"This is patrol twenty-one, we need an Evac pronto! We've got mortar fire hitting everywhere and a group of Vietcong hell-bent on killing us!"

"Alright, we gotcha that time Lieutenant Crowe. Evac on the way"

For my MOC-off with [Renegade].

Seen here: www.flickr.com/groups/1959373@N22/

Also for the BAF 'Nam contest.

The Art Institute of Chicago

the triangular opening is to spread the dome weight and protect the entrance lintel (just seen at bottom edge of photo) of this "beehive" tomb aka tholos

a stone built dome of considerable size with impressive entrance, it was discovered and partly excavated by heinrich schliemann in the 1870s, the agamemnon connection seems to date from this time ...

whether this tomb was ever used is unclear, when excavated by schliemann there were no reported finds

nb. the mycenaean civilization spanned over 500yrs, there were finds in graves nearby

constructed circa 1300 - 1250bc - as per wikipedia

mycenae, peloponnese greece

my second visit and look inside this perfect dome - and 50 years on, I'm still amazed by the quality of work done by the masons in dressing so many stones

the achievements of all these early civilisations, wherever they were in the world are absolutely incredible

(NB - this is a new version, must be seen in large size) (otherwise too sharp...)

(Cappadocia, Sept. 07)

... And once again : I'll meet her again very soon, my very special "Venus of Cappadocia"...

(Here, 3 successive poses of her, taken 2 years ago).

She is a fantastic woman with many talents, not only has she a great sense of humour, but she is also an entertaining comedian ; fun to dance with and a great singer too, always ready to give a little concert for fun at home...

An amazing grandmother who is also a great neighbour, with such a warm heart !

Of course, I'll take more pictures !

(And by the way, she is saying "hello !" to all you Flickr members ! :)))

(Vung Tau)

"Vung Tau is the port capital of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Located on a peninsula in Southern Vietnam. Vung Tau has history and all the bells and whistles befitting a trading port dating back to the 14th Century.

Vung Tau was once a hub for European trading ships which anchored in the calm waters for shelter (the name: Vung Tau translates into “Anchorage”). Yet, through up and down of the country, Vung Tau has maintained its charm and inviting seaside vibe. In fact, the cliffs of Vung Tau (Mui Nghinh Phong) translate into “Cape of Breeze Welcome.”

Back in the time, the French found Vung Tau an idyllic, if not elite, seaside getaway with many French colonial mansions dotting the hillside haven. (..)"

More if you click the link to the source below:

vietnam.travel/things-to-do/vung-tau-sightseeing-wonderland

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« Vung Tau est la capitale portuaire de la province de Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Située sur une péninsule au sud du Vietnam, Vung Tau possède une histoire et tous les attributs d'un port commercial datant du XIVe siècle.

Vung Tau était autrefois une plaque tournante pour les navires marchands européens qui jetaient l'ancre dans ses eaux calmes pour s'abriter (le nom « Vung Tau » signifie « mouillage »). Pourtant, malgré les aléas du pays, Vung Tau a conservé son charme et son atmosphère balnéaire accueillante. En fait, les falaises de Vung Tau (Mui Nghinh Phong) se traduisent par « Cap de la brise bienvenue ».

À l'époque, les Français considéraient Vung Tau comme une station balnéaire idyllique, voire élitiste, avec de nombreuses demeures coloniales françaises parsemant le havre de paix à flanc de colline. (..) »

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Carrickmacross is a small town in County Monaghan, Ireland. We paid it a vist yesterday. Its main claim to fame is a historical association with the lace industry and it has a small lace gallery where this photo was taken. As I'm standing beside the prime exhibit you will appreciate what I mean when I say it was hard to get excited.

Rosa canina, commonly known as the dog rose, is a variable climbing, wild rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.

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Please do not ask for awards. I will get round to awarding every picture after mine, and in most cases many more before mine, until I post my picture in the next level the following day.

Rainbow Of Nature Level 1 (R) awards = 11

Rainbow Of Nature Level 2 (O) awards = 8

Rainbow Of Nature Level 3 (Y) awards = 12

Rainbow Of Nature Level 4 (G) awards = 18

Rainbow Of Nature Level 5 (B) awards = 12

Rainbow Of Nature Level 6 (P) awards = 17

Rainbow Of Nature Level 7 (P) awards = 17

TOTAL Rainbow awards = 95

FINAL LEVEL = 12 awards

Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms.

William J. Bennett

La casa è un rifugio dalle tempeste, tutti i tipi di tempeste.

William J. Bennett

So this is a follow up to the Anakin Skywalker - What If I posted a while back. It's based in the same universe and operating under the same galaxy changing event.

Obi-Wan Kenobi - With the public execution of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine at the hands of the CIS commander General Grievous, the Jedi council made it their highest priority to capture the villainous commander and bring to justice before the Senate. To accomplish this, they assigned the Open Circle Armada commanded by Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to lead the spearhead into the heartland of Separatist space with one objective. Capture Grievous.

Having faced the droid general on multiple occasions and failing to best him in combat, Obi-Wan would often feel guilt for Palpatine's death, believing that had he not failed in the past the Clone War would have come to an end long ago. But with the help of his former apprentice, Obi-Wan was able to look beyond his past failures to the future. Both he and Anakin would bring Grievous to justice in the name of the former chancellor.

The spearhead campaign would take both Jedi to the edges of the Outer-Rim, culminating in a skirmish on the sinkhole world of Utapau where Grievous would gravely wound Obi-Wan by stabbing the blade of a lightsaber through his stomach. As his former apprentice fought the droid general one on one, Obi-Wan was able to use the force to briefly numb his pain.

As he delved deep into the force to grant him the power he needs for one last strike, Obi-Wan heard a familiar voice calling to him.

"I am proud of you, Obi-Wan."

