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LOCK-DOWN
In many ways it seems that LOCKDOWN has not totally passed by although we are still getting our boosters, for those that are in bad health or over 75. Currently in the GB (14-07-2022) there are over 2.7 million people with Covid, so contagion fully in check.
These following images were taken at a time when full lockdown was in place and things were very different. However this is the last of the postings.
One of my favourites of all time, the whole series I still listen to and enjoy. Happy days.
LOCK-DOWN
This is the second series of images from the lockdown. This time I have included photography based on things that I’ve seen on our walks into the countryside. Also of Painting, Decorated Stones, Reading Choices, Our Garden Flowers and listening to Music whenever possible.
Best wishes to all and keep well.
Patrick
Also some very sad messages, a momentous time.
Se cierra el boliche. CHAO. Hasta el otro año, que pasen unas felices fiestas, que se los pasen rico y que les den un abrazo jugoso y apretado a fin de año.
Mike Olfield Incantations 4 (dejen que baje completo el temita)
"Deberías cambiar radicalmente de estilo de vida y empezar a hacer cosas que antes ni siquiera imaginabas o que nunca te habías atrevido a intentar. Sé audaz. Son demasiadas las personas que se sienten infelices y que no toman la iniciativa de cambiar su condición porque se las ha condicionado para que acepten una vida basada en la estabilidad, las convenciones y el conformismo. Tal vez parezca que todo eso nos proporciona serenidad, pero en realidad no hay nada más perjudicial para el espíritu aventurero del hombre que la idea de un futuro estable. El núcleo esencial del alma humana es la pasión por la aventura. La dicha de vivir proviene de nuestros encuentros con experiencias nuevas y de ahí que no haya mayor dicha que vivir con unos horizontes que cambian sin cesar, con un sol que es nuevo y distinto cada día. Si quieres obtener más de la vida, debes renunciar a una existencia segura y monótona. Debes adoptar un estilo de vida donde todo sea provisional y no haya orden, algo que al principio te parecerá enloquecedor. Sin embargo, una vez que te hayas acostumbrado, comprenderás el sentido de una vida semejante y apreciarás su extraordinaria belleza. En pocas palabras, deja tu casa y ponte en marcha. Te aseguro que sentirás una gran alegría si lo haces... No eches raíces, no te establezcas. Cambia a menudo de lugar, lleva una vida nómada, renueva cada día tus expectativas. Aún te quedan muchos años de vida y sería una pena que no aprovecharas este momento para introducir cambios revolucionarios en tu existencia que desconoces. Te equivocas si piensas que la dicha procede sólo o en su mayor parte de las relaciones humanas. Dios la ha puesto por doquier. Se encuentra en todas y cada una de las cosas que podemos experimentar. Sólo tenemos que ser valientes, rebelarnos contra nuestro estilo de vida habitual y empezar a vivir al margen de las convenciones...".
Chris McCandless "Hacia tierras salvajes". North Dakota - Abril de 1992. Citado en el libro de Jon Krakauer (Vayan a ver la película que salió recién con esta historia, dirigida por Sean Penn).
Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by the British musician Mike Oldfield, released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on Virgin Records. It comprises two mostly instrumental tracks. Oldfield, who was 19 years old when it was recorded, played almost all the instruments.
The most important promotion for the record came from an unexpected source, when the introduction to Part One was chosen to feature in the film The Exorcist, which was released in the United States in December 1973 and in European cinemas in March 1974. According to British film critic Mark Kermode, the decision to include the music was the result of pure chance – director William Friedkin had decided to scrap the original score by Lalo Schifrin and was looking for music to replace it. Friedkin was visiting the offices of Ahmet Ertegun, president of Atlantic Records (which distributed Tubular Bells in the US), and picking up a white label of the album from the selection of records in Ertegun's office, he put it on the record player and instantly decided that the music would be perfect for the movie. Although the introduction only features briefly in two scenes in the movie, it has become the track most commonly associated with it. Oldfield has stated that he did not want to see the film because he believed he would find it too frightening.
