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“The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.”
- Cato The Elder
"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
- Kahlil Gibran
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Up until now I have only shoot this Dove in a Urban Setting where is very easily and commonly found. Thankfully, waiting for the Moorhen Chicks has given me another pleasant surprise when one landed on that rock in middle of the Creek. It didn't notice me immediately, so I was able to snap some shots. I ended enjoying this one the most because it looked right at me before flying away. Cheers everyone.
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"Tenderness"!!!!! What a smooth, velvety, musical, affectionate word!! The soft colour Pink and the Rose-blooms, are even more associated with Tenderness and Beauty!! ...And the baby-humans, ....and the baby-animals, ...and the baby-plants...
*** I wish you ALL, dear friends, to feel real Tenderness inside you this new, coming week!!! It is so refreshing and inspiring for our physical bodies!!
Gear : Nikon D90 | Nikkor 18-105mm VR
Exif : 1/1000 | f/8 | 100
Place & Date : Dhaka. | 22 Apr, 2010.
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This is one of more than 700 crystal-water springs in the state of Florida. I have a fairly simple underwater housing for my camera (it's a Ewa-Marine plastic bag actually). It wasn't quite as easy I had expected to get a split level scene like this: exposure concerns, narrow window where you see both above/below waterline (and you're treading water), and water drops on the lens on the above water portion! There is always something new and exciting to try/learn with photography.
Mac Mac Pools lies south of the Mac Mac Falls, it's well grassed and has a shady picnic site with neat braai and ablution facilities. The brave can test their resilience in the freezing water in one of these naturally formed shallow swimming pools but have to be cautious when going for a swim. If you fancy a gentle walk, then amble along the 3km Secretary Bird Day Trail at the pools which wanders through indigenous bush. You’ll hear robins, thrushes, turacos, greenbuls, and cuckoos in summer, and if you’re lucky, you may well spot the curious looking Secretary bird which stamps snakes and small rodents to death before gobbling them down. An entrance fee is payable at the guard-house, and please ensure to receive a ticket.
Info source: www.safcol.co.za/what-we-o…/ecotourism/mac-mac-pools/
Random shot here but I was testing my new Laowa 9mm f2.8 lens and it’s rather fun as it is not only super wide format but also close focusing!
Time and tide will do for the print of the human. (Or something).
Hand-held & filter free on the sands at Nolton Haven. Five frame multiple exposure. I scurried in to imprint the sand with my sandals & scurried out again, with a little giggle, to grab the shots as the tide swept in.
Always refreshing at Pelcomb Portraits.
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can D450
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Somthing Questioned By Many
Note from Mike Patnode Oct 2020-2021
Why I believe God permits suffering: John 15:13, John 3:16
Jesus sufferd and died for us to receive eternal life with him. Revelation 21:4
Is My Suffering Meaningless? No! God does not cause us to suffer. James 1:13
I don’t know any one that enjoys suffering. But it truly has eternal value. If and only if we give it to Jesus. The Passion of Jesus on the cross. Made suffering redemptive salvific love. He conquers sin by His obedience unto death. Jesus invites us to share in His Passion. This gives meaning to our suffering. It is no longer useless and meaningless. We now can have hope in our suffering as we can offer up our sufferings in union with Him. Our suffering can become part of Christ’s work. Through my own cross. Jesus invites us to join Him in His sacrifice of love. Powerful if we can understand we are united to Christ in His suffering for the redemption of people all over the world. We are living the Eucharist. Divine suffering is the currency of Jesus Christ our Lord. Suffering can help perches souls or help souls get to heaven. We can take part in that if we offer up our sufferings to Jesus’s cross.
1 Peter 4:13. Romans 8:17. 1 Peter 2:21. Luke 6:22,23. Romans 8:17. 2 Corinthians 1:7.
Let us not waste our suffering when it can help in saving souls with Jesus. All our suffering in sickness, disease and sacrifice’s should be offerd to the Lord’s cross. The elderly can offer up so much to the cross. We can help with conversion, Faith and Salvation from our sufferings. Just imagen even helping save one soul. Colossians 1:24, Luke 15:7 and Luke 15:10.
God allows sin, suffering and death in this world. That we may know that God, Jesus and Holy Spirit is greater then every sin, suffering and death. Look to the Cross of Christ to see this. In Jesus I trust.
Please look up Bible verses to help understand how this works. Pray often for others to come to salvation. Knowing we can only fully change our self for the better. Matthew 7:3, John 7:24, Matthew 7:12
Why dose God let suffering happen? To help us to convert to following him. So we will see a need for Him. That we may rely on Him. It’s much like a spaking from a parent. To teach us something we need to know. It is out of love for us. In the hope we repent of our sin’s. That we might choose to follow Jesus.
The writings of St. Faustina Kowalska.
“If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of the Holy communion, and the other is suffering”. Her diary, entry 1804.
I hope this will help some people think differently about our suffering in this life.