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Dahlia has a rich symbolism: the flower stands for wealth and elegance, and also for love and involvement. It’s a perfect flower to express your love! For the Aztecs, Dahlia was a religious symbol, besides food the flower was used in different types of ceremonies. Colors, Shapes, and Availability How many beautiful colors do you want to have? There is so much choice, from the gorgeous Black Fox to Café Au Lait (peach). Every year, there is more and more choice. Not only in color, but also in petal and flowerhead shape. There are now more than 1000 species, and we can divide those into single and double flowering. Beautiful pompon and ball dahlias, or the totally different (semi) cactus Dahlias. This flower always amazes you! Normally a fall flower, but luckily for us now available from March till September.
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"It's better to pass into that other world with full passion and glory than to fade and wither dismally with age." --Unknown
To say that I am a blessed man is an understatement. I am constantly surrounded by so much love and beauty in both worlds that I scarcely feel worthy. With the approach of St. Patrick's day, I want to both express my gratitude and blessings to these lovely ladies.
*Brat, you are as special to me as the day is long. You are such a giving and loving soul. Thank you for being such a sweet sister to me.
*Star, once you give your heart to someone there is no taking it back. Your long-suffering and gracious heart is contagious. If more of us could learn from your sweet heart the world would be a better place. I love you, Daughter.
*Maaddi and Buneta, with you two in my life I always have a Pitbull on my right and a Honey Badger on my left. I love you, girls, to death, and thank you not only for your support but for your absolutely candid honesty with me always.
*Justice! You are my morning Sun, my mid-day drink of water, and my evening light. I've never known anyone more full of pure talent and creativity. I love you with everything in me and always look forward to each new day with you by my side, my ever-loving Babygirl.
Just a side note to this picture. It is not advised that anyone take a group picture with 6 six photographers. It is indeed death-defying. Just one more testament to the strength in the bond between us.
Jean-Mich' est mort dimanche dernier.
Son corps a été retrouvé dans la Sarthe.
Jean-Mich' faisait partie de ces visages familiers des rues d'Alençon. Depuis sa sortie de prison, il n'avait guère de vie sociale autrement que par le truchement de la rue, qui lui permettait, par la générosité de quelques passants, de manger un minimum ou fumer un cigarillo.
Oh non, Jean-Mich' n'était pas un Saint. Il est même probable que vous-même, qui me lisez, l'auriez regardé de travers en connaissant les rumeurs de Radio-Prison qui circulaient à son sujet.
Et personnellement, ces rumeurs ne m'ont pas mis à l'aise. Du tout.
Cependant, je l'ai vu, au fil des mois. J'ai vu sa santé se dégrader, ses espoirs déçus, sa difficulté au quotidien.
Il était un ex-taulard, il était aussi un laissé pour compte.
Quelle facette de ce personnage garder ?
Voici la seule que je connaisse : celle d'un gars prisonnier dehors après avoir été détenu entre quatre murs.
La rue ne tue pas, pourtant.
La pauvreté, elle, oui.
C'est elle qui assassine les laissés pour compte, en définitive, drapée dans ses oripeaux urbains.
Ce n'est pas une mince affaire de garder une certaine retenue, une distance minimale avec les personnages récurrents qui habitent les rues d'Alençon, quand on est un Foutographe aussi visible que je puis l'être dans ce petit univers alençonnais...
Je m'y suis efforcé, et continuerai à m'y efforcer, car d'autres nouvelles de cet acabit arriveront... Et je n'ai ni le coeur, ni l'envie, ni l'aveuglement nécessaire pour me plonger dans les eaux troubles de la compassion débridée
Je n'avais pas pour but de publier cette image, quand je l'ai prise, il y a quelques semaines.
Mais cela devient aujourd'hui ma "meilleure" image de Jean-Mich' et de ce qu'était sa vie alors que je le croisais presque quotidiennement.
Quand la photo de rue flirte avec le photoreportage...
