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As for selection and safety...make sure when purchasing eggs in a carton you open it to avoid buying eggs that are cracked, broken, or leaking. And although the shell is a great protective barrier, it's porous and not impenetrable as some mistakenly believe, so make sure the outside of the eggs are clean.
The best was to avoid salmonella poisoning is to store eggs properly in a refrigerator on an inside shelf and to cook them thoroughly until the yolks are firm. Raw eggs or runny yolks are an invitation to disaster...same as eating under-cooked chicken. Your chances of becoming ill increases substantially if the yolk isn't fully cooked. As for that hangover cure that includes a raw egg...ditch it :-)
ISO100, aperture f/11, exposure 1 second (1) focal length 70mm
This part of the country is among the youngest (1477) and wildest pearls of the central highlands. It includes about 50 lakes of various sizes, many of which are crater lakes. The craters and lakes lie in two rows. Most of the lakes are fed and discharged underground because of the lava fields and porous scoria. To get into the area, you must ford the small river between the two Fossvotn lakes. The northernmost lakes are called Hraunvotn. On some of the lakes, you can find small, beautiful, sensitive, and variegated oases. You can catch two-to-six-pound Brown Trout in most of these lakes. Some people have caught ten-pounders! (www.nat.is)
Most frogs can't tolerate prolonged sunbathing; it would dry out their porous skin, which needs to stay moist. So, this frog won't be in the sun for long and will look for a shady spot.
Shruti - she would prefer to listen and think
in different directions rather than in oppositions,
to meet the full circle of her portrait.
she would not be imposed upon
but chivy her way out of one who chivies her.
her good vibes weave her porous boundaries
textured between her inside and out
to find beautiful ways for us.
as the willy whale dives and disappears
before the final sunset, the sun down several times
horizon shaped, waves movement in foreground;
a constant oscillation between
the grasping of meaning and its loss,
nothing is lost; everything belongs.
the sun sets and the music just expands...
each sun-set matures - impressions of the moment
be that as it may be a temporal horizon
the estimated temporal horizon of its effect
was not meant to be limited to that moment.
wavy unruly curls; not fickle minded she is.
between the waves of our mind, we meet her
to find an unexpected conjuration.
therein lies hidden promise in her portrait
layered in a particular relation
between space and time
and suddenly the light enough the sight
life through the eyes of a beautiful dream
certain ghost suddenly being out of that time
hovering in these spaces infinite,
we end up going in circles of 8-fold skies.
in the final frontier, after scaling all the heights
won one but none in a galaxy of stories.
then, we cannot hide our gravity of mistakes.
how come you can't fly anymore?
where you gonna hide this time
we are all passengers on the same ship.
hesitant, we all returned to our bubbles
broom broom, abrasive forces back in the game.
tangles a series of beseeching questions;
struck on the breastbone? the bare soul.
opposite waves shaping presence-absence
contrary dimensions of lived experience.
portrait takes shape in the constant abrasion
of the relationships of our estimated horizons
respectful approach to an ocean of materials
some thoughts, just a bud. others in full bloom.
'here', upon this bank and shoal of time.
she retains an unfinished magic
that retains pure possibility of beauty
and ocean-full promise to be unfolded in time.
spaciousness offered to inner experience
harmonizing energy flows unhindered.
the smoke knows if there is wind
flashes of emotional vulnerability in honesty
she shines and vibrates with authenticity;
buffered. each breath, fiercely, gracefully...
back to the epigraph of her Nazakat
to photograph her best is to see the familiar
breeze through the liminal moments
and respirate the immortal fragrance
Since I still have a significant backlog of images from Iceland, sometimes - instead of going through them one after another - I look through them randomly to see if any stand out, and this time it was one from the beautiful Hraunafossar which we visited at the end of our trip.
After we enjoyed a quick dip in the hot water of the Búðardalur hot pot, which was on our way from the Westfjords to Reykjavik, we continued our drive through the amazing landscape and decided to make a short detour to the Hraunafossar. From the parking lot, it was only a short walk to the viewing platforms where you can see turquoise water coming out of the porous black lava which is covered with beautiful greenery. Every time I arrive at epic locations, I kind of feel overwhelmed and need a little time to find some compositions that work, but in this case I have to give credit to my girlfriend for spotting the composition you see here, which I shamelessly stole from her (after politely asking of course).
Taking this image wasn't easy as we were standing on a wooden floor that was shaking when people were walking over it (we could have moved a little to the side, but then the angle was not ideal and trees in the foreground blocked the view a bit) and since it’s not too far away from Reykjavik, I guess you can image how many people visit this location. I also had to zoom in to 200mm to isolate the waterfall and using filters to get a longer exposure together with the occasional wind gusts made this composition not easy to get.
After getting at least one sharp image, I noticed that my girlfriend was struggling with sharpness and soon we identified the problem: Her tele lens does not have a tripod collar and she didn’t have an L-bracket at that time. This means that - in order to take a long exposure in portrait orientation - she had to tilt the ball head of her tripod to the side, where the weight of the camera and lens caused the camera to move down introducing some blur in her images. At first we thought that the reason might be her cheaper tripod, but then I gave her my tripod with which she got the same blurry images. This meant that the only reason could be the small tripod plate on the bottom of her camera, and it only took a quick look to see that it was noticeably shifted. Fortunately, I had another spare tripod plate with me and using this together with my tripod made it possible that she also got the result she wanted. After spending way to much time at this location, we continued upstream to see the Barnafoss as well. Finally, we got a coffee at the restaurant next to the parking lot before we continued to the Reykjavik campsite with a slightly sad feeling that our trip goes to an end. I hope you like it!
PS: Thanks again to my girlfriend for having such an amazing eye for compositions and for letting me steal this one. If you have some time, I think she would really appreciate it if you would also check out her images: www.flickr.com/photos/193130995@N02/
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into the Hvítá river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava.
Used B+W MRC ND 3.0 Filter for this shot
Silence is not simply about the absence of sound waves. It is concerned with attention and awareness. Silence and awareness are in fact one thing.
Robert Penn Warren likewise perceives the porous union of sound and silence, in his famous poem “The Enclave”: Out of the silence, the saying. Into The silence, the said. Thus Silence, in timelessness, gives forth Time, and receives it again, and I lie In darkness and hear the wind off the sea heave.
As vital as physical silence is for opening up the depth of the present moment, silence does much more than simply tiptoe around; its essence has little to do with the absence of sound waves. For Silence has no opposite. Its embrace is wide and generous enough to receive all, both sound and the absence of sound. The practice of contemplation gradually reveals the Silent Presence flowing through the mud and reeds and rushes of both noise and sound.
-A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation,
Martin Laird
Depois do calor imenso de Chichén Itzá e de uma breve pausa em Valladolid, chegou a vez desta cenote.
