Wallpaper for Tuesday, March 11

The Saint of the Day is Sophronius of Jerusalem, monk and theologian, who died in 638.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophronius The image found at this site needs to have a border applied and to reduced to about 60% of its original dimensions in order to be useable as a tile for PC wallpaper.

This entry posted March 11, 2008 07:24 CDT (UT+5)

Wallpaper for Monday, March 10

The Saints of the Day are the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste who died in witness to their Christian faith in 320. An easy-to-tile design commemorating these martyrs may be found using the following URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fortymartyrs.jpg If you wish to read more about this history, the Wikipedia entry itself may be found at the following link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste.

I plan to resume the Landscape of the Day again after Easter, beginning another around-the-world cycle in the 500,000 sq. km. region that includes the Holy Lands.

This entry posted March 10, 2008 06:30 CDT (UT+5)

Screensaver Images for Sunday, March 9

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Fifth Sunday in Lent) according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Ezekiel 37:1-14: - The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones - http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/center/drybones.html The above site contains an illustration by Barry Moser for the Pennyroyal Caxton Press Edition of the Holy Bible. [Site copyright University Libraries, University of Iowa]

Psalm 130: "Out of the depths have I called to you, O LORD..." http://www.bibelausstellung.at/slo/karte7.html This illustration is an original painting by Matej Metlikovič.

Romans 8:6-11: "he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you" http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/5lentA.htm. At the above web page are clip art illustrations by the later Father Richard Lonsdale. (Copyrighted, but freely usable for non commercial purposes). Since these gif file graphics reproduce poorly in their intended role. I have modified the original illustration and will upload it as soon as the Blogger software cooperates.

John 11:1-45: Lazarus is raised from the dead http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/piombo/p-piombo2.htm This is illustrated by a Sebastiano del Piombo painting "The Raising of Lazarus", from the excellent Carol Gerten-Jackson web site.

Wallpaper for Saturday, March 8

The Saint of the Day was John of God, founder of a hospital and a religious order, who passed away in 1550. http://www.trinitystores.com/?egreetz=y&icon=90. A copyrighted icon of this saint may be found at the above web page. (Br. Robert Lentz, ofm ©1997) This would be usable as a tile for PC wallpaper.

The Landscape of the Day brings us to the end a 46 week round-the-world journey. (It was about half-way through when I started putting it on the blog.) http://www.flickr.com/photos/89459623@N00/2079917207/sizes/o/ We end with a view from Iran, in the of Province Fars, near the town of Estahbanat. We don't know exactly where the picture was taken, but that town is located at 29°7'28''N, 54°2'15''E

This entry posted March 9, 2008 08:24 CDT (UT+5)

Wallpaper for Friday, March 7

The Saints of the Day are Perpetua and Her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, who died in approximately 202. http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienP/Perpetua.htm On the above page reference is an image of a mosiac tile that would do well as a tile for generating PC wallpaper, possibly with a reduction to about 75% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from northwestern Iran, near the city of Tabriz.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7982990@N07/2042045426/

This entry posted March 7, 2008 04:10 CST (UT+6)

Wallpaper for Thursday, March 6

The Saint of the Day is Collette of Corbie, a member and reformer of the Poor Clares religious order, who passed away in 1447. A image appropriate for use as PC wallpaper tile may be found at the following web site maintained by the Kokomo, Indiana chapter of the Poor Clare order. http://www.thepoorclares.org/. On the right side of the home page, select the "Saint Collette" link to find that image. The wallpaper effect might be improved by adding a border to this image.

The Landscape of the Day is a view from the Province of Yazd in southeastern Iran. http://www.flickr.com/photos/travfotos/250066438/sizes/l/

This entry posted March 6, 2008 06:55 CST (UT+6)

Wallpaper for Wednesday, March 5

The Saint of the Day is Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonika, monk and mystic, who passed away in 1359. http://www.pylgeralmanak.nl/?pagina_id=148 The first image on the above page is an icon suitable for use as a PC wallpaper tile is a border is applied and with a reduction in size to about 66% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is from the Khorasan region of northeastern Iran. http://www.flickr.com/photos/orianaitaly/1896948668/sizes/o/ For wallpaper be sure to use this in the stretch format. The resolution is a bit marginal, but it's a nice view.

