The 'All things BEAUTIFUL' thread ~

[vivaissy]

hehe ;)

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/vivaissy/DSCN0824.jpg

[realitybites]

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam with young fan...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/Smithsonissey/londoneddie.jpg

[wolve]

Paul Banks from Interpol:


http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/banksshirtless.jpg



Hassel the Hoff:

http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/228011-david_hasselhoff_RED.jpg

(no only kidding about Hasselhof! :p )

[sarahT]

http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/banksshirtless.jpg





I love the colour of that floor, I'm looking around for that colour to stain mine.
Not so keen on the callow youth lying on it though.

[wolve]

^ Heard you get him for free if you purchase three liters of that colour, worth trying ;)

[lnathan]

http://www.netglimse.com/images/celebs/bio/sn_jonathan_rhys_meyers.jpg

[Black Eyed]

You did say all 'things' beautiful:) :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Titchy/cutebabypanda.jpg

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/hakodate.jpg

[Pervomartovtsi]

Rob W that was simply beautiful I got some japanese fixation,so I thank you a lot for that...

but I also got a fixation with pandas so...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/pervomartovtsi/panda.jpg

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

Rob W that was simply beautiful I got some japanese fixation,so I thank you a lot for that...
ur welcum
btw
its a depiction of the battle of Hakodate during the Boshin War, which lead to Meiji Restoration, which really lead to the death of a Japan guided by bushido
go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration fo mo info
or just see The Last Samurai
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/movie%20posters/last-samurai-1.jpg
:)

[Pervomartovtsi]

I kind of liked the Last Samurai...it made me feel regained hate against modern life

[lnathan]

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/elvis-portrait3sm.jpg

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/sexy/louisbrooks.jpg

[lnathan]

http://farine.homestead.com/files/marlene.gif

[dallow_bg]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/dallow/865757045_l.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y238/dallow/793031fa.jpg

[Freya]

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3408/vivienleighauroraxq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Vivien Leigh

[Pervomartovtsi]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Tov_lenin_ochishchaet.jpg


I found found found it beautiful..you know beauty is in the eye...etc

[no one in particular]

enuf said.

http://www.dillards.com/images/product/hnp016_fi.jpg

[andy_fozzy]

You all need help (except RB and Blackeyed)!!

[mjp]

enuf said.



Lol! I like the way you linked your posts from multiple threads there - classic comedy:) .

Here's my stupid contribution to this thread:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3763/5timesvb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Codreanu]

Snowy Owl
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/5963/snowyowl1bp7.jpg

Aurora Borealis
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6888/gpw20050129auroraborealisunitedstatesairforce05011 8f3uc2.jpg

Madhuri Dixit in sumptuous gold sari
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5290/devdas3bq5.jpg

And finally, this large garden salad (because I am starving!).
http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/1352/gardensalad1wr7.jpg

[Sinefil]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e170/bexshmeese/audrey-hepburn-breakfast-at-tiffany.jpg

[Sinefil]

and this of course...

[poprenaissance]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e170/bexshmeese/audrey-hepburn-breakfast-at-tiffany.jpg

this is the epitome of beauty. audrey takes my breath away.

[no one in particular]

Lol! I like the way you linked your posts from multiple threads there - classic comedy:) .

True enough and nice recognition. But if you must know the complete facts, there is also a certain Smiths element to it that I had in mind that cannot be overlooked.....

[Pervomartovtsi]

http://www.ecoland.ro/Webshots/Flori/Japanese%20Garden,%20Royal%20Roads%20University,%2 0British%20Columbia.jpg


and to showcase my country beauties

http://attravel.epublish.cl/images/epimg022.jpg

http://www.vivalatinatours.com/imagenes/19.jpg

http://www.chilevan.ca/img/chile2/full/56.jpg

[Codreanu]

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3494/41qx6.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9255/71qf9.jpg

[mjp]

True enough and nice recognition. But if you must know the complete facts, there is also a certain Smiths element to it that I had in mind that cannot be overlooked.....

That reminds me, here's what I was originally going to post here:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3774/stellalu5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

See, it's that beautiful I've already emptied it.

