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So that he might accompany Rack. I swear that if I sent this to my sister, sorry I mean to Ruin's sister, she would say, "but it is you".
This might be as close as I can get to a beginning.
I love seeing Mr. Duchamp run, on the scale I want to see him run at. I would almost bet that he never ran during his entire adult life. He was far too blisteringly 'cool'.
This was Ruin, the day before Rack knocked him for six.
He was already thinking about marathon-man Marcel, but hadn't imagined the 'Icons' yet.
That started the following day, those imaginings.
The description to accompany this goes as follows: "The remains of a faerie that perished of cold while sheltering in a plant pot."
The curator was adamant that all the artefacts are real, so ya gotta believe him right?
What is the difference between Fairy and Faerie? I hear you ask... Well the the difference between Fairy and Faerie is that a Fairy is a young, kind and pure spirit who can be described as small humanoid creatures with thin, membranous wings and who generally tend to stay away from all the humans and the human world. Modern fairies are described to have a glow to them.
Whereas a Faerie who are like Fairies, are dangerously mischievous, evil, and horrid mythical creatures. They are also associated with arson and stealing. They are immortal beings and can only be killed by some special methods. That is why, the ages of many Fairies and Faeries is more than a hundred years.
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On February 7, 2021, blizzard Darcy raged across Western Europe, a strong wind accompanied by drifting snow. The last heavy snowstorm in Amsterdam dates from 1985. In the evening the storm had died down. Wind, cold, dark? It's minus eight degrees Celsius. All reasons to go outside. Scarf on, walking shoes on and into the city centre. Do you see those lights, do you see the smoke coming out of the chimney and do you hear the fire crackling? The snow reflects the light in the evening, giving you a beautiful view. I enjoy the sound of crunching snow under my shoes and the beautiful view of the Amsterdam canal houses. Walking in winter is not only a guarantee for red cheeks and a breath of fresh air, but is also good for body and soul. There is something very beautiful about Amsterdam in winter. The Jordaan is covered with a thick layer of snow. There is a tranquil beauty of snow and cozy light inside the cancal houses. A white blanket does indeed make Amsterdam slightly different from those other 360 days of the year: different views, different sounds, different light. A winter party sprinkled with white confetti. And it is quite simply a welcome break in the covid-19 lockdown. This is a welcome change. The snow also provides a lot of fun for children here in Amsterdam. Snowball fight, make snowmen, go sledding and adults go cross-country skiing. All fun activities that people do in this beautiful snowy world.
1. centre Beautiful canal light on the wintry Bloemgracht, 2. top left Cold winter image of a warm neighborhood, 3. Tranquil beauty of snow and cold at the foot of de Wester, 4. Enchanted by the magic of snow in the Amsterdam Jordaan, 5. Winter atmosphere in the ♡♡ heart of Amsterdam Jordaan, 6. In love ♡♡ with Amsterdam in winter, 7. A warm welcome, cozy interior at café Solleveld in Wintertime, 8. Cozy inside, cold outside, 9. Flying and gliding on the snow, 10. Beautiful little backstreet in the snowy red light district, 11. The city lantern illuminates snowy Bridge 51 in the Leliegracht over the Keizersgracht, 12. Frosty the Snowman keep your head cool, 13. Cold, cozy nights, warm inside & hot chocolate.
Op 7 februari 2021 raasde sneeuwstorm Darcy over West- Europa deze hard wind ging gepaard met stuifsneeuw. De laatste zware sneeuwstorm in Amsterdam dateert van 1985. In de avond was de storm gaan liggen. Wind, kou, donker? Het is min acht graden. Allemaal redenen om juist wel naar buiten te gaan. Sjaal om, wandelschoenen aan en de Jordaan in. Zie je die lichtjes, zie je het rook uit de schoorsteen en hoor je de openhaard knetteren? De sneeuw reflecteert het licht in de avond, waardoor je een prachtig zicht hebt. Ik geniet van het geluid van knarsende sneeuw onder mijn schoenen en het prachtige gezicht op de Amsterdamse grachtenpanden. 's Winters wandelen is niet alleen een garantie voor rode wangen en een frisse neus, maar is ook goed voor lichaam en geest. Er is iets heel moois over Amsterdam in de winter. Amsterdam centrum is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw. Er is een verstilde schoonheid van sneeuw en kou. Een witte deken maakt Amsterdam inderdaad net even anders dan die andere 360 dagen in het jaar: andere uitzichten, andere geluiden, andere lichtval. Een winterfeest besprenkeld met witte confetti. En het is simpelweg ook een welkome onderbreking in de coronalockdown. Een periode waarin de dagen steeds meer op elkaar gaan lijken en zich aaneenrijgen in een uniforme brij, met alleen het verlangen naar de toekomst als een lichtpuntje in het duister van de avondklok.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys. ....don't forget to zoom in photo!!
A simple portrait which I drew to accompany a quote from the memories of king Farouk published in the Empire News newspaper between December 1952 to February1953, parts of which have been posted in an internet site. It is the only published statement of king Farouk who has been otherwise silent and discrete.
I have only the few below remarks:
1- The king was rightly convinced that there are Egyptians who were ready to sacrifice their lives to keep his throne and even to protect his life and his family. What is called a (white revolution) was a bloody fight which king Farouk witnessed in Ras Altin palace. Several people were shoot at his sight ,,,a suffering which he could not obviously bear for too long.
2- He was also well aware that the plotters did not represent the Egyptian people , nor did they even represent the army whose leaders were arrested by the plotters and of which many units remained loyal to king Farouk till his departure.
3- The king, not free of human weakness himself, had terrible fear for his family and for his new born son. Most unfortunately king Farouk lived the illusion that his life and his family’s were saved by the American ambassador, not being aware that the USA was a main player in this military coup.
4- There remains the above qouted remark which king Farouk most intelligently made: I know that my story as I write it will be banned from Egypt. Phrases will be taken from it and distorted. But I know that whole copies will get through somehow.
This is exactly what happened. The memories of king Farouk were published selectively in Egypt since 1952 till the present day. The original and complete version was never published in Arabic and it is nowadays nowhere to be found.
I am looking eagerly for the complete version which you believed it will reach us,,,our beloved king.
Accompanying friends Bill and Margaret, I spent Easter 2002 in Montpellier. As a designer of transport systems, Bill was taking a professional interest in the recently opened Montpellier light railway system, which in due course was expanded to four lines. I was eager to notch up another European tramway system to my photographic portfolio. I snatched this ‘blue hour’ view of Alstom Citadis 301 low-floor unit threading the Place de La Comédie in the heart of the city, entering a short underpass.
March 2002
Rollei 35 camera
Fujichrome 100 film.
The accompanying stone house was constructed in 1839.
"Hamburg (Pennsylvania German: Hambarig) is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,270 at the 2020 census. The town is thought to have been named after Hamburg, Germany, but this is likely to have been a corruption of Bad Homburg." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.
To accompany my Twin Tanks photo posted on May 5, this frame from the drone flight video out to the ridge shows part of the extent of this elegant cliff with its vermilion-orange and white.sandstone. As you can see, the clouds were dramatic as I filmed the scene in the last minutes of direct light. The outcrop is about 0.6 miles in length, comparable to White Pocket.