This entry posted March 5, 2008 7:17 CST (UT+6)

Wallpaper for Tuesday, March 4

The Saint of the Day is Casimir, Crown Prince of Poland, who passed away in 1384. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Casimir The image at the above web page is useable as a tile for PCwallpaper, particularyly if a border is applied and the size is reduced to 50%-66% of the orginal dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Turkmenistan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcyellen/2103452682/sizes/o/ I suspect this featureless view is fairly typical of the country, and we should be thankful that at least this much of a landscape shot was included among slim amount of photo resources from this country available on the Web. Set our your wallpaper to the stretch format in order to use this shot.

This entry posted March 4, 2008 6:27 CST (UT+6)

Wallpaper for Monday, March 3

The Heroes of the Day are the brothers John and Charles Wesley. The former passed away in 1791 and the latter in 1788. They were both ordained Anglican ministers, who underwent conversion experiences. Charles Wesley became known primarily as a hymnwriter. John Wesley was also known as a theologian and instrumental in the founding of a new Protestant denomination, the Methodist Church. http://www.imarc.cc/buletins/wesleyq.html The image at the above web page appears to have originated as a portrait painting of John Wesley, late in life. I would reduce this image to 50% to 66% it original dimensions for use as a tile to generate a PC wallpaper background.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the nation of Uzbekistan. The resolution is marginal for use as wallpaper. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23609393@N03/2253910758/sizes/o/ Be sure to select the Stretch format. The location given by the photographer is in the vicinity of 41°37'0''N, 70°5'0''E, near the village of Brichmulla.

Posted March 3, 2008: 6:19 CST

Screensaver Images for Sunday, March 2

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Fourth Sunday in Lent) according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

1 Samuel 16:1-13: "The Lord said, "Rise and anoint him; for this is the one." Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers; and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward." An image illustrating this passage may be found on the following web page. http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/Pictures/United%20Kingdom%20Artwork/target0.html ([site] Copyright © 2003,2007 La Vista Church of Christ [La Vista, Nebraska - No attribution given for the art work.])

Psalm 23: This psalm is illustrated by some David Dennis (©) wallpaper graphics. Any of five illustrations for Psalm 23 may be selected from this page of thumbnail images. http://wonders.wallpaperdave.com/psalms02.htm

Ephesians 5:8-14: "Live as children of light" The web site for the Children of Light Learing Center in Toledo, Ohio has a collage which illustrates this term in a charming manner. http://www.childrenoflight1.com/.

John 9:1-41: Jesus heals a man born blind On the following web page are six thumbnail images that illustrate this passage. http://www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon/sem/a/cua/04/index.htm I could find nothing that looked like a site copyright on this web site posted from Spain. I recognize two of the illustrations --- the fifth is a painting by Duccio di Buoninsengna and the sixth is a clip art illustration by Cerezo Barraedo. (BTW - My Blogger input screen is in a funky mode and I an unable to eliminte the underlining, as yet.) Click on the photos to obtain a larger format in a pop-up window.

Wallpaper for Saturday, March 1

The Saint of the Day is Dewi, Bishop of Mynyw (known as Saint David in English). He passed away in the year 589, approximately. He is considered the patron saint of the land of Wales (UK). More information can be had at the following Nash Ford Publishing Company web page.http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/dewi.html. Unfortunately the background of the saint's image on that page is all white, which is a bad color for PC wallpaper. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of putting in a grey background in case you wish to use this art as a wallpaper tile. Needless to say, you may not use this to decorate your postcards or represent it as your own, or in anyway violate the following copywright. © David Nash Ford 1996-2007. All Rights Reserved.

