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Dedicated to my 97 year old Grandma who passed away last week. May her soul be at peace among the stars.
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Dedicated to Tootdood and any other friends of mine in the Manchester area! I've had two visits to the city now and would love to go back some day.
Dedicated to my wife Theresa Jane Brown who is in ITALY where she will be Examining from May 5 to May 26 on behalf of the ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE.
Me in Monastiraki - Μοναστηράκι, Old Athens (a 24 km round trip bike ride from my home).
Taken on May 13, 2018.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος
Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece
(retired in 2011, born in 1946).
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None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!
Dedicated to All the Flickr's Friends !!!
Thank you for all your kind Comments !
I wishe you,all, a Great Week End !!
Btw : this image was Shot in Fouras (Charentes Maritimes) - France -
DEDICATED TO MY DAUGHTER MICHELLE LUCRECIA WITH ALL MY LOVE.
ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΟΡΗ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΣΕΛ ΛΟΥΚΡΕΣΙΑ ΜΕ ΟΛΗ ΜΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΑΠΗ.
The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Thanassis Fournarakos
Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!
This photograph has achieved the following highest awards:
* GALAXY HALL OF FAME
This beer is dedicated to all the men and women of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The balance is hop forward, with a clean fermentation profile, somewhat dry finish, and a prominent supporting malt. This allows a creative range of modern hop
characters to shine through From Black Hops Brewing
Dedicated to Miriam Makeba.....RIP
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer whose voice stirred hopes of freedom among millions in her country with music that was banned by the apartheid authorities she struggled against, died overnight after performing at a concert in Italy on Sunday. She was 76.
DEDICATED TO MY BELOVED ENGLISH WIFE THERESA JANE BROWN.
The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Thanassis Fournarakos
Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!
This photograph has achieved the following highest awards:
* GALAXY HALL OF FAME
Dedicated to all my friends and contacts, and Bob Ottey, (Blue Melanistic) He has been coming to visit and chat since I started here in Flickr. He is a great photographer, a good friend. Happy Birthday Bob!
This summer I have the opportunity to visit a butterfly sanctuary, and even though it was very hot and tiring, I enjoyed every minute of it! This is a Zebra Heliconian, and if you want to know more about this gorgeous butterfly, this is a very good place to start:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_Heliconian
Very busy with house renovations, so I I'm way behind responding visits from my friends and contacts, but I promise to visit all next week! Have fun in the sun!
I'm afraid soon we will be singing this song...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy0kNX5xrnE
I enjoy nature photography the most, since I love the outdoors and long hiking trips. Macro photography is a true passion for me, since I get to watch a miniature world that opens without limits, before the camera makes the funny sound.
Graphic design is another way to express myself. I love reinventing a photo that I have seen in different ways. Sometimes, I use my own textures to do so.
EXPLORE:
More of one hundred of my photos made it to Explore. One appeared on the front page, and others at 14, 25 and 52. If you’d like to see them, please go to my Explore set.
TO MY FRIENDS:
Flicker has giving me opportunity to meet a group of wonderful people. Thanks for making me feel so proud of what I do and love.
ABOUT GROUPS:
I only submit my photos to groups which pages are not private.
MY THANKS:
I appreciate your visit and your comment. Thank you!
Martha.
Dedicated to all who need an extra smile these days...
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Very busy days (i just made my melomakarona...)
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I'll visit your streams when i'll have the time.
Thanks for visiting and looking...
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Dedicated to the heavy problem of global warming and overheating of our Planet.
Mixed Technique: my candlelit Light Painting Photography and Digital Painting, completed with some editing to give more roundness
and a 3D look.
All you see is submerged into water. (This is one of my four works that I used to compose my most complex 'Inferno Quattro' ).
Happy Holidays !
©WhiteAngel Photography and #PlanisphericArt. All rights reserved.
DSCF5144 okk Planet burning less reflex VM DEF
# 121 > 110
Dedicated to Saint Peter, the abbey church of Champagne is not located, as one would think, in the bubbly-producing hills of northeastern France, but much further south, on the banks of River Rhône, between Lyon and Valence, in the northern part of the département of Ardèche, i.e., in the old province of Vivarais.
Stylistically, this large church, built right next to the busy and noisy thoroughfare that Highway 86 is today, is very homogeneous and was built around 1150, replacing an older, 11th century church of which two capitals have been re-used in the nave. Numerous sculpted fragments from the previous church were also gathered as demolition progressed and reinserted haphazardly in the new one. But built by whom exactly, and for what exact purpose? That is much more mysterious.
