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As seen from Bernal Heights Park while awaiting the fireworks celebrating the 75th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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VIDEO AT: youtu.be/VVUU2n5Qgm4
As I've described in a newly-added update at the top of my Flickr profile page (www.flickr.com/people/99244229@N04/), I recently finally had the opportunity to be back in full make-up and even being out in public en femme, the latter for the first time since April 2014. This pic is the 55th in a new series from this recent activity, which in this case happened just last month.
This particular pic is a snapshot from a video I took in a women's changing room at my local Macy's, taking advantage of the 3 mirrors in the room. The video is posted with my other, older YouTube videos at youtu.be/VVUU2n5Qgm4. Please check it out and comment/fave here if you like.
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features: Forever 21 nude-beige faux-leather ultra-high-heel 5.25"-stiletto strappy sandals; a Forever 21 nude crisscross-lacing-scoopneck long-sleeve crop top; a Forever 21 tan grommeted waist-belt; a Style & Co. "diamond stripe" ivory-beige tiered chiffon-hem midi skirt (from Macy's); a Forever 21 nude-taupe faux-leather mini-crossbody handbag with flap top; nude wide-net fishnet tights; a Lauren Conrad beige-pink floral sheer scarf; gold rings, earrings, necklace, watch, and bracelets.
More about this and other new 2017-18 pics was written up recently in a descriptive Update provided in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-18 pics.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
As part of our tour we stayed with this maasai village. Behind the village was a huge rock which we climbed to watchc the sun come up and the village awake.
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I like the contrast in living styles/homes and there is a similarity in how colourful these images are!
Description: As the New Horizons spacecraft approached Jupiter en route to Pluto in February 2007, Chandra took exposures of the gas giant. In this composite image, Chandra data from three separate observations were combined, and then superimposed on an optical image of Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope. The purpose of the Chandra observations is to study the powerful X-ray auroras observed near the poles of Jupiter.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2007
Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/jupiter/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SwRI/R.Gladstone
Accession number: jupiter
As the holidays approach Magic Kingdom is transformed into something even more special. These statues are wonderful. look around you will love them
I took this picture after the first wave of ice came across yesterday. We have gotten between a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch of ice thus far with more to come tonight.
As if going to a wonderful wedding in Caledon and touring around Cape Town with lovely friends wasn't enough for our holiday, the wife and I decided to add Mauritius to the trip. Might as well "while we are down there anyway". It was so relaxing - and beautiful!
5DSR + TSE 24L II
My Misaki pre-order from last year has finally arrived. I have to say for me she is so worth the wait. This is my 2nd Misaki. My 1st is a nude Dazzling Darling
As you may have noticed, I'm starting to become more and more interested in self-portraits. Here is another one I made yesterday, it was kinda difficult, because that is actually the top of a tree, and I don't have a remote :P Anyway, it was really fun, hope you like it!
St Andrew's Church of Ireland, Bush
Situated in the beautiful Cooley Peninsula Co. Louth, the church was built as a Chapel-of-ease for nearby Carlingford Parish although it now functions in practice as the Parish Church. The parish has been united with Ballymascanlon since 1966 and grouped with Creggan and Forkhill from 1973.
#67: As of 9/24/18, under Flickr's popularity rankings of my 1200+ pics, this is listed as #67 in "interestingness."
As I've described in a newly-added update at the top of my Flickr profile page (www.flickr.com/people/99244229@N04/), I recently finally had the opportunity to be back in full make-up and even being out in public en femme, the latter for the first time since April 2014. This pic is the 26th in a new series from this recent activity, which in this case happened just in April.
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features: Forever 21 taupe faux-leather over-the-knee ultra-high-heel boots; a beige-brown patterned blouse (from Burlington); Forever 21 camel faux-leather pleated high-waisted shorts; a Forever 21 tan grommeted waist-belt; an Anne Klein taupe handbag; taupe sheer tights; a tan fringed scarf; gold rings, earrings, necklace, watch, and bracelets.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
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As well as Volvo B10Ms Whitelaw of Storehouse also took delivery of two Leyland Lynx into their fleet in 1989 for use on the routes in Lanarkshire Whitelaw had developed during the Central SMT strikes.
G473 PGE the second of the two is seen at Canderside Toll working the 254 from Hamilton to Storehouse.
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I processed the film today. Even though I have done this thousands of times, you never really relax until you see those first few frames come out of the wash.
