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The first time I saw this marvelous skyscraper was during the annual Formula 1 race and shortly after I watched its construction and building process on NatGeo Channel. Few months later I finally had to chance to see it live, it was standing in front of me, tall and elegant, towering over the Abu Dhabi skyline.
Capital Gate (a.k.a. the Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi) is one of the tallest buildings in the city and the focal point of the Capital Center/Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre master development.
In June 2010, Guinness World Records certified Capital Gate as the "World's furthest leaning man-made tower".
This is something I have never seen before. In all of my years living and visiting after moving away, I have never seen a Norfolk Southern locomotive on or leading a train on this line.
I saw this train pass on the Dunn, NC webcam (25 miles north of Fayetteville) about an hour before I left my folks house. I had already chalked this up as a loss. I went downtown to catch a different train. Then I saw the train appear and noticed the front head lights were too high for a CSX locomotive. This train had to stop between Dunn and Fayetteville, and this first time sighting happened. Norfolk Southern CW44AC6M #4272 leads with Canadian Pacific CW44AC #9801 trailing on a southbound ethanol train (102 cars) on the South End Sub in Fayetteville, NC.
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blackcap (male) ~ sylvia atricapilla
On a grey damp miserable day I spotted a new visitor to the garden. I managed to grab a quick shot but it is noisy (high ISO used) and I had to crop it slightly because of an irritating reflection from the window. The blackcap is on the RSPB Green status list.
Warblers and allies (Sylviidae)
Overview
A distinctive greyish warbler, the male has a black cap, and the female a chestnut one. Its delightful fluting song has earned it the name 'northern nightingale'. Although primarily a summer visitor birds from Germany and north-east Europe are increasingly spending the winter in the UK.
Where to see them
Best looked for in woodland, parks and gardens with plenty of trees and shrubs. In winter will readily come into gardens.
When to see them
Breeding birds arrive in April and May, leaving in September and October. Some European birds winter in the UK, largely in England.
What they eat
Insects and berries.
Ref: RSPB
On our way home from vacation we spent an afternoon/evening driving through Yellowstone Park. At the highest points there was a bit of snow so we pulled over to park and let Fearghus, our cairn terrier, explore in the snow. Wow, he loved it! He rolled in it and bounced all around before finally resting in it. We were the ones who were a bit cold but he just relished the cooler temperature.
for a nicer innard shot of this, check out ckn's photo here:
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for christmas, i decide to make a cake using fondant. i got some already made fondant from the candy store, and tried to follow the directions from online. boy, it was a mess! the fondant was sticking to everything, even with a ton of powdered sugar to dust the table and my hands. finally i got it to roll out to a big enough sheet to cover the 9"x9" cake, but i poked holes in it by accident. =S my hands were also a nice pink/blue from mixing the food coloring into the fondant. ah well. at least the cake tasted really good. especially after being in the fridge. the recipe for this cake is below:
Yellow cake mix:
¾ cup butter, softened
3 eggs
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¾ cups sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
1 ¼ cups of milk
1) Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Stir flour, baking powder, salt together, set aside.
2) Beat butter with electric mixer on medium for 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, about ¼ cup at a time, beating at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla, beating at medium still. Switch to beat at low speed. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating at low speed.
3) Pour into two greased 9"x9" square pans, bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Let cool a bit.
Raspberry Filling:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 bag frozen raspberries or any other berry you like
1) Combine everything in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
2) Lower the heat once it boils and let it continue to simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated, and it has a thick syrup/jam texture to it. About 1 hour.
Ganache
½ cup heavy cream
4 ounces semisweet or dark chocolate (though with dark chocolate, you need to add more cream til it is smooth enough)
Heat the cream in a saucepan to a scald. Add chocolate and continue to whisk until melted and becomes smooth.
Putting it all together
Cut each cake in half horizontally (if needed, trim off tops to level the cakes, i just left them on cause it would be a waste and i am lazy). Cover the top of one cake half with ganache, then place another layer of cake on top. Cover that top with raspberry filling. Place another cake layer, repeat with ganache and last cake piece. Then pour more ganache over the entire cake, allowing it to drip over sides. Spread evenly until the whole cake is covered with chocolate. the cake may be served like this, and it would be delicious, or you can go the extra step and use already-made fondant to decorate like i did above. if you used dark chocolate for the ganache, the combination with the super-sweet fondant makes the cake just right without being too sugary-sweet.
Even though the temperature out suggests it's still the middle of winter around here, the little birds are starting to go through their spring ritual of looking for a place to nest.
I mostly see the chickadees and the house wrens checking out the various birdhouse around the property.
I've only seen the house sparrows nest in the ivy on the house wall.This is the first time I've ever seen a house sparrow really show any interest in the boxes or bottles up under the porch eaves.
