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SMALL HOUSE
Small house, but throw a ball through it some time
and it becomes quite large. See all those metres,
aren’t they ours? And stroll perhaps as if
you don’t know where you’re going: space is
stretching out and yawns between the walls. Behold:
the wandering that binds the rooms together
has been painted white. There are some stairs,
a hat stand in the cupboard, doors. As if
by accident it lies there like a country
lane, where roads determine goal and starting
point and not the other way around. If you
go out for bread and then return you’ll see
that we can organise a picnic. Quick!
Go now! The shrinking can’t be far away.
Mark Boog
Translation: Willem Groenewegen
RECIPE FOR MAKING THE COLOUR BLUE
If you wish to make the colour blue
take a piece of sky and put it in a pot
large enough to place on the flame of the horizon.
Stir into the blue a pinch of early morning red
until it dissolves. Pour everything
into a brass bowl that has been well washed
to eliminate all of the afternoon’s impurities.
Finally, sift in a few smidgens of gold from the sand
of midday until the colour adheres to the bottom of the bowl.
To prevent the colours from separating with time,
drop a charred peach pit into the liquid.
It will disintegrate, leaving no telltale
sign, not even – from the black ash – an ochre trace
on the golden surface. You may then raise the colour
to eye level and compare it with genuine blue.
The two colours will look so alike
that you cannot distinguish one from the other.
This was how I did it – I, Abraham ben Judah Ibn Haim,
illuminator from the town of Loulé. And I left the recipe
for whoever, one day, would imitate the sky.
Nuno Judice
Translation: Richard Zenith
Quaglietta (AV)
The history of Quaglietta begins when, to stop the Saracen incursions in the Sele Valley, it was decided to build 3 fortresses: Valva, Senerchia and Quaglietta, (which however at the time was called castrum Quallectae).
The first settlement was therefore a military fortress built on a rocky spur (284 m above sea level) to which a village was added over time.
The name has nothing to do with quails as many believe but with the ancient Latin name of the area or Acque electe which translates as pure water and refers to the richness and purity of the waters that flow in the area.
Although the town is closely linked to the municipalities of the Sele Valley belonging to the province of Salerno, it is part of the province of Avellino and is a fraction of the municipality of Calabritto.
The 1980 earthquake hit this town hard but it was renovated with great attention and today the ancient medieval village retains its ancient splendor and is a tourist attraction.
La storia di Quaglietta inizia quando per frenare le incursioni di saraceni nella Valle del Sele fu decisa la costruzione delle 3 fortezze: Valva, Senerchia e Quaglietta, (che però all'epoca si chiamava castrum Quallectae) .
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Il primo insediamento fu quindi una fortezza militare costruita su uno sperone roccioso (284 m sul livello del mare) a cui nel tempo si aggiunse un borgo.
Il nome non ha nulla a che fare con le quaglie come in molti credono ma con l'antico nome latino della zona ovvero Acque electe la cui traduzione è acqua pura e fa riferimento alla ricchezza e purezza delle acque che sgorgano in zona.
Pur essendo il paese strettamente legato ai comuni della Valle del Sele appartenenti alla provincia di Salerno fa parte della provincia di Avellino ed è una frazione del comune di Calabritto.
Il terremoto del 1980 ha colpito duramente questo paese che però è stato ristrutturato con grande attenzione e oggi l'antico borgo medievale conserva l'antico splendore ed è una attrazione turistica.
SMALL HOUSE
Small house, but throw a ball through it some time
and it becomes quite large. See all those metres,
aren’t they ours? And stroll perhaps as if
you don’t know where you’re going: space is
stretching out and yawns between the walls. Behold:
the wandering that binds the rooms together
has been painted white. There are some stairs,
a hat stand in the cupboard, doors. As if
by accident it lies there like a country
lane, where roads determine goal and starting
point and not the other way around. If you
go out for bread and then return you’ll see
that we can organise a picnic. Quick!
Go now! The shrinking can’t be far away.
Mark Boog
Translation: Willem Groenewegen
“I had a discussion with a great master in Japan, and we were talking about the various people who are working to translate the Zen books into English, and he said, ‘That’s a waste of time. If you really understand Zen, you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in Wonderland. You could use the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation.'”
– Alan Watts
English translation follows
Dans le cas d’un parhélie, les rayons solaires passent à travers des cristaux de glace qui forment les nuages. Il y a alors une réfraction.
C’est un peu le même phénomène lorsqu’on regarde un objet au fond d’une piscine. L’objet ne se trouve pas vraiment là où il semble être. Il y a donc une déviation des rayons du soleil, et une décomposition de la lumière, comme peut le faire un prisme.
