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In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
In the city of Assisi, we will not dwell on the enormous and over-touristed basilical sanctuary dedicated to Saint Francis, but rather on older monuments, which I believe are of deeper significance, both architecturally and historically.
The cathedral church of Assisi is dedicated to San Rufino, the first bishop of the city, who died a martyr in the 3rd century and whose remains are buried under the main altar and venerated as relics.
The inside is entirely Baroque, so we will not dwell on it. The façade is mostly Romanesque and its lowest part is the oldest and most interesting —as well as the bell tower, which is entirely 1100s.
Once again, I had to use the 24~70mm ƒ/4 zoom lens to take all those photos. I had left the tilt-shift lenses and tripod behind, for fear that someone would once more forbid me to use them!
One of the “stylophore” (pillar-bearing) lions. Those lions are commonplace in Italian churches of a certain importance but it is the first time that I see them eating a person like this!
Gar- I hear that they’re still searching for Rigger. Tarantula moved out of their old place.
Drury- Yeah, poor bloke. But you know what I’m in the mood for? Luigi’s Pizza
Pizza Man- Free Pizza! Free Pizza!
Gar- Well, that’s convenient
Drury- Ooooh! I hope they have those chocolate ones!
Gar- Chocolate- on pizza? What the hell is wrong with you?
Drury- Ask Hugo, he’s got my file
Pizza Man- Hello, you handsome fellow, in the mood for some pizza?
Drury- I sure am!
Pizza Man- Then get in the back
Drury- Huh?
Croc- Or I’ll rip ya apart. We only need ya alive for sentencin’. Won’t matter if yer missin’ an arm or a leg
Drury- Ok, I’m going. Do I actually get pizza though?
Pizza Man- Ah… there’s some in the back. Do what you want with them
Croc- Hey, Lynns. Yer welcome ta watch the show. It is gunna be a day ta remember.
Gar- The hell are you two talking about?
Pizza Man- Forget it. Good day Mr Lynns.
....
Pizza Man- Of course, if you tell anyone I had to pose as a pizza delivery man, I will send you back to the Asylum doped up on so much fear toxin you won't even remember your own name.
Gar- Are you saying you’re not a pizza delivery man? Who are you?!
*vroom*
Gar- Hey, Miranda? I lost him. Yes. Again. What? ... Oh. I can put up the posters tomorrow, still got some spares since the last time
Have been abducted by some little hungry green men so gotta go do some shopping will catch up later!;p
[While I upload older photos, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The abbey of Santa Maria a Piè di Chienti is attested in writing as early as 936 when it is described as a fully functional monastery. Therefore, there was already a church back then, and even though the current one dates from around 1125, many traces of its predecessor can still be seen in the lower parts of the building, as it is the higher ones that had to be rebuilt in the 12th century, following an earthquake.
The abbey was built just outside the town of Montecosaro in the province of Marches. The church is dedicated today to the Holy Annunciation. There was a wedding on the day we visited.
The lower church choir.
I starting made simple and nice quality tatto if u wanna just send me a IM thank you! (im not talk well english but im going do my best)
Hi journal! it's me again Tythos! but you knew that... cause you're my journal hehe anyway, so it's august 26 4004, and i've been traveling with my new friends the "Party Animals!" great name right? i know i named us, it just came to me since we're a traveling party and we're all animals! well except Cassandra..... wait, are humans animals? i don't know, i'll have to ask her later. hehe
Were was i? oh yeah! so after we left the super secret tavern with the blindfolds and magical baths we went to the market, and Frederick, he's a bunny man,told me about these trading discs the city dwellers use, we each got like 50 of them for fighting a big eyeball monster, they must be rare or something because people keep acting really nice when i give them a trading disc, they seem to really like these "plate-nim coins" as they call them.
so anyway i used some to get all kinds of neat things, like this pretty toga im wearing, it's so soft! and i got more arrows because my new friends keep taking me monster hunting and i go through them so fast! i also got a new sword, because they also like to hunt in small caves and buildings with no room for me to shoot my arrows, it might be because most of them are really small, so they don't notice i'm too tall to hunt in there? hehe oh and i got a cool flower book! i'm learning to grow neat new flowers with it, they are so pretty!
with all out trading done, we were ready to go do that thing our friend whisper and his old man friend asked us to do, we are going to magic school! which is cool, since we all know some magic already anyway! but before that my new friend Squeech (she's a little mouse girl who likes to roll in the mud, so funny!) anyway she wanted to see some of her old friends who run a store, so we went to some stone room under the shop, they seemed friendly but a little... jittery, like they really have to pee but are holding it. hehe this underground friends of Squeech said they could get super cool stuff for us if we put a weird barrel that wasn't a wine keg into this werehouse and leave.