At first Obi-Wan was taken aback. Hearing the voice of his deceased master distracted him for a moment, but calling on the force allowed him to lunge forward with his lightsaber. Before Grievous could react, Obi-Wan decapitated the Separatist commander. Neutralising the threat.

Collapsing from blood loss, the Jedi master was rushed to the nearest medical bay onboard a Republic cruiser. Despite a near brush with death, Obi-Wan survived and told Anakin about how he'd heard the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn speak to him. It was at that point that Anakin confessed something he'd hidden from his master since the beginning of the Clone War. Following the first battle of Geonosis, he had married Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo.

Whilst he was taken aback by this revelation, deep down Obi-Wan had always suspected that his feelings for Senator Amidala were more than he cared to admit. Though hesitant, Obi-Wan voiced his support for his former padawan, and promised to keep his secret. In a jokey remark, Obi-Wan then asked if Anakin knew who the father of Padme's future child would be, much to the Jedi Knight's horror.

With the elimination of General Grievous, it was believed the Clone Wars would come to an end with the capture of Count Dooku, the recently ascended Sith Lord. Though keen to finally bring peace to the galaxy, Obi-Wan and Anakin were ordered back to Coruscant for a much needed reprieve from the conflict. As they left Utapau, Grievous' final trap would reveal itself. Every sinkhole on the surface of Utapau had been layered with explosives designed to detonate two days after activation. The explosions would destroy every city on Utapau and destroy a sizeable portion of the occupying force.

The devastation would leave the surface of Utapau inhospitable. Realising the horrors that the Separatists were capable of, the Republic vowed never to end the war until their enemy was wiped from existence.

As both Anakin and Obi-Wan returned to Coruscant, Padme went into labour resulting in an unexpected surprise.

Anakin became the father of twins.

As his closest friend, the young Jedi asked Obi-Wan to be godfather to his children. Obi-Wan graciously accepted.

Though he was happy for his former padawan having the family he'd always wanted, deep down Obi-Wan felt more isolated than ever. Having lost the love of his life the Duchess Satine of Mandalore to the hands of Darth Maul, just under a year ago he couldn't help but feel heartbroken every time he saw Anakin's new family.

To distract himself, Obi-Wan would take on a new apprentice by the name of Jaylam Duos. Despite his reluctance in the past to take on a new apprentice, having wanted to not teach a pupil during a time of war, Obi-Wan decided that his declining physical condition meant it was unlikely he'd make past the war thus his choice to take on his new apprentice now.

As both master and apprentice began to move into the unknown regions of space, they'd encounter Count Dooku's newest agents. Sith acolytes, all vying for the position as Dooku's apprentice. Though Kenobi and Duos were able to defend themselves against the acolytes, the Jedi Master lost the closest friend he had during the Clone War. Clone Commander Cody was killed saving Duos' life from one of Dooku's acolytes.

In a moment of rage, Obi-Wan was able to disarm all four of Dooku's acolytes by severing their hands, only to allow them to leave. A perplexed Duos would be met by one of the first lessons Kenobi was taught by his own master.

'Revenge is not the Jedi way.'

In honour of their fallen comrade, Duos would take the former clone commander's blaster pistol and continue to use it in conjuncture with his lightsaber much to Kenobi's dismay. He considered blasters to be a crude and inelegant weapon compared to a lightsaber.

As time would progress and the recently deceased Commander Cody was replaced by Clone Captain Sendro, Kenobi's former apprentice would achieve the rank of Master before being named Grand Master of the Jedi Order as Master Yoda passed the reigns to young Skywalker. Though the transfer of power was questioned by some council members, Kenobi would openly endorse his former Padawan, claiming there was no-one more suited for the role than the Chosen One himself.

Under Skywalker's leadership, the Jedi would undertake an intensive search throughout the galaxy to locate the final piece of the puzzle needed to end the Clone War. Reigning Sith Lord, Count Dooku known by this point as the nefarious Darth Tyranus. After two weeks scouring the galaxy, Kenobi and Duos would come face to face with the Sith Lord.

The duel between the three of them would culminate in the Sith Lord besting Kenobi in lightsaber combat, but not before the Jedi Master could sever one of Dooku's hands. Even in his weakened state, the old man was able to easily best Duos in lightsaber combat and would use his blade to decapitate the young boy. Distraught, Obi-Wan declared how horrifically Dooku disgraced Qui-Gon Jinn's legacy.

In a moment of what appeared to be regret, the Sith Lord chose to leave the duel without taking Kenobi's life. This would prove to be the Count's undoing, as Kenobi was able to place a tracker on the Sith Lord's cape allowing Republic intelligence to track the Count back to his last refuge.

A moon sized battle station known as the 'Death Star'. Reunited with Skywalker, both Master and former apprentice would lead the Republic fleet into battle against the Separatists one last time, with the fate of the galaxy in their hands....

Isenthal is a very small community and the bus goes there only all two hours. The village has around 600 people living there and it extends from the Lake Lucerne to the Brunnistock at 2952 metres.

In early times many people worked in the explosives factory, which was founded to produce the explosives for the railway Gotthard tunnel. The factory has been closed a long time ago.

In the foreground a young lad moves some greenery to be part of street furniture.

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Scarborough is a seaside town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the North Sea coastline. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10 and 230 feet (3–70 m) above sea level, from the harbour rising steeply north and west towards limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland.

With a population of 61,749, Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire Coast and largest seaside town in North Yorkshire. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination. Residents of the town are known as Scarborians.

