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Colourful dancers entertains visitors to mall. Beautiful and colours boys and girls on stilts dance to beat of the drums. Pleasing experience indeed. We joined the fun.
Remarkable Rocks is of the top tourist attractions on Kangaroo Island. These rock formations are indeed 'remarkable" and sit precariously on a cliff edge in Flinders Chase National Park on the island. 500 million years weathering and pounding seas have shaped these huge granite boulders.
Situated in the picturesque Forest of Bowland stands Parlick Pike (right, 1,417 ft) leading to Fairnape Fell (left, 1,706 ft) captured on a glorious mid-September day.
There has been evidence since the Bronze Age of the elevations being part of a chain of ‘beacon hills’, used to signal warnings, such as an impending invasion.
This was done via a bonfire being lit at night (or smoke created in the daytime) at the highest point of the hill. On seeing the alert, the person charged with being the ‘lookout’ would light their fire and the signal would be communicated along the chain.
This particular spot is a haven for fixed wing gliders, hang gliders, paragliders and modellers. Indeed, the airfield of the Bowland Forest Gliding club is just out of shot on the right.
If you squint hard enough you can probably see a few paragliders in the photograph.
The prevailing sea breeze and steep inclines create great conditions for the skilled pilots, and when the sun shines, columns of warm air, known as thermals provide extra lift. Which I’m sure is much appreciated both by the pilots and the local birds alike.
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We found this tiny little church by chance while travelling in Herefordshire. I think it can add a certain magic when coming across somewhere you didn’t plan on visiting. This was certainly one of those occasions, a very lucky find indeed.
I’m going to use a full description taken from Great English Churches (see link below.)
Dedication : St Mary & St David
Described by Simon Jenkins. Principal Features : Extraordinarily complete and decorative Norman church.
Amongst students of church architecture few churches are as well-known as Kilpeck. To the public, few places could be more obscure!
If any church deserves the word “extraordinary” it is Kilpeck. Once adjacent to a Benedictine monastery, it dates from about 1140AD and is little changed since. Kilpeck was gifted to the splendidly-named William fitz Norman after the Conquest and the church as we know it was commissioned by his son, Hugh. It dates from comparatively late in the Norman period and yet it is awash with the most elaborate carvings, many of a distinctly un-christian nature. Celtic, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon and pagan imagery vies with Christian iconography in a riot of dragons, warriors, monsters and animals. What Hugh intended the parishioners to learn from these images we can only speculate, but we can detect everywhere imagery of life, death and re-birth.
Kilpeck was built by the “Herefordshire School” of masons and we know that they were influenced by the churches of South-West France and the pilgrimage destination of The Cathedral of St James at Santiago de Compostella in Northern Spain; but none of this accounts for the imagery of Kilpeck. The excellent church booklet speculates that Hugh may have returned from the First Crusade in 1096 with holy relics that needed a suitable church to house them.
The church is a three-cell affair of nave, chancel and apse. The apse ceiling is an early example of stone vaulting with decorated ribs and a stone roof boss.
The doorway arch has three orders of decoration : a chevron moulding, followed by Norman beakheads and a third order that includes some astrological symbols. This third order is not supported by the door pillars so it is was probably added a little later.
The incredible left door jamb. The two warrior figures are known as the “Welsh Warriors” but their origin is in fact unknown. We see a lance in the hands of the upper warrior and a double-handed sword in the one below. These serpents slither up the pillar, and tumble down on the right hand pillar.
The right hand door jamb has less dramatic carvings on the inner side, although there are two birds near the floor. The outer order, however, seems to be a similar riot of entwined serpents to its left hand counterpart.
There is more info. See below.
After shooting the #108 at Leaman Place a week or so back, I passed this location on my drive home. The irony of an Amtrak train passing this sign with its meaning was too good not to return to and capture the Westbound Pennsylvanian rumbling by. Indeed good business owner, indeed.....
Should be viewed on the Black stuff
Most interesting by Jerimias Quadil can be found here
Tech note: 5 X HDR to bring out the shadows, 3 partially blended at bush to rock extended line to water (also above the water to horizon) to remove artifacts and to get better white cap effect. Unfortunately, on white caps it is VERY easy to get "white out" artifacts (which is annoying!!!) but with careful blending one can usually get it out. I also ran into problems getting the right tone balance between the rocks and the sky but I ended up working on them separate and then layer it back to make it match properly.
