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July 18, 2016
Predilection:
[pred-l-ek-shuh n]
noun
1. a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference
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Took a different route for my lunch hour walk today and decided to visit this bridge, it's been a while since I walked through here and I was curious about how many more locks had been added in the last couple years.
Well, more have been added, and I think some have been removed. But that's love for you; sometimes it's kind of fickle.
Anyway, hope everyone has had a good day.
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The Ponte Milvio, spanning the Flume Tevere (Tiber River) in Rome, was an important bridge during the age of the Roman Empire. After a scene in a popular movie, couples began attaching padlocks to a lamppost on the bridge and then tossing the keys into the river. The padlocks collapsed the lamppost in 2008, not long after I took this picture. But, the tradition persisted and has since spread globally.
Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life ....
Love gives us a fairy tale
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It takes an hour and a half to go through the 8 locks from the Rideau canal to the Ottawa river (in the summer) an 80 ft change in elevation
parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/activ/sentier-trail/ottawa
Passers-by view thousands of colorful "love locks" attached to a railing on Namsan mountain in Seoul, Korea. The practice of affixing padlocks to public fixtures to symbolize love -- which is said to have originated during WWI -- can be observed in many places throughout the world.
Located on the Rideau River, Merrickville is a unique and vibrant Victorian village on the Rideau Canal running through the centre town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in the early 1800s. You can also watch boats going through three locks each hand-operated. An organization called Communities in Bloom named Merrickville Canada's Most Beautiful Village in a 1998 competition, and it regained the honor in 2019.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrickville%E2%80%93Wolford
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Situé sur la rivière Rideau, Merrickville est un village victorien unique et dynamique sur le canal Rideau qui traverse le centre-ville, un site du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO construit au début des années 1800. Vous pouvez également observer les bateaux passer par trois écluses, chacune actionnée manuellement. Une organisation appelée Communities in Bloom a nommé Merrickville le plus beau village du Canada lors d'un concours en 1998, et a regagné cet honneur en 2019.
I spent last week in the company of family, friends and 3 dogs on a narrowboat, sailing up and down the Kennet and Avon canal. One of evenings, we moored by the majestic Caen Hill Locks near Devizes in Wiltshire. This is a shot from that evening.
For westbound vessels the Miraflores Locks are the last of three lock series on the Panama Canal, Panama.
"You want me to give her a key?"
"I want you to give her a possibility.
And that's what a key represents.
An open door, a chance ....."
Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key
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bella decided that she wanted to donate her hair to locks of love and it is almost long enough. i'm so proud of her :)
Locks on the side of Albert Dock, Liverpool. Always spend time looking at these. Lots of memorials and celebration dates, some going back 10 15 years. Unfortunately, I put my memorial to my daughter, Becky. who we lost 2 years ago. We spent some good days in Liverpool.
The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875, construction began in 1878, and the locks were completed on November 5, 1896. The locks were subsequently submerged in 1938, replaced by Bonneville Lock and Dam. Cascade Locks is just upstream from the Bridge of the Gods, a toll bridge that spans the Columbia River.
Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.
≈ Queen Latifah ≈
Allemaal sloten aan het hek aan de Möhnesee.
Our canals are quiet at the moment due to the coronavirus lockdown, but hopefully they'll soon be busy again. Whilton Locks is the name of a flight of seven locks (one is pictured) on the Grand Union Canal near Daventry in Northamptonshire. They are also referred to as Buckby Lock Flight. The seven locks raise the level of the canal by 63 feet and date from 1796. Whilton Marina is located close to the bottom lock and was constructed in 1971. It has moorings for 200 boats. For full details please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilton_Locks.
There was a nice sunset after a dull day. A nice way to end the first day of the New Year. Looking forward to the year ahead as this is my 9th 365 project.
Locks on the McMulloch Trestle. The trestle is on the Kettle Valley Rail Trail near Penticton British Columbia, Canada.
Poznan, Poland
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Having borrowed a Canon EOS 6D on this particular night, it seemed fitting to just go around and shoot whatever caught my eye. Here is something that sparkled and caught it...wedding locks on the bridge. An easy target and one that I was immediately drawn to. :) Discover fun, its fun to discover.
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Yet another failed attempt at an autumnal shot of the pound above these locks at Whilton. No water, then a rogue cloud, and today, the boats pulled straight into the bank (coming in at wrong angle for the sun, and then in shade when they straightened up.......) This shot of 2 narrowboats leaving Buckby Lock #13 is the best I could muster, but when you don`t want a black boat, you get one..........
I will have to try again one day next week.
2nd November 2018.
On the Wilford Suspension Bridge over the Trent at Nottingham.
Olympus OM20 SLR camera
Olympus Zuiko 50 mm f/1.8 lens
Kodak UltraMax 400 (expired July 2010, shot at 160)
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Our canals are quiet at the moment due to the coronavirus lockdown, but hopefully they'll soon be busy again. Whilton Locks is the name of a flight of seven locks (one is pictured) on the Grand Union Canal near Daventry in Northamptonshire. They are also referred to as Buckby Lock Flight. The seven locks raise the level of the canal by 63 feet and date from 1796. Whilton Marina is located close to the bottom lock and was constructed in 1971. It has moorings for 200 boats. For full details please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilton_Locks.
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Every one holds a story.
A love lock or love padlock is a padlock that significant other pairs lock to a bridge, fence, gate, monument, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love.Typically the sweethearts' names or initials, and perhaps the date, are inscribed on the padlock, and its key is thrown away (often into a nearby river) to symbolize unbreakable love.
Since the 2000s, love locks have proliferated at an increasing number of locations worldwide. They are now mostly treated by municipal authorities as litter or vandalism, and there is some cost to their removal. However, there are authorities who embrace them, and who use them as fundraising projects or tourist attractions.
The history of love padlocks dates back at least 100 years to a melancholic Serbian tale of World War I, with an attribution for the bridge Most Ljubavi (the Bridge of Love) in the spa town of Vrnjačka Banja. A local schoolmistress named Nada fell in love with a Serbian officer named Relja. After they committed to each other, Relja went to war in Greece, where he fell in love with a local woman from Corfu. As a consequence, Relja and Nada broke off their engagement. Nada never recovered from that devastating blow, and after some time she died due to heartbreak from her unfortunate love.
Exeter Quayside, Exeter, Devon, UK.