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Littlebrook B started life as a coal fired powerstation, Designed in the late 1930s but due to world war 2 it was not completed untill 1950. The station was later converted to gas and finaly ceased generating in the mid 1970s.
SS Myherin 2
It was absolutely lashing down with hail and rain up on top of Myherin, so I didnt get too many shots for fear of wrecking my poor camera!
3rd Degree
It's All Bad
1) 05271981
2) It's All Bad
3) Street Shit feat. Kutt Calhoun & Snug Brim
4) Macaroni & Cheese
5) The Defintion feat. Young Beezle & Profit
6) That's Right feat. The Incredible Zigg
7) Bird In My Bottle feat. Grewsum
8) So Sexy
9) Roll With Factas
10) We Ride (Remix) feat. Don Juan
11) No Love feat. Hustlar & The Incredible Zigg
12) The Game Needs Me feat. Young Beezle
13) Rap Shit
14) Slougher feat. Donta Slusha
15) War?
16) Situations feat. Grewsum
17) 5-2-10 feat Blydell & The Incredible Zigg
Annual Photog trip - 2015: Kyoto
Meiji no Mori Minō Kokutei Kōen (明治の森箕面国定公園?) is a Quasi-National Park in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It was founded on 11 December 1967 and has an area of 9.6 km²
We got one taco to try for $2.
It was okay - it tasted fine, but not really like any korean bbq I've ever had. Of course, I've never had korean bbq in a taco. They also had burritos and quesadillas.
well.. coz it's golden week :P
I'll do a write up for Day 2:
It's a day which started well and ended very nicely :)
We spent the night before in Kanda. Headed out early to go to a 100yen shop at Akihabara before catching our reserved bullet train, embarking on our "quest for sakura" journey.
We found the 100yen shop alright and saw tonnes of goodies there but decided to do the shopping spree when we returned to Tokyo on Day 7 (where I encountered the middle-aged Cosplay phenomenon
Since 8vee never tried "standing soba", so we grabbed our breakfast at one right in front of akihabara JR station and had an amazing Squid tempura soba *slurp*
And then we bumped into some funky pet and its friendly owner :)
Then went back to the hotel, grabbed our bags and headed north to Kasumigajou Kouen, Nihonmatsu and then to Sendai to check into our hotel before grabbing dinner
Navajo Upper Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest, on Navajo land east of Lechee, Arizona. It includes five separate, scenic slot canyon sections on the Navajo Reservation, referred to as Upper Antelope Canyon (or The Crack), Rattle Snake Canyon, Owl Canyon, Mountain Sheep Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon (or The Corkscrew).[2] It is the primary attraction of Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park, along with a hiking trail to Rainbow Bridge National Monument.
The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tsé bighánílíní, which means 'the place where water runs through the (Slot Canyon) rocks'. Lower Antelope Canyon is Hazdistazí (called "Hasdestwazi" by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department), or 'spiral rock arches'. Both are in the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.[4] They are accessible by Navajo guided tour only.[5]
Located southeast of Lower Antelope canyon by the gateway town of Page, Ari. This part of the canyon is chiseled out by millions of years' worth of flood erosion and impactful winds on its sandstone, enough to sculpt out the iconic "X" shape that aptly named the canyon. Canyon X is a relatively new scenic tour and the lesser-known cousin of Upper/Lower Antelope Canyon. Canyon X is a mixture of the characteristics of both the Upper and Lower canyon, with the Upper's feature of pillars of light and the Lower's steepness. Canyon X is also deeper than the other two and brings ample photo opportunities.
My colleague Eilidh and I were chatting at work, the other day. I was telling her about getting off the tube at Victoria station every morning in one of my previous jobs. Every now and again, I'd feel this overwhelming urge to just buy a ticket to a destination picked at random and just go.
