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From my set ewntitled “Lilies”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daylilies comprise the small genus Hemerocallis of flowering plants in the family Hemerocallidaceae. They are not true lilies which are Lilium in Liliaceae.
These plants are perennial. The name Hemerocallis comes from the Greek words ἡμέρα (hēmera) "day" and καλός (kalos) "beautiful". The flowers of most species open at sunrise and wither at sunset, possibly replaced by another one on the same stem the next day. Some species are night-blooming. Daylilies are not commonly used as cut flowers for formal flower arranging, yet they make good cut flowers otherwise as new flowers continue to open on cut stems over several days.
Originally native from Europe to China, Korea, and Japan, their large showy flowers have made them popular worldwide. There are over 60,000 registered cultivars. Only a few cultivars are scented. Some cultivars rebloom later in the season, particularly if their developing seedpods are removed.
Daylilies occur as a clump including leaves, the crown, and the roots. The long, often linear lanceolate leaves are grouped into opposite flat fans with leaves arching out to both sides. The crown of a daylily is the small white portion between the leaves and the roots, an essential part of the fan. Along the flower stem or scape, small leafy "proliferations" may form at nodes or in bracts. These proliferations form roots when planted and are the exact clones of the parent plant. Some daylilies show elongated widenings along the roots, made by the plant mostly for water storage and an indication of good health.
The flower consists of three petals and three sepals, collectively called tepals, each with a midrib in the same or in a contrasting color. The centermost section of the flower, called the throat, has usually a different and contrasting color. There are six stamens, each with a two-lobed anther. After pollination, the flower forms a pod.
Daylilies can be grown in USDA plant hardiness zones 1 through 11, making them some of the most adaptable landscape plants. Most of the cultivars have been developed within the last 100 years. The large-flowered clear yellow 'Hyperion', introduced in the 1920s, heralded a return to gardens of the once-dismissed daylily, and is still widely available. Daylily breeding has been a specialty in the United States, where their heat- and drought-resistance made them garden standbys during the later 20th century. New cultivars have sold for thousands of dollars, but sturdy and prolific introductions soon reach reasonable prices.
'Kwanzo' - a triple-flowered triploid cultivar
Tawny Daylily Hemerocallis fulva, and sweet-scented H. lilioasphodelus (H. flava is an illegitimate name), colloquially called Lemon Lily, were early imports from England to 17th century American gardens and soon established themselves. Tawny Daylily is so widely growing wild that it is often considered a native wildflower. It is called Roadside or Railroad Daylily, and gained the nickname Wash-house or Outhouse Lily because it was frequently planted at such buildings.
Hemerocallis is one of the most hybridized of all garden plants, with registrations of new hybrids being made in the thousands each year in the search for new traits. Hybridizers have extended the plant's color range from the yellow, orange, and pale pink of the species, to vibrant reds, purples, lavenders, greenish tones, near-black, near-white, and more. However, a blue daylily is a milestone yet to be reached.
Other flower traits that hybridizers develop include height, scent, ruffled edges, contrasting "eyes" in the center of the bloom, and an illusion of glitter or "diamond dust." Sought-after improvements in foliage include color, variegation, disease resistance, the ability to form large, neat clumps and being evergreen or semi-evergreen instead of herbaceous (also known as "dormant" — the foliage dies back during the winter.)
A recent trend in hybridizing is to focus on tetraploid plants, with thicker petal substance and sturdier stems. Until this trend took root, nearly all daylilies were diploid. "Tets," as they are called by aficionados, have double the number of chromosomes as a diploid plant.[1] Only one cultivar is known to be triploid, the brilliant orange 'Kwanzo' or 'Kwanso,' which cannot set seed and is reproduced solely by underground runners (stolons) and division. Usually referred to as a "double," meaning producing flowers with double the usual number of petals (e.g., daylily 'Double Grapette'), 'Kwanzo' actually produces triple the usual number of petals.
The flowers of some species are edible and are used in Chinese cuisine. They are sold (fresh or dried) in Asian markets as gum jum or golden needles (金针 in Chinese; pinyin: jīnzhēn) or yellow flower vegetables (黃花菜 in Chinese; pinyin: huánghuācài). They are used in hot and sour soup, daylily soup (金針花湯), Buddha's delight, and moo shu pork. The young green leaves and the tubers of some (but not all[citation needed]) species are also edible. The plant has also been used for medicinal purposes. Care must be use as some species can be toxic.