Happy 50th Anniversary, Mike Oldfield!
youtu.be/9HKU4FOmt6k?si=oW69jsFr-VuwLxTz
This "casona" has a dark mystery inside it, that's why I choose it to illustrate this wonderful piece of music
Read it in here:
yucatanmagazine.com/el-pinar-colonial-pink-mystery-on-cal...
Avuí, repassant unes fotos que tenia ja arxivades he vist aquesta i...no sé, m'ha vingut al cap el tema de Mike Oldfield "Five miles out". Em relaxa, espere que tinga un efecte semblant en tots vosaltres :)
Today, while I was reviewing some shots on a filed folder I found this and...not sure why...the "Five miles out" Mike Olfield's theme has come to my mind. It relaxes me, I hope it will have a similar effect on you :)
Hoy, mientras revisaba algunas fotos que ya tenía archivadas he encontrado esta y...no sé, me ha traido a la cabeza el tema "Five miles out" de Mike Oldfield. Me relaja, espero que tenga el mismo efecto en todos vosotros :)
Mosaic comes from Latin and means "of the muses"
Muses are the spirits who inspire arts and literature.
Musing is a verb which means to gaze or consider something in slient thought.
Are you following my chain of thinking? This mosaic goddess is on the "angel apothecary" in Vienna
some mood music for my mosaic musing?Here
For the Monday Music Mania Group:
Shadow on the wall by Mike Oldfield.
I was in one of his concerts in the 80s, ....phenomenal
Texture by Lenabem. Thank you very much, vielen Dank, Anna :)
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An amazing live Version of "Tubular Bells":
When you wake up early and go out to take pictures you never know what you might find, you don't know if you'll find something interesting or if you'll go home with nothing... but when you get to a place like this, I'm just fascinated by what they see my eyes, many times I have to move the camera away from my face, to see if what I'm looking at through the viewfinder is real or not... for me this is like a "magical forest" that's why I've put this title, the moments that I spend there, make me forget a little about all the things that I have going around my head and focus only on what I see and on the place where I am... it's incredible but it's like If I were in one of those stories I used to read and watch as a child, where everything was fabulous and enchanting... now as an adult, this is one of the few ways I have to keep that fascinating and beautiful feeling inside me...
This song is dedicated to all those who in some way can feel identified with this...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKuvEZ4ZJlc
Thank you all as always for stopping by, it's a pleasure to have you!
I went out for a walk being careful to adhere to the social distancing advice here in the UK. I was looking for signs of the effect of the coronavirus on people's lives. I live in a popular seaside town that relies on seasonal trade to survive.
Many of the restaurants and coffee shops have now had to close, as mass gatherings have been stopped. There is a notice in the window of this coffee shop outlining their closure. The screen had obviously been put in the window and it caught my eye as the irony of the book title in the window did not escape me.....'The President is Missing'.....I don't think so!
Many of the people who will pass through this page will not even read this, this is the rhythm of life…. It's okay ... I'm always interested in knowing what's behind an image or a scene ... there are probably people, events, special moments, feelings ... but there is always, always a story ... this is mine ... And I need to share it with you!
After some time without being able to travel due to the pandemic, in the middle of this month of November we were able to travel by plane to our beloved island of Ibiza to see the family that we have living there. As I have already said on occasion, whenever I go to this beautiful island I take my camera and go for a walk around it ... this time it was not going to be less. I had three important things to do here, as I said, the first was to see my loved ones, the second was to visit a great childhood friend and the third was to go to a magical and mystical place called Es vedrà. I did all three ... the second and third were very special, very spiritual and very emotional for me and I had to do them alone ... a year and a half ago this friend of mine died here on the island, he was very young ... too young, I couldn't say goodbye to him as he deserved, because of the restrictions that existed then ... now I did ... it was a cloudy Saturday in November on the little island of the sun ... that didn't help much .. After talking, laughing and crying spiritually by his side, I got in the car and drove for about ten minutes along a road with many curves, an eternal road ... until I reached the viewpoint of Es Vedrà where I wanted to connect with nature, relax and reflect quietly ... I did so ... then I took out the camera and photographed the immensity of the place that I had in front of my eyes, in that impressive blue hour on a somewhat complicated Saturday afternoon ... I love you my friend, fly high!
