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No plastic wrap effect, no PS comic book filter, and no b&w conversion like yesterdays post. This is what I saw through my camera and I like the tones, texture and shadows on this Pine tree.
A Distinct face @ the Sindur Khela Celebration of Durga Puja'08 At the Baghbajar Puja Pandal.
Durga puja is celebrated in the autumn months of September/October. According to the Hindu solar calendar, it falls on the first nine days of the month of Ashvin. It is the time of the year when the weather is at its moderate best giving the air a festive touch. Durga puja is the most favorite festival of the people of eastern India, especially the people of West Bengal. This festival is celebrated all over India, though with differing rituals, for nine days. It is also called Navratri in some parts of the country.
The last day coincides with Dussehra. Idols are taken away in large processions for immersion in water. "Sindur Khela" (Vermillion game) is a major event of Dashami. First, the married women greet the Mahadevi for one last time, accompanied by rituals. They do aarati, but ready-to-chew paan-leaves in the hands of the goddess, put sweets on the lips of the idol, wipe out eyes as one does to wipe off the tears when leaving a loving place. This event is called "Durga Baran". They apply vermilion to the Goddess's head and to each other and greet each other with sweets.
Before "Ma" leaves, married women of all age groups visit the nearby pandal to take part in an emotional ritual where vermilion (sindhoor khela), is applied to the parting of each other's hair. The loha (the metal and gold bracelet given to the bride by the mother-in-law) and pala/sannbha (the red and white bangles worn by many married Bengali women) are also touched up. Sindhoor is applied by the women and the priest on the forehead of the goddess. A mother-in-law gives an iron bangle interlaced with gold or silver to a new bride as the first gift, a token of suhag, which the daughter-in-law wears all her life. During Durga puja, when idols are being taken away for immersion, sindoor is taken from in front of the idols and applied to the parting in the hair by married women. What is left on the fingers is applied to this iron and gold (silver) bangle, and is known as touching the loha. The ritual of applying sindoor can also take place at home when Bijoya Dashami is celebrated with family members.
The rain stopped for a little bit and the sun shone, I dashed outside as the warm light hit my back garden for a few minutes!
I have just started the Kim Klassen ecourse Beyond Layers Day 2 was entitled Just Enough and the task for the week was "say more... with less..."
[One coloured layer soft light @15% (I sampled a section from the left hand side), I added a layer mask and removed the colour from the plant.
Two layers of Kim's awaken texture, one multiply @ 15% and the other soft light @ 30%]
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This is what these cherry blossoms induced in my thoughts while walking among them.....“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ~ Henry David Thoreau #Canon #Photography
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Waiting for kenny to help me cleaning up this mess ;-p
Thanks y'all! This one made it to Explore ;-)
In order to find the time to simply my house, I figured out that I need to schedule time to do it! So I started my simplify calendar and I'm scheduling time to do stuff. If I can schedule in like an hour a day of getting rid of clutter, I'll make a dent in it eventually.
This is the Simplify Your Life pattern with the Ebb top front button placket, lengthened to a 3 button. On this one I used the Ebb lower portion with the vents.
Details for this dress in photos on the Simplify Your Life Flickr album.
Just chose my word for 2013 - simplify! I need it in all areas of my life this year - tired of spending, tired of complications - starting a do - over!
Happy New Year Friends!
OrigamiUSA posted a picture of the crease pattern Brian Chan drew on a blackboard for a class at the 2008 June convention. It seems to be of a simplified version of his Wall-E. I overlaid the info from the blackboard on his official cp. Red=mt, blue=valley, brn=you'll figure it out. Purple=my notes. Green heart=approx location of robot body