Mural entitled "Abiding Light" by Taylor "Dreamweaver" Smith aka @dream.weavin, seen at 696 1st Avenue North in St Petersburg, Florida.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Mural entitled "Duality" by Eduardo Bastida Guzman aka @trasheer, seen at 7666 South Main Street in Midvale Utah.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Then join you with them like a rib of steel,
To make strength stronger. - William Shakespeare
© Stella Luna Photography
From my set entitled “Boats and Ships”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/3206986832/in/set-7215...
In my collection entitled “Transportation”
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In my photostream
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Cordova Lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes is about two hours northeast of Toronto. Karen the kids, the grandkids and I rented a cottage at Cordova Lake for the first week of August. This is the second year we've been there.
Condensed from "History of Cordova Village and Cordova Mines"
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It’s unsure just who discovered gold at Cordova Mine, but the property eventually came into the hands of H. Strickland. In 1897 it was acquired by The Cordova Exploration Company, in 1897, and was worked between 1898 and 1903. In 1911, it was purchased by Cordova Gold Mines Ltd. The mine site included housing as well. Its head office was in Toronto. The mine shut again in 1917 when it was again reopened under the ownership of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (COMINCO). It remained open only until 1940, and has been closed since
www.clrm.ca/cottages_haliburton_kawartha/cordova_cottage....
Cordova Lake is just 15 minutes north of Highway 7 so is very easily accessible. Explore the surrounding area and visit the delightful riverside town of Campbellford to the south, take a drive to Bon Echo Provincial Park or visit the ‘rocks that speak’ in Petroglyphs Provincial Park. And if you haven’t visited Kingston or Ottawa, it’s an easy day trip to both.
From Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawartha_Lakes,_Ontario
The City of Kawartha Lakes (2006 population 74,561) is a city in east-central Ontario, Canada. Although designated as a "city", it is a largely rural area. The municipality is named for the Kawartha lakes ("Kawartha," shortened from Gaa-waategamaag, means "shining waters" in the Ojibwe language).
The main population centres are:
* Omemee
* Lindsay
* Fenelon Falls
* Woodville
* Bobcaygeon
The municipality was created in 2000 by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario through the amalgamation of the constituent municipalities of the former County of Victoria, and officially came into effect on January 1, 2001.
In a close vote (51% for, 49% against), the citizens of Kawartha Lakes voted to de-amalgamate in a November 2003 local plebiscite, but the provincial and municipal governments have not taken any steps since the vote to initiate de-amalgamation.
I've included links to Cordova Lake cottage rentals, not because I want to rent you cottages, but because the ads feature great pictures of the lake and of cottage exteriors and interiors.
www.atthecottage.com/forrent/cordova/index.html
www.clrm.ca/cottages_haliburton_kawartha/cordova_cottage....
Inaugurated on October 18, 2000, this monument entitled "Women are Persons!" is a tribute to Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards. Known as the Famous Five, these women won the "Persons" Case, a 1929 court ruling which legally declared women as persons under the British North America Act and made them eligible for appointment to the Canadian Senate
The larger-than-life sculptures by Edmonton artist Barbara Paterson were donated to the Government of Canada by the Famous 5 Foundation. They show the five women celebrating their important legal victory in characteristic poses. An empty chair adds an interactive feature to the monument that invites passers-by to join the group. The newspaper with the headline "Women are Persons" that Nellie McClung is holding reflects some of the actual headlines of newspapers of the day.
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951), novelist, journalist, suffragette and temperance worker. She was a member of the Alberta legislature, the only woman on the Dominion War Council, and the first woman on the CBC Board of Governors.
Irene Parlby (1868-1965), suffragette and politician. She was elected president of the women's branch of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1916 and became a member of the Alberta legislature in 1921. She was still a member of Parliament at the time of the Persons Case.
Emily G. Murphy (1868-1933), instigator of the Persons Case, writer, and first woman magistrate in the British Empire. She pioneered married women's rights, was National President of the Canadian Women's Press Club 1913-1920, vice-president of the National Council of Women and first president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada.
Henrietta Muir Edwards, (1849-1931), journalist, suffragist and organizer, fought for equal rights for wives, mothers' allowances and women's rights. She started the Working Girls' Association in Montréal in 1875, a forerunner of the YWCA. Later, while living in Alberta, she compiled two works on Alberta and federal laws affecting women and children.
Louise McKinney (1868-1931), politician and temperance campaigner. She was president of the Dominion Women's Christian Union and elected to the Alberta legislature in 1917 as representative of the non-partisan league.