Never has music adapted so well to what I experienced and felt that afternoon ... an afternoon with many emotions, mood swings, many memories, feelings, helplessness, sadness, euphoria, nostalgia, melancholy ... yes you want here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YDbJHqpeGk
The great British composer and musician Mike Oldfield lived in Ibiza for several years, the cover of his album "Voyager" was made in this same place.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_%28Mike_Oldfield_album%29
References of the place in several languages, in case you are interested:
www.cbbcgroup.com/descubre-el-misterio-y-la-magia-de-es-v...
Everyone has lost people they love at some point in their life and have suffered that ... writing this I do not claim the condolences of anyone, nor that they are sad, I only write this to pay tribute to a good friend and to free myself from these chains so heavy I have on me. If I would like to say something to you my friends, remember to say I love you to the people you love ... this is a very short trip ... thank you all very much!
Taking a macro shot of the remains of my dinner on the plate the other night - as you do - I was surprised to see the patterns resembled mini worlds. It was a toss up between the Donovan song with this one but I settled on the Mike Oldfield.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-TavI_Oylk
Have a great rest of the week everyone.
On Explore! December 17, 2007! #61
Thank you very much to all of you my dear Flickr friends for your so kind comments!!!
On this fine morning… only the light took a snow bath in the birds watering!!! :)))
Par ce beau matin… seule la lumière prenait un bain de neige dans l’abreuvoir des oiseaux!!! :)))
Let There Be Light… Mike Oldfield… a strange and a very creative video!!! :)))
Vendredi 21 Octobre – Temps de saison, de passage à Paris, j’attends patiemment la fin de l’averse, comme certains, d'autres n’ont pas cette patience.
"So if you feel a little glum
to Hergest Ridge, you should come
in summer, winter, rain or sun
it's good to be on horseback."
-Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield once live at 38 Woodside Gardens N17 where he laid down the first demo to the classic Album Tubular Bells. That house is in this shot
M.Oldfield : Talk about your life
Walking Out In The Street Light, Midnight.
Whisper Wind, Catch Me In The Headlight.
Talk About Your Life, I'd Like To Know.
It's Not Easy Going Where No-One Goes,
And No-One Knows.
Do We Have To Be So Distant?
How Can You Be So Unreal?
What's The Reason For Hiding, And
How Does Crying Make You Feel?
I Can See You're Talking To Me In Riddles.
Do What You Like, You Go Where The Wind Blows.
Talk About Your Life, I'd Like To Know.
It's Not Easy Going Where No-One Goes,
And No-One Knows.
Do We Have To Be So Distant?
How Can You Be So Unreal?
What's The Reason For Hiding, And
How Does Crying Make You Feel?
I Reach For Certain Disguise That You're Leaving,
And I Can Tell By The Mist In Your Eyes That You're Dreaming.
Dreaming.
Do We Have To Be So Distant?
How Can You Be So Unreal?
In The Clouds, Running And Chasing Shadows.
In The Crowd, Frozen In The Window.
Talk About Your Life, I'd Like To Know.
It's Not Easy Going Where No-One Goes,
And No-One Knows.
Do We Have To Be So Distant?
How Can You Be So Unreal?
What's The Reason For Hiding, And
How Does Crying Make You Feel?
"I'm not Regan."
"Well, then let's introduce ourselves. I'm Damien Karras."
"And I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps."
"If you're the Devil, why not make the straps disappear?"
"That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras."
('Regan' by NECA / DeLuxe Boxed Set)
Diorama by RK
… hey, come on & fly with me Andrea … Far Above The Clouds … huh? …>>> Above the clouds, what's to be found I have to wonder - will I be around
Run and hide, run and hide
I catch the sail at evening's tide<<< and i like that as well …=^..^=.....Grześ&Andrea.....=^..^=.
TED: "I made this lickle video fer yew... but don't hexpekt me to dance or nuffink cuz I ain't a dancer... enjoy!"
🐻🌟🍷🎅🔔❄️🎄☃️🐻❣️
TED: "PS: 'Ope yew likes the music."
Zurich: The two towers Grossmünster church under the moonlight
Please listen to:
the famous Beethoven's - Moonlight Sonata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKPhGHAdqk0
or , if you prefer the hit from 80th of Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80qhyovOnA
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Composite image of two shots I've taken in the Royal Albert Hall, London.