Twin Tanks is one of many sites on the Paria Plateau that continue the theme of exotic sandstone formations that make Coyote Buttes and White Pocket famous. This one, 8 miles southeast of White Pocket, is virtually unknown to the many tourists to the famous sites. I could not find any other photos of it except for one in Kelsey's book.
In Oberschwaben, so auch an dem Fluss Iller, ist es Herbst geworden. Die letzten Blüten des Sommers, die Früchte des Herbstes und fallendes Laub begleiten uns am Illerstau Lautrach.
Der 147 Km lange Fluss Iller entsteht aus dem Zusammenfluss von Breitach, Stillach und Trettach bei Oberstdorf im Allgäu in Deutschland und mündet bei Ulm in die Donau.
In Upper Swabia, also on the river Iller, it has become autumn. The last flowers of summer, the fruits of autumn and the falling leaves accompany us at the Iller jam Lautrach.
The 147 km long River Iller originates from the confluence of Breitach, Stillach and Trettach near Oberstdorf in the Allgäu in Germany and flows into the Danube at Ulm.
Dans la Haute-Souabe, également sur la rivière Iller, il est devenu l'automne. Les dernières fleurs de l'été, les fruits de l'automne et la chute des feuilles nous accompagnent sur le stockage Iller Lautrach.
Le long fleuve de 147 km Iller provient de la confluence de la Breitach, Stillach et Trettach à Oberstdorf dans la région de l'Allgäu en Allemagne et se jette dans le Danube Ulm.
The translation from German to English with ImTranslator
Traduction de l'allemand en français avec ImTranslator
In the accompanying text to the shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53156856476/ I mention finding another emerald peacock (Papilio palinurus) which was injured - well here it is (and part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53168300927/).
I am not sure of the exact magnification here, but it should be somewhere in the vicinity of the maximum 2:1 which is as close as the 180 mm Macro coupled with the 2x teleconvertor will allow.
If you want a shot of the ventral side, here is a different specimen with the wings folded: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52957971561/
Who is going with you? God said " Don't be afraid I'm with you"
In the morning at Parramatta river sunrise, Sydney, Australia.
Peace be with you.
The two are very close friends. Whenever a dog goes for a walk, a cat will accompany him.
This picture was taken near the Main Entrance of Yokohama Sankeien Garden in Honoku-naka-no-tani, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
A more leisurely start at 11.45 and without accompanying partner and relatives allowed me to wander over to Queen Anne's Battery on the opposite side of the water at the Barbican. This was a 15 minute walk but worth it for this view of the 77 year old Waverley in the sun. This cruise departed at 11.45 for Dartmouth and would head up the south Devon coast as far as Torbay before turning around and heading to Darmouth and part way up the River Dart where it would be joined by the 100 year old PS Kingswear Castle for a joint side-by-side sail up the river.
this picture is for Lauren Withrow as she finished her 365 project today.
when I came home today it was dark already and I thought I couldn’t take the pictures I wanted to. but then I came up with something. I turned on the headlights of my father’s car (I always use it to get to locations) to create that lighting. but still, I didn’t take that many pictures as I was alone on the edge of the forest and I was actually scared. but I wanted to have something for Lauren.
the picture of her I printed is the first one in comments of this one.
I posted my favourites of all her pictures in the comments, too.
Lauren,
today is the end of something that accompanied you for a whole year. but it’s also the start of something new.
the picture I used is the first one I ever commented of your photos. it means a lot to me because it’s been the reason for looking at other pictures you took, it’s the reason for me falling in love with your work.
I discovered you in july this year but at the time you were only another new contact after I gradually started to use flickr regularly. in the beginning I have been impressed by your ability to use simple things like sunlight. but then I started to have a closer look, to behold your expressions, your poses. I started to read what you were trying to tell, and at some point I felt like I was able to understand. it hasn’t been until august that I finally wrote a comment as I wanted to tell you how much I liked your work. I’ve been the happiest girl alive when you added me back. ever since I checked every single picture you uploaded. and I didn’t just have a short look at it. I surveyed them all, trying to comprehend what you’ve been feeling. looking at your pictures is one of my favourite things to do. I mean that. they are full of life and emotions, they’re not just ‚pretty‘ or ‚amazing‘, they tell a story. your personal story.
I began to read your descriptions, I tried to understand them. I really like that you don’t just tell what you’ve been feeling like, you show with your photos and the associated words. I felt like I got to know you better, also because of our flickrmails. I noticed that you are a person who does things for her own good, not to please others or let alone for others. I realized that I could accept everything you do and believe in because of that. there have been times in my life when I met people who told me they believed in god and I just couldn’t comprehend. as I told you, I haven’t been ‚taught‘ that religion and I have never been interested in it, so that belief is somehow weird in my eyes, sometimes even repellent. but talking to you made me realize that I admire your view of things. not in the way that I wanted to change and believe in god, too, but I just liked how you know and accept that there’s something that helps you to keep going and you apply it to yourself without wanting to convince others. I like talking to you so much because you write in a very mature way, you are able to accept what others think, and when you include your point of view, you don’t impose anything on the reader, you just tell how you feel like.
also, you helped me a lot since I got to know you. earlier this year I was thinking of my work and how I felt like I pretended to be someone I’m not, how I showed emotions I didn’t feel at that moment. but once you told me that every feeling you show in your pictures was real, that you felt like that sometime in your life, either while taking the pictures or at some point in the past. that made me think and I realized that I do the same thing. I just didn’t know. every feeling I retained in my pictures so far is actually true to the marrow, I just wasn’t aware of the fact that I sometimes reproduce feelings I had a long time ago. I wanted to thank you for making me comprehend, you probably don’t know how much that means to me, how good that reversal point felt. but thank you. truly. but most of all I am thankful for how much you inspired me the past weeks.
sadly I haven’t been following your work from the beginning, but I had a look at many of your pictures and I’m planning on going through your whole 365 sometime soon. I just want you to know that in the past 4 months that I’ve been watching your work, I learned a lot. you taught me how to use lighting and how to express myself, even though you probably didn’t intend to. you made me think beyond so many times, you made me feel with you or smile with you or be truly happy with you, just by allowing me to view your work.
I think you are very special and at this point I can say that you are one of my favourite photographers. you are and I hope that you will be in the future, too.
I am kind of sad about you finishing this project as I know that I won’t see as many self portraits as the past weeks, maybe even none at all for some time. I think I somehow became hooked on viewing your pictures every day. :) but nevertheless, I am happy for you because I know that you’ve been waiting for this day to come for a long time, even though you might be quite nostalgic today. I am happy that you made it, that I had the chance to take part in it. I am truly happy for you. and I think I will like whatever you will do next. you said something about new projects you had in mind a few weeks ago and I’m very excited for what you will come up with, even if I won’t see you in those pictures. you will still be taking them and you will be putting feeling into them just like you did the past year.
I hope to see many new photos from you in the future and I hope I can still read some updates on your life because I really like to find out more about you.
you enriched my world, Lauren, and I wish you all the best. for now and for tomorrow and for the rest of your life. you are unique.
