FabSwingers.com forum: Beautiful things

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Today I was driving and I heard a piece of music, an operatic voice, I am not ashamed to admit. It's very beauty sent a course, cold fire up my spine, the "shiver" it enduced was smile inducing, in the modern age this is termed a "rush"..... I gloried in it, and felt, for a time, whole....

I came home, and there are no children there, o laughter of the young, or a wife's comforting smile, but keen to continue this feeling of pure life contentment, I read a book, and discovered a phrase of, for me at least, an equally beautiful moment I literature, which, although you may of course ridicule for me, I will share;

"He stepped down, Trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking"

Now whether you find this beautiful is of little consequence to me, but what do you find beautiful?

Caveat, I know this is a swingers site, but even swingers (Tongue firmly in cheek) must have a definition of beauty beyond the lifestyle we partake in?

P xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You read Tolstoy? *sighs*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i took some lovely snaps over the river kelvin in glasgow,it was a dull looking day, but i turned the greens out in a higher contrast, all the autumn colours came out looking remarkable, even my friends in america commented on facebook saying how beautiful it was,,,so thats gloomy glasgow......Oh and I spotted a big black heron, sitting on a pilar in the middle of the river...unfortunately I couldnt zoom in to great with my camera, but to me, it was beautiful.

Later i took some pics of leaves along the canal, some close up ones,and some cotton type bank .

oh and Ive tonnes of my gorgeous cat pics(that I may lose if my laptop cant be repaired!!!!!)

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"You read Tolstoy? *sighs*

I admit that Bulgarkov is my favourite from this region, but purely because I have long held a softspot for the cleverly dark....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

@laff, the colours of autumn eh? I agree my friend, very beautiful indeed. And cats, if I get reincarnated, would like to be one...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not so hot on poetry but the mention of a 'cold fire up the spine' made me instantly think of a piece of music...

David A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Never fails to send shivers through me

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Rutland water is beautiful all year round but especially this time of year. Thankfully for me it is on my doorstep

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Not so hot on poetry but the mention of a 'cold fire up the spine' made me instantly think of a piece of music...

David A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Never fails to send shivers through me

If it makes you smile in a way that the world seldom sees, who am I to criticise? That's the beauty of beauty (if you pardon the pun) it is unique to each of us. I will make appoint of finding this piece of music.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i haven't got anything to say so maybe there should be a "like" button like on face book

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not so hot on poetry but the mention of a 'cold fire up the spine' made me instantly think of a piece of music...

David A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Never fails to send shivers through me

P xxx"

Let me know, if you hear the beauty in it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Rutland water is beautiful all year round but especially this time of year. Thankfully for me it is on my doorstep"

Something about water isn't there? Probably Freudian, but who cares? Give me a river, a summers day, the grass green, and a glass of fine White, and I will join you in your smile...

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

i went to a seminar once where they were defined as grace moments...those brief moments in the day when we stop and realise the beauty in the simple things around us.

Today my grace moment was the cobwebs strung across the back garden,the sunlight catching the dew drops.

What is this life if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep, or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

Cant say it better

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"i haven't got anything to say so maybe there should be a "like" button like on face book"

There must be something that raises a smile seldom seen?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"i went to a seminar once where they were defined as grace moments...those brief moments in the day when we stop and realise the beauty in the simple things around us.

Today my grace moment was the cobwebs strung across the back garden,the sunlight catching the dew

Cant say it better

Well in a way, for me, you did, the thought was better than the Poem. That cobweb laced with dew, the first songs of autumn (for me), thank you for sharing

P xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i went to a seminar once where they were defined as grace moments...those brief moments in the day when we stop and realise the beauty in the simple things around us.

Today my grace moment was the cobwebs strung across the back garden,the sunlight catching the dew drops.

What is this life if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep, or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

Cant say it better

When we stay in Wales, on the side of a mountain, with no tv, phones, or central heating...it is always the most amazing and liberating time. We spend our time, enjoying our little slice of heaven...and don't let me even start on the stars

just imagine being inside a snow-globe, all those small white particles all around your head...sensational

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""He stepped down, Trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking""

I liked that, and I'm not such a literary person. Music tends to touch me more... and your thread has reminded me of a song (although many have beauty) that none of you will know, and many may not like, but none the less I will share!

and p.s. thanks as I'm really enjoying this right now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etXDl-5zy_8

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder of what we find beautiful, I am just pleased that somewhere in the great anonymity of the Internet, people are smiling....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder of what we find beautiful, I am just pleased that somewhere in the great anonymity of the Internet, people are smiling....

