Queñua (Polylepis): the only high altitude species, fast disappearing.
On the way to Palca
On the right of the frame, a tomb, centuries old...
The magnitude of the mountais leaves the observer empty handed....
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El Teide
Once again, no large cameras and only the iPhone. Sometimes one is not in a photographic mind space and one no longer has 'a vision'...
Gran Poder: Masks
Inevitably it is necessary to give a historical perspective of this yearly festival that takes place in the city of La Paz, Bolivia in the first week of June. The celebration transforms and stimulates the social life of La Paz every year, emanating from a particular way of understanding and living Andean Catholicism. The Parade begins with a procession through the western part of the city. This procession is central to the event, involving 40,000 devotees who dance and sing in an offering to the patron saint. The dance has a sacred significance for the sixty-nine fraternities involved, which are greeted in the streets in a euphoric atmosphere where the music of 7,000 musicians resonates.
It is so owe inspiring that it is rightfully a UNESCO Wold Heritage event (Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity).
The image venerated with dance and music is believed to have arrived in the city at the founding of the convent of the Mothers of the Sacred Conception on the 8th of December 1663.
A walk on the beach
Yet more sunsets!!
Walking from St Leonards to Hastings on a late afternoon and the band stand at Eastbourne
When the Night comes...
When the night comes
And you lay your weary head to rest
No more trials, no tests
When the night comes
Don't be afraid
You're only dreaming
Don't be afraid
You're only dreaming
On More London Riverside Walk
Hoping for a rainy day to photograph the reflection of the building on the dark cobblestones of More London Riverside Walk, a short passage between London Bridge station, the river Thames and Tower Bridge...
Windmills
A long lost file, once discarded now found it interesting...
Ventana
At the request of my brother who saw these objects on my wall...
A memory of Bewl Water
Aubergines in Autumn
Aubergines, a humble Autumn vegetable/fruit, Chinese lanterns and a mauve vase....