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Alonso is wearing a one-off helmet he designed, wore for the Monaco Grand Prix, and then auctioned for charity.
This took a lot of wasted shots to get! If you look at this picture here you'll see that for most of the time the cars were behind a fence. Nothing that spoilt the spectacle, but not good for a photo. The only gap in the fence is not much bigger than the car itself. If I'd used a super quick shutter speed I would have captured the car without too much difficulty, but I wanted to show the wheels turning so had to use a slower shutter speed and track the car perfectly.
A further complication was that when the grandstand was full, the cars disappeared for a split second just before they reached this point, requiring me to anticipate when they would re-appear. Not easy at the speeds they travel!
This is the Piazza della Rotonda, a public square that is home to the famous Pantheon in the city of Rome, Italy. Existing since ancient times, during the period of the Roman Empire, the square had a different layout than today. During the Medieval period, after the Pantheon became a church, the square became cluttered with a series of semi-permanent market stalls and structures, and was partially built over with houses and other buildings that intruded into what was once open space. A few buildings from the Medieval period still stand at the edges of the square, with the facades of the buildings having been altered and renovated over the centuries. In the 1430s, under the direction of Pope Eugenius IV, the semi-permanent structures were cleared from the front of the Pantheon, and the area was paved with stone. In 1575, the fountain in front of the Pantheon was created by Giacomo Della Porta, under the direction of Pope Gregory XIII, featuring simple Renaissance-style details. In 1711, a red marble obelisk, originally created during the reign of Ramses II (1200s BC) in Egypt to adorn the temple of Ra in Heliopolis, and moved to Rome in ancient times, was placed in the middle of the fountain. At the same time, sculptor Filippo Barigioni added Late Baroque-style sculptures to the fountain, leading to its present appearance. The obelisk had previously been located on a smaller nearby piazza, and, before that, at the site of a temple to the Egyptian Goddess Isis, located southeast of the Parthenon underneath the present site of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, and rediscovered during work on the church in 1374. In the 1800s, buildings within the current footprint of the Piazza, including those built onto the Pantheon in the Medieval era, were removed, and the open space enlarged. During the 1700s and 1800s, many buildings around the Piazza were altered with new refined facades inspired by Clasiscal and Renaissance architecture, and additional floors, giving the square its present appearance by about 1900.
And....this is how you do it:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker).
The Questions:
1. What is your Flickr name?
2. What is one word to describe you?
3. What do you love about life?
4. What do you want to be when you grow up?
5. Favorite Dessert?
6. Dream Vacation?
7. Favorite Drink?
8. Celebrity crush?
9. Favorite Color?
10. What High School did you attend?
11. What is your favorite food/meal?
12. Your first name.
1. Happy Birthday, nal from miami!!!,
2. Summer Fun,
3. Raccoon Family,
6. Rwanda Mountain Gorillas _DSC14510,
7. Cuba Libre con Ron Centenario,
9. Let's Get Green! Please take a moment to read...,
10. Miami High,
11. sushi galore,
12. Mi nombre es Nora - My name is Nora
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
NISHIKAWA Yoshiyasu “the city is a garden” / 西川善康「マチハニワ｜城市即是花園」
This photo book published for NISHIKAWA Yoshiyasu Photo Exhibition “the city is a garden”. This is the first publication of “176 books”.
Places where taken: Taiwan (Taipei, Keelung, Tainan, Kaohsiung)
*now on sale at mitikusa.square.site/product/nishikawa-yoshiyasu-the-city...
This is how I create the finger-holes for either wooden or Faux Bone rings. Here are some small blocks of wood that have been drilled with a spade drill bit. I find that drilling the finger-holes using this type of drill bit is easier than using a drill to put a small hole in the wood/Faux Bone and then threading through the saw blade from my piercing saw and cutting out the finger-holes using that method. It is easy to get the exact size too.
Jasper is our newest Australian Labradoodle in our Labradoodle Breeding program. He is a Mini Australian Labradoodle and weighs around 11 lbs. He is a Cream Australian Labradoodle and has a beautiful, soft fleecy coat. He is going to be one of our top Stud Dogs and we expect some really great Labradoodle Puppies from his litters.