That's the magic of film. It demands your abilities.
And even though I should be in bed, I at least had to do a few scans to serve my impatience.
Though this may not end up being an official part of the series....It's at least a tribute to how much Devon nailed this very difficult part...a part that is probably one of the most evil persons in the entire book of Judges.
It's even more of a tribute because Devon is probably one of the kindest, least violent and gentlest person you could meet.
More and much more to come. But for now....I know Sunday delivered up it's promise....
FROM 'IN THE TIME OF THE JUDGES'
(CONTINUING)
As Metro Vancouver was experiencing a record-breaking heat wave, Chris and I decided to cool off at Pebbly Beach
Eutopia, as in Santa Cruz. Eutopia as in being off the grid for two days. Eutopia as in tuning in to natures rhythm and listening closely.
Eutopia, as in no shower for two days.
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With the pressure and stress from studying recently, I decided to get away -literally. Molly, Jose, Munlika, Emily and I went camping at Big Big Basin Redwood State Park for two evenings.
I got off of work on Friday in the early evening, and went pick up Molly -then we were off to see the redwoods. Traffic wasn't too bad at all heading down there. On our way to Big Basin, we quickly drove through the quaint downtown area of Boulder Creek. By this time the sun had set, and our surroundings were immersed in darkness. Out past this downtown outcrop we had only the headlights on the car to guide us. This added a nice feel to the beginning of our camping trip.
Upon arrival, we met the other three in our party, Jose, Munlika, and Emily. Our first evening was spent huddled around the fire pit, because it was very cold. Being a sunset boy from San Francisco, I even had a hard time dealing with the chilly temperatures. A random but revelant tangent ... I completely neglected to pack a pair of pants -I only packed shorts, thinking [or not thinking rather] that the weather would work out for the better. I paid for my negligence. This entire trip the cold really bit hard.
That first evening we arrived, we turned in at about midnight for the evening. Our clothes smelled like campfire smoke, and it smelled great. But the night was just getting started for me ... coldest night I've ever had. Ever.
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I've got six pictures from the trip posted in the comment below, along with descriptions. Unfortunately I didn't take too many people pictures -I was way too cold during the entire trip to have my camera with me at all times :(
*Note to self -purchase gloves.
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurosiberia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is an introduced species in North America – home to the largest populations outside of its native range – with additional smaller introductions in Australasia and southern Africa. The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Measuring 125 to 170 cm (49 to 67 in) in length, this large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange beak bordered with black. It is recognizable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger in males.
Mute swan sub-fossils, 6,000 years old, have been found in post-glacial peat beds of East Anglia, Great Britain. They have been recorded from Ireland east to Portugal and Italy, and from France, 13,000 BP (Desbrosse and Mourer-Chauvire 1972–1973). The paleosubspecies. Cygnus olor bergmanni, which differed only in size from the living bird, is known from fossils found in Azerbaijan. Cygnus Falconeri, another paleosubspecies from the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Sicily, may have been even bigger (one third bigger than Cygnus olor) and flightless.
Adults of this large swan typically range from 140 to 160 cm (55 to 63 in) long, although can range in extreme cases from 125 to 170 cm (49 to 67 in), with a 200 to 240 cm (79 to 94 in) wingspan. Males are larger than females and have a larger knob on their bill. On average, this is the second largest waterfowl species after the trumpeter swan, although male mute swans can easily match or even exceed a male trumpeter in mass. Among standard measurements of the mute swan, the wing chord measures 53–62.3 cm (20.9–24.5 in), the tarsus is 10–11.8 cm (3.9–4.6 in) and the bill is 6.9–9 cm (2.7–3.5 in).
The mute swan is one of the heaviest flying birds. In several studies from Great Britain, males (known as cobs) were found to average from about 10.6 to 11.87 kg (23.4 to 26.2 lb), with a weight range of 9.2–14.3 kg (20–32 lb) while the slightly smaller females (known as pens) averaged about 8.5 to 9.67 kg (18.7 to 21.3 lb), with a weight range of 7.6–10.6 kg (17–23 lb). While the top normal weight for a big cob is roughly 15 kg (33 lb), one unusually big Polish cob weighed almost 23 kg (51 lb) and this counts as the largest weight ever verified for a flying bird, although it has been questioned whether this heavyweight could still take flight.
