We are growing up!

Do you remember my "uninvited guests" ?

now, this is one of them. So friendly with us!

As some of you liked to see how they are growing up, I took this photo.

Welcome my Uninvited Guests

What could be more interesting than finding a Hoopoe nest in the garden?!

surely nothing. While I was walking in our garden, found a small nest at the base of walnut tree with 4 cute Hoopoes! you can see them on the photo but one of them is slept! Too me, their bills looks like the fox's head!

I have named them Uninvited Guests :)

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Ducks in the Park

By watching these lovely ducks, for a moment I really forgot that it is winter and Not spring!

"S" for Surprise

The last time that I went there, she was still pregnant. I mean our dog which lives in our garden. Today morning we decided to go to garden and when we arrived…wow, my God! Am I seeing true?! 8 cute pups?! Yeah, it was true!
The Watchman of garden fed them during our absence. He built a little house for the dog's family near his house to taking care of those puppies.
Now we should think to choose 8 names!!!

Oh, I miss 2 of them in the photo!

Note: My new blog Diaries By An Architect is stared but it is still in Persian. I know that some of you visit it so I try to translate my posts in English at the same time, as soon as possible.Thank you for your attention my friends.

"R" for Red

In depth of Persian Gulf II

A dreamy sense!

Ebrahim was picking up some marine cucumber :D



Diving is finished.Good Job Ebrahim!
Thank you for photos!

In depth of Persian Gulf I

These photos are taken by my aunt's husband “Ebrahim” who is a marine biologist and a professional diver.When I saw them I really wondered that how mysterious is the under water's world and how much beautiful the Persian Gulf is!

Ebrahim

I will post more photos tomorrow.Just come back to see!

Villager woman

While I was walking in the Kang alleys,I found that the local people are so different with other villages’s people.The reason may be is the long distance between Kang and the city.They are not happy people although they are so kind.The other reason would be the bad economic gesture of the village.
The woman in my today’s photo kept a hen in a strange way. Just see !

Eid-e-Ghorban

Four thousand years ago the valley of Mecca was a dry and uninhabited place. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) was instructed to bring his wife's servant, Hagar (Hajar) and their child Ishmael to Arabia from Palestine by Allah's command, as his first wife Sarah started to get jealous after Hagar got her baby.
With some supplies of food and water he left them without wanting, his wife Hagar asked him: "Who ordered you to leave us here", Ibrahim replied :"Allah", she said: "than Allah will not forget us, you can go". However the supplies quickly ran out and within a few days Hagar and Ishmael were suffering from hunger and dehydration.
In her desperation Hagar ran up and down two hills called Safa and Marwa trying to see if she could spot any help in the distance. Finally she collapsed beside her baby Ishmael and prayed to Allah for deliverance.
Ishmael struck his foot on the ground and this caused a spring of water to gush forth from the earth. Hagar and Ishmael were saved. Now they had a secure water supply they were able to trade water with passing nomads for food and supplies.
After a while the Prophet Ibrahim returned from Palestine to check on his family and he was amazed to see them running a profitable well.
The Prophet Ibrahim was told by Allah to build a shrine dedicated to him. Ibrahim and Ismael constructed a small stone structure – the Kabe - which was to be the gathering place for all who wished to strengthen their faith in Allah.
As the years passed Ishmael was blessed with Prophet hood and he gave the nomads of the desert the message of surrender to Allah.After many centuries, Mecca became a thriving city thanks to its reliable water source, the well of Zam Zam.
In the year 628 the Prophet Muhammad set out on a journey with 1400 of his followers. This was the first pilgrimage in Islam, and would re-establish the religious traditions of the Prophet Ibrahim.
Eid-e-Ghorban or the Festival of Sacrifice is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide in commemoration of the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God. The devil tempted Ibrahim by saying he should disobey God and spare his son. As Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son, God intervened and instead provided a lamb as the sacrifice. This is why today all over the world Muslims who have the means to, sacrifice an animal (usually a goat or a sheep), as a reminder of Ibrahim's obedience to God. The meat is then shared out with family, friends (Muslims or non-Muslims), as well as the poor members of the community.
I took some photos from a Sacrificing place in Mashhad for Eid-e-Ghorban. Every year, my dad buys a sheep, and then we sacrifice and distribute it between poor people.

A place of Sacrificing in Mashhad

Dad selected a sheep to Sacrifice

Flayers are dividing meats

* The Arabic sentence at top of the photo says: When an orphan (a child without living parents) cries, the Throne of the God shakes! Erase the tears from his/her face kindly!

Happy Eid-e-Ghorban to all Muslims!

A nervous face

He understood that I want to take a photo, so he started to show me his teeth !!

And I really scared!

Let's watch accurately!

See my today's shot!

This is just one of God's creature.You know that he is an "Architect", even more skillful than me :)

Ducks In The Park

This is again a photo in Mellat Park of Mashhad.I like those animals among the grass,they are nice!


BFF Award

Today morning,Some one Surprised me with her award!
Thank you Ann for the" Blogging Friends Forever Award".
Now I should give the award to five other bloggers according to the following rules:
1. Only five people are allowed
2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog
3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world
4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award
As Ann said in her blog,It is difficult to choose 5 between all!
Hmmm,I have chosen:

1.Elaine,my kind and dear friend from Willits Daily Photo
2.Dear Dina in the Jerusalem Hills who I really like her!
3.Meead from portland Daily Photo,one of my best friends!
4.Webradio with Les dédales de Webradio,a nice friend from France
5.Jilly from Menton Daily Photo (France) for her fantastic photographs

North Of Mashhad,Kang Village

This is an alley in Kang Village.A very beautiful and unique place in Mashhad city and even Khorasan Province.Since I choose this Village for my university project,I go there every week.So will post more photos and explain you why it is unique ;)

Dina,You liked to see the donkey.Now,See! This is my Dad art in photography :D

The Flowers & Bee

A Playful Butterfly

As much as I tried to take her photo,she was shaking her wings more and it is the reason that the picture is a little blur!

Today;I should thank to my new friend from AVT Coach.In her yesterday post, She introduced Mashhad Daily Photos as one of her 3 top sites with a lovely description about it.

Thank you my friends for your visits and comments.Today is the second day of autumn and our university and schools have started their new semester.I am going to be busy by my lessons and projects like 3 month ago.So,please forgive me that I do not have much free time to visit your blogs and take comments as much as before.I try to do that at weekends.Mashhad Daily Photos will be updated every day regularly.

Wish you a nice season :)