Indeed it is per the title, the gorgeous colours just so rich and vibrant. One of the best places to see such a sight, National trust at Stourhead Wiltshire.
Indeed this was a rare occurrence on two fronts. Firstly I baked! Something I very rarely do as I don't really enjoy baking and to be honest, I'm really not that good at it. Secondly, I had a full day at home to just putter about. I did a few chores, some laundry, some baking, and phoned a couple of friends I haven't spoken to in ages. Now I will make a coffee and knit for a while and then after dinner there is a hockey game to enjoy. (Although I don't expect the boys to win. Too many out injured. Still you never know)
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"Cold indeed, and labor lost: Then farewell heat, and welcome frost!" ~ William Shakespeare ~
Indeed, the high tension hydroelectric towers were barely visible on this walk along the Riverdale Forest, Cornwall, Ontario.
Well, we are back - and what an adventure! The island was indeed Paradise, and I will show you hundreds of photos of sun, sea, sand, and other paradisical stuff - like sunsets, and food, champagne and heavy, warm rain...
We had one little nightmare = the return flight to Dubai was eventually cancelled after we had got up at 5.30 and sat in the airport and the plane ALL day, finally get some dinner and a room at 9pm!! Stilled remarkably chilled though....
A UP local rolls through the Grant Tower area. Going from the former Rio Grande over to the UP Yard. I though the billboard was especially appropriate.
Saturday Self Challenge: Surprise
When we saw our 14 year old grandson just over two months ago, he was playing pleasant tunes on the piano, Returning this week, we were amazed to hear classical music wafting through the house. Here he playing the main theme from the movie "Interstellar". A most pleasant surprise indeed.
I’ve been absent from Flickr for far too long! I missed seeing many wonderful images and interacting with longtime friends. I regret all that I missed.
But now back to the good stuff, the stuff that makes us all experience joy and frustration, happiness and heartache—seeing and shooting nature!
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Zion's famed Subway slot canyon is a fun challenge to reach in any season, but never more so than after a winter storm. One such storm recently washed over the southwest, so I ventured up to Zion to see the Subway dressed in winter white. The rangers office tried their damnedest to talk me out of it, but I assured them I was prepared with all the right equipment, experience and skills to stay safe. What I really had was a bit of old gear and just enough guts. Permit finally in hand, I plowed into the untouched snow and began a treacherous winter scramble across icy rocks and frozen water. I wasn't sure whether any icicles had formed inside the slot canyon, but I was surely going to find out. A few exhausting hours later, fingers frozen and toes numb, I at last reached the Subway. Icicles indeed.
What goes on when our backs are turned, I wonder
we purview in our sleep the distances of the subconscience
the curiosity of dreams knows no bounds
as we ourselves await what living truly expounds
we don't always know the reasons why
when we forget all that has yet to be said
the martyrdom of unspoken silent fears
becomes the concern of far more than at first appears
have you ever wondered why, upon waking
a crystal clear image from childhood
should suddenly reappear for the first time
since it's first motion was carried from that day in it's prime?
it's a curious thing indeed that dreams the day away
and instils a restlessness throughout the night
it maybe April as much as May would have it
within the radius of season a talismanic split
of who we are and what we've ever done,
and the preponderance of wishing that time away
oh the peccability in us all is living proof
of both ends of this radiating goof
but overcome we do, and must
....is there more than just a breath
to breathe life into us?
in the search for all we're supposed to possess
somewhere inside is uplifting indeed
whithersoever that place may be
it takes but a second to expedite-
one hope through this life so recondite
deeper and deeper in excogitation
is the endless supply of so many questions
but our answers lie in the depth of simplicity
that place of Nature's intuitive authenticity
call it paradise, call it Heaven, call it life
answer it with all three and you're there!
heuristically speaking, we listen to Her
at last, we humans hereby manage to concur
when faced with the silence of Nature's immensity
humbled by the brilliance of that unspoken moment
the emptiness of the city finds friends in this solitude
of kindred spirits a plenty, and the negativity we abstrude
we've all been there as we stand here, together
honesty in yourself and all you've ever felt
touches the fingertips of the palm that holds your wealth-
of heart, mind, body and soul; here's to your good health!
by anglia24
10h00: 13/04/2008
©2008anglia24
The Red Lines of Red Flame's tiny flowers serve to lead insects to the nourishing products deep inside the corolla. Red Flame flourishes in tropical shade. Indeed, by noon most flowers have fallen. Here they're still attached to their dark green plants. But fallen is that scarlet seed from the shading Bead Tree above our flowers. Those very hard seeds are still used to fashion beady necklaces; given their consistant weights they were once apparently used for weighing in the gold trade.
