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That describes exactly what it's like right now in my neck of the woods! So remember I told y'all I'd buy some flowers and plant them? Well, I went to buy some and am planting them this weekend. I can't wait! I got some tulips, gerberas and am going back for some other flowers I saw that I fell in love with. I just had to wait till today (pay day) haha! Yayyy...
On a sidenote. I think I may be getting a job again. Yep. No worries though, Momma. Sofia will be going to work with me. Does that give you a hint? More details later. Gotta support this photography hobby of mine somehow! haha
*EXPLORED #72, thank you so much for all the lovely comments!*
Alberta, Canada
Yamnuska translates to "wall of stone" and is derived from the Stoney Nakoda word Iyamnathka that describes steep cliffs or "the flat faced mountain." Standing at approximately 2,240 m (7,350 ft) above sea level, Mount Yamnuska is the last mountain on the north side of the Bow River valley (Bow Valley) as it exits the mountains for the foothills and prairie of Alberta. Located close to Calgary, it is a popular "great scramble". It is also a popular rock climbing destination, with over 100 routes of all difficulty levels spread out across its face.
The first fuchsia to be scientifically described, Fuchsia triphylla,
was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola
(Haiti and the Dominican Republic) about 1696–1697
by the French Minim friar and botanist, Charles Plumier,
during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles.
He named the new genus after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.
while researching this flower and wondering what a Minim friar was,
I learned a new word - discalceation -
Discalceation means "removal of footwear".
St. Teresa of Ávila was one of a number of saints of the
Roman Catholic Church who were "discalced" or shoeless.
She and St. John of the Cross were the founders of the Discalced Carmelites.
The origins of discalceation lie in Exodus 3:5, where God tells Moses
"Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground".
well, I'll have to try and use that word today ... :)
Christ is described at Chora as "Land of the Living"
[Χώρα των ζώντων]
music:
Medieval Byzantine Nativity chant (Kathismata of Christmas).
Title: "Μυστήριο ξένον" (Wondrous Mystery)
Service: Matins of Nativity
Performers: Greek Byzantine Choir
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inner narthex dome with Genealogy of Christ
from the Cycle of Christ's Infancy and Ministry
Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, Istanbul
www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Byzantium/html/bu...
Chora Museum, Chora Monastery (Contantinople)
Μονή της Χώρας, Μουσείο Χώρας, Κωνσταντινούπολη
Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, Kariye Kilisesi, Istanbul
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chora_Church
www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Byzantium/
www.byzantium1200.com/chora.html
www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-st-savior-in-...
www.doaks.org/library-archives/icfa/moving-image-collecti...
Just a little artwork as I try to move into Spring and put the start of this year behind me. For some reason a Bomb Cyclone Nor'easter also describes the USA political landscape, a lot of wind causing so much destruction, seems to be a theme this past year!
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
Mont Aiguille rises to 2,085 m (6,841 ft) above the little village of Chichilianne in the Parc naturel régional du Vercors, in southeastern France.
"According to Roman legend, the mountain was torn from the rest of the Vercors when a hunter named Ibicus saw naked goddesses on the mountain and was changed into an ibex as punishment. In the medieval period, Mont Aiguille was traditionally called "Mount Inaccessible", and typically depicted as an "inverted pyramid" or "mushroom". Since at least the thirteenth century, the mountain has been regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of Dauphiné. The mountain is most noted for its first ascent in 1492. Charles VIII ordered that the peak be climbed, so one of his servants, Antoine de Ville, made the ascent using a combination of ladders, ropes and other artificial aids. He was visited in the following days by many local members of the nobility and aristocracy. The team bivouacked on the summit for eight days, erecting small crosses and a stone shelter. The ascent is described by François Rabelais in his *Quart Livre*." [wikipedia]
Thanks for stopping by, and for all of the kind comments and favorites. I'm sorry that I have not been on here much for the past week or so, as I have been traveling extensively. I hope you are all well and wish you a wonderful weekend.
"Some books describe the process of metamorphosis as one in which the larva "turns to liquid" and is then completely reorganized into an adult. Nothing could be farther from the truth. As described in the larval development section, many of the adult features begin forming in the larva. However, an immobile pupa stage is required when the larval and adult forms are as different as they are in monarchs. The most dramatic changes that occur in the pupa are the growth of the wings and the development of flight muscles. These things could not occur in an active larva."
from Univ. of Minnesota Monarch Lab, monarchlab.org/biology-and-research/biology-and-natural-h...
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Ludlow was described by the poet Sir John Betjeman as "probably the loveliest town in England". The delightful small market town is 28 miles south of Shrewsbury and is near the confluence of the rivers Corve and Teme. The oldest part is the medieval walled town, founded in the late 11th century after the Norman conquest of England. It is centred on a small hill which lies on the eastern bank of a bend of the River Teme. Atop this hill is Ludlow Castle and the parish church, St Laurence's, the largest in the county. From there the streets slope downward to the River Teme, and northward (as here) toward the River Corve. The town is in a sheltered spot beneath Mortimer Forest and the Clee Hills, which are clearly visible from the town. Ludlow has nearly 500 listed buildings, which include some fine examples of medieval and Tudor-style half-timbered buildings. According to British Listed Buildings, the Grade II-listed Bull Hotel on the left has an 18th century front to what is probably a 16th century core.
