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One of the quirks of the U.S Virgin Islands is that driving is done on the left side of the road, but the cars have the steering wheels on the left as well. It was my first try at driving on the left, and I can proudly report that there were no major mishaps. I did have to keep reminding myself to keep to the left - Wanda was good at helping me remember as well. Now my friends in the U.K. and other places that drive on the left can rest easy if I ever visit, knowing that I can make the switch! This is the view from our balcony looking west after sunset - even the non-beach view was nice!
Has anyone else run into this behavior? Guru does it when he's really happy. He latches on with his teeth (usually somewhere on my arm), but without breaking the skin. He isn't sucking, but I wonder if it's some sort of carryover from nursing. Maybe he was orphaned or weaned very young? We got Guru from a rescue organization, but they weren't very forthcoming about his history--other than that he was taken from a shelter. I actually don't mind it, because it makes him so happy.
update: I am reposting this for the Happy Caturday group theme that includes "your cat behaving in a way that is... special to them". Inexplicably, I love it when Guru does this. His purr becomes really loud.
One of my many quirks when travelling is the irresistible urge to eat up at a place that is named for a food in this case I had to stop to have penne pasta in Penne. While this town is not famous for its pasta namesake they are famous for being the home of Brioni arguably the worlds finest suit makers. This shot captures a few of the other things Penne is known for “La città del mattone” the city of bricks and the beautiful city gates this one is San Francesco with its bust of the cities patron saint San Massimo.
I took this on Oct 01, 2012 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 28mm, 1/200s, f7.1 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
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Pourquoi et comment cette photo me fait-elle penser à Jack Kerouac ?
Encore une des bizarreries de mon esprit...
Why and how does this photo remind me of Jack Kerouac? Another quirk of my mind...
In French, the original English title The Dharma Bums was translated as Les Clochards célestes, which literally means the Heaven Bums.
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La Taverne (bar restaurant au décor médiéval) se reflétant dans l'étang du château.
BNSF 8319 charges westward on the Gallup Subdivision at milepost 66 near Quirk, New Mexico, with the mesas of the San Mateo Mountains as a backdrop. We saw and shot a few westbounds here from various angles, but this train with its conveniently placed mid train DPU set looked the best to me.
This shot is taken from the side of a dirt road, only a minute off of the highway. It was easy to forget that we were still in the desert, until a tarantula and a large snake revealed themselves closeby during the trains passing
Santa Fe GP60M leads a not-so-perfect A-B-B-A lashup on the Q-NYLA1-16 at MP 63.9 on the ATSF Gallup Subdivision passing the cattle pens at Quirk, NM on November 17, 1991.
UPDATE: The town I mention below, Quirk, has been closed for a while. However, there is now a new attraction at the same landmark called Going Places. It's way more fun and photogenic. Stop by there sometime, if you want, and feel free to take photos. This winter garden is still there. If you want to find it, go to Going Places, then walk through the door titled Honey's House, and then step into the wardrobe!
This next paragraph was what I originally wrote to accompany this picture. I've only left it here for sentimental reasons. The LM should still work for Going places though...
I spent some time this week changing and building onto the town I already made in Second Life, which is called Quirk. It's even weirder and sillier now, and the premise of it is, it's a town where everyone who lives there has suddenly vanished a few hours before your arrival there, and no one knows why. So you're basically exploring a town that's exactly the way they left it, wondering where they all went and why, and clicking on lots of weird things to hopefully amuse yourself with. This wintery garden, as seen in the picture above, is the latest addition to Quirk.
A quirk in the 173 timetable sees the isolated village of Cressbrook served a handful of times per day in place of Wardlow by diverting off the B6465 at Monsal Head, running parallel to the River Wye along an unnamed and rather narrow road which features a hairpin bend to climb into the village before continuing on to Litton to re-emerge on the main route.
10 is seen negotiating the hairpin bend with a 173 to Tideswell via Cressbrook.
