There is nothing
with so much magic…
But a child´s Faith…
Go to this week Daily Post Prompt: «Faith» to see and to read more contributions-….
Spring time brings its beauty….
«You’re beautiful, but you’re empty…One couldn’t die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she’s the one I’ve watered. Since she’s the one I put under glass, since she’s the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she’s the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she’s the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she’s my rose.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
My first rose…
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This week, for the Daily Post Challenge, «Pattern», I have chosen a craftwork that is made in Toledo, Spain: Damascene Work.
As it is made by hand, it is impossible to find two pieces alike…
The work is hard:
-1º: Artisans have to shape the piece of iron or steel they are going to work with.
-2º: They have to mark it: to créate lines, shapes….All with a little chisel.
-3º: Here it comes: they have to embed a gold thread, or a silver one, or even a tiny gold sheet with a flat base punch very small (1 mm diameter!)
-4º:Then they use a wider punch (well…Only 3 mm diameter!) and a special hammer, to fix the threads or the sheets with a lot of accuracy…
-5º: After, the piece must be darkened through a chemical process.
-6º: Finally, the artist must still burnish the piece with burins and chisels to polish it, to increase or decrease contrast…
And here is the result….
I have to say I love it!!!! What about you? Do you like it?
I had a dream…
I was a leg
Looking from above
Hanging on a blue slide
With no place to hide…
I wanted to run…
I tried to scream…
But…Where was my head?
I did not have one!!!!!!
In answer to two challenges you may like:
-Frizz´s: tagged «S»
-Weekly Photo Challenge: «From above»
«He liked her; it was as simple as that»
Nicholas Sparks, «The last song»
In answer to Jake´s challenge: «Attraction» …Click on the attractive snake to see more..
When we started our last holidays a week ago I saw this door…
There it was…In a petrol station…
Beautiful and promising…What?
I know what it was not behind…
More interpretations? Click on Jake´s badge…
She was there, standing alone, in a small garden in the middle of the Old Town…
She was just a scarecrow…
But..Should I be a crow…
I would love to be rocked by her red hair…
I would love to be lost with her forever…
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If you ask C., he will tell you this week´s challenge is «My» challenge…
He is always complaining about how much time I can spend just doing one pic, and another one, and…hey wait, another one!
-«But…it is always the same thing!» (he will say)…
-«No, there are many different points of view» (I will say)…
Here my last example, just for all of you!
Here is what I found, just walking on the forest…
Frosty seeds in a cold winter morning
After the first pic I could not help it…Every seed had its own personality….
This week challenge, «Delicate«, opens many doors…There are so many delicate things in the world!!!
This time, I have chosen something different…Not a thing, but something more complex…An attitude, a passion…
Testing a Bugatti tipo 35 at Le Mans Classic 2012
When we are talking about Old Classics, we are talking about special cars….Every one has its own sounds, its own vibrations..Its own SOUL…
When testing them, you do not need a computer…But your brain, your heart, your ears and your own hands…
Knowledge and delicacy….
Passion…
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