From the scant written evidence that has come to us, we can surmise that it was originally built by the Albon family of powerful local lords, probably for regular canons of one or the other obedience. In 1275, it has become a priory of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Chef. In 1172, the canons of the chapter of the Saint Maurice Cathedral in Vienne had given a number of churches to the abbey of Saint-Chef, but the charter doesn’t specify which ones. If we are right in thinking that the Champagne church was originally owned by canons, it is possible that those canons were the ones from the Vienne chapter, and if so, the Champagne church may have been among those turned over to the abbey in 1172. The deal would have been facilitated by the fact that, from 1119, the archbishop of Vienne was also the protector of the abbey of Saint-Chef. Furthermore, it has been noted (in particular in my Zodiaque collection reference book, Vivarais et Gévaudan romans, by Robert Saint-Jean) that the Champagne church offers many similarities with the abbey church of Saint-Chef, in a more accomplished version, as the former came half a century after the latter.
The link between Saint-Chef and Champagne, however, did not last. Because of deep and enduring management problems at Saint-Chef where the monks could not elect a new abbot, the archbishop of Vienne was first appointed as abbot ad perpetuitam by a papal Bull of John XXII in 1320. A second Bull, in 1328, took away from the abbey the Saint Peter Priory, under the pretext that its income was not sufficient to support the prior and his monks. The church then became a simple parish church. However, let’s not forget that, at the time, the Rhône River was the border between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire: the archbishop of Vienne had his seat on the left bank, on the Empire side, while the Saint Peter Priory was on the right bank, on the kingdom side; the archbishop may have wanted to be able to take refuge in France in the event things went sour on the Empire side... which would explain why the priory compound was indeed fortified at the same time!
Seriously damaged during the Wars of Religion in the 1560s, the church undertook important repairs during the early 1600s: it is then the the three cupolas on squinches roofing the nave were put in place in lieu of the previous Romanesque barrel vault. The church, much too big for such a small village, continued to degrade over the decades. By 1750, the upper floors of the tower-porch that framed the western entrance were in ruin, and one century later, what was left of that tower-porch was razed to allow for the enlargement of what was then the royal road number 86. This veritable act of vandalism prompted the authorities to protect the monument in 1854 by listing it as a Historic Landmark.
A systematic restoration took place between 1888 and 1894, during which (it is a rare enough occurrence to be duly noted and lauded!) all the add-ons erected after the end of the Romanesque period were eliminated. The original church was saved. In 1968, three regular Augustinian canons from a Swiss convent came and settled in Champagne, reviving the Saint Victor offshoot of the Augustinians which had been dead since the French Revolution. They proved extremely successful and in 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated the priory to abbey status. Today, the church is both canonical and parochial.
However, the very exceptional characteristic of this abbey is that, because the original monastery buildings had been destroyed after the French Revolution and replaced by ordinary village houses, the Augustinians had to build anew where there was space available, i.e., a couple hundred meters away from the church...! Thus, there is no proper enclosure, the canons live in the middle of the village, and walk across it to go attend to their duties. This is much too in sæculum for my taste, and not a proper way to practice the life of a so-called “regular” canon. I understand the appeal that the church may have had, but my opinion is that, owing to the present-day configuration of the village, it should have been deemed unsuitable. Likewise, the liturgy of this congregation does not truly meet with my approval, the same way “reality TV” doesn’t: a floor-heated church, cleverly designed lighting everywhere, a discreet and elaborate sound system... quite a bit too Hollywoodian for me. But obviously, just like reality TV, it does have its appeal.
The groin-vaulted, narrow southern aisle.
This sweet lady was just recently told that she has pancreatic cancer. She has six children. She is asking for prayers that she may stay around to see all of her children grow up. I just know how so many of you will add her to your prayer list. God is good and merciful - thank you in advance for your prayers for her. Smiles and hugs, have a blessed weekend :) !~ ♥
Dedicated to the memory of those massacred in Connecticut, USA.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSSjM6-fUFE
Twenty children and eight adults died, killed by a young man who shot his mother before the event and himself after it. The mother was a gun fanatic with a collection of guns she much prized but never showed to any of her friends. She trained her son to shoot, using guns from her collection. The son used the guns to kill all--his mother, himself, the 20 children and six other adults at the school where he shot them and himself. American law allows the possession of guns based on a misreading of the Second Ammendment to the Constitution. The National Rifle Association (NRA), which claims to protect the rights of Americans, fosters this "right to own guns" even as it makes money off of its political stance and from the gun industry. No one in the government, neither presidents, congress, or the Supreme Court has seriously attempted to change this situation. It is so incredible that in the state of Arizona, to use one example, one has the right to bring a gun to school or into a bar, even if you are drunk. WHEN WILL THIS END?
Jim was as strong as any tree, if not in body at times, then in spirit. I don't know that he shared a bad mood, feeling or thought. He taught us all a thing or two about living and what it meant to be appreciative of one's time on this planet.
This tree represents Jim, his friends - in real life - and on Flickr. His spirit - represented by the branches - reach out to say, sit a spell, seek some shelter. We'll always be welcomed to gather under these branches, that's the kind of man he was.
