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"Paisley is a vegetal motif, often shaped like a droplet or kidney bean. The online textile glossary compares a typical pattern to half of the T'ai Chi symbol or the mango tree. This printed shawl, credited to the Victorian textile designer George Haite, is from the 19th century. Image shot 2006. The exact date is unknown. ............
Paisley arrived in Britain via Scotland, in the town which would give the print its Anglo name. From roughly 1800 to 1850, using Jacquard looms, the women of Paisley adapted the traditional design primarily by weaving woolen shawls."
www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2011/sep/26/paisley-l...
There is no security. Long before “fake news” or “alternative facts” has been violently put to our language, we became accustomed to disguising unpleasant things in life with euphemisms. “Security” as a term for banal guarding of property, usually done by migrant workers under poor pay conditions, is definitely one of them. Often it is not the first job of the day.
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY! COMING SOON!
April 1st I will be re-launching The 52 Week Kickstarter project. In celebration I am reposting older photos of mine. Together with your support we can get this project off the ground and you will get a print or any other reward of your choosing! Look tomorrow on April 1st for the launch!
This Flower is Called Sada Bahar In the local Language its mean Ever Green because its is found in all 4 Seasons. i have gone through Photoshop in this image because i i took a white background because my wife was not allowing me to take this photo. She wants to take it. that why i dedicate this image to her.
Dedicated to My Wife , daughter, TojoLa and Tracy2912
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i think this is some kind of wild orchid, although i found it hanging from the tree in a mall park today. the first time i saw one of these and it is quite a remarkable flower to shoot!
happy sunday my friends! did not get headaches today hooray!!! and blood pressure is controlled! aaaaah this is bliss!!!
almost bedtime here in manila so i will have to catch up with you in the morning!
Thinking is seeing.... Every human science is based on deduction, which is a slow process of seeing by which we work up from the effect to the cause; or, in a wider sense, all poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things.
Words by Honoré De Balzac
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Petunia is a genus in the family Solanaceae, subfamily Petunioideae. Well known members of Solanaceae in other subfamilies include tobacco (subfamily Nicotianoideae), and the cape gooseberry, tomato, potato, deadly nightshade and chili pepper (subfamily Solanoideae). It's a flowering plant of South American origin. Petunias can tolerate relatively harsh conditions and hot climates, but not frost. They need at least five hours of sunlight every day and flourish in moist soil and conditions of low atmospheric humidity. Petunias are generally insect pollinated. The Maya and Inca believed that the scent of petunias had the power to ward off underworld monsters and spirits. Their flower-buds were bunched together for magical drinks. 8422
You say you really know me,
not afraid to show me
what is in your eyes
Tell me about the rumours
Are they only rumours?
Are they only lies?
Falling out of a perfect dream, coming out of the blue.
Is it true?
Is it over?
Did I throw it away?
Was it you?
Did you tell me you would never leave me this way?
Download the Song for sure !
This is for Dee Dee who sent me an email reminding me it was "Chester time again"...
Thank you Steve for the background fix:). Someday I'll wash the windows....(sigh).
this is the back to my call of the wild christmas card.i kept it more simple,but i hope you all enjoy seeing it and comment however you find,honesty always get the best results .thankyou all and hugs to all,lilystar sends doggy cuddles tooxxxxxxxxhugs ginaxxxx
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
American Red Squirrel --- Amerikanisches Rothörnchen --- Ardilla Roja Americana
This mound of Navajo sandstone curves into a semicircle and swirls around without regard to the usual horizontal lines of strata. The "cap" of lighter colored smooth sandstone here is also noteworthy, as it is at White Pocket.
I found it on the southern high-rise suburbs of the Lost City, Paria Plateau, Arizona on my second hike along the valley route to the Lost City. This spot is about 3.5 miles ENE of the popular White Pocket geological attraction. This layer of sandstone contains numerous exceptional examples of soft sediment deformation.
The 25 de Abril Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus river. It has a total length of 2,277 metres, making it the 46th longest suspension bridge in the world.
From its inauguration in 6 August 1966 up to 1974, the bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who ordered its construction. After the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew the remnants of Salazar's regime, the bridge was renamed for April 25, the date of the revolution. It is also commonly called the Tagus River Bridge.
Later changes had to be made due to the rapid increase in population. In the 1990s, a fifth car lane was added, and in 1999, a lower deck, used as a railway track, which was planned since the beginning, was finally built. Today, the upper deck carries six car lanes while the lower deck carries a double track railway, electrified at 25 kV AC.