There were times when I came pretty close, probably not helped by how terrible that particular job could be. The only thing that stopped me was the fact that most trains from Victoria only go to nearby commuter towns in Surrey and I'm not sure you can finish a sentence starting: "I decided to throw caution to the wind...", with the word: "Guildford."
There were some pretty compelling reasons to stop the two of us just jumping in my car too:
1) We weren't sure where to go
and...
2) it was already gone three on a wet February afternoon, so not only would anywhere we went be wet; it would also be cold. And dark.
This wasn't enough to deter us completely though. A googled image of the Edale Valley was enough to convince Eilidh of the need for a day's holiday. The heavy rain that was forecast didn't even deter us. Nor, for that matter, did the heavy sleet predicted as the morning got closer.
As it turned out, the weather was stunning. The temperature may have varied between 'fresh' and 'bloody freezing', but the sunshine was beautiful.
So here is Eilidh, doing something other than sitting at her desk.
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1. DSCN2701 2. It's done! 3. [3 x 6] Bee Quilt Block
4. DQS10 Complete 5. Solitude 6. Make Life Twirly
7. Doll Quilt swap 10 Finished 8. Camelot, Block #6 9. Comments and faves
A walk round Dover yesterday.
We had gone to Tesco first thing, I mean earlier than normal, there before seven and back home, have breakfast put the shopping away and out to town all before twenty past eight, all so Jools could have a hair cut.
This is a tale that has been repeated all over Britain: decades of poor planning by local councils, allowing large out of town retail areas have killed our town centres.
Dover isn't alone in this, and I can remember 15 years ago, having to be in town before nine to get a parking space. Biggin Street was full of shoppers, and market stalls selling fruit and veg.
But no more.
Maybe half a dozen cars in the car park, Biggin Street and the rest of the town centre like 28 Days Later, and only one other table in La Salle Verte taken when I went in for a brew and some shortbread.
Whitfield has Tesco, Lidl, B&Q, Home Bargains, Pets at Home, even its own KFC and Subway now. No need to go into town, so people don't.
I dropped Jools off in Ladywell, then drove round to the car wash place, but this was closed at half eight. So along to Stembrook, to park where we used to and have the car washed. There's not enough cars now for the business to work, just dozens of empty spaces.
I walked over Pencester Gardens to Penchester Road, where the post office used to be. Not any more, its a Poundland. But having had just the one stamp for the card, I put that in the pillar post box, and walked to Biggin Street, where a guy in a barbers was having breakfast, but had an empty chair.
Do I need to book? I ask. No. So, I sit and in 15 minutes I am shorn, not as carefully as usual, but it'll do through the warm phase, and do me until the end of the month, as we're going to be quite busy at weekends.
I walk to the car, drove to to the car wash place, which was no open, and they will do inside and out, in 40 minutes, so I leave the car and keys and walk along to St James Old Church.
St James (Old) Church is unusual, in that it survived longer than its replacement. And is only in its current ruinous state because of enemy action in the last war.
I went to take shots as it had been shrouded in scaffolding for about a year, but is now free of it, but there were a couple of tents inside, though apparently unoccupied.
The centre of Dover was once a place with a complex of ecclesiastical buildings. Most have now gone, with St Marys and St James left standing. The largest church, St Martin Le Grange, is long gone, buts its foundations can be seen from the library and visitor centre on market Square. As well as the churches, there was the Priory, the remains of which now make up the grounds and buildings of Dover College.
I take my shots and then wander through the new St James Development on the other side of the road, to the Market Square and up Biggin Street for a brew and a piece of shortbread, which about the size of a loaf of bread.
But tasty.
I collected the car, parked on Castle Street to see where Jools wanted picking up, when she appeared from a shop opposite.
The chances!
She climbed in and I drove us back home along the cliffs along Reach Road to St Maggies and home.
This is the last weekend before the football season starts, so for the last time we try to stay awake in the afternoon, have a coffee and some chocolate, before going to Jen's for supper of pizza and cards.
