Happy Chinese New Year

Our Way of Celebrating Togetherness, Tossing Up Abundance

The loud, joyous, and colourful tradition of lohei, or the tossing of raw fish salad, is a boisterous Chinese New Year highlight in Singapore. Every ingredient has a symbolic, auspicious phrase to be exclaimed as it is added to the salad, and diners often toss the salad as high as possible into the air to welcome greater abundance and prosperity (read the symbolism here:- www.roots.gov.sg/stories-landing/stories/Lohei )

Above is a Salmon, Lobster and Abalone Yusheng for 4 pak

In the early days Veere was a flourishing commercial city. This prosperity can be found in the beautiful historical premises. The town of Veere arose in the twelfth century. The following centuries the town was being used to store Scottish wool. Veere still has these typical Scottish homes, which were built in the sixteenth century by rich Scottish merchants. At the Kaai in Veere, two of these Scottish houses still stand, and they remind people of the wool trade back in those days. Antique collections of the last private owners are among the things which can be admired here. Also fans of porcelain, furniture, style rooms and stitch costumes have much to look at. In the Scottish houses you can regularly go to see different expositions of the artists from Veere.

Big church

Big church Veere

The big church is from 1348 and it is a really great sight. As from 1811 the church was being used by Napoleon’s soldiers as a military hospital; the church was a beggars house and a barrack for a while as well. You can still clearly see the traces of an eventful past..

For the world I wish that the war will stop and that reasonableness and respect for each other's individuality will prevail, I wish you all a good 2023.

gr.jaap

North Landing, Flamborough, Yorkshire, UK

On explore

do not use all of it :-)

Confucius

HBW!!

cosmos, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

Camera: Nikon f5

Lens: Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art

Film: Kentmere 100

Koi Fish

The rest of the ship entering San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge. And one of the Matson Line ships on its way out.

Skärblacka, Östergötland, Sweden

Entering San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.

In 1883, Sitting Bull was a guest of honor at the opening ceremonies for the Northern Pacific Railroad. When it was his turn to speak, he said in the Lakota language, “I hate all white people. You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts.” A quick-thinking interpreter told the crowd the chief was happy to be there and that he looked forward to peace and prosperity with the white people. Sitting Bull received a standing ovation.

Taken at Blind Horse Creek

Introverts & Extroverts Scavenger Hunt

Tulip mania was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels, and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. It is generally considered to have been the first recorded speculative bubble or asset bubble in history.

In many ways, the tulip mania was more of a hitherto unknown socio-economic phenomenon than a significant economic crisis. It had no critical influence on the prosperity of the Dutch Republic, which was one of the world's leading economic and financial powers in the 17th century, with the highest per capita income in the world from about 1600 to 1720.

The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values.

This tulip is from our garden.

Text from Wikipedia

© Rainer Merkl

Eternal One: I am in control—calm and serene.

I am watching quietly from where I dwell

Just as surely as the heat shimmers in the blazing sun

and the dewy mists cool the warmth of a harvest day.

For even before the harvest begins, when the buds blossom

and the flowers make way for the ripening grapes,

God will cut back their shoots with pruning shears,

lop off and clear away the spreading branches. ~ Isaiah 18: 4-5

“It’s because I want you to remember that character counts. You can be the best there ever was at something, but if you have no character, what do you have? On the other hand, if you have very little as far as accomplishments but you have character, well, then you’re all right in my book.”

― Chris Fabry, Dogwood

Dogwood blossoms on a Vriginia Spring day.

The wall mural and altar outside the entrance to a house in the heritage area of Melaka, Malaysia. Note the water tap and bucket there; water is considered wealth too. Don't know why there are minions there :-)

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Member of Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

© 2019 Patricia Ware - All Rights Reserved

Taken at Prosperity Falls: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Saidar/90/89/30

This Tern chases all of the other Terns away from the tidal gate area at Bolsa Chica. He wants is all and he's quite successful!

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Member of Nature’s Spirit

Good Stewards of Nature

© 2019 Patricia Ware - All Rights Reserved

Minor crop - best enlarged - it's easier to see the two fish he caught in his beak

iPhoneography heavily altered in Adobe Photoshop

This one of the techniques from the photoclass ...might look sloppy, but it's not easy to get right ;o) There is no photoshop features involved ..it's all made by the camera on normal settings and shaken not stirred ... lol

For 52 weeks for dogs,

Last day of the year, last sunset and last photo of 52 weeks 2016.

Great project the 52 weeks, we have memories forever.

We are looking forward to 2017, always with Leia by my side.

May the new year bring health to the whole group, and if there is prosperity, much better.

Nice week and happy new year!

Seen in

the ORIGINAL 52 Weeks for Dogs

“Lest we forget” – three very simple, yet also very powerful words. First used in an 1897 poem written by Rudyard Kipling called “Recessional”, to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, they caution us to be careful not to forget.

