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Since the early 1920’s, famous movie stars like Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and the Lone Ranger have been shooting it out at Alabama Hills. In 1969, the BLM dedicated nearly 30,000 acres of public land west of Lone Pine, California, as the Alabama Hills Recreation Area. The rounded, oddly shaped contours of the Alabama Hills form a sharp contrast to the glacially chiseled ridges of the nearby Sierra Nevada. Both landforms consist of a similar granitic rock that was uplifted around 100 million years ago.
The Alabama Hills lie west of Death Valley National Park, so it’s an easy trip for park visitors. And the Alabama Hills also lie at the base of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48, which adds to the spectacular landscape. The BLM and the Alabama Hills Stewardship Group care for this area with the goal of preserving the hills in as close as natural state as possible for the enjoyment of future generations. A one-of-a-kind road trip!
www.blm.gov/visit/alabama-hills-national-scenic-area
Photo by Jesse Pluim, BLM.
Ray J obviously didn’t mind exposing his naked body to the public, but Kim did regret it-especially since she later hooked up with Kanye West, fellow rapper, and a much popular one than Ray J.
Since I couldn't tell my Yashica EZ-Matic camera to overexpose my 25-year-old film by a couple of stops, I decided I'd use the Sunny f/16 rule to my advantage. The EZ-Matic has a range of apertures that can be used with a single default shutter speed. I figured that speed was about 1/30 second which was ideal for adding a couple of stops of exposure while using the Sunny f/16 rule. Here, I shot it at f/8, trying to expose the underside of the overpass properly. That worked fairly well.
The stop-per-decade adjustment is approximately right with this film.
Scanned on my Epson V700, and with a fake yellow border added in Paint Shop Pro at the top, to try and match the real yellow elsewhere. Black line added in PSP, too.
Since 2012 I have taken it upon myself to embark upon the some might say foolhardy endeavour to wrestle Valentine’s Day away from its saccharine, cellophane wrapped cliches into a festival of love which is about all kinds of love, just like those wise old ancient Greeks told us
I decided to do that the first year by dashing around London with my mates Asif and Chris dispensing home-made Valentine Day cards, cakes and other love themed items to unsuspecting strangers. It was amazing. You can see a little film of that day here: vimeo.com/58022085
Since then, every year, I put a shout out on social media to anyone who knows anyone who would appreciate a card to remind them that they are loved. So far, I have made and posted 600 Valentine’s cards. I have also covered railings, phone boxes, windows and park benches with paper hearts, chalked love poems onto roads and written love poems with seniors in sheltered housing.
if you see this, and you fancy it, join in!
Write to someone you love who you might not tell enough, someone who needs to be reminded that they are loved, especially if they are lonely or having a difficult time at the moment. Could be your partner, your sibling, your best friend, your nan, your newsagent, your teacher . Think about who might need this the most right now. You can write a letter, postcard, hand make a card, send a postcard, the “rules” are:
The “Rules”
Post it with an actual stamp if this is possible for you- why? Just because it is so much nicer getting stuff that isn’t bills through the post.
Take your time with what you want to say and make it personal, think about how they will feel when they receive it (obvious I know but we all do things too quickly sometimes)
Ask them to pass the love on by writing in turn to someone they love and telling them so, and so beginning a love chain, which may, if we are lucky, never end, reminding us all of who we love and how much we are loved
(if you need it, here are some suggested words: “hope you like your message- I am trying to do my bit to pass love around the world- if you can please write to someone you love too, and we can keep this love chain travelling round the world and make sure everyone knows how much they are loved”
Summing up (because I know I go on a bit!)
1.Write to someone and tell them you love them. Post or hand deliver your message.
2.Ask them to do the same
3.Remind yourself of the things you love about yourself too*
* Let’s not forget this one : philautia (self love): as well as writing to someone to tell them you love them, take a moment this V Day to think about what you love about yourself. This can feel squirmy sometimes, try just thinking of 3 things to start with (3 is a magic number) that you love about yourself. If you find it hard to think of things, that’s ok, ask a good friend to help you think of things. Loving ourselves is important too.
