Faith is Funny
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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
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1.otober 2010 - 530 / 78 / 217
# wild salvia ..on bokehlicious flowers background
Wishing You All a great start into a Golden October !
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"All our beliefs are being challenged now, and rightfully so – they're stupid." Bill Hicks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxsGyljd6B0&feature=related
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please no much group invites, thanks !
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Created for Award Tree Challenge 220.0 ~ Mystical Light ~
All work done in MidJourney and Photoshop Beta23 .
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Thank you very much for your comments and faves, regretfully, I am finding it increasingly difficult to reply to your comments, because of my very limited time on the internet, due to constant power interruptions in South Africa. I do read and appreciate every one of them! Thanks again!!
”Shakkin’ Briggie” (St Devenick’s Bridge) over the River Dee from Ardoe to Cults, Aberdeen - opened in 1837. Funded by Rev Dr George Morison to give 700 parishioners on the north bank access to his church on the south bank (they were crossing the river by boat). You would need more than a prayer to cross on it now!
So many thoughts run through my mind right now, so many people I want to thank for their unconditional love and support, for the inspiration and the life lessons, the good advice and tips, their friendship, their encouragement, their belief in me!
My amazing loyal Friends of old and my new wonderful Friends (you know who you are), Thank You All so much for being who you are and for taking this long and beautiful journey called Photography along with me :)))
I've sent you all my very best wishes for the New Year already, so now let me wish us all another Fantastic year of creative and inspired imagery!!!
Happy New Year 2016!!!
About to embark on a journey, a Buddhist monk makes his way towards his train at Bang Sue Junction Railway Station in Bangkok.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 800, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/400s
The Cathedral of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's see of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has never been 'completed'. In Gothic style, its architects were Jan and Pieter Appelmans. It contains a number of significant works by the Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, as well as paintings by artists such as Otto van Veen, Jacob de Backer and Marten de Vos.
The belfry of the cathedral is included in the Belfries of Belgium and France entry in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The first Christian missionaries arrived in the 7th century. The first parish church dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was constructed in the current Sint Michielsstraat. After the Viking raids in 836, the church was damaged and restored, and subsequently dedicated to Saint Michael. In the 10th century, a group of 12 secular canons were connected to this church. They would dedicate all of their time to the Liturgy of the Hours, and mainly opposed the beliefs of the established Roman Catholic Church.
Upon hearing of their dissent behavior, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai (to which Antwerp belonged at the time) then sent Norbert of Xanten to discipline them. In 1124, Norbert of Xanten convinces 4 of the secular canons to start a norbertine abbey and thus the parish church becomes a monastery church, known as St. Michael's Abbey. The 8 other secular canons prefer to keep their freedom and move to a different location, a chapel dedicated to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.
This chapel becomes Antwerp's new parish church, and is located between the Saint Michael residential area, and an older settlement around the area of Het Steen.
Becoming more popular, the chapel is demolished and replaced by a much bigger romanesque church. The three-aisled nave corresponded in width to the cathedral's current central aisle, the inner and partly the middle aisles. The cloverleaf-shaped eastern section with a full aisle had a width of no less than 42 m. In 1294, the church gets a novum opus extension, indicating the first signs of gothic architecture.
that one's work is terribly important :-)
Bertrand Russell
Protect the ones you love, wear a mask, take care :-)
dahlia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
San Francisco dream cityscape about our strongly held beliefs and paradigm shifts.
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Darkroom print on ilford rc new, dodge and burn, selenium, selective bleaching agfa brown.
hp5 in d76
RZ67, 90mm lens
Five years ago if someone would have told me that I'd be shooting rebuilt CP SD9043AC's in maroon and grey paint in St Paul, I'd have thought they were nuts. Or high.
But here we are, doing just that on a beautiful Fall day. And these engines look GREAT! I gotta give them credit, CP really nailed it with these two Heritage units. They're on their first revenue run with train 197. Still can't believe what I saw today.
Sunlight streams into this diminutive chapel in Old San Juan illuminating the glorious colors inside
Seeing artist Barbara Kruger's installation at MoMA yesterday reminded me that I had seen her work installed at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC in 2016.
From the museum's website: "Large areas of the installation are devoted to open-ended questions (“WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO SPEAKS? WHO IS SILENT?”), while the section occupying the bookstore explores themes of desire and consumption. At once addressing the individual, the museum, and, symbolically, the country, Kruger’s penetrating examination of the public sphere transforms one of the Hirshhorn’s key public spaces."
Nui Sam is a sacred mountain, and there are a number of religious institutions and accommodations located at the foot of, on the slope of, and on, Nui Sam.
I walked down the stone steps of Chua Phuoc Dien as there was no direct trail from the temple to the top of Nui Sam, then took a xe om (bike taxi) to the entrance to the trail on the northern slope, and this photo was taken during the second climb on the same day afternoon. This is a northeastward view from the trail toward Chau Doc and the Hau Giang.
I learned that the religious magnet of Nui Sam is largely generated by the shrine of Bà Chúa Xứ (婆主處) or Chúa Xứ Thánh Mẫu (主處聖母). Ba Chua Xu is a goddess of the folk beliefs in Mekong Delta.
Green-roofed buildings near the centre of the photo is its headquarters.
