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This memorial is located within the grounds of Trinity Cemetery Aberdeen Scotland , there is a corner of the grounds dedicated to little ones born asleep, always raises my awareness that we have people all around us with true sadness in their lives that they try to cope with , grief unseen .
Trinity cemetery was opened in 1887. It is on a large site located to the north of the city centre, near the beach adjacent to Aberdeen football stadium.
It comprises two sections. The westerly section is the larger of the two with the later 20th century easterly extension (originally a gravel pit) located on the other side of Park Road. Both sections slope upward from this road. The official main entrance is at the west end, where the cemetery lodge can be seen, with access via Errol Street.
The westerly section contains approximately 5600 stones naming a little over 14000 individuals.
The eastery extension is smaller, containing approximately 3300 stones with a little over 7300 named individuals.
The earliest date found recorded in the extension was 1891 though the vast majority of the stones date from the 1940's to the present time.
Trinity is a large 'open' cemetery consisting mainly of grass and gravel walkways. There are few bushes and even fewer trees. It is well maintained but the lack of the aforementioned trees or larger shrubs gives it a somewhat stark appearance.
The advantage of this layout however is that you can see the whole cemetery from practically anywhere within the grounds. A wonderful view can be had from the top of the cemetery, with the whole grounds before you. Beyond this lies a view of the beach and the North Sea.
In 1940 a German aircraft tried to destroy the gasometer in the adjoining gas works (the site is now occupied by an apartment complex). They failed in that quest but evidence of the 'strafing' can still be seen on some of the memorials located to the south-east of the site.
To see how this blasted chunks out of these granite memorials gives you some idea of the power behind these armaments. It must have been terrifying to be caught in such a raid.
There are just a few memorials showing artistic distinction, nearly all of which are in the original cemetery grounds. The easterly extension site is dominated by a large memorial to those who gifted their bodies to medical science. This is located at the top of the easterly section, extreme left.
I wanna fall into you
And I wanna be everything
You want me to
But I'm not sure I know how
I lose faith and I lose ground
Then I see you and remember
Unconditional love, love, love
Unconditional love...
Good week for all! :)
There are a few more shots of Jacob and Sir Sasha.....They were not posed..Just kepted clicking as they were playing and loving each other outside. It was hard to choose.
Pete made a good point as we left the Emergency Vet Clinic with a little dog who felt much better after her treatment ... the little sick dog who wouldn't eat or drink was now taking treats, drank water, and exploring the vet clinic like she owned the place.
"It took us 3 weeks to decide on the lawn mower we wanted, and were trying to justify the cost and save a few bucks - should we even buy it, can we afford it? Then without thought or discussion, we drop more than what the lawnmower cost, without the blink of an eye and don't even feel bad about it."
That, my friends is unconditional love :)
My new Shar-Pei puppy at 8 weeks old.
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This was shot at a Anti Brexit Protest in London. A group of men and women standing together for gay pride.
So Spidy roped me into to doing this again. Thanks Alain!
Roberta asked me to do it again a month back so here it is.....the FUNNY stuff this time! For the serious stuff go here!
1] i LOVE words! Among my favorites: orifice, quantum, verbose, conundrum, indeed, snarky, anus (yep, sorry, haha), contemplate, tantalize, quip, tart, magma...who doesn't love the word magma?
2] I compulsively clean out my ear canals (orifices, HA!) with Q-tips....i like the way it feels!
3] When I was about 8 i had a patch of wall beside my bed that i put my nose treasures on! I know....GROSS...but true! My mom found it one day when changing my sheets and guess who had to scrape it all off? ME! Natural consequences...never did it again!
4] I have a HUGE imagination and a million fantasies....i will tell you them too if you ask. Let's just say one of them plays out like the movie "Before Sunrise!" Thanks to Laurie for turning me onto that movie....ha.
5] I have some lovely fetishes/obsessions: hands, shoes, scarves, hats, yoga outfits, books, music, gadgets...nature...can nature be a fetish??
6] I have a constant dialogue going on in my head about string theory, sub quarks and bluons, and an intellectual affair with the Dali Lama (who is not supposed to touched by women incidentally) who wrote one of my favorite books on the subject called "The Universe in a Single Atom"...yep...welcome to my brain.
7] People never cease to amaze me....i LOVE people! They titillate me! I love the word titillate too!
8] I LOVE and get excited by textures. Textures like wood grain, my childrens' skin, tree bark, mountain sides.
9] I use to day dream that Oprah would show up on my doorstep to have a conversation about all the books and literature we have read. I would serve her tea and shortbread cookies....i don't dream that anymore but i would still love it to happen.