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

since this thread seems to be 'anything goes'
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/me/weapons/nk.jpg
my once upon a time baby
the Bradley M2A2
:)

[andy_fozzy]

My new PC case :D



http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/2139/dsc00029dr2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

that is nice
cuz its shiny & glows!
:p

[andy_fozzy]

that is nice
cuz its shiny & glows!
:p


Thanks :D

[lnathan]

Andy Fozzy...you have my portrait as a signature!!! I'm honoured! Not sure if I should consider it a violation of copyright though :p

[wolve]

link (http://www.fantasyarts.net/dragons/dragons_William_Blake.jpg)

Blake was a great poet and painter too!

[wolve]

I love this (http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/bruegel/wedding.jpg) one too (Bruegel - Peasant Wedding)
We should have an art topic goddammit!

[Sinefil]

I agree wolve, Blake is great! I remember Ralph Fiennes eating this picture in movie Red Dragon :)

[Codreanu]

We should have an art topic goddammit!
*coughs wittingly*
http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=58999

[wolve]

It's impossible to cough wittingly. If it's not, go and see a doctor or stop smoking, Sonny.
Anyway, I'm not long enough on this board to know that thread, but thanks! I'll give it a try (Oh my, at first look I see you're really into Modern Art...There could be lots of great discussions about it! But that's for later this week. THanks!)

[MrRoboto]

I love this (http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/bruegel/wedding.jpg) one too (Bruegel - Peasant Wedding)
We should have an art topic goddammit!


This looks strangely familiar! :D

[no one in particular]

the beautiful south (in the Springtime) :-)

don't you love flowers?

http://www.azaleachapter.com/images/Orange_Carpet__Sommerville.jpg

http://www.azaleachapter.com/images/ColemansGarden1.jpg

http://www.azaleachapter.com/images/ColemansGarden4.jpg

http://www.azaleachapter.com/images/G4.jpg

[wolve]

don't you love flowers?

only when they hang between one's crotch, dear ;)

[no one in particular]

^girl, you must have read (part of) my mind!! :D

[Pervomartovtsi]

lol...I support the motion but in a very heterosexual way

[Codreanu]

only when they hang between one's crotch, dear ;)
What crotch? Do you mean the area between two leafstalks, or that betwixt leafstalk and branch? :confused:

[Sinefil]

My cousin ufuk (means horizon in turkish), he is 5 months now. :D

[no one in particular]

What crotch? Do you mean the area between two leafstalks, or that betwixt leafstalk and branch? :confused:

Cod - I can speak for her since she was reading some of my mind... and I can say with certainty that neither of those which you describe is what she was referring to.

Maybe try again?
but this time think in terms of a certain human male crotch (and it needs to be loved...just like everybody else's does...) :D

[Codreanu]

Cod - I can speak for her since she was reading some of my mind... and I can say with certainty that neither of those which you describe is what she was referring to.
I knew what she was referring to, no one. That was my pathetic idea of a joke.
Maybe try again?
but this time think in terms of a certain human male crotch (and it needs to be loved...just like everybody else's does...) :D
When it's not hated for loving.

"but when you're tied to your Mother's apron no one talks about castration..." :eek:

[no one in particular]

damn, cod, i guess i have to use an emoticon after every statement for you to know that i know you are joking... i thought we had progressed beyond that...

OF COURSE I KNEW YOU WERE JOKING! :D :D :D :D

[Codreanu]

damn, cod, i guess i have to use an emoticon after every statement for you to know that i know you are joking... i thought we had progressed beyond that...
Yes, we've progressed beyond that... but I'm still a country mile behind. :(

[no one in particular]

LMFAO
guess you will blame that one on being in the sticks, huh?!!

well, you are absolved in any case!

