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Very few images of Stephens Gap show this angle. The keyhole as we call it is a small opening on the upper side of the pit. At the very top it is just large enough for one person drop into. There is enough room however to rig two ropes and a second caver can drop in as soon as the first caver is about 10 feet down. At this level there is a small alcove in front of Sabrina as well as a window to her right looking out over the pit and main waterfall. Dropping a few feet more you pass though into the main section of the cave which bells out considerably. About eighty feet further and your on the pedestal rock. The pit drops another 30 feet to the bottom where the water crashes down and disappears into the rock below. For this shot we had two ropes - one for Sabrina and the other for me. Camera rig was double tethered to a tripod which in turn was double tethered to me. Safety is paramount when shooting in this environment. I have pulled the plug on shots in the past when things didn't feel right. Sometimes staying ahead means calling it a day and walking away empty handed knowing you can return to pull it off later. Fortunately this wasn't one of those days.
Dinosaurier – Giganten Argentiniens
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Das AUSSTELLUNGSZENTRUM LOKSCHUPPEN Rosenheim präsentiert weltweit erstmalig eine umfassende Ausstellung über die großen argentinischen Dinosaurier. Im Jahr des 200. Geburtstags von Charles Darwin, dem Schöpfer der modernen Evolutionstheorie, entführen wir Sie auf eine Zeitreise in die Vergangenheit zu den vielleicht imposantesten Kreaturen, die die Evolution je hervorgebracht hat: den Dinosauriern. Sowohl die ältesten als auch die größten Dinosaurier wurden in Argentinien gefunden. Zu den Highlights der Ausstellung zählt der größte Pflanzenfresser der Welt, der rund 40 Meter lange und acht Meter hohe Argentinosaurus, der größte Fleischfresser (Giganotosaurus) und der älteste bisher gefundene Dinosaurier, der Eoraptor. Unter den Funden, die erstmals der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert werden, befindet sich auch der erst kürzlich entdeckte, im Vergleich zu anderen Raptoren-Arten riesige, Austroraptor cabazai. Einzigartige Fundstücke aus den wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen sieben argentinischer Museen erlauben eine nahezu lückenlose Darstellung der Geschichte der Dinosaurier bis zu ihrem Aussterben am Ende der Kreidezeit. Originale Fossilien werden durch komplette, detailgetreue und zum Teil lebensnahe Rekonstruktionen erweitert, heutige Landschaften Argentiniens verwandeln sich in die Landschaften, wie sie zu Zeiten der Dinosaurier vermutlich ausgesehen haben – die Giganten aus der Urzeit erwachen zu neuem Leben.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
THE PARK(3 of 3): Akari's suitors /
EL PARQUE (3 de 3): Los pretendientes de Akari
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 90 of 95) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
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LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
We have had a very cold spring here in Korea. There has been no sign of any blossoms or flowers yet. I was thrilled yesterday when I found a cherry blossom tree in bloom, and several magnolia trees. They were located in a very sunny protected area. I had so much fun!
This is an important year coming. I've been a photographer for 2 years, learning day after day how to use my camera and lights. I guess i have became more a technician than an artist. I needed that to be confident, you know. What's more, it's only the beginning : learning never ends. That's the reason why it's time for me, this year, to go back to the artistic part of me.
In 2010, i wish i was an artist on her way to earn a living with her passion. That's the most beautiful dream i can make...
Thank you all my Flickr-friends for passing by regularly and for your kind support. I wish all the best for you guys !
Cette année est très importante pour moi. Depuis 2 ans, j'apprends jour après jour comment me servir de mon appareil et de mon éclairage. Je suis certainement devenue une technicienne plus qu'une artiste. Je crois que j'avais besoin de ça pour être sure de moi. Et puis, ce n'est que le début : on n'a jamais fini d'apprendre ! C'est pourquoi il est temps, cette année, que je retrouve l'artiste qui est en moi.
En 2010, je souhaite être une artiste capable de gagner sa vie grâce à sa passion. C'est le plus beau rêve que je puisse faire...
Merci à tous mes amis Flickr de passer par ici régulièrement et m'encourager. Je vous souhaite une belle année !
Maggie is one of four vizslas my daughter owns or has owned (other than Maggie's puppies) and her favorite, I think. Maggie is getting gray.
When Maggie had puppies they turned out to be all boys, except one girl puppy, Lola. My daughter kept Lola, the others found new homes. One of these, which came to be known as Shooter, proved to be quite a dog. He made it to the Westminster Dog Show where he did not win, but just getting there is a big accomplishment, as it is the most important dog show in this country. If you like dogs, especially Vizslas, you might enjoy the link. The background music "Staying Alive" to this small slide show alludes to the fact that fairly early in his life Shooter was bitten by an eastern diamondback rattle snake. A diamondback will deliver enough venom in one bite to kill six humans. The antivenin did not seem to work on Shooter and his owners were called by the veterinarian at night to come say good bye to him if they wanted to see him alive. They did, but in the morning Shooter was still alive somehow and later went on to Westminster as I have said.
Maggie never campaigned in shows as my daughter had other priorities and no more interest in this by the time Maggie would have been old enough.
Rare Crested Saguaro Cactus at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
INFORMATION ON THE SAGUARO CACTUS:
The Saguaro, pronounced "sah-wah-roh", (Carnegiea gigantea) is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and California, United States and northern Mexico.
