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Because of my recent ill health - and as part of a house search - Steph and I spent a long weekend in Norfolk. Thank you Steph!
Because the small town of Stamford has five main parish churches, there are these days simply too many for the available congregations. Some churches have been closed or are no longer available for regular worship. This redundant church, though no longer used for worship, remains open to the public and is kept immaculately.
Because of the great fire wall of Chinese policy, it's so hard to cross the limit to visit flickr, so I could not reply my dear friends, I'm so sorry about that and please forgive me,thank you so much and hope my friends can still hit on me！由于中国网络原因，访问flickr很困难，速度很慢，所有暂时没有办法一一回应各位好友，请朋友们见谅！还请各位好友继续关注我！
My pro account is out of time，thank you my friends here for supporting me what a long time！！May I have a pleasure to receive a pro gift from you？我的pro账号到期了，感谢朋友们长期以来的热心支持！！有好心人能赞助一个pro账号给我吗，在此先表感谢！！
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Because of the attacks in the past, the restoration was so radical that there is almost nothing original in its structure.
It's an exact replica (made in concrete) of one of the most important castles in Japan.
In the inner floor there is a modern museum with good material about the Siege of Osaka castle and a particular point of view about the rivalry between Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Iraganeko erasoen ondorioz, beharrezkoak ziren berriztapenak oso erradikalak izan ziren. Hori bai, jatorrizko gazteluaren kementozko erreplika zehatza da.
Barruan Toyotomi Hideyoshiren azkenengo gatazkari buruzko argibide anitz topa dezakezu, Osakatarren ikuspuntuz blai, jakina.
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Debido a los ataques sufridos en el pasado, la restauración fue tan radical que casi no hay nada original en él. Es una réplica exacta en cemento del que fue uno de los más importantes castillos en Japón.
En el interior hay un museo con buen material sobre la batalla que sitió al castillo durante un año y acabó con el shogunato del ídolo local Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Because of the great fire wall of Chinese policy, it's so hard to cross the limit to visit flickr, so I could not reply my dear friends, I'm so sorry about that and please forgive me,thank you so much and hope my friends can still hit on me！由于中国网络原因，访问flickr很困难，速度很慢，所有暂时没有办法一一回应各位好友，请朋友们见谅！还请各位好友继续关注我！
My pro account is out of time，thank you my friends here for supporting me what a long time！！May I have a pleasure to receive a pro gift from you？我的pro账号到期了，感谢朋友们长期以来的热心支持！！有好心人能赞助一个pro账号给我吗，在此先表感谢！！
If you want to use or buy this image，please contact me. 版权所有，转载请联系本人。
Because winds and water currents flow over the land, the formation of sand is unavoidable. As long as the winds blew, the rivers flowed, and the seas stirred, sand would be born grain by grain from the earth, and like a living being it would creep everywhere. The sands never rested. Gently but surely they invaded and destroyed the surface of the earth.
This image of the flowing sand made an indescribably exciting impact on the man. The barrenness of sand, as it is usually pictured, was not caused by simple dryness, but apparently was due to the ceaseless movement that made it inhospitable to all living things. What a difference compared with the dreary way human beings clung together year in year out.
Certainly sand was not suitable for life. Yet, was a stationary condition absolutely indispensable for existence? Didn't unpleasant competition arise precisely because one tried to cling to a fixed position? If one were to give up a fixed position and abandon oneself to the movement of the sands, competition would soon stop. Actually, in the deserts flowers bloomed and insects and other animals lived their lives. These creatures were able to escape competition through their great ability to adjust...
While he mused on the effect of the flowing sands, he was seized from time to time by hallucinations in which he himself began to move with the flow.
- Kobo Abe, The Woman in the Dunes
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Because sometimes things are blurry and sometimes things are cracked and sometimes things are hard to see and sometimes I stay up too late editing pictures then decide to put them on the internet and can't think of a caption so I overuse repetition.
"My son, eat thou honey because it is good,
and the honeycomb which is sweet to thy taste."
Proverbs 24:13
(21st Century King James Version)
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2. "An iris symbolizes faith, wisdom, friendship, hope, valor, love, and wisdom.",
3. "Life is the flower for which love is the honey.",
5. "It takes a bee to get the honey out.",
6. "The busy bee has no time for sorrow.",
7. "Fame is a bee. It has a song.",
8. "Fame is a bee. It has a It has a sting.",
9. "Fame is a bee. Ah, too, it has a wing."
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memories from Sankeien Garden (Yokohama, Japan)
thanks for stopping by
and God Bless,
hugs, Chris
I wear sneaks all the time. Because I really can't abide heels over 2.5" and nowadays you just can't find that.
I've been looking for ages for a simple, round toe (but not Doc Marten rounded/squared), 2.5" heel (that isn't stilleto-thin) pump. And I finally found a pair that was not a million dollars.
I can finally wear some of the styles and looks I've ached to but never had the shoes for.
(socks are Betsey Johnson, I think her "Namesake" knee highs)
Because of the heavy weather we looked for shelter in the archeological museum for our SketchCrawl.
09/03/2013
pencil and watercolour
on sketchblock Arches Santinado extrablanco (23 x 30,5 cm)
... because I made them with whole wheat flour. The dough itself is already sweet enough. So, they're satisfying with just cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar.
Because of beautiful weather, we took Absynthia in her new dress and wreath to the Ayu's parents garden and made her a few pictures :)
Face-up by Himi*Mo
Wig by DollGa
Eyes by Desers
Wreath and outfit by us - Ayu&Ana Design
Even though it is a difficult climb because of dense vegetation that is known locally as tuckamore, one of my favourite places on the island to visit is the Annieopsquotch Mountains. Those mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountain range which stretch from Alabama in the United States to Newfoundland in Canada. (The name Annieopsquotch was given to this range by the Mi'kmaq Indians and means "terrible rocks"). If you've seen some of the photographs from this area here on my photostream, you know they are well named.