For one final time the Landscape of the Day is from the 2,600,000 sq. km. of Kazakhstan, using this now familiar site, which has several landscape scenes from Kazakhstan posted as series of thumbnail images on a single web page. http://www.bukhara-carpets.com/kazakhstan-landscape.html . Today's recommendation is the last photo (fourth on the fifth row) entitled "The Zerenda Lake is of tectonic origin". Click on that title, which is a link to a pop-up window that contains an attractive photo suitable for PC wallpaper in the stretch format.

Wallpaper for Friday, February 29

The Hero of the Day is Villana de'Botti of Florence, OP Ter. who passed away this date in 1361. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintv92.htm Instruction for use of this site are the same as yesterday. "More information and a picture may be had at the above web page from the Terry H Jones web site, etc.....image .... a narrow border and reduced in size to about 60% of the original dimensions."

Also, still, and once again, the Landscape of the Day is rightfully to be selected from Kazakhstan, the ninth largest nation in the world by area. There is a great need for good high-resolution landscapes from that fabulous country. To find one for today we must resort to yesterday's site, which has several landscape scenes Kazakhstan posted as series of thumbnail images on a single web page. http://www.bukhara-carpets.com/kazakhstan-landscape.html . Today's recommendation is the first photo in the fourth row entitled "The Red Canyon of the Charyn River". Click on that title, which is a link to a pop-up window that contains an attractive photo suitable for PC wallpaper in the stretch format.

Wallpaper for Thursday, February 28

The Saint of the Day is Jadwiga, Queen of Poland (aka Hedwiga) who passed away in 1399. http://saints.sqpn.com/sainth12.htm More information and a picture may be had at the above web page from the Terry H Jones web site, which is indexed by memorial date at http://www.catholic-forum.com/. The image at the above link will serve as a tile for PC wallpaper, particularly well if given a narrow border and reduced in size to about 60% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the nation of Kazakhstan. This one comes from a site that has several landscape scenes from that nation posted as series of thumbnail images on a single web page. http://www.bukhara-carpets.com/kazakhstan-landscape.html I can recommend the second photo in the second row entitled "The Country of mountains and steppes". Click on that title, which is a link to a pop-up window that contains an attractive photo of adequate resolution and appropriate aspect ratio. As always, use the Stretch format to display this landscape image as PC wallpaper.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, February 27

The Saint of the Day is Gabriel Possenti of Spoleto, CP, a seminarian, who passed away in the year 1862. The best representation was an image in a circular format from the catholic-church.org site http://www.catholic-church.org/stpaulsretreatcenter/PassionistSaints.htm (Copyright © 1995-2006. Saint Ambrose Foundation). I have taken the liberty of reformatting this so that you can use it on your PC screen as a wallpaper tile. Any publication or other dissemination of course would be subject to the above-referenced copyright protection.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the large nation of Kazakhstan. http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Kazakhstan/photo452614.htm

Wallpaper for Tuesday, February 26

The Saint of the Day is Alexander of Alexandria, bishop, who passed away around the year 327. http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Alexander_von_Alexandria.htm The above link yields an image usable as a tile for PC wallpaper, particularly if reduced in size to about 50% - 60% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Kazakhstan --- actually more of a cloudscape-limnoscape --- which attracted my attention. High-resolution landscape images are apparently hard to locate for this land, so we'll use what we can find. http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Kazakhstan/photo546568.htm A guestimate for the location of this shot would be 53°05'N, 70°18'E

Wallpaper for Monday, February 25

The Saint of the Day is Matthias, the 13th disciple. (According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was selected to fill the vacancy left by the death of Judas.) The traditional date for this observance is February 24, and for an apostle it can moved back a day, when the 24th falls on a Sunday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saint-Mathias.jpg The selected image is an icon which could be improved for use as a tile by adding a border and reducing the size a bit to around 80% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is from Tajikistan © Gennadiy Ratushenko / World Bank http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2073362501/sizes/o/ The location is said to be in/near the capital Dushanbe. However the coordinates given by the photographer don't appear to be the specific location of this vista. This scene represents an area of the world that includes includes Kyrgyzstan and in northern 1/5 of Afghanistan.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, February 24

