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Typical British winter weather. I went out with family than rain again,at least I got this photo with pretty colourful light! :-)
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Dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction and self-injury
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Dubmill is a settlement in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom.
Dubmill lends its name to both Dubmill Point and Dubmill Scar. Dubmill Point is the name for the headland at the northernmost tip of Allonby Bay, and Dubmill Scar is the name for the rocky beach off Dubmill Point.
The name of Dubmill comes from the Old English dub-myln meaning "a mill at the pool". Historical variant spellings include Dubmil, Dubmilne, Dubhime, Dub-horn, and Dubmill. A beck called the Black Dub runs near to Dubmill, and may be related to the name.
The area around Dubmill has been settled since before the Roman occupation, as a Bronze Age sword believed to date back to 1100BC was discovered on nearby Salta Moss. Dubmill, and the surrounding coastline from Carlisle as far south-west as Maryport, was fortified by the Romans. A series of milefortlets were placed along the coast beyond the western end of Hadrian's Wall to guard against coastal raids from across the Solway Firth. Milefortlet 17 was located at Dubmill, and would have been constructed from turf and timber. Its location has been discovered, though all that remains is a slight depression in the ground where one of the fort's ditches would have been.
A mill was present at Dubmill in the medieval period, and during the reign of Henry VIII in 1538 it was valued at £5.18s. Farmers from as far afield as Wolsty, four miles to the north-west, would have had to trek to Dubmill to grind their crops. They were also bound to assist in repairs to the mill and its associated dam as required by the miller. This continued through to at least the 17th century, and probably the 18th century before improvements in milling brought on by the industrial revolution would have rendered the mill at Dubmill obsolete. In its day, the mill would have been a substantial tower built from local sandstone, sturdy enough to withstand the force of the sea, which to this day sometimes crashes over Dubmill during a severe storm.
Dubmill is located on a stretch of coastline which was subject to raids across the Solway by the Scots even as late as the Tudor period. In 1592, a man named William Osmotherly, who lived at Dubmill, had his home broken in to and was kidnapped for ransom by Scottish raiders. His losses were estimated at £200.
(Taken from Wikipedia)
Just about a year ago this time I was diagnosed with major depression. It wasn't a diagnosis that came as a surprise to me, however. The past 5 years have been sort of a gut punch to so many good things I'd perceived about our world. It knocked the creative breath out of me and any desire I'd had to make new work just disappeared pretty much in an instant. Any attempts I forced myself to make fell short and I found myself avoiding all of it. I can tell you there were times it left me feeling hollow, and I can only guess that is when the depression really dug in. Over the past year it got worse before it got better, and I sank to a depth I didn't know existed. I knew something had to change in the way I was coping with things. Reluctantly I admitted to myself that I had a lot of work on myself ahead of me. So, now I'm finally doing the work I've known I've needed to do for years and it has led me back to a renewed since of purpose in creating. This is the first piece I have completed in 4 years. I've tried to think of these past few years as a pause, even though I was a bit worried it was more than that. It has made me feel unmoored. Last summer when I was talking to a friend about this block, she wisely told me to just create. Anything. The point was to keep exploring and playing and see where it led. Even though it wasn't the work I wanted to be making, it still felt good to experiment. It also felt like it could possibly lend to my true sense of art in unexpected ways. Gradually, it worked. As my curiosity for other ways of working has grown, so has the desire to get out and shoot again. I am seeing beauty all around me and I can see my place in that again. This piece represents that fight to me because that hollow place was the worst confinement I've known in my life. I am proud to say that I am still fighting and still pulling myself out of that dark place. It's something I can never take for granted.
While these past 4 years has been a painful space to occupy, it was also a waiting space, a threshold. I was not completely lost, but I was not yet found either. I guess I've been waiting for the moment when the spark would return and ignite the flame once more.
Wife and family of Arkansas sharecropper, 1935.
Original photo by photographer Ben Shahn, 1898-1969. Library of Congress
Don't feel nothing
But still know you're hurting
Feel your emotion fade
Everything turns stark and gray
The clouds gather blocking out the light
Trying to hold on, losing the fight
Each day it feels the same
Struggling to get up you feel lame
Dull and broke
You feel alone
Another barn find, a 1931 Chevrolet, at the Big M, basking in the rising full moon. Dozens of other images and more info on the Big M set page.
Night, 2 minute exposure. Natural flashlight and red-gelled strobe.
Reprocessed and replaced, June, 2025.
Olympus OM-1, expired Centuria DNP 400
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives. In bills passed by Congress during its construction, it was referred to as the Hoover Dam, after President Herbert Hoover, but was named Boulder Dam by the Roosevelt administration. In 1947, the name Hoover Dam was restored by Congress.
Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques used were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Hoover Dam impounds Lake Mead and is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction, with 7 million tourists a year. The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
Source: hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/hoover-dam
85 years after its completion, Hoover dam is still considered an engineering marvel. It is named in honor of President Herbert Hoover, who played a crucial role in its creation.
For many years, residents of the American southwest sought to tame the unpredictable Colorado River. Disastrous floods during the early 1900’s led residents of the area to look to the federal government for aid, and experiments with irrigation on a limited scale had shown that this arid region could be transformed into fertile cropland, if only the river could be controlled. The greatest obstacle to the construction of such a dam was the allocation of water rights among the seven states comprising the Colorado River drainage basin. Meetings were held in 1918, 1919 and 1920, but the states could not reach a consensus.
Herbert Hoover had visited the Lower Colorado region in the years before World War I and was familiar with its problems and the potential for development. Upon becoming Secretary of Commerce in 1921, Hoover proposed the construction of a dam on the Colorado River. In addition to flood control and irrigation, it would provide a dependable supply of water for Los Angeles and Southern California. The project would be self-supporting, recovering its cost through the sale of hydroelectric power generated by the dam.