Rest in peace. ...
Brassolaeliocattleya~Rustic Spots...l PIcked This One Gaston Cus l Know You Love Orchids Too...Thank You So Much Gaston!!! For Best Results View On Black
Dedicated to the survivors, family and friends of the people affected by the Humboldt Bronco Tragedy where 15 people died on a bus while headed to a hockey game in Saskatchewan junior hockey playoff game in Nipawin, This tragedy has struck a chord with people not only here in Canada, but globally.
This view from my building today just echoed the mood of sadness.
The last dedicated 1911/9112 Oz minerals train prepares to depart the Dry Creek North yard on 1-12-19 with ALF23,GWA009,GWB101 and a string of Oz mineral wagons as well as the ARTC ballast consist on the back. At Port Augusta the GWB and the ballast consist were detached before continuing on to Wirrida.
From then on, the Oz minerals loading was detached and attached at Wirrida by Darwin intermodal services.
Dedicated To Spangles 44 (Lins)
Want To Know Why ? Read Her Profile Page Testimonials ! She Is a Delightful Person To Know In this Fickle World Known as Flickr ! Whilst There Is No Such Bird as A SeaGull, Only Gulls, I Make An Exception For Her ' Cos She Likes My ' SeaGull ' Photo' s ! Lol !
... dedicated to an american friend
Leica M3 con Summaron 35mm 2,8 "occhiali"
1081 LeicaM3 0816 31829 BN3
Dedicated To "swt snookie " ~ Patricia ~Thanks for the constant visits and comments !
Explore # 468 ! 04-07-'09 !
Despite living in a Port City with a Great Maritime History, shipping photography has never held the same interest for me as say wild-life photography ! Yup, you can tell, I hear you all say ! Lol !
During a visit this evening, to feed and take some more shots of the Swans and their Cygnets, I came across this vessel and was immediately drawn to the Name ~ Further info' if required can be found here ~
www.trinityhouse.co.uk/events_and_leisure/patricia_voyage...
Dedicated to Jaime F.
A firm source of inspiration to me.
Strongly suggested to view b&b (Big & in Black...)
Dedicated to my beloved English wife Theresa Jane Brown.
Loutraki - Perachora - Corinthian gulf.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
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None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!
This photograph has achieved the following highest awards:
* GALAXY HALL OF FAME
DEDICATED TO THE LAWYER ANDREAS FOURNARAKOS (MY BROTHER) AND HIS SONS, NIKOLAOS AND ALEXANDROS, IN ATHENS, GREECE.
ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΕΝΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΔΕΡΦΟ ΜΟΥ ΑΝΔΡΕΑ ΦΟΥΡΝΑΡΑΚΟ, ΔΙΚΗΓΟΡΟ, ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΓΙΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ, ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ.
The town of Istiaia is located at the northern end of the island of Evia, 5 km from the sea, and about 200 klm from Athens.
Homer immortalised Istiaia in his catalogue of Evian cities which took part in the Trojan war.
It is the largest town of N. Evia with a particular local colour owing to it's old stone houses and neoclassical mansions. There is significant tourism in both winter and summer.
My English wife Theresa Jane Brown and I were invited by friends to visit them in Limni for the weekend Feb. 1-2.
It was a rainy and cold weekend, but none the less we had a great time.
The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
None of my images may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, manipulated or used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. THANK YOU!
This photograph has achieved the following highest awards
* RED CARPET HALL OF FAME
* BEST OF RED CARPET HALL OF FAME
* GALAXY HALL OF FAME
This photo dedicated to Molly who I enjoyed a Flickr relationship with for a couple of years until she disappeared. She turned me on to thrift shopping and making mods to cute skirts. (Molly: if you're out there, please send me a Flickrmail!!)
I recently bought these cute classic style Mary Jane flats and grey pleated mini. I thought it would be great to make a complete outfit by adding my black leotard and lavender opaque tights. So cute!! I will be thinking of where I might go dressed like this…
Dedicated to Saint Peter, the abbey church of Champagne is not located, as one would think, in the bubbly-producing hills of northeastern France, but much further south, on the banks of River Rhône, between Lyon and Valence, in the northern part of the département of Ardèche, i.e., in the old province of Vivarais.
Stylistically, this large church, built right next to the busy and noisy thoroughfare that Highway 86 is today, is very homogeneous and was built around 1150, replacing an older, 11th century church of which two capitals have been re-used in the nave. Numerous sculpted fragments from the previous church were also gathered as demolition progressed and reinserted haphazardly in the new one. But built by whom exactly, and for what exact purpose? That is much more mysterious.
