Journey to next lifetime, only tombstones left behind
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in the rain on the banks of the Chobe, Botswana
I take pictures because I like it, not because I am good at it.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
If you only visit 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa, twice.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2023
❒︎ ᴛᴇᴛʀᴀ - ꜱᴀᴛɪɴ ꜱʟɪᴘ ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱ
❒︎ .: ᴠᴇɢᴀꜱ :. ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴇʀ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱᴏꜰꜰ 345
❒︎ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ - Qᴜɪʀᴋʏ ɪᴄᴇᴅ ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇ
There is one thing I learned from what I lived:
When you live something, you must live it fully
Your lover must be exhausted from your kisses
You must be exhausted from smelling a flower
One can look at the sky for hours
One can look for hours at the sea, at a bird, at a child
Living on this world is being one with it
Growing unbreakable roots into it
When you hug your friend, you must do it with all your power
You must be in a fight with all your muscles, body and passion
And when you lie on the hot sand,
You must rest like a grain of sand, like a leaf, like a stone
One must listen to all the beautiful music
Such that the sounds, the melodies fill inside
One must dive headfirst into this life
Like diving from a rock into an emerald sea
People you don't know must attract you to distant lands
You must live with the desire to read all the books and to know all the lives
You must exchange nothing with the happiness of drinking a glass of water
But for all the happiness there is, you must be filed with the longing to live
And you must also live grief, with honor, with all your presence
Because grief also maturates one, like happiness
Your blood must be intermixed with the large circulation of life
The never-ending, fresh blood of life must circulate in your veins
There is one thing I learned from what I lived:
When you live, you must live big, like being one with the rivers, the sky, and the whole universe
Because what we call lifetime is a gift presented to life
And life is a gift presented to you.
Ataol Behramoğlu ( 1942 - )
( In Explore - August 11, 2020 )
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Tomb of Luís de Camões in Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Monastery of St. Hieronymus) in Belem, Lisbon.
Camões is considered to be Portugal's greatest poet. He is to the Portuguese language what Shakespeare is to English and Pushkin to Russian. He led an interesting life spanning most of the Portuguese Age of Discovery in the XVI c., became famous in his lifetime, and died of plague in dire poverty. There is a strong indication that bones interred in his grave do not, in fact, belong to him. And the magnificent tomb was made only in late XIX c.
Salt flat in Bolivia that turns into a mirror just before dusk is definitely the star attraction in Bolivia, and this first place is well deserved. A chance to enjoy the beauty of Salar de Uyuni sunset and sunrise in a place often called the border between heaven and earth is something, everybody should get at least once in a lifetime.
Iceland's ice wilderness in the South is something one needs to have encountered once in a lifetime. The landscape is flat with mountain ranges in the far distance, covered in ice, snow and in some parts also volcanic ash and countless riviets and small rivers carrying water from the mountains towards the coast nearby. I shot this early morning after we left the "container hotel" where we had rested and the dawn light was just amazing over this wilderness.
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Saint Angel Castle, is a tomb - "Mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian", his family and successors. The construction of mausoleum began during Hadrian's lifetime, but it was only completed during the reign of his successor Antoninus Pius in 139. In 271, the building was incorporated into the system of defensive walls of Rome, and it ceased to serve as a mausoleum. At the beginning of the 5th century it was rebuilt into a fortress.
At the end of 5th century, Pope Gregory the Great renamed the building to the Castle of St. Angel to commemorate appearance during the plague above the mausoleum, Angel hiding his sword as a sign of the end of the epidemic. In 608, Pope Boniface IV at the top of the fortress erected the chapel of St. Angel in Heaven.
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Zamek Świętego Anioła, jest grobowcem - "Mauzoleum cesarza Hadriana", jego rodziny oraz następców. Budowę mauzoleum rozpoczęto za życia Hadriana, ukończono jednak dopiero za panowania jego następcy Antoninusa Piusa w 139 roku. W roku 271 budowlę włączono w system murów obronnych Rzymu, przestała pełnić funkcję mauzoleum. Na początku V wieku została przebudowana na fortecę.
Pod koniec VI wieku papież Grzegorz I Wielki przemianował budowlę na Zamek św. Anioła, aby upamiętnić ukazanie się podczas zarazy, nad mauzoleum anioła chowającego miecz na znak końca epidemii. W 608 roku papież Bonifacy IV na szczycie fortecy wzniósł kaplicę Świętego Anioła w Niebie.
This was once a busy spot in Steveston BC when the local fish packing plants were running at full speed. Now everything lies in ruins and disrepair as people stroll by not even knowing what once was!! Vlog Below!!
The Ring of Kerry is a scenic road that takes you through beautiful landscapes and majestic coastlines, but also takes some effort and determination because it is so very narrow & curvy, and your steering wheel and the lanes are on the opposite side, but still definitely worth the effort... it's the road trip of a lifetime : )
After much love and care for over 4 years, one of my air plants has finally bloomed! 😃
Well, to my surprise, I just learned that air plants only bloom once in their lifetime. 😥
Once blooming is over, baby air plants will be produced, and they will eventually mature into their own “adult” air plant. 😊
Such a beautiful circle of life! 💖
PS: I recognize it's not the best photo. The light was flat yesterday, but I am too lazy to take another one today. Indoor flower macro shots are not easy to take IMO; I applaud all the macro photographers out there! 👏👏👏
Elephant baby
Marabou Pan, Savuti, Botswana
I take pictures because I like it, not because I am good at it.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
If you only visit 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa, twice.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2023
«In your lifetime you will have many reasons to be happy. One of them is called water, another is called wind, another sun, and it always comes as a reward after the rain».