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Inauguré le 18 octobre 2000, ce monument intitulé «Les femmes sont des personnes!» rend hommage à Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney et Henrietta Muir Edwards. Ces cinq femmes, mieux connues sous le nom des « Cinq femmes célèbres », ont gagné l'affaire « personnes », un jugement de 1929 qui reconnaissait l'existence des femmes en tant que personnes selon l'Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique et les rendait admissibles à être nommées au Sénat du Canada
Les sculptures plus grandes que nature, oeuvre de l'artiste Barbara Paterson, d'Edmonton, ont été offertes au Gouvernement du Canada par la fondation Famous 5. Elles représentent les cinq femmes célébrant leur victoire juridique historique dans des poses caractéristiques. Une chaise vide fait partie de l'oeuvre et constitue un élément interactif qui invite les passants à se joindre au groupe. Le titre «Les femmes sont des personnes», sur le journal qu'arbore Nellie McClung, représente bien le type de manchettes qu'on pouvait lire à l'époque.
QUI SONT LES CINQ FEMMES CÉLÈBRES:
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951), romancière, journaliste, suffragette et militante au sein du mouvement de tempérance. Députée à l'Assemblée législative de l'Alberta, elle fut la seule femme à siéger au Dominion War Council et la première femme à faire partie du Conseil des gouverneurs de la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Irene Parlby (1868-1965), suffragette et femme politique. Elle fut élue en 1916 présidente de la section féminine de la United Farmers of Alberta et, en 1921, députée à l'Assemblée législative de l'Alberta. Elle siégeait encore au Parlement au moment de l'affaire « personnes ».
Emily G. Murphy (1868-1933), instigatrice de l'affaire « personnes », écrivaine et première femme à siéger comme juge municipale dans l'Empire britannique. Elle a revendiqué les droits des femmes mariées, a été présidente nationale du Canadian Women's Press Club de 1913 à 1920, vice-présidente du National Council of Women et première présidente de la Federated Women's Institutes of Canada.
Henrietta Muir Edwards, (1849-1931), journaliste, suffragette et organisatrice, lutta pour l'égalité des droits des femmes et des épouses, et pour les allocations familiales. En 1875, à Montréal, elle fonda la Working Girls' Association, qui deviendrait un jour la Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Plus tard, lorsqu'elle habitait l'Alberta, elle compila deux recueils de lois provinciales et fédérales concernant les femmes et les enfants.
Louise McKinney (1868-1931), femme politique et militante de la tempérance. Elle présida la Dominion Women's Christian Union et fut élue à l'Assemblée législative de l'Alberta en 1917 comme représentante de la ligue non partisane.
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This is the finished 3D Painting entitled Centurion.
See the full slide show in the Epic Journey in the Transformation of this 3D Painting here.
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When I first saw this picture I know I had to paint it, full credit to the original artist, it is a masterpiece. Bursting out of the Colosseum, on the left you have the elements of history and tradition, and on the right you have the future, which looks like a space craft, and in the middle you have the Centurion, signalling, forward...the past and future being lead by the present, how it should be.
Working full time as well, this picture may take me 3 to 4 days to complete, every night I will post more & more stages to completion. If you click on the Slideshow link below you can watch a Slideshow showing the many stages in the painting of the picture, iv uploaded 11 so far, it may take as many as 30 until im happy with it. Every night if you click on the same link you will see the new additions automatically added to the slidehow, giving you an insight into how 3D Paintings are created.
Transformation Slideshow :
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As with all civilisations, nations & empires, its not how strong you are, its what you stand for that counts , it is these values, not military might & brute force, that determines longevity & prosperity.
Many things have been said about the Romans, the recent film released 2010 entitled Centurion is a good example, as was Spartacus, and the birth & life of Jesus Christ. When all is said & done the Romans lasted an aweful long time, they must have been doing something right.
There demise was started with the emergence of a movement that put forth to mankind a much higher set of values, not a stronger military force. That movement is Christianity.
The Roman civilisation tried to Adapt, tried to absorb, but its decline was inevitable. The Catholic Church is what remains of the Roman branch of Christianity.
From my set entitled “Boats and Ships”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/3206986832/in/set-7215...
In my collection entitled “Transportation”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215761271...
In my photostream
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Cordova Lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes is about two hours northeast of Toronto. Karen the kids, the grandkids and I rented a cottage at Cordova Lake for the first week of August. This is the second year we've been there.
Condensed from "History of Cordova Village and Cordova Mines"
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=...
It’s unsure just who discovered gold at Cordova Mine, but the property eventually came into the hands of H. Strickland. In 1897 it was acquired by The Cordova Exploration Company, in 1897, and was worked between 1898 and 1903. In 1911, it was purchased by Cordova Gold Mines Ltd. The mine site included housing as well. Its head office was in Toronto. The mine shut again in 1917 when it was again reopened under the ownership of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (COMINCO). It remained open only until 1940, and has been closed since
www.clrm.ca/cottages_haliburton_kawartha/cordova_cottage....
