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Safdarjung's Tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in New Delhi, India. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for the statesman Safdarjung. The monument has an ambiance of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched red brown and white coloured structures. Safdarjung was made prime minister of the Mughal Empire (Wazir ul-Mamlak-i-Hindustan) when Ahmad Shah Bahadur ascended the throne in 1748.
Mirza Muqim Abul Mansur Khan, who was popularly known as Safadarjung, who ruled over Avadh was an independent ruler of Avadh as viceroy of Muhammad Shah.He was very rich and most powerful. With the death of Emperor Muhammad Shah of Mughal Empire, he moved to Delhi. When Mohammed Shah Ahmed Shah ascended the throne of the Mughal Empire in Delhi in 1748, Safdarjung was made the Chief Minister (Vizier) of the empire with the title of Wazir ul-Mamalk-i-Hindustan and at that time the empire was on decline as their rule extended only to North India.
As Vizier he had taken all powers under his control as the king was only a puppet, a figurehead, who was into enjoying life with wine, opium and women. But he overestimated and over exercised his powers with the result that the Emperor’s family called their Hindu Maratha confederacy to help them get rid of their Vizier. A civil strife ensued and eventually in 1753 Safdarjung was driven out of Delhi. He died soon thereafter in 1754. After his death his son Nawab Shujaud Daula pleaded with the Mughal Emperor to permit him to erect a tomb for his father in Delhi. He then built the tomb, which was designed by an Abyssininan architect.
To the south of this tomb is the historic site of the battle that was fought in 1386 between Timur of Mangol and Mohammed Tughlaq when the latter was defeated.
Wilson's Snipe is long-billed, brownish shorebird with striped head and back, white belly, and rust in tail. Usually seen when flushed from edge of a marsh or a pond. Flight fast and erratic.
This bird breeds across Alaska and Canada as well as into California, Colorado, Wisconsin, northern Ohio, and southern Maine. It spends winters in southern Canada and all of the way south into Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.
I found this one along Peavine Road in Osceola County Florida.
Flicker mates know well how to greet people in Arabic.
Salam.
I guess these three bold consonantal root always has meaning of “at peace, to be safe”
For example, “Salam aleikom" which is greetings of muslim people means "peace upon you".
Islam in literal translation means attitude to leave everything to the will of God. Therefore muslim people can get peace of mind.
I also like architecture designed by Islamic way since it is filled with very peaceful atmosphere.
Hiya, Watha! Here's yet another moldy old holiday-themed doodle from the land (my site) that time (like when I used to have more) forgot. My new years resolution is to completely makeover my site and update it on a more timely basis... that and find a cure for PD (Procrastinator's Disease).
I was so happy to reach the shelter of this hut at the foot of Cross Fell, on a day when the wind ripped at my clothing and the rain needled my skin. It's in a magical setting, an amphitheatre of moorland hills that seemed to go on forever.
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I have always had lots of Steller's here and they probably are the hardest yard birds to figure out, they will become very friendly and hang around waiting for a peanut to get tossed, this goes on for several weeks and then all of a sudden they get really flighty and will take off as soon as I walk out on the deck, a few weeks later they are back to being their obnoxious self and hang around for peanuts again.
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Cooper's Hawk on favorite branch in backyard. Bird is one half of tag-team that looks for doves at feeder. Other bird is Red-shouldered Hawk.
Probed Curiosity's.
Testi sconvolti assumendo ragionevoli revisioni di pagine contemporanee che stampano poesie ritmi rivoluzionari,
périodes indiscutables traduction prose décadente conférences littéraires grains exquis suggestions étranges complexe réputation musicien danse tempêtes fracassantes révélant des vins squelettes grotesques entrant vents,
zaprášené rty zasněžené volání vlající draci zelený kouř hrozné mrtvé vyděšené ulice ztuhlé nohy,
γυαλιστερή σημειώσεις πεσμένα φεγγάρια σατέν αυξήθηκε ανήσυχος παλτό πεταλούδα shabby παλτά περιπλάνηση σύννεφα wistful γλώσσες,
Tales oculos hortulani miserabilis aegro animi pendulus patibulo desperans laqueo transeundo inferno summum scaffolds,
דאַמפּט שיפן גוואַלדיק סעלז פראַליקינג פּאָעט מאָרגן פּלעזשערז צוגעהערט שליסלען העמפּען שטיינער וואַנדערינג סטודענטן,
滑りやすい野生動物の臆病者の潮吹きの灯り血の鏡エッジ厄介な奴隷震える指導者夜の花挿入.
