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Every year on the last weekend of July is the Columbia Cup Hydroplane Races and Art In The Park Craft Show. While the hydroplane races are exciting, need I tell you where it is that I spend most of my time? Here is a 3" shot of some of wood worker, Geoff Fisher's wonderfully crafted Mini Salad Spoons. HMM!
Macro Mondays Theme: Made of Wood
An amazing "river of glass" surrounds an island in an open courtyard at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, Lansing, Michigan. (Lansing is the State Capital of Michigan).
An 80-foot tall White Pine grows on the "island" and soars skyward through the floors of the building and emerges in the open air behind the entrance to the building. (shown in the first comment below).
The "river" is a remarkable mosaic of glass.
One of my first images on a fantastic exploration along the Durham coast line, this one near Hawthorn Dene Viaduct right on the cliff edge at Hawthorn Hive is made up from 9 vertical frames assembled into this panorama in Photoshop.
This diverted LNER Azuma looks good sweeping along the coastal line, giving the passengers some dramatic sights on its longer diverted route and I don’t think LNER charged any more for these additional sights.
Bi-mode 800210 & electric only 801107 1E09 09:30 Edinburgh to Kings Cross, I did notice a number of the diverted Azuma sets were made up of a 5 car Bi-mode and a 5 car electric only set.
This was one of the first images on the Durham Coast line taking in the three Denes of Hawthorn, Horden and at Crimdon, you can watch my day of railway photography on the dramatic Durham coast line here youtu.be/Q3ni6ptl2ys
12th February 2022
I've a lot on mind these days and a couple of BIG decisions to make so this image is pretty apt to say the least.
I've a lot on my plate these days and have had to turn down some work because I am way too busy. Whilst I HATE turning away work its important that I have my priorities in order and spend my time on whats important to me work wise.
On Monday I am doing a little video around the property where I am holding my next weekend workshop in Ireland so check out my Facebook page on Tuesday when I upload it if your interested in seeing it.
Hint; it's an Old Victorian Mansion by the Sea..
Happy Shooting
All for Love
Ellen xoxo
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A New Holland Honeyeater enjoying a quick respite from feeding on these lovely, large golden Kangaroo Paws. I've been told tKangaroo Paws have grown taller this year due to all our rain. Anigozanthos have been bred into all sorts of vibrant colours. HSoS.
It reminds me of the "Fields of Gold" song by Sting that I like -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVq0IAzh1A
Living On The Edge Of Something - Snowy White
We're on the edge of something, time is flying
So eat the apple, drink the wine, it's OK, the devil's buying
Now we're supposed to change the world
But I can't even change myself
Those things about me I despise
I keep away from prying eyes
There's things that catch you in a mess
Mostly the pleasures of the flesh
In the hustle on the street
That's where they sweep you off your feet
I'm in my private hell
I guess I built my cage too well
It's a crazy kind of world we are living in
We all twist and turn, against the boundaries of sin
But if we want to cross that line, all we got to do is find
Someone to love
This is a crazy kind of life, can be hard to see it through
You can satisfy your appetite, but you got to keep it cool
If we all want to survive, we just got to find
Someone to love
Everybody needs someone to love
Everybody needs someone to love
In special moments of mystical awareness among things in nature, we feel and know that what seems so separate is in fact one. We are touching into the wisdom of Sophia in the natural world. We are abiding in the real presence of God, with feminine and masculine energies, always within reach. Such mystical abiding can also happen in an event or with a person. Neither Sophia nor mystical awareness can be limited in how they appear to us, nor where they do so, when, in what or whom.
-Everything Ablaze Meditating on the Mystical Vision of Teilhard de Chardin, David Richo
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ~ James Allen.
Whilst taking pictures of my cricket teams final game of the season, I was watching these farmers sowing I assume winter barley as the end of the game approached.
I was reflecting on the end of a fabulous summer, my team East Harlsey CC had it's finest season ever, winning the league as well as numerous cups. Also the weather this summer was fabulous. Sadly winter is near with its dark and cold but I am looking forward to Spring, where the blooms and the birds make a re-appearance.
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A tower of hundreds of radios playing at once, addressing the idea of information overload and failed communication.
A group of American White Pelicans huddle together along the shallow waters of Fanshawe Conservation Area in London Ontario.
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Mask: Vessel of Enmity by ContraptioN (at Spellbound)
Hand Accessory: Ritualist's Thurible by ContraptioN (at Eclipse event)
Shirt; Victor Shirt by Artificial Hallucination
Pants: Andi Pants by Artificial Hallucination (at Men Only Monthly)
Backdrop Decor: Wasteland Barrier Wall by Death Row Designs (at Eclipse event)
Not a very Easter like image, but daybreak could be seen as a type of resurrection.
It makes me think of Jim Morrison's poetic lyrics from the song Break on through..."You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day, tried to run, tried to hide
Break on through to the other side"
Although in the end I really like this one, I am not crazy about the composition . I would liked to have had a bit more space at the bottom and especially at the right, as a boulder has been cut off. Looking into the sun made it tough to easily see the lower dark corners and I was expecting it to be a write off as the contrast level was up there. I wanted to hide the culvert behind the center boulder, but I see it is not completely hidden, again likely tough to see in the viewfinder.
