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Looks like the boys found a VERY interesting spot.
Daily Dog Challenge 2715. "A Different Point of View"
Stop on by Henry and Toby's blog: bzdogs.com - The Secret Life of the Suburban Dog
Well, here it is. My 25 most interesting (according to flickr) photos taken in 2006. It came out a little heavier on "That's So Raven" behing-the-scenes photos than I would have wanted, but so it goes.
1. CP3 Tiki God 2, 2. House Ear Institute Sculpture, 3. Raven 422 13, 4. After Rain: Sunset Across the Sky, 5. Raven 422 11, 6. Raven 420 11, 7. Raven 422 12, 8. Raven 421 3, 9. Raven 421 5, 10. Zurich Station Coral, 11. South Tufa Shoreline, 12. MOCA Reflecting Pool, 13. Raven 422 10, 14. Raven 420 2, 15. There's a Circus Under K-Town, 16. Superet Light, 17. Raven 420 9, 18. Spliff, 19. Censored, 20. Raven 420 23, 21. Raven 420 10, 22. Over Jumbo's Clown Room., 23. Shoreline Stalagmite, 24. South Tufa, 25. Raven 420 17
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My second (to my knowledge) front page! Thanks everyone... and especially to ~ geisha ~ (for the screen shot)!!
Uploaded for record purposes.... please don't feel obliged to comment... :-)
At the end of May each year there is a great Carnaval in San Francisco's Mission District. It is a big celebration of Central and South American cultures as well as some San Francisco humor. The parade is awesome - it lasts for over three hours with groups in great costumes, a lot of dancers, bands, performers, celebrities, and people in native outfits - all in all very worth going to. I took these photos in May 2012; I missed the 2013 parade but really hope to be back for the 2014 edition!
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Também resolvi aderir a essa brincadeira! Bom pra guardar de lembrança :)
1. â?«, 2. B e i r a - M a r, 3. C e n t r o, 4. ...o barquinho vai ..., 5. M a r g a r i d a, 6. â??, 7. Gaivotas ensolaradas, 8. P a n q u e c a s * P a n c a k e s, 9. Paradise, 10. Ponte HercÃlio Luz, 11. I c e C r e a m, 12. Sunshine, 13. B o m b i n h a s, 14. СÐ?ТÎ?DЯÐ?L â? , 15. Praia de Zimbros, 16. S a m b a q u i, 17. Ú© Ï? Ñ? Ñ? е а l, 18. Lagoa do Peri, 19. Ã?rvore à Beira-Mar, 20. Praia da Sepultura, 21. | | | â?£ | | |, 22. Brigadeiros, 23. T r a p i c h e, 24. Ponte HercÃlio Luz, 25. Ú© Ï? Ñ? Ñ? е а l (2), 26. Nature Eye, 27. Lagoa da Conceição, 28. Sunset, 29. B l u e, 30. T r o p i c a l, 31. L a g o N e g r o, 32. Chuva no parque, 33. Quatro ilhas, 34. No balanço do mar, 35. Praia do Retiro, 36. B a à a - N o r t e, 37. Barquinho, 38. A r m a ç ã o, 39. Poser eyes, 40. Platéia, 41. Burning sky, 42. â?¢ D o o r â?¢, 43. Stairway to heaven, 44. â?? â?© â??, 45. F l o r i p a, 46. A r r i b a, 47. O_O, 48. Bombinhas, 49. Santo Antônio de Lisboa, 50. Praia da Sepultura, 51. ï®? u n ï®? e t, 52. â? , 53. Voyeur, 54. H e a v e n, 55. S w e e t, 56. Pôr-do-Sol na Beira-Mar, 57. C o p o d e L e i t e, 58. P ã e s * B r e a d s, 59. I g r e j a, 60. Surreal City, 61. Gramado ensolarado, 62. |  |    |     |      |       |        |         |              |               , 63. Rainbow sky, 64. Sunset, 65. U n t i t l e d, 66. R e f l e c t i o n и о ι Ñ? ï? з l î ? з Я, 67. â?¬, 68. flickr.com/photos/33433959@N00/43540301/, 69. â?º, 70. â??, 71. â?º, 72. Pintura / Mariazinhas-sem-vergonha
An interesting light feature in a hall.
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interesting pictures Bright-spots
Sonnenaufgang startet bei ausgeschalteten Straßenlaternen !
Sunrise starts when the street lights are turned off!
Apparently 5 of my photos have been on Explore. I only knew about 1 of them. Wheeee :)
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EDIT: It would appear that my photo "Neutrality 1" has made it to #108 on Interestingness today!!