GAMBIA TOUR 2018.
FORAGES by wading slowly in the shallows, cooperatively scything with slightly opened mandibles through the water. Sexes very similar,favours tidal inlets and creeks, spent many hours watching six of these, as they are not normally. in the area I visit.
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THANK YOU for your visit and kind comments, it is very encouraging indeed. God bless you all, your like my extended family................Tomx
Under the watchful eye of a UFO thinly disguised as a cloud, Train 925 rolls through the former Katiki station site before hitting the coast.
Mr Wallace and I were forced into this spot by the rest of the squadron of persistent cloudships hovering over the few golden miles of coast behind me. This is a regular occurrence here, and indeed we were skunked out of a glorious shot two days ago as a tiny fluffy cloud suddenly appeared in the blue sky and then maneuvered into position just as the train did.
The bridge that the tail of the train is passing over was once located near Hillside in Dunedin when the line used to be double tracked through there. It was moved a while around 1980 - steam cranes were used to lift it.
5 Dec 2019, Train 925, 5080-7226, Katiki, SIMT-NZ
Truly one of Northern California's treasured areas indeed!! The area known as Stone Lagoon truly is something to witness in the flesh, which will keep your spirit marinating upon the kind[est] moments given to you via Mother Nature upon the North Coast.
Photo of Stone Lagoon captured in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Redwood Zone within the Coast Range region. North Coast. Humboldt County, Northern California. Late August 2013.
Exposure Time: 15 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-200 * Aperture: F/22 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 4500 K * Color Grading: Fuji Velvia 50
Southern Arizona offers many springtime treats to those birders who visit, but few more beautiful than this one. The blue-throated mountain-gem, actually a large hummingbird (about 3X the size of the Ruby-throated hummingbird), exhibits beauty in its flight and that identifiable magnificent blue throat. Last year, when visiting the area, I had hoped to come across them, and that we did. Having a limited distribution in North America, primarily in Mexico, they also breed in SE AZ, SW NM, and southern TX. Of interest to note, the blue-throated mountain-gem does not perform an aerial display, using different vocalizations to attract mates and defend its territory. I think it's a gem indeed. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend ahead.
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Amsterdam, Waterlooplein
September 06 : Reading an item in the newspaper I found a picture of a girl and was thinking of this photo, sent her a message and indeed, it's the same girl, her name is Sylvana. If you like to see more, here's a link :
This is the second of my Halloween mini-series of images. (This was taken at Minuteman NHP in Massachusetts)
I was awoken by a loud sound upstairs, me brother, who was in the bed next to me, didn't move an inch. Was it an intruder? We didn't receive word from the mother country that we would be quartered. I lit my bedside candle and left the dormitory.
At this time of night the house was bone-chillingly still. Me father took part in the disputes in Boston the other day, heard 5 were killed, truly horrible. The only audible noise was the muffled rain from outside, but the eerie silence from within found me daring to sneak a breath. Something wasn't right here.
The stairway looked different then it normally did. It usually glowed a comforting yellow, but tonight it was a dim orange. As if the whale oil inside it was slowly dying. The corridor I just came from seemed darker as well, there was normally a hallway lamp aglow. Things like that don't just happen. Something was indeed wrong here.
Suddenly I heard it again, periodic clomping. The lights flickered with each step. Then it stopped. I heard it again in the distance, and without explanation, my candle was blown out. I was terrified at this point, who or what was playing tricks on me? I heard it at a faster rate going towards the stairway but no silhouette or figure. I backed up instinctively. Help me. The last feeling of warmth (if you could even call it that anymore), the chandelier went out. My fear took control of me at last and I ran back to my room, the footsteps, wait, is it right behind m-
The Dim Sum we were presented with would have been worth a shot for sure. Unfortunately for every photo junkie they were not only extremely good looking but also very tasty indeed, meaning the camera had to stay hidden (and starving, I would dare adding) into my bag :)
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Almost exactly one year ago, I was in San Jose and gave two talks at a conference and since my flight back to New York was on Sunday, I decided to visit San Francisco on Saturday which turned out to be an amazing experience and also a little bit of an adventure.
