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I do have a bit of a weakness for motion blur shots... another snap from the Tour Down Under in South Australia
The Tour Down Under in Adelaide and surrounding areas attracts some of the world's elite cyclists to South Australia in January - our summer.. Now in its 21st year here, its a major tourist and sporting attraction. Today, we were up in Piccadilly Valley near Crafers in the Adelaide Hills for Stage 3 in a very very hot and humid day (around 38C and 55% humidty and virtually no wind). It was stifling just walking around with a camera let alone six laps of a long hill and a a King of the Mountains late on.
Initially, there was a monastery of Franciscan monks here, but the abolition by Emperor Joseph II of this order means that the space and the building built on it return to the Roman Catholic Church in 1787. Thus, the old ecclesiastical buildings, initially Baroque, a style from which some elements are still preserved today (side altars in the chapels, crypt), are added by the new owners a high tower (53 m) dividing the main facade into three registers.
It is not long before the first signs of constructive weakness appear, between the ship and the tower, making an obvious crack. Then, in 1901, a new crack appeared on the vault of church. Rehabilitation solutions were no longer in sight, so the church was closed and the ship demolished. The task of restoring the entire structure belongs to the architect Rimánoczy Kálmán jr. Although I am not a Catholic, I felt very well at the outside as well as the inside of the church. I recommend!
A sea arch is a natural opening eroded out of a cliff face by marine processes. Some arches appear to have developed from surge channels, which are created by wave refraction causing the focussing of wave fronts on the side of a headland (which might be the cause in both instances above).
More generally, arches develop where waves attack a plane of weakness which cross-cuts a promontory. Caves produced on either side of a promontory may become joined over time to become a tunnel and, finally, an arch.
The supporting roof of the arch is known as the keystone. The architecture of an arch is a reflection of its lithology and structure. Sea arches have been regarded as ephemeral forms tending to survive over periods of just few decades or centuries. The term sea tunnel can be used to describe a hole in the cliff line where the arch itself is considerably longer than the width of the entrance (perhaps a better way of describing the feature on the right of the image).
Note the well-defined long vertical crack above the arch on the right. There are two simillar, but less well-defined cracks on the headland to the left as well.
The arches seen above are in Port Campbell National Park which is, of course, more famous for the Twelve Apostles. Facilitating tourist access, the Great Ocean Road runs past quite closely to this location.
*Working Towards a Better World
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you who celebrate Easter a Very Happy Easter. For those of you who don't celebrate Easter I wish you happiness!!
I am going to be off for the next few days and if I don't get around to commenting and giving stars, I will do so when I return.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu
Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. -
Franklin P. Jones
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the
love you make. -
Paul McCartney
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. - Ann Landers
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. -Rainer Maria Rilke
He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you. -
Bob Marley
Love is real, real is love. -
John Lennon
I Love You
Means that I accept you
for the person you are
and that I don’t wish
to change you into someone else.
It means that I care enough
to fight for what we have
and that I love you enough
not to let you go. - Unknown
True love never dies
it only gets stronger with time. -
Unknown
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️
“Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness.”
― Carson Kolhoff
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“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”
Poem:
Cheer up, O grievous snail.
I tap your shell, encouragingly,
not that you will ever know about it.
And I want nothing to do with you, either, sulking toad.
Imagine, at least four times my size and yet so vulnerable.
I could open your belly with my claw.
You glare and bulge, a
watchdog near my pool; you make a loud and hollow noise.
I do not care for such stupidity.
I admire compression, lightness,
and agility, all rare in this loose world.
The weaknesses in a number of sedimentary rock layers caused the forces that raised the seabed and formed the Pyrenean Mountain range will often crack and disintegrate in exactly the same pattern. This is apparent in the two layers that peak either side of the distant mountain.
Oh, help me in my weakness
I heard the drifter say
As they carried him from the court room
And were taking him away
Well, my trip hasn't been a pleasant one
And my time it isn't long
And I still do not know
What is was that I've done wrong...