Saguaros are slow growing, taking up to 75 years to develop a side arm. The arms themselves are grown to increase the plants reproductive capacity (more apices equal more flowers and fruit). The growth rate of saguaros is strongly dependent on local precipitation patterns, and saguaros in drier western Arizona grow only half as fast as those in and around Tucson, Arizona. Some specimens may live for more than 150 years; the champion saguaro grows in Maricopa County, Arizona and is 13.8 m tall with a girth of 3.1 m. (It was injured as a result of the Cave Creek Complex fire in June 2005.) In addition to being slow growing, they are also slow to propagate. These two factors argue for the placement of the saguaro on the endangered species list, although they are not on any such list. Harming one in any manner (including cactus plugging) is illegal by state law in Arizona, and when houses or highways are built, special permits must be obtained to move or destroy any saguaro affected.
The ribs of the saguaro are used for construction and other purposes by aboriginal Americans of the region. A fine example can be seen in the roofing of the cloisters of the Mission San Xavier del Bac on the Tohono O'odham lands near Tucson, Arizona. The Seri people of northwestern Mexico used the plant, which they call mojépe, for a number of purposes.
The saguaro blossom is the state flower of Arizona.
Source: Wikipedia
Wednesday's @todaysposting assignment indeed was difficult as said in the beginning of the instructions: World Malaria Day 2012 - a difficult one to express if control is not something in your area; flies, transmitting, water perhaps... I decided to pay attention to the water...
Pictures are from Open Knowledge Festival Helsinki 2012 planning sauna. The theme will be: Open Knowledge in Action - looking at the value that can be generated by opening up knowledge, the ecosystems of organisations that can benefit from such sharing, and the impacts that transparency can have in our societies. What kinds of new professions, ideas and community initiatives can emerge within our governments, markets, networks and neighbourhoods as a result of these engagements?
Call for proposals & further information: okfestival.org/ - heartily welcome to join the wave!
Author: Mario Fallini
Photo: Enzo Bruno
Web:http://www.flatusvocis.eu/index.php/archivio-opere/metamorfosi-e-metafora/siredia
Opera realizzata in più versioni: legno, perspex, bronzo, ceramica.
La sirena, essere mitologico in parte donna e in parte pesce, diventa, in questo lavoro, un oggetto a metà tra una donna e una sedia.
Essa evoca le sedie dell'artigianato tirolese ma anche il mondo delle fiabe: i mobili di marzapane di Hansel e Gretel o la casa degli orsi di Boccoli d'oro. La siredia simboleggia la mutevolezza, il cuore è volutamente posto a lato e se il costume da bagno nella versione lignea è fisso, nella versione in perspex è intercambiabile e realizzato in vari colori. Il mutamento consiste quindi, anche, in un cambio di costumi.
L'idea della metamorfosi è insita inoltre, nella struttura della sedia, che evoca inequivocabilmente una sorta di scomposizione cubista dove le superfici e i piani sembrano ribaltati rispetto alla reale anatomia (il seno si appiattisce sullo schienale mentre le natiche sporgono in orizzontale nel sedile).
Alle tre dimensioni è applicato uno sfalsamento entro un processo di estraniamento dell'oggetto che, assume, oltre alla dimensione surrealista, anche un valore alchemico. Un tridente e una coda, costituiscono le gambe della sedia, per cui la sirena si trova amorosamente catturata da Poseidone, a richiamare la figura dell'androgino.
Organo maschile e femminile, sempre, si fronteggiano.
[scheda di Camilla Bertolino]
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La obra de Arthania (en oleos sobre lienzo) supera las 13000 unidades(medida radiestésica), por lo que entra de lleno en el campo emocional, sus efectos curativos puede que sean debidos precisamente a esto, es decir, como armonizadores del sistema nervioso central, a través de él, afecta positivamente a los distintos sistemas orgánicos. La pintura de Arthania, en virtud de su emisión de forma, puede ser un factor armonizador de primera magnitud. Os invito a disfrutar de esta sorprendente muestra desde una actitud positiva, serena, abierta, desde el fluir, desde la receptividad, desde el silencio. Este es el camino más seguro para percibir los impulsos curativosy transformadores que se ocultan tras los sutiles velos de la obra de Arthania.
Testado por el Geo Biologo, Javier Petralanda (blog en paginas amigas)
Explicación sobre la obra pictórica de ARTHANIA
La energía que rodea al ser humano está por todas partes, por ello es adecuado rodearse de obras bellas y armoniosas,
ya que, todo objeto, despide ondas: positivas, neutras o negativas.
Esta obra pictórica,comienza con seguros trazos circulares, ondulaciones que consiguen fascinantes formas y colores. Fractales de una policromía exquisita.
Más los dibujos, también de formas onduladas, "del sonido", inspirados en experiencias internas, vividas en otros espacios-tiempo.
En suproximidad, eleva la frecuencia vibratoria personal y del entorno. Mirando a corta distancia, ayuda adesarrollar la concentración en lo intangible.
Los tonos intensos vivos vitalizan, los suaves relajan, a veces según la obra persona o situación actúan a la vez.
Ensu proximidad limpian el campo de energía personal y del entorno, por ser transmutador de energías nocivas.
Produce efectos benéficos: en las personas animales y plantas, ya que, emanan energías positivas.
Aconsejable en decoración. Dan un toque de alegría y la vez de elegancia. Crean una atmósfera agradable... Optimizan el espacio.
Este arte expresa, estados internos, sentimientos de mi Alma, y ¡Ser! basados en experiencias elevadas, en otros mundos ínter-dimensionales...
Emiten ondas de formas positivas...
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Arthania Escritora y Pintora De Ondas del Sonido
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thinking about her was always in my mind ,
and the hallucinations always came also to my mind ,
that sometimes I forget myself and my future after all of that thinking
and I saw myself for many monthes that truly
love is madness !
