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Project 52- 2014 Ellenburg Photography's Photo Challenge
I let Lili choose which pic I should submit this week. She chose this one of her beginning her painting project! Another week without natural light (something I need to practice) but I just love taking pictures of my kids hands...
Downtown Toronto
One of the best acoustic-electric guitar tunes in pop rock history!! - Mike
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"From the Beginning is a song written by Greg Lake and performed by the progressive rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released on their 1972 album Trilogy. It is driven by a rhythm acoustic guitar line with layers of electric guitar (both rhythm and lead), electric bass guitar, and sung by Lake, with some backing on drums (notably without cymbals), and with a distinctive closing synthesizer solo, accompanied by recurrent space effects. It hit #39 in the US and was their highest charting single." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Beginning_(Emerson,_Lake_%...
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"Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). They are one of the most commercially successful progressive rock bands and from the outset focused on combining classical pieces with rock music." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer
Joyeuses Paques et Printemps ! Happy Easter and Spring...
“There are times to cultivate and create, when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition, when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are.”
Chogyam Trungpa
There is a distinct relationship between the Spring Equinox and Easter. The new religion of the Catholic Church absorbed the existing traditions and their symbols and developed a new name, ‘Easter’, which is obviously a variant of a German / Saxon Goddess name whose festival was with the arrival of spring.
In the pre-Catholic times the celebration of the Vernal Equinox was about new life and hope, the planting of seeds and the activation of the fertility cycle. But the Catholic Church replaced this with solemn displays commemorating Christ and Christian or Catholic dogma (written rules). The Old Testament heroine was the goddess Ishtar in thin disguise (Esther is the Aramaic word for Ishtar)... Ishtar is Persian for 'star'... So Ishtar was the goddess of the morning & evening star, as well as being the Great Mother, Shining One, Lady of Visions, Priestess of Priestess', she was the source of the Oracles of Prophesy, & Possessor of the Tablets of Life's Records... Her symbols were the eight pointed star, the pentagram, dove, serpents, & the double axe... Her planet was Venus... She wore a rainbow necklace...
The Persians converted this necklace (the rainbow) into a razor-sharp bridge that led to the Mount of Paradise... In ancient Sumeria, she had 180 shrines where women gathered daily for prayer, meditation, & socializing. The night of the full moon, known as Shapatu, saw joyous celebrations in her temples... At these rites (known as Qadishtu), women who lived as priestesses in her shrines took lovers to express the sacredness of sexuality as a gift from Ishtar.
Taken in 2016.
A little girl skates trepidly along the ice-skating path at "Boston Winter" on City Hall Plaza.
Seems early, but there is a tree with leaves beginning to change to autumn colors. The tree is on the property of the apartment complex where my wife and I live.
Fluid Beginnings~
Had fun with this one, tried experimenting with negative space a little bit, hope you like it if you check out:) Used mainly acrylic paint on canvas panel 11x14
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New 1000 piece kozyndan jigsaw puzzle based on our image "The Audience" (originally created for Daedelus' EP entitled "The Household") produced by German puzzle publisher Heye Verlag GMBH for 2010. It should be out by the end of January or early February.
I just came back from exploring in a nearby grove. The sun peeked in from time to time. It didn't feel like it at the time, but finally...it's beginning to look more like summer.
Surrounded by beauty... steeped in history
An intimate family home, the history of the Vyne spans the centuries. From its royal beginnings in Tudor times to its place today as a intriguing retreat for you to explore, you can lose yourself in the surroundings that inspired great authors such as Jane Austen. Discover a chapel where sunlight streams in through stained-glass windows, a ring that may have inspired Tolkien or an oak gallery fit for a king.
You could enjoy the view from the house in winter of the first hoarfrost or the autumnal glow of the woodland on a misty morning. Can you see yourself spending lazy summer days picnicking on a lawn that stretches to a shimmering lake?
The gardens are a peaceful escape with secret picnic spots, or you can stroll by the ornamental lake. Why not take in the restored Walled Garden, now a working kitchen garden providing delicious, fresh and seasonal produce to our Tudor tea-room.
The ancient woodlands are a great place in every season from the carpet of spring bluebells to autumn leaves. Sneak into the wetland bird hide and experience glimpses of wildlife. Come alone or with friends and family, there's plenty to see and do for all ages of adventurer.
Avenue de France 27/10/2014 16h07
A new part of Paris is still under development. History is written just in front of my eyes.
Avenue de France
Avenue de France is an avenue in the Quartier de la Gare in the 13ème arrondissement of Paris. This is the main artery of the development project Paris Rive Gauche. Its first section was put into operation in 2001.
On land previously owned by SNCF, the work of this avenue that was tentatively named BJ / 13 beginning in 1995, and the first section opened in 2001 between the Boulevard Vincent Auriol and the rue Neuve Tolbiac. The architect Paul Andreu ensures the overall design. The responsibility of amenities goes to Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
The Avenue de France comprises office buildings, housing, educational or cultural and some cafes. It lanyard overlooking the tracks of the Gare d'Austerlitz on half of it's route. Another side project is the "Couverture des voies de la gare Paris-Austerlitz".
