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Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, who lived there for 14 years.
The lake is 1680 yd (1540 m) long and 700 yd (640 m) wide, covering an area of 0.24 mi² (0.62 km²). It has a maximum depth of 70 ft (21m) and an elevation above sea level of 208 ft (62 m).
Shot with the Olympus E-M1 in Rockport, Massachusetts. The red fishing shack in the background is known famously as Motif #1. It's one of the most popularly photographed and painted buildings in New England. I chose to accent the canoe in the foreground instead.
Rockport, Massachusetts is a small fishing village and artist colony at the tip of the north shore of Boston, otherwise known as Cape Ann, or "the other cape" to distinguish it from the more popular and touristy Cape Cod. I'm a big fan of Cape Ann as you might be able to guess.
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The Purple Finch is the bird that Roger Tory Peterson famously described as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.” For many of us, they’re irregular winter visitors to our feeders, although these chunky, big-beaked finches do breed in northern North America and the West Coast. Separating them from House Finches requires a careful look, but the reward is a delicately colored, cleaner version of that red finch. Look for them in forests, too, where you’re likely to hear their warbling song from the highest parts of the trees.
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Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, which lies immediately to the north of the lake.
The lake is 1680 yd (1540 m) long and 700 yd (640 m) wide, covering an area of 0.24 mi² (0.62 km²). It has a maximum depth of 70 ft (21m) and an elevation above sea level of 208 ft (62 m). The lake is both fed and drained by the River Rothay, which flows through the village before entering the lake, and then exits downstream into nearby Rydal Water, beyond which it continues into Windermere.
The lake contains a single island, known as The Island. In 2017 this island was bequeathed to the National Trust. This gift has particular significance to the National Trust, as the organisation was founded in response to the sale of the same island to a private bidder in 1893. Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley felt that such a location should instead be in public ownership, and soon afterwards started the National Trust with Octavia Hill and Robert Hunter.
You can count on the bees to carry on pollination whether rain or shine, lockdowns or no lockdowns...we should forever be grateful to them for no bees means no food and no food means no humans.
The global honey bee population is in dramatic decline. Climate change, intensive agricultural practices, such as monoculture (growing the same crop year after year), and using pesticides, are damaging wildlife and the environment, including bees.
Albert Einstein famously said: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."
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Chefchaouen is an ancient city in the Rif mountains of north central Morocco. It's famously known as "The Blue City" due to the use of a pure blue color on the walls of the buildings and passage ways.
In 1964 the young Paul Simon wrote The Sound of Silence, a song that more than half a century later is still sadly valid. He couldn’t imagine that in 2020s we would still talk about his dialogue with the most intimate part of himself, opened by one of the most beautiful opening words ever written.
There have been multiple theories about the meaning of this song. For example, some believe it is related to the death of JFK or the Vietnam War. But many think it is something simpler. And the author himself has verified that it has to do with something as simple as lack of communication.
This is a message that resonates, even more, today than it did 59 years ago, which is perhaps what led Disturbed to create a hauntingly beautiful cover of the song. It was most famously played live on "Conan" on March 28, 2016, and the video of it on YouTube has garnered a mere 75 million views since.
This picture was taken at the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Highland Scotland. The train "The Jacobite" was the train famously featured in the Harry Potter series.
Civita di Bagnoregio is a town in the Province of Viterbo in central Italy.Civita is famously known as ‘the dying city’.
Day 283. Headed out on a pubcrawl to celebrate a friends 50th birthday. Unfortunately drinking and photography do not mix well for me, and this was about the only usable photo I have for the day.
This was taken on Elm Hill in Norwich, a cobbled street dating back to Tudor times. It has famously been used in several films including most recently "Stardust".
Serving the city of Sheffield with its water supply, Ladybower is probably the most well known of the Peak District reservoirs in the UK. It was famously used as the location of the 1955 classic The Dam Busters, telling the story of Dr. Barnes Wallis and his team as they tested the bouncing bomb and successfully destroyed several dams in 1943 Nazi Germany.