I've finally, FINALLY finished building my silly little town in Second Life. It goes by the name of Quirk, and it certainly does live up to that name! I'm still trying to work out if I'm proud of it or ashamed of it, because of its oddball weirdness, but at least I can say with certainty that it's done. Well, I'm kind of certain it's done, anyway. Mostly. Maybe. Meh. I don't know anymore. I think I might have melted my brain, working on it. lol
Anyway, if anyone wants to go there for a visit, to look around or take photos or pass out drunk on the furniture or to see how weird I am as a creator of things in SL or just to scoff all the cakes in the café while playing games in the games room, you're welcome to stop by anytime!
Be sure to look at all the little things when you stop by the town. The fine print is often the funniest, I think.
UPDATE: Quirk is now closed. Sorry about that. It had a limited run.
For us November has seen a sudden transition into winter, with regular sub-zero nights, gales blowing the final leaves from the autumn trees, and dark nights starting in the early evening.
It is also a whole year since Storm Arwen destroyed over 16 million trees across Scotland. There are still so many fallen and damaged trees everywhere as we drive along. Like so many people who were without any power or help for a whole week ... we had a solemn day this November 26th, remembering the day when Arwen struck us. And we have been preparing for another rough winter. We have already had 200% of November's usual rainfall in 2 or 3 days over the last week. So maybe floods rather than 100mph winds will define this winter.
Not surprisingly my photography has reflected the changing seasons, with mostly indoors shooting. Bringing autumn colours indoors, shooting in the evenings with curtains closed, and my outdoor cameras confined to early morning drive-by shots. Both the winter cold and the lingering after-effects of the latest Covid and 'flu vaccinations have impacted my energy ... and I am slowing down and resting more. As a youngster I always liked the idea of semi-hibernation for the winter, and it seems that now I am in a position to enjoy it!!
But whatever happens, for me a day without a camera to record something, however trivial, is a day lost. This coming month I have promised myself to set aside my 'go to' big Sony 100mm macro lens, and use mainly just Lensbaby and vintage Helios. A good time to re-acquaint myself with their charms, their quirks, and their possibilities!
Hopefully there will be some winter fun in store for me 😊
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Rosie the elephant, “Is she going to be ok?”
Usif the unicorn, “What’s wrong with her eyes?”
“Yes, she’ll be just fine now. There's nothing wrong with her eyes Usif, they’re just as unique as she is.”
Duke the pomeranian, “Indeed, we all have our special quirks.”
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This is only a small view of a very big lake. As you can see our weather has not been ideal for lighting. It is in-between, late Fall drab and bright Winter snow.
Here is my favourite building in Madrid. Torres Blancas was built in the 60's and is a feast for sci-fi eyes. The sheer weirdness and quirks of its striking design left me there for well over an hour, with my mouth open, repeating the words "oh my god" over and over inside my head.
It's one of those buildings where the more you look at it, the more intricacies you notice - from patterns evolving over different sections, to the window shutters which can be left open or closed. Even the ground surrounding it is covered in circles.
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Special thanks to Javier & Pilar for waiting around for this shot, and driving me around everywhere :)
I kinda like how it looks like a still from a movie. :)
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Flickr keeps stealing my description and tags. 4 times now!
Let's try this again. :P
I've been caught in an obsessive, *ahem*, I mean, creative whirlwind designing new dresses to add to the Hopeless Romantic series and putting the finishing touches on this little one, along with a few other projects I am dying to share with all of you! ^__^
I always wish I could be one of those incredible artists (and many friends here) who are able to present a constant steady flow of lovely things to share, while taking regular pictures, keeping in touch with everyone and still living the rest of their lives with family, friends, pets, exercise, errands, chores, business, etc. I am genuinely in awe of all of you! I really have tried, but I don't think I will ever be that person. I seem to go through phases and need large chunks of time to accomplish each part of this balance rather separately and become very quiet at times as well.
Maybe it's just different for everybody and that's ok, too.
I guess I just want you all to know, that even though I don't update or post comments regularly, I do care about you all and think of you quite often. <3
ps- also, I don't recommend spilling an entire glass of water on your open laptop... while it's on... or off either I guess. That doesn't do much to help with keeping in touch, either.
