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It seems that bald eagles are doing well these days. It used to be the only way to see eagles was to head to starved rock during the coldest months as they would gather around the rock river. However, these days I see them pretty often. They are seen perched high above many of the area's lakes and marshes hunting for ducks or fish.
I actually now have two active eagle nests near my house. One five minutes away and the other around ten minutes.
it's a very historical chinese temple (1775- now)
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Entering San Francisco Bay. Shooting from the Golden Gate Bridge.
If you look really, really, really close, you can se a couple of the crew just sitting there enjoying the ride in.
Happy new year to you all. This was my first shot of 2014, having a stroll along the nearby shore in Edinburgh.
The year has started well for some of the local wildlife as they were treated to a new year brekkie. I hope the year is as prosperous for you as it has started for them :0)
In most regions of Ukraine, the crops have been sown for the growing season ahead. I thought this image of a tomato seedling would be a way to commemorate those efforts. In the face of an invading force with zero respect for human life, Ukrainian farmers bravely set the stage to feed large parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
With many farmers fighting in the war, the crop yields are expected to be lower this year. There’s no way to know how much lower, but it’s important to try to visualize this impact. Here’s a great resource that illustrates where Ukrainian crops get distributed across the world: ourworldindata.org/ukraine-russia-food . Match that data with global GDP per capital values ( www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-per-capita/ ) and you start to see some worrying trends.
Smaller countries with lower GDPs – such as Yemen, ranking 160th in the world for GDP per capita – will not have the ability to pay higher prices when food supplies are less available. Larger countries that are highly dependent on Ukrainian agriculture with higher GDPs such as Turkey would be able to pay higher prices, leaving other nations without sufficient purchasing power. When there isn’t enough to go around, some go without. It is critically important that Ukrainian farmers can do their good work for the benefit of many other nations. All countries should be prepared to grow more food locally this year as well.
The world has come to rely on peaceful globalization, where one country can provide an incredibly abundant resource to another. The problems begin when this resource cannot be replaced with anything produced domestically, and the transitionary period to find alternatives takes longer than your commodity reserves will last. This is true of food, but also oil and gas – where many countries are still heavily dependent on Russian oil.
Turning off the taps could mean societal collapse. Here in Bulgaria we are a net exporter of agriculture, but 95% of oil and gas comes from Russia. I feel guilty when I fill up my tank of diesel to complete more refugee aid runs; I’m paying Russia for the privilege. Thankfully immediate actions are underway to expedite the completion of a gas pipeline connecting to Greece, which is expected to be completed by the end of June. I feel like the world is moving quickly to compensate for everything, but it’s never quick enough.
I’d like to echo a further reminder that we can all help in various ways. You can create artwork supporting Ukraine – if you want to see a photo of the setup that created this image, it’s incredibly simple: donkom.ca/bts/IMG_1573.JPEG . The water droplet was placed with a hypodermic needle, and it was lit with a flashlight off to the side. But there’s more you can do: write to your politicians. Participate in rallies. Donate to charities capable of offering humanitarian aid; we have enough funds donated to us to continue doing supply runs for roughly another three weeks. We’ll keep doing it as long as we are able.
And to further amplify the signal, this image is also being dedicated to the Public Domain. Do with it what you want, no permission / license / credit / etc. required.
Also, some folks have been asking how we’re holding up. Personally, life is good. I’ll be sharing some images of a beautiful outdoor kitchen we constructed in January and February shortly. We keep in good spirits, we live comfortably, and we’re mostly through the bureaucratic processes here to make life in Bulgaria home forever. We’re happy and healthy. :)
under the shinning daylight
まぶしい中、重いヘリオスを持って。不思議と重さを感じないぐらい夢中になって。
Helios40 85mm ;
LR3 + PSE ( thanks to KimClassen )
The tidy farm with a red barn and house surrounded by a white fence seemed the epitome of prosperity. A stark contrast to the abandoned property on the hillside on which I stood.
A tradition dish and belief during Chinese New Year which is mainly a raw fish salad (Yusheng)with some condiments. Everyone will toss the ingredients high up in the air for good fortune,good luck, good health and prosperity before they eat it! As the word "raw" sounds like "life" in Chinese
Angkor was once the capital of the Khmer Empire from 9th to 15th centuries. The Khmer empire was one of the most prosperous and sophisticated kingdoms in the history of Southeast Asia, and its prosperity were expressed through a wide range of architecture. This city contains hundreds of temples. The population may have been over 1 million people. It was easily the largest city in the world until the Industrial Revolution. The city of Angkor was founded on political and religious ideas adapted from India, and the temples of Angkor were intended as a place of worship for the king and a way for him to ensure his immortality through identification with the Hindu gods.