From the scant written evidence that has come to us, we can surmise that it was originally built by the Albon family of powerful local lords, probably for regular canons of one or the other obedience. In 1275, it has become a priory of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Chef. In 1172, the canons of the chapter of the Saint Maurice Cathedral in Vienne had given a number of churches to the abbey of Saint-Chef, but the charter doesn’t specify which ones. If we are right in thinking that the Champagne church was originally owned by canons, it is possible that those canons were the ones from the Vienne chapter, and if so, the Champagne church may have been among those turned over to the abbey in 1172. The deal would have been facilitated by the fact that, from 1119, the archbishop of Vienne was also the protector of the abbey of Saint-Chef. Furthermore, it has been noted (in particular in my Zodiaque collection reference book, Vivarais et Gévaudan romans, by Robert Saint-Jean) that the Champagne church offers many similarities with the abbey church of Saint-Chef, in a more accomplished version, as the former came half a century after the latter.
The link between Saint-Chef and Champagne, however, did not last. Because of deep and enduring management problems at Saint-Chef where the monks could not elect a new abbot, the archbishop of Vienne was first appointed as abbot ad perpetuitam by a papal Bull of John XXII in 1320. A second Bull, in 1328, took away from the abbey the Saint Peter Priory, under the pretext that its income was not sufficient to support the prior and his monks. The church then became a simple parish church. However, let’s not forget that, at the time, the Rhône River was the border between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire: the archbishop of Vienne had his seat on the left bank, on the Empire side, while the Saint Peter Priory was on the right bank, on the kingdom side; the archbishop may have wanted to be able to take refuge in France in the event things went sour on the Empire side... which would explain why the priory compound was indeed fortified at the same time!
Seriously damaged during the Wars of Religion in the 1560s, the church undertook important repairs during the early 1600s: it is then the the three cupolas on squinches roofing the nave were put in place in lieu of the previous Romanesque barrel vault. The church, much too big for such a small village, continued to degrade over the decades. By 1750, the upper floors of the tower-porch that framed the western entrance were in ruin, and one century later, what was left of that tower-porch was razed to allow for the enlargement of what was then the royal road number 86. This veritable act of vandalism prompted the authorities to protect the monument in 1854 by listing it as a Historic Landmark.
A systematic restoration took place between 1888 and 1894, during which (it is a rare enough occurrence to be duly noted and lauded!) all the add-ons erected after the end of the Romanesque period were eliminated. The original church was saved. In 1968, three regular Augustinian canons from a Swiss convent came and settled in Champagne, reviving the Saint Victor offshoot of the Augustinians which had been dead since the French Revolution. They proved extremely successful and in 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated the priory to abbey status. Today, the church is both canonical and parochial.
However, the very exceptional characteristic of this abbey is that, because the original monastery buildings had been destroyed after the French Revolution and replaced by ordinary village houses, the Augustinians had to build anew where there was space available, i.e., a couple hundred meters away from the church...! Thus, there is no proper enclosure, the canons live in the middle of the village, and walk across it to go attend to their duties. This is much too in sæculum for my taste, and not a proper way to practice the life of a so-called “regular” canon. I understand the appeal that the church may have had, but my opinion is that, owing to the present-day configuration of the village, it should have been deemed unsuitable. Likewise, the liturgy of this congregation does not truly meet with my approval, the same way “reality TV” doesn’t: a floor-heated church, cleverly designed lighting everywhere, a discreet and elaborate sound system... quite a bit too Hollywoodian for me. But obviously, just like reality TV, it does have its appeal.
The choir and the ambulatory. This is where the most elaborate capitals are. Their inspiration is, obviously, Corinthian; none of them is historied.
The emblazoned armchair is where the Father Abbot sits to preside over the assembly during the ceremonies he attends.
Dedicated to my contact Kirsten Storm. She reminds me with one of her first uploaded photos delightful on this dreamy windmill. Thank you for sharing, Kirsten!
The Windmill "Charlotte" stands at the entrance to the 773-acre conservation area "Geltinger Birk" in Schleswig-Holstein (North Germany, Baltic Sea). The Mill was built in 1824 originally to carry the water into the Geltinger bay. Today it is in privately owned.
The photo was taken during a holiday in 1989 with my Olympus SLR
If you have time View Large On Black
Dieses Bild ist meinem Kontakt Kirsten Storm gewidmet. Sie hat mich auf wundervolle Weise mit einem ihrer ersten hochgeladenen Photos an die traumhafte Windmühle erinnert. Herzlichen Dank dafür, Kirsten!
Die Windmühle "Charlotte" steht am Eingang zum 773 Hektar großen Naturschutzgebiet "Geltinger Birk" (Schleswig-Holstein, Ostsee). Die 1824 erbaute Holländermühle diente ursprünglich dazu das Noorwasser in die Geltinger Bucht zu befördern. Heute steht sie im Privatbesitz.
Aufgenommen habe ich die Windmühle während eines Urlaubs 1989 mit meiner Olympus SLR.
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