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Meenakshi Amman Temple (also called: Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Tiru-aalavaai and Meenakshi Amman Kovil) is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Parvati, known as Meenakshi, and her consort, Shiva, here named Sundareswarar. The temple forms the heart and lifeline of the 2,500 year old city of Madurai and is a significant symbol for the Tamil people, mentioned since antiquity in Tamil literature though the present structure was built between 1623 and 1655 CE. It houses 14 gopurams (gateway towers), ranging from 45–50m in height. The tallest is the southern tower, 51.9 metres high, and two golden sculptured vimanas, the shrines over the garbhagrihas (sanctums) of the main deities. The temple attracts 15,000 visitors a day, around 25,000 on Fridays, and receives an annual revenue of sixty million INR. There are an estimated 33,000 sculptures in the temple. It was on the list of top 30 nominees for the "New Seven Wonders of the World". The annual 10-day Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival, celebrated during April and May, attracts 1 million visitors.
LEGEND
Meenakshi (IAST Mīnākṣī Tamil மீனாட்சி) is an avatar of the Hindu goddess Parvati - the consort of Shiva, one of the few Hindu female deities to have a major temple devoted to her. The name "Mīnachchi" means fish-eyed and is derived from the words "mīna" meaning fish and "akṣi" meaning eyes. The lady goddess Meenakshi is the principal deity of the temple, not Sundareswarar, unlike most Shiva temples in South India where Shiva is the principal deity. According to Hindu legend, in order to answer the prayers of the second Pandya king Malayadwaja Pandya and his wife Kanchanamalai, Parvati appeared out of the holy fire of the Putra Kameshti Yagna (sacrifice for childhood) performed by the king. According to another legend, the goddess herself gave notice to Kanchanamalai in one of her previous births that Kanchanamalai would have the privilege of mothering the goddess. The girl who came out of the holy fire had three breasts. A voice from the heavens told the king not to worry about the abnormality and added that the third breast would vanish as soon as the girl met her future husband. The happy king named the girl "Tadaatagai" and as the heir to the throne, Tadaatagai was trained carefully in all the 64 sastras, the fields of science.
As the time came for Tadaatagai's coronation, she had to wage war in three worlds encompassing eight directions. After conquering Brahma's Abode, Sathyaloka, Vishnu's Abode, Vaikunta, and Devas' abode Amaravati, she advanced to Shiva's Abode Kailasha. She very easily defeated the bhoota ganas (IAST: Bhūtagana, meaning Shiva's army) and Nandi, the celestial bull of Shiva, and headed to attack and conquer Shiva. The moment she looked at Shiva, she was unable to fight and bowed her head down due to shyness, and the third breast vanished immediately. Tadaatagai realized that Shiva was her destined husband. She also realized that she was the incarnation of Parvati. Both Shiva and Tadaatagai returned to Madurai and the king arranged the coronation ceremony of his daughter, followed by her marriage with Shiva.
The marriage was to be the biggest event on earth, with the whole earth gathering near Madurai. Vishnu, the brother of Meenakshi, prepared to travel from his holy abode at Vaikuntam to preside over the marriage. Due to a divine play, he was tricked by the Deva, Indra and was delayed on the way. After the marriage, the pair ruled over Madurai for a long time and then assumed divine forms as Sundareswarar and Meenakshi, the presiding deities of the temple. Following the tradition, every evening, before closing the temple, a ritual procession lead by drummers and a brass ensemble carries the image of Sundareswarar to Meenakshi's bedroom to consummate the union, to be taken back the next morning in dawn. The marriage is celebrated annually as Chithirai Thiruvizha in Madurai. During the period of Nayakar rule in Madurai, the ruler Thirumalai Nayakar linked the festival Azhakar Thiruvizha and the Meenakshi wedding ceremony.
