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Although downtown Portland, Maine is not historic, 2-foot territory, there are some distinct advantages to this location for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. Unlike most Maine railroads, this one is definitely not a tree-tunnel. Although only 1.3 miles long, this line is quite scenic, with beautiful views of Portland's harbor, and on hot summer days, the passengers enjoy cool breezes as well. In this frame, the former Bridgton & Saco River #7, a 33-ton, 2-4-4T built in 1913, takes her passenger consist railroad east toward the Cutter Street Crossing, perhaps a quarter mile ahead.
"Moonlight is sculpture."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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This is the faculty of architecture at the University of Buenos Aires. At that time with few students. Student life revolves around the central courtyard four stories high. This is a view from the floor close to the upper deck for which light enters.
Ink and watercolors.
Posted in Daily Nation, Saturday April 20, 2013.
The Rauma is a river that runs through Romsdalen, a valley in Møre og Romsdal and Oppland counties in Norway. It runs for 68 kilometres (42 mi) from Lesjaskogsvatnet, a lake in the municipality of Lesja, to the town of Åndalsnes in the municipality of Rauma. The river was once famous for its salmon-fishing, but since an infection with Gyrodactylus salaris only 5 to 10% of the original stock survives. The salmon runs up to the Slettafoss, a 16-metre (52 ft) high combination of waterfalls and rapids more than 42 kilometres (26 mi) upriver from the estuary. Wikipedia
"Capsula Mundi is a cultural and broad-based project, which envisions a different approach to the way we think about death. It's an egg-shaped pod, an ancient and perfect form, made of biodegradable material, where our departed loved ones are placed for burial. Ashes will be held in small egg-shaped biodegradable urns while bodies will be laid down in a fetal position in larger pods. The Capsula will then be buried as a seed in the earth. A tree, chosen in life by the deceased, will be planted on top of it and serve as a memorial for the departed and as a legacy for posterity and the future of our planet. Family and friends will continue to care for the tree as it grows. Cemeteries will acquire a new look and, instead of the cold grey landscape we see today, they will grow into vibrant woodlands."
Is It Safe? mural by Uloang, part of the Hope for Health project, in Downtown Austin Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic and the BLM protests, June 3, 2020. The mural had been removed as Austin’s 6th street reopened and then replaced as the businesses boarded up during the BLM protests.
HOPE for Health is an effort by artists in collaboration with the HOPE Outdoor Gallery to spread hope on the walls of closed, boarded-up bars on 6th street.
Mizoram is a picturesque destination for the perceptive visitor with its wide display of dances & festivals, handlooms and handicrafts, flora and fauna, breathtaking natural beauty and temperate climate. The general belief is that the Mizos migrated from China about three hundred years ago, in search of new territory and settled in these remote hills which were earlier known as Lushai Hills.
The term ‘Mizo’ is deriving from two words- ‘Mi’ means man and ‘Zo’ means hills. Today Mizoram consist of a population of over five Lakh who identify themselves as ‘Mizo’.
The Mizos are friendly and hospitable.
The people are simple, happy, carefree, contented, generous and freedom-loving.
Music plays a key role in uniting and strengthening the bond between the Mizo people. The joyful enthusiasm and companionable spirits of the common people have truly made them the real songbirds of this exotic hill station.
মিজোরাম : প্রাচ্যের নাচের গানের পাখিদের আবাস :) মিজোরাম নাচ এবং উত্সব, তাঁত এবং হস্তশিল্প, উদ্ভিদ ও প্রাণীজগত, শ্বাসরুদ্ধকর প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্য এবং নাতিশীতোষ্ণ জলবায়ুর বিস্তৃত প্রদর্শন সহ উপলব্ধিশীল দর্শনার্থীদের জন্য একটি মনোরম গন্তব্য। সাধারণ বিশ্বাস হল মিজোরা প্রায় তিনশত বছর আগে নতুন ভূখণ্ডের সন্ধানে চীন থেকে চলে আসে এবং এই দুর্গম পাহাড়ে বসতি স্থাপন করে যা আগে লুসাই পাহাড় নামে পরিচিত ছিল।'মিজো' শব্দটি দুটি শব্দ থেকে এসেছে- 'মি' মানে মানুষ এবং 'জো' মানে পাহাড়। আজ মিজোরামের জনসংখ্যা পাঁচ লাখের বেশি যারা নিজেদেরকে 'মিজো' বলে পরিচয় দেয়।
মিজোরা বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ এবং অতিথিপরায়ণ। জনগণ সরল, সুখী, উদাসীন, সন্তুষ্ট, উদার ও স্বাধীনতাকামী। মিজো জনগণের মধ্যে বন্ধনকে একত্রিত ও শক্তিশালী করতে সঙ্গীত একটি মুখ্য ভূমিকা পালন করে। সাধারণ মানুষের আনন্দময় উদ্দীপনা এবং সহানুভূতিশীল আত্মা তাদের সত্যিকার অর্থেই এই বিচিত্র হিল স্টেশনের প্রকৃত গানের পাখিতে পরিণত করেছে।
Spongebob is looking for his friend Patrick but in his stead finds a large blue starfish with a tattered and bloody pair of green shorts...
