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In the Ancient Greek mythology, the pomegranate was known as the "fruit of the dead".
Ancient Egyptians regarded the pomegranate as a symbol of prosperity and ambition.
According to the Qur'an, pomegranates grow in the gardens of paradise. The Qur'an also mentions pomegranates three times as examples of good things God creates.
Pomegranates were known in Ancient Israel as the fruits which the scouts brought to Moses to demonstrate the fertility of the "promised land".
Pomegranate was the symbol of fertility in ancient Persian culture.
Also in Hinduism, the pomegranate symbolizes prosperity and fertility.
Pictures of the ripe fruit with the seeds bursting forth were often hung in homes to bestow fertility and bless the dwelling with numerous offspring, an important facet of traditional Chinese culture.
Pomegranates continue to be a motif often found in Christian religious decoration. Pomegranates figure in many religious paintings by the likes of Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, often in the hands of the Virgin Mary or the infant Jesus. The fruit, broken or bursting open, is a symbol of the fullness of Jesus' suffering and resurrection.
Covid hits hard on many people's lives and I am one of them. Had to quarantine for weeks, so instead of laying like trash on bed, I picked up my camera and seek for cool angles inside my house. I found views that were never found interesting although I have been staying for years. Was not super surprised but really glad that I spent time exploring this tiny place. It's surely one of the greatest things done during the pandemic.
Afternoon is a amazing time when the sky looks so colorful over the small buildings of our town. So I renamed it as a sky observatory.
Street construction puts you on the other side of the pond for this musical fountain show. It added a 'bridal' touch to the Eiffel Tower...
The statue of Anteros on the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (popularly but incorrectly known as Eros) at Piccadilly Circus in London. Sir Alfred Gilbert, 1892.
London Pics from the Proper Camera.
BLOGGED: 24 February 2009 - www.counterspinyc.blogspot.com/
flickr EXPLORE: 05 August 2005 #482
From: Raveged Series - SR Smith Infirmery. Staten Island, NYC: 03_03
Get ready to put on your insufferable scholar glasses!
This was Staten Island's first ever not-for-profit voluntary hosiptal, built in 1889, and named after a "Dr. of the People", Mr. Samuel R. Smith. The grounds stand at 6 acres & also hold the reminents of the first ever training school for nurses (e:1891).
In 1970, the decision was made to relocate to larger facilities elsewhere. What happened between then & 1991, when the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission failed to designate & regulate S.R. Smith is anyone's guess.
This grevious failure on their part led to a string of failed developers to strip it of its once magnificent architectural detail, leaving it in its current shameful state.
I don't know about you folks elsewhere, but growing up in Charleston, SC, the ridiculous amount of importantce placed on architectural gems has preserved some of the most beautiful structures in North America. This love of home mentailty went so far as to change the capital of SC from Charleston to Columbia during the Civil War soas to spare the resulting destructive ravaging fires. Union soldiers, wanting to spare Charleston willingly participated the wink, wink! Now where is that collective appreciation today?
The former hospital grounds are owned by a holdings company called Kenilworth Holdings, LLC. The trail is so convoluted that it is difficult to say exactly whose "interests" they represent, but it's certainly not anyone in our community.
I visit every season to watch the rapid demise of a once grand & noble structure, soley built to aid "the common working man". Ironically, I bump into countless addicts, unruly teen gang members & countless homeless individuals who have claimed the space as their own each time I go. What the heck, there are splendid views of the Statue of Liberty & Manhattan from the top floor.
If you happen to run into anyone even loosely associated with Kenilworth, kindly deck them on my behalf.
I think it's about time for my summer visit...sniff.
Well this is not actually a quarantine shelter, it's part of a major construction site. But it does look very X-Files to me.
I discovered photography through my enthusiasm for London buses. You can check out my main Flickr profile as the London Bus Breh and my articles on London Connected.
Pictured is one of only two Irizar i2e buses in London. Based at New Cross Bus Garage, they are my favourite single-deckers and are allocated to route 108, the only London bus service directly linking southeast to east London.
This photo is a more scenic-focused take of the same uploaded here, with a wider field-of-view revealing the new developments defining Stratford City. It was actually the original upload before I replaced it for the more subject-focused version.
I would like to express more in a blogpost once I get a new blog running - watch this space!
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