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Seagull perched on the rail keeping a keen eye on the lookout.......
Often you see a flock of Gulls flying around a fishing vessel as it enters the harbour with its fresh catch of the day.
Good eating for these smart birds.
Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but that arrangement is now considered polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several general.
An older name for gulls is mews, which is cognate with German Möwe, Danish måge, Swedish mås, Dutch meeuw, Norwegian måke/måse and French mouette, and can still be found in certain regional dialects.
Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls; stout, longish bills; and webbed feet. Most gulls are ground-nesting carnivores which take live food or scavenge opportunistically, particularly the Larus species. Live food often includes crustaceans, molluscs, fish and small birds. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea, except for the kittiwakes. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large white-headed gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the herring gull.
Gulls nest in large, densely packed, noisy colonies. They lay two or three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, born with dark mottled down and mobile upon hatching. Gulls are resourceful, inquisitive, and intelligent, the larger species in particular demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure. For example, many gull colonies display mobbing behavior, attacking and harassing predators and other intruders.Certain species have exhibited tool-use behavior, such as the herring gull, using pieces of bread as bait with which to catch goldfish, for example.[ Many species of gulls have learned to coexist successfully with humans and have thrived in human habitats. Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales, landing on the whale as it surfaces to peck out pieces of flesh.
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I appreciate your kind words of support and would like to thank-you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
~Christie (happiest) by the River
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Neglected dog living in a poor area East of Houston. The owner refused to acknowledge ownership. Next time I'm in the area, will try to get permission to take this dog in for grooming.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw
SCHOOL BUS..... please see following image
Today was the last day of school for most children.
Summer holidays.
A special thanks to you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I appreciate your visits & kind words of support.
~Christie by the River
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“Each memory rips through me, and although I stow myself against the emotions, I can’t prevent the pain that accompanies each image. Pain for a love never acknowledged, pain for a friendship now gone. Pain for a loss I can’t possibly endure.”
- Christine Fonseca -
Featuring
Meva Gujarat Necklace for Cosmopolitan
Amsterdam - Govert Flinckstraat
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Govert (or Govaert) Teuniszoon Flinck (25 January 1615 – 2 February 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
Born at Kleve, capital of the Duchy of Cleves, which was occupied at the time by the United Provinces, he was apprenticed by his father to a silk mercer, but having secretly acquired a passion for etching and drawing, was sent to Leeuwarden, where he boarded in the house of Lambert Jacobszoon, a Mennonite, better known as an itinerant preacher than as a painter.
Here Flinck was joined by Jacob Backer, and the companionship of a youth determined like himself to be an artist only confirmed his passion for painting. Amongst the neighbours of Jacobszon at Leeuwarden were the sons and relations of Rombertus van Uylenburgh, whose daughter Saskia married Rembrandt in 1634. Other members of the same family lived at Amsterdam, cultivating the arts either professionally or as amateurs. The pupils of Lambert probably gained some knowledge of Rembrandt by intercourse with the Ulenburgs. Certainly Joachim von Sandrart, who visited Holland in 1637, found Flinck acknowledged as one of Rembrandt's best pupils, and living habitually in the house of the dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh at Amsterdam.
For many years Flinck laboured on the lines of Rembrandt, following that master's style in all the works which he executed between 1636 and 1648. With aspirations as a history painter, however, he looked to the swelling forms and grand action of Peter Paul Rubens, which led to many commissions for official and diplomatic painting. Flinck's relations with Cleves became in time very important. He was introduced to the court of the Great Elector, Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg, who possessed the Duchy and who married in 1646 Louisa of Orange. He obtained the patronage of John Maurice of Nassau, who was made stadtholder of Cleves in 1649.
In 1652 a citizen of Amsterdam, Flinck married in 1656 an heiress, Sophie van der Houven, daughter of a director of the Dutch East India Company. Flinck was already well known in the patrician circles over which the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff and the alderman Jan Six presided; he was on terms of intimacy with the poet Joost van den Vondel and the treasurer Johannes Uitenbogaard. In his house, adorned with casts after the Antique, costumes, and a noble collection of prints, he often received the stadtholder John Maurice, whose portrait is still preserved in the work of the learned Caspar Barlaeus. Flinck died in Amsterdam on 2 February 1660.
