Visible de tous côtés à l'approche d'Albi, la Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile, imposante par sa hauteur et la majesté de son clocher, est comme un phare qui balise la route et invite à s'en approcher. Deux siècles auront été nécessaires pour son édification, de 1282 à 1480.

L'édifice surprend par le contraste entre son allure extérieure austère de forteresse militaire et la richesse picturale et sculpturale de son intérieur. Monument sans égal, elle affirme sa puissance à travers un style typique du Sud-Ouest de la France, le « gothique méridional ». Son style, unique, est renforcé par sa décoration intérieure. 18 500 m² de fresques et décorations en font la plus grande cathédrale peinte en Europe.

La cathédrale Sainte-Cécile est classée avec la cité épiscopale d'Albi depuis le 31 juillet 2010 sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco

- le rouge gorge :

je suis à fond sur le champignon, et je devrais y aller à toute vitesse, je devrais sentir le vent sur les plumes, comme on me l'a affirmé, mais là, il ne se passe rien...Que faire, et quelle déception...

- le champignon :

oh là ! je te croyais tout léger, mais c'est pas le cas : tu fais pencher mon chapeau !!!

Affirmer sa solitude revient à aborder sa peur, surtout la peur de mourir, et à mesurer sa propre puissance.

Jacqueline Kelen

A powerful affirmation on my birthday day! 🎈

The world has become a very harsh place.

Reconnect with your heart by noticing the sweetness in life.

Feeling gratitude and appreciation for all of life's loveliness will awaken a renewed sense of peace and happiness within you!

🍊Calamondin oranges (Citrus mitis) are believed to have originated in China and are found throughout Southeast Asia, especially in the Philippines. Their small white flowers produce a delicate and sweet citrus fragrance. While these small trees are mostly ornamental, the colorful, juicy but very tart fruits can be used in teas and marinades, to flavor drinks, and to make a delicious marmalade.

@Hershey Gardens

Rouen (France) - Journée de mobilisation ce jeudi 19 janvier 2023 dans toute la France. Les manifestants s'opposent au nouvel allongement de l'âge du départ à la retraite (64 au lieu de 62 ans pour une carrière complète).

A Rouen (Normandie) selon le service de renseignements de la police, en début de manifestation et à partir un comptage provisoire, ils étaient plus de 15.000 à exprimer leur opposition à ce projet. 25.000 selon les syndicats. Pour le Havre, le chiffre officiel de la préfecture est de 10.000 manifestants. Quels que soient les chiffres, ce que je peux affirmer que c'est l'une des plus grosses manifestations à laquelle j'ai assisté dans cette ville ces dix dernières années, après l'attentat meurtrier contre Charlie Hebdo.

- Ne pas trop se fier aux données EXIF pour ceux qui s'y intéresseraient, mon Fuji Pro 2 a été victime d'un bug. Et j'ai dû tout réinitialiser en pleine manifestation. Pas pratique.

Rouen (France) - Mobilization day this Thursday, January 19, 2023 throughout France. The demonstrators oppose the further extension of the retirement age (64 instead of 62 for a full career).

In Rouen (Normandy) according to the police intelligence service, at the start of the demonstration and from a provisional count, they were more than 15,000 to express their opposition to this project. 25,000 according to the unions. For Le Havre, the official figure of the prefecture is 10,000 demonstrators. Whatever the numbers, what I can say is one of the biggest protests I've seen in this city in the last ten years, after the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo.

- Do not rely too much on EXIF data for those who are interested in it, my Fuji XPro 2 was the victim of a bug. And I had to reset everything in full demonstration. Not practical.

I drive by here just about every Saturday, thought I would snap a pic and send out some good vibes.

Hi again everyone. I've decided to take a small break from flickr because I have some things to attend to before we start our trek through central Australia in September.

Who would have thought I would find such inspiration from the friends that I've found on flickr? I'm constantly amazed at all of my contacts' and regulars' talent, ability, empathy and kindness. You guys are an affirmation of everything that is wonderful about photography and flickr!

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L'hôtel de ville de Liège, surnommé La Violette, est un bâtiment de la place du Marché à Liège construit dès 1714.

C’est en fait au XIIIe siècle que les magistrats chargés de l'administration communale, désireux d'affirmer leur indépendance à l'égard du prince-évêque, choisissent pour y tenir leurs réunions une maison bourgeoise de la place du Marché, désignée par son enseigne « La Violette ».

La Violette était le lieu de l'élection des bourgmestres et de la publication des règlements communaux.