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الحلقة الأولى /
كَان التَفكِيرّ يَشغَل بَاليْ كَثيراً بهَا ،
وَكَثِيراً هِيَ الهَلوَسَاتْ التِيْ كَانّتْ تُرَاودَنِي ،
لِدَرَجة أنّي نَسِيتُ نَفّسيْ و مُستَقبَلِي بَعدَ أنّ تَشبّع دِمَاغِي مِنْ التَفكِيرّ ،
و رَأيتُ فِي نَفسِي لـ عِدةْ شُهورّ فِي أنّه بـِ حَقّ ،،
الحُبْ جُنونّ !
،
بقَلمِي المُتواضِعْ ~ يتبعْ
The Ticketing Business Forum at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Thursday December 02, 2021.
The excavations of Pompeii is the only archaeological site in the world, along with that of Herculaneum, capable of returning visitors to a Roman town, whose life has remained firm to a distant morning in 79 AD, an era from which the Vesuvius decided to cancel by earth orbit. The town owes its exceptional state of preservation to the way in which it was buried. Source: www.pompeiturismo.it
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The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the seventh or sixth century BC and was captured by the Romans in 80 BC. By the time of its destruction, 160 years later, its population was probably approximately 20,000, with a complex water system, an amphitheatre, gymnasium and a port. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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The Metropolitan City of Naples (Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian Metropolitan City in Campania region, established on January 1, 2015. Its capital city is Naples ; within the city there are 92 comune (municipalities). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and established by the Law 56/2014, thus replacing the Province of Naples in 2015. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Groningen | Гроинген, 11-10-2009.
Arnon Grunberg - Karel heeft echt bestaan Over het werk van Karel van het Reve. Amsterdam, Van Oorschot, 2008, 30 pagina's.
Grunberg houdt een pleidooi voor het werk van Van het Reve. Meer op Dit is Suzanne leest.
Arnon Grunberg et al. | Bij ons in Auschwitz
Arnon Grunberg | Grunberg rond de wereld
Arnon Grunberg | Kamermeisjes & Soldaten
Arnon Grunberg op Wikipedia (Engels)
Karel van het Reve op Wikipedia (Nederlands)
Karel van het Reve (Nederlands)
My Books set
Recently I have not photographed much. Don't know really why. I want to make pictures. I love it. But I don't know, the inspiration haven't been there. I look at pictures and say to myself "Woooow, that's awesome, I wanna do something like that!!" But than I realises that I don't have the right equipment or don't know a model that would look good in the picture or something..
Maybe I have too high expectations. I should just play around more.
Need to find some photo friends, and some girls that actually like to be in pictures. And just have fun.
But my camera has some serious auto-focus problems. hate it! Pentax K10D..
But today a guy called me and asked if I wanted to make pictures for a new book about the copper mine here in Falun. So I have something to do in the summer. And will be one step closer to a new camera. I am thinking about the Canon 7D. Actually I think i like Nikon more, but the 7D looks so good. And the video too!
I should make this 365 project that everyone else does. Not because I have too but because it would be fun. I DO enjoy photography. It's just picking up the camera that has been hard lately.
Anyways.
Stobist:
I made a mini-mini-diy-beauty dish of a candy box that I used for this picture, to the right of the camera. Another bare flash behind the model (me) to the left. Triggered with radio poppers.
Cubelles, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Black Swan, Cygnus atratus is a large waterbird which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The Black Swan was formerly placed into a monotypic genus, Chenopis.
‘Swan’ is the common gender term, but ‘cob’ for a male and ‘pen’ for a female are also used, as is ‘cygnet’ for the young. Collective nouns include a ‘bank’ (on the ground) and a ‘wedge’ (in flight). Black Swans can be found singly, or in loose companies numbering into the hundreds or even thousands.
The Black Swan is common in the wetlands of south western and eastern Australia and adjacent coastal islands. In the south west the range ecompasses an area between North West Cape, Cape Leeuwin and Eucla; while in the east it covers are large region bounded by the Atherton Tableland, the Eyre Peninsula and Tasmania, with the Murray Darling Basin supporting very large populations of Black Swans.
The Black Swan is also very popular as an ornamental waterbird in Western Europe, especially Britain, and escapes are commonly reported. As yet the population in Britain is not considered to be self-sustaining and so the species is not afforded admission to the official British List, but the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust have recorded a maximum of nine breeding pairs in the UK in 2001, with an estimate of 43 feral birds in 2003/04 (though that is undoubtedly an under-estimate given the level of monitoring undertaken).
The black swan was a literary or artistic image, even before the discovery of Cygnus atratus. Cultural reference has been based on symbolic contrast and as a distinctive motif. The Black Swan's role in Australian heraldry and culture extends to the first founding of the colonies in the eighteenth century. It has often been equated with antipodean identity, the contrast to the white swan of the northern hemisphere indicating 'Australianess'. The black swan is featured on the flag, and is both the state and bird emblem, of Western Australia; it also appears in the Coat of Arms and other iconography of the state's institutions.
The reclaimed wetlands of the river Foix estuary have made this area into one of the main attractions of the town. The River Foix, which is dry during most of the year due to construction of the Foix Resservoir is another of the most emblematic places in Cubelles. At the Foix estuary, you can spend the day enjoying nature and birthwatching, or at one of the picnic areas. This zone is also intended for school visits, as it is a place where children can study the ecosystem of a Mediterranean river such as the Foix.
The estuary is separated from the sea by a sand barrier which has accumulated over time, due to sea currents and rainwater sediments, forming freshwater laguens behind the barrier. The natural area of the Foix Delta has a branch of land that sticks out into the sea. This was formed during the floods of 1994 and joins onto another branch, leaving an island in the middle. Tourists can visit the island by crossing a wooden footbridge.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan, www.cubelles.net/docs/20050211004068.htm
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CASTELLANO
El cisne negro, Cygnus atratus es endémico de Australia. Es común al este y oeste de este continente, no estando presente la parte árida central y del húmeda del norte. Es residente en Tasmania, criando en esta isla situada al sur de Australia.
