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Coffee for Mister Mondrian: Photo by Photographer Floriana Barbu - photo.net: Aug 19, 3:31pm 1 review photography
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6656434; One lump or two?
"Coffee for Mister Mondrian" by Floriana Barbu
Love this!

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3624272-lg.jpg: Aug 15, 4:26pm 2 reviews photography
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3624272-lg.jpg; "Un Paseo Por Las Nubes"
by Saul Santos Diaz

Indonesias Toraja - Los Angeles Times: Aug 14, 8:20pm 1 review photography
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-deathtribe-pg,0,7255437.p...; From the page: "At Suaya cliff on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, life-size wooden dolls, representing dead Torajan royals entombed there, look down on family members who regularly deliver offerings such as cigarettes, palm wine and bottled water."
(Paul Watson / Los Angeles Times)
See Los Angeles Times article: latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-deathtribe14-2008aug14 [latimes.com] ,0,7032068.story

Indonesias Toraja - Los Angeles Times: Aug 14, 8:11pm 1 review photography
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-deathtribe-pg,0,7255437.p...; Beauty
"The funeral of Augustina Tambing brought thousands of relatives together over three days, including this girl, one of 20 grandchildren who helped greet mourners."(Paul Watson / Los Angeles Times)

There is a very interesting article,"The Torajans of Sulawesi live to die", by Paul Watson, published by The Los Angeles Times, regarding the funeral practices of the Toraja people of Indonesia.

From the page:

The mummy of the last king of Toraja, Puang Sambolinggi, has waited in this coffin for five years while the king's son, Eddy Sambolinggi, 56, and other family members negotiate details of the late monarch's elaborate funeral. (Paul Watson / Los Angeles Times)

"After decades of planning for their funerals, the dead wait months, even years, for their last rites while relatives negotiate arrangements for the perfect send-off."

By Paul Watson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 14, 2008

BUNTU KALANDO, INDONESIA -- The last king of Toraja was 93 when he took his final breath in July 2003. Five years later, he's still part of the family, quietly residing in a small room in his former palace, shaded by two red parasols decorated with colored beads and gold fringe.

By Torajan tradition, he isn't really dead. He's just sick. The late monarch won't be gone for good until he has been laid to rest with traditional rites featuring the slaughter of scores of water buffaloes, at least one of them a rare spotted specimen.

The unhurried passage from this world to the next isn't reserved for former rulers. It is central to the culture of Torajans, an ethnic group in southern Sulawesi island whose customs are a hybrid of ancient tribal traditions and Protestant Christianity."

Click on this link for the remainder of the article:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-deathtribe14-2008aug14,0,7032068.story

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk201/wowow00/untitled2.jpg: Aug 11, 1:10am 1 review photography
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk201/wowow00/untitled2.jpg; Kissing is good for you!

Total eclipse of the sun | Science | guardian.co.uk: Aug 1, 4:56pm 1 review astronomy, photography
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2008/aug/01/solar.eclipse?picture=3...; Solar Eclipse
"The poetry of the earth is never dead."-- John Keats
Jiayuguan, China: Visitors to the Jiayuguan Fort on the Great Wall of China
watch the eclipse Photograph: David Gray /Reuters
There are rare events that occasionally bring some sense of perspective that elude any measurement. An eclipse of the sun occurred today. I am happy for those who were able to witness the night in the day. The total solar eclipse began in Canada, and this totality was seen there and eventually over Siberia and finally in northern China.

There is a great video here with NASA footage, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4443396.ece, as well as an article, "Solar eclipse awes spectators across the globe". I was moved when, in the video, you could hear the sounds of the people cheering until that moment of blackness when there was applause. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4443396.ece

From the article: "The eclipse began in arctic Canada, when the moon first came between the earth and the sun. The shadow then passed across northern Greenland to Russia, where soon after 1000 GMT yesterday darkness descended on the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Birds fell silent and the temperature dropped suddenly. An eerie wind blew through the assembled throng (I love this--Dr.M)."

Here is the link for NASA's comprehensive coverage of the August 1st solar eclipse http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/eclipse/index.html

Wedding Kiss by ~ForcedReaction on deviantART: Jul 31, 10:49am 1 review photography
http://forcedreaction.deviantart.com/art/Wedding-Kiss-41455402; Kissing is good for you!

"Wedding Kiss"
by ~ForcedReaction
on deviantART
"We've Only Just Begun"

We've only just begun to live,

White lace and promises

A kiss for luck and we're on our way.

And yes, We've just begun.

Before the rising sun we fly,

So many roads to choose

We start our walking and learn to run.

And yes, We've just begun.

Sharing horizons that are new to us,

Watching the signs along the way,

Talking it over just the two of us,

Working together day to day

Together.

And when the evening comes we smile,

So much of life ahead

We'll find a place where there's room to grow,

And yes, We've just begun.

--Paul Williams and Roger Nichols
--Recorded by The Carpenters