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Spending the evening outdoors at the family farm with a good book. Have you read this? What did you think? I remember reading about Betty and Barney in elementary school and being absolutely fascinated by their experience.

#books #aliens and ufos #ufology #ufo #abduction #alien #alien abduction #betty and barney hill #flying saucer #john fuller #the interrupted journey

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Step into the gallery

#cemeteries #cemetery #grave #headstone #tombstone #burial #graveyard #photography #amateur photography #marian shrine #hail mary #collage #mixed media #instax #polaroid #photo

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Today, we witnessed something so incredible.

Back in 2017, we had the opportunity to experience a partial eclipse, but nothing like this. I watched through my glasses until the sun went black, and I wasn't at all prepared for what I saw when I took them off.

I've seen plenty of photos and videos of the sun's corona, but there really isn't anything that can prepare you to see it with your own eyes. I gasped, and all I could say was, "Oh my god." over and over again. I kept forgetting to breathe. It was a truly singular experience.

📷: Joseph Bemiller

#eclipse #eclipse 2024 #solar eclipse

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"A book with a cover as sensational as this one has a lot of explaining to do. We fully expect a barrage of criticism from all sides. On one hand, many who believe space aliens are visiting Earth from other galaxies are going to take offense,and, on the other hand, many skeptical Christians will charge us with sensationalism. However, we believe we have good grounds for the ideas behind this book, and, if one is willing to engage in the arguments, they will stand up to scrutiny."

The first paragraph is what got us to pick this one up. I find myself saying something similar when I talk to anyone new about the things I've experienced or what I believe about spirituality, the concept of god, and the universe. I understand how crazy I might sound to someone who has no frame of reference for those kinds of experiences. I think about those events as logically as I can and consider known science.

I only encourage people to consider that maybe we don't yet understand what is possible.

-Alyse

#aliens #vatican #ufos #disclosure #uap #ET #extraterrestrials #catholicism #catholic church #pope #pope john paul ii #pope john paul i #pope paul vi #close encounter

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John and John Jr.

at Dusk

📷: Alyse Small

Counts Cemetery

Madison County, Ohio

#cemeteries #cemetery #grave #headstone #tombstone #burial #graveyard #photography #amateur photography #Ohio

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Sandborn

📷: Alyse Small

Oak Hill Cemetery

Delaware, OH

#cemeteries #cemetery #grave #headstone #tombstone #burial #graveyard #photography #amateur photography #ohio #statue

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Last night we went to Ancient Aliens Live! It was SO FUN. I took multiple pages of notes and bought two different books I'll share with you later.

The lecture was predominantly about our ancient sites and the lost knowledge of those indigenous cultures. They built things we can't build today. How is that possible? What tech did they have that we don't? Could the answers have been in the library of Alexandria? To discover even a fraction of that ancient knowledge would be Earth shaking. They touched on the government hearings as well, which got Nick Pope really fired up. But that's understandable considering his own service to the Ministry of Defense. We can't wait to tell you all about it. Thanks John for the awesome pic!

📷: John Brothers @eatthekidsfirst

#ancient aliens #aliens #ufo #uap #ufos #ufo sightings

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I wish so bad I could witness this. It seems like such a miracle to catch it in a photo.

Jellyfish Sprite

Red sprites or the tentacle-like spurts of red lightning in the sky during a storm are sometimes referred to as Jellyfish Sprite (because of their shape). There are also some that are vertical columns of red light and those are called carrot sprites.

They are ultra fast electricity traveling through the atmosphere towards space and are extremely rare (they last a tenth of a second). They can also be seen from space.

The picture above was captured on Mt. Locke in Texas (July 2nd, 2020) by Stephen Hummel.

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Farewell

Davis-King Cemetery

Crawford County, Indiana

#cemeteries #cemetery #grave #headstone #tombstone #burial #graveyard #photography #amateur photography #indiana

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Take a short rest...

Davis-King Cemetery

Crawford County, Indiana

#cemeteries #cemetery #grave #headstone #tombstone #burial #graveyard #photography #amateur photography #indiana #crawford county #short rest #asmr

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We heard some unsettling noises downstairs last night. Like someone was shaking or banging on our front door. We heard it and felt it reverberate through the house twice, but when we went to investigate, there was nothing. No one outside, the cats hadn't knocked anything over or off the counters. Nothing out of place at all.

"Tis the wind," I muttered. Only this and nothing more.

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(2022)

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India is the largest exporter of brass in the world. We have several nice pieces including these boxes. We have some engraved vases, cups, and a pitcher as well. We're working now on sorting product into sections like the brass, pottery, religious, limited drops and more.

#vintage #antique #small business

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Living in a mainly German Catholic community, we have a unique opportunity to come across some really special religious items.

I'd love to make a set of candles to go with it this before it's on the website. We're looking now for a local beehive to buy wax from so that we can make small batch ritual and devotional candles.

#crucifix #cross #jesus #catholic #catholicism #catholic imagery #christianity #christian #faith #vintage #antique #bible belt

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As we work on rebuilding our website, we'll be posting some photos of the product we'll have available.

When we're out sourcing inventory and supplies, we come across a lot of handmade pottery. We find a lot of beautiful pieces (and not so conventionally beautiful) that have been abandoned to the thrift and antique shops. Pieces that people took time and great care to create. We find everything from expertly crafted ceramics to grade school art projects. To us, it all has worth and we hope it does to you as well.

#pottery #ceramics #handmade #candle holder