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The blacksmith showed us his wares, some of which requires an impressive amount of work. See for example the chain mail vest he made. He also told us how much he enjoys working in his smithy, in a quiet natural setting. He feels contented.
...quiet, of course, until he starts working. He also loves making a lot of noise!
File name: 07_11_000665
Title: The Contented Gardner
Creator/Contributor: Vibert, J. G. (Jehan Georges), 1840-1902 (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher)
Date issued: 1861-1897 (approximate)
Copyright date:
Physical description note: Proof print
Genre: Chromolithographs; Portrait prints; Proofs
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions
Sony HX400V---These Mallards had found lots of tasty worms and snails in this flooded area. The female is showing a bit of a bulge, where eggs are forming.
I think this photo portrays, better than any other, the appearance of just about every street in the Philippines ~ FILLED WITH CHILDREN !!
And they are happy, contented, good-natured children, filling their time with inventive games and sports, devoid of expensive equipment and hi-tech toys.
I miss them terribly, now I am home in England . . with empty grey streets, and not a child in sight . . all safely hidden away, behind closed doors.
What on Earth have we done to my homeland, to make me LOATHE it so much ??
One thing is certain ~ I can't wait to be back in my beloved new home, in Cavite . . . surrounded by these beautiful people, with whom I feel so loved and respected !
It has taken me sixty years to discover "Where I belong" . . .
please scroll forward one Flickr-page, to my image IM000141, for the reason why . . .
Let me tell you a little story . . .
On the day I arrived in San-Manuel-II, last November, for my 3-½-month winter holiday, I strolled up the road to our local internet-cafe, to e-mail my friends in U.K. ~ to tell them I had arrived safely.
On the way back, all of 300-yards, I was accosted by a beautiful 14-year-old schoolgirl ~ who greeted me with a "High-Five" . . . a huge smile, and a string of questions - - -
"HELLO !! ~ where are you going ? ~ Why haven't I seen you before ? What is your name ?
Taken a-back by this amazing greeting, I replied in the same order . . .
"Hello ! . . I am going home to my bungalow . . . the reason you haven't seen me before, is that I only arrived from the U.K. this afternoon . . . and my name is GEOFF ~ so who are you ?"
"I am Jolina, and I live in the bungalow, opposite the basket-ball court . . and I attend the High-School in Area-G. If you need a helping hand, or any information ~ don't be afraid to ask . . . Now you know where I live, just bang on my door !!"
"Thank-you", said I, "I am a retired High-School Teacher, so if you need a helping hand with any of your school-work, just come and bang on MY door ~ any time !!"
"You are going to be a lovely neighbour, Geoff . . . I shall personally see to it, that you will be made welcome in our community . . May God Bless you, Always !"
What a welcome !! . . . I have never met such 'social-maturity' in a 14-year-old . . . volunteering to organize my "Welcome" into her community . . . and how much does this tell us about HER OWN standing, within her community ~ that she should feel that this was something within her own capability . . . mind-boggling in the present U.K. social climate !!!!
And in the U.K., most people have some vague notion that the Philippines is a 3rd-World country . . . if only they KNEW just how much they have to teach us about RESPECT, and COMPASSION, SHARING, and GENEROSITY of SPIRIT !!
More stuff from today :0)
Well I stuffed this up , I forgot I was set up for a flight shot , way over exposed , brought back in lightroom. So here it is I don't always get it right, very far from it :0(
I met Lindsey on Model Mayhem; she just moved to Alaska with her husband from Georgia and has that sweet Southern accent. Lindsey joined one of our small group shoots in South Anchorage in March 2011 - I had a chance to shoot with her for only a few minutes (bummer); I also had lighting issues during this shoot (irritating). Hopefully Lindsey doesn't hold this against me and we have a chance to shoot again.
Collection Name: MS293 Kansas City Municipal Farms Photograph Collection
Photographer/Studio: Unknown
Description: "Contented" cows are out to pasture at Kansas City Municipal Farms, a correctional work farm near Leeds, Missouri.
Coverage: United States - Missouri - Jackson County
Date: 1909-1920
Rights: public domain
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: MS293_121_075.tif
Institution: Missouri State Archives
The First World War memorial cross in the grounds of St. Mary's Church in Fratton, the inscription on which reads "A token of grateful remembrance from the people of the parish of Portsea".
Visible in the background are the St. Mary's Institute building (where defunct local broadcaster Radio Victory was once based) and The Contented Pig public house; the latter long since closed, its windows boarded up whilst it awaits the inevitable.
First shots with the new Nikon1 30mm f/1.2 lens.
Isabella refusing to stay still for a second :
August 2013
A contented Crabeater Seal on an ice flow, after a hearty meal of krill, shrimp-like creatures that are food for many of the fishes and marine mammals of the Antarctic. He needs to learn to wipe his mouth after a meal.