The town is claimed to have been founded around 966 AD as Skarðaborg by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider. There is no archaeological evidence to support this claim, which was made during the 1960s as part of a pageant of Scarborough events. The claim is based on a fragment of an Icelandic Saga. In the 4th century, there was briefly a Roman signal station on Scarborough headland, and there is evidence of earlier settlements, during the Stone Age and Bronze Age. Any settlement between the fifth and ninth centuries would have been burned to the ground by a band of Vikings under Tostig Godwinson (a rival of Thorgils Skarthi), Lord of Falsgrave, or Harald III of Norway. These periodic episodes of destruction and massacre means that very little evidence of settlement during this period remained to be recorded in the Domesday survey of 1085. (The original inland village of Falsgrave was Anglo-Saxon rather than Viking.)

A Roman signal station was built on a cliff-top location overlooking the North Sea. It was one of a chain of signal stations, built to warn of sea-raiders. Coins found at the site show that it was occupied from c. AD 370 until the early fifth century.

In 2021 an excavation at a housing development in Eastfield, Scarborough, revealed a Roman luxury villa, religious sanctuary, or combination of both. The building layout is unique in Britain and extends over an area of about the size of two tennis courts. It included a bathhouse and a cylindrical tower with rooms radiating from it. The buildings were “designed by the highest-quality architects in northern Europe in the era and constructed by the finest craftsmen.” Historic England described the finds as “one of the most important Roman discoveries in the past decade.” There are plans to revise the housing development layout, recover the remains and incorporate them in a public green area. Historic England is to recommend the remains be protected as a scheduled monument.

Scarborough recovered under King Henry II, who built an Angevin stone castle on the headland and granted the town charters in 1155 and 1163, permitting a market on the sands and establishing rule by burgesses.

Edward II granted Scarborough Castle to his favourite, Piers Gaveston. The castle was subsequently besieged by forces led by the barons Percy, Warenne, Clifford and Pembroke. Gaveston was captured and taken to Oxford and thence to Warwick Castle for execution.

In 1318, the town was burnt by the Scots, under Sir James Douglas following the Capture of Berwick upon Tweed.

In the Middle Ages, Scarborough Fair, permitted in a royal charter of 1253, held a six-week trading festival attracting merchants from all over Europe. It ran from Assumption Day, 15 August, until Michaelmas Day, 29 September. The fair continued to be held for 500 years, from the 13th to the 18th century, and is commemorated in the song Scarborough Fair:

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

—parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme...

Scarborough and its castle changed hands seven times between Royalists and Parliamentarians during the English Civil War of the 1640s, enduring two lengthy and violent sieges. Following the civil war, much of the town lay in ruins.

In 1626, Mrs Thomasin Farrer discovered a stream of acidic water running from one of the cliffs to the south of the town. This gave birth to Scarborough Spa, and Dr Robert Wittie's book about the spa waters published in 1660 attracted a flood of visitors to the town. Scarborough Spa became Britain's first seaside resort, though the first rolling bathing machines were not reported on the sands until 1735. It was a popular getaway destination for the wealthy of London, such as the bookseller Andrew Millar and his family. Their son Andrew junior died there in 1750.

The coming of the Scarborough–York railway in 1845 increased the tide of visitors. Scarborough railway station claims a record for the world's longest platform seat. From the 1880s until the First World War, Scarborough was one of the regular destinations for The Bass Excursions, when fifteen trains would take between 8,000 and 9,000 employees of Bass's Burton brewery on an annual trip to the seaside.

During the First World War, the town was bombarded by German warships of the High Seas Fleet, an act which shocked the British (see Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby). Scarborough Pier Lighthouse, built in 1806, was damaged in the attack. A U-boat assault on the town, on 25 September 1916 saw three people killed and a further five injured. Eleven of Scarborough's trawler fleet were sunk at sea in another U-boat attack, on 4 September 1917.

In 1929, the steam drifter Ascendent caught a 560 lb (250 kg) tunny (Atlantic bluefin tuna) and a Scarborough showman awarded the crew 50 shillings so he could exhibit it as a tourist attraction. Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough effectively started in 1930 when Lorenzo "Lawrie" Mitchell–Henry, landed a tunny caught on rod and line weighing 560 lb (250 kg). A gentlemen's club, the British Tunny Club, was founded in 1933 and set up its headquarters in the town at the place which is now a restaurant with the same name. Scarborough became a resort for high society. A women's world tuna challenge cup was held for many years.

Colonel (and, later, Sir) Edward Peel landed a world-record tunny of 798 lb (362 kg), capturing the record by 40 lb (18.1 kg) from one caught off Nova Scotia by American champion Zane Grey. The British record which still stands is for a fish weighing 851 lb (386 kg) caught off Scarborough in 1933 by Laurie Mitchell-Henry.

On 5 June 1993, Scarborough made international headlines when a landslip caused part of the Holbeck Hall Hotel, along with its gardens, to fall into the sea. Although the slip was shored up with rocks and the land has long since grassed over, evidence of the cliff's collapse remains clearly visible from The Esplanade, near Shuttleworth Gardens.

Scarborough has been affiliated with a number of Royal Navy vessels, including HMS Apollo, HMS Fearless and HMS Duncan.

The town has an Anglican church, St Martin-on-the-Hill, built in 1862–63 as the parish church of South Cliff. It contains works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and Ford Madox Brown. A young Malton architect, John Gibson, designed the Crown Spa Hotel, Scarborough's first purpose-built hotel. Notable Georgian structures include the Rotunda Museum, Cliff Bridge and Scarborough Pier Lighthouse. Victorian buildings include the Classical Public Library and Market Hall, the Town Hall, Scarborough Spa, the Art Gallery, the South Cliff Methodist Church, and Scarborough railway station. The architecture of Scarborough generally consists of small, low, orange pantile-roofed buildings in the historic old town, and larger Classical and late Victorian buildings reflecting the time during the 19th century as it expanded away from its historic centre into a coastal spa resort.

