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Was one of the worst days ever!
Is it that time again already? I just realized that today is July 11th...
I posted this photo a while ago, then changed it to private. I think I will make it public for one day each year on this day, for my new contacts to see. For those of you who have not seen this... Here it is again.
Looking back, it is quite amusing. You'll probably have to open this large to read it. But first... Let me set this up. I was the staff photographer for the Coast Star newspaper. I didn't even shoot this picture of these Yacht Club kids, it was sent in to us, but I scanned it into the computer, as I often did. After scanning, I saved it. Whatever you save it as gets printed out under the photo when you print it. It didn't really matter what I named the file, it just had to be descriptive enough that the graphic arts department knew what caption to put under the photo. Well... While pasting up the page, they chopped off my title, couldn't find the proper caption, so they stuck my title back on the page (a little crooked) then forgot about it... And away it went, into the 'done' pile, and off to press, with my filename as the only caption.
OK... go ahead... Open it large.
So, this is how it ran!!! I still have a copy of it with me.
Of course the boss totally blamed me for the whole thing. It was loads of fun around the office that week. A couple days later, they sent me to the yacht club for the entire day to take about a hundred different photos of every different activity they do, for the next weeks paper. What we lovingly referred to as the "Yacht club dorks, asskissing issue."
Very descriptive title, I know...
But this was taken about.... mmm... 2-ish months ago? Right before I left Montana. I had fun taking some selfies in a field alone one day. :) I just realized I never posted any of them.
I actually made a blog post about that day when it happened, and there are more photos on there if you'd like to see them.
Creator: Constantine Rafinesque
Local number: SIA2012-6075
Summary: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque's descriptive list of specimens collected during a field trip in 1818. This item includes numerous detailed drawings of specimens and many hand drawn maps with location names and topographical information. Rafinesque visited various locations in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York, and the District of Columbia. This book is also referred to as "Notes N. 17".
Dates: 1818
Collection: RU 007250, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Papers, 1815-1834 and undated, Box 1, Folder 3.
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Related blog post: Fishing Without a Net
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The descriptive "milky" is derived from the appearance from Earth of the galaxy – a band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The term "Milky Way" is a translation of the Latin via lactea, from the Greek γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kýklos, "milky circle"). From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within. Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610. Until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe. Following the 1920 Great Debate between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, observations by Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies.
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter between 100,000 light-years and 180,000 light-years. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars. There are probably at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way. The Solar System is located within the disk, about 26,000 light-years from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of one of the spiral-shaped concentrations of gas and dust called the Orion Arm. The stars in the inner ≈10,000 light-years form a bulge and one or more bars that radiate from the bulge. The very center is marked by an intense radio source, named Sagittarius A*, which is likely to be a supermassive black hole.
Stars and gases at a wide range of distances from the Galactic Center orbit at approximately 220 kilometers per second. The constant rotation speed contradicts the laws of Keplerian dynamics and suggests that much of the mass of the Milky Way does not emit or absorb electromagnetic radiation. This mass has been termed "dark matter". The rotational period is about 240 million years at the position of the Sun. The Milky Way as a whole is moving at a velocity of approximately 600 km per second with respect to extragalactic frames of reference. The oldest stars in the Milky Way are nearly as old as the Universe itself and thus probably formed shortly after the Dark Ages of the Big Bang.
The Milky Way has several satellite galaxies and is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which is a component of the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself a component of the Laniakea Supercluster.(Wikipedia)
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
A descriptive catalogue of choice vegetable, flower, and agricultural seeds /.
Boston, MA :Curtis & Cobb..
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
#353: As of 9/3/19, of my 1800+ pics, this is listed as #353 in # of views
#549: As of 11/26/18, under Flickr's popularity rankings of my 1400+ pics, this is listed as #549 in "interestingness."
I've been engaging in some short, private crossdressing opportunities at home recently, after acquiring and trying out some new clothes, shoes, and accessories. This is the 574th pic posted from this recent CD activity, and taken just last month.