Avenue de France:
Lenght: 1750 meters
Width: 40 meters
Denomination: 09/03/1993
Avenue de France starts: Boulevard du Général-Jean-Simon (since 2012)
Avenue de France ends: Boulevard Vincent-Auriol (depuis 2002)
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Avenue de France (français) ]
San Agustin Church
A centuries old Spanish era church gets a fresh coat of paint much to the chagrin of those who loved the texture of the old masonry. Photo is set against the glow of the setting sun reflected in the clouds.
© 2008 Bong Manayon | FB: Bong Manayon Photography
Pentax K10D + SMCP A 35-70/4
Kangerlussuaq means big fjord and the big fjord that runs from the airstrip to the sea is 90 miles long. Karen Filskov a native of Greenland joins us here as guide, the first time Cape Farewell has had an Inuit crewmember. The Grigoriy Mikheev was built in St Petersburg as a research vessel and now runs trips to the arctic from April to September and the Antarctic from October to February. Being designed as a research vessel it is perfect for this expedition as our itinerary is built around the research programme of the four scientist. The end of the fjord is quite shallow and we get to the ship 12 people at a time by zodiacs (rubber inflatable boats). On the strange blue of the fjord, caused, Carol the Oceanographer tell us, by the mineral content washed from the rocks, the white ship is suddenly lit by the sun breaking through; and we are laughing off the drenching from the spray thrown up by the skittering rubber boat.
Everyone is very friendly. Perhaps we will tire of each other eventually but the interleaving of small talk and impassioned discussions about climate change in this company makes time fly. The boat is comfortable, the food good the bar not bad either. Two or three of the company have been on previous Cape Farewell expeditions including Marcus Brigstock who is even funnier and sharper in person than on TV and radio and knowledgeable about climate change. In the slowly darkening night Teresa Elwes whose Bromley Trust supports human rights and climate change work and, Ruth Little who is the literary manager at the Royal Court Theatre, and I spend a long almost silent hour on the prow as the ship sails seaward along the fjord; silent because we are genuinely awestruck by what we are seeing. The dark symmetrical mountains either side, make a gigantic boat's hull shape, the fjord like its liquid keel; our boat sliding along inside another of unimaginable dimensions. The majesty of the peaks as they rise above us is so affecting that it is easy to think of them as beings; and ancient legends from a time before science make instant sense.
Saturday is the first full day of the expedition and half the morning is spent learning about the scientific experiments that will be carried out on the voyage. These will be some of northernmost measurements ever of ocean currents and of the mapping of the geology of the ocean floor. A device called a Argo Float will be released shortly to wander about for a couple of years transmitting data to help build a more accurate picture of the West Greenland Current. Last year one of these helped the study of the North Atlantic drift (the Gulf Stream in British coastal waters) whose behaviour will be crucial in deciding the future climate the UK and many other places. The science team is also measuring the salinity related to temperature and depth for a similar purpose. The ocean floor mapping provides data on historical climate conditions going back well over 50 million years, far longer than can be gathered from ice core samples. It is the most spectacular of the investigations and produces luminescent underwater flashes as a 3000 volt charges releases sound pulses whose reflections contain the information needed.
From our conversations it is evident that quickly sharing as much as possible the knowledge that individuals have gathered through their interest in climate change will increase the effectiveness of all our work. So Francesca Galzieri of Arup, Joe Smith of the Open University and I assemble and give a presentation called Building-Carbon-Politics. Almost everyone turns up. Not bad, having Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall, Martha Wainwright and Marcus Brigstock at our first gig, all joining in a lively discussion.
Sunand Prasad
Photo of the day April 16, 2021 - My wife and I have a Carolina allspice bush in our backyard. Today I noticed it's beginning to blossom!
Designer: Liu Yuyi (刘宇一), Liu Haomei (刘浩眉)
2004
Beginning of Spring
Chuchun (初春)
Call nr.: BG E15/760 (Landsberger collection)
More? See: chineseposters.net
My annual weekend trip to London, which gives me Saturday afternoon, evening and Sunday morning out and about wandering where ever I want to go. My daughters (and a coach load of ladies) are on the trip so I do have some other commitments on Saturday evening. Travelling at the beginning of November we were earlier than previous years so, although the decorations were in place, London wasn't as colourful as previous visits. I had decided to walk across to Little Venice as it isn't far from our hotel at Marble Arch and I hadn't been before. Having walked along the canal at home all summer chasing wildlife I wasn't impressed by a canal in London, it was windy so no reflections in the water and I left fairly soon. I'd seen Paddington Rail Station on the map not far away so I headed there. I got my camera out for the first time, it was fairly quiet and there weren't any restrictions on cameras (as far as I could see) I made eye contact with quite a few of the staff and smiled and nodded, as I would back home, and got quite a pleasant reception, no worries about me and my backpack and camera. I was pleasantly surprised at how clean the station was. I did a nine mile circle taking in Hyde Park , Piccadilly, Regent Street and Oxford Street. The London to Brighton run was on the following day so Regent Street was shut with many of the cars and loads of other transport related stuff on display. It was busy and the light was going so I didn't bother taking many photos. The cars were leaving Hyde Park just down the road from our hotel at dawn on Sunday but I couldn't muster enough enthusiasm to walk down even though I was up early. I grabbed some window and people shots on Oxford Street. Some of the Christmas displays were already in place, most notably Selfridge's, some of the displays were behind temporary work barriers as a new pavement was being laid and I couldn't get to the window, I decided to go back on Sunday morning and climb over them-which I did, Oxford street was very quiet just after 8.00 am and I got my shots.
