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I am fascinated by empty chairs. Who has sat in this chair in this window? Where did the chair come from and how old is it? Silly questions, maybe, but I can't resist these empty seats.
In these times of indoor persuits, I thought I might learn a bit about gardening.
As a novice to me this is just a flower. just wait until I have been cooped up at home for 12 weeks!
This is my photo for the 52 in 2019 Challenge - #46 - On the bottle.
Peter's stash of red wine including dust.
A Canadian Pacific AC4400CW leads Q351 west, under the former New York Central signal bridge in Chili.
I always had the plan to post more shots of the wonderful Iskanderkul in Tajikistan, but it is already three years ago that I finished my trip through central Asia, and how the world has changed since then.
Beside this shot www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49221949713/in/photol..., that I posted a long time ago, there were many more.
This image was taken when we left early next morning. The scenery was gorgeous thanks to the light and the haze, and the lake got a wonderful turquoise color.
Iskanderkul is situated in the northwest of Tajikistan, in the Fann-mountains. I am not sure if it was named after Alexander the great, the stories are somewhat vague on this matter, but what is sure is that the dacha of the Tajik president is situated at the east end of the lake.
We spent two days at this lake, and although this scenery is fantastic it took me a lot of pictures to capture its grandness. Not only the lake but the surrounding mountains are so stunning you don't know where to look all the time. Enjoy!
20 September 2019 I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
In the winter, resident birds are joined by immigrants from continental Europe, mostly from Scandinavia; these Robins are paler than ours, have a duller red breast. The immigrants are also generally less tame because they skulk in woodlands, only British Robins are a tame garden bird
A massive alcove sculpted by the Paria River flowing lazily in the foreground mesmerizes the viewer. A thousand foot wall stretches toward the sky, a bit overhung (the top extends out over the ground below). The warm light on the wall is from reflected sunlight off the canyon wall behind this view. Only the ache in the neck can stop the gaze at the wonderful cracks and stripes of desert varnish that adorn the rock.
The Paria Canyon is one of Earth’s greatest hits, a long narrow canyon cut into the Navajo Sandstone of the Paria Plateau stretching across the border of Utah and Arizona. The river cuts through the plateau as it rises above the surrounding landscape, much like the Kaibab Plateau does with the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The river has cut through the rock in episodic fashion, through slips of massive slabs of rock and periodic floods that carry the rock and sand downstream and deposit it in the Colorado River.
I had the privilege of spending six days in this wonderful canyon and its tributary, Buckskin Gulch. Most travelers backpack the 38ish miles downstream to Lee’s Ferry, but my colleagues and I chose to set up a couple of base camps and do leisurely day hikes along stretches of the canyon, getting to know the beauty of the canyon's artwork. I’ll try not to overdue posting photos from here, but it may take some restraint to do that ;-).
....trying to show why I spend so much time in there every day.
and playing with the iPhone and hipstamatic.
no need to comment. this is just playing.
for jean , who sent me rocks. [which I love]
**I'm still on hiatus. I really love the evenings free.
tonight I did try to do some commenting.
basically I live days in the little greenhouse, and I've been spending evening trying some new origami. and reading. and hugging the dogs.
and eating pie while I watch my stomach grow. sigh...
my commenting will be off and on.
When I'm wandering around in woodland, I'm quite used to seeing wee Springtails (Collembola sp.) trucking around under logs and so on, but I rarely come across the marine species. When I was on Skye in June, however, there were lots of them in the brackish pools near the beach. It's fascinating to watch them grouping together and breaking off regularly from the main body .... ping, ping, ping .... as though they are being propelled by some extraneous force. They then form either new groups or re-aggregate with the main group, and so it goes on. I saw several pools with them doing this marine dance while I was there. These are a few of them. This species may be Anurida maritima, but that is not definitive.
This is information from Wiki:
"The entire body of the Collembola is covered with white hydrophobic hairs which allow the animal to stay above the surface of the water on which it spends much of its life. Aggregation is an important aspect of collembolan biology, and A. maritima has been shown to produce an aggregating pheromone. Like many intertidal animals, A. maritima moves in rhythm with the tidal cycle, and has an endogenous circatidal rhythm with a period of hours, using visual cues to orient themselves during their movements."
Wiki
This image is included in 3 galleries :- 1) "CLOUDS AND SKIES OF THR WORD II" curated by miguel angel iglesias, 2) "spectacular landdscapes of the word II" also by miguel angel iglesias and 3) "The amazing creativity of 'flickr artists" by Me/. Myself and I.
This landscape belongs to the sandstone peak forest landform in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China. Crustal uplift changed the sedimentary rock stratum into a hilly and mountainous area, then the sandstone was carved by exogenic processes like weathering and erosion into rugged rock pillars.
攝於仙女獻花觀景台附近。
(explored Apr 30, 2020 #86)
This little girl was playing in the (dry) water fountain on Sunday afternoon-- I really loved the pink outfit!
No train in Japan is more famous, nor more sought after, than JR Central and JR West's 923 Series, better known worldwide as "Doctor Yellow"
Originally built in 1998, these trains were rebuilt from the original 700 Series. Their role is to make sure the Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen routes are kept in peak condition through inspection. Each 923 series contains a myriad of track and overhead measurement equipment housed in 7 cars. Monitoring is done on board by a 9-person crew of railway technicians.
It is said here that seeing Doctor Yellow by chance is considered to bring good luck. At best, they'll operate 3-4 times a month. No official schedule exists, but there are unofficial ways to check if they're running, though by no means is it a guarantee. Regardless, I'm thrilled to finally see one for myself!
JR Tokaido Shinkansen.
JR 923 Series (Doctor Yellow) T5 Set
Tamachi, Minato Ward, Tokyo
When these clouds moved in to position, I did as well. They add a certain extra to the image that helps complete it. This rail line has been shot by all of my cameras over the years, and this one is a little more complete than the rest with the addition of the clouds. They fill that distant draw in the hills that is in need of a finishing element.
Deer in Nara, Japan
● Sony a6000
● Tokina SD 70–210mm
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Du sable entre les doigts
Les nuages s’écoulent.
Automne des matins.
Masaoka Shiki, poète japonais (1866-1909)
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From our Summer 2021 two-week trip from California to Mt. Ranier, Washington, July 2021. What is truly striking about this image is the amount of snow that has already melted, all caused by the heat spells that struck the Northwest in May and June.