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Photo of artist E.V. Day's "Diva's Ascending" exhibit at The Kentucky Center. Photo credit: Ross Gordon, all rights reserved.
The state of New Hampshire holds the infamous great Mount Washington. This mountain is a very popular tourist destination. Crawford, New Hampshire is the home of this highest mountain on the northeast coast. There are three ways to reach the summit of this great mountain. One of the more popular and demanding ways to ascend the mountain is on foot. Hikers are forced to travel up rocky ravines and steep rock faces. The distance to the summits highest point is 6,288 feet so the trip is quite time consuming. I have personally hiked the mountain and the round trip took about 8 hours. The trip up takes you through a great variety of trees and flowers. As you reach the summit the trees get smaller and small and they are less dense. Since the summit is so high there no signs of trees or bushes anywhere; just solid gray rocks all around you. Many hikers stop overnight at the Lake of the Clouds AMC hut. This hut feature warm meals and bunks for hikers to sleep. It’s in a great location of about a two hour hike to the summit. Another popular way up the mountain is the road. It was originally made as a carriage road but now is paved for cars. There are a few pull over spots on the way up so the visitors can sight see. The road is extremely curvy and comes very close to the edge of the mountain with no guard rails. So drive very slowly and be cautious. There are some popular races that occur annually on the road. My grandfather and uncle have participates in a bike race that ascends the mountain. They road they bike up this steep road that is about 8 miles long. Another popular race that occurs on the auto road of Mount Washington is a foot race. People actually run the length of the road. Both of these races sound crazy to me. That’s not my idea of fun. The final and easiest way up this mountain is riding up in the famous Cog Railroad. This three hour trip takes you up 37.5% inclines. Normal railroad tracks don’t even come close to this with a 2% incline. As you board the passenger car you’ll notice that the seats are at incline. This is because the trip up is so steep that a normal seat would not even hold you in. You would slide right our. During the trip up the passengers in the front of the car are 14 feet higher that the passengers in the back. The trip is a little scary but very enjoyable and smooth. Whichever way up you decide to choose that final destination is amazing.
Bryant F. Tolles Jr., “Passaconaway’s Realm: Captain John Evans and the Exploration of Mt. Washington. By Russell M. Lawson,” New England Quarterly 76 (2003): 295.
Anonymous, “45 Beacon: Mt. Washington Signal Station No 46,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 84 (2003):700.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington,_New_Hampshire#Hiking
Also called Common Eastern Fleabane or Prairie Fleabane, this native herbaceous plant is similar to the Daisy Fleabane or Sweet Scabious (Erigeron annuus, also called Eastern Daisy Fleabane or or Annual Fleabane) but has stem hairs that lie closer to the on the middle and upper portions of the stem (rather than spreading outward) and stem leaves that are mostly entire (as opposed to toothed) as well being fewer in number and skinnier. However, some malnourished specimens of Annual Fleabane can resemble Lesser Daisy Fleabane, thus becoming a source of possible confusion.
Both of these species lack clasping leaves, a characteristic of Common or Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus).
This native annual or biennial plant is erect and up to 3' tall. It is largely unbranched, except for a few side stems near the inflorescence at the apex. The ridged central stem has spreading white hairs near the base, but these hairs become short and appressed along its middle and upper portions. The alternate leaves are up to 4" long and 2/3" across, becoming smaller and more sparsely distributed as they ascend the stems. They are usually oblanceolate (shaped like a narrow spoon), narrowly ovate, or linear. Some of the larger leaves may have a few coarse teeth toward their outer tips. The base of each leaf narrows gradually to a slender petiole-like base.