so we all went to sleep and had a pretty good night back at the super secret tavern, weird dreams though, must have been the wine, anyway, we woke up and there was a bunch of shouting and excitement around town, it spelled like someone partied too hard and a fire broke out, i was told later that my new friend Ardis died in that fire, which is really sad, he was so funny but losing a friend just means you have to make new ones, i'll think of him every time my bow he made shoot an eyeball monster beam! oh did i not mention that? yeah my bow does that now sometimes, cool right?!?
So anyway, we went to the warehouse to do the thing we were asked to do.Squeech and hoot hoot went around to the roof while Frederick, Cassandra and Tythos (hey that's me!) waited at the front door. Cassandra tripped and broke the door, so i went in but wished i did, cause i immediately got punched by the biggest fist i've ever seen! we were told that there would be a "go-lum" in there, but i forgot, also didn't know what that even was, i found out though. painfully! hehe
I hit the big stone and metal man with my arrows, i mean of course i did, i'm a great shot, and it was a BIG target. Frederich threw ice at it, and Cassandra hit it a lot with her glowy sword! it fell down and broke!.... then it unbroke and got back up, which wasn't good i was almost out of arrows, and Cassandra looked tired. so i sent it away with my super cool arrow magic, and when it came back it was on fire because there was a cat that can set stuff on fire there, i though he was a guy pretending to be a cat, but he was actually just a cat.
there was a sickly looking dwarf lady there with white skin, she was being mean to my friends, so i used more super cool arrow magic to hit her and the go-lum at the same time, she seemed less bothered by it than the go-lum did though. then i shot a mean elf guy, he died, then i shot the dwarf again, then i ran into the warehouse. then Squeech's friends showed up and hit the mean dwarf lady until she fell down. the go-lum became nice after that, it would do anything we told it to, Squeech's friend was very happy about this, i guess he likes big toys that can punch stuff?
Oh! that's when i met the cat! his name is mister Sir Whisker longpaw, and there are two more of him running around somewhere i guess? anyway, he talks to me! it seems my dad's ability to talk to animals rubbed off on me! and here i though i only had my mom's flower power. hehehe so i was tlking to the kitty cat and giving him chin scratches so i didn't understand why, but there was a zombie in there, and they made it look like me. Squeeche's friend needed an "eff-a-gee" to set and example and save his face, at least that's what i over heard. i guess his house burning down endangered his face for some reason? city people are weird. haha he said he loves the go-lum but we have to leave the city for a while, which is fine we were gonna do that anyway!
so that was my day, how was your's journal? oh right you're a book, never mind, talk to you larter!
Tythos Reeds of Oikos.
[While I upload older photos, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
In the Abruzzo village of Castelvecchio Calvisio (where there is an excellent restaurant as well!), we stumbled by chance upon this amazing paleo-Christian little roadside church dedicated to San Cipriano.
At first sight, it looks extremely old (of course, you have to ignore the snooty bell tower, which is a later and very unwelcome and tasteless addition), and indeed I learned later that it was built during the 700s.
There are many sculpted stones that have been re-used from Antiquity buildings, one of them with a very nice frieze on the pillar next to the door.
Unfortunately, the church was closed, and so I have no photos of the inside.
Creativity comes from within. Sure, some are born with more innate abilities to see shapes and colors and relationships. But, more import than those raw skills, I have discovered, is raw determination. Determination to persevere, to try, to try again, to practice... And then persevere some more.
I was talking with someone about photography the other day and I said something that really hit me... and I'm not claiming the words as mine, I know they had to have come from somewhere... but what I said was that, when searching for creativity, the "moment" where you find an image, you must go out to find that moment, not just wait for the moment to come to you... Because what you will find is that you may find more of those moment than you knew existed... You may find different kinds of moments that you are interesting, moments you didn't think or know you'd find interesting...
And so again, it is that perseverance, that get up and go do attitude, which allows you to find the creativity your looking for...
In other words, I am telling myself to get off my ass and go take pictures...
This is from ages ago, but I was really going crazy in Photoshop today because I am super duper bored and procrastinating on busywork from school.
I am so exhausted.
I just want this week to be over and it be Saturday.
Oh we have Monday off :)
I am just so excited.
Umm, yeah sorry for not taking pictures.
I've been semi-sickly.