HISTORY
The Meenatchi temple is believed to have been founded by Indra (king of Deva celestial deities) while he was on a pilgrimage to atone for his misdeeds. He felt his burden lifting as he neared the swayambu lingam (self formed lingam, a representation of Shiva used for worship in temples) of Madurai. He ascribed this miracle to the lingam and constructed the temple to enshrine it. Indra worshipped Shiva, who caused golden lotuses to appear in the nearby pool. Tamil literature speaks of the temple over the last two millennia. Thirugnanasambandar, the famous Hindu saint of Saiva philosophy, mentioned this temple as early as the 7th century, and described the deity as Aalavai Iraivan. The temple is believed to have been sacked by the infamous Muslim invader Malik Kafur in 1310 and all the ancient elements were destroyed. The initiative to rebuild the structure was taken by first Nayak king of Madurai, Viswanatha Nayak (1559–1600) under the supervision of Ariyanatha Mudaliar, the prime minister of the Nayak Dynasty and the founder of the Poligar System. The original design by Vishwanatha Nayak in 1560 was substantially expanded to the current structure during the reign of Thirumalai Nayak (1623–55). He took considerable interest in erecting many complexes inside the temple. His major contributions are the Vasantha Mandapam for celebrating vasanthorsavam (spring festival) and Kilikoondu Mandapam (corridor of parrots). The corridors of the temple tank and Meenatchi Nayakar Mandapam were built by Rani Mangammal.
Rous Peter (1786–1828), the Collector of Madurai in 1812, got nickname 'Peter Pandian’ as he respected and treated people of all faiths equally. He donated a set of golden stirrups studded with diamonds and red stones to the temple.Goddess Meenatchi is believed to have saved Rous Peter from a fatal incident. He also wished that after his death, his body be buried in a position that would enable his eyes to face the temple.
THE TEMPLE
ARCHITECTURE
The temple is the geographic and ritual center of the ancient city of Madurai and one of the largest temple complexes in Tamil Nadu. The temple complex is divided into a number of concentric quadrangular enclosures contained by high masonry walls. It is one of the few temples in Tamil Nadu to have four entrances facing four directions. Vishwantha Nayaka allegedly redesigned the city of Madurai in accordance with the principles laid down by Shilpa Shastras (Sanskrit: śilpa śāstra, also anglicized as silpa sastra meaning rules of architecture) relevant to urban planning. The city was laid out in the shape of square with a series of concentric streets culminating from the temple. These squares continue to retain their traditional names, Aadi, Chittirai, Avani-moola and Masi streets, corresponding to Tamil month names. Ancient Tamil classics mention that the temple was the center of the city and the streets happened to be radiating out like lotus and its petals. The temple prakarams (outer precincts of a temple) and streets accommodate an elobrate festival calendar in which dramatic processions circumabulate the shrines at varying distances from the centre. The vehicles used in processions are progressively more massive the further they travel from the centre. The complex is in around 180,000 m2.
GOPURAMS
The temple is surrounded by gopurams (gateway tower), - There are ten gopuram the tallest of which, the famous southern tower, rises to over 52 m and was built in 1559. The oldest gopuram is the eastern one, built by Maravarman Sundara Pandyan during 1216-1238 Each gopuram is a multi-storeyed structure, covered with thousands of stone figures of animals, gods and demons painted in bright hues. The outer gopuram presents steeply pyramidal tower encrusted with plaster figures, while the inner gopuram serves as the entrance to the inner enclosure of Sundareswarar shrine.
SHRINES
The central shrine of Meenakshi Amman temple and her consort Sundareswarar are surrounded by three enclosures and each of these are protected by four minor towers at the four points of the compass, the outer tower growing larger and reaching higher to the corresponding inner one. The Meenakshi shrine has the emerald-hued black stone image of Meenakshi. The Sundareswarar shrine lies at the centre of the complex, suggesting that the ritual dominance of the goddess developed later. Both the Meenakshi and Sundareswarar shrines have gold plated Vimanam (tower over sanctum). The golden top can be seen from a great distance in the west through the apertures of two successive towers. The area covered by the shrine of Sundareswarar is exactly one fourth of the area of the temple and that of Meenakshi is one fourth that of Sundareswarar.