I've been seeing a pair carrying nesting material into my Williamsburg bird bottle and I'm hoping they'll decide to stay.
It's been a few days of first times: first time slide alone, first time outside without buggy, hence first time riding the trolley, first time eating with a spoon without help, first time markers, first time play dough, first time at the games library...
And a ninth tooth!!
This was my first cross country trip, traveling by Greyhound bus and staying in some of sleaziest flea bag and flop house hotels you ever saw to stretch what meager cash I had. This is in San Francisco near by the Turk Street YMCA where I was staying where some aggressive acting gay guys were cat calling me and my friend as we walked in. All I can say my stay there made me glad I never ran afoul of the penal system in this country.
We had just arrived to Daytona Feb. 1973. Our first time there. In the photo is my older sister, myself, yonger brother and my mother.
First time attempting a twilight shot
Multiple Exposures: Sky, Base Exposure, Flash Side Garage, 2 Flash Pops on Garage, Flash Column, Flash Front Window, Flash Second Tier, Flash Third Tier, and Window Exposure. Blended in Photoshop.
I had to teach the kids (and Sue) how to get the sweet drop from the honeysuckle flowers. Nice summer memory!
...captured as false color near infrared image. Please note the diffrent materials for body (finished magnesium) and buttons.
filter: Heliopan RG645
Video of Snowshoeing -
Snowshoeing for the first time….
The winter so far had been good and I had taken advantage of this fact as much as I could , you never know when the latest dump of snow will be the last dump of snow!!!
For climbing the conditions and snow hadn’t been great but for walking adventures it had been great The two weeks prior to this trip had seen significant accumulations of snow to low levels and after a number of wading trip this year I had decided to purchase some snow shoes I did a bit of research and the MSR shoes were given good ratings , however given the fact that I may not get too much use out of these I decided to opt for a middle of the line pair (cheaper and easily available;)). The Chinooks were ordered online and arrived a couple of day later, perfect timing for a test drive on this trip.
Given I couldn’t get away until 13.30 due to family commitments, I chose to explore an area close to home and not far from GlenAlmond where I head for lots of outdoors fun
A few weeks ago whilst exploring Buchanty Spout I had noticed a nice hill above the Sma’ Glen with a Cairn near the top. This had taken my interest and scouring the map on Friday I noticed some Landover tracks leading towards its summit- this maybe perfect if there was enough snow cover….
Turns out I didn’t need to worry about that!! Initially I followed a track to a farm that had been compacted down by a plough and farmed but I could see there was a good amount of snow on either side, and it was the fluff powdery kind too. Looked like the snowshoes would get an outing at least!!
As soon as I left the farm track the snow was shin and sometimes knee deep and I hadn’t even started gaining altitude!! I finally gave in and put the snowshoes on. What a difference this made, instantly it felt easier and I was off , taking to the new shoes like a duck to water! It was great fun but was still hard work (not as hard as without them I must say!!). The snow was getting deeper and it was all unconsolidated powder. Given the low height of these hills it had all fallen in the last week or so and it wasn’t until just before the top that I reached anything like neve (the crampons on the underside of the snowshoes worked well on this too!).
I finally made it to the Cairn just before sunset and it was biting cold. The batteries in all but one of the camera died pretty quickly so I didn’t hang around and set off down the hill following my tracks. On descent the snowshoes were even better I found them super useful here and was making good progress homewards in the gathering gloom. I made it back to the car without the need for the head torch, but I wasn’t far away from requiring it!. A grand adventure and I’m already looking forward to getting the snowshoes back on!!
Umbrella Medley.
Niamh's First Ballet Recital. This took place at Redmond High school theater. (Cropped and touched up a little in PS Elements)
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This was my first time at Bar Boulud and it was fantastic!!! I give it gadzillion stars in terms of service, food, and a comfy atmosphere...although the tables are spaced too close to each other. =P
2009 Winter Restaurant Week
3-Course Prix-Fixe Lunch $24.07
Appetizer (We both got the same thing since we're pate fanatics)
- Paté Grand-Mère: Fine country pate of chicken liver, pork & cognac (Slathered it all on every piece of yummy bread)
Main Course
- Ravioli de Boeuf: Beef shortrib ravioli with tomato confit and winter greens (Stole a bite and the beef was very tender)
- Cuisse de Poulet Roti: Roasted chicken leg with sweet garlic pomme puree, haricots verts, chicken jus (Chicken was roasted to perfection)
Dessert
- Tarte au Chocolat: Vanilla anglaise with coffee ice cream (Like a solid bar of chocolate mousse...no way can we finish this! =P)
- Vacherin Exotique: Poached pineapple with coconut chantilly & lime sorbet (Very light and just what I needed after a heavy meal)
This is one of my professional stage shots. Technically it's borderline for me to put it on any social media platform. I just like the shot too much, so here it is. This is exquisite (in my opinion) and has so much of a narrative. Straight out of camera.
