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The true story that led visionary automotive engineer Caroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and gifted racing driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) to build a groundbreaking racing car for Ford Motor Company capable of overthrowing the racing team's supremacy. 'Enzo Ferrari on the mythical circuit of the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1966...
In 1966 with a hat-trick of the American cars, the success is present but not everything goes as planned…
but the Ford GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans again in 1967, 1968 and 1969, and remains the only American car to count victories in La Sarthe.
movie trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYgDtY2AMY
Taken at Billionaire GP
Credits car : team Beck
**special thanks to Anima Aperta for now being on Flickr Pro****
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Macro Mondays - Redux 2021
Pick 2 themes from 2021 and combine. I have:
Gift from 4 January
Ribbon from 18 January
My Blog
rachelswallows.blogspot.com/2021/06/gifted.html
Attentionista
attentionmagazinesecondlife.blogspot.com/2021/06/gifted.html
SALT & PEPPER
Priscilla Dress
FREE GIFT - FATPACK at SLBD18 Shop & HOP
Direct TP to the S&P Booth
250 LS store credit gift is available there as well
Sizes: Maitreya Lara/Petite, Legacy Original/Perky
ZIBSKA
Vieno Set and Makeup @ We Love Role Play
Includes headpiece, headpiece orbit, mask, bead veil and shoulders left & right with 17 colours for headpiece, mask, shoulders and orbits.
Makeup packs include EVO X makeup in tattoo & universal tattoo layers in 15 colours.
Legacy Perky Body, Lelutka Avalon Head, Skin (body) London Skin from Core by Rachel Swallows with head skin from the Avalon head pack.
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0pkn9evgKs
LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY – DOLLY PARTON
SEPTEMBER DANCES
Butterfly kisses tickling my cheek
with gentle soft wings fluttering and meek
whispered words brushing my ears
caressing my skin
warm and golden
sun-kissed and velvety peach texture
such fine downy feelings
dreamy, delightful and meaningful glances
that conjure up September dances
of love and longing
such sweet all-embracing
touching and tracing our finger tips
down profiles so gleaming
in the subtly revealing
after-glow that left us
belonging and longing for more
knowing that this may be all that we have
let us savour the moments,
so precious and glad
to have gifted this time to each other.
- AP – Copyright remains with the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission'
Give me your laughter as a gift,
Teach me to dream
With just a caress
I lose myself in this sea
Give me your star,
the one that lights up this night
full of peace and harmony,
and I will hand my life to you.
I was recently thinking about some of the beautiful outfits I've been given as gifts during the past year by some truly special people I know in Second Life. So then I decided, perhaps a nice way to show how much I appreciated and enjoyed these clothing gifts would be to take some pictures of me in the outfits, and post those pictures here on Flickr.
This darling ensemble was from my friend Tabby. It's a risqué little number, but I love it!
** From Fountains Abbey it is only a short walk along the river to the Studley Royal water gardens . The gardens were designed by John Aislabie in the early seventeenth century, they are a fine example of a Georgian water gardens
The Temple of Piety seen in the centre of the image is one of the many neo-classical buildings in Studley Royal.
a bit more background
In the early 18th-century John Aislabie had great plans to impress visitors to his Yorkshire estate and so turned the wild and wooded valley of the river Skell into one of England’s most spectacular Georgian water gardens.
John Aislabie inherited the Studley Royal estate in 1693. He was a socially and politically ambitious man and became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1718. Disaster struck his career in 1720 due to his part in the South Sea Bubble financial scandal and he was expelled from Parliament. It was then that John returned to Yorkshire and devoted himself to creating this ground-breaking garden. Inspired by the work of the great French landscape gardeners, the two gifted amateurs created the Water Garden with its formal, geometric design and extraordinary vistas; including the much photographed Temple of Piety.You can also find classical statues, follies and garden buildings carefully positioned within the landscape to discover and enjoy.