It is also Sylv's last weekend here, she goes home on the coach on Thursday, so its a bittersweet evening, made easier by two bottles of wine and lots of banter.
I think we all end about even, so Jools drive us home, back to the cats and a not so early night.
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Originally a Saxon church it is assumed that St James's is one of the three, unnamed, Dover churches listed in the Domesday Book. The present structure dates from about the 12th century.
As well as being a place of worship the church was also the meeting place of the official courts of the Barons of the Cinque Ports. Their last meeting was in 1851 and was presided over by the Duke of Wellington as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
By the 19th century the old church was in need of enlargement and restoration. It was decided that it was not possible to build a sufficiently large church on the old site at the top of St James's Street, and a new site further north on Maison Dieu Road was selected.
The new church was built between 1860-2 and when it opened became the main parish church. The old church was used by a group of French protestants for a few years and was eventually restored in 1869.
The old St James's was severely damaged by enemy shell fire during World War 2. It was hit several times by shells, the tower eventually collapsing. In 1948 it was decided to leave it as a ruin to commemorate the people of Dover who, like the church, suffered much during the war.
The new St James's Church survived the war reletively unscathed but much of the parish it served lay in ruins and it was declared redundant and demolished.
www.dover-kent.co.uk/places/st_james.htm
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Today a large ruin stands as a reminder of the severe damage suffered by Dover in the Second World War. This is the remains of `Old` St James, a Norman cruciform flint church. Its west doorway is an exceptionally fine piece of twelfth century work, putting the west door of the present parish church of St Mary to shame. In the nineteenth century, instead of restoring the church, it was decided to build a new one a short distance away, although the old church was eventually kept in use. It was very badly bomb-damaged and not rebuilt. The `new` St James Church was repaired after the war, but in its turn was declared redundant and demolished.
Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey.[2]
It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a 220-hectare (540-acre) agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries. The house and gardens were gifted to the National Trust in 1956,[3] but the rest of the park remains in private ownership.[4] Some of the house's contents have also been acquired by the Trust in lieu of estate duty.[5]
Construction of the house, designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni, began about 1730, and the interiors were finished by continental sculptors and plasterers in the 1740s. It replaced an Elizabethan house. The park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1781, and there are two formal gardens on either side of the house. Nearby is a Māori meeting house, one of only three outside New Zealand, that was brought to England in the late 19th century. After being transferred to the National Trust, the house underwent restoration before it was opened to the public, and later became a wedding venue and filming location for period dramas.
The house was badly damaged by fire in April 2015, probably caused by an electrical fault in the basement, leaving it "essentially a shell". Thousands of historic artefacts, paintings, and items of furniture were lost in what has been described as a national tragedy. In January 2016, the National Trust announced that some of the principal rooms on the ground floor would be fully restored to the original 18th-century designs, and upper floors will be used for exhibitions and events.
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The estate and Elizabethan house, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, was purchased in 1641 from Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place,[6] by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament and great-grandfather of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow, who rebuilt it. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers; three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Their portraits would later hang in the Speaker's Parlour at Clandon House.[7]
Engraving of the house, showing the west front and deer park, c. 1824
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, in about 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater heads) by Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow to the design of the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni. It is a rectangular building of red brick and stone dressings. Clandon House interiors, completed in the 1740s, featured a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack, and a rococo plasterwork ceiling by Italian-Swiss artists Giuseppe Artari and Bagutti.[8]
Clandon Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1776–81, replacing a French garden and transforming part of a disused canal into an ornamental lake.[9] A porte-cochère was added to the principal facade in 1876. A sunken Dutch garden was created by Frances, Countess of Onslow at the north front of the house in the late 19th century. In 1895, the house was investigated for paranormal activity by the Marquess of Bute and Ada Goodrich Freer on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research. During World War I, the Onslow family created and managed a hospital in Clandon House for the war injured.
