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Yesterday, I saw a wonderful TV scene of a mother duck and her ducklings all in a row behind her. It reminded me of this shot of a family arriving at King's Cross station in London on the May bank holiday weekend.
What I wanted to capture was the small threads or hairs on the "sepal" (green crescents under the petals). But it could also be rows of petals or even lines of color. So fun to see close up
Flags on the Grand Buildings by Trafalgar Square, London.
The Grand Buildings were originally the Grand Hotel, built in 1870. The building was converted into offices in the same Victorian style in 1990, very much in line with Prince Charles taste for traditional architecture.
Brazilian soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva is UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for women and girls in sport. Marta, as she is popularly known, wants to inspire women and girls to challenge stereotypes, overcome barriers and follow their dreams and ambitions, including in the area of sport. An icon and role model for many, Marta is widely regarded as the best female soccer player of all time. This is the sixth year in a row that she has won the Best FIFA Women’s Player award. During her recent visit to UN Women headquarters in New York, Marta spoke about her personal journey, motivation and what she hopes to do as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.
"I started playing football when I was 7 or 8 years old. I’m from a very small town and at that time no other girls played football in my town. People said football wasn’t for women and my family shouldn’t let me play. They said I wouldn’t make it, that I wasn’t good enough.
As a child, I didn’t really understand why people were so against me playing when I could play it well! I fought back by showing my talent on the pitch.
Today, I want to use my story to empower girls everywhere, to work towards their goal, in whatever area that may be—in sport, in life, in work.
My greatest inspiration was my mother. We came from a humble family; my mum separated from my dad when I was less than a year old and she raised four children on her own. She worked all day, had little time to spend with us, but she never gave up. I found my strength from her to keep going.
Every win is important for me, from the time when I was playing in amateur teams among the boys to the first win as part of the Brazilian national team, and now. I remember when I went back to my town in 2006 after winning the award for the best female player in the world. When I arrived, it was nearly midnight and the whole town was awake, waiting for me. I got into a fireman’s truck and people were waving. That achievement could happen because I hadn’t given up [that] first moment I heard a ‘no’.
Sport changed my life completely. [It] gave me the opportunity to help my family, meet other people, see other countries and experience other cultures. Sport is a tool for empowering girls, because it gives you the opportunity to do what you want and learn to respect the differences between people.
We should invest much more in sport. The greatest challenge for women athletes today is the lack of options they have to play sport, and the lack of investment in sport. They have less support, fewer training options and this makes it more difficult to discover their talent.
For me, it’s a great honour to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women. I am here to use my story to inspire many more girls and women and to create opportunities so that next generation doesn’t have to go through what I did.
My message to girls everywhere in this world: believe in yourself and trust yourself, because if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.”
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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A trio of the Brigham Young University cheerleaders before the start of the football game between the BYU Cougars and the Virginia Cavaliers
Hi there,
How are 'ya?
It's been a long time
Seems like we've come a long way
My, but we learn so slow
And heroes, they come
And they go
And leave us behind as if
We're s'pposed to know why
Why do we give up our hearts to the past?
And why must we grow up so fast?
And all you wishing well fools
With your fortunes
Someone should send you a rose with
Love from a friend,
It's nice to here from you again
And the storybook comes to a close
Gone are the ribbons and bows
Things to remember places to go
Pretty Maids all in a Row
Oh, oh oh, oh......
Seen in Explore Sept. 1, 2014 www.flickr.com/photos/julesoso_jjw/15114767502/in/explore...
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Make Music Together series
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Bike ride shot...managed to pedal 10.71 miles in the wind and cold. Had my bike leaning against a stop sign post while taking a photo and the wind knocked it over! About 16 to 18 mph wind.
Machine cut single lap dovetails on an Ercol cabinet. Hand cut dovetails have more character but the pins are wider and it would me impossible to get a row in less than 75 mm.
Lens Cimko M series 28mm Macro F2.8 at F5.6.
These horses were standing by the fence watching traffic go by this morning. It was probably kind of boring since there is not much traffic on this road - especially early in the morning.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
M6, Summicron 35mm (asph) f2.0
Rollei Infrared 400, Rodinal 1:50 12min
Rows and rows of young wheat plants are warmed by the sun near Kremlin, Montana.
From wheat comes life. It is more important to the human diet (and their prosperity) than any other plant. How important? One-sixth of all arable land on our planet is used to grow wheat...more than any other crop. And as important as wheat is to the rest of the world, it is especially important to the people of Montana. The success (or failure) of the this state's economy hinges largely on the results of the annual wheat crop. It is one of two pistons driving the engine of Montana's economy. The other is ranching.
For as far as your eyes can see, all across northern Montana, long strips of winter wheat are now rising from the earth. Planted in September so they can sprout before Old Man Winter arrives, Montana's winter wheat lies dormant under the harsh winter snow until spring arrives when the soil warms again.
The blades of wheat are now an electric green, one of the most vibrant colors on Montana's landscape. Not too long from now it heads will emerge on the plants, and shortly after that rows combines will harvest it from the fields. It is then stored in large grain elevators somewhere on Montana's plain where it is later loaded onto trains and ultimately delivered to hungry people all over the world.
And then the life of wheat, here in the Montana farm fields, will begin anew.
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Guess what, Cindy Lou! Yep!
My ducks (or geese) are all in a row!
Ya see them? LOL
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Seriously, if only our situations and life
circumstances were all lined up and
straightened out like this Mama & Daddy
Goose's, we'd all be happy swimmers
indeed! But life's not like that...so we
just have to face whatever comes our
way, keep our heads above water,
and keep on paddling!
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Hope you have a "quacking" good day!
~Mary Lou
Wish I had a better lens, but this was the best i could do - they were way across the little pond in our community - hope all of you have a wonderful HUMP day : ) ! ~
I love these flowers, I always think the blossoms seem to be reaching to the sky......
This one was so vividly bright too :)
And thanks to John McDonald for pointing it out, I can now see a little row of fairies in their yellow stockings and pinky green shoes LOL
This was taken in the grounds of the butterfly centre in Seaforde, County Down.
Please view on black 'L'
The hiking part of my trip is over for now, though we will come back for more later on.
I met up with friends from San Diego and Colorado (mostly) for some off road fun. Here, we line up for a group shot before we head out to tackle Kane Creek Canyon (with a quick side trip up to Chicken Corner beforehand).
Kane Creek is rated "difficult" and it was, though not terribly so. Usually there are lots of water crossings, but Kane Creek was pretty dry last September.