[Pervomartovtsi]

returning to the topic...!

http://places.mongabay.com/jordan/petra_05.jpg

the city of Petra...a place I'd like to visit

[no one in particular]

PervO, your new avatar is beautiful and definitely deserves mention in this thread, but next time can you make it of yourself in that same shirtless pose? :p

[Pervomartovtsi]

I promise someday I'm gonna do it and I'll post it

[Denia]

Pic from my last trip to Honduras.. what?
I think it's beautiful.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2563/cannonoc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[kingdai]

some ace pictures here, sound. I am not very technical so I can't post any pictures

[mjp]

some ace pictures here, sound. I am not very technical so I can't post any pictures

Hey Kingdai, I agree on the pics, try here for some help uploading:

http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=62044

[Codreanu]

The Incorruptible Body of St. Bernadette

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/7517/bernadette2oj3.jpg

Born into extreme poverty on January 7, 1844 in Lourdes, France, Bernadette Soubirous was a sickly child who suffered from severe asthma and other deceases. As the uneducated daughter of devout Catholic parents, she was absorbed in the faith from her earliest days.

On February 11, 1858, when Bernadette, her younger sister and a friend were sent to gather firewood, a beautiful Lady dressed in blue and white appeared to her above a rose bush at a grotto called Massabielle. The Lady smiled at Bernadette and then made the sign of the cross with a rosary of ivory and gold. Bernadette fell on her knees, took out her own rosary and began to pray. After some time, the beautiful lady revealed herself as the Virgin Mary and soon became known as "Our Lady of Lourdes". She appeared to Bernadette and spoke with her seventeen times over a period of five months.

As proof of Mary’s divine origin, she allegedly instructed Bernadette to dig in the earth, whereupon a spring bubbled forth, its waters being reputed to possess miraculous healing properties. This spring still flows today and draws 4 to 6 million pilgrims to Lourdes each year with its promise of curative powers.

At the age of 22, Bernadette became a Sister of Charity and entered a convent in Nevers. There she spent the remaining thirteen years of her life, a large portion of this time ill in the infirmary. When accused by a fellow sister of being a lazy, she replied that her 'job' was "to be ill". Bernadette died on April 16, 1879, thirty-five years old.

In 1909, with the cause of her beatification under consideration, it was required to identify the remains of Bernadette. On September 22, 1909, Bishop Gauthey of Nevers, together with other Church representatives and officials, therefore entered the convent Chapel where her remains lay. The tomb was then opened and the body exhumed.

To the amazement of all present, Bernadette appeared exactly as she had been on the day of her death. The body was completely intact and no smell or other trace of corruption was seen on the little body in the coffin. Doctor Jourdan, the surgeon who was present for the exhumation, has left a written record in the Community archives describing what occurred:

"The coffin was opened in the presence of the Bishop of Nevers, the mayors of the town several canons and ourselves. We noticed no smell. The body was clothed in the habit of Bernadette's order. The habit was damp. Only the face, hands and forearms were uncovered. The head was tilted to the left. The face was dull white. The mouth was open slightly and it could be seen that the teeth were still in place. The hands, which were crossed upon the breast, were perfectly preserved, as were the nails. The hands still held a rusting Rosary. The veins on the forearms stood out."

After the identification, the Sisters washed the body and dressed it in a fresh habit. It was then placed in a new coffin lined with white silk, and lowered back into the tomb.

In August 1913, Pope Pius X authorized the introduction of the Cause for Canonization and Bernadette could now be given the title 'Venerable'. This meant that her body had to be exhumed once again. This process was however interrupted by the First World War, and the body wasn’t re-exhumed until April 1919. The process was the same as before - as were the results. The body remained intact.

In November 1923, the Pope announced the authenticity of Bernadette's virtues and her beatification could finally proceed. Consequently, a third exhumation was needed. This time, relics were to be taken from the body and sent to Rome, Lourdes and to Houses of the Sisters of Nevers throughout the world.

On April 18, 1925, this third exhumation took place. Bernadette had then been dead more than forty six years. Yet, her body remained completely incorrupt. Dr. Talon, the surgeon who removed the relics, later wrote a report about this exhumation, for a medical journal, in which he described his amazement at the perfect preservation of the skeleton and the muscles in particular, as well as the liver which - he stated - should have deteriorated entirely very soon after death, and concluded that "this doesn't seem to be a natural phenomenon".

At the exhumation, it was noted that a small portion of the skin on the face had discolored slightly, due probably to the washing the body had received and its exposure to the organisms of the air. Consequently, it was decided to cover the face and hands with light wax masks. The firm of Pierre Imans in Paris was contacted, and they agreed to make the necessary masks.