Les couleurs plus rouges sont les plus rapprochées du soleil, et les couleurs plus bleues sont situées à l’opposé. C’est visible principalement lorsque le soleil est bas à l’horizon. Les rayons traversent ainsi un plus grand nombre de cristaux de glace et l’effet est alors augmenté.
In the case of a parhelion, the sun's rays pass through ice crystals which form the clouds. There is then a refraction.
It's a bit the same phenomenon when looking at an object at the bottom of a swimming pool. The object is not really where it appears to be. There is therefore a deviation of the rays of the sun, and a decomposition of the light, as a prism can do.
The more red colors are closest to the sun, and the more blue colors are opposite. This is mainly visible when the sun is low on the horizon. The rays thus pass through a greater number of ice crystals and the effect is then increased.
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🇫🇷 Géographiquement situé à une altitude de 197 m entre la plaine du Pô et les Alpes, le lac de Côme a été formé il y a plus d'un million huit cent mille ans, par la fonte d'un immense glacier qui s'étendait jusqu'aux frontières de la Brianza. Le glacier Abduano à l'origine du lac est descendu de la Valtellina et de la Valchiavenna, s'étendant avec deux grandes langues vers la vallée du Pô ; à Menaggio, il se ramifia vers le Ceresio, créant une faille appelée ligne Menaggio en géologie, créant dans cette fracture la vallée du même nom, le lac de Côme à l'est et le lac de Lugano à l'ouest.
🇬🇧 Geographically located at an altitude of 197 metres between the Po Valley and the Alps, Lake Como was formed over 1.8 million years ago by the melting of an immense glacier that stretched to the borders of Brianza. The Abduano glacier that created the lake descended from Valtellina and Valchiavenna, extending with two large tongues towards the Po Valley. at Menaggio, it branched off towards Ceresio, creating a fault line known in geology as the Menaggio line, which formed the valley of the same name, Lake Como to the east and Lake Lugano to the west.
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🇩🇪 Der Comer See liegt geografisch auf einer Höhe von 197 m zwischen der Poebene und den Alpen und entstand vor mehr als 1,8 Millionen Jahren durch das Abschmelzen eines riesigen Gletschers, der sich bis an die Grenzen der Brianza erstreckte. Der Gletscher Abduano, aus dem der See entstand, floss aus dem Valtellina und dem Valchiavenna hinab und erstreckte sich mit zwei großen Zungen bis zum Po-Tal. In Menaggio verzweigte er sich in Richtung Ceresio und schuf eine Verwerfung, die in der Geologie als Menaggio-Linie bezeichnet wird. In dieser Verwerfung entstanden das gleichnamige Tal, der Comer See im Osten und der Luganer See im Westen.
🇮🇹 Situato geograficamente a un'altitudine di 197 m tra la pianura padana e le Alpi, il Lago di Como si è formato oltre un milione e ottocentomila anni fa, dallo scioglimento di un immenso ghiacciaio che si estendeva fino ai confini della Brianza. Il ghiacciaio Abduano, all'origine del lago, scendeva dalla Valtellina e dalla Valchiavenna, estendendosi con due grandi lingue verso la valle del Po; a Menaggio si ramificò verso il Ceresio, creando una faglia chiamata in geologia linea di Menaggio, che in questa frattura diede origine all'omonima valle, al lago di Como a est e al lago di Lugano a ovest.
🇪🇸 Situado geográficamente a una altitud de 197 m entre la llanura del Po y los Alpes, el lago de Como se formó hace más de un millón ochocientos mil años, por el deshielo de un inmenso glaciar que se extendía hasta las fronteras de Brianza. El glaciar Abduano, origen del lago, descendió desde la Valtellina y la Valchiavenna, extendiéndose con dos grandes lenguas hacia el valle del Po; en Menaggio, se ramificó hacia el Ceresio, creando una falla llamada línea Menaggio en geología, creando en esta fractura el valle del mismo nombre, el lago de Como al este y el lago de Lugano al oeste.
Translating from Gaelic to Craggy Hill of the Goat, below we can see it's summit. It was a hill I climbed earlier on in the year and it felt much bigger than it now looks on the way to the summits of Carn an Tuirc & Cairn of Claise. To the right was can see Glen Callater.
This bike trip takes me to the summits of two Munro's, Carn an Tuirc & Cairn of Claise. Carn a Tuirc is at a height of 1018 meters (3339 feet), while Cairn of Claise is sightly higher at 1062 meters (3484 feet). It took me four hours to drag myself (and my bike) up there, but because of the bike, it took less than an hour to get back to the car. Total distance covered was 26.5 kilometers (16.5 miles) and starting at 370 meters, I had an altitude gain of over 700 meters (2296+ feet) - that was a big one!!
Silver Gelatin Print.
Amsterdam, 2014
After 6 months in the former prison, the Gemeente Amsterdam judged that the refugees from We Are Here must leave the "Vluchthaven". The news was covered in het parool (local Amsterdam newspaper), translated here by a volunteer.
"The skin is there / to protect and impress. //
Why did you / do this?!"
(Based upon Canto 3, "zooals in den herfst de bladeren zich los-maken, het eene na het ander . ."; in translation: as in autumn the leaves detach themselves, one after the other...)
(15x15 cm, www.meurtant.exto.org)
Agapanthus. Commonly known as 'African Lily'. This would translate as 'Love Flower' in ancient Greek.
HD Pentax-DA- 55-300mm f4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE
I was seeking that moment when winter light reveals the hidden structure of the landscape — that geometry which humans have imposed upon the earth across generations. By composing along these successive curves, from foreground to the distant church, I attempted to translate what I feel facing cultivated valleys: a form of breathing between human order and natural freedom. The forest of the medial valley drew me particularly — that dark scar dividing the landscape, almost a pause in the reading of the terrain. It is within that gap, that silence of autumn woodland, that I found the intention of this frame: to celebrate not smooth beauty, but the poetic tension between ploughed fields and the wildness that persists.
Shot on a January afternoon near Villeneuve-lès-Lavaur, in the Tarn. It was the hour when winter strips the landscape of its colorful distractions, when each curve becomes legible, when the silence of the field speaks louder than spring. I had come seeking this sobriety, this austere intimacy that only agricultural winter offers.
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Rente às árvores vamos, húmidos humildes
Dizem que é outono. (...)
(Ruy Belo, in "Boca bilingue", Todos os Poemas, vol. I, 2ª ed., Assírio & Alvim, 2004)
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(rough translation)
Close to the trees we walk, wet humble
They say it's Fall.
(Ruy Belo)
Taken last sunday at a Portuguese Flickr Friends meetup. Fun and a lot of misty shots.
Ben Ledi was once mistakenly translated from Gaelic by a local minister of the parish as 'the mountain of God'. It actually means 'hill of the long shoulder' which will probably make sense to anyone who's been up it.
The hill is a little under 3000 feet so too small to be a Munro, but it's a more challenging walk than some Munros due to steep stages near the start and to get onto the shoulder for the easier final section.
This shot was taken just below the top, where there were stunning views on this particular day. Patches of mist and low cloud dotted the hillside and the surrounding landscape, and from the cairn the sun could be seen shining on a beautiful cloud inversion to the west stretching as far as the horizon.
Couldn't resist the opportunistic placing of the restaurant sign on the frontage of a disused building. Selkirk, Scotland
We pull up in our car alongside a train parked up, locomotives switched off. We came here last night, a train was sat here also, switched off. The crew were nervous of our presence with and our cameras and told us it had broken down. One of them leaned out of the engine room with a spanner and confirmed this. Again there are people inside, we are a little cautious but take pictures. The driver leans out of his window and shouts to us, we go over, and though he has no German or English he soon knows where we have travelled from. He signals us to wait. Shortly he leans out of the cab window again, pointing his phone down to us. It speaks through a translate app 'We will start the locomotive and you will make a video with your cameras' He waits for us to take our positions and then each unit is restated with plumes of smoke. A bus arrives and three get down out of the cab, its a crew change. The relieved crew are gone and the train restarts, uphill for a kilometre or so on the last leg up to the Bogatyr' mine.
2TE10M-2045 with transferring coal emptys from Ekibastuz 2 to the Bogat'yr' mine. May the 11th 2024.
Jane made a video and Sven took a picture:
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Rhinocéros veut dire « corne sur le nez ». Les rhinos sont devenus très rares (moins de 10 000), à cause du braconnage stupide qu’ils subissent à propos de leurs cornes, sensées avoir des effets thérapeutiques et aphrodisiaques.
Il existe deux genres de rhinocéros en Afrique : les blancs (rares) et les noirs (encore plus rares). En réalité les deux sont gris ! Le nom de « blanc » vient d’une erreur de traduction de l’afrikaans « wijde » (large, pour bouche large) vers l’anglais « white » (blanc).
Les rhinocéros blancs ont en théorie deux cornes mais on coupe les cornes des rhinos des réserves pour éviter le braconnage.
On a vu ce rhino de près ! Il s’est même arrêté quelques secondes en nous regardant, et on s’est dit que s’il lui prenait l’envie de charger on aurait bien du mal à s’en sortir !
Contrairement aux apparences, et malgré ses 4 m de long, 1,80 m de haut et son poids de 2,5 tonnes, le rhino est très agile et peut courir très vite (jusqu’à 50 km/h).
