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Abused, Abandoned, Jungle Dogs.

Wildlife Photography, Jungle.

Nikon D300 DX Camera.

Nikkor 24-85 VR Lens.

Flying Baby Betty.

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Back Story ..............

Arrived just before 7AM on Saturday, March 15th.

Got myself sorted out then entered Mamas Palace.

Slightly surprised the Brown family was not home ? !

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Well OK I'll just wander on over to see Leroy and friends.

Now these guys were extremely excited to see me, of

course their breakfast was spread out which was instantly

consumed.

Shot a few monkeys, played around with Leroy while avoiding

all the tourists.Not long I was heading back to the Palace.

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Right when I set foot into the DMZ I see three Brown Dogs come

racing out of the bushes heading straight for me....;-)

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Baby Betty tries to put on the brakes but crashes into to my legs

while Mama arrives a second later with a huge smile on her face.

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Mr Brown waits a few feet away watching over his happy family.

Speaking of Mr Brown, he came up close wanting to say hello.

I slowly reached out and rubbed his massive head. A bond has been

made at last. An his head is really big, solid like cement solid, he's

a big boy. Maybe Little Baby Betty will end up being a big girl too.....

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Mama is quite content to be home, it's easy to see this in her manners.

Doing a lot of just laying around and watching Baby Betty chase the

the monkeys. Mr Brown also stays close to Mama as if to protect her from

the Evil Primates...

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Just like Mama-san, my no# 1 wife is pretty burned out, in fact my body feels

like I went a couple rounds with Chuck Norris too.

OK, I wouldn't last one round with Chuck Norris but it still feels like I went 2 rounds.

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Hope to be back out with the Brown Family tomorrow, Sunday the 16th.

And of course y'all will be kept updated through photos an text of everything going on.

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Thanks goes out for all your comments and support, always appreciated.......;-)

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ps:just noticed the camera says this photo was taken yesterday, not true.

was taken 4 hours ago which means I need to reset the camera clock/date.

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Mr Jon, No# 1 Wife and Crew, still somewhere in the jungles of Thailand.

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THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO

THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO

THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO

Spotted somebody selling a slide of this photo on eBay and decided to take the image for my archives.

This is the royal balcony from where the Mughal emperor's would address their audience.

The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila (Urdu: شاهی قلعہ ) is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore. The trapezoidal composition is spread over 20 hectares. Origins of the fort go as far back as antiquity, however, the existing base structure was built during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605), and was regularly upgraded by subsequent rulers,having thirteen gates in all.[1]. Thus the fort manifests the rich traditions of the entire Mughal architecture.[2] Some of the famous sites inside the fort include: Sheesh Mahal, Alamgiri Gate, Naulakha pavilion, and Moti Masjid. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Shalimar Gardens (Lahore).

The origins of Lahore Fort are obscure and are traditionally based on various myths.[3] However, during the excavation carried out in 1959 by the Department of Archaeology, in front of Diwan-e-Aam, a gold coin of Mahmood of Ghazni dated A.H. 416 (1025 A.D.) was found at a depth of 7.62 metres from the level of the lawns. Cultural layers continued to a further depth of 5 metres, giving strong indications that people had lived here, long before the conquest of Lahore by Mahmood in 1021 A.D.[4] Further mention of the fort is traceable to Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Ghuri's successive invasions of Lahore from 1180 to 1186 A.D.

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Location of Fort along the Walled City of LahoreIt cannot be said with certainty when the Lahore Fort was originally constructed or by whom, since this information is lost to history, possibly forever. However, evidence found in archaeological digs gives strong indications that it was built long before 1025 A.D

1241 A.D. - Destroyed by Mongols.

1267 A.D. - Rebuilt by Sultan Ghiyas ud din Balban.

1398 A.D. - Destroyed again, by Amir Tamir's army.

1421 A.D. - Rebuilt in mud by Sultan Mubark Shah Syed.

1432 A.D. - The fort is occupied by Shaikh Ali of Kabul who makes repairs to the damages inflicted on it by Shaikha Khokhar.

1566 A.D. - Rebuilt by Mughal emperor Akbar, in solid brick masonry on its earlier foundations. Also perhaps, its area was extended towards the river Ravi, which then and up to about 1849 A.D., used to flow along its fortification on the north. Akbar also built Doulat Khana-e-Khas-o-Am, the famous Jharoka-e-Darshan (Balcony for Royal Appearance), Masjidi Gate etc.