P xxx"

Did you have a listen too?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder of what we find beautiful, I am just pleased that somewhere in the great anonymity of the Internet, people are smiling....

P xxx

Did you have a listen too?"

I have bookmarked it, as I have no ears at the moment (not literally, thankfully) will listen tomorrow

Here's the link for Lilly was here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSx8uKdD5o

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder of what we find beautiful, I am just pleased that somewhere in the great anonymity of the Internet, people are smiling....

P xxx

Did you have a listen too?

I have bookmarked it, as I have no ears at the moment (not literally, thankfully) will listen tomorrow

Here's the link for Lilly was here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSx8uKdD5o"

I can see why that may have caught you given a good moment in time. Perhaps not quite my cup of tea, but has a jazzy element which means you may well like my one

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

13"

Unluky for some?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"@laff, the colours of autumn eh? I agree my friend, very beautiful indeed. And cats, if I get reincarnated, would like to be one...

P xxx"
not as my cat ,, just kicked his ass for scratching the fuck out of the roof of the car ,, i live with the damage or pay feckin 5 k for new roof ,,,, arrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My beautiful moment of yesterday ....

An old couple, in their 80s, after a medical appointment, were waiting for the ambulance to take them home. I came out of room nearby, arms full of paperwork, rushing onto my next task but they caught my eye and I stopped for a minute to look.

I watched from behind, her in a wheelchair, he standing at the side of her, both holding each others hand. I imagined a lifetime of romantic love that guided them through the decades. I like to see old couples holding hands

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My beautiful moment of yesterday ....

and that warm image made me smile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""He stepped down, Trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking"

and p.s. thanks as I'm really enjoying this right now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etXDl-5zy_8"

I listened... I'm speechless. Thank you so much... xxx ps That was my beautiful moment... *floats off*

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By *o Peep n WoodyCouple
over a year ago

suffolk

A big beautiful hug from my 2 boys is the best feeling ever

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My beautiful moment of yesterday ....

and that warm image made me smile

thats lovely .when i was in a wheelchair my husband of 32 years wanted to be as far away from me as possible .......but im glad he went off with one of my friends because i now live in a beautiful place and i wouldnt be here if i was still married .....so my beautiful thing is where i live ....lucky me

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Art... and whenever I look at the latest work from Nathan Ford or Anthony Scullion.... I sigh and reach for my credit card.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crisp shadows on a sunny winter day always make me want to take photos.

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

"i went to a seminar once where they were defined as grace moments...those brief moments in the day when we stop and realise the beauty in the simple things around us.

Today my grace moment was the cobwebs strung across the back garden,the sunlight catching the dew

Cant say it better

Well in a way, for me, you did, the thought was better than the Poem. That cobweb laced with dew, the first songs of autumn (for me), thank you for sharing

P xxx"

Not a hunter davies fan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i took some lovely snaps over the river kelvin in glasgow,it was a dull looking day, but i turned the greens out in a higher contrast, all the autumn colours came out looking remarkable, even my friends in america commented on facebook saying how beautiful it was,,,so thats gloomy glasgow......Oh and I spotted a big black heron, sitting on a pilar in the middle of the river...unfortunately I couldnt zoom in to great with my camera, but to me, it was beautiful.

Later i took some pics of leaves along the canal, some close up ones,and some cotton type bank .

oh and Ive tonnes of my gorgeous cat pics(that I may lose if my laptop cant be repaired!!!!!)"

I love browsing peeps landcape snaps. Found a lovely one last year and it is now my first oil painting.

The feel and the look of the oil paint ... yes ... I found that beautiful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""He stepped down, Trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking"

I liked that, and I'm not such a literary person. Music tends to touch me more. "

+ 1 from me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rutland water is beautiful all year round but especially this time of year. Thankfully for me it is on my doorstep

Something about water isn't there? Probably Freudian, but who cares? Give me a river, a summers day, the grass green, and a glass of fine White, and I will join you in your smile...

P xxx"

I catch you eyes, you look at mine - there's somethings special in this time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What is this life full of care...

We have no time to stand and stare..

Little things...a moth landing on my arm...quivering...

A rainbow...most people missed it...heads bowed with frowns....sad..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oh some words, some acts are so beautiful they make me cry.

I remember seeing an old man playing flute near the marketplace, so beautiful and moving, I burst into tears.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"oh some words, some acts are so beautiful they make me cry.

I remember seeing an old man playing flute near the marketplace, so beautiful and moving, I burst into tears."