The wall mural and altar outside the entrance to a house in the heritage area of Melaka, Malaysia. Note the water tap and bucket there; water is considered wealth too. Don't know why there are minions there :-)
A friend knew I loved sunflowers and gifted me this lovely dried bouquet. After capturing the textured beauties, I placed them outside to share with small animals. Within days the seeds had been collected and enjoyed. Here's to sharing what you have with those in need. “For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Common Reader
[...] Nature herself makes the wise man rich [..]
-- Quote by Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Mazzano Romano, Italy (October, 2007)
I guess castles always have a touch of Romance about them certainly Dunstanburgh Castle on the edge of the North Sea seems particularly magical. Taken a very warm July day back in 2013
Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, located between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of a former Iron Age fort. Thomas was a leader of a baronial faction opposed to King Edward II, and probably intended Dunstanburgh to act as a secure refuge, should the political situation in southern England deteriorate. The castle also served as a statement of the earl's wealth and influence, and would have invited comparisons with the neighbouring royal castle of Bamburgh. Thomas probably only visited his new castle once, before being captured at Battle of Boroughbridge as he attempted to flee royal forces for the safety of Dunstanburgh. Thomas was executed, and the castle became the property of the Crown, before passing into the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Wikipedia states..."Chives, (scientific name...Schoenoprasum), is an edible species of the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion."
What I know about this beautiful plant is that the bees love to traverse the hills and valleys of this flower. Once the bloom has faded, you'll find tiny black seeds inside the folds of each blossom. What a great way to spread the wealth. Life is wonderful that way!
Stay close. Wait for the trickle-down effect. You know that there is a very good reason, they say, that governments should help the rich to get richer even easier and much faster. Yes, it is the trickle-down effect. One day, eventually that is, some of the new wealth will trickle down into my watering can and make me rich too. I live in hope. And I am staying ever so close to my watering can. Helios 44M-7 manual lens at F2, one LED lamp.
Wild Geranium flowers fill my flower garden each year. I've never intentionally planted them. However, the geranium ensures that it can spread the wealth. After blooming, fruit capsules are produced 3-5 weeks later. Each consists of a long, central beak-like column (resembling a crane’s head) and five basal cells, each containing one seed. The carpels of the fruit curl upward and backward to spring open when ripe, expelling the seeds 10-30 feet from the mother plant. More information can be found at : www.npsnj.org/photo_galleries/photo_pages/geranium_macula...
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
-William Wordsworth
Stay close. Wait for the trickle-down effect. You know that there is a very good reason, they say, that governments should help the rich to get richer even easier and much faster. Yes, it is the trickle-down effect. One day, eventually that is, some of the new wealth will trickle down into my watering can and make me rich too. I live in hope. And I am staying ever so close to my watering can. Helios 44M-7 manual lens at F2, contre-jour, reflector.
Colorful currency for the Crazy Tuesday challenge, Currency and/or Banknotes From Around the World. Represented here is money from: Macedonia, Poland, Mozambique, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Myanmar, Brazil, Bhutan, Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, Bolivia and India.
Happy Crazy Tuesday!
" What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation ! "
..........Henry David Thoreau ( 1817 - 1862 ).
.....U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist .
..........Letter June 20, 1843, to Lidian Jackson Emerson from - " The Writings of Henry David Thoreau ".
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Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.
George Clason
Power is not all bad, if wielded properly, you can change the world for the better. It gets a bad name from those who abuse it.
For those who may think power is bad, remember the power of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Princess Diana, and others who sought to bring positive changes to the world.
Ferrari 458 Italia photographed July 2010, Montreal. More to come.
Thanks to Joshua McRae for assisting me on this shoot!
Still need to fix the haloing around the House.
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The only remaining gate in Zwolle was built between 1406 and 1409. What you see is the Binnenpoort (inner gate). The Buitenpoort (outer gate) was demolished in 1839.