Kisses & Squish!
A quirk of stitching in my pano led to the same guy featuring twice in the finished shot - it looks like he's being followed by his twin brother.... Pic was taken at Navy Pier, Chicago - not the best quality set of shots I've ever taken, but thought the outcome was a bit of fun...
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Scott and I spent the majority of the day on the road down to Kingston and then back to Ottawa so there wasn't a lot of photography time.
Sock was shipped off to Doggy Day Care (he loves it) while we were out of town so no walks to stalk birds.
Guess it was time to raid the neighbour's lilac tree and set up a quick still life.
It's been a while since I set up a scene like it this and felt it was long due and a busy day was just the excuse I needed.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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P.S. Has anyone else noticed that the comments have been a little wonky since Flickr pushed its updates? I know I've commented on many of your photos but when I go back later they're not showing up on the desktop version but will on the mobile. Have you picked up on any other 'quirks'?
Space Science image of the week:
Thanks to a quirk of our cosmos, the Moon’s average distance from Earth is just right for it to appear as the same size in the sky as the significantly larger Sun. Once in a while the Moon slides directly between Earth and the Sun such that it appears to cover our star completely, temporarily blocking out its light and creating a total solar eclipse for those along the narrow path cast by the Moon’s shadow.
Next week, on 21 August, observers situated along a 115 km-wide swath stretching from Oregon to South Carolina in the US will be on this path of totality, with peak totality occurring at 18:26 GMT (check here for detailed timings). For up to 2 minutes 40 seconds, observers at a given location will be bathed in an eerie twilight in the middle of the day.
It is not possible to view totality from Europe, although those in the westernmost region may see a partial eclipse before the Sun drops below the horizon at sunset.
A team of astronomers from ESA will be studying the eclipse from the USA and, like many others, hoping that skies will be clear so that they can capture the phenomena visible only during eclipses. These include beads of light shining through gaps in the lunar terrain, and the glittering ‘diamond ring’ effect as the last and first slither of sunlight glints through immediately before and after totality.
They will also aim to image the Sun’s extended atmosphere, the corona, which is visible to the naked eye only during totality when the rest of the Sun’s light is blocked out.
Observations of the corona are business as usual for the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO, which can use a special filter to block the Sun’s light. During Earth’s total eclipse, SOHO will provide important context of the corona and Sun’s activity from its viewpoint in space.
Outside of the path of totality observers will experience a partial eclipse – seeing the Moon appear to take a bite out of the Sun’s disc. This is similar to what our Proba-2 satellite will see – an example is shown in the image presented here, which was taken during the annular eclipse earlier this year. It shows the turbulent solar disc and swirling corona at extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths.
In fact, Proba-2 will see a series of partial eclipses from Earth orbit. Proba-2 orbits Earth about 14.5 times per day, and thanks to the constant change in viewing angle, will dip in and out of the Moon’s shadow several times during the solar eclipse.
In addition, astronauts aboard the International Space Station, including ESA’s Paolo Nespoli, should also be able to see some aspects of the eclipse. From their unique vantage point, they will view partial eclipses and also hope to capture the Moon’s shadow on the surface of our planet.
Follow ESA’s ground-based activities via cesar.esa.int and join the conversation on Twitter with #eclipse2017 and #solareclipse. We’ll keep you posted on our activities – from ground and space – via @esascience.
Remember: never look directly at the Sun, even when partially eclipsed, without proper eye protection such as special solar eclipse glasses, or you risk permanent eye damage.
Credit: ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium
Sometimes I 'sketch' with my iPhone. This is one of those times.
Ever since we put up a new light in the bedroom Eva has taken to hiding under the bed while it is on at night. Not sure why, but I have a feeling it freaks her out a bit. It's been on the ceiling for over a year and a half now. When the overhead light goes off, she happily jumps on the bed and settles in for the night.
Taken with 'you can't see me' studio 26 assignment in my mind. I have no idea what was in her mind.
Quirk of French Motoring #3 Yellow lamps
Black plates and the full yellow lights treatment on this Capri! A lot to like here.