[I’ve been thinking of you all day long. today was Lauren-day. :)]
I wrote that yesterday because of time difference and I hate that I can only post it as the hundred-what-not-th comment. but actually it doesn’t matter.
I had goosebumps while reading your text. I just got up, 4 minutes ago, I couldn’t wait to see your picture. I didn’t expect this. you created something more beautiful and more expressive than ever before, in my opinion it’s the perfect end for your 365. I can see that end in your picture. your expression says it. but I can also see the beginning of something completely new.
You outdid yourself. right now this picture is one of the prettiest things I have ever seen. I am not just saying that, I’m feeling that way.
I still have goosebumps. I would like to write more about the picture but I’m too tired and not able to speak.
just remember
It’s perfect. It’s perfect.
It’s perfect.
I will write you a flickrmail tonight.
you are magical, Lauren.
The Zitting Cisticola or Streaked Fantail Warbler (Cisticola juncidis), is widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump, lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season, males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zitting" calls that has been likened to repeated snips of a scissor. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass.
"Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" (Curtis Wilkie). Very nice sunsets lately so I had to drop another one on you guys, enjoy......
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Accompanying my friends Ledra and Jeff Woodlee who run "Natural Connections Photo Worksohop", we went to the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia for an early morning sunrise photo shoot tody.
In 1959 Derek Chaplin accompanied BBC broadcaster Wynford Vaughan Thomas making a radio broadcast catching trains only from Cardiff to North Wales and calling in on both the embryonic Talyllyn and Ffestiniog railways. Subsequently, Derek made up a 35mm slide show called " Trains of Wales 1959" which he showed at railway societies. These 137 mainly Kodachrome slides have been found by his family preserved in a dry wooden storage box and I am privileged to scan them for people to see again. The notes on each slide are minimalist and with no actual dates so anybody who can add interesting information is appreciated.
Due to the recent unauthorized publication of my images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement. I keep attending online Railway Soc events where speakers brazenly show my images without any acknowledgment of the photographer. Hence I have been forced to add a copyright sign in the corner.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorization for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my FLICKR photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
Late afternoon light on a fine day with offshore support vessel "Polar King" arriving St. John's, accompanied by the Pilot Boat.
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires [and Montevideo. Its lyrics are marked by nostalgia, sadness, and laments for lost love. The typical orchestra has several melodic instruments and is given a distinctive air by the small button accordion called the bandoneon.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_tango
NOTE:
a big ship or a big ferry MUST be accompanied by a pilot boat going out and coming in a port:
aboard this pilot boat there is a pilot of the port who goes aboard the big ship for helping the commandant of the big ship to make the maneuvers; once the most important maneuvers are finished, he get off aboard the pilot boat again and the pilot boat goes back to the port....
the pilot of the port is the one who knows very well the sea zone near the port and in this way he is able to prevent dangerous situations...
Not in all ports this is necessary
I TOOK THIS IMAGE FROM ABOARD THE MOBY FERRY
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I accompanied beca and her cohorts yesterday out to the wilderness to shoot her final narrative film. I think later this summer I think I'll go back out there with a willing model.
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A brilliant place to visit and a surprisingly large nature reserve in the middle of one of the worlds greatest and largest cities. You can see the urban backdrop and aeroplanes over the city but at times you will feel as if you are in the countryside. You will see many common wildlife as well as rare birds dropping in as well. It has quite an impressive list for a reserve in an urban area. A number of birds especially which are not found in urban areas are resident or passage migrants here.
City oasis
WWT London has been voted the UK’s Favourite Nature Reserve. Close to the heart of the capital, it is a haven for birds, wildlife and people.
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/
Queen Elizabeth's Walk
Barnes, London
SW13 9WT
T: 020 8409 4400
F: 020 8409 4401
E: info.london@wwt.org.uk
Opening times
Open 7 days a week, except 25 December.
Winter opening time until Saturday 24 March 2012
9.30am to 5pm (last admission 4pm).
Summer opening time until Saturday 27 October 2012
9.30am to 6pm (last admission 5pm).
Early closing on 24 December (last admission 2pm, centre closes at 3pm)
Water's Edge Cafe: last orders 4.30pm in winter and 5.30pm in summer
Water's Edge Cafe: closes 5.00pm in winter and 6.00pm in summer
Terms of entry
Children under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult.
Photography is permitted on site providing it is for personal use only. All commercial/stock library photography, filming, recording, etc. must be agreed in advance with the centre. Please phone 020 8409 4400 for any commercial filming or photographic enquiries.
Visitors are asked to respect the habitats and wildlife of the centre by keeping to the paths at all times and not causing undue noise. The centre is a nature conservation area designed to protect natural habitats for all UK wetland species, both botanical and animal. It is especially important to remain quiet in the bird viewing hides.
The following are not permitted on site:
•Dogs, other than trained assistance dogs (i.e. guide dogs), which must be kept on their harness at all times, and the harness must clearly state "working or assistance dog." Any dog waste must please be removed. There is minimal shade in the car park so we strongly recommend dogs are not left locked in parked cars. There are no suitable areas anywhere at the centre for dogs to be left tied-up outside. Please be aware that our priority is for the welfare of the dogs, so it is our policy to call the RSPCA or Police immediately if we are concerned for the health of a dog.
•Scooters, bicycles, tricycles, roller skates or blades or skateboards. Bike cages are provided in the car park, please bring your own lock. WWT London Wetland Centre accepts no responsibility for any theft or damage of bikes or property left in the cages.
•Climbing on any trees or shrubs or any pruning/picking of flowers or vegetation.
•Climbing on any exhibits or habitats either in the World Wetlands area or the Wildside areas.
•Swimming/wading or entering any water bodies on site.
•Sports or games (including jogging).
•There is no provision for left baggage, please leave all baggage in your vehicle or do not bring it with you.
•We do not allow re-entry to the centre, unless admission receipt is provided.
Accessibility
•The grounds have level access and hard-surfaced paths with tarmac on main routes (and compacted gravel on minor paths)
•Low-level viewing windows and level access to ground floor bird hides. Heated bird-watching observatory in main visitor centre
•Lift access to upper floors of visitor centre, observatory and three-storey Peacock Tower hide. No lift in Wildside Hide
•Free wheelchair loan
•Free electric mobility scooter loan. One only - must be booked in advance.
•Fixed hearing loops in admissions area and in audio visual theatre
•Trained assistance dogs only (i.e. guide dogs). No other dogs permitted
•Accessible toilets in car park and throughout the visitor centre
•Free car parking on site. Tarmac surface and reserved bays for disabled visitors.
•Public transport is available direct to the centre from Hammersmith bus station to the centre between 9.30am and 5pm (No 283 from Stand K)
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/walks-and-talks/
London Wetland Centre is an idyllic spot to escape the hustle and bustle of the City for a walk or to indulge in an afternoon of bird watching from one of our six hides. The reserve is easily accessible with pathways and bridges among the pools, meadows and gardens.
But if you want to learn a bit more about the centre - how it was created and the work we do here - you can join one of our tours held daily at 11.30am and 2.30pm. There’s no need to book and the tour is free with admission to the centre.
Our guides will explain how London Wetland Centre was created from four redundant Thames Water reservoirs. They will also point out wildlife spotted on the day.