Steve.D.Hammond.
MadPea;s Spooktacular Halloween Hunt at Sinster. It is that time again as MadPea Halloween hunt is on. Follow the link to get started.
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbine) taking a break after searching for food on the forest floor in the pine woods on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
A flock of about 20 of these birds were observed on the forest floor and in the trees searching for food.
24 November, 2016.
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This year's harvest was an especially difficult one and one that won't be forgotten anytime soon...for the good and the bad.The good-recordbreaking yields for corn and surprisingly decent soybean yields despite a late season drought.The bad-wetter than normal grain combined with those high yields caused excessive strain on drying systems at elevators and home...and on farmers.On top of that,after a warm start,fall turned excessively wet and cool which exasperated problems.And we won't even get started with abnormally low commodity prices which are causing strain on already tight farm budgets.
Brandt's Cormorant with nesting material. Tis the season that birds begin to build this years nests to brood their young.
These guys have amazingly beautiful vibrant blues eyes. I had no idea until I saw them at the Cove in La Jolla today.
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Quarrier's Village and Mount Zion church as part of a series of watercolours I was commissioned to do.
Is this an adult or a juvenile? This beautiful Swainson's Hawk shrieked and shrieked, both when it was perched on this fence post and when it was circling rather low overhead, which it did for quite a while. I was in a vast area of bare hills without a tree to be seen anywhere, so it's not as if I was near a nest without knowing it. My first reaction was that it was a juvenile letting its parents know that it was hungry, but I don't know enough about hawks to know how to tell if this is a juvenile or adult.
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, was a day of adventure for me. I drove further than I have ever driven before (way, way SE of the city) - must remember to check my mileage when I next go out in my car, but it must have been somewhere between 400 and 500 km total at least. No big deal for many of you, but for me (and as someone with a driving phobia), it WAS a big deal : ) I am totally exhausted and my poor shoulder rotator cuffs are complaining like crazy. BUT, I had a great time - just a couple of moments of 'panic', when I thought I was lost, and when I noticed that I was seeing different wildflowers and definitely a different landscape.
I eventually left home at 11:00 am, a good couple of hours later than I had intended. I wasn't sure how long it was going to take me to get to where I wanted to get, so had wanted to allow plenty of hours for this journey. I had been on the road for about three hours by the time I got there, but did stop at various places en route. The first part of my drive was along familiar roads - called in at Frank Lake just to check the gravel road leading to the gate. An Eastern Kingbird was the only species I saw.
From there, I kept driving east on h'way 23, stopping briefly to photograph one of my favourite old houses. This highway eventually bends southwards and leads to Vulcan. I had only ever once driven as far as Vulcan, and that was on 30 March 2015. I had to stop again, like last year, and take a few photos of the cluster of old sheds, barn and house on the edge of Vulcan, before continuing on my way. From here until I reached my destination, was all new to me. Exciting and anxiety-causing, all at the same time. I drove further east and then turned south and found myself in a different kind of landscape, with a few interesting birds and plants to see and photograph, including a Ferruginous Hawk (three, actually) and wild sunflowers that lined the edge of one of the roads. I was barely able to get a photograph of these bright beauties, as it was too windy. I was in tall wind turbine country - which told me how far south I had come. The colours of some of the fields were unusual, too. Along one road, I had a Swainson's Hawk who perched nicely on a fence post at first and then circled overhead and followed my vehicle further down the road. Think it may have been a juvenile, screeching for its parents to come and feed it. Also saw a Mourning Dove on a fence post and what I think must be a juvenile Horned Lark. Actually, there were a lot of Horned Larks this day. I tend to forget that we can see them in summer time.