Young birds, called cygnets, are not the bright white of mature adults, and their bill is dull grayish-black, not orange, for the first year. The down may range from pure white to grey to buff, with grey/buff the most common. The white cygnets have a leucistic gene. Cygnets grow quickly, reaching a size close to their adult size in approximately three months after hatching. Cygnets typically retain their grey feathers until they are at least one year old, with the down on their wings having been replaced by flight feathers earlier that year.
All mute swans are white at maturity, though the feathers (particularly on the head and neck) are often stained orange-brown by iron and tannins in the water.
The mute swan is found naturally mainly in temperate areas of Europe then across the Palearctic as far east as Primorsky Krai, near Sidemi.
It is partially migratory throughout northern latitudes in Europe and Asia, as far south as North Africa and the Mediterranean. It is known and recorded to have nested in Iceland and is a vagrant to that area as well as to Bermuda, according to the UN Environment Program chart of international status chart of bird species, which places it in 70 countries, breeding in 49 countries, and vagrant in 16 countries.[citation needed] While most of the current population in Japan is introduced, mute swans are depicted on scrolls more than 1,000 years old, and wild birds from the mainland Asian population still occur rarely in winter. Natural migrants to Japan usually occur along with whooper and sometimes Bewick's swans.[citation needed]
The mute swan is protected in most of its range, but this has not prevented illegal hunting and poaching. It is often kept in captivity outside its natural range, as a decoration for parks and ponds, and escapes have happened. The descendants of such birds have become naturalized in the eastern United States and Great Lakes, much as the Canada goose has done in Europe.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan
My new doll has arriv... oh wait xD My cousin's dog is so adorable and photogenic. I want one too! =(
Merry christmas!
As First has contracted around Bolton, Vision has expanded to cover several local routes including this, the 571 & 572 Great Lever circulars. Newly acquired Versa YJ57 XVR came from Marchants but was new to Transdev Burnley & Pendle.
The red brick clock tower was once part of the nearby Trinity Street station but was relocated to its present position in the 80's when the original station buildings were demolished.
First shot at taking pictures of minifigs outside...
Tell me what you think!
Armor and Hats by Minifig.Cat
Guns by Tiny Tactical
Look out for kangaroos under the stars! Road sign at the edge of Hawker, South Australia. Taken during astro twilight.
The churchyard filled with deathcold snow that silenced even the cries of lost souls. And the stillness glowed with an iridescent aura. Peace fell with the snow.
Night comes and goes with little possibility of sleep. As the first rays of morning penetrate their small cell, Larry and Rita finish catching Niles up on everything that’s happened, and how they came to be here. Niles listens with astute interest as Larry finishes the tale, clenching his fists when he gets to Eric’s betrayal. They share the gloom of their cell in silence. Niles looks over to Cliff, staring pensively at the ground. He hasn’t said a word since they got here.
Niles: Cliff? You haven’t said anything all night. What’s troubling you?
Cliff pulls his gaze from the floor, Brain’s words still echoing through his mind.
Cliff: Huh? Yeah, I’m fine.
The four of them sit there for an hour or so, attempting despite the humidity of the morning to go to sleep. It doesn’t come. After a while, Rita sits up and finally plucks up the courage to ask the question they’ve all been wanting to ask since they arrived.
Rita: Niles… what did you mean before, when you said you had to leave? Where were you going? And no dodging the question this time!
Larry and Cliff look at Niles. Niles fidgets uncomfortably against the wall. He takes a moment before answering.
Niles: It’s… complicated.
They watch him eagerly.
Niles: There’s a lot I can’t tell you. Not because I don’t want to, believe me… but because it would be irresponsible of me. However, due to the current circumstances…
He looks around the cell.
Niles: I may not have much choice. Perhaps I was wrong to think you all unready…
He takes a long, drawn out breath. He is about to speak, but before the words can see the light of day a rumbling noise comes from behind the door. All of them look over to it as it is heaved open and Mallah, grin on his leathery face, barges in.
Mallah: It’s time.
Before anyone can protest, he grabs Niles under the shoulders and hauls him onto his back. Larry jumps up, but halts as Niles raises a hand to him.
Niles: Listen to me! Find Senec – tell him Niles Caulder sent you! He’ll know what needs to be done…
Mallah slams the door shut behind him, and just like that he’s gone. Larry looks round to the others, and is comforted by the fact they look just as confused as he is.
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Every step Mallah takes causes Niles great discomfort as he bounces around on his back. Mallah adjusts his grip, pulling Niles’ arms over his shoulders. Niles murmurs uncomfortably.