The Sassenpoort, which was intended to defend the city, consists of over 100,000 bricks. The gate's size represents Zwolle's wealth at the time. Below the upper windows on the field side of the gate are round holes for defense with fireballs, spears, and bows and arrows.
Angkor, Cambodia, 2013
From about 900 to 1200 AD, Angkor was home to 300.000 to 1.000.000 people (information, facts and scientific guesses vary wildly). Wealth and power of Angkor at least partly derived from an intricatly designed waterway and water storage system, where a river was rerouted over 20 or so kilometers to allow several rice harvests per year. Angkor Wat is well known, though there must be about 80 temples around in the Angkor area. The size of some of those temples is amazing. To my understandig, it is not clear what caused the downfall of this civilazation. Possibly, they were unable to even mainenance the water system (less water, less harvest, less money, less power) or the change of religion from hinduism to buddism (one aspect of the latter is a less hierarchic set of beliefs) caused the end of the Khmer reign over South East Asia. End of wealth, end of story....
The clock tower on the Old Town in Dubrovnik :)
The bell tower (clock tower), located on Luža Square at the end of the Stradun street, the tower is 31 metres high. Originally constructed in 1444, the tower suffered damage in the 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake among other earthquakes and, having started to lean towards the Stradun in the early 19th century, it was demolished in 1928 and entirely rebuilt to the original design in 1929. It was damaged again in the 1979 Montenegro earthquake, and restored in 1987–1988. The bronze bell which strikes the hours was cast in 1506 by Ivan Rabljanin.
Dubrovnik is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It was historically known as Ragusa. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia). It was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire and later under the sovereignty of the Republic of Venice. Between the 14th and 19th centuries, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state. The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy. Dubrovnik in the medieval scale was a spacious city. From the beginning of its existence, the city was surrounded by defensive walls, which were constantly extended and raised until they formed a powerful fortress. Later the Republic gradually declined due to a combination of a Mediterranean shipping crisis and the catastrophic earthquake of 1667. In 1939, Dubrovnik became part of the newly created Banovina of Croatia and under communism Dubrovnik became part of SR Croatia within SFR Yugoslavia. In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town. In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Dubrovnik suffered significant damage from shelling. After undergoing repair and restoration works in the 1990s and early 2000s, it re-emerged as one of the Mediterranean's top tourist destinations, as well as a popular filming location.
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Wieża zegarowa na starówce w Dubrowniku :)
Dzwonnica (wieża zegarowa) ma 31 metrów wysokości i znajduje się na placu Luža, na końcu ulicy Stradun. Wieża, zbudowana w 1444 roku, została uszkodzona między innymi podczas trzęsienia ziemi w Dubrowniku w 1667 roku. Na początku XIX wieku zaczęła przechylać się w stronę Stradunu, dlatego w 1928 roku została zburzona, a w 1929 roku całkowicie odbudowana według oryginalnego projektu. Została ponownie uszkodzona podczas trzęsienia ziemi w Czarnogórze w 1979 roku, a następnie odrestaurowana w latach 1987-1988. Dzwon z brązu, który wybija godziny, został odlany w 1506 r. przez Iwana Rabljanina.
