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(The photo is of Dogwood fruits, just coming; all the petals are gone) EXPLORED - Thank you all.
Beyond the fences.
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Here I am
A part of the endless night.
If I could live among you
A few more days!
Lets forget that now.
Good thing is
The world is more colorful now.
Good thing is
A lot of fences are down.
Though a many new have been put
Lovingly!
All the wars have been fought
For love!
For love of
One side of the fence
Or the other!
It would be great
If the fences could be crossed
Not breaking them.
Shorter fences,
Disappeared at some places…
At some places
No fence at all!
Here today
No fence at all.
Dead folks are
Together now
Beyond the fences.
It's pointless for us now
On which side of the fences
We were!
Does the love of those who are alive
Keep that in mind!
------ Amitabha Chakrabarti
------May 25, Memorial Day, 2009
Thanks to Intekhab for this posting.
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Our FIRST "real"** Blythe ... adopted from Gina Garan ...
was: MADEMOISELLE ROSEBUD (MRB) ~
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** We did have 2 ADG (Ashton Drake Galleries) Blythe Dolls; (some may remember NENTL as our First Blythe Doll) ... but "back in the day" ADGs were not even considered "real Blythe Dolls" ...
And even though we never agreed with that sentiment (We LOVE our 2 ADG girls !!) ... we discovered there IS a "difference" ... when we received our first "REAL" Blythe!
{We DID also have 3 Kenners at one time, but of course, they ran away from the Blythe Fifth Avenue Modeling Troupe ... they wanted to "start at the top", never willing to do the work required to go through the ranks ... so yeah ... they found their PERFECT PRINCESS HOME!! }
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BLYTHE-A-DAY
A flickr Group
FEBRUARY 2022
DAY 25: "REMEMBERING ALLISON KATZMAN"
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Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Movember season is hot;
I know of no reason
Why the Movember Season,
Should ever be forgot!
Faresaver
Optare Solo
YE52BUS
Lowden Hill, Chippenham
The inaugral Exercise in Oddity outing comprised a day travelling around former WigglyBus and Connect2Wiltshire routes in an Optare Solo in early August.
An enjoyable day was had by all and the success of the event launched us into the Back to School Running Day in Chippenham at the end of August, with more vehicles and routes.
We've lost a very loved member of our family, our aunt Opal lost her brave battle with cancer... she was an inspiration & to know her was to love her... Opal Watson May 12, 1945 ~ May 9, 2011
Been so busy lately.... so sorry if for falling behind on comments... trying to catch-up!
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Pentax 67II - SMC Pentax 67 1:2.4 105mm - Rollei RPX 25 @ ASA-25
Ilford Ilfotec HC (1+63) 11:00 @ 20C
Scanner: Epson V700
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
I've been standing on my ears just waiting for Calas' Christmas sim to open and now that it finally has...walking into the Pavillion this year was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. My dear friend Caitlin Cornsilk and I (along with her sister Autumn) last met here at the previous year's build before she passed away earlier this year. I had to take a moment to pause and reflect and collect myself. I will always miss her and will love her forever. The holidays are about coming together, but also about remembering. ♥
Sunset from the top of Butts Brow, above Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Rational for title, is
- Don't let your daughter borrow your tripod
- Then bump the ISO to 800 and forget, when you use your camera bag for support.
So remember the checklist.
I am rather pleased with the noise levels in this, my 50D would have had way to much noise at this ISO. The 5D II from my POV did amaziningly well controlling this.
On Camera stuff:
- Lee 0.9 ND hard grad
Post Processing:
- Adjusted WB in ACR
- Levels adjustments in CS4
- Un-sharp mask in CS4
This is best viewed in Lightroom on Black --- Press "L"
Canon 5D Mk II with EF 17-40mm L lens @17mm, ISO 800, 0.3 secs at f/11, Lee 0.9 hard ND grad.
Remember why Jesus was born - it was to take our sins away. What a sacrifice He made for us!
Pyrenees Mountains, France
April, 2009
Remember Me
@3000x3000 (GeDoSaTo)
Camera binds, timestop, FOV control
TexMod (remove film grain)
+SweetFX
Does anyone remember the days we'd all sit for hours and skype/ message each other? Does anyone remember the days we'd all upload videos every week and comment on all of our friends videos?
All of these "does anyone remember" could go on for ages. I hadn't been on flickr for so long it wasn't even in my computer history. Summer time is always the time you find yourself, in my opinion. I want it back. I want those days back where the people who knew you even better then you knew yourself were always there, even if they were countries away. I want the days back where boys and makeup and clothes didn't matter, what mattered was all of this.
I have branched out into SUCH a better person. Moving forward, with video making : www.youtube.com/user/ExactlyItsEmma?feature=mhee
And so many people from the old AG community have joined this new community of making videos with the music video makers.
I miss you all so much. I'm sitting here crying like an idiot. I just can't put it into words. I need you all so much. And I'm sorry.
Thinking about springtime on a cold, late autumn morning.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, wherever in the world you might be.
My 27 years at Sam Houston State University provided lots of changes in technology. For most of that time, my job was to convince people the changes would lead to improvements. Not always the easiest sell. Very humorous to look back now on what we thought was good then.
ODC: floppy (disk)
Operating in multiple mode, D6575 and D6566 cross Ker Moor with the 10:45 Bishops Lydeard - Minehead on 6 June, 2025. Displaying route code ‘11’, the working recalls memories of double-headed Class 33s on summer Saturday services between Brighton and Plymouth. Now that would make a great railtour!