After travelling westwards and then north and west again, I found myself heading towards Frank Lake. It was along this road that I spotted some kind of shorebird perched on a fence post. Too late to stop, so I turned around and then slowly drove back to the bird - a Marbled Godwit, giving me a nice, sideways pose. It was still daylight, so I decided to try one more time along the gravel road leading to the gate at Frank Lake. Here, I had another nice sighting - friend, Debbie : ) Good to see you and have a nice, long chat. A great day with an enjoyable ending.
Canon EOS 6D - f/3.2 - 1/80sec - 100 mm - ISO 6400
"Put on your red shoes and dance the blues"
"Let's dance"
- Tina Turner & David Bowie: Let's Dance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=619kF0Y7zE4
Hey baby, won't you take a chance?
If you wanna, you can have a dance
Let's dance, let's dance
Do the twist and shout, mashed potato too
Any old dance that you wanna do
Let's dance, let's dance
Hey baby, now you're all alone
Hey baby, let me walk you home
Let's dance, let's dance
Do the twist and shout, mashed potato too
Any old dance that you wanna do
Let's dance, let's dance
Let's dance
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance
Dance to the song they're playing on the radio
Let's sway
While colour lights up your face
Let's sway
Sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Watch my love for you
It would break my heart in two
If you should fall into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance
Let's dance
Let's dance, let's dance
Let's dance, let's dance
Merchant Aziz invites you to buy something interesting from him. You're welcome!
I hope you like it!
He's starting to look so big...I can't believe he'll be 3 in January. Time has just flown by. If it's any consolation to me, he's really small for his age at only 27lbs and 33 inches tall. He's just a shorty like his mommy, I hope he has a growth spurt though in the future so he doesn't have to be a 5'1 man like Prince or something, lol.
Hulley's of Baslow YJ07PCF seen at Chorlton Street, Manchester after arriving in on Snake X57 from Sheffield
From the Queen's Garden Trail we continued on the Navajo Loop Trail first through Wall Street (very busy) to Sunset Lookout, then back down the other side of the loop to a similar but smaller version of Wall Street to Two Bridges and back to Sunrise Point via the Queen's Garden Trail again. It was a good half day hike. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
Sorry erased the last 2 pictures because I put then up previously. If you want the other two
go back, both are still listed.
Sunset ~ Florida Everglades
Coral Springs, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2016 ~ South Florida
(one more photo 'from this location' in the comments)
Every sunset is different, because every day; sun is different, clouds
are different, space is different, reflections are different....mountains
are different, fogs are different, and above all, we are different.
― Mehmet Murat ildan
Ode of Remembrance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "Ode of Remembrance" is an ode taken from Laurence Binyon's poem, "For the Fallen", which was first published in The Times in September 1914.
'For The Fallen' plaque with The Rumps promontory beyond
The poet wrote For the Fallen, which has seven stanzas, while sitting on the cliffs between Pentire Point and The Rumps in north Cornwall, UK. A stone plaque was erected at the spot in 2001 to commemorate the fact. The plaque bears the inscription:
For the Fallen
Composed on these cliffs 1914
There is also a plaque on the beehive monument on the East Cliff above Portreath in central North Cornwall which cites that as the place where Binyon composed the poem. A plaque on a statue dedicated to the fallen in Valleta, Malta is also inscribed with these words.
The poem honoured the World War I British war dead of that time, and in particular the British Expeditionary Force, which by then already had high casualty rates on the developing Western Front. The poem was published when the Battle of the Marne was foremost in people's minds.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
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.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam
The phrase Lest we forget is often added as a final line at the end of the ode and repeated in response by those listening, especially in Australia. In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, the final line of the ode, "We will remember them", is repeated in response. In Canada, the last stanza of the above extract has become known as the Act of Remembrance, and the final line is also repeated.
The second line of the fourth stanza, 'Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn', draws upon Enobarbus' description of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra: 'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale'.
