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Illustration from Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations." Estella (in red) has come back to visit Miss Havisham, the woman who raised her. "Not forgotten, But treasured up in my memory; Great Expectations Chap. XXXVIII"
Modi's upcoming visit to Bangladesh, where he will be accompanied by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will be one with really high expectations by people of both the countries.
Damp wet weather do not a happy traveler make
Granted I had pretty lofty expectations, almost a sure sign of disappointment
To the ski town of Telluride, the undiscovered Aspen
Where Prada, LV, Gucci and Dior have yet to invade
Yet stars are beginning to descend (sic) buying up land like delivery parcels
Despite the price, I intended to splurge, cozy cabin-like cottages promising hot spa, hot cocoa, hot everything!
But we couldn't spare enough precious daylight hours to make up the distance
Oh you're a week too late, a sigh escaping from the Ouray women
Ski season just ended then or you would have seen Tom Cruise
And Oprah was there too, they cooed
I don't know what you're gonna find up there, she said wistfully
And after miles of driving: absolutely nothing!
With the tourists gone, the town shut down
In ominous presage, heavy rain dumped on us when we rolled into town
Even the path from carpark to tourist information counter a run too far
Pulling out then jerking to a stop when a coyote, ably blend in, stepped out from the sides
Scrawny and disinterested, taking a long lazy look into town
Then loped off into the blinding sheets
Signs hung from doors everywhere flipped to close
Tummies rumbling, upturned chairs resting on tables a depressing sight
As we grew desperate, stopping at every food joint, squinting into the darkness
Dimly lit or not open, was that a faint movement I detected in the shadows?
We ordered up a storm in the sports bar/restaurant whose neon lights beckoned
Warm food when large raindrops pelt the window panes, a primal satisfaction
And drove around on lonely roads, reaching the edge of town, a simple orange asphalt jogging track
Wrapped around a small creek, the cold air mingled with the rain producing tufts of mist
Mountain Town Station finally upgraded their sign on Broadway following the addition of the new Camille's. This one attempts to reflect the rustic decor of the restaurant itself.
I have posted a pile of pictures under the title of “Expectations versus reality”. A number of these were true in my little world so I hope you have a giggle too.
Via (Majorgeeks.com)
Confucius once said: Expect not much under a bare sky. :-)
Whale Beach, Northern Beaches, Sydney (Saturday 10 May 2008 @ 6:13am).
ISO100 | f/8 | 3.2sec | 17mm | eval.metering | AWB | raw | ND4 grad filter | tripod
Despite a rumor that this train was supposed to have 4 SD60's, there isnt much to complain about with this consist. CP 484 heads south with an SD60 and 2 SD40-2's.
As the year end approaches ... the expectations of mangement increases many folds ...
1. They want us to wake up early and come to office (which I can only do for photography :D)
2. They want us to give double the output ....
BUT BUT BUT, they just forget its completely out of scope :D
Talibe boys sit waiting for gift bag with food and few other necessities from a team of volunteers from the US.
It was a Clayton's storm - all the signs of fear and dread in the skies. Cu-nims dotted the heavens. Thunder rumbled and crackled, Sky TV crashed with rain fade. Then came the rain. A minute of it.
Was that as good as it got?
Yes.
slightly off the path in one of San Francisco's tourist destinations, many photographers, but i never see anyone come in for this view
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
-- Winnie the Pooh
ass in seat.
on a unrelated side note. I used to use picnic occasionally to tweak an image for the web. But I have to say this piece of shit app Flickr replaced it with, Aviary, looks like it was made by microsoft in 1995. It's shit.
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Candid photo of my sister looking quite pouty. I really do enjoy all of the colors and vibrancy in this photo.
Joined by Department of Correction officials and Connections Community Support Programs staff, Governor Markell visited New Expectations, a residential sober living facility in Newark for pregnant offenders who are struggling with addiction, to talk with program participants about Delaware’s expanded use of community-based treatment and supervision as an alternative to incarceration.
No. 3 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - Rochester Castle
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
Parts of the Castle:-
Towering above you is the great keep of Rochester Castle.
At thirty-four and a half metres (113.2ft.) from ground level to the battlements and twenty-one metres (68.9ft.) square, it walls are made of Kentish flagstone with a core of rubble. In the centre of the keep is a cross-wall dividing the building into two. This wall gave the keep extra strength, and provided a support for the roof and the floors. We have seen a row of square joist holes in the cross-wall about the level of the ground level platform. Similar rows of holes further up the cross-wall tells us that the keep originally had four floors: a basement below and two floors above.
The Keep Entrance.
Here you can see the evidence, which allows us to reconstruct the keep's original approach and entrance. The main door is safely located on as high first floor. Under the modern stairs you can see stone steps leading up to this doorway with its decorated arch. A deep pit here would have been spanned with a drawbridge. At the corner of the keep, where the stairs turn sharply tio the right, the mediaeval visitor would have been confronted with a narrow watchtower. An arch, which would have formed the roof of the passageway, still sticks out from the wall. You can also see another arch, now filled in, which would have provided access to the main keep. Guide-boards.
'Magnificent ruin!...What a study for an antiquarian!'
The impressive Norman castle at Rochester had a humbling effect upon Dickens, reminding him perhaps of his own mortality. In Household Words he wrote: 'I surveyed the massive ruin from the Bridge, and thought what a brief little practical joke I seemed to be, in comparison with the solidarity, stature, strength and length of life.' In Dickens' time the castle looked very different. Houses and workshops filled much of the moat by the cathedral, the keep and towers were festooned with ivy and the waters of the River Medway lapped the base of the walls. - Guidemap
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