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Today, there is considerable doubt that there will even BE a United States of America to celebrate a Tricentennial by 7/4/2075.
That'll buff right out.
The meagre remains of an unidentified steam loco in the storage sidings at Buckfastleigh.
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Why we have fenders - Since the weather forecast called for deteriortating conditions throughout the day on Sunday, we got an early start for our bike ride. Sure enough the meteorologists were correct. The loop was Boulder-Flagstaff Rd. to Gross Reservoir to Coal Creek Canyon to Nederland where we gorged on the lunch buffet and bottomless chai at Kathmandu Restaurant.We saw no other bikers out today, and Julie pointed out that all of 4 of us have fenders on our bikes. Yeah, if you didn't have fenders, you wouldn't want to be out riding today. For this kind of weather some people buy cable TV, and some people buy fenders. I'm sure we missed some good football games...It's probably just my optimistic attitude, but it didn't seem to rain very much until we stepped inside the restaurant in Ned. From our warm seats inside, we watched continuous rain, sleet, hail, and snow. We were content to drink chai and wait for 3:30PM bus back to Boulder, what would have been a 3000 ft. soggy, cold descent.
1972 Buick Skylark convertible in the foreground, the new Wade Trim building in the near background, and Genesee Towers in the far background.
Downtown Flint, Michigan.
Second St., near Saginaw St.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010.
This was one of several large jigsaws I optimistically took to the BCD House Party in February 2020. I bought it in August 2019 for a reasonable sum, probably because it wasn't labelled as Parker Pastime, had no original box, no piece count or dimensions, and had replacements and a chewed piece. The division of the blank into rectangles is uncommon for Parker Pastime (but not without precedent) and the number and shape of the figurals indicated to me that it was American and likely Parker. I had a bit of discussion about it with an American BCD member who came to the event, in our private facebook group, so I was keen to complete this jigsaw first.
The 1500pc board was big enough - I'll add dimensions and piece count later. The figurals are really quite large - this surprised me, but the largest Parker I'd done previously was only about 400pc. The replacements have proved to be rather crude and I would eventually like to get better ones made. One replacement 'corner' (which ended up on the floor, which I picked up and put on the next table because it didn't look like our jigsaw at all then reclaimed and placed later) can be seen on the lower edge.
Name: John Shaw
Program: INDD Ireland Studio Abroad
Location: "Graffiti Hall of Fame", Dublin, Ireland
The smile on this young boy remains optimistic as he looks at the deflated toy on the ground of the abandon parking lot. Stephen, 8, spends his Saturday exploring the city of Dublin, which can be a rare sight today. Rather than be engulfed by popular video games or other electronic devices, he enjoys life beyond the LCD screen. He seemingly takes life in as it happens around him. A sight such as this can beg the viewer to reconsider his or her own priorities.
Perhaps a little optimistic, but at least it's forecast that it's going to warm up over the weekend! Have a good one! A little about our stay at Hotel Chocolat, for those who're interested... For anyone who's familiar with the brand of chocolate "Hotel Chocolat" this is the hotel, restaurant and plantation where it all begins. We were lucky enough to meet co-owner Peter Harris on our stay, a fascinating guy who started the business as a mail order chocolate company and has worked to create something virtually unique. I've not met many true entrepeneurs before, but what I found most interesting is that I got no sense that he'd built this for the money. It seemed much more about creating something very special, realising a dream if you like. It seemed clear that the workers here are getting a good deal. The plantation works to promote agriculture and to help farmers set up their own crops, with a clear focus on education and providing a fair return on the cocoa! If ever you're lucky enough to visit St Lucia, I cannot recommend this place enough. It makes you see your chocolate in a whole new light, and I doubt you'll ever grumble again at paying a couple of pounds for quality bar of dark chocolate once you've seen the work that's gone into it! flic.kr/p/dPqJBH
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Why we have fenders - Since the weather forecast called for deteriortating conditions throughout the day on Sunday, we got an early start for our bike ride. Sure enough the meteorologists were correct. The loop was Boulder-Flagstaff Rd. to Gross Reservoir to Coal Creek Canyon to Nederland where we gorged on the lunch buffet and bottomless chai at Kathmandu Restaurant.We saw no other bikers out today, and Julie pointed out that all of 4 of us have fenders on our bikes. Yeah, if you didn't have fenders, you wouldn't want to be out riding today. For this kind of weather some people buy cable TV, and some people buy fenders. I'm sure we missed some good football games...It's probably just my optimistic attitude, but it didn't seem to rain very much until we stepped inside the restaurant in Ned. From our warm seats inside, we watched continuous rain, sleet, hail, and snow. We were content to drink chai and wait for 3:30PM bus back to Boulder, what would have been a 3000 ft. soggy, cold descent.
A friendly and optimistic travel document that helps brits to make friends abroad.
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Year: 2017
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The Optimistic Suburbia Workshop took place at ISCTE-IUL from may 18th to may 22nd 2015. Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
The Farnbacher Loles Porsche during Sunday morning warm-up at Mosport ALMS 2008. The car ended up with its back end up against the tire wall down from turn two.
No great damage, apparently, as this car ended up in second place in its class in the race itself.
Scanned from film.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977
A beautiful grey lichen on Hazel.
Still working on the ID.
The West Highlands of Scotland are home to a characteristic type of coastal hazelwood, rarely found elsewhere. Whereas hazel is often a component of mixed woodlands dominated by bigger trees such as ash, on the west coast it can often form almost pure stands, in exposed coastal locations. Outstanding examples of this woodland type in the Sunart Oakwoods area can be found at Drimnin, in Morvern, and Ardslignish and Sonachan in west Ardnamurchan, with smaller areas elsewhere.
These coastal hazelwoods are rich with wild flowers in springtime before the leaves on the trees are out, but less obviously to the untrained eye, also play host to a unique and very diverse lichen flora.
The importance of these woods for lichens is a result of a number of factors: the mild 'oceanic' climate; the special characteristics of hazelbark that make it suitable for a wide range of lichens to grow on; the lack of atmospheric pollution in the area; and finally the particular structure and long-established nature of the woodlands.
more at www.sunartoakwoods.org.uk/woodlands/woodlandhazelwoods.htm
The tower blocks at Cruddas Park, opened with an optimistic flourish by Hugh Gaitskell Labour leader, on the 9th June 1962, have had yet another makeover. This latest revamp is more radical than previous ones and the optimism returns.
Thomas Dan Smith was Newcastle City leader from 1960 to 1965 with a vision to improve the city and make it a commercial centre to rival the best in the world. He was compared to an American style 'city boss', called Mr. Newcastle by his supporters, and Mouth of the Tyne by his opponents.
Whilst many see him as a visionary, and ahead of his time, others brand him a charlatan, entangled in a web of corruption that almost toppled the Wilson Labour government.
His most controversial plan was for high rise housing, and the Cruddas Park scheme was part of what was called a 'city in the sky'.
The flats were built by Wimpey to a Swedish modular design. It was later to be alleged that Dan Smith took cash and other benefits for awarding the contracts.
Smith was sentenced to six years imprisonment for his involvement in the Poulson affair.
Taken on 1st September, 2010 at 1032hrs with a Leica IIIf on Fujicolor Pro 400H colour negative stock.