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Dedicated on August 10, 1901, the bronze figure honors all Missouri soldiers and late Governor, Major General Sterling Price. It was commissioned by the United Confederate Veterans of Missouri. - Springfield National Cemetery
"Old Pap" has quite the history and made for a great read looking into his past...
Springfield War Cemetery
Springfield, Missouri
Green County
The Memorial is dedicated to those individuals who affected monumental change in the political landscape. The design questions the dominant neo-classical, "timeless" character of traditional memorials. The Suffrage Memorial reveals processes of change through four markings of time, geological, seasonal, annual human and daily human time. The specific marking elements are glacial landform, flower and grass plantings, metal trellis and text tables.
Iron Man 2011 a dedicated photographer captures the moment at Bolton UK Iron Man 2011 as the swimmers jump into Pennington Flash this morning just before the 6am start.
The Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Technologies Celebrity Invitational is dedicated to the memory and music of Frank Sinatra and benefits the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children. The Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Technologies Celebrity Invitational enjoys a rich history as one of the marquee golf and fundraising events in the Palm Springs, California desert. Each year, celebrities, amateur contestants, loyal sponsors and enthusiastic spectators from all over the country look forward to returning to this unique "celebrity friendly" event.
Known as "Frank's little party in the desert," Barbara and Frank Sinatra founded the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational in 1988 to raise funds for the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children at Eisenhower Medical Center, which opened in 1986. Through their efforts, and those of supporters throughout the world, the Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Technologies Celebrity Invitational is now one of the most successful events of it's kind.
The mission of the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children is to provide counseling for victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and to focus on prevention, community education and breaking the generational cycle of abuse. Barbara Sinatra is quick to thank supporters of the "Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Technologies Celebrity Invitational, and she is proud to say "The children who come to us for help continue to receive the therapy they need and deserve; no child is turned away due to a family's inability to pay."
The Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Technologies Celebrity Invitational is a five (5) player team gross and net scramble golf tournament held at Eagle Falls Golf Course in Indio, California. The Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, also in Indio, is the tournament's hotel and venue for three nights of parties and a spectacular luncheon and fashion show.
One (1) celebrity and four (4) contestants are a team. The team of four (4) amateur players remains together for two (2) consecutive days. The celebrity contestant changes teams for the second day. Current USGA handicaps are verified and applied to all contestants.
The parish church of Llanidloes is dedicated to St Idloes, a seventh century saint about whom very little is known. His feast is celebrated on September 6th and this church is the only one in his dedication. Three manuscripts testify he was the son of Gwyddnabi ab Llawfrodedd who was a red-bearded knight.
The oldest part of the present building is the tower, probably built in the fourteenth century. Considerable repairs were carried out during the reign of Queen Anne and 100 years later the south and east walls were taken down and rebuilt. The roof arches were acquired from the Abbey at Cwmhir after it was dissolved in 1536.
The most recent addition is the Millenium Window donated by Mr and Mrs Gerald Hamer in memory of their parents. The centrepiece represents the chaos that existed before creation and the surround dipicts flora and fauna including the donors' St Bernard Dog.
Cropredy has ancient origins, a chapel in the church is dedicated to St Fremund, an anglo-saxon saint thought to be the son of King Offa. It's name combines the Old English croppe or hill and ridig, a small stream. The village is only a few miles from Banbury, in hilly country along the banks of the River Cherwell. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries Cropredy belonged the Bishop of Lincoln. More recently Brasenose College, Oxford, has become a significant landlord giving it's name to the local pub.
Dramatic changes to centuries of agrarian life were heralded by the excavation of the Oxford canal which runs alongside the Cherwell south-east of the church. This busy waterway was superseded by the Great Western railway, the village even had it's own station until 1956.
Unusually Cropredy retains the ringing of the curfew bell, in Medieval times this was a signal to return home and 'cover their fires'. Roger Lupton local priest between 1487 and 1528 was so lost in dense fog that he could only find his way from nearby Chacombe by the ringing of Cropredy's bells. He founded a fund in gratitude which paid for the daily winding of the clock and tolling the bell morning, noon and night. The bell is still rung Tuesday and Thursday nights for five minutes after eight O'clock.