Dubrownik – miasto w Chorwacji, położone w południowej Dalmacji nad Morzem Adriatyckim. Centrum osadniczym i najstarszą częścią miasta (a jednocześnie jego największą atrakcją turystyczną) jest Stari Grad – Stare Miasto. Dzisiejsza nadmorska część dzielnicy Stari grad pierwotnie stanowiła wysepkę Lausa (bądź Lave) z małą osadą i kościółkiem. Po najeździe Słowian na Bałkany na początku VII wieku na wysepce osiedlili się uchodźcy ze zrujnowanego przez Słowian Epidaurum. Na lądzie stałym naprzeciw wysepki Słowianie założyli osadę Dubrovnik. Mieszkańcy obu osad żyli zgodnie, co pozwoliło w XII wieku je połączyć. Dokonano tego poprzez zasypanie przesmyku, na którego miejscu powstała główna ulica miasta – Stradun. Dubrownik w skali średniowiecznej był miastem obszernym. Miasto od początku swego istnienia było otoczone murami obronnymi, które wciąż poszerzano i podwyższano, aż utworzyły potężną twierdzę. Rozkwit miasta trwał od XIII do XVI wieku. W tym czasie powstała większość budowli i urządzeń miejskich, stanowiących dziś jego zabytki. Zmierzch Republiki Dubrownickiej i jej stolicy był skutkiem wielkiej zmiany szlaków handlowych w Europie po odkryciu Ameryki w XV wieku i utracie znaczenia gospodarczego szlaków śródziemnomorskich. Ponowny rozwój, choć powolny, zaczął się po zjednoczeniu Dalmacji i Bośni w jednym państwie – Królestwie Jugosławii w 1918. Obecnie Dubrownik jest najchętniej odwiedzanym przez turystów miastem w Chorwacji. Słynie z zabytków, architektury, lokalnej kuchni i życia nocnego. W 1979r. stare miasto w Dubrowniku zostało wpisane na Listę Światowego Dziedzictwa Kulturowego UNESCO jako unikalny w Europie, zachowany w całości układ urbanistyczny średniowiecznego miasta wraz z systemem umocnień obronnych.
the Super Yacht Senses Anchored in Belfast Lough with Kilroot Power Station in the background mist and haze. This Yacht was previously owned by the by Larry Page. Senses is a motor yacht with an overall length of 59.22 m. The yacht's builder is Fr. Schweers Shipyard from Germany, who launched Senses in 1999. The superyacht has a beam of 12.7 m, a draught of 4.5 m and a volume of 993 GT.
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Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in Belton near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The mansion is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park. Belton has been described as a compilation of all that is finest of Carolean architecture, the only truly vernacular style of architecture that England had produced since the Tudor period. The house has also been described as the most complete example of a typical English country house; the claim has even been made that Belton's principal facade was the inspiration for the modern British motorway signs which give directions to stately homes. Only Brympton d'Evercy has been similarly lauded as the perfect English country house. For three hundred years, Belton House was the seat of the Brownlow and Cust family, who had first acquired land in the area in the late 16th century. Between 1685 and 1688 Sir John Brownlow and his wife had the present mansion built. Despite great wealth they chose to build a modest country house rather than a grand contemporary Baroque palace. The contemporary, if provincial, Carolean style was the selected choice of design. However, the new house was fitted with the latest innovations such as sash windows for the principal rooms, and more importantly completely separate areas for the staff. As the Brownlows rose from baronets to barons upward to earls and then once again became barons, successive generations made changes to the interior of the house which reflected their changing social position and tastes, yet the fabric and design of the house changed little. Following World War I (a period when the Machine Gun Corps was based in the park), the Brownlows, like many of their peers, were faced with mounting financial problems. In 1984 they gave the house away—complete with most of its contents. The recipients of their gift, the National Trust, today fully open Belton to the public. It is in a good state of repair and visited by many thousands of tourists each year The Brownlow family, a dynasty of lawyers, began accumulating land in the Belton area from approximately 1598. In 1609 they acquired the reversion of the manor of Belton itself from the Pakenham family, who finally sold the manor house to Sir John Brownlow I in 1619. The old house was situated near the church in the garden of the present house and remained largely unoccupied, since the family preferred their other houses elsewhere. John Brownlow had married an heiress but was childless. He became attached to two of his more distant blood relations: a great-nephew, also called John Brownlow, and a great-niece, Alice Sherard. The two cousins married each other in 1676 when both were aged 16; three years later, the couple inherited the Brownlow estates from their great-uncle together with an income of £9,000 per annum (about £ 1.17 million in present day terms) and £20,000 in cash (equivalent