The tall sculpture of Ganesh carved of single stone located outside the Sundareswarar shrine in the path from Meenashi shrine is called the Mukuruny Vinayakar. A large measure of rice measuring 3 kurini (a measure) is shaped into a big ball of sacrifice and hence the Ganesh is called Mukkurni Vinayagar (three kurinis). This deity is believed to be found during a 17th-century excavation process to dig the Mariamman temple tank.
TEMPLE TANK & SURROUNDING PORTICO
The sacred temple tank Porthamarai Kulam ("Pond with the golden lotus"), is 50 m by 37 m in size. According to legend, Shiva promised a stork that no fish or other marine life would grow here and thus no marine animals are found in the lake. In the Tamil legends, the lake is supposed to judge the worth of a new piece of literature. Authors place their works here and the poorly written works are supposed to sink and the scholastic ones are supposed to float, Tirukkural by Tiruvalluvar was one such work.
Only a fraction of 17th and 18th century paintings of Nayak period survives and one such portion is found in the small portico on the western side of the tank. It depicts the marriage of Sundareswarar and Meenkashi attended by Vijayaranga Chokkanatha and Rani Mangammal. The painting is executed on a vivid red background, with delicate black linework and large areas of white, green and ochre. The celestial couple is seated inside an architectural frame with a flowering tree in the background.
HALLS
The corridor surrounding the sanctum the Meenakshi is called kilikoondu Mandapam ("bird cage corridor"). The space was once used to keep green parrots that were trained to utter the name of Meenakshi. There are two large cages full of squawking green parrots.
The Kambatadi Mandapam ("Hall of temple tree") with its seated Nandi (sacred bull) has various manifestations of Shiva carved and also contains the famous "Marriage of Meenakshi" sculpture. Sculptures of Shiva and Kali trying to out-dance one another are pelted with balls of ghee by devotees. A golden flagstaff with 32 sections symbolizes the human backbone and is surrounded by various gods, including Durga and Siddar.
The Puthu Mandapam ("new hall") constructed by Tirumala Nayak contains large number of sculptures. It is situated opposite to the east gopuram.
The Ashta Shakthi Mandapam ("Hall of eight goddess") is the first hall in the entrance of Meenakshi shrine tower near to East Tower. Ashta indicates eight and Shakthi refers to goddess - the hall has statues of eight goddesses. The gopurams (towers) can be viewed from this hall. The passage was named for eight forms of goddess Sakthi carved on its pillars. Other sculptures and paintings depict the Tiruvilayadal (holy games of Shiva). The sculptures of heroes of Mahabharata, the Pancha pandavas can be seen in the Pancha Pandava Mandapam (Hall of Pandavas).
The Viravasantharaya Mandapam is a large hall with huge corridors. To the south of this hall is the kalyana mandapam, to the south of the pillared hall, is where the marriage of Shiva and Parvati is celebrated every year during the Chithirai Festival in mid-April. The golden images of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar are carried into the 16th century oonjal mandapam (swing corridor) and placed on the swing every Friday at 5:30 p.m. The shrine has a 3-storied gopuram guarded by two stern dwarapalakas (guardians) and supported by golden, rectangular columns that bear lotus markings. Along the perimeter of the chamber, granite panels of the divine couple are present. The hall is situated in the western bank of the temple tank.
The Mudali Pillai Mandapam or Iruttu Mandapam (Dark hall) is a wide and long hall built by Muthu Pillai during 1613. On the pillars of the halls, there are fine sculptures depicting the story of Shiva taking the form of Bikshadanar to teach the sages a lesson.
