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Thank you all so much for the favs and comments over the past year. Not only do I really appreciate them, but it lets me know which pics work and which ones clearly don't!
I'm not surprised this pic was my most popular in 2020... you can't really go wrong with a tight shiny PVC mini skirt!
One of my attempts at the "Smile on Saturday" theme "Numbers".
Shot with an Agfa "M 3525 6/3" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Collective 52: 09|52 Numbers
52 in 2016 Challenge: Tool
Strobist Info:
Single bare Yongnuo YN560III on 1/32, left side through a gobo. The gobo is made from cardboard, with small stripes to imitate the window. Flash tiggered via Yongnuo YN560-TX.
Monasteries are getting more alive when Tibetans are visiting.
Drepung Monastery was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden (1397-1449), and named after the sacred abode of Shridhanyakataka in South India. Jamyang Choje was one of Tsongkhapa`s foremost disciples, and it is known that Tsongkhapa himself taught at the site of the new monastery. The complex developed rapidly with the assistance of the Phakmodru kings, especially Nedong Namka Zangpo, so that by its second year there were 2000 monks. In the early years of the 16th century, the Second Dalai Lama took possesion of the Ganden Podrang at Drepung, which was later to become an important centre of political power in Tibet. At the time when the Fifth Dalai Lama assumed spiritual and temporal power in 1641, Drepung had approximately 10000 affiliated monks, who hailed from 321 different branch monasteries and lived according to nationality in 50-60 different houses, making it the largest monastery in the world. Drepung`s influence within the Gelukpa world extended far to the east and northeast through Amdo and Mongolia. The abbot-preceptor of drepung, known as the Tripa Khenpo, was formerly an influential figure within the Tibetan government.
Much of the 20000 sq m complex at Drepung has survived unscathed, despite repeated plunder inflicted upon it - by King Tsangpa Desi of Zhigatse during the civil war in 1618, by the Mongols in 1635, Lhazang Qan in 1706 and the Chinese during the recent Cultural Revolution.
Many of the surviving buildings date from the 17th-18th century. The monastery reopened in 1980, with a population of approximately 500, most of them young novices, but in recent years the numbers have been considerably reduced in consequence of the active programme of political indoctrination initiated here by resident communist party cadres.
The complex consists of the Central Assembly Hall ( Tsokchen Lhakang), the Ganden Palace ( Ganden Podrang), and a series of seven colleges ( Tratsang), each originally under the control of one or other of Jamyang Choje`s students, and each containing its own residential units (Khangtsang). Four of these colleges (Ngakpa, Loseling, Deyang, and Tashi Gomang) survive to the present. The other three, Dulwa, Sha-khor, and Tosamling, unfortunately declined during the 18th century. The pilgrim`s circumambulatory route around Drepung follows the sequence Ganden Podrang, assembly Hall, Ngakpa Tratsang, Jamyang Lhakhang, Loseling Tratsang, Tashi Gomang Tratsang and Deyang Tratsang.
I hope that the numbers got removed from the maintenance team and not a "collector". But you also see where the numbers have been screwed to the wall.
Didn't get out to look for poppies this year, fortunately I have my archives to look through for some
The saga of these numbers continues with an exciting new chapter. In 2021, as the Sun Valley Villagers remodeled and rebranded (to Creekside), they stripped all the old wooden numbers and unceremoniously tossed them in the dumpsters during construction. We saved as many as we could, including a full set (0–9), our own 1303, and an extra 5321 for back home in Oakland. The original designer and manufacturer is still unknown. See the album for more of the story: flickr.com/photos/23806189@N00/sets/72157647664475789
numbers and a bag for the first of my advent calendars i am going to have available this holiday season.... i am thinking smarter this year and have started early... blogged 'here'. with a source for the linen too.
My youngest lads turn to wash the kits !
His passion & enthusiasm for football has never been greater. Been playing since he was 6 now a strapping 20 year old. Done the academy bit with various well known clubs but never quite made the grade with the high flyers now plays his heart out in the humble Lancashire Amateur League with Bury Grammar Old Boys.
The world’s only alpine parrot, the Kea (Nestor notabilis) is renowned for its intelligent and inquisitive nature. They are an endemic parrot of the South Island's (New Zealand) high country. Although kea are seen in reasonable numbers throughout the South Island, the size of the wild population is unknown - but is estimated at between 1,000 and 5,000 birds. To survive in the harsh alpine environment kea have become inquisitive and nomadic social birds - characteristics which help kea to find and utilise new food sources. Their inquisitive natures often cause kea to congregate around novel objects and their strong beaks have enormous manipulative power.
A square triangular number is a number which is both a triangular number and a perfect square.
As ever, sourced from Wiki... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_triangular_number
1. 1 on green, 2. 2 on green, 3. 3 on green, 4. 4 on green, 5. 5 on green, 6. 6 on green, 7. 7 on green, 8. 8 on green, 9. 9 on green, 10. 10 on green, 11. 11 on green, 12. 12 on green, 13. 13 on green, 14. 14 on green, 15. 15 on green, 16. 16 on green, 17. 17 on green, 18. 18 on green, 19. 19 on green, 20. 20 on green, 21. 21 on green, 22. 22 on green, 23. 23 on green, 24. 24 on green, 25. 25 on green
By midday my kitchen had reached this balmy temperature and the relative humidity had actually dropped to this number.
No bread-making today.
In case you are wondering why I don't turn a heater on, consider these numbers:
Household electricity prices (2024) in US $ per KWh
Italy 0.43
Ireland 0.41
Denmark 0.36
Belgium 0.35
Germany 0.35
United Kingdom 0.35
France 0.30
Australia 0.26
Kenya 0.26
Netherlands 0.25
Uruguay 0.23
Spain 0.21
United States 0.18
China 0.08
Russia 0.05
Saudi Arabia 0.05
Turkey 0.05
Venezuela 0.05
Qatar 0.03
I'm thinking of laying an extension cable to Doha for some cheap power!