“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.” Ben Okri
“And may your first love last forever.
P.S. You are your first love. Take care of yourself.”
Cleo Wade
Since 2013 the Oldham Music Centre has celebrated the end of its year by giving an open-air public festival which features all of its ensembles. These include choirs, brass and wind bands, orchestras, rock and pop and so much more.
In 2023 the Festival took place at Oldham Parish Church and used both the church itself and the grounds surrounding it.
The first part of the Festival took place on the evening of Friday 7th July and featured some of our Rock and Pop groups including all three electric guitar groups (EGGs), Acoustic Adult Guitars and our adult guitar group (BBC).
The following day it was the turn of everyone else and from 10am through to 5pm over thirty different ensembles entertained their families, friends and members of the public that were drawn to come and listen by the great sounds being produced.
It was the only time this event has taken there so far, but it certainly won't be the last!
Ever since Harry Ramsden first started serving his famous fish and chips, a commitment to the best quality products has been the recipe for our success. It’s a difference you can taste with every delicious helping in our restaurants today.
Our Favourite Fish
Cod remains the number one choice of the great British public, thanks to its delicous, flaky white flesh and low fat content. Not only that, as cod liver oil is packed with vitamins A, D and omega-3 fatty acids which are associated with many health benefits, too.
Haddock, another lean white marine fish, is a superb source of protein and has a slightly sweet taste that wins it many fans. It also contains a significant amount of vitamin B12, pyridoxine and selenium besides a healthy balance of potassium and sodium.
Plaice is a type of flatfish with soft flesh and a mild flavour with a slight hint of sweetness: rich in vitamin B12, it is also a good source of vitamins A and D, as well as containing omega-3 fatty acids.
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Since their relocation to Jesmond upon the sale of their original home of Hexham to Go North East, the DAF SB3000 Coaches have been making regular appearances on more local work compared to their normal 685 runs. 1204 is seen in North Shields on the 306 bound for Newcastle.
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Hico, Texas is located at the intersection of US Highway 281 and state highways 6 and 220 in northeastern Hamilton County. It was originally founded in the mid-1850s on the banks of nearby Honey Creek. By the mid-1870s, the town had eight businesses, including a cotton gin, though most area residents raised cattle and horses. With the arrival of the Central Texas Railroad in 1880, the town relocated 2½ miles to the line. Hico was incorporated in 1883 and became a shipping center for the area. The population had risen to 1480 when, in 1890, a fire destroyed the buildings on the east side of Pecan Street, one of the main streets of the town. A few weeks later, another fire destroyed the buildings on the west side. Reconstruction was performed using stone to lessen the exposure to fire in the future and many of those stone buildings are still standing and in use. Low-lying areas continued to be subjected to periodic flooding from the Bosque River, however. Over time, Hico prospered as a cotton and cattle market center. In 1940, the population was 1242 and the town had 50 businesses. In the 2000 census, the population was recorded at 1341. For more information, see www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjh08.
I have been photographing Salt Pond A21 since 2006. This was the year that Salt Pond A21 and its neighbor, Salt Pond A20, were returned to tidal flow. The two ponds flank the abandoned hamlet of Drawbridge and their construction in the middle of the last century must have hastened the decline of that community. In 2006 large gaps were cut in the ponds’ levee along Coyote Creek and once again the tides visit twice a day.
During the first couple of years following the breach, the pond’s bottom was a bare plain of gypsum, leftover deposits from the solar evaporation process used to concentrate brine. Before long the pond bottom softened with a thin deposit of sediment and here and there started to take on the mudflat colors associated with a thin biological film. Then the first vegetation arrived, colonizing the highest ground of the pond bottom – the raised ridges of former marsh channels and the lip of the perimeter borrow ditch.
For several years I made two or three trips out to Salt Pond A21 to photograph a specific area of the pond as it experienced these changes. That series of photographs continued until December 2012 when the footbridge providing access to the A21 levee finally rotted out so much that a crossing became unwise.
