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St. Paul the Apostle is a very revered saint in the Sicilian town of Palazzolo Acreide, the feast in his honor is celebrated on two occasions (very important periods if referring to peasant civilization), on 29 June (the day I took this photo story this year 2025) date of his martyrdom, and January 25, the date of his conversion to Christianity. The "summer party" of June 29, begins with a particular collection of donut-shaped bread (in Sicilian called "cuddura"), donated by the villagers and collected on a cart, this is the "round of bread", these loaves (called "di San Paolo") have decorations that recall snakes: the reference is always to San Paolo, considered the protector from the poisonous bites of vipers, this is the ancestral legacy of an ancient peasant civilization, the wheat harvest period that coincides with the feast, it makes working in sunburnt fields particularly dangerous; once there were characters to whom supernatural gifts were attributed, they were called "ciarauli", capable of protecting from the venomous bites of the viper (This year, a very nice man of Palazzolo Acreide, who was also present last year, was present at the feast to recall these ancient figures. Instead of little snakes, as was once the custom, he had with him a very calm python, also because it was full). The procession takes the name of "sciuta", with reference to the "exit" from the basilica of San Paolo of two floats, first the float comes out with the relic of the saint, carried on the shoulders by the devotees, immediately after, at 13.00 o'clock the exit of the float takes place with the ancient statue of Saint Paul holding a sword in his hand (the iconography represents him with the sword for two reasons, he was beheaded with a sword stroke, and because he, referring to the word of God, defined it more effective and sharper than a double-bladed sword), at this point they begin among the most spectacular and evocative pyrotechnic games that I have ever seen, we witness a phantasmagoric and kaleidoscopic explosion of colors made with enormous colored confetti and with colored ribbons about two meters long called 'nzareddi, which recall the shape and movement of snakes. During the procession we witness the rite of children who, often completely naked, are taken by their parents by the expert hands of two devotees present on the float, they are thus placed in front of St. Paul to ask for his intercession and protection, sometimes these children are adorned with paper money, in fact, the donation of money is part of the rites that accompany the procession. Among these rites is the vow of the "bare shoulder" made by devout bearers, and that of women who walk barefoot by vow. The procession with the two floats then arrives, as a sign of devotion, in the church of the Annunziata.
San Paolo Apostolo è un santo molto venerato nel paese siciliano di Palazzolo Acreide, la festa in suo onore viene celebrata in due occasioni (periodi molto importanti se riferiti alla civiltà contadina), il 29 giugno (giorno in cui ho realizzato quest’anno 2025 questo foto-racconto) data del suo martirio, ed il 25 gennaio, data della sua conversione al cristianesimo. La “festa estiva” del 29 giugno, inizia con una particolare raccolta di pane a forma di ciambella (in siciliano detta “cuddura”), donato dai paesani e raccolto su di un carretto, questo è il “giro del pane”, questi pani (detti “di San Paolo”) presentano delle decorazioni che richiamano i serpenti: il riferimento è sempre a San Paolo, ritenuto il protettore dai morsi velenosi delle vipere, questo è il retaggio ancestrale di un’antica civiltà contadina, il periodo della mietitura che coincide con la festa, rende particolarmente pericoloso il lavoro nei campi arsi dal sole; una volta esistevano dei personaggi a cui si attribuivano doti sovrannaturali, erano chiamati “ciarauli”, capaci di proteggere dai morsi velenosi della vipera (quest’anno era presente nella festa, a rievocare queste antiche figure, un simpaticissimo Palazzolese, presente anche l'anno scorso, che al posto delle bisce, come si usava una volta, aveva con se un docilissimo pitone, anche perchè satollo). La processione prende il nome di “sciuta”, con riferimento alla “uscita” dalla basilica di San Paolo di due vare, dapprima esce la vara con la reliquia del santo, portata in spalla dai devoti, subito dopo, alle 13,00 in punto avviene l’uscita della vara con l’antica statua di San Paolo che stringe una spada in pugno (l’iconografia lo rappresenta con la spada per due motivi, egli fu decapitato con un colpo di spada, e perché egli, riferendosi alla parola di Dio, la definiva più efficace e più tagliente di una spada a doppia lama), a questo punto iniziano tra i più spettacolari e suggestivi giochi pirotecnici che io che io abbia mai visto, si assiste ad una fantasmagorica e caleidoscopica esplosione di colori realizzati con enormi coriandoli colorati e con dei nastri colorati lunghi circa due metri chiamati ‘nzareddi, che richiamano la forma ed il movimento dei serpenti. Durante la processione si assiste al rito dei bambini che, molto spesso completamente nudi, vengono presi dai genitori dalle esperte mani di due devoti presenti sulla vara, vengono così messi al cospetto di San Paolo a chiederne la sua intercessione e protezione, a volte questi bimbi sono adornati con della carta moneta, infatti la donazione di denaro fa parte dei riti che accompagnano la processione. Tra questi riti c’è il voto della “spalla nuda” fatto dai devoti portatori, e quello delle donne che per voto camminano scalze. La processione con le due vare giunge poi, in segno di devozione, nella chiesa dell’Annunziata.