From the late 19th century, there had been proposals to build a bridge across the Tagus. In 1929, the idea advanced when the Portuguese engineer and entrepreneur, António Bello, requested a government concession for a railway crossing between Lisbon and Montijo (where the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the second bridge serving Lisbon, was later built in 1998). As a result, the Minister of Public Works, Duarte Pacheco, created a commission in 1933 to analyse the request. The commission reported in 1934, and proposed building a road and rail bridge. Bids were obtained, but the proposal was subsequently put aside in favor of a bridge crossing the river at Vila Franca de Xira, 35 kilometres north of Lisbon.
In 1953, a new government commission started work and, in 1958, recommended building the bridge, choosing the southern anchor point adjacent to the recently built monument to Christ the King (Cristo-Rei). In 1959, the international invitation to tender for the project received four bids. In 1960, the winner was announced as a consortium headed by the United States Steel Export Company, which had also submitted a bid in 1935. The American School of Lisbon was founded largely to educate the children of the American engineers brought to Portugal to work on the construction of the bridge.
Construction began on 5 November 1962. Forty-five months later, six months ahead of schedule, the bridge was inaugurated on 6 August 1966. Presiding at the ceremony was the President of Portugal, Admiral Américo Thomaz. Also present were the Prime-Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar, and the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. The bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Prime Minister Salazar.
United States Steel International Inc., based in New York, was prime contractor for the bridge. Morrison-Knudsen of Portugal Ltd., an American firm based in Boise, Idaho, was U.S. Steel's principal associate. Morrison-Knudsen had previously worked on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The bridge was designed by Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London of New York, and Tudor Engineering Company of San Francisco. The steel was imported from the US. Four workers lost their lives, out of a total of 3,000 who worked on the site. Construction took a total of 2,185,000 man-hours of work. The total cost of the bridge came to 2.2 billion Portuguese escudos, or US$32 million (US$225 million in 2011 adjusted for inflation).
Soon after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, the bridge was renamed the 25 de Abril Bridge, the day the revolution had occurred. A symbol of those times was captured on film, with citizens removing the large brass letters spelling "Salazar" from one of the main pillars of the bridge and painting a provisional "25 de Abril" in its place.
The upper platform, running 70 m above water, had four car lanes, two in each direction, with a dividing guardrail. On 23 July 1990, the guardrail was removed and a fifth, reversible lane was created. On 6 November 1998, the side walls were extended and reinforced to make space for the present six lanes. Cars crossing the bridge make a peculiar hum because the two inner lanes are made of metallic grating rather than asphalt to minimize aerodynamic forces by means of pressure equalization.
Since 30 June 1999, the lower platform has carried a double track railway. To accommodate that, the bridge underwent extensive structural reinforcements, including a second set of main cables, placed above the original set, and the main towers were increased in height. The railway had been part of the initial design, but was eliminated for economy, so the initial structure was lightened. The original builder American Bridge Company was called again for the job, performing the first aerial spinning of additional main cables on a loaded, fully operational suspension bridge.
Traffic soon increased well beyond predictions, and has remained at maximum capacity despite the enlargement from four to six lanes, the addition of the railway, and the building of a second bridge serving Lisbon, the Vasco da Gama Bridge. A third bridge has been on and off government plans for some time, but the idea has been dropped presently, due to Portugal's budget constraints.
Don't we all want to know the secret to happiness? Christmas time is here once again. During this time of the year a person's thoughts are often centered on Jesus. Jesus knew that true happiness involves relationships with others. We humans are gregarious by nature, so we cannot be truly happy if we isolate ourselves or if we are constantly in conflict with those around us. We can be happy only if we feel loved and if we love others. Fundamental to such love, Jesus taught, is our relationship with God. Jesus was interested in human happiness. He began his well-known Sermon on the Mount with nine beatitudes—nine expressions that begin: “Happy are . . .” (Matthew 5:1-12) In that same sermon, he taught his listeners to examine, purify, and discipline their minds and hearts—replacing violent, immoral, and selfish thoughts with peaceful, clean, and loving thoughts. (Matthew 5:21, 22, 27, 28; 6:19-21) During the Christmas season, I feel that people put forth a special effort to be kind toward their fellow man. I really like that. I strive to live that way everyday. Many of you may be surprised to know that I don't celebrate Christmas. Yes, it is true. I stopped celebrating Christmas years ago. It was a personal decision. I learned of things about the celebration that actually go against what Jesus taught. So, after I learned those things I couldn't pretend that I didn't know them. My conscience would no longer allow me to take part in the celebration. In a way, it has been difficult not to celebrate Christmas because I am a real team player. Yes, I like to be a part of the crowd and be just like everyone else. It feels good to be accepted and to be like everyone else. However, I want to be pleasing to God and I don't want to participate in anything that would be offensive to him. So, why am I even talking about this? Well, because it is that time of the year. Yes, I am an odd ball during this time. I accept it though. I hope that I don't offend anyone by sharing my thoughts. I respect everyone's decision to celebrate anything that they want to. I'm just sharing a part of myself. That is just what I do.