This set of photographs was taken during my first visit to Salt Pond A21 since 2012 and, my goodness, the restoration seems to have progressed nicely. Marsh vegetation has expanded noticeably in extent and density. Viewed obliquely the pond bottom now looks very much like a marsh. The borrow ditches, once deeper and sharply defined, now have soft edges and seem to be more shallow. Large open spaces in the pond’s interior seem to be contracting as vegetation expands. They are now starting to look like marsh pannes. What fun it is to watch this progress.
I am taking these documentary photographs under a Special Use Permit from the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge. Kite flying is prohibited over Station Island as is access to this part of the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge without a Special Use Permit.
Since the handover of Hong Kong, the former British colony , to Beijing in 1st July 1997, the annual July 1 march became a rallying point for Hong Kong's pro-democracy activitists.
The themes of this year include protest against the empty promise of one country two systems, to release Liu Xiaobo and investigate the former Chief Executive , CY Leung for accepting money from UGL
自從香港的主權於一九九七年七月一日移交中國北京政府後，每年七一遊行便成為了市民和平表達民主訴求及對政施不滿的渠道
今年的訴求包括 : 抗議北京政府沒有履行一國兩制的承諾 , 要求釋放中國異見人士、二零一零年諾貝爾和平獎得主劉曉波 , 以及徹查前行政長官梁振英收取UGL 五千萬的事件
South aisle window by Morris & Co from c1910-20, from a sequence utilising earlier designs by Edward Burne Jones alongside new figures by John Henry Dearle (both here by the latter).
Rugby School Chapel is one of my favourite buildings, a gloriously eccentric piece of Victorian architecture that dominates the centre of my hometown of Rugby, so it has been a familiar landmark throughout my life (my secondary school used the chapel towards Christmas when I got to sing from the choir stalls). It is one of the most ambitious buildings of William Butterfield, an architect renowned for his love of polychrome brickwork whose work is a defining feature of the town, mostly in various parts of the School complex.
The previous chapel was by Henry Hakewill (who designed the older parts of the present school) and finished in 1821 and was a much more modest affair. It was rebuilt by Butterfield in 1872 on a far grander scale and with the distinctive octagonal tower over the chancel that has become such a symbol of the school since. Initially the nave of the old chapel was retained when the new transepts, tower and apse were built, but this was later rebuilt in a style more in keeping with the rest of the building by Thomas Jackson in 1897-8 (with the elderly Butterfield's assistance). The chapel has thus retained a more unified appearance inside and out ever since.
The distinctive forms of the octagonal steeple abruptly perched over the apse followed by double transepts and all executed in Butterfield's hallmark stripes of brick of contrasting colours make this chapel a memorable sight, Victorian architectural confectionery at its best. The interior is equally impressive, the bands of colour from stone and brick added to by the striking black and white of the ceiling. The space is formed of three distinct units, firstly Jackson's nave with its low side aisles, followed by the vast open space of the transepts contrasting sharply with the narrow chancel and apse beyond.
The chapel is an architectural delight, however what makes a visit to it all the more rewarding is the superb collection of stained glass, a surprising mixture encompassing Northern Renaissance to the late Pre-Raphaelite. Four windows contain early 16th century continental glass imported in the early 19th century (and originally installed in the old chapel). The finest is the Flemish glass in the east window, showing the Adoration of the Magi. There is much Victorian glass by several makers, mainly Alexander Gibbs who regularly worked with Butterfield and whose huge windows dominate the transepts. The nave contains more compelling work, predominately late pieces by Morris & Co including the stunning west window by J.H.Dearle.
Frustratingly the chapel is rather difficult to visit, it is a working school and thus camera-wielding visitors aren't generally welcome unless they join one of the tours of the school (usually Saturdays around 2pm) which includes the chapel but gives rather limited time.
I am therefore hugely indebted to Peter (Jacquemart on Flickr) and staff member Anne Haughton for kindly arranging this visit, the first time I've been able to fully enjoy this space for several decades.