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Third Sunday in Lent) according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Exodus 17:1-7: "Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink." Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel." This is illustrated by a Jean Tassel painting available on line through the web site of Museum Bredius at The Hague, Netherlands. (© 2000 Museum Bredius) "Private use or use on the internet in non-commercial sites is allowed on condition of mentioning 'Museum Bredius' " http://www.museumbredius.nl/schilders/pics/tassel3.jpg

Psalm 95: http://www.creations-art.com/gallery/bible_landscape.html This is a series of photographs with Bible verses superimposed. (©2007 Living Creations Studio Gallery) The illustration of Psalm 95 is the 14 photo on the page. The command [Ctrl F - "Psalm 95"] found it quickly on my browser.

Romans 5:1-11: A coyrighted illustration of Romans 5:5 may be found at this location. http://www.heartlight.org/powerpoint/1377.html

John 4:5-42: Jesus and the woman at the well http://www.newlife-ag.com/pic_story_of_jesus.htm
This web page contains a series of thumbnail illustrations and the one illustrating this text is the second thumbnail image in the second row. A click or two on the small image will bring up a fine illustration originally published in "Egermeier's Bible Story Book."

Wallpaper for Saturday, February 23

The Saint of the Day is Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop, who passed away in 155. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burghers_michael_saintpolycarp.jpg This image of an engraving by Michael Burghers will be suitable as a tile for PC wallpaper, particularly with a color border applied and a reduction to about 66% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Afghanistan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shahinbedawi/519928333/sizes/o/ Information provided by the photographer references "Pamir", a Central Asian mountain area encompassing northeastern Afghanistan and a place named "Langar" (a fairly common place in Afghanistan). However the combination of this information and some geotagged Panaramio photos found on Google Earth point to a location for this photograph in the vicinity of 36°45'00" N, 71°56'00" E.

Wallpaper for Saturday, February 23

The Saint of the Day is Polycarp of Smyrna, bishop, who passed away in 155. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burghers_michael_saintpolycarp.jpg This image of an engraving by Michael Burghers will be suitable as a tile for PC wallpaper, particularly with a color border applied and a reduction to about 66% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Afghanistan. Information provided by the photographer references "Pamir" a Central Asian mountain area encompassing northeastern Afghanistan and a place named "Langar" (a fairly common place in Afghanistan). However the combination of this information and some geotagged Panaramio photos found on Google Earth point to a location for this photograph in the vicinity of 36°45'00" N, 71°56'00" E.

Wallpaper for Friday, February 22

The Saint of the Day is Margaret of Cortona, OFM Ter., a penitent, who passed away in the year 1297. http://www.margaretsrosaries.com/Images/cortonapic.jpg As a tile for generating PC walpaper the above image will work best with a border applied and a reduction in size to about 33% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Pakistan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/98305089@N00/2059775336/sizes/l/in/set-72157603896751484/

Wallpaper for Thursday, February 21

The Saint of the Day is Peter Damian of Ravenna, priest, abbot, bishop and theologian, who passed away in 1072. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintp25.htm. The full length image on the above page be OK as a tile for generating PC wallpaper --- the addition of a border would improve it.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Pakistan. htp://www.flickr.com/photos/didier_marti/1319728190/sizes/l/ It's a beautiful landscape, but the broad black border does not lend itself to use as PC wallpaper. However there weren't many shots to pick from among the collection at my preferred source. It's not too hard to superimpose a grey border, dark grey adjoining the earth and light grey adjoining the sky; and this improves the appearance of the wallpaper. The location given by the photographer is 36°18' 54" N, 74°40' 42" E