The whole journey started in my Airbnb in San Jose, where I told to my landlord about my planned trip to San Francisco and she said, that her husband comes from San Francisco and he can drive me to the train station in San Jose in the morning. I wasn’t sure if she was serious since I told her that I want to be there very early at around 4-5 am (and it was weekend), but then her husband joined the conversation and said that he gets up this early everyday for work and also on the weekends since he is so used to this rhythm that he cannot sleep any longer. Of course I was super happy since I didn’t have to take a taxi or an Uber and indeed, the next morning he got up almost the same time as I did and drove me to the train station. After buying the ticket, I enjoyed the ride with the Caltrain and around 7 a.m. I arrived at the San Francisco train station.
I actually looked up a lot of the things about the Golden Gate Bridge which I wanted to visit, but I didn’t spend time on reading about the public transport. First I was not sure, were my bus station was, and after asking a woman which turned out to be a bus driver, she told me that I should jump onto this bus standing there, but I can only pay cash and I do not get any change from the ticket machine in the bus. She was like „Hurry, otherwise you don’t catch that bus!“ and so I jumped into the bus and noticed that I only had 10, 20 or 50 dollar bills which I told the driver. He then looked angry at me and said: „Please stand back!“ Since I had no ticket and he sometimes looked back at me through the mirror, I got out of the bus at one of the next stations since I felt very uncomfortable. Funnily, another bus stopped right in front of my nose, the door opened and this woman from earlier was sitting in there and saying: „Did he threw you out of the bus?!?“ I told her that I decided to leave the bus and then she said: „Come on, jump in.“ We then started to talk, she was super kind and asked me where I’m from and what I’m doing here and after showing her that I don’t have any coins or one dollar bills, she gave me a ticket for free and even told me that this is valid for a few hours. Whilst driving through San Francisco, she then told me a lot of things like „Look, there you can see the famous Lombard Street a little!“ meaning that I got more or less a little tour during my bus ride. After a few stations, she then told me that I have to get out of the bus here and switch to another one which is already labeled with „Golden Gate Bridge“. So I got out of her bus and thanked her a few times since I was just so happy that she was so kind. Since I knew that my ticket was still valid a few hours, I decided to quickly walk back to Lombard street since I didn’t want to miss it if I’m already here on the other end of the world. After seeing this wound street and a lot of people there, I walked back to the bus station and jumped onto the bus to the Golden Gate Bridge and arrived there around 9 am.
First, I took a few images from the parking lot of the Welcome Center, had a look into the center to make up my mind which souvenirs I might buy later and then I decided to eat something such that I have enough energy to walk around and see all the viewpoints I wanted to visit. I then decided to first walk over the bridge which was pretty cool, especially when you feel this massive steel construction moving and shaking a little when cars drive by. At the other end, I walked up to the Battery Spencer viewpoint, one of the most popular viewpoints, at least judging from the crowds of people there. The view was indeed very nice, but there was no fog around the bridge or nice clouds in the air and thus it was photographically a bit boring. Nevertheless it was very nice and I then continued the road up the hill a little and after that I decided to go back down and cross the bridge again to get back to the Welcome Center.
After having some lunch and buying some souvenirs, I then decided to continue to the next „viewpoint“ called Marshall Beach. I was actually a little early for sunset, but I thought better be early than late, especially since I didn’t exactly know how to get there. It turned out that it was pretty easy to find and I went down the stairs and was at the beach around 4 p.m. Since there were a few hours left til sunset, I played around with some very long exposures which didn’t turn out very great. Since I was still pretty far away from the bridge, I noticed people climbing over some rocks at the other end of the beach and hence I did the same and got to another beach closer to the bridge, where I found this rock with all its algae on it and I thought that this might serve as a nice foreground. Since I’ve never done any seascape photography, I played around with different shutter speeds and timings and found, that I get the best results when I start exposing after a wave hits the rock and the water is flowing back into the ocean. I then took a lot of images as the sun went down and got my feet wet a few times due to some bigger waves which was totally worth it I think :) The sunset itself was not very spectacular since the sun was mostly behind the clouds, but there was some red color in the sky which I enhanced in post processing. Of all the images I took, this one turned out to be my favorite since I really like how the water winds itself around the stone in the foreground, creating this nice S-curve which leads to the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance. Hope you like it too! :)
With the inventor behind the controls-and the builder behind the scenes. ;D
A better picture of the Pigeon, because-I'll be honest- "Watson's Garage" was completely built around it. ;D
Enjoy, and please take your time. :)
In a marriage made in Canada, this 1924 Gray Dort 23B Special Touring Car, is guaranteed to flummox the average car aficionado. The Canadian, Robert Gray began to build Ford bodies for the Walkerville factory. They continued to do so until 1912.