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Tras una semana en muy malas condiciones fisicas debido a una flebitis en mi pierna izquierda(la tercera en menos de un año) y la consiguiente caida del animo,he vuelto,aunque por hoy de una forma un poco oscura.....Quizas mañana vuelva al color y la luz,pero por ahora me apetece poner una foto oscura.
After a week in very bad health conditions,because of a phlebitis on my left leg(the third in less than one year) and the resulting fall in my mood,I´ve come back with a dark way of seeing thigs.........maybe tomorrow I´ll be in a better mood and color and light will come back into my stream...But for now I want to share this dark shot.
Taken last week on a beautiful #misty autumn morning. I caught the sunbeams through his antlers to produce this star effect.
I will be at Duckpond market in Heron square next to #Richmond Bridge this Sunday from 10.30-5ish. Come along for signed prints and books.
Prints of this and others are available on www.alexsaberi.smugmug.com click link in profile.
The rule of thirds is the first compositional rule most photographers learn; but most don't know why they learn it. The rule of thirds is amazing for telling a story.
I took a photo of this bird cleaning its beak with fresh snow before swooping back down again to get bird seeds from the ground.
#winter2017 #dogwood52 #dogwood2017 #dogwoodweek1 #ruleofthirds
Third time the charm! Beautiful exploration inside one of the most unique and challenging places we’ve been. From electric fence to impressive 360 cameras, sneaky IR cam and light pole. Funny time trying to get there over a period of 2 years.
Place is sadly gone now so enjoy the memories we bring home.
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This Chaffinch closes his third eyelid, Nictitating membrane when reaching for the higher notes.
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A big hairy spider! Just what you always wanted!!!
Sorry about all the focus stacking artifacts, I know they are there...but I'm still not fixing them.
And my third and final outfit in this fun little shoot. This was another skirt I shortened, that very same morning along with the grey pleated school skirt.
It was a satin midi skirt, but I never wore it because I have a number of faux leather skirts in the same style that I much prefer.
So, I thought a nice little skater skirt could be made out of it instead. It's guaranteed to get more wears that way ;-)
As with the grey skirt, I went for a length just under 14". I could have gone shorter, but I think this is a more appropriate length for wearing out when the pubs open again.
Third generation teaset. My inheritance! Not used of course but I do love it's delicate, fine china and pattern. My mum used it only on VERY special occasions and no one was allowed wash it except Mum herself! I resisted it for many years but now appreciate the memories. For MacroMondays This I love.
One of the beautifully restored carriages on the Kent and East Sussex Railway receives some attention during the station stop
And my third and final outfit in this fun little shoot. This was another skirt I shortened, that very same morning along with the grey pleated school skirt.
It was a satin midi skirt, but I never wore it because I have a number of faux leather skirts in the same style that I much prefer.
So, I thought a nice little skater skirt could be made out of it instead. It's guaranteed to get more wears that way ;-)
As with the grey skirt, I went for a length just under 14". I could have gone shorter, but I think this is a more appropriate length for wearing out when the pubs open again.
A Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) perches expectantly outside Newcastle's Fishing Co-operative. This one is displaying adult plumage but still retains darker youthful tones on its eye-ring, bill, legs and feet.
smc PENTAX (K) 200mm f4 @ f8.
Day 4 of Pentax Forum's Single in May 2018 Challenge.