The village is best known for the Civil War 'Battle of Cropredy Bridge'. A rare Royalist victory at a time when the Parliamentary forces were in the ascendancy. In June 1644 the King slipped out of Oxford to avoid two Roundhead armies which were rapidly approaching. At this point the Earl of Essex chose to lead his army south and relieve the siege of Lyme Regis leaving Sir William Waller to pursue the King with half of the men. Waller shadowed the Royal army to Worcester only for the King to double back towards Banbury where the Parliamentary commander saw an opportunity to split the Royal forces which were strung out along the Daventry road. Waller's artillery crossed Cropredy bridge but were too far ahead of the infantry and were overrun. Fierce fighting followed but neither side achieved a significant advantage and a chance of capturing the King was lost. As children we were told stories of a phantom drummer boy.
Cropredy's most prominent claim to fame is their music festival founded when Fairport Convention played the village fete in 1976. Cropredy Music Festival grew from these modest beginnings and now attracts over 20,000 music fans every year.
St. Mary the Virgin is an impressive building constructed from the local rust-coloured ironstone. While part of the wall of the south aisle has been dated to c1050 the present church begins in the 13th century with significant 14th and 15th century additions. The south wall has two tomb recesses thought to be built for Simon de Cropredy and his son c1200. The church has an interesting 13th century parish chest and the chapel dedicated to the anglo-saxon saint Fremund has two 15th century screens, one of which has the initials AD which may stand for Alice Danvers. The nave arcading, tower and choir arches are Perpendicular in style with no capitals and continuous moulding from ground level. The tower is early 15th century with the belfry and parapets added 80 years later, There are eight bells, six from the late 17th century, two added in 2007 called Fairport and Villager. Fragments of a Doom survive above the chancel arch. The church has a 17th century pulpit and a rare pre-reformation eagle lectern which is said to have been hidden in the river before the Battle of Cropredy where it lost one of it's lion feet. The beak has a slot for collecting 'Peter's Pence'. There is a beautiful 15th century head of the Virgin Mary in stained glass which was found in the churchyard. There are two fonts, one Norman and one Victorian. In the tower is a magnificent clock by John Moore of Clerkenwell dated 1831.
Cropredy is just off the Daventry road a few miles from Banbury about an hour from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Dedicated to the woman in the black VW who refused to play the game (you know who you are). I do hope your sense of humour bypass has been a complete success.
2019 - Dedicated to those who fell and to those who carry on - 911 Twin Tower Memorial Wall Relief World Trade Center - WTC Bronze Plaque South of Ground Zero near Liberty Street Next to Fire House 10 - 343 firefighters from Engine 10 Station 10 who lost their lives in the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Centre - Lower Manhattan sculpture relief 9/11 - NYC - New York City FDNY - Artists Joseph A Oddi created the illustration design followed by the detailed sculpting of Joseph Petrovics - public art unveiled on June 10 2006
Hoysaleswara temple (also spelt "Hoysaleshwara" or Hoysaleshvara") is a temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva. It was built in Halebidu (in modern Karnataka state, India) during the rule of King Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th century. The construction was started around 1120 CE and completed in 1150 CE. During the early 14th century, Halebidu was sacked and looted by Muslim invaders from northern India and the temple fell into a state of ruin and neglect. Previously known as Dorasamudra or Dwarasamudra, Halebidu is 16 km from Belur, 31 km from Hassan and 149 km from Mysore, in the state of Karnataka, India.
HISTORY
According to art critic and historian S. Settar, from contemporary inscriptions it is known that the temple derives its name from the Hoysala ruler at that time, King Vishnuvardhana Hoysaleswara, though interestingly, the construction of the temple was initiated and financed by wealthy Shaiva (a Hindu sect) citizens of the city, prominent among who were Ketamalla and Kesarasetti. The temple building activity was taken up in competition to the construction of the Chennakesava Temple at Belur, a Vaishnava (a Hindu sect) temple. Surrounded by numerous tanks, ponds and mantapas, the temple is built in the vicinity of the large Dorasamudhra lake. The tank preceded the temple by nearly 75 years. It is one of the largest temples dedicated to the god Shiva in South India.
