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The sea speaks, regurgitates her

past, the curve of an oaken spar,

bitten by sea-ants, weathering

like the tongue of a boot, recklessly

flung by waves, beating seaweed

on a sandlocked beach, where the sun

pours contempt, from its barrels of heat.

Caulking those voices, screaming from

the bowels of the sea, to be heard

from their sargasso bed; not browning

with almond leaves after five hundred

years, mocking the tides as she speaks.

 

A diver skims the blue, paddling

with dolphin ease. A shark measures

his rhythm then departs. Whirlpools,

opaque metacarpals of the deep,

swirl, enveloping his dark feet.

 

Five hundred years, flesh grinding flesh

in its mill, rooted to bowels

alive in Earth, chewing their bits

spat from the top of mountaintops.

Drizzling their ash on valleys green

with a feverish melody,

strummed by wind and rain on box

guitars from the hills, when evenings

call for the brown bark acajou,

chiselled to shape the Cibonae's

hermetic shape.

Love is the fever, burnishing

the wood: Heaven is a gap through

the teeth of leaves. When the wind blows,

the curve of a woman, smoothen

by riverstones, excites a brave.

Her body's musk, like corn wine,

soothes the swelling around his lips.

 

Five hundred years, buried in shale;

horse dung, fossilized. The carrion

of an age nurses the navel

of vines, where the iguana breeds.

Great names, the verdigris of cities,

are buried here: Tolum; Tikal;

Palenque; Cozumel; Mayapan.

Wrapped in their jaguar shields, star shells,

their rulers rest, waiting their "tzab"

to dawn, bring resurrection...

 

Columbus Again

McDonald Dixon

from Caribbean Writers Online

Hit Explore on 19 Aug 2009 (Highest position #340). Thank you so much for your viewing, comments and faves!

 

English Premier League starts tonight! Glory Glory Man Utd!

 

View on Black is much better

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Según el recopilatorio del “Saber, Aforismos, Dichos y Ocurrencias Populares”, (S.A.D.O. Popular) dícese de:

 

1ª Acepción..

Sensación de calor, muchas veces acompañada de sudor.

 

2ª Acepción.

Reflector o fuente lumínica de gran tamaño y potencia.

Sinonimo: “¡Vaya peazo foco!”.

 

3ª Acepción.

Expresión que utiliza la foca para atajar las pretensiones sexuales del macho.

Fonética: “Soooooofoco”.

Suele culminar la frase, con un contundente, “¡Quieto, parao...!”.

 

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Tree sits alone off of an abandon road in the mountains.

 

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Well seeing as I missed the 400 Explore mark...here's the 500th instead..actually it's 510 with the 10 I manged to get with my other account...(That I am now unable to access)

There are actually 7 of these lil box montage thingies...that's 72 to a box multiplyed by 7...making 504!!!...If I knew how to add them all together in one large montage, I'd do it...sadly I know not what to do...:O((

 

I remember when I used to do one of these quite often, when getting into Explore was a rare occurance....Those were the days hey...oh to be shiny and new again..:))

Anyhoo...thanks to each and every one of you who has stuck by me over the almost 3 years that I have been on Flickr...where did the time go hey...:((

None of this would be possible without you all, so a squillions thanks from the heart of my bottom...lol..:))

Seriously...thanks everybody for stopping by and for all your comments, faves and awards, your all far to Kind..:))

  

1. Somewhere beyond the Sea......., 2. Bob, Bob, Bobbing along..., 3. Done Fish'n...., 4. For those in Peril on the sea..., 5. Hurry up and take my photo...there's fish'n to be done..., 6. What do you mean it's my turn to go fishing!!!, 7. A little T.L.C..., 8. Here, There be dragons....,

 

9. Come up and see me, make me smile.., 10. Now listen up son..., 11. flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/3533146267/, 12. I think somebody needs anger management classes...., 13. Keeping your eye on the prize...., 14. On the Up...., 15. Meep, Meep........, 16. To Boldly Go......,

