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Shortly after landing, the first astronaut steps out upon the surface of the moon.
Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon
by Charles Coombs
Scholastic Books, Inc., 1965
It's day one of my Project 365! I've been thinking about doing this for some time, and read an article the other day that said if you've been doing that, it's probably time to stop thinking, and start the challenge. So, here we go! I'll throw a little info about each picture as I post it moving forward...
This is my preferred Saturday and Sunday morning post, generally involving a cup of coffee and a book. However, my new, and first legitimate, flash arrived last night, so I was getting to know it this morning.
Visiting a restauration project in refugee camps.
Photo by Abdon Awono/CIFOR
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Earth Designs Garden Design and Build were asked to created a landscape and propose garden design in Mill Lane, London*. Here are the details of the project
Brief: The brief from this client was to create a low maintenance, accessible and above all stylish garden, suitable for dining and entertaining. The client was looking for a real 'wow' factor and wanted the exterior of their property to mirror the high finish and individuality of their interior space. The existing space suffered from many drawbacks - it had an uninspiring, drab layout and was excessively overlooked from flats above and to the right and left. Its North facing aspect means that it does not benefit from a great deal of sunlight.
Solution: This design created create a stylish and contemporary space with a plethora of visual stimuli that offers extensive opportunity for enjoyment throughout the year.
The existing fencing along the rear and right hand boundaries was clad with opaque purple Perspex sheeting to create a uniform, modern backdrop to the space. Two distinct seating areas, each designed with a different use in mind, were created to allow the client maximum scope for entertaining and relaxation.
The first, in the top right corner of the space, forms the main focal point to the garden and comprises a slightly sunken conversation pit enclosed within a four-poster bed style structure. Constructed from sturdy railway sleepers, this area offers ample space for lounging and serves as a visually imposing talking-point. One side of the structure includes numerous open shelves, allowing the client to display a variety of sculpture and ephemera, while a second side houses a bespoke stainless steel water feature. The water feature itself is comprised of a large stainless steel tank fed from above by two stainless steel water blades. For comfort, large custom-made weatherproof cushions cover the conversation pit floor. These cushions can be removed and stored during inclement weather.
The second seating area, centre left of the space, comprises an L-shaped railway-sleeper fixed bench backed by a railway-sleeper raised bed. Serving as an informal alfresco dining area, this section of the space benefits from a low coffee-style table with a second table at kitchen-counter height, beside which the client has placed a BBQ for alfresco food preparation.
Flooring throughout is in attractive cream travertine, laid in a formal grid pattern and inlaid in the centre with a single rectangular strip of plum slate tiles, providing an elegant contrast to the dark stained railway sleeper structure and seating.
The left hand boundary was clad with stainless steel sheeting to create a stunning backdrop to the dining area. This panelling continues along the boundary beyond the seating area to mask a bespoke storage area in an alcove to the left of the space. The stainless steel theme is echoed with the addition of six stainless steel planters placed at intervals around the edge of the paving.
Planting in the space follows a strong architectural theme, consisting of sculpted box balls and tall, elegant allium in the raised bed, framed by the primeval fronds of dicksonia antartica (tree fern) clustered in the flush bed beyond. The box ball theme is echoed in the stainless steel planters spaced around the paving and a variety of climbers have been placed so that they will gradually adorn the Perspex fencing over time.
A comprehensive lighting scheme was installed with mood and accent in mind. Down-lighters installed within the alcoves of the railway sleeper shelving unit create a centre piece of the sleeper structure, while stainless steel bollard lights frame either end of the bench in the dining area. The paving is edged with in-ground up-lighters placed in front of each stainless steel planter to give balance to the space, while a submersible light installed within the water feature tank casts a gently undulating light across the back of the space. Low voltage spots cast a gentle glow across the back of the space and weatherproof wall-mounted infra-red heaters, one in the conversation pit and one on the boundary wall beside the bench seating, allow continued enjoyment of the garden on chilly nights.
Testimonial: "Many thanks, we are so thrilled with the entire garden. It is imaginative and bold but also practical and truly reflects our personalities! You have transformed an ordinary space into something quite magical."
If you dig this and would like to find out more about this or any of other of our designs, please stop by our web-site and have a look at our work.
Earth Designs is a bespoke London Garden Design and build company specialising in classic, funky and urban contemporary garden design.
Our Landscape and Garden build teams cover London, Essex and parts of South East England, while garden designs are available nationwide.
Please visit www.earthdesigns.co.uk to see our full portfolio. If you would like a garden designer in London or have an idea of what you want and are looking for a landscaper London to come and visit your garden, please get in touch.