This was done on the rotating platform
This is my buddy's brilliant idea though, i took stole it and ran with it!! thanks rich
strobist:
SB28 taken off the camera and flashed towards the rim during the long exposure
yay!! explore 080222
a small feature here..thanks kevin for appreciating the photo!
thepassionatepursuit.com/2008/02/25/flickr-find-the-lexus...
Picturesque Holašovice (German: Holaschowitz) is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic, 15 km west of České Budějovice and 18 km north of Český Krumlov.
Holašovice has a large number of outstanding 18th- and 19th-century vernacular buildings in a style known as 'South Bohemian folk or rural Baroque', a mixture of Baroque, Rococo and Classicistic building styles. Holašovice preserves a ground plan dating from the Middle Ages. Holašovice is a typical Bohemian village. It consists of 23 brick farmyards, each with their gable end facing a central broad village green, with a fish pond and chapel (built in 1755).
After the displacement of German residents at the end of the Second World War, many farms in the village were deserted and fell into disrepair. Holašovice became a desolate and abandoned place under the Czech post-war Communist regime. It was restored and repopulated from 1990, and it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. It now has a population of around 140.
Het schilderachtige Holašovice (Duits: Hollschowitz) is een klein historisch dorp in het Tsjechische Zuid-Bohemen.
Het dorp telt slechts 140 inwoners, en ligt 15 km ten westen van České Budějovice en 18 km noordelijk van Český Krumlov.
De eerste vermelding van Holašovice is uit het jaar 1263. Tussen 1520 en 1525 werd Holašovice getroffen door de pest, waarbij slechts 2 inwoners overleefden. In 1945 werd de Duitstalige bevolking uit Holašovice verdreven en verviel het dorp. In 1990 werd een begin gemaakt met het herstel van het oude dorp en sinds 1998 staat het dorp op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO.
Het is indrukwekkend dat ondanks latere aanpassingen het middeleeuwse systeem van rangschikken van de woon- en landbouwgebouwen bewaard is gebleven. Daarbij worden de huizen en boerderijen met elkaar doorverbonden door middel van poortjes en gewelfde inritten.
Het uiterlijk van het dorp is het resultaat van het werk van de metselaars die de voorgevels en inritten van de Holašovice huizen in de tweede helft van de 19e eeuw verbouwd hebben in de zogenoemde boeren- of plattelandse barokstijl, een mengeling van eenvoudige barokke, rococo en klassieke bouwstijlen.
De 23 huizen zijn gelegen rond een groot dorpsplein (gazon, visvijver en klein kerkje).
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Life is as beautiful as we want to see it... The Thiruvalluvar Statue (India) is a 133 feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural.
Shot with a canon's basic cam "PowerShot SX130 IS"
Peggys Cove is one of the most beautiful places in Canada.
Home to the iconic Peggys Point Lighthouse, the community of Peggys Cove is a huge tourist attraction in Nova Scotia and looks out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
But it can also be very dangerous and people are known to get themselves into trouble on the rocks. Despite warnings to keep a safe distance, the temptation is too hard to resist for some people who unfamiliar with how unpredictable and dangerous the ocean can be, even on the most beautiful of days.
NGC 891 is an edge on spiral galaxy that lies some 30 million light years in the constellation Andromeda. Its appearance is similar to how the Milky Way would look from a distance. Many more distant galaxies are also visible in this image.