A notable landmark in the town is the Grand Hotel on St Nicholas Cliff. Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick of Hull, it was completed in 1867; at the time of its opening, it was the largest hotel and the largest brick structure in Europe. It uses local yellow brickwork with red detailing and is based around a theme of time: four towers represent the seasons, 12 floors the months, 52 chimneys the weeks and the original 365 bedrooms represented the days of the year. A blue plaque outside the hotel marks where the novelist Anne Brontë died in 1849. She was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Church by the castle.

An amount of 20th century architecture exists within the main shopping district and in the form of surrounding suburbs. Buildings from this century include the Futurist Theatre (1914), Stephen Joseph Theatre, Brunswick Shopping Centre (1990), and GCHQ Scarborough, a satellite station on the outskirts of the town.

Salento coast is truly stunning.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqugXjXN54g. I went to see Lana Del Rey play in Birmingham on thursday, she was incredible.This was the first song she played called China Doll..it made me feel so emotional! (this video is of her at the manchester gig though)She really really inspires me, her looks, her voice, the lyrics of the songs, which I've heard she didnt write but i dont care-its the way she sings them.Just wow. Major girl crush on her. I found her tVideo Games tune about 3 months ago now and shes getting so big already!

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, is located about 100 km south of the Peloponnese. Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 3000 to 1400 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire. In 1898 Crete, whose people had for some time wanted to join the Greek state, achieved independence from the Ottomans, formally becoming the Cretan State. Crete became part of Greece in December 1913.

Heraklion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete. With a municipal population of about 180.000 it is the fourth largest city in Greece. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe. As a major center of the Minoan civilization it often considered Europe's oldest city.

The fortress, located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, was named "Castello a Mare" by the Venetians who built it in the early 16th century. The site was possibly first fortified by the Arabs in the 9th or 10th centuries. By the second Byzantine period, a tower stood on the site.

In 1462, the Venetian Senate decided to improve the fortifications. Old ships were filled with stone, and were sunk to form a breakwater and increase the area of the platform on which the fortress was built. The "Castello a Mare" was completed in 1540. During the 21-year long Siege, Ottoman batteries easily neutralised the fort's firepower. The Ottomans eventually took the fort in 1669, after the Venetians surrendered the entire city. They did not make any major alterations to the fort, except for the additions of some battlements and embrasures.

Whilst building my mega windmill transporter, I was already thinking about building another truck to accompany it. I seriously considered building one for transporting one of the turbine's blades, but I didn't relish the challenge of building the blade itself. The turbine's hub, however, is also a substantial bit of equipment and struck me as an interesting load.

Stanford....Is University....Universally Known As A Prestigious Temple For Learning....

"S" Is The Logo, stands for 'STUDY., ' STATUS'....."D"....stands for DREAM,,,,,DESTINY,,,,DESIGN,,,,

It is notable as an impressive man-made mountain pass, visible from miles away, and is considered to be one of the best rock exposures in Maryland and the entire northeastern United States. Almost 810 feet (250 m) of strata in a tightly folded syncline are exposed in this road cut.- Wikipedia

Time was getting short for the old Insull era orange cars on the South Shore as car 28 headed up a four car train in the Gary stub ready to depart for Chicago in August 1983. The days of the old Gary station are almost over too as the new embankment which will also hold the new station is well under construction.

Staindrop is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north east of Barnard Castle, on the A688 road. According to the 2011 UK Census the population was 1,310, this includes the hamlets of Cleatlam and Killerby.

Around the year 1018, King Canute gave the manors of Raby and Staindrop to Durham Priory. In 1131 Prior Algar granted the manor to an Anglo-Saxon named Dolfin "son of Uhtred", the earliest recorded direct male ancestor of the great Neville family which built as their seat Raby Castle in the north part of the manor. The grant was possibly merely a confirmation of the holding by this family from before the Norman Conquest of 1066. When doing homage to the Prior for his holding he reserved his homage to the kings of England and of Scotland and to the Bishop of Durham and was "no doubt a man of consequence", probably an aristocratic Northumbrian of high birth. In February 1203-4 King John confirmed to the prior and convent all their privileges and vast possessions, including "Staindrop and Staindropshire with the church".

The village has two schools, Staindrop Church of England Primary School with approximately to 170 pupils aged 3–11, and Staindrop Academy, a coeducational secondary school with over 500 pupils aged 11–16, which also houses a community gym, opened in 2020.[

The last remaining public house, The Wheatsheaf is a former coaching inn, former pubs include The Black Swan, and The Royal Oak. Other amenities in the village include a SPAR convenience store, a newsagent housing the local post office, tea rooms, hairdressers and several holiday cottages.

The Staindrop Carnival, an annual parade and fair, celebrated its centenary in 2020.[22] The village football team, Staindrop F.C. play in the Darlington Sunday invitation league, an affiliate of the Durham County Football Association in 2020-2021 they completed a famous double by winning the Alan Rusk trophy as well as the league cup. Raby Castle Cricket Club play in the Darlington & District Cricket League A, having remained unbeaten and winning the league title in the 2019 season

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Reached #458 in Explore for June 2 2007

This is our beautiful :) They are as different as their colors :) But each in his favorite :) I decided to do some winter pictures for the memory with them :)

all shots here -> ♦ livejournal ♦

this is a cropped portion of my photo, nashville ice, that has been hued and saturated till the cows came home.

the whole set is based from this photo and is inspired by my Mom, who has a love of kaleidoscopes. i loved the colors in this one, so i thought i'd try to make some nice patterns with it.

Romance at the Italian Riviera. The love couple standing on a tower which was used for a big wheel-mounted cannon during WW-II. "Make love not war." Dedicated to my Personal Italian Travel Advisor: Angela Lobefaro. Thank you for the travel tips :)

Photo taken from the Bunker (Le Batterie) e ritorno during our walk from San Rocco to San Fruttuoso. The remains of German anti-aircraft gun emplacements.