It's been going on for a while and it just won't go away, so I honestly do not have the energy to go do anything.
I'll get back out there soon though!
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The Mediæval castle of Montechiarugolo, not far from the city of Parma, was begun in the 1100s but remodeled throughout the centuries until well into the Renaissance. Its architecture is very typical of Italian castles, as you will see with future uploads.
Have to go do some Christmas shopping. Will catch up later on today!
[Explored: 9 December 2012 #219]
The most famous tree on Tenerife, seen in the town Icod de Los Vinos :)
Icod de los Vinos is a municipality in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands (Spain). It is located on a continuous smooth slope that stretches from the extensive forests of Canary Island Pine down to the sea, and has almost 10 km of shoreline. The city is surrounded by fertile valley, and its streets and corners offer views of the volcanic mountain Teide, as well as dense pine forests which descend from its summit to Icod's higher-altitude districts. Its banana plantations, orchards and vineyards give rise to a lively commerce. The city, founded in 1501, is a collection of seigniorial houses, ancient palaces, churches and convents. In Icod, close to the Church of San Marcos, stands a famous dragon tree, which is reputed to be a thousand years old. While no study seems to have confirmed such longevity for the tree (dracos do not produce annual rings with which to tell their ages; the tree is more likely to have an age in the hundreds of years), it is the long-time symbol of Icod. Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, and locally in western Morocco, and introduced to the Azores.
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Najsłynniejsze drzewo na Teneryfie - dracena smocza - rosnące w Icod de Los Vinos :)
Icod de los Vinos – gmina i miasto w prowincji Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Miasto położone jest na łagodnym stoku z lasami piniowymi, który ciągnie się aż do morza i tworzy prawie 10 km linię brzegową. Icod de los Vinos otoczone jest żyzną doliną, w której istotną gałęzią gospodarki jest uprawa bananowców, sadownictwo i uprawa winorośli. Icod de los Vinos zostało założone w 1501 roku. Dawniej tereny te zamieszkane były przez
rodowitych mieszkańców Wysp Kanaryjskich, zwanych Guanczami. W Icod de los Vinos w otoczeniu winnic znajduje się znak rozpoznawczy Teneryfy, botaniczny pomnik przyrody, słynna dracena - Drago Milenario. Dracena smocza (Dracaena draco) to roślina z rodziny szparagowatych. Jest to endemit Madery i Wysp Kanaryjskich, na których występuje zaledwie kilkaset egzemplarzy. Drzewo to posiada bardzo mocno plątane gałęzie a na końcach podłużne liście. Sok z drzewa nazywany jest smoczą krwią ponieważ w kontakcie z powietrzem zmienia kolor na czerwony, przez lata używano go do przygotowywania lekarstw.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and october 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The Mediæval castle of Montechiarugolo, not far from the city of Parma, was begun in the 1100s but remodeled throughout the centuries until well into the Renaissance. Its architecture is very typical of Italian castles, as you will see with future uploads.
I think we could all learn a lot from Mama and baby. Take time to relax, sleep in without guilt, enjoy every moment. To many of us rush around and feel we have to go, go, go. Do something you love today! 💜
213/365 (1705)
Well it got to that time when I thought I'd better go do my daily snap, but what to do? I'd bought a couple of little bottles in Hastings recently and they haven't yet got hidden away, so grabbed one, pick a little weed and held it up whilst I clicked.
[While I upload older photos, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
From my viewpoint, the most interesting building in the Umbrian city of Spoleto is not the local duomo (cathedral), but the basilica of San Salvatore.
The UNESCO seems to agree with me. ;o)
San Salvatore is a stunning paleo-Christian church built during the 300s and 400s, and renovated in the Lombard style during the 700s.
I anticipated this visit with a lot of interest. Unfortunately, the church was so damaged during the 2016 earthquake that it had to be closed. You can only glimpse at its grandeur through (dusty!) glass doors, and it is a shame that no restoration works seem in progress, or even scheduled, on such a UNESCO sire.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
An endless succession of library rooms... University of Bologna.
[Explored / May.11.11 #25] - THANK YOU!!
First off, Press "L" NOW! Its so much better :)...now go do it! :)
Here is an alternative shot. I really like this :)
© 2011 Raj Sandhu
“It's about what you believe. And I believe in love. Only love will truly save the world.”
