Water is never far away and reflects golden moments.
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone".
(Mary Anne Evans (1819 – 1880), better…
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Holding back the "Golden" years
No quotes here, just some lyrics by Mick Hucknall for this picture of “the oldest living city in the world” shot at sunrise from Mir ghat. “Holding back the years, Thinking of the fear I've had for so long. When somebody hears, Listen to the fear that… -
Along The River Of Golden Dreams
Sometimes I see people sleeping on the ghats along the Ganges. Where are going those golden dreams, who will catch them, could they be a key to open the palace of eternity that so many hope to find one day here, in Varanasi (Benaras), “The oldest living c… -
Golden Prayers for L'Aquila
Solidarietà alla popolazione abruzzese... There was a strong earthquake (6.3 on the Richter scale) in Italy last night at 3:30 am, which killed and hurt many people, it also damaged several buildings and monuments. It was felt across the whole of Italy… -
Golden Slumbers
“Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise.” (Thomas Dekker (1572–1632), Elizabethan poet and dramatist) This is a picture of the Ganges shot from Panchganga ghat in Varanasi (Benaras). Those baskets are keeping candles, I heard that… -
Embracing a Golden Heaven
“Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever.” This is a quote by Horace Mann (1796–1859), an American education reformer and brother-in-law to author Nathanie… -
Three Golden Realms
Those three young Tibetan monks were climbing the staircase leading to the Mahabodhi Temple, the place of Gautama Buddha's attainment of nirvana (Enlightenment), in Bodh Gaya (बोधगया), in the Indian state of Bihar. I could feel a state of happiness everyw… -
The Golden Hours
This pictures was shot from the balcony of my friend Martina which is facing the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras). It was during the middle of the afternoon, when life stops, allowing those golden hours to live for a while. This couple could stay or leave as… -
The Golden Lectures
“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” Quote by George Washington Carver (1864–1943), American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. Sometimes I can enjoy the golden lectures spread along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras), th… -
Satya Yuga - The Golden Age
"...there were no poor and no rich; there was no need to labour, because all that men required was obtained by the power of will; the chief virtue was the abandonment of all worldly desires. The Krita Yuga was without disease; there was no lessening with… -
Golden Hands
“A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” (Unknown) This picture… -
Golden Alliance
“We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.” (Max Depree - American businessman and writer, b.1924) On a cold afternoon of winter, this m… -
The Golden Fleece
"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family." (Joachim du Bellay - French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade… -
Golden Wanderer
“I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils.” (William Wordsworth - English Poet. 1770-1850) I often spend some time on the balcony of a Shiva mandir (temple) near M… -
In a Golden Coating
“Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty cloudlets floating; Winking at the blushing trees, And the sombre, furrowed fallow; Smiling at the airy ease, Of the southward flying swall… -
The Golden Opportunity"
“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone”. (Quote by Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924), American writer) I took this picture from… -
The Golden Beams
“Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.” (Quote by Susanna Moodie(1803–1885), British born Canadian author) Each word fro… -
Remembrance of a Golden Age
"Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such” - Henry Miller (American Author and Writer, 1891-1980) This man was worshipping early in the morning along the holy waters of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras). It was a gol… -
A Golden Moment
"Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such” - Henry Miller (American Author and Writer, 1891-1980) This man was worshipping early in the morning along the holy waters of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras). It was a gol…