Romantisch zoenen op een plek waar tijdens de 2de wereldoorlog een groot kanon stond. Je kan de draaicircel aan linkerzijde nog duidelijk zien. "Make love not war" een slogan die gericht is tegen oorlog in het algemeen.

Starting to update the sim for Spring.... Tricky wants me to change the whole sim... but isn't it pretty like this?? I want to enjoy it one more season!

Taken at Tricky (78, 47, 33)

oLdiE but GoOdiE!!

You look so beautiful today

When you're sitting there it's hard for me to look away

So I try to find the words that I could say

I know distance doesn't matter

But you feel so far away

And I can't lie

But everytime I leave my heart turns grey

And I, I wanna come back home to see your face tonight...

Cause I just can't take it

Another day without you with me

Is like a blade that cuts right through me

I can wait, I can wait forever

When you call my heart stops beating

When you're gone it won't stop bleeding

I can wait, I can wait forever...

You look so beautiful today

It's like everytime I turn around I see your face

The thing I miss the most is waking up next to you

When I look into your eyes, man, I wish that I could stay

And I can't lie, but everytime I leave my heart turns grey

And I, I wanna come back home to see your face tonight...

Cause I just can't take it

Another day without you with me

Is like a blade that cuts right through me

I can wait, I can wait.. I can wait forever

When you call my heart stops beating

When you're gone it won't stop bleeding

I can wait, I can wait.. I can wait forever...

I know it feels like forever

I guess thats just a price I've gotta pay

But when I come back home to feel your touch makes it better

'Til that day there's nothing else I can do

And I just can take it

(Just can't take it)

Another day without you with me

Is like a blade that cuts right through me

I can wait, I can wait.. I can wait forever

When you come my heart stops beating

When you're gone it won't stop bleeding

I can wait, I can wait.. I can wait forever...

I can wait forever

I can wait forever

I can wait forever

I can wait forever

I can wait forever...

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CAERLAVEROCK CASTLE IS A MOATED TRIANGULAR CASTLE, FIRST BUILT IN THE 13TH CENTURY. IT IS LOCATED 11 KILOMETRES (6.8 MI) SOUTH OF DUMFRIES IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND, ON THE EDGE OF THE CAERLAVEROCK NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE. CAERLAVEROCK WAS A STRONGHOLD OF THE MAXWELL FAMILY FROM THE 13TH CENTURY UNTIL THE 17TH CENTURY WHEN THE CASTLE WAS ABANDONED. IT WAS BESIEGED BY THE ENGLISH DURING THE WARS OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE, AND UNDERWENT SEVERAL PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS OVER THE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES. IN THE 17TH CENTURY, THE MAXWELLS WERE CREATED EARLS OF NITSHDALE, AND BUILT A NEW LODGING WITHIN THE WALLS, DESCRIBED AS AMONG "THE MOST AMBITIOUS EARLY CLASSICAL DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN SCOTLAND". IN 1640 THE CASTLE WAS BESIEGED FOR THE LAST TIME AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ABANDONED. ALTHOUGH DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT SEVERAL TIMES, THE CASTLE RETAINS THE DISTINCTIVE TRIANGULAR PLAN FIRST LAID OUT IN THE 13TH CENTURY.

TODAY, THE CASTLE IS IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC SCOTLAND AND IS A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION. IT IS PROTECTED AS A SCHEDULED MONUMENT, AND AS A CATEGORY A LISTED BUILDING.

Amfilochia is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece, on the site of ancient Amfilochia. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was known as Karvasaras from caravanserai).

Amfilochia is situated by the Ambracian Gulf and features an amphitheatre.

Koh Rawi is next to Koh Adang within the Tarutao Marine Park in Satun Province of Thailand. This mountainous island is surrounded by many rocks and high steep cliffs, clean white sandy beaches and clear sea offering fantastic diving opportunities. You can stay overnight in national park services accommodation. The island can be reached in about 30 minutes from Koh Lipe.

Tarutao is the first marine park of Thailand. It is famous for its distinguished history and natural beauty. It is located in the Andaman Sea 40 kilometres from town or 22 kilometres from Bara Pier. The park borders Mu Ko Phetra National Park in the north and the Thai-Malaysian sea border in the south. The park occupies an area of 1,490 square kilometres and comprises 51 islands. Seven large islands are Ko Tarutao , Ko Adang, Ko Rawi, Ko Li Pe , Ko Klang, Ko Ba Tuang, and Ko Bit Si. Tarutao was proclaimed a National Park on 19 April 1974 and declared by UNESCO as an ASEAN Heritage Park and Reserve in 1982. The best time to visit is from November to April.

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Wish everyone a wonderful and colourful spring , sharing some moments captured at the Canada Bloom 2010 , here in Toronto ! Just in case you wish to know more about Canada Bloom , please

visit www.canadablooms.com/

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" ~Robin Williams

this is how simple and beautiful love can be it is just there , i feel it with heather and my friends and my sister who is so amazing she is one of the best things on flickr bless you cause when my life fell down you stood by me ,,,

My hotel room in Naples faced out across the bay of Napoli and Mount Vesuvius, where I could see the sunrise each morning. I always kept my camera charged up just in case there was one of these mornings, and fortunately, there always was. I can’t believe my friend Valerio (Valpopando) actually lives there and gets to see this all the time. I hope he appreciates it!