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Earth Designs is located in East London, but has built gardens in Essex , gardens in Hertfordshire Hertfordshire and all over the South East. Earth Designs was formed by Katrina Wells in Spring 2003 and has since gone from strength to strength to develop a considerable portfolio of garden projects. Katrina, who is our Senior Garden Designer, has travelled all over the UK designing gardens. However we can design worldwide either through our postal garden design service or by consultation with our senior garden designer. Recent worldwide projects have included garden designs in Romania. Katrina’s husband. Matt, heads up the build side of the company, creating a unique service for all our clients.
If you a not a UK resident, but would like an Earth Designs garden, Earth Designs has a worldwide design service through our Garden Design Postal Design Vouchers. If you are looking for an unique birthday present or original anniversary present and would like to buy one of our Garden Design Gift Vouchers for yourself or as a present please our sister site www.gardenpresents.co.uk. We do also design outside of the UK, please contact us for details.
Just prior to jettisoning the escape tower, the second stage engines take over.
Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon
by Charles Coombs
Scholastic Books, Inc., 1965
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. Inside the two biomes are plants that are collected from many diverse climates and environments. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 km (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The largest of the two biomes simulates a Rainforest environment and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage.
Officers from GMP's Safer Transport Team were out in force last week focusing on speeding and driving offences.
In just one day (Wednesday 16 September) over 40 people were reported for speeding with the highest being 56mph in a 30mph zone.
Safety checks were also made as part of Project EDWARD (Every Day Without A Road Death) in an effort to improve road safety in Greater Manchester.
Officers also seized 5 vehicles (3 for no insurance, 1 for no licence and 1 for no MOT) and processed traffic offence reports including:
14 for using a mobile phone whilst driving
25 for not wearing a seatbelt
10 for issues with their number plate
5 for defective tyres
9 for illegal window tints
Chief Inspector Gareth Firth from GMP's Safer Transport Team said: “Sadly we have seen a number of deaths on our roads which is why national campaigns such as Project EDWARD are so important. Speeding has been a factor within these fatalities however we have also seen them happen due to careless driving; and life-threatening injuries which could have been prevented had seatbelts been worn correctly.
"This is just a fraction of drivers that have been stopped for offences in one day and sadly the number of vehicles we stopped was far higher than we had anticipated.
"I would urge anyone travelling in a car to make sure they are making the necessary checks to ensure their car is roadworthy, they are wearing their seatbelts correctly and they are keeping their full attention on the road without any distractions such as mobile phones.
"This campaign has been supported by traffic officers and colleagues from across the force as well as our external partners however members of the public also play a vital role in keeping our roads safe. If you've witnessed an offence on the roads then please report it to us via the dedicated link on our website - www.gmp.police.uk/ro/report/rti/rti-b/report-a-road-traff.... Alternatively you can report things anonymously to CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111. Always dial 999 in an emergency."
Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Bev Hughes said: “I am pleased to be supporting Project EDWARD again this year - in a bid to reduce deaths and serious injury on Greater Manchester’s roads. More than 60 families lost a loved one on our roads alone last year – with a further 600 people suffering serious and often life-changing injuries. That’s more than 600 families affected and their lives changed forever.
“Collisions are often the result of speeding or being distracted at the wheel - even a moment’s lapse of attention can cause an accident. So please stay alert, watch what’s happening and think ahead. Lives can be wrecked in an instant and the consequences last a lifetime.”
GMFRS’ Head of Prevention, Area Manager Paul Duggan, said: “Sadly, our firefighters are called to hundreds of serious road traffic collisions every year and all too often witness people suffering life-changing injuries, or worse.
“Some people may not realise but we actually rescue more casualties from road traffic collisions than we do from fires - so we are keen to work with our partners at every opportunity and support campaigns such as Project EDWARD in a bid to keep people safe on our roads."
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk
Although it's turned into a rather lovely evening, the story of today is all about rain.
I nipped out to the Post Office in the morning and as I only had my woollen coat with me elected to use a brolly instead.
This is my view on the way back to work!
My friend, Lucy, is visiting this morning, while her partner teaches a class up the coast. We walked to the beach for a bit of fresh air and spotted these kite surfers. We didn't stay out for long - it was windy and my cold has moved to my chest. So the fresh air was a good idea but being out too long was not.
Saturday, 5th October 2019.