Details:
Scope: TMB130SS
Camera: QSI690-wsg8
Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Mount: Mach1 GTO
RGB: 42x5min each - super-luminance made from RGB frames
Software: SGP, PHD2, APCC, Pixinsight
10.5 hrs total exposure
This female snow bunting is resting on the cliffs of Grimsey Island in Iceland.
An interesting fact about snow buntings is their nesting behavior. The Snow Bunting places its nest deep in cracks or other cavities in rocks. Although such nest sites are relatively secure from predators, rocks are cold. The thick nest lining of fur and feathers helps keep the eggs and nestlings warm, but the female must stay on the nest for most of the incubation period. Because the female can't leave the nest very often, the male brings her food almost every 15 minutes.
Here is my rendition of a minifigure scale Imperial Troop Transport as seen in the popular series The Mandalorian on Disney+! Used by Moff Gideon and other Imperial remnants to enforce what little power they have left with rapid troop deployment to anywhere on a planet.
This MOC and its instructions can be bought on Rebrickable my username is: @Imperialbrickproductions
Specifications.
-Length: 27 studs
-Width: 14 studs
-Height: 10 studs
Crew.
-10 Stormtroopers
-2 Imperial pilots
-1 Imperial officer
This is Switzerland. No need to take a plane to the other side of the world, sometimes you have awesome places just around the corner.
A sylph is a mythical creature as light as air and as graceful as water.
Lovely new pointe shoes for Rosie, in a few weeks they'll look like hell. They don't last that long being made of satin and layers of paper stiffened with glue, about 12 hours worth of dancing is all. This pair may make it through the summer. There is a very thin pad that wraps around and cushions the toes, much thinner than you would guess.The muscles in the feet are conditioned and strengthened for years before you get to this stage.
For ODC ~ using light to isolate the subject
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Pray is located along the Yellowstone River in the heart of Paradise Valley. Pray offers picturesque views of the Absaroka Mountain Range in the Custer Gallatin National Forest. The area offers recreational opportunities such as river fishing, camping, rental cabins, hiking and much more. Pray is just a short drive from one of Montana's biggest attraction's Yellowstone National Park.
The Osier Dogwood berries have just about been stripped from the trees only the ones that didn't ripen were left. They are edible all though I don't think you would enjoy the experience. If you find one that is still bearing all it's fruit and the critters are not bothering it.....you don't either.
Holiday France/Spain, 2018
Aínsa
De Plaza Major met de toren van de Santa Maria. De oude Romaanse kerk heeft een klokkentoren uit de 12e eeuw en een klein klooster met kruisgang uit de 14e eeuw.
Aínsa is uitgeroepen tot kunsthistorisch monument en is de hoofdstad van de streek Sobrarbe. Er is een modern gedeelte met winkels en een oud centrum dat op de heuvel gebouwd is. De architectuur van het middeleeuwse oude centrum is het meest onvervalste en daardoor een van de mooiste plekken in Pyreneeën van Aragón.
Aínsa kent zijn oorsprong in het jaar 724 toen de koning Garci Ximénes het veroverde op de Moren.
Het vestigingskasteel uit de 11de eeuw is onderdeel van de verdedigingslinie van de christelijke gebieden en was hiermee ook de kiem van het ontstaan van de stad die gedurende de middeleeuwen ommuurd werd. De bouw nam enkele eeuwen in beslag, het begon in de 11de eeuw en werd afgerond in de 17de eeuw. Van het originele romaanse gedeelte is nog maar weinig over. Het belangrijkste gedeelte is de toren Torre del Homenaje.
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The Plaza Major with the tower of the Santa Maria. The old Romanesque church has a bell tower from the 12th century and a small cloister with a 14th century cloister.
The village, which was the capital of the old Kingdom of Sobrarbe, and was later incorporated into the Kingdom of Aragon in the 11th century, constitutes a magnificent example of medieval urban development. The historic quarter of the village of Ainsa, declared a Historic-Artistic site, is formed by a group of houses that are packed together in the most harmonious and uniform of ways, among which the slender tower of the collegiate church stands out, as well as the enormous premises of the castle, almost as big as the rest of the town. The walls that surrounded the town centuries ago remain almost intact today, the town itself being filled with monuments that bring us back to the Middle Ages. Adjacent to the square, with porches lining it on both sides, we have the Romanesque church of Santa Maria, from the first half of the 11th century. There, we can admire its main front, and interesting crypt, and the tower, which dominates the whole town. The cloister was built some time later, during the 13th century. To the north-east of the city centre we find the citadel. Its origins date back to a pentagonal tower from the 11th century, which was incorporated into the defensive system, in the face of the danger posed by the Muslims. Towards the end of the 16th century, this fortress was renewed by the construction of the present citadel, as part of the defensive system at the French border. To commemorate the Reconquest of this village, a street play with the theme of Moors and Christians is staged, called "La Morisma".