Niles: Don’t you get tired of lugging people around all day? It seems that’s all you do.
Mallah looks ahead and grunts.
Mallah: I enjoy it. Keeps the mind active.
Niles: But I remember you, Mallah. You used to be such an excitable little chimp; so full of life. What happened?
Mallah: Life grinds you down. I read Sartre and smoke cigarettes now. What more can I say?
Niles sighs as Mallah walks into the central room decked out with machinery. Niles isn’t surprised to see Brain, proudly stood to the side of the machine he had called ‘The White Room’. As he is dumped on the ground, he spots a forlorn looking Eric Morden sat on a crate at the edge of the room, looking at his feet. Mallah steps over Niles and joins Brain.
Brain: Niles Caulder… after all these years, our debt will be settled.
Niles sits up on his arms and groans.
Niles: Oh not this nonsense again. If you’re going to kill me bloody well get on with it.
Brain scoffs obnoxiously.
Brain: And ruin all my fun? Oh no no mon cheri, we do this on my terms I am afraid. Mallah, prepare ‘im.
Mallah moves around the other side of the machine and disappears out of view.
Brain: Mallah will momentarily administer a small, epidermal injection to your spine. Following this, you will lose all control of your body and will be completely paralysed.
Niles: Afraid I’m going to run away, are you?
Brain: Silence!
Niles smirks.
Brain: You will then be placed inside the void of the White Room, where you will be subject to… uhm… torture… of the mind… and soul…
Niles frowns and holds up a hand.
Niles: A moment, if you would. Are you even remotely certain of what this thing will do?
Brain pauses for a second.
Brain: The creators of the machine left detailed instructions…
Niles: Yes, on how to build the thing. But do you actually know what it will do to me once I’m inside?
Brain pauses again.
Brain: Well… not exactly, no.
Niles sighs.
Niles: So you don’t even know if this thing will work?
Mallah re-emerges from round the machine, clutching a syringe and a straitjacket.
Mallah: Of course it will you ‘airless monkey! I ‘ave worked long and ‘ard to ensure this machine is in perfect working condition! Your death will be as unpleasant as it needs to be!
He joins Brain and glares at Niles on the floor.
Niles: Your master here didn’t sound so certain.
Mallah looks round at Brain.
Mallah: Really, my love?
Brain: Of course not! I know ‘ow ‘ard you ‘ave worked! It is impossible it will fail!
Niles: If you’re so uncertain why don’t you test it out?
Brain and Mallah go quiet. Brain considers for a moment and laughs mockingly at Niles.
Brain: Very good, Caulder, very good. And who would you ‘ave me test it on, eh? Myself, perhaps? Mallah? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice and… you shall not again!
Niles chuckles along with them for a moment and turns and points over to the corner of the room.
Niles: What about him?
Eric, still sat moping on his crate, is startled and looks over at them. Mallah looks at Brain for a second and shrugs. Brain goes quiet, and after a moment whispers under his mechanical breath.
Brain: Everything ‘appens for a reason…
He snaps back into life.
Brain: Fine Caulder. ‘Ave it your way. Mallah, prepare ‘im!
Mallah rushes across the room. Before Eric can even register what’s going on, he is pulled to his feet and dragged over to face the White Room. He tries to plead with Brain, but a meek grunting sound is all his mouth can produce. Mallah forces his arms into the straitjacket and secures it tightly around his body. He then seizes Eric by his scalp, pulling him into the air like a wet dishcloth, and jabs the needle into the base of his spine. He squirms, thrashing his legs about wildly, then goes still. A bead of sweat drips down his forehead and into his wet, unblinking eye. He tries to scream, but it makes it as far as his throat and gives up – it’s like his jaw is wired shut. Niles watches with morbid fascination as Mallah holds his rigid body securely against his chest and pulls the door to the White Room open.
Niles notices how the machine’s interior seems to go on forever, like a morose optical illusion; a terrible white horizon stretching out into a bleak infinity. Mallah drops Eric down on a single seat in what must be the centre of the machine and closes the door on him. Niles shifts uncomfortably on the ground. Mallah goes to a control panel next to the machine and presses a couple of buttons. A terrible mechanical sound fills the air as the White Room buzzes into life, and Niles is suddenly aware how glad he is to be out here and not inside the machine, now vibrating angrily. Mallah grabs a lever, the lights in the compound flickering madly, and pulls it down.