Construction of the dam at Ladybower began in 1935 and was completed in 1943; the following 2 years saw the flooding of the villages of Derwent and Ashopton to fill the reservoir. The circular feature in the right foreground is one of two vertical overflows affectionately known by locals as "plugholes".
After about 4 years of practising the technique of shooting and stitching panoramic photos, this one from December 2007 was one of the first ones I was really happy with. It contains 6 portrait frames stitched using PTGui.
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM @ 26mm
f/11
1/333s
ISO100
Slavery was one the regrettable parts of American history during much of the 18th and 19th centuries until formally abolished by the 13th Amendment in December of 1865. During this period of slavery, rice, cotton, and sugar plantations worked by slaves were abundant, especially in the south.
Today many of the original plantations and buildings are gone with a remaining few converted to museums. Of the ones preserved, Oak Alley in Vacherie, Louisiana is undoubtedly one of the most scenic. Its distinguishing feature is a double row of 300-year-old oak trees running 800ft (240m) long towards the main house.
This plantation has also been featured in many shows and movies throughout the years, most famously “Interview with the Vampire” from 1994 starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
I captured this picture on a nice foggy morning when the sun was piercing through the fog and trees.
On this picture-perfect day, we took a late afternoon boat tour atop the crystal waters of Maligne Lake to the beautiful Spirit Island and back.
We were so blessed because for a change the sky was full of amazing clouds! 😊
"Maligne Lake is a lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. The lake is famed for the colour of its azure water, the surrounding peaks, the three glaciers visible from the lake, and Spirit Island, a frequently and very famously photographed islet." ...wikipedia
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Shot with my Olympus E-M1 camera in Rockport, Massachusetts, aka "the other cape" or Cape Ann, on a misty morn. The building at left is the famously photographed "Motif #1" (where the pound sign = the word number, not hashtag). Ya dig?
HAL - the unhinged mainframe computer of Kubrick's classic '2001' - famously had an ever watching eye that glowed dull red. The 2023 version is miniature, mobile and glows blue. iPhone camera keeping check from its stitched leather case.
22 layer focus stack stitched together in HeliconFocus and fastened off with Affinity Photo. For Macro Mondays - "Stitch"
Slains Castle, also famously as a New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the close Old Slains Castle a castle ruin is in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. On a rocky coast, about 1 kilometre to the east of Cruden Bay situated, it supervises the North Sea. A residential tower, built by the ninth Earl of Erroll marks the core of the castle in the 16th century. Several times important redevelopment measures and rebuilding measures were carried out, at last in 1837 when it was rebuilt in the Scots Baronial style. Today equipped once with three vast gardens, it is only a ruin without roof. To plans to the repair it was held on till 2009.
Slains Castle, auch bekannt als New Slains Castle, um es von dem nahen Old Slains Castle zu unterscheiden, ist eine Schlossruine in Aberdeenshire, Schottland. An einer felsigen Küste, rund einen Kilometer östlich von Cruden Bay gelegen, überwacht es die Nordsee. Den Kern des Schlosses markiert ein Wohnturm, erbaut vom neunten Earl of Erroll im 16. Jahrhundert. Mehrmals wurden bedeutende Sanierungs- und Umbaumaßnahmen durchgeführt, zuletzt 1837, als es im Scots Baronial Style wiederaufgebaut wurde. Einstmals mit drei ausgedehnten Gartenanlagen ausgestattet, ist es heute nur noch eine dachlose Ruine. An Plänen zur Instandsetzung wurde bis 2009 festgehalten.
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The Napoleon Spider gets its name from the black marking on the top of the abdomen It looks like a silhouette of Napoleon in his bicorne hat, which he famously wore sideways.
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
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Due to their success as hunters and their nocturnal schedules, owls are often considered as symbols of wisdom.
In Greek mythology, an owl traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom. Because of such association, the bird - often referred to as the "owl of Athena" - is used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition throughout the Western world.
the 19th-century German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel famously noted that "the owl of Athena spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk"; philosophy comes to understand a historical condition just as it passes away. Philosophy appears only in the "maturity of reality", because it understands in hindsight.