Old Havana (Spanish: La Habana Vieja) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba. Havana is a city of great architectural character, containing many treasures from the city's long and colorful history. Old Havana and its fortifications were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
Spanish colonial structures, Baroque churches, and buildings in Neoclassic style fill Old Havanas narrow streets and alleyways. Although many of these historic treasures fell into ruin in the latter half of the twentieth century following the Cuban Revolution, many are restored. As part of the World Heritage Site program, they will be preserved and this legacy will be passed on to future generations.
Older Self Portrait.
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How do I describe these feelings that I've been feeling these past couple of days?
...Like I am drowning.
Overwhelmed. Drowning in sorrows, worries, emotions & pain.
I'm not 100% sure how to make the pain stop.. It's ripping my heart apart.
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-First, I missed 2 calls from my Aunt on messenger. Then later on this past Saturday evening I got a message from her.. it said, "In hospital with congestive heart failure, been here for 5 days, already, loveyas".
Haven't really spoken to her much since, I believe that she is unable to type. She hasn't called back.. I wish she would. & I have no way to contact her. Then I'm getting more news.. that she's doing worse. And, my heart and mind is racing.. I'm so so worried.. and praying so hard. I just want her to be okay.. I'm praying so hard. Please, I'm begging you all - please say prayers for my Aunt Diane.. (God Mother).. She means so much to me.. And I can't stand that she's going thru this and she's so alone. I'm sure Jack is with her, (I HOPE) - Jack is her other half. But I know that with covid-19, is hospitals, sometimes you cannot have visitors.. So I'm just praying that she's not alone. I'm trying to get her to reach back out to me on messenger.. She's rarely on and when she is.. She's silent. I've heard a couple of things here and there thru family members.. but we're all trying to figure out what's going on. Please just say a prayer or two tonight.. and tomorrow for my Aunt. She's so IMPORTANT TO ME.
-THEN, A couple of days ago, a friend of mine in recovery died. I found out yesterday. When I read a post about it on Facebook, I gasped/yelled so loud in the passenger seat of the car that I scared Juan (my fiancé who was driving) so bad. He was upset that I scared him so bad, but it was unintentional. When he heard what happened, he stopped being upset with me. (I probably almost caused an accident, to be honest.) But, as the shock of everything wears off.. I'm on and off crying. Not to mention the fact that I had a disagreement on Facebook because of a photo I posted of her, in my post. I took the photo down, and apologized. But long story short, I was upset.. and I blocked the person who was a mutual friend & messaged me yelling. I don't even want to get into it.. but that was an upsetting thing last night. It's over, but she remains blocked. I'm sure that we are just both hurting in our own ways, but there's no reason to make things worse by arguing or starting drama.. so I'm just not talking to anyone about it. And I'm done dwelling on it.
We're all very upset about it.. She had quite a few years clean and she was doing VERY WELL. She looked so great.. and she was the kind of person that you look at in recovery and you're so proud of.. and look up to! Not to mention the fact that this girl was such a BEAUTIFUL SOUL.
If you took the time to read what people had to say about her, you would see that there wasn't one bad thing anyone could ever think up. They all said the same things...
- She was so happy/positive/loving and bubbly.
-She never had one bad thing to say about anything and never EVER passed judgement on ANYONE!
-She always went out of her way to listen to everyone's worries.. and make sure that EVERYONE (including strangers) always felt super comfortable, important and happy.
-She was one of those people that everyone just loved to be around.. A smiling face, always.. that you'll always see and never forget - when you hear her name.
-A ball of radiance that was always able to make even the saddest person SMILE & always was there to comfort and give love and a shoulder to everyone she met.
-Jamie was a true walking angel on earth.
..So I guess GOD really needed another amazing angel to stand beside him in the kingdom of heaven.
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All of this was so unexpected and heartbreaking for everyone who has ever even so much as met this girl.
I met her in jail (4 months), rehab (6 months) & halfway house (3 months) = 13 months we lived together.. and transitioned thru the system together. She was someone who always made me feel comfortable during this long and scary process.
I remember when I walked into rehab in Atlantic City, New Jersey.. I was happy to be out of jail.. and nervous at the same time.. Worried and had anxiety.. I didn't think that I knew anyone there.. but I knew that Jamie was there somewhere.. and I kept looking for her. I was in the back room eating a hotdog that an aid brought over from the cafeteria to the house.. and I was sitting in the back living area while they checked me in and looked thru my items.. And all of the women of the house (about 28 women) all came walking into the back room where I was to wait for their cigarettes.. it was after lunch & time for a cigarette break. I really really wanted a cigarette & Juan hadn't yet dropped off my stuff so I didn't have my own cigarettes there yet. Then I heard Jamie's super friendly voice holler to me, "JESS!!" She came running and hugged me. She introduced me to everyone and handed me a cigarette - knowing I just came in and didn't have any yet.