Over 200 species of bird have been recorded on site since we opened in 2000. Also making their home amongst the 300,000 plants and 27,000 trees we planted during the centre’s creation are water voles, dragonflies, frogs, snakes, slow worms, bats, newts and butterflies, to name just a few.
You can also join one of our wardens at 3.00pm each day as they feed the birds in World Wetlands. Just turn up and the walks are free with admission to the centre.
As well as our regular walks we frequently run specialist walks and talks on everything from plant identification and reptiles to bird watching and bird song. See our Whats On section for forthcoming events.
And every day you will find our ‘Guide in the hide’ who will be able to point out the birds you can see on our lakes and lagoons.
•Guided tours, daily at 11.30am and 2.30pm
•Bird feed tour, daily at 3.00pm
•Guide in a hide, daily
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/prices/
2012 admission prices
Prices are shown inclusive of Gift Aid and without. The Gift Aid admission price includes a voluntary donation, which enables us to claim the tax back as part of the Government's Gift Aid scheme. For further information on Gift Aid click here.
Pricing*Gift AidNo Gift Aid
Adult£10.99£9.99
Concession (65+, full-time students, unemployed)£8.20£7.45
Child (4-16 years)£6.10£5.55
Family (2 adults and 2 children, 4-16 years)£30.60£27.82
Children (under 4 years)FreeFree
Essential helpers assisting disabled visitorsFreeFree
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Please note: you may be asked for proof of age, student ID or proof that you are receiving Job Seekers Allowance to qualify for concession admission prices.
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/eat-drink-ref...
Eat, drink, refresh
The Water’s Edge café is situated overlooking the centre's entrance lake where you can watch the ducks hunting for their own lunch! On warmer days you can relax on the terrace but there is also plenty of seating indoors for when the weather is chillier.
The café serves a delicious selection of main dishes and sandwiches, soup, cakes, biscuits and snacks plus children’s lunch boxes.
Each day we offer breakfast rolls (full English breakfast at weekends). Hot food, including a vegetarian option, is served from 12 noon.We also serve hot and cold drinks and wines throughout the day.
Throughout the year we serve meals to celebrate festive occasions such as Christmas, Mothers’ Day and Valentine’s Day. Where better to treat someone to lunch than in the beautiful, relaxing setting of a 105 acre wildlife haven?
We also have rooms available for hire for private celebrations such as weddings and parties.
The Water’s Edge café is in the centre so cannot be visited without paying for admission to the centre (admission is free for members).
Although only food purchased from the cafe can be eaten inside and on the café terrace there are ample picnic areas situated around the centre where you are welcome to eat your own food and drink.
Water's Edge café last orders: 4.30pm in winter and 5.30pm in summer
Water's Edge café closes: 5.00pm in winter and 6.00pm in summer
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/shopping/
Our gift shop stocks a wide range of souvenirs, practical items and luxury gifts. Select from wildlife books to enhance your enjoyment of nature, eco products, outdoor clothing, bird feeders/boxes, cards, children’s gifts, souvenirs and much more.
We also have a wide range of children’s products for budding wildlife enthusiasts. Help our feathered friends by taking home a pack of bird seed and treat yourself to a bag of traditional sweets too!
To enhance your walk through our 105 acre nature reserve you can hire binoculars from the In Focus optics shop located next to the art gallery (above the shop).
Binoculars cost £5.00 to hire. In Focus stocks everything you will ever need to watch wildlife, from compact binoculars to state of the art telescopes (a percentage of all sales goes to the conservation work of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust).
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/group-visits/
London Wetland Centre is a beautiful place for a group visit, offering close views of nature, especially wetland birds, and a wide variety of wetland habitats to explore (although you won't need your wellies!). There is also a collection of beautiful birds from around the world kept for conservation purposes and a family of otters.
We have an excellent visitor centre for all your group’s needs with a lakeside restaurant, gift shop and a theatre. The majority of the paths are tarmac so are easily accessible and there are plenty of benches for you to sit and relax. Even our three storey hide with views across the entire reserve has a lift.
The centre is easily accessible from central London and beyond, with public transport links direct and free onsite car/coach parking.
Benefits for groups
•Reduced admission prices for groups of 12 or more
•A complimentary ticket for the group organiser
•Free pre-visit on request for the group organiser
•Free coach parking
•Guided tours available, tailored to your group's requirements (fee applies)
Please note that all benefits except reduced admission only apply if you book up to two weeks in advance.
Group admission prices 2012
The following discounted rates apply to groups of 12 paying visitors or more:
Adult: £9.20
Concession: £7.00 (over 65 years, full-time students, unemployed)
Child: £5.15 (4 - 16 years)
Sample group itinerary
11am - Arrive at the centre and meet with one of our tour guides. Visit the observatory, enjoy a tour around ‘World Wetlands’ discovering water birds from across the globe and learn how the centre was created.
1pm - Enjoy lunch in the Water’s Edge cafe where you can choose from a selection of hot and cold meals and refreshments.
2pm - Explore the reserve and discover the birds and other wetland wildlife that have made this their home. Don’t forget to visit our Peacock tower for wonderful panoramic views of the wetland habitats.
3.30pm - Afternoon tea in the Water’s Edge cafe with sumptuous home-made cakes.
4.15pm - Enjoy a spot of shopping in our gift shop.
4.50pm - Depart.
Private group tours
Make the most of your visit with a tour by one of our expert guides. £20 fee applies for a maximum of 20 people. Tour last 1.5 hours. Please call 020 8409 4400 for details.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit?
The London Wetland Centre is a beautiful place to visit all year round with the landscape and wildlife changing constantly with the seasons.
Spring is perfect for wild flowers and songbirds. In the summer you can relax outside with a picnic and enjoy the sound of marsh frogs, crickets and warblers. Our sustainable gardens are beautiful at that time of year, bursting into a blaze of colour that lasts all summer.
Autumn is great for seeing rare birds passing through on migration and winter is the best time to observe the flocks of wild duck or catch sight of an elusive bittern, regular visitors over recent winters.
Why not combine your visit with one of our special events such as late night opening, some of our animal themed events or a twilight bat walk?
What should we wear?
The centre has tarmac/firm level paths throughout and so any comfortable shoes will suffice. It is worth bringing an umbrella or waterproof if rain is forecast as the reserve covers more than 40 hectares and it can take a few minutes to reach shelter.
When should we pay?
Please pay at the admissions desk on the day of your visit. The centre would very much appreciate if you could arrange one payment per group. This will speed up your admission into the centre. If you are paying individually please be prepared to wait.
Some of our group can’t walk far, is it still suitable?
Yes, there is plenty to see and do in our visitor centre and there are numerous benches scattered throughout the reserve. It is also possible to book a wheelchair or electric buggy to help you travel around the reserve.
Making a booking
Please complete our group booking form (pdf, 37kb) and return it to info.london@wwt.org.uk
Contact us on 020 8409 4400 or email info.london@wwt.org.uk for further information.
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/school-visits/
School visits
At WWT London we provide unique and unforgettable learning experiences for schools.
To find out more about what’s on offer for you and your pupils
www.wwt.org.uk/learn/learn-at-wwt-london/
We welcome school groups of all sizes, all year round.