"Philosophy, as the thought of the world, does not appear until reality has completed its formative process, and made itself ready. History thus corroborates the teaching of the conception that only in the maturity of reality does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, apprehends the real world in its substance, and shapes it into an intellectual kingdom. When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old, and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of Athena takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering."
(G.W.F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right (1820), "Preface")
Cosmo Sheldrake - Owl Song
Canned Heat - An Owl Song
The Basin Stone is a natural weathered outcrop of millstone grit high up on Walsden Moor and is within Langfield Common. It has a distinctive anvil shape, or giant stone mushroom, but its name comes from the fact that it has a small basin in its top that usually holds water. It is a locally famous historic site that has been used as a natural pulpit by itinerant preachers like John Wesley, as well as for other large political gatherings , most famously a large Chartist meeting on 18th August 1842.
* The Forest of Dean is a strange place its the most densely forested area I have been to in England . The towns within it are not pretty a reminder that until relatively recently it was an industrial area . It reminded me of some parts of the coal area in the American Appalachian’s region .
Dennis Potter the English playwright whose Dad was a miner wrote about the area in several of his works most famously in his masterpiece “The Blue Remembers Hills “
The area is characterised by more than 110 square kilometres of mixed woodland, one of the surviving ancient woodlands in England. A large area was reserved for royal hunting before 1066, and remained as the second largest crown forest in England, after the New Forest.
The forest is composed of deciduous and evergreen trees. Predominant is oak, both pedunculate and sessile. Beech is common and sweet chestnut has grown here for many centuries. The forest is home to foxgloves and other wild flowers. Conifers include some Weymouth pine from 1781, Norway spruce, Douglas fir and larch.
Until the end of the second world war the Forest of Dean was an industrial area the site of five deep coal mines . The small towns in the Forest are quite bleak more like Northern England mining towns than picture postcard southern England
The photograph was taken at RSPB Nagshead which is situated in mature oak woodland . We had a delightful walk and heard many birds Marys Merlin app was going crazy but we saw none clearly enough to photograph
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Six blocks of downtown Skagway, Alaska are designated as a National Historic District. Within this zone, private, state, city, and federal interests have cooperated to preserve or restore the late 1890s atmosphere.
Skagway is one of the most fascinating towns in all of Alaska. Its rich history and ties to the gold rush
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
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Wikipedia: "Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley; it was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU !!!
Six blocks of downtown Skagway, Alaska are designated as a National Historic District. Within this zone, private, state, city, and federal interests have cooperated to preserve or restore the late 1890s atmosphere.
Skagway is one of the most fascinating towns in all of Alaska. Its rich history and ties to the gold rush
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
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GLACIER BLUE ICE ON THE TOP OF SKAGWAY RANGE
Skagway is one of the most fascinating towns in all of Alaska. Its rich history and ties to the gold rush
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
HOLLAND AMERICA Cruise Ships moored in the PORT OF SKAGWAY ALASKA
MS Eurodam is a Signature-class cruise ship for Holland America Line. Eurodam is the 80th ship to enter Holland America's service and, at 86,700 tons and carrying 2,104 passengers,
MS Koningsdam was built in 2016 and is among Holland America’s 11 ships in its fleet. The MS Koningsdam is included in the cruise line’s Pinnacle Class Class.
The passenger capacity for the MS Koningsdam is 2,650 guests; plus 1036 staff.
Length equals 983 feet (300 meters)
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Founded in 1178 by William the Lion (who is buried here), Arbroath Abbey is famously associated with the Declaration of Arbroath of 1320. The Declaration was a letter written by the barons and whole community of the kingdom of Scotland to the pope, asking him to recognise Scotland’s independence and acknowledge Robert the Bruce as the country’s lawful king.
The riddle of the Sphinx.
'What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? ' The answer? Man, who crawls as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and uses a walking stick in his twilight years. In Greek mythology Oedipus correctly answered this prompting the Sphinx to inexplicably drown herself.
More famously these days, American tourists naturally ask why the ancient Egyptians built the Pyramids so close to Macdonalds. The good news for them is that Pizza Hut is now even closer, easily accessible to men of any age. In this photo Pizza Hut is just a few steps behind me.
