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"are you back?" he asked.
"maybe," came her cool response, drifting on a curling breeze from the ocean that was weighted heavy with salt and dreams. she was like that, you know. bitter sweet.
"i want you back." his eyes were tender as he reached for a beer, cracked it open, took a sip. he kept is eyes on her.
"yeah," she shook her short hair, and the wind sent it everywhere. it sent her scent everywhere. garnier fructis. cheap shit never smelled so good. "me, too."
he took her picture like that. hands stuffed in the pockets of her jean jacket -- half dressed, covered in sand and provoking. she was always provoking something. emotions. sex. laughs. smiles. hatred. this time it was lust.
god, he missed her to her marrow.
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taken at wolf and shell's crib. they spoil me xoxo.
... as experienced today
in the Botanical garden.
Flowering Dogwood / Blüten-Hartriegel (Cornus florida)
Botanical garden, Frankfurt
As still as a rock--for about a second. Rock Wren on the Rancho Viejo Trail at Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio County, Texas.
CityCenter (also known as CityCenter Las Vegas) is a 16,797,000-square-foot (1,560,500 m2) mixed-use, urban complex on 76 acres (31 ha) located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The project was started by MGM Resorts International; Dubai World became a joint partner during the project's construction phase. It is the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States.[3] The project is connected by a people mover system to adjacent MGM properties Monte Carlo Las Vegas and Bellagio Las Vegas.[4] As of 2015, the "CityCenter" branding has been largely retired, with the focus instead on the Aria brand of the development's centerpiece property in names such as the "Aria Express" (formerly "CityCenter Tram") and "Aria Art Collection" (formerly "CityCenter Art Collection").
The project straddles Harmon Avenue and is bordered by (listed clockwise, starting on the east side): Las Vegas Boulevard, the Park MGM, I-15, the Bellagio, and The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino. The site was formerly occupied by the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, the Bellagio employee parking lot, and several standalone commercial structures.
The conceptual master plan for Project City Center, announced on November 9, 2004, was designed by Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, laying out the project with approximately 2,400 condominium and condo-hotel units and approximately 4,800 hotel rooms, distributed within several high-rise towers around The Crystals, an ultra high-end retail mall. It is designed to have all commodities for daily life, featuring a 4,000-room hotel and casino (Aria), two 400-room boutique hotels (The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, with 227 residential condo units, and The Harmon Hotel and Spa), a purely residential offering (Veer Towers), a condo-hotel (Vdara Condo-hotel) and a 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) retail and entertainment district which was intended to house the first grocery store directly on the Strip (though as of July 2011, there is no grocery on the property). The multi-use project makes extensive use of green technologies, such as using reclaimed water and an on-site power plant. The Mandarin Oriental, Aria, and Vdara all received LEED certification in November 2009.
With a total cost of approximately $9.2 billion,[5] CityCenter is the largest privately financed development in the United States. The original cost estimate was $4 billion, but it was pushed up by rising construction costs and design changes. CityCenter opened with approximately 12,000 employees across the different projects. Vdara, Aria, Mandarin Oriental, and The Crystals opened in December 2009. The Veer Towers opened in July 2010.
CityCenter features five water and ice features. These were designed by WET Design, the company responsible for the Bellagio fountain and the Mirage volcano. Three of these features are located at Aria Resort & Casino, entitled Lumia (a musical fountain), Focus (a water wall on the exterior), and Latisse (a water wall inside the casino). The remaining two are located in The Crystals: Halo (freestanding columns of water vortices) and Glacia (ice pillars).
A pair of matching blue C40-8s leads Pan Am train POAY west at CPF-AS in Lawrence on a sunny afternoon. Since the CSX acquisition of Pan Am consists like these seem to be a thing of the past unfortunately.
The Nabegataki waterfalls in Kumamoto prefecture, in Southern Japan. With plenty of rainfall as of late, the falls were even more impressive than usually. There were only few tourists around, which made taking pictures easier.
最近、雨が多いですから、熊本県の鍋ヶ滝の勢いは通常よりもありました。訪ねた日には、観光客はわりと少なくて、撮りやすかったです。
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As the days grow shorter and cooler the deciduous tree leaves take on the pretty warm hues. Some years we are blessed with more color then others, due to the environmental conditions. This year we are blessed!
Note; Added a filter to create a slight painterly effect.
As Cleo has arthrosis she has to take two pills every day. Cleo and I have reached an agreement: she allows me to put the pills directly into her mouth without shredding my fingers and in return she gets some treats. This generally works very well but it only works with me. When my sister had to give her the pills once several adhesive bandages were required afterwards.
"As if 2020 isn’t weird enough, it’s a year with 13 full moons rather than 12 — and two of these will occur in October.
October’s first full moon is the harvest moon on October 1, and the second full moon will occur on October 31. [...].
The full harvest moon will rise at 5:05 pm ET on October 1. The name is given to the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox. While this full moon usually occurs in September, a full moon on September 2 was too early to be known as the harvest moon. [...].
The full harvest moon provides light for farmers harvesting their crops into the night, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.