TEMPLE PLAN
The temple is a simple dvikuta vimana (plan with two shrines and two superstructures), one for "Hoysaleswara" (the king) and the other for "Shantaleswara" (named after Shantala Devi, queen of King Vishnuvardhana) and is built with chloritic chist (more commonly known as Soapstone or potstone). The temple complex as a whole is elevated on a jagati (platform), which according to historian Kamath, is a feature that became popular in contemporary Hoysala constructions. According to art historian Foekema, the two shrines which are adjoining, face east and each have a mantapa (hall) in front. The two mantapas are connected giving a large and imposing view of the hall. Individually, each shrine is smaller than the one at the Chennakesava Temple at Belur and contains a simple linga, the universal symbol of the god Shiva. The plan of the inside of the temple is simple but the exterior looks different because of the introduction of many projections and recesses in the walls. The towers of the shrines that are missing must have followed the star shape of the shrine, just as in many existing well-preserved towers in other Hoysala temples. The superstructure over the vestibule which connects the shrine to the mantapa, called sukanasi (a low tower that looks like an extension of the main tower), and the row of decorated miniature roofs above the eaves of the hall are all missing. The temple was built at a height that provided the architects sufficient horizontal and vertical space to depict large and small sculptures. According to the art critic James Fergusson, the overall effect of the vertical and horizontal lines, the play of the outline, the effect of light and shade and the plan of the projections and recesses all amounts to a "marvellous exhibition of human labor to be found even in the patient east and surpasses anything in Gothic art". The outer walls of these temples contain an intricate array of stone sculptures. The temple of Halebidu, has been described by art critics James Fergusson and Percy Brown as an "outstanding example of Hindu architecture" and as the "supreme climax of Indian architecture".
The temple has four porches for entry and the one normally used by visitors as main entry is actually a lateral entrance (north). There is one entry on the south side and two on the east side, facing two large detached open pavilions whose ceiling is supported by lathe turned pillars. All entry porches have miniature shrines as flanking. In addition there is a sanctuary for the Sun god Surya, whose image stands 2.1 m tall. The pavilions enshrine large images of Nandi, the bull, an attendant of Shiva. The pavilions share the same jagati as the main temple. As in the Chennakesava temple, this temple originally had an open mantapa to which outer walls with pierced window screens made with the same material were erected, making the mantapa a closed one. The window screens are devoid of any art work. The interior of the temple is quite plain except for the lathe turned pillars that run in rows between the north and south entrances. According to Settar, the four pillars in front of each shrine are the most ornate and the only ones that have the madanika (chaste maidens) sculptures in their pillar brackets. There are no other madanikas in the temple.
SCULPTURES
The Hoysaleswara temple is most well known for its sculptures that run all along the outer wall, starting with an dancing image of the god Ganesha on the left side of the south entrance and ending with another image of Ganesha on the right hand side of the north entrance. In all there are two hundred and forty such images. According to the art critic Gerard Foekema, perhaps no other Hoysala temple is as articulate in sculpture as this is and these sculptures are "second to none in all of India". The most intricate of all sculptures are found in the lintels over two of the doorways, one on the south side doorway and the other on one of the eastern doorways.
HORIZONTRAL TREATMENT
In this temple the Hoysala architects have broken from the tradition of using five moldings with friezes (which is the "old stlye") at the base of the temple, below the large wall sculptures and the window screens. The outer walls have two eaves that run around the temple. The top eaves is at the roof of the temple where the superstructure meets the wall, and the second eaves is about a meter below. In between there are decorated miniature towers (aedicule). Below the lower eaves are the wall sculptures and below them, the eight moldings. Historian Kamath calls this type of relief work "horizontal treatment". Each of the eight friezes carries an array of decoration. Going from the bottom where the temple wall meets the platform, the lowest frieze depicts charging elephants which symbolize strength and stability, above which, in order, are friezes with lions which symbolize courage, floral scrolls as decoration, horses symbolizing speed, another band of floral scrolls, depictions from the Hindu epics, mythical beasts called makara and finally a frieze with hansas (swans). According to Foekema, no two animals are alike in a total frieze span of over 200 m. In the epic frieze, the epics are not continuous as they are mixed with other depictions. After the construction of this temple, Hoysala architects used this new kind of horizontal treatment only fifty years later, making it a standard style, though they reduced it to six molding friezes.