A bit of flipping and turning and some Photoshop magic, and we're looking into the abyss of the underworld...
Happy Sliders Sunday!
The moon over Caraiman Peak(2300 m), Bucegi/Carpathians mountains , Romania
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Guinness World Record: Heroes’ Cross on Caraiman Peak, Bucegi mountains, Romania
The Heroes’ Cross is a monument built between 1926 and 1928 on Caraiman Peak at an altitude of about 2300 m located in Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians. It has a height of 36 metres (118 ft) and these are the “ingredients” that introduced it on the list of World Guinness Records as the world’s tallest cross situated on a mountain pick.
At first lighting of the monument was made with the help of an electricity generator (located in the concrete pedestal) and 120 bulbs of 500 W each. Nowadays, at night, the Cross on Caraiman is illuminated with 300 light bulbs of 500 W each and can be seen from dozens of miles away, on the Prahova Valley.
In Romania, the cross is on the list of the Historical Monuments that Ministry of Culture made, being placed in A group buildings with an universal value. The cross was erected at the initiative of Marie of Edinburgh and King Ferdinand of Romania in order to be seen from a large distance as possible.
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Please listen to:
the famous Beethoven's - Moonlight Sonata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKPhGHAdqk0
or , if you prefer the hit from 80th of Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80qhyovOnA
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Many Thanks to the +3,350,000 visitors of my photographic stream
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© Ioan C. Bacivarov
All the photos on this gallery are protected by the international laws of copyright and they are not for being used on any site, blog or forum, transmitted or manipulated without the explicit written permission of the author. Thank you in advance
Please view my most interesting photos on flickriver stream: www.flickriver.com/photos/ioan_bacivarov/
Many thanks for yours visits and comments.
Nothing But / Bridge To Paradise (Mike odlfield)
You will have nothing but love,
Nothing but hope, blue sky above.
You will find nothing but peace,
Nothing but the sun shining on your face.
[ chorus ]
When you open your eyes,
When you open your eyes.
You will feel nothing but free,
Nothing but trust, thats how it should be.
And one who cares about nothing but you,
Watching close by the whole night through.
[ repeat chorus ]
You will feel nothing but warm,
Nothing but shelter from the storm.
You will have nothing but rest,
Deep in your heart, nothing but the best.
[ repeat chorus ]
Nothing but love when you open your eyes.
Nothing but love when you open your eyes.
[ repeat chorus ]
Nothing but love when you open your eyes.
Nothing but love when you open your eyes.
[ repeat chorus ]
Nothing but love, nothing but love.
Nothing but love when you open your eyes.
Nothing but love when you open your eyes.
Ooh, nothing but love when you open your eyes.
Ooh, nothing but love when you open your eyes.
This Town Is Just A Fake
A Place Where You Can't Tell The Devil From Your Brother
Poisoned Every Breath You Take
It's Just Like One Nightmare After The Other
You Know, It's Not Too Late To Leave Tomorrow
'Cause I Know Where I'm Going
(Chorus)
I Am Building A Bridge To Paradise
I Am Building A Bridge To Paradise
This Town You Can't Control
A Place That Fascinates, Hits You With The Drama
Don't Worry Now For My Soul
'Cause I'm Heading For A Higher Panorama
You Know, It's Not Too Late For You To Follow
'Cause I Know Where I'm Going
(Repeat Chorus Twice)
You Know, It's Not Too Late For You To Follow
'Cause I Know Where I'm Going
(Repeat Chorus Twice)
“And the man in the rain picked up his bag of secrets, and journeyed up the mountainside, far above the clouds, and nothing was ever heard from him again, except for the sound of... Tu-bu-lar Bells.”
Tubular Bells III Mike Oldfield
ein Klassiker aus dem Jahre 1996
Ein SW-Verlauf aus dem Vektorzeichenprogramm Windows Draw ( in etwa vergleichbar mit Corel Draw, aber besser) wurde im Picture Publisher vervielfältigt und zusammengesetzt.
Alle Elemente sind ein und dieselbe "Röhre".
