Lighthouses are a nice part of my memories. When I spent my childhood summers at my grandmother's cottage at Burlington Beach, on the strip of land between the far western end of Lake Ontario and Burlington (a/k/a Hamilton) Bay, which was split by the Burlington canal to allow the iron ore ships and others to pass between the two bodies of water. There were two lighthouses on the piers of the canal. These images are from the internet.
Although I have been to Bermuda, I don't recall seeing any lighthouses or bright pink clouds there, but I certainly remember the beautiful pink sand beach.
That's a beautiful water lily. Although I've seen many of them here, yours is the best I've seen.
58 is much too young to pass on. My age is the reverse (85) and thankfully I'm still kicking - but now I am a little concerned because Chongqing is now in lockdown mode due to the covid virus.
Arvo Buzz...yes it is to young and to many people I worked with have passed this year..
I never thought I would out live him, but I guess that is not in our hands..
Yes it is a pretty water lily, I thought it had carked it as it was in to small a container..so moved it to the fish bowl..no fish the kookas (kookaburras) got them all..seems very happy in there and got the most pads it has ever had..😃
I'm knocked out by each one of those photos. I could stare at the top one for hours and meditate. The second one is amazing. The third one should hang in an Art Gallery. Give up your profession and become an artistic photographer.
Thank you very much, Buzz. All three images are based on photos I took at Kek Lok Si Temple on the island of Penang in Malaysia. Kek Lok Si is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia and one of the largest in all of Southeast Asia. It was a beautiful complex on about 10 acres and it was an amazing place to visit.
The top image incorporates a photo of a very large statute of Quan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. The middle image shows a wall with a series of statues in one of the garden areas. The bottom image includes a photo of a very beautiful tower that is part of the temple complex.
And hey, after 42 years as an attorney, I am definitely ready for something else!
Not only do I know about GuanYin, the Goddess of Mercy, but s statuette of her adorns the small Buddhist shrine in our home - my wife and her family are Buddhists. As for your practice, I quit 5 years earlier than your 42 years.
There's always a hope A glimmer of light When darkness enshrouds you In an endless fight
It shines bright and lightens your soul It lifts you up and casts the back the dark
Just hold on tight and never let go till the light is the winner and the darkness is gone.
Keep searching for that special light Its a glorious thing A wonderful sight
Through all your life It will save you pain So when you find it You only have gain
As I've indicated previously, I'm not getting around much to take photos these days, and now the virus has taken hold in Chongqing, and our building is locked down, but I'm happy to stay home with my computer and the TV, and my wife is the one person from our apartment entitled to go out to purchase our needs. So none of these photos are new, and you may have seen some before.
1. I took this photo in Liuzhou, in Guanxi Province.
. 2. During Christmas the trees along the streets are lit up across the road from where we live in Chongqing.
. 3. During Chinese New Year these trees just outside the door to our building get decorated and lit up.
. 4. This is the open area in front of our building, which is in the background. Shops and restaurants line the area on two floors. Usually it is quite busy, but today, due to the city's lockdown, perhaps only one or two people can be seen from our front balcony.
. 5. A few years ago we took a bus to a small village in the mountains of Chongqing to visit my wife's cousin. It was during Chinese New Year so the streets were lit up in celebration.
. 6. A fruit store in the mall shown in picture number 4 above.
. 7. A view of the northern area of downtown Chongqing, taken from across the Yangtze River.
. 8. A moored boat-restaurant seen while we were on our nighttime cruise of the canals in Suzhou.
. 9. The waterfront of downtown Chongqing, a photo I took when we were on a boat in the Yangtze River.
. 10. The malls on Nanbin Road, that runs along the Yangtze River, across from downtown Chongqing, taken during Christmas.
They're back....The white Pelicans have arrived for the winter. The first four came to their winter home last Saturday. The rest of them will be coming home in the new few weeks and staying until March.
I wasn't aware that pelicans migrate from farther north - I always thought they always spent their time in Florida. So they're "Snowbirds" the same as Canadians. LOL
We only got a couple of inches here by the tip of the lake. Up both shorelines there was some lake effect snow. Still nothing like what Buffalo is getting right now. Oofdah!
Thanks for my first laugh out loud of the morning. The city in which I was born and grew up is Hamilton Ontario, which is in what I always knew was the Buffalo snow belt, but now they have a new name for it - "lake effect snow". So I grew up with lots of snow - my brother and I even built an igloo from it in our back yard and tried to sleep in it one night. I've just noticed that the "lake effect snow" has just deeply covered the "Buffalo snow belt" again. Thankfully, though, just like you, I'm going to spend the rest of life without ice, snow and frost.