As cenotes são muitas no Iucatão, e podem ser de vários tipos. OS rios nesta zona são subterrâneos, e têm aleguns acessos à superfície através das cenotes.
Esta era enorme, com água fresca e transparente, e uma profundidade de 80m. Tentando não pensar nisso, o mergulho soube lindamente.
Só não soube lindamente ter perdido lá os óculos de sol :x
After Chichén Itzá and a brief pause at Valladolid, we got to have a refreshing bath at this cenote. It was really good!
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The natural wonders of the state of Yucatan are innumerable and some of the most important and unusual are the cenotes (say-NOH-tays) or sink holes. In the Yucatan there are over 3000 cenotes, with only 1400 actually studied and registered.
The Maya called them dzonot (ZO-note), which the conquering Spaniards translated as cenote (say– NO–tay.) Giraldo Diaz Alpuche, was a military commander in the 16th Century who was greatly impressed with these underground caverns and pools, and he tried to explain the meaning of the word cenote in the Spanish language as meaning "deep thing". The Motul dictionary, a dictionary of Mayan hieroglyphics, defines dzonot as "abysmal and deep".
Cenotes are magical, enigmatic and unique in the world and were once the only resource for fresh, sweet water in the local Yucatecan jungle. They were the sacred places of the Maya for that reason, but also because they represented the entrance to the underworld.
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The Yucatan Peninsula is a porous limestone shelf with no visible rivers; all the fresh water rivers are underground. Being porous, caverns and caves formed where the fresh water collects – hence the cenotes or water sink holes. The water that gathers in these subterranean cenotes is a crystal clear turquoise color with a very pleasant temperature of 78°.
The stalactites and stalagmites that form inside the cenotes are true natural works of art. In many, holes in the ceiling allow the sunlight to filter into the cenotes, giving the scene a magical feeling. The cenotes of Yucatan are a natural treasure that should be seen by all, keeping in mind that they should be protected so that man does not destroy in a few days what nature took millions of years to create.
There are four different types of cenotes - those that are completely underground, those that are semi-underground, those that are at land level like a lake or pond, like the one at Dzibilchaltun and those that are open wells, like the one in Chichen Itza. Some of them are accessible for swimming and cave diving, but this is a sport that should ONLY be practiced with a professional guide.
111 Water Saving Tips
#1. There are a number of ways to save water, and they all start with you.
#2. When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.
#3. Evaporative coolers require a seasonal maintenance checkup. For more efficient cooling, check your evaporative cooler annually.
#4. Check your sprinkler system frequently and adjust sprinklers so only your lawn is watered and not the house, sidewalk, or street.
#5. Run your washing machine and dishwasher only when they are full and you could save 1000 gallons a month.
#6. Avoid planting turf in areas that are hard to water such as steep inclines and isolated strips along sidewalks and driveways.
#7. Install covers on pools and spas and check for leaks around your pumps.
#8. Use the garbage disposal sparingly. Compost instead and save gallons every time.
#9. Plant during the spring or fall when the watering requirements are lower.
#10. Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator instead of running the tap for cold drinks, so that every drop goes down you not the drain.
#11. Check your water meter and bill to track your water usage.
#12. Minimize evaporation by watering during the early morning hours, when temperatures are cooler and winds are lighter.
#13. Wash your produce in the sink or a pan that is partially filled with water instead of running water from the tap.
#14. Use a layer of organic mulch around plants to reduce evaporation and save hundreds of gallons of water a year.
#15. Use a broom instead of a hose to clean your driveway or sidewalk and save 80 gallons of water every time.
#16. If your shower can fill a one-gallon bucket in less than 20 seconds, then replace it with a water-efficient showerhead.
#17. Collect the water you use for rinsing produce and reuse it to water houseplants.
#18. Divide your watering cycle into shorter periods to reduce runoff and allow for better absorption every time you water.
#19. We're more likely to notice leaky faucets indoors, but don't forget to check outdoor faucets, pipes, and hoses for leaks.
#20. Periodically check your pool for leaks if you have an automatic refilling device.
#21. Only water your lawn when needed. You can tell this by simply walking across your lawn. If you leave footprints, it's time to water.
#22. When you shop for a new appliance, consider one offering cycle and load size adjustments. They are more water and energy-efficient than older appliances.
#23. Time your shower to keep it under 5 minutes. You'll save up to 1000 gallons a month.
#24. Install low-volume toilets.
#25. Adjust your lawn mower to a higher setting. Longer grass shades root systems and holds soil moisture better than a closely clipped lawn.
#26. When you clean your fish tank, use the water you've drained on your plants. The water is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, providing you with a free and effective fertilizer.
#27. Use the sprinkler for larger areas of grass. Water small patches by hand to avoid waste.
#28. Put food coloring in your toilet tank. If it seeps into the toilet bowl, you have a leak. It's easy to fix, and you can save more than 600 gallons a month.
#29. Plug the bathtub before turning the water on, then adjust the temperature as the tub fills up.
#30. Use porous materials for walkways and patios to keep water in your yard and prevent wasteful runoff.
#31. Direct downspouts and other runoff towards shrubs and trees, or collect and use for your garden.
#32. Designate one glass for your drinking water each day. This will cut down on the number of times you run your dishwasher.
#33. Water your summer lawns once every three days and your winter lawn once every five days.
#34. Install a rain shut-off device on your automatic sprinklers to eliminate unnecessary watering.
#35. Don't use running water to thaw food.
#36. Choose a water-efficient drip irrigation system for trees, shrubs and flowers. Watering at the roots is very effective, be careful not to over water.
#37. Grab a wrench and fix that leaky faucet. It's simple, inexpensive, and can save 140 gallons a week.
#38. Reduce the amount of grass in your yard by planting shrubs, and ground cover with rock and granite mulching.
#39. When doing laundry, match the water level to the size of the load.
#40. Teach your children to turn the faucets off tightly after each use.
#41. Remember to check your sprinkler system valves periodically for leaks and keep the heads in good shape.
#42. Before you lather up, install a low-flow showerhead. They're inexpensive, easy to install, and can save your family more than 500 gallons a week.
#43. Soak your pots and pans instead of letting the water run while you scrape them clean.
#44. Don't water your lawn on windy days. After all, sidewalks and driveways don't need water.
#45. Water your plants deeply but less frequently to create healthier and stronger landscapes.
#46. Make sure you know where your master water shut-off valve is located. This could save gallons of water and damage to your home if a pipe were to burst.
#47. When watering grass on steep slopes, use a soaker hose to prevent wasteful runoff.
#48. Group plants with the same watering needs together to get the most out of your watering time.
#49. Remember to weed your lawn and garden regularly. Weeds compete with other plants for nutrients, light, and water.
