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contorted flowering quince, 'Contorta', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Dead ahead this Sailboat manuevers into Vancouver Harbour, BC.
Obviously, avoiding the storm that was brewing
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Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
-- Isaiah 5:8, The Bible, King James Version
[So endeth the Lesson for the day (and beyond)...]
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
- Victor Hugo
Musical Inspiration: Don't Put Dirt On My Grave Just Yet - Hayden Panettiere.
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A long-established favourite of the village and last defence from the ravages of the North Sea the pub has felt the wrath of the waves on at least three occasions. The last in the great storm of 1953 when the front was washed away and the fishermen looked on in sorrow as the precious bottles of brew bobbed about on the retreating foam ;-(
Locals will tell you that, until very recently, one had to wait for a retreating wave before making a dash into or out of the bar to avoid getting your feet wet! As the sign says: “In rough weather please use the other door.
Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure into a fine country house to be the seat of his earldom. The castle was built in stages between 1777 and 1792. It incorporates a large drum tower with a circular saloon inside (which overlooks the sea), a grand oval staircase and a suite of well-appointed apartments.
In 1945, the Kennedy family gave the castle and its grounds to the National Trust for Scotland (thus avoiding inheritance tax). In doing so, they stipulated that the apartment at the top of the castle be given to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in recognition of his role as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during the Second World War. The General first visited Culzean Castle in 1946 and stayed there four times, including once while President of the United States.
... we didn't bring a ball to the beach to avoid injuries with Drift … he found a round rock and threw it at our feet all the time … good thinking Drift ! ...
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Another fishing boat docked for the night in the small village of Alma on the Bay of Funday. Now this name of “Fundy Fury”, I can understand as I have experienced some of the fierce winds of the Maritimes. We actually drove down just after a light hurricane breezed through the Atlantic Provinces. That is another bonus of being retired. We can change our plans to avoid the bad weather! Then we get to enjoy the peaceful side of Fundy; like this scene.
One section of the Crater Lake Circuit walk takes you through a dense stand of Eucalypts.
They are all leaning into each other, as if whispering, sharing a secret. The effect is like an embrace from nature, and if you listen, you hear the quiet hum of their talk, giving comfort and relief from a broken world.
I remember taking this image. I took it very quickly as I was trying to avoid people in the frame and it was quite dark. Consequently, it isn't terribly sharp. However it is the overall effect I wanted to share with you so alittle fuzz is O.K!
This image didn’t go as planned, for the balloon I thought was a part of the setup was flown by the man sitting on the edge of the balloon and he did avoid the ship, but I was winded down by the balloon. So maybe I should have called the image for:
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished archive shot from February 2019.
The blown out background sometimes impossible to avoid in a city grid at higher latitudes and perhaps why this shot was left in the archive so long. Enjoy.
The East African Eland, a sub-species of the Common Eland, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus Taurotragus. An adult male is around 1.6 metres tall at the shoulder (females are 20 centimetres shorter) and can weigh up to 942 kg. It is the second largest antelope in the world, being slightly smaller on average than the giant eland.
Mainly an herbivore, its diet is primarily grasses and leaves. Common elands form herds of up to 500 animals, but are not territorial. The common eland prefers habitats with a wide variety of flowering plants such as savannah, woodlands, and open and montane grasslands; it avoids dense forests.
The Common Eland is used by humans for leather, meat and milk, and has been domesticated in many areas. Eland milk contains much more butterfat than cow milk, and can keep much longer without pasteurising.
Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda. January 2017.
[Well the trick of the trouble
Is avoiding the blame
But the point of the struggle
Is in owning the shame
And nobody tells you
'Til you go up in flames
You can't live like a devil,
Then die like saint…]
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I often try to avoid pylons when taking photos of views. However I can see they have a certain majestic beauty in the right setting.