No es migratoria pero se desplaza a grandes distancias, cientos de kilómetros, en busca de abundancia de alimento.
Introducido en Nueva Zelanda, donde se reprodujo de tal forma, que hubo que controlarlo. Actualmente existen unos 60.000 individuos.
Fue descubierto en 1697, y ha sido el favorito de los estanques ornamentales de Europa, y posteriormente de América. Pero no se ha asilvestrado en estos continentes.
Vive en lagos, incluyendo la costa marina y ocasionalmente en el mar lejos de tierra. Demuestra preferencia por los lagos pocos profundos, donde puede alcanzar la vegetación acuática del fondo, sumergiendo su cuello, aproximadamente de un metro de profundidad.
La recuperación de los espacios húmedos de la desembocadura del río Foix ha convertido la zona en una de las de mayor atractivo del municipio. El río Foix -que desde la construcción del pantano del Foix está la mayor parte del año seco- es otro de los elementos más emblemáticos de los cubellenses. En la desembocadura del Foix, además de poder pasar un día rodeado de la Naturaleza, se puede observar el comportamiento de las aves autóctonas de esta zona o disfrutar de las áreas de picnic. El espacio también está dirigido a las escuelas, que pueden visitar y estudiar el ecosistema de un río mediterráneo, como es el del Foix.
Su desembocadura está separada del mar por una barrera de arena acumulada por las corrientes marítimas y los depósitos pluviales, formando lagunas de agua dulce en su interior. El Espacio Natural del Delta del Foix, mantiene el brazo de salida al mar que se formó por las riadas de 1994, a la que se ha añadido un segundo brazo dejando una isla en el medio, conectada con la zona de entretenimiento a través de unas pasarelas de madera. Otra pasarela de madera sobre uno de los brazos del río, sirve de punto de observación del desarrollo natural de la desembocadura del Foix.
Fuentes: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_atratus, www.cubelles.net/docs/20050211004073.htm
Photo ©2010 Angela A. Stanton, All rights reserved. Contact: angela@stantonphotostudios.com for further information.
This daisy had a surprise for any little bug passing bye! The little white spider--barely noticeable--appeared as a daisy petal even from as close as 5-6 inches! I could not make its body parts out (i was not sure if I am shooting its front or back) until I developed the pictures. Because i did not see it clear enough, I took about 100 picture sof it.. so now I have 100 perfectly clear and sharp monsters on my computer hard drive! =) I suppose its mother would think it is cute!
Details: Canon 7D with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM at f4.0 with shutter speed of 1/1000 at ISO 100 and I had the white balance on manual with an exposure bias of +2/3 EV. I am actually experimenting with white balance now to see what surfaces in what light will need an increase of exposure. I am amazed to find that it is the very light in high sun that need an exposure increase but subjects in the shade, if given an exposure increase, tend to bleach out. I find this counter intuitive... I will have to study up on the matter. =)
I did most of the picture developing in Lightroom 3 and the vignetted cutout in Onone's PhotoTools using a preset (available at OnOne's website). I used CS5 only to convert from TIFF to JPG and add my copyright stuff.
An 18th century grotesque ‘Dinemonyo’ altar table
Estimate: PHP 900,000 - 950,000
Manila
18th century
Wood
84 x 110 x 72 cm (33 x 43 x 28 ½ in)
Made of highly prized indigenous rosewood known as balayong (Afzelia rhomboidea), it has a reddish brown color that tends to darken even more with age, and has a natural luster. Very difficult to work with due to its durability and interlocking grain. The craftsmanship and condition of this table is comparable to similar tables kept in museums and top-notch private collections.
Called colloquially as dinemonyo table, it is one of the most elusive pieces of early Hispano-Filipino furniture, considered arguably as the pinnacle object to many serious furniture collectors and connoisseurs. An authentic example with original members, it is an extremely rare find.
The rectangular paneled top is enclosed by a frame with ice-plate edge to soften the edges and disguise its thickness. Below are two large drawers fitted with umbrella bosses, ornate protective key plates, and O-ring pulls. Reinforced by flanges and aprons with conforming billowing, cloud-like outlines that connect the demonyo masks on all four corners. These finely carved masks have raised fluted top hair, bulging eyes, prominent nose, mouth agape revealing some teeth and fangs, and scrolling facial hair. The cabriole legs show the delineations of a lion’s lower leg before terminating in deep, highly detailed ball and claw foot grasping a ball, resting on round-edged stretchers surmounted on ogee feet. Assembled using ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (closed and through types), as well as dovetail joints that have remained firm and strong.
Lot 242 of the Salcedo Auctions Gavel & Block auction on 6 May 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
THE PARK(3 of 3): Akari's suitors /
EL PARQUE (3 de 3): Los pretendientes de Akari
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 84 of 95) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Akari: Y-yes... Who are you? do I know you?
Take: (She didn't evenrealize I live in the same house... T_T)
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Akari: S-si... y tu quien eres? Te conozco?
Take: (Ni se ha fijado que vivo en la misma casa... T_T)
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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Dakotah signs "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
"When You Believe"
Albuquerque Social Club
October 3, 2009
Benefit for Jordan Renne Cilley and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
"Thank you for coming to When You Believe. My name is Jordan Renne Cilley. I am ten years old and I have Juvenile Diabetes Type l. I was diagnosed on March 17, 2007, when I was only seven years old.
...You get diabetes when your pancreas stops making natural insulin in your body. The insulin injections help bring down my blood sugar. I have to poke my finger to check my blood sugar before every meal and snack... Then I have to give myself insulin injections... [adding up to] 6-8 injections a day... I also have to be careful that my blood sugar doesn't go too low, because I could end up in the hospital.