“If something seems too hard, let go. It is the hardest and yet the most simplest thing to do, but in letting go we acknowledge that that certain something was never meant for us and trying to cling on just brings about more unhappiness, not only to us, but to others too. Today I find that the one who understands me most is not the one I love the most, nor is it someone who loves me the most … matters of the heart are felt not heard and though the silence is deafening I am grateful to the one who found me there and brought me back.” - AP
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65rD-B7meE
PEOPLE – SOPHIE ZELMANI
The air is blue
surrounding me instead of you
my heart stops still
the echoed beat sounds in my ear
and all I know and all I fear
comes rushing; rising through my veins
and I am me and all the pain
I ever felt leaves me alone
to stand here chilled to aching bones
frozen in this quiet moment
solitude that feels so numb
the memories that leave me wanting
you instead; to bring you home
ssh! Silence! I thought I heard a noise
someone standing close to me
breathing warm air on my neck
the tiny hairs so tenderly
rise up like flowers that reach for light
for sunshine and the stars so bright
I lit a candle but a breeze
so swiftly blew; I felt my knees
buckle under and pull me down
in darkness praying for a sign
that all was well with you and me
I peered into the space beside me
sensing there was someone there
someone who might hear my prayer
I spoke aloud and closed my eyes
hoping this feeling would subside
but still an uneasy suffocation
hands round my throat; a choking sensation
but it was just my imagination
there was nothing left to fear
surely not in this place so holy
where so many parishioners found their peace
and minds were stilled and melancholy
was taken away; replaced with grace
I felt the cold winds turn around
the sound of changes ringing
the warm stones softened underground
I heard the sounds of angels singing
it was very distant; a gentle hum
but comforting it achieved it's mission
to heal the wounds of heart and soul
my prayers were answered; I just listened
no need to beg; no need for words
all is known; our prayers are heard
and we are redeemed from all our sins
are freed from all our mortal whims
the things we ask and do not receive
perhaps they are just not meant to be
the difference between need and greed
the planting of a beautiful seed
we may want and we may ask
we may feel some is a daunting task
but simply letting go of ego
let go of self and freely go
how wonderful it feels to me
to know this simple way to be
and I will remember it all my days
when I found freedom from my ways.
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My artwork is a compilation of 3 of my photographs.
I've not acknowledged any comments on my photos for a while now, so please accept my apologies for this - I've been a bit preoccupied with photography and mountains!
My climbing partner and I are travelling to the Highlands of Scotland (via Wales) so I may be off the airwaves for a couple of weeks. I love the inspiration you can draw from the work of Flickr members so I'll try and check in to Flickr as and when I can.
Thanks for checking out my photos and I hope to be able to post some half decent photos of Britain's mountain scenery when I return.
Kagawa - Naoshima - Art by Yayoi Kusama
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Yayoi Kusama, born 22 March 1929, is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.
Eye contact makes my heart swell every time. Wood duckling acknowledging my presence briefly last summer before paddling on.
Six Aboriginal language groups are the traditional owners of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area:
Darug.
Gundungurra.
Wanaruah.
Wiradjuri.
Darkinjung.
Tharawal.
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. I pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
Situated in the Blue Mountains, close to the popular tourist village of quaint Leura, The Pool of Siloam is a great short walk, but as always, best to see the waterfall after some decent rainfall.
Pool of Siloam is a lovely waterhole and waterfall on Gordon Creek in the Blue Mountains National Park. This waterfall is surrounded by a moss and fern filled gully with sandstone cliffs around the
edges. There is a sandstone overhang next to the waterfall. The shallow sandy pool is a lovely cool place, a great spot to stop for a snack. The track crosses the creek using a bridge in front of the waterfall.
The Pool of Siloam gets its name from a place in the City of David, mentioned in the bible. It’s where Jesus sends a man to heal him of his blindness. I don’t know much about that, but I can certainly see how this would be considered a spiritual place.
Excerpt from cvc.ca:
Bob Shirley’s volunteer contributions were acknowledged in a special tribute by naming the boardwalk trail, “Bob’s Bridges”. Bob has been a long-serving member of Credit Valley Conservation’s Board of Directors (1977-2008), the CVC Foundation (2003-2013) and the Friends of the Island Lake (2005-2013). Through more than 30 years of dedication to conservation, Bob has been a tireless fundraiser, a passionate trails advocate and the heart and soul of the Island Lake Community Trails Campaign.