GARUDA PILLAR
Another interesting object in the temple complex is the rare Garuda Sthamba (Garuda pillar). According to Settar, these are different from virgals (Hero stone). Garudas were elite bodyguards of the kings and queens. They moved and lived with the royal family and their only purpose was to protect their master. Upon the death of their master, they committed suicide. The rare pillar on the south side depicts heroes brandishing knives and cutting their own heads. The inscription honors Kuruva Lakshma, a bodyguard of Veera Ballala II. A devoted officer, he took his life and that of his wife and other bodyguards after the death of his master. This event is narrated in an old Kannada inscription on the pillar. A 2.4 m tall sculpture of Ganesha including the platform rests at the South entrance.
Pics from the AuthentiCity Lounge, the dedicated space in NYC where the AuthentiCity exhibition took place.
“AuthentiCity” is a photography project conceived in cooperation with the School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, aimed at young international artists who are SVA students or alumni.
The project theme – “Revealing purity and authenticity in urban life” – is an invitation to use the straightforward language of photography to explore signs of authenticity and purity in the urban setting.
The project began with more than 200 photographers, educated at SVA, who were charged with capturing their vision of urban life. The 19 works selected in the preliminary stage were presented last April in an open exhibition during the Milan Design Week. Five of the 19 photographers, Carlos Alvarez Montero, Igor Aronov, Matthew Baum, Giselle Behrens and Caroline Shepard, were then selected, through a series of juror selections, to continue their work and each received a cash prize of $3000.00. Project winners were then chosen to be featured in the dedicated exhibition at the illy issimo AuthentiCity Lounge in New York.
Pics from the AuthentiCity Lounge, the dedicated space in NYC where the AuthentiCity exhibition took place.
“AuthentiCity” is a photography project conceived in cooperation with the School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, aimed at young international artists who are SVA students or alumni.
The project theme – “Revealing purity and authenticity in urban life” – is an invitation to use the straightforward language of photography to explore signs of authenticity and purity in the urban setting.
The project began with more than 200 photographers, educated at SVA, who were charged with capturing their vision of urban life. The 19 works selected in the preliminary stage were presented last April in an open exhibition during the Milan Design Week. Five of the 19 photographers, Carlos Alvarez Montero, Igor Aronov, Matthew Baum, Giselle Behrens and Caroline Shepard, were then selected, through a series of juror selections, to continue their work and each received a cash prize of $3000.00. Project winners were then chosen to be featured in the dedicated exhibition at the illy issimo AuthentiCity Lounge in New York.
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The little design I made dedicated to Hawaii.
Took me like three tries to get this simple thing done! :/
Taken from the roof of the oldest temple in Lhasa. The pilgrims immediately below are prostrating themselves repeatedly.
Some of the most dedicated do that instead of walking as they make the pilgrimage. The stretch flat you can see here, over the space of the floor before them, is the only movement forward they can make during the pilgrimage, no steps or pacing allowed. They carry wooden blocks as they do so, to protect their hands - that's the kind of swooshing noise you can hear. Their body weight on the constantly moving blocks of wood.
(kind of visual key -the people in hats or work clothes are Han Chinese, people in aprons, or country clothes are Tibetan. They worship together.)
In the longshot, later, notice how the column of pilgrims is encircling the temple. The pilgrimage is typically from a mountain far away, or from the home state (and Tibet is Inhospitable Territory for someone without even four wheel drive, remember), to this temple. But the pilgrimage cannot be as the crow flies, it must describe a massive spiral that homes in little by little on the heart of Lhasa. This in a country where even water is hard to come by.
I can safely say that I have NEVER seen religious devotion like it, before or since.
Dedicated in 1926, the Cenotaph in Victoria Park in Regina, Saskatchewan was dedicated to soldiers who lost their lives in World War I. In subsequent years inscriptions were added to honour soldiers who fell in World War II and the Korean Conflict.
You picked this picture as one of your favorite and I can't see a better omage for you. Dec 31st I was climbing this volcano again. I'll always remember your happiness once we arrived on the top of Stromboli in 2007. Ciao Frodo.
The Naumburg cathedral dedicated to St. Peter and Paul is late Romansque.