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I saw Wonder Woman on the night of June 3rd, the day after it had released to US theaters. This was also the day of my 21st birthday, and I had just spent the last 24 hours helping my family cater and set up for my sister’s senior piano recital. Over 150 people had RSVP’ed to attend, and with my stubbornly Chinese mom insisting on preparing nearly all the food and reception decorations from scratch, I ended up spending my 21st birthday deseeding and dicing an endless deluge of bell peppers, lugging boxes of plastic utensils and cups across a parking lot, and not having a drop of alcohol in my blood by the end of the night. I knew that I wouldn’t be in the best mood after the recital, so I declined my parents’ previous offer to take me out for dinner. Instead, I asked them if I could see Wonder Woman.
To put it shortly, Wonder Woman is a crowning achievement for the DC Extended Universe and a rousing revival of faith in the female superhero. It portrayed an oft-overlooked era of history in gorgeous color and orchestral sound, featured phenomenal acting on ALL parts, and most importantly, embraced the idea that people don’t always have to lose something before wanting to do the right thing.
The last point in particular strikes a deep chord within me, especially in regard to the changes in DC editorial that started because of Rebirth. Before then, I had never agreed with the criticism that Cavill’s Superman was too grimdark and angsty to be an accurate representation of Big Blue. I reasoned that Zack Snyder’s gorgeous cinematography and operatic storytelling were reasons enough to support all aspects of the film, including this off-kilter characterization. Besides, the Superman films of yore were outdated and hammy, and ill-fit for modern cinema audiences. But after experiencing the paradigmatic shift in optimism that Rebirth brought to modern comics, I can’t help but shake my head at how far the first two DCEU films missed the mark.
Themes of hope, optimism, love, and human connection will NEVER become uninteresting or outdated to explore. Wonder Woman had a incredible cast of vibrant supporting characters (on par with that of the GoTG films) and an endearing, believable love story that recognized the value of the small moments. And like Rebirth’s Jonathan Kent, Wonder Woman’s desire to do good is principally motivated by gratitude and compassion, two things which are sorely needed in today’s increasingly cynical day and age.
And I certainly walked out of the theater feeling happier about having spent my 21st birthday helping my little sister feel special and loved instead of doing whatever I had personally wanted to do.
So I give Wonder Woman a smashing 9/10! If you haven’t seen it yet, GO DO IT.
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Some behind-the-scenes details about this shot:
I originally wanted to make all the important characters from the film, including Ares, Steve’s war buddies, and some Amazons. After thinking about how much time and money that would all take, I scrapped the idea and decided to only do Diana and Steve, and in their Rebirth outfits to boot. That way, I’d be doing something unique compared to the other WW reviews I saw.
This was also the first time I used an all new lighting system, and I think it turned out great. Using a combination of cold and warm light really brought out the colors of these figs, and the image clarity is some of the best I've ever put out.
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Fig formulas:
Wonder Woman (Rebirth): DCEU WW base figure w/BvS hips, 2013 WW tiara, OLS Gladiator cape
Steve Trevor (Rebirth): Aldrich Killian hair, AoU Thor head, Green Arrow hood, Steve Trevor torso, Superboy arms, S16 Hiker CMF legs, M16A4 assault rifle with M320 grenade launcher, Bowie knife
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Rebirth Deathstroke is finna going to be lit. I’ve got 13 minifigures planned!
A MOC started in 2023, which just couldn't get finished properly. There was always something missing or something wrong. Two recent additions however completed it: exchanging sickly tan to more natural light nougat, and adding those huge hands to balance the character visually.
That said he's finally done and can go do his professional if slightly evil shenanigans, while I can continue making new stuff.
Tell me what you think!
If I cry alone
If I cry alone,
am I like the tree
falling in the forest?
the one that
if there's no-one to hear it
then does it make a sound?
Does pain have a voice?
Or a shape,
Or a form?
And if it does,
Is it the shape
Of a tear drop?
And if a tear drops
Where does it go?
Does it still exist?
And if pain has a voice
Is it a sob,
a cry in the dark?
And if I cry alone,
Then no-one will hear it,
And if no-one hears it
Does it make a sound?
Sunrise panorama from Middle Branch Park, taken this past Saturday. I had planned to sleep in, but I woke up at 4:30 and couldn't fall back asleep so I said "screw it, I'll go do a sunrise!". I picked Middle Branch Park mostly at random, it'd be a while since I'd been there.
From www.OutofChicago.com
Last night, we had our first Out of Chicago photo walk. We had some of Chicago's finest photographers out with us.