The upper stems terminate in small clusters of daisy-like compound flowers and their buds. The buds have appressed fine hairs that are difficult to see. The compound flowers are about ½" across, consisting of about 40-100 ray florets that surround numerous disk florets. The tiny disk florets are yellow, while the ray florets are usually white (sometimes light violet or pink). The blooming period occurs primarily from late spring to mid-summer, and lasts about 1-2 months. However, some plants may bloom later in the year until the early fall. The flowers may have a mild fragrance. Both the ray and disk florets can set fertile seed without cross-pollination. The small achenes enclosing the seeds have small bristles or white hairs that promote distribution of the seeds by wind. The root system consists of a taproot. This plant spreads by re-seeding itself, and often forms loose colonies.
While the fleabanes are often dismissed as 'weeds' because of their ubiquitousness during the summer, they are actually rather cheerful plants that are beneficial to many small insects that play an important role in the functioning of the ecological system.
Sometimes this species is also called Daisy Fleabane. The common name is derived from the belief that the dried plants repelled fleas, while the genus name comes from the Greek, eri meaning “early” and geron meaning “old man,” a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering. A widespread genus, there are 173 species in North America.
at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’s ASCEND conference at Caesars Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)
This is the first picture I've posted in a month. I needed a break. I was getting really burned out. I hadn't even shot much of anything in the last month. But, I finally got out this weekend for a few hours and took some stuff I'm pretty happy with, including this shot of the Lewis Library by Frank Gehry at Princeton University. I'm not sure I'm ready to get sucked back into Flickr yet, though.
During ASCEND 2022 at CAESARS Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)
During ASCEND 2022 at CAESARS Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)
Dedicated in July 2004 the Garden of Peace is a memorial commemorating victims of homicide including those murdered by terrorists on September 11, 2001. It is a living reminder of the impact of violence and a visual testament to the need for eliminating terror and violence. The Garden is a symbol of hope for peace and renewal in our lives, our community, and the world.
The central feature of the memorial is a dry streambed containing smooth river stones engraved with the names of victims of homicide. The streambed begins with a circular black granite stone called "Tragic Density" that symbolizes the enormous weight of sadness and grief. The streambed moves through the Garden and culminates with a trickle of water into a pool out of which rises "Ibis Ascending", a skyward sculpture representing hope.
Sadly the Garden of Peace appears to be Boston's least known memorial. It took us a really long time to find it - none of the people that we asked had heard of it. The Boston police officer we asked directed us instead to the 9/11 Peace Garden in the Boston Public Gardens. Despite being in downtown Boston the Garden of Peace is off the beaten tourist trails. It is lost within a narrow maze of twisting streets hidden between government office buildings. A few of the streets were sealed off because of construction. Unlike other Boston tourist attractions there are no signs pointing the way, no cops and no tourists. On the weekday evening that we visited the area was poorly lit and the Garden of Peace was home to homeless people. I imagine the area is fairly safe on a weekday with people working in the adjacent buildings, but I wouldn't loitter here in the evening or during the weekend.
If you do decide to visit look for a courtyard adjacent to the plaza of the 100 Cambridge Street Building (formerly the Saltonstall State Office Building) and bring friends.
Boston Garden of Peace - 100 Cambridge Street in Boston, Massachusetts - Google Map
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at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’s ASCEND conference at Caesars Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)
This is my friend Emma, this is another one of the prints I'll be selling to help raise money for my tuition at Circus Smirkus. Circus Smirkus is a traveling circus youth troupe on the East Coast that I'll be spending my summer at. It's a wonderful program and I'm so excited!
Enjoy!
During ASCEND 2022 at CAESARS Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)
Keep your command center operators happy, healthy and productive with Ascend Sit/Stand consoles. Ascend furniture features electric-lift legs with three programmable height settings, allowing operators to alternate between sitting and standing with the push of a button.
By changing positions throughout the day, your operators will help minimize physical stress and fatigue in their technical environment.
at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’s ASCEND conference at Caesars Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Las Vegas. (Photo by David Becker)
Some pictures of my 2019 thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, a trail that goes from the Mexican border to the Canadian border through California, Oregon and Washington. It took me 5 months to hike it.