Maryland

Washington
Maryland
Graham Greene

Psalms 34:19
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”

Rev.1:5:
“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,”

“The beetles had disappeared: the rain had apparently washed them away” ~~~Graham Greene

“When old Godolphin awoke it was to a wash of red sunset through the window” ~~~Thomas Pynchon

 

"Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chess: "Washington" "Maryland" "Graham Greene"

Cheddar

Cheese
Cheddar
Maryland
Marian
Mariano
Mariana Trench
Trench Coat
Patria
Homeland 

 

 

Ephesians 1:4
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"the letter he spoke of which approves him an intelligent party"~~~Shakespeare

 

 

"... Pero Boecio imagina otro espectador. Ese otro espectador es espectador del espectador y espectador de la carrera: es, previsiblemente, Dios. Dios ve toda la carrera, ve en un solo instante eterno, en su instantánea eternidad, la partida de los caballos, las vicisitudes, la llegada.
Todo lo ve de un solo vistazo y de igual modo ve toda la historia universal. Así Boecio salva las dos nociones: la idea del libre albedrío y la idea de la Providencia.  De igual modo que el espectador ve toda la carrera y no influye en ella (salvo que la ve sucesivamente), Dios ve toda la carrera, desde la cuna hasta la sepultura.  No influye en lo que hacemos, nosotros obramos libremente, pero Dios ya sabe —Dios ya sabe en este momento, digamos— nuestro destino final. Dios ve así la historia universal, lo que sucede a la historia universal; ve todo eso en un solo espléndido, vertiginoso instante que es la eternidad."~~~Jorge Luis Borges: SIETE NOCHES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chess: "Cheese" "Cheddar" "Maryland" "Marian" "Mariano" "Mariana Trench" "Trench Coat" "Patria" "Homeland"

Maryland

Maryland

White Knight

Buffalo Soldier
Bob Marley
Puerto España
Abilene, Kansas

Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chess: "Maryland" "White Knight" "Abilene" "Buffalo Soldier" "Puerto España" "Bob Marley"

Hospital

St Paul's Cathedral
India
Maryland
Patriarch
The English Patient
Sinai Hospital
Clifton 
Green Beans
Vainicas

James 1:3
"Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience."

"Everything has a string of precedents"~~~Glen Hughes

"Pensar de tarde en tarde en Sherlock Holmes es una 

de las buenas costumbres que nos quedan. La muerte 

y la siesta son otras. También es nuestra suerte

 convalecer en un jardín o mirar la luna."

Jorge Luis Borges, Los conjurados.

“It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good. But most people do not do these, but take refuge in theory and think they are being philosophers and will become good in this way, behaving somewhat like patients who listen attentively to their doctors, but do none of the things they are ordered to do. As the latter will not be made well in body by such a course of treatment, the former will not be made well in soul by such a course of philosophy.” Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, ch.4

St Paul's from the south-east with the tower of the destroyed Church of St Augustine to the right.

The English Patient

The Jaivana  cannon is a large 18th-century weapon.It was cast in 1720, by Jai Singh II of Jaipur the administrator ofJaigarh Fort during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. The formidable strength of its builder, the scientifically inclined warrior Sawai Jai Singh II, lay in the large number of artillery and copious supply of munitions which he maintained. Four elephants were used to swivel it around on its axis.Now it is located at the Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur (India)

"Everything has a string of precedents"~~~Glen Hughes

Fresh Green Beans (a.k.a Tom Cruise Green Beans) Recipe : Trisha Yearwood : Food Network

Jaigarh Fort (Victory Fort), Jaipur, India

Cannon foundry

During the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, Jaigarh Fort, which is located 150 miles south-west of Delhi, became one of the world's most efficient cannon foundries mainly due to the abundance of iron ore mines in the vicinity of the fort. The cannon foundry Jaigarh Fort had a massive wind tunnel that sucked air from the high mountains into its furnace creating temperatures as high as 2400 °F, the heated air would melt the metal. The liquid molten metal would fill a reservoir chamber and into a cannon mold in the casting pit. Most of those cannons were massive, mostly 16 ft long and had to be prepared within a single day. The Rajput also built a large ingenious mechanical device that had a precision gear system driven by four pairs of oxen, the device was used for hollowing out the cannon barrels. When the Mughal war of succession broke out in 1658 Dara Shikoh secured the cannon outpost of Jaigarh Fort until he was defeated and executed by his younger brother Aurangzeb. Later however, the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah appointed Jai Singh II as the official MughalQiladar of Jaigarh Fort according to a Firman, ultimately Jai Singh II is known to have molded the great Jaivana Cannon by utilizing the important foundry and devices inside Jaigarh Fort.

Jaigarh Fort compound Jaipur, Rajasthan

Chess: "India" "Maryland" "Patriarch" "The English Patient" "Sinai Hospital" "Clifton" "St. Paul's Cathedral" "Green Beans" "Vainicas"

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"