The Mangayarkarasi mandapam is a newly built hall situated opposite to the marriage halls and bears the name of saindy queen, Mangayarkarasi who contributed to Saivism and Tamil language. To the south of Mangayarkarasi mandapam lies the Servaikarar Mandapam, a hall built by Marudu brothers in 1795. The Nagara mandapam (Hall of beating drums) lies opposite to Sundareswarar shrine was built by Achaya Rayar, the minister of Rani Mangammal in 1635. The Kolu Mandapam is a hall for displaying dolls during the Navarathri festival celebrated during September–October. This hall is situated in the second corridor of the Meenakshi shrine at the western side.
HALL OF THOUSAND PILLARS
The Meenakshi Nayakkar Mandapam ("Hall of 1000 pillars") has two rows of pillars carved with images of yali (mythological beast with body of lion and head of an elephant), commonly used as the symbol of Nayak power. It is situated to the north of Sundareswarar flag staff hall. The Thousand Pillar Hall contains 985 (instead of 1000) carved pillars. The hall was built by Ariyanatha Mudaliar in 1569 and blends engineering skill and artistic vision. Ariyanatha Mudaliar was prime minister and general of Viswanatha Nayak, the first Nayaka of Madurai (1559–1600). He was also the founder of Poligar System, the quasi-feudal organization of the country dividing it into multiple palayams or small provinces in which each palayam was ruled by a palayakkarar or a petty chief. At the entrance of the hall is the statue of Ariyanatha Mudaliar seated on a horse-back, flanking one side of the entrance to the temple. The statue is periodically garlanded by worshippers. Each pillar in the hall is a carved monument of the Dravidian sculpture. The more prominent among the carved figures are those of Rati (wife of Kama), Karthikeya, Ganesha, Shiva as a wandering mendicant and endless number of yalis (mythical figures of lions). There is a Temple Art Museum in the hall where icons, photographs, drawings, and other exhibits of the 1200 years old history of the temple are displayed. Just outside this hall, towards the west, are the Musical Pillars. Each pillar, when struck, produces a different musical note.
RELIGIOUS SIGNIFANCE OF THE TEMPLE
A distinct feature of Meenakshi in terms of iconography is the presence of parrot in her right hand. The parrot is generally associated with the Vaishnava azhwar saint Andal. "Pancha Sabhai" refers to the five royal courts of Nataraja (dancing form of Shiva) where he performed cosmic dance. The Tamil word velli means silver and ambalam means stage or altar. This massive Nataraja sculpture is enclosed in a huge silver altar and hence called "Velli Ambalam" (silver abode). This is a special figure of Natarja which usually differs from Chola bronzes; in the Chola images, Nataraja is shown dancing with his left leg raised, but this sculpture has the right leg raised. According to the Tiruvilayaadal Puranam (Shiva's sacred games), this is on the request of Rajasekara Pandya, who was a sincere devotee of Shiva. He requested the deity to change his position, as he felt that keeping the same foot raised would put enormous strain and got a graceful acquiescence from the divine master.
RITUALS
WORSHIP
There are close to 50 priests in the temple who perform the puja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to Shivaite to the Adishaivas, a Brahmin sub-caste. The priests live in a closed area north of the temple. The temple has a six time pooja calendar everyday, each comprising four rituals namely abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offerings) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Meenakshi and Sundareswarar. The puja (worship) ceremonies are held amidst music with nadhaswaram (pipe instrument) and tavil (percussion instrument), religious instructions in the Vedas by priests and prostration by worshippers in front of the temple mast. The common practise is to worship Meenakshi before Sundareswarar. Margazhi (December–January) ritual is prominent one for winning a perfect, god-like husband - it is Meenakshi's ennai kappu festival. Aligned with the cardinal points, the street plans forms a giant mandala (group) whose sacred properties are believed to be activated during the mass clockwise circumambulation of the central temple.