2020 was really starting to get to me. . .I tried to find ways to avoid thinking about the frustrating madness of the world during that year. . .So playing around with old photos became one of the ways I avoided "the world". A good name for what I ended up with would be. . ."The Result of Idle Time".
Here's some more of it. . .
Veröffentlicht mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Eden Projects.
Das Eden Project entstand nach einer Idee des englischen Archäologen und Gartenliebhabers Tim Smit in einer stillgelegten Kaolingrube nahe St Austell. Von der Idee im Jahr 1995 bis zur Eröffnung der Anlage am 17. März 2001 dauerte es sechs Jahre. Charakterisiert wird der Garten durch die zwei riesigen Gewächshäuser, die aus jeweils vier miteinander verschnittenen geodätischen Kuppeln in der Bauweise von Richard Buckminster Fuller bestehen. Hier werden verschiedene Vegetationszonen simuliert. Die Gewächshäuser des Eden Projects sind derzeit die größten der Welt.
Die Entwürfe für die geodätischen Kuppeln stammen vom britischen Architekturbüro Nicholas Grimshaw, die Tragwerksplanung von Anthony Hunt, ihre Ausführung erfolgte durch die Würzburger Firma Mero. Gedeckt sind die mehrfach miteinander verschnittenen Kuppeln mit doppelwandigen Kissen aus ETFE, einem besonders leichten, transparenten Kunststoff. Die Folienkissen wurden in eine Konstruktion aus standardisierten, sechs- und fünfeckigen Stahlrohrrahmenelementen (Raumfachwerk) eingepasst. Die Raumfachwerkkonstruktionen überdecken stützenfrei eine Fläche von insgesamt 23.000 m² (Oberfläche etwa 30.000 m²) und haben eine Höhe von bis zu 50 m bei einem Durchmesser von bis zu 125 m.
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The project was conceived by Tim Smit and designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw and engineering firm Anthony Hunt and Associates (now part of Sinclair Knight Merz). Davis Langdon carried out the project management, Sir Robert McAlpine and Alfred McAlpine[4] did the construction, MERO designed and built the biomes, and Arup was the services engineer, economic consultant, environmental engineer and transportation engineer. Land use consultants led the masterplan and landscape design. The project took 2½ years to construct and opened to the public on 17 March 2001.
The Tropical Biome, covers 1.56 ha (3.9 acres) and measures 55 m (180 ft) high, 100 m (328 ft) wide, and 200 m (656 ft) long. It is used for tropical plants, such as fruiting banana plants, coffee, rubber and giant bamboo, and is kept at a tropical temperature and moisture level.
The Tropical Biome
The Mediterranean Biome covers 0.654 ha (1.6 acres) and measures 35 m (115 ft) high, 65 m (213 ft) wide, and 135 m (443 ft) long. It houses familiar warm temperate and arid plants such as olives and grape vines and various sculptures.
The Outdoor Gardens represent the temperate regions of the world with plants such as tea, lavender, hops, hemp and sunflowers, as well as local plant species.
The covered biomes are constructed from a tubular steel (hex-tri-hex) with mostly hexagonal external cladding panels made from the thermoplastic ETFE. Glass was avoided due to its weight and potential dangers. The cladding panels themselves are created from several layers of thin UV-transparent ETFE film, which are sealed around their perimeter and inflated to create a large cushion. The resulting cushion acts as a thermal blanket to the structure. The ETFE material is resistant to most stains, which simply wash off in the rain. If required, cleaning can be performed by abseilers. Although the ETFE is susceptible to punctures, these can be easily fixed with ETFE tape. The structure is completely self-supporting, with no internal supports, and takes the form of a geodesic structure. The panels vary in size up to 9 m (29.5 ft) across, with the largest at the top of the structure.
The ETFE technology was supplied and installed by the firm Vector Foiltec, which is also responsible for ongoing maintenance of the cladding. The steel spaceframe and cladding package (with Vector Foiltec as ETFE subcontractor) was designed, supplied and installed by MERO (UK) PLC, who also jointly developed the overall scheme geometry with the architect, Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.