Amazingly the garden you see today is little changed from the one that would have impressed Aislabie’s visitors 200 years ago.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO
WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT
тαкєη ву: my frnd
.є∂ιтє∂ ву: mOi
mOdel ву: my ( hanD
- СόΘζ -ΆηḡeL ♥ ™ Photography © 2009. All rights reserved.
The sky-blue smiles above the roof
Its tenderest;
A green tree rears above the roof
Its waving crest.
The church-bell in the windless sky
Peaceably rings,
A skylark soaring in the sky
Endlessly sings.
My God, my God, all life is there,
Simple and sweet;
The soothing bee-hive murmur there
Comes from the street!
What have you done, O you that weep
In the glad sun,--
Say, with your youth, you man that weep,
What have you done?
Paul Verlaine
I believe they were gifted to Canada by the Netherlands commemorating Canadian contribution to the defeat of Nazis during WWII
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A simple translation for my friends who are curious about the words - - -
What is the one thing that drives you crazy?
As if the daily meals are optional, and you never noticed when you fell asleep..
Worry not about the things that you don't have.
You are already gifted.
EVER GIFTED (IMO: 9786827) is a Container Ship that was built in 2018 (3 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Singapore. It's carrying capacity is 20124 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 16.1 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 399.98 meters and her width is 59 meters.
IMG_0728c 2022 02 17 file
Watercolor Art paintings that our daughter drew and attached to the gift wrapping on our Anniversary gifts.
***Gift: something given to another....
***Gift: a personal attribute
Artistb credit: DLJohnson
This dramatically dark red rose resides in my backyard garden.
My sister gifted it to me on my birthday and I treasure each bloom.
This J. Wallace Johnson House is a 2-1/2 story, Queen Anne styled home built in the early 1890s. Mr. Johnson was a farmer's son born in Monroe County, West Virginia in 1847. In 1856, his father came west to Illinois, and settled upon a farm in northwest McLean County. As an adult, the son farmed the land and raised cattle as a livestock dealer. In the early 1890's Johnson retired from his rural farm and had this Queen Anne styled house built on the northeast corner of Franklin Square. The house was turned into apartments in the early 1940's.
The J. Wallace Johnson House is a contributing property in Bloomington's Franklin Square Historic District, which is located northwest of downtown Bloomington. The Square is named in honor of Franklin Price, who was the mayor of Bloomington Mayor in 1856 when land for the Square was gifted to the city.
Franklin Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and was designated a local historic district in 1979. The houses of Franklin Square were built in a variety of architectural styles from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century, including Georgian Revival, Italianate, Colonial, Queen Anne, and Richardsonian Romanesque.
Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. It is adjacent to Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington is home to State Farm Insurance, Country Financial and Beer Nuts. Illinois Wesleyan University is located here, while the neighboring city of Normal is home to Illinois State University and Heartland Community College. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago, and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. The estimated population of Bloomington in 2019 was 77,330, with a metro population of 191,067.
I was recently thinking about some of the beautiful outfits I've been given as gifts during the past year by some truly special people I know in Second Life. So then I decided, perhaps a nice way to show how much I appreciated and enjoyed these clothing gifts would be to take some pictures of me in the outfits, and post those pictures here on Flickr.
This picture shows an amazing swimsuit my lovely friend Tabby gave me. It's so pretty and such a good colour, she definitely chose wisely. So, thanks for that, Tabby!
She can't walk anymore without the aid of a walking stick, but this gray-haired 91-year-old lady still has an amazing good memory.
For one thing, she still remembers the first name of my deceased mother whom she last met 60 years ago.
I was then just a little boy, so I can't recall an instant having seen her at our place of abode when she went there to pay to my mother her husband's rent for the use of a piece of farm lot. She started talking to me, however, after a young relative of hers mentioned my family name within her hearing distance, and this was when I paid a first visit to her son at his home today.
I was totally surprised when she asked me, "How's Ate Rosie?" ("Ate," a Pilipino word, is a common title of respect for an older sister, but is also used for other older non-relative woman.) In answer, I said that my mother has passed away already a decade ago at the age of 84 years old.
Taken in the capital town of Iba, Zambales, Philippines.