to about £ 2.59 million now). They immediately bought a town house in the newly fashionable Southampton Square in Bloomsbury, and decided to build a new country house at Belton. Work on the new house began in 1685. The architect thought to have been responsible for the initial design is William Winde, although the house has also been attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe the design to be so similar to Roger Pratt's Clarendon House, London, that it could have been the work of any talented draughtsman. The assumption popular today, that Winde was the architect, is based on the stylistic similarity between Belton and Coombe Abbey, which was remodelled by Winde between 1682 and 1685. Further evidence is a letter dated 1690, in which Winde recommends a plasterer who worked at Belton to another of his patrons. Whoever the architect, Belton follows closely the design of Clarendon House, completed in 1667. This great London town house (demolished circa 1683) has been one of the most admired buildings of its era due to "its elegant symmetry and confident and common-sensical design". Sir John Summerson described Clarendon House as "the most influential house of its time among those who aimed at the grand manner" and Belton as "much the finest surviving example of its class". John and Alice Brownlow assembled one of the finest teams of craftsmen available at the time to work on the project. This dream team was headed by the master mason William Stanton who oversaw the project. His second in command, John Thompson, had worked with Sir Christopher Wren on several of the latter's London churches, while the chief joiner John Sturges had worked at Chatsworth under William Talman. The wrought-ironworker John Warren worked under Stanton at Denham Place, Buckinghamshire, and the fine wrought iron gates and overthrow at Belton may be his. Thus so competent were the builders of Belton that Winde may have done little more than provide the original plans and drawings, leaving the interpretation to the on-site craftsmen. This theory is further demonstrated by the external appearance of the adjoining stable block. More provincial, and less masterful in proportion, it is known to have been entirely the work of Stanton.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fountain Of Wealth
Supported by four 13.8 metres high bronze legs and spreading over an area of 1683.07 metres, the Fountain of Wealth has been accorded the status of "World's Largest Fountain" in the 1998 edition of the Guinness Book of Records. It is symbolically the ring in the palm of the hand, guaranteeing the retention of wealth. It is destined to be Singapore's most visited tourist destination.
The plaza would provide a large outdoor space for people to gather. But on its own, it would not achieve sufficient visual impact. A dramatic fountain was proposed as a visual focus. The Fountain Plaza, now the focal point of Suntec City, is also at the heart of the Marina Centre area. Not only is it the hub of circulation within the development, it also draws life from the surrounding buildings. This is why it sits off centre within Suntec City -so that it can be directly connected to its neighbours.
The flowing water from the Fountain is also a potent symbol as water is the essence of life in almost every culture. Located round this symbolic centre of life are the buildings which make up Suntec City. These buildings attract human activity - life - to the area. At ground level, vehicles flow around the fountain plaza while pedestrians flow into the buildings around it. Below ground, at the Fountain Terrace, all the buildings are interconnected by shops and restaurants. The complex is also connected to its neighbours by both underground and street-level pedestrian linkways.
Symbol of fertility an wealth.
Wünsche Euch für das neue Jahr alles, was der Granatapfel symbolisiert.
I created this mandala for spiritual and material wealth and abundance and it is dedicated to the beautiful Goddess Lakshmi. I created it out of different textures and images and put them together like a collage in Photoshop.
(1 in a multiple picture album)
Just 90 minutes from us, I used to think of this as 'our' national park. But the secret is out. Whereas before we could drive right in and find a parking spot in every lot, it has now become very crowded. I guess we needed to spread the wealth.
When we first moved out to the west and drove through deserts on the interstate, we remarked how desolate they looked. But then we began to venture into them and found beauty beyond our expectations.
The Fountain of Wealth was at one point the largest fountain in the world. Looks pretty good huh! Unfortunately it was raining, so taking photos proved difficult.
Another reserve of pristine beauty literally next door. The sidewalk has ancient paving stone, and in front of the windows all the magnificence - from the car to the piano.
Богатство
Еще один заповедник нетронутых красот буквально в соседнем дворе. На тротуаре старинная брусчатка, а перед окнами все великолепие — от автомобиля до рояля.