She was always giving people cigarettes there, which is crazy because you only get 5 a day.. 4 packs a month I think it was.. and you really can't afford to give them out.. (they put limits on everything including what you could have dropped off, etc) So anyway, I remember the counslers coming to her and listerally telling her that because she was SO NICE & always giving away her cigarettes.. that she wasn't allowed anymore to give them out. They had to put a stop to it.. because she wouldn't tell someone no.. and she was giving out like 6 per cigarette break.. or more. That's 5 for her a day.. and usually OVER 1 PACK TO OTHER PEOPLE a day.. So the people in charge put a stop to it. Because she was so nice.
& It wasn't that she couldn't say no, she just wouldn't.
People didn't even have to ask, she offered.
She was like that with everything. & Anything.
She always went out of her way to make people laugh and smile.
I have memories of us laughing so hard some of us peed ourselves.. and the thought of those memories that I WON'T get into, make me giggle sooo bad.
I also remember her laying on my bedroom floor and my roommates ironing her hair ( we didn't have straighteners). And talking into the evening..
& Now all I have are a BUNCH of fantastic memories that just make my heart smile.. every time I think about them .. So, I'm not going to think about her and cry.. I'm going to think about her and smile. She wouldn't want us to dwell and cry.. She'd want us all to smile.
RIP Jamie. My beautiful friend/angel on earth/& ANGEL IN HEAVEN NOW.
Leon described the Pep vendosa effect and I had a go with 12 photos all taken more or less from the same spot - I think there is room for improvement ! I think the tree needs more space around it as it seems too crowded and the proper way is to take the tree from all sides. All taken with my iphone as I went out without a card in my camera doh!
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Described as having all the aesthetic beauty of a suitcase, the Lightning was the Spitfire of its generation and what it lacked in the latters poise and purebred design, it more than made up for in being one of the best all-weather interceptors of all time.
“It's hard to describe - the way it began was - well, in the east of our country there's a lake - that is, there was a lake - Lake Foamingbroth we called it. Well, the way it began was like this. One day Lake Foamingbroth wasn't there anymore - it was gone. See?"
"You mean it dried up?" Gluckuk inquired.
"No," said the will-o'-the-wisp. "Then there'd be a dried-up lake. But there isn't. Where the lake used to be there's nothing - absolutely nothing. Now do you see?"
"A hole?" the rock chewer grunted.
"No, not a hole," said the will-o'-the- wisp despairingly. "A hole, after all, is something. This is nothing at all."
Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
One word can best describe how it felt standing on the bluff over the shore of Yellowstone Lake, looking at the landscape across the water with my telephoto lens, on a very cold, very windy day: Brrr.
The road from Canyon to Yellowstone Lake was the only road open on that day at that particular time, so after stopping off at the lower falls for some shots, I headed on to the lake. I did not really stay very long. Too cold, too tired, and I was dying for a cup of hot coffee. So, I drove back to my warm cozy lodge room, fixed some coffee, and started editing my photos.
Copyright Rebecca L. Latson, all rights reserved.
Described as distortion of Central Park in New York (on an immensely larger scale), screwedCITY Central Desert resonates as corrupted heart within the foul arena of this merciless urban turmoil. Countless dark secrets of screwedCITY organized crime have been buried and lost in Central Desert, but every victim is given one final chance for deliverance – there's a good cell phone signal coverage throughout the Desert, so mobsters never fail to drop poor wretched souls with fully functional cell phones. Apart from them, nobody else ever dares to venture that far into the Desert.
Anyway, the irony's on the house – now you may begin to feel desEARTHED...
Julianne Waldock who described this species last year measured the holotype as just shy of 8 mm (without spinnerets) which would make this by far the largest peacock spider species and this was one of the reasons I was so keen on finding and photographing this spider. There is a phenomenon called "island gigantism" meaning that the size of an animal isolated on an island often increases dramatically in comparison to their mainland relative. Therefore it would not be unexpected to find a larger than usual Maratus on Middle Island. I asked one of my individuals to hop onto a ruler, looks to me like under 5 mm. Three mm difference does not sound like much but it is huge if you consider the resulting increase in mass, in other words a spider close to 8 mm long would look massive by comparison. Picture this, If its tail end was in the same position as shown above its eyes would be at the right margin of the picture ! All other individuals I found on Middle Island are of similar size, and if that size is typical of the species it makes Maratus caeruleus not the island giant I was hoping to find, and only slightly larger than its mainland relative Maratus avibus. However, I am not disappointed, beautiful animal.
For more info about this species look into the description to the album, and have a look at the other pictures of this species. And if you are not familiar with peacock spiders yet,,watch my videos on YouTube, channel Peacockspiderman www.youtube.com/user/Peacockspiderman Or check out other peacock spiders in my growing collection www.flickr.com/photos/59431731@N05/collections/7215762742...
