Featured in Self Portrait 11th July, 2008. The craggy shell is almost fifty, but inside i’m still a bright-eyed kid! I put the sale items up in case my mother looks in!
/ Bananas and Grapes that have past their sell by date.
Featured in Dilapidated Buildings 25th November, 2008. This church in Doon, Ballybunion closed it’s doors to its congregation a few short years after the new, St John’s, church opened in the town centre on 1st August, 1897. The parish could not afford to keep two churches going. / Doon church is used these days as a storage building for farm equipment.
No Rest For The Wicked! They cannot relax? / We assume that it means they are watching their backs. / The meaning could be something far more deep, / That the wicked are constant and never need sleep. / The eye in the picture of Dorian Gray / Was bright in the socket while the flesh did decay. / So, rest tonight and sleep if you dare, / But remember The Wicked are awake out there.
Looking up at 30 St Mary Axe, more commonly known by its nickname, The Gherkin. The building is a wonderful feature on the skyline on the north side of the Thames river in London. this shot is taken looking up from the base of the building. / Designed by Lord Norman Robert Foster, Ken Shuttleworth and Arup engineers. /
I was just passing this van when I noticed the windows in the van doors reflecting the windows of the building refledting the sky. I thought it looked cool! /
It’s not a beach in the Bahamas. It’s not the top of Mount Everest. It’s not a view of the beautiful land I call home. It’s a small gravelled garden where I stood and felt happy with the world. It matters not to the general viewer the where or why, it just was! It’s where I want to be, not for the garden, the walls or the door, but for how I felt at the time and the reason I felt that way, but the door beckons and will call me away to my responsibilities. At times, I wish I could be more selfish!
The setting sun picked out the Autumn colours along the pathway through the trees leading to the edge of one of the beautiful lakes of Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland. / / The Lakes of Killarney have many legends and stories of magic and mystery attached to them. The Tuatha de Danaan or the Tribes of the Goddess Danu are thought to have been a sea-faring race called Pelasgians that lived near the Aegean Sea. The Danaans were a magical race, and possessed the knowledge of blacksmithing. They came to the British Isles after they were driven from their homes by invaders from the northeast and southeast. / According to the Book of Invasions, the Tuatha de Danaans were driven northward from Greece as a result of invasion from Syria, and eventually reached Ireland by way of Denmark, to which they gave their own name, Kingdom of the Danaans and North Britain. The date of their arrival in Britain is recorded as 1472 BC. According to Herodotus in History, the Syrian invasion of Greece may be the capture by Phoenicians of the Danaan shrine of the White Goddess Io at Argos, then the religious capitol of the Peloponnese. The Cretans colonized it in 1750 BC. Herodotus does not date the event except that it happened before the Argo expedition to Colchis, which the Greeks dated 1225 BC and before Europa went from Phoenicia to Crete, a tribal emigration, which probably took place some centuries earlier before the sack of Cnossos in 1400 BC. / According to legend, when the Danaans landed in Ireland, they arrived from the sky on a ship of dark clouds on the eve of Beltaine. The Tuatha de Danaans brought with them the stone of destiny called Lia Fail, which was placed on Tara and used to choose the rightful kings of Ireland. They also brought the spear of Lugh, which made whoever wielded it victorious in battle. The third gift they brought was The Sword of Nuada or the Sword of Light, which none could escape from. There was a fourth gift, the Cauldron of the Dagda, which would always be filled with food so that none would starve. / They had to fight the Firbolgs, which they defeated on the hill of Moytura, but the Danaan king, Nuada, lost his hand in this battle. Then, they had to fight the Formorians, a race of ugly giants. The Danaans won the fight with the help of their champion, Lugh, and the Formorians were sent to live under the sea. / 200 years after arrival of the Danaans in Ireland, people sailing from Thrace through the / Mediterranean and out into the Atlantic, landed in Wexford Bay where they came into conflict with the Danaans, but were persuaded to pass out into Northern Britain, then called Albany. They were known as Picts, or Painted Ones. / The Milesians arrived soon after. Instead of fighting the Milesians, the Danaans chose to retreat into the hills and mounds, living in raths that were invisible to humans. Because of this, they were referred to as “Aes Sidhe,” which means the people of the sidhe. The Danaans became the faery folk of Ireland, also called ‘the gentry,’ ‘the grey ones’ or ‘the others.’ They are not tiny faeries but are of normal height and shapeshifters. They are the spirits of the wood, river, and mounds. They are immortals and the only thing that can harm them is iron. The fact that only iron can harm theTuatha de Danaans my have a deeper meaning. It is possible that the Danaans were a Bronze Age race that was defeated by an Iron Age race, the Milesians. / http://www.kelleyheckart.com/Tuatha_de_Danaan.html
Featured in The Patchwork 5th Nov, 2008. / Featured in Live, Love, Dream 4th Nov, 2008. This road is opposite the entrance to Milton Abbey (school) in Milton Abbas. The autumn colours in the small group of trees caught my eye.
Featured in Live, Love, Dream 5th Nov, 2008. / This is a beautiful thatched pub/restaurant, The Brace of Pheasants in Plush, Dorset. They have a wonderful menu and I was about to eat there, but, unfortunately, arrived at 15:05 and the kitchens closed at 15:00. Oh well, maybe next time. / The pub ‘sign’ is not a sign at all but an illuminated glass cabinet containing a brace of stuffed pheasants – a cock and a hen. I don’t know how long the glass box has been up there, but I know it wouldn’t be five minutes outside a London pub before some senseless yob would throw a brick at it.
