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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
Margerethenkapelle on top of the Wiehengebirge. One of my special places since I visited a concert on a Winter evening here many years ago. October waved goodby with sunshine and warm tempereratures and we used the perfect weather for an extended hiking tour on the Wittedindsweg, a crest trail on the Wiehengebirge from Porta Westfalica in the East to the Osnabrück area in the West. Before the sun went down we visited the most interesting spots of the Eastern part of the trail.
”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!
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(Yummy) Theia Ring Set- Silver
*AvaWay* Shar Armlet (right and left arm- silver)
-Secrets- Greta Belly Piercing
Mila- Eye Diamonds (right and left)
Pumec Ears- Nepman
Blueberry- Yumi- Cheeky Shorts- Dark Blue
Blueberry- Diamond Bra- Black
Cynful Mina Piercings- Collarbone
Doux Hair- Lulu
L&B- Swear Lexi Engineer Boots- Black worn
Vegas Tattoo- Belief
Location- Elysion
-Denis Waitley
100x Macro 33/100
Yes, I still have these light switches in my house. I find that they add to the old vintage character of my house. I love them. :)
San Francisco dream cityscape about our strongly held beliefs and paradigm shifts.
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"But the simple beliefs of a simple man
Lay in His hands, and on my head
My head" - Genesis
LACPIXEL - 2023
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MELIORISM
the belief that we can contribute to positive
change and improve the world through acts of
love, creativity, compassion and kindness.
*No LM - taken at home in collaboration with Adrians amazing background he created....xx
General Watkins Conservation Area
Scott County Missouri
Photo taken on October 22, 2020
The sun is hiding were I’m standing but at the top of the hill it's brilliant beyond belief. I want to walk to the top of this hill and let this stunning sunshine rain down on me and be baptized in its brilliance.
When you become conscious of your thoughts, beliefs, words, and behaviors you then have the power to transform into anything you want.
I made the decision a long time ago to only love...to emit love...and to become nothing but love.
The best decision I ever made!
Model : Leia (Coco) Oshun Steel (Me)
Photographer : Leia (Coco) Oshun Steel (Me)
Location : XXXPLORE ISLAND
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."
LeLutka Bento Head-AIDA 3.3
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V4.1
Essences WALERIA Fatpack ( Tone #3 ) Group Gift
.Shi Hair : Bedlam . ALL
Veechi - Evil Queen Shadow [Lelutka]
.euphoric ~Bali Dream Eyes Applier ~[Lelutka]
.: Vegas :. Tattoo Applier Belief
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.
This is my contribution to Macro Mondays Look Up
And when I look up I of course lay down first
It's a pretty cool 'challenge' because you get to see it all in a different perspective than you normally do
Which is the story of my life lol
I think you can change things by doing just that
It is easier to observe things when you use a different perspective, putting on your objective glasses and look at what you are doing with your life, no judging
So
There I lay all down on the tiny spot where there is no snow, all by the house
Look UP
says Macro Mondays
And there they are
Small angel wings waving in the wind - making it a bit difficult to take a macro of course
I believe in many things, I love light and what that stands for and I know there are angels on earth
By having this belief I look for signs
If I had beliefs which was on the opposite side, the dark side, I would have looked for signs for my belief then too
That is why it can be difficult to get out of a pattern, we are being reassured that things are the way we think, like they are in our belief, because we have it around us in our sphere, social media, which groups do we follow, what news we want to be fed by.
Not to mention the people we are surrounded by - well we choose them for a certain reason, they match us somehow, until they don't.
I guess we feel safe having this common belief, either it has a light side or a dark side.
Fear is, I think, a foundation deep in us from the ancient days when we were hunting or being hunted at
Fear of
Not having enough food
Not having sufficient clothings
Not having roof over your head
Not having a job
Not having enough money
Not being cool enough
Not being good enough
Not having the body you see in the ads
Not having the hair you want
Not being socially accepted
Not doing your job good enough
Not being the best friend
Not being the best parent ever
aso
The ones that control us by using our fears knows exactly what they are doing
Of course they do, they see it work every time
Be aware of the manipulative people you have around you and stop them by withdrawing, no need to take a fight with them, they will never understand
Being aware of what sides of you they manipulate will indeed make you grow, then you can do something about that, you have a choice to get out of the pattern
Choose your people
They influence you more then you can imagine
Have a lovely week
I know my week will be awesome, of course it will, because I want it to
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.
