflake has already begun evaporating. This process begins as soon as the snowflake leaves the cloud that created it, and continues until it is nothing more than a blob of ice. Such a fleeting existence makes these tiny crystals all the more beautiful.
For more snowflake physics including many pages dedicated to the colour of snow, check out Sky Crystals: skycrystals.ca/book/ - walk through every type of snowflake and understand how they’re all formed, and learn every technique required to photograph them and explore winter’s beauty for yourself.
To see what all of my time with the subject of snowflakes looks in a single image, check out “The Snowflake” print: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - I’m proud to say that I doubt anyone else will ever attempt to create anything like it. :)
The Alhambra resembles many medieval Christian strongholds in its threefold arrangement as a castle, a palace and a residential annex for subordinates. The alcazaba or citadel, its oldest part, is built on the isolated and precipitous foreland which terminates the plateau on the northwest. That is all massive outer walls, towers and ramparts are left. On its watchtower, the Torre de la Vela, 25 m (85 ft) high, the flag of Ferdinand and Isabella was first raised, in token of the Spanish conquest of Granada on 2 January 1492. A turret containing a large bell was added in the 18th century and restored after being damaged by lightning in 1881. Beyond the Alcazaba is the palace of the Moorish rulers, or Alhambra properly so-called; and beyond this, again, is the Alhambra Alta (Upper Alhambra), originally tenanted by officials and courtiers. Granada. Spain.
Being known as the counsel of the Wise Ones:
Bide the Wiccan Laws ye must In Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.
Live an’ let live - Fairly take an’ fairly give.
Cast the Circle thrice about To keep all evil spirits out.
To bind the spell every time - Let the spell be spake in rhyme.
Soft of eye an’ light of touch - Speak little, listen much.
Deosil go by the waxing Moon - Sing and dance the Wiccan rune.
Widdershins go when the Moon doth wane, An’ the Werewolf howls by the dread Wolfsbane.
When the Lady’s Moon is new, Kiss thy hand to Her times two.
When the Moon rides at Her peak Then your heart’s desire seek.
Heed the Northwind’s mighty gale - Lock the door and drop the sail.
When the wind comes from the South, Love will kiss thee on the mouth.
When the wind blows from the East, Expect the new and set the feast.
When the West wind blows o’er thee, Departed spirits restless be.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go - Burn them quick an’ burn them slow.
Elder be ye Lady’s tree - Burn it not or cursed ye’ll be.
When the Wheel begins to turn - Let the Beltane fires burn.
When the Wheel has turned a Yule, Light the Log an’ let Pan rule.
Heed ye flower bush an’ tree - By the Lady Blessèd Be.
Where the rippling waters go Cast a stone an’ truth ye’ll know.
When ye have need, Hearken not to others greed.
With the fool no season spend Or be counted as his friend.
Merry meet an’ merry part - Bright the cheeks an’ warm the heart.
Mind the Threefold Law ye should - Three times bad an’ three times good.
When misfortune is enow, Wear the Blue Star on thy brow.
True in love ever be Unless thy lover’s false to thee.
Eight words ye Wiccan Rede fulfill - An’ it harm none, Do what ye will
Author unknown..
Schachbrettblume:
Die Schachblume (Fritillaria meleagris), auch Schachbrettblume oder Kiebitzei genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Liliengewächse (Liliaceae).
Die Blütezeit reicht von April bis Mai. Die meist einzelnen, selten zu zweit stehenden Blüten sind nickend[3] bis nach unten hängend. Die zwittrigen, dreizähligen Blüten sind fast geruchlos und breit glockenförmig. Die sechs gleichgestaltigen, etwa 4 Zentimeter langen Perigonblätter, deren stumpfe Spitze meist etwas umgebogen ist, sind schachbrettartig purpurrot-weiß oder grünlich-weiß gefleckt. Selbst bei der völlig weißen Form Fritillaria meleagris f. alba ist die namensgebende Musterung noch schwach zu erkennen.
Fritillaria meleagris is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the lily family.[2][3][4] Its common names include snake's head fritillary, snake's head (the original English name), chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily.
The flowering period runs from April to May. The mostly single, rarely in pairs standing flowers are nodding [3] to hanging down. The hermaphrodite, threefold flowers are almost odorless and wide bell-shaped. The six equal multiform, about 4 centimeters long tepals whose blunt tip is usually somewhat bent, are checkerboard mottled purple-white or greenish-white. Even with the completely white form Fritillaria meleagris f. Alba the eponymous patterning is barely recognizable.
(Wikipedia)
Triple Symbol
Indo-European symbol: alludes to the triple dimension.
Celtic symbol: life, death, and rebirth.
Pagan-Celtic symbol: triple in its cosmology. Land, sea and air.
Pagan historical symbol: triple dimension of equality, eternity and indivisibility.
It also embodies the Celtic philosophy, according to which the whole has three levels: physical, mental and spiritual. Also the threefold force of infinite love: eternity, loyalty, and truth.
It is featured in numerous publications, brands, music, and television.
Personally, it caught my attention by its appearing in the series "Dark".
Photo-editing. Made for Flickr Friday ("Triple" theme).
Techniques used: Cinema 4D (environment) and Photoshop (main object, atmospheres and settings).
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Triqueta"
Triple símbolo
Símbolo indoeuropeo: alude a la triple dimensión.
Símbolo celta: vida, muerte y renacimiento.
Símbolo pagano-céltico: triple en su cosmología. Tierra, mar y aire.
Símbolo histórico pagano: triple dimensión de la igualdad, la eternidad y la indivisibilidad.
También, plasma la filosofía celta, según la cual el todo tiene tres niveles: físico, mental y espiritual. También la triple fuerza del amor infinito: la eternidad, la lealtad y la verdad.
Aparece en numerosas publicaciones, marcas, música y televisión.
Personalmente llamó mi atención en su aparición en la serie "Dark".
Foto-edición. Realizado para Flickr Friday (tema "Triple").
Técnicas empleadas: Cinema 4D (entorno) y Photoshop (objeto principal, atmósferas y ajustes).
Dorothea Mackellar's patriotic poem, "My Country" (1908) was originally titled, "Core of my heart". In this photo even the little wooden farm house (centre left) was standing when Mackellar wrote her poem. I attach a link here to a handwritten copy of her first page: allpoetry.com/poem/8526595-My-Country-by-Dorothea-Mackellar
"Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold -
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze."
Patriotism. An old fashioned word, but still potent with meaning. It comes from the Latin of course (as so much of the English language does).
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), is better known today for his novels, but in truth he was the best essayist in the English language of his era. His definition stands the test of time:
"By 'patriotism' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force upon other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality."
Amen George, ever the truthteller!