So much for fall color. Most of the leaves are down and I received a light snow the other day. Nothing like what's happening in other places, of course, but it was the earliest I've seen in years. I actually got another dusting last night.
It's been cold lately. Feels more like January than November. It barely got above freezing today, even with full sun. It's too early for that and I'm not liking it. I wasn't done with fall yet, lol.
It was the first snow ever for two new apple trees I planted this past spring. I suppose I need to tie them up better. No worries, though, the one that bent over stood right back up when the sun came out.
An uncommon sighting for this time of year – a female eastern towhee. I usually only see this species in the spring.
When I was a young child I had long blond hair as well, but during my quasi-hippie weekends during the '60s I already didn't have enough hair to compete with others.
Hi, we're snowbirds here in Stone Creek for the winter, just flew in from Minnesota. We met this guy named Kavika and he said we were not snowbirds but white pelicans. Man, does he have us confused, anyhow the horses are very cool and friendly.
Think of it as an illustration of modern art - frame the photo, put a caption to it, hang it in a gallery and make yourself rich due to people having unbelievably bad taste and too much money.
I accidentally pressed the shutter button while my camera was facing down, so I framed this photo, added a caption that was a line from "Anthem", a song by Leonard Cohen, and maybe I should sell this one to the Museum of Modern Art. LOL
"There is a Crack in Everything, That's How the Light Gets in." (Anthem, by Leonard Cohen)
The dialogue I just had with Ender has given me an idea for next weekend. I will try again to post a challenge that should be fun for those of us who can edit our photos, and those that are posted on these articles. We should all be able to copy any photo posted and save it to our individual photo libraries. Then those of us who have an editing program can edit the photos and then post our edited versions as a reply to the original posted photo. I will be asking everyone to post a photo that they think was a lousy photo that they took, or a mistake like I did with that "crack" photo. We will all post permission to edit and repost our original photos. Edit the photo to try to make a good photo out of the bad one and post the result as a reply to the original. I will provide an example of what I mean. I hope members will have fun with this.
This is a very famous lighthouse...Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota overlooks one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. Gitchi Gumi (Lake Superior). The cliff it sits on is 130 high and the official range of the light is 22 miles. Remember the Edmond Fitzgerald.
That was a very interesting article. It mentioned fiddleheads, reminding me of how much I used to enjoy them, but I have never seen any in China. The article makes it pretty obvious that if the environment were left in the hands of the native people, we wouldn't be in the fix that we are today.
First Things First … Click on the Link Below
Beautiful lighthouse image, Mac. The red and blue sky makes an amazing background for the lighthouse tower.
Morning...love lighthouses..have two here..
Always guiding through the night, to bring loved ones home...
That's quite a colourful image.
Lighthouses are a nice part of my memories. When I spent my childhood summers at my grandmother's cottage at Burlington Beach, on the strip of land between the far western end of Lake Ontario and Burlington (a/k/a Hamilton) Bay, which was split by the Burlington canal to allow the iron ore ships and others to pass between the two bodies of water. There were two lighthouses on the piers of the canal. These images are from the internet.
Although I have been to Bermuda, I don't recall seeing any lighthouses or bright pink clouds there, but I certainly remember the beautiful pink sand beach.
I think we have the only lighthouse in the world that is in the middle of a four lane highway. Haha
This is a live cam from it.
Oh oh. I can't open YouTube. No stills?
I don't think I have a pic of it myself. Here is one from the internet.
Okay, that's a good one. Thanks.
Between your image and the two from Buzz, we get to enjoy three really nice lighthouse photos. Cool.
Illuminating additions so-to-speak. Thank you.
I second that emotion.
You, and Smokey Robinson.
LOL
My water Lily that just came out yesterday..
Dedicated to my ex boss who passed away last week..58 years old.
We had a few battles, from photocopiers to blow flies...I won them all..
See you in the stars Baetzy...
That's a beautiful water lily. Although I've seen many of them here, yours is the best I've seen.
58 is much too young to pass on. My age is the reverse (85) and thankfully I'm still kicking - but now I am a little concerned because Chongqing is now in lockdown mode due to the covid virus.
Arvo Buzz...yes it is to young and to many people I worked with have passed this year..