This is a pristine area. You will see absolutely no garbage, no ATV's, and few (if any) humans. You most likey will see Caribou, Arctic Hare, Ptarmigan, Eagles, and/or other wildlife. But, even more interesting than the wildlife are all the erratics you will see...and even more amazing is the way many of them are balanced on other smaller rocks such as this one you see here! When you stand there looking at them, it gives you goosebumps to realize they've been sitting there like that since the glaciers dropped them there many thousands of years ago. I look upon it as one of the great privileges of living in this area to be able to view these wonderful creations of nature. I wish more people would be able to do so.
I could have changed the exposure of the foreground objects with CaptureNX ... that simply superb program from Nikon which will allow you to selectively to do that...but I like this one the way it is. I added the two others just to show the erratic in close-up and one with the GPSr to show you the scale.
Because the red fox can be orange, silver, black, or any combination thereof, look for its distinguishing mark: a bushy, white-tipped tail. They also commonly have black "stockings," white undersides, and ears that may be tipped in black outside with white inside. Weighing about 10 to 14 pounds, red foxes are members of the dog family Canidae, and look similar to dogs, wolves, and coyotes. They have long, pointed snouts and erect ears, and are often seen because they prefer open habitats and are not strictly nocturnal.
While they are opportunistic, omnivorous feeders and will eat insects, birds, mice, snakes, rabbits, nuts, berries, and fruits.
The red fox, European rabbit, and Norway rat, were introduced to San Juan Island by humans, which changed the island’s natural balance.
—nps.gov
Because everyone should have one (just, you know, to have your back for you).
I could have stuck Adios or Bastardino there but, I just don't feel they've got my back like Wee Ninja. Wee Ninja gives me the comfort to sleep at night. See, right there? He's peeking out making sure I'm doing okay. He's all "how we doing, we good? you look good, we're good". That is, that's what he would be saying if he talked, secretly stealthy ninja don't talk (we communicate via telekenesis - wait, that's the one that moves things, the other one, you know, the readie thoughtsie one).
Because when you drop off some metal at a scrap metal merchant's place you're bound to be met by a fit bird in lingerie, not by a fat bloke smoking a fag. As undeniably naff as this advertising is, it's amusing to think of Jo Brand or Harriet Harman seeing it and pissing straight up in self-righteous rage.
Because it can only get better.
Last year was a year of recovery and discovery. I was struggling to recover from my knee-replacement surgery and in late June, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Anyone who thinks its a "fake disease" has obviously never experienced it. I'm on muscle relaxers to help with the pain and sleeping issues. They're working okay, but I have follow-up appointments every three months till we hammer down a treatment that gives me back my life.
I don't make New Year's resolutions for a couple reasons. One is that if I make them, I stress about them and most of my pain issues are exacerbated by stress. And I have enough stress in my daily life being married to a disabled person. And, my "changes" that I want to make are directly related to my health problems. I cannot fix myself till the health problems are addressed.
So, in this new year, with the helpful doctor (and a follow-up appointment less than a week away), things can only get better.
Because you can't start a rebellion without a good breakfast!
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Because I was told I had to.
Not much here really. Actually, it's missing a few Webby books because I've lent them to mates. My music lives with my stereo. Cookery books live in the kitchen. Jo's murder and science books live downstairs.
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Phenomonal Woman
Maya Angelou
Because you were having problems taking pics I made one of my own xD *sneaky sneaky piccy* Yours is going to be way better then this one lol
The Chicago Police stated that "because of the concerns from the community" and "due to all the people who wanted to preserve the environment out there" they were influenced in their decision to cancel the proposed gun range.
Thanks so much to all of you who supported the cause on Facebook, attending meetings and elsewhere! We now know that the when the IBET team join forces we can make a real difference!
We all owe a very special debt of gratitude to Carolyn Marsh! She spotted the eagle nest while trying to protect the heron rookery from the proposed gun range. Carolyn's years of hard work and dedication protecting all the wildlife that can't speak for themselves has earned her the honor to have the marsh in question named "Carolyn's Marsh". With your voices we can make this tribute happen! A new Facebook page?
In addition, a special thanks to Peggy Salazar of the Southeast Environmental Task Force, Frank Avila and Debra Shore of The Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, WBEZ's Michell Eloy, Doug Stotz, Jill Niland, Christine Williamson, Joan Bruchman, Paul Doughty, Rob Curtis, Erma Tranter, Margaret Frisbie, Judith Lihota, Sam Burckhardt, Judy Pollack, Greg Neise, and to The Chicago Audubon Society for their never ending support for birds & their habitat! Special shout out to Calumet Photographic & David Vido VLB Productions for donating the video cameras!!
Sorry if I missed a few folks, Carolyn can add them on IBF.
www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=41565.msg72839#msg72839
Facebook Page:
CBS Radio:
chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/12/police-drop-firing-range-...
WBEZ:
www.wbez.org/story/chicago-police-abandon-south-side-gun-...
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-breakingnews-ugcpg,...
Carolyn's Marsh
"Try to become not a person of success, but
try rather to become a person of Value.
~ Albert Einstein
I went to Target yesterday and they have all their Christmas stuff out -- so I bought some tinsel, lights and a couple bows and took a few shots... I'm sure there will be many more attempts, but here's a first go at potential cards. Bear came in from a short time outside with a new scratch under his eye this morning, so I only got a few of him (plus he's not quite as accommodating as she is). I think it may have been another attempt by Belle to hog the spotlight.
Preferences? Or ideas?