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, was founded in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery" or "rural cemetery". With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain,[2] it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place." This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.[3] The 174-acre (70 ha) cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its role as an arboretum. It is Watertown’s largest contiguous open space and extends into Cambridge to the east, adjacent to the Cambridge City and Sand Banks Cemeteries.
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These are screen shots from Half Life 2 - Episode One, using the iZ3D Driver.
The game continues the story set out in Half Life 2, it has a much improved graphics engine and much better lighting effects.
See this discussion for full tutorial & software on how to play games in anaglyph 3D & take in-game 3D Digital Photo's.
nrhp # 80001106- The Lincoln County Courthouse, on Courthouse Sq. in Lincolnton, Georgia, was built in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
It has a Doric tetrastyle projecting two-story portico with entablatures and a heavy cornice. It is topped by domed clock tower, which rises in the center of the building. The building has rectangular windows everywhere but for the courtroom, which has round-arched ones. The courtroom "ceiling is coved and has large recessed squares overhead. Pilasters atop painted panel wainscoting surround the courtroom. The egg and dart motif is used in the cornice. There is a skylight in the center of the room directly under the clock tower which has frosted glass panels, muting the sunlight that shines into the room."[2]
It was designed or built by G. Lloyd Preacher, with Anniston, Alabama contractors Little, Cleckler Construction Co.
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Prince George's Chapel is a historic Episcopal chapel of ease located near Dagsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1755 as a chapel-of-ease for St. Martin's Church, Worcester Parish, Maryland. Churches built to serve the outlying areas of a parish where it was difficult for people to travel to the main church were given a chapel-of-ease designation. On June 30, 1757 the completed chapel was received by the vestry, dedicated, and named "Prince George's Chapel" for England's Prince George, later George III of the United Kingdom.[2] It is a small, shingled structure. A transept and chancel were added about 1763, but these have been removed. The interior features a vaulted ceiling of heart-pine, timbered pine pillars.[3] The State of Delaware purchased the property in 1967 and renovated the building.[4]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Boston.
With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain,[2] it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place." This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.[3]
The 174-acre (70 ha) cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its role as an arboretum. It is Watertown’s largest contiguous open space and extends into Cambridge to the east, adjacent to the Cambridge City Cemetery and Sand Banks Cemetery. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2003 for its pioneering role in 19th-century cemetery development.
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South Yorkshire Navigations.
Sheffield & Tinsley Canal.
Wicker Viaduct No 2.
It was the building of this railway viaduct in 1848 which was to see the end of prosperity for the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal.
Istanbul's Grand Bazaar is one of the most famous places in the world to shop. (Most internet searches for famous shopping markets would list this in the top ten "must-see" markets on the planet.)
Some fun facts & history about this place...
1. Construction began in 1455-56. (The main gates were put in by 1461.)
2. It was originally built to have a market near the sultan's palace for his convenience, and it was an enclosed market to protect against theft, fire, uprising, etc. (Nightly guards provided security for the merchants' wares.)
3. It's one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world. Under its roof, you'll find 61 streets; over 4,000 shops; and, in normal times, 250,000-400,000 visitors...per day...wandering its more than 30,000 square meters. (That's over 300,000 square feet for reference.)
4. The Grand Bazaar, though you can find most anything you want here, is actually one of a handful of markets in the area (historically). Nearby, you would have also found a slave trade market, a second-hand market, the "Long Market," and the old book market, and the Spice Bazaar. (Some of these still exist.)
5. Of the architecture, the gates (kapisi) are of note. You can find the Second-hand Booksellers' Gate in the north, the Jewellers' Gate in the east, the Skullcap Sellers' Gate in the south, and the Women's Clothiers' Gate in the west. (There are other gates; these are just some of the main ones.)
6. As you can deduce from the gate names, the interior of the market (with its 61 streets) was fairly well-organized, and merchants in specific trades were found together. For example, jewellers and gold bracelets were to be found on Kalpakcilar Caddesi (Gold Jewellers' Road), furniture, carpets, leather goods, and leather/casual clothing also were to be found on specific streets. This doesn't continue as distinctly today as it did in the past, though some streets do maintain a semblance of this past.