Early mornings are always nice. What a wonderful view I've had the opportunity to lay my senses upon. From the fresh air to the view. Eyes, lungs, ears, skin... they were all content and happy about it. Proper healing, my friend.
Taken with the Sony A7R3 and viltrox 28mm lens + sunglasses for lens CPL.
Putujem Kato bez tebe, bez konja sablje srebrene,
lako ću ja,
al' kako ćeš ti?
...gazit ću staze nebeske
Pismo je to nepročitano.
Pišem ti ova žalosna slova
neka te ne slomi nevolja ova.
Ni suzu
nemoj im dat'
Da zatru nam ime
urota kreće
ni tebi ni djeci se smilovat neće
Nosi taj križ
k'o barjak pred rat.
Being all alone with the scenes like these is being very therapeutic. The fresh morning air, the branches and flowers from all around... I can't be more thankful (or there actually is that possibility that I'm yet to find) for the sceneries I had the opportunity to lay my senses upon.
Maybe I'm the gifted one to have a chance for it.
No sun yet at the horizon, but it's shyness doesn't bother me at all, hiding behind the dense white morning clouds. This is west view from the island, overlooking in the direction of Italy, so just an ambient light. But still... Birds are singing, so don't worry about anything, if you are. Maybe the stillness of your presemt moment can bring you all that you need. Just try to include a little bit of nature (if you have a chance) and your situation will improve, as you need. Let it go.
Maas Vlakte 2 Port of Rotterdam
AIS Name EVER GIFTED
Type Container ship
Flag Singapore
IMO 9786827
MMSI 563068900
Callsign 9V5825
Year Built 2018
Length 399 m
Width 59 m
Draught Avg 13.4 m / ...
Speed Max / 24.2 kn
Deadweight 198886 tons
Gross Tonnage 219352
AIS Class A
Cargo Capacity
Capacities
TEU: 20,388 incl 1500 ref C
... And here I am again, with another photo from my last sunrise session at the beautiful, peaceful meanders of the river Adda, just downstream the Eastern arm of Lake Como, just before the river leaves the last hills to patiently delve into the Padan Plain. A little, precious world blessed with wetlands and strange, lazy bends and widenings of the river that thwart productive utilization of the area, safeguarding it.
It was just another clean, bright, absolutely cloudless sunrise (we have been experiencing mostly clean, dry weather for months now, leading to a severe drought, with the Adriatic sea flowing upstream the river Po for some 15 km as of today). Yet the early morning was gifted with a beautiful golden light that made the springy colours of the fresh buds literally burst with life.This is another detail of that amazing place I have captured by zooming in a bit, so enthralled by the beauty all around me to forget to put the lens hood on. This quiet corner of our much troubled world has the potential to heal my soul - for a while, at least. And I hope that it stirs positive feelings inside you as well - this is my gift for this weekend.
Some words about the title, that would strive for having both a literal (the weather) and a metaphorical meaning (which is totally up to you). As my fellows addicted to Douglas Adams novels would have got right in a split second, the title of this photo is related to the entry about the Earth in The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. After some 15 years or so of conscientious and extensive field research by one of its collaborators the editors, the Editors resolved to publish a somewhat drier entry:
The Earth - Mostly harmless.
Two words. Full stop. A clean, nice, simple answer to the Fermi paradox - after all, who would be interested in visiting a planet that is merely "mostly harmless"?
Explored on 2022/06/11 nr. 57
I have processed this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-2.0/-1.0/0/+1.0/+2.0 EV] by luminosity masks with the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot).
Along the journey - post-processing always is a journey of discovery to me - I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic to give a slight tonal boost to several parts of the scene. As usual, I gave the finishing touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Raw files processed with Darktable.
