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When light becomes optimum, we may reach out
to the steady stream no doubt
cold as it may be, the opuscule journey
is keynote to nature's indelible power of attorney
over the rites of Spring, our signature tune
for hope over the attire of the unreasoned full moon
glimmering in reflected glory despite vortical challenge
of every strenuous contortion in psychedelic allonge
a Dali clockface slipping by in surrealist memoir
or an Impressionistic dream By the Water a-la-Renoir
we are left in a trance, truncated from reality no doubt
a journeying vision ebbs through our very senses devout
clinging to Nature is now a choice apart
distance measured from society's truculent black art
in trust with light, entertained by resources a plenty
music the only additive needed as emotives are many
such is this efficacious moment now streaming-by
for eclectic complexioned reflections, are no cosmetic shadow by-the-bye
no indeed not, this is Nature's very own compelling autograph;
a preface to the climate of life in Her environmentally-friendly bibliograph
by anglia24
10h40: 18/03/2008
©2008anglia24
This doorway inside the NGV at Federation Square could well be the frame to a cubist work. In fact the whole building could be described as Postmodern Cubism.
Hello friends
Yes before the rain last night !!!!
this is taken 4 hours before all the silage grass was at home
now Shower rain here
i'm happy and i say thanks for the hard working boys
who helped
with all the pressure
in the night ,against the rain
Caroline and all the Farm animals
One of the rare turtle doves that had become a regular visitor to our yard met its demise the other day. Some critter got him in our front yard and left nothing but a pile of feathers in its memory. With all the birds that have been attracted to our back yard feeding area, we've also attracted at least one coopers hawk and I believe a kestrel, and we have a number of coyotes roaming the neighborhood at night, so it's a scary and treacherous world out there for all the little ones.
Rikka: "Focus your mana to the fingertips..." 😗
Freya: "Ergh, like this ...?" 😯
Rikka: "Yes, keep it and try to enhanc the stone." 😗
Freya: "Uugh ..." 😓
Rikka: "Don't lose focus. You have hidden talent in terms of enhancement." 😉
Had another go at this. Using off camera flash this time,back lighting the subject , seems smoother.The blue colour of the water is achieved only by WB on tungsten nothing else was added.
on explore
New art works on display😊
Happy Wall Wednesday!
Article from 2008
Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit
A disused road tunnel in south London has been turned into a giant exhibition space by graffiti artist Banksy.
Murals in the Bristol artist's famous stencil style appear with work by 29 other artists in a half-mile stretch of the tunnel in Leake Street, Waterloo.
Images of Madonna kissing Britney Spears and a hoodie appear alongside installations of crashed cars.
People can add their own stencil work to the tunnel walls in a three-day exhibition, opening on Saturday.
Reclusive artist Banksy kept the tunnel's location secret until Friday morning.
'Filth pit'
He said the exhibition, known as the Cans Festival, aimed to "transform a dark forgotten filth pit" into "an oasis of beautiful art".
"I've always felt anyone with a paint can should have as much say in how our cities look as architects and ad men," Banksy said.
The installations will be removed after the event but Banksy said he hoped the murals and graffiti would become permanent part of the tunnel.
They also include images of a girl holding flowers, London Bridge, the Queen and Boris Johnson.
An installation depicts a burnt-out car crashed into a tree while another stencil spells out: "Hey Banksy - why don't you return my emails?"
In recent years his work has grown in popularity, with Brad Pitt and Christina Aguilera listed among celebrity collectors.
In January a piece of his graffiti in Portobello Road, west London - which shows a painter finishing off the word "Banksy" - attracted a bid of £208,100 in an online auction.
The red Routemaster has become internationally recognised as an icon of London. This bus, RM1, was the first of four prototypes for the Routemaster. It made its first public appearance in 1954 at the Earl's Court Motor Show.
Before entering service it underwent extensive testing, included skids at 30mph and a tilt test to at least 28 degrees. In 1956 it was trialled on Route 2 between Golders Green and Crystal Palace. Passengers were encouraged to share their views on this 'future London bus.'
1954 Routemaster prototype RM1, registration SLT 56, was on static display at the London Transport Museum Depot open day at Acton on 5 April 2025.