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Old market across from the court house in downtown Eureka, California still has a nice old neon sign...Rusty from the salt air but still standing...
Hanging on the wall at the Museum at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (believe it or not) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They told me I had wandered too far outside of the museum part of their building so I asked if I could at least take a picture and they said yes. I was goofing around with Canon's Digital Photography Professional (DPP) software for the first time with the last two pictures. Slow as molasses and extremely confusing but I am not sure you can get better results.
Yeah Based Off A Song
Stare into the sun
to see my face for once
all the weakness shows
Too tired to lift the arms
that hold onto the stars
watch me as I sleep
I wanna believe in someone
I wanna believe in something
I wanna believe that i can love again
I wanna believe in someone
I wanna believe in something
I wanna believe that i can love again
The fire came and went
took everything away
The bruises never heal
I tried to take a breath
to say what wasn't said
but there is nothing left of me
there is nothing left
I wanna believe in someone
I wanna believe in something
I wanna believe that I can love again
I wanna believe in someone
I wanna believe in something
I wanna believe that I can love again
I wanna believe in someone
I wanna believe in something
I wanna believe that I can love again
I wanna believe in someone
I wanna believe in something
I wanna believe that I can love again
And one day you will, you will love again
One day you will, but I can't
Love again
Look out to the earth to find out where you went
Everyone has a weakness for something and for me it's exciting cars. So when we go to beach cities I look for luxury cars. This week we saw this Aston Martin convertible being parked by the valet service at Montage Resort. (no, we didn't stay there; we go to their beaches for Benni to run and me to take pictures.)
This is me taking the photo, reflected in the glassy smooth hood/bonnet.
35/52
More of car seen below:
Thought For Food: Japanese Food Weakness Displayed - IMRAN™
That’s my idea of a light lunch. Specialty rolls right here in Apollo Beach, Florida. Can’t get enough. So grateful to Almighty for the blessings of life, family, health, food, shelter, income, and so much love.
© 2023 IMRAN™
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A full renovation of St Peter's Cathedral only began in 1886. Because of structural weaknesses and damage suffered in the fire of 1689, the west choir had to be completely rebuilt. Great importance was placed on reusing as much of the original stone as possible. In the outer wall this was taken so far that today all but a small portion of the old stones are in their original locations. On the inside wall, large flat stones had to be used and faithfully reconstructed. The sharply bent dosseret over the central rosette window was not rebuilt since it was blamed for the structural issues. Today the dosserets run perpendicular to the edge of the rosette and frame it clearly. The general renovations, which also included renovation of the chapel of St Nicholas, the reconstruction of the whole floor and the addition of an entirely new crypt for the tombs of the Salians under the high choir, were only completed in 1935.
In the course of the renovation work, in 1920 the head architect, Philipp Brand, was standing on the scaffolding when a dachshund attacked, and attempted to bite him on the leg. He stepped to the side and as a result escaped from a falling stone which had broken loose above him, killing the dog. In the upper left of the south portal, at the edge of the window in the left corner is a statue of the dachshund – Philipp Brand had this installed as a small memorial.
In the allied bombing on 21 February and 18 March 1945, the cathedral was damaged by a bomb, which did not affect the interior. The roof burnt but the vaults remained intact.
Software has always been one of my weaknesses so I chose to spend most of April developing my digital skills.
Even though I still have no clue what I'm doing, my renders should (hopefully) look more vibrant and life-like from now on. I've still got some way to go but I think it looks much better than before.
I actually built this speeder with real bricks more than a year ago but it ended up unsuccessful. The only part I liked about it was the back/thrusters so I gave it some time and finally revisited it digitally, added some detail and completely redid the nose from scratch.
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.
― Criss Jami
Zoom in and take a look at what gerbera daisies look like when the petals are completely dried.