 

17. Swan song..., 18. Eyes to the right..., 19. Your paying me in bananas!!!, 20. Looking for the Silver lining..., 21. Under the weather...., 22. Anybody got a tissue???, 23. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnnnnnny!!!!..., 24. I'm the King of the Castle...,

 

25. Wake up!...it's a beautiful morning..., 26. flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/3471373890/, 27. And did those feet in ancient time..., 28. Happy Earth Day..., 29. You make me feel brand new..., 30. Wild!....I was blinking furious!!!..., 31. Watching you....watching me..., 32. Happy Feathery Friday...,

 

33. Silent but deadly...., 34. It's the way I tell em..., 35. Up above the streets and houses.., 36. You said there would be eggs in here!!!, 37. The Sun's up there somewhere...., 38. I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black..., 39. There's gonna be eggs & bunnies you say...., 40. DOH!!!!...I knew I shouldn't have eaten that last nut...,

 

41. Smile like you mean it...., 42. All things bright and beautiful..., 43. flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/3408948525/, 44. I've got my eye on you mister!!!, 45. I wanna tell you a story...., 46. I can't go when all these people are watching!!!..., 47. HUH!!!..I've got a what on my back???, 48. Swing your Rowlocks....,

 

49. All along the Watchtower..., 50. Feeling blue......, 51. The Sun goes down....(Living it Up)..., 52. Oh I do like to be besides the Seaside..., 53. On a Wing and A Prayer..., 54. Enjoying the Spring Sunshine..., 55. Trying to hide.., 56. Back in the red...,

 

57. Gull - iver's Travels......, 58. Happy Badger Wednesday....HBW..:O)), 59. She's a Fox...:O)), 60. flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/3359617369/, 61. Beware the Ides of March....., 62. flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/3352064892/, 63. Kneesey does it..., 64. Feeling Tyred...,

 

65. Up in Smoke....., 66. I'm not done yet...lol..., 67. Through a time portal....., 68. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud......, 69. Beware of the Dog!!!......, 70. The City in the clouds..., 71. Under the Boardwalk..., 72. A Walk in the Clouds.......

 

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explored #98 - 17/12/2011

on explore on 22.09.2013 best rank #85

 

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Fooling around with my new Fisheye lense...

Statue of Gautam Buddha & the setting Sun - Hussain Sagar Lake - Hyderabad, India.

This is the only time during the year one will get Sun's trajectory exactly along & behind Buddha Statue there.

 

IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 31-08-2013.

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Hussain Sagar (Telugu: హుస్సేన్ సాగర్) (Urdu: حسين ساغر) is a lake in Hyderabad, India, built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah. It was a lake of 24 square kilometres built on a tributary of the River Musi to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city. There is a large monolithic statue of the Gautam Buddha in the middle of the lake which was erected in 1992. In the end of the Hussain Sagar one can find the Masjid and Dargah of Sayed Maa.

 

Built in the 16th century the lake was named to express the gratitude of Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah to Hussain Shah Wali who helped him to recover from illness. It is a sprawling artificial lake that holds water perennially, built during the reign of Ibrahim Qutub Shah, across a tributary of the river Musi in 1562. Linking the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the lake and its environs have several parks and scenic spots. The broad road on the tank bund is lined with lawns. The well laid out Lumbini park located in the Buddha Purnima project has a musical fountain.

 

An 18-meter high monolithic statue of Lord Buddha towers over the lake from atop the Rock of Gibraltar. The idea of erecting a giant monolith Buddha statue in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake on the Gibraltar rock was a part of the Buddha Poornima project in 1985. The statue was chiseled out of a white granite rock, weighting 450 tons. It was carved by 200 sculptors for two years. The statue was transported to Hyderabad in November 1988. After initial problems, the statue was erected on 12 April 1992 on a red lotus pedestal. Attached to it, Lumbini park was inaugurated with musical fountains, bonsai plants and a boat ride from Lumbini Park to the statue. The whole atmosphere reflects peace and perseverance.

Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussain_Sagar

 

Gautama Buddha or Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम बुद्ध; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." Gautama Buddha may also be referred to as Śākyamuni (Sanskrit: शाक्यमुनि "Sage of the Śākyas"). The Buddha found a Middle Way that ameliorated the extreme asceticism found in the Sramana religions.

 

The time of Gautama's birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE, but more recent opinion dates his death to between 486 and 483 BCE or, according to some, between 411 and 400 BCE. UNESCO lists Lumbini, Nepal, as a world heritage site and birthplace of Gautama Buddha. There are also claims about birth place of Gautama Buddha to be Kapileswara, Orissa or Kapilavastu at Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kośala.

 

Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later.

Revisited.

Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha

1. Swaledale Countryside (explored #173), 2. flickr.com/photos/43499552@N03/15633202195/, 3. Autumn Lake @ Bedgebury (explored 126), 4. "dear oh deer" (explored), 5. Early Morning Mist (explored), 6. The Clock @ Rochester (explored), 7. "Eye of the Needle" (explored no 153), 8. Fulking Sussex (explored no 26),

 

9. Brighton & Hove (explore), 10. Sussex Wealden View (explored), 11. A wealden View (explored), 12. "White Purple Yellow"(explored), 13. "Looking at You" (explored), 14. Magnolia View (explored 173), 15. Tree Line..(explored no147), 16. River Medway Kent (explored),

 

17. Penshurst Place (explored), 18. Nikon D800 (explored), 19. Winter Light (explored), 20. St Peters Church (explored), 21. Welcome to Swanage (explored 131), 22. Portland Bill @ Dusk (explored), 23. Winter Time (explored), 24. Night or Day.. (explored 151),

 

25. Back Light, 26. Rural Sussex, 27. Beautiful Thatch (explored no80), 28. Village Cottage ( explored), 29. Peacock Butterfly in Sussex - explored, 30. Shoreham Village Church ( explored), 31. Taking The Sun ( explored) 239, 32. LAVENDER AT DUSK,

 

33. English Stag @ Richmond, 34. Magnolia Colours(explored), 35. House @ Nymans (explored), 36. Little Purples (explored), 37. Goudhurst Village Kent, 38. Winter Garden (explored), 39. Sussex Nature, 40. Exton Village (Explored),

 

41. River Thames @ Sonning (explored), 42. "Diamonds are Forever" (explored), 43. flickr.com/photos/43499552@N03/13649064245/, 44. Trees- Trees (explored 151), 45. The Churchyard.. (explored)128, 46. Outwood Windmill.. (Explored), 47. Yellow Borders (explored), 48. Dusk @ Kimmeridge (explored),

 

49. Nice en Nuit, 50. SUSSEX WILDLIFE, 51. The Wealden Garden, 52. Beautiful Biot Village (explored), 53. Wakehurst Place, 54. Little bit of Dorset, 55. Scottish Cattle @ Eynsford (explored), 56. Scotney Castle Nt,

 

57. "Early Morning @ Richmond", 58. "One Vision", 59. A Place To Sit... (explored), 60. Autumn Change (Explored no220), 61. "Stag in the Mist", 62. Riverhouse, Loose, 63. hambleden village,bucks, 64. High Weald @ Scotney,

 

65. Poynings Churchyard (explored), 66. A Jewel on the Weald, 67. Emmetts Woods ( explored), 68. OTFORD COTTAGE, 69. Autumn Mix, 70. Aylesford Kent, 71. Crocus Way.., 72. Graveyard Floor..

 

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Well well well, I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I spotted some 2018 Jurassic World themed Matchbox models in a Toymaster store recently but had no idea that the Legacy series would also be coming here to the UK. This time you can thank Smyths Toys for stocking the FULL series in both singles and multi sets and the store I visited must have just put them out as their were masses of them. A quick bit of advice though if you fancy some of these models, they ARN'T in the diecast aisle, they are amongst other movie themed toys in a different section.

