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perchè non serve guardare al cielo se prima non si guarda alle persone
Because it's useless to look at the Sky if we don't look at men before
Not unlike this object, losing our purpose in life will lead us to a certain path where even the slightest shadow of our existence will fade away like tears in the ocean.
6/52 Yeah... it goes this way some times.
This one isn't very pretty and I'm sorry for that. But now it's here and from tomorrow onwards I'm sure I'll wish it wasn't.
"If these hands can do anything, why can't they do everything?"
These passageways under buildings are not on maps making navigating with a map impossible. By now in 2023 tourists are chosing to use the GPS on their cell phones to get around the city. That's probably better than the useless small maps which tourists used to be seen trying to figure out where they were.
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
John Ruskin
My wife got this with her phone.
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I know, I know....too many uploads. :P
After two weeks of building,( was it that much? ) I've finally completed my five builds for my contest, and am extremely relived, lol. :D The theme for this one was Star Wars, clone wars.
This might be my last upload for a while, other than, maybe another small SW build.
Hope you guys enjoy this! I really enjoyed building it, especially, the greebles, and the clone combos.
Still pumped for Mission 9. lol, just hoping it comes out soon! :D
If this gets 90+ faves, I might do a facial tag.... but only if! :P
Thanks for viewing guys! God Bless!
~jalex~
(if my many uploads are annoying u, please tell me :)
and I`m just scared, so scared that I`ll fail you
And sometimes I think that I`m not any good at all
And sometimes I wonder why, why I`m even here at all
But then you assure me
I`m a little more than useless
And when I think that I can`t do this
You promise me that I`ll get through this
And do something right
Do something right for once
the lovely Bridget:)
ohh, and don't make fun of me for using Picnik, my editor is having issues. I just use it for contrast and stuff, I don't cheat:p
Yesterday afternoon, 16 July 2017, I had no choice but to get out for a short drive. My place was like an oven from weeks of heat, and I just couldn't stand it for one more minute. I drove the back roads SW of the city that I so often drive when I only have time or energy for a short drive.
Today is much cooler and now, after having a couple of windows open, my place smells strongly of smoke from the B.C. wildfires and the Banff area. I posted a photo showing how the smoke is affecting Albertans. Best to stay indoors if possible, so I guess I won't be going anywhere for at least the next few days. It makes scenic shots pretty much useless. Then, last night, we had a blackout in my part of the city. Apparently, the outage was due to a motor vehicle damaging ENMAX equipment. I guess that is why two or three firetrucks came rushing down my street around 11:30 pm last night, and ENMAX vehicles were working till almost 2:00 am just down my street, within sight.
Hot and windy are not my favourite conditions, but the air-conditioning in my car felt wonderful! There didn't seem to be all that much to be seen, though I suspect that one Mountain Bluebird pair has a second family to feed now. I was so happy to see the male in his usual place and even more excited when I saw him with a tiny insect in his beak, meaning only one thing - new babies. Usually, there are no cattle to be seen in the field, but yesterday, I had a lot of curious faces watching me carefully.
Other than this Bluebird pair, the only other bird I photographed was an American Robin. No Snipe could be heard and only a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds to be seen. So, I decided to drive to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, intending to just check the forest around the parking lot, to see if there were any fungi growing. There were four vehicles in the parking lot and I plucked up enough courage to go a short way into the park. This place always gives me the creeps and, usually, I only go a few feet into the actual park. Knowing that bears and cougars have been seen, it's never a good feeling to be there on my own. I've only ever seen a large Moose there on a couple of occasions. A few days ago, a friend told me that she had been told that someone who has an amazing forest for fungi had said that the fungi were at their peak right now. This seemed rather unlikely, as it is still only mid-July, plus the fact that everywhere is so dry. I just had to go to Brown-Lowery to check on the fungi there - absolutely nothing, other than three or four small, shapeless blobs on tree trunks. Hopefully, we will get rain in the next few weeks.
Far more important, I hope that B.C. (British Columbia, the province to our west) gets a heavy amount of rain very, very soon. Maybe a week ago, about 200 wildfires were being reported, causing a lot of devastation and evacuations. Now we have a forest fire here in Alberta, in Banff. Each summer, we get a lot of wildfires, the worst being the one in Fort McMurray that started on 1 May 2016. The fire spread across approximately 590,000 hectares (1,500,000 acres) before it was declared to be under control on July 5, 2016. It was the most expensive natural disaster in Canadian history. My heart goes out to all those affected by the ongoing B.C. fires.