FESTIVALS
The most important festival associated with the temple is the "Meenakshi Thirukalyanam" (the divine marriage of Meenakshi) that is celebrated in April every year. The wedding of the divine couple is regarded as a classic instance of south Indian female-dominated marriage, an arrangement referred as "Madurai marriage". The male dominated marriage is called "Chidambaram marriage", referring to Shiva's uncontested dominance, ritual and mythic, at the famous Shiva temple of Chidhambaram. The marriage brings together rural and urban people, deities and mortals, Saivas (those who worship Shiva) and Vaishnavas (those who worship Vishnu) in order to celebrate Meenakshi as the royal monarch. During the one month period, there are a number of events including the "Ther Thiruvizhah" (chariot festival) and "Theppa Thiruvizhah" (float festival). Major Hindu festivals like Navrathri and Shivrathri are celebrated in the temple. Like most Shakti temples in Tamil Nadu, the Fridays during the Tamil months of Aadi (July–August) and Thai (January–February) are celebrated in the temple by thousands of devotees. "Avani Moola Utsavam" is a 10-day festival mainly devoted to Sundareswarar describes his various Thiruvilayadal meaning Shiva's sacred games.
LITERARY MENTION
Down the centuries, the temple has been a centre of education of Tamil culture, literature, art, music and dance. All three assemblies of Tamil language, the Tamil Sangam (about the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE), were held at Madurai. Tamil poets of different epochs participated in these assemblies and their composition is called Sangam literature. During the third Tamil sangam, the comparative merit of the poets was decided by letting the works float in the lotus tank of the temple. It was believed that a divine force would cause the work of superior merit to float on the surface while the inferior literary work would sink. Tevaram, the 7th-8th century Tamil canonoical work on Shiva, are works by the three prominent Nayanars (Saivites) namely Appar, Sundarar and Thirugnanasambandar. The temple has been glorified by the hymns of Tevaram by all the three poets. Different hymns of Sambandar on the temple mention the queen of Pandya Nadu, his desire to defeat Jains in debate, the miracles performed by him curing the king's fever, the Jains' provocation of Sambandar by burning his house and challenging him to debate, and Sambandar's eventual victory over them. A poem from the Third Tirumurai by Sambandar is as under –
"Lady who has eyes that are comparable to the startled eyes of the deer!
the great chief queen of the Vaḻuti! listen to what I say. Do not feel distressed that I am such a young boy from whose mouth milk is flowing. when the god in Tiruvālavāy stands by my side as help, I can not be easily defeated by the low people who inflict many sufferings on others and who live in hills beginning with great Āṉaimalai."
There are few poets in Tamil history who sang about goddess Parvati. The notable among them is Kumaraguruparar, a 17th-century Tamil poet, who composed Meenakshi Pillaitamil on Meenakshi of this temple. King Tirumalai Nayak's patronage of Kumaraguruparar has an important place in the history of pillaitamil (a genre of Tamil literature). Kumaraguruparar visited a lot of temples and when he visited this temple, he composed Meenakshi pillaitamil on Meenakshi. Legend has it that goddess appeared in the dreams of Nayak directing him to arrange the recital of Kumaraguruparar before a learned assembly. The king made elobrate arrangements for the event. Meenakshi impersonated herself in the form of a small girl and enjoyed the recital. As Kumaraguruparar was explaining the 61st verse, the goddess appreciated by garlanding the poet with a string of pearls and disappeared.
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Why do children worry and fear? Already they feel loss and recognize trouble. It's good practice for later life.
QuoteoftheDay 'One who is worried about the consequences cannot love.' - His Holiness Younus AlGohar
... Be Happy.....
in hillsboro, i guess it's not that uncommon to name the street signs, makes you stop and think, i wanted this to be the first of the year's photos to remember that this year should not hold worry, don't worry that this is the year i graduate, apply and go to college, etc.
Don't worry, this is from the same night! I know it's a bit naff, but I'm putting these here so when i've done my proper shoot I can look back at at this and snigger!
Next time I know to wear black and to get further down or to have a longer cable (instead of attaching to the battery pack to the 'tool').