Did I mention he is the sweetest puppy ever!
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
~Ashley Smith
This is Ayrton Christian, my baby nephew. This picture was taken a day after he was born, unfortunately I wasn't there, my brother took this photo of this peaceful angel. I long to see him soon, he lives in England, and being at uni on the other side of the globe and studying a demanding course, its hard to get away. He turns 4 months today :) Much love to my little star.
Life has a funny way of throwing at you some of the hardest decisions and obstacles, but then you see this new person, who was just born, so pure and so full of hope, in return it gives me hope and strength to reach higher like never before. At a time when I was about to give up, I can some what say seeing this little boy, gave me the hope to continue and achieve my dreams. I have him to thank for.
I will be away from Flickr for a few weeks, its that dreadful time of the semester- exams! Wish me luck!
When the movie started and the words started rolling on the screen there wasn't a sound! Eyes were all glued to the screen. MJ was a work of art!
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Pedraza is a municipality in Spain, located in the province of Segovia in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located at 37 km northeast of the city of Segovia with a population of less than 500.
Every year in July, Pedraza holds the Concierto de las Velas festival during La Noche de las Velas. Residents of the town and surrounding cities light candles along the streets and residences. In the city center multiple concerts are held featuring varying types of Spanish classical music. See La Noche de las Velas (in Spanish).
Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet or jack. The game is normally played on hard dirt or gravel, but can also be played on grass, sand or other surfaces.
The nearest UK equivalent is crown green bowls, where the boules are rolled rather than thrown.
Founded (and most commonly played) in France, pétanque is also popular throughout many parts of Spain. This organised game was taking place in the coastal Costa Blancan town of El Campello, near to Alicante.
This photograph is annotated as follows:
Pt Tewfic and entrance to Suez Canal
Entrance to port on right and to Canal on left.
See the verso at www.flickr.com/photos/uon/5409219452
This image was scanned from a photograph in the Dalton Family Papers, held by Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. It is from a collection of photos and letters by William Dalton, who served in the A.I.F. during World War I.
There is more information about the Dalton Family Papers on the Cultural Collections website. If you have any information about this photograph, please contact us.
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The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their closest relative is the similar Barrow's Goldeneye.
Adult males ranges from 45–52 cm (18–21 inches) and from 888 to 1400 grams (1.9 to 3.1 lbs), while females range from 40–50 cm (16–20 inches) and from 500 to 1182 grams (1.1 to 2.6 lbs). The species is aptly named for its golden-yellow eye. Adult males have a dark head with a greenish gloss and a circular white patch below the eye, a dark back and a white neck and belly. Adult females have a brown head and a mostly grey body. Their legs and feet are orange-yellow.
Their breeding habitat is the taiga. They are found in the lakes and rivers of boreal forests across Canada and the northern United States, Scandinavia and northern Russia. They are migratory and most winter in protected coastal waters or open inland waters at more temperate latitudes. Naturally, they nest in cavities in large trees. They will readily use nestboxes, and this has enabled a healthy breeding population to establish in Scotland where they are increasing and slowly spreading with the help of nestboxes. They are usually quite common in winter around lakes of Britain and some are being encouraged to nest in nestboxes which are put up to try to have them there all year round. Occasionally recorded as a vagrant in various parts of the Indian Subcontinent.
Often the natural tree cavities are made by broken limbs, unless they are made by Pileated Woodpeckers or Black Woodpeckers, the only tree-cavity-making animals who make a cavity large enough to normally accommodate a goldeneye. Average egg size is a breadth of 43.3 mm (1.7 inches), a length of 59.3 mm (2.3 inches) and a weight of 64 grams (2.3 oz). The incubation period ranges from 28 to 32 days. The female does all the incubating and is abandoned by the male about 1 to 2 weeks into incubation. The young remain in the nest for about 24–36 hours. Brood parasitism is quite common both with other Common Goldeneyes as well as other duck species and even Tree Swallow and European Starling eggs have been found mixed with goldeneye eggs! The broods commonly start to mix with other females' broods as they become more independent. Goldeneye young have been known to be competitively killed by other goldeneye mothers, Common Loons and Red-necked Grebes. The young are capable of flight at 55–65 days of age.