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Larry paces around the cell anxiously. He watches Cliff as he tries and fails one more time to pry the door off its hinges and fall back against the wall, defeated.
Larry: We can’t give up this easily!
Rita sits on the ground, replaying Niles’ final words in her head.
Rita: What did Niles mean – ‘find Senec?’ What’s Senec?
Larry: That’s not gonna matter if we can’t get out of here. Come on big guy, one more try!
Cliff holds his hands up.
Cliff: It won’t budge man, I’m tellin’ ya. Can’t Casper the unfriendly ghost come out?
Larry: He doesn’t exactly take requests, Cliff…
Cliff: How convenient…
Rita: BOYS!
She stands up, arms to her side, and glares at them. Larry is about to reply, before he realises why she’s shut them up. The walls of their cell begin to shake as if hit by a minor earthquake, and the single bulb suspended from the ceiling starts to flicker.
Larry: Oh god… Niles…
He opens his jacket and puts a hand on his chest. Nothing.
Larry: Come on, please…
Cliff goes over to him and stares at his chest, like a hapless father watching his wife in labour. He raises his fists encouragingly and bounces up and down on his knees.
Cliff: Yeah, c’mon buddy… you can do it! I didn’t mean what I said before!
They both stare at Larry’s chest as the tremors intensify. As nothing continues stubbornly to happen, Rita takes a breath and unbeknownst to the boys kneels down.
Rita: Here goes nothing…
She focuses all her attention on her right hand. She pictures herself as the hulking mass of flesh in her bed, as the puddle on the floor of the cave, as a monster hiding away from the world… and remembers Cliff’s words: ‘I don’t think you’re a monster…’ Her arm melts. She grits her teeth and concentrates all her energy on her now flat right arm, keeping the rest of her body together. Her arm shifts, and she winces as she imagines it twisting along the ground. After a few seconds her arm responds, and it begins to stretch out across the ground of their cell and towards the door like a fleshly, shapeless snake. It reaches the gap underneath the door and pushes through it to the outside. She winces as she focuses her attention on now getting it to move upwards, and sure enough it does. She feels it winding its way up the cool metal door of their cell like a rapid growing vine, stopping as it reaches the bolt on the outside of the door. She shuts her eyes, imagines herself undoing it, and opens her eyes in surprise as she hears the bolt slide out of its lock and the cell door creak open.
Larry and Cliff don’t move. Rita falls back against the ground, exhausted, and focuses on reforming her arm.
Rita: A woman’s work is never done.
Larry and Cliff dart over to her, lifting her up gently.
Larry: Rita… wow…
Rita: Niles…
Cliff pushes the door open fully and makes a break for it, followed closely by Larry and a recovering Rita. The three of them run down the corridor and towards the source of the noise, careful to maintain their balance as the corridor around them shakes violently. They burst into the compound’s central room and freeze when they lay their eyes upon the White Room, shuddering aggressively and smoking. The wires sprouting out from its roof tremble as brilliant white light radiates out from a single window on its door, casting deep shadows around the room. They spot the Brain and Mallah, embracing to the side of it, and a deep dread fills their hearts. They are about to cry out for it to stop, but notice Niles, sprawled across the ground before it and covering his eyes. They rush over to him.
Rita: Niles! What’s happening?
He holds up a hand.
Niles: I think we may be about to find out…
They stare at the White Room as its movement reaches an erratic crescendo and ends. They shield their eyes from the dazzling white light that fills the room as the door erupts off its hinges and a silhouetted figure emerges from within.
As manufactured by the Best Company, San Leandro, California, around 1905. Some of these behemoths remain preserved, even operational. Best merged with the Holt Company (known for their tracked vehicles) in 1925, to become Caterpillar.
The Best traction engines are easyly recognized by their three-wheeled design and their upright boiler - the horizontal tank is a water container. Other than that, the design was pretty antiquated for its time, with no brakes, no gear shift, and a top speed of about 4mph.
The most prominent Best engine is "Old Dinah", purchased in 1894 for hauling borax through Death Valley. Today it can bee seen sitting at Furnace Creek, in a pretty desolate state.
Another preserved engine, the very one that inspired me to this build, is nicknamed "Susanpuffer" and can be seen in action here on youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgNkDxTRmRY
Still pics are here on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/kozloski/3623911884/in/faves-149755...
My model is remote-controlled and powered by a BuWizz.