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The proof is in the pudding, as they say. I took this shot just a little while ago as yes, it was snowing here in the suburbs of Montreal.
I took the cover off our holiday cottage's outdoor pool this morning and it was literally steaming hot.
The guests aren't going to like 'Nibbles' being in residence either. I just cleaned it too. Damn.
The Theme for Week 14 is Idioms. you can have Swimming with the Sharks... or Pool Shark 🎱 take your choice, but I'm not going in!
The red lights are flashing, there is a problem, techs are rushing in, we need a solution fast! It's Macro Monday and the mouse won't work. The sticker is 1.25 inches.
I struggled with this theme.
BCAD/FLL INTRODUCES THE DAMP RAMP
Ever seeking unique sources of revenue, BCAD announces the construction of a new training pool on one stand of the under-utilized Zulu ramp which has an ideal location clear of most regular taxiway traffic. This special service will be available to any airline, foreign or domestic, with significant discounts available to FLL tenant airlines. Given the unique mix of each carrier's fleet, each airline will supply its own aircraft. Slide repacking services are expected to be announced shortly by individual MROs.
ARFF will operate and maintain the new feature. As a professional endeavor, water wings, rafts, toys and umbrella drinks (FOD) will not be permitted. The pool has a capacity of 21,240 gallons and can therefore serve as an additional source of potable water for airlines participating in the program.
It's expected to be quite a hit with airside personnel, particularly during the stifling heat of the summer months. In a nod to the timing of the service launch - in conjunction with the Fort Lauderdale Air and Sea show - BCAD is also establishing the Wave Off Water Polo League (WOWPooL) open to all airport and airline employees, details and teams to be announced.
My granddaughter loves to paint rocks when she visits us. She also thinks it's fun to draw silly faces.
Macro Mondays
April Fool's
A better lens for the iPhone. A tiny Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58/2 screw-in attachment.
A re-submitted, cropped version of my first, wider angle Macro Mondays post. Apologies for that image exceeding the Macro Monday's width rules.
Yes - March had fooled us into believing in Spring, just to play an April Fool on us, and dump snow overnight!
But as the sun rose the day found me in the snow with the RXm3
Happy Bokeh Wednesday to everyone ;o)
My Bokeh set: Elisa's bokeh set
My Leaves, berries etc. set: Elisa Leaves, berries, seeds
Joker from a playing card. Numerous selective edits using ON1 software on a trial basis. Attempting to make an appealing image ,i.e., no “tricks” per se. Liking ON1 thus far. No LR or PS this image. Less than 2 inches.
London General MAH79, former MAL79 on route 12 towards Oxford Circus seen outside St Thomas's hospital. Have been trying to get a shot of this bus for several weks now. It is an experiment being carried out by TFL and London Central in conjunction with HU Hover Units who have replaced the rear axel with a special hover unit in a bid to find if it wll make bendy buses safer when cornering by removing the rear axle. It has been in passenger service for just a couple of weeks after a few months testing. Hover Units are a Dutch company based in Loopfralip in Holland.
Red casino die next to English peas in a bed of thyme. For Macro Mondays April Fools theme.
Many (many, many) years ago I attended a benefit for the Berkeley Art Museum called "Eat Your Art Out" which included a work involving hands carved out of cheese and placed into a similar bed of edibles. The title?..."The Hands of Cheeses Praying for Peas in our Thyme" I toyed with some variations on the basic concept before heading to the grocery to get the props for this shot.
One image becomes two when you turn the four-sided pyramid at a corner angle. There is only one Sphinx on the bottom, in the center of the pyramid. HMM
This item did not come from Egypt as you would think. My Dad brought this item back from Japan in 1985. As a paperweight, it sat on his desk for years. Item measures 2" wide.
It appears that my favourite comfort food has been rebranded HMM!
Just for the record the can is 7cm diameter, height is 6cm.
had a great afternoon chasing the hot air balloons.... so, while i proof the shots - u can gore at this one for a bit :)
Wouldn't it have been nice if we had all awakened today and the Covid virus had just all been an April fools Joke ... or a bad dream .
Here's another from Arches National Park, back in September. It's one of the most famous vistas in the southwest. Delicate Arch.
#MacroMondays
I think I need to explain: This is an antique beaded purse in sunlight. Some beads are metal and some multi-hued. They make bokeh balls bouncing in sunlight. I exposed to avoid clipping highlights, hence the darker areas. Such a fun thing to photograph—no two macros look the same. And the size of bokeh depends upon the angle of light, aperture setting, and closeness to the subject.
I think this was my great-grandmother’s purse.
But how does it relate to April 1, you ask? I had thought to ask those in #MacroMondays to guess, but I don’t think anyone could. And we don’t have tiny toys or the imagination...
About the day’s origin from Wikipedia:
“A disputed association between April 1 and foolishness is in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1392). In the "Nun's Priest's Tale", a vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox on Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two. Readers apparently understood this line to mean "32 March", i.e. April 1. However, it is not clear that Chaucer was referencing April 1. Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, Syn March was gon. If so, the passage would have originally meant 32 days after March, i.e. 2 May, the anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, which took place in 1381.
“In 1508, French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally "Fish of April"), possibly the first reference to the celebration in France. Some writers suggest that April Fools' originated because in the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25 in most European towns, through a holiday that in some areas of France, specifically, ended on April 1, and those who celebrated New Year's Eve on January 1 made fun of those who celebrated on other dates by the invention of April Fools' Day. The use of January 1 as New Year's Day became common in France only by the mid-16th century, and the date was not adopted officially until 1564, thanks to the Edict of Roussillon.
“In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on April 1.
In the Netherlands, the origin of April Fools' Day is often attributed to the Dutch victory at Briellein 1572, where the Spanish Duke Álvarez de Toledo was defeated. "Op 1 april verloor Alva zijn bril" is a Dutch proverb, which can be translated to: "On the first of April, Alva lost his glasses." In this case, the glasses ("bril" in Dutch) serve as a metaphor for Brielle.” (more on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day)
MacroMondays-AprilFools-1April2019. Once I had produced one I thought I could do better and did 2 more..... but I MUST stop now! :-)
Late afternoon in the garden. It was a warm March day and I was enjoying a float made with frozen raspberries and blackberries in pure seltzer water.
IMG_2904 - Version 2
52 Weeks: The 2020 Edition
An image I took and edited a number of years ago, but it fits this week's theme so well!
Just a fun picture for anyone who is nuts about Classic Minis. Please note! no Classic Minis were harmed in the taking of this photograph. "Macro Mondays". April Fools.
It looks like the little chick will be hatched in time for Easter.
Don't worry, this procedure caused no danger to the chick - he is well protected by the foil coating.
OK, as you probably have noticed, this was just an April Fool's joke. Here's the real new Windows logo! ;-)
Hope Microsoft will not get in trouble with the makers of Senso / Simon. ;-)
Explored:
www.flickr.com/photos/guenther_haas/8610393336/in/explore-2013-04-01
In France, the tradition on the first April is to try to put a picture of a fish at the back of persons.
It was our last day in Innsbruck and the weather was fabulous. Everyone was out walking, sitting at the cafes, or on the river wall enjoying the warmth.
I went to the Marktplatz, the center of town, pulled out my alter ego, and went for it! Me and my banana skins in mid-air. It was fun!
I'll miss this little town :(
TRP: I'm a fake
FGR: Mid-Air Banana Skins
Explored: #10 - Friday, April 3, 2009