Every Friday a bunch of bloggers post pictures of the heavens around themselves and call it Skywatch Friday. Find out a little bit about the rules and follow along at
http://skyley.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-rulez.html
While this is no where near where I am today it is a piece of the sky I dearly love to remember!
The Atlantic Sky from the Giant’s Causeway
This week Cee has given us an open topic for our challenge:
So I have chosen this little thatched cottage in the village of Doolin just of the Cliffs of Moher for my offering.
see other black & white choices at
http://ceenphotography.com/cees-black-white-challenge/
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/12/09/cees-fun-foto-challenge-bridges/
This week Cee has challenged us to display the idea behind BRIDGES with our photography.
Please click the link above to see how Cee’s other contributors have displayed the concept.
Here are my thoughts:
I think Isaac Newton was right when he said,
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
The footbridge in Delft
This world desperately needs more bridges and more bridge-builders.
After all bridges are those things we cross to meet each other. Somehow we have come to think that f we cross over to meet people on the other side of things that means we are coming into total agreement with them. Who taught us that?
Did Christ agree with us in our sin when He went to the cross for us? When he bridged the gap between God and man was that a tacit acceptance of or an agreement with our sin?
Or was it simply a sign that He understood that unless He came to us there was no way we were going to come back to Him?
The cross is the greatest bridge ever made.
If God crossed such a great divide to reach us, how is it that we think we are required to do less in coming to the side of those we disagree with? If Jesus could love and pray for those who wanted to kill Him (while never coming into agreement with them) are we to do any less in our current disagreements?
Now there’s a meditation to be thunk on for a bit!
This is a new challenge for me and always as I dive in I am a bit nervous hoping I am doing it right. Jennifer has asked us to show the theme eminence using the color purple.
Eminence is…fame or recognized superiority, especially within a particular sphere or profession: or a piece of rising ground
The Famous Keukenhof Crocuses
To see how others interpreted the theme go to:
http://jennifernicholewells.com/2014/12/09/one-word-photo-challenge-eminence/
This week Ailsa has asked us to travel with her to the land of : SLOW.
You can mosey on over to her place and see how others have interpreted the theme by going to:
http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/12/05/travel-theme-slow/
Here are my takes on the subject…
Snow is one of the few things that actually slows me down. When it’s impossible to drive you have to say no to activity. I love those mornings when the only sound you can hear in the neighborhood is the sound of snow falling and the slicing of shovels.
These fishermen in Killarney were taking it slow.
“Love has something to do with recognition, We can be fascinated by the unknown, we can be attracted by it, but love is something that grows, slowly, in an atmosphere of trust.” Peter Hoeg
I wonder how slowly this heart was formed and for whom?
The Atlantic Sky from the shores of Doolin- Je Lillie
Discover more sky at:
http://skyley.blogspot.com/2008/06/da-rulez.html
Nancy’s challenge to us this week is all about the word: WHITE
http://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/a-photo-a-week-challenge-white/
As soon as I saw the word my mind went immediately to….. SNOW
But honestly snow is not all bad. Isaiah the prophet speaking for God said,
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Isaiah 1:18
This week’s black & white challenge from Cee is all about: LIGHTS
When you have finished here go to:
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/12/04/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-lights/
I wanted to take a little bit of a philosophical tac with this challenge.
‘We do not truly see light, we only see slower things lit by it, so that for us light is on the edge–the last thing we know before things become too swift for us.’
Author: C.S. Lewis
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
Author: Blaise Pascal
So Cee’s Challenge This week took her through fields of flowers. Check it out at
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/12/03/cees-which-way-photo-challenge-2014-23/
Now, this is the way which I went this week!
The Way By the Cliffs of Moher
“For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning – not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last.”
― Frederick Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat
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