It was murder. I hate our weekly shopping trip to Fort William, especially when our B&B is busy. It can take most of the day, nearly three hours taken up driving to and from the shops. But the traffic congestion, camper vans, mobile homes, cars and people fighting over parking spaces and trolleys. It was almost too much for me. Sat there, outside Home Bargains I had often admired the rugged hillock across from the car park.......something about the shape of it, the scattering of old graves, the motionless bodies of sheep slumbering in the sunshine on the hillside. Little did I realise it had been the site of a fairly significant battle in 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which had gone unmentioned in school history lessons. I left the car and went for a walk under the shadow of Ben Nevis

The Battle of Inverlochy occurred on 2 February 1645, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, when a Royalist force of Highlanders and Confederate Irish troops under the overall command of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, routed and largely destroyed the pursuing forces of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, who had been encamped under the walls of Inverlochy Castle.

After the Covenanter-controlled Scottish Committee of Estates decided to intervene in the English Civil War on the Parliamentarian side, the Royalist party sought to find ways of tying down Covenanter forces in Scotland to prevent them being employed in England. King Charles I had already given a commission to Montrose, a disaffected former signatory of the Covenant, to organise Royalist opposition in Scotland. The project was given impetus when Confederate Ireland, at the instigation of the Earl of Antrim and the Duke of Ormond, aided the Royalists by sending 2,000 experienced troops to Scotland under Antrim's relative Alasdair Mac Colla. The Irish landed at Ardnamurchan on the west coast in early July 1644.

Montrose and a small number of Royalist clansmen linked up with Mac Colla in August. By this time the Committee of Estates had sent armies into the field against them, under the overall command of the experienced general William Baillie. Montrose, however, won surprise victories against government troops at Tippermuir and Aberdeen in September. He then retreated into the Highlands, pursued by a force under the Marquess of Argyll, the head of Clan Campbell and one of the key figures in the Committee of Estates, while Baillie's main army blocked Montrose's path eastward. By late November, the Royalists had added another 1,000 recruits, largely from amongst the men of Clan Donald. Over the winter they conducted a fierce campaign of burning and plundering largely directed against the lands of Argyll himself, and culminating in the sacking of Inveraray. Montrose left Inveraray on 14 January 1645 and headed north. It is believed that he split his army at Glen Etive sending part of it up past Ballachulish while the bulk continued across Rannoch Moor, into Glencoe.

Baillie and Argyll believed that Montrose's force would easily be trapped or dispersed once the difficulty of supplying them in the Highlands in winter took hold. Indeed, by the end of January, Montrose had halted at Kilchummin in the Great Glen, with supplies exhausted and with his forces reduced to less than 2,000 due to sickness and desertions amongst the Highlanders, who were eager to return home with their plunder. At Kilchummin he learned that a large contingent of Northern Levies under the Earl of Seaforth blocked the route northward at Inverness, while Argyll – with a force made up of his own regiment, eight companies of Lowland foot sent by Baillie, and a large number of Clan Campbell levies – was camped to the south of him at Inverlochy. Further south, Baillie and Sir John Urry were assembling further troops.. The Royalists were now effectively trapped.

Montrose decided to face the threat by marching south and attacking Argyll. This course may have been chosen as Argyll's men now threatened the lands of several of Montrose's key supporters. However, he realised that a frontal approach would be quickly detected. What followed was a remarkable flanking march, during winter, across some of the toughest and wildest terrain in the British Isles, partly through snow knee-deep. The Royalists first travelled up the River Tarff to Glen Buck via Culachy, and across the gorge of the Calder Burn to reach the head of the glen, 1000 feet above sea level. They then climbed a further 1000 feet to Carn na Larach, before travelling down Glen Turret and Glen Roy to Keppoch, where the advance guard rested for around three hours in a barn while the main force caught up.

After fording the Spean, and passing through Leanachan Woods, they emerged on the slopes of Ben Nevis above Inverlochy in the early hours of Candlemas Day, 2 February; they had marched around 36 miles in 36 hours.

Montrose's army spent a cold night in the open on the side of Ben Nevis. Argyll was already aware that a small force was operating in the area, having been alerted by pickets driven from Keppoch by the Royalist advance guard. He did not know, however, that he was faced by the entire royal army. Just before dawn on 2 February 1645, Argyll and his commanders were dismayed at the sight that lay before them. As far as they were aware Montrose should still have been 30 miles north.

Argyll did not stay for the battle, having injured his arm in a fall from his horse, and retired to his galley anchored on Loch Linnhe. Command of the government forces was left in the hands of his kinsman Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, described by Robert Baillie as "a stout soldier, but a very vicious man". Auchinbreck was an experienced veteran recently recalled from the war in Ireland and regarded as the best soldier in Clan Campbell.

Auchinbreck lined up his forces with the left wing anchored on Inverlochy Castle, which he reinforced with 200 musketeers to protect his left flank. In the centre he placed Argyll's regiment, with an advance guard commanded by Gillespie, son of the Laird of Bingingeahds.On the flanks he put the 8 companies of Lowland militia sent by Baillie, under Roughe and Cockburn, while to the rear was a reserve of Campbell clan levies commanded by the lairds of Lochnell and Rarra, along with two light artillery pieces. Unlike at Tippermuir and Aberdeen, where Montrose had annihilated hastily conscripted and poorly trained militias, many of the troops he faced at Inverlochy were veterans of the wars in England and Ireland. Montrose lined his army up only two lines deep to avoid being outflanked, placing the clansmen, under his personal command, in the centre with the Irish on the flanks, the left being commanded by MacColla and the right by O'Cahan. A small troop of light cavalry, led by Sir Thomas Ogilvie of Airlie, protected the Royalist standard.

The fight did not start straight away and instead skirmishes broke out along the line before dawn. This was possibly because Montrose wanted to harry Argyll's men to ensure they did not slip away, whilst hiding his own presence and the full size of his army. Auchinbreck and his officers thought that they were only fighting one of Montrose's lieutenants and not the man himself, believing he was still far up the glen. Wishart, Montrose's biographer, claimed that they only realised Montrose and his cavalry were present on hearing trumpets used as the attack signal. Just before first light, the Royalists launched their attack.

