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Just returning from our annual Pilgrimage to Tofino where a shorebird festival is hosted every year. My husband and I decided to keep our plan to go even if the weather forecast had shifted at the last minute and wildlife photography opportunities were going to be limited. This time the forecast was right and we sure had a load of rain and fog. But, Tofino rain or shine or fog is still Tofino.... I know that these distant shots are not as popular as close-up but I like to take them.... It is always a challenge to try a full frame on these scenes of wildlife in their habitat. Here is a marble godwit (left) with a Whimbrel (right) .... We have been visiting Tofino for several years and we always find practically at the same location a pair of Whimbrels with one solitary godwitt hanging around together... never the other way around.... makes me wonder if they are the same birds, like us, on their annual pilgrimage to Tofino :) . The irony of it all is that while we were away, Victoria had a real windfall of shorebirds of all kinds. As many as 30 Whimbrels among other things showed up at the Victoria Golf Course.... that is life I guess :) I will be posting more from Tofino over the next couple of days.
The first view of a pilgrim at his way to the monastery of Andechs (Bavaria).
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Some tourists entering into the basement of the Abbey of San Fruttuoso, near Portofino.
The Abbey of San Fruttuoso is a Catholic abbey on the Italian Riviera between Camogli and Portofino, built in the VII century.
The abbey is located in a small bay beneath a steep wooded hill. It can only be reached by sea and by hiking trails, there is no road access. The abbey is owned by the heritage organisation Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
Christ of the Abyss
The underwater statue Christ of the Abyss was installed in the sea off San Fruttuoso in 1954, at a depth of 17 metres (56 ft).
I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me. Only in the Heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
- Kabir
REMEDIOS DE PAMPANGA, CORONADA
Pilgrimage ng mgkakapatid sa Pampanga at sa Sta. Maria, Bulacan-(Ulet-hahah)--March 9, 2008
It is always with a sense of anticipation when I visit one of my favourite churches. If I have not been for a while I will often feel a 'calling' to return.
The atmosphere of the church will envelop me and I know I have to go.
This church is St. Mary's, and is only a ten minute walk from where I live. This day I walked a different way, through a small park, and the morning light lit up the pampas grass.
I am going to add on a thank you here to everybody who has supported me on Flickr. With this third batch of images that I have uploaded, this image being the first of those, I have done this with more confidence this time round because of all your support. Nobody really saw my images except my partner, my parents, and a couple of close friends, for over 25 years. I worked in isolation, never really thinking it was good enough. Things changed when I lost some members of my family under difficult circumstances, and to save my heart I picked up my camera again on the advice of a gentle man of faith. I am grateful to him, and I wish to say a big thank you to all of you.
Thank you, all, Shelley.
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Marvel at the perfectly carved walls of Egypt's most preserved temple at Edfu.
The temple of Edfu is the largest temple dedicated to Horus and Hathor of Dendera. It was the center of several festivals sacred to Horus. Each year, "Hathor travelled south from her temple at Denderah to visit Horus at Edfu, and this event marking their sacred marriage was the occasion of a great festival and pilgrimage."
original photographs, snapseed, procreate, apple pencil— includes six figures from the union street sculptor’s ‘under wraps’ group sculpture, photographed at the 10th palmer sculpture biennial in 2022
El Santuario de Chimayó is a Roman Catholic church in Chimayó, New Mexico, United States. (Santuario is Spanish for "sanctuary".) This shrine, a National Historic Landmark, is famous for the story of its founding and as a contemporary pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year and has been called "no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States.
Neben Maria Plain zählt Maria Kirchental zu den beliebtesten Wallfahrtsorten im Salzburgerland. Kaum ein anderer Ort weit und breit kann eine so beeindruckende Einheit von Natur und Kultur, von Geschichte und Gegenwart aufweisen. Seit über 300 Jahren pilgern Salzburger, Tiroler, Oberösterreicher und Bayern zu diesem 900 m hoch gelegenen Gnadenort zu Füßen der Loferer Steinberge. „Bergkristall unter den Wallfahrtsorten“ hat ihn Alterzbischof Eder nach Abschluß der Renovierungsarbeiten im September 2001 genannt.
This is my second favourite from yesterday's light extravaganza in Upper Padley.
Looks like a still from a film I feel.
Make of it what you will.
Happy days.
iPhone 13 / traveling light and missing my camera gear but had bigger plans in mind / Caminha, Portugal
The low-angle light of late afternoon on a winter's day splashes brightly on the red-rock fins comprising the Devil's Garden, Arches National Park, Utah. In the distance, freshly fallen snow coats the La Sal Mountains.
I have walked this trail many times, and I hope to walk it many more. Visiting this particular place and taking in this view has become a pilgrimage of sorts. I find it most arresting in winter, as the combination of snow, red rock, and rich light makes the spirit buoyant and the mind rooted to the present. It is also difficult to comprehend that our family walked this route when our boys were tiny, and now the oldest is about to finish his senior year and venture out to college in 2023. At times, thoughts like these overwhelm me with maudlin sentimentality, though I am grateful for all of it. With this light, I raise a metaphorical glass and a toast to the new year: may its twists and turns be rich with unexpected adventure, and may our sorrows and griefs keen only because we are filled with love.
Happy new year!
Chanctonbury Ring is a prehistoric hill fort atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, on the border of the civil parishes of Washington and Wiston in the English county of West Sussex. A ridgeway, now part of the South Downs Way, runs along the hill.
After its final abandonment around the late fourth century AD, the hill fort remained unoccupied save for grazing cattle until a mid-18th-century landowner planted a ring of beech trees around its perimeter to beautify the site. They became a famous local landmark until largely being destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987. Periodic replanting on a number of occasions to replace old or destroyed trees has afforded archaeologists the opportunity to carry out a series of excavations which have revealed much about the history of the site.
It was certainly worth visiting, very enjoyable indeed. I found this particular group of trees fascinating, like a mother and her children.
Standard iPhone shot, tickled in Snapseed on iPad Pro.
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