The sea becomes silk, the sky ablaze, lingers in a final crescendo of colour. Here, light stretches beyond its moment, refusing to fade, as if the day itself resists conclusion. This moment encourages us to release our grasp on seconds and surrender to the slow, breathing rhythm of the earth.
Sunset from The Cove, Tasmania
In the last years I’ve become very obsessed by sunsets. These 15 minutes remind me how the world can be beautiful and take me away from negative thoughts every day.
Remind me that we can be free, that life is so short, the intense moments are so evanescent nevertheless they can give meaning to a whole existence.
Here I was with Clarissa and this is the Daguerreotype Achromat Art lens by Lomography
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we had a short walk up on Farleton Fell yesterday and came across an old dying ash tree on the high western slopes.
Amazing to see how the tree has grown out of and into its surroundings and taken on the textures and colours of the surrounding limestone.
One for the "Beyond Limestone" collection
They become such a part of the family, it's hard not to miss them even years after they die. She was smart, loyal, with an intense prey drive, and full of love with a bit of a goofy streak.
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I have become addicted to the constant noise of the political news lately and have let my youtube play on autoplay in the background for weeks. My ability to concentrate on anything has been highly diminished. This morning the silence is welcome. I am just listening to house sounds, my dog chewing on a bone, my husband sleeping, the hum of the computer, an occasional airplane. My mind is able to relax, not worried about what I may be missing but staying focused on my task at hand. Meditation has never really worked for me but I can tell I need to move away from the constant drive to stay up on events and focus on myself and family.
Anyone else been feeling this way?
Recently Portugal has become one of my favourite countries for landscape photography, and that is mostly because of its wild and rugged coasts on the Atlantic. I visited the country 4 times in the space of 4 years and I can't wait to go back for more. This is one example of a great rock formation along the western coast. Traveling here in the winter means there are no other people around and you can enjoy the full glory of these amazing seascapes. In this photo I was able to capture the setting sun just as it was disappearing behind the rock. I wanted to get those nice sun rays across the rock and also the golden glow of the sun on the sand.
You've gotta love the collision of elements. Molten earth becomes fire, which pours into the water which creates steam, which rises high up into the air (and eventually forms clouds and vog and pours rain back over the Big Island).
I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but for those who don't know -- the Big Island of Hawaii is essentially five volcanoes, and only one of them is extinct. Two are dormant, two are active.
Of course, even the lava here takes its time, has a nice laid back chill-brah attitude -- other volcanoes, the lava is essentially tense, forming tight bonds so that the air beneath it only escapes at certain times (i.e. big dangerous sudden eruption).
On the Big Island, though, the lava is mushy, gooey, the air can constantly escape -- so, the eruption is slow and persistent. The lava pushes inexorably toward the sea.
Or, in some cases, toward and across towns. Like the town of Kalapana. Kalapana was a thriving little Hawaiian town... until 1990, when the Kilauea eruption sent a metric god-load of lava down to slide over the li'l island burg. You hike out over the lava flow that destroyed that town to get to here, the Kalapana viewing area. It's actually created miles of new coastline -- this island is one of the youngest in the world, and its one of the only ones still actually in process. (There's actually a sixth active volcano beneath the ocean, not far from the island's edge -- in around 10,000 years, that'll form a whole new part of the island.)
Here, in the distance, the lava oozes lazily into the sea. Sending up steam, a sinister red glow, and the occasional spatter of hot lava. Just like how it happens in my pants.
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What? Who? Who said that? I have to go.
I'll just say this: it's a great place to watch a sunset.
There has been a pair around for several weeks but I have had no opportunity for a clean shot. They are both gathering food now so i'm assuming the young have hatched. They become more bold at this time and this is the outcome. Interesting, their young are more important than their own safety. Sound familiar?
Only the inimitable Silverdrake Sparrow could ever pull off those shoes with aplomb.....
