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The sun has been trying to break through the cloud cover all morning. So far, it hasn't happened.

Taken around 10:15 this morning (12/21/06)

For The Weekly Colour Challenge - Blue and White together. Phil down the street is getting his boat ready for Summer.

'Dad, why is there no snow even though winter knows I like snow so much?' my daughter asked me a few weeks ago. I told her winter was a bit naughty, but we needed to be patient because there still would be a chance it would be snowing this winter. You can imagine the look on her face when I woke her up from her nap and she looked outside.

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With a huge group of spectators using their various recording and photography devices, 3642 departs Maitland on a shuttle trip to Branxton.

Maitland, NSW.

Saturday 18 April 2015.

Last week was teacher appreciation week. Owen has been blessed with another really great teacher this year! She walks the fine line between keeping the classroom structured and focused and still being kind and caring. She encourages the kids to do their best and to strive for more.

Recently his teacher missed a few days of school to run the Boston Marathon. (Yes it's true, she teaches 1st graders all day and still has the energy to run marathons!) When she returned, upon entering the room, you could FEEL her joy at being back with her students. And then you could read about it in the morning message she types out each school day.

Owen's future teachers will certainly have a tough act to follow.

Anyway, if you didn't thank a teacher last week you can always do it now! There are so many great ones out there!

Levi

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This photographic story of mine, with descriptive text, was created in Novara di Sicilia (ME) on August 15th of this year, on the occasion of a suggestive traditional religious and popular celebration, that of the Apotheosis of the Assumption (in Heaven), which takes place every 5 years, however due to the bans issued during the Covid, it was not celebrated in 2020, so this celebration had not been held for 10 years. I would like to tell the origins of this ancient tradition, which began with the arrival of the Normans in Sicily around the year 1000. At that time, Southern Italy was a coexistence of peoples, religions, and languages, the most diverse. The majority were the Lombards. There were also the Greeks, with the Greek population of Calabria and Salento (i.e., the Byzantines), with the Greek Church based in Constantinople. It was not a foreign Byzantine domination, but rather the people of those lands for centuries. Then there were the Arabs who had conquered Sicily, and even under the Arabs in Sicily, Greeks, Latins, and Jews coexisted; the populations coexisted with each other, and the leaders waged war against each other. Then, in southern Italy, the Normans arrived, seeking adventure and fortune. They were French from Northern France, and the descendants of the Vikings from Scandinavia. the Norman Roger 1st of Sicily (known as the Great Count Roger) together with his brother, conquered Puglia, Calabria, subsequently they allied themselves with an Arab emir reigning in Sicily, who asked them for help because he was fighting against another Arab emir present in Sicily, Roger landed in Messina in February 1061 managing to occupy the eastern part of Sicily, thirty years after his landing in Sicily, in 1091 Roger could say he was master of all of Sicily; Ancient literature credits Great Count Roger with initiating the celebrations of the Assumption, whose banner featured the image of the Our Lady Ascending to Heaven. Under his patronage, the process of "re-Christianization" of the island began. Devotion to the Virgin was strengthened in the territory of Novara di Sicilia in the 12th century with the arrival of the French abbot Hugh (also proclaimed a saint), sent to Sicily by Bernard of Clairvaux, of the Cistercian Order, which has the figure of the Assumption as a cornerstone of its religious institution. This celebration-feast has seen mixed fortunes. Before the Second World War, the float with the Assumption was carried in procession along with approximately 15 floats of various saints. After that conflict, the bishop banned carrying statues of saints alongside the Assumption. With the Great Jubilee of 2000, the ancient tradition was revived with the Saints preceding the Assumption's exit. They arrive in the town's main square, forming a semicircle, awaiting the arrival of the Assumption, which in the meantime has been carried in procession through the town's streets. Upon her return to the square around midnight, the Assumption of Mary is reunited with all the Saints, giving life to the supreme expression of the Apotheosis of Mary Assumed into Heaven, amidst songs, litanies, and prayers. This, in short, is a great, heartfelt procession that begins in the afternoon and continues late into the night, with the many floats of saints preceding that of the Assumption of Mary, characterized by having their arms raised high, and the presence of more than 150 candles being lit. The official logo of the Solemn Apotheosis of the Assumption encloses the presence of the 15 saints as if they were 15 roses, arranged in a crown around the monogram "M - A" (Our Lady Ascending to Heaven): for Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy the "Mystical Rose" is "the Love of God", a symbol of divine perfection, peace, and the beauty of Paradise, linked to the figure of Mary, the Mystical Rose par excellence. Thus the Apotheosis is nothing other than the Embrace that God, through Mary and the Saints, addresses to all men.

