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The bokeh is actually a large walnut tree.
I'm still working on my townhouse...the inside is still gutted but the landscaping is complete (for now). Will be making some changes in the fall to the front courtyard. Hope all is well with everyone and hoping you are all having a great summer. Summer has finally arrived in Oregon - YAY YAY YAY!!!
(it wasn't actually raining) My little brother has an obsession, as do most children, with learning how to skip rocks.
I suppose it comes as an essental.
Like: Playing with a yoyo
Tying your shoes
Remembering your address
Swinging on swings alone
Collecting tops and bouncy balls
Eating lemon without making a face
Sniffing all of the markers
Finding your favorite color
Hop-scotch without faulter
Jump rope without skinned knees
Bike-riding without crashes
Sing-along songs
My hopefull wish is that these aren't over yet.
I've always been Peter Pan.
Actually glass fibre - from the same idea as the painted orcas, bears, eagles ....
"The British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilities/Easter Seals is proud to announce their newest art project "The Terracotta Warriors", this limited edition public art project will run from April 2012 to October 2012. The BC Lions Society will develop a limited edition of Terracotta Warrior sculptures to be sponsored by individuals or organizations and painted by local artists similar to the BC Lions Society’s Orcas, Bears and Eagles ... in the City. These sculptures will then be displayed on the streets throughout the duration of the project."
Finished this actually a while back and already mailed them home. Anyway, these belong to the Luts Honey Delf Limited Cat Set and they are in white skin.
Actually took this photo multiple days. Had to wait for the wind to calm down enough to get the reflection effect seen here. Really one of my favorite pictures in recent memory.
It was actually fairly dark when I photographed this lil' fella with his four siblings and mom lounging in a squirrel drey about ten feet over our garage. Gotta love a full-frame sensor.
It's actually an old water tower and it's located on a nearby cemetary. It's not in use anymore.
The symmetry is always harder to achieve than it first looks like. I got the framing to what you see relatively easily, but it also might seem like easy because what came after it. And yes... Even the framing is not quite as symmetrical as I would like, but I think it is actually pretty much as symmetrical as the building itself is. (In reality very few things are just that perfect anyway... I think that this building is actually remarkably perfect for something that was built in 1930's.)
But then... The hard part: Placing myself in to the frame, face down within the limits of the 10 second timer and trying not to break the symmetry too badly while doing so. It only took 14 times to get it good enough. (although one of them was deliberately not symmetrical.) The distance from the camera was probaly over 5 meters and those stairs are really steep. I could get to the spot fine but there was really no time for fine tuning my position.
The best position for the shadow the pillar on the left casts to the center was on two takes and about two minutes before this.
This picture of St Katharine's Precinct in Regent's Park, and the adjacent Danish Church, is deceptively reminiscent of Oxford. Theme: my town / where I live / postcard
Actually only six crêpe cake:) Made of mini rye flour crêpes with cottage cheese between each one, powdered sugar and chopped pecans on the top. Absolutely yummy-licious!
Yea...I know it's very simple.. =/
I was going to add in a person on the bed or beside or something but couldn't find any that would've worked...I didn't want to take one just for it b/c of the child molesters! :O
haha
the fog is a bit much also...but...yea..
I didnt really take very much time on this...i was just really bored and decided to make something ...haha i might go back later and fix it up some...
Actually it's getting stronger now although the news says it's leaving Taiwan. The eye might have left, but the wide arms are still here. Last night there were two instances when I wanted to go to the shop across the street, but I cancelled my plans when I got downstairs. I could not also get to the water tank for hot water so I had instant soup made of cold water which caused stomach ache. Nevertheless, Taiwan needed the typhoon because all the reservoirs had almost run out of water before the typhoon came.
Listen to "Lights Out Asia" and your life will be beautiful.
