1897 GOLD COIN

Gimme just one thing of beauty
To last me for all of my years
Gimme just one thing of beauty
And wash away all of my tears

I won't need to get no religion
When I throw all my burdens away
So gimme just one thing of beauty
And I'll stand at this alter and pray

Gimme one thing of beauty
I need one thing of beauty
Baby one thing of beauty

It's hard times down on the corner
Yeah, there's loneliness out on the street
I mean, everywhere you go there's someone you know
Who suffered some kind of defeat

But there's dreams being dreamed down in the doorway
Of all these places nobody goes
Yeah the ones that just so many [are] praising
They're the ones now that nobody knows

They just need one thing of beauty
Maybe one thing of beauty
They need one thing of beauty

(That's right...that's all they need)

You can keep every diamond and ruby
You can forget all those pharaohs and kings
Gimme just one thing of beauty
Take away all these material things

Gimme one thing of beauty
Since it all turns to ashes and dust
Gimme one thing of beauty
Yeah, the rest of you can do what you must

But I need.... (Chorus)

There's hard times...
There's loneliness down on the street
But all we need is just one thing....

When you go way down
You're looking for one thing....

Mac Cohn – One Thing of Beauty

It’s Roma Street Parklands on a wet and overcast Tuesday morning before starting a long late shift.. I’ve got the hang of the 300mm lens now as the old glass comes back to the memory of the hand and the weight and hand polished old fashioned workmanship reminds me of a former life I wish I still had sometimes forgetting the crap cattle calls and press releases. This is me with my first Pentax, Manual everthing focus works better and this is super crisp.
Natural sunlight at f 8.0 in EV, Cropped and contrast adjustment to boost the light a little but this is pretty much the way it came out of the camera right here; no adjustments.
Just a simple moment of beauty to dance to alone in your heart

I am proud to debut the first of my ToKon/Xcite Partner items... These collars are scripted to work with the ToKon system and include color change options (the main band, the edges and ring, and the heart change in three seperate groupings). The gemstones remain the same and the metal colors will each have different color variations (as the metal itself has subtle effects on the color changing results). This first collar is fairly simple in design but absolutely beautiful with two side accent stones and a center heart holding the leashing ring. The one shown is Gold with Amethyst accent stones. In between working on getting my new shop sorted out built and set up I will be adding more of the Gold variety to the temporary main shop. I plan to release the other metals in the new shop when it opens.