'The MSC Magnifica'
Docked at Sydney's Overseas Passenger Terminal.
'The Rocks', near Circular Quay.
Sydney Cove
Photographed last Saturday, 18th March, 2023, from aboard my ferry, 'The Supply', as it completed its journey from Milson's Point across the harbour to Circular Quay.
The 'MSC Magnifica' is currently registered in Panama. It is a French built, Italian designed cruise liner, that carries over 2,000 passengers. Famously 'christened' by Sophia Loren in 2010. See:
www.msccruises.com.au/our-cruises/ships/msc-magnifica
Whilst, of-course, the 'MSC Magnifica' is very grand, the best ship in this image is - returning for 2023 - the Rivercat. It looks just a little smaller than the Magnifica, but I am sure it goes a lot faster.
More Rivercat 2023 pictures to follow....
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4/L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A Legacy 'Food' filter, and a Smooth 'Chestnut' filter, from the Flickr Photo Editor.
This view in the Southern Flinders ranges of South Australia is looking east from the A32 somewhere to the south of the town of Terowie and it rained very soon after this photo was taken.
When US General Douglas MacArthur was nearing the end of his journey from the Philippines, he had to change trains at Terowie railway station on the 20th March 1942.
He was interviewed on the station by two Australian journalists from the Adelaide “Advertiser” newspaper and, with reference to the lost Battle of the Philippines, it was here that MacArthur first made the statement that he is most famously known for . . . “I Shall Return”
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." - Douglas MacArthur
Finally made the trip to North Point State Park to see these guys... although I lost my phone in the rocks while photographing them I really had a great time. The birds are remarkably (and famously) tame, and spend all of their time foraging in the grass or frolicking among the rocks at the end of the pier. I had never seen Snow Buntings prior to today and I found myself enchanted by their piping little chatters and feisty interactions with one another. Hopefully I get to visit another time before they head up north, and if not I hope to see them next season.
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The Belle Tout lighthouse (also spelled Belle Toute lighthouse) is a decommissioned lighthouse and British landmark located at Beachy Head, East Sussex close to the town of Eastbourne. It has been called 'Britain's most famous inhabited lighthouse' because of its striking location and use in film and television. When it was built in 1834, the lighthouse was exactly 100ft (30.5m) from the cliff edge. But steady erosion of the soft chalk cliff brought the lighthouse closer and closer to the edge of the cliff. In 1999, the lighthouse was famously saved from falling into the sea by moving it in one piece on rails.
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Six blocks of downtown Skagway, Alaska are designated as a National Historic District. Within this zone, private, state, city, and federal interests have cooperated to preserve or restore the late 1890s atmosphere.
Skagway is one of the most fascinating towns in all of Alaska. Its rich history and ties to the gold rush
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
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Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
Holland American's Koningsdam moored at Skagway Alaska's cruise port.
Located on the northernmost point of Inside Passage. The town has population around 1,000.
MS Koningsdam was built in 2016 and is among Holland America’s 11 ships in its fleet. The MS Koningsdam is included in the cruise line’s Pinnacle Class Class.
MS Koningsdam Passenger Capacity: The passenger capacity for the MS Koningsdam is 2,650 guests; plus 1036 staff.
MS Koningsdam length equals 983 feet (300 meters)
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
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~Christie
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The Bichon Frise is the toy dog companion famously known for their French origins. This French dog breed is the perfect lap dog thanks to their cheerful and affectionate nature. And while they can be a little sensitive, they’re always gentle with their owners.
I am reminded by my cousin, Lindsey Ulanowsky, about Albert Einstein having once famously said that “if the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live”. They are so important for our biodiversity and food production (yes including chocolate)!
Today is world bee 🐝 day the theme is “ Bee engaged”. We can all make a difference to help!
