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..."i'm cutting branches from the trees
shaped by years of memories
to exorcise their ghosts from inside of me
the sound of waves in a pool of water
i'm drowning in my nostalgia"...
Nostalgia
-David Sylvian
Rolduc Abbey.
Rolduc abbey in Kerkrade is one of the most important religious monuments in the Netherlands. Rolduc is the largest abbey complex in the Benelux and one of the Dutch UNESCO Top 100 monuments.
For 35 years the buildings remained empty. In 1831, Rolduc Abbey was recommissioned by the Diocese of Liège for use as a seminary, a college training teenage boys for priesthood. After Belgium’s independence, this seminary moved to St. Truiden in Belgium and Rolduc Abbey was taken over by the Diocese of Roermond. Rolduc became a boarding school and grammar school (Gymnasium) for boys from Dutch wealthy families, among them several well-known politicians, scientists and writers of that time. From 1946 until 1967, Rolduc was once more a minor seminary, only now for the Diocese of Roermond. The boarding school closed in 1971; the Gymnasium closed in 2011.
*Source: Rolduc*
Ce vieux masque d'un autre temps sorti du placard avec ses toiles d'araignée ne pourra sûrement pas être utilisé pour le prochain carnaval.
Everything else pales in comparison to memories of you.
Credits:
Hair: Truth Blythe browns
Bikini Top: Baiastice Luli Bikini - Blue Strips
Shorts: Blueberry Beads Belt Denim Shorts
Props:
8f8 - 17. Our Memories, 18. Secret Diary, 08. Butterfly Light @ the July Season's Story
Seven Emporium - Scientific Telescope
CP - Dragonfly and Garden Lantern Canopy
CP - Dragonfly Garden Cosy
CP - Dragonfly Garden Tree Screen
[We're Closed] - Pond Deck
[We're Closed] - Rustic Deck
[We're Closed] - Tree 1a Bare
Photo taken at the beautiful Starfall sim
I'm following the last months of a traditional clothing store in a small Spanish city that is going to close after more than 50 years of actvity...
That room was full of clothes some months ago and the woman that appears in the window is the owner of the shop... After several visits, she is explaining me the origin of the shop as well as all the social changes that she has to face along the past half century...
.:Featured Decor:.
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories Gacha @ *The Imaginarium*
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Rug
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Leather Journal
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Table
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Rocking Chair
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Moments Pillow
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Rose Pink
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Memory Box - RARE
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Old Milk Can
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Antique Clock
[ zerkalo ] Antique Memories - Wreath
[ zerkalo ] Organic Wall Ornaments Gacha @ *LootBox*
[ zerkalo ] Organic Wall Ornaments - Ballerina - Wood
[ zerkalo ] Organic Wall Ornaments - Love Birds - Light
[ zerkalo ] Organic Wall Ornaments - Heart Tree - Light (RARE)
[ zerkalo ] Hidden Treasure Box- The Chapter Four Hidden Chapter *Hidden Chapter*
[ zerkalo ] Triple Candle Holder
[ zerkalo ] Weathered Desk- The Liaison Collaborative *TLC*
OHeMO - Gudme vintage wash basin Set- *ULTRA*
Bee Designs Elise Living Room Gacha Books - Purple ribbon
[ zerkalo ] Angelique - Ring Holder - RARE
[ zerkalo ] The Piano Bar - Wine
[ zerkalo ] Angelique - Comb
[ zerkalo ] The Candle of Devotion
[ zerkalo ] Faded Charm - Framed Scissors
[ zerkalo ] Britain's Bedroom - Canopy Light
[ zerkalo ] My Heart - Key to my Heart (copy)
[ zerkalo ] Delicate Floor Lamp - White
[ zerkalo ] The Bard's Folio
[ zerkalo ] Winter Dream - Books1
[ zerkalo ] Tatiana's Letters
[Tia] Sylvia Bathroom - Flower Vases
[Tia] Sylvia Bathroom - Water Jugs
[Tia] Sylvia Bathroom - Silver Bathtub
Scarlet Creative Gorgeous Rose - Wood
Sunset across Aberlady Bay, East Lothian, Scotland, UK.
So, it's been a bit of traumatic time of late for me on the photographic front. A couple of weeks ago I was in British Columbia but exactly one week before I left I was down on the beach at home photographing a heavy sea when I was taken out by a wave. As a result of that one of my two K30's was destroyed, along with my Sigma 10-20mm and Sigma 17-50mm lenses. I loved my K30 and the Sigma 10-20 is what I shoot 90% of my shots with, so all in all it was a bit heart breaking. My second K30 also got a bit wet but survived.
So at v short notice I had to suddenly replace a body and I went for what I thought was the natural replacement the K-S2, which didn't turn out to be the natural replacement I thought it would be. (More on that below)
Anyway, the new K-S2 arrived along with a new Sigma 10-20mm and off I went on holiday.
Now I don't take a lot of photographs with my cell phone but it is useful to have to photograph all sorts of daily things, like where you've parked your car etc. So it was further disappointment when on the second day of my holiday the lens shattered on the phone for no obvious reason.
To cheer myself up I thought I'd go out and take a city skyline shot over Vancouver, only to discover that the head on my Manfrotto BeFree Travel Tripod had broken... (although it was still partially useable)... Anyway trying to put all of this aside I set up for some long exposures over the city skyline. I took out my long exposure cable release and went to plug it in to my new K-S2... nope that's not the socket... not that one either.. and not that one... where the heck is the cable release socket... don't tell me! So to my horror I discovered that this camera doesn't have a cable release socket.... and a significant amount of my photography involves long exposure work... I never even knew cameras came without what I would class as this vital piece of functionality. I've certainly never had a Pentax camera that didn't have this.
It has to be said that by now I was a bit down and a bit irate about all of this. The next morning I got up put my gear in the car, took out my remaining K30 to check the settings were ready to go for the start of the day and I dropped the camera and broke the LCD screen..... aargh!!
Taken from Queen Margaret Bridge just up from the old BBC building, this is the humpback footbridge over the Kelvin that links the Kelvin Walkway and the Botanic Gardens.
The scene was pretty much monochrome already so converting to black and white seemed to make sense. A bit more minimalist than I'm used to, but I thought it looked quite atmospheric.
It was a December morning when thick mist enveloped Glasgow's west end. The visibility was quite a bit worse than this image would suggest, but I find there's something about taking a picture from within mist or fog that tends to add clarity and definition the eye can't quite resolve. Or perhaps it's a failure of technique, I don't know.
The title's a bit of an indulgence, I know, but there's something about the receding clarity of the view upriver that brings to mind that word. The foreground trees and branches are recent events, fresh in the mind, and the faint hint of distant foliage beyond the bridge is a faded old memory you know is there, but can't quite fully recall.
Somewhere
in that corner
where the light
dissipates
a vault stands
collecting memories
of people's smiles.
The air surrounds it
envelopes the soul
of each
guarding them
with memories
of its own.
Still memories.
~ I Travel East
Somewhere off the Pacific Coast Highway
Big Sur, California
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