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... when the sun moves over the horizon. Even when trees still block the view, the glow in the air changes. And then some greylag geese come flying in to Lake Venekoten. Magical moments that make up for lack of sleep.
Es ist der Moment...
... wo die Sonne über den Horizont schaut. Auch wenn die Bäume die Sicht noch versperren, ändert sich das Leuchten im Himmel. Und dann fliegen noch zwei Graugänse in den Venekotensee ein. Magische Momente, die den Schlafmangel vergessen lassen.
Daybreak in near empty Washington when the night lights of the monuments are still on and a new day is about to rise
When photographing from the clifftop at Dorset's Durlston Country Park, the sunshine sparkling on the sea creates a wonderful bokeh!
When a new girl arrives at my house, I know it won't be long before the carnival arrives, too. It mysteriously appears in the back field, with the curious Wheel of Names out in front. The unnamed girl is given eight possible names, and with one hard spin, she finds the one that will be hers. Only one spin per person.
This doll is Pretty Peony. The name she received is...at the bottom of this post. This photo is for the theme "Name Yourself Day" in the Blythe a Day.
I realized as I was setting this up that Pretty Peony's hair is really too dark to work well in a chalkboard flat lay, but she is the only girl I have at the moment who is unnamed, so she had to step up to the Wheel. Her new name is: Paige!
When we first got Buba, I found her hunting instinct quite exhausting. Nine years on I not only have accepted this part of her – I even find it super exciting and rewarding to listen to the forest with her and discover the game ahead of her, so that I can maintain a connection to her.
Our dog trainer once told us: "Buba's hunting instinct is very much like being head over heels in love. Once it happens, nothing else matters. The trick is to realize it before it happens."
So here's a picture of Buba when I was too late ;-) I took her on extended only-Buba-and-me excursion again, and this time we did some off-trail hiking in the depth of the woods bordering our little village. Eventually we spotted a group of deer in the distance (of course I had Buba on a leash, so nothing bad would happen). She wouldn't listen to me at all for the next half hour… but it's ok. Next time I'll be faster.
I think it would be considered an impeller as opposed to a propeller, since it sits on the lawn of a business called Hydro Consulting and Maintenance Service in West York, Pa. The concrete plant is in the background with the ever present power lines. Lol, go ahead click on it to enlarge the photo
Heh, actually, no. The Ankeny Plaza was used as a standin for Rome in Season 1, Episode 5 of "The Librarians", a television show starring Noah Wyle and Rebecca Romjin.
When the sun goes down, that is when the rails heat up. On the BNSF Stockton Subdivision, while traffic is robust during the day, traffic can explode after dusk. Such is the case on this cool December evening near at the Santa Fe Avenue crossing, just south of LeGrand, CA. An eastbound freight from the PNW speeds by.
Listen for Peace. Brother John Michael Talbot, "Be Not Afraid".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oSiX1WKg4w
This is a re-post of the last photo I took in the series, but the first of the sunset shots I posted.
Does anybody know what is happening right now?
The Tasmanian Premier started his press conference this morning with these exact words: "This is not a drill." He was reading from a script, but was it written in his office or Geneva, Brussels or Davos? That is the question.
Last Saturday evening a Freudian slip (or was it a veiled hint?) from the Seven Tasmania newsreader, "We just have to get used to living in the New World Order."
Why would politicians of all political persuasions knowingly enact a policy to destroy their economies and bankrupt their citizens? Look up flu virus deaths statistics for anywhere in the world and they are far more drastic than the effects of this relatively mild and simplistic virus.
They say we are on a war-footing. But war stimulates economies, everyone is put to work for the common good. This is a complete shutdown of economic activity - the exact reverse. So don't value your materialistic treasures anymore, they will be worthless. Store up your treasures in a place incorruptible.
Sorry if I do not believe the authorities - I serve a higher Authority.
Sorry if I offend, but somebody has to start asking these questions - NOW.
"See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone's work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. Outside are the dogs and sorcerors and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.
The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come'. And let everyone who hears say, 'Come'. And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift...
The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with all saints. Amen."
-The Revelation to John 22:12-21.
When this box was opened any money in it had to be put into a post office savings bank for which I still have a book. When we inherited the money box, it rattled, so we took it to a local village post office where a friend was the post master. He rummaged around and found the key that opened it. Of course the coins were all pre decimal so not a lot of use but encouraged by this we started to use the box, but alas the post master and his post office have gone the way of all good postmasters and many post offices. I doubt if anyone still has a key and it's rattling again.
We're Here discovering that History is All Around Us .
When she change to Asian look, she still the same person.
Hello Kitty Eyes Applier by SimplyScha
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When Clones get moved to the portable life-sustaining stasis pods, their growth and development are strictly monitored until it's time for the hatchery...