On June 14, 1925, Pope Pius XI declared Bernadette 'Blessed', which meant that her relics could now be exposed for public veneration. A workshop in Lyons was subsequently commissioned to make a beautiful reliquary of silver, gilt and crystal for the body.

In July 1925, the shrine was ready. The body was clothed once more in a new habit and then transferred to the shrine. On the reliquary are depictions of the Apparitions at Lourdes, and lilies - the symbol of Bernadette's purity. Crowning the reliquary are the initials 'N.D. de L.' (Notre Dame de Lourdes), entwined around which there's a Rosary. In August 1925, the shrine was transferred to the main chapel of the convent where it can still be seen today.

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/7738/bern97bgu9.jpg

[Busy Clippers]

http://web.syr.edu/~ajjerz/urbex/world/taunton/14.jpg

Cod, your St. Bernadette reminded me of my aunt Edith, who died as a teen. My grandmother kept a photo of said aunt in her in her casket (framed, on top of the television, thank you very much) that looked alot like Bernadette, rosary and all. The poor girl had been sent by doctors to Taunton State Hospital, which was essentially an insane asylum, where she died of tuberculosis.

Taunton Hospital, photo above, has been sitting abandoned for years, and it's degenerated into an eerie, beautiful still life. Of course, some stupid ass had set fire to it recently, so who knows how much is left. Still, if anyone is into urban exploring-type experiences, it's worth it.

[wolve]

http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/gn.JPG


http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/marzo.jpg


http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/settembre.jpg


http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/opsteigertje.jpg

[wutheringheights]

My cousin ufuk

My friends named their son 'fuk u'. Every time someone asks him his name and he replies, he gets hit.

He's a very troubled child......:(

.

[no one in particular]

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-3558.jpg

[MrRoboto]

Yes yes, its vapid and its silly, but I still think she's lovely.

[Blue Dress]

http://static.flickr.com/36/90793721_51e0c06c17.jpg

[wolve]

A friend of mine studies Chinese...He's got some really nice stories and pictures that he learns and then tells to me! Great!


http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/yuefei.jpg

[Pervomartovtsi]

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/pix/bar/miro/Almaden1-m.jpg


that Calder guy was crazy for mercury, and so I am

[Pervomartovtsi]

today I'm macho as hell...


strenght is beautiful

http://metropolis.co.jp/xmg/560/560-sports-FedorMinotauro3.jpg

[Codreanu]

http://static.flickr.com/36/90793721_51e0c06c17.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3517/alexan02bu3.jpg

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8282/degas84eb6.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5001/sleepingb08101ab1.jpg

[Blue Dress]

Codreanu, love the photos! :) Here are a few more.
http://static.flickr.com/47/150391968_1ef44e721a.jpg http://static.flickr.com/44/175827683_d9bde274be.jpg

[wutheringheights]

Most Morrissey fans will already be familiar with the image of the beautiful transexual Candy Darling from this cover.......

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/iancurtis_01/smithstab5012075807894090.jpg

But here are two more nice photos of her.....

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/iancurtis_01/Candy-Darling-1.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/iancurtis_01/amapnew10a.jpg

I've posted a file of a few dozen different photos here......
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4ecr3y

You'll need Winzip to open it.......:)

.

[Codreanu]

The Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada

http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/index.en.php

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6071/1028658824102885159sg2.jpg

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9596/8614355164c62a8c30pl0.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7991/101984289da1e4fa47bke2.jpg

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/665/87696999f2ccb6f967op9.jpg

[Codreanu]

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9365/877171919f844c5923mj0.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7787/8614619497bf7d4e1esn2.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8074/qcicehotelcupqubecpm1.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5534/cytmariage724kojy4.jpg

[Codreanu]

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/633/84943532794db07abfcw2.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3679/1033418796821d8c144ip1.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1715/86143550b581f6b968kh1.jpg

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4129/927248891fe8d41279pz5.jpg

[wolve]

*Shivers*

do they actually sleep in there?

[Codreanu]

Lets get back to beauty, shall we?