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* Satan’s Worry *
A pious person رحمۃ اللہ تعالٰی علیہ saw Satan standing in worry by the Masjid door and asked, ‘What’s the matter with you?’ Satan replied, ‘Look inside.’ When the pious person looked inside he saw a person offering Salah and another person sleeping by the Masjid door. Satan said, ‘I want to enter the Masjid to distract the person offering Salah by putting evil thoughts in his heart, but the man that is sleeping by the door is a fasting person. When he breathes out, his breath prevents me from entering like a flame of fire.’ (Rau]-ul-Faiq, p. 39)
A worried cobbler at Mumbai, India. He is taking refuge in the small drags of bidi (cigarette the Indian style).
While Indian economy is doing better these days, money hardly percolates to those at the bottom - if at all. The great divide between the rich and the poor is hard to overcome.
It all began when Jen had her eyes lasered.
Not much to worry with that is there, but the lasering creates debris, apparently. No matter how much you pay.
And then there is Bet. Jen's Mum, who is 99 at the weekend, has gone a bit doolally the last week, and has not had any sleep in week, and is seeing all kinds of visions and hallucinations, thinking she is a Swizz national, no really, and generally been up all night gibbering away at things which almost certainly not there.
Jen had booked a trip to France for her and Jools's brother's partner, Jane, but Jen didn't feel safe enough to drive, and Jane could not drive due to her ankle problems. Could I go and drive?
Well, it would mean that I could replenish my Belgian beer collection, and was a day out; so why not?
So, it was arranged, and as predictable as the tides, John was going to come along too, so was going to be a jolly boys outing, and make no mistake.
We got up as normal, had coffee and breakfast, so Jools could drop me off in Whitfield at quarter past seven. John arrived twenty minutes later, and Jane half an hour after that. Sylv was going to look after Bet, Bet who was still jabbering away in the front room, and Sylv looked like death having had to sit up and listen to her. Jen was OK, though shaid she was looking forward to sleeping in the car. But John was coming.....
Jen's car is the old family car she had with Tony, a Ford Galaxy, which is OK, but is a bit of a bus, but then can carry a lot of wine, which was why we were going.
We piled in and headed out into the chaos that is rush hour combined wich scheel run. Traffic through Whitfield was solid, but was moving, so we inched to the A2 then tore down to the docks with Jen berating me for treating the old car bad.
We arrived at the port, went through French immigration, British immigration before being pulled over by customs, for whom Jane worked for until last year, so they had a fine chat whilst they pretended to search our car.
We drove on to wait in line to bard the ferry, but not enough time to visit WH Smiths or Burger King, not that we were that hungry anyway. We board, but being outside school holidays the ferry was only sparsely filled, plenty of room to sit and spread out.
The only downside was that a gale was blowing outside and the sea was looking pretty darn angry. Indeed the captain warned us twice about the rough conditions ahead, but in the end, the large size of the Bride of Britain and its marvelous stabilisers meant that we hardly felt any waves the whole crossing, but it would be different on the return trip.
At least in France the rain had stopped, meaning the run up to Adinkerke was pretty uneventful, up the route I used to take when I was working in Oostende last year.
Adinkerke is the first town over the border in Belgium from France. It has a collection of tobacco and booze shops, that thrive on the now non-existent border between the two countries. There is an unofficial cartel between the ferry companies, the tunnel and shops in Calais meaning that all tobacco prices are just about the same. Now, my understanding is that in the EU prices should be the same, but not so, as over the border in Belguim, tobacco is near half the price it is in France, and a fifth of what it is at home. Or something like that. Anyway, it is more than worth taking a day trip to Belgium for some baccy and wine, which is why we are here.
So, we park outside the largest of the shops, and we go in. I buy replacement crates for the ones I bought last time and had drunk through the summer. John buys is tobacco pouches, Jen buy some coffin nails, and Jane. Well, Jane ponders what to buy.
Jane does buy me a portion of fries from the booth opposite the shops, which I munch we drive out of the town back onto the motorway and back into France.