C'est la première Maison de ville, sise non loin du palais princier et face au Perron, le fier symbole des libertés liégeoises. Détruite et reconstruite à plusieurs reprises, elle va cependant rester fidèle à cet emplacement privilégié.

C'est en effet le 14 août 1714 que l'on voit enfin la pose de la première pierre de l'hôtel de ville actuel. D'Auberat, l'architecte officiel du prince-évêque Joseph-Clément de Bavière, l'ingénieur Sarta et le frère dominicain Colomban délaissent le style gothique régional de l'ancienne bâtisse pour une construction classique aux lignes strictes et rationnelles, basée sur un plan en « U » et s'appuyant sur des substructions voûtées. Une médaille en bronze datée de 1714 attribuée à Gondolphe Duvivier commémore cet événement : sur la face avant se trouvent les armoiries du prince-évêque et les deux armoiries des bourgmestres de l'année et sur l'autre face, la Violette surmontée de la statue de Saint Lambert, saint patron de la ville, suivie d'un long texte.

The town hall of Liège, nicknamed La Violette, is a building on the Place du Marché in Liège built in 1714.

It was in fact in the thirteenth century that the magistrates in charge of municipal administration, wishing to assert their independence with regard to the prince-bishop, chose to hold their meetings a bourgeois house on the Place du Marché, designated by its sign "La Violette".

La Violette was the place for the election of mayors and the publication of municipal regulations.

It is the first town hall, located not far from the princely palace and opposite the Perron, the proud symbol of Liège freedoms. Destroyed and rebuilt several times, it will however remain faithful to this privileged location.

It is indeed on August 14, 1714 that we finally see the laying of the first stone of the current town hall. D'Auberat, the official architect of Prince-Bishop Joseph-Clément of Bavaria, the engineer Sarta and the Dominican brother Colomban abandon the regional Gothic style of the old building for a classic construction with strict and rational lines, based on a U-shaped plan based on arched substructures. A bronze medal dated 1714 attributed to Gondolphe Duvivier commemorates this event: on the front side are the coat of arms of the prince-bishop and the two coats of arms of the mayors of the year and on the other side, the Violet surmounted by the statue of Saint Lambert, patron saint of the city, followed by a long text.

Des chapiteaux sculptés représentent des personnages, des animaux et des cavaliers. L'ensemble est de facture grossière et donne accès à la salle capitulaire. La salle capitulaire se divise en deux travées voûtées. Sa façade romane est composée d'une porte centrale encadrée de deux larges baies dont la sculpture révèle une exceptionnelle qualité. Alors que dans l'église la décoration est antiquisante, le parti pris, ici, s'affirme roman par son répertoire végétal, décoratif, et historié, par sa fantaisie et par sa taille en biseau ou demi bosse d'une grande rigueur.

So affirmed Nagasena.

From "World Of The Buddha" edited by Lucien Stryk.

Sunflower leaf still life, in a vase by a window. No processing other than sharpness, contrast, color boost and D-light adjustment.

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Genesis 2:17 King James Version (KJV)

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

I will be your Father,and you will be my sons and daughters, say the Lord Almighty..

2 Corinthians 6:18

AFFIRMATION

May an Angel’s love surround you

Each and every day

May an Angel’s breath keep you warm

And tempt you to stay

May an Angel’s wings protect you always

When your life becomes difficult and hard

When the light seems increasingly dark

And you need help to find your way

May an Angel’s love surround you

Each and every day

*****

Blessings to you all,

Shelley.

Thank you to each and every one of you who has supported and shared your lives and thoughts with me this year.

I cannot thank you enough, as you have kept a light burning for me as well in difficult times.

Even semi-human Angels need love to know they are needed...

I write often of spiritual love, but some days we need to feel real tangible love.

I seek ways out of the darkness, and I hope you will continue to fly with me into the New Year.

Forgive my lateness in replying to comments and faves from my last batch of work, I will get to you...life is demanding and even Angels have to sleep....sometimes..haha!

Angels drive cars and have to get them fixed and sort out dodgy freezers right before Xmas. Angels have family and they sometimes need your surety.

But Angels also have friends on Flickr who have supported them and commented, faved and viewed with astounding generosity.

Thank you, thank you, with all my heart.

*****

This image is a detail from a stained glass window in St. Mary's, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.

Angels like it here a lot.