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7900/aishwaryarai18hxy3.jpg

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/9805/aish25qz8.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7221/aishwaryarai1024x76845271xm2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai

[MrRoboto]

Lets get back to beauty, shall we?

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7900/aishwaryarai18hxy3.jpg

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/9805/aish25qz8.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7221/aishwaryarai1024x76845271xm2.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai

I saw her in a restraunt once. I don't think she's truly the "worlds most beautiful" woman, but she's definetly easy on the eyes, even in a jeans in t-shirt. I was more impressed with her boyfriend ;)

[Codreanu]

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/7384/carlsbadcavernsnewmexico1gu4.jpg

[Codreanu]

Note how modest and beautifully these women are dressed. Where do you think they're from? Nope, not the Middle-East.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3717/zjq86ko0.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1864/zjq88bk7.jpg

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/1719/8238so6.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5615/8242ie4.jpg

Answer: Chechnya
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5024174.stm

"...in another departure from usual practice, there was no swimsuit round.

Instead the girls competed on their learning, their knowledge of Chechen traditions and cuisine, and on their conversational and artistic abilities."

Imagine that.

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/rsc.jpg

[wolve]

My heroes...




http://one.xthost.info/Caithlyn/cleese.jpg

[wolve]

Joanne Newsom:


http://www.dragcity.com/press/pimages/photos/dc263ph01.jpg


http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/12/newsom_narrowweb__200x265,0.jpg


And this is the cover of her new album:

http://www.dragcity.com/press/pimages/mini/dc303mini.jpg


(and her music is divine too!)

[wolve]

Here, I uploaded a song for you guys, so you can hear how fragile she sings!!

Joanne Newsom - Sadie (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8ACT71QX)

[chica]

Damn it wolve, for a second I thought it was you on Belgian snow...
Btw, will you not post any picture of yours before your 18th birthday? You know some people here have a crush on you and it's hard for them not to know what you look like...

[wolve]

There's no such thing as Belgian snow. (I hope it snows this year! It's necessairy for the health of everyone!)
A picture? Of me? Before my 18th birthday? Well, still a year to go!
And who are the 'some people that have a crush on me'? :p If it's you, then I'd love to!

[chica]

There's no such thing as Belgian snow. (I hope it snows this year! It's necessairy for the health of everyone!)
A picture? Of me? Before my 18th birthday? Well, still a year to go!
And who are the 'some people that have a crush on me'? :p If it's you, then I'd love to!
"...but only with you...." :) Yes it's me! Do you agree we make Picture This by Blondie our song?

"All I want... is a picture of you!
Picture this - a day in December.
Picture this - freezing cold weather..." :D

(for me One Way Or Another works fine too:
"One way or another, I'm gonna win ya.
I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha.
One way or another, I'm gonna see ya.
I'm gonna meetcha, meetcha, meetcha, meetcha.
One day, maybe next week, I'm gonna meetcha.")

The finest stalking songs ever! :p

[wolve]

Blondie?!?!? Kiddng, right? :p

[chica]

Debbie Harry is one of the most beautiful women ever!

[wolve]

But she's not even a NATURAL blonde!

[chica]

True :(
But I still like her! I'm worried about our future together, wolve, we're so different... *sigh* You're hairy, I'm bald... :eek:

[wolve]

^LOL!!! Well, opposite people attract eachother, so there's a big chance for us in the future... ;)

[chica]

Just to continue with things beautiful...

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e280/mattlargo/deborah1ws.jpg

[wolve]

Reminds me of this cover of Patti Smith:

http://www.postmodern.com/~fi/pattipics/images/_easter.jpg


Patti didn't shave her 'armpit-hair', what a woman :)

[chica]

Hair fetish :p
And policewomen... (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showpost.php?p=369962&postcount=604)
I will have to work hard to please you!

[wolve]

I thought you had a nice amount of hair over your body, and somewhere you must have hand cuffs too? ;)
Easy!

