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The church of St. Augustine still retains its original cross or cruciform plan and has hardly been altered since it was built, in the Norman style nearly nine hundred years ago.
This beautiful old church has a long history and is on the site of one of the oldest places of Christian worship in England. St. Augustine landed at Ebbsfleet, some 5 miles away, in AD597. In 6l8 Eadbald, newly crowned King of Kent, gave land at Northbourne (thirty ploughs worth) to St. Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury.
Records show that a church was built at this time, this was superseded by a further and larger Anglo Saxon church built on the same site. Almost certainly some of the fragments of masonry of these earlier churches, including "Barley Twist" mouldings can be seen built into the wall of the present church, built about AD 1120.
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Ein alter Chevy im Kieler Hauptbahnhof. Mir gefielen die Reflexionen... :)
An old Chevy inside the central railway station, Kiel. I was fascinated by those reflections... :)
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I have received a number of e-mails about the trolley in the background and a friend of mine, Paul Mitchell, took the time and trouble to alter the image to illustrate the point quite nicely.
Here is an excerpt from his letter:
"Now regarding the latest pic of the Capone car and the streetcar...here is the shot without the train. I just can't get my head around that trolley... its too brightly lit and looks like plastic. Also it doesn't feel right in that spot at that time."
I have to agree with Paul, although with some reservations; and here is my response to his critique:
"The trolley is unnecessary and even distracting, especially in the color photo.
In some ways, though, it does work in the black and white image, perhaps because the yellow of the lights along with the yellow of the trolley is reduced to just lighter tones.
It's funny, while setting up that particular shot, I kept going back and forth on whether or not to have anything in that area of the picture.
When I placed the lighted trolley there, it added a bit of "sparkle" to an otherwise drab, monochromatic palette."
So in conclusion, Paul's altered version completely works, composition wise and in terms of visually telling the story.
Though, like a conundrum [ a puzzle without an answer ] both
images are viable and depends on where you are sitting in this
universe.
Here is the original posting with the trolley:
www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/27692428192/in/photost...
Rushing through a lush, green forest, a mountain river cascades energetically over smooth gray rocks. Surrounding pine trees form a dense backdrop, enhancing the natural beauty. The turbulent white water contrasts with the dark stones and foliage, reflecting the vigor of wilderness near Krimml, Salzburg, Austria. The scene illustrates the dynamic interaction between the river's flow and rugged terrain, typifying alpine riverine ecosystems.
Location: Halle / Alter Schlachthof
Bearbeitung: Jürgen Krall Photography
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Bild Nr.: _1415137-8
Why do I love becoming a woman? A question I often ask myself as well as hearing from others who know of my liking to take ion a female persona. Do I regret being a man that desires to dress as a woman? Where is it all going to end up?
Questions, questions…
I accept we all have our own motivations and aspirations for expressing our desire to dress as women and which can also be a desire to inhabit a female persona. I have my personal feelings, emotional needs and ambitions for my female alter-ego which are not necessarily a reflection of how others feel about their own situation. For me, I have a need to actually pass as a woman and be perceived as being female when I cross-dress. I will admit to frustration over the years through a combination of my lack of skills in the art of male to female transformation, limits imposed by my physicality (being male) and I’m sure well meant advice telling me to forget passing and just enjoy it. To forget passing undermines everything that motivates my female side. When I become Helene I want to be a woman not simply a man dressed up. I dream of having a feminine appearance and emotionally being female rather than male. If this all sounds like serious transexual characteristics and an urgent need to start transition then let me say with utter certainty that is not what I want.
I don’t buy into the simplistic view that if you have a powerful desire to be a woman then the only answer is to transition. Nothing is that straightforward that you can boil it down to a one or the other answer. There exists a huge area of crossover. I genuinely like my male life and like being me. The idea of killing off my male self and only existing as a woman is not something I want. If I were to indulge in being simplistic, I could say I want it all, to be both a man and a woman. However, I know, especially now I am sixty years of age, how my feelings operate in terms of my transgender feelings. I can see now I have real intense moments of wanting to be female and this are all consuming when they occur. I do understand though, that these intense desires being too diminish and I am happy to return to being a man again. I would say that is reasonably creative cut as to why transitioning would not be a happy course of action for me.
I doubt I am alone in having these intense moments of wanting to be female forever but knowing they will at some point ease off. I will admit that it is these feelings that drive me to want to actually look convincingly female and to behave as a female both physically and emotionally when I transform myself from a man into a woman. It’s a fundamental part of my being and needs to be set free now and again.
In recent months my focus and aspirations for my female self has shifted towards passing myself off in a believable way as being a real woman. I find myself observing real women more and more and noting their choices in clothing, footwear and make-up. I also observe what men find attractive in women they encounter My goal is to be accomplished enough to be perceived as being a female and I too want to behave and respond as a female with any social interactions be that shopping, a polite hell, having a coffee in a cafe, visiting a gallery, having a meal and even creating some intrigue and desire with men. In short my aim for the few hours I take on my female persona I want o be able to cease being a man in every way and exist as a female.