If you would like to see more of my work have a look at my website at:

www.shelleyturnerpoetpix.com

affirmation:

i have no body

i have no mind

i have no spirit

i am just the breath of God

the breath of life

breath of life

breath of God

in spanish

afirmación:

no tengo cuerpo, no tengo mente, no tengo espíritu

soy solo el aliento de Dios, aliento de vida

aliento de Dios, aliento de vida

my favorite affirmation given by my yoga teacher; yogi bhajan

Affirmation - www.youtube.com/watch?v=peXeXadf1D4

I am very beautiful.

I am very cute.

I am very adorable.

I am very smart.

I deserve lots of love.

I deserve many more treats.

And everybody loves me.

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”

–Stuart Smalley (Al Franken)

Saturday Night Live, 1991 debut

Happy Caturday!

This is a photo of the shadow of my left arm and hand on the door of the fridge.

Check out all the details on my blog @ : Nothing to Wear SL

"Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance"

Wynton Marsalis

EVERY DAY

You can leave me in the light

And not worry about finding me

You must surely know

That I will always seek you out

When you feel your sanity

Might be in doubt

When your heart feels sore

And you can’t take anymore

When you hide in dark corners

Shunning the current conversation

All so trite and full of spite

Come and find me

Where you left me

Just look for the light

Because that is me calling you

Every moment of the day

From the light

Look it’s alright

From the light

I love you

From the light

Day and night

*****

Thank you to my Friends and Followers,

an Affirmation for Every Day.

Dear friends and followers, and those who have viewed and faved recently on my last batch of work. I have been thinking of you all and wanting to get back to you before now.

The past few days I have been unwell however, but recovering now.

So this was just a little offering to keep you all going until I can cast my eyes over your lovely work and thank you all for supporting me.

Grail Keepers do not forget their friends. Grail Keepers are people who do not forget and have loyalty as their middle name.

Behind the scenes I have been working, thinking. Seems to me we need beauty and decency back in this world. We need the sort of values that anybody, regardless of who or what they are, or what faith they follow, can have.

A Grail Keeper in my mind is someone who will help in this way, even if its only in small ways, it all adds up to something bigger.

Martin Luther King was a Grail Keeper. John Lennon was a Grail Keeper. Mother Teresa was a Grail Keeper. Alexei Navalny was a Grail Keeper. There are so many, the list could go on.

These are courageous well known examples. But there are also Grail Keepers who work diligently in their own communities. There are Grail Keepers who perform small acts of kindness every day.

I want to start to expand on this idea, and the work I do I hope will bring some light into this dark uncertain world of ours. It doesn’t have to be this way, and Grail Keepers even if its only in a simple, small way, need to find their courage and continue to hold up a light.

This work is from Glynde Church, in Sussex in the UK. I take my Grails out into the area I know and have lived in all my life. With them I seek to find a connection to the spiritual world that will heal and enlighten.

Short of having you there with me, the least I can do is share my work in images and words.

And as always, if you would like to see more of my work, have a look at my website at:

www.shelleyturnerpoetpix.com

March 13th, 2024. Dear Friends...I am still catching up...if I haven't got to you yet, I will.

Meanwhile...The Grail is obsessing me again, when does it not you might ask. Fair point. I really think there is going to be more written as I think upon it. I mean, I have thought about it pretty much all my life, but I think it has a poignant relevance now. I can see some Blogs might get written in the future, especially on the Grail Keeper theme. Modern Grail Keepers are also our future.

Think of any? Might be somebody in your local community.

Like the Post Master in mine, who helped me sort out the right postage to get my new Driving License there and back safely. He got it in the right envelopes and everything for me.

My notes are expanding. But then so is love for the Grail.

All my love everybody, Shell x

I didn’t become who I am alone.

The people I’ve let close - the rare few - have shaped my architecture. Some challenged me and forced me to grow sharper; some offered quiet stability and taught me how to rest without vanishing; some widened the inner horizon I didn’t know could hold so much light.

And others, in their own ways, taught me refinement through fracture; not because they intended harm - though sometimes they did - but because not everyone is capable of seeing someone clearly, even when standing right in front of them. Every bond - tender, volatile, brief, or breathtaking - has become part of my design.

I still believe in beauty, not as decoration, but as something constructed with intention, protected with discernment, and chosen again and again in spite of everything that may try to dismantle it.

Particular entity

Existence affirmed

Web of belief

The image's aesthetic qualities—its colors, textures, and composition—are part of one set of beliefs, while the flower's biological properties—its species, its life cycle—are part of another.

"To be is to be the value of a bound variable." - Willard van Orman Quine

Nikon Nikkor 55mm f1.2 Reversed

Affirmation solennelle d'attester l'engagement et la sincérité d'une promesse.