[the more you explore me!]

well i would like to post these beautiful people:

DeliciousDemon
wolve
chica
Danielledelu

[Sir Alec]

http://www.lucypinder.info/assets/images/gallery_18_img02.jpg

http://www.todchat.com/lidia/pulppics2.jpg

http://www.essentialsuede.com/brett3.jpg

[chica]

Who's special, Mr Senior again? And we need to know more about the girl :D (since you detest porn it can't be some random pic, right)

[Sir Alec]

Who's special, Mr Senior again? And we need to know more about the girl :D (since you detest porn it can't be some random pic, right)

The special boy is Steve Mackey of Pulp. The girl is British model Lucy Pinder. The other is Brett Anderson.

Oh I feel light headed after seeing those pictures. That must be the flu.

[DeliciousDemon]

well i would like to post these beautiful people:

DeliciousDemon
wolve
chica
Danielledelu

ahh, you really made my day (really!)


thanks :*

[chica]

Or we four girls would make HIS day! :p

[Cot3]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/mozzera/banderachilena2.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/mozzera/banderachilena1.jpg


The chilean flag.

[the more you explore me!]

Or we four girls would make HIS day! :p

you know me too well.

and your beautiful people, because of your humour on these threads that make my day.

[wolve]

Or we four girls would make HIS day! :p


Correction: three girls and unidentified animal

[chica]

Correction: UHA - unidentified hairy animal ;)

[Codreanu]

V

The Most Holy Virgin was tall and well- proportioned. She seemed so light that a mere breath could have stirred Her, yet She was motionless and perfectly balanced. Her face was majestic, imposing, but not imposing in the manner of the Lords here below. She compelled a respectful fear At the same time as Her Majesty compelled respect mingled with love, she drew me to Her.

Her gaze was soft and penetrating. Her eyes seemed to speak to mine, but the conversation came out of a deep and vivid feeling of love for this ravishing beauty who was liquefying me. The softness of Her gaze, Her air of incomprehensible goodness made me understand and feel that she was drawing me to Her and wanted to give Herself. It was an _expression of love which cannot be expressed with the tongue of the flesh, nor with the letters of the alphabet.

The clothing of the Most Holy Virgin was silver white and quite brilliant. It was quite intangible. It was made up of light and glory, sparkling and dazzling. There is no _expression nor comparison to be found on earth. The Holy Virgin was all beauty and all love; the sight of Her overwhelmed me. In her finery as in Her person, everything radiated the majesty, the splendor, the magnificence of a Queen beyond compare. She seemed as white, immaculate, crystallized, dazzling, heavenly, fresh and new as a Virgin. The word LOVE seemed to slip from Her pure and silvery lips. She appeared to me like a good Mother, full of kindness, amiability, of love for us, of compassion and mercy.

The crown of roses which She had placed on Her head was so beautiful, so brilliant, that it defies imagination. The different colored roses were not of this earth; it was a joining together of flowers which crowned the head of the Most Holy Virgin. But the roses kept changing and replacing each other, and then, from the heart of each rose, there shone a beautiful entrancing light, which gave the roses a shimmering beauty. From the crown of roses there seemed to arise golden branches and a number of other little flowers mingled with the shining ones. The whole thing formed a most beautiful diadem, which alone shone brighter than our earth's sun.

The Holy Virgin had a most pretty cross hanging around Her neck. This cross seemed golden, (I say golden rather than gold-plated, for I have sometimes seen objects which were golden with various shades of gold, which had a much more beautiful effect on my eyes than simple gold-plate). On this shining, beautiful cross, there was a Christ, it was our Lord on the Cross. Near one end of the Cross there was a hammer, and at the other end, a pair of tongs. The Christ was skin-coloured, but He shone dazzlingly; and the light that shone forth from His holy body seemed like brightly shining darts which pierced my heart with the desire to melt inside Him. At times, the Christ appeared to be dead. His head was bent forward and His body seemed to give way, as if about to fall, had He not been held back by the nails which held Him to the Cross.

I felt a deep compassion and would have liked to tell His unknown love to the whole world, and to let seep into mortal souls the most heartfelt love and gratitude towards a GOD who had no need whatsoever of us to be everything He is, was, and always will be. And yet, O love that men cannot understand, He made Himself man, and wanted to die, yes, die, so as to better inscribe in our souls and in our memory, the passionate love He has for us! Oh, how wretched am I to find myself so poor in my expression of the love of our good Savior for us! But, in another way, how happy we are to be able to feel more deeply that which we cannot express! ...

