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A view looking SW from Mt. Alyeska across the Turnagain Arm at low tide toward the Kenai mountains.
"Turnagain Arm was named by William Bligh of HMS Bounty fame. Bligh served as Cook's Sailing Master on his 3rd and final voyage, the aim of which was discovery of the Northwest Passage. Upon reaching the head of Cook Inlet, Bligh was of the opinion that both Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm were the mouths of rivers and not the opening to the Northwest Passage. Under Cook's orders Bligh organized a party to travel up Knik Arm, which quickly returned to report Knik Arm indeed led only to a river.
Afterwards a second party was dispatched up Turnagain Arm and it too returned to report only a river lay ahead. As a result of this frustration the second body of water was given the disingenuous name "Turn Again".
Wikipedia
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Trying to make the most of an overcast cloudy day, A visit to Herne Bay to try and find some colour!
Taken in Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire, before the storms we had earlier, this tree with arm aloft stands among the wreckage of some of its neighbours. Having briefly visited the site after the storms I was expecting carnage, but all seemed to have survived, ready for me to explore more when the mist returns.
Just a simple tourist type Snapograph taken at Dover Kent UK of the Harbour Arm walkway near the Eastern Docks.
X-H1, 10-14mm Lens, 1/640th @ F5.6, ISO-200, Handheld.
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Stadersand near hamburg
2022.05.12
AIS Name EVER ARM
Type Container ship
Flag of Taiwan
IMO 9893931
MMSI 416070000
Callsign BHJG
Year Built 2022
Length 400 m
Width 62 m
Draught Avg 12.6 m / ...
Speed Avg/Max / 21.5 kn
Deadweight 241960 tons
Gross Tonnage 235579
AIS Class A
Container Capacity
23992 TEU
Es war Winter, und es war kalt. Schnee war viel zu wenig. Dennoch freuten sich Kinder und auch große Kinder. Sie bauten einen Schneemann - mit dem was da war. Der Schneemann stand, er hielt dem Wetter stand, er hielt dem sich ankündigenten Frühling noch lange stand - bis er letztendlich doch verschwand. Was blieb, das diente Vögeln zum Nestbau. Nun ist nichts mehr schmutzig und grau. Die Wiesen grünen, Blumen blühen, und oft ist auch der Himmel blau. So ist der Gang der Dinge.
It was winter, and it was cold. Snow was too little. Nevertheless, children and big children were happy. They built a snowman - with what was there. The snowman stood, he withstood the weather, he withstood the approaching spring for a long time - until he finally disappeared. What remained was what birds used to build nests. Now nothing is dirty and gray. The meadows are green, flowers are blooming, and often the sky is blue. Such is the way of things.
"knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
James Madison
We went looking for Dall Sheep and found some along the Seward Highway. It was late in the day sun-wise (but only 4 PM) and the tide was rushing in so I took this shot looking down the Seward Highway towards the end of Turnagain Arm, well past the peninsula of land jutting out from the left and extending far to the right in the image. The tidal variance on the Turnagain Arm is quite spectacular, similar to the Bay of Fundy on the East coast of Canada. Here it's beginning to cover the wet glacial till, a flour-like mixture, which has been deadly to those who wade out and get stuck in it.
Taken 15 November 2020 on the Seward Highway, outside Anchorage, Alaska.
Newhaven Harbour, East Sussex. Waves from the open sea on the other side crash over the harbour arm during a storm.
At low tide, the shallow sea is almost empty. A water roller rolls at 20 to 25 km / hour into the silt at high tide. The silt is very dangerous because of drifting sand. In this bay Captain Cook had to turn back in his quest for the northwest passage. The bay got the name Turnagain Arm.
Located about 45 miles south of Juneau, Alaska, Tracy Arm ends with the impressive North Sawyer Glacier
When our niece and her hubby visited us with their boat for a few days, we were so fortunate to have a beautiful clear day, free of smoke from all the forest fires burning in B.C. at the time. This is a view at the end of Shuswap Lake's Seymour Arm. (17-09-16-8276)
Pardonnez moi, mes ami(e)s, je ne suis pas un chanteur...
Mais j'avais besoin de faire cela...
<3
Des armes, des chouettes, des brillantes,
Des qu’il faut nettoyer souvent pour le plaisir
Et qu’il faut caresser comme pour le plaisir
L’autre, celui qui fait rêver les communiantes
Des armes bleues comme la terre,
Des qu’il faut se garder au chaud au fond de l’âme,
Dans les yeux, dans le cœur, dans les bras d’une femme,
Qu’on garde au fond de soi comme on garde un mystère
Des armes au secret des jours,
Sous l’herbe, dans le ciel, et puis dans l’écriture,
Des qui vous font rêver très tard dans les lectures,
Et qui mettent la poésie dans les discours.
Des armes, des armes, des armes,
Et des poètes de service à la gâchette
Pour mettre le feu aux dernières cigarettes
Au bout d’un vers français brillant comme une larme.
Léo Ferré, in la revue La rue n°6 de 1969.
Chanté par Noir Désir dans l'album Des Visages, des Figures.
I have seen this Agile wallaby in my backyard a few times. I have spoken to the local wildlife carer and he said that the missing arm and the deformed arm was probably caused by a dingo attack. She must find it difficult to get around because they do use their arms for mobility when they are not hopping with their legs and also cleaning themselves.
Thanks for all your comments and faves, much appreciated.
"The only cities were of ice, bergs with cores of beryl, blue gems within white gems, that some said gave off an odor of almonds.” Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
1. Arm Check!, 2. Ah, still smells nice and fresh :-)
Thought you guys might enjoy my odd sense of humor this weekend. This is a diptych when junior was about a week old.
For those following the saga, I just found out that the Princess's simple handpainting has been used by this "ColourLovers" site in addition to the one I mentioned yesterday. The sad part about the site I found today is that it says it is for creative folks (who should know better). I wonder if these brainiacs (NOT!) realize that if they ask permission and use a photo they will likely drive new hits and possibly customers? I would call their approach "stupid" but the Princess would scold me for using a bad word ;-)
Not gonna let the losers get me down though :-) So feel the love and let's have some fun this weekend! Thanks for all the comments, visits and faves!
Wittgenstein's Arm - Neil Halstead
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5eFKeHVTes
photo taken at Nelipot (closed)
Hey there now did I hear your voice,
ringing out in the early morning?
Did I hear you singing right through the night,
out there while I was rolling?
Did you see my brother lying in the ditch,
knuckles all scraped and the powder on him
passing like a shadow right through the night,
through my days and through my mind?
Love is dead and truth is empty
it won't heal and it won't save me.
See that girl in the checked white skirt
I'll hold her tonight and maybe it'll work
Love is all,
a white dove in the snow,
passing through,
like a bright new moon.
Mama froze.
Women's blood once flowed.
Death runs deep in this family.
Write your song for the left and only.
Lost my arm in the first great war.
Wish I'd never learned that piano before.
See my brother drinking from the glass.
They say he died with his eyes wide open.
Poison flowing right through the veins.
Glass of milk fell from his hands.
Love is all.
Find the right way home.
Time is all.
Find the right way home.
Powder moon.
Find the right way home.
Time is all.
Find the right way home.
Hey there now did you hear my voice,
ringing out in the early morning?
Did you hear me singing right through the night?
I wonder if you'll ever get tired of this.
Death runs deep in this family.
Write your song for the left and only.
Lost my arm in the first great war.
Wish I'd never learned that piano before. (repeat)
Love is all.
Find the right way home.
Time is all
Find the right way home.
Powder moon
Find the right way home.
Time is all.
Find the right way home.