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Another perspective of one of the scultpures at the holocaust memorial. I do have more to provide but this will be my final for a while.. Thanks again to all those who provided kind words to my shots of this location!
Nick
"...cause all we need is candle light...
You and me and a bottle of wine...
going to hold you tonight"!
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Luke, Han, Obi-wan and Chewie fell into a whirlpool and Leia is the only one who can bring them safely ashore — if only she had a rope!
Feb 18th 2010
After the excitement of the night before (when both couples got engaged) we decided we would get up late and have an explore of Kiruna itself.
According to a leaflet I picked up from Kiruna Town Hall (or Stadshus), some facts about Kiruna are:
*Area - 20,000 sqkm
*Pop - 26,000
*1,400km north of Stockholm
*140km north of the Arctic Circle
To be honest, at no stage did I feel I was out in the wildnerness. I had expected to feel that way, thinking that because Kiruna was so far away from other towns, it would be somehow apart from what was going on.
The population is such because of the Iron Ore mines (Britain and Germany fought over them in WW2). Unfortunately the Iron Ore mining has had a disasterous effect on the environment, creating cracks and fissures to such an extent that the town in likely to have to move in the next 10 years. In the Town Hall there was an interesting display showing where the cracks were, and the votes that had taken place on which buildings to save. The Town Hall was included as was the Church.
We visited the Town Hall - it was a really nice building. Quite 60s in style - it was inaugurated in 1963 and the architect was Artur von Schmalensee.
Being an architecture nerd I liked a few details I found out about it -
* the clock tower is adorned with sculptures made by Bror Marklund and the 23 bells chime every hour in daytime.
*the front door knobs are made of reindeer horn and curly grained birch wood
*Italian stone mosiacs adorn the floor
*the walls are built of Dutch handmade bricks
There are also some interesting art pieces -
*big painting on the wall of Kirunavaara, painted 1905
*the big sculpture in the entrance hall is made of birch and reindeer horn by the Lappish artist Lars Sunna and represents a mixture of Lappish signs.
From the Town Hall we headed to the wooden Church. Another award winning building and totally different to the churches I have visited in UK and southern Europe. There is no decoration or ornamentation. I'm not sure whether this is by design or because of religion.
After a walk and photo session we were cold and hungry so headed for pizza. The guy at the pizza place spoke no English so it was a case of pick something and hope for the best. We ended up with ham, mushrooms, onion and prawns!
I sadly don't have any photos of the evening's activities. I left my camera at home due to the cold and because Paul was taking his.
We had booked to got Snowmobiling and Dog Sledding. A double package for £95 each. This was a good deal bearing in mind that each on their own seemed to cost round the £70 mark. Bit of prior research paid off.
We were picked up at the hotel and headed off to meet two other couples (who had also happened to be watching the Northern Lights the night before and had heard that 2 couples had got engaged!).
After changing (or rather putting on over our own clothes) an all-in-one snow suit and boots we headed out into the snow.
Our group was give the snowmobiles first and we were to meet with the dog sled group at the Sami tent half way and then swap after warm drinks and cakes.
Me and Paul shared a snowmobile as did Stephen and Susie. Me and Paul followed the instructor and were wizzing along at a good speed, doing a few jumps. I let Paul do most of the driving but did have a go and managed a couple of jumps myself.
Stephen and Susie were what Paul called "Driving Miss Daisy". At one point they veered off the track and had to be collected by the instructor. We were nearly at the Sami tent when we realised that Susie and Stephen were no longer behind us and we couldn't see their lights. The instructor turned around and headed back over the snow field. 15 mins passed and they hadnn't returned and Paul said he spotted smoke. I told him he hadn't and it was somewhere in the distance. Paul became instant - he had seen smoke behind and now he saw a fire.
With that we attempted to reverse our snowmobile but became bogged down in the snow. I climbed off to help and was up to my thighs in snow. Eventually we managed to loop round and headed back towards where Susie and Stephen were. There was indeed a fire blazing and Stephen and Susie's snowmobile had exploded and caught fire. They said it was felt warm, and they had seen smoke and fire in the engine so jumped off. Good thing really because there was a full tank of fuel on board. Fortunately no-one was hurt and the dog sled had been following so caught up with us.
After some debate the other couples swapped and rode the 2 remaining snowmobiles and we were put on the dog sled.
It was a short, but very smelly, distance to the Sami tent for drinks and cake. The guy lit a fire which smoked out the tent but eventually was bearable and warm.
We complete our trip back to base on the dog sled. It wasn't especially comfortable and the dogs poo-ed, trumped and farted as they ran along so it was quite stinky! One dog fart is bad. 12 becomes unbearable!