You may also like the babies, in fact I am sure you will www.flickr.com/photos/59431731@N05/collections/7215764000...
And for regular updates on my discoveries, videos and photography visit me on Facebook www.facebook.com/PeacockSpider
Purple Swamphen - Delray Beach, Florida U.S.A.
Palm Beach County - Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Autumn 2025 - In the Wild - 11/11/25 - 1:54 PM
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - similar to the purple gallinule]
The species has a very loud explosive call described as a "raucous high-pitched screech, with a subdued musical tuk-tuk". It is particularly noisy during the breeding season. Despite being clumsy in flight it can fly long distances, and it is a good swimmer, especially for a bird without webbed feet. Pairs nest in a large pad of interwoven reed flags, on a mass of floating debris or among matted reeds slightly above water level in swamps, clumps of rushes in paddocks or long unkempt grass. The Purple Swamphen prefers wet areas with high rainfall, swamps, lake edges and damp pastures. The birds often live in pairs and larger communities. It clambers through the reeds, eating the tender shoots and vegetable-like matter. They have been known to eat eggs, ducklings, small fish and invertebrates such as snails. They will often use one foot to bring food to their mouth rather than eat it on the ground. Where they are not persecuted, they can become tame and be readily seen in towns and cities. Very colorful in the sunlight.
Evidence from Pliny the Elder and other sources shows that the Romans kept Purple Swamphens as decorative birds at large villas and expensive houses. They were regarded as noble birds and were among the few birds that Romans did not eat.
Finchingfield is on the B1052 Braintree to Saffron Walden road, fifty-four miles from London and close to Constable Country. In the time of William the Conqueror it was called Phincingfelda. A textbook example of the traditional English village, Finchingfield is described as the 'most photographed village in England,' Finchingfield has won awards for its traditional picturesque setting. The combination of duck pond, village green, hump-backed bridge and pub, overlooked by colour-washed cottages, a windmill and a medieval church, give it an unbeatable series of views, which are often found on calendars, chocolate boxes, tea towels, postcards and jigsaws
Described as "She-Who-Shapes-The-Sacred-Land" in ancient Hawaiian chants, the volcano goddess, Pele, was passionate, volatile, and capricious. In modern times, Pele has become the most visible of all the old gods and goddesses. Dwelling in the craters of the Big Island's Kilauea Volcano, she has been sending ribbons of fiery lava down the mountainside and adding new land around the southeastern shore almost continuously since 1983.
This statue of Pele stands in the queue area of the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction at the Magic Kingdom. The placement of these statues around the queue not only draws interest but sets the mood for the coming show.
EXPLORED on March 11, 2015 #168
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EOS R3 + EF-EOS R + Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS II USM
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I always have a hard time describing the color of Ripley's coat - it's not orange, it's not rust, it's not brown . . . today I figured out the best way to describe it is "like the colors of fall."
Also an update - I am not done with my renovation yet, but what is left might have to wait until spring since the weather is not cooperating. I also started a new job a few weeks ago since the company I had been with for 12 years was being sold. It has been a very busy and stressful time, but hopefully the worst of it is now over and I can get back to doing more of what I love - taking photos!
Isabelline describes a fawn colouration and appears in the names of two birds on the British List; Isabelline Shrike and Isabelline Wheatear. I remember reading years ago that the name came from Archduchess Isabella, daughter of Philip II of Spain who vowed not to change her linen until Ostend was taken, but this lasted three years (1601-4) and the colour of her unwashed linen became fashionable. However, this link has been proved wrong as an inventory of Queen Elizabeth I describes a gown of isabella colour in 1600, so the word pre-dates the siege of Ostend. The most likely origin is Queen Isabel I of Castile and Spain (reigned 1474-1504) who also apparently vowed not to change her undergarments until Spain was freed from the Moors, which happened in 1492.
Isabelline Wheatear breeds in grassy steppe habitat from eastern Greece through Turkey, Ukraine right across the Russian steppes as far as Inner Mongolia and NE China. They winter in Pakistan, the Arabian peninsula and NE Africa. There have been about thirty records in Britain, usually juveniles in autumn. Both sexes look like a robust, upright juvenile Wheatear but with a broader black tail band, shown beautifully here by this displaying bird. I photographed this singing male on breeding territory in Turkey where its sandy plumage blended in well with the habitat.
The website for Malibu Creek State Park describes the park like this in its opening paragraph:
Considered the recreational crown jewel of the Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu Creek State Park has over 8,000 acres of rolling tallgrass plains, oak savannahs and dramatic peaks. It's no wonder many call it "The Yosemite of Southern California".
The park was owned by 20th Century Fox from 1946-1974, and portions of classic movies like Planet of the Apes, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, M*A*S*H, and have been filmed in and around here.
Rock Pool is now a place where kids hang out on summer weekends and jump off the cliffs into the water -- even though it's specifically prohibited on signs. This lone tree got some nice afternoon light on it and its reflection was framed nicely by these two rocks in the foreground.