#50. While fertilizers promote plant growth, they also increase water consumption. Apply the minimum amount of fertilizer needed.
#51. Avoid installing ornamental water features and fountains that spray water into the air. Trickling or cascading fountains lose less water to evaporation.
#52. Use a commercial car wash that recycles water.
#53. Don't buy recreational water toys that require a constant flow of water.
#54. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth and save 4 gallons a minute. That's 200 gallons a week for a family of four.
#55. Buy a rain gauge to track how much rain or irrigation your yard receives. Check with your local water agency to see how much rain is needed to skip an irrigation cycle.
#56. Encourage your school system and local government to help develop and promote a water conservation ethic among children and adults.
#57. Teach your family how to shut off your automatic watering systems. Turn sprinklers off if the system is malfunctioning or when a storm is approaching.
#58. Set a kitchen timer when watering your lawn or garden with a hose.
#59. Make sure your toilet flapper doesn't stick open after flushing.
#60. Make sure there are aerators on all of your faucets.
#61. Next time you add or replace a flower or shrub, choose a low water use plant for year-round landscape color and save up to 550 gallons each year.
#62. Install an instant water heater on your kitchen sink so you don't have to let the water run while it heats up. This will also reduce heating costs for your household.
#63. Use a grease pencil to mark the water level of your pool at the skimmer. Check the mark 24 hours later. Your pool should lose no more than 1/4 inch each day.
#64. Cut back on rinsing if your dishwasher is new. Newer models clean more thoroughly than older ones.
#65. Use a screwdriver as a soil probe to test soil moisture. If it goes in easily, don't water. Proper lawn watering can save thousands of gallons of water annually.
#66. Avoid overseeding your lawn with winter grass. Once established, ryegrass needs water every three to five days, whereas dormant Bermuda grass needs water only once a month.
#67. Do one thing each day that will save water. Even if savings are small, every drop counts.
#68. When the kids want to cool off, use the sprinkler in an area where your lawn needs it the most.
#69. Make sure your swimming pools, fountains, and ponds are equipped with recirculating pumps.
#70. Bathe your young children together.
#71. Landscape with Xeriscape trees, plants and groundcovers. Call your local conservation office for more information about these water thrifty plants.
#72. Winterize outdoor spigots when temps dip to 20 degrees F to prevent pipes from bursting or freezing.
#73. Insulate hot water pipes so you don't have to run as much water to get hot water to the faucet.
#74. Wash your car on the grass. This will water your lawn at the same time.
#75. Drop that tissue in the trash instead of flushing it and save gallons every time.
#76. If you have an evaporative cooler, direct the water drain to a flowerbed, tree, or your lawn.
#77. Make suggestions to your employer to save water (and dollars) at work.
#78. Support projects that use reclaimed wastewater for irrigation and other uses.
#79. Use a hose nozzle and turn off the water while you wash your car and save more than 100 gallons.
#80. Encourage your friends and neighbors to be part of a water-conscious community.
#81. If your toilet was installed prior to 1980, place a toilet dam or bottle filled with water in your toilet tank to cut down on the amount of water used for each flush. Be sure these devices do not interfere with operating parts.
#82. Install water softening systems only when necessary. Save water and salt by running the minimum number of regenerations necessary to maintain water softness.
#83. Wash clothes only when you have a full load and save up to 600 gallons each month.
#84. Leave lower branches on trees and shrubs and allow leaf litter to accumulate on top of the soil. This keeps the soil cooler and reduces evaporation.
#85. Pick-up the phone and report significant water losses from broken pipes, open hydrants and errant sprinklers to the property owner or your water management district.
#86. Bermuda grasses are dormant (brown) in the winter and will only require water once every three to four weeks or less if it rains.
#87. Start a compost pile. Using compost when you plant adds water-holding organic matter to the soil.
#88. Use sprinklers that throw big drops of water close to the ground. Smaller drops of water and mist often evaporate before they hit the ground.
#89. Listen for dripping faucets and toilets that flush themselves. Fixing a leak can save 500 gallons each month.
#90. More plants die from over-watering than from under-watering. Be sure only to water plants when necessary.
#91. Cook food in as little water as possible. This will also retain more of the nutrients.
#92. Adjust your watering schedule to the season. Water your summer lawn every third day and your winter lawn every fifth day.
#93. Turn the water off while you shampoo and condition your hair and you can save more than 50 gallons a week.
#94. Bathe your pets outdoors in an area in need of water.
#95. Choose new water-saving appliances, like washing machines that save up to 20 gallons per load.
#96. Water only as rapidly as the soil can absorb the water.
#97. Aerate your lawn. Punch holes in your lawn about six inches apart so water will reach the roots rather than run off the surface.
#98. Select the proper size pans for cooking. Large pans require more cooking water than may be necessary.
#99. Place an empty tuna can on your lawn to catch and measure the water output of your sprinklers. For lawn watering advice, contact your local conservation office.
#100. Turn off the water while you shave and you can save more than 100 gallons a week.
#101. When you give your pet fresh water, don't throw the old water down the drain. Use it to water your trees or shrubs.
#102. If you accidentally drop ice cubes when filling your glass from the freezer, don't throw them in the sink. Drop them in a house plant instead.
#103. To save water and time, consider washing your face or brushing your teeth while in the shower.
#104. While staying in a hotel or even at home, consider reusing your towels.
#105. When backwashing your pool, consider using the water on your
landscaping.
#106. For hanging baskets, planters and pots, place ice cubes under the moss or dirt to give your plants a cool drink of water and help eliminate water overflow.
#107. Throw trimmings and peelings from fruits and vegetables into your yard compost to prevent from using the garbage disposal.
#108. When you have ice left in your cup from a take-out restaurant, don't throw it in the trash, dump it on a plant.
#109. Have your plumber re-route your gray water to trees and gardens rather than letting it run into the sewer line. Check with your city codes, and if it isn't allowed in your area, start a movement to get that changed.
#110. Keep a bucket in the shower to catch water as it warms up or runs. Use this water to flush toilets or water plants.
#111. When you are washing your hands, don't let the water run while you lather.
This was taken on the Zia Reservation a few miles outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. There is enough soil and moisture in the porous rock that this tree is able to survive. Nature is truly marvelous.
La Iglesia de la Compañía es una de las numerosas iglesias ubicadas en el Centro Histórico de Arequipa. Se encuentra ubicada entre el Portal de la Municipalidad y el Portal de Flores. Templo erigido por la Compañía de Jesús en la ciudad peruana de Arequipa, uno de los ejemplos más destacados de la llamada arquitectura barroca andina. Al igual que en otros edificios de la ciudad, el material para su construcción procede de las canteras de sillar de Arequipa. Las propiedades físicas de esta roca volcánica la convierten en una piedra muy fácil de labrar, pero dificultan la talla en profundidad por su textura porosa. Esto dio lugar al desarrollo de un tipo de decoración superficial que, como en el caso de la iglesia de la Compañía, traspasa los límites de la portada y cubre parcialmente el resto del paramento formando un gran tapiz en piedra.