I remember a friend of mine, you again Tony, saying how marvelous it was that in an hour of driving from Dover we could be in the third country of the day. This is true. And what amazes me is that crossing this invisible line, language changes, food choices change. As so does the mobile phone service provider.
We stop at Calais Vin so I can get boxes of pink fix for Jools and I, and check on the special bottle of Belgian beer they have. I get two 75cl bottles of Chimay Blu Grande Reserve, because, well, it keeps.. If I don't drink it.
We do one final stop at a warehouse where Jen gets her wine, and all around are immigrants sleeping under bridges and walking beside the road. I say all around, I suppose we saw a dozen of them, and lets not forget they are just looking for a better life, God know whey they think they will get in in Britain. As they are all trying to cross the Channel, stowing away in lorries. Of course, in the event of a no deal, France could just let the immigrants on ferries for Kent to deal with. They say they won't, but in the event of a no deal, anything could happen.
She buys her wine, we lad the car, now very low on its springs, and drive the 5 minutes to the port and get through immigration, security and check in.
We arrive at the quayside and there is no ferry; we made such good time we had half an hour to wait for it to arrive, we watch the earlier one depart, quickly shrinking as it left the harbour.
In about twenty minutes the Pride of Canterbury arrives, docks and disgorges its passengers and traffic. We wait some more and then are let on.
If anything this ferry was even emptier than the outgoing one, but smaller. Which is an important detail, as once we leave the dock and the harbour, the full force of the gale strikes the side of the ship, and it gently rocks from side to side. I mean, it wasn't that bad, but bad enough to make Jane feel poorly. I walked to the shop just to look round, and weave my way along the wide gangways.
Jen, John and I play some cards, so the trip quickly passes, arriving in Dover just after dusk, and once inside the breakwater the ferry stops rolling. We had to wait an again to get off, sitting as the ship struggled to get square onto the linkspan, and be declared safe.
Jen drove and dropped my and my purchases outside the house. Rain started falling gently again as I carry the boxes inside, pause to feed the cats and make a quick brew before I prepare the ingredients for pasta carbonara.
Jools arrives home, I am about to start cooking, and in 20 minutes the meal and garlic bread is done. Again we toast our good fortune and tuck in.
And that was the day; three countries, lots of booze bought, and now home with the wind and rain swirling around outside.
Must be a Wednesday.
What situations in your life do you need to declare "no worries" over? It´s time to put up the "stop sign" to worry because all worry does is steal your peace and distract you from God´s best. Are you having a struggle in a relationship today? No worries! God is the restorer. Are you having challenges with your job, fearful about layoffs? No worries! When you are faithful with the little, God will make you ruler over much. He is the One who brings promotion. Do you need a place to live or a better car to drive? No worries! God promises to supply all your needs according to His riches in glory. He provides shelter for the birds of the air, and He will take care of you! Make the decision today to close the door on worry so you can set your mind on the good things that God has in store for your future!
- Joel Osteen
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Hover Dam, Nevada.
Besides the records of historic achievment of humankind, large number of police officers are keeping their eyes on innocent looking tourists....what's the problem with our world?
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My sister got me one of these little guys a long time ago. It has gotten myself, and others I have lent it to over the years, a lot of worry. When I was in Amsterdam I saw a shop that sold carvings of this the size of a robust chair. I think some day a stone one of these in a garden would be awesome.
We are called "Mother's".
Dedicated to LandonsMom06, a woman with my same name, my friend.
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And when the day came, the Angels walked! Of course, Victoria's Secret Angels! If you were not on the guest list at Victoria's Secret 2011 Fashion Show, no worries CBS will air the Show on November 29! But until then, we have some information to share with you, lots of photos and some videos with the Runway Show and Victoria's Secret Behind The Scenes Video-yes, we all love them!