Even when things are scarce or threatened by looming storm clouds, Christmas is a time for hope.
However you find yourself, I wish you a Happy Holidays.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with a HOYA 82mm HMC Y[K2] filter using Adox CHS 100 II film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
fear is all i come to know..
i walk through the tunnel trying to shade the darkness..
as it becomes my only shadow..
to guide me to the end as a bright light starts to glow through my path way..
thats when i relaize my eyes are shining bright with its colourful ray..
hope i call it in every way !
poem by : me.
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. [Anais Nin]
When yellow wattles bloom - Spring is 3 weeks away.
According to Wikipedia , Acacia flavescens, also known as the red or yellow Wattle, is a tree in the Acacia genus native to eastern Australia.
"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. "
Ernest Hemingway
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My Alex and his beloved grandfather.
I just love how Alex looks for his granddad while he was waiting for him to go together for a fishing. I love how my father slightly comes to this frame, love his strong hands, his being .. oh.. He is missed so badly .... :(
Cancer Sucks !
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Thursdays: B&W, sepia or monochrome #7DWF
When I reached the last line of dunes on this windy afternoon I observed something new. About a half dozen crows or ravens were frolicking in the updrafts over the dunes.
Superb fliers, the crows could easily have flapped their way up and into the winds. But what fun would that be?
Instead, as seen here, the crows were waiting for just the right gust to lift them into the air and sweep them away. They were patient. They had to be, since not just any gust would do.
What I wasn't able to capture was the sight of the crows, now airborne, skimming over the dunes like cruise missiles on their way to a target.
Now, there may be some dry, sociobiological explanation for this afternoon of aerobatics, but I prefer to think that crows just want to have fun!
A quiet morning on the bridge during that first snowy day we had. I couldn't decide whether or not to leave those (seemingly) leaning lamp posts in, but it's not the same if I crop them out. They seem to add a bit of depth. I also realize that this is a bit of a dark image, a bit grey, but if I brighten and whiten it up it seems to lose the appropriate atmosphere.
Taken with my Zero Image 2000. Duotoned.
Andromeda Rock
In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment.[1] Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus.
Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda) or Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē): "ruler of men",[2] from ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anēr, andrós) "man", and medon, "ruler".
As a subject, Andromeda has been popular in art since classical times; it is one of several Greek myths of a Greek hero's rescue of the intended victim of an archaic hieros gamos (sacred marriage), giving rise to the "princess and dragon" motif. From the Renaissance, interest revived in the original story, typically as derived from Ovid's account.
Contents [hide]
1Mythology
2Constellations
3Perseus and Andromeda in art
3.1Film
3.2Novels
4Depictions in art
5See also
6Sources
7References
8External links
Mythology[edit]
A small Roman fresco from Pompeii
In Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of the North African kingdom of Aethiopia.
Her mother Cassiopeia boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea god Nereus and often seen accompanying Poseidon. To punish the queen for her arrogance, Poseidon, brother to Zeus and god of the sea, sent a sea monster named Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia including the kingdom of the vain queen. The desperate king consulted the Oracle of Apollo, who announced that no respite would be found until the king sacrificed his daughter, Andromeda, to the monster. Stripped naked, she was chained to a rock on the coast.
Perseus was returning from having slain the Gorgon Medusa. After he happened upon the chained Andromeda, he approached Cetus while invisible (for he was wearing Hades's helm), and killed the sea monster. He set Andromeda free, and married her in spite of her having been previously promised to her uncle Phineus. At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals and Phineus was turned to stone by the sight of the Gorgon's head.[3]
Andromeda followed her husband, first to his native island of Serifos, where he rescued his mother Danaë, and then to Tiryns in Argos. Together, they became the ancestors of the family of the Perseidae through the line of their son Perses. Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, Electryon, and Cynurus as well as two daughters, Autochthe and Gorgophone. Their descendants ruled Mycenae from Electryon down to Eurystheus, after whom Atreus attained the kingdom, and would also include the great hero Heracles. According to this mythology, Perseus is the ancestor of the Persians.
At the port city of Jaffa (today part of Tel Aviv) an outcrop of rocks near the harbour has been associated with the place of Andromeda's chaining and rescue by the traveler Pausanias, the geographer Strabo and the historian of the Jews Josephus.[4]
After Andromeda's death, as Euripides had promised Athena at the end of his Andromeda, produced in 412 BCE,[5] the goddess placed her among the constellations in the northern sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia; the constellation Andromeda, so known since antiquity, is named after her.
Constellations[edit]
Andromeda (1869) Edward Poynter
Andromeda is represented in the northern sky by the constellation Andromeda, which contains the Andromeda Galaxy.