These diving birds forage underwater. Year-round, about 32% of their prey is crustaceans, 28% is aquatic insects and 10% is molluscs. Insects are the predominant prey while nesting and crustaceans are the predominant prey during migration and winter. Locally, fish eggs and aquatic plants can be important foods. They themselves may fall prey to various hawks, owls and eagles, while females and their broods have been preyed upon by bears (Ursus spp.), various weasels (Mustela spp.), mink (Mustela vison), raccoons (Procyon lotor) and even Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) and red squirrels (Tamiasciurus husonicus).
The Common Goldeneye is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Approximately 188 300 Common Goldeneyes were killed by duck hunters in North America during the 1970s, representing about 4% of the total number of ducks killed in the region during that period[citation needed]. The rate is probably similar today. Both the breeding and winter habitat of these birds has been degraded by clearance and pollution. However, this is the only duck in North America known to derive short-term benefits from lake acidification
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The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.
Grand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in Arizona. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The park covers 1,217,262 acres (1,902 sq mi; 4,926 km2) of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties.
The North Rim is a smaller, more remote area with less tourist activity. It is accessed by Arizona State Route 67.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_National_Park
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Oscar is having his first sleepover at a friends house tonight. He's so excited!
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The Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is a small white heron.
Little Egrets are mostly silent but make various croaking and bubbling calls at their breeding colonies and produce a harsh alarm call when disturbed.
Its original breeding distribution was large inland wetlands and coastal wetlands in warm temperate parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, Taiwan, and Australia.
In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia. They may also wander north after the breeding season, which presumably has led to this egret's range expansion.
The Little Egret nests in colonies, often with other wading birds, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs or in a reedbed or bamboo grove. In some locations such as the Cape Verde Islands, the species nests on cliffs. Pairs defend a small breeding territory, usually extending around 3–4 m from the nest. The three to five eggs are incubated by both adults for 21–25 days to hatching. They are oval in shape and have a pale, non-glossy, blue-green colour. The young birds are covered in white down feathers, are cared for by both parents and fledge after 40 to 45 days.
E. g. garzetta in Breeding plumage-actively catching prey in Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaThis egret stalks its prey in shallow water, often running with raised wings or shuffling its feet. It may also stand still and wait to ambush prey. It eats fish, insects, amphibians, crustaceans, and reptiles.
La garzetta (Egretta garzetta) è un uccello ciconiiforme della famiglia degli Ardeidi.
La garzetta è lunga circa 55-65 cm, il suo peso varia da 350 a 650 g ed ha un'apertura alare di 85-95 cm. Il piumaggio è interamente bianco, il lungo becco è nero, come le zampe, mentre i piedi sono giallastri. L'iride è gialla. In abito nuziale questo airone sviluppa alcune penne ornamentali molto lunghe sulla nuca, alla base del collo e sul mantello. Non esiste una caratteristica evidente che differenzia i due sessi.
Presenza dell'Egretta garzetta in Europa meridionale.La garzetta, come del resto quasi tutti gli aironi, è un uccello molto legato all'acqua. Infatti frequenta prevalentemente ambienti acquitrinosi, canali, stagni, fiumi. È presente in quasi tutto il bacino del Mediterraneo, Africa, Asia meridionale, Australia e Indonesia.
Le popolazioni italiane di garzetta sono in parte migratrici e in parte sedentarie. Quelle migratrici nidificano nella pianura padana e svernano in Africa oppure sono popolazioni nidificanti in Europa centrale che vengono a svernare nel nostro Paese.
Aiutandosi con le lunghe zampe e sfruttando la rapidità e la precisione dei suoi colpi di becco, caccia le sue piccole prede in acque basse. Spesso la si può osservare in piccoli gruppi o insieme ad altri aironi. Durante il suo volo lento e regolare, la garzetta ripiega il collo verso il corpo formando una caratteristica "S".