Wallpaper for Wednesday, Feburary 20

The Saint of the Day is Eleutherius of Tournai, a bishop and martyr, who died in 532. http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienE/Eleutherius.htm The image on the above page should generate some nice wallpaper when used as a tile, possibly with a border applied and reduction to 75% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the State of Kashmir in India. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoy/177094990/sizes/l/ The location given by the photographer is 34°10' 12" N, 77°34' 52" E.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, February 19

The Saint of the Day is Philothea of Athens, a martyr, who passed away in 1589. An icon by Sister Kiprianis (copyright © 2000-8 OramaWorld.com) may be viewed at the following web page http://www.oramaworld.com/product_info.php/cPath/1000_1100_1130/products_id/110101. One could build a screen of tiled wallpaper with this image, most successfully with significant reduction in size --- to 50%-60% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is from the State of Rajasthan in India. http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/West/Rajasthan/photo798222.htm This view represents an area of the world that also includes the Indian state of Gujarat.

Wallpaper for Monday, February 18

The Saint of the Day is Colman of Lindisfarne, bishop, who passed away in 675. http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/bios/colman.html (© Nash Ford Publishing 2003. All Rights Reserved.) The image on the above web page would make nice tiled wallpaper if the image were reduced to about 67% of the original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. http://www.flickr.com/photos/11062494@N00/55113247/sizes/o/ The feature shown, the Marble Rocks near Jabalpur, is illustrated in Google Earth with a geolinked Panaramio photograph, near the following location: 23°06'22"N, 79°55'32"E. The overhead view of the river here does not correspond with the above landscape, but the actual location may not be too far away.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, February 17

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The Second Sunday in Lent) according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Genesis 12:1-4a: This text is well illustrated by the following clip art from the collection by the late Father Richard Lonsdale, which may be found at the following site: http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/2lentA.htm . Since these gif files do not always reproduce well, I am taking the libery of posting this jpg version. This is copyrighted, but free for non-profit use (See the referenced web site for details.)

Psalm 121: A nice landscape illustrating a text from this psalm may be found at the following web page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Psalm_121.jpg

Romans 4:1-5, 13-17: "For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness." Abraham trusted God enough pack up his family and possession and move to the land of Canaan, an event illustrated by the Pieter Lastmann painting at the following web address: http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/l/p-lastman1.htm

John 3:1-17: [Nicodemus visits Jesus] The best illustration is could find is a copy of an engraving in an e-book in Project Gutenberg data base --- "Our Day in the Light of Prophecy" by E. Spicer. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18503/18503-h/18503-h.htm The illustration is on page 258, but easy way to find it is to search for the name "Nicodemus" (Control-F)

Wallpaper for Saturday, February 16

The Saint of the Day is Onesimus, a freed slave who supported the work of the apostles, as described by Saint Paul in his letter to Philemon (Phil 1:4-8). http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainto01.htm The image on the above referenced page can be tiled for PC wallpaper. For best results, put a border around it and reduce it to 75% of original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Bangladesh. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rahmanmm/2134634805/sizes/o/. The location given by the photographer is 23°42' 33" N, 90°3' 35" E, which would be directly west of the city of Dhaka.

Wallpaper for Friday, Feburary 15

The Saint of the Day is Theodosius Florentini, monk, priest, and founder who passed away this date in 1865. http://www.kreuzschwestern.at/t5/gruender/ptheodosius.htm. The addition of a border and a reduction in size to about 60% of the original dimension would improve the above image for use as a tile for the creation of PC wallpaper.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the State of Orissa in India. The resolution is not to the level that I prefer, but it may be OK, since I don't have time to find a better one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/devriese/1331412874/sizes/o/. This represents an area of the world that also includes the Indian states of Jharkhand, Bihar and Northern Chaattisgarh.

Wallpaper for Thursday, February 14

The Saints of the Day are Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs. Cyril, who passed away in the 869 is credited with the invention of an alphabet to facilitate translation of the Bible in the languages of the Slavic peoples of eastern Europe. For a tile to be used as the basis for PC wallpaper, I am uploading an illustration used on a set of Greek postage stamps.