In 1921, the state legislatures of the Colorado River basin authorized commissioners to negotiate an interstate agreement. Congress authorized President Harding to appoint a representative for the federal government to serve as chair of the Colorado River Commission and on December 17, 1921, Harding appointed Hoover to that role.
When the commission assembled in Santa Fe in November 1922, the seven states still disagreed over the fair distribution of water. The upstream states feared that the downstream states, with their rapidly developing agricultural and power demands, would quickly preempt rights to the water by the “first in time, first in right” doctrine. Hoover suggested a compromise that the water be divided between the upper and lower basins without individual state quotas. The resulting Colorado River Compact was signed on November 24, 1922. It split the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding amongst themselves how the water would be allocated.
A series of bills calling for Federal funding to build the dam were introduced by Congressman Phil D. Swing and Senator Hiram W. Johnson between 1922 and 1928, all of which were rejected. The last Swing-Johnson bill, titled the Boulder Canyon Project Act, was largely written by Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work. Congress finally agreed, and the bill was signed into law on December 21, 1928 by President Coolidge. The dream was about to become reality.
On June 25, 1929, less than four months after his inauguration, President Herbert Hoover signed a proclamation declaring the Colorado River Compact effective at last. Appropriations were approved and construction began in 1930. The dam was dedicated in 1935 and the hydroelectric generators went online in 1937. In 1947, Congress officially "restored" Hoover's name to the dam, after FDR's Secretary of the Interior tried to remove it. Hoover Dam was built for a cost of $49 million (approximately $1 billion adjusted for inflation). The power plant and generators cost an additional $71 million, more than the cost of the dam itself. The sale of electrical power generated by the dam paid back its construction cost, with interest, by 1987.
Today the Hoover Dam controls the flooding of the Colorado River, irrigates more than 1.5 million acres of land, and provides water to more than 16 million people. Lake Mead supports recreational activities and provides habitats to fish and wildlife. Power generated by the dam provides energy to power over 500,000 homes. The Hoover Compromise still governs how the water is shared.
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(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Nevada) "نيفادا" "内华达州" "नेवादा" "ネバダ" "네바다" "Невада"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Hoover Dam) "سد هوفر" "胡佛水坝" "हूवर बांध" "フーバーダム" "후버 댐" "Гувера" "Presa Hoover"
If you have depressions people will tell you to smile and laugh more to heal. I tell you something.
This will not really work.
But here you go.. here is my smile for you !!!
7 WAYS YOU CAN LIVE AND NOT JUST SURVIVE
1 Structure– Maintain a daily routine: wake up, eat meals, go to bed, etc.-all at the same time every day. Exercise daily- even if for only 10-15 minutes. Try to get outside or try a free YouTube exercise videos, apps, Pinterest workouts, or local gyms online. Make sure to get plenty of sleep each night and watch alcohol/drug/caffeine intake which will exacerbate any depression or anxious feelings.
2 Trusted Sources– Anchoring into those whom you trust. As a believer in God, I find it so important to pray daily, read my devotions using my Bible app on YouVersion and connect with wise friends. That is my Trusted Source. Think about who your trusted source is and use it as a positive anchor. Make sure to limit the amount of News you consume, social media and the like- the fear, negativity takes its toll.
3 Connection– Keeping connection with friends, family, and church. This might look different right now with social distancing but worth the effort. It is okay to not be okay, but make sure you are checking in with friends and family often and not staying stuck. It is good and normal to reach out to a professional to talk to.
4 Focus of control– You are in control of many things. Feel empowered by the things you do have control over instead of focusing on the things you cannot control. You always have control over the way you react to any given situation.
5 Do something- Journal. Listen to Music or watch a movie to ‘change the channel’ if feeling overwhelmed to distract and refocus. Have a “paint and sip” with a friend in person or over zoom (check out Pinterest for picture ideas). Learn a new hobby like a craft or a musical instrument. Bake something or cook a new meal.
6 Breathe- My favorite is breathing. Become aware of your breath and how freeing it is to breath in and out. Google for more fun, new ideas!
7 NOTICE. STOP. REFRAME. Most importantly, NOTICE your thoughts STOP and REFRAME to the positive, change the direction of your actions and LIVING in this gift of the moment today!
Have you met the Black Dog?
Has he followed you late at night, in your dreams or in your mind?
He is cunning, and will lie in wait,
until he senses the time is right.
Then when you least expect it, he will pounce,
taking your freedom, your confidence, your courage.
Once he has you in his bite, he will control your life.
He will make you do things you never thought you could or should.
Those who have not met the Black Dog will not understand where you are,
or who you are, and they will not know where to find you, or your soul.
They will just see a different person, and won't know why.
They will still care, still love you, and try to understand you.
But you have the Black Dog, he is your new friend.
He holds the power, and gives you his strength,
but his strength will bleed you dry.
He will show you the way to your new life,
but this new life you cannot sustain,
In the end you will put out your hand for help,
and those that love you will release you from the Black Dog's bite.
But beware of the Black Dog, as he will always be there,
hiding and lurking somewhere.
You must respect the Black Dog, and be at the ready,
don't let him get you, don't let him win.
Now you hold the power, and you make the rules,
and, should that Black Dog cross your path,
you will know how to fight to redeem your life,
'cause that Black Dog is never as strong as the person he bites.
A poem by Jamie Davis
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Buckle up and get ready to fly over the hottest place on Earth, where the Erta Ale volcano lava lake, the multicoloured Dallol sulfur springs and the Danakil depression wastelands of salt exist. A never before seen aerial footage and images by © Joel Santos - www.joelsantos.net. Ethiopia, 2016.