Generalmente silenziosa, nel periodo degli amori la garzetta diventa molto loquace.
La garzetta si nutre di piccoli vertebrati come pesciolini, anfibi e rettili e invertebrati quali crostacei, molluschi e insetti che cattura con colpi precisi del becco da un posatoio emerso o inseguendoli con i lunghi trampoli in acque basse.
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Dr. Anurag Batra is a serial Entrepreneur and mentor to many successful entrepreneurs. He also an author, TV show host and an angel investor and the founder of the iconic exchange4media group and chairman BW Businessworld group. According to him, India needs more sportsmanship. As Indians we do not support failure, we only celebrate success and the beauty about sports is that it helps you celebrate failure.
Addressing India's sports Congress held 6 years ago, Anurag Batra the chairman of BW Businessworld stressed 2 things. One is the fact, that he believes that India has been media core. It’s a debatable topic and one can either agree or disagree with his statement. It’s because India does not have a sports culture. According to Anurag Batra, India’s media core is everything. India hasn’t produced a lifesaving drug or we haven’t done an invention that changes life. We are doing the Flipkart for the world which is great but they are cheap imitations of what happens in the West and he believes the reason we haven’t got a product or service that is world-class out of India, in the way Silicon Valley does it, is because we do not have a sports culture.
As Indians we do not support failure, we only celebrate success and the beauty about sports is that it helps you celebrate failure. Because there is nothing like a failure, there’s another game tomorrow. you can extend like that so there is no failure. He thinks sports as a culture glue, as a game-changer in the real sense of the nation’s destiny can play a big role. And he is particularly happy that BW has been doing conferences like this in exchange for media for the last 10 years and we’ve been talking about how non-cricket sports should come to the forefront. when this conference is conducted in the last 3 years, for the first time we can say that non-cricket sports are finally coming to the Fort. He means tomorrow we are the protesting league starting who imagine 5 years back there. Be it a pro wrestling league and you know every possible sport is getting more attention more money and more mind space which occurs well for this country.
Anurag Batra has 2 young children and if there is a choice on their career, he would want them to be sportspeople for the reason that I told him explained above. He also mentioned the event conducted by his team may act as a catalyst to the development of sports in the country.
Chairman of BW Businessworld Mr Anurag Batra believes India is struggling to get one of the top positions. Being a developing nation from more than 5 decades, India is still on the path of development. He concluded by saying we should worship sports as a religion, study as a science and play with enthusiasm as it accepts failures and encourages and inspires to win the next.
Heusden is een gerestaureerde vestingstad in de Nederlandse gemeente Heusden (provincie Noord-Brabant), gelegen aan de Maas en de Bergsche Maas. Zij telt ongeveer 1.325 inwoners (2021). In 1968 is begonnen met het in oude stijl restaureren van de vestingstad Heusden. Dit grootscheepse restauratieproject liep twintig jaar. Heusden is de hoofdstad van het Land van Heusden. Dichtstbijzijnde steden zijn Waalwijk ten zuidwesten van Heusden en 's-Hertogenbosch in het oosten. Heusden draagt de bijnamen 'Galeriestad', 'Vestingstad' en 'Maasstad'.
De eerste vermelding van Heusden dateert uit 722, als Hunsata Super fluvium Mosam. In 839 zou de plaats door de Noormannen verwoest zijn. Vermoedelijk ging het hierbij niet om de stad Heusden zoals we die in de moderne tijd kennen, die is van later datum. Het zou om een plaats kunnen gaan die overeenkomt met het huidige Oudheusden, dat aan de toenmalige loop van de Maas gelegen was.
Het Kasteel Heusden dateert uit de 12e eeuw. In de buurt van dit kasteel ontwikkelde het huidige stadje Heusden zich. In het jaar 1157 was er al sprake van een conflict over het bezit van de kapel tussen de abt van Sint-Truiden en een Tempelier.[5] In het jaar 1210 werd vervolgens melding gemaakt van een kerk. Heusden lag op de strategische grens tussen het hertogdom Brabant, het graafschap Holland en het hertogdom Gelre, terwijl ook het graafschap Kleef er aanvankelijk rechten bezat. Hierdoor was de politieke situatie van Heusden onduidelijk. Zo werd Heusden in 1279 ingenomen door hertog Jan I van Brabant en dit wordt als het begin van de Brabantse invloed beschouwd, hoewel er al eerder schermutselingen waren tussen de drie machtsblokken.