O'Cahan's men advanced first, followed by Mac Colla. The Irish closed rapidly and violently with the regular troops on both flanks. Montrose, in his letter describing the battle, stated that they went quickly to "push of pike and dint of sword". The Irish routed the two wings, exposing Auchinbreck's centre. Montrose then launched the highlanders at Argyll's regiment and the Campbell clansmen; as the first line was driven back on to the second, the latter panicked and broke.[Some of the Lowland foot forming Auchinbreck's left attempted to retreat into the castle, but were blocked by the Royalist cavalry under Ogilvie and driven to the shore of the loch. Auchinbreck was shot in the thigh while trying to rally his men and died shortly afterwards. The remaining Covenanters briefly rallied around their standard, then broke and ran. The battle rapidly became a "massacre perpetrated by one set of feuding clansmen on another". Those who ran towards the loch were slaughtered, while the remainder attempted to escape into the hills. The small garrison in Inverlochy castle surrendered without a fight.

As was common in the battles of the era, the majority of casualties occurred during the rout of the retreating forces, who were pursued at least eight miles from the battlefield. In later years the graves of many of them were pointed out in Glen Nevis Over 1500 Covenanter troops died, while Montrose lost very few men, reputedly as few as between four and eight, the most notable Royalist casualty being Sir Thomas Ogilvie who was hit by a stray bullet and died several days later. Many gentry and tacksmen serving under Argyll were killed, including John Campbell of Lochnell, Colin MacDougal of Rarra, and others. The remaining officers were all captured, although some, such as Cockburn, were shortly released on parole on the promise that they did not take up arms against the Royalists.

On 11 February the Parliament of Scotland found Montrose and 19 of his main followers, including Mac Colla and Graham of Inchbrackie, guilty of high treason in their absence. The following day Argyll himself appeared before Parliament, with his arm in a sling, dismissing the loss as a minor setback. Robert Baillie afterwards wrote that "this disaster did extremely amaze us. I verily think that had Montrose come presently from that battle he should have had no opposition in the Highlands [...] scarce till he had come to Edinburgh. But God in mercy put other thoughts in his heart".

Montrose was able to use this conflict to rally Clan Donald against Clan Campbell. In many respects, the Battle of Inverlochy was as much part of the clan war between these two deadly enemies and their allies as it was part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and that is how it was portrayed in Gaelic folklore. After the battle MacDonalds pursued fleeing Campbells up the Lairig Mhor, which is now part of the West Highland Way, killing those they caught. About 12 km from the battle field they stopped and marked the spot by erecting a stone which came to be known as Clach nan Caimbeulach or the Campbell's Stone. Today the place is marked by a rough cairn, or pile of stones

The victory also secured the cooperation in Montrose's campaign of the Marquess of Huntly, whose Clan Gordon levies made him one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland.

Thanks to Wikipedia

Spring is here

As Coco said “take one thing off before you leave the house” or words to that effect, lol. Anyhow, that’s how I’m feeling about my makeup. It’s not practical to take something off so I’m starting with less. Wish me luck! Lol

One may be excused for borrowing cliches from the realm of popular utterances. Then, that is how it does feel when you see sights such as this in real life.

A perma frosted river slam bang in the midst of tropical coconut trees in Bangalore.

This is Bellandur in Bangalore, a place notorious for foul smell, skin rashes and breathing troubles and a prime spot of ecological disaster.

Bellandur Lake is the largest water body in the plateau that is Bangalore. The terrain made it a huge reservoir which cheked the flow of water from the Koramangla and Challaghatta valleys and then slowly discharged it into the Pennar river that flows into Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.

Till the 1980s it was a ecologically sound lake with fishing, irrigation of crops and potable water being drawn from it. The city population exploded in the late 1980s when it became the hub of IT business. Houses and offices sprung up everywhere at a frenetic pace. The income and cash flow generation was enormous. Money flowed everywhere. Business flourished, more people came in. In a few years time, the lake lost its potability, its fishing and its pristine beauty. The clear water became a turbid black pool with hyacinth growing wild.

The storm water drains which used to bring in the excess rain waters into the lake became channels of sewage that the residential and commercial buildings discharged unfiltered into the waterways. The lake just died a quick death. The overpowering stench of hydrogen sulphide and allied sulphur & phosphorus compounds infused the atmosphere all around it. A stench that we in India are familiar with where letting pollutants freely into the eco-space is not regarded as a danger.

Today the lake is about 700-800 acres big and is overgrown with hyacinth and weeds and it has two outflow channels that takes its polluted waters downstream. The public works departments have made two spillways which are narrow and it is here that on rainy days the lake water generates lather and foam that rises up many feet high and it piles up. The rustling wind over the lake ever so often raises large suds in the air and they keep on floating up like soap bubbles in a child’s play toy. At times the foam covers the bridge over the spillway and people have perforce to pass through it.

It is from one of these places that this photograph has been shot on a post rainy day in July 2016.

In the year 2016, we still have this problem and looks like will continue to have it in the near future as well. It is to do with how things are done in India. The Sewage treatment plants filter and throw the water into these water bodies. Even if you consider this as a clean and not a reprehensible act, then you must know that almost 50 percent of these plants do not even work and untreated sewage goes straight in. Secondly the number of STPs are not enough. The government of Karnataka expresses it inability by quoting lack of finances.

The situation is the same as governments in India have always expressed. Take urban transportation. UN, World Bank and a whole host of other nations and institutions had always been willing to fund a metro system in Delhi etc but the government would not take the money as such projects did not have kickbacks and opportunities for contractors to generate bogus bills as a tight fiscal discipline was always a pre requisite for such grants. So it took decades for the Indian government to agree to have the metro system.

