View allAll Photos Tagged Whether
Whether Love of a Friend, a Lover, or of God, it takes far more to uproot than to return Home ... Quotes by Patricia Bechthold
Whether they’re family or friends, manipulators are difficult to escape from. Give in to their demands and they’ll be happy enough, but if you develop a spine and start saying no, it will inevitably bring a fresh round of head games and emotional blackmail. You’ll notice that breaking free from someone else’s dominance will often result in them accusing you of being selfish.
Yes, you’re selfish, because you’ve stopped doing what they want you to do for them. And when they realize that they can no longer control or manipulate you, they smear you.
Rosie Blythe, The Princess Guide to Life
Whether I’m hiking or mountain biking, Cloudcroft is my top spot to escape the West Texas Summer heat. Nestled up in the Sacramento Mountains high above the desert, this is where I enjoy a glorious view of White Sands in the far distance before starting out on my favorite trek—Trestle Trail. What a sublime scene it is.
The area’s elevation and closely woven pine trees offer immediate relief from the West Texas heat. As I descend the winding trail, the air cools almost to a chill. Vegetation becomes denser and more varied, with clusters of vines clinging to any support they can find. The murmur and trickles of water can be heard as streams make their way to the high canyon floor. The sights and sounds are calming. This is beauty in nature at its best.
This trail is not to be rushed, as it is here that nature awakens the senses to its idyllic beauty, its euphonic natural sounds, its savory green and earthy scents. The treat at the end of Trestle is to lie in the tall wispy grasses at the bot- tom, without a care for anything awaiting outside these mountain walls. Its as if the world slows; the roller coaster of life comes to a halt, even if for a brief moment in time.
The village of Cloudcroft and its environs lie within Lincoln National Forest, a protected forest in New Mexico that encompasses more than a million acres.
I help aspiring and established photographers get noticed so they can earn an income from photography or increase sales. My blog, Photographer’s Business Notebook is a wealth of information as is my Mark Paulda’s YouTube Channel. I also offer a variety of books, mentor services and online classes at Mark Paulda Photography Mentor
All images are available as Museum Quality Photographic Prints and Commercial Licensing. Feel free to contact me with any and all inquiries.
Follow My Once In A Lifetime Travel Experiences at Mark Paulda’s Travel Journal
I was sat on my backside debating whether or not to go out on this particular evening. I'd decided I couldn't be bothered, when a chap came on The One Show called David Plummer. He was a wildlife photographer who had been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. He wasn't sure how long he had left doing what he loved due to the degenerative nature of the disease and said he never procrastinates anymore.
This was all I needed to hear so I packed up my camera gear and off I went.
I shot this feature of the reservoir years earlier but a lot wider and decided on this occasion, precariously balanced on the steep embankment, it would look far more interesting zoomed in at 50mm.
This is a spillway at the bottom end of Torside reservoir in the Peak District. It's sweeping curved lines are unlike anything I have ever seen before. When the water level reaches a certain height, over it goes. I fired off a few frames without the 10 stop filter first and once happy with the composition I screwed it on as I knew the water would look sublime during a long exposure.
The first LE shot I captured was mainly blue in colour as there weren't any clouds in the sky reflecting off the surface. I liked what I saw on the back of the camera and noted some clouds were incoming and starting to catch some light from the setting sun.
Ten minutes passed, the clouds had moved into position above us and the sun was illuminating the under side of them a glorious golden colour. This was reflecting on the end of the spillway and I knew with a longer exposure the water above would turn to glass and catch the glorious colours.
It transpired that Mr David Plummer had got my lazy behind off the couch and out to capture one of my favourite images. I have returned since on numerous occasions, but I have never again seen it overflowing.
I still suffer from bouts of laziness with the camera but his story always stayed with me as did this magical evening in the Peak District.
This is number 123 of my 366.
It's sometimes a tough decision whether to pack my big telephoto lens on a multi-day backpacking trip. But I'm often glad I do since it allows me to create more simple and focused landscape photos and capture wildlife. This shot was taken as a 200mm pano as dappled sunrise light filtered into the scene. The spotlight really brought this distant strand of larch to life!
