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Dance mask (Sivirhitki 2016)
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Empire State Building
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Portuguese custard tarts (pastéis de nata).
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The catch
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Fragility
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Lamppost Sign
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Dance mask (Sivirhitki 2016)
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PostSun Nov 17, 2024 11:47 am
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The mask is used by women during evening dancing ceremonies in the village of Gaulim on the Gazelle Peninsula. These dances were discourage by missionaries, but in 1973 and after almost 70 years the tradition was revived as a fertility ritual.

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Empire State Building
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PostSun Nov 10, 2024 3:27 pm
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The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building until the first tower of the World Trade Center was topped out in 1970. The building is now the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the ninth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 54th-tallest in the world. I took the picture from the rooftop of the Rockefeller Centre.

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Portuguese custard tarts (pastéis de nata).
View first unread post Portuguese custard tarts (pastéis de nata).
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PostSun Nov 03, 2024 11:32 am
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This delicious Portuguese egg custard tart pastry or pastéis de nata are pastries inspired by an original recipe called Pastéis de Belém, which was created before the 18th century by Catholic monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon (parish of Saint Mary of Bethlehem). Monasteries and convents used large quantities of egg-whites for starching friars and nuns' habits and used the leftover egg yolks to make and sell cakes and pastries.

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The catch
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PostSun Oct 27, 2024 12:11 pm
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As I walked along the peer in Darwin I saw the man with his fishing rod in almost a U shape struggling against something putting a good fight under the sea water. Soon the catch was moving to and fro furiously and gasping on the jetty. The young man’s efforts and skill had been rewarded as he posed proudly before my camera.

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Fragility
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PostSun Oct 20, 2024 10:37 am
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As I took this picture, I could not help but thinking of the beauty and fragility of life. Like the butterfly that goes from flower to flower we might think we are free to do as we want and the world is our oyster. The sad reality is that we are chained and bound to the conditions of our environment, our own biology and the very society we live in.

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Lamppost Sign
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PostSun Sep 15, 2024 1:05 pm
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It is said a picture, this one was taken in New York, is worth a thousand words. Well, this picture has words in it and tells a story. It made me reflect on valuing and protecting what I still have – health.

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Scottish Piper
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PostSun Sep 08, 2024 12:04 pm
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As we sailed away from Scotland, the Scottish Piper played traditional music. The evidence of bagpipes in Scotland goes back to the 15th century. It is believed that bagpipes were carried at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, but there is little evidence.

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Riverfire
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PostSun Sep 01, 2024 10:38 am
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I took this picture from my balcony. Brisbane celebrated Riverfire last night. As a new unit building will be built in front of our view blocking us from seeing the city, I took the opportunity to take a few photos. An unusual warm evening for this time of the year and drinks and a meal enjoying the light spectacle.

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Lupin
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PostSun Aug 25, 2024 1:28 pm
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Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine or regionally bluebonnet, is a plant in the legume family Fabaceae. The family includes over 199 species. They are widely cultivated, both as a food source and as ornamental plants, but are invasive to some areas. I found the flower in the picture in Akureyri’s garden in Iceland.

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Brooklyn Bridge
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PostSat Aug 17, 2024 8:24 pm
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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the many landmarks of New York. It connects Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening in May 24, 1883. It has a span of 486.3 m and a deck of 38.7 m above the water.

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Valley of the Fallen
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PostSun Aug 11, 2024 3:05 pm
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It was known as the Valley of the Fallen, now Valle de Cuelgamuros. This basilica was built under granite rock by prisoners of war (Spanish Civil War) on the orders of the dictator Francisco Franco in 1940 and opened in 1958. The 150-metre-high (500 feet) cross is constructed of stone. Beneath the valley floor lie the remains of 40,000 (33,800 republicans) victims, though the remains of the dictator and Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera (A Falangist hero) are no longer there. The complex also has a Benedictine Abbey, and a guest house.

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Sur le Pont d'Avignon
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PostSun Aug 11, 2024 3:03 pm
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“Sur le Pont d'Avignon" ("On the Bridge of Avignon") is a French song about a dance performed on the Pont d'Avignon (officially Pont Saint-Bénézet) that dates back to the 15th century. The dance actually took place under the bridge of the picture and not on the bridge However, I couldn’t organise the dancers.

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