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HFF! One of two photos taken recently as Summer draws too a close and we appreciate the flowers still blooming.
Thanks for visiting, stay healthy and hopeful. #BeKind
The atmospheric 'Fairy Glen' on the River Conwy (Afon Conwy) is known in Welsh as Flos Noddin which translates as 'Deep Ditch'. It is a secluded wooded gorge on the River Conwy and is located a short distance from Beaver Bridge on the outskirts of Betws y Coed, with little waterfalls, cascades and rapids - as shown in this image.
Its water tends to be acid and often coloured brown resulting from its catchment area where ancient acid rocks are generally covered in thin often acid soils.
Last night's heavy rain caused a rapid rise in water levels, resulting in this torrent, as well as washing further 'Brown Acid Soil' into the river.
It's a great favourite with both photographers and artists alike. If you are ever nearby it's well worth a visit.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~ Albert Einstein
Someone has painted this fence since I last went past (ages ago), it now matches the window shutters and garden gate and looks lovely.
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Aspects of Penarth. The former Penarth Dock, once a large scale exporter of coal, until this activity came to an end in 1936. The dock reopened in 1943 as a US training base, finally being closed in 1963. It is now a marina for pleasure craft, surrounded by quite varied modern housing.
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It looks like a Red-hot Poker ~ Kniphofia, but seems too short for one. Any help out there?
It's possibly a Dwarf Red-hot Poker ~ Kniphofia triangularis, but I could be miles out.
www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9765/Kniphofia-triangularis/Details
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Day 258/366 of Project 365 (Monday, 2020 September 14th - 127th consecutive daily photo): Smoke from wildfires in the western United States has now been transported in the upper atmosphere as far east as southwestern Michigan, producing this stark early-evening image of the sun (that's right, the sun!) as framed here by the overhanging branches of an Eastern Cottonwood.
The front of one of my pumps, it measures approx 2.5 x 1.27cm.
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Moel Siabod (Welsh for 'Shapely Hill') is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales that is 'Unique' for the views from its summit.
This view is after leaving the Forestry Commission's Woodland at Bro Garmon near the Conwy Waterfalls.
It sits above the isolated villages of Betws y Coed and Capel Curig and at 872 metres (2,861 ft) is the highest peak in the Moelwynian mountain range.
From its summit, it is reputedly possible to see 13 of the 14 highest peaks in Wales on a clear day without turning one's head. I'm yet to experience that!
It also offers the best view of Snowdon you'll find anywhere in Wales.
In a garden in the car park. The owners have obviously left for the Winter as the little cottage was all closed up. If it was mine, I'd never be able to leave it.
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The only view on my Appalachian Trail adventure last month. This was taken just off the trail the morning of day two of the adventure.
Camera: Sony RX100
Lens: Zeiss 28-100mm F1.8-4.9
(10.4mm @ f/8, 1/40 sec, ISO 100)
Close-up of a house designed to attract bees. The idea is that bees will find this utterly irrestible and nest in the circular holes drilled in the blocks of wood. I can't help but wonder if these houses--which are sold in garden stores everywhere--are more attractive to humans than they are to the bees they are supposedly designed to attract.
Operating in the new Dolphin-livery, since March,2020.
Went in storage March 27, due Covid-19 until mid August.
Now showing the world her new livery again.....
On my way home this morning, I came through the town centre. Before I got there I saw a notice like the other day, telling me to mask up.
Got mine out and put it on. Rather hot and stuffy under one, and my glasses kept steaming up, but far better to suffer that, than getting and or spreading Covid.
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The River Conwy is 27 miles (43km) long from its source Llyn Conwy until entering the Irish Sea north of Conwy on the North Wales Coast. It has four main tributaries each joining on the left.
Firstly, Afon Machno joins up river at the Conwy Falls. Secondly, pictured here, Afon Lledr joins just before Betws y Coed. Thirdly, Afon Llugwy joins at Betws y Coed - where further upstream, West of the town, the spectacular Swallow Falls can be found. Finally, Afon Crafnant joins much lower downstream at Trefiw.
The name Conwy derives from the old Welsh words 'cyn' (chief) and 'gwy' (water) - the river being originally called Cynwy.
The Fairy Glen is a great favourite with photographers and artists - which hopefully this further image shows.
A - B - C - D - ...... I love the Result ... ♡
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A - B - C - D - ..... Ich liebe das Resultat ... ♡
Aspects of Penarth. The RNLI lifeboat has been out on exercise on Saturday 19 September 2020 and has just reversed into its launch trailer, to be hauled up the slipway and across the road to the 1995 boathouse. It was soon after high tide and a variable wind was helping to create a considerable swell.
An earlier Penarth Lifeboat station existed here from 1861 to 1905, but a new one opened in 1980 and currently is home to an Atlantic 85-class lifeboat (seen here and named Maureen Lilian) that dates from 2010 and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat (Spirit of Penarth II) that arrived here in 2018.
in July 2020 the value of having two boats was shown when the smaller (D Class) boat was already out to assist a casualty when a second shout came, to rescue three people trapped by the rising tide. These were two of four shouts in five days. It still seems astonishing that this vital rescue service is entirely crewed by volunteers and funded by public contribution.
I only cloned out a very small part of the stem that was visible. When I first noticed it, I thought it was floating.
Thank you Kasia. :)
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Believe it or not this is a colour image and was taken of 'Foam Swirls' in the River Conwy's - Beaver Pool near Betws y Coed - adjacent to the 'Fairy Glen'.
The River isn't polluted but is acidic and brown coloured. Last night's heavy rain over the River's catchment area of ancient acid rocks, which are often covered with thin layers of acidic soil, caused much material to be washed down stream.
The Beaver Pool is a very wide and deep, where the river's currents and eddies cause these interesting and ever changing 'Swirling Patterns'. Quite mesmerising too!
9.15am on Sunday 20th September 2020 sees the day's second locomotive movement during last weekend's Great Central Railway's restricted September passenger services.
Despite it being an overcast and cold morning, it didn't deter the crew's enthusiasm of LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48305 moving forward to collect its empty coaches forming the day's first departure from Loughborough Central Station at 9.35am.
A few moments earlier the locomotive had reversed out of the engine yard, via the station's relief line, after coaling and watering.
Long Exposure shot of Wexford harbour and town, Ireland at night
I had my camera on Manual setting and on my Manfrotto 190 tripod
A lovely looking tree, which I'll show you later. Wanted to put the trunk up as there are all sorts of things to see on it. Can you see what?
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