That is how the cookie crumbles in India and I guess people in Bangalore as well as the ones living alongside the holy Yamuna river must wait for some succour and common sense to prevail in the corridors of the government where one day they may agree to being funded under a tight fiscal control.

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"Why IS a raven like a writing desk?" asked adolescent Alice.

The ashen, addled American author avoided answering.

Quoth the raven: "Anymore!"

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Created for the Smile on Saturday theme, ANYTHING WITH A.

Da una mia foto, che potete vedere nei commenti, alla creazione digitale, con Bing Image Creator. In questo caso lo stile suggerito è quello di Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Nei canili ci sono tanti cani che vi aspettano: adottate, non comprate.

From a photo of me, which you can see in the comments, to digital creation, with Bing Image Creator. In this case the suggested style is that of the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat.

In the kennels there are many dogs waiting for you: adopt, don't buy.

This is a life-size fold of my desk lamp origami model. I cheated a little by putting a metal profile inside the post since the paper I used had too little stiffness to support itself at this size (for smaller models or thicker paper, this is not necessary).

Dr. Jairam is a former Professor and Head of the department of surgery at St/ John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore. He has served as Medical Director of Mallya Hospital - Bangalore, where he was a consultant surgeon for many years. His expertise in colo-rectal surgery is acquired from Mayo Clinic, USA and St. Mark's Hospital London. Presently he is the Chairman and Group Medical Director for Columbia Asia Hospitals - India. He is renowned surgeon and a very popular teacher.

He participated in the Book release " Hack the Job"

at Times Litfest 2018 in Bengaluru.

Commentary.

Steyning is a town at the northern end of the Adur Gap through the South Downs.

The town dates back to Saxon times over 1,000 years ago.

The Parish Church, originally dedicated to St. Cuthman,

eventually became jointly dedicated to St. Andrew.

Nearby Bramber Castle was built following the Norman invasion and acted as a defence against invasion from

south or north through the Adur valley.

Trade and religious disputes soured the relationship between

Bramber and Steyning for several centuries.

In the 14th. Century the River Adur began to silt up causing

the loss of trade and population to both places.

In 1614, the Alderman of Chichester founded Steyning

Grammar School, in Church Street, just off the High Street.

This Jacobean building still stands today, but the main school

is now sited at the northern end of the town.

The railway linking Guildford to Shoreham via Steyning

opened in 1861, but fell foul to the infamous Beeching cuts of the 1960’s.

The rail route has been preserved as a foot, bridle and cycle way, known as the Downs Link.

The Old Town Hall built in 1886 is now an Estate Agents.

Agriculture, brewing, tanning and brickmaking formed

the core of the economy in the late 19th. Century.

Today the town has three pubs, a good variety of shops,

a Health Centre, Public Library and Museum.

The Leisure Centre, including a swimming pool, was funded by the National Lottery.

Steyning Grammar School is now a comprehensive

serving 2,500 pupils from a wide area.

There is also a Primary School and Pre-School.

The town has cricket, football and athletic clubs.

Its prized architecture includes Tudor, Stuart, Georgian and Victorian buildings as well as 20th. and 21st. century developments.

The High Street’s main landmark is the tile-hung Clock-Tower.

The town hosts many walkers on the nearby South Downs

and day-trippers making for the coast, a few miles to the south.

Seen in Slough in May 2018 is First Berkshire Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 B40F 64032 LK07CCE heading for Britwell on service 1.

For those whom it may concern, Loreos is now open to new members!

Here is a quick guide to help those who would like to join the fun!

Step 1.

You must register (for free) in the Classic Castle Forums on www.classic-castle.com

(Be sure to read the terms of service and frequently asked questions of the CC site before registering. )

Step 2.

While waiting for your registration to go through, build a cool fantasy-castle LEGO sigfig to act as your character throughout the game. It's also a good idea to write a nice background story of your character. (Loreos obviously)

Step 3.

Post a picture (or link to a picture) of your character and his/her story in the LCC signup thread (on the CC forums)

Be sure to specify which faction you wish to join! (Loreos obviously)

Step 4.

Once you've posted in the signup thread, you're an official member of LCC!

You may now post in your faction's official thread and join your faction's Flickr group. (Loreos obviously)

Not to mention the General LCC Flickr Group

Step 5.

Before embarking on your LCC adventure, it would be a good idea to learn about the many histories and events that have already taken place in the LCC Table of contents

Step 6.

Have fun and enjoy interacting with all the great people who participate!

Have a great day, and remember...

Prince Jarius wants YOU to join LCC Loreos!

This is the view looking the opposite way of the community centre that looks like a squashed tube of Pringles! It lies across the dual carriage way, right in the centre of the city. This is an area with tall tower blocks and council housing, that would make me nervous alone after dark, but hopefully this has done some good for the area. One day, Tim and I might venture in and see if we can get a cup of tea there! When I do I'll try and get some photos!

This is not a medieval torture device, but the ESA - European Space Agency/CNES Grasp experiment to understand how humans adapt their hand-eye coordination in space. Scientists think we use gravity to judge how much to extend our arm to grab an object (for example), and us being in space is a great way to find out! We use a VR headset to simulate tasks and the equipment monitors movement and timing for researchers on Earth to look at and take conclusions.

J’ai passé un bon moment dans cette position pour l’expérience ESA/CNES GRASP, qui étudie la façon dont la coordination main-œil s'adapte à l'impesanteur. Les scientifiques pensent que notre corps utilise la pesanteur pour savoir comment se déplacer, et l'espace est un excellent lieu pour vérifier. En passant, on admire le laboratoire Columbus et les patches des missions précédentes (ainsi qu’un authentique invader qui s’est glissé là-haut, les fans de street art apprécieront !!)

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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