frozen in time…, originally uploaded by tatyveli.

Freeze for a moment if you please and think about the lack of human rights in so many countries around the world.
Posting a few of my newest photos for the Bloggers Unite for Human Rights - today - 15th of may 2008.

My heart goes to all the innocents that are imprisoned, and to all the hungry and devastated by natural disasters, such as in Burma recently. May their situation change for the better and ASAP. And how is it possible that 2 million people’s lives are endangered because of the refusal of the junta to open up to a full-scale relief effort? Wake up world!

The photos above are an experiment that I was planning to do for quite some time. I decided to place some flowers in colored water and freeze these in. Under a certain angle the sun light hit the ice in such a way that a shine and rainbow colors came up from within and surrounded the daisy. Check the few leaves of the daisy pointing towards heaven like fingers … ( I like that ) It reminds me that there are certain powers that could change events even when we tend to loose hope…

Yesterday was Earth’s Day and I did post a photo on Flickr, the one you are seeing above this text, but did not post it on the blog when i should have - yesterday. You see my friends, I am very unhappy with many things in my life at this moment, and at times I feel like being in a black hole. Emotionally, I seem to be on a path that inextricably leads to solitude and suffering. This seems to bring me nothing but frustration and disillusionment - and that could easily lead to great sadness, or depression. What I hate most of all is whining and forgive me for whining here at the moment. I simply feel that you need some kind of explanation for the missing chapters, or better to say - the missing posts on my blog(s). I will definitely try better to do my best and post more often. Even if without writing I could at least post some more of my photos. Here are a few for you taken in the last few days. Talk to you soon my friends, and have a splendid and shiny week ahead

Nobody Praying ……, originally uploaded by IrishPics.

Today a friend of mine on Flickr - Joseph, uploaded the photo here above, and I loved the depth and perspective of it so much that I wanted to share it with you. Also the text that goes with it made me think, and think some more. How true this is, at least for me. By clicking on the links under his photo you’ll be able to visit his stream on Flickr for many more splendid captures, and I hope you’ll take the time to do it

Here is the text he placed with his photo above:

To: All Who Believe in Me

From: God

Subject: Life’s Problems

Good Morning. I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems.
Please remember that I do not need your help.

If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle,
DO NOT attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the
SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box.
It will be addressed in MY time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold on to it or
attempt to remove it. Holding on or removal will delay the
resolution of your problem.

If it is a situation that you think you are capable of handling,
please consult me in prayer to be sure that
it is the proper resolution.

Because I do not sleep nor do I slumber, there is no need for you to lose any sleep.
Rest my child.
If you need to contact me,
I am only a prayer away.
I will be with you always…….

———————————–
I said a prayer for you today
And knew God must have heard;
I felt the answer in my heart
Although He spoke not a word.

I didn’t ask for wealth or fame
(I know you wouldn’t mind);
I asked for priceless treasures rare
Of a more lasting kind.

I prayed that He’d be near to you
At the start of each day,
To grant you health and blessings fair,
And friends to show your way.

I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small,
But that you’d know His loving care
I prayed the most of all.

– Author Unknown

On another note, how is the weather at the moment where you live?
The photo above was taken on the 31st of March, and until a few dys ago it was raining often for like an hour and the sun would come out after that for an hour or so, and than the rain will start again. All changed 5 days ago, and now the spring is in full bloom even though in the nights is still freezing a few degrees, during the day is sunny and if one stays in the sun is not cold at all The photo here was taken yesterday on the street where our house is, and there are plenty of trees in bloom. Enjoy your Friday and weekend my friends and I will talk to you soon

…the splendor of a dark and rainy day…, originally uploaded by tatyveli.

There were days that I almost placed a new entry on the blog but did not as I was too busy with my partner. He got ill several weeks ago, and from the feared by me pneumonia. Now that he starts to get better I will have more time to write here and the other blogs of mine.
The above photo was taken a few days ago, and the one here under was taken yesterday from the bed room window. If you click on the link under the photo and go on my Flickr account you’ll be able to see the same view from my window on the 22nd of December.

Wishing you a splendid weekend and will talk to you soon

With this amazing capture by my friend Mack, I am wishing all of the totally-useless.com believer readers a very Happy Good Friday, and to the rest of you a great Friday, and many, many good things coming your way

By clicking on the photo you will go straight to his photo stream on Flickr and you will definitely enjoy your visit there Enjoy your weekend and talk to you soon

With the captures here I wish all the readers that are believers - a very Happy Easter and Good Friday, and for everyone else - a Happy Spring

I know that the captures are far from the cliché egg or bunny images, but being personally such a lover of the extreme beauty in objects and nature - I could only be satisfied with such a “Congrats wish” as I am presenting for you here in this post…

Trust me friends, lots of things are going downright awful for me right now and I can barely manage the daily works as I am far behind with everything that I had to do. And once everything has been completed I hope to resume posting more often on my blogs than I am doing right now.