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攝影曾經被描述為用光來做畫。
Photography was once described as painting with light.
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Please don't bother to invite me to post and share my works in your group if you insist on asking an invited guest to award or comment, for I consider it impolite and rude and even insulting. I am not being unreasonable and a bad sport; it's always unacceptably unpleasant to be banned from a group or rejected to join a group after HAVING been invited to join a group for being accused of not having followed the group rules, especially when you are invited to share your works.
When I spontaneously post any images in any groups, I always follow group rules to comment or award, because it is out of my own will to post and I know its my obligation to go by the book. So when asked to be a guest to share my photos, I think I deserve something better than a ban in return.
If I had to describe what the climate was like in the Great Lakes Region, I would use these two shots from Whitewater.
On January 29th southern Wisconsin was hit with frigid temps and a stiff wind. Daytime air temperatures in the area reached a high of 6 degrees with gusts up to 25 MPH (so you can imagine what the windchill was like). Local news stations recommended people stay indoors. But with two good trains running in the area, that wasn't gonna happen from me.
Due to the low temperatures, the entire railroad was slammed with a cold weather restriction which meant that track speeds were knocked down to 10 MPH. So while this move left Waukesha with the sun a little too far east, the turtle-like pace gave more than enough time for the sun to swing further west.
So here I was, almost six months to the date, standing on the Highway 12 overpass, shooting another T004R restricted to 10 MPH with the air temps nearly 100 degrees colder than in the other photo. Now if that doesn't sum up the climate around here, then I don't know what does.
This is a shell that I brought back from Baja California, Mexico at least seven years ago. I couldn't always catch big fish, but I could always find shell to light and photograph.
Lighting is from a Yongnuo manual strobes in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box positioned on the right side of the shell. Fill light is from a hand held mirror at camera left. The strobe and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Objects album. For each image in the set, and there are over 2000 of them, I describe how I set up the lighting for that particular shot. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
Other picture of shells that I've posted on Flick can be seen in my Shells album: www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157626043932290
The state of Thuringia describes itself as "The green heart of Germany". This is due both to its central location in Germany and to its large proportion of forest. A large part of it is located in the low mountain range of the Thuringian Forest. The highest mountains here reach a height of just under 1000 meters. The Großer Inselsberg with its striking towers can be seen from afar in all directions. A good way to walk up the mountain starts in Bad Tabarz and leads through the Lauchagrund. A number of climbing rocks await hikers here. This picture was taken of one of these rocks, the Aschenbergfelsen, as the sun disappeared behind the summit of the Großer Inselsberg.
The image consists of three individual photos. One for the forest and the mountains, one for the sky. Both were processed into an HDR. The third photo was for the heather in the foreground. This was adjusted in terms of exposure and superimposed in HDR in order to have consistent sharpness in the image.
This picture can also be purchased in my shop:
www.ohmyprints.com/de/motiv/Sonnenuntergang-am-Grossen-In...
Texas Highway 170, the river road between Presidio and Lajitas, TX, was described by National Geographic as one of the most scenic drives in the United States. The highway winds its way through Big Bend Ranch State Park alongside the Rio Grande, at one point cresting over 1000 feet above the river below, where this photo was taken. In this photo, Mexico is on the left, Texas on the right; the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo River windings its way between the two. Cabeza de Vaca, the first European to step foot in Texas, likely re-entered Texas from Mexico visiting the pueblo Indians (Jumanos) of La Junta de los Rios (Presidio, TX / Ojinaga, MX) along this stretch of the Rio Grande in 1535. Infrared, rendered black and white.
This is described in Mike Millichamp's guide to English and Welsh Lights as:
Cockersand, Lancashire.
Rear Light - The tall slate tower lighthouse on a white wooden support has been destroyed. The adjoining lighthouse keeper’s cottage remains situated on the edge of the River Lune near Cockersand Abbey. Built in 1847 the tower was 58 feet high and the light was visible for 7 miles.
Front Light - A tall white painted stone circular tower lighthouse with a traditional light currently operated by the local Port Authority and situated at Plover Scar on the River Lune near Cockersand Abbey. Built in 1847 the tower is 27 feet high and the light was visible for 7 miles.
The lighthouse is also known as Abbey Light.
Rock Choir is described as being the United Kingdom's original, and the world's largest, contemporary choir. ... Rock Choir offers teenagers and adults the chance to sing contemporary songs without the need to audition, read music or have any previous singing experience.
Rock Choir is described as being the United Kingdom's original, and the world's largest, contemporary choir. It holds three Guinness World Records – 'biggest hit act in the UK', 'largest musical act to release an album and 'largest song and dance routine held at multiple locations'. Rock Choir offers teenagers and adults the chance to sing contemporary songs without the need to audition, read music or have any previous singing experience. In November 2017 it had more than 25,000 members rehearsing in 400 locations throughout the UK. In August 2011, Coutts Woman Magazine described Rock Choir as "a community singing phenomenon that is sweeping the country," and "one of Britain's biggest brands.