Het is niet duidelijk wanneer de plaats stadsrechten kreeg. Diverse bronnen vermelden jaren als 1231, tussen 1290 en 1296, en 1318. Jan van Wijnvliet, burggraaf van Heusden verbouwde en versterkte de burcht in de jaren 1338-1339 met een muur. In 1340 werd Wijnric van Oyen door Jan van Wijnvliet aangesteld tot drossaard van het Land van Heusden. In 1357 werd het Land van Heusden verkocht aan het Graafschap Holland en werd dus Hollands. De reden van de verkoop lag in het feit dat de Graaf van Holland partij zou kiezen voor een Brabantse kandidaat in een opvolgingskwestie. Omstreeks 1810 werd Heusden bij de huidige provincie Noord-Brabant gevoegd.
In Heusden hebben zich meerdere rampen voorgedaan. In 1569 werd de stad door de Spanjaarden belegerd en geheel verwoest. Meerdere keren werd de stad getroffen door de pest. Tijdens de grote brand in 1572 werd bijna de hele stad in de as gelegd. Van het prachtige stadhuis was niets meer over. In 1680 werden het kasteel en omliggende huizen verwoest, doordat de bliksem in de kruittoren sloeg.
Jacob Kemp ontwierp aan het einde van de 16e eeuw een moderne omwalling volgens het oud-Nederlands vestingstelsel. De middeleeuwse ommuring had vier stadspoorten: de Wijkse poort, de Bossche poort, de Oudheusdense poort en de Veerpoort. Toen de ommuring werd gesloopt, ten behoeve van de aarden vestingwerken, verdween de Bossche Poort en werd de Herptse Poort gebouwd. De Wijkse Poort werd verplaatst en later uitgebreid tot de huidige vorm. De graaf de Mirabeau wees op de patriottische gezindheid van Heusden en nam het stadje op in zijn aanvalsplan. Ook Cornelis Krayenhoff zou in 1794 via Heusden optrekken.
De laatste tragische gebeurtenis vond plaats tegen het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Terwijl de geallieerden oprukten, zochten de Duitsers hun heil achter een nieuwe linie, de Bergsche Maas. Zij lieten de hoogste punten in de vesting, het stadhuis en twee kerktorens, opblazen. Dat deden de Duitsers ook elders, om de oprukkende geallieerden te beletten hoge gebouwen als uitkijkposten te gebruiken.
Het Heusdense stadhuis werd algemeen gezien als het mooiste stadhuis van heel Nederland. Tijdens de geallieerde beschietingen hielden vele Heusdenaren zich schuil in de grote kelder van het stadhuis. Een deel ervan verbleef in de kelder tijdens de onaangekondigde opblazing. In de nacht van 4 op 5 november 1944 werd de toren van het stadhuis opgeblazen, maar het hele stadhuis stortte in en 134 mannen, vrouwen en kinderen kwamen om. Destijds was dit tien procent van de totale bevolking. Nog geen vier uur later reden de Schotse tanks en Poolse divisies Heusden binnen. De daders van de aanslag werden nooit gevonden, en Heusden verloor een deel van zijn inwoners en een historisch bouwwerk.
Shoreditch London Holywell Lane The Mission New Construction protecting a Grade II listed building. The design around the date is very elaborate and colourful. The cartouche, on which the date is given, has the text "G.T / 1893.
www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMEVHX_1893_The_Mission_Holyw...
The Future Is Frightening is a series of paintings I did for a few shows including my solo show at Maison Rouge.
here is a selection of demos for the new Lelutka head "Lilly". I visited the skin stores I know and got the demos that match Lelutka. I show the best ones for this shape here.