It feels good to start making plans for fall and I'm super excited for the Outsiders Telluride Conference Oct 2-4! With things starting to open back up, this will be the perfect time to get back out, network with others, and experience the prime fall colors. We'll have amazing speakers like Nat Geo's Paul Nicklen, Sean Bagshaw, and Sapna Reddy! You'll save $100 with code SWINDLER100. Learn more here:
Whether I like it or not, pain is the fuel of revolution.
Everything I need to become the woman I'm meant to be next is inside my feelings of now. Life is alchemy, and emotions are the fire that turns me to gold.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNd_YXJXZOA
I will continue to become only if I resist extinguishing myself a million times a day. If I can sit in the fire of my own feelings, I will keep becoming
Glennon Doyle, Untamed
❤️Happy International Women's Day ❤️
© All rights reserved Anna Kwa. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Whether you want to release stress, channel your emotions, or have an intense workout, MadPea has created Punch-A-Clown for you to give a jab!
Click the Clown to sit and then click again to get a menu of bento animated boxing punches to use. With each hit, the clown reacts with movement and sound. Its silly phrases are sure to bring a smile to your face! 😂 Includes both happy and sad-faced clowns as well as optional add-on boxing gloves!
ACCESS opens at NOON (SLT) TODAY and runs through November 8th!
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ACCESS/131/131/2002
Check out our Giveaway on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MadPea
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wild%20Berry/2/88/21
Whether a Halloween setting or just the rest of the year this is a place to visit. A beautiful place for a photo shoot.
„Whether I have satisfied the critical eyes of this guardian of the pigeons…“
„Ob ich wohl den kritischen Augen dieses Wächters der Tauben genüge getan habe…?“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
Excerpt from the plaque:
A City of Footbridges
Tsuen Wan boasts a unique network of pedestrian footbridges connecting a number of shopping malls and Tsuen Wan’s major attractions. Whether you’re in search of authentic cuisine, or just looking to wander around, this footbridge network makes your journey much easier.
Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
Thank you so much for visiting my stream, whether you comments, favorites or just have a look.
I appreciate it very much, wishing the best of luck and good light.
Best viewed in lightbox - please click on the image or press L.
© All rights reserved R.Ertug
Please do not use this image without my explicit written permission. Contact me by Flickr mail if you want to buy or use Your comments and critiques are very well appreciated.
Lens - Hand held and SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
Best viewed in lightbox - please click on the image or press L.
Thanks for stopping and looking :)
You laughed and asked whether I was waiting for a good subject. I was indeed. Street are so much nicer with people on them. If we didn't know already, we figured out the hard way this past couple of years.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
________________________________________________
I make myself a rule of publishing only portraits I honestly think their subjects would like. However, if you'd rather not see yourself here, let me know (www.flickr.com/people/matthiasrabiller/), and I'll remove the image from my stream. Besides, I might have made pictures of you that you'd like to have but have (not) yet appeared on this page. Maybe I messed up, maybe it's not developped yet... don't hesitate co contact me I'll let you know.
Aus Prinzip veröffentliche ich nur Portraits, wovon ich denke, dass sie ihren Subjekt gefallen würden. Wenn sie ihr Bild jedoch hier nicht sehen möchten können sie mich natürlich anschreiben (www.flickr.com/people/matthiasrabiller/), ich werde dann das Bild schnellstmöglich löschen. Habe ich von ihnen ein Bild gemacht, das sie haben möchten, aber (noch) nicht hier veröffentlicht wurde? Vielleicht habe ich bei diesem Bild auf irgendeiner Weise versagt, vielleicht ist es einfach noch nicht veröffentlicht... schreiben sie mich einfach an, und ich werde ihnen sagen wie es steht, bzw. ihre unveröffentlichte Bilder zukommen lassen.
“I don't know whether you can look at your past and find, woven like the hidden symbols on a treasure map, the path that will point to your final destination.”
-- Jodi Picoult
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
The wooden church of Urnes is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, Norway, listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is the oldest of its kind in the country, bringing together traces of Celtic art, Viking traditions and Romanesque spatial structures, according to whc.unesco.org/en/list/58.