Die "Kugeln" enstanden ebenfalls aus den Tubes mit den "Kai's Power Tools", einem Effekt-Plugin für den Picture Publisher 5, damals noch unter Windows 3.1 .
Allein für den Fächer hab ich damals einen ganzen Sonntag gebraucht.
Und da der Picture Publisher nicht mit Ebenen sondern mit Objekten/Cliparts arbeitet war das eine nette Spielerei, dauerte auch ein paar Wochen.
gibt noch ein paar weitere Spielereien, sowie eine Neuauflage dieses Bildes aus dem Jahre 2015
Vorbild für Diese Serie : " TUBULAR BELLS "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCp57YGiEBU
The last that ever she saw him carried away by a moonlight shadow
he passed on worried and warning carried away by a moonlight shadow
lost in a riddle that Saturday night far away on the other side
he was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
and she couldn't find how to push through
The trees that whisper in the evening carried away by a moonlight shadow
sing a song of sorrow and grieving carried away by a moonlight shadow
all she saw was a silhouette of a gun far away on the other side
he was shot six times by a man on the run
and she couldn't find how to push through
I stay I pray see you in heaven far away
I stay I pray see you in heaven one day
Four a.m. in the morning carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming carried away by a moonlight shadow
star moves slowly in a silvery night far away on the other side
will you come to talk to me this night
but she couldn't find how to push through
I stay I pray see you in heaven far away
I stay I pray see you in heaven one day
Far away on the other side
Caught in the middle of a desperate fight
the night was heavy and the air was alive
but she couldn't find how to push through
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
carried away by a moonlight shadow
far away on the other side
Moonlight shadow - Mike Oldfield - 1984
Mallorcan village popular with émigrés such as Robert Graves and Anaïs Nin. Latterly, rock 'n' rollers include Mike Oldfield, Mark Knopfler, Mick Jagger, Kevin Ayers,
Robert Wyatt and Daevid Allen. Oh, and the Sex Beatles.
.......
You find yourself alone, sometimes
Without a home, no protection
You don't know which way to go
You're lost, no direction
Suddenly, out of the blue
Some kind of magic comes to you
You don't know how, you don't know why
But someday, gonna take off, fly
..
Mike Oldfield
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_hhkY4Bnk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORIlNiBjX8E
The two greatest version of this beautiful Irish song. :)
no inspiration , but was doing this for a different project . zero image FP100c for the duration of Mike Oldfield Ommadawn part 1. about 19 mins
Schatten an der Wand.
Oldfield _ Bei diesem Haus kümmert sich noch ein alter Mann um das abseits liegende Anwesen. Es werden immer noch Wein und Feldfrüchte angebaut. Der Mann ist immer wenn ich dort vorbeikomme anwesend, füttert seine Katzen, passt auf. Ich selbst bekam auch schon ein Glas scharfen selbsgebrannten Pálinka (Schnaps) angeboten.
Oldfield _ In this house still an old man taking care of the outlying properties. There are grown wine and crops. The man is always when I pass by there present, feeds his cats, watching. I myself also got quite a glass sharp selfmade Pálinka (brandy) offered.
Holidays in Hungary, image #68 of 223
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SONY NEX-7 & SEL18200 (18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS, E-Mount)
43 mm _ f/5.6 _ 1/3200s _ ISO200
PSe, cropped
26.12.2015 / 11:48 CET / MEZ
DSC00033.jpg
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Easter Monday and I had a lovely drive around with Sinead in an attempt to find nice new spots. After we drove all the way to Cove (thanks Dougie for showing us) the weather was really not great so we made our way back to The Lothians. Conditions were not ideal but we stopped everywhere more or less on the way, Dunbar, The Bridge to Nowhere, North Berwick, Gullane, Aberlady, Longniddry, Cockenzie and Port Seton. Finally, we saw some light hitting Longniddry Bents across the water. Quickly drove back and managged to snap this one last minute (well last 4 minutes to be precise).
The soundtrack I had in mind while shooting this was:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBAu0PJ7A8
hence the title
Thanks for looking
Technical info:
D300s
Tokina 11-16 @ 16 mm
F16
247.2s
Lee Big Stopper
Lee GND 1.2