Its a rich life...full of sensation..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"One of the early pioneers in neurocardiology, Dr. J. Andrew Armour, introduced the concept of a functional "heart brain" in 1991. His work revealed that the heart has a complex intrinsic nervous system that is sufficiently sophisticated to qualify as a "little brain" in its own right. The heart's brain is an intricate network of several types of neurons, neurotransmitters, proteins and support cells like those found in the brain proper. Its elaborate circuitry enables it to act independently of the cranial brain – to learn, remember, and even feel and sense. The recent book Neurocardiology, edited by Dr. Armour and Dr. Jeffrey Ardell, provides a comprehensive over_iew of the function of the heart's intrinsic nervous system and the role of central and peripheral autonomic neurons in the regulation of cardiac function."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As I Walked Out One Evening

by W. H. Auden

As I walked out one evening,

Walking down Bristol Street,

The crowds upon the pavement

Were fields of harvest wheat.

And down by the brimming river

I heard a lover sing

Under an arch of the railway:

'Love has no ending.

'I'll love you, dear, I'll love you

Till China and Africa meet,

And the river jumps over the mountain

And the salmon sing in the street,

'I'll love you till the ocean

Is folded and hung up to dry

And the seven stars go squawking

Like geese about the sky.

'The years shall run like rabbits,

For in my arms I hold

The Flower of the Ages,

And the first love of the world.'

But all the clocks in the city

Began to whirr and chime:

'O let not Time deceive you,

You cannot conquer Time.

'In the burrows of the Nightmare

Where Justice naked is,

Time watches from the shadow

And coughs when you would kiss.

'In headaches and in worry

Vaguely life leaks away,

And Time will have his fancy

To-morrow or to-day.

'Into many a green valley

Drifts the appalling snow;

Time breaks the threaded dances

And the diver's brilliant bow.

'O plunge your hands in water,

Plunge them in up to the wrist;

Stare, stare in the basin

And wonder what you've missed.

'The glacier knocks in the cupboard,

The desert sighs in the bed,

And the crack in the tea-cup opens

A lane to the land of the dead.

'Where the beggars raffle the banknotes

And the Giant is enchanting to Jack,

And the Lily-white Boy is a Roarer,

And Jill goes down on her back.

'O look, look in the mirror,

O look in your distress:

Life remains a blessing

Although you cannot bless.

'O stand, stand at the window

As the tears scald and start;

You shall love your crooked neighbour

With your crooked heart.'

It was late, late in the evening,

The lovers they were gone;

The clocks had ceased their chiming,

And the deep river ran on.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""One of the early pioneers in neurocardiology, Dr. J. Andrew Armour, introduced the concept of a functional "heart brain" in 1991. His work revealed that the heart has a complex intrinsic nervous system that is sufficiently sophisticated to qualify as a "little brain" in its own right. The heart's brain is an intricate network of several types of neurons, neurotransmitters, proteins and support cells like those found in the brain proper. Its elaborate circuitry enables it to act independently of the cranial brain – to learn, remember, and even feel and sense. The recent book Neurocardiology, edited by Dr. Armour and Dr. Jeffrey Ardell, provides a comprehensive over_iew of the function of the heart's intrinsic nervous system and the role of central and peripheral autonomic neurons in the regulation of cardiac function.""

Indeed...the heart feels...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Hill

by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,

Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

You said, "Through glory and ecstasy we pass;

Wind, sun, and earth remain, the birds sing still,

When we are old, are old. . . ." "And when we die

All's over that is ours; and life burns on

Through other lovers, other lips," said I,

---"Heart of my heart, our heaven is now, is won!"

"We are Earth's best, that learnt her lesson here.

Life is our cry. We have kept the faith!" we said;

"We shall go down with unreluctant tread

Rose-crowned into the darkness!" . . . Proud we were,

And laughed, that had such brave true things to say.

---And then you suddenly cried, and turned away.

My favourite poem...gets me everytime..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

love Rupert Brooke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"love Rupert Brooke

A deeply sensitive man....who helped take the callouses of my heart %*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

you see, it is so amazing how some have the talent to put into beautiful and eloquent words what we feel, and can help to heal us. Another beautiful thing.

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

This is a nice thread.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"you see, it is so amazing how some have the talent to put into beautiful and eloquent words what we feel, and can help to heal us. Another beautiful thing."

Ah shit %*

Sensitivity drops embrace an eyelash...

Have my best hug...I like your Soul...

Ttfn

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"This is a nice thread."

Give it time....it could change yet.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

This thread has gone better than I thought

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

stop being a girl

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