As we take a moment this Armistice Day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our peace, prosperity and stability, and those who fight today to protect us still, let us also hope that conflicts around the world will come to a swift conclusion, not least of all in Ukraine and in Gaza

Armistice Day or Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. It falls on the 11th of November every year. Remembrance Day is marked at eleven o’clock (the time that the armistice was declared) with a minute’s silence to honour the fallen. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries.

For MACRO MONDAYS, this week’s theme: "Currency".

The Coin (1 inch in Diameter) in the front with Chinese Character 乾隆通寶 was a kind of cash coins produced under the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1735 to 1796).

The gold ingot behind the coin called Yuanbao 元寶, was also a currency used in the first dynasty of Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC.

At the present days, they remain a symbol of wealth and prosperity and are commonly depicted during the Chinese New Year festivities.

As today is Chines New Year's Eve, I wish my Flickr friends a healthy and prosperous year!

HMM!

♥ Thank you very much for your visits, faves, and kind comments ♥

Martvili Monastery is a Georgian monastic complex located in the village of Martvili in the Martvili District of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Province of Georgia. It sits upon the highest hill in the vicinity and was of strategic importance.

The site upon the hill where the monastery stands today was used in ancient times as a pagan cultural center and was a sacred site. There once stood an ancient and enormous oak tree that was worshipped as an idol of fertility and prosperity. Infants were once sacrificed here as well. After the conversion of the native population to Christianity, the ancient tree was cut down so as not to worship it anymore. A church was originally constructed in the late 7th century upon the roots of the old oak tree and was named in honor of Saint Andrew who preached Christianity and converted the pagans across the Samegrelo region.

The main Martvili-Chkondidi Cathedral (Mingrelian: Chkoni translates to "oak") was reconstructed in the 10th century after invasions that destroyed the prior church. Preserved in the church are frescoes of the 14th to 17th centuries.

"A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings."

- James Allen

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"Prosperity", a traditional Yorkshire fishing coble, hauled up on the beach at North Landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.

A simpler place in time.

... an exotic touch...

fruits are for Good Health... every kind....

also sounding like "lucky gold" in Chinese, kumkwat is a symbol of good fortune and prosperity.

It is a Chinese tradition to place a pot of fully bloomed kumkwat at home during the festive season.

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check out more Hong Kong Streets & Candid shots here:

Taking the Streets in Hong Kong

In the mood for RED :

RED

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Chinese Traditions

Memory of a good companion lost last week, never did like his pic being taken, gone but not forgotten

Guang Fu Temple

The temple, which is a mix of modern and Art Deco architecture styles, is believed to be over 100 years old.

It started out as a small wooden temple with Tua Pek Kong as its resident deity.

Over the years, the temple was renovated and extended but some of its original furnishings such as the ornately carved wooden altar and the statues of the deities were maintained.

Today, other than the Tua Pek Kong, devotees can also offer prayers to other deities such as the Goddess of Mercy and Buddha in the temple.

Tua Pek Kong (God of Prosperity)

Source: www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/10/02/butterworths-v...

Butterworth, Penang 🇲🇾

September 2023

Happy New Year! May the new year bring you more goodness, prosperity, and love!

He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

-Proverbs 21:21

Meaning about Marigold Flower

In explore 29-10-2016

NYC, 2020

Animal symbolism on a Korean soapstone carving (lid of an inkwell). Close-up. I was interested to see how an object almost uniformly black would look when photographed. Lighting is everything here as the object can only be seen due to the difference of light-absorbing and -reflecting parts.

“Always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t then you will be prosperous in acquiring your heart’s desire.” – Gi ♥

gisellechauveau.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/eternal-prosperity/

Photographer & Model: Giselle Chauveau

Built in 2011

Length overall (LOA) is 229.2 meters

Width is 38.32 meters.

Reported destination, FANGCHENG, CHINA

North Vancouver, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The moons

i went to sleep in autumns

one day afternoon

sitting in the suns

i feels so warm

today was L. A. 15th

moons of nights

has been

so round an

d so huge

The following is from Wikipedia:

The Mid-Autumn Festival (simplified Chinese: 中秋节; traditional Chinese: 中秋節), also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by many East and Southeast Asian countries and regions. It is the second-most important holiday after Chinese New Year with a history dating back over 3,000 years, when the Emperor of China worshipped the moon for bountiful harvests.

The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. On this day, the Chinese believe that the moon is at its brightest and fullest size, coinciding with harvest time in the middle of Autumn.

Lanterns of all size and shapes, are carried and displayed – symbolic beacons that light people's path to prosperity and good fortune. Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean, egg yolk, meat or lotus-seed paste, are traditionally eaten during this festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is based on the legend of Chang'e, the moon goddess in Chinese mythology.

Thomas Atwood sculpted by Sioban Coppinger

all blessings are but an opportunity to be thankful…