Cordova Lake is just 15 minutes north of Highway 7 so is very easily accessible. Explore the surrounding area and visit the delightful riverside town of Campbellford to the south, take a drive to Bon Echo Provincial Park or visit the ‘rocks that speak’ in Petroglyphs Provincial Park. And if you haven’t visited Kingston or Ottawa, it’s an easy day trip to both.
From Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawartha_Lakes,_Ontario
The City of Kawartha Lakes (2006 population 74,561) is a city in east-central Ontario, Canada. Although designated as a "city", it is a largely rural area. The municipality is named for the Kawartha lakes ("Kawartha," shortened from Gaa-waategamaag, means "shining waters" in the Ojibwe language).
The main population centres are:
* Omemee
* Lindsay
* Fenelon Falls
* Woodville
* Bobcaygeon
The municipality was created in 2000 by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario through the amalgamation of the constituent municipalities of the former County of Victoria, and officially came into effect on January 1, 2001.
In a close vote (51% for, 49% against), the citizens of Kawartha Lakes voted to de-amalgamate in a November 2003 local plebiscite, but the provincial and municipal governments have not taken any steps since the vote to initiate de-amalgamation.
I've included links to Cordova Lake cottage rentals, not because I want to rent you cottages, but because the ads feature great pictures of the lake and of cottage exteriors and interiors.
www.atthecottage.com/forrent/cordova/index.html
www.clrm.ca/cottages_haliburton_kawartha/cordova_cottage....
From my set entitled “Boats and Ships”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/3206986832/in/set-7215...
In my collection entitled “Transportation”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215761271...
In my photostream
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/
Cordova Lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes is about two hours northeast of Toronto. Karen the kids, the grandkids and I rented a cottage at Cordova Lake for the first week of August. This is the second year we've been there.
Condensed from "History of Cordova Village and Cordova Mines"
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=...
It’s unsure just who discovered gold at Cordova Mine, but the property eventually came into the hands of H. Strickland. In 1897 it was acquired by The Cordova Exploration Company, in 1897, and was worked between 1898 and 1903. In 1911, it was purchased by Cordova Gold Mines Ltd. The mine site included housing as well. Its head office was in Toronto. The mine shut again in 1917 when it was again reopened under the ownership of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (COMINCO). It remained open only until 1940, and has been closed since
www.clrm.ca/cottages_haliburton_kawartha/cordova_cottage....
Cordova Lake is just 15 minutes north of Highway 7 so is very easily accessible. Explore the surrounding area and visit the delightful riverside town of Campbellford to the south, take a drive to Bon Echo Provincial Park or visit the ‘rocks that speak’ in Petroglyphs Provincial Park. And if you haven’t visited Kingston or Ottawa, it’s an easy day trip to both.
From Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawartha_Lakes,_Ontario
The City of Kawartha Lakes (2006 population 74,561) is a city in east-central Ontario, Canada. Although designated as a "city", it is a largely rural area. The municipality is named for the Kawartha lakes ("Kawartha," shortened from Gaa-waategamaag, means "shining waters" in the Ojibwe language).
The main population centres are:
* Omemee
* Lindsay
* Fenelon Falls
* Woodville
* Bobcaygeon
The municipality was created in 2000 by the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario through the amalgamation of the constituent municipalities of the former County of Victoria, and officially came into effect on January 1, 2001.
In a close vote (51% for, 49% against), the citizens of Kawartha Lakes voted to de-amalgamate in a November 2003 local plebiscite, but the provincial and municipal governments have not taken any steps since the vote to initiate de-amalgamation.
I've included links to Cordova Lake cottage rentals, not because I want to rent you cottages, but because the ads feature great pictures of the lake and of cottage exteriors and interiors.
www.atthecottage.com/forrent/cordova/index.html
www.clrm.ca/cottages_haliburton_kawartha/cordova_cottage....
From my set entitled “Black Creek Pioneer Village”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157611538656614/
In my collection entitled "Places"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760074...
In my photostream
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Black Creek Pioneer Village is an historic site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, just west of York University and southeast of the Jane and Steeles intersection. It overlooks Black Creek, a tributary of the Humber River.
The village is a recreation of life in 19th-century Ontario and gives an idea how rural Ontario might have looked in the early-to-mid 1800s.
The "pioneer" village consists of over forty historic 19th century buildings, decorated in the style of the 1860s with period furnishings. Besides the Historical Interpreters and Craftspeople housed in the restored buildings, the site also features historical reenactments and visiting artisans. Buildings include period houses, the original Stong Family farm buildings, a water-powered grist mill, a general store, a blacksmith's shop along with over 10 other trades buildings, a hotel, a church, and a one-room schoolhouse. A core of buildings built by the Stong family are on their original sites, while others have been moved in from across Southern Ontario.