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"Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words.
Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits.
Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny."
"The future depends on what we do in the present."
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
… this particular aircraft was built by Douglas for the US Army Air Corps, was almost immediately transferred to China, flew the ‘Hump’ over the Himalayas during the war and had such an eventful history it’s almost beyond belief.
It was finally bought by the Historic Flight Foundation in 2006 and restored to DC-3B specifications, similar to airliners operated by Pan Am in the early 1950s.
«I want knowledge. Not belief. Not surmise. But knowledge. I want God to put out His hand, show His face, speak to me».
~ Antonius Block, The Seventh Seal
Today I have a special holiday look for Independence Day, which is a holiday on July 4th in America. Contrary to popular belief .....
A cat crosses an ancient wall at daybreak in Phanom Rung Historical Park in Buriram Province, Thailand. Located on the rim of an extinct volcano, the archeological site includes the ruins of this Buddhist-Hindu Khmer Empire temple dating back to the 10th Century.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/8.0, 31mm, 1/500s
For the Macro Monday challenge "Keyhole" (November 16th 2020)
A simple home-made keyhole that opens a bureau made by my grandfather. He made it in his spare time (he was a master joiner) so his daughters would have a place for their school books and a desk to work at, as they studied for their exams. He was unusual for his time in believing in equal educational opportunities for girls as well as boys. Both daughters succeeded in their chosen careers, and my mother continued that belief and offered her daughters the same opportunity for economic freedom through education. I treasure the bureau and all it stands for ;o)
HMM!!
My 2020 Macro Mondays set: Here
and previous years of the challenge:
My 2019 Macro Mondays set: Here
My 2018 set: 2018 Macro Mondays
My 2017 set: 2017 Macro Mondays
My 2016 set: 2016 Macro Mondays
My 2015 set: 2015 Macro Mondays
My 2014 set: 2014 Macro Mondays
My 2013 set: 2013 Macro Mondays
Ahu and moais destroyed.
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The moai statues and religious beliefs:
As in all of Polynesia, in Easter Island, worshiping ancestors was a big part of the inhabitants’ spiritual lives. The Rapanui believed that important people’s “mana” (spiritual energy) continued existing after their death, and that it had the ability to influence events much after their death, a belief that became tangible in the construction of the moai statues.
This is known as the classic stage, when the Rapa Nui culture reached its maximum splendor raising enormous ceremonial altars or Ahu in which great sculptures where made craved from volcanic rock, which are the most characteristic symbols of Easter Island. The moai period extended between approximately 800 A.D. and 1860, when the conflict between the different bloodlines changed the island’s history.
When a tribe’s leader or one of its important members dies, a sculpture was ordered to be created in the quarry of Rano Raraku, which would later be transported to to the respective village, so that it could project its “mana” or supernatural powers over its descendants. The moai statues were always placed looking towards their village and their descendants, not towards the sea, since their objective was not to protect them from outside threats but to extend over them a protective blanket.
As the Rapanui became skilled in sculpting and transporting the moai statues, these became bigger and more stylized, in contrast with the first which were short and crude; hence, the size and finesse of the sculpture’s details can be used to determine their antiquity. In fact, the biggest moai that were sculpted in this period, are still found in the quarry of Rano Raraku. It’s estimated that the biggest sculptures demanded the work and attention of men between 10-20 years old all year long.
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It’s believed that between the 15th and 18th centuries, Easter Island suffered an overpopulation crisis that caused shortages and conflicts between the 12 island tribes. The obsession of building bigger and bigger moai statues was one of the main causes of deforestation and food scarcity. These problems led to a fall in the belief of the moai’s power and their construction was not only abandoned, but some were even torn down from their ahus.
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At this time, the Tangata Manu or Birdman cult starts gaining strength. This cult resulted in what is now known as the Birdman Competition, as a way to determine who would be the Ariki who would rule the tribes for a period of one year. He who collected the first manutara (Easter Island seagull) egg from Motu Nui would have the right to rule. The Birdman Competition was held every year until the arrival of the Catholic missionaries in 1864.