"La mejor forma de recordar a alguien es haciendo de la mejor manera aquello que te inspiró a ser esa persona".
Elegí está foto para esta reflexión, pues creo que un pasillo como el de la estación de Ferrocarriles de Asunción, sin dudas, guarda muchos recuerdos de sus viajeros en ella.
Engine: GMC 432 cu. in. V-6 gas
Transmission: 5 speed
Sadly a little out of focus and again shot through the cracks in the fence. Here we see the last of Chittenango's Carpenter Corsairs around the time of their retirement. Note that the emergency door was on the driver's side, right about in the center of the bus.
The district had four more of these- numbers 77 & 78 which were 1971's and numbers 81 & 82 which were 1972's, all on GMC rear engine chassis. Prior to the Carpenters, the district had many Superior Super Cruisers (61 & 73 passenger versions) on both GMC and International chassis. I remember the last of them lined up in front of the garage in the summer of 1983 but I didn't get any pictures.
In the background, you can see some of the "short buses" lined up.
The steel hood Loadstar 1703 is bus number 80, a 1971 or '72 30 passenger Superior bodied bus.
Next to it is what I believe was a Superior Pacemaker on either a Ford or GM chassis of 1981 or '82 vintage which would have been bus number 106.
Then there is another International Loadstar 1703 or 1803 with the fiberglass tilt hood and a 30 passenger Superior body. If it is a standard bus, then it is number 97. If wheel chair equipped then it was 98. Both were V8 gas powered with Allison automatics. These were both 1977 vintage.
Fairytales were fact?
You kissed your stuffies goodnight?
Stars were sparkly daimonds?
You picked flowers, just to give them away?
Magic existed, just not where you currently were.
I remember :)
On this trip outside Luxor the taxi driver stopped by to ask directions
on this little shop when these three Egyptian
children run towards the taxi and begged for some money.
I can't say I remember it that well. like most books I read when young I know they remain important even if the plot is the vaguest memory. horses don't need to be unicorns to be magical
Explore 09-05-07
one of my favorites - taken that afternoon at the Centro Historico in Guadalajara, Mexico - the girl at the fountain, Plaza de La Liberacion.
There is nothing free about freedom. In fact, I sometimes wonder if the word should have been spelled “freedumb”. So many presume it is automatic and forget that its acquisition and maintenance have come with a cost…a very, very high cost. Our freedom has been acquired and preserved at the steepest price of all…the blood, pain and tears of millions…past and present.
In my naïve youth I was amused by an anti-Vietnam war slogan…”Fighting for peace is like fucking for chastity”. It was as brilliant in its simplicity as it was myopic in its scope. Contrary to popular belief, most military men loathe the thought of war. Yet, they recognize its unfortunate necessity and the requirement of the military as a deterrent. Peace is preserved and maintained because of the existence of the military.
I am by no means a hawk or a military man. On the contrary…I seek peaceful resolution at just about every turn…yet there comes a time when there are no options or alternatives but to battle.
WWI may have been a tragic case of military alliances foolishly tripping over one another into 4 years of horrific unnecessary trench warfare…but surely, was there any alternative but to fight against Nazi oppression?
Both my grandfathers fought in WWI in northern Italy against Austria (sorry Wolfi). Both passed on this message…”War is hell”. They would rather have had dinner and wine with their Austrian neighbours.
My parents survived encampment and bombardment by both the Nazis and Allies during WWII. I have not told you the horrors that my father shared with me. But I will pass on his message…”Gaetano…You have no idea how lucky you are to live in a nation like this…and in a time of peace. War is ugly…War is hell”.
I do not have many regrets in life but I have one major one from years ago. While attending university I worked several summers in a factory. The man who hired me was Dave Kingston…“Mr. Kingston” to me. Many of the factory workers feared him. But I respected and liked him. Mr. Kingston rarely said much…but when he did…it was with authority. I knew he had fought in WWII but sadly it was not until many years later that I learned he was one of the soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy…on D-Day.
I dislike most Hollywood war movies because they either ignore or belittle the role of Canada in war. For the record, in both World Wars, Canada lost more soldiers per percentage of its population than any other non-European nation, excluding Australia (#2) and New Zealand (#1). Glad those Aussies and Kiwis were on our side.
One of the 5 beachheads on D-Day was Juno Beach…it was attacked solely by Canadian troops. Mr. Kingston…was one of them. If you have seen Saving Private Ryan…you can imagine the carnage. I will forever regret not knowing that he was there until many years later. How I wish I had the chance to shake his hand and say…”Thank you Mr. Kingston…thank you for risking your life…to preserve…our freedom”.
~ Cenotaph in my hometown, Port Credit, Ontario, Canada, built in 1925 in honour of the men of Port Credit who fought overseas…and never returned. A population of well under 5,000 lost 32 men in WWI. Their names are inscribed on this monument. So are those of an additional 63 men…from this very village…who perished in WWII. As a little boy I often admired this cenotaph. I was well aware of its significance although the names Vimy Ridge, Ypres, Somme, Passchendaele and Dieppe meant nothing…until many, many years later. Picture taken Nov. 7, 2010. SOOC.
~ Dedicated to all soldiers who have risked their lives to preserve freedom…particularly those of my native land…and yes…especially you…Mr. Kingston.
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"I Will Remember You" ~ Sarah McLachlan
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