Please note: Whether the skins look good depends a lot on the shape and the eyebrow shaper used. Due to the large amount of demos I could only use 2 different shapes, which only differed in the shape of the mouth and eyes. So there will be some pictures where the skin doesn't match the shape well. This can be completely different if you use the skin with your own skin.
I used 2 different eye colors. These mesh eyes are my own creation.
Here are the landmarks to the different stores.
7 Deadly Skins - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shadow%20Crest/113/32/42
Alaskametro - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imogen/208/66/22
Amara beauty - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell%20Fire/162/207/24
Egozy - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Legenda/221/21/4002
Esode - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Atlantis%20Universe/32/140...
Eudora beauty (e.beauty) - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/AM%20corporate/133/76/2003
Glam Affairs - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beauty%20Avatar%20couture/...
ItGirls - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cedar%20Springs/49/43/2003
Lara Hurley - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magic%20Valley/198/199/24
League - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/League/154/129/37
Lefort by Revoul - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Revoul/122/80/1309
Leronso - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Town%20Blue%20Port/93/183/...
Mila - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Peace%20Oasis/160/138/29
Nuve - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Menora/150/187/24
Pumec - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rave/124/130/23
Raonhausen - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Discovery%20Shores/177/187...
Skinnery - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fruitatious/159/196/23
The Face - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FOXCITY/188/163/23
Tres Beau - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Petit%20Coeur/131/87/544
Wow - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Longwood/31/133/23
YS&YS - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feel%20Beautiful/141/146/504
SOLID MTB Maraton - Dolsk (16/05/2021)
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Cleo is a small German Shepherd mix (a bit on the small size), 2 yrs old, female, 40 lbs., will be fixed soon, VERY housebroken, crate trained, loves other dogs, might chase a running cat and enjoys small children.
She is such a sweet girl-hard to imagine all the pain she has endured. She is very passive in her approach. She will sit by your side all day and would follow you anywhere. very good with strangers.
One of our Hoarder dog girls who in in the process of healing physically. Through it all, she has handled herself with grace under fire.
She had a nasty bite on her back by her tail which is healing and another on her ear.
Tirta Gangga is a former royal palace in eastern Bali, Indonesia, about 5 kilometres from Karangasem, near Abang. It is noted for its water palace, owned by Karangasem Royal.
HISTORY
Tirta Gangga literally means water from the Ganges and it is a site of some reverence for the Hindu Balinese. Strictly, the name refers to the water palace built in 1948 by the Raja of Karangasem, Anak Agung Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem. It is, however, the name widely used to refer to the general area which includes the water palace and the lush rural areas around. Tirta Gangga water palace is a maze of pools and fountains surrounded by a lush garden and stone carvings and statues. The one hectare complex was built in 1946 by the late King of Karangsem but was destroyed almost entirely by the eruption of nearby Mount Agung in 1963. It has been lovingly re-built and restored and has an air of authentic royal magnificence.
The centrepiece of the palace is an eleven tiered fountain and there are many beautiful carvings and statues adorning the gardens. The area around Tirta Gangga is noted for its rice paddy terraces.
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(Note: it is possible that this is Helianthus maximiliani which I have learned since posting this is sold in the area. The folded i.e. conduplicate leaves would be one significant clue. That is also not a locally native species. It doesn't seem to reflect that species however in other ways, so I remain uncertain as to its identity.)
An eastern U.S. species and therefore not locally native, this moisture loving species, Helianthus giganteus, was hard to miss due to its height (roughly 78 inches tall, i.e. circa 20 dm) and very long, linear and wavy/folded leaves, red stems and yellow-lobed disc flowers, despite the fact that the more common yellow-flowering sunflowers and other composites are abundantly in bloom. The bumblebee appears to be Bombus huntii. It must have been planted by seed and/or is an escapee of some kind.
Sept. 5, 2014, semi-maintained area along a concrete retaining wall along Holladay Blvd., Salt Lake County, Utah, growing with Epilobium ciliatum, approximately 12 plants at this location, mostly very tall and sprawling.