I didn't know exactly where we would go, but I think we ended up taking a pretty good route. We started at the Bean for some pretty crazy group pics. Then we walked down Michigan Avenue to catch the blue hour. We took the river walk under Michigan Avenue, heading west. From there we crossed over to the front of the Trump Tower.
We had a bet to see how long it would take until security would come talk to us. I was in the middle of my second HDR frame when we were met by a very nice security officer. I told him who we were and what we were doing and he said it was not a problem. This has not always been the case when I've been here.
When we walked around to the back of the Trump Tower, we understood why the security guards were out. A small film crew was photographing the reality show, Giuliana and Bill. They didn't have a problem with us grabbing a few pictures.
After you walk around the back of the Trump Tower, you come to one of my favorite places to shoot. We set up between the two Wrigley Towers and shot back at the Trump. We got here just at the right time.
After the walk, we got some drinks. This was probably the best part of the night. It was fun to just hang out with such great photographers and hear some of their stories.
We are already planning the next photo walk. I think it will be held at the University of Chicago in March. Matt Frankel and I will be leading the tour.
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Day 1: Google+ for Photographers
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Day 3: Avoid the Most Common Mistake People Make When Starting on Google+
Round two kpe, kpe, kpe, mmh
Round three, ebelebe
Next day we go do am for your place
Make sure that your daddy is not home
Make sure that your mummy is not home
Switch off that television
Netflix, not what I came here for
Shorty better shut your door
'Cause I no wan disturb neighbor
Shorty like it when I drill her hole
When I finish, I go-
Baby girl your body is my medicine
Sweet baby melanin sweeter than sugarcane
Give her hickey, hickey on her neck
Sex like a gangster, on my face, innocent
Stroke her pussy with my index
Shawty got a orgasm
Tapping on that pussy like I'm tryna kill a motherfucking insect
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Aetheric Lanterns coming to Midnight Order / Regalia Corset @ their mainstore!
First a big thank you to Q&C for accepting me, I'm so happy to have the chance to blog for such an amazing brand :D
These gorgeous lanterns will be available soon at Midnight Order on the 20th! They include 4 styles (Hexagon, Square, Round, and Cylinder), 5 metal colors, 17 gem colors, and 11 aether colors to choose from! They also include handheld and decor options as well if you wanna get a lil jazzy with your decorating :>
We also have our pretty boy Bane wearing their Regalia Corset! Regalia is available for Jake and Legacy M, including within the fatpack the Corset and shrug, as well as Solid, Silver, and Gold HUD options that have 6 corset color options and 4 metals!
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⋆ SixFeetUnder - Athame Nose Chain
⋆ MUSE - Frostbitten Kiss
⋆ REVERIE - Olivia Eyeshadow / Vesper Eyeshadow
YINN. - Solstice Eyeliner Pack
Aii & Ego - Demonic Touch / Abyssal Flower
Doux - Irene
TEAR - Vex Essentials
On Bane & Kanae...
Litten - Yumi Set
Little Fish - Sable
Aii & Ego - Lily Devil Horns / Demonic Touch / Abyssal Flower
Ysoral - Luxe Wedding Ring
CryBunBun - Midnight King (i swear ill find some new pants some day)
RZ - Grunge Chain / Anime Scars
DAE - Dartx3
Dura - B124 / U118
Obsidian - Labels
Avarosa - Lips Addon
Heaux - EvoX Essentials
Emotional Circus - Hime Eyebags
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i deeply apologize for the choice of lyrics its what i was listening to i promise i sWEAR I WAS ON SHUFFLE
blep before and after cause you know im a whore for em
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today, we begin a new visit, and an unexpectedly memorable one, this time in the province of Marches, not very far from the coastal city of Ancona.
Just like we had tried to do (so unsuccessfully) at the abbey of San Pietro in Valle in Umbria, we intended to spend a night at the very nice hotel into which the abbey of San Pietro has been converted on Monte Conero, so that we could both enjoy a nice stopover and have a look at what remained of the abbey church.
Unlike its Umbrian namesake, entrance to this San Pietro abbey church was free, even for people not staying at the hotel, and what we found inside was magnificent!
Besides, our room with a balcony and a gorgeous vista on the Adriatic and all the surrounding area was great, and the food at the restaurant that evening was quite enjoyable as well, so I can only recommend the place!
We had to drive way up to the top of Monte Conero to find the place, indeed a great location for an abbey. This one was built by Benedictine monks around Year 1000, as we know from a written source that it was fully functional and operational in 1037.