7. There was originally a caravanserai attached to the Grand Bazaar where long-distance travelers could stable their horses and rest before engaging in trade.
Now...I'm certainly forgetting details (for which I'm sorry), but I'll say that the Grand Bazaar is something everyone must experience while in Istanbul. (And, apparently, everyone does if it gets at least a quarter million visitors a day.) If you have an interest in photography (as I obviously do), then I'd strongly recommend going first thing in the morning when the bazaar opens -- it's open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, except Sundays and bank holidays -- when there are fewer people around. By 11:00, it's fairly crowded, and the later in the day you get, it's almost impossible to walk, let alone take pictures. (This actually applies not only to the Grand Bazaar, but also the Spice Bazaar and all the shopping streets between the two.) At any rate, the pictures I'm posting here do not, in any way, reflect the number of visitors.
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Navy Pier. Chicago, IL. Jul/2018
Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long (1,010 m) pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. It is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area. The Navy Pier currently encompasses more than fifty acres of parks, gardens, shops, restaurants, family attractions and exhibition facilities and is the top leisure destination in the Midwestern United States ("Midwest"), drawing nearly nine million visitors annually.[2] It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwest and is Chicago's number one tourist attraction..
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O Navy Pier (Cais Naval em português) é um cais de 1.010 m de comprimento (3.300 ft) na costa de Chicago, no Lago Michigan. O Navy Pier atualmente engloba mais de cinquenta hectares de parques, jardins, lojas, restaurante, atrações familiares e instalações de exposições e é o principal destino de lazer no Centro-Oeste, atraindo cerca de nove milhões de visitantes por ano. É uma das atrações mais visitadas em todo o meio-oeste dos Estados Unidos e é a atração turística número um de Chicago..
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Whom so ever
can I.D.
this mysterious
plant for me?
I got this as a cutting from Piet Moerman from the Passiflorahoeve, who told me he originally got it from some researcher in Borneo two or so years back. It has annoyingly eluded any attempts at identification to this point. Note that that it was from Borneo doesn't mean that it is native to Borneo, perhaps it was from a cultivated plant.
Things you can't really see in these pictures:
1. Like other species of Oxalis, the leaflets fold closed at night.
2. It has a red, succulent stem, covered in fine hairs, and branches sparsely along the main stem after a few months.
3. Relatively fast growing.
4. It suckers profusely from the base.
5. Requires very little soil - it doesn't seem to require an extensive root system (i.e. it's still in the very same small pot I rooted the cutting in).
6. Height 60-70cm and counting, but stem needs some support (might just be because it is reaching for the window).
7. Flowers profusely year-round. The flowers don't seem to be self-fertile.
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in southern Boston, Massachusetts, between the neighborhoods of Roslindale and Mattapan. It was established in 1852 as a private cemetery, and was acquired by the city five years later. It is the city's first cemetery to be laid out in the rural cemetery style, with winding lanes. It was at first 85 acres (34 ha) in size; it was enlarged by the addition of 40 acres (16 ha) in 1929. Its main entrance is on Walk Hill Street, on the northern boundary.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2009.
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december 9, 2007 (part 2)
it rained all day yesterday (saturday), but joseph and i decided to try our luck taking a mini-road trip to san diego today. one of our stops was chicano park. i'm choosing this picture for my project 365 to represent chicana iconography. que viva la mujer! :)
The Tradeston Bridge (Scots: Tredstoun Brig, colloquially known as the squiggly bridge)[1] is a pedestrian bridge across the River Clyde in Glasgow which opened on 14 May 2009.[2] It links the districts of Anderston (on the north bank) to Tradeston (on the south bank) - the aim of the bridge being to aid the regeneration of Tradeston by giving it a direct link to the city's financial district on the western side of the city centre.