One thing I happen to notice while touring the cathedral were the mason signs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naumburg_Cathedral
My mason signs album:
www.flickr.com/photos/marialuisa/sets/72157621224565943/?...
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Der Naumburger Dom zu St. Peter und Paul ist Spätromanik.
Auf dem Rundgang fielen mir auch ein paar Steinmetzzeichen auf.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naumburger_Dom
Mein Steinmetzzeichen Album:
Valencia’s beautiful cathedral, the ‘Iglesia Catedral-Basílica Metropolitana de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Valencia’, was consecrated in 1238 by the first bishop of Valencia after the Reconquista, Pere d'Albalat, Archbishop of Tarragona. It was dedicated by order of James, I the Conqueror, to Saint Mary. The cathedral is built over the site of a former Visigothic cathedral, which, under the control of the Moors, had been turned into a mosque. ‘Valencian Gothic’ is the predominant architectural style of the cathedral, although it also contains Romanesque, French Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Neo-Classical elements. One of the supposed ‘Holy Chalices’ in the world is displayed - and revered by many - in one of the cathedral's chapels. This particular chalice has been defended passionately for hundreds of years as being the true, original ‘Holy Grail’. It was the official papal chalice for many popes, and has been used by many others, most recently by Pope Benedict XVI, on July 9, 2006. This quite stunning chalice is inscribed with Arabic inscriptions dating from the 1st century, and was given to the cathedral by king Alfonso V of Aragon in 1436.
Valencia, officially València, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants. The 'Port of Valencia' is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the busiest container port on the Mediterranean Sea. The beaches of Valencia are also renowned and extend over many kilometres overlooking the Mediterranean. But there's so much more to this stunning city - historic monuments, museums and art galleries, statues and imposing buildings including Valencia's incomparable Gothic cathedral. There's numerous parks, wide boulevards contrasting with atmospheric narrow streets in the old quarter of the city and plenty of shops! But for many, the highlight of any visit to Valencia is a lazy, unhurried walk through the beautiful Turia Gardens, snaking through the heart of the city alongside the river of the same name, leading inevitably to the 'Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències' (City of Arts and Sciences); an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex of quite breathtaking proportions and design. The brainchild of Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, it is certainly the most important modern tourist destination in the city and one of the 12 'Treasures of Spain'. For more comprehensive information on Valencia - as ever - refer to wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia.
There are plenty more photos of Valencia and other Spanish towns/locations if you take a look at my 'Albums' page, www.flickr.com/photos/36623892@N00/sets/ - thank you.
Dedicated to the designers, developers and engineers who build the world’s most engaging user interfaces. From the community, for the community.
Dedicated to my wife, which has to endure a lot of waiting sometimes when I take my shots! But she is also very cooperative, like in this shot!
İbadethane Arkası Sokak, İbadethane Sokak & Fazilet Sokak, Zeyrek
(1118-1136)
In 1118, Empress Irene of Hungary founded a monastery dedicated to the Christ Pantocrator on an eastern slope of the Fourth Hill of Constantinople. To the north of its katholikon, Emperor John II Komnenos soon added another church, dedicated to the Theotokos Eleousa (the Merciful Mother of God). He also built a large funerary chapel, dedicated to Archangel Michael, to connect the two churches. All this must have been completed by October 1136, when the typikon of the monastery, one of the very few surviving, was issued. According to the typikon, the monastery complex included a 50-bed hospital, a home for 24 elderly men, a medical school, and a leprosarium. The library of the monastery may have been located some hundred metres south-west, in the Byzantine building known today as the Şeyh Süleyman Mosque.
The monastery is special in that no other Byzantine church, only the Church of the Holy Apostles excluded, received as many imperial burials. Both John II and Irene were buried here (in 1143 and 1134, respectively), followed by Emperor Manuel I (1180) and Empress Bertha of Sulzbach (1159). The tradition was continued in the Palaiologan era, when emperors Manuel II (1425) and John VIII (1448) were laid to rest here. The typikon of the monastery describes the funerary chapel as a heroon, a term reserved for the mausoleum of Constantine the Great and his successors at the Church of the Holy Apostles, showing the imperial ambitions of the Komnenoi. The reputation of the monastery was further raised, when the icon of the Theotokos Hodegetria – the city's most revered icon – was brought here.