The Church of the Company is one of the numerous churches located in the Historical Center of Arequipa. It is located between the Portal of the Municipality and the Portal of Flowers. Temple erected by the Company of Jesus in the Peruvian city of Arequipa, one of the most outstanding examples of the so-called Andean baroque architecture. As in other buildings in the city, the material for its construction comes from the ashlar quarries of Arequipa. The physical properties of this volcanic rock make it a very easy stone to carve, but make deep carving difficult due to its porous texture. This gave rise to the development of a type of superficial decoration that, as in the case of the Company church, goes beyond the limits of the façade and partially covers the rest of the facing, forming a large stone tapestry.
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A retaining wall in Burnley, Lancashire.
Happy wall Wednesday!
This wall also has a curve in it (circular on plan); a skilled job.
As you can see it alternates between courses of 5’s and courses of 2’s. Just for aesthetic reasons.
it’s pointed up with a half round jointing tool, which helps to shed rainwater, and looks decorative.
You can see how it has a damp proof course in it (the moss stops climbing the wall about 6” from the bottom)
It looks like stone, but, it isn’t, its artificial stone (concrete for a better description). The technology has come on leaps and bounds since the early 1980’s.
It used to weather very badly, and lose it’s colour, going very pale.
These days the product is excellent, looks very realistic, sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.
I’d rather wall stone than artificial stone though, especially in the wet; the stone tends to be more porous, and absorbing, whereas the artificial stone can have a tendency to slide about more, particularly so in damp conditions, or when walling on the damp proof course.
Whoever built this wall was an excellent bricklayer / mason.
Lava and water – that is what Iceland is made of. And when you put those two things together something quite incredible happens!
Hraunfossar, roughly translated as lava falls, was formed when a volcano erupted under a glacier creating a porous lava field through which the cold subterranean water gushes, seeps and cascades into a pristine river.
More photos from Hraunfossar on the blog:
annemckinnell.com/2016/02/04/iceland-hraunfossar-lava-falls/
aubergine seasoned with chilli powder flavoured with balsamic vinegar, next to spiced beef, dal curry, peas, onion and servings of plum butter
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plum butter flic.kr/p/2kNwSa4
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aubergine nutrition facts www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/ingredient-focus-aubergines
third attempt cooking aubergine
to decrease aubergine oil absorption soaked the aubergine in oat milk overnight, no salt
www.thekitchn.com/4-ways-to-prevent-eggplant-from-absorbi...
... Soak the eggplant in milk. Soaking slices or cubes off eggplant in milk for one to two hours fills the porous structure studded with air pockets with milk, leaving no room for oil to be absorbed ...
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my personal taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily ...
i've created a new group www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ to gather ideas and encourage myself to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, or enjoy the cooking of others, you're always welcome ...
Dante’s poem is also extraordinary because the poet shows us that moral growth is moving from having a cramped soul that loves too little to having a generous, open, porous soul that cannot love too much. For Dante, sin is not so much doing “bad things” as it is loving small goods idolatrously, as if they were the only goods that existed. Thus, sinners in hell are portrayed as loving only one thing: Pier his honor, Farinata his party, Satan his beauty, Francesca her Paolo. In purgatory, however, sinners are helped to break the hold of these addictive loves by being coached to love new things in new ways. God so organizes their spiritual exercises that their neighbors become their good. The envious have to lean on another; those waiting in antepurgatory need prayer to move on; the lustful have to exchange brief kisses of peace, and nothing more. In this way, they add to that solitary love they had on earth. But in heaven, souls begin to love all creatures in the cosmos, because each reveals a facet of the beauty of God that could not be seen otherwise. The more facets the gem has, then the more the brilliance of God is manifest—he who has “made for himself so many mirrors in which he spreads himself out / even while he remains one in himself just as before” (Par. 29.143–45).
Likewise, the pilgrim confesses his love of all things, which together “have drawn me from the sea of twisted love and have placed me on the right shore. “I love the leaves with which the garden of the eternal Gardener enleaves itself, as their good comes from him.” (Par. 26.61–65)
-Jason M. Baxter, A Beginner’s to Dante’s Divine Comedy
(Sometimes 'Lavagne').
A slight 'cloup' has been cobbled and clayed so that, despite the porous limestone, it can retain water for grazing animals. This is a typical sight of the Larzac. Unlike an abreuvoir, which tends more often to have a degradation on only one side, the Lavogne allows animals to access from any point. A simple ridge of stones circles within the small lake to offer hoofs (front or back) something to kick against should the slope get slippery: sheep, goats and cattle. Variations of the abreuvoir and Lavogne must surely have existed from the Neolithic - reused, adapted and ameliorated over the ages.
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The Arches Provincial Park is a public park on the western coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that features a photogenic rock formation.
The park is north of Gros Morne National Park near Parson's Pond along the Viking Trail, and includes a parking lot, boardwalk, and picnic area. The rock formation is composed of Ordovician aged dolomitic conglomerates of the Daniels Harbour Member of the Cow Head Group which has been eroded by sea wave action. These porous conglomerates can be oil-bearing, and areas near The Arches Provincial Park have seen some oil exploration activity.
Stonehouse Court Hotel and the Severn & Thames Canal (strictly the Stroudwater Canal) at Stonehouse. A view south-eastward from the towpath adjacent to the Stonehouse Court Hotel on 16 January 2022. A few hundred yards behind the camera, a new bridge under the Birmingham to Bristol main line was installed over Christmas / New Year 2021/2022 to provide a new link in the project to restore the canal throughout. The pipes visible on either side at the bottom of the photo were used to pump out and drain the section of waterway under the new bridge.
FROM WIKIPEDIA: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_and_Severn_Canal
The Thames and Severn Canal is a canal in Gloucestershire in the south of England, which was completed in 1789. It was conceived as part of a canal route from Bristol to London. At its eastern end, it connects to the River Thames at Inglesham Lock near Lechlade, while at its western end, it connects to the Stroudwater Navigation at Wallbridge near Stroud, and thence to the River Severn. It has one short arm (branch), from Siddington to the town of Cirencester.
It includes Sapperton Tunnel, which when built was the longest canal tunnel in Britain, and remains the second-longest complete tunnel. There were always problems with water supply, as no reservoirs were built, while the summit section near the tunnel ran through porous limestone, and there were constant difficulties with leakage. Competition from the railways took much of the canal's traffic by the end of the 19th century, and most of the canal was abandoned in 1927, the remainder in 1941.
