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Your frequent self-underestimating serves as humility and keeps us on the same level, which is difficult to maintain because my confidence and assertion of personality ride circular-spiral escalators, even if you press all of the elevator buttons at once it can be difficult to keep the signals strong.
Even so, we both manage to end up grounded in time to catch the same subway car. Trains offer us the opportunity to remain quite still and also rocket forward. I think perhaps that’s why they captivate us so much.
And perhaps why we captivate each other.
You can’t steer a train, but you do choose your destination and how you spend the time on board.
And anyway, train tracks are contour; so there can be no such thing here as a power struggle.
This is a photograph from the 4.5KM mark of the annual Na Fianna AC "Bob Heffernan and Mary Hanley" 5KM Road Race and Fun Run which was held in Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Tuesday 16th May 2023 at 20:00.
This race needs no introductions as it is now firmly established on the Leinster road racing calendar with athletes travelling from all over the region to take part. The race has gained a glowing reputation as being one of the fastest 5KM road races in Ireland. It is one of the rare occasions around road racing circles these days where a very small club can organise a very successful large participation race. The attendance at this year's race exceeded all expectations. Today's race again recorded an attendance of over 700 participants following on from approximately the same numbers in 2022.
The full set of photographs are available at our Flickr photoset here :
www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720308322444
This race has great historical and emotional significance for the hosting club Na Fianna. Since the race's inception over 26 years ago it has commemorated the years of work and volunteering that local man Bob Heffernan gave to Meath, Leinster, and Irish athletics from grass roots upwards and his work with the host club Na Fianna AC. Last year the dearly departed Mary Hanley joined Bob Heffernan in receiving the honour of race co-dedication. Mary Hanley was a stalwart athlete, coach and volunteer for Na Fianna AC for her entire life right up to her untimely passing during the summer 2021. Mary and Bob gave a lifetime of dedication to the promotion of their club. Na Fianna AC are typical of many rural sporting clubs who have a large catchment area which combines rural North Kildare and South Meath taking in Enfield, Rathmoylan, Johnstownbridge and Baconstown. The race, known affectionately by club-members as simply "Bob's race" (and now Mary's) is a fitting tribute to commemorate their contributions to this sport. Indeed, not many road races are held in the same affection as this race with runners returning back every year to sample the course and the wonderful atmosphere again.
In addition to the fast course and competitive field, the weather was perfect for road racing. There was warm evening sunshine with hardly any wind.
The race is part of the Popup Races KIA Race Series. The race is a fixture on the Meath AAI Road Race calendar despite the fact that the race is run completely in County Kildare. The current route for the race has stayed the same over the past few years. However previous to that the race was held in Enfield and also Rathmoylan in County Meath. The race starts on the busy Enfield to Edenderry road and this requires a big effort from stewards and marshalls. However, as always, the event was a resounding success with personal bests and great runs from many of the participants. The course is very fast and flat - it is a one loop course which is left-handed in terms of turns.
Photographs from 2022: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720299045746
Photographs from 2019: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157708548820525
I don't know if this little dog was her pet or if they were two strangers who just felt drawn to each upon first sight. Helsinki, Finland (Suomi ): this photograph may not be reproduced. (26 August, 2019)
This photo shows Moko and her child Leila that unfortunately drowned months later.I find this pic touching at least my soul because of the tender way Moko holds her child's hand.I know it's a bit out of focus - I focused on Moko and later at home saw this scene on my bigger monitor
Sri Parthasarathy Temple Car Festival 2025
திருவல்லிக்கேணி அருள்மிகு பார்த்தசாரதி சுவாமி கோயில் பிரம்மோற்சவம்-தேரோட்டம் 2025
Sometimes everything just doesn't make sense any more, and I often feel like I'm drowning in my own thoughts. Insecurity has begun to take it's toll and I apologise for the way it affects the people I love. I'm truly sorry.
The red rose is known as the rose of love & affection......
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“my mother, poor fish,
wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a
week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile!
why don't you ever smile?"
and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the
saddest smile I ever saw”
― Charles Bukowski
Artist: Edward Hodges Baily
Title: Maternal Affection
Material: Marble
Victoria & Albert Museum
London, England, UK
Taken in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Detail of
Maternal Affection - by Edward Hodges Baily (1837)
Several mini carnations I made. Some were tinted with watercolor. Some have color edges. Size around 1.4 cm (9/16 inch) in diameter, differs slightly from flower to flower. Tiny as they are, each has 4 layers of paper handkerchief separated carefully with tweezers.
Sources have it that carnations signify deep love and bonds of affection, not limited to a mother's or a parent's love. Among the sea of exotic flowers, these quiet and fragrant babies are always overlooked. It is my wish to promote them as a back-to-tradition way of expressing love.