Welcome to Life Images by Jill

Welcome to Life Images by Jill.........Stepping into the light and bringing together the images and stories of our world. I am a photographer, writer and multi-media artist.
Focussing mainly on Western Australia and Australia, I am seeking to preserve images and memories of the beautiful world in which we live and the people in it.

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Monday 29 July 2019

How Far Does the Hand Reach - "The Peace cloth" - world wide eco printing collaboration

I have been experimenting with eco-dyeing for a couple of years and I have blogged about it a couple of times before here - Eco-dyeing - the magical absorbing art



but it has been my absolute privilege to recently be involved in a global eco-dyeing project - How Far Does the Hand Reach - "The Peace Cloth" - which has been exhibited in  Norwich, England recentlhy as part of a bigger exhibition, Botanical Signatures, by Maria Clarke-Wilson. 

103 eco-dyers from 28 countries around the world contributed silk squares eco-dyed with their local plants, and these were sewn together by Maria according to their location in the world into this huge piece you can see in the pictures below. 



 

Sunday 21 July 2019

Anniversary of Man Walking on the Moon

On 16th July 1969 Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. 20th July marks the 50th anniversary of man walking on the moon after landing in the Lunar Module Eagle on the Sea of Tranquility. Commander Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, followed by Buzz Aldrin. They spent about 21 hours on the moon, whilst Michael Collins flew the command module Columnbia above. 

Armstrong''s famous words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was heard around the world, as millions watched the scenes unfold on their televisions. 



Were you alive when this event happened? Do you remember it? Did you watch it on TV?
 I was in high-school in 1969 and our science lab was the only classroom with a TV. I remember that the television ran the whole day at school and we were allowed to go in and watch. Mostly it was a lot of scenes of Neil and Buzz bouncing around on the moon, but it was still fascinating, and indeed a great leap forward in space exploration and a significant event in world history. 

And a couple of my own moon photos.... taken during a total lunar eclipse on 31 January 2018.



There is lots on the net about the moon landing:
Wikipedia
Space.com
Earthsky.org


Only a short post from me today, but I thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week. 


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Monday 8 July 2019

The girl in the train window

Seen on a train this last weekend.  The girl in the train window.....who is she I wonder? What is she looking at? Why does she have that pensive look? Where is she going?



 From a Railway Carriage - by Robert Louis Stevenson 
(from A Child's Garden of Verses 1885)

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.


Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone for ever!

  Good news update! 25 September 2019 - I am very happy to tell you that I received a GOLD award at the Bunbury Photography Group for this image for an Open topic in September 2019.  The judge really loved it, said it was something different, loved the focus on the girl, and the expression on her face. 

So happy when someone likes your work as much as you did.  When I saw this image through the train window, I just had to capture it. We were on an old steam train near Dwellingup in Western Australia. I was hanging out the window, the train was on a curve of the track, and I saw this girl. I think the image could have been taken just about anywhere - to me she looks Indian, though others thought it was a boy in Europe. 

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Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week.

I am linking up to the link-ups below. Please click on the links to see fabulous contributions from around the world - virtual touring at its best!

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