~ Luis Sepulveda, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
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on the Chobe river, Botswana
I take pictures because I like it, not because I am good at it.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
If you only visit 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa, twice.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2024
I guess the time was right for us to say
We'd take our time and live our lives together day by day
We'll make a wish and send it on a prayer
We know our dreams can all come true with love that we can share
With you I never wonder
Will you be there for me?
With you I never wonder
You're the right one for me
I finally found the love of a lifetime
A love to last my whole life through
I finally found the love of a lifetime
Forever in my heart
I finally found the love of a lifetime
With every kiss, our love is like brand-new
And every star up in the sky was made for me and you
Still we both know that the road is long
We know that we will be together
Because our love is strong
I finally found the love of a lifetime
A love to last my whole life through
I finally found the love of a lifetime
Forever in my heart
I finally found the love of a lifetime
some anxiety always goes with it :-)
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Ovid was the first major Roman poet to begin his career during Augustus' reign. Ovid was a contemporary of the older poets Virgil and Horace. Collectively, they are considered the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian described Ovid as the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime. Regardless, the emperor Augustus banished him to a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his death. Ovid himself attributes his exile to carmen et error ("a poem and a mistake"). His reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
rose, 'Day Breaker', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
~ LifeTime Friendship from My Way of Seeing ~
I know them long ago. They meet each other on the corner. Always together, discussing, laughing, even fighting but never seriously.
I met them again a few days ago, now walking slower but wit and with joy.
This picture has to present the Importance of Friendship. That it is better live a life with other people than alone. That is better to share an apple, laugh, thought than be alone.
It is not dangerous say hello when you meet your neighbor.
We all have a blood under our skin, hearts that bit, it doesn't matter which language we are speaking, where we are from - we are people and we proclaim us as Human with tendency to live a Social Life.
Idea for this Appeal I get watching a few silly movies with opposite ideas, about friendship.
See below for idea of scale of this sculpture (26 foot tall, 36,000 pounds!).
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Seward Johnson: The Retrospective presents an overview of the popular sculptor’s 50-year career through a lifetime collection of his works, including Forever Marilyn, the 26-foot tall, 36,000-pound Marilyn Monroe sculpture from his Icons Revisited series (on view until spring, 2015)
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This is what happens when you live in New England! the latest we've had snow in my lifetime was in June.
IN ANOTHER LIFETIME, WE WILL BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER OUT LOUD.
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in the Kgalagadi NP, South Africa
flashback 2008
All animals in Africa bite, but the safari bug is the worst.
I take pictures because I like it, not because I am good at it.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
If you only visit 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa, twice.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2024
At Pashley Manor Gardens you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
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Tasman Lake and Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook, New Zealand.
Haupapa / Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand. It is nestled deep in Mount Cook National Park. The Glacier is now approximately 27 kms long and 600 metres deep.
Settled in its own terminal lake, the 300-500-year-old ice shelf is slowly tearing away, depositing icebergs of all shapes and sizes in to the water. The lake is one of only a few in the world that contains icebergs. I did a boat tour on this lake and I will post pictures of close-ups of the Glacial shelf and ice-bergs. You can just see the shelf of the glacier at the end of Tasman Lake. For scale, those little dots you see out there are tour boats, and a few scattered ice-crystals.
Eventually the glacier will retreat entirely, and the lake will reach its maximum size. In 1973, there was no terminal lake at all, and by 2008 it had grown to 7kms in length. The current period of rapid melting began in the 1990s and between 2000 and 2008 alone, the glacier terminus receded 3.7 km.
I was visited the before the fires from Australia turned many of the New Zealand Glaciers Brown.
“Things that normally happen in geologic time are happening during the span of a human lifetime," Fagre- research scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Global Change Research Program.
I was looking through some of my images from a few years ago and realised that I had not uploaded this particular photo to Flickr. It was, most probably, a once in a lifetime encounter with this wild chameleon as we were walking along a path in Spain.
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A memory of my dear grandmother Gerda
these photos of me made over 50 years ago
Eine Erinnerung an meine liebe Oma Gerda
die diese Fotos von mir vor über 50 Jahren machte....
HSS 😊😊😍
The most important thing in the world is family and love.
John Wooden
Family is not an important thing
it is everything.
Michael J. Fox
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
George Santayana
Mothers are like glue
Even when you can't see them
They are still holding
the family together.
Susan Gale
A hug from family lasts a lifetime.
Anon
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After years of trying I finally got the opportunity to photograph a great grey owl. As I was leaving, a unique situation occurred where three owls went after the same vole.
It was already dusk and it had just started to snow, so the photo is quite blurry, but a once in a lifetime situation.
The owl in the snow, the strongest or the fastest, caught the vole.