Since 1972, the Cotswold Canals Trust has been working to restore both the canal and the Stroudwater Navigation to navigably re-link the Thames and the Severn. A number of the structures have been restored, and some sections are now in water. A major step forward occurred in 2003, when a bid was made to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £82 million to restore both canals. The bid and the project had to be split into smaller sections, but £11.9 million was awarded in 2006 for phase 1a, which with matched funding will restore from 'The Ocean' at Stonehouse to Wallbridge on the Navigation, and from there to Brimscombe Port on the canal. In 2010, British Waterways gave Inglesham Lock to the Trust, and the Inland Waterways Association mounted a national campaign to fund its restoration (and 420 yards (380 m) of canal above). To re-open the whole canal some major engineering obstacles will need to be overcome.
The Great Northern Peninsula is home to many landmarks. Not the least of which is located just north of Gros Morne National Park between the small communities of Parson’s Pond and Portland Creek. From a parking area just off the highway you are presented with beautiful, dense tuckamore forest. A short path leads to the beach where a massive rock formation steals all the focus. A massive, porous rock has been lashed by waves for millennia, forming three natural arches. Through them you can see the wild ocean crashing in.
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I don't usually post 2 photos in a day but I was so excited to finally get out and do slow shutter work the easy way (on a tripod and with the remote shutter), I just had to post a photo from today :D In the past I have gone through great pains to get a shot like this holding my breath for eons trying to stay still enough.
I had to go down a steep bank just after it had rained to get to the riverbank. I slid on the wet leaves, and WEEEE I got down pretty quickly on my backside, thankfully just inches before I landed in the river with my camera. LOL
On a side note, I swear those stones and others that were along the bank of this river look like lava rock or magma. (They look like huge chunks of coal). If they are magma they would have to be ancient because we don't have volcanos in CT.
I looked up the geology and it appears the rocks in this photo, as well as many sprinkled along the riverbank of this river are magma, also known as basalt igneous rock. They are clearly porous stones and date back to the last ice age.
Note- Paul, I tried your suggestion to bring the F-stop down on these photos to get more detail. Though when I am going with these slow shutter speeds even on this rainy day, the photo was way overexposed to the point of being a total white photo. So again, the elements and rocks are not as sharp as I would like them to be. I am thinking the only way to do an image like that with slow shutter work is by stacking. But I am not at all sure because I am not really clear about how stacking works. Someday I will try to remember to do multiple exposure to give stacking a try. ;-)
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Le Cube vert, accueillant le siège mondial d’Euronews, chaîne d’information européenne, est conçu comme un immense parallélépipède transpercé par deux atriums coniques introduisant la lumière et l’air, et offrant des vues sur le paysage environnant et des accès aux berges de la Saône. Ces atriums s’apparentent à deux yeux gigantesques fixant le fleuve et son environnement. Le geste spectaculaire d’évidement du volume par deux atriums ouvre la façade et favorise la ventilation naturelle diurne et nocturne à l’intérieur de la construction. Ces espaces à ciel ouvert offrent des lieux de détente accessibles depuis les bureaux. Si le volume architectural se découvre d’abord comme un bloc monolithe, ses extrusions et sa résille enrichissent sa matérialité – graphique, coloré, poreux et aérien.
L’enveloppe est composée d’une façade légère largement vitrée, doublée d’une résille d’aluminium ajourée monochrome aux perforations irrégulières. Elle forme une double peau perméable qui scénarise les jeux de lumière à l’intérieur et enrichit les points de vue vers l’extérieur. Cette approche cinétique résonne avec les mouvements oscillants de la Saône. Le choix du vert renvoie à la couleur de la Saône et met en dialogue l’architecture et le paysage naturel des collines des Balmes, situé sur l’autre rive. L’artiste Fabrice Hyber a conçu la résille du bâtiment : “Ce sont des ondes comme les ondes sonores ou de diffusion mais aussi celles de l’eau, des flux.”
The Green Cube, hosting the global headquarters of Euronews, a European news channel, is conceived as an immense parallelepiped pierced by two conical atria introducing light and air, and offering views of the surrounding landscape and access to the riverbanks. of the Saone. These atriums are like two gigantic eyes fixing the river and its environment. The spectacular gesture of recess of the volume by two atriums opens the facade and favors natural diurnal and nocturnal ventilation inside the building. These open spaces offer relaxing spaces accessible from the offices. If the architectural volume is first discovered as a monolithic block, its extrusions and mesh enhance its materiality - graphic, colorful, porous and airy.
The envelope is composed of a largely glazed light facade, lined with monochrome openwork aluminum mesh with irregular perforations. It forms a permeable double skin that scriptures the play of light inside and enriches the points of view to the outside. This kinetic approach resonates with the oscillating movements of the Saone. The choice of green refers to the color of the Saône and puts into dialogue the architecture and the natural landscape of the hills of Balmes, located on the other side. The artist Fabrice Hyber designed the fishnet of the building: "These are waves like sound waves or diffusion but also those of water, flows."
Never in my life
Had I felt myself so near
That porous line
Where my own body was done with
And the roots and the stems and the flowers
Began
~ Mary Oliver ~
Excerpt from AI Overview:
HTO Beach is part of HTO Park, an urban park on Toronto's waterfront that features a sandy beach, grassy dunes, and a waterfront promenade, offering a modern design for people to relax by Lake Ontario. The name "HTO" is a playful reference to the chemical formula for water (H2O) and the abbreviation for Toronto (TO). The park provides views of the CN Tower and serves as a relaxing urban escape for residents and tourists alike, with unique yellow umbrellas and comfortable seating.
Key Features and Attractions
Urban Beach:
A sandy beach area designed for relaxation, equipped with stationary yellow umbrellas and lounge chairs.
Grassy Dunes:
Softly sloping green berms that offer shady spots for repose, planted with trees like silver maples and weeping willows.
Waterfront Views:
Strategically designed to provide picturesque views of Lake Ontario and the Toronto skyline, including the CN Tower.
Accessibility:
The park is a unique urban beach that is easily accessible from the downtown core.
Sustainability:
HTO Park incorporates sustainable systems, such as porous pathways to manage stormwater and the creation of fish habitats to restore the lake's ecosystem.
Inspiration and Design
The park's design was inspired by Seurat's painting "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte," creating a serene, peaceful atmosphere with vibrant colors and strategic light and shadow.
It was designed by Janet Rosenberg & Studio, a well-known landscape architecture firm.
2016.03.28 Noszvaj, Hungary
The Bükkalja region is awash with volcanic rhyolite tuff, and locals have made use of the porous rock for centuries. Besides wine cellars, people have carved out caves for livestock, food storage and of course as homes. At one point 30% of Noszvaj’s population lived in these types of residences. 40 cave homes were still inhabited as late as 1970.