I cannot choose or say for sure what was more extraordinary and beautiful: the Angels starting with Lily Aldridge, Doutzen Kroes, Lindsay Ellingson, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Alessandra Ambrosio, Izabel Goulart, Erin Heatherton, Behati Prinsloo, Chanel Iman and Miranda Kerr; the Swarovski Jewelry “Passion Play Fan Wings” by Jenny Manik Mercian at least 2 million Swarovski crystal elements, with one outfit using 100,000 that weighed no more than 20 lbs or the precious sexy lingerie.
But i can definitely say for sure which moment of the Fashion Show was extremely romantic and cute, the one with Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and beautiful Anne Vyalitsyna. Yes, she is his girlfriend, and maybe half of earth's population hates him at this very moment, not to mention that all the girls love this moment because they walked hand in hand while he was singing “Moves Like Jagger" and he also kissed her. How romantic is that?
But Lavine was not the only singer, there was also Kanye West. Who generated a buzz in the backstage and who was encouraged by Doutzen Kroes and Chanel Iman, Victoria's Secret models to reach the stage. Why is that? u might ask. Well, the story started in 2007, when Victoria's Secret invited him to perform at a Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and he had to cancel in the last minute due to his mother's death. So it was a pretty hard moment for him, but when he reached the stage he said "I lost my super hero and now she's my super angel." He performed “Stronger” and after he was joined by his partner in song, Jay-Z.
Another singer was Nicki Minaj who performed “Super Bass” and looked rather amazing with bold colors and a extraordinary hot style. Her outfit resembles with a strawberry ice cream soda, because of the bright orange and wild prints with soft pink hair. But she wore pink with a motive, fist because she performed in the section called "Pink segment" and second because last year, 2010, she released her album Pink Friday.
Most of the show segments focused on an aquatic theme. But lets see the show and the photos!!!
Alessandra Ambrosio who had to actually train to carry the 20-plus pound set of wings that took over 5 months to make with approximately 105,000 Swarovski Elements and measured 6 feet wide.
“Both brands (Victoria's Secret and Swarovski Elements) stand for creativity, inspiration, and complement each other in the creation of new products…We are thrilled to continue expanding our collaboration to reach not only the Fashion Show viewer but the consumer as well.”
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The least of one's worries if boarding this Louisville & Nashville wooden combine at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, KY, for it, like many of the pieces at the museum, is in dire need of restoration once volunteers, time and funding/donations come forth. The wood siding on this particular car is missing in a number of places, revealing the construction beneath, but the car is at least under a roof with a number of other passenger cars of various vintage, as well as Monon BL2 #32 and C&O Kanawha (Berkshire) #2716. I was hoping to obtain shots of their ATSF CF7 but it is broken down at the moment and mostly out of sight behind the shop building. One of the volunteers was kind enough to take the time to show off their restored Brill railcar and L&N Pacific #152 inside the shop, both very impressive pieces to see. Thanks!
I took the opportunity to stop for a long lunch here while making a delivery in a pickup truck this past Thursday (8-29-2013), for I had never visited KRM. I won't be sharing much of this particular visit, for the lighting at this hour of the day leaves a lot to be desired and it was a rather hurried walk-through, but I'll certainly be returning to explore at my leisure. It's well-worth the visit, even with the flood-induced renovations that are underway at the moment.
The Worry Vessel is a self-supporting container built entirely of seed beads. It is designed to be a modular project which can incorporate some or all of the various modules of the design. It is entirely up to the beader to decide which, how many and what order the modules are added. Two of the modules are designed to rotate around a central core. A lid topped with a crystal rivoli closes The Worry Vessel.
Learn to use thread tension to control the rigidity of the structure. Learn to increase and decrease peyote to give the structure contours. Learn to use colour placements and embellishments to create interesting variations to an otherwise plain background. Use Cubic Right Angle Weave incorporating sparkling fire polished beads to weave one of the two rotating modules. Use netting techniques to add pearls to the second of the rotating modules.
The Worry Vessel is designed not only be functional as a container for all that is precious. The rotating modules are also designed to be somewhat of a worry vessel, not unlike worry beads, allowing you to rotate them as you contemplate what your next beading project should be.