General Information on Thuringian Water Razor Hones:
These stones are ones of the most known and well appreciated water razor hones today and they have been within the last 200 years. Beeing quarried in Thuringia in the region around Sonneberg (some Quarries were in Steinach, Steinheid, Goldisthal, Forschengereuth, Hämmern, Lauscha, etc.) These stones seem to have already been quarried since the 14th Century. Actually it’s a pity that there is no documented evidence about this fact . There are many historical sources naming these stones, which were sold under different older german names like (Wetzschalen, Abziehsteine, Poliersteine, etc.)
The most interesting and most un-researched Issue is the export of the Thuringian water hones around the world. They can be found everywhere around the world, especially in the USA, Russland, England, France, Spain and other countries. There are a bunch of retailers who sold the stones under their own trademark (f.ex. Bieber, Hahn, etc) . There were also a lot of US catalog companies who sold German Water Razor Hones, just to name a few here: Sears Roebruck, Gustav Knecht M.F.G. Barber Suplies, Theo A. Koch, and a lot more….also smaller Barber Supplies Stores and Companies had the stones in their product catalogues or in their stores. Within the second World War the sale of the german water razor hones were stopped which is well visible and documented in the Sears Roebruck catalogs.
One of the most known trader and exporter of the Thuringian water razor hones is “ESCHER” (known during time periods as Escher & Co. shortened E&Co., Escher & Sohn, Escher & Son, J.G. Escher & Sohn shortened JGES ). The Company was founded in 1789 by Johann Gottfried Escher from Sonneberg. Escher sold slate products in the first step afterwards their products ranged from soft water hones to hard oilstones which were quarried from layers of Ordovician age and Devonian age.
The Company started early to sell their products after their foundation on the well-known world fair’s in Frankfurt, Leipzig (at the Union Messehaus) and Vienna. Escher was already selling products one year after their foundation on the fair in Frankfurt . Within the marketing on these fair’s Escher created a name/brand which got more and more attention around the world, probably this was the consequence of a well done marketing campaign which seems to work quite good to these days.
Between 1890 and 1925 the Escher Company had another additional business in producing and selling dolls. They had their own Puppet label signed (J. G. Escher & Sohn / IGES) with a Girl holding a puppet and a Bear in her hands.
Escher created a well-known “Brand” which is still known under Straight Razor Users and People working with fine instruments. The stones today, especially if the labels are full intact are sold for a big amount of money. But it has to be stated that only a label doesn’t say anything about the quality of these stones. So any of these Thuringian Stones without label might be in the same range or quality as a full labelled stone could be.
The last operating quarry (Christoph Luthard Fikken Sohn, Am Petersberg, Steinach) was closed in 1966, which was the end of the operating business of quarrying whetstones in this region. Actually there are nearly no official sources or stores where “Vintage” Thuringian Stones can be bought, most of the stones on the market are old finds or new old stocks from older closed companies.
My Videos about technical topics:
Possible Touch Up Strokes on Thuringian Stone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrpiW16HCc
My Videos about Stones:
Escher & Co. Water Razor Hone type "Barber's Delight" yellow/green (Y/G) size: 6"x2"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHBNRGcYrXk&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Escher & Co. Water Razor Hone type "Baber's Delight" yellow/green (Y/G) size: 6"x2"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp0TPZszuZ0&index=51&list..
Escher & Co. Water Razor Hone Type "Rasierstube" darkblue (DB) size: 6"x2"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQa7PTTv5wU&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Escher & Co. Wasserabziehstein yellow/green (YG) size: 10" x 2"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdouu_G5Cs&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
FASO Water Razor Hone in green C. Jul. Herbert packaging size: 6"x2"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCYMvklAVJo&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Karl Brächer Jr. Water Razor Hone yellow/green (YG) size: X"xX"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvsSpaPQVJw&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Thuringian double layered Stone yellow/green (YG) and darkblue (DB):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjGW6GN_Y0w&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Thuringian Bout Stone No. 1 from Hatzicho:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxR1Ho4T608&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Thuringian Bout Stone No. 2 from Hatzicho:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuI0FNpjOw&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3..
Thuringian Bout Stone No. 3 from Hatzicho:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZUBsgdl_co&list=UUvv6dx-BXb3...
more Information:
Razorandstone.com (R&S): "Barbers Delight Escher"
www.razorandstone.com/showthread.php?174-Barbers-delight-...