The Landscape of the Day is from the State of Maharashtra in India. http://www.flickr.com/photos/maestra/291307446/sizes/l/ This represents an area of the world that includes, not only the Indian state of Maharashtra, the northern half of Andhra Pradesh, and the southern half of Chhattisgarh.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, February 13

The Hero of the Day is Absalom Jones of Philadelphia, priest who passed away this date in 1818. He was the first African American ordained as a priest in the United States. On the following web page is an image that could serve as a tile for PC wallpaper if a border were applied and if it were reduced to about 33% of its original dimensions. http://www.explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=3323 . (This source reference only his ordianation to the diaconate. - However, see the Wikipedia entry for Absalom Jones for a more complete bio.)

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the State of Karnataka in India. http://www.flickr.com/photos/suchana_seth/2038655584/sizes/o/ This represents an area of the world that includes the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka and the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, and the southern half of Andhra Pradesh

Wallpaper for Tuesday, February 12

The Saint of the Day is Benedict of Aniane, an abbot, who passed away in 821. More information about this saint may be found at the Catholic Encyclopedia site http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467a.htm . I have uploaded the image on the right from the Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon, which gives this date for the commemoration of this saint. (The Catholic Encyclopdia has it on February 11.) In the uploaded image I tried to change the background to friendlier color for use as a tile in PC wallpaper. (Pale yellow is not a favorite background color for my computer screen).

This might be a good place to make a recommendation for anyone who it trying to use Saint of the Day wallpaper. Align your desktop icons around the perimeter of your screen to frame the display, and keep each icon in a consistent location so you will know when to look for it. A screen full of Saint of the Day tiles can sometimes make it a little challenging to spot the icon you need. I don't use this type of display when I working on a tight deadline.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Laos, and more specifically, from short distance north of Vientianne at the following location given by the photographer: 18°22' 04" N, 102°34' 10" E. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thevortext/303490926/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Monday, February 11

The Hero of the Day is Caedmon of Whitby, monk, poet, and, according to some sources, a saint. He passed away in the late 7th century, around 675 according to one source. An image of this hero for PC wallpaper at http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Caedmon.html, may be used as a tile. This would work best with a border added and reduced to 33% of the original dimensions. For more information about this claim of sainhood for this individual, I would recommend Katherine Rabenstein's hagiography at http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0211.shtml.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Thailand, in the Province of Mae Hong Son, District of Pai. http://www.flickr.com/photos/felix-ruess/1396657490/sizes/o/ The photographer doesn't give a specific location, but a somewhat similar landscape appears in a Panaramio photo linked to Google Earth in the vicinity of 19°31'00"N, 98°12'00"E. This represents an area of the world that includes Thailand and Cambodia.

Scrensaver Images for Sunday, February 10

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (The First Sunday in Lent) according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7: The temptation of Adam and Eve is illustrated by this Titian [Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano] painting from the Royal Collection at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. http://www.museodelprado.es/en/ingles/collection/on-line-gallery/on-line-gallery/zoom/2/obra/adam-and-eve-1/oimg/0/ . (Note that Titian used artistic license to render a tempter tjat doesn't really look like a snake as described in the book of Genesis.)

Psalm 32: This psalm is illustrated by a David Dennis (©) wallpaper graphic. One of two illustrations for Psalm 32 may be selected from this page of thumbnail images. http://wonders.wallpaperdave.com/psalms02.htm.

Romans 5:12-19: "If, because of the one man's trespass [Adam's], death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." The image on the following page illustrates this text to some extent. http://www.maherconsulting.com/bumc/sermondetail.cfm?ID=351

Matthew 4:1-11: The Temptation of Christ is the subject of a memorable painting by Ary Sheffer, which illustrates today's gospel text. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ary_Scheffer_-_The_Temptation_of_Christ_%281854%29.jpg