I never thought I would out live him, but I guess that is not in our hands..
Yes it is a pretty water lily, I thought it had carked it as it was in to small a container..so moved it to the fish bowl..no fish the kookas (kookaburras) got them all..seems very happy in there and got the most pads it has ever had..😃
Good move.
Very nice arrangement.
That is a beautiful flower.
I would love to grow those.
I tend to kill everything though.
Last Friday I noticed my rose bush had put out some late pink roses, the frost this week got them.
Late perhaps, but still thumbing their pretty noses at the weather. Roses, noses, I could have made a poem about that. LOL
Abraham Lincoln - We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses
I have to remember that quotation and apply it when I comment on political matters.
Arvo Pat...sort of similar to JFK and what you can do for your country I think it was..
Excellent quote by Lincoln..
I like that photo.
Thanks
Images from Kek Lok Si Temple, Pulau Penang (Penang Island), Malaysia
© G. Gam
I'm knocked out by each one of those photos. I could stare at the top one for hours and meditate. The second one is amazing. The third one should hang in an Art Gallery. Give up your profession and become an artistic photographer.
Thank you very much, Buzz. All three images are based on photos I took at Kek Lok Si Temple on the island of Penang in Malaysia. Kek Lok Si is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia and one of the largest in all of Southeast Asia. It was a beautiful complex on about 10 acres and it was an amazing place to visit.
The top image incorporates a photo of a very large statute of Quan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. The middle image shows a wall with a series of statues in one of the garden areas. The bottom image includes a photo of a very beautiful tower that is part of the temple complex.
And hey, after 42 years as an attorney, I am definitely ready for something else!
Not only do I know about GuanYin, the Goddess of Mercy, but s statuette of her adorns the small Buddhist shrine in our home - my wife and her family are Buddhists. As for your practice, I quit 5 years earlier than your 42 years.
The [Beauty] of the Night - in China (Chapter 2)
A Light in the Dark
by Marius Laun
There's always a hope
A glimmer of light
When darkness enshrouds you
In an endless fight
It shines bright
and lightens your soul
It lifts you up
and casts the back the dark
Just hold on tight
and never let go
till the light is the winner
and the darkness is gone.
Keep searching for
that special light
Its a glorious thing
A wonderful sight
Through all your life
It will save you pain
So when you find it
You only have gain
As I've indicated previously, I'm not getting around much to take photos these days, and now the virus has taken hold in Chongqing, and our building is locked down, but I'm happy to stay home with my computer and the TV, and my wife is the one person from our apartment entitled to go out to purchase our needs. So none of these photos are new, and you may have seen some before.
1. I took this photo in Liuzhou, in Guanxi Province.
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2. During Christmas the trees along the streets are lit up across the road from where we live in Chongqing.
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3. During Chinese New Year these trees just outside the door to our building get decorated and lit up.
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4. This is the open area in front of our building, which is in the background. Shops and restaurants line the area on two floors. Usually it is quite busy, but today, due to the city's lockdown, perhaps only one or two people can be seen from our front balcony.
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5. A few years ago we took a bus to a small village in the mountains of Chongqing to visit my wife's cousin. It was during Chinese New Year so the streets were lit up in celebration.
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6. A fruit store in the mall shown in picture number 4 above.
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7. A view of the northern area of downtown Chongqing, taken from across the Yangtze River.
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8. A moored boat-restaurant seen while we were on our nighttime cruise of the canals in Suzhou.
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9. The waterfront of downtown Chongqing, a photo I took when we were on a boat in the Yangtze River.
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10. The malls on Nanbin Road, that runs along the Yangtze River, across from downtown Chongqing, taken during Christmas.
Stay safe you and yours..🐨🦘
Thank you Shona.
That is a terrific series of photos. Very colorful!
Thanks GG.
They're back....The white Pelicans have arrived for the winter. The first four came to their winter home last Saturday. The rest of them will be coming home in the new few weeks and staying until March.
Pelicans are awesome.
I wasn't aware that pelicans migrate from farther north - I always thought they always spent their time in Florida. So they're "Snowbirds" the same as Canadians. LOL
Time to fill the winter bird feeders...
Yup!
© A. Mac/A.G.
In Florida, we have the Zamboni ice machines out to clear the lakes for the Pelicans...Oh, wait that's MN, not Florida.
We only got a couple of inches here by the tip of the lake. Up both shorelines there was some lake effect snow. Still nothing like what Buffalo is getting right now. Oofdah!
