Photography

Forum's gone weird.

I can't quote you and reply.

Under attack, sound the sirens.

:shock:

The sirens remind me of the singing voices that once lured seafaring men to disaster.

Id love to know what the tribal Tattoo's on her face mean,Lola,i think she has a concerned look about her

[quoteThe Beduoin (nomadic) people and Gypsies (Nawar) seem to be the main
influence on tattoo designs of both Arabic and non Arabic tribes.
Bedouin women were the most heavily tattooed of and were most likely
tattooed by the Nawar. The Nawar tattooed people from Syria, Egypt,
Libya, Iran and Iraq right up until the start of the 20th century.
In Iran, even upper class women had pattern of blue starts on their
chins. These chin designs were sometimes highly elaborate looking and
looked more like a beard than a tattoo. Alongside that was another
practice by women of the Middle Easy of tattooing the lips blue. This
was considered to be the embodiment of beauty by Iraqi men.
Tattoos were quite extensively used as amulets in the Middle East
with the wearers imbuing them with magical powers. These were often in
the form of dots or a small cross. They were mostly done on the hands
or feet and it was common to see women with three dots on the hand.
They either provided protection or strength depending on which hand.







Nowadays the demand for tattoos has exploded particularly amongst
young Iranian women who proudly display their body art in private but
must keep them under wraps from authorities. Places such as Tehran have
always been the birthplaces for nearly every limit-testing trend since
the strict dress codes of the Islamic Revolution began to erode in the
late 1990s and tattoos don't seem to be any different.
Thanks to Maarten Hesselt Van Dinter at The World o][/quote]

edited to say sorry missed a couple of pages here,I was referring to the Bedouin woman

Bella wrote:

Id love to know what the tribal Tattoo's on her face mean,Lola,i think she has a concerned look about her

I think he is doing this peasant woman a tattoo. I absolutely love to look at faces on these pics. Time magazine online has so many brilliant ones that have been captured and I found some quite sad ones of French resistance men shaving the head and stripping naked a French woman who had betrayed them and had slept with a Nazi. Quite shocking but i suppose they did it to teach her a lesson in those times.

This picure is in the Daily Mail today. They are asking if it is the face of Jack Frost, Old Man Winter or, of Jesus.
It was found hanging from a home in Lake Stevens, a city in the state of Washington.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1101998/Pictured-The-REAL-Jack-frost--icicle-bears-uncanny-resemblance-winter-elf.html

I absolutely adore robins! Awww.

I remember as a kid seeing many robins, but maybe I don't look as much now, but I haven't seen one in years.

Shine wrote:

I remember as a kid seeing many robins, but maybe I don't look as much now, but I haven't seen one in years.

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One comes to our back garden most afternoons and bobs around for a while.

Lovely picture's,Magical!
At my Dads house way out in the sticks of Cumbria we have alot of wildlife,I enjoy waking early in the morning to watch it all.We have a harem of wild pheasant's,many gardenbirds and squirrels who come to be fed every day.I also look out for owl's ,kestrals and bat's and the old badger who rifles through the bins at night .Mr fox came on Christmas eve and helped himself to an early Christmas lunch of free range Chicken,we only have 2 left now.

Bella wrote:

Lovely picture's,Magical!
At my Dads house way out in the sticks of Cumbria we have alot of wildlife,I enjoy waking early in the morning to watch it all.We have a harem of wild pheasant's,many gardenbirds and squirrels who come to be fed every day.I also look out for owl's ,kestrals and bat's and the old badger who rifles through the bins at night .Mr fox came on Christmas eve and helped himself to an early Christmas lunch of free range Chicken,we only have 2 left now.

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Oh, what a shame about the chicken Bella. We have flocks of geese flying over from the local park's lake and river area and bright green parrots. The squirrel comes and does his acrobatics on the feeder holding fatballs as do various birds of all sizes.
While one bird eats, another will troll around below the feeder and eat the fallen bits. The grass has been worn away by them in that area now.