My entry for Bio-Cup round 1
Theme: Nature
Sub-theme: Echinoderms and Porifera
I initially wanted to make Patrick but I didn't have any magenta pieces. Then looking up starfishes, I learned some of them are prone to eat other individuals of their own species, along with sea sponges... hence this rather macabre MOC.
You can find more pictures on my feed, along with the nano versions of bob's house.
This is my proof and what I look forward to every year..the mustard bloom. As soon as the wild mustard explodes with that yellow everyone around here knows that Spring is not far in the future. It is so beautiful to see this.
So, of course, I took a drive around and snapped about 100 shots of blooming mustard this morning. Of course I did! LOL
... waking up to bird-song ☺
(Even if it is the sound of around three dozen of these at 6am)
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Textures by Topaz / own image
Entered in EXPLORE Worthy - The Number Games 2,S4 (2018 Art)
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Hastings is the oldest surviving standard gauge locomotive built by Hunslet (459, 1888). Built for the contractor building the Manchester Ship Canal the engine led a nomadic life around England including helping with the construction of Brookland Motor-racing track (where my Grandfather worked for the Aviation industry). Preserved on the Kent & East Sussex railway in the 1960's the engine later underwent some restoration in Essex and was then finally completed by Statfold Engineering a few weeks before this open day. She is privately owned and was seen here exercising past Strawberry Fields platform.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles Darwin
What is it about being a girl I love so much?
I don't love guys--in fact, I barely tolerate them.
But I love the feminine appearance, which (of course) I try to emulate.
Oh, well, so be it :)
Someone is hoping just that this will be the day.
explore.
You don't have to like this. I'm just so tired from my awesome day today. We had a half day and I went out to lunch with a bunch of friends, and then we ventured around for awhile, went to my sister's field hockey game and now I feel dead. I have a full day tomorrow.. :/
[sept 23, 2010]
309/365
Some photographer somewhere said something about photography not being reality. I have always thought he was on the money with that. My work, by it's very nature is not reality. It was never meant to be. Sure, it may appear to be sometimes, but the images are cleaned up, touched up, doctored. Not real.
This is me. This is reality. I have an artist's soul, and the voice of a crow. I'd love to sing, to play music, but I have none of it in me. Often, I feel like I have the visual voice of a crow as well. I used to write. A lot. Incessantly. I blogged. Not about photography, but about effective self defense. I gave that up when I picked up a camera again.
Strange, isn't it? A photographer with an artist's soul writing about self defense. There's a reason for that. I was once a pretty decent fighter. Like most fighters, I learned the hard way, getting my ass beat. I never stopped fighting though, and I learned. Then, I gave up my knees to Uncle Sugar's Yacht Club. I am now in constant pain, I can't kick, and I damned sure can't run fast, long, or far. About the only time I am not in pain is when my mind is somewhere else right-braining it away on photography. I can't fight effectively anymore. So I carry a weapon. Everywhere. I do so because as a fighter, I've learned I will probably never see the attack coming. I don't want to avoid people I don't know, so I carry the means to preserve my life if need be. That's reality.
Winter is very dark for me. As the days get shorter, my mood gets more morose. And my knees hurt like a bitch. I watch Zack's film, Transform over and again, and I try to forge on. I get a lot of inspiration from my flickr friends. You may not realize it, but I do. Sometimes I think you are my truest friends. Tonight, I was devoid of inspiration, ready to hang up this 365 project again. Then I commented on Stacie's image. I ended my comment with "It's real." Yeah, that's what I want to do tonight, that's what I need, so this is real.