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Santa Fe GP60M 154 leads a set of Superfleet power west across Laguna Pueblo along the Rio San Jose at MP 62 with a manifest train near the oddly named station of Quirk, NM on the ATSF Gallup Subdivision on February 24, 1992. Quirk was where a spur formerly took off to go up to Jackpile Uranium Mine.
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(there's also more responses in a comment.)
whats your super power? mines invisibility.
word search puzzles, grilled cheese sandwiches, talking to fish, knowing where all the best places are.
I think you are amazing. Thats all. :)
thank you. :]
we used to talk a lot. wait that isn't a secret. :(
i'm sorry. :[ i'm really bad at keeping in contact with people, especially since i don't use instant messaging services or talk on the telephone. say hi anytime you want. i'm sorry. :[
i'm so glad you got a formspring! (:
cool! :] i was pretty nervous about getting one.
ever been to Michigan? if so where?
yes! my aunt lives in ann arbor, so i've been there, and also detroit once or twice very briefly. i ate a sandwich in the airport and i also went to the heidelberg project. i am definitely going to return to detroit some day, and i'd also love to visit the upper peninsula.
you said before you didn't speak until you were twelve because you had selective mutism, did you ever start speaking and then stop? or did you never speak? what was going through your mind when people spoke and you didnt answer? sorry if i'm intrusive.
don't apologize. i don't remember much about when i was younger, really. i think i whispered occasionally --and also i would meow because i believed i was a kitten. i don't remember what i thought about --i just remember being very afraid of humans. i had a difficult time discerning between reality and the world in my head. i got the two confused a lot so that's why my memory's bad.
I know you don't think you're real pretty or anything but I honestly think that you are extremely beautiful.
thank you, really.
are you a true blond?
my hair is naturally multi-colored. my roots are dark and most of it is dark blonde and some parts are lighter. it's basically what it is now, but a little less brassy. some strands turn gold in the sun.
what is your favourite TV show?
i like documentary series like NOVA or planet earth or things like that. also the office and the simpsons. and project runway. and the weather channel, back when i had a television.
would you ever think about doing a collaboration with another flickr member?
yes, i'd love to do that actually. i have a few ideas for something like that, whether in person or never meeting at all. i'm so shy about asking though.
i think you're beautiful and amazing. keep doing what you do.
thank you. :]
You are by far my favorite person on flickr. You seem so real and like you could care less what people think of you even if thats not true. You photography is so inspiring, so unique. almost seems effortless for you. Thank you for your work.
thank you. :] i do care what people think, at least of who i am as a person, but i'm trying to not let it matter so much when people don't like me. but my pictures are just my pictures and if people don't like them that's okay.
would you ever think about doing a collaboration with another flickr member? sorry if this sends twice...
it did, but that's okay.
where do you live? it looks the same all year round.
i live just outside chicago, illinois, in the united states. the weather is actually changing constantly here, so that's funny!
Is this how it was meant to be?
i don't believe in that meant to be kind of stuff.
your pictures are cool... are you thinking about studying photography as a career or just like a hobby?
it's a partial career at the moment, and i'd definitely like it to be a full-time career someday. i'm not really studying it in school or anything though. i'm bad at college.
do you like youtube?
not really. i have a hard time paying attention to things on a screen. i rarely watch full-length movies, and short videos can't even hold my attention.
what is your favourite season for phototaking?
fall. i like how everything looks like it was just on fire.
I'm trying to think of something really witty & brilliant to say, but I rarely have anything sensible to say, just warbling.. But I think you're brilliant & you shouldn't listen to anyone saying negative things, who cares what they have to say anyway.
i am the same way with the things i say. and thankyou. :]
How are you?
i am just fine, and yourself?
have you seen (500) Days of Summer? If not than you should because its amazing.
no, i have not, i've barely seen any movies, especially ones that just came out.