🐝Planting bee-friendly plants like heather and daisies and red clover on balconies, terraces, and in gardens can help
🐝Leaving sections of the garden wild and letting the grass grow long gives the bees a place to shelter
🐝make a bee hotel for your garden's bee population
🐝Leaving a small dish with a few pebbles and shallow water in can help if a bee is thirsty
🐝There are also special bricks which bees can live in
🐝Don't use pesticides as they are really harmful to bees
🐝Buy honey and other hive products from your nearest local beekeeper
Thank you Lindsey! My Flickr friends let's practice creating good conditions for our bee friends!
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This unusual and atmospheric 14th-century yeoman's farmhouse is an amazing building. With a famously wavy slate roof and over 600 years of history it beckons the curious to explore.
Having been built C: 1350 the building has stood the test of time.
In an interview, Marilyn Monroe was once asked what she wears to bed, to which she famously responded "Five drops of Chanel No. 5"
Such a classy and subtle way to say something sexy... I try to remember that sexy isn't always in what you show or say...but what you don't.
This is my homage to her, and to that notion.
Portmeirion is a tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust. The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, on the estuary of the River Dwyryd, 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of Porthmadog, and 1 mile (1.6 km) from Minffordd railway station. Portmeirion has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, most famously as "The Village" in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.
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One of the prettiest mountain drives awaits you if you travel the SR479 to Sulmona, panoramic scenes and small untouristed villages wait patiently to be discovered by those willing to brave the roads to see them, depicted here is one my favorites along the way Scanno. Scanno is known as the village of photographers with the likes of Hilde Lotz-Bauer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mario Giacomelli, Renzo Tortelli, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Ferdinando Scianna, Mario Cresci all having taken famous shots here. While my shots may not be famous I famously enjoyed taking them and would highly recommend a stop here as well as in neighboring Villalago if you still have any storage space after Scanno.
I took this on Oct 11, 2012 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 72mm, 1/320s, f5.6 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Moored in the PORT OF SKAGWAY ALASKA
**Ship appears MUCH closer to the shore than she actually was
MS Eurodam is a Signature-class cruise ship for Holland America Line. Eurodam is the 80th ship to enter Holland America's service and, at 86,700 tons and carrying 2,104 passengers,
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
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The Canadian Rockies mountain range spans the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. With jagged, ice-capped peaks, including towering Mt. Robson, it's a region of alpine lakes, diverse wildlife and outdoor recreation sites. Yoho National Park is home to the massive Takakkaw Falls. Other national parks are Jasper, with the famously accessible Athabasca Glacier, and Banff, site of glacier-fed Lake Louise.
**One of my good old times
I was just setting up to take a photo of the picture frame when Alyeska came and gently put her chin on it...it was so sweet and tender. It made me tear up but also made me smile...this is definitely my favorite photo of this year so far.
The picture was taken in 2005 when Misty was just about a year old and Jasper was a tiny little 4 month puppy. I wish they had a chance to meet Alyeska--I think they would've gotten along famously.😌
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The St. Joe river curving thru mountain forests in north Idaho.
"The St. Joe River, more famously known as the “shadowy St. Joe,” is one of the region’s finest for the whitewater, fishing, swimming, camping and hiking it offers. It flows from the high Bitteroot mountains into Lake Coeur d’Alene, with 60 miles of the river above Avery part of the National Wild and Scenic River system; about 30 miles of these upper stretches offer premier whitewater rafting or kayaking during the spring run-off season. The river is renowned as well among fly fishermen."
The river was originally named the "St. Joseph" by Father Pierre-Jean Desmet, a Catholic priest who established a mission nearby.
Happy Friday!
The cliffs of Etretat in Normandy France are pretty special and have been famously painted by Claude Monet. As twilight sets the cliffs are lit up artificially, showing off all their beauty a little bit longer.
Two bicycles parked up against a rustic heritage building.
Alaskan mountain window reflections
Six blocks of downtown Skagway, Alaska are designated as a National Historic District. Within this zone, private, state, city, and federal interests have cooperated to preserve or restore the late 1890s atmosphere.