I have wanted to make the summit for ten years, and one day you can do it. A long day, especially when you are not trained like me this year, but a good day. The southwestern ridge is not a fantastic route despite some exceptionnal snow conditions as you can see in the image. The lower part of the ridge is just terrible with 500 m of boring and useless big rocks. But that was the price to pay for the view. The refuge is barely visibile, far away at the crossroad of the two glaciers. That was the day, in the Berneroberland, a 4000 m with nobody.
I don't know about other people, but whenever some condition gets severe enough to have to don one of these "modesty savers"..... I could really care less at this point.
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It's just like, "Look, you're a doctor. I've got a problem here. It's 'just a body' to ya. I don't care if you see me naked. And it would probably help if I DIDN'T have the gown on so you wouldn't have to work around it in an attempt to save me some sort of perceived embarassment so really...."
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I'm not trying to sound mean. I know they mean well by it. And I'm sure alot of people would be very self-conscious without it on. But like I said, if I'm at this point, my shyness is gone. Just fix it.
“I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be, you know? I tried being a writer, but I hate what I write. And I tried taking pictures, but they’re so mediocre, you know. Every girl goes through a photography phase, you know, like horses? You know, take dumb pictures of your feet.”
One hundred and fifty years ago today, on April 14th, 1865 at approximately 10:13 p.m., as Abraham Lincoln sat with his wife and another couple watching the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater, he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln never regained consciousness from his coma, and died the next morning at 7:22 a.m., on April 15th.
Booth was shot and killed by Army troops on April 26th. His last words were "Useless...useless..."
"Now he belongs to the ages."
It's been three years since I built the Ultimate LEGO Machine. About time I got my revenge...
There's actually some cool Mindstorms bluetooth communication going on between these two robots, and it was really fun setting up the programs for the video.
Kristal also had some convenient hands lying around, so I stole one to make the 'switch pushing' robot more interesting. :)
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
~John Ruskin
Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
A really bad photo, taken through the windshield, giving it a greenish tinge. I tried to rescue it the best I could, but wanted to post it, as this is not something I usually see.
On 15 May 2021, i finally did a long drive that I had wanted to do the last few years, but never really been brave enough to do it. So glad I made myself do this, and it was a great day.
Much of the driving was on backroads that had a thick layer of loose, chunky gravel, making driving very unpleasant. It tends to push the wheels towards the side of the road, so one has to concentrate on trying to drive in a straight line. My arms and wrists ached like crazy from gripping the steering wheel, so I had hoped to finish my descriptions today. However, I have had to get all sorts of things done today because I know the repairmen may be taking out all my windows and putting them back, along with new frames, this week. I will have to be home, as they will need to have access to my place. After checking the weather forecast this evening, I see we are supposed to have two sunny days, followed by five days that have rain in the forecast. Hopefully, they won't do this window work if it rains! It has now been six weeks that they have been replacing all sorts of wooden beams outside and adding two (?) layers of whatever material they use, before they eventually install new siding.
So, the day before yesterday, it looked a good day to go for a long drive to take my mind off all the work that has to be done. The forecast looked good, though it made no mention of the haze which made scenic shots useless. It felt so good to see quite a few birds for a change. The highlight of my day was briefly seeing a Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence post. I took a couple of shots, which had to be through my windshield. The hawk put its head down and that is when I realized that it had a snake held in its talons. It took a couple of pecks at the snake while I was watching (and taking a few seconds of video), and then off it flew. I wonder if it had a nest with babies in it nearby.
Another highlight for me, was to come across a beautiful female Merlin, also perched on a fence post. It had been quite a while since I last saw a Merlin.
At the beginning of my drive, I would have liked to call in for breakfast at the Saskatoon Farm, but I knew it would be really busy on a Saturday. Likewise at the end of the day, I would have liked to call in at Frank Lake, but I always try and avoid busy places. Makes no sense when someone has the weekdays in which to visit places like city parks. Some people are still working, so I prefer to usually leave the parks for them.
I did call in at one of my favourite sloughs on the way home and enjoyed watching quite a few White-faced Ibis feeding and preening. So peaceful in a place with no other cars or people.
Of course, no day would be complete without spotting an old barn or two. These included one of my absolute favourite barns, photographed and posted previously, too.