“It is an honour to have this section of the Vicki Barron Trail named Bob’s Bridges,” said Bob Shirley. “I have been a long time supporter of Credit Valley Conservation especially as an advocator for the trail system that will eventually surround the lake and which joins one municipality with another. I strongly believed the trail would draw people to Island Lake and provide a positive experience.”
This year we end the Seven Days of Thanksgiving series in Paprihaven on the day after. Why? While it is wonderful to have a day set aside specifically to acknowledge our impossible debt to God by expressing our gratitude, every day should truly be a day of thanksgiving. After the amazing celebration at the Simmons,* the girls are back at Tracy's house.
Tracy: Wow. So tired. What a great time. Thank you, God.
Buckley: I'm so stuffed! I'll sleep on this bench if I can't make it upstairs.
Tracy: Who said you're staying here??
Buckley: You gotta be responsible, Trace! You can't let me drive home in this condition.
Briar: HAHAHA!
Tracy: You're not drunk! You don't even drink!
Buckley: I'm loaded with tryptophan. I can't make it. I'm DONE FOR, offissaaAAaa!
Briar: HAHA! What's 'trippafan'?
Tracy: It's an amino acid in turkey that people say makes you sleepy. I think what happened is we all just ate too much.
Briar: I ate sooooo much! I looooved that corn casserole! Who made that?
Tracy: I think Honor did.
Buckley: Ooohhh, I'm gonna pop. Let's just all get in bed, under the covers, and tell stories til we fall asleep.
Briar: That's FUN!
Buckley: But y'all GOTTA CARRY ME UUUUUUP!
Briar: HAHAHA!
Tracy: Oh, good grief. I'm stuck with both of you tonight. Are you sure you even have homes? You're always here.
Buckley: Oh! Haha! On Paprichat, Sheila Harper posted a video of her poodle grabbing a piece of turkey from the table!
Briar: I want to see that!
Tracy: Can you not be on your phone for like two seconds? And, I want to see too. And, who's Sheila Harper?
Buckley: She's got that pretty green Jaguar? Always real shiny? **
Tracy: Oh, yes.
Briar: I wanna see the video!
Buckley: Then come over here.
Briar: Can't move. You come over here.
Buckley: Uh uh.
Briar: BuuUUUUCK!!!
Buckley: You're outta luck, kid.
*WOOF!*
Briar: Hey, Biff!
Buckley: The Biffster!
Tracy: Wow, what a great day. And now we're just chilling. Peace. Joy. Love. God is good.
Buckley: All the TIME!
Briar: All the time!
Tracy: And, all the time...
Buckley: God is GOOD!
Briar: God is good!
Tracy: Bible challenge, then we somehow struggle upstairs. God's loving kindness. Psalm 117:2, "For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!"
Briar: Psalm 63:3, "Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You."
...
Tracy: Buckley...
Buckley: Um... What's the one? "Please answer me God because you are loving and kind... and compassionate?"
Tracy: Close enough! Psalm 69:16, "Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me." Okay, upstairs! Up!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
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God wants you to give thanks.
Well, Thanksgiving came and went. Did your gratitude last beyond your afternoon nap? For many, that’s the extent of their thanksgiving—a one-time, get-it-out-of-the-way holiday that reminds them to reflect on how blessed they are. Too often and too quickly, people resort back to being ingrates. But God wills us to be thankful all the time, in all things. That’s the point of 1 Thessalonians 5:18 where Paul says, “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” So if you’re saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, and suffering, you have one thing left to do in order to follow God’s will—be saying thanks.
Paul’s simple, direct command—in everything give thanks—allows believers no excuse for harboring ingratitude. In everything carries an unlimited requirement. It refers to everything that occurs in life. With the obvious exception of personal sin, we are to express thanks for everything. No matter what struggles or trials, God commands us to find reasons for thanking Him always (Acts 5:41; James 1:2-3; 1 Peter 1:6-9). That’s His will.
If you’re not obeying that command, you’re not following God’s will. Think of it like this: If gratitude doesn’t come easy for you, neither will finding God’s will. Or to put it another way, if you struggle with being thankful, you’ll struggle with following God’s will. Need some motivation? Here are some reasons God wills you to be thankful:
God commands it:
Gratitude should come naturally to believers in response to all God has done on their behalf, but because of our hardness of heart, God enjoins us to thanksgiving with commands (Philippians 4:6; Colossians 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:18). Therefore, all forms of ingratitude are sinful. Paul commanded the Colossians, “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful” (Colossians 3:15).