Street performance Taunton, Somerset, England. December 2021.
I have described the outside of the castle, but not the inside, so here goes! The keep had (but no longer has) a vaulted cellar with an external door, the only internal communication to and from which, must have been a trap-door in the ceiling. Above this was a room that Tranter describes as a sleeping room for the garrison, above which again was the laird's apartment on the 3rd floor, reached by the outside stair. From the laird's apartment, a narrow mural stair led down to the barrack room and another led up to the battlements - an inconvenient arrangement every time the guard changed during the night!
Both this room and the room below it were divided by an internal loft, which was probably used as a sleeping platform.
The parapet wall is unusual because it appears to be almost impossible to see over it! There are two crenels (the 'windows' in a battlement) on the east side (which faces the courtyard), one on the north side, and none on the sides shown here - the west and south sides. I don't know exactly how high the parapet wall is, but based on where the drainage holes at its base are, it would appear to be at least head height. The two crenels on the east side are high enough to have lintels over them.
The soils of the valley floor consist of the Sheppard series, Sheppard, gypsic substratum, and Torriorthents.
The Sheppard series consists of very deep, somewhat excessively drained soils that formed in eolian material derived from sandstone. Sheppard soils are on structural benches, alluvial fans, dunes on structural benches, and terraces. Slopes range from 0 to 60 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 9 inches and the mean annual air temperature is about 54 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Typic Torripsamments (No diagnostic features)
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for livestock grazing. Potential vegetation is Mormon-tea, Indian ricegrass, galleta, and Russian thistle.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeast Utah, northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southwest Colorado. LRR D, MLRA 35. This series is of large extent.
The Sheppard, gypsic substratum phase soils are similar to Sheppard soils except they have a gypsic horizon below a depth of about 40 inches and lithic bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches. Sheppard soils typically have no restrictive features within 80 inches.
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soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SHEPPARD.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#sheppard
Torriorthents are the dry Orthents of cool to hot, arid regions. They have an aridic (or torric) moisture regime and a temperature regime warmer than cryic. Generally, they are neutral or calcareous and are on moderate to very steep slopes. A few are on gentle slopes. Many of the gently sloping soils are on rock pediments, are very shallow, have a sandy-skeletal particle-size class, or are salty. Others are on fans where sediments are recent but have little organic carbon. The vegetation on Torriorthents commonly is sparse and consists mostly of xerophytic shrubs and ephemeral grasses and forbs. The vegetation on a few of the soils is saltgrass. Torriorthents are used mainly for grazing. They are extensive in the Western United States.
For additional information about soil classification using Soil Taxonomy, visit:
sites.google.com/site/dinpuithai/Home
For more information about describing soils using the USDA-Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052523...
Our tiny planet describes a circular orbit around a mediocre star, in a galaxy of billions, which, itself, is only part of the Local Group of galaxies. The universe is approximately 13.8 billion years old and we only experience an infinitely tiny slice of its reality. Looking up at the Milky Way in a single point of time can be so overwhelming and humbling to me that I drown in feelings of personally insignificance. I find myself questioning the meaning of my existence. And then remember I have cold beer in the fridge. And everything is back in perspective. And relax.
Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm @ 10mm ISO 3200, F4, 30ses. Manfrotto tripod
Post-production: A whole bunch of curves and masks to balance exposure and contrast. Colour Balance and noise reduction were done in the RAW import stage.
What words describe peace? calm, heartsease, peacefulness, placidity, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity.
Nellie Vin ©Photography
During the Industrial Revolution, the heavy industry that mined the coal and used it in foundries and steel mills also turned the air and buildings black. This added to the notion of the Black Country.
In 1862, Elihu Burritt, the American consul in Birmingham, described the region as "black by day and red by night", with the red coming from glowing furnaces. This inspired the use of black and red on the Black Country flag, whose design also reflects the local industries making chains and glassware.
The anchors and chains for the Titanic were manufactured at Netherton in the Black Country.
Font: Birmingham Mail
The common redshank was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Scolopax totanus. It is now placed with twelve other species in the genus Tringa that Linnaeus had introduced in 1758. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific totanus is from Tótano, the Italian name for this bird
Common redshanks in breeding plumage are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below. In winter plumage they become somewhat lighter-toned and less patterned, being rather plain greyish-brown above and whitish below. They have red legs and a black-tipped red bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight.
The spotted redshank (T. erythropus), which breeds in the Arctic, has a longer bill and legs; it is almost entirely black in breeding plumage and very pale in winter. It is not a particularly close relative of the common redshank, but rather belongs to a high-latitude lineage of largish shanks. T. totanus on the other hand is closely related to the marsh sandpiper (T. stagnatilis), and closer still to the small wood sandpiper (T. glareola). The ancestors of the latter and the common redshank seem to have diverged around the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, about 5–6 million years ago. These three subarctic- to temperate-region species form a group of smallish shanks with have red or yellowish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued light brown above with some darker mottling, and have somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck.
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia.
They are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call.
Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities.] They lay 3–5 eggs.
Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates.
long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat.
The oldest known orb-weaving spider is ‘Mesozygiella dunlopi’, an extinct species of orb-weaving spider with specimens found in amber dating from the Lower Cretaceous period. Because there are so many different species of Orb Weavers, they differ in colour shape and size.
The jaws (known as 'chelicerae') are hinged with the fangs at the tips, and when mating the male has to lock his jaws on the females to prevent her eating him. When frightened Long-jawed Orb-weaver spiders lie flat out with their legs stretched out in a straight line. This allows them to hide behind thin vegetation. Or my garden lights.
being with you is hard to describe it touches so many emotions all at once and picking one song is just as difficult...but this pretty close :P im sooo happy you are home \o/
love,
gracie xo
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I think i've walked too close to love
And now i'm falling in
Theres so many things this weary soul can't take
Maybe you just caught me by surprise
The first time that i looked into your eyes
There's a life inside of me
That i can feel again
It's the only thing that takes me
Where i've never been
I don't care if i lost everything that i have known
It don't matter where i lay my head tonight
Your arms feel like home
Feel like home
This life aint the fairy tale we both thought it would be
But i can see your smiling face as it's staring back at me
I know we both see these changes now
I know we both understand somehow
There's a life inside of me
That i can feel again
It's the only thing that takes me
Where i've never been
I don't care if i lost everything that i have known
It don't matter where i lay my head tonight
Your arms feel like home
They feel like home
(hold on, you're home to me)
There's a life inside of me
That i can feel again
It's the only thing that takes me
Where i've never been
I don't care if i lost everything that i have known
It don't matter where i lay my head tonight
Your arms feel like home
They feel like home
Often described as the most photographed point in Colorado. Usually folks get up at sunrise, in the fall, after an early snow to get an amazing shot. This is what happens when you show up late morning, in the middle of summer. It's nice, but do a quick search here on Flickr and you'll see what I missed.
This was the beginning of the 29 mile Four Pass Loop, backpacking around the mountain. This shot might not be impressive, but it's better than the pouring rain and overcast that greeted me upon return four days later.
We are looking forward to welcoming the relics of St. Bernadette to The Friars. The visit of the relics has been described as Lourdes coming to Britain. Bernadette came from a poor family. Her father had lost the family mill. Eventually her family moved to one room of a disused prison. By this time, she suffered from asthma and tuberculosis. She continued to suffer poor health for the rest of her life. She eventually joined the Sisters of Charity of Nevers, but died at the age of thirty-four, on 16th April 1879.
There is a strong link between the Carmelites and Lourdes. The last apparition of Our Lady took place on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 16th July 1858. Bernadette recalled that Our Lady looked more radiant and beautiful than ever. Due to the crowds the authorities barricaded the grotto. Therefore, the apparition took place on the opposite side of the River Gave, in meadow land. There is now a Carmelite Convent standing on the site. I like to visit it every time I stay in Lourdes as it is opposite the grotto with a splendid view. While the grotto is busy with thousands of pilgrims the Lourdes Carmel opposite remains a place of prayer and contemplation.
The highlight for Bernadette came in 1862, when the church officially accepted that the apparitions were authentic and that a church would be built near the grotto. Lourdes is about Mary and not Bernadette. Her parish priest asked when the apparitions were taking place for the name of the lady. Eventually the lady said she was “the Immaculate Conception.” Many began to believe that the apparitions were authentic as no illiterate and uneducated girl could have that knowledge. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception had only been declared four years before.
Relics
First class relics are part of the body of a saint. This may seem to be macabre or morbid. What do relics of a saint mean today? I still have a purse that my mother made. Every time I see it, I am reminded of my deceased mother. Relics of saints are a visible reminder of a holy life. Saints are ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives. The relics of saints lead us to God. They are sign posts directing us to God.
Saints are children and friends of God. Therefore, they are intercessors drawing us closer to God. We may have a deeper awareness of their life and mission and this draws us closer to the love of God. A fellow Carmelite Fr. Christopher O’ Donell wrote when the relics of St. Thérèse came to Ireland in 2001: “Relics are not magical. True veneration of relics will involve people turning to God and allowing His love to enter their lives through the intercession of the saints.”
Once owned by the Catholic Towneleys, the park is now administered by Burnley Council who describe it as 'the jewel in Burnley's crown,'
The earliest written account of the city is the 10th Century Laguna Copperplate Inscription which describe an Indianized kingdom maintaining diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Medang and commercial exchanges with Ancient Japan and Song Dynasty China. The city was invaded by Brunei's Sultan Bolkiah and was already Islamized by the 15th century when the Spanish first arrived. Manila eventually became the center of Spanish activity in the Far East and one end of the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade route linking Latin America and Asia. This caused it to be called the "Pearl of the Orient". Several Chinese insurrections, local revolts, a British Occupation and a Sepoy mutiny also occurred thereafter. Later, it saw the rise of the Philippine Revolution which was followed by the arrival of the Americans who made contributions to the city's urban planning and development only to have most of those improvements lost in the devastation of World War II. Since then the city has been rebuilt.
