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Energy is light
and light is knowledge.
Berlin, "Straße des 17. Juni"
heading west to the "Ernst-Reuter-Platz" at sunset.
Three Months left till 17th of June.
This image (to the best of my knowledge) was my first experience of Flickr 'Explore'. originally had just short of 200 'Faves', then I made it private for legal reasons and lost the lot!!! Since then it has now been acquired by Apple for the 'Shot on iPhone' campaign 2016.
Had fun with this one!, glass casserole lid, about 3mm water with olive oil dripped in....an LED torch (and an orange piece of A4 tissue paper between the underneath of glass lid and torch).....one of the individual LED bulbs is the resulting Sun, the whole depth of field (from lens to torch) was less than 20mm, olloclip macro @ 21x, handheld, remote, Snapseed on iPad.
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Amarelo eh a cor da sabedoria. Aprenda sempre.
Mesmo que voce seje o instrutor. Abracose bom fim de semana..
Yellow is known to be the color of knowledge. I hope you are learning
every day. Even if you're your own instructor.
Make it a perfect week..
left side: William Blake - "The Temptation and Fall of Eve" [illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost", 1808]
The Science Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre.
The event was held at the national stadium in Warsaw. As usual at such events it was full of kids and lots of colorful balloons.
As you can see the Science Picnic in my eyes looks very... Strange ?
Biblioteca del Jesus College de la Universitat de Oxford.
Vam tenir el privilegi de visitar aquesta bilbioteca, que no s'obre al públic i que ni tan sols els alumnes de la universitat hi tenen accés. Té uns 11.000 llibres. Les cintes negres que es veuen són per subjetar -los per què no es desmontin de tan antics. Un espai de coneixament i història resguardad del públic per preservar la seva integritat.
"Dedicada a en Xevi www.flickr.com/photos/xevius_pics, que és un gran fotògraf !!
Not many solitary bees in the garden at the moment, as the season starts drawing to a close. So a nice surprise to see this little chap in our Staffordshire garden today. He was about 6mm in length and with an attractive bluey/green iridescence. There's a pale yellow marking at the tip of the clypeus.
He was working his mandibles furiously; perhaps dealing with a surfeit of nectar. I've seen them doing this before and they seem so engrossed in the activity, that they allow a close approach for photography!
I think this may be one of the Lasioglossum species. My knowledge doesn't allow me to go any further. A rather difficult group to differentiate.
Lit from the side, by a 45watt bulb and a SB600 speed light on a chair, fitted with a phong light sphere 2
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Oh this is a tough one...
I enjoy visiting cemeteries and trying to piece together fragments of people's lives and losses. In my youth I once dreamed of writing a novel based on the lives of people buried in a local cemetery. Perhaps the photographs I have taken here, and at other places like Evandale, are doing precisely that.
I always find it hard not to shed a tear when I come across a little grave like this one. There is the obvious empathy for the pain inflicted when Alfred and Thora Rothwell lost their dear little Desmond Keith, aged just 4 months, "A Little Bub in Heaven".
But for me a child's grave always brings back memories of a day seared deep within my soul. In my second year of High School I lost a close friend. We eventually came to understand that it was a teen suicide, but of course the knowledge of that was hidden from us for a long while. I remember his classmates, all of us, brokenhearted and uncomprehending at his graveside.
It took many years to visit his grave again. But one day I was at another funeral in the same cemetery and I thought, I must go and see my friend. But I knew what would happen. And as I found his resting place again and read the plaque I began to shake with emotion. It had been many years, but I remembered him like it was yesterday. He was the first friend - in fact the first person I was really close to - who had ever died.
I looked up through eyes filled with tears and the whole children's section of the graveyard seemed to be filled with light. I remember those little colourful windmill things blowing in the wind and it was like I'd suddenly had a revelation. I didn't know these words at the time, but I later came to understand they were spoken by the English mystic, Julian of Norwich (1343-1416), "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well".
There are so many things in the life we do not understand, and a child's death is right up there at the top of the list. In the 19th century the mortality rate for children could be as high as one in two in some places. But equally I am certain that there is a "sure and certain hope of the resurrection". Otherwise the universe is truly without meaning and purpose, and to believe that my friends is a fate worse than death.
But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page
Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll;
Chill Penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Thomas Gray
A pair of Antique neoclassical carved wooden doors depicting both masculine and feminine figures with tablet and scroll.
Sorry my knowledge is very limited on ID.
I love the Flickr automatic tags. they have tagged this as food. I may go back and have it on my toast. Wonder if I will have a bad belly afterwards?
That said, I may get a Flickr viewer saying it is edible. Egg on my face then. Sorry about the pun.
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The main library at Trinity College. This library houses the Book of Kells. To me, the library was more interesting.
Doi Suthep the hilltop near Chiangmai resonates with chanting of Buddhist prayers and hymns in the evening.
The wat here is from the Theravada school of Buddhism which believes in the teachings and practices as enunciated in the original Pali scriptures.
During the day time there is not much to do for the monks, specially the older ones. I espied three monks sitting on the ornate wooden chairs, relaxing with a dog in close attendance. They were murmuring in soft Thai language of which I have no knowledge. Peace seemed to hang somnolent over the place.
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For “Knowledge is Golden” the inspiration was specific to the area which the mural was done. San Francisco is seeing its second gold rush with information and knowledge being the currency of today. SOMA, being slated to be developed as the new downtown of San Francisco with technology leading the transformation, is why we chose this location for our message.
