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I never get bored of the View from New Zealand House. I was there for an event recently and was gifted with some beautiful light during sunset through to blue hour. I was going to time-lapse it but was basically too drunk so captured some stills throughout the transition during sweet moments of light. This is a blend of the images taken of the spectacle as the light changed and the building lights came on.
The Forest Glade Gardens are well established European inspired landscaped gardens of six hectares that are to be found on the Mount Macedon Road in the hill station town of Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are just shy of one hundred years old. The gardens were originally two adjoining properties that comprised orchards and lush grazing paddocks. In 1941 local family the Newtons purchased and extended the property and set about creating one of Mount Macedon's most stunning gardens.
In 1971 the Forest Glade Gardens were acquired by Melbourne property developer Mr. Cyril Stokes who together with his partner Trevor Neil Bell, developed the gardens even further. Cyril was a great collector of European antiques, and his love of European antiquity is reflected in the gardens, particularly in the many classical marble and bronze statues dotted about the grounds.
Unfortunately the Forest Glade Gardens were partly destroyed by the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. However, after many years of hard labour put in by Cyril and Trevor, The Forest Glade Gardens were reborn from the ashes. The gardens are built on a sloping block and consist of a range of terraces all of which offer wonderful vistas. A garden designed to give pleasure all year round, the Forest Glad Gardens contain several heritage listed trees and are made up of smaller themed gardens including; the Italian Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Daffodil Meadow, the Peony Walk, Hydrangea Hill, the Topiary Gardens, the Bluebell Meadow, the Fern Gully and the Laburnum Arch.
In 2011 the property was gifted to a registered charity - The Stokes Collection Limited - with the intention of keeping the Forest Glade Gardens maintained and open to the public.
The Mount Macedon township is located east of the Mount Macedon summit, which is approximately 60 km north-west of Melbourne.
The name of Mount Macedon is apparently derived from Philip II, who ruled Macedon between 359 and 336BC. The mountain was named by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor General.
Settled in the 1850s by gold miners and timber cutters, the railway arrived at the Mount Macedon township in 1861, providing a vital connection to Melbourne, and sealing the town's future as a 'hill station' resort for wealthy Melburnians escaping the summer heat in the 1870s. With the land deforested, large blocks were sold and beautiful and extensive gardens were planted around the newly built homes. The rich soil and good rainfall also made the area suitable for large orchards and plant nurseries who could send fruit and flowers back to Melbourne. Newspaper owner, David Syme, built a house, "Rosenheim" in 1869. It was acquired in 1886 for Victorian Governors to use as a country retreat, making Mount Macedon an attractive destination for the well heeled of Melbourne society. A primary school was built in Mount Macedon in 1874, and as the decades progressed, hotels, guest houses, shops, a Presbyterian Church and Church of England were built. In 1983, Mount Macedon was devastated by the Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. A large portion of the town was raised, and a number of lives were lost. However, like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Macedon has risen and rebuilt. Today it is still a popular holiday destination, particularly during spring time when the well established gardens flourish with flowers and in autumn when the exotic trees explode in a riot of reds and yellows.
My co-worker Allen gifted me this Exakta 500 set (May 24, 2024). It includes a very well kept Exakta 500 with its case, a Domiplan 50/2.8, plus a 28/2.8, 135/2.8, teleconverter and macro extension tubes.
I believe this big light leak is from the film window on the back door. I've put tape over it, so I should know soon enough from a second test.
Leica R4, test
Summicron-R 50mm f/2
Arista 200
Blazinal/Rodinal 1:25, 5 minutes, 20°C/68°F
Pakon F135
Ausukai! Lithuanian fried-cookies made with dairy and eggs. Pictured is a (fairly successful) attempt to cook ausukai, vegetarian: with eggs but without dairy.
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More statues large and small from the west front, which doesn't have many undecorated square feet. These two tiers are kings, and one queen, Victoria, top left, who was carved by her daughter Louise. Sadly, I cut off the top of her head. Princess Louise was evidently a quite gifted sculptor, to the extent that her sculpture of her mother in coronation robes (outside Kensington Palace) was said not to be by her at all but by her mentor, Sir Edgar Boehm. Unlike several of her siblings, she declined to marry foreign royalty, instead becoming Duchess of Argyll and, when her husband became Governor General of Canada, she became viceregent.
Obviously quite a long way to go in learning 'the maid trade' - Madame is a gifted 'service provider' in many areas but silver service is not one of them.
Near the completion of her late October nail appointment, Ms. Essay was surprised by the nail stylist with a gift of a U.S. Misses Size 6 black jeweled party dress that had been worn by the stylist mother to a New Year’s Eve party many years ago. The dress was too small for the stylist to wear and knowing that Ms. Essay was a Size 6, the stylist gave the dress to Essay as a gift.
When returning home in late October, Ms. Essay put the dress on herself and found it fit perfectly. A photo was shared along with a promise to the stylist that Ms. Essay would wear this gifted dress to the next scheduled biweekly nail appointment in early November.
The nail stylist liked the look of her mother’s black jeweled party dress on Ms. Essay and offered at the early November nail appointment to capture this pose of Ms. Essay inside the salon which Ms. Essay readily accepted.
Yesterday I visited Mum at the Care Home to drop off her presents. A few days ago a very special organisation www.silkelephant.org.uk/ gifted hearts to the home. Every resident was given two matching hearts. One for them and the other for their relative. The Care Home took a photo of each resident with their heart and sent the photos to us all.
I’ve therefore taken my half of the pair and combined the images in order to re-unite us for Christmas.
As well as the quotation you can see on my image there was an accompanying poem:
Take this heart
And hold it close
Think of loved ones
You miss the most
Take this heart
And give it a squeeze
Once, twice
Or as many times you please
Take this heat
And close your eyes
Imagine your beloved
Right there by your side
A rare hybrid, the white tiger Lilly flower is a favorite of my MUA Amy Hoeae in Las Vegas, NV.
That fact was unknown to me when I gifted her a bouquet of cut flowers in appreciation for her creative approach to my look for a fancy schmancy gala gown event.
So I was surprised and delighted to learn her plan was to pin a couple of her favorite flowers from my gifted bouquet to my hair to create another signature look.
Like it?
You can not tell from the photo that the flowers fragrance was irrepressibly intoxicating.
Both birds and bees swarmed about that evening. Some successfully landed, while others hovered at a distance. I'm sorry it was not possible to meet you all this evening. I wanted to.
So to ensure Amy gets credit for this look, I figured a single post on this subject - the loving mastery of Amy's care for me, was well worth it, if not overdue.
This is another photo by Cassandra Storm. After over 5 years working together, she instinctively knows how to best capture my image.
So for this portrait all I had to do was lay there - which admittedly I AM good at. Amy and Cassandra did the rest.
As always - enjoy!
Nora
Beautiful, gifted and very artistic Celtic Harpist Sarah Marie Mullen will be playing live at the 2011 Arizona Renaissance Festival (ARF) weekends February 12 through April 3!
I played with the white balance in Canon Digital Photo Professional then tweaked smore more in Photoshop CS3 just for fun.
I took this photo with assist from Twig the Fairy who taught me how to do silhouettes.
Thank you Twig I am still learning so much from you
Met this gentleman from Sankarapathi Kottai, Karaikudi, He is priest for a temple, by seeing his image on LCD he said "m looking great, still" :)
faces, hands, feet among the foliage of the berry patch. Semi-precious stones and fresh water pearls strewn about for good measure!
Mike's step mom had this camera that belonged to her uncle and she thought that as both Mike and I will shoot film that we might like it. I am looking on line to see where i can get film developed and think I found a place that I can mail to in Canada.
I want to thank each and everyone who took the time to visit my little space here on Flickr. Have a super day!
One day on Hoth, Darth Vader met someone with more gifts than he had. It was the most confusing moment. All those curious furry four legged flying beasts... And what's the deal with the one with the glowing red nose?
Not really intended for flickr, this was a Christmas card mailed to friends.
HOWEVER, I'm reaching a million hit mark on my flickr photostream within days. I have been extremely busy last few weeks and I haven't had any time to spare for these, but I do not want to let this occasion go by without at least thanking you all for the ride so far and wishing you a merry Christmas (or happy holidays) and a wonderful new year. It's been fun!
The Forest Glade Gardens are well established European inspired landscaped gardens of six hectares that are to be found on the Mount Macedon Road in the hill station town of Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are just shy of one hundred years old. The gardens were originally two adjoining properties that comprised orchards and lush grazing paddocks. In 1941 local family the Newtons purchased and extended the property and set about creating one of Mount Macedon's most stunning gardens.
In 1971 the Forest Glade Gardens were acquired by Melbourne property developer Mr. Cyril Stokes who together with his partner Trevor Neil Bell, developed the gardens even further. Cyril was a great collector of European antiques, and his love of European antiquity is reflected in the gardens, particularly in the many classical marble and bronze statues dotted about the grounds.
Unfortunately the Forest Glade Gardens were partly destroyed by the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. However, after many years of hard labour put in by Cyril and Trevor, The Forest Glade Gardens were reborn from the ashes. The gardens are built on a sloping block and consist of a range of terraces all of which offer wonderful vistas. A garden designed to give pleasure all year round, the Forest Glad Gardens contain several heritage listed trees and are made up of smaller themed gardens including; the Italian Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Daffodil Meadow, the Peony Walk, Hydrangea Hill, the Topiary Gardens, the Bluebell Meadow, the Fern Gully and the Laburnum Arch.
In 2011 the property was gifted to a registered charity - The Stokes Collection Limited - with the intention of keeping the Forest Glade Gardens maintained and open to the public.
I spent a delightful Saturday with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in Mount Macedon, where I have never been before. Now I have, I would very much like to go back to such a picturesque place again.
The Mount Macedon township is located east of the Mount Macedon summit, which is approximately 60 km north-west of Melbourne.
The name of Mount Macedon is apparently derived from Philip II, who ruled Macedon between 359 and 336BC. The mountain was named by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor General.
Settled in the 1850s by gold miners and timber cutters, the railway arrived at the Mount Macedon township in 1861, providing a vital connection to Melbourne, and sealing the town's future as a 'hill station' resort for wealthy Melburnians escaping the summer heat in the 1870s. With the land deforested, large blocks were sold and beautiful and extensive gardens were planted around the newly built homes. The rich soil and good rainfall also made the area suitable for large orchards and plant nurseries who could send fruit and flowers back to Melbourne. Newspaper owner, David Syme, built a house, "Rosenheim" in 1869. It was acquired in 1886 for Victorian Governors to use as a country retreat, making Mount Macedon an attractive destination for the well heeled of Melbourne society. A primary school was built in Mount Macedon in 1874, and as the decades progressed, hotels, guest houses, shops, a Presbyterian Church and Church of England were built. In 1983, Mount Macedon was devastated by the Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. A large portion of the town was raised, and a number of lives were lost. However, like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Macedon has risen and rebuilt. Today it is still a popular holiday destination, particularly during spring time when the well established gardens flourish with flowers and in autumn when the exotic trees explode in a riot of reds and yellows.
(blogged) Yesterday I spent much of the morning wrapping up christmas gifts. It was a goal of mine to try and keep my gift wrapping simple yet personal this year, and so I decided to design up my own little gift tags to use and share with friends and family. And, I thought it would be nice to share them with all of you, too. A little gift from me to you.
If you would like, you can download a page of these gift tags for your own personal use, at my blog now...
The chancel triple lancet windows.
Late 12th century (around 1190),
These windows have swiss glass dating from the sixteenth century, installed here in 1837 having been gifted by Elizabeth, Marchioness Conyngham.
The Church of St Mary in Patrixbourne, Kent.
www.flickr.com/photos/191876035@N02/albums/72177720323559...
Churches of the Canterbury Diocese: www.flickr.com/photos/191876035@N02/albums/72177720306105...
- image © Phil Brandon Hunter - www.philbhu.com - image ref: P1080281a2
In anticipation of my tax return and w club ticket I mentally prepared myself to not grab anything with a few exceptions. I was doing good about this but when a Fashion Party Nikki popped up NRFB on ebay in January there was just NO WAY I was letting this long coveted beauty out of my sights.
I can't remember if it was a BIN or auction but fate smiled on me and I've cherished her ever since, even before giving her a Kara body but especially after LOL
This exhibition featuring photographs of young people who have made a difference around King's Cross is nearly at an end.
Of course, I had no idea about it until I arrived up in London today, a journey purely on a whim.
The photographs are by Jonathon Donovan.
Pancras Square, London N1
23rd January 2023
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This is a character from the show gifted. Its like a spin off of Xman. Anyway she's my favorite character.
Oh yeah btw I signed it differently this time.
This 100 feet tall totem pole was carved by Chief Mungo Martin of the Kwakiutl Indian tribe from 600 year old Western Red Cedar. It was gifted to the Queen in 1958 and has stood in Windsor Great Park since.
Devon is another doll I wanted but in anticipation of the W Club convention was telling myself not to get but kept seeing her and wanting her. Thankfully Max saw her and grabbed her as a gift and when I look at her I'll always think of him and be grateful :3
preparing for some show-offish testosterone-induced acrobatic dive into the river? No, Mr orange-shorts does not really look the part... He has an excuse, as the water is too shallow for safety, but he might also lose this golden pendant gifted to him by his mummy, and he would, even worse, ruin his perfectly coiffed hair;-)
This amazing model was a designed by Glenn Holland. He gifted me the instructions for it as a Christmas gift. I am very grateful to have received it.
I have added lighting from Brickstuff to illuminate the signal lights and interior. Glenn included a very detailed interior with passenger seating, a wood burning stove, and a baggage room, so I wanted to be sure it was visible.
I decided to add Maine Central decals in order for the combine to fit in with my other models.
Thank you again, Glenn!