The majority of the buildings were moved from their original sites (notably the large Halfway House and Mennonite Meeting House), and some re-built on their current locations.
The village is a regular destination for field trips by schoolchildren from the Greater Toronto Area.
It is operated by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
The artwork is part of a series entitled, Unreal Reality which is directed at re-examining the traditional, supporting role of a city backdrop to a defined subject in an urban portraiture. In this series, an original photograph is blended with the elements taken from the edges of the frame to create an expanded cityscape surrounding the subject. The outward growth of frame is accomplished by utilizing a Fibonacci based sequence of numbers to produce aesthetically pleasing patterns. These surreal cityscapes are meant to blur the line between the subject and its surrounding by competing for presence in the frame i.e. each playing a competing yet supporting role toward the total composition. The final images depict urban landscapes containing spaces with vast perspectives where buildings soar above the human scale and architectural elements unique to each city produce one of a kind pattern.
Mural entitled "Gunner" by Eaj aka @eaj2323, seen at 6 Evalina Road, Bramley, London, England.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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coffee kills ills like bad dreams but it makes bad breath and jittery fingers and makes you an irritable bitch until you get tired of your miserable self and want to go to sleep to forget it all and then you have a bad dream about being a half-naked miserable failure that will never amount to a hill of coffee beans.
From my set entitled “Boats and Ships”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/3206986832/in/set-7215...
In my collection entitled “Transportation”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215761271...
In my photostream
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From Ireland Collection
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Ross Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Rois) is the ancestral home of the O'Donoghue clan. It is located on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland.
Ross Castle was built in the late 1400s by local ruling clan the O'Donoghues, though ownership changed hands during the Desmond Rebellion of the 1580s. The castle was amongst the last to surrender to Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads during the Irish Confederate Wars, and was only taken when artillery was brought by boat via the River Laune.
The castle is typical of strongholds of Irish chieftains built during the middle ages. The tower house had square bartizans on diagonally opposite corners and a thick end wall. The tower was originally surrounded by a square bawn defended by round corner towers on each end.
There is a legend that O’Donoghue leaped or was sucked out of the window of the grand chamber at the top of the castle and disappeared into the waters of the lake along with his horse, his table and his library. It is said that O’Donoghue now lives in a great palace at the bottom of the lake where he keeps a close eye on everything that he sees.
Mural entitled "Freedom" by Karel Garcia aka @karelgarcia.fineartist, seen at 3041 7th Avenue South in St Petersburg, Florida.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Boudicca or Bodicea and Her Daughters
Entitled Boudicea and Her Daughters (now she is called Boudicca) The statue was commissioned in the 1850’s possibly by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The sculptor was Thomas Thornycroft of who’s work was admired by the royal couple. Work was started in 1856 and was finally completed in 1883, just before his death in the same year. Because of funding troubles it wasn’t installed until 1902. It was his son John Isaac Thornycroft who suggested the final location of the statue. The statue is situated close by to Westminster Pier and Portcullis House, SW1A 2JH, LONDON.
Do any of you know the music of Jonathan Coulton? Well, this "creepy doll" reminds me of his song entitled..um...Creepy Doll. Duane and I visited North Gate Antiques...I'm happy to say that this creepy doll did not come home and critique me for putting too much honey in my tea.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgfklKnOg4w
Creepy Doll by Jonathan Coulton
In a town in the woods at the top of a hill
There's a house where no one lives
So you take a big bag of your big city money there and buy it
But at night when the house is dark
And you're all alone, there's a noise upstairs
At the top of the stairs there's a door so you take a deep breath and try it
And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door
There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before
And there's the creepy doll
That always follows you
It's got a ruined eye
That's always open
And there's a creepy doll
That always follows you
It's got a pretty mouth
To swallow you whole
So you scream and you close the door
And you tell yourself it was just a dream
In the morning you head into town cause you want to go antiquing
In the store there's a strange old man
With a wandering eye and a withered hand
When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking
And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see
That someone's carved your name into the tarnished silver key
And there's a creepy doll
That always follows you
It's got a ruined eye
That's always open
And there's a creepy doll
That always follows you
It's got a pretty mouth
To swallow you whole
When you come home late the doll is waiting up for you
And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too
The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed
The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy
Now it's late and you head downstairs
Cause you just can't sleep and you make some tea
And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey
You decide that you've had enough
And you lock the doll in the wooden box
You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money
As the smoke fills up your tiny room there's nothing you can do
And far too late you see the one inside the box is you
And there's a creepy doll
That always follows you
It's got a ruined eye
That's always open
And there's a creepy doll
That always follows you
It's got a pretty mouth
To swallow you whole
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This created still life photo is more metaphor and photoblog than "capture".