The complex of the Monastery of Christ Pantocrator is the second largest religious edifice built by the Byzantines still standing. It is a typical example of the middle-period Byzantine architecture. The both churches have a cross-in-square plan, with a nine-bay naos, a central dome supported by four columns (replaced by piers in the Ottoman era), a tripartite bema, and a narthex. The both had a matroneum, or a women's gallery, above the narthex. In the south church, the central bay of the matroneum is also covered by a dome. The north church has only one dome, which is oval. The chapel has two bays. It is possible that the bay on the east functioned as a liturgical area, while the one on the west was a funerary space. The both bays of the chapel are capped by an elliptical dome. The churches communicate with the chapel through three doors. All the three structures have polygonal apses with windows and niches. The south church, which is larger, also has an exonarthex and a courtyard, which were added together with the north church and the chapel. It was at that time that the narthex of the south church was extended up to the imperial chapel.
The masonry shows the use of the recessed-brick technique. This technique means the placement of a band of bricks in a way that it is slightly recessed, while placing another band, as usual, on the outer line of the wall. The recessed bricks are covered with mortar, which creates the alternation of red (brick) and light-coloured (mortar) bands on the walls. In these buildings, the masonry is slightly sloppy, incorporating bricks of different sizes. This may be explained by the fact that the building material comes from a much older structure, as hinted by the many Early Byzantine brick stamps that have been found here.
The two churches and the chapel were richly decorated. The most beautiful decorative element that remains is the colourful opus sectile floor, covering the naos of the southern church. Motifs that are commonly found in imperial palaces can be seen here, such as birds of prey, fantastic beasts and the wheel of the zodiac. Scenes from the life of Samson are also displayed. Fragments of coloured glass have been found from this church as well, suggestesting the presence of stained-glass windows. The north church has intricate sculptural decorations, for example, on the cornices, which show traces of Armenian bole and gold leaf. Some traces of mosaics can also be found in the complex.
It has been suggested that, during the Fourth Crusade, the treasury of the monastery was raided and its contents was carried off to Venice. It may be that some panels of the Pala d'Oro, now serving as the altar retable in Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, comes from the Monastery of Christ Pantocrator. During the Latin occupation in 1204-1261, the monastery served as the Venetian headquarters of Constantinople. Shortly after 1453 it was converted to a mosque, and the monastic buildings were turned into a medrese, with Molla Zeyrek Efendi acting as its first müderris. Several alterations were made to the churches following the conversion.
Left to right:
Red Jumpsuit, c. 1987–90, by L'homme bis
Patterned Suit, 1970, by Bill Blass
Leisure Suit and Shirt, 1970s, by Levi Strauss & Co. and J. C. Penney
Argyle Suit with Clear Cape and Skirt, fall 2008, by Thom Browne
Red Plaid Suit, spring/summer 1984, by Kenzo
"Disko, disco duck...Dii-iiscooo - disco duck"
So I drove my mountainbike over this flagstone path next to the church, passed by the boy-scouts shack and clubhouse and saw that the path turned.Near the turn the flagstone path ran alongside a small brooke with a couple of ducks sitting besides the brooke.I drove on (or is it I rode on when your driving a mountainbike?) and I saw a green lawn with hellish green,wet grass and little ducklings with a couple of their elders sleeping on the grass.At first, I didn't thought anything of it ( you've gotta know that my camera was strapped around my neck and was dangling around when I drove my bike...) I stopped and looked at the cuddly sleeping ducklings but the moment I had stopped, the little ducklings (and a few of their elders) started quacking, got up their feet (?) and started walking towards me.Maybe they wanted to be fed.Anyways, they where used to people thats for sure ! I grabbed the camera and started clicking away kinda franticly.The result is beautiful.These ducklings came nearly as close as my feet !!
Image cheerfully dedicated to the Jones family and Eira Wynn in particular , a very talented harpist / musican, who has a cd out called .... from within ... Magic!,
March 2017 .... 428 views , Thanks or Diolch M
American linden or bassword (Tilia americana). Dedicated to the memory of Jean Hillery and Thomas Quadros, Food Safety and Inspection Service Compliance Officers, who lost their lives in the line of duty June 21, 2000.
Plaque identifying a tree outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters (Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building), Washington, DC
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