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Waking up to this in the mornings blows me away! We rented a wonderful house for a few days, with rear balconies overlooking this inlet.
This is the western arm of the Ucluelet Inlet on the Ucluelet Peninsula. It looks out, southward, to the Loudoun Channel and the Beg Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Just out of shot, to the east side of this channel, are three First Nations Reserves - Ittatsoo Indian Reserve, Stuart Bay Indian Reserve and Dookqua Indian Reserve. Many First Nations people live and work around this area. I loved this aspect of the place!
Foreground trees are, I think, Western Hemlock or Tsuga.
I found this to be Paradise...Just awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping beauty, both in the scenery and the wildlife. In-love-with-place!
Ucluelet Peninsula
Vancouver Island
BC
Canada
16 July, 2019
"My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection." Man Ray
Photographs and leporello by Ulrich Wüst, C/O Berlin
C'est l'œuvre de Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923), l'un des principaux représentants du modernisme catalan. Les travaux se déroulèrent de 1905 à 1908 et firent appel à des structures avancées telles que l'utilisation de nouveaux profils laminaires. C’est une des plus belles salles de spectacle au Monde reconnue comme un des chefs-d’œuvre du Modernisme d’une extrême luminosité et d’une extraordinaire ornementation inspirée par la nature.
Sur le mur de l’abside de la scène, sous l’immense orgue, on retrouve sur un fond de trencadis rouge les 18 muses de la musique aux divers instruments. Autour sont regroupés diverses sculptures sur des œuvres musicales.
Au centre du plafond, la coupole de vitraux est l'œuvre de Antoni Rigalt i Blanch. Elle est éclairée par de la lumière naturelle de jour, et est équipée d'un éclairage électrique pour les nuits. Elle est conçue en son centre en forme de sphères inversées représentant un grand soleil or et ocre. Les couleurs se dégradent peu à peu vers le blanc et bleu clair — couleur du ciel — avant de dessiner des bustes de femmes.
…and here are another 2 images taken during Inspire’s maiden flight over Lake Hume this past weekend.
As with the previous image my focus was on flying so I had dialed in my exposure settings before take off and then simply controlled the camera for the compositions.
I was at odds with an image that clearly shows my 4WD parked in the scene but as these are my first set of images I’m ok with having a little fun.
Shot with the Inspire 1 Pro and X5 Camera. 1/200th Second, F5, ISO 100
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Mute swan from behind while it's sailing with the wind. (I like the feather detail in this shot) - How do they keep their feathers THAT white? That thought occurred to me more than once! Please check out my Swanography set for more photos of Swans; flickr.com/photos/vanstaffs/sets/72157604487191571/
Thank you so very much for the honor of having my picture featuring as the group cover!
Thank you, thank you!
~ Huge hugs Morgaine ~
Original picture: www.flickr.com/photos/morgaineblackrain/48790770891
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"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - Malala Yousafzai -
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Live… Laugh… and Love
by John McLeod
Live well dear friends
In all you do,
Tho' paths be old
Or paths be new,
But to yourself
Be ever true,
Live well!
Laugh often friends
Tho' passing years
Bring, sometimes, smiles
And, sometimes, tears,
For mirth forever
Warms and cheers
Laugh often!
Love much dear friends
For love will bring
The healing joy
And hope of Spring,
Where pain and fear may never dwell
Nor anguish touch….
And so Live well,
Laugh often too,
And more, dear friends,
Love much!
By Catherine Boeckmann
February 9, 2024
The daylily is an amazingly low-maintenance perennial. It’s virtually disease-free, pest-free, and drought-resistant; it’s also not picky about soil quality. Plus, the flower has a long bloom period! Here’s how to plant and care for daylilies in your garden, as well as how to easily propagate them for more plants!
About Daylilies
The daylily’s botanical name, Hemerocallis, comes from the Greek hemera (“day”) and kallos (“beauty”). The name is appropriate since each flower lasts only one day! However, each scape has 12 to 15 buds on it, and a mature plant can have 4 to 6 scapes, which is why the flower seems to bloom continuously.
Originally from Asia, these plants have adapted so well that many of us think of them as natives. Imagine the excitement of a 16th-century explorer cruising the Orient and finding these gorgeous plants! European gardeners welcomed daylilies into their gardens, and when early colonists sailed for the New World, daylilies made the crossing with them.
Despite their name, daylilies are not “true lilies” and grow from fleshy roots. True lilies grow from onion-like bulbs and are of the genus Lilium, as are Asiatic and Oriental lilies. In the case of daylilies, leaves grow from a crown, and the flowers form on leafless stems—called “scapes”—which rise above the foliage.
There are thousands of beautiful daylilies to choose from. Combine early, midseason, late blooming varieties, and repeat bloomers to have daylilies in flower from late spring through the first frost of fall. If you see a height listed alongside a daylily variety, this refers to the length of the scape. Some can reach 6 feet tall!
For more information please visit
www.almanac.com/plant/daylilies
These Daylilies were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
Aerial view Late afternoon in the Grand Canyon Arizona. Taken with a Nikon D300 nd 28-105mm Nikkor lens. All my published books, available world wide, can be viewed here:
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December 28, 2015. ©Copyright 2015 Karlton Huber Photography - all rights reserved.
Just another December evening in Southern California.