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I took a little vacation last month and photographed in the everglades (FL) this gorg crocodile. it was so cool to me to see how relaxed they were regarding of tourism around them. having said that, this is what inspired this creation.
My life in constantly changing and soon major changes are happening!!! this photo represents my feelings. The unknown is what we as humans fear the most. I am not afraid, just excited about the future.
~~Never be afraid to be different~
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Sometime around 6am this morning I was lying on my left side, in my bed, in a slip and men's pyjama pants. Facing my bedroom door, my arms loosely circling myself. I wasn't conscious. Not completely anyway.
I heard a knock on my back door. The caller did not wait for me to let them in.
He walked through my bathroom and into my bedroom and stood over my bed, in the half-darkness, speaking to me, though the words were incomprehensible. I was afraid. He was menacing, threatening.
I couldn't speak, I couldn't move. I wanted to move; I wanted to climb out of bed and run, but I couldn't. I couldn't even open my eyes to clearly see the intruder. He continued speaking in a muffled voice like someone talking through water or glass.
I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. It was all I could do to make any noise at all. Everything was still a blur. His figure loomed next to my bed and all I could do was gasp and I started to hyperventilate. I tried to move, tried to breath, tried to force sound from throat in any way possible.
I managed to finally open my eyes, and I swore that the figure was still there. I was sure I was not alone. I gasped, whimpered, I wanted to cry, but I was breathing too hard for anything but silent, fast air to come out.
I rolled on my back. I cursed myself, cursed this vision, this illusion. I checked the time and tried quietly to pretend none of this had happened. That there was no one in my room, my home.
" Down at the gasworks by the meat factory door
The 5 Lamp Boys were comin` on strong "
{ Do have a look the piece of History Ive written on this as its interesting I think, and it will hopefully make you smile! }
These are some of the words to the song, "Rat Trap" by Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats which was a big international hit for them in November 1978.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=opd14v2I7Ik
" The Story of The Five Lamps "
The 5 Lamps are a well known Dublin landmark and stand on an island at the junction of 5 streets. It is much loved and respected by the local people who are part of a closely knit community and can trace back their history here to the 1600s.
The monument was erected to the memory of Lieutenant
General Henry Hall,a soldier from Athenry, Co. Galway at a cost of £200 which he bequeathed in his will, so the people of the area would have fresh water to drink from the [4] fountains and "desist from partaking of the demon drink!!" I dont think it worked somehow and they didnt even add it to their whiskey! Anyway, what respectable whiskey drinker would ruin a good drink like that and they couldnt have afforded it anyway. More likely Poteen was the common drink around here. If Henry came back today,Im sure he would be delighted to see that "The Five Lamps" pub across the road is now closed!
Henry also had a little pad in Dublin which is still standing and known as "Merville Hall!" You could fit half the population of Dublin into Henry`s little place and with a few dozen sepoys with there back to the task, you would probably get the entire lot in! "What what I say!! Steady lads!, Good show you fellows!!!" { Shades of "Zulu"! } I dont know if he really said that of course but somehow I think he would. I cant imagine that he was an Irish native somehow. Not with his position in the British army at that time, or his apparent wealth.
He had served in the Bengal army and had been Superintendent of the Malwara region for 13 years so he had a few quid!
He died in 1875 and by all account was a "jolly good sort"
and he did have the peoples good at heart as there was no proper water supply and people existed in appalling conditions in tenement slums. Some of the renovated ones can be seen in the photo.
The independent MP, Tony Gregory fought all his life to have the old places knocked down and new town houses build so the local people could remain in the area and not be moved to some " no mans land" in west Dublin which had happened to so many. He was very successful and he achieved an awful lot and the community have stayed together. Poor people who lived in these appalling conditions, were always very loyal to each other and they all helped one another.They always looked after their neighbours The community spirit is still evident there thankfully! Wealth brings out the worst traits in lots of people Im afraid.
There is a lovely Dublin saying from around this period. Mothers in the tenaments would call their children in from the streets at dinner hour by calling out through the window " Will ya come in kids! Yer dinners poured out" Dinner being a bowl of gruel or maybe on special occasions, soup!!!
What is the significance of the 5 lamps? It may be to represent the junction of the 5 streets, or the 5 major battles in the Indian wars or perhaps the 5 lamps that are lit for good luck during the Hindu Diwali Festival. No one really knows and more than likely its probably just a nice design.