The Holy Virgin was crying nearly the whole time she spoke to me. Her tears flowed gently, one by one, down to her knees, then, like sparks of light, they disappeared. They were glittering and full of love. I would have liked to comfort Her and stop Her tears. But it seemed to me that She needed the tears to show better Her love forgotten by men. I would have liked to throw myself into Her arms and say to Her:

My kind Mother, do not cry! I want to love you for all men on earth. But she seemed to be saying to me:

There are so many who know me not!

I was in between life and death, and on one side, I saw so much desire by this Mother to be loved, and on another side, so much cold and indifference . . . Oh! my Mother, most beautiful and lovable Mother, my love, heart of my heart!

The tears of our sweet Mother, far from lessening her air of majesty, of a Queen and a Mistress, seemed, on the contrary, to embellish Her, to make Her more beautiful, more powerful, more filled with love, more maternal, more ravishing, and I could have wiped away her tears which made my heart leap with compassion and love. To see a Mother cry, and such a Mother, without doing everything possible to comfort her and change her grief into joy, is that possible? Oh! Mother, who is more than good, you have been formed with all the prerogatives GOD is able to make; you have married the power of GOD, so to speak; you are good, and more, you are good with the goodness of GOD Himself. GOD has extended Himself by making you his terrestrial and celestial masterpiece.

The Most Holy Virgin had a yellow pinafore. What am I saying, yellow? She had a pinafore more brilliant than several suns put together. It was not of tangible material, it was composed of glory, and this glory was scintillating, and ravishingly beautiful. Everything in the Holy Virgin carried me firmly and made me kind of slide into the adoration and love of my Jesus in every state of His mortal life.

The Most Holy Virgin had two chains, one a little wider than the other. From the narrower one hung the Cross which I mentioned earlier. These chains (since they must be given the name of chains) were like rays of brightly shining glory, sparkling and dazzling. Her shoes, (since they must be called shoes) were white, but a silvery brilliant white. There were roses around them. These roses were dazzlingly beautiful, and from the heart of each rose there shone forth a flame of very beautiful and pleasing light. On Her shoes there was a buckle of gold, not the gold of this earth, but rather the gold of paradise.

The sight of the Holy Virgin was itself a perfect paradise. She had everything needed to satisfy, for earth had been forgotten. The Holy Virgin was surrounded by two lights. The first light, the nearer to the Most Holy Virgin, reached as far as us. It shone most beautifully and scintillatingly.

The second light shone out a little around the Beautiful Lady and we found ourselves bathed in it. It was motionless (that is to say it wasn't scintillating) but much more brilliant than our poor sun on earth. All this light did not harm nor tire the eyes in any way.

In addition to all these lights, all this splendour, there shone forth concentrations or beams of light and single rays from the body of the Holy Virgin, from her clothes and from all over Her.

The voice of the Beautiful Lady was soft. It was enchanting, ravishing, warming to the heart. It satisfied, flattered every obstacle, it soothed and softened. It seemed to me I could never stop eating up Her beautiful voice, and my heart seemed to dance or want to go towards Her and melt inside Her.

The eyes of the most Holy Virgin, our Sweet Mother, cannot be described in human language. To speak of them, you would need a seraph, you would need more than that, you would need the language of GOD Himself, of GOD who formed the immaculate Virgin, the masterpiece of His omnipotence. The eyes of the majestic Mary appeared thousands of times more beautiful than the rarest brilliants, diamonds and precious stones. They shone like two suns; they were soft, softness itself, as clear as a mirror. In her eyes, you could see paradise. They drew you to Her, She seemed to want to draw and give Herself.

The more I looked, the more I wanted to see; the more I saw, the more I loved Her and I loved Her with all my might.

The eyes of the beautiful Immaculate One were like the door to GOD's Kingdom, from which you could see all that can elate the soul. When my eyes met those of the Mother of GOD and of myself, I felt inside me a happy revolution of love and a declaration that I love Her and am melting with love. As we looked at each other, our eyes spoke to each other in their fashion, and I loved Her so much I could have kissed Her in the middle of Her eyes, which touched my soul and seemed to draw it towards them and make it melt into Hers. Her eyes set up a sweet trembling in all my being; and I was afraid to make the slightest movement which might cause the smallest displeasure.