My D750 is just wonderful. It would be amazing to have a better buffer, frame rate and 1/8000th shutter speed. I suppose that's called a D850...........
I'm at Prairie Village Swimming Pool! Description: First time swimming this year! — with Patrick Venue URL: 4sq.com/bM1w2e Photo URL: ift.tt/2aJL05D Date: August 03, 2016 at 07:08PM
venturing into mushroom dyeing, and knowing little about mushroom identification, i picked the first sizeable and convenient one i could find, growing growing right at the base of a big douglas fir right at the edge of our driveway, dropped it, whole, into a pot of water on the woodstove along with a small bit of alum-mordanted roving, and - voila - came out with a lovely rich golden orange shade!
after much sleuthing through books and blogs, it turns out, as luck would have it, what looked like a cinnamon roll growing at the base of that tree was a young dyer's polypore, Phaeolus schweinitzii!
...which also means that this tree is dying (no pun intended) but i'll keep an eye out for more mushrooms until then, and make the most of it.
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First time in the water! There wasn't much of a breeze early in the day. A friend stopped by and took these pictures for us. The only pictures we have that are not from inside the boat! BECALMED!!!!!! We motored out to the harbor and had a great first sail!
Opened to the public only a few weeks ago, I was quick to reserve tickets so that Susan and I could check out the latest art repositry. And, with the exception of a few works that made me scoff, enjoy it we did
This is the first fabricated ring I ever made, back in 1975. I cut and polished the stone (amazonite) and designed the ring. You can see the flaws - the solder join really show and I probably overheated it!
First time back at a National Trust property since the lockdown began.
We had to book a slot in advance online days before we went.
Views of the moated manor house at Baddesley Clinton. While the house is closed, the gardens and grounds were open.
Grade I Listed Building
Baddesley Clinton House and Bridge over Moat
Listing Text
BADESLEY CLINTON
SP 17 SE
1/1 Baddesley Clinton House
11.4.67 and bridge over moat
(formerly listed as
Baddesley Clinton Hall,
including bridge over
moat)
GV I
Manor house. Late C15, on earlier site; south-east range refronted c.1736: late
C19 service wing added to north-east side of south-west range designed and built
by Edward Heneage Dering. Courtyard plan. North-east range: stone ashlar; old
brick flues, bridge end stack to right with octagonal brick flue. 2-storey,
6-window range. Gatehouse at right of centre: 4-centred outer archway encloses
4-centred doorway with spandrels. Panelled and studded door to inner doorway.
6-light stone mullion and transom window to first floor. Battlemented parapet
to gatehouse. 2-light stone mullion window with 4-centre arched heads to
lights, at left of centre 3-light stone mullion window with 4-centre arched
heads to lights, at right,. 5-light stone mullion window to left of centre. Two
3-light stone mullion windows, with flat stone arches having keystones, to
left. Continuous hoodmould to right, and to left of centre. 4-light stone
mullion window to first floor right. 3-light stone mullion window to first
floor right of centre. 4-light stone mullion window to first floor left of
centre. Two 3-light stone mullion window to first floor left. South-east
range: red brick; old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks,with octagonal or
diagonally set brick flues, 2 storey A-window range. Irregular fenestration,
mostly of C18 three-light wood casements with segmental brick heads. south-west
range: stone ashlar; old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks. 2-storey,
6-window range. Irregular fenestration, mostly of 3-light stone mullion
windows. Single-storey addition to centre with hipped old plain-tile roof, has
2 round-arched blind recesses to moat. Wood casement window to ground floor.
Courtyard: irregular fenestration. Interior: entrance hall has close-studded
timber-framing to walls. Great hall has stone fireplace of decorative pillars
supporting a frieze and atlantes flanking rectangular panel with round heraldic
central panel with strapwork surroundings. Dining room has late C16 panelling
and carved wood fireplace with pillars supporting a frieze and with richly
carved central heraldic panel. Drawing room has C17 panelling and chimney piece
placed here C18 Henry Ferrers' Bedroom, also known as the state bedroom has
panelling and chimney-piece of c.1629. Other rooms also have panelling and
carved chimney pieces. Bridge. Early C18. Red brick. 2 round arches, plain
brick parapet. History: site held by the Clintons, then was bought by John
Brome in 1438. Held by the Brome family, and passed by inheritance to the
Ferrers family in 1517. Henry Ferrers (1549-1633) carried out much work at the
house.
(Buildings of England: Warwickshire: 1966, pp8l-82; Baddesley Clinton: national
Trust Guide Book, 1986)
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Listing NGR: SP1995071467
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.