We offer guided learning sessions outdoors, suitable for a range of ages and abilities, including special needs groups. Or for schools wishing to explore independently, we offer self guided visits.
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/plan-your-visit/venue-hire/
WWT London Wetland Centre is an idyllic spot to hold any event, whether you are celebrating a special occasion, getting married or holding a meeting. The Centre is just 10 minutes from Hammersmith but it could be a world away. The combination of beautiful surroundings and central location makes it easily accessible but offers a rural experience. Our 42 hectares of scenic lakes, pools and meadows are unique so close to the heart of London and they are complemented by first rate facilities, excellent transport links and ample free parking.
WWT London Wetland Centre is part of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust so by holding your event with us you will be directly contributing to our global conservation work.
Contact us
To further information please contact our functions team.
Telephone: 020 8409 4400 or email: functions.london@wwt.org.uk
If you are travelling to or from the centre by taxi we encourage you to use the taxi company Green Tomato Cars. This company uses a fleet of the most viable environmentally friendly cars and offers the service at competitive rates. For more information please see their website www.greentomatocars.com or call 020 8568 002.
www.wwt.org.uk/visit/london/volunteer/
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust is a charity and relies on the generous support of volunteers at all of its wetland centres to help with conservation work and other daily tasks.
The London Wetland Centre currently has openings for:
•Office volunteers – reception and office cover, Friday morning and afternoon, and weekend mornings and afternoons
•Membership volunteers (especially weekends)
•Corporate work groups - weekdays
•Events volunteers (at weekends)
We are also interested to hear from people with specialist skills that may be of use to WWT. Currently we are particularly looking for good birders who are also great communicators.
Please call Chris Elliott on 020 8409 4400.
Membership volunteers
Are you inspired by wetlands and their wildlife? Could you help save them?
Do you have an outgoing, friendly personality to engage with visitors at WWT London Wetland Centre?
We are looking for volunteers to join us to actively recruit members for London Wetland Centre. Can you spare at least two mornings or afternoons a month to help us with this worthy cause?
If you are interested, please contact: Chris Elliott, Volunteer Coordinator on 020 8409 4400 or email info.london@wwt.org.uk
Corporate volunteering
Escape the office for a day and do your bit for wetland conservation with our corporate volunteering opportunities at WWT London Wetland Centre.
We can cater for corporate volunteering days, where work groups can assist wardens with duties such as planting, digging, weeding and pollarding.
Costs vary depending on type of volunteer work completed.
Please call our Volunteer Coordinator on 020 8409 4400 for further details.
Work experience
WWT London Wetland Centre takes five work experience students a year for one working week at a time. Students spend each day working with a different department.
Work experience must be part of the schools programme and placements are subject to interview.
Demand for placements is very high and there are no remaining openings in 2012.
With limited staffing resources we very much regret that the London Wetland Centre cannot accept students on the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
Contact us
For further information please contact our Volunteer Coordinator Chris Elliott on 020 8409 4400 or email info.london@wwt.org.uk
Accompanied a friend to shoot some dark wet place in low light. After the rain actually... ;-)
Lugging a piece of brick, make it two piece of bricks worth of weight...not good...
In 1959 Derek Chaplin accompanied BBC broadcaster Wynford Vaughan Thomas making a radio broadcast catching trains only from Cardiff to North Wales and calling in on both the embryonic Talyllyn and Ffestiniog railways. Subsequently, Derek made up a 35mm slide show called " Trains of Wales 1959" which he showed at railway societies. These 137 mainly Kodachrome slides have been found by his family preserved in a dry wooden storage box and I am privileged to scan them for people to see again. The notes on each slide are minimalist and with no actual dates so anybody who can add interesting information is appreciated.
Due to the recent unauthorized publication of my images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement. I keep attending online Railway Soc events where speakers brazenly show my images without any acknowledgment of the photographer. Hence I have been forced to add a copyright sign in the corner.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorization for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my FLICKR photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
A red-flowered poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is accompanied by other wild flowers in a field in front of Meteora, the gigantic rock formations. It is probably in Greek folklore only that the red-flowered poppy has been a symbol of His blood shed during the Crucifixion in order to deliver us from Adam’s sin and from evil. So, the poppy is often a pictorial symbol of the Holy Week and Passion for us, Greeks.
The poppy’s scarlet colour is strongly reminiscent of the local non-combatants’ blood shed. This sacred land was watered by the blood of hundreds of civilians assassinated by Nazi monsters during the operation “Panther” in October 1943. In the Aspropotamos villages there were ladies who were too old for running (away, to save their lives): the Nazis locked them in their houses, then set fire. They fired shots on the younger women and children trying to flee away. They burnt down local churches, too, as well as historic monasteries. At Distomo and elsewhere in Greece, the atrocious beasts even disemboweled pregnant women with their bayonets. They were not soldiers; they were the Antichrist’s precursors…
The locally deceased Nazis shouldn’t have been honoured as “soldiers killed in action,” because they were merely heinous criminals. Nonetheless, the dead evil-doers remained buried in two Nazi cemeteries in Greece (Dionyssus and Maleme) after the end of WWII. Our sacred land gags on the interred rotten carcasses of theirs; the earth retches and heaves with continuous earthquakes all over the place, as it prepares to vomit lots of lava and sulfur, in retaliation for the interred monsters’ hubris, as well as for the quislings (collaborationists, both old and new) who never paid for their treason.
Hitler’s eugenics was merely a pilot study, carried out “shortly” (in aeons’ timescale) before the hindmost abomination. The Nazis’ atrocities were, alas, only a minor experiment, prior to what genetically lies ahead for mankind… Of course the Earth does tremble violently with rage along with all its volcanoes.
Have the Nazis’ Cemeteries ERADICATED from Greek sovereign territory!
(Throughout the English-speaking world, poppies have been used as a symbol of eternal sleep or death; they often adorn tombstones. Poppies are worn to commemorate those who died in war; they also inspired John McCrae to write his poem “In Flanders Fields.” The dead soldiers of our Allied Forces are welcome to forever rest in peace in our land, of course.
In Greek classical mythology the bright scarlet color signifies a promise of resurrection after death.)
Canon EOS RP
Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM @ 79mm
ISO 100 - f/8 - 1/40 sec × 10 shots focus-bracketed
@ @ @ Egypt Sinai: The sunset accompanies the path of a woman, alone deep in thought ....
@@ @ Egitto Sinai: Il tramonto accompagna il percorso di una donna, da sola immersa nei suoi pensieri....
Canon EOS 3 ef 100-400 IS
my set on Egypt: www.flickr.com/photos/106833102@N02/sets/72157638948237535/
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Accompany me by a wonderful day trip in Erfurt.
Together with another "trans"woman I enjoyed the fantastic weather with warmth and sunbeams to the skin - pure energy.
Awena 💋💋
I'm accompanied by legends as Sierra Northern 50 under the hand of legend Mike Bispo rolls west north of Chinese, CA
California Southland
No. 18 May 1921
The portrait accompanied an article titled "A Friendly Suggestion about Art Schools" by David Edstrom. Chat GPT gave the following summary and analysis of this piece:
David Edstrom, writing as both an artist and cultural observer, offers a forceful endorsement of the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, particularly under the leadership of its director, Channel Pickering Townsley. He opens with a philosophical reflection on the choice between authenticity and superficiality in both personal and cultural life. Edstrom argues that the highest form of beauty is not surface-level, but the kind that builds communities and societies.