The thing that is nice about a flat landscape in a situation like this is one can use one gradient adjustment filter for the sky, and another different adjustment for the land, and it is easy to make the division indistinguishable.
Have a great Easter everyone. Be good and stay safe. It will be nice when something like our old way of life is resurrected.
Dunguaire Castle is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara The name derives from the Dun of King Guaire, the legendary king of Connacht.
Dunguaire Castle was used in the 1969 Walt Disney movie Guns in the Heather, featuring Kurt Russell, in which the castle was featured as Boyne Castle.
(Wikipedia)
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The very best gift... is that anyone can experience those unexpected twinkles of joy that make a magical moment. At these moments, you feel true, deep joy because of a great new insight, a beautiful prospect, or a glimpse into the radiance of another soul. They are the magic moments when life seems better than you ever realized. ~ Richard M. Eyre
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Model: Skye McLeod Fairywren
Bento Mesh Head: Catya by Catwa
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Face/Body Applier: DeeTaleZ
Hair: No_Refuge by No.Match now @ The Enchantment Lord of the Rings event
Elongated Puki Ears: The Skinnery
Light of the Valar Gown by Silvan Moon Designs (!!SMD!!) now @ The Enchantment Lord of the Rings event
Vivian Body Tattoo: Stardust
Fay circlet (silver): AIR now @ The Enchantment Lord of the Rings event
John Jacob Courtisan metal Cuff Ring: Alchemy Immortalis
POSE: Companionship by Le Poppycock
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All unicorns: Half-Deer
SIM: Luane's Magical World @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Morning%20Glow/221/101/22
HSS
This was made with the aide of PaperCraft from Photography BB.
The Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, after the Baths of Diocletian. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. They were in operation until the 530s and then fell into disuse and ruin.
The bath complex covered approximately 25 hectares (62 acres). The complex is rectangular, measuring 337 m × 328 m. Its construction involved the moving of a substantial amount of earth, as parts of the nearby hills had to be removed or leveled into platforms. Several million bricks were used in the construction. The baths contained at least 252 columns, 16 of which had a height of over 12 m. Water was carried to the baths by the then newly constructed Acqua Antoniniana, from the major Acqua Marcia. The exact path of the aqueduct supplying the baths is not known as only a few segments have been discovered. The aqueduct connected to the southern side of the baths where it filled 18 cisterns. These in turn were connected by lead pipes with the baths proper. [Wikipedia]
Moment captured at Veteran's Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. USA
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It is always good to remember that what we consider old now, back in the day was very modern. Case in point is this part of the church Saint Etienne in Perriers-sur-Andelle. The church itself is medieval, founded in the 11th century, with some architectural details added in the 14th century. But not here. Here we can quite obviously see some later works, this is not medieval (and the church did see substantial work done in the 16th and the 19th century). So at one point this was the modern, up-to-date part of the church when the rest of it was more or less dated and old-fashioned.
A beautiful bird of the forests, this is quite a loud bird that is easily heard and maybe seen, but very hard to photograph since they hide in the canopy. The bird is endemic to South and Central India and always found on the slopes of forest hills. It does fly up and down the slopes in search of food though. It is a photographers favorite and a very hard one to get as such - especially in our region.
These are social birds always seen in flocks - usually of 4-6 or more. They keep flying from tree to tree in search of insects on the tree trunks. The birds were out in the open on the edge of a forest and flying from tree to tree. There was a tree stump that the birds stopped briefly and then took off - managed a few flight shots much to my delight!
Many thanks in advance for your feedback, faves and likes - very much appreciated.
One of the bells for which the campanile serves as home. You can see that the bell mounts have to account for the lean of the tower, with one side of the arch notched lower than the other, and the arch carved out to accommodate the mouth of the bell.
It is amazing to me that, although the tower started to lean early in construction, there was never any consideration of halting, correcting, or starting anew....they simply finished the construction with the lean, and accommodated to achieve the function of being an operable bell tower.
A white Christmas would be wonderful, of course. But we've only had one (across the board) six times in the last 120 years. So there's no point in getting upset about it.
If there's no snow, then at least some sunshine would be nice. Unfortunately, it's been gray and foggy for days (at least here where I am). So, sunshine is probably out of the question.
Luckily, there's still the sunshine in my heart, which I hope to tap into with this photo and activate when needed.
Happiness, and the feeling of happiness, isn't dependent on chance or external circumstances. It's a conscious decision that strongly depends on how I evaluate a situation, where I direct my attention, and, of course, on my general outlook on life.
With that in mind, on this penultimate Monday flower greeting of the year, I wish you a large dose of sunshine in your heart and thus a sunny and joyful week.
And this is regardless of the weather.
Eine weiße Weihnacht wäre natürlich richtig toll. Doch hatten wir diese (flächendeckend) gerade einmal 6 Mal in den letzten 120 Jahren. Es lohnt sich also nicht, sich darüber zu ärgern.