Sometimes I get upset and cry that I have to stop what I'm doing to check my blood, and take insulin injections. It' not fair that I have to let my team down and stop playing a volleyball game because I feel low and have to bring my blood sugars up. It makes me sad that I have juvenile diabetes.
With your help I want to raise money to find a cure for juvenile diabetes, to educate people about juvenile diabetes so that people are aware of who and why we have juvenile diabetes. Finding a cure for juvenile diabetes means not having to always poke our fingers to check our blood. It means that we will be able to live life without being afraid of our blood sugar getting too high or too low. It means that someday we would not have to take insulin injetions anymore."
Support Jeremy Miller's "Ride to Cure"
Death Valley, CA
October 17th, 2009
Visit ride.jdrf.org, click on "Donate"
and search (Jeremy Miller)
Join Jordan Renee Cilley's Walk for a Cure
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Balloon Fiesta Park 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Register at walk.jdrf.org
donate at jdrf.org, on the WalkCentral: "Walk to Cure" shoe logo,
type in "Team Monkey"
under Jordan Cilley. Thank you.
Stay at Home Gypsy here--I've had "juvenile diabetes" for twenty-two years--I got it as an adult. I know how relentlessly yucky it is. I'm praying for stem-cell research for this. Until then, I'm honored to have photographed this amazing performance, and to support this girl and this quest.
About the Artist -
Statement
Alejandro Diaz is originally from San Antonio, where he developed a provocative and pertinent body of work exemplifying the complex and visually rich cultural milieu particular to South Texas and Mexico. He has lived in Mexico City, and is currently based in New York City.
Diaz is well-known for his conceptual, recurrent use of everyday materials; his humor infused politics; and his ongoing involvement with art as a form of entertainment, activism, public intervention, and free enterprise. He began making and selling his cardboard signs, “Mexican Wallpaper”, on the streets of Manhattan in the late 90s. More recently, he has translated them into a compelling series of colorful neon signs. Some of Diaz’ recent projects include a commission to create large-scale outdoor sculptures for the Public Art Fund (2005), New York’s premier presenter of public art, now part of the permanent public art collection of the City of San Antonio, on display at the San Antonio International Airport, and a public art commission for the Havana Biennial (2003). He is currently in a group exhibition at LACMA which will travel to Mexico City, San Antonio, New York, and Houston (2008-2010), and is currently in a solo exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2009). Most recently, he received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award for excellence in the visual arts in 2008. Diaz has had numerous solo exhibitions, including his first at Jessica Murray Projects, NY. He has lectured on his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art and at the Drawing Center, NY.
29 october 2006
not so successful dog class yesterday.
still taking matea weekly to classes to help her overcome her fear issues...and to improve my handling skills when around other dogs.
because her issue with other dogs is based on fear (thank you dog parks!), my trainer is trying to convince me to not come down on matea for attempting to go for a dog, but instead to work on her focus on me (which i totally have unless a dominant dog comes along) and that if an incident DOES occur that i'm to work on 'recovery' more than anything. for instance, when matea wouldn't take shit from cheryl (the trainer)'s jack russell some weeks ago and went for the little tart, cheryl simply pulled matea off, held her for three seconds by the beard, and then - in a very happy voice - said: "okay, let's play!"
at the time, i didn't feel that was enough. matea is a black and white dog. she NEEDS extreme positive AND negative for her to understand definitions and boundaries. i learned this early on in my training with her, when eight months of positive-only training got me nothing but a dog requiring constant food-lures...but when outdoors or otherwise distracted, let me tell you, a bleeding strip of sirloin ain't gonna capture her attention.
she's a wirehaired pointer. i talk to other GWP owners on a group, and i hear over and over again that these are not typical dogs, that they aren't the kind of dog most trainers are accustomed to. i'm tending to agree.
so...yesterday, i was at class, on the bench at the far side of the classroom, getting treats ready, when in comes this nitwit woman (i won't speak of race because i'll only come across as racist...but suffice it to say, she was in her own world with her own language, and was utterly oblivious to others in the class)...well, in fact, it wasn't her coming in...it was her dog hauling her in...a chow cross, i heard her say to someone else, but it looked like a chow/jindo dog...tall, muscular, 1 1/2 times matea's size, tail erect and clearly dominant. (in fact, i saw his dominance very clearly at the end of class with another dog.) he barges through the door, dragging his owner behind him, at the end of his 6' leash, making a diagonal, bee-line right for matea across the classroom. even one of the regular students (a woman who helps with a LOT of the training classes and has a lot of respect for matea) told me afterwards that she couldn't believe what was going on. AND she said that her rottie, too, perked up the second the dog blasted into class because of its attitude.
the owner - completely in her own oblivious, self-absorbed, ignorant world - didn't even seem to notice, or care, that her dog had practically charged matea and was on her ass. the most i could do was stand and try to push the dog away. i should have been more forceful. i should have said something to the woman beforehand, but i don't want to make waves in the class.
still, the dipshit didn't even notice, and the dog was dragged away only slightly because she was trying to make her way to the bench to ready herself for class. it was at that point that matea lunged. yes, i caught her in time. in fact, the rottie-handler (after class) praised me for my handling of the situation.
but here's the thing... my gut reaction is to put matea down, to make sure she knows - without a doubt - that lunging at dogs, regardless of the dog, is NOT appropriate. a three-second censure, get her attention on me, show her my disapproval, and THEN focus on recovery. but no....cheryl swoops in, all positive and happy, trying - with great difficulty - to draw matea's attention from the other dog. she'a fucking GWP!!! no WAY is ANYONE or ANYTHING getting her attention off that 'threat' in any manner. i know she's a dog...i know a lot of her character is not unique, but i've yet to find a trainer who's actually had experience with this breed and its drives. and let me tell you, it IS a drive unlike any other.