When Paul describes the believer’s Spirit-filled life, he writes, “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father” (Ephesians 5:20). God doesn’t merely command those expressions of gratitude and leave believers helpless to comply. He enables us to articulate them (Philippians 2:13), and is pleased when we do.
Joni Eareckson Tada, who was involved in an accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down, writes, “Giving thanks is not a matter of feeling thankful, it's a matter of obedience.”
Thankfulness acknowledges God’s sovereignty:
The single, greatest act of worship you can render to God is to thank Him. It’s the epitome of worship because through gratitude, we affirm God as the ultimate source of both trial and blessing—and acknowledge our humble acceptance of both.
With a thankful heart, you can say in the midst of anything, “God be praised.” That kind of attitude looks beyond the circumstance to the plan of God. It sees beyond the pain to the sovereignty of God. It remembers, “God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). An attitude of thankfulness enables us to deal with those who wrong us, saying with Joseph, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20). Those who are thankful see the providential hand of God everywhere and say, “God, I thank You for the peaceful times as well as the hard times—a difficult marriage, a challenging job, a severe illness—because I know You will use those things for my good and Your glory.”
The grateful Christian remembers that suffering perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes him (1 Peter 5:10). God wills that kind of thankfulness.
God judges ingratitude:
William Shakespeare wrote, “How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. Ingratitude thou marble hearted fiend.” If Shakespeare understood the hostile attitude behind thanklessness, imagine what God must think about it.
Ingratitude is the very essence of an unregenerate heart, ranking among the most intolerable sins in Scripture. The apostle Paul identified unbelievers as ungrateful: “For even though they knew God [through conscience and general revelation], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened” (Romans 1:21). Because man in his pride fails to honor and glorify God as Creator, he also refuses to thank Him for His gracious provision. Ingratitude betrays unbelief, and both sins bring about God’s judgment.
Although God is the source of every good thing that men possess—giving life, breath, rain, sunshine, and other natural blessings to the just and unjust alike (Matthew 5:45; Acts 14:15–17)—the natural man refuses to thank Him. In his fallen mind, to thank God is to acknowledge his own obligation to worship Him.
In summary, God wills our being thankful in all things because gratitude is the ultimate expression of a transformed heart. But thanklessness can infest and destroy a church, marriage, family and home. So cultivate a heart of gratitude. Be thankful for all things and in all circumstances. That’s God’s will. Are you following it?
- John MacArthur, adapted from God Wants You To Give Thanks
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* As seen yesterday!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54950920265
** As seen in BP 2021 Day 107!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51121244013/
Previous Days of Thanksgiving on Paprihaven:
2015:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/22949342829/
2016:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31221411415/
2017:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37886668344/
2018:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/31063953947/
2019:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49137396007/
2020:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50649209702/
2021:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51704094592/
2022:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52521485290/
2023:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53349976036/
2024:
HWW! Taken from my living room, it is a rainy day today in Toronto.
Thanks for visiting and for your feedback, much appreciated.
Real beauty is that one acknowledged in the heart, it is that sparkle in the eyes of who is watching, that one in nature, that is unconditionally giving to all.
Canada is celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, in particular, on Monday, the second Monday of October.
Many countries around the world celebrate some form of ‘thanksgiving’, to acknowledge and give thanks to the harvest of crops. As elsewhere, families gather to enjoy (usually too much!!) food.
I photographed this charming rural scene (and have posted it before) a few years ago.
As a little side note……………my wife and I drove up here a day ago, and there was a sign at the end of the driveway saying they had fresh donuts and coffee, and more!
It is now a lovely Mennonite family that has the farm. We got (very!) fresh donuts and bread and coffee with real cream.
I’m thankful we found this little oasis along the country road!
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Le Canada célèbre Thanksgiving ce week-end, en particulier le lundi, le deuxième lundi d’octobre.
De nombreux pays du monde célèbrent une forme de « Thanksgiving », pour reconnaître et remercier la récolte des cultures. Comme partout ailleurs, les familles se rassemblent pour profiter (généralement trop !!) de la nourriture.
J’ai photographié cette charmante scène rurale (et je l’ai déjà publiée) il y a quelques années.
Petite note en passant……………ma femme et moi sommes arrivés ici il y a un jour, et il y avait un panneau au bout de l’allée indiquant qu’ils avaient des beignets frais et du café, et plus encore !