1618 A.D. - Jehangir adds Doulat Khana-e-Jehangir

1631 A.D. - Shahjahan builds Shish Mahal (Mirror Palace).

1633 A.D. - Shahjahan builds Khawabgah (a dream place or sleeping area), Hamam (bath ), Khilwat Khana (retiring room), and Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque).[5]

1645 A.D. - Shahjahan builds Diwan-e-Khas (Hall of Special Audience).

1674 A.D. - Aurangzeb adds the massively fluted Alamgiri Gate.

(Sometime during) 1799-1839 A.D. - The outer fortification wall on the north with the moat, the marble athdera, Havaeli Mai Jindan and Bara Dari Raja Dhiyan Singh were constructed by Ranjit Singh, Sikh ruler from 1799-1839 A.D.

1846 A.D. - Occupied by the British.

1927 A.D. - The British hand over the Fort to the Department of Archaeology after demolishing a portion of the fortification wall on the south and converting it into a stepped form thus defortifying the fort.

The strategic location of Lahore city between the Mughal territories and the strongholds of Kabul, Multan, and Kashmir required the dismantling of the old mud-fort and fortification with solid brick masonry.[6] The strcucture is dominated by Persian influence that deepened with the successive refurbishments by subsequent emperors.[7] The fort is clearly divided into two sections: first the administrative section, which is well connected with main entrances, and comprises larger garden areas and Diwan-e-Aam for royal audiences. The second - a private and concealed residential section - is divided into courts in the northern part, accessible through 'elephant gate'. It also contains Shish Mahal (Hall of Mirrors of Mirror Palace), and spacious bedrooms and smaller gardens.[8] On the outside, the walls are decorated with blue Persian kashi tiles. The original entrance faces the Maryam Zamani Mosque, whereas the larger Alamgiri Gate opens to the Hazuri Bagh through to the majestic Badshahi Mosque.[9]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Fort

Finished up the quilt I made for my mother!

Blogged

Version 8 of my Solid Snake fig. Wanted to make another version that didn't rely on other custom items and instead relied more on my skill.

Modified the printing of the torso and died the head to make the headband blue.

handmade collage

Cliffside Apartments, a five storey masonry building prominently located on the cliffs at Kangaroo Point, was built in 1936-37 to the design of architect and engineer R. Martin Wilson. The building is sited on two blocks originally part of an early land purchase by John and George Harris in 1855. The land passed through the hands of several owners until it was purchased by Mrs Doris R. Booth at the beginning of 1930. At the time that Mrs Booth bought the site it was a sheer cliff of solid porphyry with a railway and wharves at its base.

Mrs Booth was born in 1895 in a house named Cliffside next to the railway gates on the cliff at Kangaroo Point. She married Captain Charles Booth in 1919 and together they travelled to New Guinea in 1920. Mrs Booth distinguished herself by breaking convention and securing her own miner's right and then becoming a licensed recruiter of labour. She was the only resident white woman in the Bulolo Valley and stayed there alone (in her house, also named Cliffside) while her husband prospected at Edie Creek. From September 1926 to January 1927 she organized and managed a racially segregated bush hospital to control a dysentery epidemic. She received an O.B.E for this work in 1928. Later that year in London, she recorded these and other adventures in Mountains, Gold and Cannibals which was written with the assistance of M. O'Dwyer.

Mrs Booth returned to New Guinea in 1929 and gradually wrested control over the family business affairs from her husband, whom she left in 1932. The Booths became embroiled in an acrimonious court case when in 1933 Charles Booth sued in the Central Court of the Territory of New Guinea for restitution of property. The case was a test case as no Mandated Territory law explicitly safeguarded married women's property rights. Judge F. B Phillips held that British and Australian Acts passed before 1921 superseded the common law notion of male control of joint property and gave Mrs Booth the verdict. The judgement was upheld in a subsequent appeal in the High Court and territorial law was amended by the Status of Married Women Ordinance 1935-36. Booth returned to prospecting and Mrs Booth went on to become a successful mine manager and company director and amongst other achievements was appointed as the sole woman member of the first and second Legislative Councils of Papua New Guinea in 1951-57.