After 2 hours our trip was over. Another eventful evening in Sweden!
We finished our evening in the hotel pub having a meal. I chose the traditional Pytti Pana which is chopped meat, onions and potatoes with a poached egg on top. It was really nice.
Susie and Stephen had just about recovered. We debated about letting parents know and Paul texted his and Stephen's mum and dad who were obviously worried, but at least knew we were safe.
As we ate our meal we debated what the headlines would have been if something worse had occurred - "Newly engaged couples burnt alive on snowmobile" etc.
Elizabeth is all ready! x3
She came back from the talented Caroline a few months ago and just now I finished editing her pictures. :3 She was a hard one, this girl - I practiced a lot of face-ups on her and none were really satisfying! -0-' But Caroline did a great job. x3
I never really paid much attention to this sculpt as most of them were too Barbie-like for me because of the usual blonde hair, but when I saw Chibi Lilie's Olive in person… she is amazing, really. And I wanted Liz to look different that Limhwa's usual looks, so… x3
Here's my Scotland Yard agent girl! >3
Gabriel Sava Save's from a D. Horgan shot during the Cork City FC v Monaghan UTD Game at Turners Cross 5th Oct 2011
My wife looked out a window to see me shooting this scene. After I motioned her out to witness beautiful nature, she screamed "Save the frog, please save the frog!"
It's hard to reconcile my desire to please my wife, with my desire to see this natural process carried out.
The toad did not survive. I would not have survived if I told her she was confusing frogs with toads.
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Saw this billboard on Corporation Street, going from Aston University towards Dartmouth Circus.
Took on my mobile (wasn't planning on taking my proper camera with me to work).
Would have got a closer better shot on my proper camera if I had it with me today.
Some election billboard from save-me.org.uk that thinks that Fox Hunting ban will be lifted under David Cameron.
Personally I don't want the ban lifted.
But am ok for the Cons to join forces with the Lib Dems. Labour should not form the next government.
Last year I got shots of an M&S advert on this billboard.
Tucked into the landscaping surrounding the monument to the Confederate Washington Light Infantry is a time capsule buried on the centennial of the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1961. God alone knows what the people of 2061 will think of the contents when and if they open it.
Colwyn Bay pier. I thought it had been awarded a grant from the Lottery fund, but nothing seems to be going on. There's construction work around the perimeter of the beach, but someone said they think that's sea defences. I hope the pier can be saved......
Wedding save the dates pictures
www.wedding.jabezphotography.com/Blog/Wedding-Save-The-Da... wedding save the dates photos
Bem, a Danniella já publicou sua foto que ficou muito "cool" e muito premiada...aÃ, decidi postar a minha humilde amiga aqui :)
This cute turtle was also shot by Danniella and is already an award winner(also went to explore!) Meanwhile, I post my humble one here just for fun :)
Church calendar.
The Matenadaran at Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
The Matenadaran is one of the oldest and richest book-depositories in the world.
Its collection of about 17.000 manuscripts includes almost all the areas of
ancient and medieval Armenian culture and sciences - history, geography,
grammar, philosophy, law, medicine, mathematics-cosmography, theory of calendar,
alchemy-chemistry, translations, literature, chronology, art history, miniature,
music and theatre, as well as manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Greek, Syrian,
Latin, Ethiopian, Indian, Japanese and others. In this center of cultural
heritage many originals, lost in their mother languages and known only of their
Armenian translations, have been saved from loss.
The history of the Matenadaran dates back to the creation of the Armenian
alphabet in 405.
For whatever reason, 19308 had a functioning blind but was unable to display the 9 to/from Birchwood, so a paper route number in the windscreen saves the day while Stagecoach East Midlands (with the old logo) is shown above. It turns off Pelham Bridge to curve back round to the bus station on 26.1.21
My friends are getting married in September, and asked if I would snap some shots of their poser dogs for the "Save the Date" postcards that they will be sending out soon.
This is Buddy (American Bulldog) and Millie (Pug). A hilarious photo shoot, and yes, the dogs were properly humiliated. Two more in comments.
Though it looks beautiful, the bites are deadly. Besides malaria, dengue is a dangerous fever spread by a species of mosquito known as Aedes aegypti. It destroys the platelets in the blood and if untreated timely proves fatal.
Take care, friends and have a great weekend !!!
Shot this with 55-250mm armed with Raynox DCR250 add-on macro lens. The background is provided by a dry leaf !!
Click on the picture and hit F11 to see on full black screen !!
This pohto is used in an online magazine "World vision". See the link below.