my legs were shaking, i felt like crying, and i just wanted to leave. of course, the oblivious owner quickly moved to the other side of the classroom like *I* was the only one with an out-of-control dog. and then, even as i was trying to work with matea, to regain her focus in spite of the other dog's presence, the dipshit STILL continued to ignore her dog. it sat behind her (yes, her back turned to her own dog), its leash lying on the floor, again completely oblivious. the dog would have been on top of matea before the woman ever even realized he'd broken his stay.
i'm angry. i'm disappointed. i'm seeing matea acting out more in class, not less. i need to talk to cheryl, to hopefully convince her that, in spite of her years of experience, she HASN'T seen everything, that she hasn't worked with every kind of dog....and to maybe convince her that i might just know more in regards to my GWP.
seriously, as much as i adore cesar millan, if he offered to take matea for a period of time, i wouldn't let him. i feel that although he and others are obviously FAR more experienced than i am, they don't know this kind of dog...that even though matea's never hurt another dog, most trainers would underestimate her potential to do so, they would underestimate her drive to make a point. so....i need to sit down with cheryl again, see if anything can be done. in the meantime, i hold back my tears and love this dog in spite of the dangerous potential i know lies within her.
oh, and i also intend to discuss with cheryl that she consider addressing her students (current and future) on the proper way to bring dogs into any facility....pack leader first, goddammit. of the dogs that matea has had issue with, they're ALL the ones who drag their owners through the front door.
sorry for the dump. i guess the thing that sucks the most about this is that if not for this dog-issue of matea's, in spite of my fantastic imagination, i could NOT imagine a more perfect dog and best friend.
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is a national park in the north-eastern portion of the Santa Cruz Department, Province of José Miguel de Velasco, Bolivia, on the border with Brazil.
The date of its foundation was on June 28, 1979. Its original name was "Parque Nacional Huanchaca", but was then changed to "Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado" in honor of the late pioneering biologist and Bolivian conservationist Prof. Noel Kempff Mercado, for his research and discoveries in the Park - and also in memory of his tragic death in the area; in 1988 Mercado was murdered here by drug traffickers after stumbling across a secret cocaine laboratory high on the Huanchaca plateau.
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park spans 15,234 km² (5,880 mi²) in the northeastern corner of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. One of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, Bolivia is known for its diversity in climate, fauna and flora. Weather in the general area is very hot and humid throughout the year, with abundant rainfall reaching roughly 1500 mm.
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Practically only accessible by chartered private small aeroplane, Noel Kempff Mercado remains one of the least accessible national parks in the world. It tooks more than two hours to get to the park from Santa Cruz by chartered light aircraft; the journey itself offers marvelous views over tropical dry forest all around.
The plane lands in a small village of La Florida, located at the Río Paraguá river. It's both charming and relaxed place with lovely and easy going atmosphere; here small children are bringing water from a river nearby for breakfast preparation.
Wow, just another awesome Lord's Day! Got fed well today in Sunday School and Service. We kept the 1 and 2 year olds in nursery today during the late service and it was a blast. I know you get to play with them and give them back in nursery. But, it sure is fun, haha. It is so crazy that just a few years back I wouldn't have even wanted to go to church in Starkville. Now God has me really enjoying serving in church. Just crazy...
Since Kelly and I have been a little short on time together, we decided to miss evening service and go watch the sunset and talk. I love talking to my wife about things that matter. I mean I really like chit chatting. But, I really feel good when we are talking about our future and specifically what God would have for us. I feel like He has really been working on my heart with regard to His Sovereignty in our lives. With job hunting and possible (don't jump to conclusions moms) kids DOWN THE ROAD, it is so easy to get off into the ditch of worry or in the opposite ditch of apathy. Neither of which are productive or part of God's will. He would rather us know in our hearts that His plan is the best plan for us and that whatever we go through to accomplish that plan is great for us. That is a very hard concept to tackle, honestly. But, I pray God will continue to work on our hearts before big decisions are to be made and big changes are to take place.
The hymn Adaton Baptist Church will be memorizing this month is such a blessing:
"The Solid Rock"
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
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This was our first view of the glaciers in the Skaftafel National Park. Panorama produced with Panorama Factory.
The first "Zero" was flown in April 1939. Mitsubishi and Nakajima built 10,500 "Zero" fighters, the most of any type of Japanese Aircraft. The single seat fighter is light weight all metal with fabric covered control surfaces. Five hundred and sixty of the model 22's were built between December of 1942 (after the Battle of Midway) and summer of 1943. The newer model had longer wings and folding wing tips so that it could be launched from Japanese aiecraft carriers. It also had a longer range and more powerful engine than previous models.
Operating Characteristics:
Max speed 388 mph at 19,600 feet
Ceiling 36,250 feet
Range Normal 1,160 miles Max 1,930
Armament 2 7.7 type 97 m/c guns in the upper fuselage decking and 2 20 mm cannons in the wings
Power plant 1,130 HP Nakajima NKIF Sakae 21 air cooled 14 cylinder engine.
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I rarely make a "political" comment but this just makes me crazy. Yes, reform is needed but even more critical is the need for people to stand up and take responsibility for their lifestyle and health-style choices. If you smoke, stop. If you are overweight and out of shape, diet and exercise. If you want to have multiple partners, use commonsense. Don't drink and drive. Excessive drinking will destroy you. Don't do drugs. Fast food is not a section on the food pyramid. Stop looking for the miracle pill to fix all your problems! Most of our health related problems in this country are self-induced. Wake up people and be personally responsible! You don't require any kind of government legislation to get up off your butt and get your act together. No obstacle is so unsurmountable if you take it in small pieces.
President Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." I offer this variation: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for yourself!"
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: THE PARK(2 of 3): Lenn and Takefumi /
EL PARQUE (2 de 3): Lenn y Takefumi
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 42 of 95) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: WAAAAGGH!! Ò_Ó WHAT KIND OF SHIT IS THIS!?
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Lenn: PUAAAAAJ!! Ò_Ó QUE CLASE DE MIERDA ES ESTA!?
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Yesterday I saw this modest Ferrari, parked tight between other cars, and at first I wasn't that creative with taking pictures of it.
So, I've tried to do something different from what I use to do here.
The car was quite dirty, had lost some of its shine and had a dent just before its front wheel.
The light was actually quite nice though, so I thought this shot fitted the car very well.
The Ferrari 328 GTS is the targa version of the fixed roof 328 GTB.
The GTB referred to the Gran Turismo Berlinetta (coupé) body while the GTS was a Gran Turismo Spider (targa top).
The 328 GTS and GTB were the final developments of the normally aspirated transverse V8 engine 2 seat series.
The 328 figures in the model title referred to the total cubic capacity of the engine, 3.2 litres, and 8 for the number of cylinders. The new model was introduced at the 1985 Frankfurt Salon alongside the Mondial 3.2 series.
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One of San Antonio’s oldest businesses has quietly disappeared from the local landscape.
The Southwell Co., which began operations a year after the Civil War ended and was best known for making thousands of historical markers for the state, was sold earlier this year and its San Antonio operations shut down.
The company, which also produced cast metal plaques and letters, was acquired by Corpus Christi Stamp Works Inc., headed Harry Lee Chester Jr., a cousin of the fourth generation of Southwells who owned The Southwell Co. The deal closed in May.
The Southwell Co. produced more than 16,000 state historical markers for the state over six decades, according to a 2016 article in the Texas Historical Commission’s quarterly magazine. The company also produced markers for other states.
The company was the only state contractor to ever make the markers. The Texas Historical Commission in August issued a request for proposals to find a successor.
The markers denote famous and consequential times and places in Texas’ history, from the site of the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 to the Port Arthur home of famed blues singer Janis Joplin to the construction of the Majestic Theatre on Houston Street.
The company’s final years were marked by dissension among family members, with the feud spilling into court before a settlement was reached.
In the midst of the bad blood, William “Bill” P. Southwell Jr., the third generation to run the business, died June 27, 2017, at 91.
The Southwell Co.’s longtime operations on North Alamo Street have been shuttered. Calls to the office are rerouted to Corpus Christi Stamp Works, which makes plaques, metal face letter and traffic signs.
“It was sad for us to close it, but you reach a point where you can’t go on forever,” Scott Southwell said Friday about the decision to sell. He owned the business with his brother Wilson “Billy” Southwell III. “Without having any heirs to pass on the business to, and we’re both getting up there in age, it didn’t make any financial sense for us to keep working basically just to pay property taxes that had gotten so high.” Scott is 53 and Billy is 65.
“We loved the business. We loved what we did, ” Scott Southwell added. “Our product is a very special product. We loved all our employees.” He added the company assisted in helping some of the 20 employees find work with similar companies.
Chester didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Corpus Christi Stamp Works did not assume the historical marker business.
The Southwell Co. is a “natural fit” for the new owner, Scott Southwell said. “We’ve been helping them along the way. They’re doing quite well with what they bought.”
CPS Energy bought The Southwell Co. building and an adjacent building at 910 N. Alamo for just under $2.8 million in January 2018, CPS spokesman Seamus Nelson said in an email.
The buildings are next door to a CPS electrical substation, which the utility wants to expand. CPS has no particular timeline, but “because of growth in the area, the substation is being evaluated as part of our five-year planning process,” Nelson added.
In 1866, the Southwell business launched in a little shop on Commerce Street, making stencils for wool and cotton shippers. Rubber stamps and seals were later added, according to The Southwell Co.’s website.
Known as the San Antonio Rubber Stamp Co., it was acquired by George T. Southwell in 1912. His son, Wilson, took over the business in 12 years later upon George’s death.
Bill Southwell Jr., after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, joined the family business. The company’s name was changed to The Southwell Co. in 1953, according to its website.
The company opened its plant at 928 N. Alamo in the early 1960s.
In 1977, Billy Southwell became the fourth generation to work in the family business. Twelve years later, Scott joined the company.
The Texas Historical Commission in 2016 honored The Southwell Co. with its own historical marker to honor its 150th year in business.
About 2½ years ago, the brothers were sued by their parents and sister, Deborah, 67, for fraud. The brothers were accused of persuading their parents, Bill and Phyllis Southwell, to sign documents “under duress” that turned over all of their ownership in The Southwell Co. to the brothers in 2015.
The brothers disputed the allegations, and alleged their sister exceeded her authority under a power of attorney in acting on her parent’s behalf.
Within a couple of weeks of the suit being filed, the attorneys for both sides said the dispute had been settled confidentially out of court.
A month after Bill Southwell’s death in June 2017, however, an amended lawsuit was filed against the brothers alleging they failed to pay the settlement or sign the settlement papers.
The brothers responded four day later by denying they breached the settlement agreement, and provided copies of a $100,000 check and a $400,000 check that had been cut to their father and sister, respectively.
Activity in the litigation ceased until Feb. 1, 2018 — a day after the sale of the North Alamo properties to CPS — when the case was dropped.