This is a photograph from the SSE Airtricity Dublin City Marathon 2017 which was held in Dublin Ireland on Sunday 29th of October 2017 at 09:00. This year is the second year since the organisers decided to move the marathon from its traditional Bank Holiday Monday slot to Sunday. This proved to be an incredible success with yet again one of the largest field ever for the marathon in Dublin. The weather was absolutely perfect with ideal running conditions for the marathon with just some windy spots around the route. Temperatures were around 10 - 13C.
This set of photographs are from the start and the finish (up to about a finish time of 3 hours 10 minutes. The full set of photographs are available on our Flickr photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157687708801381
These are COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS - you should check the links below for official media and other materials about the race.
Useful Internet Links about DCM 2017
sseairtricitydublinmarathon.ie/
www.facebook.com/dublinmarathon/
www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057761900
The Excellent Running in Cork Blog will keep a list of places where photographs and other multimedia are available: corkrunning.blogspot.ie/
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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I thought I would share my recent faves too! Enjoy!
1. Overindulgence, 2. When piggies fly, 3. A is for..., 4. Entangled & Entwined, 5. Untitled, 6. editorial cut, 7. 163/365 "happy new year, or whatever", 8. TriCity Park, 9. Day 220: Start Fresh, 10. 125, 11. Coming My Way, 12. Moss-grown tree, 13. Today, 14. Q: What's a blonde's favorite rock group?, 15. Day 150: Alone in the desert, 16. I stand alone, 17. Day 195: Once upon a time, 18. I ♥ them, 19. Day 193: Xhilaration, 20. Day 143:"When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality", 21. Bunny and un4gtableann..., 22. Day 141: I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart, 23. If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine, 24. fierce, 25. and when you dream. . ., 26. o christmas tree, o christmas tree, 27. Day 110: Looking out the window, 28. Acid Trip, 29. 2 pieces of my heart, 30. Day 140: Brought out the dancing clothes for the rain!, 31. yeah, it's another bw face shot. 98/365, 32. Flower 5, 33. Overalls, 34. Main St., 35. Day 137: O Christmas Tree, 36. Eyes like a cat
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Since I was asked, no this was not staged :P I came around the corner in Portsmouth and saw the sign from across the street. It briefly crossed my mind that it would be hella great if someone with a belly came walking by (really). I then took a couple of steps, realized that the couple was standing there, stopped down the lens and clicked. A lucky shot, although, after all, I was out looking for lucky shots.
Since I haven't been out in nature in awhile, what I have is portraits and a lot of them! This is one of my friends daughter Victoria.
Come on warm weather and lets see some color........I need a road trip......that is if I can afford it.....my truck and my Jeep kinda like to drink the fuel!
Welcome back old friend, I haven't seen you since you were on clearance back in Fall 2010. I had no idea that the very popular Rochefort 10 from Belgium would ever make a return to Manitoba, because frankly.. it just didn't sell. Now days, Belgian beers do much better than Manitoba than they previously did, just going to the local liquormart, Unibroue beers sell quickly.
When I first tried Rochefort 10 in 2010, It was $2.65, very affordable. This time, it's now $4.58 before tax - pricey but worth it for a solid Belgian beer, and still cheaper than you can find it in my stomping grounds in North Dakota.
Appearance: Pours a muddy brown, incredibly muddy. Good amount of carbonation, to the point that the head diminishes immediately to the point that there's only a hint of head around the rim of the glass.
Aroma: Dark fruits, grape, incredibly strong and a bit reminiscent to Trois Pistoles - sweet, in your face and not for the weak-paleted drinkers. Quite an alcoholy aroma as well, but hey.. what do you expect when the ABV is 11.3%!
Taste: Really in-your-face, even much more than the standard Unibroue beers, there's the obvious alcohol taste that slams your tongue against the roof of your mouth immediately, as well as a great deal of dark fruit. Quite sweet, powerful and in ways has a bit of a similar profile to a barley wine - that sweetness that immediately hits your tongue, that. A bit of prunes, there's a great deal of bitterness that lingers around after the sweetness diminishes. Oh hey.. I can actually feel myself getting buzzed as I review this, and I just started sipping on it, and you know that tingling feeling you get in your stomach as soon as you take a sip of a beer, I'm really getting that during every sip.