The "Ode of Remembrance" is regularly recited at memorial services held on days commemorating World War I, such as ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day, and Remembrance Sunday. In Australia's Returned and Services Leagues, and in New Zealand's numerous RSA's, it is read out nightly at 7 p.m., followed by a minute's silence. In Australia and New Zealand it is also part of the Dawn service at 6 a.m. Recitations of the "Ode of Remembrance" are often followed by a playing of the Last Post. In Canadian remembrance services, a French translation is often used along with or instead of the English ode.
The second stanza is also read at the Menin Gate, every evening at 8 p.m., after the first part of the last post. It is mostly read by a British serviceman. The recital is followed by a minute of silence.
It's been quite a while that I did not go out with my camera. I don't know whether it's my increasing boredom with everyday life, or the lack of interest, or the lack of inspiration, or it's the typical harsh winter here. Finally, I got over with it, and went out last Sunday, even with -25c! I was out for merely 20 mins, and got almost a frost bite. Nonetheless, it did pay off! :)
The after party of the reception of Martin Firrell's Complete Hero was a wonderful night. I have never in my fairly illustrious life of drinking been so drunk while retaining the ability to walk around, converse, and not be told that it's time to go home. Despite Martin's assurance that I was "delightful in my drunkenness", I can't shake the feeling that I might have made an ass of myself.
I seem to have been able to keep a steady hand too, since, although I have no memory of taking this and many other shots (normally my memory is completely intact no matter how much I drink: must be getting old...) I'm very pleased with a lot of them!
London, 2009.
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... don't get to see these very often. Located in the Southeast U.S., it's classified as "nearly threatened" due to, what else, humans causing loss of habitat.
"Nature's Valentine"
Valley of Fire, Nevada, USA
1301-4-0102
Natural sand figure of a heart within Pastel Canyon's sandstone colors in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
Upon visiting Valley of Fire this winter, it was quickly discovered that a recent sand storm had swept the area, as sand was spread across every surface. Most photographs included hundreds of shoe and boot prints upon the canyon floors, including this location; however a *treat* such as this is always worth the extra sand! Discovered this heart nestled vertically upon a canyon wall, likely to not be repeated in the near future.
Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest state park, dedicated in 1935. The park is situated about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas, nestled between I-15 and Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The site was once home to the Anasazi between 300 BC and 1150 AD. Fine examples of petroglyphs and pictographs are located throughout the park [source: wikipedia].
Happy Valentine's Day!
The head and elf ears are from Lelutka called Avalon v3.1
The applier is from Guapa called Victoria,shade Mint
Body is from eBODY called Reborn and matching
body tone you can get @ the Velour mall
Eyebrow is no longer sold
Shape i used is my own
Hair base is from Angel eyes called Curly 5, shade black 3
Pony is from BLKBUNI called Bella pony
Eyes are new from Tville called Horizon Eyes
shade is Morning from pack 2 and they will be at Uber
Lash is from Anice style from the Hessa hud
Web liner is from Angel eyes called spider web
eye shadow and it;s a group gift
Shadow is from Sugarose, style from the Abby hud
Lip shade is from Top Salon called HD Salute
Cheek bone shade is from DeeTaleZ
Earrings are from Yummy called
Romy Earring Collection (Elf)
Witch hat is from Insomnia Angel
called monoceros magic witchy brew hat
Body crack tattoo is from BLUEBELL called
Crack Body Tattoo Bom and i wore the complete version
Dress is from Hilly Haalan called Glinda Spider Web Gown
Jacob's ladder (Polemonium) was given its common name because the arrangement of its leaves is somewhat ladder-like. However, it's Jacob's ladders' flowers that are the real attraction. Polemonium caeruleum and its cultivars send up clusters of flowers atop long stems in late spring to early summer. The bright blue varieties are among the most popular, blooming in clear tones of blue and bluish-purple, offset by yellow centres.
Jacob's ladder is a hardy perennial plant. It is upright and clump-forming, but it will spread by seed. Most Jacob's ladder plants have bell-shaped flowers in shades of purple and lavender, but there are also white, pink, and yellow varieties available. The compound leaves are composed of rows of narrow, pinnate leaflets. The branches grow from a basal rosette and arch and sway as they grow tall.