Day 1 - We were quite lucky with the weather until about 2.30pm when the heavens opened and most people (including me) headed back to their car.
Day 2 - It was a shame the show was cancelled on the second day due to strong gale-force winds and heavy rain.
This is part 2, it has a gigantic showcase of Egyptian and Sumerian work, Americas, Renaissance and Europe, Indian and Asian and East Asian Exhibit. This is probably one of the few places you can see the historical database of Iraq and Syria original artifacts. We were arguing if its right to have such important works of history at display in an American museum rather than their home countries, but had these artifacts been in Syria and Iraq, especially post the war they would have been damaged beyond repair or lost forever. They are very respectful and accurate. Have a huge database of levant history from the origins.
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
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This is wreath #2. It took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to do with it, but I think it turned out pretty cute!
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
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nrhp # 02001659- Wadsworth Congregational Church is a historic African-American Congregational church located near Whitsett, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1885, and is a one-story, five bay, rectangular Gothic Revival style frame building. The small projecting vestibule supports a bell tower.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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This Moon Bun is a very special part of the Great Artist Moon Bun Series 2. It is a one of a kind piece celebrating the great artists of the world and throughout history. It will not be duplicated or remade.
All creatures in moons_creations' flickr set are designed by M. Bridges and are protected by law, unless otherwise noted.
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Flowers in a city - 2
It was a cozy afternoon, breeze waved through branches and leaves, lights got scattered by those dancing movemont. Among them, a hidden beauty revealed her own ways in tempo, and in smell.
(Oil always surfs in a way people kept neglected).
華山文化創意園區裡的一個小角落；一株花在背光的樹蔭下，在穿梭於樹葉間的光影間，以特有的頻率和舞姿默默地延伸自己的生命特質。
(真理不辨自明:-)
Nikkor 85mm / f1.8, filter Green
富士電影底片．Fuji Motion Film 71112 FG 80D
Development pushed to 400 (增感 2 格)
(20100330_FUJI71112FG_25:F4-60-G)
This photo is from our second day at Red Flag 24-2. It was a short day since we had to leave around 1330. We saw some more Flex departures (always so cool) but it was fairly quiet. Sky conditions varied from blah to decent. It was still a decent day - I just wish we could have stayed longer.
The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovine.[2] It is not closely related to the slightly larger wild water buffalo of Asia and its ancestry remains unclear. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies, and the largest one, found in South and East Africa. S. c. nanus (African forest buffalo) is the smallest subspecies, common in forest areas of Central and West Africa, while S. c. brachyceros is in West Africa and S. c. aequinoctialis is in the savannas of Central Africa. The adult buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature; they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield referred to as a "boss". They are widely regarded as very dangerous animals, as they gore and kill over 200 people every year.
The African buffalo is not an ancestor of domestic cattle and is only distantly related to other larger bovines. Owing to its unpredictable nature, which makes it highly dangerous to humans, the African buffalo has never been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the water buffalo. Other than humans, African Cape buffaloes have few predators aside from lions, and are capable of defending themselves. Being a member of the big five game, the Cape buffalo is a sought-after trophy in hunting.
Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park, formerly Hluhluwe–Umfolozi Game Reserve, is the oldest proclaimed nature reserve in Africa. It consists of 960 km² (96,000 ha) of hilly topography 280 kilometres (170 mi) north of Durban in central Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is known for its rich wildlife and conservation efforts.[2] The park is the only state-run park in KwaZulu-Natal where each of the big five game animals can be found.[2] Due to conservation efforts, the park now has the largest population of white rhino in the world.
Masonic Cemetery (technically, I think it's Masonic Cemetery #1 & #2) is located on City Park Avenue in New Orleans near a number of other historic cemeteries. It's on a triangular plot bisected by Conti Street (perhaps the two halves are considered #1 & #2?). It was founded in 1865 by the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana Free and Accepted Masons.