There have been numerous attempts to interpret the iconography of the church's most remarkable part, the old portal in the northern wall, a carved decoration of interlaced, fighting animals. Some believe it portrays the eternal fight between good and evil. Others – that it shows scenes from Norse mythology, with the intertwined snakes and dragons representing the end of the world according to the Norse legend of Ragnarök.
We knew that the church is a must see on our trip to Norway, and it has definitely exceeded my expectations. It is difficult to convey that with photos, but I had to try.
This is #1 (of 3) where you can appreciate the scale of the wooden carvings.
Many a time I've been wondering whether there is a "pathway", a "recipe" that leads a specific profession or activity to the top of its peers' list ? Whether there are quality characteristics of steady nature, whose presence boosts a given venture into a diachronic success, while their absence turn other similar ventures to subsequent mediocrity and gradual oblivion ?
When I posed this very question to a professor of mine once, he came to me with an amazing answer: "The key to success ... " he said " ... in every venture you decide to undertake is to try not to be a little something to almost everybody but to be almost everything to only a bunch of people".
The University of Cambridge followed that recipe and managed to be steadily ranked amongst the top five Academic Institutions of this planet for quite a few centuries now. It has a reputation that acts like "honey to the bees" to young, gifted minds from all over the globe, while at the same time it unsparingly provides both high standards' academic programs for almost all sciences, as well as an amazing Medieval environment whithin which these programs are followed and completed.
The above scene was taken from a floating boat over the river Cam. A few more will follow ...
NIKON D90 DSLR with Nikon Nikkor 18 - 55 lens, Shutter priority mode, shutter speed 1/100 s, ISO 100, f 4.5, focal length 29 mm, use of HOYA ND X 2 filter, cloudy weather white balance, center weighted average metering mode, HDR processing derived from only one RAW file, no flash, no tripod ...
It doesn't matter whether you’re pacing beside her at 55 miles an hour watching her approach head-on, the movement of Canadian Pacific’s Empress is guaranteed to capture your attention. From the plumes of smoke billowing out the stack to the pistons and connecting rods whizzing like clockwork, there’s certainly something captivating about these steam engines. A classy consist behind it and an extremely friendly crew at the controls only made the show that much better, as the train made its way back to Calgary. I can only imagine the number of heads it will turn as it travels across North America on its nearly six week journey to Mexico City, celebrating the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern.
After a quick service stop in Wetaskiwin, the Empress thunders out of town! A large group of people had gathered, including a very friendly CPKC Police Officer, who we chatted with while waiting for the train!
Train ID:
CPKC 40B-19
Canadian Pacific Leduc Subdivision
Locomotives:
CP Hudson H1-b 4-6-4 “Empress”
CP GP38-2 3084 (Heritage Scheme)
Canon EOS Rebel SL3 | Canon 10-18mm
March 19th, 2024 - 11:39 AM MT
Whether named clustered rose, swamp rose or peafruit rose, Rosa pisocarpa smells just as sweet. Blooming slightly later than the Nootka rose, the clustered rose colors vary from a pale lilac rose to a deeper, almost magenta rose hue, splotched with white along the edges of the petals. It’s quite a beautiful sight walking along hedges full of the small fragrant blossoms. Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington
Whether or not you celebrate Thankgiving Day, we each have much to be thankful for, so often people or things we take for granted...
Have a wonderful, safe Holiday...or just an awesome day! :-)
φύσις
It simply can't decide what to do
in waves and fronts that pass through
on the surface it's bitterly cold, it's true
yet within hovers a small flicker of renew
this is Springtime whether it weathers or not
the sky never touches the ground nearby in case we forgot
for life didn't begin with our birth nor does it ever finish untying the knot
from the garden to the Heavens a weavers own beauty spot
that sky rings a familiar tune out of season and into the climate of reason?
and still the beacon reveals the arrayment of nature's exhibition season
from these phenomena overt beings misread the signs of their own high treason
against the wilderness and macroscopic matter of the concluding football season
ha! that deflected attention from the back pages to the Champions League at hand
that's neither here nor Moscow, but wholly entrenched throughout all the land
an entreaty on Earth we've arrogantly failed to sign awaiting it's "value" to expand
so a March regelation stirs the human mind, briefly, in an attempt to understand
if you could be anyway right now, I wonder where it would be?