This is a photograph from the FINISH of the annual Coralstown National School 5KM Road Race, Fun Run and Walk which took place in Coralstown, Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 1st June 2022 at 19:00. The race is organised as a fundraiser for the local primary school. The course is run on rural country roads and all the tarmac roadside of the Royal Canal providing what could almost be considered a traffic free route. The race was ran in near perfect conditions with little breeze and warm evening temperatures of around 15C. The race starts and finishes outside Coralstown National School and was very well supported by runners, joggers and walkers from around the local area. Coralstown is situated between the old N4 and M4 motorway. The Royal canal makes its way through the area and now provides the greenway amenity. Many will be familiar with the well known stopping off point of "Mary Lynch's pub" at McNead's bridge. Participants pass both as they enter the final kilometer of the race.
This is a photograph from the Mullingar Harriers "Pat Finnerty Memorial" 5KM Road Race and Fun run which was held in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 8th May 2019 at 20:00. This race follows on from the famous and well loved Mullingar Road League of years gone by which was held in Belvedere Gardens outside the town on every Wednesday in May. This league is now compressed to a once-off-race and the race started and finished at Mullingar Harriers' Training Facilities on the Clonmore Link Road. The course was a two loop, left handed course. Electronic timing was provided by MyRunResults.com. Over 100 people took part. The conditions were not ideal for 5KM running with a unseasonably cold evening with a stiff breeze.
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Red paint representing blood, spattered on a segment of the American flag, with pieces of real dollar bills embedded into the stars. Although the painting is unframed, all 4 edges of the canvas have been painted allowing the painting to be displayed as is. 24.5cm x 20cm x 1.5cm (approx.) Acrylic on unframed canvas. Available from www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CactusCounty
This is the largest of the British Crane flies. It has a leg span of 100mm, i.e. 4 inches and it has quite distinctive, heavily patterned wings.
As with several other crane flies, dragonflies, midges and mosquitos it's development cycle includes an aquatic phase. The female lays her eggs in the damp mossy fringes of ponds, ditches and streams. On hatching, the larvae take to an aquatic existence just below the water surface, before continuing their development in submerged leaf litter.
In order to survive below water, the various species of aquatic insect larvae have developed their own unique breathing apparatus, ranging from gills to snorkel tubes.
Source: www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/flies%20p1.html#TipulaMaxima.
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This is an Ex-Contract, one owner VW Crafter Refrigerated Van in White with Overnight Standby and a VW comprehensive Service History. The specification includes: 2.5 TDI 109bhp Turbo Diesel, 6 Speed Gearbox, A.B.S. Brakes, Remote Central Locking / Immobiliser, Electric Windows, Radio C.D. Player, Dual Passenger Seat and a Side-Load Door. Complete with: A Hubbard 460 AEL Fridge / Freezer Unit for operating temperatures of +3* to -5* centigrade with Overnight Standby (single phase electrics). This excellent Crafter is supplied with VW Birmingham Service History, a New VW Engine fitted at 90,000 miles under Warranty and a total mileage of 180,000 mies. The Fridge Unit has just been fully serviced and will additionally include on sale: A full service using all VW Filters and a full m.o.t. This Crafter represents 'exceptional, unbeatable value at this price!!' Competitive finance offered, see website for details, major credit cards accepted, delivery to your premises. £10,450+VAT
This is a 1880-1887 era Disston tenon saw no 4 with a 10 inch saw plate filed RIP at 14 PPI or 13 TPI. The saw is in good order showing remnants of the blueing on the tapered back and displaying signs of use on both handle and plate, yet maintaining the dignity bestowed on a 125 year old hand saw. The etch is long gone, there isn't as much as a shadow of it, but the saw has been kept in good order. The saw plate displays no pitting and the handle was well preserved with the exception of a scuff inside the lower horn. I have repaired the damage with a wedge cut from a broken Disston no 12 handle. The saw was recently reconfigured from crosscut to RIP with no set. It's a joy to use, feeling both light and well balanced. Handle has been cleaned of dirt and muck, still trying to maintain the look of a well used tenon saw. Saw plate has been cleaned with window cleaner and fine grit sandpaper as well as steel wool and then polished with fine steel wool and Autosol paste.