And to stay on the same track as in my previous posts, here is what George William Childs once wrote:
Do not keep the alabaster box of your love and
friendship sealed up until your friends are dead.
Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approving,
cheering words while their ears can hear them
and while their hearts can be thrilled and made
happier. The kind things you mean to say when
they are gone, say before they go.
And the photo here above is a Self-Portrait shot a few days ago. What Dick Eastman wrote seemed very appropriate with it: “Only those who see the invisible can attempt the impossible.”
With these thoughts I am wishing you a splendid weekend and will talk to you soon
Please note that non of my photos may be used without my explicit permission, and every work of mine is copyrighted. Contact me if you wish to use any of my photos and do not download any without having received my written permission. Thank you.
The above photo and also the one here under were taken on the same day. The one bellow was dedicated to all of my friends on Flickr, and I placed it with the following poem, which is by an Unknown Author and was published on the Forward to a Better day ezine.
Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad.
Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But don’t forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.
Always remember to forget
The troubles that have passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day.
Enjoy your week and let me know your thoughts and feelings if you wish. Talk to you soon.
Please note that non of my photos may be used without my explicit permission, and every work of mine is copyrighted. Contact me if you wish to use any of my photos and do not download any without having received my written permission. Thank you.
Many of you know the saying: “Don’t cry over anything that won’t cry over you.” But do you agree with it? And do you act this way with any of the circumstances that you encounter and have to deal within your life? As for me - I simply can’t work it out and keep crying over things that won’t cry over me. Not always with the real tears, but, than my heart is crying, or my soul, and everything brings out some types of tears. Even so with my photography.
Or the things that I write. But than artists are overly sensitive and easily hurt.
This is why I am always trying to be sweet and friendly with people, also with the once that I don’t know. A person cannot always be sweet, but one could be polite, and friendly always, and should be really. Think about it for a minute… A simple smile could mean the world to someone who is feeling lonely and abandoned, or simply sad. It’s much cheaper than the petrol prices at the present, but the energy and power a simple smile could bring is enormous! A good word could make this person feel better right away, and make him/her see the world and everything in a new light.
And with these thoughts I am wishing you a splendid week ahead…
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As most of you know I am away from home, and have a very hard time keeping up with all that I have to do here, and my online business is suffering from it too.
But to get down to the story, and the why of this title…Yesterday night, about 24 hours ago, I found through StumbleUpon.com (where from much traffic is going to my Crystal skulls blog) that someone has STOLEN the following photo of two of my crystal skulls… To be more exact, from Elie together with Jolly Zee.
I know it’s happening to about everyone placing their photos online without taking as precaution an ugly watermark in the middle of the photo, so that it cannot be cut off without ruining the photo completely.
Even while my partner Willem cautioned me I did not want to ruin the beauty I was capturing with the cameras and decided to take the risk, thinking the people will be honest and appreciative enough to link back to the site of mine that they found the photo on at the least. And even better, if they contact me and ask permission first and, before doing it. I will most certainly consent it as the photos are online already. But to steal, to not even link back to where the photo was found is downright STEALING. This is totally obnoxious and unacceptable behavior and I will definitely fight it.
I wrote the guy last night and gave him 24 hours the time to either link back to where he took my photo from, or take the photo off his blog ASAP. No reply until now whatsoever, and I decided to write about it on Totally Useless, and to write a review on his blog on Stumble Upon too. And if he does not as I am asking I will take it higher up.
Who knows how many of my photographs have been “stolen” until now online. In any case, if any of you have used any of my photos without linking back to where you found them posted - I’ll find you sooner or later, and will act exactly in the same manner as I am doing right now. And hopefully people will use their mind in a better way than this guy did, or I will be forced to start using an ugly watermark somewhere in the middle of my photographs from there on. So friends of mine, enjoy my photos without watermarks while I am still in the mood to leave these as they are.
This video shocked me so much that I had to share it with you on Totally Useless.com.
Think about your daily commute and compare it if you can with what seems to be normal in Japan…
And the most important part of it all - be sure to choose other means of traveling while in Japan
Than I’d like to ask if you know the name of this wonderful flower? Is it maybe some type of an orchid? I shot it a few weeks ago in an orchid garden, and the same goes for the photo of the “angry orchids”, the name of which I also do not know.
Time flies quicker than we imagine it would, and while I was planning to let you all know that I will be away for an undetermined period of time - I did not tell you so. The photo above is a weird paradox really. No post processing was used and I was amazed about the mask on one of the dice and the weird forms the bokeh made on it. The title is about this photo.
I am away from home, and in another country, and I don’t know for how long I will remain here but it could be for months. This doesn’t mean the end of my blog, and I will definitely keep posting as often as I can. Here are some resent photos that were meant for Mother’s day and am sorry that I wasn’t able to post these in time, and as many things lately - the old cliche - better late than never…
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
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…….
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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
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
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come. It is about all those things that often
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