“We fulfilled our obligations,” Scott Southwell said of the dispute.
act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.
i've been sitting around my house doing nothing for hours. i don't know why but i felt so tight inside, and i told my mom i was going out to take some photos just because. and the strange thing is, i felt so good just going out here and taking some shots. it really made me feel open. maybe that's what photography is supposed to do.
i took this for me. i don't know how you feel about it, but i love it.
and just because i love doing this, and getting these here is the form. i wanna know what you have to say.
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This was an incredible old real-ale pub owned by the equally extraordinary Mrs Davies (who has now sadly passed away) until just a couple of years ago.
She was well into her eighties when this photograph was taken, and had grown up in Melbourne Australia, where her father was a racehorse trainer.
She inherited this pub when she was a little younger, and simply decided to come over to Wales to run it.
Absolutely nothing inside had changed since the 1930's,,,and the beer was just as good as then too, I've little doubt.
If you look at this photograph in "original" size, and look at the left hand side of the frame, you can just about see Mrs Davies in an even older framed photograph, hanging on the wall.
The guy sitting next to my wife is Genadii Dubayev, the Chechen novelist, who now teaches at The Sorbonne in Paris.
We were privileged to have him visit us over that Christmas and New Year (2002-03).
He's also a mean hand with an old vintage Leica out of the true Cartier Bresson mould.
If you should ever run into him however,,,don't let him challenge you to a Vodka drinking competition.
A genuine "Extreme Sport", at which you will certainly lose,,,but big-time, as I did (that is if you're a "normal" human being,,,and not somebody from Chechnya).
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Ilford HP5 Plus - uprated to 800asa.
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Кавалска Свирка No.2 and: Никола Цветковски - Езгија and: Стојанче Костовски - Овчарска Езгија
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Diocese of Manchester Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday July 02, 2017.
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5.Deci a venit la o cetate a Samariei, numită Sihar, aproape de locul pe care Iacov l-a dat lui Iosif, fiul său;
6.Şi era acolo fântâna lui Iacov. Iar Iisus, fiind ostenit de călătorie, S-a aşezat lângă fântână şi era ca la al şaselea ceas.
7.Atunci a venit o femeie din Samaria să scoată apă. Iisus i-a zis: Dă-Mi să beau.
8.Căci ucenicii Lui se duseseră în cetate, ca să cumpere merinde.
9.Femeia samarineancă I-a zis: Cum Tu, care eşti iudeu, ceri să bei de la mine, care sunt femeie samarineancă? Pentru că iudeii nu au amestec cu samarinenii.
10.Iisus a răspuns şi i-a zis: Dacă ai fi ştiut darul lui Dumnezeu şi Cine este Cel ce-ţi zice: Dă-Mi să beau, tu ai fi cerut de la El, şi ţi-ar fi dat apă vie.
11.Femeia I-a zis: Doamne, nici găleată nu ai, şi fântâna e adâncă; de unde, dar, ai apa cea vie?
12.Nu cumva eşti Tu mai mare decât părintele nostru Iacov, care ne-a dat această fântână şi el însuşi a băut din ea şi fiii lui şi turmele lui?
13.Iisus a răspuns şi i-a zis: Oricine bea din apa aceasta va înseta iarăşi;
14.Dar cel ce va bea din apa pe care i-o voi da Eu nu va mai înseta în veac, căci apa pe care i-o voi da Eu se va face în el izvor de apă curgătoare spre viaţă veşnică.
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4 Jesus had to go through Samaria. 5 He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his journey, so he sat down at the well. It was about noon.
7 A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” 8 His disciples had gone into the city to buy him some food.
9 The Samaritan woman asked, “Why do you, a Jewish man, ask for something to drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (Jews and Samaritans didn’t associate with each other.)
10 Jesus responded, “If you recognized God’s gift and who is saying to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would be asking him and he would give you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have a bucket and the well is deep. Where would you get this living water? 12 You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave this well to us, and he drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never be thirsty again. The water that I give will become in those who drink it a spring of water that bubbles up into eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will never be thirsty and will never need to come here to draw water!”
Il paganello 2010
Il solito freddo da lupi, anche se da questa foto non sembrerebbe.
Poco tempo, quest'anno, da dedicare all'evento.
Condizioni meteorologiche critiche. Instabilità, sopra e dentro.
Le solite conferme di un evento che arriva ti prende e ti porta via... lasciandoti un martedì in cui puoi solo scrivere, guardare e ricordare, cercare e rielaborare.
Mi accadeva quando ci giocavo, ci lavoravo.
Ma accade anche oggi, che sono un mero utente di questo pezzo di vita.
Accade anche a chi, come me, non è dentro se non con lo spirito, e non ne succhia il midollo come andrebbe fatto in occasioni del genere.
Ma insomma, pur situato ai margini di un evento che concentra su una spiaggia l'eterogeneità del mondo, assistere al paganone è sempre bello. E' sempre una possibilità.
L'effetto del passaggio è questo. Da sempre.
Il Paganello è in grado di mettermi quella bella malinconia addosso. Ed è in grado di metterla prima che finisca, a volte, come quest'anno, prima che inizi. Ho convissuto con la malinconia da fine torneo da qualche giorno prima dell'inizio. Quando il rombo dei motori è talmente alto, prima della partenza, che non esiste altro, se non l'imminente welcome party.
Perché il paganello è troppo per quel poco tempo che dura.
O forse è il giusto, giacché le pause e l'aspettativa sono forse più importanti dell'azione che precedono.
Comunque, rivedere Thusar è stato fantastico ed assistere a quel mondo libero e semplice, pure.
Quest'anno, una novità fotografica.
Fra le foto standard del torneo, cercherò di raccontare il paganello 2010 pure con qualche ritratto, senza menzionare nell'immagine quel disco di plastica dura. Vediamo cosa ne uscirà fuori.
Ah, per chi non sapesse di cosa parlo