C’est maintenant une charmante famille mennonite qui possède la ferme. Nous avons eu des beignets (très !) frais, du pain et du café avec de la vraie crème.
Je suis reconnaissant d’avoir trouvé cette petite oasis le long de la route de campagne !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PdU6migsqQ
I knew it had to happen
Felt the tables turning
.....
So if you're tired of the same old story
Turn some pages
The American election summed up in a few lyrics. The famed "silent majority" does exist and finally expressed themselves. For those overwrought and wringing their hands, fear not. Already the most progressive stars of the Democrats, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have finally recognized the similarities between them and Trump, and already publicly acknowledged a willingness to work together on those important policies and issues.
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And life goes on...as it always does. Here, a milkweed prepares for its annual flight. What was most interesting here was the assembly of aphids still populating the plant, and most evident crowded on the stem on the right. I also spotted a few ladybugs, the aphid herdsmen, nearby. Our remarkably mild weather continues...15-20 degrees above normal setting records. We have often already had a blanket of snow by this time.
Celebrating life by acknowledging those who went before. Looking like a modern Caterina in a dress by I.M.Collection @ Sense and shoes from Ghee @ Fashion Essentials. Info & links on my Blog ~ aznanasfandangles.blogspot.com/2021/10/101921imc.html
First of all, acknowledging my friend, Richard S Warner (Visionheart), for the title, as well as the inspiration (In spite of, sir... that's just the way I roll... ha! Ha!) for this Tall, Skinny-assed Images Series.
As with the previous image, this is a 7-frame pano, stitched top to bottom. Full-size TIFF... lots of detail with magnifier.
To say it takes guts to wear this Naruto costume to the Phoenix Comicon is an understatement.
That and being in incredible physical shape, I think I might have lasted 5 minutes in this costume.
From Wikipedia
Naruto (NARUTO—ナルト—?, romanized as NARUTO) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The series is based on a one-shot comic by Kishimoto that was published in the August 1997 issue of Akamaru Jump.
I would like to acknowledge
Michael J. Barritt for his ID of this beauty...
Two-lined dragon (Diporiphora bilineata) it is sitting on a
Pandanus (Pandanus spiralis).
See Michael's album on flickr of reptiles...
www.flickr.com/photos/centralaustralia/albums/72157594484...
We hope everyone had a safe and fun weekend!! This is a photo from earlier this year of a Reddish Egret Canopy Feeding at lowtide on a mud flat!! They are one of our favorite birds to watch dance around the flats!! This image was taken early in the morning during my favorite time for photography!!
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Kevan is at work today so I get to pick one of my favorite images of Big Red. Kevan took this one earlier this year at Fort DeSoto Park near Tampa. Big Red seems to love to pose for the camera so we took full advantage of him. Kevan took this image during the last light of the day in the middle of the lagoon at North Beach.
As a side note, one of Kevan's images was selected as one of National Audubon's 2011 Photo Contest Top 100 images www.audubonmagazine.org/features1101/photoawards-top100.html They had over 8000 entries submitted!! You can see the image on our photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/35303070@N02/4368306686/.
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Boats frozen into the Fraser River.
The ambiance took on a romantic glow, as if it was lit by candlelight.
Kanaka Landing Harbour - Harbour Authority
Fraser River
Maple Ridge (Haney)
West Coast of British Columbia
Canada
I appreciate your kind words of support and would like to thank-you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
~Christie (happiest) by the River
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Orange ribbons to acknowledge the unmarked graves of Indigenous children on the properties of government funded Residential Schools across Canada. A horrifying part of our colonial history.
For more information: wanuskewin.com/isl/uploads/2021/06/Orange-Ribbons.pdf
Steveston Village, British Columbia, Canada
Latitude: 49° 07' 23.40" N
Longitude: -123° 10' 31.80" W
Reflections of Longitude :)
Steveston is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764
I appreciate your kind words of support and would like to thank-you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
~Christie (happiest) by the River
*Best experienced in full screen
I've not acknowledged any comments on my photos for a while now, so please accept my apologies for this - I've been a bit preoccupied with photography and mountains!
My climbing partner and I are travelling to the Highlands of Scotland (via Wales) so I may be off the airwaves for a couple of weeks. I love the inspiration you can draw from the work of Flickr members so I'll try and check in to Flickr as and when I can.