I love this one... I wonder what the man is thinking and what has brought him to sit by the river Dee on his own just watching the birds. It's nice not knowing exactly, but these kind of photos really interest me
These photos were taken 2 days ago on the way up Saddle Mountain. This Golden Orb was contentedly on its web in the morning sunlight. It is possible for them to reach almost 10 inches across the leg span, but this spider is around the 8 inch counting its legs. I think they are cute - I like them. Some information about this weaver spider:-
Golden-Orb Spider (Nephila pilipes)
The family of Orb-Weaver Spiders is unusual in showing a marked size difference between the two sexes. The bodies of the males are only 6mm long but the females are giants, with bodies up to 60mm long and leg-spans reaching 200mm or more. The female can be 600 times bigger than the male. Populations living further from the equator tend to be smaller, possibly because of the shorter growing season.
The females build large webs, in open areas often high in forests. The web is a vertical oval made up of a golden spiral bridged by colourless radiating threads; the oval is suspended by colourless threads from the surrounding vegetation (or structures) which may be meters away.
These spiders eat flies, beetles, butterflies and other flying insects that become ensnared in their webs. Leftovers of meals, such as the exoskeletons (skins) of insects are left hanging in the web (and are visible in the photograph).
E.J. Banfield, a naturalist who lived on Dunk Island in Queensland, wrote in 1918 about indigenous people using these webs for fishing. “The end of a stick was twisted in the web to attach the web to it, then the stick was waved about to spin the web into a single line about a metre long. The spider was squashed onto the end of the line and trailed in the water. Fish that attacked the bait became attached by their mouths and were taken. The breaking strain of the line was estimated at about 0.3kg but this was of no real consequence because the fish that were being caught were only about 4cm long. However, the method was successful enough to yield 17 fish in 10 minutes of observation.”
Spider silk is highly elastic and very strong for its weight. Different types of silk are exuded from different glands in the abdomen. In the web of the Golden-Orb Spider, the golden spiral is sticky but other threads are not. Silk is exuded as a liquid but quickly solidifies, remaining highly elastic and very strong for its weight. Because of these unique properties, many laboratories are working on production of this silk by genetic engineering.
Reproduction in the Orb-Weaver Spiders is not a straightforward affair. The web is occupied by a single female and several hopeful males. Although it might not be true of Nephila pilipes, in the related species, Nephila plumipes, 60% of males are eaten during or after sex! It appears that the larger males are more likely to be eaten, which probably explains their small size. However, males that have been eaten generally have copulated for longer, so that more of their sperm fertilize eggs. These males leave more offspring, passing on more genes into the next generation and contributing to their biological success.
In Nephila fenestrata, some males copulate with females that are preoccupied with feeding. These males are even more successful because they have long copulations while the female is eating, thereby transferring more sperm. Not only this, but they survive the event to defend the female from fertilization by other males as well as having the opportunity to mate again!
The female digs a pit in the ground into which she deposits the fluffy yellow egg sac and covers it with soil and leaves. After hatching, the spiderlings quickly make their way up trees and other structures.
This species was first described by the Danish entomologist, Johan Fabricius, in 1793. A pupil of Linnaeus, the Swedish scientist who devised the basis of modern biological classification, Fabricius went on to become a professor at the University of Kiel (which was in Denmark at that time), publishing several important works on insects.
The Golden-Orb Spider is found in the northern parts of Australia as well as in South-East Asia and in the Papua-New Guinea region.
Eric Axilbund's maternal grandfather, Ammon "Ray" Hartman.
This is a picture in the bathroom of the cabin.
This model in an advertisement photographed in Canberra Centre in September 2014 has a contented expression.
A contented cat reclines on a wooden deck, soaking up the warm rays of sunlight filtering through the foliage. The cat’s relaxed posture and half-closed eyes suggest a moment of peaceful repose. The contrast between the soft fur and the textured wood adds a tactile dimension to this delightful garden scene.
Contented GW2 fans assemble in the studio lobby before boarding the charter buses for the short trip back to Seattle.
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John Steuart Curry Born: Dunavant, Kansas 1897 Died: Madison, Wisconsin 1946 oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in. (92 x 122.5 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Peter and Paula Lunder 2001.95 Smithsonian American Art Museum
Curry created this painting of green pastures and fat cattle to reassure Americans worn down by the Dust Bowl years. A prize bull fills the canvas, grazing contentedly in meadows that fall away on all sides. Cowbirds light daintily on his back, feeding on the insects that would otherwise torment him. This image slyly evokes the myth of Ajax, the Trojan hero who went mad and slew all of his army’s cattle, thinking they were his enemies. Curry's Ajax stands between the viewer and the herd, his one wary eye suggesting that the cows might get their revenge.
We never fight (oh nooooo). He's always right (yeah sure). I never complain about anything, or blame him when things go wrong (ahem!). But he does the dishes, and makes me coffee every morning, and I cook him pork chops with fried apples almost every week, so life is good!
I took this picture a couple of years ago, and posted it as a posturization, but he looks so cute in it, I thought I'd process in a more traditional way, and post it for our anniversary. We've been married 27 years today. It's been a great adventure.