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Walked around the lake campground with the puppy dogs today....the snow was falling gently.... not too windy...not even that cold... (when you dress properly).....
Thought this snowy clusters were pretty...
i used one of the silent night textures from yesterday's freebies...
happy weekend!
Created for TMI - Those Amazing Animals, focus on Bokeh challenge.
(Winner - 3rd pl) Tied
Dragonfly image with natural bokeh, courtesy of PD.
Texture - Antique Mirror 3, mine.
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Good To Go signal in the fast-moving clouds over Tucson’s Santa Catalina Mountains.
Seen from N. Swan Blvd and Sunrise Highway.
Tags:
"Life Is Good" "In The Clouds" Clouds "Green Light" "Red Light" "Traffic Light" "Santa Catalina Mountains" Mountains "Tuscon Foothills"
I saw this painting standing in the street, I would've loved to take it home with me but it was HUGE and didn't fit on my bike...I'm also pretty sure that the blue Dude would freak me out if I look at him long enough ;-)
There's a fair on the Dam square with lots of dangerous looking rides...I think these people are suicidal, I was standing underneath that thing for some shots and I kept thinking 'What if there's some loose screw and they get catapulted into one of the beautiful buildings on the Dam?!'...happens all the time!
Here's a similar shot, taken one year later!
P.s. I did not use any special software or such for the blurry sun reflection effects, this is just what my mobile makes out of sun rays, lucky me, haha :)
This is Mr.K, the Application Warrior, standing in the light ray of a beamer...it beams the display of a PC on a big screen...unless you hold your head between beamer and screen ;-P
Ditte and I go to this place every year in April to enjoy the beautiful carpet of anemones as far as the eye can reach
Vintage image purchased from Dover. (Mirror)
Birds and Daisies purchased from Renderosity
Effects done in DDG.
Some manip done in Photoshop.
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Well, they gave up hiding what they were doing when they saw my eggy head plastered all over their digital screens, it was just too much and the laughter lasted for hours...the end ;-))
(go to the first picture !)
Taken with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8.
my birthday bench with my beautiful boys.
{same bench in our park. and it's been ages since we did a family bench.}
you can see the hat version here.
I just couldn’t figure out how to operate that dang Snowblower, so the Mrs. agreed to teach me… it took several weeks for me to get the hang of it 😉
(From the Feb 2000 archives)
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Truckee:
About this time every year, I reminisce about the years I lived in one of the Snowiest Locations in the United States, Truckee, California.
Truckee is located on the Eastern Side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Reno, Nevada. Didn’t have much of a camera in those days; made do with a point and shoot as it was easier to handle when cross country skiing or snow shoeing.
Truckee has an average of 204.3 inches (5.19 m) of snow annually, which makes it the fifth snowiest city in the United States.
Winters are extremely snowy and cold if not severe, while summers are cool-to-warm and dry, with occasional periods of intense thunderstorms.
Truckee’s location near the Sierra Nevada crest at 1,798 meters (5,899 ft.) provides conditions for winter storms to commonly deposit nearly a meter of snow in a 24-hour storm event and the occasional week-long storm event can deliver 2 to 3 meters (79 to 118 in) of snow.
The Donner Party Wagon Train: (1846)
The Donner Party ordeal is arguably Truckee's most famous historical event. In 1846, a group of settlers from Illinois, originally known as the Donner-Reed Party but now usually referred to as the Donner Party, became snowbound in early fall because of an early onset of winter that year. Choosing multiple times to take shortcuts to save distance compared to the traditional Oregon Trail, coupled with infighting, a disastrous crossing of the Utah salt flats, and the attempt to use the pass near the Truckee River (now Donner Pass) all caused delays in their journey.
Finally, a large, early blizzard brought the remaining settlers to a halt at the edge of what is now Donner Lake, about 1,200 feet (370 m) below the steep granite summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains and 90 miles (140 km) east of their final destination, Sutter's Fort (near Sacramento).
Several attempts at carting their few remaining wagons, oxen, and supplies over the summit—sometimes by pulling them up by rope—proved impossible due to freezing conditions and a lack of any preexisting trail. The party returned, broken in spirit and short of supplies, to the edge of Donner Lake. A portion of the camp members also returned to the Alder Creek campsite a few miles to the east.
During the hard winter the travelers endured starvation and were later found to have practiced cannibalism. Fifteen members constructed makeshift snowshoes and set out for Sutter's Fort in the late fall but were thwarted by freezing weather and disorientation.
Only seven survived: two were lost, and six died. Those who died were used as food by those who remained. The Truckee camp survivors were saved by a Reed Party member who had set out ahead after having been ejected from the party months earlier, for killing another man in a violent argument. Seeing that his group never arrived at Sutter's Fort, he initiated several relief parties.
Of the original 87 settlers in the Donner-Reed party, 48 survived the ordeal. The Donner Memorial State Park is dedicated to the settlers and is located at the East End of Donner Lake.
- Wikipedia
Just got back from the beach..again :) We don't live very far and my wonderful neighbors have a place they let us stay at. Spent lots of time swimming, exploring, relaxing, eating yummy food (i hear the treadmill calling my name!lol), and lots of antique shopping along the way.
The next couple of weeks are going to be sooo busy with birthdays, back to school stuff and I am shooting my first wedding. I can feel the stress now...so I know I really need to come back to this photo............take me there.
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today we are looking for Red..... :)
another week... poof.... 'sigh'
where does it go...
happy weekend friends....xo