The moon will appear full for about three days, according to NASA. [...]." kslnewsradio.com/1934363/full-moons-in-october-harvest-mo...
PS I am happy with this shot as US wildfire smoke is again creating hazy skies over Vancouver.
As the night winds sing and temperature starts to drop, many hydrangeas have changed colour. This one is one of the few Endless Summer Hydrangeas which manage to keep their beautiful pink, among others with shades of mauve and blue. My gardener said it was because I have not spread my coffee grounds out evenly and therefore the soil varies in pH levels. Suits me very well.
Victoria and Albert Museum:
Examples of the works of Art in the Museum – South Kensington Museum – Published in 2 Volumes in 1881 – Book 1 - Plate Nos: 37 - 42
Sometime ago I posted some of the illustrations from the above book and I hoped that would be able to find them physically in the museum and photograph them. I took the third set of 15 illustrations from this book and went on the V & A website; Search the Collections. My results were based upon the following criteria:
(1) Items I did locate and photograph.
(2) Items that were in storage
(3) Items I couldn’t find anywhere
So I will be posting them, along with their locations in the museum, against the original plate and photograph from storage (where possible). The original price and any further information I might find.
One thing I didn’t count on, was that renovations would alter the interior of the building so drastically. I have found it very difficult to pin some of these locations down but in the main they have been found.
Not many of the examples shown this time were successful, as can be seen I only found 1 item.
Sitting on a catamaran watching the sun go down below the horizon like a big red ball. The cloudy sky added to the drama.
As its name suggests, Yellow star-of-Bethlehem is a golden-yellow, star-like flower that can be found growing in woodland on basic soils. Although it is rare, it can be very abundant where it does occur. It grows from a bulb, which waits dormant underground until spring.
Coldplay - Yellow
As we reached the top of the ridge through risky snow-covered boulder zone from the Advanced Basecamp, we were just at the feet of majestic Mount Saf Minal...the right gully leads to Changabang and Kalanka peaks....taken on trek to Bagini glacier in Garhwal Himalayas, India
Windy rainstorm today, I thought it would take me home like Doroty from the Wizard of Oz : )
The light went away and you don't realize you are making stupid gestures that need electricity. The noise or the silence, I do not know what has disturbed me more, perhaps neither one nor the other. I had music in my headphones and I was editing a photo ... it was like waking up in another world.
As the pair moves quickly across the rooftop, Harrier reminds Armorsmith, "We probably tripped an alarm or two getting this far, those sentry droids will be along any moment -- keep your eyes peeled!"
Taken at Dean Studios
As soo as he saw me he started yelling, and all I could make out is Hey Everyone Watch That Guy Across The Street With That Big Thing Pointed At Us.
Thanks for everything.
As it is the 9th November and Germany commemorates the fall of the wall in 1989 I wanted my image to mean something today.
Spending as much time as I can at my favorite place, I watched the seabirds flee, I knew something was up, then this gigantic juvenile flew in front of me, over and around my head. The sun was setting. She gave me a lovely silhouette.
This one is younger than the two we saw on Sunday.
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Sat at the top of the Hause above Ullswater watching the fading evening light move across the valley
As I crawl through the sand and lay on my stomach to capture this shot and others. Mersea Island is having a surge tide. If your not aware there is one road on and off. If the strood ( the rd on and off ) gets covered by sea you can have a two hour wait to get back across. After I finished photographing everything that moved, I realised that high tide was at 1.30pm and it was 12.45pm. I was stuck on mersea til the tide had subsided 3pm. Think I got some ok shots though!
As the bird freely flew in circles in the wide open sky, it was probably enjoying the flight as much as I was enjoying photographing it.
広い空を自由にぐるぐる回っていたその鳥の楽しさ。その鳥を撮っている私の楽しさ。同じだろう。
As the sun comes around again for you in the northern hemisphere and swings away from us here in the southern hemisphere, I'd like to wish you and your loved ones the Happiest Holidays and all the best for 2020!!!!!!!
(Couldn't resist using this image once again.)
As soon as I saw this week's Macro Mondays' theme of `Beverage', I decided I would shoot a macro of Irn-Bru (iron brew), a Scottish carbonated soft drink. The advertising slogans have included `Scotland's other national drink' and `Made in Scotland from girders', a reference to Irn-Bru's rusty colour. After vigorously shaking the bottle so many times I don't know if it will ever be safe to open(!), and shining a light through the Irn-Bru, I ended up with this rather abstract, fizzy, image, where the fizzy bubbles (large bubble on the right; various smaller ones on the left) have acted as lenses, showing some of the label.
As it was about to take off with its catch.Taken with SonyA1 gear.
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As much as I shot the standard cabs on the former DM&IR property, I really don't have much of the -8 era on the Iron Range Sub, simply because it happened after I left. It's simply not worth the hassle on vacation when every train has 45 people after it. Was much more enjoyable to just run into the locals once in awhile. Guess I'm just an old man now. ETTS! GE trio rips through Aurora on a gorgeous fall day.