Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Delaware

Delaware
Maryland
Dover
Cherubim
Cheshire
Chesapeake Bay

Deut.4:12
"And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice."



Indian River Bridge - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.





Cove Point Lighthouse, Maryland



 Sunset in Sun Flower Field, Maryland I love this photo of sunflowers fading into the golden sunset.


Chess: "Delaware" "Maryland" "Dover" "Cherubim" "Cheshire" "Chesapeake Bay"

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Trapper Peak

Trapper Peak
Bitterroot Mountains
Garfield
Blackberry
Montana
Great Falls
Mora
Moor 
Yorkshire 
San José de la Montaña

Deut.4:11
"And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness."




Trapper Peak Bitterroot Mountains, Montana



Lewis & Clark Visitor Center exhibit, Great Falls, Montana; photo by Greg Vaughn 





 Lewis & Clark Expedition, Missouri River, Great Falls, Montana (Quinto Sol Azteca)



 Sunset from Flathead Lake #Montana



 Blackberries 


Moorland heather... I grew up in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, I love the moors more than anything. 





Moor

Chess: "Trapper Peak" "Bitterroot Mountains" "Garfield" "Blackberry" "Montana" "Great Falls" "Yorkshire"
"San José de la Montaña"

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Horeb

Horeb
Opera
Dear
Wear
Fear

Deut.4:10
"Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children."


 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race






 Sydney Opera House, Australia the Great Architectural Work of the 20th Century






Chess:  "Horeb" "Opera" "Dear" "Wear" "Fear"


Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Republic
Republican
Abraham Lincoln

Deut.4:9
"Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;"









Brooke Shields in Costa Rica





Chess: "Republic" "Republican" "Abraham Lincoln"


Lexington

Lexington
Manchester
Blue Grass

Deut.4:8
 "And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?"



"the blissful liaison,
Between himself and his environment"~~~Wallace Stevens




calumet horse farm, lexington, kentucky We toured the farm and I met Secretariat's grandson, General Red.. 


 Horse farm - Lexington Kentucky


 
Lexington Kentucky 







Manchester Farm, Lexington, Kentucky 




 The Historic Round Barn at the Red Mile Harness Track in Lexington, Kentucky. Built in 1880 and financed in part by reparations paid to Lexington by the US Congress for damage done by Union troops during the Civil War 






Chess: "Lexington" "Manchester" "Blue Grass"

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Mary

Mary
María

Deut. 4:7
" For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?"





"One who brings
A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time.
The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n."
~~~Milton: Paradise Lost Bk 1, lines: 252-255



Mary



María






 Chess: "Mary" "María"

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Lloyds of London

Lloyds of London
Venezuela
Venice
Fifty Shades of Grey 
Milton

Deut.4:6
"Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."




 Canaima National Park, Venezuela.




 Beautiful Florence, view of The Ponte Vecchio on River Arno.






  Lloyd's of London is the world's leading insurance market that Occupies a futuristic building in Lime Street, its origins however lay in the more modest surroundings of Edward Lloyd's Coffee House





 Chess:  "Lloyds of London" "Venezuela" "Venice" "Fifty Shades of Grey" "Milton"