Thanks for checking out my photos and I hope to be able to post some half decent photos of Britain's mountain scenery when I return.
Departing from Glasgow's Prestwick International airport is this Antonov-124-100 is one of the world’s largest civil cargo aircraft, and an acknowledged leader of the air cargo market for the transportation of oversized and super-heavy shipments. Volga-Dnepr Airlines, LLC is an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Multi-leg landing gears equipped with 24 wheels allow to operate the aircraft on unpaved runways as well as to change the angle of the fuselage to simplify loading operations.
The Antonov-124-100 has two loading entrances, at the nose and tail of the aircraft, both equipped with expanding loading ramps. Today, Volga-Dnepr operates a fleet of 12 Antonov-124-100 aircraft. They are all built at the Antonov Serial Production Plant in Ulianovsk.
Six Aboriginal language groups are the traditional owners of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area:
Darug.
Gundungurra.
Wanaruah.
Wiradjuri.
Darkinjung.
Tharawal.
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. I pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
Lucy’s Glen is one of the lesser known waterfalls on the North Lawson waterfall circuit loop.
I had woken up after a night shift and was inspired to find Lucy’s Glen on this circuit.
With a few days of rain, I imagined quite a decent flow tumbling down the jagged rock ledges and would make for a great capture.
So, loading up the backpack, I headed out, not sure of exactly where the waterfall was located, but was hell bent on finding it!
Having read some blogs and memorizing a few directions, I convinced myself that I would locate the waterfall.
Anyway, I parked the car at North Lawson Park, set off on the beautiful temperate rainforest walk. I bumped into an elderly chap out taking some photos, exchanged some pleasantries, and marched on.
Amazingly, I had mobile coverage high up on the track and sensing I was close to the old unused track I needed to locate, Google maps was my friend.
I paced backwards and forwards and just as I was starting to loose hope, I stumbled across a secluded track with some old stepping stones leading isomewhere, I thought to myself, this is the track!!!
With an old decaying table and chairs to my left, I knew this was it. The track petered out and then it was a bush bash through some rather thick ferns and undergrowth swinging backwards and forwards as I pushed against the sharp foliage.
I looked up and saw the side creek entering into the main creek artery, and crossed it. There were more quite large boulders to maneuver across and once I safely scaled these huge outcrops I had reached Lucy’s Glen.
As I Pushed into the Glen, I stood at the bottom and looked up in amazement, WOW, Lucy’s Glenn is almost a canyon, and one of the best mid mountains waterfalls I have been to!
Of course, as I eagerly switched into photography mode, getting my gear out, the heavens opened up!! Damn, so I looked around, I quickly retreated under a rock shelf, and took this shot.
One will once again visit this little gem after some major rainfall, and capture some more compositions.
Canon EOS 1DS Mark III with a Sigma 150-500 f5-6.3 lens.
I want to thank you for taking the time to visit my little space here on Flickr. We are still busy trying to clean out my late in-laws home getting it ready to be put on the market in between medical appointments and life in general. I may not be quick to acknowledge your visit or any comments as well as visit your space. Rest assured I will do my utmost to catch up.
Sun slipping below the horizon bringing this nautical day to a close. Steveston Village.
Steveston is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River
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Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764
I appreciate your kind words of support and would like to thank-you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
~Christie (happiest) by the River
Canon 1DS Mark III with a Sigma 150-500 f5-6.3 hand held.
I want to thank each and everyone who took the time to visit my little space here on Flickr and perhaps gave a like or a comment on my image. With the holidays fast approaching I may not have time to acknowledge your comments but rest assured they are read and appreciated. I will hopefully get back to seeing all your images sooner than later.
Okay, this picture just blows me away...and I'm the one who created the MOC AND took the picture. I can't believe how real it looks.
I broke out the big camera, attached the big telephoto lens, backed off about 20 feet and took the picture.
I...I...I just don't know what to say. I gotta acknowledge the custom lights from Rob Klingberg at Brickstuff are amazing!
Can we please acknowledge THAT THIS FIGURE IS WAY TO GOOD TO COME IN THE SET IT DOES. LIKE SERIOUSLY NORMALLY THIS WOULD BE IN AN $800 BUT ITS NOT. YESSSSSSSSSS. On another note I modified the lex mech a little bit (the arm) which I’ll post tommorow.
There was a skim of ice on a puddle on the ground today.
Sigma 105mm f2.8 macro lens on a Canon EOS 1DS Mark III.
