Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG Macro HSM

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

~Martin Luther

young bumpy

PABRADE, Lithuania -- Estonian soldiers from the "Iron Wolf" Brigade conduct a demonstration June 5 at the Pabrade Training Area as part of Exercise Saber Strike. Saber Strike 2013 is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational, tactical field training and command post exercise occurring in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia June 3-14 that involves more than 2,000 personnel from 14 different countries. The exercise trains participants on command and control as well as interoperability with regional partners and is designed to improve joint, multinational capability in a variety of missions and to prepare participants to support multinational contingency operations worldwide. The exercise also features the integration of U.S. close air support with partner nation ground forces and the demonstration of U.S. Expeditionary Medical Support capability. The countries and units represented include: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Romania, NATO’s Multinational Corps Northeast, U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Joint Multinational Training Command, Joint Multinational Simulation Center, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, 5th Signal Command, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the United States Army and Air National Guard, and U.S. Army Cadet Command. Norway and Sweden will send observers. (Lithuanian Ministry of Defense photo by Alfredas Pliadis)

Leslie Spit, Toronto, Canada

This is the smooth part.

Scanned directly from an old negative,

Nikon 85mm f/1.8

Rhinoceros auklet in a rough part of Haro Strait, B.C.

This was a gift many years ago from a client. They brought it back from The Bruce Peninsula

Looking up at Spaceship Earth on a beautiful day in Orlando! so many ways to photograph this giant golf ball!

View from The Forgotten World Highway, an amazing inland drive on North Island, NZ

could be a tricky ride on here

This beautiful cobblestone road is in downtown Charleston, Sc. I believe it's in the french quarter, but I am not really sure. My memory fails me at the moment.

I love this street and many of these little details in Charleston.

Nikon F80

Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 AF-D

Fuji Superia 400

Ice, water, ice, water- walk, swim, walk, swim - not easy to move from one place to another these days

C-FTFT fighting some crosswind on 33

crazy how 3 days after I took this, baby was born.

For "Our Daily Challenge ... bumpy"

The bumpy and irregular surface of this ball causes it to bounce very erratically..

Name:

Bumpy Ride

Yarn Details:

Gretchen Sock, a sock weight yarn, made from 55% superwash BFL, 45% silk. 440 yards (400m) per 100g.

Colour Description:

Stormy semi solid; dirty denim, soft pale teal, stormy greyish blue

Bumpy road, Chabhil, Nepal

Remember those bumpy glass beads? I was trying to recreate them with some 15/0's and fringe beads

Our Daily Challenge: Bumpy --

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Here is a close-up of the metal from a sewer cover.

Halgerda batangas

Riga, Latvia

...and a very bumpy road, welcome to the "butter" soils of the fens where roads wobble, power lines lean and houses fall! (not my house, 17 m deep concrete piles to solid rock!)

For Our Daily Challenge topic 'Gnarly, bumpy'

even though the ride may be bumpy along our way,

but i wish you'd hold onto me as i would hold onto the wheel

then i'd be able to hurdle through every traffic jam,

sneak pass every speed detecting camera,

outrun every Lambo disguised police cars,

rally across every continent..

i may spit out all sorts of nonsense and babbling along the way,

but i only ask for you to bear with me,

as driving on without you would be pointless,

because you are but the fuel to my heart...

Music To Paint By

Various

RCA Victor PRS-208

1966

checkout the helmet's texture at the original size

Afternoon visit to Bicheno...

& Explored! Uploaded with the Flock Browser

Another Crinoid - Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus - Mississippian, Crawfordsville, IN

In the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Washington, DC

A rainy start to a very bumpy and cramp bus ride to Syafru Besi on one of the local public buses.