I hurt. I am on the tail end of a 72 hour call rotation that has whipped my ass. I have spent most of the weekend, it seems, at the hospital. Patching up people who refuse to take care of themselves, and they will be back again. I've listened to people claim to be medically disabled for miniscule ailiments while others lie comatose and bleeding in the next room. All the while wondering if I would meet the criteria for disability myself because I can hardly stand and my knees throb up and down my spine. My back hurts from trying to restrain people who are fighting against those who are trying to save their lives. A few days ago, I commented in depth on Viewminder's photo about what we sometimes go through as practitioners. It is a small glimpse. Sometimes I think nobody but a nurse can understand what we go through as nurses. This weekend I have been cursed, hit, scratched, spit on, pissed on, shit on, had stomach contents sprayed across my face, had blood sprayed all over me, and I'll go back for more tonight at 2:00 AM if needed. I'll certainly be back for more at 6:00 AM. That's my reality. Nobody really understands it until they experience it themselves.
Why do I do this? Why? Because I've also had tears on me. The comfort we provide as nurses erases the blood, the puke, the piss and the bruises. At least it does for the nurse. I also do this for my family. That's reality. I do a damned nasty job that few want to do, so my family can stay fed. So we can stay warm in winter, cool in the summer, and not live under a bridge. That's reality.
I started doing another 365 project this year with my daughter, for my daughter. I thought, against my better judgement, that it might work, that it would give us more time together. Several years ago I bought her a camera and taught her about photography to bring us together. Our joint 365 lasted a total of four days before she was off to other things and I was uninspired. Yet I have forged on with it, in case she wants to rejoin me. I don't know if she will, but I'm taking daily pictures of myself no matter how uninspired I might be, in case she does. At the end of my last 365 project, I stated that I felt the thing was a pointless exercise. It was for me at least. Her involvement gave me reason to do it again. I'm a father, and I will not give up on her. No matter how much infectious blood soaks through my paper surgical cap and mixes with the sweat running down my back, no matter how much the gangrenous pus filled crap in my hands turns my stomach, and no matter how much my knees throb.That's reality.
Tonight I was uninspired. Dead tired. Foul. Ready to throw in the towel. Then I went online to see my flickr friends. They say this isn't reality. What the Hell do they know? Tonight you inspired me, kept me going when I was at my lowest. I got my tired ass up, put on my Chucks, tossed fresh scrubs in the Jeep in case my pager went off, and I drove to the studio to capture this image. I had pre-concieved it in my mind, and I recorded these words on my dictaphone on the way there and back. If you inspire me so, how can you not be reality? Know what? I'll probably leave the typos in here too, because I have big-assed fingers and I only type with one of them. That's reality.
Plus, my wife just came in, and I want to get to spend a bit of time with her this weekend. I miss her. That's reality too. Photography isn't reality. At most, it's a picture of what used to be. Not what is. It can't depict what is real, but perhaps it can make us recall a feeling that was. But this is my reality, this is me. No. This was my reality. This is me.
Strobist: AB1600 with 60X30 gridded softbox camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
... Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil. . . . There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well—or ill?"
— John Steinbeck (East of Eden)
Heidelibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) im Anflug auf ein verblühten Lavendel.
Dragonfly is approaching.
You have to check out Serena's stream if you haven't done so far. As you all might know I am not a big fan of pet shots but she is amazing. She does mainly pictures of her dogs that are clever, hilarious and so well done. The post processing is the cherry on top. I am a huge fan of her work. I went through her whole stream today and it took me ages to decide for only 9 shots cause all of them are amazing. She also does rocking portraits. Serena surely is one of the most creative and funny people I have met on Flickr.
For Wednesday Contact Showcase
1. lap dog, 2. control, 3. walls apart, 4. feeding time, 5. a face only a mother could love, 6. rabbit, 7. the cosmo gentleman II, 8. a banger in mash, 9. world record in a shopping trolley
Spinalonga (Greek: Σπιναλόγκα) is an island located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete, in Lasithi, next to the town of Plaka. The island is further assigned to the area of Kalydon. It is near the Spinalonga peninsula ("large Spinalonga") – which often causes confusion as the same name is used for both. The official Greek name of the island today is Kalydon.