10] I am easily tantalized by Creme Brulee my favorite desert! I made it for the first time last week....it was orgasmic! :) I am actually easy to tantalize with ALL deserts!
11] In my life time i will learn French or Italian, learn to play the guitar, become an accomplished painter, work in an art gallery or mom and pop book store, climb a VERY tall mountain (one i haven't done yet), paddle the Pugent Sound, go to India and Tibet...possibly run the Boston Marathon if my body holds up! I am CERTAIN of these things!
12] I am verbose and everybody knows it! I try NOT to be, but like i said in #1...i like words! :-)
13] I love to sing....i am not any good at it anymore since my asthma kicked in a few years ago....but since i got asthma EVERYONE says my husky voice sounds like Janis Joplin, a singer! That's ironic!
14] I love irony.
15] I take stairs 2 at a time....i sometimes get a ahead of myself because of it! That's a conundrum! ;)
16] ...better make it a good one eh? I have NO troubles discussing bowel movements or any other physiological processes due to my education in Anatomy/Physiology. I actually thoroughly enjoy it. ok DONE! haha! Now you can call me a freak.
Happy Mothers Day. I love black and white especially for portraits, I haven't done much in monochrome lately so I thought today would be a good day for a mono portrait of my wonderful wife on mothers day.
Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums out there.
There are many spirits that drift in and out of time and dimension and touch the souls of humans…
A spirit comes in many forms and names throughout recorded time, an Angel……. a Spirit……. a Ghost….. a Soul and many many more.
As many as there are stars in the sky there is a spirit for them waiting for renewal…
One such Spirit, a Spirit of love called……. Unconditional Love…..has been around since the dawn of time.
Unconditional love has been renewed more than any other Ghost and a favorite of the Great Spirit.
The Ghost of Unconditional Love has had the shape of human a thousand times ...sometimes male, other times female.
The Ghost has been fish in the sea. Once the Ghost was a mighty whale; another time an earthworm. The Ghost was a tree in a barren field.An eagle swooping in for a kill..
Several times the Ghost was a Wolf in a pack. This was long before the first great slaughter of its kind when the wolves roamed free and wild.Then later, a solitary Mountain Lion ...only to be hunted and slaughtered again. Yet, Unconditional Love lives on with an everlasting love. A Love that travels through the stars and back for renewal over, and over again.
A few thousand years ago the Ghost was waiting for renewal. While drifting though star dust the Ghost wandered into the earth humans code of 1’s and 0’s…..The internet…
Sifting through with the cosmic winds, the Ghost of Unconditional Love was able to discover the past 5,000 years of human history and the present strife of all life on Earth
Analyzing the last bits of 1’s and 0’s the Ghost knew what is was like….. and knew the word…… and felt the love and pain…… and for the first time in over 12 billion years……..
The Ghost Cried…………
Time came for renewal and after returning back to Earth the Ghost passed it up…….
This is not something spirits are allowed to do and caused much concern from the Great Spirit….
The Great Spirit calling council with Unconditional Love seen the 1’s and 0’s still running through the Ghost, and knew right away what happen.
The Ghost asked the Great Spirit if it could drift a bit longer, that the Ghost had an idea it would like to try...
Throughout all the web noise…..com’s………….org’s and…..net’s….
Unconditional Love sorted though all the web sites, blogs and forums and found the best way for the Ghost was......
to enter a place full of love, and Unconditional Love could mix-in, blend into the environment with-out notice,
a place full of artists, poets, writers and dreamers…Philosophers.
The Ghost settled into a .com called Flickr.
After 12 billion years of reading star dust 1’s and 0’s was child’s play to the Ghost.
Setting up a persona was exciting and completed thought of a blend of 10’s of millions of lives lived.
Combining image with word Unconditional Love flowed into the vast stream of artist and poets alike.
Interacting with humans by way of art was easy for the Ghost and became friends with the humans male and female the same
For there is no sexual division with spirits, is not male nor female it just……IS…..
Time past quickly for the Ghost, thousands of images of art and of poem past through Unconditional Love and felt the love in humans.
Thousands of humans viewing image and word from Unconditional Love grew a closeness and many sought friendship and some sought love...
Unconditional Love grew through the Internet community and 1’s and 0’s of heart felt joy became the way of the web…
The more in-touch a human had with sensitivity of one's own spirit ,the closer a human felt toward the Ghost.
The Ghost corresponded personally with many of these types of humans and many loved the Ghost.
One such human, a female named Kieta (Ki-a-ta), a poet, writer of stories and artist fell in love with the Ghost and wanted to meet, assuming that the Ghost was male.