Four constellations are associated with the myth. Viewing the fainter stars visible to the naked eye, the constellations are rendered as:
A huge man wearing a crown, upside down with respect to the ecliptic (the constellation Cepheus)
A smaller figure, next to the man, sitting on a chair; as it is near the pole star, it may be seen by observers in the Northern Hemisphere through the whole year, although sometimes upside down (the constellation Cassiopeia)
A maiden, chained up, facing or turning away from the ecliptic (the constellation Andromeda), next to Pegasus
A whale just under the ecliptic (the constellation Cetus)
Other constellations related to the story are:
Perseus
The constellation Pegasus, who was born from the stump of Medusa's neck, after Perseus had decapitated her
The constellation Pisces, which may have been treated as two fish caught by Dictys the fisherman who was brother of Polydectes, king of Seriphos, the place where Perseus and his mother Danaë were stranded
Perseus and Andromeda in art[edit]
Cesari: Perseus saving Andromeda, 1596, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Sophocles and Euripides (and in more modern times, Corneille) made the story the subject of tragedies, and its incidents were represented in numerous ancient works of art, including Greek vases. Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera, Persée, also dramatizes the myth.
Andromeda has been the subject of numerous ancient and modern works of art, which typically show the moment of rescue, with Andromeda usually still chained, and often naked or nearly so. Examples include: one of Titian's poesies (Wallace Collection), and compositions by Joachim Wtewael (Louvre), Veronese (Rennes), many versions by Rubens, Ingres, and Gustave Moreau. From the Renaissance onward the chained nude figure of Andromeda typically was the centre of interest. Rembrandt's Andromeda Chained to the Rocks is unusual in showing her alone, fearfully awaiting the monster.
If by dull rhymes our English must be chain’d,
And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fetter’d, in spite of pained loveliness;
Let us find out, if we must be constrain’d,
Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of poesy;
Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gain’d
By ear industrious, and attention meet:
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
Jealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath crown;
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
She will be bound with garlands of her own.
“”
"If By Dull Rhymes Our English Must Be Chain’d"
John Keats (1795-1821)[6]
The Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino composed an hour-long operatic drama called Perseo e Andromeda in 2000.
Film[edit]
In 1973, an animated film called Perseus (20 minutes) was made in the Soviet Union as part of the Soviet animated film collection called Legends and mуths of Ancient Greece.[7][8]
The 1981 film Clash of the Titans retells the story of Perseus, Andromeda, and Cassiopeia, but makes a few changes (notably Cassiopeia boasts that her daughter is more beautiful than Thetis as opposed to the Nereids as a group). Thetis was indeed a Nereid and also the future mother of Achilles. Andromeda and Perseus meet and fall in love after he saves her soul from the enslavement of Thetis' son, Calibos, whereas in the myth, they simply meet as Perseus returns home from having slain Medusa. In the film, the monster is called a kraken, although it is depicted as a lizard-like creature rather than a squid; and combining two elements of the myth, Perseus defeats the sea monster by showing it Medusa's face, turning the monster into stone. Andromeda is depicted as being strong-willed and independent, whereas in the stories she is only really mentioned as being the princess whom Perseus saves from the sea monster. Andromeda was portrayed by Judi Bowker in this film.
Andromeda also features in the 2010 film Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1981 version. Several changes were made in regard to the myth, most notably that Perseus did not marry Andromeda after he rescued her from the sea monster. Andromeda was portrayed by Alexa Davalos. The character was played by Rosamund Pike in the sequel Wrath of the Titans, the second of a planned trilogy. In the end of the sequel, Perseus and Andromeda begin a relationship.
In the Japanese anime Saint Seiya the character, Shun, represents the Andromeda constellation using chains as his main weapons, reminiscent of Andromeda being chained before she was saved by Perseus. In order to attain the Andromeda Cloth, he was chained between two large pillars of rock and he had to overcome the chains before the tide came in and killed him, also reminiscent of this myth.
Andromeda appears in Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series as a new student of "Prometheus Academy" which Hercules and other characters from Greek mythology attend.
Novels[edit]
In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, there are a few references to Andromeda. The most obvious is that the series' lead villains have a cruise ship which serves as their headquarters and is called The Princess Andromeda.
Andromeda is the main character in Harry Turtledove's short story "Miss Manners' Guide to Greek Missology", published in Esther Friesner's Chicks in Chainmail series of humorous feminist fantasy collections, and reprinted in other anthologies afterwards. It is a satire filled with role reversals, puns, and deliberate anachronisms relating to pop culture.
Andromeda is Anna's full name in Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, which was turned into a movie in 2010. In the novel there are several references to mythology, as Anna's dad Brian is an astronomer in his free time.
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