Taken at the Rejected Opening Party
Following the annual CSX Santa Train has become one of my favorite railfan traditions. The weather is often not the best but it is such a cool operation and it's great to see and meet many of the internet names from Flickr and FB. This year CSX timed one of the first runs of it's latest mullet heritage unit with leading the Santa Train. And engineer Scott 'Scooter' Steffey timed his last run before retirement with running this year's train. What a way to go out. He appeared to be having a great time often playing the best rendition of Jingle Bells that a GEVO horn can make. Here the train is pulling into Elkhorn City, KY at 7:01 AM for it's first stop on the former Clinchfield. Sunrise on the date would have been at 7:17 on this cloudy day. So it was quite dark taking this shot. I've often said that these modern cameras see better in the dark than I do and this shot proves it. Other than blowing out the headlight (I have to get wider), I'm pretty happy with it.
The current City Hall for the city of St. Louis, having housed city government since 1898, is a landmark by appearance, reputation and city designation (since 1971). Efforts to build what would become the current City Hall (seen above) got underway in May 1888 when the City Hall Commission was formed. On April 4, 1889, an ordinance was passed to authorize the Commission to advertise for bids for the building. The original cost was not to exceed one million dollars. The commission chose the design of George Richard Mann, of the firm Eckel & Mann of St. Joseph, from the 37 national entries. His design was titled "St. Louis 1892", obviously expecting it to be completed by 1892. A French-style plan, inspired by the Hotel de Ville or City Hall of Paris, with ornamental dormer windows and former towers, it also recalled architectural elements of the Chateau de Chambord on the Loire River in France.
The construction of City Hall started July 19, 1890, with Mayor Edward Noonan's daughter Zoe, breaking ground. The cornerstone was laid on June 6, 1891. No bond issue was passed to finance construction of the new City Hall, explaining the 14 years required to finish the building. Funds came from general revenue and the sale of city property. Every year or two, the Council, would authorize an average of $110, 000 to continue construction. An ordinance was passed on Sept, 10, 1893 to limit the total cost at two million dollars. Though the building was not completed, it was finally occupied on April 11, 1898 when Mayor Henry Ziegenhein headed a ceremonial parade of city officials from the old building to their offices in the new City Hall. In 1904, the final portions of the building were completed, the Rotunda, the Tucker Boulevard vestibule and the grand staircase, using the design by the St. Louis architectural firm of Weber & Groves. The building was officially completed on Nov. 5, 1904 when Mayor Rolla Wells held an open house for the residents of St. Louis. The final cost of the building was $1,787,159.16. However, the exterior of City Hall was never quite finished. All sides of the building have ornamental dormers called belvederes, each having bare spaces of limestone. These were meant to have carved decorations, yet remained untouched probably due to lack of funds. Despite its incomplete state, City Hall was praised for its "splendid architectural composition," and called "an impressive period piece of craftsmanship". Unfortunately, a poorly executed acid cleaning and years of exposure to coal smoke has left the original pink and orange exterior tarnished.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/about/history-of-city-hall.cfm
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The subway becomes an elevated railway here for obvious reasons.
Shot in January 2023 on tungsten balanced Silbersalz500T cine film.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8
Silbersalz35 500T colour cine film
Developed and scanned by silbersalz35.com
When all becomes clear
this autumntime
from earliest memories
to the present degrees
of freedom
a family of comfort
in the colorant of nature
beats the inner healer
shadows and lights
upon this land's dispostion
the declaration of all four seasons
plans for a year of twelve gardens
for borders of belief
beside the path of hope
to the glade of aesthetics
and thus, the teaching of ethics.
by anglia24
15h40: 17/10/2007
© 2007anglia24
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As charter boats become active on the Sheboygan river once more their movement churns up fish and brings them closer to the surface, This Caspian Tern was one of many taking advantage of the situation. I love the way they take a sharp dive and create a large splash when they hunt. It is a very interesting and fast -moving bird,
In what has become an annual tradition my gf and I returned to the lakes region on the last weekend of tourist season for a couple days of hiking, wandering around, good food, scenic drives, breweries, a boat ride and bloody marys on the big lake....and of course some trains!
The Winnipesaukee Scenic Railway's 1030 AM departure from Meredith is southbound on the railroad's state owned route which was once the Boston and Maine Railroad's White Mountains mainline originally constructed by the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad in 1849. Leading the way is 105 is an ex New Orleans Public Belt Railway SW1000 blt. Aug. 1971 and acquired in 2020. This underphotographed railroad is spectacularly scenic during the famed New England fall foliage season, and while this year's colors weren't as spectacular as last year's even a poor year in New England is still better than just about anywhere else!