Reading your blog I don't feel so lonely, there's someone.... Your talent amazes me. I don't know how you get light perfectly, how you're so confident in front of the camera. mostly I don't know how to BE someone. You're so unique. It inspires me.Thankyou
thank you. it makes me really happy to know that. especially the first part.
how do you get the vintage lighting for our photos? and what settings do you have ur camera on?
vintage lighting? i just use natural light. if you mean the colors and all of that, that's in photoshop. my camera is generally on auto unless i'm trying to do something different with the exposure or shutter speed or something.
what do you think of canon?
i don't really care at all.
i wish i could have your talent.
should i say thankyou? i'm not entirely sure. thankyou.
Do you pick up different energy from Flickr contacts images and stream? I mean do you form an opinion of a person from the images/comments alone or is there something more subtle that informs?
i think i can pick up on subtler things in people, but my paranoia gets in the way a lot --on flickr and in real life too. i am so afraid of people, i assume everyone hates me all the time even though logically i know it's not true.
do you have any strange habits/quirks?
if there is a glass object near the edge of a table, i have to push it back toward the middle because i am terrified of the sound and act of glass breaking. i hit the ceiling of the car when driving through yellow lights. i touch the glass of the window when driving over train tracks. i hold my breath driving through tunnels and make a wish. there's a certain bridge over a canal in the town i grew up a few blocks from the house i lived in, and when i walk past that bridge i stand on the ledge and ask a specific question to the person i'm with. i always look at the clock when it says 1123. if i get a bruise i draw an outline on it so it looks like something. i scratch wounds into my face.
hey cari..where do you find all those amazing desolate places?
just looking around, or researching them. i think after going to so many you develop a sense for them and the kind of locations that are promising.
One great quirk about Pathfinder services back in the day, the last pick up stop was Dr. Parks Corner in Gedling where the 24/25 picked up into Nottingham every 10 minutes, being further bolstered by the 27 from Carlton Square into the Centre. If you were on at this point, you could still get off at any stop Lilacs called at but they didn't feature on the flags.
The services were on the flags outbound however, as in the reverse principal, you could get on at any stop, but the first drop off stop was Dr. Parks Corner again.
249 arrives into Nottingham on a relatively quiet trip with a 201 from Southwell, Lowdham and Burton Joyce.
Thanks to a quirk of our cosmos, the Moon’s average distance from Earth is just right for it to appear as the same size in the sky as the significantly larger Sun. Once in a while the Moon slides directly between Earth and the Sun such that it appears to cover our star completely, temporarily blocking out its light and creating a total solar eclipse for those along the narrow path cast by the Moon’s shadow.
But sometimes the alignment is such that the Moon only partially covers the Sun’s disc. Such a partial eclipse occurred on Saturday for observers located primarily in northern and eastern Europe, northern parts of North America, and some northern locations in Asia.
ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite orbits Earth about 14.5 times per day and with its constant change in viewing angle, it dipped in and out of the Moon’s shadow twice during Saturday’s eclipse.
Selected views of the two partial eclipses are seen side-by-side here – the first (left) was captured at 08:40:12 GMT and the second (right) at 10:32:17 GMT on 11 August.
The images were taken by the satellite’s SWAP camera, which works at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to capture the Sun’s hot turbulent atmosphere – the corona – at temperatures of about a million degrees, which can be seen in the background.
Credits: ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium
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Model: Brylee Williamson
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“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart.” - Kazuo Ishiguro
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yes I smack my gum
twirl the ends of my hair obsessively
talk during movies
and addicted to gmail
but that is what makes me, Me :)
The Quirk Mansion is one of the most interesting historic homes in Ypsilanti. The home was built by Daniel Lace Quirk about 1860 in Second Empire style with mansard roof. Quirk's children donated the house to the city of Ypsilanti in 1911, and it served for several years as the City Hall. The mansion is presently used as private offices and the property owners reside in apartments on the top floor.
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The Quirk Mansion is one of the most interesting historic homes in Ypsilanti. The home was built by Daniel Lace Quirk about 1860 in Second Empire style with mansard roof. Quirk's children donated the house to the city of Ypsilanti in 1911, and it served for several years as the City Hall. The mansion is presently used as private offices and the property owners reside in apartments on the top floor.
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