In 15th Century, Khmer kingdom started falling. In 1431, Thais sacked the city. The king moved his capital to some other place. Everyone moved out and the city got abandoned. Slowly forest devoured it and got hidden from outside world for centuries. Why the people moved out from there, like that - no one knows exact reason but archaeologists make some assumptions. It was in 1863, French explorer, Henri Mouhot, publishes a journal about these temples in the forests which are only known to some locals and monks. Today's latest laser technology helped the archaeologists to find the 'lost city' and they are still working on it.
When someone walking here, he is not only seeing a temple but feeling the past and how it looks like when a city gets lost.
Pedraza, Segovia.
Pedraza es una localidad y municipio de la provincia de Segovia (España), situado a 37 km al nordeste de Segovia capital y con una población residente de 467 personas (INE 2011). Se trata de una villa medieval amurallada, cuya cuidada rehabilitación motivó su declaración como Conjunto Histórico en 1951.
Su nombre parece derivar de la Pretaria romana, aunque los primeros datos históricos se remontan a Don Fernando Gómez de Albornoz, comendador mayor de Montalbán, que fue nombrado por el rey Enrique II de Castilla Señor de Pedraza. Posteriormente pasó a manos de la familia Herrera y a finales del siglo XV pasó a los condestables de Castilla por el matrimonio entre Doña Blanca Herrera y Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco. Se mantuvo en estas manos hasta que en el siglo XIX se abolieron los señoríos. Los condestables se asentaron allí, siendo el lugar sitio de paso para grandes personalidades, como artistas, nobles y monarcas. En el siglo XVI y XVII tiene lugar la época de mayor esplendor del pueblo, y es de cuando datan la mayor parte de casas y palacetes. Esta prosperidad fue debida, entre otras cosas, a la exportación hacia el Norte de Europa de la lana de sus rebaños de ovejas merinas y a sus excelentes tejidos, capaces de competir con los mejores que se elaboraban en Flandes.
El castillo de Pedraza es una fortaleza construida en el siglo XIII que se reedificó en el siglo XV por García Herrera. A principios del siglo XVI los Duques de Frías, Condestables de Castilla, reformaron el castillo de nuevo, añadiéndole el gran muro defensivo adherido a la torre del homenaje y el muro exterior dotado de cañoneras y un puente levadizo (hoy desaparecido). El castillo cuenta con una imponente torre del homenaje, foso, y está rodeado en la mayoría de su perímetro por un precipicio.
Pedraza is a town and municipality in the province of Segovia (Spain), located 37 km northeast of Segovia capital and with a resident population of 467 people (INE 2011). It is a medieval walled town, whose careful rehabilitation motivated its declaration as a Historic Site in 1951.
The municipality is made up of Pedraza and the towns of Rades de Abajo and La Velilla.
Its name seems to derive from the Roman Pretaria, although the first historical data go back to Don Fernando Gómez de Albornoz, commander of Montalbán, who was appointed by King Enrique II of Castile Señor de Pedraza. Later it passed into the hands of the Herrera family and at the end of the 15th century it passed to the constables of Castile due to the marriage between Doña Blanca Herrera and Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco. It remained in these hands until in the nineteenth century the manors were abolished. The constables settled there, being the place of passage for great personalities, as artists, nobles and monarchs. In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the period of greatest splendor of the town took place, and it is from when most of the houses and palaces date. This prosperity was due, among other things, to the export to Northern Europe of the wool of their flocks of Merino sheep and their excellent fabrics, capable of competing with the best that were made in Flanders.
Pedraza Castle is a fortress built in the 13th century that was rebuilt in the 15th century by García Herrera. At the beginning of the 16th century the Dukes of Frías, Condestables de Castilla, reformed the castle again, adding the great defensive wall adhered to the keep and the outer wall equipped with gunships and a drawbridge (now disappeared). The castle has an imposing keep, moat, and is surrounded on most of its perimeter by a precipice.
Originally established as the Town of Frog Level in 1851, the name was changed to the Town of Prosperity in 1873. A small, friendly South Carolina town that celebrates its roots with frogs (there’s a big metal sculpture of a frog at Town Hall) and is working to create prosperity for its residents. One of the best little towns in South Carolina!!
The Navios Prosperity is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2007 (15 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
It’s carrying capacity is 75527 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 14.3 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 225 meters and her width is 32.24 meters.