would your choice be reflection, recollection, or a wish to be free
are the eyes of others firmly seeing through your dreams from the tv?
or has a moment away from hysterical human 'interests' afforded a safer guarantee?
it's still your call, but, inexhaustibly no longer is the Earth reserved
time a plenty must so surely reveal a war-torn world closely observed
and learn we must from the elements bestowing upon us gifts so undeserved
Natura - the course of things - it's characteristics most definitely must be preserved.
by anglia24
17h50: 25/03/2008
©2008anglia24
Whether a driving rain, or snowstorm, there are certain priorities.............! Taken at the drive-through during today's snowstorm.
Whether Love of a Friend, a Lover, or of God, it takes far more to uproot than to return Home ...
Quotes by Patricia
A juvenile Bald Eagle with an itch.
------------------------------ JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS ALONE!
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus died that death for YOU and I. The good news is there no more punishment for sin left, we were and are all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
For the best Biblical teaching in the last 2 centuries! Please listen to and down load these FREE audio files that were created with YOU in mind. It's ALL FREE, if you like it, please share it with others. ❤️
archive.org/details/PeopleToPeopleByBobGeorgeFREE-ARCHIVE...
CLICK ON THE LETTER "L" TO ENLARGE.
My THANK'S in advance to all who fave and/or comment on my photos I very much appreciate it! ❤️
© All Rights reserved no publication or copying without permission from the author.
Whether in the silence of the white flags of ignominy
Come down from the barricades
Or appear like a rock
Sprinkling salt over pain
Whether you're sending warm wishes to friends and family or adorning your own home with holiday splendor, our Holiday Bouquet Arrangement is a timeless expression of joy and celebration.
Theses Botanical Arrangement are Available at Equal10 !
Location: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/equal10/234/127/89
It has been a while i had create Arrangement let me know what do you think ♥ Thank you!
regardless of whether or not you celebrate this day, i just want to take this opportunity to say that i am thankful for the good people in my life. from my oldest, dearest friends to those whom i've not met in person, but have still made a true connection with, my life is better for knowing them all.
and that includes so many people i've encountered on this site. such talented, inspiring and kind hearts here. so much in common, despite our differences.
the shared experience of art that we have here brings the world to our doorsteps every day.
what a tremendous gift.
so, happy thanksgiving. i have much to be thankful for.
we all do.
xo,
en
song of the day: thanksgiving, by george winston
In addition to presenting a pretty picture, photography should also elicit some feeling or emotion. Sometimes, it's more about the enmotion than the actual composition.
I remember standing along the trail, pre-sunrise, waiting for what might or might not be a grand entrance to the sun on this cloudy New Year's Eve morning in Arches National Park, back in 2017. It felt wonderful to be out in that biting cold, with very few others around me - oh, there were photographers there, all out to capture the sunrise, too, just not in the same spot as I stood.
The end of 2017 was momentous for me. I'd decided to retire from my job in 2018 and depart Texas to return to the mountains of the west - the Pacific Northwest, in this case. So spending late Dec 2017 / early Jan 2018 in a national park with my cameras seemed fitting.
I hope your New Year's Eve is a good one, and your New Year's Day even better, whether you are out in a park with your camera or not.
Good-bye to 2021 and hello to 2022.
Copyright Rebecca L. Latson, all rights reserved.
I've hear a lot of hard luck stories in the past 36 hours. Random interactions with cabbies and short order cooks. People out of jobs, down on their luck, and low on faith. This guy, who mumbled "canyouspare" with such a thick Indian accent that it sounded like a ritual chant, stopped me in my tracks. When he saw me with the camera he stopped his lilting repetitions and shouted, "TAKE MY PICTURE!" Loud. So loud people -- New Yorkers -- up & down the block stopped and held their breath for a second. I stared at him, trying to determine whether he meant to stick a "DON'T" in front of that order. And then he said, "I just want to be remembered. Take it."