During this period, they also built bodies for the locally built Chatham.
In 1915, Robert Gray obtained the Canadian rights to manufacture the Dort automobile from Flint automobile manufacturer J. Dallas Dort and that year Gray-Dort was formed. They produced two models the first year, a Model 4 roadster, and a Model 5 touring car.
Over the years, Gray-Dort became known for their cars of reliable quality, which started easily in all weather conditions. A full range of body styles was offered – tourer, coupe and sedan.
In 1923, after several years of successful but stressful business, J. Dallas Dort decided he wanted to leave the automobile business, and Robert Gray could not dissuade him. A few months later, Dallas Dort died while playing golf. Their easy access to U.S. sources of engineering and mechanical parts having abruptly come to a close, the company began to lose money. Gray-Dort scrambled to find another U.S.-based partner to no avail, and the company folded in 1925.
Dort Motor Car Company grew from Durant-Dort Carriage Company founded in 1886 by William C. Durant and J. Dallas Dort. They remained business partners until about 1915. Durant-Dort Carriage Company was dissolved in 1924.
Dort and the remaining stockholders took over the carriage business. They incorporated Dort Motor Car Company and began to use some of the same plant to manufacture Dort cars buying in engines from Lycoming. Partnering with Gray, allowed their entrance into the Canadian market.
Dort made a $1,000 investment in 1886 (equivalent to $25000 in 2018) to become a partner with William C. Durant in a new carriage business called the Flint Road-Cart Company. Durant was the salesman and Dort the partnership's administrator, running the factories. Together they made Durant-Dort one of the world's largest carriage producers. Dort and Durant invested in a controlling interest in Buick in 1904 when the new owner ran short of capital. Durant's marketing ability was an overwhelming success, and they formed General Motors in 1908. Durant lost control of GM to bankers in 1911 and they re-established themselves by creating a new brand of automobile, Chevrolet. Dort was president of Chevrolet but the following year, in 1915, he left and founded Dort Motor Car Company. By 1920 Dort was the country's 13th largest automobile producer
Over the course of its lifetime, Gray-Dort manufactured around 26,000 automobiles.
Complicated enough??? This is for Steve Brown, the only person I know out there who has imaged a Gray-Dort.
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Looking very work worn indeed 20015 and 20116 approach the site of what was Codnor Park and Ironville Station hauling their rake of empty M.G.R. wagons northbound on March 28th 1986.
( Re-scan and process )
Our AirBnB host had slipped a page into the guest book saying "My favorite place to stargaze in the desert is a plot of land out in the middle of Wonder Valley. I call it the Star Box. It's far from light pollution and you'll be all alone out there. Venmo $25 for access to the land. I do not take responsibility for nails or glass in tires. Arrive before sunset or you'll never find the place." The tire thing worried us, but we paid up, got the coords, and checked it out in daylight - soft sand road, but seemed fine. It was indeed magical - I hadn't seen a sky this big before - free of obstructions in every direction, ringed by distant mountains all the way around, a totally enveloping experience. I'd expected the temps to drop with nightfall, but a warm wind persisted. We ate pizza and watched the North Star appear, then watched as cosmos lit up. The downside of the location for astro photography is that there were no landmarks, so there's nothing to include (skies with stars and nothing else are boring). But we had fun doing some light painting in the desert while we waited for the full star show. Amazing evening.
As I have mentioned a few times recently, I am longing to get out of home, and back under the celestial canopy, once the authorities lift the COVID-19 restrictions. The Milky Way’s galactic core, replete with stars, gas and immense clouds of dust, had risen to its highest point in the night sky when I photographed it earlier this year at Gerroa, on the southeast coast of New South Wales, Australia. I want to see this again!
With today being Easter Sunday for the majority of Christians worldwide, a common greeting is to say “He is risen”, to which the proper response is “He is risen, indeed!” If you identify with the Christian faith, another faith, or have no belief in God at all, please take the time to look up at the sky tonight. Use that moment to consider the blessings in your life, particularly the people that you live with, those whom you work with, and the ones you see in passing during each day. As much as you can, be thankful that you are sharing your life with them at this time.
This photo of the Milky Way was taken by me with a Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 lens @ f/2.4, using an exposure time of 15 seconds @ ISO 6400.