Razorandstone.com (R&S): "Wide Escher Hone"
www.razorandstone.com/showthread.php?963-Wide-Escher-hone
Razorandstone.com (R&S): "Nakayama Mizu Asagi vs Barbers Delight Escher"
www.razorandstone.com/showthread.php?2193-Nakayama-Mizu-A...
Straightrazorplace.com (SRP): "Escher Price"
straightrazorplace.com/honing/55677-escher-price.html
Badgerandblade.com (B&B): "Escher Thuringian Love Show of your rocks"
badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/320736-Escher-Thurin...
Gut-rasiert.de: "Zeigt her eure Steine"
www.gut-rasiert.de/forum/index.php/topic,15571.0.html
General Information on Thuringian Water hones and the Escher Company:
Strazors.com: "Thuringian waterwhetstones from the J.G. Escher Company in Germany"
(C) by Peter Buhlmann (Hatzicho), Oktober 2013
strazors.com/uploads/images/articles/escher.pdf
general Information on Water Hones:
Gammas Site Tomonagura.com:
Olivia-Seife.de: “Steinevergleich”
www.olivia-seife.de/steinevergleich.htm
other Literature/Information:
[1] Bautsch, Riederer „Zur Herkunft der Wetzsteine aus der Grabung
aus dem Burgwall in Berlin Spandau“ Rhythmus und Saisonalität, Kongreßakten des 5. Symposions des Mediävistenverbandes in Göttingen, 1933
Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen, 1995
[2] Hahn Renate "Sonneberger Spielzeug - Made in Judenbach", 2010
[3] Thomas Schwämmlein "Wetzsteinbergbau und Wetzsteinherstellung im Landkreis Sonneberg" Geschichts- und Köhlerverein Mengersgereuth-Hämmern e.V. Nr. 8
[4] Thomas Schwämmlein "Herstellung und Handel mit Wetzsteinen im Bereich des Thüringer Schiefergebirges während des frühen und hohen Mittelalters"
Geschichts- und Köhlerverein Mengersgereuth-Hämmern e.V. Nr. 21
[5] Zeno.org "Tonschiefer"
www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904/A/Tonschiefer
[6] Thoma, Witzgall, Bravidor „Seminarfacharbeit Gruppe 5 "Kulturelle und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung von Schiefern im Thüringer Schiefergebirge am Beispiel des Staatsbruchs Lehesten" sites.bravidor.de/skool/sf/schiefer/files/seminarfacharbe...
[7] Volk, Max „Die Wetzschiefervorkommen in der Phycodenserie bei
Mengersgereuth-Hämmern, Steinach und Gräfenthal“
Hallesches Jahrbuch Mitteldeutsche Erdgeschichte, 7. Band, 1965
B.G. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1966
[8] Volk, Max „Die Hiftenberger Wetzsteinbrüche“
Hallesches Jahrbuch Mitteldeutsche Erdgeschichte, 8. Band, 1966
B.G. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1967
[9] Volk, Max „Volkstümliche Aufsätze zur Geschichte von Geologie und Bergbau“
Ausgewählte Aufsätze Teil 7, Herausgegeben von Karl Eichhorn
Museumsverein Schieferbergbau Steinach/Thüringen e.V., 2005
[10] Weise, Gerhard „Die Nutzung thüringischer Gesteine zur Herstellung von Wetzsteinen“
[11] Weber, Martin "Wetzschiefer - Wetzsteine bei Lauenstein und Gräfenthal"
Beitrag Geologie Thüringen, N.F. 12, 71-97, 5 Abb., 5 Tab., Jena 2005
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Auto Club Speedway October 2009
Pictures from our weekend activities at the Auto Club Speedway for the Pepsi 500, and Copart.com 300
Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Every street lamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp sputters
Soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life and
I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale court smell of morning
A street lamp dies
Another night is over
Another day is dawning
Taken in and around Guildford in late May 2013 using an old Ricoh TF-900 35mm camera with Fuji Superia 400 film.
CN 5368 (SD40-2), CN 7022 & CN 7052 (both GP9RM's) head light through the St-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal in 2008. CN 5368 was originally built for Missouri Pacific and lacks dynamic brakes. It started life as MP 791, later MP 3091. When Union Pacific bought MP, it became UP 4091. It temporarily became CN 6091 before acquiring its current road number.
interesting version because it has a bonedog lid PLUS a non glued paper cover. Complete orginal according to the first owner who got it around 1964/65.