And I gave him the change in my pocket.
Explored!
I'm not certain whether I posted this exact image before....I'll look shortly and delete if I have done so. But as I was looking through some of my animal images, I stopped once again to admire not my image, but the beautiful animals themselves. I took this (and several other images) photo when the Barnum and Bailey Circus toured Atlanta, Georgia last year. I did so because I knew that the circus had finally given-in to pressure and had decided to stop taking the elephants on tour....and thus subjecting them to small cages and trailers for most of their lives.
I wonder now if they have actually made it to the 'sanctuary' that the Circus was advising. Let's hope they are living in a less stressful and more spacious and natural environment somewhere in Florida. Does anyone know??
Whether it's filtered by the clouds or not, daylight in the Azores, particularly on the island of São Miguel, is really quite special, due to the fickle weather that characterizes the whole archipelago. This is the eastward view from the Viewpoint of Ponta do Cintrão.
Quer seja filtrada pelas nuvens ou não, a luz do dia é realmente especial nos Açores, particularmente na Ilha de São Miguel, devido à instabilidade do clima que caracteriza todo o arquipélago. Esta é a vista, para leste, a partir do Miradouro da Ponta do Cintrão
Whether I’ve been gone away from home for a couple of days. or a couple of hours can begin to work on me. Although, we’ve been living here just over a year now this is still feels very new to me. When gone “Returning Home” feels refreshing and relieving to me. With many tall trees, plenty of gardens and such a large variation of flowers, plants and shrubs. Almost weekly something new here blooms with new different shapes and colors. Lots of surprises. A short walk down the embankment is a Creek that’s always flowing. The Creek provides yet another place of beauty to visit, talk, listen to music and maybe just meditate and give thanks. Working here daily and being a part of the beauty this property holds is very endearing and rewarding. For me too there’s not many events that stir me like driving or walking down the Lane, turning the last corner and approaching all the wonderful large trees and the fresh colors of Spring flowers. “Returning Home” has become something I truly look forward to as it can erase my woes, put a smile to my face, Thanks for viewing my work. Now to go wash my 🙏’s.
"NO SHEEP IN THIS HOUSE"
Not sure as to whether it's urban legend or not.... but I heard this story from my Architect, and it was later confirmed by one of my Norsk buddies.
During the 14th and 15th centuries, the northern European equivalent of the City States of Venice and Genoa, called the Hansa (or Hanseatic) Federation spanned from the British Isles to Brugges, Bergen, Bremen/Hamburg, Rostock, Riiga, and even as far east as Novgorod, on the Dvina River in NW Russia. They were not as political as they were trading cities that actually had their own Navy to patrol and protect the trading vessels of the Federation. As traders moved inland to deal in agricultural products, lumber, and other commodities, they often bought large farm houses and "set up camp". As the rural locals oftentimes "housed" their livestock in the first floor of their houses (stabburs), not only to keep them alive during Nordic winters, but to keep the family warm upstairs, the traders often placed a sign over their front doors to distinguish them from the locals. The sign often read.... "NO SHEEP IN THIS HOUSE".
Our architect felt that with two sons in the military, that this sign has a subtle meaning in our household.... "We do not lie, cheat, or steal... nor do we tolerate those amongst us who do..." No cowards allowed.
..
Timing is everything. Whether you photograph landscapes or wildlife, you need to be there at the right time. But when is the right time? That’s the one million dollar question that’s right at the start of any project I do. The answer depends on many factors, but the most important one is: what do you want?
When we were planning our first trip to the Yellow Mountain (which isn’t all that yellow) in China, I knew I wanted to get mist. And possibly snow. But mist was my #1 priority, so I had to figure out what would be the best time of year to get the highest chance of mist. Too early in the season, and it’ll be too cold and your only chance is snow (which is pretty cool too), and too late in the season and you’re either standing in the pouring rain the entire day, or you’ll be looking at the blue sky of death more often than not.
I decided to visit the twilight zone - might get snow, might get mist, might get both. So far this strategy has paid off. This year is going to be our third year running our Where Dragons Roam landscape photography tour in China, and we have had snow and mist. But whatever we get, it’s all awesome. It’s amazing what a little bit of snow or mist does to a landscape that’s already mind-blowingly beautiful.