The original church was without any adornments inside, but pilasters and capitals were added around 1200. In the 16th century, the Benedictines were replaced by other orders between whose members there were some disputes, until the Camaldolese monks prevailed. They were those who remodeled the façade into the uninteresting one we can see today –truly the only part of the church that doesn’t deserve to be photographed!
The very nicely preserved triple nave, with an elevated choir and a simple roof on timber. Below is a splendid crypt which we will visit tomorrow...
This whimsical work ( 8ft x 2ft - 240cm x 60cm ) was the first of several works by Lutfi that we've acquired.
This was an unexpected acquisition. On the way to the market one day we stopped by a gallery to look around and saw this sitting on the floor in the basement. It had just arrived from the artist. We liked the playfulness but weren’t looking to buy anything. One of the owners told us to go do our shopping and drop by afterwards to take a look again. When we did, the work had been wrapped up. “Just try it out and see if you like it.” The owner drove us home, were he took down a couple of other works and hung this one where it stayed. It reminded me of the carpet salesman who told me “Just try it out”. He knew it was not going to be returned to the store. We’re still very happy with this fun, imaginative work.
Harper - Hey guys what are you going, do you want a hand???
Kuma - Well today photo is about Postal, and why do you girls get to be in all the photos. Working together we have this one covered.
Harper - OK be careful..
I took these photos way way way out in the country side in the county of Stark in the community of Marlboro in the state of Ohio. I had to wake up at about 5:30 am in the morning to go do a job that started at 8:00 am sharp in the area of Alliance. And while on the way back, I saw fit to snap a couple photographs along the way for what I saw out the window while on the way home. It took about an hour and forty minutes to get out to Alliance Ohio and it took about two hours to return back home to Cleveland because we took the slow route home. Suffice to say, I was pretty fucking exhausted from all of the driving we had been doing and from getting up in the morning so early. But the weather on this day was magnificent in every imaginable way.
[While I upload older photos, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The abbey of Santa Maria a Piè di Chienti is attested in writing as early as 936 when it is described as a fully functional monastery. Therefore, there was already a church back then, and even though the current one dates from around 1125, many traces of its predecessor can still be seen in the lower parts of the building, as it is the higher ones that had to be rebuilt in the 12th century, following an earthquake.
The abbey was built just outside the town of Montecosaro in the province of Marches. The church is dedicated today to the Holy Annunciation. There was a wedding on the day we visited.
The northern wall, seen from the tribune. The large openings concentrate the weight on the pillars, which is why they are quite powerful and massive —even though it is to be noted that the generalized use of brick makes the whole structure much lighter, comparatively speaking, that cut stone or rubble filler.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today and tomorrow, we will visit to so-called “co-cathedral” church of Corfinio in Abruzzo. Dedicated to San Pelino, it was begun in 1081 by its most interesting part, the pase, which was finished by 1085.
The nave and the rest of the cathedral were built between 1104 and 1124, with the magnificent ambone (elevated pulpit), the very reason of our presence here, coming into being at the same period.
The nave is very simple and almost totally unadorned, which is quite rare for a cathedral (even a mere co- one!), but there are a couple of splendid pieces inside. The façade was severely damaged during one of the many earthquakes that plagued the Abruzzo over the centuries, and baroque style unfortunately struck. That part of the church is therefore utterly uninteresting, and I will not show it here.
The nave.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
One of the sights I most anticipated visiting was the ruins of the Mediæval castle of Rocca Calascio, the highest castle in all of the Apennines at 1,460 meters of altitude.
A single watch tower existed here in the 900s, then the fortress was built during the 1200s.
It is of course well known for having figured prominently in movies such as Ladyhawke (1984), The Name of the Rose (1990) and The American (2010).
It was as spectacular as it promised to be, and being there almost at sunset made the visit an unforgettable moment.
A FEW WEEKS INTO THE FUTURE
Hiya. Seinfeld here. If you haven't read Spidey5579's Wonder Woman, go do so. This was requested by Ray. He said that I was to narrate this like a normal story, because it's the only way he'll ever get Donna. Now, let's continue.
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Ray took Donna out to the fanciest restaurant he could think of. Luckily, Olive Garden was open. They talked for hours. People got aggravated because they wouldn't give up their table. They just seemed to have so much in common, and well... fit together.
Finally, she asked the question, "So... do you have any powers?"
"Yeah. I can shrink."
She made a face at that.
"Like this."
He shrunk to the size of a bread stick and compared himself to it. She laughed, and then explained that it was a neat power.
"What can Wonder Woman do?"
"Well... for starters I've got super human strength..."