The Ghost felt close to Kieta thinking, perhaps the Ghost knew Kieta’s Spirit in a past renewal.
Because the Ghost was not of any carbon form the Ghost couldn’t communicate with voice or any tactile contact was imposable.
Breaking all the rules of Spiritual contact the Ghost would visit Kieta in her night dreams, entering her body…called the swelling…..
Spirits have been doing this for thousands of years with humans; this practice is forbidden and is very dangerous for the humans. Swelling is very pleasurable for both human and spirit unless the invading spirit is rejected by the host spirit,
An internal conflict can occur. (To give an example that is how exorcisms came to be)
This never happened with Kieta and The Ghost. Although the pleasure was great the Ghost ended the swelling, left the net, returned for renewal and met
With the Great Spirit.
The Great Spirit was very disappointed with Unconditional Love and said to it this……
You have but of two choices in this next renewal.
Now usually there is no choosing a Spirit goes to the next available host of carbon, could be an Earth (that’s how we get the feeling to call Earth, Mother)
Type satellite a Spirit never knows. After 12 billion years of life and renewal, you now have a chance to be a Star.
(Stars are the only carbon that Spirits get an appointment to because the assignment usually last about 3 to 7 billion years and is the greatest appointment a Spirit can have)
OR……
You could go back to the Earth and continue your romance with Kieta…
.BUT YOU MUST CHOOSE......
Unconditional Love looked back at the Great Spirit……..and
282/365 –UNCONITIONAL LOVE
Day 282 of the 365 Journey
I think the image in conjunction with the title….speaks volumes.
Enough said……
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Blue has always melted around children. Though she can't see or hear them anymore, she always knows when these two are near.
Thanks to everyone for your visits and kindness. It means a lot to me.
My heart is broken.....Brutus went peacefully this morning.....may he run and play like a puppy at Rainbow Bridge!
In this pic Brutus is lying in his special place with his paws hanging over the pool!
Rainbow Bridge
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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September 11, 2007 - EXPLORE
In this shot you can see how his hind feet point outward. I think his double dewclaws make it appear more pronounced. His hind legs are getting stronger all the time.
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Abandoned Abused Street Dogs.
In a brutal unforgiving environment Mother & Son
share a tender moment on the roof @ The Dog Palace.
An environment where your first mistake will most likely
be your very last mistake ! Rocky is the only dog Mama
allows to touch her like this. Their bond is unbreakable.
Thank You.
Jon&Crew.
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December 24th 2012.
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Abandon Abused Thai Dogs.
The series continues on the day before Christmas 2012.
Every other day I am able to head out to monkey mt and feed the mama-san and puppy. Big time happiness when I pull in and what I have noticed is mama is more interested in affection then the food. Little Big Ears of course wants some affection but is real persistent in getting to the chicken's in the bag. I guess it's like kids wanting a happy meal ....;-)
So here ya go a report on the abandon dogs in rural Thailand as the series will continue right into the new year..
Thanks for coming by and we are wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas from Thailand...;-)
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This lovely Lion-boy was having a nap that very warm and sunny August day!! His 2 Lion-girls were having a nap , too.. It was about 15 :…….pm… I thought , that my kittens at home have a nap at about the same time… But the home of those unfortunate 3 was a Zoo… The Artis-Zoo of Amsterdam/ Holland….
Their “enclosure”=cage was not quite large, for those 3 adorable Felines , born free , and made to live/run free within huge distances… Again, that depressing Zoo-feeling filled my being….My son Nicholas beside me, was also very sober…
*** Oh, No!! Zoos have no reason to exist now-days, in the way they exist!! They ALL have to be turned into Zoo-Parks! Where ALL animals will live in a semi-free condition!! Because , even when confined within a certain space, in order to be protected, these creatures merit a quality of life , like all of us!!.Animals are NOT our slaves!They only help us , to become better humans!I have seen twice in my life something like a semi-free animal-condition , but WITHOUT all animals living in the same semi-free state : in the “Cotswold Zoo-Park and Gardens” of the Oxfordshire/ England, and recently in the ”Safari Park” near Liège/Belgium…
*** And , in case I made you sad, rejoice!!! Just watch these 2 UPLIFTING VIDEOS (!!), about the lucky Christian the Lion!! Christian the Lion , who had the huge luck to be adopted, when still an abandoned baby by two exceptional young men, who let him free in Mother-Africa land , when he grew up!!!
*** Christian, the Lion :
1- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZaWgf_bk0&feature=related
2- www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXEZ2T_o6eM&feature=related
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!