Overall Thoughts: Warning - I'm getting buzzed incredibly quickly and I've only had 3 sips so far, so if you have plans to do (or need to operate heavy machinery) - don't drink this until you have several hours of free time. Quite an incredibly strong tasting Belgian dark ale. While every time I mention this beer, friends always go "well, Rochefort 8 is much better", I don't care, this is actually a damned tasty beer, the closest beer I can compare it to is Unibroue's Trois Pistoles, which I said in my previous review as well but Trois Pistoles is quite mellow compared to this. You want a Belgian ale with in your face taste and aroma? This is your beer!
Previous Rochefort 10 review: Link (2010)
Since the picture was recorded,
EK-32039 migrated to Spain and became EC-MEG with Iberia Express on 2015-03-06.
Meet Doña Carmen, a resident of Melrose since leaving her native #PuertoRico many decades ago.
85 years young and you can always spot her in the early morning hours running her errands. Even though she cannot walk without the aid of her walker, she does not solicit help from anyone.
For over 40 years she has spent her summers at ‘La Playita’ (Little Beach but not really a beach just stretch of tar in #HuntsPoint) making #cuchifritos such as #rabitos, #alcapurrias, #rellenosdepapa, #morcilla and other heart clogging fried delicacies.
Eventually after La Playita began to die down after over 40 years as a hot spot, she moved much closer to home to Villa Cuernos on 156th and Brook Ave.
Both locations, once the hint of warm weather began, became places of dancing, drinking, selling trinkets and wares but most importantly it was a celebration of culture.
Little is left from that era and Villa Cuernos in Melrose has gotten smaller and smaller as new developments have been built. Now it sits in front of the last remaining parcel of land which is slated for development and such gatherings will soon be gone.
Doña Carmen is one of our local treasures and #PeopleOfTheBronx. The greatest resource of our borough is its people.
For more information on the history of these places, read David Gonzalez’s article in the NYTIMES
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Since 1999, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has cleared nearly 186 square kilometres of land, destroying over 665,000 mines and other explosive weapons. More than 160,000 people displaced by conflict have been resettled as a result.
Photo courtesy of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action
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Since first constructed in 1975, the University Union has been considered the “living room” of the campus, but technological changes, code requirements and the demand for more space created a much-needed addition and renovation for the building. This 72,000 SF, three-story expansion provides an amenity-rich addition at the heart of the Sacramento State campus with more meeting rooms, student spaces and offices for University functions. Delivered using the University’s innovative Collaborative Design-Build method, this LEED Gold-designed project engaged stakeholders in workshops throughout the design process, ensuring University staff and student expectations were captured.
The design solution gives the building an essential identity in a new main entry with an expansive double height pavilion, outdoor gathering space, and retail to activate the pedestrian zone. A large Starbucks and relocated Peak Adventures retail store with bicycle repair shop, greet the public once inside. A modern Games Room has new pool tables, ping pong, and various video game consoles for students to use between classes. Lounge spaces, divisible conference suites and open offices for Union-specific and ASI-related departments are also included to meet demand.
By creating more permeable and light-filled spaces on the north side and a discernible main entry, the University Union expansion is not only designed to fit demand and meet modern code requirements, it allows the Union to be a beacon for student life on the campus again.
Photo by Kyle Jeffers.
I have been straying since I can remember, or to put it better, I have always been on the journey. I might stay at somewhere occasionally, what I love the most is a ray of light coming into the dark room. This is also the source of inspiration for my literary creation. I am always vague and blurred, afraid of others to see through myself, and also afraid of myself to see through myself.