Gold miners have been replaced by tech innovators. Pickaxes and shovels have been replaced with laptops and desktops. Though the times have changed, the human thirst for chasing opportunity remains prevalent in these times. And with this influx of new people, San Francisco culture as we know it will never be the same.
Great Scott, This is Heavy!
You might see a DeLorean zipping around Greenbelt, Maryland, on Oct. 21, 2015, the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive from 1985 in "Back to the Future, Part II," but don't look for flaming tread marks in its wake.
The DeLorean DMC-12, commonly seen on the roads of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is better known for the version that starred as a plutonium-powered time machine in the “Back to the Future” trilogy.
After some investigation, Goddard’s Office of Communications found the owner of the stainless steel, gull-winged, two-door coupe. Goddard software test engineer, Brendan Rebo bought the 1982 DeLorean off eBay about four and a half years ago. “The car attracts a lot more attention than I expected,” Rebo admitted. “I hear a lot of jokes about whether or not I’ve reached 88 miles per hour yet.”
As “Back to the Future” fans around the world celebrate today, Rebo also celebrates his birthday.
While the second film predicted technology, such as flying cars, that doesn’t yet exist, people can still marvel at the classic car and movie reference.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth
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Yesterday’s debate at the photo club ties perfectly into today’s post. We discussed two different approaches to photography. One group focuses on documenting reality, capturing moments and scenes to “immortalize” them in a visually pleasing way. Using technical skills and compositional knowledge, they aim to create images that are memorable. This reminds me of Ansel Adams, who said, “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
The other group leans toward photography as a fine art form, emphasizing shapes, lines, and emotions. For them, a photograph goes beyond documentation, aiming to evoke feelings and thoughts, often paired with a meaningful title or text. Photographers like Edward Weston, who transformed everyday objects into stunning abstractions, embody this approach.
Of course, these two options represent extremes, and there’s a whole spectrum of photography that lies in between. Photographers like Saul Leiter, Harry Gruyaert, Alex Webb, and others blend documentary and artistic abstraction beautifully. Their work often uses light, color, and shape to create evocative, layered compositions that transcend simple storytelling. And these are just a few; there are many more who push boundaries and redefine what photography can be.
That said, I know I’ll never stop documenting moments and places, which brings me to today’s post. It’s my way of preserving one of Barcelona’s most iconic landmarks: Casa Batlló, designed by Antoni Gaudí. Its colorful mosaics, flowing curves, and unique details make it a masterpiece of modernist architecture. Whenever I’m in Barcelona—which is about once a quarter—I make a point to pass by and capture it. This isn’t just for my own memories but also to encourage others to visit, as this incredible building is absolutely worth seeing.
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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The knowledge is liberating only when it transforms the creature, otherwise it will be nothing but dead weight!
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Part of the Broken Beauty: ‘Heroes and Gods’ – exhibition of Igor Mitoraj’s sculptures in Valencia
In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a skillful architect and craftsman, seen as a symbol of wisdom, knowledge and power. He is the father of Icarus, the uncle of Perdix, and possibly also the father of Iapyx.
are printed books days numbered?
I've been running out of places to store my books but since I bought a kobo hd glo I don't think I'll ever have that problem.
this kobo can store more than 3000 books at any one time, that's more space than I will ever need and I don't have to worry about eye strain that you get from other device. e ink is the way forward for me.
sb700 and a shoot through umbrella were used to light the subject.
A veces no puedo evitarlo, están ahí y necesitan salir, necesitan expresarse, reprimirlas nunca será una buena alternativa... emociones.
Sometimes I can't help it, they are there and they need to get out, they need to express themselves, repressing them will never be a good alternative... emotions
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
[Proverbs 15:14 NIV]
5 MORE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
NASA image captured April 3-5, 2011
Cascades of spiraling magnetic loops observed in extreme ultraviolet light by SDO danced and twisted above an active region on the Sun (Apr. 3-5, 2011). These loops are charged particles spinning along the magnetic field lines, and thus visually revealing them. The bright active region was fairly strong and the activity persistent, though not explosive. At one point darker plasma can be seen being pulled back and forth across the region's center.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO
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REFORD GARDENS | LES JARDINS DE METIS
Coucher de soleil, Sainte-Flavie.
Visit : www.refordgardens.com/
Photo taken close to REFORD GARDENS.(Sainte-Flavie)
Mrs Elsie Reford loved those beautiful sunsets.
Reference: Elsie's Paradise, The Reford Gardens, Alexander Reford, 2004, ISBN 2-7619-1921-1, That book is a must for Reford Gardens lovers!
''I shall always, all my life, want to come back to those sunsets.'' Elsie Reford, July 20, 1913. (page 25)
" It is just after 8 o'clock and I am sitting in front of my big window with the gorgeous panorama of a glorious afterglow from a perfect sunset. There is every hue of blue on the water of 'the Blue Lagoon' while Pointe-aux-Cenelles is bathed in pink and crimson and the dark hills of the north shore seem no further than two or three miles distant. I don't think in the whole world at this moment there could be anything more beautiful." Elsie Reford, June 2, 1931. (page 81)
''One thing I can do that no one else can is to pass the love that I feel for this place and this woman'' Alexander Reford
Visit : www.refordgardens.com/
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From Wikipedia:
Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia) WQ376C
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LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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