According to Venetian documents, the name of the island originated in the Greek expression στην Ελούντα stin Elounda (meaning "to Elounda"). The Venetians could not understand the expression so they familiarized it using their own language, and called it spina "thorn" longa "long", an expression that was also maintained by the locals. The Venetians were inspired for this expression by the name of an island near Venice called by the same name and which is known today as the island of Giudecca.
The island was subsequently used as a leper colony from 1903 to 1957. The last inhabitant, a priest, did not leave the island till 1962, in order to maintain the Greek Orthodox tradition of commemorating a buried person 40 days, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years after their death. There were two entrances to Spinalonga, one being the lepers entrance, a tunnel known as "Dante's Gate". This was so named because the patients did not know what was going to happen to them once they arrived. However, once on the island they received food, water, medical attention and social security payments. Previously, such amenities had been unavailable to Crete's leprosy patients, as they mostly lived in the area's caves, away from civilization.
After the leper colony was dissolved, Spinalonga sank into oblivion; interest in it was revived by the work of people like Maurice Born.
Spinalonga was one of the last active leper colonies in Europe; others that have survived Spinalonga include Tichileşti in eastern Romania, Fontilles in Spain and Talsi in Latvia. As of 2002, few lazarettos remain in Europe.
Today, the uninhabited island is a popular tourist attraction in Crete. In addition to the abandoned leper colony and the fortress, Spinalonga is known for its small pebble beaches and shallow waters. The island can easily be accessed from Plaka, Elounda and Agios Nikolaos. Tourist boats depart from all three towns on a daily basis (every 30 minutes from Elounda). Since there is no accommodation on Spinalonga, the tours last only a few hours.
Spinalonga is under consideration to become a World Heritage Site.
Text courtesy of Wikipedia.
~Anonymous aka Patricia :P
Sorry for the post and run. Gotta go catch up on some sleep. The coffee is starting to wear off. Happy friday!
Oh, and I got this from Simon. Thank you!
WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Nope
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
During the most recent episode of One Tree Hill :P
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
S'ok
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Anything, as long as it's not with mayo. I hate mayo!
DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
I will someday. Lots.
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yup
DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Well let me think.. YES.
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS
Yes
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
On a whim!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
frosted mini wheats -ditto! :)
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Nope
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Sure!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
caramel or cookies and cream
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Body type. I don't like bulky guys. I prefer lean and slim :)
RED OR PINK?
why not both -DITTO :)
WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
I'm extremely lazy. Extremely.
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My dad (works in the US)
WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
Gray slippers
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Lots of shrimp. From Bubba Gump's (yep, of Forrest Gump)!
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
my iPod's top 25 most played
IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
white
FAVORITE SMELLS?
men's perfume and markers (not the sharpies) :P :P
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
my motha
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
basketball!
HAIR COLOR?
Black
EYE COLOR?
Dark brown
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Nah
FAVORITE FOOD?
Mexican, Japanese, Filipino ;)
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings, most def. Not fond of scary movies
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 LOL
WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
White
SUMMER OR WINTER?
I'm gonna say winter :)
HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs AND kisses!
FAVORITE DESSERT?
Don't make me choose :|
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Nothing, just finished reading the Twilight Saga (for the nth time)
WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Don't have a mouse pad
WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
Fox news :P
FAVORITE SOUND?
Shutter. Really.
ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Beatleeeees
WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME???
Err. California. Haha
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Can annoy you to death
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Manila, Philippines
This camera will always hold a special place for me. It was a gift from the parents of my last exchange student. It had been the mother's grandfather's camera. He had given it to the mom before she went on her own adventure as a youth to China. She had stopped using it and, upon seeing the vintage camera collection that I have been assembling when they visited us for Christmas two years ago, they shipped this to me from Denmark on their return home.
In an unrelated note, I am almost feeling myself again this morning and I have a burning imagination full of ideas for my next series that I want to start working on today. All of this is just in time, as my brother-in-law, his wife and our niece will be arriving tomorrow morning for a visit! It has been a year since we last saw them all; so we are very excited!
This is the final video (which you can watch here: youtu.be/n-ttuRpVqjo) part of last week's outing, a stroll around M&S at Bluewater in those lovely seamed stockings. I did, though, change my skirt for one slightly longer for this walk.