Just the sight of the eyes of the purest of Virgins would have been enough to make the Heaven of a blessed creature, enough to fill the soul with the will of the Most High amid the events which occur in the course of mortal life, enough to make the soul perform continual acts of praise, of thanksgiving, of atonement and expiation. Just this sight focuses the soul on GOD, and makes it like a living-death, looking upon all things of this earth, even the things which seem the most serious, as nothing but children's playthings. The souls would want to hear no one speaking unless they spoke of GOD, and of that which affects His Glory.

Sin is the only evil She sees on earth. She will die of grief unless GOD sustains Her.

Amen.

MARIA OF THE CROSS, Victim of Jesus
née MÉLANIE CALVAT, Shepherdess of La Salette

Castellamare, 21st of November 1878.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8461/salettevirgin2avu7.jpg

[Pervomartovtsi]

Kill the fuckers,here is Constantine the great!...(look the effects of studying on Pervo)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/pervomartovtsi/Yorkconstantine.jpg

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/movie%20posters/paintings/picassoquichote.jpg
:)

[Blue Dress]

Don Quixote?

[no one in particular]

more beautiful things since october anyone?

here is one:
song of the Wood Thrush (http://www.learnbirdsongs.com/birdsong.php?id=32) (song can be heard on that webpage - very good quality!)

http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/Newsletter/Spring05/images/Wood%20Thrush-USFWS.gif

[vAndreav]

boy have i got some nice ones for this........

[vAndreav]

Vladimir Kush:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/sunrisebytheocean4ln.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/Two-Our-Time-websize.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/d6549717-01a8-4cbb-946a-87c97556912.jpg
Hieronymus Bosch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/delightc.jpg

[vAndreav]

my adopted cat got run over:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/hawaiinstuff118.jpg
2 of my rescued and happy bunnies as babies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/Picturess153.jpg
my stud muffin on school rooftops:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/isthatpiegreen/hawaiinstuff036.jpg

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/mozzera/banderachilena2.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/mozzera/banderachilena1.jpg


The chilean flag.

i thought it was texas
:eek:

[bikubesong]

Kill the fuckers,here is Constantine the great!...(look the effects of studying on Pervo)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/pervomartovtsi/Yorkconstantine.jpg
Is that statue in York!? I have a great memory from this statue. If it's the one in York

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

oh, if were gonna go statue then, here is one of my faves;
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/me/Herman2Salza.jpg
Hermann von Salza
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/movie%20posters/paintings/Teutonic_order_charge.jpg
fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights & hero of mine

[lottie]

ok i was gonna add stuff to this hread, but NONE of the clickable icons for links etc work for me?
hellpppppppppp

[the more you explore me!]

Lights Of Cincinnati


(MacAulay/Stephens)


I remember still, I guess I always will
That winters day I took the west bound flight,
As I looked down from the plane
You were standing in the rain,
You waved goodbye,
Till I was out of sight.


(Chorus)
And I can see them shining
Through the Willows and the Pines,
The lights of Cincinatti
Oh, so many miles behind,
I could build myself a new life
And make it on my own,
But the lights of Cincinnati
Will keep calling me back home.


Sometimes late at night,
I watch the fire light make pictures
of a life that used to be,
For a moment I'm back there
In that same old rocking chair,
You look across the room
And smile at me.

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/jbk.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/j7h.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/jackie0.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/her/ackie.jpg

[chica]

It's scary how much she looks like my (young) mother in the first picture

yes, I said this before

[no one in particular]

It's scary how much she looks like my (young) mother in the first picture

yes, I said this before
glad you repeated yourself at least for me since i am inobservant and didn't know you previously said it

;) :D

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

It's scary how much she looks like my (young) mother in the first picture

yes, I said this before

wow, Serb lady, your mom was highly doable then

[no one in particular]

^you think chica takes after her mom? :confused:

[chica]

No, my dad :eek:
glad you repeated yourself at least for me since i am inobservant and didn't know you previously said it

;) :D
I am shocked!

:D