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It's too cold to do anything...

Finland. Winter. Landscape.

 

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The sun sets on train tracks running through Addison, Texas.

Marbella, Malaga, Andaluzia, Spain

by Julio Lima

cropped picture

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On January 8 1984 the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers conference began in Wellington, New Zealand. The conference ran until January 15. The Conference brings together the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the national parliaments of the independent sovereign states of the Commonwealth. It was created in 1969 as an initiative of the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, the Honourable Lucien Lamoureux.

 

The Conference is an independent group and has no formal affiliation with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Commonwealth Secretariat or the Commonwealth Heads of Government. The conference operates on a two-year cycle, holding a conference of the full membership every two years, usually early in January, and a meeting of the Standing Committee at the same time the intervening year.

The Conference aims to:

 

•Maintain, foster, and encourage impartiality and fairness on the part of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments;

•Promote knowledge and understanding of parliamentary democracy in its various forms; and

•Develop parliamentary institutions.

Pictured here are the speakers of Parliament, on the steps of the Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. The last Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers conference held in Wellington was in 2014.

 

Reference: ABGX 7574 W4969 2/a (R2186542)

collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=2186542

 

For further enquiries please email

 

Research.Archives@dia.govt.nz

 

Material from Archives New Zealand

   

One more from the archives - the dear old Miss Milly birdwatching from her throne on the balcony. Her firm and steady paw ruled our home for 18 years... :)

Ronjas Milly (Norwegian Forest Cat), 05.05.2008

 

Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.

Snowflakes at Naval Sqaure. We had it easy last January. Instead of 16 inches of snow predicted we didn't get even one. But some beautiful snowflakes to take pictures of.

 

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved

Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada

 

Meeting the sunset with flowers for his mother

 

Canon EOS 6D

En plein centre de Paris, en plus des péniches, on peut même trouver des voiliers amarrés au bord de la Seine !

 

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A sailboat in the center of Paris.

 

In the center of Paris, in addition to barges, we can even find sailboats docked along the Seine river!

 

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Paris

4 weeks ago the vineyards in my surrounding (here district Luginsland, Stuttgart) were like a gorgeous color palette and now all is gone ...

 

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Have a happy weekend and wonderful first Sunday in Advent everyone!!

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Les bords de la Saône sont des endroits très plaisants pour les promeneurs.

On y trouve aussi de bons petits restaurants, où on peut déguster des spécialités régionales comme le Poulet de Bresse ou un plat de grenouilles.

  

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A good meal, served wtih Poulliy-Fuisse wine, are you tempted ?

 

The banks of the Saone river are very pleasant places for walkers.

There are also some good little restaurants where you can enjoy regional specialties such as Bresse chicken or frogs dish.

 

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Saint-Laurent sur Saône - Ain

Le petit village de Fuissé se trouve au coeur du vignoble de Pouilly-Fuissé et de Saint Véran, grands vins blancs de Bourgogne.

  

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Autumn church

 

Small village of Fuisse stands in the center of Pouilly-Fuisse and Saint-Veran vineyard. These wines are great Burgundian white wines.

 

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Fuissé - Bourgogne du sud / South Burgundy

Church at sunset

 

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Vergisson - Bourgogne du sud/South Burgundy

Photo taken with Nikon D810 camera. Location: Sierra Morena, Spain.

 

Reflections. Autumn. Finland

 

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Je suis venu plusieurs fois à cet endroit admirer de près la Roche de Solutré et je ne me lasse pas de cette vue spectaculaire.

Ce jour là, au coucher du soleil, la Roche et les vignes environnantes étaient illuminées de belles couleurs.

 

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Rock at sunset

 

I went several times to this place closely admire Solutre'Rock and I don't get tired of this spectacular view.

On that day, at sunset, the Rock and the surrounding vineyards were illuminated with beautiful colors.

 

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Solutré - Bourgogne du sud/South Burgundy

In order to get sunset pictures, the water taxis I took, speed out to the open waters of the lagoon that surrounds Venice! The sun's glow filled the sky and the water.

LES FEUILLES MORTES

paroles: Jacques Prévert

musique: Joseph Kosma

 

Oh! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes

Des jours heureux où nous étions amis

En ce temps-là la vie était plus belle,

Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle

Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié...

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle,

Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi

Et le vent du nord les emporte

Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli.

Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié

La chanson que tu me chantais.

 

REFRAIN:

C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble

Toi, tu m'aimais et je t'aimais

Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble

Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais

Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment

Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit

Et la mer efface sur le sable

Les pas des amants désunis.

 

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle,

Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi

Mais mon amour silencieux et fidèle

Sourit toujours et remercie la vie

Je t'aimais tant, tu étais si jolie,

Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie?

En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle

Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui

Tu étais ma plus douce amie

Mais je n'ai que faire des regrets

Et la chanson que tu chantais

Toujours, toujours je l'entendrai!

 

Did I mention I hate housework?

 

We're Here: Five Pointed Star

 

293/365

 

Balrog from the dark dimension, here and here

Wait for the serve. Beach Volleyball men open tournament

 

My TOP Volleyball Shots

 

my BeachVolleyball INSTAGRAM

Another shot of lightning I took on this stormy night. Got caught under the rain trying to take it at Ste-Thérèse-De-Gaspé, Québec, Canada

  

My Gaspésie Album in 2015

 

my Gaspesie INSTAGRAM

Barley in evening light in my neighborhood in Fellbach, Germany.

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The resolution to my last photo (see the photo at daylight in my commen):

It is a candle lantern on my balcony table. I hope you have had fun with my little guessing game.

 

Congrats to Romero, elfenstaub, Cajaflex, barbara fizek and Stefano Demurtas, they were right with their idea!

Robert was near, but it is no chinese red lantern same for caroline gray.

 

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Have a beautiful and happy weekend everybody !

 

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Mute Swans. Sunset. Summer. Finland.

Kyhmyjoutsenten perhe-elämää...

 

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Much appreciated!

 

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Mute Swans family. Sunset on the lake.

. #Finland #Summer #Sunset

Kyhmyjoutsenten perhe-yöelämää...

 

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Much appreciated!

 

Have a nice Sunday! :-)

The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067[1]) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name.[1] The Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.

 

The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found two jets emitted from the Herbig–Haro object 555.[1] Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears completely different.

 

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD100 f/3.8 Astrograph

Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18

Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD

Guiding cameras: sx loadstar

Software: PixInsight 1.8, Photoshop CS5

Filters: Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm

Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider

 

Resolution: 3307x2486

Dates: July 8, 2015, July 9, 2015

Frames:

Baader Ha 8.5nm: 11x1800" bin 1x1

Baader O III 8.5nm: 12x1800" bin 1x1

Baader SII 8.5nm: 10x1800" bin 1x1

Integration: 16.5 hours

Avg. Moon age: 21.77 days

Avg. Moon phase: 54.01%

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

The Somali breed standard does not specifically require green eyes, but it really suits the ruddy colour...

First posted 09.07.2015. Reposted for the "Happy Caturday" theme: "My most favorite cat photos", 05.08.17.

Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 06.07.2015.

 

Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera

AUDL ultimate frisbee - Montreal Royal vs Ottawa Outlaws

 

Shawn St-Jean Timmins flying to catch the frisbee and score a point.

Taken at night - ISO 6400 - Canon 7D

 

My TOP Ultimate Frisbee Shots

 

my BeachVolleyball INSTAGRAM

Con algo menos agua de la que llevaba en invierno, pero también con mucho más verde, ese verde nuevo y brillante de la primavera.

 

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