The Asian Highway, a project initiated in 1958 by ECAFE, aims at modernizing and linking up existing roads into a 34,000 miles network of highways that would span Asia from Turkey and Iraq to the Republic of Viet-Nam, Singapore and Indonesia. The Highway network will service an area of some 2,500,000 square miles with a population of over six hundred million. Priority Route A-I (about 6,500 miles) runs from Saigon through eight countries: The Republic of Viet-Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, India, East and West Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, to the Turkish border, where connections can be made to the highway systems of the Middle East and Europe. Priority Route A-2 (about 7,600 miles) runs from the Iraq border to Singapore, through Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand and Malaysia, continuing into Indonesia where, after a ferry crossing from Singapore to Djakarta, it will run the whole length of the island to Java. Member governments have already invested large sums in an effort to improve the standards of the roads within their borders, and some have undertaken to eliminate the missing links between them and their neighbours.
A-1 route of the Asian Highway some 15 miles from Kabul. Construction of this road began about 20 years ago, virtually without any mechanical help. The road, which is almost completed, leads to the Khyber Pass. Some sections of the major roads in Afghanistan are being built under bilateral programmes.
Photo ID 135611. 01/04/1964. Afghanistan. UN Photo/WT. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
first shot using the impossible project film
subsequent shots have been a lil better as ive learned you REALLY have to shield the film immediately as it ejects. this one i sort of slowly put it in my pocket.
each shot seems to vary a bit, but im liking it overall. if it wasnt so expensive id buy a ton of it to stock up again.
this is a cool intersection in germantown, (phila) ive always loved. its pretty cutty back block-ish but everyone seems to keep preserving this ivy growth and just trimming out a hole for the stop sign.
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. Inside the two biomes are plants that are collected from many diverse climates and environments. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 km (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining omes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The largest of the two biomes simulates a Rainforest environment and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage.
Today is a cold blustery day, gusty winds and snow flurries. Found this fence up the road by the creek, I loved the reflections of the trees in the water.
(still trying to figure out this new camera, I see it has the date/time wrong so I'll have to check into that)
Have a great weekend everyone!
Detroit Speed Project Car updates September 18, 2015. Moe’s 1970 Chevelle. www.detroitspeed.com/projects/mo70chevelle/mo70chevelle-p...
I'm working on a collaborative caste layout. This picture shows the current status of my part. It's still WIP.
A shot of my latest project after a complete restoration!
The radio is a 1946 Sonora RCU-208 AM Radio that was purchased by my grandparents (hence the name chane to a KENYON radio!) when it was new! My mother use to listen to radio shows on it when she was a kid along with her brother and three sisters and it was given to my mother after they passed away. It has spent the last 10 to 15 years sitting in a dark corner of closet and has not worked in many many years.
If you are interested in the details of what all I have done to it to not only restore it to working condition, but integrate a micro-controlled MP3 Player to mimic several old radio stations from the time that this radio was new, you can check out the write up on it at: mycrazycorner.com/?page_id=528
By the end of the century, sub-alpine meadows could shrink up to 27 percent at Mount Rainier National Park and disappear entirely at North Cascades National Park. To understand the effects of climate change on pollinators and protect our sub-alpine meadows, the Cascades Butterfly Project will be monitoring three sites in North Cascades National Park, two in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, and four in Mount Rainier National Park.
NPS/Karlie Roland
I have decided to start a 52 weeks project. I wish with all that I have in me that I had the time to do a 365 days project but alas, college takes up so much of my time, that whenever I get some free time, it is simply a miracle.
Now this project won’t be like my past two 365s. the weekly photos might not necessarily have me in them. With my 365s I tried my hardest to be the subject in almost every photo, with a few other shots. But this time, the weekly photo may be of anything or anyone else. Some weeks I might even have some of my film work as the weekly photo. I don’t know where this project will go or how.
And I believe that over the summer, I might do another project alongside my 52 weeks, since I might have more free time than I do during the school year.
I honestly just miss having a sort of constant project I need to put my all into. I would do a 365, but I can see that making my grades suffer greatly. So 52 weeks will have to do. Some weeks, I will most likely upload more than one photo. Some weeks, I may use older photos, if I did not have time that week to take something new. I will see where this project goes.
So here’s to 52 weeks of photos! I kept promising I would become more active, and this is me forcing myself to keep my promise!
I missed you flickr :)
+1 in cmnts.
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Day 47. (March 29) Received my Flu Mask! LOL :] <3 the people who made me smile the past weeks, thank youu loves <3 haha first pic with my bangs up?
Images of the BERNINA Embroidery Plus upgrade for B 790 and B 880. For more information please visit www.bernina.com.