Petrified Forest National Park contains one of the world’s largest concentrations of petrified wood in the world, the remains of tropical groves that grew over 200 million years ago in a humid wetland inhabited by giant reptiles and dinosaurs. At that time this area was close the equator on the southwestern edge of the supercontinent Pangaea.
Petrification usually happens underground, as plants die and are covered by sediment. When these trees died, they washed into an ancient river system, formed log jams, and were buried. Minerals from the soil gradually absorbed into the porous wood over thousands of years and crystallized in the cellular structure, replacing organic material as it broke down. Much of the quartz and other trace minerals that replaced the wood tissue is tinted in a rainbow of colors.
Blue Mesa Scenic Road, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Someone has to provide the entertainment don’t they? It was all going on at Portreath as Kathleen thrashed the cliffs, the beach and the Monkey Hut at high tide on an exhilarating Saturday afternoon. By now we’d stood on the cliffs beside the pepperpot, and we’d watched the action from Dead Man’s Hut, where we had to queue patiently for a front row view. Finally, we headed down to the beach. Not on the beach - that wasn’t happening unless you were wearing a wetsuit, preferably with a long leash tied around an ankle with the other end tethered to a bollard in the car park. But on the small esplanade between the car park and the beach, reduced to shingle after a particularly vigorous winter season.
I don’t come to Portreath that often. It’s not even five miles away from our front door, but I have a habit of overlooking it, despite the obvious attractions. In warmer months I’ve often coasted down the cycle trail for an ice cream on the front before puffing my way back up the slope in a very low gear, sometimes stopping for coffee at the farm campsite and cafe that friends of mine run. Occasionally there will be some form of family gathering there, usually for a child’s birthday party in summer. But apart from that, I just pass on through, usually heading for Godrevy, and then only if in an idle moment I’ve decided to take the coast road. But when there’s a storm, this is the first place I always think of. Porthleven on the south coast often has the biggest waves, but I rarely drag myself over that way.
I should really come to Portreath more often. The crumbling coastal path in both directions remains largely unexplored on my part, and I suspect there are some rather good views along those cliffs that change with every passing winter as another few hundred tons of loose rock slide into the ocean. From here it’s a short but strenuous hike east to Porthtowan, or a slightly longer one to Godrevy, via North Cliffs and Hell’s Mouth. Another famous landmark where I’ve never taken a photo. What on earth have I been doing, you might ask?
As storms go, Kathleen was a tame puppy in comparison to some of the hoolies we’ve witnessed here. There’s no way some of the monstrous assaults on our coastline would have seen surfers taking to the water, but nine or ten of them were already bobbing about on the waves when we arrived, and another was about to join the party. Or was he? For fifteen or twenty minutes he edged back and forth - never coming inside or anywhere near the third in my frame I might add - watched by a crowd of day trippers who’d come to enjoy the elements in the couple of hours during which it had somehow remained dry. I’d already changed from the long lens, set up the tripod and popped a filter on, hoping to catch the sea dragging back around his ankles, and now I was just willing him to stand still, at least a teensy bit in from the edge of the frame as I clunked away at the shutter with each receding carpet of white foam. Finally he saw something that the rest of us couldn’t, and plodded off into the water. With a winter wetsuit and a pair of fins on his feet, I could only imagine how exciting it would be to nail those waves today. Not long afterwards it began to rain hard, and we raced back to the car and headed home to put the kettle on.
I love how this one turned out, with the bodyboarder gazing enigmatically out to sea, calculating the conditions as he waits. The first thing that I liked was the wake created in the surf as the water flowed back around our hero’s legs. That alone made this my instant choice from the group of shots I took here. But when I looked closer on the big screen, everything about the day was here. Another roller about to explode extravagantly over the poor maligned Monkey Hut on the end of the breakwater. A wall of white spray groping for holds on the side of the porous cliffs, on top of which sits the lonely Pepperpot. A car driving up Lighthouse Hill, seemingly oblivious to events going on around it. And if you look in, you’ll see the huddle at the Dead Man’s Hut, some of them armed with expensive camera gear, while others are just enjoying the experience. And just below them, the young man leaning over the railings with a woman near him thinking she’s safe. Just a few exposures later, the space is swamped by a wave - I’ve seen plenty of people take a soaking there on days like this. I’m sure some of them do it for kicks.
If ever you asked me to show you a picture that described the place, I’d look no further. Visceral, effervescent, bristling with white water, and always some crazy soul armed with a board, prepared to take it all on for that unforgettable ride. This is Portreath and it’s never dull.
The Baháʼí House of Worship is one of the most beautiful buildings in the Chicagoland area. Since the exterior is almost entirely white, it's a great candidate for a monochrome series of images.
Saint-Pierre-en-Port is a farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some 31 miles (50 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D33 and D79 roads. The commune has a pebble beach and some very high limestone cliffs overlooking the English Channel.
part of a series of villages and towns we discovered as we drove along the coast.
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. The Chalk Group is a European stratigraphic unit deposited during the late Cretaceous Period. It forms the famous White Cliffs of Dover in Kent, England, as well as their counterparts of the Cap Blanc Nez on the other side of the Dover Strait.
El Golfo es un anfiteatro abierto al océano que se formó a raíz de las erupciones de 1730. La laguna que ocupa el fondo del semicírculo surgió debido a la inundación del cráter. Su color verde se debe a las algas que habitan en su superficie.
El volcán está formado por toba porosa, la cual, por acción del tiempo ha creado formaciones espectaculares.
El mar pasa por medio del cráter formando una hermosa playa negra que contrasta con el verde del Lago, comunicándose con éste por medio subterráneo.
Este lago ha sido declarado Reserva Natural, por lo que el baño está prohibido.
Fuente: Lanzarote.com
The Gulf is an open ocean amphitheater to be formed following the eruptions of 1730. The lagoon that occupies the bottom of the semicircle arose due to flooding of the crater. Its green color comes from the algae that live on its surface.
The volcano is made of porous lava, which, by the action of time has created spectacular formations.
The sea passes through the crater forming a beautiful black beach that contrasts with the green lagoon, communicating with it by underground means.
This lake has been declared a nature reserve , so the bathroom is prohibited.
Actually, El Golfo, is one of the few and rare examples of hidrovulcanismo, volcanic activity happens source of low-lying levels. One thing more about El Golfo, is that the lake has emerged called the Laguna of Click.
Fuente: Lanzarote.com
I have several names for this mostly dry falls that lies along the cliffs in the drainage just before Melody Falls on the walk up Cottonwood Canyon. "Dry Falls" doesn't quite fit because the rock surface is usually moist or wet even though a stream of water is not flowing. There can be water on this falls in the spring during snowmelt or after the rare summer cloudburst so maybe it should be called "Periodic Falls". I found small amounts of tufa, a porous limestone (calcium carbonate) that precipitates out of ambient temperature water, at the base of the falls. I usually call this feature "Tufa Falls". Since the waterfall is close to Melody falls but without a stream of falling water, "Unsung Melody Falls" has also been suggested. I have found no official name for this feature so these names are just my own.