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Questo mio racconto fotografico, con testo descrittivo, è stato realizzato a Novara di Sicilia (ME) il 15 di agosto di quest’anno, in occasione di una suggestiva celebrazione tradizionale religiosa e popolare, quella della Apoteosi dell’Assunta (in Cielo), che prende vita ogni 5 anni, purtuttavia causa i divieti emanati durante il covid, nel 2020 non venne celebrata, sicchè questa celebrazione era da 10 anni che non veniva svolta. Desidero raccontare le origini di questa antica tradizione, essa nasce con l’arrivo dei Normanni in Sicilia attorno all’Anno Mille, in quel periodo nell’Italia Meridionale c’era una convivenza di popoli, religioni, lingue, le più diverse, la maggioranza era data dai Longobardi, c’erano i Greci, con la popolazione greca della Calabria, del Salento (ovvero i Bizantini) con la Chiesa Greca che faceva capo a Costantinopoli, non era una dominazione bizantina straniera, ma erano i popoli di quelle terre da secoli, poi c'erano gli Arabi che avevano conquistato la Sicilia, ed anche sotto gli arabi in Sicilia, convivenao Greci, Latini, Ebrei, le popolazioni convivevano tra loro, erano i capi che si facevano la guerra tra di loro; poi nel meridione d’Italia arrivarono i Normanni, in cerca di avventura e di fortuna, essi erano francesi della Francia del Nord, essi erano i discendenti dei Vichinghi provenienti dalla Scandinavia; il Normanno Ruggero 1° di Sicilia (detto il Gran Conte Ruggero) insieme al fratello, conquista la Puglia, la Calabria, successivamente si allearono con un emiro arabo regnante in Sicilia, che chiedeva loro aiuto perché in lotta contro un altro emiro arabo presente in Sicilia, Ruggero sbarcò a Messina nel febbraio del 1061 riuscendo ad occupare la parte orientale della Sicilia, dopo trent'anni dal suo sbarco in Sicilia, nel 1091 Ruggero poté dirsi padrone di tutta la Sicilia; l’antica letteratura indica il Gran Conte Ruggero promotore dei festeggiamenti dell’Assunta, sul cui stendardo campeggiava l’immagine dell’Assunta, sotto la cui protezione ebbe inizio il processo di “ricristianizzazione” dell’isola, devozione verso la Vergine che si rafforza nel territorio di Novara di Sicilia nel XII secolo con l’arrivo dell’abate francese Ugo (anch’egli proclamato Santo), inviato in Sicilia da Bernardo di Chiaravalle, dell’Ordine Cistercense, che ha come pilastro portante la figura dell’Assunta nella sua istituzione religiosa. Questa celebrazione-festa ha visto alterne fortune, prima del secondo conflitto mondiale la vara con l’Assunta veniva portata in processione assieme a circa 15 vare di diversi santi, dopo tale conflitto ci fu il divieto vescovile di portare le statue dei santi insieme all’Assunta; col Grande Giubileo del 2000 l’antica tradizione riprese vita coi Santi che precedono l’uscita dell’Assunta, giungendo nella piazza principale del paese, disponendosi a semicerchio, aspettando l’arrivo dell’Assunta che nel frattempo è stata condotta in processione nelle vie del paese, al suo rientro in piazza verso mezzanotte Maria Assunta si ricongiunge con tutti i Santi, dando vita alla massima espressione dell’Apoteosi di Maria Assunta in Cielo, tra canti, litanie e preghiere. Questa, in sintesi, è una grande, sentita, processione che inizia nel pomeriggio, per proseguire a notte fonda, con le tante vare di santi che precedono quella di Maria Assunta, caratterizzata dall'avere le braccia rivolte in alto, e la presenza di più di 150 candele che vengono accese. Il logo ufficiale della Solenne Apoteosi dell’Assunta racchiude la presenza dei 15 santi come fossero 15 rose, disposte a corona attorno al monogramma “M – A” (Madonna Assunta): per Dante Alighieri nella Divina Commedia la “Rosa Mistica” è “l’Amore di Dio”, simbolo della perfezione divina, pace, bellezza del Paradiso, collegata alla figura di Maria, Rosa Mistica per eccellenza, ecco che l’Apoteosi altro non è che l’Abbraccio che Dio, tramite Maria ed i Santi, rivolge a tutti gli uomini.

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Boy am I enjoying the silence in the house right now! So nice to sit here in the silence and just relax and do nothing for a moment or two and catch my breath. The to do lists will wait!

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If I could, I’d remain in a place like Neverland, where you are eternally a child. When you are little, you think about how wonderful being an adult will be: nobody obliges you to tidy your room or to do your homework. Basically, you can do what you want.

But we all know that it’s not completely true. Yes, you have more freedom, but you also have more responsibilities. Choices always come with consequences. It’s the most difficult part about being an adult: bearing the consequences of your own choices.

I chose and I didn’t choose well. Or maybe I did but not in the right moment.

In any case, it’s definitive: I’m dropping out of International Business Economics.

I like economics. I didn’t like so much the business part, but it was OK. But I realized I liked as a way to understand the world, not as my future profession (studying is not the same as working). Maybe I did in June, when I enrolled myself, but not now. Which made me feel terrible. I began to blame myself for changing of opinion so easily. After all, how much can someone change in one summer?