He praises the Otis Institute for being grounded in sound and progressive principles, calling it one of the finest institutions of its kind. However, he warns that bureaucratic inefficiency and amateur interference threaten its success. He criticizes delays in basic operations—such as taking a week to approve a minor carpentry job—as examples of mismanagement.
Edstrom calls for the school to become a self-governing entity with full authority granted to the director, warning that otherwise the “brain voltage of a great man” (Townsley) and the time and energy of faculty and students will be squandered. He closes with a sharp rebuke of institutional meddling by unqualified outsiders ("dilettantes") and a plea for autonomy and professional respect.
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Townsley resigned from his post as managing director of the Otis Art Institute in about June 1921. This piece may explain his reasons for resigning.
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About the author:
David Edstrom (1873–1938), also known as Peter David Edstrom or Pehr David Emanuel Edström, was a Swedish-American sculptor renowned for his expressive portrait busts and symbolic works.
Born in Vetlanda, Sweden, Edstrom immigrated to the United States with his family in 1880, settling in Ottumwa, Iowa. There, he developed an early interest in sculpture, studying under Johannes Scheiwe. In 1894, he returned to Sweden to pursue formal art education at the Royal Institute of Technology and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm .
In 1900, Edstrom moved to Florence, Italy, attending the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. During this period, he created notable sculptures such as Caliban (1900), Sphinx (1900), Lucifer (1902), The Cry of Poverty (1903), Despair (1904), and Pride (1904) . He also spent time in Paris, becoming part of Gertrude Stein's artistic circle and sculpting portraits of figures like Harriet Lane Levy.
Edstrom returned to the U.S. in 1915, settling in Los Angeles around 1920. He became one of the organizers of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and was active in the local art scene. One of his significant American works includes the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Ottumwa, Iowa, featuring four reliefs on a shaft topped with a large eagle . In 1937, he created a statue of Florence Nightingale, titled Lady of the Lamp, for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Artists Program.
Edstrom's autobiography, The Testament of Caliban (1937), offers insight into his life and artistic philosophy. Despite early acclaim, his later years were marked by relative obscurity, and he passed away in Los Angeles in 1938. Today, his contributions are recognized within Swedish-American cultural history, though he remains a lesser-known figure in the broader art historical canon .
(Chat GPT)
- It's easy to find oneself ...., lit with the last light of day ......
And that night you find .... accompanied with yourself ... and in harmony ....
-Es facil encontrarse con uno mismo...., iluminado con las últimas luces del día....
Y que la noche te encuentre...., acompañado contigo mismo..., y en armonía....
Interesting place, with interesting stories to accompany it. I talked to someone at the bar/hotel in town, and there was apparently some sort of fallout between the artist and property owner, and a feud between neighbors that involved gunshots and someone going to jail. I don't know if any of that had something to do with a leg trap found chained to the steering wheel of a delivery truck there!
Accompany me by an excursion crosstown Paderborn. The weather was rainy and stormy including thunderstorm.
But the meeting with good friends and a lot of wonderful places compensated this.
Also enjoy the outfit with coat, leather skirt, blouse and 3 inch black patent heels.
Awena 💋💋
This Indian Peafowl accompanied me on my way back to the exit, it was amazing that he walked next to me until we reached the 'Flamingo Exit' of Tierpark Hellabrunn/ Zoo Munich
The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world.The bird is celebrated in Indian and Greek mythology and is the national bird of India
Canon EOS 450D
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Dedicated to C.F. (ILYWAMHASAM)
The muddy Colorado River, with its accompanying thin ribbons of plant life along each bank, turns through the desolate and beautiful red rock Canyonlands two thousand feet below the cliff top overlooks in Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah.
Used a number of times as a stand-in for the Grand Canyon in Hollywood movies, this vista of Dead Horse Point's famous gooseneck in the Colorado River, with vast Canyonlands beyond seeming to stretch to the horizon, is a must experience when in the Moab area. I've been fortunate enough to take in this magnificent and moving view on a few prior occasions, but I'd never before been there with my camera when there were clouds in the sky over the river's bend. Needless to say, Sky Matthews and I were very hopeful as we watched these clouds' approach in space nearly in synch with sunset's approach in time.
I'm not sure it lasted more than a minute or two before a more distant cloud bank interfered and stifled the colorful light, but for those moments, it was particularly special. The clouds took on this ripe orange hue, most brightly underneath, but with accents scattered beautifully throughout the forms of the clouds. In a way, it almost seemed like the light was glowing like an ember from inside the cloud instead of from where the sun was, considerably to the left of the frame.
When this light show was ended abruptly and too soon by those more distant clouds, I thought about how much effort we, as photographers and lovers of nature, put into seeing and experiencing those often fleeting moments here and there when nature's beauty shines even brighter than we imagined, whether in ways large or small. So worth it!
Thanks for viewing!
In 1959 Derek Chaplin accompanied BBC broadcaster Wynford Vaughan Thomas making a radio broadcast catching trains only from Cardiff to North Wales and calling in on both the embryonic Talyllyn and Ffestiniog railways. Subsequently, Derek made up a 35mm slide show called " Trains of Wales 1959" which he showed at railway societies. These 137 mainly Kodachrome slides have been found by his family preserved in a dry wooden storage box and I am privileged to scan them for people to see again. The notes on each slide are minimalist and with no actual dates so anybody who can add interesting information is appreciated.
The 35mm slide has Aberaeron Junction written on it. No station of that name existed so I assume this is Silan Halt near to the junction of the branchline to Aberaeron?
Due to the recent unauthorized publication of my images in a magazine. newspaper and two published books without payment I have to now make this statement. I keep attending online Railway Soc events where speakers brazenly show my images without any acknowledgment of the photographer. Hence I have been forced to add a copyright sign in the corner.
This image is the copyright of © Peter Brabham; Any users, found to replicate, reproduce, circulate, distribute, download, manipulate or otherwise use my images without my written consent will be in breach of copyright laws. I will retrospectively claim £50 per print image if prior written authorization for publication has not been sought. Please contact me at pete.brabham@ntlworld.com for permission to use any of my FLICKR photographs in hard copy publication. I will usually give permission free of charge to Heritage Railways and steam loco restoration project advertising, but profit making magazines and book authors must pay a reproduction fee. Authors should know the provenance of high quality digital images that they use.
SN/NC: Bougainvillea spectabilis, Syn. Bougainvillea glabra,Bougainvillea bracteata, Bougainvillea brasiliensis, Bougainvillea peruviana, Bougainvillea speciosa, Nyctaginaceae Family
Bougainvillea: generic name that was created by Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) in honor of Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), the French sailor and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe from Brazil, and who was the botanist who accompanied him on his expedition around the world from 1766 to 1769. Mostly known in the US as paper flower.
It is a perennial, thorny, branchy, fast-growing shrub, can reach 10 m; it does not climb, it rests, it does not have tendrils. Leaves elliptical, 10 cm long, narrow base and acute apex, glabrous or pubescent; there are variegated varieties. It is deciduous in temperate regions, and evergreen in tropical areas.