The old USA Today Building (hey, so I like the old USA Today Building) on a sunny morning. Arlington (Rosslyn) Virginia
The third generation Silntrac GTR has a mid mounted naturally aspirated V8 producing 600 horsepower to RWD. It has a carbon fiber body, which allows it to go from 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and on to a top speed of 230 MPH! As always there is room for the Stig in the middle.
The Silntrac GTR was a MOC I originally made in LDD back in 2013. It was the first of my cars to use this windshield design. Since then I have been trying to come up with a way to modernize it. my last attempt was still quite dated looking. But having discovered that the short wheel arches fit the SC wheels allowed me to finally bring this car into the modern era. It made it's debut at the end of last year (2022) at the GTW LUG Display at Our National Shrine of our Lady of the Snows on a functioning lego turn table designed by Lego Technical Engineering on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnZKlIbSX1M&t=25s
and modified by me to hold this car.
Click the following link to see the old 2nd generation of this car:
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Another Monochrome Monday offering this time from deep in the cane fields with a little mini 'street running' bonus!
In this lengthy post I shared a photo of the first Miami Canal crossing and some history of the canal and the railroad. If you're interested and missed it check out this image and caption: flic.kr/p/2nhFswT
Later that same day we are now at the second of the three rail crossings of the canal about 3.5 miles south deep in the middle of the sugar cane fields. My girlfriend did some excellent driving on the remote dusty private roads that lace the fields as I navigated via satellite imagery to find our way to assorted cane loaders, junctions and bridges as we hunted for trains in a massive area of fields equal to nearly half the area of our home state of Rhode Island!
This was one spot I really wanted to see as it is one of two 'street running' shared road/rail bridges found along the private US Sugar Railroad rails. Given my passion for 'trains in streets' as my gf likes to say this definitely counts in my quest to document those obscure locations 'where trains shouldn't be.'
While this bridge is shorter than the other one further east past Bryant Yard, this is very busy as it is on the new mainline through route that was opened in late 2021 when the Wetherald Line was extended east with 22 miles of new track and bridges to connect to the old Prewitt South Line. This created a 60 mile long private mainline connecting both halves of the USSC routes and eliminated the need for many of the Bryant Turns that were operated by thr SCFE to forward cane cars gathered on the eastern lines to the mill on the west.
This crossing is at MP 12 on the new 60 mile long contiguous USSC Clewiston Main. In addition to the pair of light units I shot here headed west we also saw two eastbound empty trains. This one is flying out toward a leader somewhere in the vast fields behind USSC 505 a rebuilt GP40-2 that began life as a straight GP40 originally blt. Jan. 1967 as Seaboard Air Line 642. After serving successors SCL, SBD, and CSXT it was retired and rebuilt with HEP and classified as a RP39-2C and spend nearly a decade hauling Virginia Railway Express commuter trains before another rebuild and a third life here in the cane fields.
Palm Beach County, Florida
Sunday April 24, 2022
Airbus A330-243MRTT, MRTT056, msn 1919, ex F-WWCS, tempo spanish reg EC-331, marked M3 returning to Getafe factory (LEGT) from the first flight test after conversion to MRTT. She will become T-056, the third (Dutch) Multinational MRTT Fleet.
For more than a month, we thought that the second attempt to get rid of Billy's abscess had been successful. Yesterday morning, however, he came in after a night out in the garden, and his cheek was swollen again. We took him to our vet straightaway and she decided on this treatment, removing more of the affected skin and underlying tissue. We really hope that this will offer a long-term solution, because we don't want to see him like this again, with his crater face. Billy is more concerned about finding a door which will give him back his freedom again. The hole in his cheek doesn't seem to bother him that much.
Third in a series of 3
As I was watching the other eagle in the tree, the one I had arbitrarily dubbed the female, there came a high-pitched whistling call and this one came into view. She returned the call and flew up to meet him, they circled around then she flew off and he landed, looking rather ungainly with his landing gear down :-)
If there were eggs they would be taking turns sitting on the nest and not on the branch. The female lays eggs about 5 - 10 days after a successful mating so I surmise that they have mated and are now guarding the nest so that no other birds can take up housekeeping there while they wait. Just a guess. I love watching these magnificent birds!