Wenn schon kein Schnee da ist, dann wäre doch wenigstens Sonnenschein schön. Leider sieht es (zumindest hier bei mir) seit Tagen grau und neblig aus. Das mit der Sonne wird dann wohl auch eher schwierig.
Zum Glück gibt es noch die Sonne im Herzen, die ich mit diesem Foto ansprechen und bei Bedarf aktivieren möchte.
Glück und auch das Glücksgefühl ist nicht von Zufällen und Rahmenbedingungen abhängig. Es ist eine bewusste Entscheidung die stark davon abhängt, wie ich eine Situation bewerte, wo ich meine Aufmerksamkeit hin lenke und natürlich wie meine generelle Einstellung zum Leben aussieht.
In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Euch am vorletzten montäglichen Blumengruß das Jahres eine große Portion Sonne im Herzen und damit eine sonnige und fröhliche Woche.
Und dies unabhängig von meteorologischen Rahmenbedingungen.
A man alone on the cliffs, a silhouette against the darkening sky, the waves crashing far below, their mournful roar rising like the echoes of forgotten grief, each tide a reminder of his sorrow.
Above, a seagull passed aimlessly, their shadow brushing the stone like fleeting memories, untouched by the weight of his sorrow.
The sea, infinite and unyielding, stretched endlessly before him, cold and indifferent, a reflection of the depth of his loneliness, the tide relentless in its rhythm, as if mocking his stillness.
He lingered there, eyes hollow, staring into the abyss, as though pleading for it to speak, to give meaning to the silence that consumed him, to the sorrow that the tide could never wash away.
by bes~• Morocco 09/24
bliss .l. people among us
Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju‘fī al-Bukhārī 19 July 810 – 1 September 870), or Bukhārī, commonly referred to as Imam al-Bukhari or Imam Bukhari, was a Persian Islamic scholar who was born in Bukhara (the capital of the Bukhara Region (viloyat) of Uzbekistan). He authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic (sahih) hadith collections. He also wrote other books such as Al-Adab al-Mufrad.
Imam al-Bukhari was the great theologian of the East. He collected and recorded about 600 thousand hadith, i.e. legend based on cases of life or some sayings of the Prophet. Out of them, al-Bukhari selected as “flawless” about 7400 hadith to include into the famous “As-Sahih” which became the second most important book after the Koran for the majority of Sunni.
The mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari presents in all of its magnificence. In the complex that occupies a vast territory, there are mausoleums, mosques, hotel for tourists and pilgrims, souvenir shops and religious literature.
The mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari is one of the main pilgrimage sites in Uzbekistan. The visiting of three shrines in Samarkand – the mausoleums of al-Bukhari, Shakhi-Zinda and Rukhabad – within one day, is called “small Hajj”.
Connel
A return to Connel on a different day and we were able to see the Falls of Lora rapids. The falls are generated when the water level in the Firth of Lorn, in the open sea, drops below the level of the water in Loch Etive as the tide ebbs. As the seawater in the loch flows out through its narrow mouth, it passes over a rocky shelf which causes the rapids to form. As the tide rises again there is a period of slack water when the levels are the same on either side, which would be around the time this photo was taken. Due to the narrow entrance into the Loch, the tide rises more quickly than the water can flow in, resulting in considerable turbulence at high tide.
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Pieces from several iterations of an AI image using starter image collage with another image.....then collaged AI versions with additional repainting and modifications in painting apps.
A shot of the Bay of Islands from the North Shore town of Meadows, with Corner Brook in the far distance. I liked the sky on this day.
Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) captured at Skardu City, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Nikon D500 and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR.
For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit www.birdsofgilgit.com
Another shot from a recent trip to Abu Dhabi.
The Empty Quarter or Rub' al Khali is the desert area encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 km2 including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert.
Today we continue exploring Low Head in northern Tasmania. Best known for its lighthouse since 1833, it is also a mecca for Geologists.
I am no geologist, so I can't help you much with the identification of these rocks. But what we do see at Low Head is an interesting variety of rocks and boulders - most of volcanic origin. The whole of northern Tasmania was once (millions of years ago) active with large volcanos.
I'll put a link below to some photos I took at Devonport a few months back. I believe those rocks are Dolerite from the Jurassic period (180 million years ago). And here, please correct me if I'm wrong geologists, we see some more Dolerite.
These rocks have a texture like elephant hide and they are fascinating to see in sunlight. Follow the shaft of light down to the little rock pool.
The Maas Tunnel in Rotterdam has been transformed into a glowing Tunnel of Love. Covered with 35.000 fluorescent heart-shaped stickers, the pedestrian section of the 580m long tunnel has become a dazzling visual spectacle.
The Tunnel of Love, the work of Dutch artist duo VOLLAERSZWART, is both an expression of love for Rotterdam, and also a birthday present for the Maas Tunnel, which celebrates its 77th birthday on Valentine’s Day.