A solemn affirmation attesting to the commitment and sincerity of a promise.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zviagm1Mp-E

I may not be the pretty skinny girl who has her picture gawked at, but I am me. I am a human being, and I am happy with myself. I have curves, and I don't wear a size 2. Call me what you want, I know I truly am.

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument

I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands

I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you

I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do

I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem

I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality

I believe that trust is more important than monogamy

I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul

I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair

I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness

I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed

I believe that God does not endorse tv evangelists

I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

Until you say goodbye

-Savage Garden "Affirmation"

Everything is as it was, as it should be.

Claudine Ronnay-Docmans écrit dans Le Patrimoine majeur de Wallonie :

« À l'intérieur de l'église, plus encore qu'à l'extérieur, on est saisi par l'ampleur des volumes et la rigueur des articulations orthogonales. L'axe médian s'affirme par la succession des trois arcs diaphragmes qui scandent le vaisseau ; emportant le regard au-delà des croisées de transept vers l'un ou l'autre chœur. Sous un plafond plat, le vaisseau règne entre deux files de neuf piliers reliés par de grands arcs en plein cintre. Un cordon continu court le long des murs gouttereaux sous l'enfilade de deux fois quatre baies cintrées. La même ordonnance mais en réduction, caractérise les bas-côtés. Ici, le plafond initial a été remplacé, à la fin du XVe siècle et au début du XVIe siècle ; par des voûtes sur nervures en pierre bleue, dont les clés sont peintes aux armes des abbesses. Le plafond de la nef se poursuit au-dessus des croisées des deux transepts, dont les bras ont été couverts de voûtes sur nervures au XVIIe siècle. Les chapelles au plan carré qui y sont greffées sont voûtées d'arêtes. Ce cadre évoque irrésistiblement la splendeur des liturgies ottoniennes, telles que nous les connaissons pour l'abbaye d'Essen en Allemagne.

Claudine Ronnay-Docmans writes in Le Patrimoine major de Wallonie:

“Inside the church, even more than outside, one is struck by the size of the volumes and the rigor of the orthogonal joints. The median axis is affirmed by the succession of three diaphragm arches which punctuate the vessel; looking beyond the transept crossings towards one or the other choir. Under a flat ceiling, the vessel reigns between two rows of nine pillars linked by large semi-circular arches. A continuous cord runs along the gutter walls under the row of two times four arched bays. The same order, but in reduction, characterizes the aisles. Here, the original ceiling was replaced, at the end of the 15th century and at the beginning of the 16th century; by vaults on ribs in blue stone, the keys of which are painted with the arms of the abbesses. The ceiling of the nave continues above the crossings of the two transepts, whose arms were covered with ribbed vaults in the 17th century. The chapels with a square plan which are grafted there are vaulted with ridges. This framework irresistibly evokes the splendor of the Ottonian liturgies, as we know them for the Abbey of Essen in Germany.

Miraflores, Lima

of a coldness to the touch with the fingers

of hurting and healing simultaneously

in the familiarity of a warm heart

Kaya Project ft.Randolph Matthews ~ Playful New World

One day an affirmed photographer told me: if you want to become a photographer you never have to photograph poppies, the photographs of poppies are trivial.

That same day, I decided that I never wanted to be a photographer.

“Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and wonder surrounding him.” - Ansel Adams

You are amazing! Yes - You :-).

I just love this video by the Duirwaigh team.

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CG18FPCj0

www.duirwaighgallery.com/

"When inspiration knocks - open the door."

~~Le long des quais, l’identité maritime s’affirme : criée, chantiers de constructions navales, pontons accueillant des bateaux de toute nature y compris des voiliers de course le temps d’un départ de transat.

~~Ce port, peu profond, abrita toutefois jusqu'à 600 chaloupes pendant la saison de la sardine et, par la suite, les thoniers vinrent s'y ajouter. Des maisons bourgeoises sont édifiées le long des quais hors de la « Ville close ». Cette dernière devient, en cette période, un quartier populaire abritant matelots et sardinières. La Station de biologie marine de Concarneau est fondée par Victor Coste en 1859. Il s'agit de la plus ancienne station marine du monde.

~~À partir de 1851, les premières conserveries, remplaçant progressivement les fritures et les presses à sardines, apparaissent. Elles sont spécialisées dans la sardine et le thon. Elles feront la fortune de quelques négociants et permettront une élévation du niveau de vie de la population.