It blooms in spring, summer, until autumn. Its flowers do not stand out, but its splendid bracts, which surround the flowers. They are of varied colors: white, pink, carmine, purple, yellow, beige, among others.
Bougainvillea: geslachtsnaam die werd gecreëerd door Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) ter ere van Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), de Franse zeeman en ontdekkingsreiziger die de plant voor het eerst vanuit Brazilië naar Europa bracht, en die de botanicus was die hem vergezelde op zijn expeditie rond de wereld van 1766 tot 1769.
Het is een meerjarige, doornige, vertakte, snelgroeiende struik, kan 10 m bereiken; het klimt niet, het rust, het heeft geen ranken. Bladeren elliptisch, 10 cm lang, smalle basis en acute top, glabrous of behaard; er zijn bonte variëteiten. Het is bladverliezend in gematigde streken en groenblijvend in tropische gebieden.
Het bloeit in de lente, zomer, tot de herfst. De bloemen vallen niet op, maar de prachtige schutbladeren, die de bloemen omringen. Ze zijn van verschillende kleuren: wit, roze, karmijn, paars, geel, beige, onder anderen.
Bougainvillea: nome genérico que foi criado por Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) em homenagem a Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), o marinheiro e explorador francês que trouxe pela primeira vez a planta para a Europa do Brasil, e que foi o botânico que o acompanhou em sua expedição ao redor do mundo de 1766 a 1769.
É um arbusto perene, espinhoso, ramificado, de rápido crescimento, pode chegar a 10 m; ele não sobe, descansa, não tem tendões. Folhas elípticas, 10 cm de comprimento, base estreita e ápice agudo, glabrous ou pubescente; existem variedades variegated. É decíduo em regiões temperadas, e sempre verde em áreas tropicais. No Brasil é conhecida como primavera ou buganvília.
Floresce na primavera, verão, até o outono. Suas flores não se destacam, mas seus esplêndidos bracts, que cercam as flores. São de cores variadas: branco, rosa, carmim, roxo, amarelo, bege, entre outros.
Recibe distintos nombres según el país considerado. Los más utilizados en países de habla hispana son: Bugambilia, bugambilias, buganvilla, Santa Rita, Veranera, Papelillo, Trinitaria, veraneras, flor de papel, enredadera de papel, buganvilia, buganvil, santarrita, camelina. En Brasil, primavera.
Bougainvillea: nombre genérico que fue creado por Philibert Commerson(1727-1773) en honor de Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), el marino y explorador francés que trajo por primera vez la planta a Europa desde Brasil, y de quién era el botánico que le acompañó en su expedición alrededor del mundo de 1766 a 1769.
Es un arbusto perenne, espinoso, ramoso, de crecimiento rápido, puede alcanzar 10 m; no trepa, se apoya, no cuenta con zarcillos. Hojas elípticas, de 10 cm de largo, de base estrecha y ápice agudo, glabras o pubescentes; hay variedades variegadas. Es caducifolia en regiones templadas, y perennifolia en zonas tropicales. Florece en primavera, verano, hasta el otoño. No destacan sus flores, sino sus esplendorosas brácteas, que envuelven a las flores. Son de variados colores: blanco, rosa, carmín, morado, amarillo, beige, entre otros.
Bougainvillea: nome generico che fu creato da Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) in onore di Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), il marinaio ed esploratore francese che per primo portò la pianta in Europa dal Brasile, e che fu il botanico che lo accompagnò nella sua spedizione intorno al mondo dal 1766 al 1769.
È un arbusto perenne, spinoso, ramificato, a crescita rapida, può raggiungere i 10 m; non si arrampica, riposa, non ha viticci. Foglie ellittiche, lunghe 10 cm, base stretta e apice acuto, glabre o pubescenti; ci sono varietà variegate. È deciduo nelle regioni temperate e sempreverde nelle aree tropicali.
Fiorisce in primavera, estate, fino all'autunno. I suoi fiori non spiccano, ma le sue splendide brattee, che circondano i fiori. Sono di vari colori: bianco, rosa, carminio, viola, giallo, beige, tra gli altri.
Bougainvilliers: nom générique créé par Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) en l’honneur de Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), le Français marin et explorateur qui a apporté la plante en Europe du Brésil, et qui était le botaniste qui l’a accompagné dans son expédition autour du monde de 1766 à 1769.
C’est un arbuste vivace, épineux, ramifié, à croissance rapide, pouvant atteindre 10 m; il ne grimpe pas, il se repose, il n’a pas de vrilles. Feuilles elliptiques, de 10 cm de long, base étroite et apex aigu, glabres ou pubescentes; il existe des variétés panachées. Il est caduc dans les régions tempérées et à feuilles persistantes dans les zones tropicales.
Il fleurit au printemps, en été, jusqu’à l’automne. Ses fleurs ne se démarquent pas, mais ses splendides bractées, qui entourent les fleurs. Ils sont de couleurs variées: blanc, rose, carmin, violet, jaune, beige, entre autres.
Bougainvillea: Gattungsname, der von Philibert Commerson (1727-1773) zu Ehren von Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) geschaffen wurde, dem französischen Seefahrer und Entdecker, der die Pflanze zuerst aus Brasilien nach Europa brachte und der Botaniker war, der ihn von 1766 bis 1769 auf seiner Expedition um die Welt begleitete.
Es ist ein mehrjähriger, dorniger, verzweigter, schnell wachsender Strauch, kann 10 m erreichen; es klettert nicht, es ruht, es hat keine Ranken. Blätter elliptisch, 10 cm lang, schmale Basis und spitze Spitze, kahl oder pubertär; es gibt bunte Sorten. Es ist laubabwerfend in gemäßigten Regionen und immergrün in tropischen Gebieten.
Es blüht im Frühling, Sommer, bis zum Herbst. Seine Blüten fallen nicht auf, aber seine prächtigen Hochblätter, die die Blüten umgeben. Sie sind von verschiedenen Farben: Weiß, Rosa, Karmin, Lila, Gelb, Beige, unter anderem.
بوغانفيليا: الاسم العام الذي أنشأه فيليبرت كومرسون (1727-1773) تكريما للويس أنطوان دي بوغان (1729-1811)، البحار والمستكشف الفرنسي الذي جلب المصنع لأول مرة إلى أوروبا من البرازيل، والذي كان عالم النبات الذي رافقه في رحلته الاستكشافية حول العالم من 1766 إلى 1769.
بل هو دائم, شائك, فرع, شجيرة سريعة النمو, يمكن أن تصل إلى 10 م; لا يتسلق، فإنه يستريح، فإنه لا يملك tendrils. يترك بيضاوي الشكل، 10 سم طويلة، قاعدة ضيقة و قمة حادة، glabrous أو سن البلوغ. هناك أصناف متنوعة. ومن نفضي في المناطق المعتدلة، دائمة الخضرة في المناطق الاستوائية.
تزهر في الربيع والصيف وحتى الخريف. أزهارها لا تبرز ، ولكن bracts الرائعة ، والتي تحيط الزهور. فهي من ألوان متنوعة: أبيض، وردي، كارمين، الأرجواني والأصفر والبيج، من بين أمور أخرى.