Spend well your Easter Holiday and I will talk to you soon

Garbage Man.., originally uploaded by farmer giles 01 (I’m back).

Haven’t you wondered at times what if everything we buy keeps doing us service forever? Wouldn’t this be great? No extra garbage, no extra costs, etc,etc? We all know on the other hand that businesses and factories have to earn, so we unconsciously keep the vicious circle going, and going forth. We keep buying “garbage”, because the stuff was not meant to be working forever to begin with. So we either keep buying replacements, keep paying insurances, or buy a new piece of the same.

The photo above is taken by a friend of mine - Andy, and if you click on the link under the photo you’ll visit his photo stream on Flickr.
The creature on the photo is made entirely from garbage pieces. And this is what he wrote about the photo of the “Garbage Man” above:

“At a deserted rubbish tip miles from nowhere there’s a stirring.. a strange sound is heard and there’s movement below.. sensing danger the rats scurry into the safety of their holes.. all goes silent for few minutes then with a large crash tonnes of rubbish and dirt are thrown high into the air.. as the dust settles a robotic type creature, humunoid in appearance emerges from the depths..

The creature cranes its head skyward as the warm rays of the morning sun bathes it in light.. in a childlike way it tilts its head as if to understand this glowing phenomena.. Throwing back its head it lets out a spine chilling roar and with long mechcanical strides heads off in the direction of the sleeping city just miles away.. is this a new sentient being and what are the consequences for man.. Garbage man is alive and needs to feed?

The above is fiction but this is fact - Isn’t it amazing just how wasteful the human race is.. we live in a throw away world and think nothing of the consequences our impact has on our beautiful planet.. It will always be someone elses problem “why should I bother” most of us have thought at some point.. and i’m as quilty as the next man/woman in that respect..

We can only pass the buck to the next generation for so long before it will finally catch up with us and bite us on the arse.. This creature is at the “Eden Project” near St Austel in Cornwall (UK) he’s made entirely from rubbish taken from the local tip..

Explore #362

Uploaded by farmer giles 01 (I’m back) on 14 Mar 08, 1.40PM CET.”

Enjoy your Sunday my friends and have a great week ahead. And I’ll be talking to you soon again

…modern day Cleopatra…, originally uploaded by tatyveli.

Even though the Womens Day yesterday went so well for me - I had also a harsh waking up call, so to say. There is something definitely wrong with my eyes. Since yesterday I am not able to read from close-by and have to place books, or the news paper at arms length from me in order to be able to read it. The problem is also affecting my photography because I am unable to read the letters on the camera buttons even :S This is not how things usually go when your sight is getting worse with the age. It goes un-noticed for as far as I know, and not so suddenly for sure.
The …modern day Cleopatra… is yours trully with the use of some PS modifications, such as taking off the contrast and using a blue filter.

And this capture here bellow is a tulip capture and the tulips were given to me yesterday as well as many roses. I will be posting macro captures of these in the coming weeks,

If anyone has expirienced this same eye sight problem - please share it here, and I’ll really appreciate it.
Thank you and I wil be talking to you soon. Wishing you a great week ahead too.

…Happy Women’s Day…, originally uploaded by tatyveli.

To all the women wherever they are, and whatever they’ll be doing on the 8th of March, I wish with this capture, a happy and shiny day, and that you feel happy, and loved, and appreciated

…orchid in the mirror…, originally uploaded by tatyveli.

The latest break with writing my blogs was due to some total mental exhaustion. I felt unable to write whatsoever, not only about totally useless, or usefull things, but also about cats, or about my skulls, etc.etc.

On the 28th of February I was able to take several flower shots and wanted to share some of these with you now. The above one is the one with magic. You will be able to view it Large and on Black if you click on the link under the photo, and on the next page - on the link where is written: View on Black

This one is an experiment with again a mirror, and not much light and no flash. What is fascinating me here is the illusion that created itself somehow…Check the leaf coming from behind the orchid and ending above the left hand side of the mirror No layers used or Post Processing whatsoever to create it… Tell me what do you think please, and how did this happen? I have no answer for it myself and kept re-playing in my mind over and over again how I took this capture, but there is no explanation for it whatsoever. So, I would love to hear your thoughts in regards.

This one here is taken on the same day, and in the garden house of a friend of mine. It’s all covered with glass, and there is heating, and due to it they are enjoying some of the most beautiful plants and flowers the year around…;) and yup, some strike it rich … As here in The Netherlands is too cold yet for these beauties to bloom outside.

Hoping that all of you are enjoying your weekend and the start of March. Lets hope that Spring will soon be here and the sunshine will be more that it is now. We all need light, and the sun is the best provider of light. Not only for the vitaly important vitamine D, but also to fight the winter depression. And the winter depression is mostly due to lack of sun shine… Talk to you soon!

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