The first church collapsed due to the weakness of the foundations and was replaced in 1636 by a new church which also collapsed in 1780, to be rebuilt in 1782. It is surrounded by a defensive wall and has a bell tower on the west side. The baroque altar dates from 1641, the pulpit from 1764, and the organ from 1805. The tablets on the balustrade of the gallery were painted with saints and the coat of arms of the village of Ruși, in 1783, by the painter Daniel Knobloch . The last repair work was carried out in 1990.
👉Like the famous Pisa tower, the clock tower is reallyj leaning tired and heavy towards the ground. The tower was built in 1748, rebuilt in 1782, and began to tilt around the middle of the 19th century due to landslides. It was last consolidated in 1968, and now it has reached an inclination of about 1.45 m (18 degrees).
Dear friends,
I will be away for awhile....be well.
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
Hot nights coming
Keep the car running
Lavender fingers
Swallow my pollen
Gold I fell into your spell
On the rite of god we fell
You were plush and I laid bare
You had me howling
Cold I fell into your skin
On the night you led me
Under your sin
You had me howling
You had me howling
Blush
Golden siren
Under exposing
Come lay your weakness down
On the floor in the backseat
Gold I fell into your spell
On the rite of god we fell
You were plush and I laid bare
You had me howling
Cold I fell into your skin
On the night you led me
Under your sin
You had me howling
You had me howling
Blush
I have a weakness for good Turkish Delight. Co worker next to me kept going on about Narnia. Turns out that it was a book/movie from a while ago that featured the candy.
Years ago, my friend competed in a tournament overseas and she had brought me a box of these delightful treats. I've been hooked on them since.
This has all kinds of technical weaknesses, but I don't care - I like it. I think the shadow on the wall is especially cool. I even like the bits of hair sticking out.
It's never been my goal to make the mask look real. In fact, I try to show that it is very much a mask... an artificial thing; a cover; a disguise... as opposed to an actual part of me.
Oh... thanks to the Flickr friend who said "Do more with the cat head." This one's for you.
Happy Easter Weekend. May your days be bright and your grass be filled with coloured eggs.
Mesmerizing Passion
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas A. Edison
Photography is just that...a Mesmerizing Passion...a this self portrait, for me, translate exactly that :)
The Enol Lake in Asturies is a site for sore eyes. To get the chance to see it without heavy clouds and fog we had to go up there three times but it was worth it!
The Enol is part of the Lakes of Covadonga (el. 1134 m.) that are composed of two glacial lakes located on the region of Asturias, Spain. These lakes, often also called Lakes of Enol or simply Los Lagos, are Lake Enol and Lake Ercina located in the Picos de Europa range and they are the original center of the Picos de Europa National Park, created in 1918.
The road ascending from Covadonga to the lakes is a popular climb in professional road bicycle racing, having been used by Vuelta a España many times in the last 25 years.
This a truly fantastic and mesmerizing place and it certainly worth getting up that road three times in 24 hours:)
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" Get your kicks through persecution.
Used as scapegoats for your exterior doubts.
Exposing weakness retarded, unworthy.
I cannot begin to comprehend how you wear such shame with vigour
Homophobic race antagonist.
Harmony can only flourish with mutual regard. "
(Aryanisms by Napalm Death from Utopia Banished 1992)
THE THOUGHT: Today is an important day, avoid opening
useless and sterile political debates this is not the place. Talk about numbers, not numbers, how many, where, how, in what way or when: WHAT HAPPENED WAS REAL !! I have studied it minutely for many years immersed in books, vhs, researches, documented almost ad nauseam, my conclusion? MISTAKES MADE SHOULD NEVER BE REPEATED! But the human being makes a tremendous effort to learn and forgets too easily and that is why so many things MUST BE REMEMBERED and teach the new generations to never repeat mistakes.
