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A bit surprised by this, I was initially quite shocked to see this still on the road back in January because it looked pretty terrible back in 2011 when I first saw it, and now has been scrapped according to the DVLA, which is a bit of a shame. Still, 25+ years is good going for something like this so at least it did better than most, and was clearly fairly well looked after, but maybe there was more rot than the exterior let on.
A bit of a different hinting technique and I never caught the move. What looks like the edge of the water on the bank of the bayou is actually a drifting mass of water hyacinth that has set up it own tiny ecosystem on the bayou. This mass is being blown over the surface of the water by the wind. This Tri-colored Heron had set up station on the edge of the drift mass and would fly off over the water and attempt to snag fish while he was in flight. Not sure what type of weed is growing on the edge of the hyacinth, but it has also become a part of the drifting mass. They hyacinth in the background is a separate mass.
Also want to update everyone on tropical storm Imelda. The storm was expected to drift northward yesterday, but tropical storms always have a mind of their own. Instead of the storms drifting northward the flow has been a bit more to the southeast and is dumping huge amounts of waters on Houston. The flooding has begun, and we can only hope that it will be minimal, but that doesn’t ever seem to be the case around. I am high and dry, but a lot of residents are not that fortunate. I know that there is also flooding going on from Houston to Beaumont.
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I also want to warn everyone about some gutter garbage people that are present here on Flickr. Perverts trolling for anything that they can put their filthy hands on. Seem like they have returned so make sure you know what you are looking at if your children are on here and have your safe search dialed in as well. Nothing is free from corruption any longer. It just took me far too long to get her posts deleted!!!!
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This little brook is down from its highest melt levels and it looks as if the normal height is lower still.
Looking a bit serious in this one, think its because the camera was playing up and I didn't know if the timer was on two shots or not.
Bit disappoint yet happy too because this jacket is now too big (yay) but I like it so I am slightly miffed :-(
Oh well I could always get it altered.
This outfit has made me remember that this look actually works for me and that I should wear clothes like this more often.
I will be boring you with this set but I will break it up a little and post some other pics in between.
Amongst the heavy storm clouds that rolled in tonight, there was this small blue opening of the sky with still a bit of sunlight shining through. A little later there was a fantastic red sunset sky also. It is always amazing how the skies change so quickly here.
Shot from my balcony in Lougheed Village of Burnaby, BC
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Good morning, I took this one last night because i got the dress the Friday from a charity shop, It an old Hell Bunny dress and a large so should be a UK14 think again sherlock seems they used to be a little different few years back. its closer a 12 in all truth all be it a large 12. I can just about squeeze into it. I know i have put a bit of chunk on but other HB dresses that are the same size fit better.
Off out this morning i think for the first time since my accident . when i say out i mean a proper punt around the shops. Just hope my trotter stands upto the walking.
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EOS M, Schneider Componon 2.8/50 mm, bellows
This lens is very fine in the darkroom for printing, but the Bokeh is not good at all – much better with the 80 mm Rodenstock and 150 mm Componon S – see next pictures.
This is the little bit of skin I want showing with the cold snap we're in right now. The last couple of days we've had a wind chill warning of -48 degrees Celcius. We were colder than the North Pole this week!
Created for the fotogriPhone *EDITING LAB* group
Original photo by: JayJayKlees
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Gone for a colour change in the hallway and i think it might be a tad blue and will clash with so much of what i wear. Maybe thats why they did it lol
I went out yesterday to pick up some bits and word this dress that iv'e decided has to go as its a bit big and not long enough or full enough in the skirt. I never really got on with it so say goodbye to the dress.
At this point i still hadn't decided if i was going to the dance or not as i didn't wan't to be a spare part if know what i mean.
i made a mistake on top so had to stick a spot on (dont look!)! Its a take on a martha stewart cake..shes great!
It's a bit like 'Wind in the Hollows', I s'pose..
There's a little headland that juts into the lake and that's become our routine spot.
There's nobody around except for the coots, black swans, noisy miners, kookaburras… and that eagle..
And the 'roos and wallabies on the next slope..
Hey, it's beginning to sound quite crowded !
No edits
Yes, it's windblown fuzzy..
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This has a bit of a staged look, but originally I thought I was just taking a candid shot of the woman reclining on her scooter. Then I noticed the man on the left was in the middle of an animated phone conversation in which he was kind of dancing around. Spotted at the Brick Works
Bit of a hit and run as I've got to get some sorted then out.
Took this at Fewston yesterday in the mist. A shot normally taken as wide as you can but I wanted to show the colour in the trees. Not sure if it works just a bit of a play!
Time for a bit of a rant ...
Bernera Barracks in Glenelg was designated as a Category ‘A’ Listed Building in 1958, and as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 1971.
The barracks were built by the Hanoverian Government after the Jacobite Rising of 1715, one of only four such barracks built in Scotland “to forestall a future uprising, maintain law and order locally, and enforce the Disarming Act of 1716 “. Two have been ‘lost’ as they were incorporated into other buildings over the years (small parts of one are visible in a farm building, the other in a hotel), and one of the others, at Ruthven , is in the care of Historic Scotland. So what about Bernera Barracks?