Having outlined my feelings and aspirations does that answer any of the questions I began this narrative with? I think it partly addresses them. I do have many regrets about being a man that dresses as a woman. I kind of regret I never accepted this part of myself throughout my life. It caused me a lot of angst and made me a shy not very sociable person. I think I was far more transexual as a teenager and young man than I am now. Once I settled into a career I liked and a relationship that means more to me than my own inner desires and then had a family, everything took on a different level of contentment and also responsibility. My wife and family far outweigh my lifelong desire to become female, I would hate to cause any disruption to that. I do regret my cowardice as a young person not to act on my inner feelings in regard to desiring to be female. I chose the easy option of denial and suppression. Inevitably, I failed in that attempt at self control and had to come out as being transgender at the age of forty one. I do have regrets that certain people I came out to have used it against me, I misjudged their trust. I have regrets I don’t have breasts, a female body and look female, I dream of being feminine. Im not feminine though so this does distress me somewhat and I regret the lack of femininity.
Despite the regrets, they are not enough to crush me as I do enjoy my life, it’s an aspect I can handle, I know it is down to my own inaction that these regrets exist. I try to not let them intrude as I do enjoy my rare moments as a woman and find each opportunity incredibly rewarding and fulfilling.
Recently I was asked by a female friend where all of this was going to end up? It really made me think and I wanted to answer as honestly as I could. At the moment I think in the next few years I will start to spend time out and about as a woman not a man. This is a reflection of where I am going emotionally and also I do have personal ambitions in regard to the challenge of existing as a (part-time) woman. I want to do it well and never be considered as a man when I head out as a woman. I therefore see an increase in this kind of activity and a change in my wardrobe, hair and make-up to reflect this. I did consider what would occur if I were single. I don’t want to be single but it was a hypothetical scenario I felt I should muse over. I believe I would likely spend a lot more time as my female self if I were single but I’m pretty certain I would not transition. I still like my male self so I see such a scenario as being a less inhibited opportunity to fully express myself more freely.
It has taken me pretty much fifty years to accept myself and I don’t feel I’m still quite there yet, there is a lot more self acceptance I need to embrace. I think it’s my fear of damaging my relationship with my wife and family, who all know I have a female alter-ego, that prevents me from pushing things further. Al I can say is I do feel a lot more at ease with my inner female self than I did in past decades.
Escucha el VIENTO... que INSPIRA. Escucha el SILENCIO... que HABLA. Escucha el CORAZÓN... que SABE.
(proverbio indio)
Chicago. 2017
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Karlsruhe - Alter Messplatz
Artist: WUAM
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Photo prise au parc ornithologique du Pont de Gau en Camargue.
J'attends vos critiques car je débute dans ce genre photographique !
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Harbour crane "Alter Krahnen" (1554-1558) in Andernach, Germany.
The "old crane" on the Rhine at Andernach is one of the few remaining early modern cranes in Europe. The impressive structure was constructed from 1554 and 1558 and replaced an earlier floating crane. It consists of a stone tower housing two treadwheels with which two to four workers were able to tower the crane. The jib can be rotated 360°. The Alte Krahnen was among the larges crane on Germany's rivers and would remain in operation until 1911. During these 350 years, it was mainly used to load barrels of wine and mill stones.
Harbour cranes were important economic strategic assets on Europes rivers as they provided revenue through the goods loaded and were often associated with the collection of customs or octroi. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the crane at Andernach was built in a representative fashion and decorated with carved stonework.
The orange portion is an original natural gas torch flame
two — three meters tall as photographed.
The blue position is the same flame with distortions applied. Each part echos its counterpart in the original.
© Angela M. Lobefaro Explore
taken on the longtailboat boat towards Bamboo Island, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
June 2008
The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the western Andaman Sea coast of the mainland. Phi Phi Don, the larger and principal of the two Phi Phi islands, is located at [show location on an interactive map] 7°44′00″N, 98°46′00″E. Both Phi Phi Don, and Phi Phi Leh, the smaller, are administratively part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, and is located at [show location on an interactive map] 8°02′30″N, 98°48′39″E.
Ko Phi Phi Don ("ko" (Thai: เกาะ) meaning "island" in the Thai language) is the largest island of the group, and is the only island with permanent inhabitants, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Lee (or "Ko Phi Phi Leh"), are visited by many people as well. There are no accommodation facilities on this island, but it is just a short boat ride from Ko Phi Phi Don. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Noi, and Bamboo Island, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Muslim fishermen during the late 1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80% Muslim.But the actual population if counting laborers, especially from the north-east, from the mainland is much more Buddhist these days.
Ko Phi Phi Leh was the backdrop for the 2000 movie The Beach. Phi Phi Leh also houses the 'Viking Cave', from which there is a thriving bird's nest soup industry. There was criticism during filming of 'The Beach' that the permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal. [1] The controversy cooled down however, when it was discovered that the producers had done such a decent job of restoring the place that it finally looked better than it had done before.
Following the release of The Beach, tourism on Phi Phi Don increased dramatically, and with it the population of the island. Many buildings were constructed without planning permission.[citation needed]
Ko Phi Phi was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, when nearly all of the island's infrastructure was wiped out. Redevelopment has, however, been swift, and services like electricity, water, Internet access and ATMs are up and running again, but waste handling has been slower to come back online.
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