Head jewel: :: ANTAYA :: Head jewelry "Amira" (at The Epiphany)
Head: Lelutka Avalon
Skin: Poema RAHRA - JUSTINE
Hair: TRUTH Kaijah (VIP group gift)
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Credits:
Hair: Unorthodox– Gat Hair
LM:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/XODOHTRONU/182/176/35
Face Tattoo: [Onyx] Marked Face Tattoo @ manhood
Necklace 1: Animosity – Jacob’s Cross Earrings and Necklace (Full Pack)
Necklace 2: FaeTal – Kris Necklace – @ manhood
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Body Credits:
Body: [LEGACY] Meshbody (m) Special Edition (1.6)
Outfit: [[LOB] CASANOVA OUTFIT
Shoes: [ hoorenbeek ] Regal Shoes – Black
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Manhood event info:
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2024 Photos 3/363 Boo Boo Blackington (real name Bushka, also answers to Boo Boo) and Tooth Barkington (aka The Tooth, also answers to Toothy, puppy and Little Bastard), the cairn terrier pair, relax in their winter quarters. Winter quarters in their house are found wherever the sun is warming up the floor. ©2024 | John M. Hudson
Boo Boo’s Hashtags: #young_gifted_and_blackington #Big_Mama #skunk_bait #Tenacious_Terrier #NOT_a_karen_terrier #The_Boo #Little_White_Claw #noeyes #blackbeauty #bubba #thepunisher #sweetgirl #drillsergeant #builtfordtough #boobooblackington #thelizardqueen #volehuntress
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The Holy Family Sculpture
New Post Chapel
Ft Sill, OK
***Note: Clarity edit in Flickr Photo Editor
AAW November 18 0 25: What you are Thankful for
WIT: I am very thankful that I have such an artistic sister-in-law who gifted me with this beautiful teacup and saucer. The fingerprints are on there, as a nod to the Chinese tradtion of tapping 3 fingers as a thank-you to the person who is refilling your cup. I made a high key presentation and put it on top of different sized plates, Although these were all white, I still converted to bw to make cleaner tones, and did a colour selection of the gold fingerprints.
Maas Vlakte 2 Port of Rotterdam
AIS Name EVER GIFTED
Type Container ship
Flag Singapore
IMO 9786827
MMSI 563068900
Callsign 9V5825
Year Built 2018
Length 399 m
Width 59 m
Draught Avg 13.4 m / ...
Speed Max / 24.2 kn
Deadweight 198886 tons
Gross Tonnage 219352
AIS Class A
Cargo Capacity
Capacities
TEU: 20,388 incl 1500 ref C
Excerpt from www.lindasorensen.com/Linda Sorensen CV.pdf:
Linda Sorensen was born in London England in 1953. The family moved to Canada, and settled in Burlington in 1957. Linda has always been creative and gifted and at an early age her talents
were recognized. In 1971 at Lord Elgin High School, Linda studied drawing, painting and art history under Robert Bateman, the now renowned international wildlife artist. She went on to study at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto in 1972, before laying down roots in Renfrew County. She was a part of the original back to the land movement that inspired a generation of people who were seeking a simpler way of life away from their complex urban roots.
Motherhood, subsistence farming and a rural community nestled in a natural environment fulfilled her creative spirit until she returned to her art some twenty-five years later.
Artist Statement
For almost 40 years my life in the wilderness has shaped my destiny as an artist. My bold, wild, inspired paintings reflect my passionate respect for the natural world.
Immersed in nature, painting on site infuses each piece with the timelessness of the wilderness, the colour and light of the day. Its all about being there... 25 years of hiking, camping and canoe
experiences breathes the spirit of adventure that ignites an even greater connection, for me, to each painting and to the earth.
I work in the mediums of oil, acrylic. Photographs and sketches are taken for future reference for larger studio pieces.
With The Gifted premiering yesterday, I figured I would make two of the main characters from it. Unfortunately I don't have the zombie businessman hairpiece, which would be perfect for Andy. And I had to decide if I wanted the striped shirt on the inside, or his camo coloured jacket, so I opted for the striped shirt. As for Lauren, Maria Hill's torso would be better suited for her, but I also do not have her, so I had to make do. Anyway, I really enjoyed the show, and there were quite a few twists I wasn't expecting. There was a cool nod to the animated series, and a fun cameo as well.