"Sexy, and good for cleaning. Like lifting up couches, and other things."
"I have very good combat skills..."
"Good for intruders."
"Flight..."
"Oh! Travel across the world!"
She laughed.
"And other things as well."
"Everything about you is perfect." said Ray.
Just then, a man came in with a gun.
"HANDS UP!"
Ray looked at Donna. She was getting ready to stand up.
My time to shine.
Go get 'em tiger.
Could you at least make Superman references?
Ray quickly got up from his chair. The man was walking right towards Donna. If Donna did anything, she would be exposed. Good thing no one saw Ray shrink to abnormal size.
He jumped and punched the guy right in the jaw. The man flew back, and landed with a thud.
Ray turned back to normal size, and went to sit down.
"Easy."
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Once they got back to the apartment, they sat on the couch and talked. A lot. Like, more than Olive Garden. But either way, they were happy.
Donna leaned closer to Ray, and touched his hand. Their hands folded.
"Hey Ray."
"Yeah?"
"You haven't shown me your room."
Ray smiled.
"Really?"
She nodded.
"Well. If you say you're my girlfriend I"ll show you."
"Are you 5?"
"No, I'm 28."
She laughed.
"Ok. I am Ray Palmer's girl."
"YEAH BABY!"
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Grand Central Station, NYC.
I haven't been shooting much lately and it's killing me. Too much to do at the day job, trying to close on a house, working on a book project, and spending qt with my baby daughter means that I haven't gotten to go do a dedicated shoot (other than the book project) for some time now. Luckily, I pass plenty of interesting subject matter during the course of my day and have been able to get somewhat of a photography fix in transit.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The Romanesque collegiate church of Santa Maria in Castell’ Arquato, built very quickly between 1117 and 1122, was influenced by Lombard architecture and decoration, as was so often the case in Emilia-Romagna. The golden (presence of ferrous oxide in the stone) limestone that was used gives it a distinctive aspect.
There are also some fine examples of Romanesque sculpture inside, in particular on the capitals.
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria Pomposa was built during the 800s (it is mentioned in a 874 letter from the Pope to the Holy Roman Emperor), on the site of an earlier church erected here during the Lombard period (6th–7th centuries) by the monks of Saint Columba of Bobbio.
The abbey was one of the most important and powerful in northern Italy and the church (nowadays a basilica) was enlarged around Year 1000. The high bell tower (48 meters) was completed in 1048 in the Romanesque-Lombard style.
Inside the nave where Roman and Byzantine columns are re-used, alfresco paintings from the 1300s cover most of the walls with Biblical scenes. The center nave is cordoned off as the ground is covered with period marble in various decorative motifs.
Archaic decorative motifs on the façade.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Fine examples of Romanesque sculpture in the Collegiata church in Castell’ Arquato in Emilia-Romagna. It is a very old church, built in the 8th century, even if some parts were rebuilt in the 1100s, after the earthquake of 1117.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
One of the sights I most anticipated visiting was the ruins of the Mediæval castle of Rocca Calascio, the highest castle in all of the Apennines at 1,460 meters of altitude.
A single watch tower existed here in the 900s, then the fortress was built during the 1200s.
It is of course well known for having figured prominently in movies such as Ladyhawke (1984), The Name of the Rose (1990) and The American (2010).
It was as spectacular as it promised to be, and being there almost at sunset made the visit an unforgettable moment.
Press "L" NOW! Its so much better :)...now go do it! :)
This was a classic! I loved the shoot, but it was so damn windy this day! Tell me what you think!
PS: This was shot with a 24mm f/1.4 L :)
© 2011 Raj Sandhu
The Air Force used to give us the keys to an old 707 to beat up the pattern at Tinker AFB, and go do some dry humping with KC-135s. We'd take line checks with these beasts, rather than tie up a real AWACS. We used to give our AWACS navigators a ration of shit, because we would always ask them "how did we find the tankers up there without you guys...?"
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria Pomposa was built during the 800s (it is mentioned in a 874 letter from the Pope to the Holy Roman Emperor), on the site of an earlier church erected here during the Lombard period (6th–7th centuries) by the monks of Saint Columba of Bobbio.
The abbey was one of the most important and powerful in northern Italy and the church (nowadays a basilica) was enlarged around Year 1000. The high bell tower (48 meters) was completed in 1048 in the Romanesque-Lombard style.
Inside the nave where Roman and Byzantine columns are re-used, alfresco paintings from the 1300s cover most of the walls with Biblical scenes. The center nave is cordoned off as the ground is covered with period marble in various decorative motifs.