「白滿天星」
蔓性玫瑰，花瓣色白色，初開花心淡橙色，
花型純潔優雅，枝條細長開花時花量極多，
一莖可開多朵小花，花型迷你可愛，四季開花。
台北新生公園玫瑰園
Taipei Xinsheng Park Rose Garden
A beautiful white rose raised by the Rev. Joseph Pemberton,
looking beautiful in bright summer sunshine. The flower buds have a hint of pink, which fades as the flower opens into pure white. Great!
A beautiful rose raised by the Rev. Joseph Pemberton. As the flower matures the pale pink centre becomes pure white.
Slovakia, Highland; former historical Hungary /Felvidék.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felvid%c3%a9k
Historic centre of the town with castle and churches
The first written reference to the town dates back to 1328, when it was granted royal town privileges by King Charles I of Hungary (I. Károly Róbert). The town's mint was already in existence at the time of the granting of royal privileges. Starting in 1335 the mint produced golden florins and later the famous "Kremnica (Körmöcbánya) ducats", which were used as an international means of payment as a result of their consistently high purity of gold. It was the most important mint, and later the only one, in the Kingdom of Hungary, in Czechoslovakia and nowadays in Slovakia; the prosperity brought to the town led to it being given the nickname "Golden Kremnica (Körmöcbánya)". Bánya=mine in Hungarian.
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%c3%b6rm%c3%b6cb%c3%a1nya#Nevezete...
hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%c3%b6rm%c3%b6cb%c3%a1nyai_p%c3%a9...
The photo shows a part of a french hydrangea flower. As usual, I used what is available in the house or garden. To catch the light for the shooting, a white coated carton from the super market and a sheet of white paper have been used. No spots or artificial light. You only have to avoid direct sun light, because of the hard shadows. Wait for the clouds...
also sounding like "lucky gold" in Chinese, kam kwat is a symbol of good fortune and prosperity.
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WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE
Mount Fiji, the highest mountain of Japan has been a symbol of worship for many Japanese for its dignified shape and pure beauty. Many people climbed up to the top to offer their prayer for their health and prosperity for ages. For those who tried to reach the top, many routes were developed and lodging inns were built, and for those who could not climb up the steep and high mountain, many temples and shrines were built along the routes at the foot of the mountain. The mountain and its surrounding remains/buildings are now preserved under the designation of the UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage in 2017.
Water is a critical resource and has been for the life of our planet. These two outlets, running to capacity, are moving water from a weir to an aquaduct which flows to the local reservoir providing drinking water to the community.
This is part of my series, A New Prosperity an enduring contemporary documentary project focusing on the fundamental chapters arising in the UK, at the beginning of the new decade: the day of the general election (December 2019), the tranquil devastation of the floods (February 2020), the spread the COVID-19 in the UK (March 2020). These images discreetly aim to encapsulate the mood and the consequences on the country, specifically the area of West Midlands, by dutifully documenting the responses and the development of these events. The project concentrates on producing a defining representation of the UK today, as its post-Brexit utopianism is ravaged by disasters that are forcing us to face the magnitude of recent social and political decisions.
Still producing flowers and buds in spite of the heatwave and drought. Looking great! An old rose bred by the Rev. Joseph Pemberton.
Me being playful at Jonker Street. Pic taken during my trip to Malacca in Malaysia from 28th - 30th Aug 2009.
Sightseeing with me in my blog: Malacca!
The name is derived from the Tirta or “sacred waters” and Empul or “bob up” or “bubbling up”. How the water is collected and channeled into more than 30 spouts is a feat in engineering. Each of the spouts has a separate and distinct divine and physical purpose. There are waterspouts that are to cure illnesses and some for mental peace. There are designated spouts for prosperity and even for pregnancy. Peculiarly, there are two specific waterspouts intended for the dead.
phototip: Observe how long a bather pauses to determine the optimum exposure time. Here, the lady subject was almost still for 20 seconds.
Pura Tirta Empul, Tampaksiring, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
more photos in Tirta Empul, part 2
Now fully open, with only a slight trace of pale pink on the petals. Rain drops on the outer petals following overnight rain.
Designer Showcase:
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More Than Ever @ Designer Showcase:
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More Than Ever Main Store:
Before the Americans began retaking land the city was as close to heaven as it got. However a notable confederate veteran in the city, whose face was being deformed by the use of essence(essentially Bioshock's plasmids), founded a "club" for those who still believed in America. This "club" grew a bit out of hand and following a crackdown it became what is now known as the Hodds.
Tried out some new things here with the building.