This day I was trying out my brand new, very first *blue-purple* wig. (It's actually sold as "dusty lavender" in color, with a pink ombre wash, and I found it at Forever 21: www.forever21.com/us/shop/catalog/product/f21/acc/1000301375.) Does this long, layered, funky wig work for me?
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features: L4L by Lust for Life "navy suedette" over-the-knee partial-zip 5.75"-chunky-heel boots (bought on amazon); a Forever 21 blue lace woven off-the-shoulder-neckline scalloped-trim bodycon minidress; a Polly Esther navy floral-printed sheer juniors kimono (from Macy's); a navy blue waist belt, leather handbag, and wide-net fishnet stockings; a Forever 21 light blue star-print choker; a navy/blue necklace & bracelets; and silver rings & earrings.
More about this and other new 2017-18 pics was written up recently in a descriptive Update provided in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-18 pics.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
A Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the honourable East-India company,
London,Published by Parbury, Allen, & Co.,1828-29.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Title: The Lone Star guide: descriptive of the counties on the line of the International and Great Northern Railroad of Texas.
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Contributors: International & Great Northern Railroad
Woodward, Tiernan, and Hale
Date: 1877
Place: Texas
Part of Texas: agricultural, industrial and investment opportunities
Description: This promotional pamphlet, which was written to attract settlers, describes 20 counties and 15 cities in Texas, providing information about land prices, climate, geography, crop production, and livestock. A map of the Great Northern Railroad's Lone Star route, information about Texas towns located along that route, a list of corresponding railroad stations, and provisions found in the Texas constitution and law are included.
Physical Description: 32 pages: map; 22 cm
File Name: f391_l6_1877_opt.pdf
Rights: DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
Digital Collection: Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
For more information, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tex/id/2432
Nearby is sign with a very brief descriptive history of this scene. Neolithic builders put in a henge as their first construction. The builders of Stonehenge, unaware of convention put their ditch on the outside. Here at Bryn Celli Ddu the bank and ditch conform. Whether or not, like the mound, that is because it's a reconstruction I cannot say.
Following on a burial chamber was built in stone and a mound thrown up to cover it. The "stone" pillar there near the entrance is, in fact, a modern concrete substitute for the original.
The modern fence and cow shed make a convenient scale for this modest reconstruction of a Neolithic structure. Ought we be bothered? The purists at English and Scottish Heritage are quite comfortable allowing things to fall down instead of fixing them up because decay is better, apparently, than ensuring longevity. Contrast this with Lincoln Cathedral Vx.x which has fallen, toppled and been burnt over and over only to rise again, Westminster Abbey where a thousand years on it is being patched and new features added or the latest controversy of Macron's plans to alter the tragically burnt Notre-Dame de Paris. You decide.
According to Wikipedia:-
'The Edge is a wide red sandstone escarpment situated above the village of Alderley. An edge is a name used as a descriptive term for high land in Cheshire and adjacent counties, such as in Wenlock Edge and Blackstone Edge. The Edge at Alderley is a ridge of land separating a narrow and short valley from the higher ground of southeast Cheshire and Derbyshire. It rises gradually from the town of Macclesfield, until, at a distance of 7 or 8 kilometres, it terminates abruptly, having reached a height of nearly 215 metres above sea level, and 110 metres above the Cheshire Plain below it.
It was formed partly by the weathering of resistant sandstone lying on top of a softer sandstone, and partly by faulting of the rocks. The scarp or slope is repeated eight times by faults of up to 200 metres, which has thrown down blocks of sandstone west to Alderley and east to the village of Kirkleyditch. The northern side of the Edge is shaped like a horse shoe or hough (pronounced huff), as this type of ridge is called in Cheshire. The Edge also marks the line of a hamlet of scattered houses called The Hough, which descend towards Alderley village.
Today, Alderley Edge is owned by the National Trust and maintained as a public access wooded area. It has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its unique geology.[21] The Edge is a popular destination for day trippers from Manchester and the nearby towns of Wilmslow and Macclesfield. The whole woodland is riddled with old mine workings and relics of by-gone times.'
#80: As of 9/22/18, under Flickr's popularity rankings of my 1200+ pics, this is listed as #80 in "interestingness."