It's difficult to compose nicely when you are wearing 2.5inch high heel, i've got grass all over my jeans too just to get this shot.
I'm a little obsess with these atap house lately.
Model is myself
Taken by my husband
Out here being a naughty girl in public, just like I always am 😘
This was a few days into our trip, on a cold fall morning. Our AirBnB had an open rooftop and it seemed like people weren't really going there, so we decided to snap some sexy pics ❤️
This is another lake from Beartooth Pass Scenic Byway. This byway is east of Yellowstone National Park and there are nearly a thoursand lakes throughout this area. (Check out the map that I've tagged!)
It was really smoky due to all the forest fires in the area, but I think this image still turned out really well considering.
old photo too.. I want to put many photos of summer here :)
Tks for all comments people... I'll visit you as soon as possible :*
blog atualizado: fprestes.blogspot.com
Essa foto foi tirada no mesmo dia que a foto anterior... em 2009 no Guarujá. Quero colocar uma sequência "verão" aqui. Mto obrigada pelos comentários galera! Visitarei os flickrs em breve (adoro fazer isso) ^^
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India is still under a huge pall of Covid 19 pandemic with the highest death and infection fevers. People are not dying so much because of the disease but because of lack of facilities and non vaccination of the populace. Democracy skews sometimes and brings forth leaders who are popular but are totaly unfit to think rationally.
Continuing this series on the Elephant at Work in one of the Saw Mills in Fort Kochi.
The tiny shifts and maneuvers that the elephant makes to move such heavy loads is a case in point in this series. The deft way with which the trunk is being used to pull the tree can be seen here. Not much body effort either.
The elephant is a gentle giant and has been to a certain extent used extensively in Kerala for ceremonial parades for Hindu temples.
The non temple elephants also work on per hour basis in timber yards moving tree trunks, stacking and unstacking.
Other than that elephants used to be the bulwark of the armies of the Indian kings as they fought off the invasions coming from the Khyber Pass into the rich fertile plains of India. That worked for some time but then the horses and guns changed that.
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This is shot was taken during the ride on the famous Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch (a.k.a. RH&DR) Railway
in Kent.
Its also known as
“Kent’s Mainline in Miniature”. The world famous railway is powered by
one-third full size Steam & Diesel locomotives along the 13½ miles of track
from the Cinque Port town of Hythe, terminating in
Dungeness.
It was constructed during the 1920s and opened on 16 July 1927, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski.
EXPLORED! Highest position: 147 on Thursday, July 9, 2009
Still busy, these next two weeks will probably be even worse...
Getting stronger, on Thursday they scheduled me the final job interview (already succesfully passed through two) for a really interesting opportunity.
I will be meeting the General Manager of the company. Sounds good!
The shot
Another sunrise from my April Tuscany trip. Taken some minutes before "Tuscany Sunrise @75mm". Tighter crop, less contrasty.
I'm in love with that place.
The Processing
Photoshop: (SINGLE EXPOSURE)
- Duplicated the background layer, switched to soft light mode and applied a gradient mask (sky only)
- Switched to LAB mode and applied two curves to improve contrast and tones
- Back to RGB, added a vibrance layer to boost up minor tones
- Used color balance tool to improve colors
- Duplicated the background layer, switched to linear add and applied a gradient mask (foreground only)
- Created an Overlay layer to adjust light
- Resized
- Run Noise Ninja to reduce Noise
- Sharpening (Smart Sharpen + more accurate)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
The best is yet to come, on Black
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
I wish you all a splendid sunday and a marvellous week ahead.
I will be checking your streams out tonight.
is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large and often prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the Northern Hemisphere and their range is temperate climates and extends into the subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common names, but do not belong to the same genus and are therefore not true lilies. True lilies are known to be highly toxic to cats.[4]
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Indigenous Australians have inhabited the Sydney area for at least 30,000 years, and thousands of engravings remain throughout the region, making it one of the richest in Australia in terms of Aboriginal archaeological sites. During his first Pacific voyage in 1770, Lieutenant James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to chart the eastern coast of Australia, making landfall at Botany Bay and inspiring British interest in the area. In 1788, the First Fleet of convicts, led by Arthur Phillip, founded Sydney as a British penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. Phillip named the city Sydney in recognition of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney.
Australia-Tour 2018