Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Beer

Beer
Brewery
Venice

Psalm 37:3
"Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed."




“He had no surety within himself”~~~Edith Hamilton

“forever frightened and beset by a ghostly band of doubts”~~~Sherwood Anderson





Venice




 
Beer








Brewery



Chess: "Beer" "Brewery" "Venice"

Vermont

Vermont
Esmeralda
Swanton
Emerald
Home 
Zacatecas

Psalm 37:2
 "For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb."



"the verities that the church proclaims are not verifiable"~~~Theodor Reik

"rising suns that gild the vernal morn"~~~Darwin

Vermont



Swanton


The Imperial Emerald at 206 carats is the world's most valuable emerald due to the fact that it is so clean, clear and is totally unenhanced. 






 PASEO in the Park, San José 1946


Chess: "Vermont" "Esmeralda" "Swanton" "Emerald" "Home" "Zacatecas"





Elvis Presley Green, Green Grass of Home
Elvis recorded it March 11, 1975.

The old home town looks the same,
As I step down from the train,
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home

Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly
Oh It's good to touch the green, green grass of home

The old house is still standing,
Though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Yeah Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home

Yes, they'll all come to meet me,
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly
Oh It's good to touch the green, green grass of home

Then I awake and look around me
Four gray walls that surround me
And I realize that I was only dreamin'
There's a guard and there's a sad old padre
Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak
Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home

Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me beneath the green, green grass of home

Monday, January 26, 2015

Conductor

Conductor
Franz Liszt
Hull
Julius
Electric Chair
Nicole Zcherzinger

Psalm 37:1
"Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity."

“Elizabeth Bennet, had been obliged, by the scarcity of gentlemen, to sit down for two dances”~~~Jane Austen









Franz Liszt was an Austro-Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist from the 19th century. Women and men alike went crazy whenever they saw him play. Liszt even had a phenomenon, “Lisztomania” named after him to describe the intense fan frenzy!



Claudio Abbado (1933-2014), was an Italian conductor. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra from 1989 to 2002. He was known for his Germanic orchestral repertory as well as his interest in the music of Rossini and Verdi.
  



Nicole Zcherzinger

 Chess: "Conductor" "Franz Liszt" "Hull" "Julius" "Nicole Zcherzinger"



Tuesday, January 20, 2015

El Álamo

El Álamo
Denmark
House of Tiles 
Lernaean Hydra
Baptists

Psalm 30:1
 [[A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.]] I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.


Denmark




Sounion, Athens, Greece






 El Alamo, San Antonio, texas






El Alamo, San Antonio, Texas




Candice Swanepoel in Costa Rica

Chess:  "El Álamo" "Denmark" "House of Tiles " "Lernaean Hydra" "Baptists"


  House of the Tiles


Lernaean Hydra: 

In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα) was an ancient serpent-like water monster with reptilian traits. It possessed many heads – the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint – and for each head cut off it grew two more 'Cut off one head, Two more shall take it's place'. It had poisonous breath and blood so virulent that even its tracks were deadly.[1] The Hydra of Lerna was killed by Heracles as the second of his Twelve Labours. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, though archaeology has borne out the myth that the sacred site was older even than the Mycenaean city of Argos since Lerna was the site of the myth of the Danaids. Beneath the waters was an entrance to the Underworld, and the Hydra was its guardian.[2]

The Hydra was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna (Theogony, 313), both of whom were noisome offspring of the earth goddess Gaia.[3]

 

 

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Workmanship

Workmanship
Quality
Bee
Beer
Dr. Kildare
Golden
OAK

Psalm 29:7
"The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire."

Psalm 50:1
"The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof." 

Hieroglyphics

















Ioana Buzdugan





Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova) With Richard Chamberlain (left) and Raymond Massey, 1964 on 
Dr. Kildare's set.



Chess:  "Workmanship" "Quality" "Bee" "Beer" "Dr. Kildare" "Golden" "OAK" 

Friday, January 2, 2015

The Grand Canal

The Grand Canal
The Cedars of Lebanon
The Stones of Venice
Venice

Psalm 29:5
"The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon."


The Grand Canal Venice is one of the most famous masterpieces of Turner. The painting shows his typical oil painting style. The oil painting depicted Venice in a sunny day. The sea was calm and tranquil, masts stood over the water. The details of the landscape were painted exactly and carefully. The painting color was bright and cheerful. The oil painting style is simple and magnificent. The whole painting composition was covered with golden light. We can see the flourishing scene in Venice.



Forest of the cedars of God





Monastery of Qozhaya of St Anthony the Great  is considered to be one of the oldest monasteries of the valley of Qadisha.


 Chess: "The Grand Canal" "The Cedars of Lebanon" "The Stones of Venice" "Venice"



The Monastery of Qozhaya (Deir Mar Antonios Qozhaya (دير مارانطﻮنيوﺱ ﻗﺰحيا))


Cedars of God:

The Cedars of God (Arabic: أرز الربّ‎ Horsh Arz el-Rab "Cedars of the Lord") is one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Cedars of Lebanon (Cedrus libani ) that thrived across Mount Lebanon in ancient times. Their timber was exploited by the Phoenicians, the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians. The wood was prized by Egyptians for shipbuilding; the Ottoman Empire also used the cedars in railway construction.

 History

The mountains of Lebanon were once shaded by thick cedar forests and the tree is the symbol of the country. After centuries of persistent deforestation, the extent of these forests has been markedly reduced.[2]
It was once said that a battle occurred between the demigods and the humans over the beautiful and divine forest of Cedar trees near southern Mesopotamia.[3] This forest, once protected by the god Enlil, was completely bared of its trees when humans entered its grounds 4 700 years ago, after winning the battle against the guardians of the forest, the demigods.[3] The story also tells that Gilgamesh used cedar wood to build his city.
Over the centuries, cedar wood was exploited by the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Romans, the Israelites and the Turks.[2][3] The Phoenicians used the Cedars for their merchant fleets. They needed timbers for their ships and the Cedar woods made them the “first sea trading nation in the world”[4] The Egyptians used cedar resin for the mummification process and the cedar wood for some of “their first hieroglyph bearing rolls of papyrus”.[4] King Solomon procured cedar timber to build his temple in Jerusalem.[5] However the Emperor Hadrian claimed these forests to be an “imperial domain”, and destruction of the cedar forests was temporarily halted.
Concern for the biblical "cedars of God" goes back to 1876, when the 102-hectare (250-acre) grove was surrounded by a high stone wall, paid for by Queen Victoria, to protect saplings from browsing by goats.[1] Nevertheless during World War I, British troops used cedar to build railroads.[4]
Time, along with the exploitation of the Cedars’ wood, has led to a decrease in the number of Cedar trees in Lebanon. However Lebanon is still known for its Cedars, as they are the emblem of the country and the symbol of the Lebanese flag.[5] The trees survive in mountainous areas, where they are the dominant tree species. This is the case on the slopes of Mount Makmel that tower over the Kadisha Valley, where the Cedars of God are found at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). Four trees have reached a height of 35 metres (115 ft). and their trunks are 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) around.

 

John Ruskin The Stones of Venice