The reason I entitled it "the rock is back" is because my spouse has been traveling a lot lately. But he told his employer that he was going to stagger his weeks on the road . . . it's not healthy for anyone to be gone that much. In fact, due to his symptoms, he went to the emergency room this week to make sure he had not contracted "swine flu". In reality, his serious asthma is the culprit again.
But the point is that this week, he's back. Obviously, he's not that physically strong since he's been at the ER.
Still, being a couple is a different kind of strength. I don't know a perfect couple and we are certainly not either.
However, we are very different people. When he's around I feel like there's a team in place. That matters. Our difference can be great compliments at times. If we were perfectly alike, how boring!
When I woke up on Monday, this rock I've photographed came to mind immediately. It sits in our garden outside our front door. We inherited it with the house. I've never touched it. It's just there all the time, giving color to passerbys and a sense of solid stability to those who gaze at it in passing. That large rock was what I wanted to use in a photo to symbolize my husband's taking turns at being gone and home for us as a married couple. As I flit around with my camera, he's the rock that's always standing there, watching me . . . getting things done . . . Digging the hole to plant the flowers I just brought home from the garden center, etc.
As soon as I could, I went to collect my rock to create a photo to make the point to myself.
That's when an amazing thing happened. As I lifted the rock, it split into two halves -- perfectly. If you look at the photo, I've offset the rock so you could see where what was once one large, solid rock is actually made of two rocks now that have come to fit together perfectly.
Thanks, honey, for working from home this week. Being a couple is work - imperfect work - and takes time. . . over time though, the results are something more than two halves.
Tell someone you love that you love them today, won't you? Because small things matter.
Mural entitled "Spreading the Seeds for a More Equitable Future" by Carlos Alberto aka @carlosalberto_art, seen at 510 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Junk Food - "Sandwich Set" comes with clickable/shareable plates for all sized avi's as well as loaf of bread, mayo, veggie platter and meat trays. Nothing like a good old sammich during the Summer...well minus 4 lbs of crab legs.
On sale this weekend via the K9 Event, in-world only along with so many other great Summer items.
Junk Food In-World (It's like Disney but for foodies!):
www.maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Junk%20Food/192/72/36
Junk Food MP:
marketplace.secondlife.com/en-US/stores/150026
Junk Food on FB:
Junk Food Flickr:
www.flickr.com/groups/junkfoodstore/pool/
Junk Food on Discord:
discord.gg/chkk2hDt
Mural entitled “Lemmy” by @patrickkanemcgregor seen at 638 East 13th Street in Denver, Colorado.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Mural entitled "Ode to Freedom" by Vincent Abadie Hafez aka @zepha1, seen at 164 NW 20th Street in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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This sculpture entitled 'Seated' is on show outside the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill from 19th April - 29th October 2023.
It is by Tschabalala Self and she says "Taking a seat is a universal act of leisure and calm. I wanted to create a monumental sculpture for the public that spoke to this simple joy. The woman is strong, beautiful and self-possesses. She represents all individuals, but women in particular, who understand the power and importance of simple gestures that assert their right to take up space." (2022).
Tschabalala Self was born in 1990 and is an American artist
Tschabalala Self's first public sculpture stands three metres high and is made from patinated bronze. This monumental work was an everyday object - a seat - as an entry point for questions of permission and performance within public space. Its subject - poised, immaculately dressed, glancing to her left - emboldens onlooks to sit with confidence and comfort.
Through an expansive practice bringing together painting, printmaking, sculpture and collage, Self's depictions, predominantly of women, traverse different artistic traditions. Bland and femme bodies are particularly prevalent in her work, heating different subjects, or characters, with individual and powerful identities, many of which are reimagined from chance encounters. Through mediations on race and gender, Self's work is concerned with what it means to flourish as a human and how the self is performed and perceived within contemporary life.
Read how the local community came together to make a statement after she was vandalised......
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/03/uk-seaside-c...
After an eventful day three, which saw the coaching stock derail in York Yard first thing this morning, a 61 late start from York and a shortcut via Stalybridge, the Branch Line Society's 'Summer Syphon' tour, with day three entitled 'The Primary Colours', passes Chelford just 36 late, having seen 70011 and 70019 join the party at Heaton Norris Junction for the run thrugh to Crewe. 37422 (37266) is tucked in behind the Freightliner pair, with 37423 bringing up the rear.