The Real Hong Kong Car Culture
Hong Kong Car | Automotive Photography since 2011
For a detailed introduction | guide on Hong Kong Car Licence Plates | Car Vanity Plates click on the link below to learn more :
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/hk-car-vanity-plates
One of the largest collections of quality Hong Kong Car Images and specialising in Car Licence Plates | Car Vanity Plates or as the Hong Kong Government likes to call them - Vehicle Registration Marks
I photograph all car brands and please do bear in mind I am an enthusiastic amateur and NOT a professional photographer but I do have a fairly distinctive style and it has got better over the years.
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link is shown below, I have lived in Hong Kong for over 50 years!
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Since I posted pics of my roommate's guitar, here's my piece of mahogany as well. Parker Nitefly-M. Mahogany body with satin oil finish, mahogany neck with carbon-fiber/glass/epoxy reinforcement and fretboard. Hardened stainless steel frets, DiMarzio custom-wound humbuckers with coil taps, Fishman piezo pickup, stereo output, Parker custom cast aluminum vibrato bridge, and Sperzel locking tuners. 6.5lbs.
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Since the pre-Roman period, a fortified settlement has existed on the hill where Carcassonne now stands. In its present form it is an outstanding example of a medieval fortified town, with its massive defences encircling the castle and the surrounding buildings, its streets and its fine Gothic cathedral. Carcassonne is also of exceptional importance because of the lengthy restoration campaign undertaken by Viollet-le-Duc, one of the founders of the modern science of conservation. UNESCO WHS description.
Since the small planets look very much like eyes to me, I decided to merge an image of my sons eye (taken with an iphone) with my "Planet Galbraith" creation. The final product is reminiscent of the unusual contact lenses one can wear for Halloween!
Since we put up our tree on Christmas Eve, I didn't get too many opportunities for the mandatory "dog in front of bokehed decorated tree" portrait - so here we go :)
Since I've had my camera stollen in Barcelona, I've only taken pictures with my iPhone 3GS.
It's a very different approach to photography. But for someone who got used to have a good quality DSLR it's a bit heartbreaking to use an iPhone.
It lacks detail, soul, controls, accuracy…
So I had to get myself a decent camera. The thing is that the type of camera I'd want would cost too much money and I prefer spending that money on travel.
So I challenged myself to find the best quality for the lowest price.
This meant getting an old film SLR.
But most of them I found were quite over priced, because they were vintage, fancy, collector I don't know what.
Until I found that thing from a guy who had just taken it out from his attic. For 50zl (12.5€) !
It's heavy, tough, bulky and dead simple !
It's all manual. But it's got TTL metering :)
Exposure is shown in the viewfinder by 2 leds.
Mine's got a bit of character, sometimes they won't show up, so I slightly headbut the camera and they reappear.
So it's not exactly what I wanted because I wanted something quite light that could fit in the pocket… and I end up with this which weighs around 1kg !
But still I'm happy.
This thing's got spirit. It's got "Made in U.S.S.R" written.
It's surely older than me and might well last longer than me !
I will shoot black and white. For now I've got it loaded with an ILFORD HP5 PLUS 400.
This thing will follow me in my travels and I'll try to bring back some shots with soul
since the Christmas present was opened by a great niece - a shoulder bag constructed from recycled denim jeans (including the waistband as shoulder strap), quilt project fabric remnants, and an old latch hook sampler (the butterfly). She loved it. :-)
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(photo of the materials below)
Since our cat Lulu barely survived a recent health crisis this memorial, encountered in Mystic, Ct., makes more sense to me than it once would have.
Since 2005, São Paulo (BRA) organizes a parody of Nuit Blanche (Paris FRA). Every kind of culture that you can imagine get together at the center of the the city, and shows, movies, theaters and people are all free - they call it Virada Cultural.
This weekend I went there for the second time, and this was one of the shows I watched. Its a shame my camera is almost broken and I only could get ONE shot of THIS ONE show (i need my new camera quickly ._.), cause it's not brazilian ):. This is Living Colour (USA), on the first year that Brazil called internacional artists to the event.
Behind: Estação da Luz, it's a parody (in Brazil you create nothing, you copy everything HAHAH (i'm kidding... i mean, there are exceptions ok)) of London's Big Ben. It's pretty, but nothing compares.