THE PHOTO: The photo is linked to war and music. I'm next to a piece of the Berlin Wall in front of the Imperial War Museums in London. This frame was used as a background for photo of a band called NAPALM DEATH dear to me and very important for a kind music scene that tends to awaken human beings with very important messages. It was taken by my wife at my request, it is nothing striking only my tribute to the band but above all a warning to tear down all those real and virtual walls that human beings create with their ignorance, arrogance and hate a message thinking that a better world is not utopia and the prerogative of a few but respect and collaboration between every human being so CHANGE YOUR LIFE !
This is a "slice" of a recently cut down tree in our local park!
I LOVED the figures which naturally appeared in this mirror image! Wisdom from the old tree, speaking to me!
“There are realities we all share,
regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes.
As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment:
love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
We need to understand our environment and our relationship to it.
We need to fulfill certain inner hungers:
the need for happiness, for peace of mind, for wisdom.”
~ J. Donald Walters ~
(dedicated to an an amazingly insightful, brilliant, nourishing friend!)
“The more a person analyzes his inner self,
the more insignificant he seems to himself.
This is the first lesson of wisdom.
Let us be humble, and we will become wise.
Let us know our weakness,
and it will give us power.”
~ William Ellery Channing ~
this week is pick your own theme and I picked compassion as this is a quote I have wanted to use for awhile. While it is a simple statement you realize how true when you try to stay in compassion and forgiveness. It is not always easy, but is always good for us all. This is another lovely sunset in our back yard.
"A person who practices compassion and forgiveness has great inner strength, whereas aggression is a sign of weakness" Dalai Lama
This one was kind of an experiment. I love my 100-400 IS ii, but one major weakness it has is that it flares pretty easily if the sun or bright light shines directly on the front element. Rarely will it produce ghosting artifacts, but because of the flare I don't shoot close to the sun much with it. I do not have a UV filter or anything else on it, and I do my best to keep it clean, but still it flares easily. Just by looking through the viewfinder anywhere in this direction I could see how hazy the image was going to be. Knowing that, I wanted the glow of the rising sun that was just coming up over the trees adding a look of warmth.
The original was very flat so with a little bit of masking here and there and a whole lot of extra contrast and voila. Depending on how one would choose to process it there could be many different end results and as far as processing for accuracy as to what I saw with the naked eye, well that is out the window as I would only have seen some very bright light and a glaring scene. It may not be the best capture of sunrise, but I think it coveys cold with a promise of warmth, which is what I was hoping for.
One wee bit I hadn't seen at the time was the open water and its reflections beside the lodge. I am still seeing open water a bit besides lodges which I find interesting, so although I have seen this particular lodge to be a popular spot for Pelicans to rest, I am guessing that it is still an active lodge.
This is my forest. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My forest is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my forest is useless. Without my forest, I am useless. I must grow my forest true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to steal from me. I must stop him before he steals me. I will…
My forest and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit…
My forest is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its feel. I will keep my forest clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will…
Before God, I swear this creed. My forest and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is Nature's and there is no enemy, but peace!
Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It’ll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called “perfection,” which will open the doors to the most important relationships you’ll ever be a part of.”
It has become regular in my pond,
Bull's eye waterlily has no weakness it just blooms from May to October.
I'm tired of weakness Tired of my feet of clay I'm tired of days to come I'm tired of yesterday And all the worn-out Things that I ever said Now it's much too late The words stay in my head
So the day will begin again Take comfort from me It's up to you now You're still here and You'll dig in again That's comfort to you It's up to you now So Pariah, you'll begin again Take comfort from me And I will take comfort from you
I'm tired of Facebook Tired of my failing health I'm tired of everyone And that includes myself Well being alone now It doesn't bother me But not knowing if you are Well that's been Hell, you see
So the day will begin again Take comfort from me It's up to you now You're still here and You'll dig in again That's comfort to you It's up to you now So Pariah, you'll begin again Take comfort from me It will take time
Don't you worry Don't worry about a thing 'cause nothing really dies Nothing really ends.