I may not have time to answer or acknowledge your visit here or any comments you leave right away but, I will thank you now in advance.
The Pipes of Pan is an oil-on-canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Painted in 1923 during Picasso's classical period, the painting depicts two statuesque men of mythological origins. Frequently acknowledged to be his cornerstone work during this era, the painting makes use of a large canvas and a classical color palette that are acutely reminiscent of the ancient world. The subjects which Picasso chooses to explore within this work– male Greek youth, musical pipes, as well as the Mediterranean setting– all hark back to classical ancient art.
This work was painted at the crux of Picasso's classical period from 1919 to 1929, in which he was greatly intrigued by classical art. At the time that he had painted The Pipes of Pan, Picasso was traveling extensively in Italy, and consequently drew inspiration for this painting in the Greco-Roman art he found there. His admiration for such is evident in the pensive and motionless way he portrays his subjects, as well as the tactile yet unembellished background. Additionally, the subjects themselves are Greek by nature– the pipes held by the figure on the right are a clear reference to the pipes of Pan, the personified Greek god of “life in the periphery”– who essentially functions as the embodiment of peripheral attitude (free-ranging, and lustful but frustrated) and pastoral life. The setting of the painting, too, is evidently Mediterranean by its sunny blue background.
There has been known controversy in the past regarding the so-called “true nature” of the subject for this particular painting. At the era of this painting, Picasso, who was deep into his fascination with classical art, met Sara Murphy in 1921. She was a beautiful and wealthy American expatriate who became flirtatiously involved with Picasso, their relations leading all the way up to the conception of this painting. Infrared photographs of The Pipes of Pan taken in the 90s revealed an initial composition that included four total figures. Many art scholars believe that one figure was to be Venus, depicted as Sara, and that another figure was to be Mars, depicted as Picasso. However, a possible reason why this initial idea was scrapped was because Picasso's infatuation came to a head– perhaps Sara rejected him, and so he erased her from the painting composition.
I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in the South; a candle for light from the West. It helps me keep perspective.
- Laura Esquivel
Birkenhead Park was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847. It is generally acknowledged as the first publicly funded municipal park in the world.
The park is also considered to have been a major influence on the design of New York's Central Park.
I had originally gone to the moors, just past Lady Canning's Plantation in order to photograph the abundant curlews. However, once I got there, there was extremely thick fog that meant I couldn't seen more than 10 meters ahead of me. Any chance to get a picture of a curlew was mostly gone, but I still spent a long while searching around to try to spot them. The curlews were calling fairly often so each time I would hear a call I would follow it, but it was as though they were always just out of sight due to the fog.
I ended up turning around and heading straight for Lady Canning's, because I have had a lot of luck in the past spotting roe deer there in the past. After wondering around for a while I suddenly saw a pair of huge antlers turn to face me, and then I noticed a herd of red deer, maybe 10 in total. I spent a little while watching them, until they turned around and headed deeper into the dense woodland. It was at this point I practically jogged the to a well trodden pathway that disconnects one set of dense woodland from another, and waited for them to walk through it. Just to my prediction, they did.
Departing from Glasgow's Prestwick International airport is this Antonov-124-100 is one of the world’s largest civil cargo aircraft, and an acknowledged leader of the air cargo market for the transportation of oversized and super-heavy shipments. Volga-Dnepr Airlines, LLC is an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Multi-leg landing gears equipped with 24 wheels allow to operate the aircraft on unpaved runways as well as to change the angle of the fuselage to simplify loading operations.
The Antonov-124-100 has two loading entrances, at the nose and tail of the aircraft, both equipped with expanding loading ramps. Today, Volga-Dnepr operates a fleet of 12 Antonov-124-100 aircraft. They are all built at the Antonov Serial Production Plant in Ulianovsk.
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Black or white. Newton or Goethe. The important factor is what lies in between. The essence is the intangible. The gray matter merely serves as a contrast medium, and thus as a means of becoming aware of an existence that only reveals itself –and to which one can only open oneself, if one's own key is universal.
Which is why the question arises: "How many shades does white have? And how many shades does black have? And how many shades does a single word have if the reader only perceives gray within gray matter?
You are unable to name a color without acknowledging its facets. It is not enough to read a word. It is not possible to paint with light by simply pressing the shutter button.
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The ancient Greeks would try to describe the nuances arising from an ever-changing perspective.
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