As I've described in a newly-added update at the top of my Flickr profile page (www.flickr.com/people/99244229@N04/), I recently finally had the opportunity to be back in full make-up and even being out in public en femme, the latter for the first time since April 2014. This pic is the 62nd in a new series from this recent activity, which in this case happened just at the end of July.
This particular pic I took at home before going out shopping at my local mall.
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features: Forever 21 tan-nude 5.5"-ultra-high-heel faux-leather caged lace-up sandals; a Forever 21 taupe ribbed-knit button-front deep-v-neck duster-cardigan midi sweaterdress; a Forever 21 tan grommeted waist-belt; a tan shoulder bag with zip top; nude wide-net fishnet tights; a beige-ivory floral sheer scarf; a funky brown long necklace (from JC Penney) and a gold/brown necklace (from Macy's);
gold rings, earrings, and bracelets; plus french-tip press-on fingernails and toenails.
More about this and other new 2017-18 pics was written up in a descriptive Update provided in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-18 pics.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
Free download under CC Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit the artist and rawpixel.com.
Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Free download under CC Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit the artist and rawpixel.com.
Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
Free download under CC Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit the artist and rawpixel.com.
Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
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I drew Niue on some discarded cardboard-paper type material from work and it doesn’t look like total crap so that’s progress!
Shirt says “Smoke meth hail Satan” because that’s not edgy or overplayed at all.
I just got back florida yesterday I’m still tired
A Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the honourable East-India company,
London,Published by Parbury, Allen, & Co.,1828-29.
Descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants, dahlias, chrysanthemums, geraniums, fuchsias, carnations, verbenas, phloxes, &c. for spring, 1873, cultivated and for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seed grower and importer..
Washington, D.C. :John Saul ;1873..
Rachael Creek Falls, Part II, 8...With regard to all the waterfalls which have been so-named descriptively (everywhere), then Jumble Falls has to take the cake for first place. Somewhere, sometime during the evolution of time, a massive avalanche in this gorge must have shaken these huge boulders loose to come crashing down into Rachael Creek. These boulders stretch all across the creek and are the size of medium-sized cars and trucks. All I've got to say say is, I'm sure glad I wasn't down in here when it happened!...Jumble Falls also represents a turning point in my excursion... It was here I had to face a fight or flight situation. As I approached this waterfall from behind in the creek bed, the boulders were blocking the flow of the water, creating a deep pool behind the huge boulder in the upper left from where the cascade flows down. I tried crossing over the top of the boulders to the other side of the ridgeline, but the drop to the solid rock below was too sheer and steep to safely attempt. So, the only way out, was literally down, up and out of the creek itself up to behind where the cascade begins and literally down through the waterfall. I stepped down into the creek working my way ahead leaning on the massive boulder to my right...First it was shin deep...then it was knee deep...then it was thigh deep...and finally the water depth was up over my waist!...The trekking poles worked great in helping me to keep my balance and not to be swept downstream in the flow of the current. I was able to climb out and up on the solid rock just above and behind cascade, shake like a grizzly bear, then bracing myself on each side, I stepped down into the rocks in the flow of the water in the waterfall. I felt Rachael herself made that opening just for me!...When my feet braced the solid rock on the top shelf at the bottom of the cascade, I maneuvered over to the left on the rock shelf (as seen in the photo) to work back down to the creek bed. Miraculously I didn't slip! In terms of perspective, I'm 6 feet tall, and the distance from the top of that shelf and where that cascade begins is up to my chin. If I was just bushwhacking down the creek bed, I would probably would do it again...but I won't...because the risk of damaging my camera gear is far too high. After taking a chill (literally) on a large boulder downstream to enjoy the waterfall, my surroundings and to celebrate the fact that I didn't break my camera, any of my lenses or my neck, I arose and headed downstream. Soon after turning a bend in the creek bed, I found myself at the brink of Middle Rachael Creek Falls where I was with my buddy Harmon last Saturday! It was Victory!!...Tonight I'll share my final photos from this excursion and a wrap up commentary...
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..