On Sunday I walked a ten mile circle out to the Thames South Bank, on to the Shard and Tower Bridge. I went across in to The City and wound my way back to Hyde Park. We had really good journeys both ways and the coach driver did the journey home without a break, he was able to get back to the depot and park up inside his 4 1/2 hours driving time which I think is a first in 16 years. I walked home from Slaithwaite and rounded my weekend mileage to twenty miles, this is the furthest I've walked since I had reconstructive surgery on my right foot at the end of February. I wasn't particularly fired up for the trip after one of the most difficult years I can remember-and that's saying something-so I struggled to find something to get enthused about which is probably why I didn't take any photos at Little Venice and very few at Regents Street.
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Nikon D100
2003/10/19 10:40:02.1
RAW (12-bit) Lossless
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 D
Focal Length: 135mm
Exposure Mode: Programmed Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
1/80 sec - f/5.6
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-S
Tone Comp: Normal
Flash Sync Mode: Front Curtain
Auto Flash Mode: New TTL
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
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Sharpening: Normal
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The stones for the fire pit have been moved and are just sitting in a circle. Putting in gravel around it, digging up the grass and other necessary work has yet to be done.
The marina and beach of Puerto de Mogan at night. Puerto de Mogán is a picturesque resort and fishing village in the municipality of Mogán, set at the mouth of a steep-sided valley on the southwest coast of the island of Gran Canaria and attracts many tourists either to stay or on day-visits. Canal-like channels linking the marina to the fishing harbour have led to it being nicknamed "Little Venice" or the "Venice of the Canaries". Restaurants and bars fringe the marina and the beach front. On a Friday there is a very popular market which brings in tourists from all over the island..
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Puerto de Mogán has very few buildings over two storeys high, and the government of Gran Canaria restricts new buildings taller than this..
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Puerto de Mogán is linked with the motorway GC1 several kilometres to the east in Puerto Rico by means of a coastal road (GC-500), and is on several bus routes. The mountains almost surround the urban area of the town..
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The town is linked to Puerto Rico and Arguineguin by minor ferry routes from its small port, and is also a major stop for ocean going yachts beginning their journey across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. The smaller, mainly single-storey, homes and inaccessible streets are on the northern slopes; the larger inaccessible houses, a forest and a square lie in the northwest; and near the port and more to the northeast. There is a small enclosed beach which has golden sand imported from the Sahara. There are two or three hotels and many holiday apartments available for rent.
Fernald Keene and True Co.’s. Canning Factory Oxford Me. – 1912.
I found this reference to the company beginning in 1888 in Poland, Maine, 8 miles away- www.polandtownoffice.org/Pages/PolandME_BComm/History1
" Fernald & Keene Brothers began their packing of corn and other vegetables and fruits. Four years later there were a corporation under the name of Fernald, Keene and True Company in West Poland."
This is taken in the same year as the other group photo but these are different folks and a different building. I don’t think anyone overlaps. See the guy holding up the ear of corn in back. A woman has a lovely hat with flowers in the center. 2 girls have black chokers, and one woman has a tie.
One of the owners, Bert Fernald, was the Governor of Maine at the time these photos were taken. He was later a US Senator.
By the time I was born, there was very little work near by. I don't think the woolen mill was still running then, but I could be wrong.
I think so many women were working because it may have been seasonal, just guessing, and perhaps the rural economy called for it too. Since children were allowed to work then, there wa no need to stay home with them! It took the great depression to end the practice of child labor. Too many adults were desperate for work. FDR signed the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, which, among other things, placed limits on child labor.
The other picture had a very young child looking out of a window, I wonder if they had an onsite day care :-)
To see a larger size of the image, look above the picture, below the title, click on the link "all sizes" with the magnifying glass and plus sign.
View On Black It appears clearer...
I was on the rocks on the north side of Maroubra Beach taking some shots of the interesting rock formations. Then this little ladybug landed on my hat just for a few seconds, enough time for a quick shot...
Of course as the saying goes, ladybugs are meant to bring luck; not twenty minutes later I was very confused and pleasantly surprised!
First 2 skeins of SCF "Java" and "Silver Sconce" Shetland. Many many many more bobbins to fill up (1 lb. of each color) to become 2-ply yarn for a colorwork sweater.
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