Black People Are The Chosen Seed of God!!!!!
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27/03/2021, at 8.30 pm Earth Hour starts: in the dark for an hour against the climatic and biological crisis.
I agree. And you?
The mono version of the image I posted a day or two ago. I agree - the mono works better. Thank you Dave Feaster.
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !!
Today is a red day at Color my World Daily and we celebrate paper at Macro Mondays ! How cool is that !!
And since I have computer problems , I just hope I will be able to publish my picture today. If you are reading this: we are ok lol Luckily for me, my husband is an awesome computer buff so he should be able to fix this in no time. But right now, I feel like this tiny yellow paper boat navigating on the ocean of unknown words and concepts … But I agree with everything my super intelligent (and very charming !!) Husband is saying…. He is like the Captain of the yellow paper ship, navigating on the red ocean of computer emergencies, while I’m drinking my gin and tonic and eating Nutella like a Canadian bear before hibernation….
My tiny boat is not even 1cm long and my book has a red tainted pages (which I love very much !!) and that is the reason I got it in the first place (I dont even know the title lol ).
So, I hope you will like this picture, because a lot of effort was put just to publish it lol
See you later my friends ! And have a great day !!
The Quran describes the oppressor or tyrant as "deaf, dumb and blind", which is essentially the spiritual reality of the tyrant. He cannot hear the cries of his victims; he cannot communicate with those he oppresses because he imperiously views them as representatives of a lower order of being than himself, and thus as mere commodities to be exploited or, even worse, as plagues to be cleansed; and he cannot see the harm he does. Aristotle (d. 322 BC) reminds us that all tyrants invariably surround themselves with sycophants because they cannot bear the truth. But the tyrant also needs these sycophants because he demands tacit approval of his beliefs and actions, and most of all he fears an honest and critical view of himself. The more the tyrant's power grows, the less he tolerates dissent. What is true of the tyrant is also true of the tyrannical nation. He demands that everyone agree with him and affirm his position because he cannot see, hear or speak to anyone but himself. He believes that his vision is clear, his understanding is unsurpassed, and his words, and only his words, are worthy of utterance or consideration. As human beings, only through others can we truly see ourselves, hear ourselves and talk to ourselves; but in his fixation on himself the tyrant is totally incapable of such reflection.
(Hamza Yusuf. Introduction to the "The prayer of the oppressed")
" I can hear the pipers note,
From those mountains far away,
He calls the tune,
And I must go,
No longer, can I stay "
[Song; The Pipers Note, London `06, ]
© P@t.
UPDATE; Wow!!! Well I dont know what to say really, and Im sure knowing me, all you people out there agree that its a rare condition in my case!!!!
Im struggling to keep up now but I like struggling especially when you are all so special to me!!
I will get to you!!! Promise!!
Hugs and thank you to all of you from all of me.
P@t.
Wonderful Model MalyJ agreed to collaborate with me on my Harley Cowgirl Shoot March 29. She deserves a lot of credit for getting up early on a Sunday and braving the cold and windy day.
Many Lofoten visitors will agree that Nusfjord is one of the most beautiful places of the Lofoten. Like many other places, it has been a locally important fishing port for centuries. No wonder, because the picturesque Nusfjord has a well protected natural harbour. Fishermen used to find space in the 50 or so traditional Rorbuer during the seasonal cod ride, today every year thousands of tourists enjoy the beautiful landscape, the picturesque place with its buildings from the late 19th and early 20th century, the changeable weather and the sea.
The photo was taken during Sergey's performance at the D'Addario Guitar Festival - NAMM Musikmesse Russia, in Moscow.
Sergey Tabachnikov (born April 17, 1987, Samara, USSR) - guitarist, musician, leader of the Nobody.one group. Without any musical education, he became one of the most popular guitarists in the country.
Tabachnikov plays compositions that are completely different in style. But critics and viewers alike agree that his work is nevertheless closer to instrumental and blues rock. He began playing the guitar at the age of 11. Sergei is self-taught, he does not advise others to use the services of teachers, believing that if you wish, you can learn to play on your own.
Sergey Tabachnikov, in addition to his musical career, maintains his blog on YouTube, in which he uploads reviews of guitars and accessories to them. The videos are very popular among both novice musicians and professionals due to their interesting presentation style and specific humor.
Sergey takes the performances of his group more than seriously. The funny guy from the video about guitars disappears somewhere and a professional musician appears on the stage who completely surrenders to playing the guitar.