The photo is a 3 picture HDR merge in PSP x8 and further edited in Picasa 3. I do like the ghost images of the passers by.
Anyway, if you fancy a few drinks I could meet you at the 5 lamps but watch out for the ghost of old Henry, keeping watch!
Thanks for dropping by. I appreciate your Faves and comments and Ill catch you all later!
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I'm afraid I can't name anything in this image, but that's nothing unusual. Anyway, I love the colour combination. Taken at Sussex Prairie Garden, where I've spent quite a bit of time recently.
16 July footnote: I've just discovered today that the pink flower is Cleome. Whether I'll remember that is another matter. :))
...Me doy cuenta que estoy muy emocionado, apenas puedo vaciar la mente. Creo que es la emoción que sólo un hombre libre puede sentir y que ha recobrado la esperanza, un hombre libre al principio de un largo viaje cuyo final es incierto...
I'm not afraid of imaginary monsters.
Some real mean people are the scary ones .
Benicio Del Toro exhibit - LACMA - Los Angeles
Charlie, Destroyer of the Wallpaper World. "Dagorcord"
Click link to see the camera.
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I've been having some inspiration issues lately, I'm afraid this is the only shot I did in a month :(
Hope you're all doing great!
“Look around you--there are people around you. Maybe you will remember one of them all your life and later eat your heart out because you didn't make use of the opportunity to ask him questions. And the less you talk, the more you'll hear. Thin strands of human lives stretch from island to island of the Archipelago. They intertwine, touch one another for one night only in just such a clickety-clacking half-dark car as this and then separate once and for all. Put your ear to their quiet humming and the steady clickety-clack beneath the car. After all, it is the spinning wheel of life that is clicking and clacking away there.”
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
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-Lisa Gerrard - Sanvean
A lonely girl crossing a lake among ragged mountains at night under the night sky. She is afraid of nothing for sure.
Cleaning up some old pictures - I have no idea where I took this, I'm afraid.
Definitively better NOT viewed on black.
As featured on The App Whisperer Weekly Showcase 19th May 2013
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London Lives Series
Hipstamatic only.
The male are always afraid to fight with the Female. He has to perch lower on the left hand pine tree. Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont California
Afraid of being outshone by the Rock in the "Race to the Bottom", the L&N fielded this impressive display of E6's at Louisville, KY in the 1960s. I give it 7 out of 10.
Little did either know, the Milwaukee was hiding in the wings prepared to pounce...and the Montgomery Burns Award For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence remains unclaimed.
American Rails collection.
Everything dies, I’m afraid.
Let’s never get too right about the things.
Because of the contrast, I think at some point in the winter snow, trees turns blacker than black.
In the garden behind Althingi (the Parliament) I found “Ljónsmunna” which are fighting against the blackness and cold winter.
These almost frozen Lion mouth flowers are still with pink colours and green leaves.
Leonard Cohen is gone, who always could find shades in the blackness that felt like beautiful colours.
His brilliant colourful songs never dies.
Press "L" for better view.
Scarecrow's hood has been upgraded to reddish brown, but more importantly... I finally found some Batman CMF's. Catman's cowl and belt go splendidly with the suit from the Ra's set, and I threw in the gas mask head for good measure.
I'm afraid I still feel as thought I've been riding a Clydesdale twice a day for five hours. I just don't remember doing it or why I got talked into it. That's the way I feel: I want to feel like Sammy looked so many years ago.
Thanks for all the well wishes, but this looks like a long haul and, wouldn't you know it, every pain doc in the west is sitting on a beach in the Carribbean. Oh, did I tell you, that my Clydesdale is carved from boulders at Ruby Beach in Washington State. With any luck there are sprinal decompression shots in my future no later than Wednesday!
Don't be afraid to be different.
Every May Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) is blooming. Canadian Tulip Festival claims to be the world's largest, displaying over one million tulips.
So as you may predict, I will upload several shots of this year event. Except focusing just on flowers and colours, I will try to add some motivation to this images:)
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This is what inspired me to make this creation:
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..... be afraid, the vampires are waking and rising in the darkness of the night... they are the creatures of the mystery and imagination in the shadow... black and red in the scary night...
.... all the rest is in your nightmares... they are coming from the past this night, the night of Halloween...
MAGIC HALLOWEEN, MY FRIENDS....
And for a music:
Goblin & Giorgio Gaslini - Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) - Official Soundtrack Album
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