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Down by the canal cottage in Sandiacre was a field with horses and a large tub of carrots for them to eat.
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There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ~Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I was looking for a meaningful quote to go with this but then I found that one and couldn't not use it! I love the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and it made me chuckle!
I had an early 6.30 start this morning, trying to catch a sunrise again. But found something much better. Thick fog covered the lake so you could barely see anything. I must express this image isn't over processed this is real in camera fog! Vanishing the birds and the horizon line :) was stunning to see. Makes you open your eyes and realise how beautiful this world really is.
Had a few issues with this...
1. I was preparing my camera 10 mins before leaving by deleting old photos when the battery died.. I charged it for 20 mins and it lasted for ages! Canon are fab for their batteries!
2. They had redone the fencing since I'd last been here, making it very hard for short people carrying heavy photography equipment to get over!!
But I've come away feeling creatively satisfied for today!
A happy Rosie :)
Students at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College are learning how to climb and work on telephone poles.
I'm the one doing the learning, not Flash. This dog's ability to focus is amazing. Just show him a ball and his eyes will remain fixed on it better and longer than your AF lock function can.
In the police K-9 school, they train police dogs using tennis balls, rewarding them with a game of fetch whenever they complete a task. I don't know how they do it, but these dogs are absolutely obsessed about balls (I've met a few retired police dogs apart from Flash). Whenever I come home, the first thing Flash does is to grab a ball, then run to greet me. When he wakes from his sleep, that is also the very first thing he does - look for his ball. If humans were this easy to satisfy, we'd be a very happy species, don't you think?
A young girl affected by polio, learning to walk with her new orthoses (leg braces). Taken at the Cambodia Trust's Phnom Penh rehabilitation centre.
Photo: copyright Wendell Phillips/CIDA
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European continent. Today a cosmopolitan metropolis, modern Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power and the 25th most expensive in a UBS study.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Day 79 - Learning
Hitting The Books
I love the looks of the local llibrary here in Newark, New York. I'm sure as the days move forward I'll take more pictures of the building.
This time around I grabbed our middle son for the picture. I had him look like he was studying while enjoying some Friday afternoon sun. Who knows, maybe the picture will inspire him to study more. (LOL!)
This picture is taking part in the 2009 Photo Challenge Group.
The the number one place for challenging yourself to take your photography to the next level.
I want you to understand that I am not the same as yesterday. You were the turning point and although maybe not. I just wake up without talking to the pillow, learning to rest from you and my thoughts.
So as with every time I learn a new technique I must try it out on poor Domo. After our last time out doing portraits with a flash I really wanted to know how to achieve better results and nicer lighting.
Turns out, flash photography is a whole new world of learning and of course buying things! So I went and got a light stand with umbrella and some wireless receivers and here we are again.
We went to the same park as the last photo trip and this time tried some off camera flash stuff. It took a while to learn and honestly I'm still trying to understand it, but we took some really cool shots I think. Here's the first one hot off the presses.
The We're Here! gang is learning languages today.
I've been studying Spanish since our first trip to Mexico to visit an online friend. Her family welcomed us with open arms, and we fell in love with them, and with their country. As soon as we returned to Canada, we enrolled in night school, taking all three levels at least twice, and seeing the same fellow students every time we re-enrolled.
Twenty or so years ago, I created a study group of six fellow students (now friends) who met for years at my place on Monday nights. We call ourselves Grupo Lunático. (I even designed a word mark and had coasters made...see comments.) When the pandemic hit, we simply shifted to twice weekly by Zoom. We still meet that way, as Zoom makes it easy to maintain twice weekly meetings without driving time or even the need to put shoes on.
We do grammar exercises, then take turns reading a page or so from whatever book we're working on, and translating it on the fly. We are currently reading "Caramelo" by Sandra Cisneros. Before that, we read another of her books, "La Casa en Mango Street". Before that, we read "Liberen a los Niños" by Craig Kielburger -- a Canadian boy who tackled child labour throughout the world.
I also look for theatre in Spanish. Not too long ago, Fred and I went to an evening of stand-up all in Spanish. Challenging!!!
I also like to watch telenovelas and various other programs in Spanish. On the TV in the photo is Luisito Comunica, Mexican youtuber who goes all over the world, sharing his experiences with his viewers. This episode is on the food of Bolivia.
On my laptop is my tutor Luis, who runs "La Hacienda" – a Spanish language school in Guanajuato, Mexico. I have been studying with him for years. Six or seven years? He is an absolute whiz at grammar, which I really appreciate. Our weekly Skype sessions are so helpful. On the table are a couple of books from Argentina and an advanced grammar book, which the Lunáticos have been through twice, chapter by chapter.
My other modes of practice include engaging any Spanish speaker I hear on the bus or on the street. I'll often get into great conversations, and these random episodes sometimes result in friendships. One woman I met on the Seabus (a little ferry that's part of our transit system) invited us to dinner with her family in November. It was delightful! They will be coming here for dinner in February. Who says "don't talk to strangers"!!!
I used to blog in Spanish, but stopped after a few years, as I got busy at work. Perhaps I'll revive the blog, now that I'm retired.
- What are you doing today ?
- Learning !
C'est le quotidien des centaines de moines qui vivent au monastère de Maha Ganayon. Ils sont plongés dans les textes qu'ils étudient et lisent en toutes situations, en toutes circonstances : assis par terre, assis sur un banc, assis sur une moto, debout immobile, debout en faisant les 100 pas, à voix basse, à haute voix, etc. Chacun sa méthode.
Learning the difficult task of using your trunk to drink (~40,000 muscles to figure out!).
Inlet off the Zambezi River near Chiawa Camp, Lower Zambezi National Park.
okay, so, the other night, while I did get some stunning shots, none of them were of what I wanted to be shooting, which is the sky. this frame is the best I got that night. I know I can do better, but I'm sick of having the limitations I have with this cheap mount/drive/scope. I've basically chewed through this scope (somewhat literally), and I've learned what it could teach me.
I've been looking for something more robust that's still in my budget, and I'd like some input.
what I've zero'd in on so far is a vixen vmc-110, and a celestron cg-4. these two together fit into my budget, and give me something that, I think, tracks reasonably well, and will let me mount my camera. also, it seems to all facilitate the process (i.e. no fumbling around in the dark... well, not so much anyway).
other things I'd appreciate input on:
-is the cg-5 mount worth the extra $400?
-is the celestron omni xlt 127, with the cg4, for the same price, a better idea?
-would I be better off with a refractor of some flavor?
thanks.
I let the background overtake the foreground on this one. Oh silly me will have to do it again...
edited to add: This is the completed redo. I had to make the card a little bigger for envelope purposes. I used less "Bat Poopie", as Kathy named it, on the background and also added a little watercoloring technique to ground the house a little. I added the fun fur fibers (trying saying that 3 times fast) as a finishing touch. Voila, one make over.
So what have I learned today? Bat poopies can be a good thing. Don't touch your sponge to the wrong color of ink or your moon will turn orange. Continue to make (and love) one layer cards as they are always a challenge. And last but never least, always take the time to say "Thank you".
Thank you, Linda aka Oz
Hero Arts stamp set. Happy Halloween, CL118