SN/NC: Caesalpinia Pulcherrima, Fabaceae Family
This is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the West Indies, but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. Common names for this species include Poinciana, peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados, and flamboyant-de-jardin. The Hawaiian name for this plant is ʻOhai Aliʻi.
Esta es una especie de planta con flores en la familia de los guisantes, Fabaceae, que es nativa de los trópicos y subtrópicos de las Américas. Podría ser originario de las Indias Occidentales, pero su origen exacto es desconocido debido al cultivo generalizado. Los nombres comunes para esta especie incluyen Poinciana, flor de pavo real, ave roja del paraíso, ave del paraíso mexicana, poinciana enana, orgullo de Barbados y extravagante-de-jardin. El nombre hawaiano para esta planta es ʻOhai Aliʻi. Es una planta muy común en República Dominicana. En Colombia, esta planta se conoce como Clavellino.
Esta é uma espécie de planta de floração na família de ervilhas, Fabaceae, que é nativa dos trópicos e subtrópicos das Américas. Poderia ser nativo das Índias Ocidentais, mas sua origem exata é desconhecida devido ao cultivo generalizado. Nomes comuns para esta espécie incluem flamboyanzinho, Poinciana, flor-de-pavão, pássaro vermelho do paraíso, pássaro mexicano do paraíso, poinciana anã, orgulho de Barbados, e flamboyant-de-jardin. O nome havaiano para esta planta é "Ohai Aliii".
C’est une espèce de plante à fleurs de la famille des pois, Fabaceae, originaire des régions tropicales et subtropicales des Amériques. Il pourrait être originaire des Antilles, mais son origine exacte est inconnue en raison de la culture répandue. Les noms communs de cette espèce incluent Poinciana, fleur de paon, oiseau de paradis rouge, oiseau de paradis mexicain, poinciana nain, fierté de la Barbade et flamboyant-de-jardin. Le nom hawaïen de cette plante est ʻOhai Aliʻi.
Questa è una specie di pianta da fiore della famiglia dei piselli, Fabaceae, originaria dei tropici e subtropicali delle Americhe. Potrebbe essere originario delle Indie Occidentali, ma la sua origine esatta è sconosciuta a causa della coltivazione diffusa. I nomi comuni per questa specie includono Poinciana, fiore di pavone, uccello rosso del paradiso, uccello messicano del paradiso, poinciana nana, orgoglio delle Barbados e flamboyant-de-jardin. Il nome hawaiano per questa pianta è ʻOhai Aliʻi.
Dit is een soort bloeiende plant in de erwtenfamilie, Fabaceae, die inheems is in de tropen en subtropen van Amerika. Het zou inheems kunnen zijn in West-Indië, maar de exacte oorsprong is onbekend vanwege de wijdverspreide teelt. Veel voorkomende namen voor deze soort zijn Poinciana, pauwbloem, rode paradijsvogel, Mexicaanse paradijsvogel, dwerg poinciana, trots van Barbados en flamboyant-de-jardin. De Hawaiiaanse naam voor deze plant is ʻOhai Aliʻi.
Dies ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Erbsengewächse (Fabaceae), die in den Tropen und Subtropen Amerikas beheimatet ist. Es könnte auf den Westindischen Inseln heimisch sein, aber sein genauer Ursprung ist aufgrund des weit verbreiteten Anbaus unbekannt. Gebräuchliche Namen für diese Art sind Poinciana, Pfauenblume, roter Paradiesvogel, mexikanischer Paradiesvogel, Zwerg Poinciana, Stolz von Barbados und extravagant-de-jardin. Der hawaiianische Name für diese Pflanze ist ʻOhai Aliʻi.
هذا هو نوع من النباتات المزهرة في عائلة البازلاء ، Fabaceae ، التي هي موطن في المناطق الاستوائية وشبه الاستوائية في الأمريكتين. يمكن أن يكون موطنه الأصلي جزر الهند الغربية ، لكن أصله الدقيق غير معروف بسبب الزراعة واسعة النطاق. تشمل الأسماء الشائعة لهذا النوع Poinciana ، زهرة الطاووس ، طائر الجنة الأحمر ، طائر الجنة المكسيكي ، poinciana القزم ، فخر بربادوس ، و flamboyant-de-jardin. اسم هاواي لهذا النبات هو 'أوهاي عليي.
これは、アメリカ大陸の熱帯地方と亜熱帯地方に自生するエンドウ豆科、Fabaceaeの開花植物の種です。それは西インド諸島に自生している可能性がありますが、その正確な起源は広範な栽培のために不明です。この種の一般的な名前には、ポインチャーナ、孔雀の花、楽園の赤い鳥、楽園のメキシコの鳥、矮性ポインシアナ、バルバドスの誇り、華やかなドジャルダンが含まれます。この植物のハワイ語の名前は「オハイ・アリイ」です。
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Well, we did make it to the temple and
we did get most of the dogs injected.
So pull up a chair and/or sit on the floor
while I tell you something I know a
little bit about. The Temple Dogs.
On the trip out to the temple you could see
big angry dark clouds coming out of the gulf.
To refresh your memory The Gulf of Thailand
is only a stones throw from the temple. As the
crow flies it's only 4 or 5 miles from our place !
Off and on down pours with thunder and lightning
accompanied us all the way to the temple, while
at the temple and all the way home from temple.
Now we are used to this but the dogs don't like it !
Pulled into the spot where we always meet up with
Molly and Blondie and they we nowhere to be found.
Whistled and called out for them but they are MIA.
Filled their new water buckets with fresh water
then slowly wandered on over to the nuns.
Waiting in the road in front of the nuns place
is a large group of professional hooligans ;-)
The nuns didn't know we were coming so
they were pleasantly surprised to see us.
Mr Rocky crabbed onto me and wouldn't
let go, even for a second. The nuns are
laughing as Rocky shows everybody
where his loyalties are. His jailbait
girlfriend, Ms Yo-Yo is bouncing
around like a ball of silly putty.
Now don't panic as we will be back at the temple
this Sunday to help the nuns celebrate MKM's life.
At that time Molly/Blondie will receive their injections.
It's noon thirty right now and both of us
are really burned out, so it's nap time.
Thank You.
Jon&Crew ;)
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“This inner silence which accompanies me is born of the slow stride which leads from one day to another. What more can I long for than this room opening out on to the plain, with its antique furniture and its crocheted lace? I have the whole sky on my face, and feel that I could follow these slow, turning days forever, spinning motionlessly with them. I breathe in the only happiness I can attain—an attentive and friendly awareness."
Albert Camus, from “Lyrical and Critical,” Betwixt and Between (1937)
THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD
The sound of a bell
Still reverberating,
or a blackbird calling
from a corner of the field,
asking you to wake
into this life,
or inviting you deeper
into the one that waits.
Either way
takes courage,
either way wants you
to be nothing
but that self that
is no self at all,
wants you to walk
to the place
where you find
you already know
how to give
every last thing
away.
The approach
that is also
the meeting
itself,
without any
meeting
at all.
That radiance
you have always
carried with you
as you walk
both alone
and completely
accompanied
in friendship
by every corner
of the world
crying
Allelujah. - Poet, David Whyte