Loni is having some quiet time alone in her bedroom. She is thinking about playing some music in a little while. 🌸🎶🌞 She likes the song “Silence is Golden.”🌻
leaving is not enough; you must | stay gone. train your heart
like a dog. change the locks | even on the house he’s never
visited. you lucky, lucky girl. | you have an apartment
just your size. a bathtub | full of tea. a heart the size
of Arizona, but not nearly | so arid. don’t wish away
your cracked past, your | crooked toes, your problems
are papier mache puppets | you made or bought because the vendor
at the market was so compelling you just | had to have them. you had to have him.
and you did. and now you pull down | the bridge between your houses,
you make him call before | he visits, you take a lover
for granted, you take | a lover who looks at you
like maybe you are magic. make | the first bottle you consume
in this place a relic. place it | on whatever altar you fashion
with a knife and five cranberries. | don’t lose too much weight.
stupid girls are always trying | to disappear as revenge. and you
are not stupid. you loved a man | with more hands than a parade
of beggars, and here you stand. heart | like a four-poster bed. heart like a canvas.
heart leaking something so strong | they can smell it in the street.
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"Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?"
Living Dead Girl!
"What are you thinking about?
What are you thinking about?"
"The same thing you are"
Rage in the cage
And piss upon the stage
There's only one sure way
To bring the giant down
Defunct the strings
Of cemetery things
With one flat foot
On the devil's wing
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
"What are you thinking about?
What are you thinking about?"
"The same thing you are"
Raping the geek
And hustling the freak
Like a hunchback juice
On a sentimental noose
Operation filth
They love to love the wealth
Of an SS whore
Making scary sounds
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
"What are you thinking about?"
Psyclone jack
Hallucinating hack
Thinks that Donna Reed
Eats dollar bills
Goldfoot's machine
Creates another fiend
So beautiful
They make you kill
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Crawl on me
Sink into me
Die for me
Living Dead Girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living Dead Girl
Blood on her skin
Dripping with sin
Do it again
Living Dead Girl
~Rob Zombie
Song: Living Dead Girl
The above image shows my grandmother. I know she was living in London and Paris in the mid-thirties of the last century, could this be London? And where in London is it exactly? If you know where this spot is, please drop me a line. Thank you!
My best guess is: Trafalgar Square…
This waterfall is located just west of Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Highlands, south of Interlaken. The waterfall drops 297m from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging cliffs above the Weisse Lütschine.
The stream, on reaching the verge of the rocky walls of the valley, forms a cascade so high that it is almost lost in spray before it reaches the level of the valley. After rain, and early in the season (as seen above) when fed by melting snow, Staubbach Falls is very striking. The force of the stream above the fall at such times is sufficient to carry the water clear of the precipice, and the whole mass descends in a condition of liquid dust, between spray and cloud, that sways to-and-fro with the gentlest breeze. In a dry summer, when the supply of water is much reduced, the effect is comparatively insignificant.
The building in the foreground, in the village of Lauterbrunnen, would appear to be apartments. I cannot find it on that the street view element of that well-known online mapping tool - replaced in the 30+ years since then...?
"Stokesay Castle is a remarkable survival, a fortified manor house which has hardly altered since the late 13th century. The house was built by Lawrence Ludlow, a leading wool merchant of his day, who created a comfortable residence combining an aesthetically pleasing design with some defensive capabilities. In doing so, he took advantage of the newly established peace on the Welsh border following Edward I's defeat of the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Last. This enabled him to build a large hall, comfortable solar, or private apartment, with windows on the outside world, without fear of attack.
Despite its name, Stokesay was not called a castle before the 16th century and is really a fortified manor house, more domestic in character than military. As with many early manor houses, the church and castle are now isolated, the village of which they were once the focal point having either moved or disappeared. The first records of Stokesay date from the period immediately following the Norman Conquest. William the Conqueror installed Roger Montgomery as earl of Shrewsbury, and he in turn granted Stokesay to one of his retainers,"
Roger de Lacy.Julian Munby, English Heritage guidebook
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