The overlapping, stalkless caps of the Smoky Bracket fungus are 3 to 10 cm across with a brown upper surface and a distinctive grey porous underside, hence the common name. It colonises dead wood of deciduous trees, and occasionally on conifer wood. It can be seen from July to November, but persists all year round. It is widespread and fairly common in Britain.
Morchella is derived from "morchel," an old German word for mushroom. There are about a dozen different kinds of morels but they seem to cross, making exact identification very difficult without a microscope. It is important to try small amounts of any edible mushroom, and only eat ones that are clean and free of decay.
Morchella, the true morels, is a genus of edible mushrooms closely related to anatomically simpler cup fungi. These distinctive mushrooms appear honeycomb-like in that the upper portion is composed of a network of ridges with pits between them.
These ascocarps are prized by gourmet cooks, particularly for French cuisine. Commercial value aside, morels are hunted by thousands of people every year simply for their taste and the joy of the hunt. Morels have been called by many local names, some of the more colorful include dryland fish, due to the fact that when sliced lengthwise then breaded and fried,their outline resembles the shape of a fish, or hickory chickens, as they are known in many parts of Kentucky; and merkels or miracles, based on a story of how a mountain family was saved from starvation by eating morels. Other common names for morels include sponge mushroom.
The fruit bodies of the Morchella are highly polymorphic in appearance, exhibiting variations in shape, color and size; this has contributed to uncertainties regarding taxonomy.
Morels grow abundantly in the two and sometimes three years immediately following a forest fire. However, where fire suppression is practiced, they may grow regularly in small amounts in the same spot year after year. Commercial pickers and buyers in North America will follow forest fires to gather morels.
The Finnish name, huhtasieni, refers to huhta, area cleared for agriculture by slash and burn method. These spots may be jealously guarded by mushroom pickers, as the mushrooms are a delicacy and sometimes a cash crop.
Although no symbiotic relationships have been proven between morels and certain tree species, experienced morel hunters swear by these relationships. Trees commonly associated with morels include ash, sycamore, tulip tree, dead and dying elms, cottonwoods and old apple trees (remnants of orchards). Yellow morels (Morchella esculenta) are more commonly found under deciduous trees rather than conifers, but black morels (Morchella elata) can be found in decidous forests, oak and poplar.
Morels have not yet been successfully farmed on a large scale, and the commercial morel industry is largely based on harvest of wild mushrooms
Morels are a feature of many cuisines, including Provençal. Though morels are typically sold dried or canned, they can be purchased fresh. When preparing fresh morels for consumption, soaking them may ruin their delicate flavor. Due to their natural porousness, morels may contain trace amounts of soil which cannot be washed out.
One of the best and simplest ways to enjoy morels is by gently sauteeing them in butter, cracking pepper on top and sprinkling with salt
Others soak the mushrooms in an egg batter and lightly bread them with saltine crackers or flour.
Many people dry out the morels for long term storage. When they are ready to eat them, they simply soak the morels until they reabsorb moisture. Eggs from moths or insects can hatch during storage. Other people freeze or can their mushrooms.
The best known morels are the Yellow Morel or Common Morel (Morchella esculenta); the White Morel (M. deliciosa); and the Black Morel (M. elata). Other species of true morels include M. semilibera and M. vulgaris.
Discriminating between the various species is complicated by uncertainty regarding which species are truly biologically distinct. Mushroom hunters refer to them by their color (e.g., gray, yellow, black) as the species are very similar in appearance and vary considerably within species and age of individual.
When gathering morels, care must be taken to distinguish them from the poisonous false morel (Gyromitra esculenta and others).
Morels contain small amounts of toxins that are usually removed by thorough cooking; morel mushrooms should never be eaten raw. It has been reported that even cooked morels can sometimes cause mild poisoning symptoms when consumed with alcohol.
Verpa Bohemica are also called wrinkled thimble cap, or early morel, and Ptychoverpa Bohemica. Although the early false morels are sometimes eaten without ill effect, they can cause severe gastrointestinal upset and loss of muscular coordination (including cardiac muscle) if eaten in large quantities or over several days in a row. They should be parboiled and dried before use in cooking to break down a gyromitrin-like toxin (an organic, carcinogenic poison) that is produced by the mushroom.
The early false morels can be told apart from the true morels by careful study of how the cap is attached to the stalk. The edge of true morels' (morchella) caps are intergrown with the stalk, but early morels' (verpas) caps hang over like a thimble, for which they are sometimes referred to as "thimble morel". Early false morels are the first morels to fruit in the spring, shortly after leaves begin to form on deciduous trees. Narrow-head morels (morchella angusticeps) fruit next, around May. The last morels to fruit are the yellow or white morels (Morchella esculenta), then crassipes.
The cap of false morels is wrinkled and irregular, bell shaped or cone shaped, attached only at apex (top) of cap not like true morels which have caps that are attached at the bottom, the color yellow brown to olive yellow or tan, darkens with age.
Stalk: 6-16 cm high, white to creamy or tan, hollow, often stuffed with white cottony pith. Spores when seen under a microscope are elliptical and have large oil droplets; true morels have no oil droplets.
Coke is a solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low sulfur bituminous coal (black coal). Coke from coal is grey, hard and porous. Coke can be used as a fuel or as a reducing agent in blast furnaces used for smelting of iron ore.
View of printed product labeling on reverse-side of an asbestos ceiling panel section, formerly a 2-ft. x 4-ft. panel. Although labeling is not often seen on many ceiling tile or panels, the labeling on this example indicates "FIRE-RATED - PROTECTONE F - Acoustical Panel - Replace Only With Equal".
Even at a distance of only a few inches away from the backside of the panel, one can begin to depict tiny "line fragments" on the grainy, porous surface. Inset shows closer study of the panel's surface with more discernible fibrous features, amosite asbestos fiber bundles embedded within the panel's artificial fiber matrix. Additionally, tiny beads of melted artificial fiber material are also visible in the inset, created during manufacture of the panel.
www.fluidr.com/photos/8404101/interesting
Setenil’s most distinctive feature however, is the town’s large number of cave homes. The whitewashed buildings literally seem to grow out of the mountain or to be physically embedded in the rockface. Many dwellings have a single external wall. The rest of the living quarters will expand underneath the protruding overhang. Dug out of the porous sandstone by enlarging the natural caves that the river created millions of years ago. This innovative design makes Setenil one of the most original villages not only in Spain, but in all Europe.
Simplicity gives way for texture in the Hoyos collection, featuring clean shapes that focus on porous concrete and refined wood finishes. Accented with glossy metals and glass and rough nautical elements to finish this chic vignette.