The only bad thing around this is who's behind it. Who'll get elected once again JUST because of this, tsc tsc. Politics, rs
Thanks to Amanda Guedes who stood all night up with me ♥ :D
Few will be unaware of Broadway, since it's Edwardian rediscovery this picturesque Cotswold town has attracted visitors from all over the world. Broadway has fallen from the high wolds lying at the foot of the escarpment, the main street once climbed the lower slopes of Fish Hill slipping away as the ascent defied further building, Now a bypass takes the heavy traffic past Broadway, returning the upper part of the village to it's Victorian calm.
In common with several other Cotswold settlements Broadway began as a planned medieval town created by Pershore Abbey in the late 12th or early 13th centuries as a source of revenue. This may explain the position of the Norman church dedicated to St Eadburgha, which is a mile or so along the Snowshill road close to an older route over Fish Hill. The town prospered in the 17th and 18th centuries deriving a large portion of it's income from the wool and cloth trades and served as an important stopping place when coach travel blossomed, stimulated by the creation of turnpike roads. A medieval building the Abbot's Grange survives at the eastern end of the town.
As the old church was an inconvenient distance from the 17th century town, a chapel of ease was built near the marketplace in 1608, St Michael, this church was rebuilt in 1839. However, the wonderfully evocative Norman church St Eadburgha's is still used in the summer months. Eadburgha was a Saxon princess who as a child chose a bible over a bag of jewels, she was the daughter of Edward the Elder. A Saxon dedication suggests the presence of an earlier church on the site. St Eadburgha stands on the edge of Broadway perched above a wooded valley surrounded by fields. The elegant exterior gives the impression of a wealthy Perpendicular wool church but a soon as you step into the lofty nave a Norman structure is revealed. A three-bay pointed arcade with round piers betrays the buildings Norman origins, outside two west buttresses and the remains of an east buttress show the whole building to be c1200. The towers seems to have been built into the original nave preserving the piers of a fourth bay while the east responds were topped with battlements.The west and east tower arches are 14th century but the chancel arch retains imposts c1200. A vaulted roof spans the tower-crossing while the upper stages are Perpendicular as are the chancel windows although there is evidence of 13th century lancets. A Jacobean altar rail guards the communion table at the eat end of the chancel. The chancel has a trefoil headed piscina with continuous roll-moulding. A 13th century south transept has a south window of three stepped pointed-trefoiled lights, a piscina suggests the transept was used as an additional chapel. The nave roof sits on a wall plate with fleurons and one carved head. Above the chancel arch is a Royal Coat of Arms of Charles I dated to 1641.A Norman tub font has medieval encaustic tiles around it but inside the north door is the base of a 13th century hexagonal font with slender shafts. The church guide suggests the pulpit, that has Perpendicular panels, was once a travelling pulpit that would have been tied to the back of a horse. There are screens and benches in the choir which were constructed from medieval fragments. On the east wall is a brass to Anton Daston died 1571, this is a palimpsest, engraved on a Flemish brass plate, part of which is now in Westerham, Kent. There are fragments of medieval glass in many of the windows. A recent edition are beautiful oak pews made by Christopher Holmes of Rookery Farm, Broadway. The church has a peal of six bells including a Bagley bell of 1778.
Unfortunately the church has been a victim of several thefts, particularly a carved Flemish panel and the parish chest, these are illustrated on my Flckr site: www.flickr.com/photos/bwthornton/sets/72157633151004936, it would be wonderful if these pieces could be found and restored to their proper place.
Since it was 70 degrees in the middle of December I decided to take a little day trip to Sulphur Oklahoma to this little National Park. It is the 7th oldest national park in the USA. Its not real large but is full of small waterfalls along the meandering little stream. Okay there not large waterfalls but they are Oklahoma waterfalls.
Since I've done the Empire State and Flatiron Buildings this week already, why not complete the trifecta?
The sunlight hitting the upper floors of the building was very strong, washing out some detail, so I'm slightly disappointed with the way this came out. Fortunately I work close enough to come back another day and try it again...