Appartments 'The Wave' - Almere - The Netherlands

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This year I bought two different Clematis plants with a view to eventually obscuring a plain wooden fence my neighbour put up. One of the clematis has already flowered. This one (Taiga), despite being planted earlier, has taken longer to become established and has only just produced its first flower. I'm so pleased.

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Yes ok so I Iost the plot a long time ago but what happened here is that I spent my morning in my upstairs room retrieving old photos from a very old laptop before stripping it down completely . Mr. Bean's teddy was laying around since I photo'd it the other day, and lovely husband picked it up and propped it up against the laptop screen which has an old photo of Caswell Bay as a background. It made me laugh so much that I almost fell off my perching stool.

I've always liked sci-fi and astronomical pictures and it was really fun and interesting delving deep into some of my photo editing programmes recently to make this universe edit...

This picture is made from about 70 different photos of mine and I applied several abstract, geometric and conceptual apps to create the planets in this picture.

The picture is kind of portraying an ever expanding and chaotic universe... so hope it works!

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These are roses in our hearth which are beginning to turn.

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Crossing over to the Old Town ... what a wonderful city Edinburgh is and a most worthy capital of Scotland, it is!

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Flickr Lounge ~ Simplicity

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A delicious gift from my tomato growing neighbour that will go into our Tomato and Goat's Cheese Tart for this evening's meal.

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Lemon and Passion Fruit Cake.

We have to eat this quickly as it's full of fresh cream...oh dear!

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Some mono images using Norwich Cathedral and varying lighting conditions.

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More from my garden today.

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factory for expanded clay products - 1965-2012

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These are a pair of festive earring that my OH bought for me in Cardiff yesterday. Useful as photo props but useless as earrings because I haven't worn dangly earrings since we started to wear masks . I might though wear them at home for MS Cymru's Festive Zoom Quiz this coming Friday.

Finally got around to editing my Dune build to fit the lurid machinations of the Chiss family rivalries.

Expand the Star Wars universe by building for Star Wars Factions at swfactions.net

On the edge of Kingsmere Lake, Mackenzie King spent almost 50 years (1903 – 1950) improving and expanding his estate, which he bequeathed to all Canadians. From the moment we enter this picturesque estate through wooded paths, we can enjoy the beauty of the Mooreside Main House and gardens where he hosted several important statesmen such as Winston Churchill among others. The spirits lead us to King’s historical ruins:

The Abbey Ruins

The stones from the Abbey Ruins were pieced together from remnants of other buildings, including

- the Canadian Parliament Building destroyed from fire in 1916,

- the crest of a former speaker of the House of Commons at Westminster, England,

- the stones from the printing office owned by King’s maternal grandfather, and

- the temple-like front piece (“Greek temple on a hill” he says) – came from a bay window removed from a Sandy Hill house about to be demolished. His imagination turned the bay window into the Acropolis.

Mackenzie King Estate, Gatineau Park, Québec, Canada

Au bord du lac Kingsmere, Mackenzie-King passa près de 50 ans (de 1903 à 1950) à améliorer et à agrandir son domaine qu'il légua à tous les Canadiens. Dès que nous entrons dans ce domaine pittoresque par des chemins boisés, nous pouvons apprécier la beauté de la maison principale et des jardins de Mooreside où il a hébergé plusieurs hommes d'État importants, tel que Winston Churchill. Les esprits nous mènent aux ruines historiques de King:

Les ruines de l'abbaye

Les pierres des ruines de l’abbaye ont été reconstituées à partir de vestiges d’autres bâtiments, notamment

- le Parlement canadien détruit par un incendie en 1916,

- l'emblème d'un ancien président de la Chambre des communes à Westminster, en Angleterre,

- les pierres de l’imprimerie appartenant au grand-père maternel de King et

- le morceau de façade en forme de temple « temple grec sur une colline », dit-il) - venait d'une baie vitrée retirée d'une maison de Sandy Hill sur le point d'être démolie. Son imagination transforma la baie vitrée en Acropole.

Domaine Mackenzie-King, Parc de la Gatineau, Québec, Canada

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Spotted in the garden of the old village school. The garden has been lovingly planted and maintained by a group of local residents and now looks wonderful.

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Wide angle lens :-D

abandoned factory for expanded clay products - 1965-2012

Before you stands the great western divide. This ridge of peaks divides the kaweah river drainage in from of you from the kern River drainage on the other side. The great western divide rises high enough to block the view of Mount Whitney, tallest of the Sierran peaks at 14,494 feet.

In 1890, Sequoia National Park included the Giant Forest but not the peaks you see in the distance. Over time, ideas of what should be preserved in a national park changed. in 1926, this view became park scenery when Congress enlarged the boundary to the crest of Sierra Nevada.

Although, there is quite a smell from garlic I must say it does enhance some foods!

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I could not have captured this image before getting my knowledge expanded thanks to Aaron.

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Taken for Our daily Challenge ~ Scents

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Cann!bal region is expanding and there is finally a perfect place for this !

Cann!bal Airlines : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cannibal%20Island/249/10/3....

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On my return home from a lovely walk the sun was beginning to set ~ thankfully, during our "lockdown" we are allowed to get out and about for some exercise!

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Birthday treat from my husband, afternoon tea at our local café.

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Expanding.

Reflections, Light and Water

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”

Mohandas Gandhi

Sorry I haven’t posted or visited much this week; dad duties are filling the day and then some. I look forward to catching up on both this weekend! Have a great Friday everyone!

Storrington CC had a photoshoot at Nymans Gardens. The 100mm macro lens is a favourite...

Caption definitely doesn't refer to how 'tight' I am with my money but to the fact that since Lockdown in March 2020 I haven't been to the Cashpoint to get any cash out with most places only accepting contactless card payments. In fact I bought this new purse last February but these days rarely take it out with me because my DD and donor cards fit nicely into my 'fraud safe' mobile phone cover. To give it a fairly aged look I put it through Lightroom CC

Se recomienda ampliar. It is recommended to expand.

Must be great to sit in this wonderful house looking across the gorse on Royal Troon Golf course and then across the sea!

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Taken from 1-Chome 15-1 Hanakawado apartment rooftop. A 25 seconds exposure captured both colors of the Skytree. The weather was cooperative at that moment, had to wait for the rain to stop though. Somewhat lucky! I hope it will be of interest to some of you. Once again, thanks for looking!

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factory for expanded clay products - 1965-2012

factory for expanded clay products - 1965-2012

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We finally got back to one of our favourite places to walk. After having to shelter under the trees whilst a rain storm passed over the rest of our walk was dry and most enjoyable.

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Local school playing fields.

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Picture from the White Night in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, some kind of light sculpture which people could change and expand