The little tourist train packed with leaf peeping visitors is at about MP 35.7 as it passes the wide lawn behind a spectacular lakefront home along Meredith Bay which it will hug the shoreline of as far as Weirs Beach where it will then south along Paugus Bay on its journey south to the Lakeport neighborhood pf Laconia.
Meredith, New Hampshire
Saturday October 18, 2025
As this unfortunate German Wasp has discovered, in nature a careless hunter can sometimes easily find that it has itself become the prey.
Plop Hamburger Restaurant 06/02/2022 14h11
Unfortunately this restaurant was closed during our visit in February. I am curious about the interior and their burgers.
Plopsaland De Panne
Plopsaland De Panne is a theme park located in Adinkerke, Belgium - part of the municipality De Panne - owned and operated by Plopsa. The park reopened on the 20th of April 2000, before that the park was known as Meli Park from 1935 until 1999.
The family Florizoone sold the park in 1999 to Studio 100 and VMMa. The park received a make-over during the following winterseason, to reopen as Plopsaland on the 20th of April 2000. During the renovation several characters from Studio 100 were used - such as Samson en Gert and Kabouter Plop - to theme new and old attractions. The new park had some issues at the reopening with parking capacity and catering, these issues were fixed in the following years.
Studio 100 / Plopsa bought out the shares of VVMa in 2005 and became sole owner of the park, with plans to turn it into a multi-day, all-weather resort. In that same year Plopsa opened Plopsa Indoor Hasselt and bought Telecoo, to avoid confusion with the other parks Plopsaland was renamed to Plopsaland De Panne.
Besides expanding the site into a resort, Plopsa also kept expanding the theme park with Anubis the Ride (2009), Vic the Vicking-land (2013), Heidi the Ride (2017) and The Ride to Happiness (2021) in order to appeal to a wider demographic and become a destination not just for families with younger children.
FACTS & FIGURES
Attractions: 37
Rollercoasters: 7
Water rides: 2
Dark rides: 1
Visitors: 1.2 to 1.4 milllion
[ Wikipedia - Plopsland De Panne ]
This photo "Explored" on 03/03/2022, rank # 454.
My daughter drove me to the clinic for my shot, and I realized how small my world had become. It felt great to be driving on the highway, as a passenger.
Update: The Mushroom House becomes a Set! The design was chosen for the BDP Series 2 and will be available for pre-order in June 2024!
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I need your help again! My Mushroom House is now part of the BrickLink Designer Program Series 2 and could become a set with your vote.
After it had no luck on LEGO Ideas after reaching the 10k, this is a second chance to make it happen! Thanks so much.
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Before submitting the Mushroom House to the BDP I had to make some adjustments which ended up in rebuilding the whole thing and making numerous little improvements. Also, thanks to many new parts that I could use.
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Revealing secrets can bring us pain or get us into trouble, but worse pain and worse trouble await us if we keep silent. We become habitually untruthful. The door to our creativity closes.
Eric Maisel
AI (MidJourney) render. Post work (composition) done with Photoshop and Gigapixel AI.
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ꜰᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟɪꜰᴇ.
ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. ʙᴜᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴇꜱ ɪᴛ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀɴᴛ, ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇꜱ. ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴀɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ʜᴇʀ. ꜱᴏ ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ ʜᴇʀ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴘᴀꜱꜱɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴀꜱᴄɪɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ. ʜᴏᴡ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪꜰᴜʟ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴇᴄʜʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟᴛʏ. ʜᴏᴡ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴍɪʀᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴅᴇᴇᴘʟʏ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴇꜱᴛ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴀꜱ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ. ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴀʀʀɪᴠᴇᴅ. ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ʜᴇꜱɪᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ʜᴇʀ ᴊᴏʙ, ʙᴜᴛ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ. ꜱᴏ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇᴍʙʀᴀᴄᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱᴛɪɴʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴜʟꜰɪʟʟᴇᴅ. ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴋɴᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴅɪᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪᴛ ʜᴜʀᴛꜱ, ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʟɪꜰᴇ.