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Northern Cardinal at the heated birdbath. Wind chill is 4 below today. A water source is essential for birds in winter.
Ghost sign in white glazed brick at the former premises of Godfrey William Bonson (1858-1932), cabinet maker and upholsterer, removal and storage contractor, Moss Lane, Altrincham. The business also offered mechanical carpet beating services.
These two kids are enjoying cool water from the fountain at the Klyde Warren Park during a hot Sunday afternoon.
I`ve had this heated bird bath since late last winter, but it isn`t exactly easy to photograph it being used. Sometimes, when the birds decide to bathe, the camera isn`t nearby. Other times it`s nearby but set to a low ASA and and that isn`t noticed until it`s too late. :-) Much easier to catch them drinking than bathing ... although I do have quite a few shots of a variety of birds doing both.
I sort of like this one because of the autumn colors reflected in the water. Some of the color comes from leaves which have fallen off the maple and birch trees and settled on the bottom of the bird bath.
Enjoy!
A member of Historic Hotels of America since 1999, The Colony Hotel & Cabana Club is among the most historic holiday destinations in all of Florida. Many have hailed this spectacular resort as a timeless masterpiece, often calling it “the best-known landmark” in Delray Beach. The facility debuted as the “Alterep Hotel” in 1926, after a group of investors led by Albert T. Repp had spent some $350,000 to finance its construction. Repp and his colleagues had decided to build such a magnificent structure due to Delray Beach’s growth as a prestigious resort community during the Roaring Twenties. Florida itself was in the midst of a lively—yet short-lived—real estate boom, in which Americans from across the nation built countless residential and commercial structures as a means of escaping the harsh northern winters. Delray Beach was no different from any other coastal community in Florida at the time, as businesspeople like Repp developed its shoreline with new luxurious retreats.
Designed by architect Martin Luther Hampton at the behest of Repp, The Alterep Hotel was perhaps the greatest structure built within the city in the 1920s. Standing three stories tall, its brilliant Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture brilliantly commemorated the state’s Hispanic heritage. The resort’s gorgeous stucco walls and iconic domed towers made it incredibly unique when compared to many of its fellow local destinations. Inside, a Spanish Galleon was carved into the lobby’s central mantle, highlighted in hues of gold and silver. Stunning terrazzo floor tiles proliferated throughout the space, as did wrought iron chandeliers and sumptuous antique floor lamps. An Otis & Company elevator ferried guests throughout the building to one of several dozen guestrooms located onsite. The contraption was absolutely beautiful, for it featured cut-glass panels, dark wood trim, and even a hand-closed metal gate. Fixx Reed wicker furniture filled every public space and guestroom, too, which Reep had acquired directly from the upscale John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia.
Despite its grand, luxurious character, the Alterep Hotel struggled immensely to generate business during the first few years of its existence. Right when it seemed that Repp and his associates were about to turn a corner financially, the Great Depression struck with merciless fury. Businesses and property values collapsed all over Florida, spelling doom for entrepreneurs like Albert T. Repp. With no way to save the enterprise, Repp subsequently foreclosed on the Alterep Hotel. Fortunately, salvation arrived in the form of George and Agnes Boughton. The two were newlyweds who had stumbled into Delray Beach almost by accident. They initially wanted to drive straight down to Key West, where they would take a cruise to Havana. But social unrest in the Cuban capital caused the two to unexpectedly cancel their trip. George then contacted his father, Charlie, for help, as the latter was a veteran hotelier up in New Jersey. Finding new accommodations in Atlantic City, the couple started the long drive back to the northeast. Yet, when the two briefly stopped in Delray Beach, they immediately fell in love with the abandoned Alterep Hotel. George and Agnes eventually spoke with Charlie about the prospect of acquiring the bankrupted business. After much discussion, the Boughton's paid some $50,000 to buy the ailing resort in 1935. Renaming it as “The Colony Hotel,” the family’s subsequent stewardship saw the resort emerge as the hottest attraction in Delray Beach. They invested thoroughly into its revitalization, installing a wealth of new amenities and facilities throughout the structure. George even developed the famous “Cabana Club” on a 250-foot strip of land along the Atlantic Ocean. This fabulous venue contained a heated saltwater pool, authentic tropical fauna, and complimentary cabanas. The Colony Hotel and Cabana Club have since remained in the Boughton family to this very day. Much of the original architecture and décor remains the same, too! The resort even has 50 pieces of the historic Fixx Reed furniture that first arrived over a century ago. The Colony Hotel and Cabana Club is thus one of Florida’s best historic destinations.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Hotel_&_Caba%C3%B1a_Club
colonyflorida.com/about/#!/history
www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/colony-hotel-and...
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Greetings Stumblers! Ahalanui, on the Puna coast of the Big Island of Hawaii is home to an incredible volcanically heated hot pool with water that is nearly body temperature. It also has some excellent coastal scenery and large breaking waves. Sunrise is the best time to see the drama at its best! No HDR.
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It seemed like it would be an easy sunrise to shoot. Merely go around the hot pool, over the top of the rock wall blocking the ocean, and around to the cliffs and lava pools. However, the rocks are extremely slippery and you don't expect that when all of the lava is just a few decades old at most and very sharp. So, you walk along experiencing a reliable grippy surface and suddenly it is as slippery as ice! So if you go here, especially in the dark before sunrise, be careful!
The problem gets worse because I wanted to get close to the little reflecting pools in the foreground, but it was difficult to even move, let alone run from these unobstructed waves which pound this spot every 20 seconds or so.
The weather was warm and about as perfect as it can get, and this can lull you into a false sense of security. I mean, how can there be danger in such a paradise? Well, with no coral reef in front of many Hawaian beaches, it seems like every 4th wave is a sleeper wave, so be careful photographing any non-reef beach. Seriously!
Anyway, even if you do not make it to the beach during the day (the hot-pool lifeguard has a bullhorn to keep people away from the waves), definitely visit this hot pool. It has an opening for the 78 degree (28c) ocean water to mix with the 94 degree (34c) hot pool water. Suddenly, the oean water feels as cold as California! The breeze off the ocean is cool enough so that you can relax in the hot water without getting too hot. It is perfect!
Check it out.
www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/beaches/ahalanui_park.html
The map shows the exact location.
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My pictures are featured on the front page of the newly redesigned
The state Gov. of California website. Have a look! It is Flash with my pics cut into layers for a 3-d slideshow. If you are into building apps, the State has opened up lots of data to the public, so check it out!
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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This is one of our Heated feeders undercover. It was 25 degrees and only about a 20 mph wind, towards the end of the day when the 60 mph wind started to die down. The Hummingbirds had a lot easier time landing and staying on the feeders (there were 15 Anna's on this feeder) there are ports for 10. It is amazing to watch the Anna's share the same feeding port. All six of my feeders were busy from 7:15 a.m. until 4:45 p.m. We are now 40 degrees and the 1 inch ice is melting.
running a big turbo requires a nice size exhaust...this is overkill and I love it!!!
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Another open air museum village I visited last week. Much larger and much more longer established than the other one, and also going back a bit further in history in what it depicts from what I could gather.
Looking at pictures are one thing, being there in person is a whole different story. The atmosphere in those buildings, the smell somewhere between soot and campfire in them, because that's what they were fueled and heated with. Smells we rather associate with the outdoors today. The stove in the kitchen is also the heating, and the main light source. If one goes out, they all go out, save for some candles perhaps. Connected in a similar fashion are the air conditioning and the refrigerator. With the difference that those go out every time spring is coming and won't start again until fall. That also explains the few and far between and minuscule windows these buildings tend to have. That and the fact that glass was a rare and expensive commodity. Not like gold but a luxury item nonetheless. Just how dark it was inside, that was quite something, and something distinctly positive.
Strolling these grounds here, I couldn't help thinking that I could totally imagine living like that at a regular everyday basis. Now, I would probably be doing finer than most in such circumstances, not owning a cell phone or TV and many other techy things already as it is. But it also didn't take me very long to figure out where my thinking was going wrong: I was imagining a car or at least a bus stop at my disposal and a modern supermarket somewhere nearby. I also imagined modern indoor plumbing. Which would be especially helpful to avoid infections considering the burns and scalds people tended to have on their hands at all times from handling open fire and metal containers on a daily basis as the only means to get hot water. And probably also would have been caught off guard by the fact there's no computer anywhere, on which I could play some games and edit some pictures when there's nothing to do and it's raining outside.
Long story short, what I had in mind was not living history, but more like a vacation here in the museum. That being said. I could totally see something like that being a business model, and one that will become ever more viable now that the right to disconnect (finally!) becomes an ever louder cry. And places like this do in fact exist. Cabins somewhere in the wild, that writers, artists and musicians sometimes book as a retreat for creative stimulation. What's good for them can't be bad for ordinary people. Heck, artists... just staying alive back then looks like an artform in hindsight, that only the best got any good at. Which I guess it indeed was, looking at average life expectancies in the 1800s and prior.
Seriously though. The modern way the human mind works, combined with the ancient simple down to earth way of living, that could really be a best of two worlds situation right there.
Fun fact: I've read once, every single modern skyscraper contains more glass than the Roman empire produced over the entire course of its existence. But then, that's a very different episode of history yet again.
A member of Historic Hotels of America since 1999, The Colony Hotel & Cabana Club is among the most historic holiday destinations in all of Florida. Many have hailed this spectacular resort as a timeless masterpiece, often calling it “the best-known landmark” in Delray Beach. The facility debuted as the “Alterep Hotel” in 1926, after a group of investors led by Albert T. Repp had spent some $350,000 to finance its construction. Repp and his colleagues had decided to build such a magnificent structure due to Delray Beach’s growth as a prestigious resort community during the Roaring Twenties. Florida itself was in the midst of a lively—yet short-lived—real estate boom, in which Americans from across the nation built countless residential and commercial structures as a means of escaping the harsh northern winters. Delray Beach was no different from any other coastal community in Florida at the time, as businesspeople like Repp developed its shoreline with new luxurious retreats.
Designed by architect Martin Luther Hampton at the behest of Repp, The Alterep Hotel was perhaps the greatest structure built within the city in the 1920s. Standing three stories tall, its brilliant Spanish Colonial Revival-style architecture brilliantly commemorated the state’s Hispanic heritage. The resort’s gorgeous stucco walls and iconic domed towers made it incredibly unique when compared to many of its fellow local destinations. Inside, a Spanish Galleon was carved into the lobby’s central mantle, highlighted in hues of gold and silver. Stunning terrazzo floor tiles proliferated throughout the space, as did wrought iron chandeliers and sumptuous antique floor lamps. An Otis & Company elevator ferried guests throughout the building to one of several dozen guestrooms located onsite. The contraption was absolutely beautiful, for it featured cut-glass panels, dark wood trim, and even a hand-closed metal gate. Fixx Reed wicker furniture filled every public space and guestroom, too, which Reep had acquired directly from the upscale John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia.
Despite its grand, luxurious character, the Alterep Hotel struggled immensely to generate business during the first few years of its existence. Right when it seemed that Repp and his associates were about to turn a corner financially, the Great Depression struck with merciless fury. Businesses and property values collapsed all over Florida, spelling doom for entrepreneurs like Albert T. Repp. With no way to save the enterprise, Repp subsequently foreclosed on the Alterep Hotel. Fortunately, salvation arrived in the form of George and Agnes Boughton. The two were newlyweds who had stumbled into Delray Beach almost by accident. They initially wanted to drive straight down to Key West, where they would take a cruise to Havana. But social unrest in the Cuban capital caused the two to unexpectedly cancel their trip. George then contacted his father, Charlie, for help, as the latter was a veteran hotelier up in New Jersey. Finding new accommodations in Atlantic City, the couple started the long drive back to the northeast. Yet, when the two briefly stopped in Delray Beach, they immediately fell in love with the abandoned Alterep Hotel. George and Agnes eventually spoke with Charlie about the prospect of acquiring the bankrupted business. After much discussion, the Boughton's paid some $50,000 to buy the ailing resort in 1935. Renaming it as “The Colony Hotel,” the family’s subsequent stewardship saw the resort emerge as the hottest attraction in Delray Beach. They invested thoroughly into its revitalization, installing a wealth of new amenities and facilities throughout the structure. George even developed the famous “Cabana Club” on a 250-foot strip of land along the Atlantic Ocean. This fabulous venue contained a heated saltwater pool, authentic tropical fauna, and complimentary cabanas. The Colony Hotel and Cabana Club have since remained in the Boughton family to this very day. Much of the original architecture and décor remains the same, too! The resort even has 50 pieces of the historic Fixx Reed furniture that first arrived over a century ago. The Colony Hotel and Cabana Club is thus one of Florida’s best historic destinations.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Hotel_&_Caba%C3%B1a_Club
colonyflorida.com/about/#!/history
www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/colony-hotel-and...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Coal irons were heated by smoldering coals which were taken from a fire and placed inside a box on the top of the iron. The lid of the box had a handle which allowed people to hold the hot iron as they ran it over clothing, smoothing out wrinkles.
19th century
Weight 6,6 pounds (3 kg)
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Temps still below freezing. A water source is essential for birds in winter. The heated birdbath is a big draw for wintering birds.
“If you can live the beauty of the misty mornings, you are the king, you are the queen!” ~~ Mehmet Murat Ildan.
I get to begin my day in a heated pool, and it really is a royal moment. It has been a safe socially distanced hour with friends and it has meant the world. Ansh: misty/foggy
Overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway and Clearwater Harbor, this condominium home offer SPECTACULAR VIEWS of Clearwater's famous blue waters, marina, and tennis courts, in a lively downtown locale.
It features open living spaces with FLOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS.
Its quality features and CONTEMPORARY DESIGN details include glazed porcelain tile, GE Profile appliances, Granite countertops, European style cabinetry & high quality Kohler bathroom fixtures.
The AMENITY DECK features a heated pool, spa, large fitness center, and poolside cabanas.
Assigned parking spaces in the GATED GARAGE and an air-conditioned storage unit.
Water's Edge offers 24 HOUR FRONT DESK coverage 7 days a week.
AMENITIES INCLUDE:
Heated Pool and Spa, Direct Water Front Complex 24 Hour Manned Security, Concierge, Additional Storage, Fitness Center, Media and Billiards Room, Grill Poolside Cabanas.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/242845/waters-edge-condominiums...
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it was a windy day, so the smoke didn't went only to the sky .... it hulled the station
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Lokomotivfabrik Henschel (Kassel)
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On my way home from work walking over one of the bridges over the Thames near Battersea Park. He was having a heated discussion and pacing both too and fro.
I recently purchased this heated hummingbird feeder so that I can feed Anna's Hummingbirds all winter here in the Yakima Valley, Eastern Washington where there can be long spells of freezing weather.
Hummingbirds must eat, in this case nectar, ( 1 cup of sugar and 4 cups of water) every day once every 15 to 20 minutes from daylight to darkness. Although this bird is evidently feeding elsewhere if only one day goes by when it can't get food it will die so it is important once started that feeding continues all winter. Where I live the nectar will freeze at times so winter feeding is a long term commitment. Although I found that a heat lamp will work I decided to purchase the feeder in this photo which I believe will work better. If I am successful in keeping a hummingbird or two around all winter I will build a feeder similar to the one in the photo so I can have more than one next year.
Historically Anna's Hummingbirds migrated south for the winter and returned in late spring to Washington State. Most do that but a few stay year around if they are fed. I believe there are more in Western Washington where winter temperatures are usually above freezing. Since I have not had a chance to test this feeder in extreme cold I have yet to see if it will work but I have no reason to believe that it won't. Hummers Heated Delight has tested this product in Northern Minnesota in sustained temperature down to 1 degree F. These feeders are built in Albany, Oregon. The feeder attached to the heat source (a 7 watt bulb commonly used in night lights) is made by First Nature. The light is enclosed in what I will call a black bowl under the feeder as can be seen in the photo.
Yesterday I spent considerable time trying to photograph a hummingbird on my new feeder but was unable to get a close shot. This bird almost always landed on the back side of the feeder where it couldn't be photographed.
I took this photo from a tripod mounted camera through window glass so there are some obvious reflections and distortions. I manually focused and used a cable release so that I didn't have to look through the viewfinder when the hummingbird arrived. Light was poor due to heavy cloud cover .
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Just kidding - the boys were having a friendly game of bitey-face.
Again.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Obviously, sliders were cheerfully slid to add a bit of atmosphere.
(Riley is the one on the floor, although he’s almost always the instigator of the game - playfully nipping and tugging and shoulder bumping his elder until Toby relents)
Daily Dog Challenge - 4070. 2/26 “Colorful”
100x in 2023: #15 (#14 "artsy")
365:2023 - #57
Explore 2013-02-15......
I took this photo several years ago of my nephew and his girl. Thought it was appropriate to add for Valentine's Day.
The passengers on the platform at Grodzisk on 5th December 2013, despite the high climb up from the platform, will be very happy to escape from the cold into the warm steam-heated coaches of the 06:19 'commuter train' departure to Poznan , with Wolstyn shed's 'Ol49' Class 2-6-2 No.49-59 in charge.
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