There has been a lot of hype surrounding these new models and I have to say most movie/TV film related diecasts I buy i've never actually watched the related programmes but for Jurassic Park there is plenty of love. I've watched every film they have brought out from seeing the first one back in 1993 to the latest :-)

The model itself is of the poor 1993 Ford Explorer which got a lot of abuse in the first film eventually getting squashed by a dinosaur and has been captured very well by Matchbox complete with its viewing panels in the roof to its front bull bars and authentic livery. Mint and boxed.

he Daily Shoot #ds598

Make a photograph of something very green. Don't settle for vaguely green. Go for saturation.

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title thanks to Muffett68!

to explore SecondLife and it's wonders

Although the Realtoy Ford Explorer can still be found in Tesco stores as of April 2017 in a different recolour it sadly looks a lot cheaper than this earlier one which wears a very U.K. style Police colour scheme. There is a greater emphasis on the finer detailing which is now lacking on recent editions such as fully painted lights and badging but even things like black bumpers and window surrounds which are the first things to be deleted when looking at cost savings. A nice chunky model of a vehicle which was briefly offered to us Brits many years ago. Mint and boxed.

Marty in Explore ;-) :-D :-)

#424 - 5 novembre 2008

 

17 anni ;-)

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1. Marionnette en " rythm and blues "...Ha !Ha! J'ai craqué !!!!!, 2. Bonne fin de semaine ...et excellentes vacances ..., 3. Il brave le temps ..., 4. Bleu , bleu ...voir , sentir et ressentir ..., 5. Volantée de couleurs ...., 6. Passion des fleurs ..."Je t'aime ...un peu ...beaucoup " disent les fleurs ...., 7. Le coeur est comme une porte ....frappez et il vous ouvrira ...., 8. Des azalées qui se laissent regarder ..., 9. Silence et murmures / EXPLORE, 10. Jour de marché ..., 11. Je m'appelle Printemps ...., 12. Belle de jour .., 13. Rose, 14. Des fleurs toutes simples pour commencer semaine ..., 15. Une journée particulière...mon anniversaire..........un an de plus ......un año mas ....one year more, 16. Eure / Moulin du Chapitre, 17. Excellent week-end beau et ensoleillé!

01.08.11 EXPLORED

Today was my first day of classes. Everything was pretty normal except for this problem I've been having with my microecon class! I went to the lecture this morning even though I'm not technically enrolled in the class, and then went to the prof afterwards to ask how I could sign up, because when I tried enrolling online it wouldn't let me because it said there was a pre-requisite I needed in order to get in.

 

Apparently this pre-req gets covered by this math placement test I took over 3 semesters ago during my freshman orientation, so I went to this one office to find out how I scored to see if I met the pre-req. Apparently I got a 40% on the math placement test and you need at least a 57%, sooo this obviously was a problem. The lady there told me that they're administering the test every day this week at the library, so I'm going to take it sometime this week and HOPEFULLY I pass. If not, I'll be stuck taking Algebra II instead of micro, because that's what type of math is on the exam.

 

And I reeeally don't want to take that because I took Algebra II when I was a soph in high school, and I really don't want to be taking the same class as a soph in college. That, and it would be a waste of a semester class that could be spent taking something more important.

 

sigh sigh apple pie. Sorry for the rant, guys. All of this was just really unexpected and now I have no clue what to study -__-

 

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photo by Paul Beale at Gloucester

Explored: Jun 26, 2008 #231

 

I could use one right about now. Although its not as hot as daytime here in Atlanta, its still pretty dang hot!

strobist info : sb600 1/16 (triggered with Nikon CLS) bounced on a white wall on model left

I took one of the baby birds out to explore... All it wants is to hide under my legs. We figured out a name for him, he is called Tim! I'll try to post some lego later this week.

explore #467 Oct 26/09

dyed blue daisy

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