~~ En 1877, la ville compte 20 usines dont l'usine Béziers et en 1900 30 usines employant 2 000 ouvrières (qui portent la coiffe penn sardin) sur une population de 7 000 habitants. ~~À partir de 1902, la disparition des grands bancs de sardines plonge Concarneau dans la misère.

There are four species of godwit (Black-tailed, Bar-tailed, Hudsonian and Marbled), two in North America and two in Eurasia. Marbled are on average the largest of the four. Marbled Godwit has not, so far, occurred in Europe, though it was first described in 1750 by Englishman George Edwards from a specimen sent from Hudson Bay in Canada. He called it the Greater American Godwit, though Linnaeus gave it the scientific name Limosa fedoa in 1758. Limosa means muddy while fedoa is probably an old term for godwit, mentioned by William Turner back in 1544. For completeness Turner said "I confidently would venture to affirm that the Attagena was what the English call the Godwitt or Fedoa" (Avium Praeciparum...1544).

Marbled Godwits breed in three disjunct areas in North America. The largest population is in mid-continental North America (straddling the Canada/USA border), next there is a population adjacent to Hudson Bay in Eastern Canada, then there's a population in Alaska. They winter on both coasts of North America, usually in the warmer, southern parts. These birds were on the coast of the Sea of Cortez and ringing studies show that they are from the Alaskan breeding population. These are of the subspecies beringiae which have slightly shorter legs and bill than eastern birds. I took these ones feeding, backlit against the early morning sun but I found the composition quite appealing.

Have a lovely day!

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La ficaire fait le printemps

Cette affirmation rappelle un proverbe à propos d’un autre symbole du printemps, l’hirondelle (sous-entendu l’hirondelle rustique, l’espèce qui niche au plus près des hommes dans les fermes et arrive dès les premiers jours d’avril). Effectivement, il existe un lien avec cet oiseau via le nom anglais de la ficaire : lesser celandine ; lesser de nouveau pour « petite » mais celandine dérive du vieux français célidoine, la chélidoine. On recroise aussi cette dernière dans un autre nom ancien de la ficaire : Chelidonium minus, la petite chélidoine. Or, chélidoine dérive lui-même de chelidôn, l’hirondelle, que l’on retrouve dans le surnom d’herbe à l’hirondelle (swallow-wort en anglais). Cette association remonte à Dioscoride, le célèbre botaniste grec de l’Antiquité, qui déclarait que la chélidoine fleurissait à l’arrivée des hirondelles et mourrait quand elles partaient ; là-dessus est venu se greffer une légende : les hirondelles récoltaient des feuilles de chélidoine pour frotter les yeux collés de leurs oisillons et leur rendre la vue (on retombe sur les propriétés médicinales ophtalmiques !). Par déformation, ce nom a donné au Moyen-âge « coeli donum », don du ciel d’autant que l’hirondelle représente un oiseau céleste (qui reste en l’air) et est associé au soleil et au ciel. Ainsi, ficaire et chélidoine se trouvent à jamais unies pour saluer l’arrivée du printemps !

Plusieurs des surnoms de la ficaire renvoient à sa couleur jaune d’or brillante dont jauneau ou pot au beurre. Ce dernier nom, outre l’allusion directe à la couleur jaune, rappelle une pratique connue des enfants d’autrefois à la campagne (j’en fais partie !!) : on place une fleur de ficaire (ou de renoncule : voir paragraphe suivant) sous le menton d’un(e) ami(e) et on lui demande « Aimes-tu le beurre ? » et la réponse s’écrit immédiatement sur le menton sous la forme d’un halo jaune doré projeté par la fleur magique ! Cette capacité de réfléchir un faisceau de lumière jaune intrigue depuis longtemps les biologistes et le mécanisme physique commence seulement à être pleinement compris (1) : il implique la structure cellulaire de l’épiderme des pétales. La lumière traverse la couche superficielle épidermique transparente chargée de pigment tandis qu’une coloration diffuse jaunâtre provient de la dispersion de la lumière par une couche sous-jacente chargée de grains d’amidon. Une mince couche d’air qui sépare ces deux couches explique la réflexion orientée du faisceau lumineux. L’ensemble donne cette apparence si brillante, intense qui doit certainement jouer un rôle dans l’attraction des insectes pollinisateurs (voir ci-dessous). Cette illumination dégage de la chaleur et fait de ces fleurs en sous-bois des sites chauffés pour les visiteurs et donc plus attractifs.

Our spirits are eternally free and invincible.

Daniela Norris

Affirmations positives...