Things would go downhill rather rapidly on the tour's return from Crewe to York, with 37423 firstly experiencing power issues, necessitating an unscheduled trip to Manchester Piccadilly to allow 37422 to lead, before 422 sat down at Earles Sidings with low oil pressure, having to be rescued by 66066. Still, plenty of potential winners for haulage for those on board!
The tour is running in aid of Martin House Hospice, which provides family led care for children with life shortening conditions. It is a place where children, young people and their families can come to stay from time to time along their journey and find support, rest and practical help. You can find out more about the hospice, and donate if you're able to do so, at www.martinhouse.org.uk
Mural entitled "Thirst" by Jennifer Kosharek seen at Arlington Avenue and 9th Street North in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
From three photos by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Detail of a mural entitled "Main Course" by Ernesto Maranje aka @ernestomaranje together with community volunteers, seen on the wall of Lighthouse of Fort Lauderdale at 679 North Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
More than 150 volunteers, including community members who are blind or visually impaired, gathered at Lighthouse of Broward County to participate in Mockingbird Trail’s interactive mural painting curated by local artist, Ernesto Maranje. The multi-sensory and socially impactful event was funded by the Community Foundation of Broward’s Art of Community grant and was part of Broward College’s MLK Day of Service.
The multi-sensory mural, which is located at the Lighthouse of Broward on the Mockingbird Trail, brings a new experience to how one interacts with art. Through sight, touch, sound and smell, the visitor encounters and feels the Mockingbird’s habitat through a sensory experience designed by Cadence, a Landscape Architecture practice focused on connecting physical and social landscapes.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Mural entitled "Generator" by Ally Grimm aka @a.l.grime for AOTA Fest 2024, seen at 605 NW 14th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Dave: Eva, are you on the couch that you're not allowed on?
Eva: Nope.
Dave: Actually, you are. We have a strict no dogs on this new couch policy.
Eva: My answer to your question stands.
Dave: How is that?
Eva: I'm on the couch that you say I'm not allowed on. There is no such thing as a couch that I'm not allowed on.
Dave: I hate to break it to you, but you're not a lawyer.
Eva: You should have thought of that before you let me stream all of those episodes of Ally McBeal. Calista Flockheart is a national treasure.
Dave: I don't recall hooking you up with a streaming service to watch Ally McBeal.
Eva: You totally did. When you went kayaking the other day you left the remote on this couch with Disney Plus on.
Dave: On this couch?
Eva: Yup. Where did you expect me to watch Ally? On the floor with Bruno and Aggie? Ally would say that's a breach of our contract.
Dave: We don't have a contract.
Eva: It's an implied contract. With a remarkable amount of bias towards my specific unique needs.
Dave: Wow. Will you at least get off now?
Eva: As a show of good will, yes. But on an unrelated note - when are you going kayaking next?
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I turned around this morning and found Eva on the forbidden couch at the lake. She had even moved the cushions so she had a better chin rest. Love this dog, possibly partly because she has a loose respect for the rules.
Originally, I was going to entitle this one A Wrinkle in Time after one of my favorite Madeliene L'Engle books that I read as a kid. that was way before the days of Harry Potter.
I receive quite a few requests from bands and publicists to check out their music and I just happened to be able to check this band's music out when they reached out to me by email this weekend. It's really beautiful stuff and I was trying to think of a photograph that might work and really liked the grooves of this.
The band is orchestral and has notes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Dirty Three, Sigur Rós, and Rachel's:
waverclamorbellow.bandcamp.com
It's the perfect soundtrack to the winter and able to illustrate what I feel inside of me these days every day. It makes me happy when music can do that for me.
Wavor Clamor Bellow are from Portland, Oregon but this photo was taken in Chicago recently as part of the Chicago as a Vinyl Record project I started. The man was seen from outside my living room window in the midst of heavy snow walking his dog. The grooves are from a multiple exposure incorporating the actual sleeve of a very old Rolling Stones record I have.
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The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
I was going to entitle this one "Smutty Nose" after a rather excellent brewery in New Hampshire that has a seal as its logo. But I opted for the title of the Morrissey track instead (reached no 19 in 1992, here it is on Youtube if you think I've made it up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFDzQD-LR80 ). This is a face-on male Southern Elephant Seal, dribbling, and with a snotty nose too. I love photographing seals face-on as they often appear to smile, and pull great facial expressions.
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) is the largest species of pinniped (seals and sea-lions) in the world. It is 40% heavier than Northern Elephant Seal and more than twice as heavy as a Walrus. The largest ever male Southern Elephant Seal was 6.85m long with an estimated weight of 5000kg. Research has shown that when at sea, they spend very little time at the surface breathing, but stay submerged typically for about 20 minutes. They can also dive deeper than any other pinniped, reaching water depths of 1km. I took the photograph on Gold Harbour beach in South Georgia. I'm not really expecting much attention as most people will think it is ugly. But I like it.
succubi never cleaned up after themselves...and there was that time they played in her underwear drawer.