The entire build project was managed by McAlpine Joint Venture.
source: www.//en.wikipedia.org/
Veröffentlicht mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Eden Projects.
To avoid predators a lot of caterpillars rely on camourflage, but some, like this Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar, advertise warning signs. Apart from the obvious dagger, by its striking red and yellow colouration it also signals it's poisonous to eat. This one appeared on a blackthorn bush in my garden, one of its host plants.
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Cleo has been very lazy during the holidays but now it's time to resume our normal life. According to Cleo there is nothing "normal" about a fitness training, though, and I seriously doubt that physical activity has played any major role in her New Year's resolutions, apart - maybe - from the resolution to avoid it whenever she can. You can't let a human have the last say after all.
as you grow older, it starts avoiding you ;-)
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cercis, variegated eastern redbud, 'Floating Clouds', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina
Avoid the annoyance, maintain social distancing. This Canada Goose wasn't too happy when the Osprey ventured too close after catching a fish from the pond. This is the sort of muttering others may make if you happen to come too close during your outdoor walk.
If you have the flickr-app on your mobile phone, take a try and turn it around! That makes a cool effect. (Hold your mobile phone flat to avoid autoturn-mode from display or disable the function). Those who are in front of the pc can compare to my previous shot what is the same.
Hope you like it.
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Bujaruelo, Sobrarbe, Aragón, España.
El valle de Bujaruelo es un valle del Pirineo aragonés, en la provincia de Huesca (España) lindante con el Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, justo al noroeste del valle de Ordesa, y donde nace el río Ara, del que forma parte como zona periférica de protección. A pesar de su extraordinario valor natural y de los varios intentos llevados a cabo, intereses urbanísticos, turísticos y ganaderos han evitado su incorporación al mencionado Parque aún a pesar de ser limítrofe con él. Sin embargo sí que forma parte del lugar de importancia comunitaria Bujaruelo - Garganta de Los Navarros.
The Bujaruelo Valley is a valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca (Spain) bordering the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, just to the northwest of the Ordesa Valley, and where the Ara river is born, of which it forms part as peripheral protection zone. Despite its extraordinary natural value and the various attempts carried out, urban, tourist and livestock interests have avoided its incorporation into the aforementioned Park even despite being bordering it. However, it is part of the place of community importance Bujaruelo - Garganta de Los Navarros.
Second edition of a rich creamy coffee with milk, with an intense flavor, that has the same ingredients as the previous edition and one more:
With a light touch of powdered cinnamon and a subtle touch of pomace liqueur and a base of condensed milk, which avoids having to add sugar.
Some pedants would call it "a calorie bomb." Well, it's their opinion... And their prejudices.
But it's delicious.
Served by my friend Lorenzo Muñoz at the Bar "El Doble" in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain, in December 2022.
SU CAFÉ ESTÁ LISTO, SEÑOR! 2022
Segunda edición de un rico café cremoso con leche, con sabor intenso, que lleva los mismos ingredientes de la edición anterior y uno más:
Con un ligero toque de canela en polvo y un sutil toque de licor de orujo y una base de leche condensada, que evita tener que añadir azúcar.
Algunos pedantes lo llamarían "una bomba de calorías". Bueno, es su opinión... Y sus prejuicios...
Pero está riquísimo.
Servido por mi amigo Lorenzo Muñoz en el Bar "El Doble" de Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, España, en diciembre de 2022.
Cow keeping an eye on her twins. Only seen wildlife just after sunrise, likely avoiding the heat later in the day.
A northbound Lake States Railway train arrives at Saginaw MI. My trip trip to Michigan was decided due to the fact that it was one of very few states us New Yorkers were "allowed" to travel to at the time due to Covid. We went by Frankenmouth on the w/e and tourist were crammed into the village. We went back on a weekday. A few days after we returned, MI was added to the long list of places with high positives rates.