The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner that revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting effect on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever produced. It has a cruise speed of 207 mph (333 km/h), capacity of 21 to 32 passengers or 6,000 lbs (2,700 kg) of cargo and a range of 1,500 mi (2,400 km).
The DC-3 is a twin-engine metal monoplane with a tailwheel-type landing gear and was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2. It had many exceptional qualities compared to previous aircraft. It was fast, had good range and could operate from short runways. It was reliable and easy to maintain and carried passengers in greater comfort. Before the war it pioneered many air travel routes. It could cross the continental United States and made worldwide flights possible. It is considered the first airliner that could make money carrying only passengers.
Kumbum Monastery (sKu-'bum Byams-pa gling) (also known as Ta'er 塔尔寺) located in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar,[1] and about seventeen miles southwest of Xining is a Buddhist monastery part of the historical Tibetan province of Amdo, now in Qinghai province of China. It was there in the former that Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism was born in 1357 and was later founded in 1583. Its superior monastery is Drepung, immediately to the west of Lhasa.[2] It was ranked in importance as second only to Lhasa.[3
At Cribbs Causeway on 12th November 2022 was First West of England 39410 (YN69 DVZ) , a Scania N280UD with Alexander E400 City bodywork.
With the destination set for its next trip to Stockwood on service 2, it is in citylines east livery
Tianfu Square is the political, cultural, and geographical heart of Chengdu, China.
It is at the confluence of subway lines 1 and 2. It's also the center of the city in terms of layout. The ring roads (1st, 2nd, 3rd...4th is under construction) are all generated around this point.
Around the square itself are quite a few museums -- directly west is a museum (history museum, I think), and directly north, behind Chairman Mao, is the Sichuan Science and Technology Museum. On the northwest corner of the square is the Sichuan Public Library (which I'm told has a section for English and German books as well). Directly west of the library is the Sichuan Art Museum -- technically off the square, but within shouting distance.
In addition to the museums, some of the upper end hotels are nearby. Running north and south from the square is Renmin Lu (People's Road). South Renmin Lu is the busier of the two, and has high end shopping (Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany's, etc,) within a block of the square.
To complete the square is an underground mall with not-so-high end shopping and very Chinese eating establishments such as...McDonald's.
From ground level, it's hard to see (unless you know it's there), but the square is actually designed in the shape of the Taoist "yin yang." The two identical sculptures are mirror images of each other, and are at the center of the respective "swirls." At the center of the square is the symbol of Chengdu: the Sun Symbol with Birds (unearthed at nearby Jinsha Archaeological Site, where the original is showcased very nicely).
But what of the past? Like many places in China, this is probably currently reported with very selective history (that is to say...forget the past unless it suits the present).
If the very short article I saw on Wikipedia is indeed accurate, the statue of the chairman is 30 meters tall.
According to the same article, "Before 1967, the site was occupied by an ancient palace from the Shu kingdom of ancient Sichuan. The palace was destroyed by Red Guards and the moat around it filled in to make an air raid shelter in 1967."
Personally, this is the first I've read of this, and it makes me sad to wonder what the palace -- which would have been one to two thousand years old -- was like. Well...at least it's not an air raid shelter anymore. You can read into this anything you'd like...
Yesterday (29 February 2016) was certainly not my first time to the square, but it was the first time I really stopped to try to look at it closely. I may do another shoot there some enchanted evening...
The seventh day of my trip to Peru and Easter Island.
Spending the day exploring the ruins of Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu) – "Old Mountain", pronounced [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu]) is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.[1][2] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World.
The Incas started building the estate around AD 1400 but it was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction.
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.[2] Since it was not plundered by the Spanish when they conquered the Incas, it is especially important as a cultural site and is considered a sacred place.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early twentieth century.
To see my full travelblog from my trip to Peru and Easter Island visit: www.travelshorts.com/travel-blogs/peru-and-easter-island-...