Sixty five years ago in 1957, Ewan MacColl, a British political song writer wrote a song for a woman who later became his third wife. The song was entitled "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" and became a classic romance song popularized later in America by Roberta Flack. It has since been sung countless times at weddings and other celebrations when men want to give special attention to the first time they saw the woman they married.
I had an experience akin to this the first time I came upon a Wood Duck. I was stealthily creeping through the woods toward a small wetland pond and saw this gaily colored waterfowl sitting on a log sunning itself and thought I had witnessed the most uniquely and beautifully colored duck I had ever seen.
Thanks to their webbed feet that feature characteristics of a chicken's claws and a duck's web, the Wood Duck is comfortable perching in trees which made this photo much easier to take. Wood ducks are also the only American duck that regularly produces two families each year.
From a 50's brochure entitled, "America's Newest Vacationland ... Oklahoma!"
This must be an early rendering of the lodge and grounds because the pool eventually ended up on the other side of the lodge, and the room to the left ended up being all windows and rounded on one end. The cabins scattered in the distance is about right, though.
Mural entitled "Miami Estilo" by Ruben Ubiera aka @urbanruben, seen at 61 NW 25th Street in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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The sculpture entitled “Big Fella” is of a man and his dog taking in the beautiful sea views at the end of the day and shielding his eyes from the sun.
Mural entitled "Esa Luz" by @hokzyn and @himed_stencil for Mural Fest 2021, seen on the wall of Ta'Contento Restaurant at 2280 South West Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Castellón artist Juan Ripollés, painter and sculptor.
The figure, entitled "The Sun" is made of Murano glass.
Through the glass particles adhered by hand to its surface in colors such as yellow or red, the Ripollés bas-relief will project a different luminosity throughout the day, depending on the projection of natural light, to simulate the variable activity of the sun.
The creation of Ripollés to distinguish the building is made up of a face, weighing 3,000 kilos only at its base, as well as seven arms, equivalent to lightning, which run throughout the exterior of the apartment building.
The design of the sculpture, 38 meters wide and 15 meters high, the property has been painted in dark blue to represent the sea, as well as the exterior distribution of the windows.
Artista castellonense Juan Ripollés, pintor y escultor.
La figura, titulada "El Sol" está elaborada en cristal de Murano.
A través de las partículas de cristal adheridas de forma artesanal a su superficie en colores como el amarillo o el rojo, el bajo relieve de Ripollés proyectará una luminosidad diferente a lo largo del día, en función de la proyección de la luz natural, para simular la actividad variable del sol.
La creación de Ripollés para singularizar el edificio se compone de una cara, de 3.000 kilos de peso sólo en su base, así como de siete brazos, equivalentes a los rayos, que recorren todo el exterior de la finca de pisos.
El diseño de la escultura, de 38 metros de ancho y una altura de 15 metros, el inmueble ha sido pintado en azul oscuro para representar el mar, así como la distribución exterior de las ventanas.
Grau de Castelló (Castelló/ La Plana/ Spain)
Mural entitled "Parallel Dawn" by Danielle McDonald aka @dannielle_mcdonald_studio and Chris Soria aka @chrissoria, seen at 510 8th Street North in St Petersburg, Florida.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Although entitled Battersea Power Station there is more than just the power station from this view from Ebury Bridge. There are also the three sheds of the Victoria Light maintenance depot directly beneath the power station plus the multitude of rail lines and train movements in the foreground that lead through the shot and out across the Thames on the Grosvenor rail bridge
That's John Colicos as Klingon Commander Kor, the baddie on the truck. From the episode of S1 E27 entitled "Errand Of Mercy."
Canada Post issued a bunch of stamps, coins and merchandise to mark the 50th anniversary of Star Trek the original series. See www.canadapost.ca/startrek
Flickr says these are my Top 200 Most Interesting images Here: www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/popular-interesting
This Slideshow link will always start with my Most Recent Flickr Photo. See Mikey G Ottawa's Flickr Slideshow HERE: www.flickr.com/mikeygottawa/show
See Mikey G Ottawa's most popular Flickr Photo Albums HERE:
www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/albums
I'm Not Shy to promote my Flickr work. Told them I had more than 1M views here. Since then it's climbed to 3.9M views. CTV Regional Contact gave me 3 minutes on the local CTV News here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2U_01ajdw
See my 10 minutes of local TV coverage on Roger's Cable's "Camera Talk" with Sandie Sharkey here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-s4ZpS_t1Y