Well, it turned out that a lot.

I didn’t want to disappoint anybody either. Everybody was telling me that I have a bright future ahead. I already began to see it blurry in summer, but university made it worse. Now I didn’t see a future at all. The stress of knowing that you’re about to lose your home, the guiltiness and the inner isolation led me to cyclical depressive episodes. Studying in that condition required more strength than I had. I was (I am) emotionally and psychologically exhausted.

So here I am. I’m home this week because I don’t have to babysit until next Tuesday. I’ll come back to Barcelona and will try to find a job meanwhile. I want to seriously start to study Russian and English to get the corresponding level certificates. And think about what I want to do with my life.

I’d like to never have to grow up, but unfortunately I can’t: childhood doesn’t last forever. We all have to let it go sooner or later. I suppose I began to let go mine too soon, so I made the break even more difficult. It’s difficult when you’re in pain and you’re in pain alone because it keeps you trapped somewhere in between.

I hope that now I’ll finally let it go.

PS: There will be a stop motion/behind the scenes of this, so stay tuned.

PPS: The hosting where I had my portfolio crashed. Aghhh! So it will be offline for until I find another. I am also changing of domain: klykovaphotography.com

PPPS: I won another prize for my high school thesis on Russia :D The first place in the arts, humanities and social sciences category. I even went to the local radio because of that!

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I got home from work yesterday and there was a beautiful sky! I decided to take the garbage out and try and snap some shots before the sun went down. Summer is slowly coming back to me. :)

Taken from our garden.

Oh the weather outside is frightful,

But the fire is so delightful,

And since we've no place to go,

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of Pauseping,

And I've bought some corn for popping,

The lights are turned way down low,

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kiss goodnight,

How I'll hate going out in the storm!

But if you'll really hold me tight,

All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,

And, my dear, we're still good-bying,

But as long as you love me so,

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Oh brother, I can't, I can't get through

I've been trying hard to reach you 'cause I don' know what to do

Oh brother, I can't believe it's true

I'm so scared about the future, and I wanna talk to you

Oh, I wanna talk to you

You can take a picture of something you see

In the future where will I be?

You can climb a ladder up to the sun

Or a write a song nobody has sung

Or do something that's never been done

Are you lost or incomplete?

Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece?

Tell me, how do you feel?

"Well, I feel like they're talking in a language I don't speak

And they're talking it to me"

So you take a picture of something you see

In the future where will I be?

You can climb a ladder up to the sun

Or write a song nobody has sung

Or do something that's never been done

Or do something that's never been done

So you don't know where you're going and you wanna talk

And you feel like you're going where you've been before

You tell anyone who'll listen, but you feel ignored

Nothing's really making any sense at all, let's talk

Let's talk, let's talk, let's talk

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Pretty clear that these phones are near and dear. By the way, love that big purse, she must be very taken with it.

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Had run out of Acros, so went into my TMY2 stock and used the Rodinal to Xtol schema. The combo of an old and new developer with this square grain film seemed to work out well. It doesn't have the same tonality as Acros, but the versatility is higher. The grain is quite impressive, as is the accutance, particularly with a 400 speed film. A very happy day to my fellow impressive flickeranians.

The new statue of Nello and Patrashe In front of the cathedral is loved by many tourists. So I say... let them pose and shoot!

"A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods."

~Rachel Carson

(. . . Just don't slip in the mud, and for God's sake, don't get your camera wet. :))

In college I made this lamp as a means to “let go” of inhibition. The cap of the lamp is a fiberglass resin casting of my torso. To create the torso casting I decided to allow a complete stranger (classmate) paint flex wax on my torso to create the mould. And then wrap the mould with plaster impregnated gauze to finalize the mold. It was incredibly liberating to allow someone to view me nude in a vulnerable state. I could have molded anyone’s torso to represent the idea but it wouldn’t have had the same personal impact. Hell, it was all for art sake right? No not really, that year was a huge year for me; the first leap in the direction towards reaching some major life changing goals. An experience I’ll treasure for ever.

So, let go,let go

Jump in

Oh well, what you waiting for?

It's all right

'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown

So, let go, l-let go

Just get in

Oh, it's so amazing here

It's all right

'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown

~Frou Frou~ Let go

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A Northern Cardinal sits patiently in the snow. Pretty much the only colorful sign of life. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

2007 Star Stratoliner

1854cc (113 cubic inch) V-Twin

She is a joy to ride but the time has come to part with her. I am putting her up for sale tomorrow so I thought I would give her the royal treatment she deserves and send her away with an LP portrait. I will definitely hate to see her go, but after only riding a little over 4000 miles in 5 years and really needing the room in my garage to finish setting up my shop, I have decided that it is time.

I created a video to help show her off a bit and help with the sale as well. If you are interested in seeing more of the bike or the video, it WILL be posted to the following link when I get it completed: HERE.

Thanks for looking! :-)

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