As you can see from these photos it has fallen into a ruinous state, is now too dangerous for people to be allowed to visit, surrounded by a fence decorated with “Danger – Keep Out” signs. It made me wonder why …
Initial searching led me to discover that the buildings are privately-owned, and it seemed that the owner had allowed them to fall into this parlous state – there were some rather epithet-laden rants aimed at this individual from people like me who have an interest in seeing historically important buildings like this preserved for future generations. It also became apparent that there had been an “Improvement Notice” served on the owner which had not been carried out.
However, digging deeper things became more complicated. The Improvement Notice had in fact been served, but on a large estate, a previous owner of the building, many years ago. The current owner is a local crofter who bought his small 40 acre farm under the Crofting Reform Act, which allowed him to buy his land from his landlord. He was not aware that this also included responsibility for maintaining the Barracks and that he would have responsibility for carrying out the Improvement Notice (which he was not informed of) when he bought the land. Obviously the hundreds of thousands of pounds which would be needed just to stabilise the buildings are well beyond the economic reach of a crofter. He is obviously not allowed to demolish the structure, but as he says:
“If anybody touched anything, there’s a good chance it would come clattering down around their heads [...] Now that I’ve got it, the ownership of it doesn’t interest me. If any other body wants it they can have it – it is a national monument, it should be owned by the nation.”
So what about these other ‘bodies’ who could take over the restoration and the upkeep of the Barracks? It seems that none of them is willing to take it over. The Highland Region would be one source of funds, but they said:
“Our shortage of funds makes it impossible. We only have £17,000 this year for ALL the 2,500 listed buildings in the Highlands.”
The Historic Buildings Council could not help because they only deal with Listed Buildings. As Bernera Barracks is both Listed AND a Scheduled Monument, they would have nothing to do with it.
So what about the Ancient Monuments Department? They stated:
“A year ago the Highland Region wrote to the AMD. The department made it clear that it acknowledged the importance of the building but could not consider taking it into state care. The Secretary of State already has Ruthven Barracks which are of the same period and of equal importance, and so at present there is no possibility of him taking responsibility for Bernera Barracks.”
It astonishes and disgusts me that no Government body is willing to step in and take responsibility for such an historically significant building - remember that there were only four such barracks built, and that two have already disappeared.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland’s site record notes “Incorporating stones plundered from the Glenelg brochs, it remains an impressive sight today, even though its two harled blocks - twin-gabled and rising to three and a half storeys each side of a courtyard - are reduced to pierced rubble shells, Bernera incorporates some notable modifications to the standard design: the tenement-plan accommodation was doubled by building the five-bay blocks to a double-pile plan, each capable of accommodating two companies (120 men) in 12 almost square fire-lit rooms, each with five double beds […] Though modest, the degree of architectural refinement was greater here than at the other forts; the archway in the west wall was decorated, and the windows all have keystoned segmental-arches and smooth ashlar dressings.”
There have been plans as far back as the 1980s to save and develop the barracks, but none has ever come to anything. It remains an unloved and rapidly deteriorating shell of a building which would appear to have no future.
As the leader of the local council said:
“It is a monument nobody wants”.
Barbie's wearing:
-Earrings: Barbie Fashionistas (Her own)
-Necklace: Stardoll Pretty in Pink Fashion Pack
-Top: Unknown
-Skirt & purse: Stardoll Bisou Fashion Pack
-Bracelet: Part of a basic Barbie shoe (cut by me)
-Shoes (Not pictured): Basic Barbie shoes
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Stardoll By Barbie 2/6
A wonderful sunset at Zabriskie point from a quick visit to DVNP last year. I already posted one image from this evening last year, but I found the incredible folded landscape at Zabriskie so mesmerizing I felt like processing another shot from there.
One of my favorite book/radio series is the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" and in one of the later chapters our hapless heroes (and heroine) meet Slartybartfast (Adams had a great knack for names) who was a "planet designer" specializing in designing fjords, and was especially proud of having won an award for Earth's Norwegian fjords, and described them as having "Lovely crinkly edges". I may have misremembered it as "crinkly bits" or maybe there's some difference between the radio show and books. Regardless, that phrase stuck in my head as I worked on the photo because these are also truly lovely crinkly bits, just at a different scale than the fjords.
For anyone who has not had the pleasure, I refer you to the original BBC radio series as the best way to appreciate it. The books are also good. Various TV and movie renditions much less so. Douglas' Adams writing is a uniquely delightful blend of funny, silly, quirky, deeply insightful and (it turns out) in some odd ways profoundly prescient (the "infinite improbability drive" seems like a fantastically funny take on the strangeness of quantum theory).
Two bits times 2 = Four bits. It was worth it. I gave this couple a couple of quarters to feed the ducks and keep them busy while I circled around the cement pond to get in position for this shot. Money well spent.
Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
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A beautiful common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) on a devil's-bit (Succisa pratensis), in my favourite forest in town in August.
I saw one there today as well, when I passed by on my electrical bike on my way to photograph a confirmand by a lovely lake. I also photographed some damselflies and dragonflies today both places.
We had the loveliest end of the summer months yesterday, and a just as lovely start of the first autumn month today. It was so nice to enjoy it both on our terrace and out in nature on my bike.
The beach on our island was filled with people when I passed by, and the forest in town as well due to the annual National Get Outdoors Day ("Kom deg ut-dagen").
It's lovely to see that we will have summer weather many of the days ahead as well, if the forecast is right.
(Sitronsommerfugl på blåknapp, in Norwegian)
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