This photograph was taken in 2008 at the Royal Australian Navy's Heritage Centre at Garden Island, Sydney.
It had no curatorial plaque, but the nameplate indicates that it was made by Arnold & Sons, a British surgical instrument maker.
The handles appear to be cross hatched ebony. The long bladed knives at the front are Liston knives; their use is for cutting through muscle during amputation. They were developed by a Crimean War (1854 - 1856) surgeon, Dr. Liston. This dates the kit as being from during or after that period. The work of Joseph Lister (different spelling) in 1867 led to revelations that porous material should not be used for the manufacture of handles on surgical instruments due to their propensity to harbour germs. Hence this kit can be safely dated between 1854 and 1870.
The whole kit is contained in a chest made from mahogany with brass reinforcements.
Garden Island contains the RAN's Fleet Base East and the Garden Island Dockyard and as such there is restricted public access only to a segregated area on the North-eastern tip of the Island. Access is achieved by taking the Watson's Bay ferry from Circular Quay, which stops at Garden Island after a 6-minute trip around the Sydney Opera House.
Entry to the museum style gallery is free for kids, and costs $5 for Adults.
The Gallery has a large display which is drawn from some 300,000 artifacts which the RAN holds in its extensive archives which are otherwise unavailable for public viewing - so whatever goes on display must of necessity be a carefully chosen sample.
We Escapees treat food the way we treat Life. We want them with kicks in it. We want something that bites the lip, like a French Kiss. Like this bowl of fiery Curry Laksa with its rich spicy taste tempered but enhanced by succulent coconut milk. Like the tender slices of marinated chicken. Like the porous center of fried tofu that soaked up the soup flavor. Like the wonderful blend of hard boiled egg, crunchy bean sprouts and the yin yang mixture of wheat and rice noodles. And should the heat bring sweat to our forehead and our nose watered, we cried in-between sobs – “We Escapees Like It Hot!”
A friend introduced us to a Katana (Japanese sword) maker in Seki, located at the foothills of the Gifu mountains. Seki is famous for high quality knifes and swords. Fukudome-sensei showed us the process in his workshop from the beginning. He took raw porous iron, heated it up, pounded on it, folded it, and repeated the process over and over again. It takes him 22 days to forge a high quality Katana.
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KIAPO ( Eng name: water lettuce, water cabbage) An aquatic plant, floating on lakes, streams, stagnant water and in lime-rich water. Leaves are fanlike, with small, soft hairs with a thick porous base. Inflorescence is fleshy, attached to the backside of the bract.
Photographed during the Pinoy Macro BS/EB at the UPLB, Mt. Makiling, Laguna.
The Parliament building, a magnificent example of Neo-Gothic architecture (although displaying Renaissance and Baroque characters too), is just over 100 years old. In the 1880's an open tender was held for the design of the Parliament building. Construction based on the winning plan began in 1885 and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of Hungary in 1896, and fully completed in 1902. Both runner-up designs were also built facing the Parliament building. One is the Museum of Ethnography and the other is the Ministry of Agriculture. The Budapest Parliament building is the third largest Parliament building in the world. It has 691 rooms, 20 kilometers (12,5 miles) of stairs and at 96 meters (315 feet) it is the same height as the St. Stephen's Basilica. During the Communist era a large red star was added to the central tower above the dome of the building, but after its downfall, the star was removed. Unfortunately, modern air pollution constantly attacks the porous limestone walls, requiring frequent restoration. This also means that there is a good chance that you will see some scaffolding around the building.
The square where the Hungarian Parliament stands was named after Lajos Kossuth, a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Governor-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United States, as a freedom fighter and a bellwether of democracy in Europe. His memorial, as well as a memorial for the 1956 Hungarian Revolution can be seen in front of the Parliament building.
During World War II all of Budapest's bridges were destroyed and as a temporary solution a bridge was built between Kossuth Square and Batthyány Square. The bridge, named after Lajos Kossuth, was in use until 1960. A memorial next to the Parliament building marks the site on the Pest side.
This is our second visit to Budapest and it remains one of our favourite cities in Europe. Its compact, has lovely architecture, museums, theatres and restaurants.
This is a shot of the Parliament building from Buda on the east side of the Danube River.
The Parliament building sits on the bank of the Danube River and is a fine example of Neo-Gothic architecture (displaying Renaissance and Baroque characters too). Construction began in 1885 and the building opened on the 1000th anniversary of Hungary in 1896. Construction completed in 1902.
The Budapest Parliament building is the third largest Parliament building in the world. It has 691 rooms, 20 kilometers (12,5 miles) of stairs and at 96 meters (315 feet) it is the same height as Budapest's St. Stephen's Basilica.
Unfortunately air pollution constantly attacks the porous limestone but the building just completed a total cleaning so the scaffolding is gone and it looks gorgeous.
During the Russian reign, the building dome sported a red star which was removed when freedom came after the 1956 revolution.
Do Ho Suh's polyester and stainless steel installation replicates a stairway in the artist's apartment in New York. This installation is one of a number of works Suh has made based on his personal memories of architectural spaces.... Suh uses a distinctive red polyester fabric, whose flexibility, translucence and porousness contrasts with the solidity of the original architectural structure. (from www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks?rid=6819&ws=date&wv=...)
Male Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris ciris) - The Space Coast of Florida
OK! OK!? I admit it!!!
The reason I decided to set up a bird feeder out back was for this!
Yeah, yeah it's trite and trivial, but I just couldn't help myself.
So there it is, a male Painted bunting on a bird feeder!
Sue me! :{(
Note (04/09/18):
In the comment section, I noticed there were some folk who thought this guy was an escapee (i.e. no way he was a native North American bird). Funny how we tend to think that beauty is unnatural! Yeah, not funny ha ha, but that it was too good to be true. Well. . . in my opinion, beauty is everywhere, and all you have to do to see it, is ease-up on your definition of beauty!
Ooops, she deleted her comment.
I guess I must have embarrassed her. Sorry . . .
Appended (04/09/18):
I also posted this image on FaceBook where I got a lot of questions about the feeder perch extensions.
The “extensions” are pieces of ¼” irrigation tubing.
The tubing allows the birds to get far enough away from the feeding port so they can get their heads into the port without having to contort their bodies to do it. The tubing is available in 50 foot lengths at most garden centers. I like the porous drip irrigation tubing for this since it has a porous grippy surface that grips tightly to the short aluminum perch as well as giving birds a better grip on the perch.
Shame on you “Droll Yankee” for simply shrinking down a “good” design without giving any thought to how the smaller perches affected the utility of the design. Feel free to sell “Large bird adapter kits” to your unhappy customers. You can send the check for this idea to me by messaging me through Flickr mail for an address. LOL