Les rhinocéros blancs vivent 45 ans en moyenne et n’ont pas de prédateur à part l’Homme.
Plus d'infos sur Les herbivores du parc Kruger.
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Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).
Rhinoceros means "horn on the nose." Rhinos have become very rare (fewer than 10,000) due to the stupid poaching they suffer for their horns, which are supposed to have therapeutic and aphrodisiac effects.
There are two types of rhinoceroses in Africa: white (rare) and black (even rarer). In reality, both are gray! The name "white" comes from a translation error from the Afrikaans "wijde" (wide, for wide mouth) into the English "white."
White rhinos theoretically have two horns, but rhinos in reserves have their horns cut off to prevent poaching.
We saw this rhino up close! He even stopped for a few seconds to look at us, and we thought that if he got the urge to charge, we'd have a hard time getting away!
Contrary to appearances, and despite his 4 m length, 1.8 m height, and 2.5 ton weight, the rhino is very agile and can run very fast (up to 50 km/h).
White rhinos live 45 years on average and have no predators apart from humans.
More information at The herbivores of Kruger Park.
There can be no discrepancy between an active life and frequent prayer. Medieval theology had already observed that ex abundantia contemplationis activus [action arises from an abundance of contemplation]. We could expand the statement: those who work seriously pray all the better, and those who pray with pure hearts drag God into action. Anyone who does not believe that should consider the lives of the great saints: for example, Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582). She was a master of internal prayer, and she founded no fewer than fifteen monasteries for women (often in the face of tremendous external resistance).
-Prayer takes us home : the theology and practice of Christian prayer / Gerhard Lohfink ; translated by Linda M. Maloney.
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The Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), the name of this butterfly in North America, is called Camberwell Beauty in the British Isles. Other names are Grand Surprise and White Petticoat.
In several other European countries with Germanic languages is the name for this butterfly literally translates to "Mourning Cloak", such as in German "Trauermantel" and in Dutch "Rouwmantel".
The mourning cloak is found throughout most of North America and Europe and in a broad band across central Asia. The butterfly is one of the most widespread butterflies, but it is a rare migrant to the British Isles. They can usually be found in hardwood forests, though they have been found in virtually all habitats.
Mourning cloaks are medium-sized butterflies with a wingspan of 6-10 cm. The upper surface of the wings are purple brown or maroon coloration, with pale beige to yellow coloured edges and blue spots. They are easy to identify. The underside of the wings are blackish brown with lighter beige to brown edges. The species does not display any sexual dimorphism.
The Mourning Cloak enjoys a long life span of ten to eleven months. The adult butterflies hibernate in the winter and mate in the spring.
De rouwmantel of koningsmantel (Nymphalis antiopa) heeft een enorm verspreidingsgebied en komt voor in Noord-Amerika, Europa, en een groot deel van centraal Azië tot in Japan.
Vroeger was deze dagvlinder hier een standvlinder, maar in West Europa en op de Britse Eilanden is de rouwmantel tegenwoordig echter vooral een regelmatige dwaalgast. In 1995 en 2006 vonden er vanuit Midden Europa invasies plaats met enorme aantallen rouwmantels verspreid over Nederland en België.
De rouwmantel heeft open loof- en naaldbossen als leefgebied, maar komt ook in parken en cultuurlandschapen voor.
De gemakkelijk te herkennen rouwmantels zijn middelgrote vlinders met een vleugelspanwijdte van 6 à 10 cm. De bovenkant van de vleugels zijn paarsbruin of kastanjebruin van kleur, met beige tot geel gekleurde randen en blauwe vlekken. De onderzijde van de vleugels zijn zwartachtig bruin met lichtere beige tot bruine randen. De geslachten zien er gelijk uit, maar de vrouwtjes zijn iets groter.
De rouwmantel heeft een lange levensverwachting van 10 à 11 maanden. Ze overwinteren als vlinder en paren in het voorjaar.
Deze opname is gemaakt in de buitenrvolière voor Europese vlinders van www.passiflorahoeve.nl bij Harskamp op de Veluwe.
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Ente auf dem Wasser
On Saturday April 5, 2025 in group "Smile on Saturday! :-)" the theme is to take a picture of something (person, animal, plant, object) that begins with the letter D.
I've called it "DISPLAY THE D..." and I am sure you understand that this item should be the main subject of your picture...
English words that start with D are preferred, but you can use a word that starts with D in any language; please always give us an English translation (and, of course, the D-word in its original language).
She lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything.
I received the Canon 6D for Christmas and I am over the moon with it; the full frame features are just really stunning, I cannot wait to work with it in the future. I had some fun with it while running around in my red coat today.
Wishing you all a blessed holiday season and a happy New Year.