This all started with an old photo of mine from July of 2017. Trying to recall what all editing I may have done. Can say for sure used the inverse effect and what they now call edge 5. Just now the first thing I did was use normal oil painting effect at 80%. Then used Adobe photoshop express duotone effect DU5. After that decorated with Adobe photoshop express floral sticker FL10 (although we can see this is technically a leaf rather than a flower.) Finished with a fine blue border.
It was my Mum's funeral today, and I'm not looking for sympathy or mentioning this for any reason other than to again show the beauty and majesty of nature in our lives.
After the ceremony in the chapel we all got together in the cafe of a garden centre that was very near to the crematorium. This was very appropriate as Mum had a great love of plants.
This Robin suddenly appeared and perched peacefully near our table.
Amongst the many symbolic interpretations, there is the belief that the Robin represents a loved one who has recently passed over, telling you all is fine and there is nothing to worry about. Your loved one is watching over you and wants to see you happy.
I don’t normally place much belief in dreams, but this time it was so powerful I actually got out of bed to start working on it before I forgot. I was “told” that I had to create several images that are black and white (not monochrome) with the emphasis on white, framed, contain people, and a bit of color. Oh yeah, the titles had to start with L, M, F, B, Q, or A (that’s the order I was given). After a couple of days, this collection is what I came up with. I also threw in a couple starting with S and T just for shits and giggles.
For the color part of this image, it is kind of small and hard to see. Click the pic to enlarge and check out the lips.
It is my ardent belief that we can all find beauty, wherever we go, if only we open our eyes and see it. I had to take a trip to see my doctor the other day and as I was waiting for the tram to go home after my consultation, I happened to notice a few pretty pink ornamental flowering almond blossoms poking through a hedge as I waited. They appeared to be saying: "peek-a-boo - we see you. Do you see us?" I'm so glad that I did see them, as I love the pink and white blossoms of the flowering almond, and they gave me a much needed smile. They are so delicate and pretty, how can one not smile when seeing them?
Spring is slowly returning to Melbourne, not that you would think so today, with extremely low temperatures and gusty winds, but when I took this photo earlier in the week, it had been a cool, yet sunny day which is typical of early spring days in Melbourne.
A spring-blooming shrub, flowering almond is a beautiful addition to any garden with sweet pink double blossoms. Sometimes the flowers are followed by small round red fruit coveted by squirrels. This shrub can grow ten to fifteen feet tall, but there is also a dwarf flowering almond (Prunus glandulosa) with pink or white flowers that grows only four to five feet tall.
A troubled mind
Trenches of dirt too deep
With its vines intertwined
It planted the seed
Wailful words it was condemned to believe
Were the catalyst that set it free
A deluded mind speaks the truth in lies
Fabricating your fables with its self deceit
Scrutiny will not bury the seed
Validation from tenacious eyes is not what it seeks
A seed is what it chooses to be
But you, the product of its never ending story
Is this all you amount to be?
A jester within the twisted web you weave
Vengeance lies in what will become obsolete
As the truth is something you will never reach
A seed finds comfort behind the distorted belief
That everything is exactly as it seems
You, the blind pilot behind the windshield of dreams
The key lies in the bullet that remains with me
A troubled mind has learned to breathe
Through false affirmation that you buried it to sea
When signals set your ship to sail
Pray that the person awaiting you is not me
Die griechisch-orthodoxe Kirche Panagía Kerá liegt bei Kritsa auf Kreta (Griechenland) unweit der Lasithi-Hochebene. Diese Kirche stammt aus dem 13. Jahrhundert und beherbergt gut erhaltene und restaurierte byzantinische Fresken.
The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is native to southeast North America. This reptile belongs to an ancient family (Chelydridae) that evolved in North America around 90 million years ago and has remained little changed since that time. Snapping turtles are omnivores and eat a wide variety of food sources including animals such as birds, frogs, snakes, fish and invertebrates as well as plants. During winter, they hibernate underwater in lakes and ponds buried in sediment in locations that do not freeze.
Contrary to popular belief, snapping turtles are not aggressive and much prefer to avoid confrontation. However, unlike most turtle species, snappers are unable to withdraw their heads fully into their shells for protection and have no choice but to defend themselves from predators and needless provocation by humans.
The photo shows a female snapping turtle searching for a suitable sandy nesting site where she can lay her eggs.
Unfortunately choice sites are often sandy areas by the side of roads or as in the photo on a gravel road in a wilderness area.
West Quebec, Canada
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Death, Doom & Gloom, we're all going to die, and no one gets out alive, not even you !!!.
Victorian Cemetery.
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Introduction
The Importance of the Word of God | "Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God" (Part Two)
www.holyspiritspeaks.org/videos/knowing-the-three-stages-...
Almighty God says, "The three stages of work are at the heart of God’s entire management, and in them are expressed the disposition of God and what He is. Those who do not know of the three stages of God’s work are incapable of realizing how God expresses His disposition, nor do they know the wisdom of God’s Work, and they remain ignorant of the many ways in which He saves mankind, and His will for the whole of mankind. The three stages of work are the full expression of the work of saving mankind. Those who do not know the three stages of work will be ignorant of the various methods and principles of the Holy Spirit’s work; those who only rigidly stick to doctrine that remains from one stage of work are people who limit God to doctrine, and whose belief in God is vague and uncertain. Such people will never receive God’s salvation."
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