We actually got down to freezing temps. Unusual for us.
We go down to a bone chilling 50 degrees last night. Long underwear, a parka and a fireplace are needed here for that type of weather.
Yabetcha.
So much for fall color. Most of the leaves are down and I received a light snow the other day. Nothing like what's happening in other places, of course, but it was the earliest I've seen in years. I actually got another dusting last night.
It's been cold lately. Feels more like January than November. It barely got above freezing today, even with full sun. It's too early for that and I'm not liking it. I wasn't done with fall yet, lol.
It was the first snow ever for two new apple trees I planted this past spring. I suppose I need to tie them up better. No worries, though, the one that bent over stood right back up when the sun came out.
An uncommon sighting for this time of year – a female eastern towhee. I usually only see this species in the spring.
Ah, the memories....
Great photo!
A glimpse of me.
I don't think I have changed that much...
(I loved that coat)
My mug showing off my post pandemic haircut. It is longer now...
Now I know why some of my pics, like the one above these use to get a blackout spot on the corner...
I am a dumbass. Have new phone and case now. Haha
When I was a young child I had long blond hair as well, but during my quasi-hippie weekends during the '60s I already didn't have enough hair to compete with others.
New Jersey Coast
© A. Mac/A.G.
A nice photo, that is a reminder of my days at the beach I referred to in my first comment above.
Good morning from Stone Creek, Ocala FL.
"Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day....."
Red Lake College (Ojibwe), Red Lake MN.
Not my photo.
I've seen images of that college before - what magnificent and appropriate architecture..
I have, too. It is really cool.
Hi, we're snowbirds here in Stone Creek for the winter, just flew in from Minnesota. We met this guy named Kavika and he said we were not snowbirds but white pelicans. Man, does he have us confused, anyhow the horses are very cool and friendly.
Brown Pelican
© A. Mac/A.G.
I found another one. I think I have a twitchy hit the button finger.
I don't know how else I end up with these weird pics...
Not my butt by the way.
Think of it as an illustration of modern art - frame the photo, put a caption to it, hang it in a gallery and make yourself rich due to people having unbelievably bad taste and too much money.
I accidentally pressed the shutter button while my camera was facing down, so I framed this photo, added a caption that was a line from "Anthem", a song by Leonard Cohen, and maybe I should sell this one to the Museum of Modern Art. LOL
"There is a Crack in Everything, That's How the Light Gets in." (Anthem, by Leonard Cohen)
Sometimes I can only wonder.
One time I opened my phone and the home picture was my Nephew giving me the finger...
Add caption...
The dialogue I just had with Ender has given me an idea for next weekend. I will try again to post a challenge that should be fun for those of us who can edit our photos, and those that are posted on these articles. We should all be able to copy any photo posted and save it to our individual photo libraries. Then those of us who have an editing program can edit the photos and then post our edited versions as a reply to the original posted photo. I will be asking everyone to post a photo that they think was a lousy photo that they took, or a mistake like I did with that "crack" photo. We will all post permission to edit and repost our original photos. Edit the photo to try to make a good photo out of the bad one and post the result as a reply to the original. I will provide an example of what I mean. I hope members will have fun with this.
This is a very famous lighthouse...Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota overlooks one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world. Gitchi Gumi (Lake Superior). The cliff it sits on is 130 high and the official range of the light is 22 miles. Remember the Edmond Fitzgerald.
Photo from the internet.
The Split Rock Lighthouse at the scenic stop at 150mm. They symbolically run the light one night each year in mid November.
The fascinating history of Split Rock Lighthouse.
From the article linked above by Kavika:
In his song about the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy, Gord Lightfoot calls Lake Superior Gitchi Gumi.
Gitchi Gumi is the Ojibwe word for Lake Superior it translates to ''Great Water''.
Here is a link that explains how important Gitchi Gumi and the Apostle Islands are to the Ojibwe people.
Madaline Island in the Apostle chain of islands is our Jeruselum. To us, it is known as Mooningwaanikaaning.
That was a very interesting article. It mentioned fiddleheads, reminding me of how much I used to enjoy them, but I have never seen any in China. The article makes it pretty obvious that if the environment were left in the hands of the native people, we wouldn't be in the fix that we are today.
Will keep this going until later this evening.
Calling it for this week. Thursday being Thanksgiving day, I’ll either post early, or, wait until Friday. We will see.
Thanks to all.