Interesting concept for arranging vegetable---and flowers. Taken at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show.
flickriver.com/photos/javier1949/popular-interesting/
El Capricho de Comillas (Villa Quijano). Barrio de Sobrellano, s/n. Comillas. Cantabria
Arquitecto Antoni Gaudí i Cornet. Proyecto de 1883. Dirección de de las obras Cristòfor Cascante i Colom 1883-85
Residencia veraniega realizada para Máximo Díaz de Quijano, concuñado del Marqués de Comillas, junto al Palacio de Sobrellano. Gaudí había colaborado con el arquitecto Joan Martorell, autor del Palacio, proyectando el mobiliario de la capilla. Díaz de Quijano era un gran amante de la música y por eso se piensa que el nombre de El Capricho responde, trasladado a la arquitectura, a como se utiliza en música para designar piezas que no siguen las reglas y con variaciones de ritmo según un capricho personal. Gaudí se inspiró en el proyecto de Embarcadero que hizo en su época de estudiante (1876) en la Escuela de arquitectura de Barcelona
El Capricho tiene planta alargada, inscribible en un rectángulo de 36 x 15 m., y se distribuye mediante tres plantas. La planta semisótano, actualmente destinada a tienda de venta de artículos “gaudianos”, incluía garaje y servicios. La planta principal se desarrolla en torno al salón a doble altura cubierto por falsas bóvedas de estuco, pieza central de la casa a la que adosan el resto de las habitaciones, con un amplio ventanal, que permite la contemplación del paisaje circundante, y un gran invernadero, orientado al sur donde el propietario conservaba plantas de ultramar, un comedor y unas cuantas habitaciones. Finalmente la planta bajocubierta con dependencias para el servicio. La comunicación entre los distintos niveles se realiza mediante escaleras de caracol o de generatriz curva.
En la composición volumétrica destaca una torre mirador, cilíndrica, que recuerda los alminares persas, revestida de cerámica, bajo la que se sitúa el acceso resaltado mediante un porche formado por cuatro columnas y arcos adintelados, con capiteles decorados con pájaros y hojas de palmito. Sobre un zócalo de sillería de piedra, las fachadas muestran la alternancia de franjas horizontales de ladrillo visto y frisos y tiras de cerámica con los motivos vegetales de la flor y la hoja de girasol, presentes también en el friso superior, en la torre y en los testeros de las aperturas. El hierro también se encuentra presente de manera esencial, especialmente en las barandas y petos de terrazas y balcones, y en los aleros, con decoración de hojas de parra. Las cubiertas originales, hoy desaparecidas y desfiguradas, eran de cerámica vidriada. Fundamental en la composición es la importancia que se da al color, combinando la cerámica verde y amarilla con la piedra y el ladrillo en tonos rojos y amarillos. La obra se puede encuadrar en un modernismo incipiente, si bien incluye algunos elementos decorativos historicistas, mudéjares y orientales, con similitudes a los de su obra contemporánea, la Casa Vicens de Barcelona.
Gaudí reflejó en la casa a pasión del propietario por la música en diversos elementos, tanto de la decoración interior, como en el exterior. Es el caso de las vidrieras de la libélula con una guitarra y la del gorrión sobre un órgano, o del banco-balcón. Las ventanas de guillotina, cuyos contrapesos tienen unas campanas tubulares, cada una con un tono diferente, suenan agradablemente y musicalmente al cerrarse y abrirse.
El edificio está declarado Bien de Interés Cultural en la categoría de monumento desde 1969. En 1985 se adaptó para restaurante, y en 1992 fue adquirido por el grupo japonés Mido Development. A finales de 2009 el restaurante cerró sus puertas siendo destinado a la visita turística, pudiendo alquilarse para diferentes eventos privados.
11-18-2011
Freddie finds me very interesting on the early November morning. I am sure he usually doesn't get visitors this early in the morning but he came running as soon as he spotted me. Here it is the 2nd of December and we still have not gotten any snow. Winds are gusting over 30 mph this morning so no pictures outside today. The windchill is horrible. The Christmas parade is this evening and they line up on the street on the south side of the house, we will bundle up and brave the cold tonight. Freddie is probably thinking right now, "I am not dreaming of a white Christmas."
My wife and I took our dog for a walk in our neighborhood this evening. It was a very interesting sky with lots of colors and cloud formations.
This is the first time I am uploading such an image. I am not a great believer of Explore but .......... Just uploaded it to remind me of all the good people on flickr who took the time to comment. Thanks everyone.
1. Baluch II, 2. Railway Bridge, 3. Sunrise, 4. Determined (color), 5. That Look (B & W), 6. On Fire, 7. 30 sec (time travel), 8. Colors of sunset VIII