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, we went with the Brakes to a Bridgeport Bluefish game. They played the Camden Riversharks and wound up winning 3-2. It was an overcast night with ominous skies, but it turned out to be a perfect night for a ballgame.
Tianfu Square is the political, cultural, and geographical heart of Chengdu, China.
It is at the confluence of subway lines 1 and 2. It's also the center of the city in terms of layout. The ring roads (1st, 2nd, 3rd...4th is under construction) are all generated around this point.
Around the square itself are quite a few museums -- directly west is a museum (history museum, I think), and directly north, behind Chairman Mao, is the Sichuan Science and Technology Museum. On the northwest corner of the square is the Sichuan Public Library (which I'm told has a section for English and German books as well). Directly west of the library is the Sichuan Art Museum -- technically off the square, but within shouting distance.
In addition to the museums, some of the upper end hotels are nearby. Running north and south from the square is Renmin Lu (People's Road). South Renmin Lu is the busier of the two, and has high end shopping (Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany's, etc,) within a block of the square.
To complete the square is an underground mall with not-so-high end shopping and very Chinese eating establishments such as...McDonald's.
From ground level, it's hard to see (unless you know it's there), but the square is actually designed in the shape of the Taoist "yin yang." The two identical sculptures are mirror images of each other, and are at the center of the respective "swirls." At the center of the square is the symbol of Chengdu: the Sun Symbol with Birds (unearthed at nearby Jinsha Archaeological Site, where the original is showcased very nicely).
But what of the past? Like many places in China, this is probably currently reported with very selective history (that is to say...forget the past unless it suits the present).
If the very short article I saw on Wikipedia is indeed accurate, the statue of the chairman is 30 meters tall.
According to the same article, "Before 1967, the site was occupied by an ancient palace from the Shu kingdom of ancient Sichuan. The palace was destroyed by Red Guards and the moat around it filled in to make an air raid shelter in 1967."
Personally, this is the first I've read of this, and it makes me sad to wonder what the palace -- which would have been one to two thousand years old -- was like. Well...at least it's not an air raid shelter anymore. You can read into this anything you'd like...
Yesterday (29 February 2016) was certainly not my first time to the square, but it was the first time I really stopped to try to look at it closely. I may do another shoot there some enchanted evening...
Noronhia emarginata (syn. Olea emarginata Lam.) is a species of Noronhia native to Madagascar, now naturalized on Mauritius, Réunion and Bermuda.[1][2]
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3–15 m tall. It has smooth bark, stout terete branches and flattened terminal twigs. The leaves are opposite, elliptical or obovate, up to 16 cm long and 10 cm broad, with an entire margin and an emarginate (notched) apex. The flowers are small, pale whitish-yellow, fragrant, with a four-lobed corolla. The fruit is a globose to turbinate drupe 2–3 cm diameter, apiculate, bright yellow ripening dark purple, drying hard, dark brown, slightly rough with a single pyriform, dark russet seed, 10–12 mm long. The cotyledons are unequal. (From Wikipedia)
My conceptual series is over the 5 causes of guilt. Each photo represents one of the causes. Photo 1 is representing guilt for doing something that harming yourself or harming others. In Photo 2, it's representing guilt for doing better than someone. She seems to be lying awake maybe thinking about how some people don't have a bed or a home to sleep in. Photo 3 is representing guilt for thinking you did something wrong when you might not have actually done anything wrong. This is based off of irrational thoughts and with her back turned you get the feel of tension and people watching her. Photo 4 is guilt for feeling like you could've done more to help someone. She's staring at the grave of a relative or friend that she feels when they were alive she didn't do enough when they were sick or dying. In the final photo, the image is supposed to represent guilt for wanting to do something even though you haven't necessarily done it. This could be feeling attraction towards someone that isn't your partner. I made all these images tie together through editing each image to be more grey and I used the same girl in every image. If there were a few things I could change, I would change image 2 to something that ties more to the cause of guilt.