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My keychain.
One and All is the motto that represents unity and inclusiveness and reflects the spirit of Cornish people. The fifteen balls (bezants/coins) on the shield is the coat of arms of the Duke of Cornwall. The bird is a chough and is a small, glossy black crow with a long, curved red bill and a symbol of Cornwall. The crown represents the Duchy of Cornwall. The miner and fisherman represent the trades of what once brought Cornwall much wealth.
This keychain holds my keys and reminds me of my Cornish roots day after day.
HMM!
Macro Mondays: Keychain
The Beijing Diary
Street Performer in Temple of Heaven
In my humble opinion, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing is the least "must-see" among Beijing's must-see tourist destinations. Aside from the actual Temple of Heaven, the rest of the temples in this vast place are ordinary by Beijing's temple standards.
But what sets this place apart is the many street performers you will see there. It's a collection of different performers, from musicians, to dancers, to martial artists and some showcasing traditional chinese sports.
Like this charming old chinese playing his traditional musical instrument. After playing, he asked for a dollar from a foreigner video filming him.
"One dollar..."
The caucasian man smiled and walked away.
On Feb. 16, 1976, the Denver & Rio Grande Western assigned a six axle locomotive to work train No. 668, the Tintic Local out of Provo, Utah. Yard trackage in United State's Steel's limestone quarry at Keigley on Tintic Branch was poorly maintained. Rio Grande SD7 5300 had a tough time that day, and nearly derailed numerous times. The experiment was never repeated.
One of the vintage army planes at the Warbirds over Whiteside air show at the Whiteside Co. Airport in Rock Falls,IL. yesterday.Though smaller than previous years,the planes in attendance showed some great history from World War II aviation...
At my delivery in Chehalis Washington, backed into my dock, then grabbed my camera to take this picture. Only 100 feet from the front of my truck. Tough job, huh?
note: My camera is set to Central time zone, but obviously Washington is Pacific, so two hours different.
Here's a link to the other shots I had to pick from. I liked all of them, but had to make a decision.
Sitting on a garden bench at the bottom of the garden which is in a wooded area and looking up and listening to the many birds while finding relief from the blazing sun. Bliss. :-)
When a few flowers died in each of two bunches of flowers I was given, I merged them together and think the colours go well.
Day 17 post-op yesterday and I took a walk down the road, with Ray and 2 crutches for company (although I can now manage fine with 1 indoors) my target being to the local church and back. It was slow, the traffic a bit noisy to somebody unaccustomed to walking out but there is a handy seat near the church.
Once home, Ray checked the distance and found I had walked just over half a mile - well pleased!
...one to go.
Every morning, one of the first things that I do is put in my contact lenses.
Our Daily Challenge: "Morning Rituals"
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Artist Point and Mt. Shuksan. And that looks like one interesting way to get back down the mountain!
A perfect boy that I released on 10/1 decided to visit me today, 10/6, in the garden!
I wish he would set his GPS and get flying off to Mexico... it's getting late!!!
INTERESTING FACT:
Monarch Butterflies have an internal compass. The sun keeps them on course as well as the earth's magnetic field to help them navigate 2,500 miles to Mexico!
Another support that persistence give results. Trees are super rare on this mountain in Dalarna, but this one manages just fine.
My Francesco Woodman crossed with Picasso (or something) moment
While country singers warble about how hard it is to be a woman, as the Beach Boys sang, 'I just wasn't made for these times....'
one headlight ... the wallflowers
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This is my submission for the theme “Skies” in the group Smile on Saturday. The pilot is a local gentleman in his 80’s who has done stunt flying for years. This was a day in spring when he decided to do one last show before retiring for good. He put on a great show and showed us all how to live life to the fullest as long as you can. He also owned a pub that was beside a dam which was called the Dam Pub. It has moved locations but it is still in business.