The nave was never vaulted. Many of the antique columns are slanted by age.
GP Elite Trackday @ Circuit Park Zandvoort (01-12-2011)
A friend of me asked me to come along to a trackday where he would go do some laps on a very wet track. The rain was pooring down and taking shots was quite hard.
I took this shot of the Porsche 997 Turbo at dusk at the paddock of the track at the end of the day..
Despite the weather and not having much great shots, we had a blast at the track talking with other drivers and doing some laps.
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Elektronik 743 007-7 v čele devítivozového Pn 62405 u Jílového zhruba kilometr a půl za stanicí Hodkovice nad Mohelkou. Nebýt vozu Res za lokomotivou loženého tramvají T3R.PV # 25, mířící na GO do ostravské Ekovy, tvořilo by zátěž vlaku osm vozů plně naložených dřevem. Vlak však jede cca o 3 hodiny opožděn právě z důvodu čekání na nakládku # 25 na vlečce DPLMJ ve vozovně v Tatranské ulici, jejíž obsluhu ten den provedl Elektronik 743 001-0, který vůz s tramvají po nakládce okamžitě přivěsil do čela připravené soupravy, do jejíhož čela se poté postavila právě vyfotografovaná 743 007-7.
Camera: Olympus OM-2n
Lens Zuiko 50mm f1,4
Film: Kodak tmax100 (expired 1995)
Developer Ilfosol3
Scanner Epson Perfection V800
Sweden in 2021. A year marked by political polarization, a stubborn pandemic and high crime. Dark forces have for a long time pushed their positions forward, after a period of high immigration. I wish 2022 to be the year when we all stop and think about where we are going. Do we really want such a society? And how can we contribute to a better, warmer and more humane society.
Analog pic: Olympus OM-2n, Kodak tmax100 (expired 1995)
When you put this and this together you get Apple Spring! I bought these tights last year and tried to do a shoot with Freda wearing them but they didn't work out. After receiving some lovely images from Elle Moss the other week I had to dig out my tights!! I seem to have an apple thing going on at the moment that I can't explain.
I also had some exciting news this week..........Dora my pussy cat is up the duff and due any day now. I'm so excited I could crush a grape!!!! I have also been asked to go and have a meeting on Tuesday with the new owners of a posh hotel in Aberdeen to create some artwork for their walls. So it's all exciting and nerve wracking stuff at the moment!!
I'm also trying to get my website up and running. I've bought the domain name and kinda half designed what I want so if anybody knows anybody that's the muts nuts at designing or any websites that are dummy proof or who I should use to host please drop me a mail and I'll love you forever.
i was told: "your smile is important to me"
i was told: "It seems you have found someone that really values you and sees you as beautiful as you are. I feel a mixture of pain, jealousy and relief . I'll keep my brief memories"
and times and times again, i was told: "Go do what you need to do. You know where I am."
there's such a thing called the unbearable lightness of sayings. there's such a belief i bought into that says words are cheap.
but i felt as happy as a woman could be hearing them
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. - Howard Thurman
Last month I spent some time with my family in India. We travelled to Kuttikanam a village which is 3500 feet above sea level and is surrounded by lush green tea planatations. We did a bit of hiking around the area walkled though the forest, tea plantations and you can literarily touch the clouds. So over the next few days I will share some photos of my trip. Just sorting out 600 photos on my hard drive. Here is is the first one to begin with.
This is taken at Valanjamkanam Waterfalls which is located near the Kuttikanam . Water was flowing rapidly thanks to the recent surge of rainy season in India. Feel free to share
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
In Ravenna, there is obviously a lot to see, but not a lot to show in acceptable quality photographs, as TRIPODS ARE PROHIBITED EVERYWHERE AS “PROFESSIONAL ACCESSORIES”.
Yes, that is as asinine as can be, and it means no photography indoors, where there is not enough light...
Among the most interesting monuments the city has to offer is the mausoleum of Ostrogothic King Theodoric, whom we encountered before when I uploaded photos of the Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo church, which he had built.
Erected around 520-530, this paleo-Christian monument shows an unusual way to assemble arch stones with recesses more typical of Mid-Eastern architecture. Possibly, an architect from Syria or Asia Minor designed it.
The most fascinating part about this mausoleum however, is its roof, which is one single piece of stone 11 meters in diameter and weighing more than 300 tons.
It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Outside views showing the two levels of the mausoleum, the strange “zig-zagging” assembly of the arch stones, and the monolithic, convex roof.