Manila was first known as Ginto (land of gold) or Suvarnadvipa by its neighboring provinces, and was officially the Kingdom of Maynila. The Kingdom of Maynila flourished during the latter half of the Ming Dynasty as a result of trade relations with China. Ancient Tondo was maintained as the traditional capital of the empire. Its rulers were equivalent to kings and not mere chieftains, and they were addressed as panginuan or panginoon ("lords"), anak banwa ("son of heaven") or lakandula ("lord of the palace"). During the 13th century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter at the shores of the Pasig river, on top of previous older towns. There is also early evidence of Manila being invaded by the Indianized empire of Majapahit, due to the epic eulogy poem Nagarakretagama which inscribed its conquest by Maharaja Hayam Wuruk.Saludong or Selurong which is a historical name for the city of Manila is listed in Canto 14 alongside Sulot, which is now Sulu, and Kalka.
During the reign of Sultan Bolkiah in 1485 to 1521, the Sultanate of Brunei decided to break the Dynasty of Tondo's monopoly in the China trade by attacking it and establishing the state of Selurong (now Manila) as a Bruneian satellite-state.[8] A new dynasty under the Islamized Rajah Salalila. was also established to challenge the House of Lakandula in Tondo. Islam was further strengthened by the arrival to the Philippines of traders and proselytizers from Malaysia and Indonesia.The multiple states that existed in the Philippines simplified Spanish colonization. Manila was temporarily threatened by the invasion of Chinese pirate-warlord Limahong before it became the seat of the colonial government of Spain.
In 1571 Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founded the Manila in what today is Intramuros. Manila was made the capital of the Philippine Islands, which Spain would control for over three centuries, from 1565 to 1898. The city was occupied by Great Britain for two years from 1762 to 1764 as part of the Seven Years' War. The city remained the capital of the Philippines under the government of the provisional British governor, acting through the Mexican-born Archbishop of Manila, Manuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra and the captive Real Audiencia. However, armed resistance to the British persisted, centered in Pampanga, and was led by Oidor Don Simón de Anda y Salazar.
Manila also became famous during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade which lasted for three centuries and brought goods from as far as Mexico and Peru all the way to Southeast Asia. Silver that was mined in Mexico and Peru were exchanged for Chinese silk, Indian gems, and the spices of the East Indies.
In 1898, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States. Under the American control, the new government invited Daniel Burnham to plan a modern Manila. The Burnham Plan was a project that attempted to create Manila as Paris on the Prairie, with a vision of a government center occupying all of Wallace Field, which extends from Luneta to the present Taft Avenue. The Philippines Capitol was to rise on the Taft Avenue end of the field, facing toward the sea, and would form, with the buildings of different government bureaus and departments, a mighty quadrangle, lagoon in the center and a monument to Rizal at its Luneta end. Of Burnham’s proposed government center, only three units were built: the Legislative Building and the building of the Finance and Agricultural departments, which were completed on the eve of the War. By then, President Manuel L. Quezon had doomed the Burnham Plan by creating a new capital outside Manila, which was named after him, Quezon City.
Manila was the site of the most fierce battle in the Pacific theater during the war. During the battle, Manila became a city of bloodbath in Asia where 100,000 civilians were killed. It was the second most devastated city in the world after Warsaw during the Second World War. Since then the city has been rebuilt.
With Arsenio Lacson becoming the first elected mayor (prior to this all mayors were appointed), Manila underwent The Golden Age, Manila was revitalized and became once again the pearl of the orient, which Manila has earned before the outbreak of World War II. During the Marcos dictatorship, the region of the Manila metropolitan area was enacted as an independent entity in 1975 encompassing several cities and towns, being as a whole the seat of government of the Philippines.
On 1992, Alfredo Lim became the mayor, and was known for his anti-crime crusades. When Lim ran for the presidency during the 1998 presidential election, his vice mayor Lito Atienza was elected as city mayor. Atienza was known for renovating most of the city's plaza, and projects that would benefit the populace. He was the Mayor of Manila for 3 terms (9 years); barred for seeking a fourth consecutive term. Lim defeated Atienza's son Ali in the 2007 city election and immediately reversed all of Atienza's projects claiming the projects made little contribution to the improvements of the city. On July 17, 2008, councilor Dennis Alcoreza, filed human rights complaints before the Commission on Human Rights, against Lim, and other Manila officials. Twenty four Manila officials also resigned because of the maltreatment of Lim's police forces.
While the eastern part of Manila faced a catastrophe during the flooding of Tropical Storm Ketsana in 2009, the only major inconvenience in the city was the flooded Quezon Boulevard underpass which took two days to clean up and the district of Santa Mesa, the most flooded area within the city. During the 2010 city elections, Alfredo Lim won against secretary Lito Atienza. After a few months of taking office, Lim was harshly criticized on the bloody resolution of the Manila hostage crisis, one of the deadliest hostage crisis in the Philippines.