The Nobody.one group is actively touring Russia and the CIS countries, participating in many festivals, including the invasion. However, speaking of popularity, unfortunately, the group is known only to a narrow circle of viewers, but we hope this situation will change soon, and the general public will learn about the talented guys and their leader!
This was taken on our trip to CA in 2021. We stopped for lunch in South Lake Tahoe, and my husband kindly agreed to pose for this fun reflection pic. HSoS!
Beauty: Dae Fangs
Photographer: Teej (Timaaj)
Cover Design: Athena Mariposa
Article Translation: Katina Cazalet
Hi all! Tory King was swallowed whole by real life. This month's STUNNING cover photo was taken by our amazing freelance photographer Teej (Timaaj) of the gorgeous photographer and blogger, Dae Fangs. I've been stalking her photography for years and we've been talking about featuring her all year long. We hit the jackpot when fluent Italian/English speaker Katina Cazalet agreed to translate English into Italian and vice versa. This month, the planets aligned and I could not be more proud of the entire issue.
We release on Sunday, 4 October 2020.
I agree I got carried away with the associations I had during experimenting with different screws, light sources and backgrounds (most of the images won't be seen here).
It was fun using the new light tape (it can be switched to different colours) that my husband brought home for (especially) macro work.
The four screws here were placed on a shiny plastic bag for reflections plus one on top. There are black cards in the background to darken the scene.
HMM to all participants 💙💙💙
Loch Ard, Trossachs.
The end result of an hour's wait for the light to become interesting.
5exp HDR with a texture overlay.
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Premiers rayons sur le lac Memphrémagog d'une belle journée automnale
Again, I do not know what kind of berries these are, but I think you agree with me that they are beautiful, especially when they appear in November. Wish you a wonderful day...
With all the processing options available today, it seems we become programmed to look at photos and immediately analyze what might be done to tweak them to make them better in some way. I recall when I first began photography 8 or so years ago, I knew nothing about anything and thus deleted at least 90% of my photos upon review, often all of them. Now, even though I still don't know much, I delete none on the basis of being possibly able to do something with them. Sometimes I do with pleasing results. Most of the time I do not and they remain buried in the archives where they will probably never do more than take up space.
When this view of the far north end of the lake (where the turtles bask in the spring and summer but have now already vanished into their hibernational haunts) appeared, now habitual thinking said, "what does this need?" I thought for a while and finally determined that there was really nothing I could do to make this photo better. Different maybe, but not better. Perhaps you agree.
So here you have it...an actual unenhanced SOOC snap shot of my beloved northwoods entering prime time for color. Maybe not too artsy...but still kind of pretty...;-))
Despite the fine drizzling rain, Vas'ka agreed to pose for me next to the autumn chrysanthemums. He loves the smell of orange chrysanthemums.
Thank you all for visits, favs and comments! It's greatly appreciated!
WHILE PHOTOGRAPHING, another bird, caught some movement in the corner of my eye, and fired a couple of shots off, to see what it was, it turned out to be a Sedge Warbler, and the image was a bit flukey , but worth keeping, hope you agree! Taken at Oare Marshes Kent U.K.
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THANK YOU for all your support, love reading your kind comments, they are very appreciated. What a wet August we are having my friends, hope your all well, keep a smile on your face, and love in your heart...........Tomx
This is my favorite lake between the ones I have visited in the north of Italy.
Why is the Lago di Braies my favorite?
A paradisiacal view with a beautiful contour in which we can see many trees and wildflowers in the relaxing pathway destined to the visitors.
A splendid color in the water reflecting, between other things, the majestic Dolomites still with some snow even in the Summer.
Besides this, a lovely little church and rustic boat house. How not to be enchanted with this scenery?
Besides me, a lot of Italian and Austrian tourists certainly will agree.
Old windows, old doors of Hudson, NY
Formerly Claverack Landing, Hudson was once a hub for the whaling industry — and it very nearly became New York’s capital city.
Of all the many cities and towns in our region, only one was named after Henry Hudson, the Valley’s first European visitor. How the designation came to be is, well, a whale of a tale.
Until 1784, the city of Hudson was known as Claverack Landing. It was a farming community of 10 or so families—around 150 people. But that was about to change.
In the years during and right after the Revolutionary War, the Royal Navy clamped down on American whaling— one of the biggest industries of the 18th century (especially in New England). In 1783, brothers Seth and Thomas Jenkins from Nantucket set sail for a new beginning. They found a home base in this unlikely locale—100 miles from the ocean— on a deep and safe harbor with plenty of land. Claverack Landing presented an opportunity to build a company town from scratch… which they did.