This was shot on a late morning shoot, after heavy snowfall. The sun was starting to appear, and the wind was blowing the snow off the branches - a magical sight. Can’t wait to go back there!
If you would like to join us to the Yellow Mountain, but also to Zhangjiajie (the inspiration for Avatar) and Fujian: we only have a few openings left on this year’s tour. Check out the tour page on our website for more info: ow.ly/9yo1101qN6J
Marsel | www.squiver.com
WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
©2018 Marsel van Oosten, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Whether the sky is strong enough to pull this composition off is debatable.
Loch Arklet's surrounding slopes are gradually 'rewilding', thanks in part to a cryptosporidium outbreak in Glasgow, back in 2002. It's waters are used to top up nearby Loch Katrine, which in turn supplies Glasgow's drinking water. The outbreak was traced to sheep-contaminated 'run off'. This was seeping into Loch Arklet & eventually the water supply. The decision was made to remove the sheep - & now the trees are returning. Hurrah!
„Locked - whether this lock can ever be reopened...?“
„Verschlossen - ob sich dieses Schloss wohl jemals wieder öffnen lässt…?“
„I would like to take this opportunity to thank all followers, all new followers, and all those who just stop by. I say thank you for all previous and for all the new fav's and comments. 🙏“
„Ich danke an dieser Stelle allen Followern, allen neuen Followern, und all jenen die einfach so mal vorbeischauen. Ich sage Danke für alle bisherigen und für Sie all die neu hinzukommenden Fav‘s und Kommentare. 🙏“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
Maybe deliberating whether to climb.. or stay put? At the Harriet Alexander Nature Center - Roseville, Minnesota.
Whether or not you can see the mountain summits, Snowdonia always delivers dramatic views! (Even when you take a wrong turning straight out of the car park and end up walking around the mountain you were supposed to be hiking up)
Thanks for taking the time to look at my photograph!
It'd be great to get some likes on my social media pages too! Please take a look at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlackKeyPhotography
Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackkeyphotography
Twitter: www.twitter.com/blackkeyphotos
Website: www.blackkeyphotography.com
Thanks for your support!
whether its a functioning plumbing system, a standing structure, an effective wi-fi signal connection, a well engineered vehicle - the invisible functioning of society is mostly provided by working professionals who receive little appreciation - we worship idols but rarely workship the worker at the market who stacks our fresh fruit and vegetables - its time to start worshiping the ordinary - the hard working professional, teacher, mechanic, and engineer - these individuals are undergoing tremendous stress to be faster and quicker at their job and often with average to subpar pay - all it takes is a smile and a quick thank you to help them make it through the stressful day - we expect the low pay will continue but a appreciative smile to the ordinary individual is contagious and helps everyone continue moving forward effectively with ongoing purpose - sincerely ‘the ordinary’ matters
Whether we use the word “mystic” or not, whether we see ourselves as “mystics” or not, whether we see our Christian vocation as a call to sanctity or not, pertains more to how we appropriate the language of spiritual theology. However we express it, much of Christian life is lived beneath the surface. Grace is ordinary even if not “of nature” itself, present in the ordinariness of daily life. In that sense we are all called to a “mystical” or supernatural level of living in the Spirit with Christ.
-Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin Christian Humanism in an Age of Unbelief, Donald J. Goergen, OP
" Whether it is conflict or sorrow or grief or anxiety or self-pity, I cannot bury pain without mortgaging something else to keep it hidden. In the end, I live life "shunting back and forth between my pain and my defenses." -Merle Shain
Thanks for visiting, have a good week, be safe, healthy and hopeful.
#AB_FAV_ABOUT_ENERGY_⛽️
Whether it is an old-timer, a 'different' vehicle or a truck-load of admired and wished-for cars, the consumption they used has come down nowadays.
Nowadays cars use far less energy.
THANK you, M, (+;~)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Cars, old-timers, truck-load, road, lady, energy, people, colour, horizontal, "Nikon D200", "Magda indigo"