Skagway is one of the most fascinating towns in all of Alaska. Its rich history and ties to the gold rush
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
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Headstone viaduct spans the River Wye at Monsal head, it caused controversy when first built by the Midland rail company in 1863. John Ruskin famously ranted that the valley has gone, and the Gods go with it and now every fool from Buxton can be in Bakewell in half an hour and every fool Bakewell can be in Buxton....Things have not changed much since then.......beats me why anyone would want to get to London half hour quicker at the cost of Billions of pounds
Even today, travelers to Greece can still find many hidden treasure destinations which retain their almost unspoiled beauty, such as the island of Trizonia.
As hard to believe as it may be, because Greece has such a long coastline, as well as almost innumerable islands, there still are a wealth of locations which would make one think that these places are off the map.
One such island without a doubt, is Trizonia, located in the Corinthian Gulf just 400 meters (1,312 feet) off the southwestern coast of the region of Fokida.
The island is said to have been named for the sound of its crickets, which you can always hear singing away while you are there.
This is the famed island which, after visiting it in the 1960’s, Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis attempted to buy — lock, stock and barrel — from the local people who lived there by offering them an enormous lump sum of money.
The locals refused, famously saying that this specific paradise was not for sale. Minas, a local restaurateur, shared with the Greek Reporter that occasionally the thought does cross his mind that “it would have been good if Onassis had bought it.”
The islanders’ refusal is what led Onassis later to buy the island of Skorpios in the Ionian Sea, which he made into his own personal Eden.
The island of Trizonia has been called by many a miracle of nature. While staying on the island, which is just 2.4 square kilometers, or barely one square mile, travelers can forget everything from the outside world, including cars, motorbikes, noise — and stress.
Trizonia is also an island garden of sorts, boasting almond, prickly pear, eucalyptus, holly, plum, and olive trees, as well as pine and cedar trees throughout.
The island only has 40-50 residents in the winter. However, Minas maintains that “in the winter it’s a bit difficult, it gets a bit cold, but if you have good company, good wine and good food, everything is fine.”
With a natural, unspoiled landscape that amazes visitors, its lacework of interconnected, continuous beaches, and sapphire waters, Trizonia and its singing crickets beckon to the discerning visitor who needs a break from the modern world.
Edward Blaquiere, a former lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a well known philhellene of his time, visited Trizonia in 1825 and he mentions a ruined village. He also mentions the excellent harbour of the island which is sheltered from all winds. The Greek military leader and politician Andreas Londos came to Trizonia in 1827 with 500 soldiers. In the ensuing battle with the 2000 Ottomans who were there at that time, the Greeks under the guidance of Londos won, causing great damage to the Ottoman army.
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That's Homer Alaska :-)
Homer is where I found this Eagle working on his Fishing Problem.
The Bald Eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States—yet the bird was nearly wiped out there. For many decades, bald eagles were hunted for sport and for the "protection" of fishing grounds. Pesticides like DDT also wreaked havoc on eagles and other birds. These chemicals collect in fish, which make up most of the eagle's diet. They weaken the bird's eggshells and severely limited their ability to reproduce. Since DDT use was heavily restricted in 1972, eagle numbers have rebounded significantly and have been aided by reintroduction programs. The result is a wildlife success story—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has upgraded the birds from endangered to least concern.
Though their numbers have grown in much of their range, bald eagles remain most abundant in Alaska and Canada.
These powerful birds of prey use their talons to fish, but they get many of their meals by scavenging carrion or stealing the kills of other animals. (Such thievery famously prompted Ben Franklin to argue against the bird's nomination as the United State's national symbol.)
They live near water and favor coasts and lakes where fish are plentiful, though they will also snare and eat small mammals.
Bald eagles are believed to mate for life. A pair constructs an enormous stick nest—one of the bird-world's biggest—high above the ground and tends to a pair of eggs each year.
Immature eagles are dark, and until they are about five years old, they lack the distinctive white markings that make their parents so easy to identify.
(Nikon, 300/2.8, 1/1600 @ f8.0, ISO 640)
JRR Tolkien, author of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy. He lived across the road from the mill. Later in life, he stated how the mill and rural surroundings inspired his writings of Middle-earth.
Who was Tolkien?
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of our world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.