The Jenkins brothers and 28 other whalers, who became known as the Proprietors, formed a company and bought the land from Dutch families (who had previously purchased it from the native Mohicans). They laid out a city grid and put into place everything a whaling enterprise would need: ship builders, rope and sail makers, coopers, and more than a few saloons. Within three years, the city had several wharves, four warehouses, plus “a covered rope-walk, spermaceti-works, one hundred and fifty dwelling-houses, shops, barns, one of the best distilleries in America, and fifteen hundred souls,” according to the New York Journal.
On November 14, 1784, Claverack Landing became the first city to be incorporated in the brand-new United States of America. However, according to an 1862 chronicle, Historical Sketches of Hudson, the Proprietors wanted a new name. They unanimously agreed that “it should be called by the name of Hudson.” There is no record as to why they insisted on the name change, but according to the book, at least one person wasn’t happy: New York’s first governor George Clinton. He wanted Hudson named after himself.
In 1797, Hudson was one vote short of becoming the capital of New York State. Nevertheless, the city has survived and thrived, and today represents a true gem of the Hudson Valley.
This is the dress that I received from Miss Aniela, with a close up of it (and for more detail) in comments. It is the dress from this shot of hers, which is coincidentally my all time favorite of hers. Thank you again!!
I went to an old western town to get this shot...there were a bunch of tourists taking my picture from afar, videotaping me and whatnot. I think they thought I was part of a show or something, I certainly looked the part. It was cute :) I'm just glad no one asked any questions as I was flinging myself against the wall.
Today's foggy morning view.
I'm really enjoying the new camera...even in the fog...
If you have a moment, please view it larger, to see... less.
Just bringing it forward from 4 years ago because I want to!
Vine Maple leaf in the sun...near Trout Lake, Washington State
You can check out my most interesting photos according to Flickr right here
see my Explore set here:
.....the more they stay the same.
While she doesn't do as much eye-rolling as she used to, she is still very resistant to me taking images of her. This was almost a déjà vu of her year 11 formal (2019) link in comment. I warned her I wanted to take some photos before she left for the University Law ball. She agreed but when the time came it started to rain and apparently there was not time. It took some pleading but I got her outside. No tripod allowed.
This was handheld, very high ISO and pretty terrible if you peak in close but it was the best I could do. Less than a minute to capture my beautiful girl in this moment but she literally had a ball and made memories that will last her a life time.
I politelly asked Teifi who becomes 11 years old around these days to pose for a picture something he hates doing but today he agreed
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.. ما أبيك تقول ودّي بس خايف ما يصير
دام أنا عايش تمنّى راح يصير الشي غصب
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Dedicated to : LOST .. I LOVE U (L)
without edit
Large on black : to thank the two birds that agreed to go on the horizon line. Merci les deux oiseaux qui ont posé sur la ligne d'horizon.
for what you are.
and I know that hurts.
but you have something they don't.
you are connected with yourself,
in ways they never will be.
and that.
will make you strong.
*i neeeed to view your streams, and thank people for testimonials. i will as soon as i have time, i promise! things are so so crazy right now.
One from my archives, as the wind has been too strong to shoot waterdrops. For Smile on Saturday's theme "CAUGHT IN DROPLETS" - HSoS!
Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love :-)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
HMM! Kindness Matters!
rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
The Oudenbosch Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Dutch village of Oudenbosch. The basilica is named after Agatha of Sicily and Barbara of Nicomedia, two Christian martyrs from the third century. It was built at the initiative of Willem Hellemons who was parish priest between 1842 and 1884. Its nave and interior were modeled after St. Peter's Basilica, while the facade is a replica of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, both located in Rome. The basilica was designed by architect Pierre Cuypers. Construction began in 1865 but was not fully completed until 1892. The basilica is unique in the region in that it is relatively large with a classical Italian appearance that is atypical for most of northern Europe, let alone a small town in North Brabant.
Dutch Papal Zouaves and local Catholics gathered in Oudenbosch and left for Rome in 1868 to defend the Papal State against Giuseppe Garibaldi's Italian nationalist army. Therefore Pope Pius IX agreed to build a relatively big basilica in a small place.[citation needed] Originally a church, it was designated a minor basilica in 1912. A piece of the cloak Pope John Paul II wore during the 1981 assassination attempt is kept there as a relic.
Elements inspired by their counterparts in Rome include Michelangelo's Pietà, Bernini's baldachin, the Chair of Saint Peter, and Bernini's Gloria.