Well, not actually mine -- this is a photo stolen from the Web of a car of the same make, model and year. Mine -- white with cool black-and-beige stripes (remember, this was from the '70s) -- was my first car. My parents helped me buy it used in 1982 or '83 when I was in college in Tucson. It really was a thing of beauty -- somebody had redone the interior with new (beige, of course) velour-ish seats. The glovebox latch was missing, but a shoelace held the thing shut just fine. It was a four-speed (to this day I've never owned a car with an automatic transmission).
Two actually much-needed cups full of elements such as red 1x8 tiles for my boxcar, tan 1x2 brick and plate (loose from the dark blue convex bin), keepsakes like lime 1x2 tile, dark tan 2x2 tile, and dark blue convex slope, green and tan 4x4 plate, green 2x4 plate, and all imaginable black slopes they had for my Plant City depot. I'm pleasantly surprised they had what I needed!
Cup 1 Reuse cup
37 black 2x4 slope
25 dark tan 2x2 tile
4 red 1x8 tile
3 black 2x2 brick (unintended but in the 2x2 slope bin)
5 tan 1x2 plate
47 lime 1x2 tile
196 black 2x2 slope
16 black 2x1 double slope with overhang
Total 329pcs
Cup 2
3 dark red 2x4 bricks
1 orange pirate leg (some kid snuck it in from build a mini i guess)
20 red 1x8 tile (Gunderson 60' Boxcar now complete)
4 Navy Blue double convex slopes (keepsake)
55 tan 1x2 brick
23 green 2x4 plate
4 gray cylinder brick
2 black 2x4 slope
2 gray 1x4 plate
66 dark tan 2x2 tile
15 tan 4x4 plate (stacked in dead center of cup
36 green 4x4 plate
5 clear 1x2 plates
17 clear cheese
24 lime 1x2 plate
66 lime 1x2 tile w/ groove
2 black 2x2 brick (accidental I guess but maybe someone confused it with the slope)
99 black 2x2 slope
Total 444pcs
Actually, I made a large mistake!
I wanted to put this inner fabric on the purple box! I noticed it after I finished this box...
Actually it is more like semi new but you know, it was delivered in early 2019 so it's technically a New Rainbow.
Actually my first in the wild, no fence between us, photo of a Bull Moose. Taken a few days ago (August 2008) in the Rockies in northern Colorado. Because of the snow and my concern about being so close (50 feet, or less!) I did not get many good shots of the 5 moose we saw that day, the others we saw were two cows with calf's.
What an awesome experience!
Bain News Service,, publisher.
[Manager Jake Stahl, Boston AL (baseball)]
[1912]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Staal running to third.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11856
Call Number: LC-B2- 2554-6
Actually shot @ 21:59:58 ;)
Sunset was at 10.02 p.m. (22.02). Taken at our beach in Nyhamnsläge, Sweden.
Directly as captured from the camera - no post editing at all (just a little crop and straightening of the horizon).
Actually, it's the same dawn at Marinha, just found a shot I liked that I didn't use last time.
So, back to Portugal today, photographically speaking, we will return to Ireland tomorrow.
Actually, I'm not happy with this photo. But Lalaloopsy are too difficult to stand up, so I'm not about to re-take it. xD
I didn't realise until afterwards that one of the flashes hadn't been going off, so the lighting is pretty messy, but oh well. xD
Actually he's probably cutting, not welding but I thought the title was good :)
This is a view of the repair work taking place on Eastbourne Pier at present. Part of the Pier was ravaged by fire on 30th July 2014 but thankfully the damage was mainly restricted to the front end. Though the repair work continues the Pier remains open and they've kindly added some Perspex windows to allow you to view the work. I managed to find one that wasn't too smudged :)
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The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
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For any questions, please contact Dr. Takeshi Yamada. His email address is posted in the chapter page (the last page or the first page).
(Updated April 7B, 2015)
To mark International Talk Like a Pirate Day I'm hoisting the Jolly Roger - so avast there ye scurvy knaves !
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing. ~ Peter Hammill
Actually got a lot farther than this but the power went out at the studio before I could take my "final" shot of the day's progress.
This is the latest in my poppy oil painting "series". Measures 32 X 48 ", oil on canvas. Based on This Photo