Featured in Freedom To Shine 10th Nov, 2008. / Featured in Live, Love, Dream 10th Nov, 2008. First glimpse of the day. The sun is shining, but there are raindrops on the window. Should I get up… or have a ten minute snooze and think about it! Lemme think about it!
Featured in Streetscapes 7th December, 2008 The view of St Andrew’s Church from the roadway at Blagdon Lake. The Church has a 116-foot tower with pinnacles and a cusped lozenge pattern parapet, with a stair turret spirelet in the north-east corner. The tower was built between 1907 and 1909 by Lord Winterstoke (of the Wills tobacco family). The tower contains a bell dating from 1716 and made by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family. It is a Grade II listed building The lychgate to the east of the church is also a Grade II listed building in its own right. Above the door are four primitive Norman carvings which survived three rebuildings. The church is in Balgdon, Somerset, England.
/ This beautiful house sits by the side of the road just south of Blagdon, Somerset. I don’t know if it ever was a church or schoolhouse, but it has that look about it. It is now a private residence as far as i can tell. It has a beautiful pond at the front of the house, which appears to be manmade by shoring up a river and digging out a huge hole. The water runs away at the end from a small waterfall.
A look across the wet sand at low tide from the Ladies’ Strand to the Men’s Strand, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
The bright light of the sun. . . / SOLD! / — / / Mounted Print / Framed Print / My very first Redbubble Sale /
The interplanetary (official) flower worn by the Princess for the special balls held bi-laterally mid-month during the turnall thesis series. / a rhonda original 09© (please listen to the music (below) as it enhances the viewing process) Honorably Featured: / / Live, Love, Dream Nov 16 09 / / Across the Universe – The Beatles ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ We travel this road only once / And we hope we’ve chosen / the right path to follow. If per chance / We find someone to share / Some part of our journey, / We may hope that they / Have chosen a similar destination. Yet, only time can answer / the questions which seem / Always to be near. There will be times / When we must be willing / To travel a different road, / For, they all will take us there. Even so, we’re glad / To have had someone / To pass the miles / of our life. . . RLT – a rhonda original© / Created in Apophysis 3D Hack, Incendia, PWP, & Photoshop
(you must listen to the music that inspired this image – please :o) / / Bridge of Sighs – Robin Trower There will be a time for you and I / To stand upon the bridge / To look ahead and to decide / If together we cross this bridge. We will weigh the options & the worth of love / We will look below, we will look above. / Will well turn to see if we care enough / To stand on the strength of our love? If it’s not to be will we know? / Will one of us hear the others’ cries? / While standing alone will we know / That this was just the Bridge of Sighs? My Bridge of Sighs Image created in Apophysis 3D Hack with an Incendia image added. Used Fractalius on blending layers. Post treated completely in Photoshop. Please enjoy :o) / a rhonda original09© Honorably Featured: / Dec 12 All In Editing / Dec 9 Digital Art Compilations Dec. 8 Oh So Emotional / / Dec. 1 Art for the World / ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ / Nov. 30 Fractal Perception / / Nov. 30 #1 Artists of Redbubble / / Nov. 29 Fantasy & Fine Art Composites / / Nov. 28 Around the World / / Nov. 27 ADAWG / I Got the Music In Me Inspired Art / Music Inspired Art / Fractal Energy Passion / / ! 100% ! / Doubly Honored to be Featured at: / Earthmonster Ink / Stock images: / Bridge / Eye
(don’t forget to listen to the music)_ For once we knew where we were going / And we could not wait to arrive. / But when we got there we knew / We had passed to the other side. We then looked back, we saw what was / And wished it had not passed by so fast. / When the future arrives too quickly, / We sometimes forget the past. a rhonda original© / Aerial – Kate Bush (Cirque du Soliel) Stock Art Jewelled Wings by midnightstouch (thank you)
I think it makes an amazing kaleidoscope. Fractal flames from Apophysis in the center; 4 different layers combined, masked & filtered. You can just barely read the Zildjian on the cymbals. The Fractalius filter worked wonderfully with this creation, it almost looks like a Cymbal Flower : ) This was created from a photograph of the drum set that is used in my son’s bands Odyssey in Exile & Arkaik So this kalei was inspired by music, something that you make music with :o) / / Enjoy the music: / / Love to You – The Beatles Featured / Dec. 5 Kaleidoscope Kraze /
please listen to the music (below) Having the future in mind, / I will seek what is mine. / Goals I have set for myself / I keep hope that there is time. Many have today put first, / Tomorrow just shoved behind. / I live for what is now / Yet try for betterment to find. As days pass before me / My eyes watch for a change. / Some place for me to enter, / For my life to rearrange. I have set before me / An entire life to live. / If what I want recedes / I will still have more to give. I’ll keep on my way, / Keep seeking what is there. / Let life happen accordingly / And know that I have shared a rhonda original© FEATURED: / Dec 15 MIA / / Dec 15 A Spiritual Walk Dec 10 100% / / Santana – The Calling Created in Apophysis & composited in Photoshop with layers & blending modes. / Used various PS brushes from Obsidian Dawn / - thank you, you are awesome. . .
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