The construction of Cliffside in 1936-37 attested to Doris Booth's extraordinary independent effort and acumen. After securing the land adjacent to her childhood home, Mrs Booth granted power of attorney to her sister Mrs Selma Dore who took responsibility for supervising the design and construction of the building. Work on the ambitious project began in late 1935 when R. Martin Wilson began his first drawings. Wilson was both an architect and engineer and it is possible that he was commissioned on the basis of his engineering expertise, a skill that would obviously be required on this job. However, both Wilson and Doris Booth had close connections with the Burns Philp Company and it is possible that this connection brought them together. Burns Philp Ltd. had financed the Booths' first foray into the goldfields of New Guinea and Wilson and his father had provided extensive architectural services to the company.

A tender notice appeared in the Architects and Builders Journal of Queensland in June 1936, and George Mitchell's tender was accepted in July. A Special Note in the Bill of Quantities stated that "Contractors are advised to visit and inspect the site and satisfy themselves as to the nature of excavations to be carried out, as it is anticipated rock will be met with. No blasting will be allowed. All excavations in rock to be done by the use of an air compressor." Wilson went on to specify that all rock and fill from the excavations was to be re-used to form terraces, steps and paving.

Cliffside was considered the height of modernity when it was opened in June 1937. The Telegraph reported on June 7 that "Cliffside Flats at River Terrace, Kangaroo Point, have given Brisbane an example of the most advanced flat design in Australia." Although the practice of converting houses to flats was well established in Brisbane, the development of the purpose-designed flat was slower in Brisbane than in other parts of the country. The Telegraph described that "Until quite recently the flat-habit was looked on by Brisbane with mixed feelings of disfavour and doubt, but now the general desire for easier living, coupled with the acute problem of obtaining competent domestics, is spreading the flat-habit over a wider field." The article went on to expound the virtues of properly designed and planned flats, of which Cliffside was the foremost example.

Cliffside was equipped with all modern conveniences including built-in furniture, dining nooks and serverys, electric refrigerators, electric hot water, water softening and incinerator and laundry chutes. The design of the building maximised privacy, views, light and the flow of air. Each of the eight flats had their own private entrance and floors were sound-proofed. The slope of the site was used to advantage so that no more than one and a half flights of stairs had to be scaled to gain access to any one of them. Plumbing connections were housed in a special duct with access from outside the building so that maintenance and repairs could take place without bothering the tenants. A caretaker's quarters was part of the original design, as was the provision of lock-up garages. The building was designed in the popular interwar style of English Revival or Tudor Revival with elements such as eaves and bay windows having a half-timbered appearance. As the promotional literature stated, Cliffside was "the newest, the best and the most attractive offering in Brisbane".

At the opening of Cliffside on June 10, Alderman L.W Luckins announced that the Brisbane City Council was introducing new bylaws to regulate the standards of construction and design of flat buildings, emphasising, however, that not everyone would be able to achieve the "heights of quality embodied in Cliffside". These ordinances were ratified by the Executive Council of Brisbane City Council in August 1937 and dealt with issues such as plot ratios, sanitation and fire rating. 1936-37 was the peak time for interwar flat construction in Queensland. In the following years, construction decreased due to the uncertain investment climate created by the threat of war in Europe as well as the refusal of banking institutions to lend on flat constructions.

Cliffside is a fine example of the work of R. Martin Wilson and demonstrates his skill in the fields of both architecture and engineering. Born in Brisbane in 1886, he was the son of architect Alex B Wilson and studied and worked with his father from 1902-8. He received a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Queensland in 1915 and won the Walter and Eliza Hill Travelling Fellowship allowing him to study architectural engineering in the United States from 1915 to 1917. He went on to London and studied at the Architectural Association as well as completing a town planning course at London University. From 1919, he lectured in engineering at University of Queensland and was the first person to gain a Masters in Engineering at that institution.

He practised with his father as Alex B. and R. Martin Wilson, Architects and Architectural Engineers, Brisbane from 1920, becoming a registered architect in 1929. He was active in professional bodies such as the Institute of Architects and the Town Planning Association. Alex Wilson retired in 1928 and R.M Wilson was later joined by his son, Blair in the firm of R.M Wilson and Son.

Mrs Booth retired to Brisbane in 1960. She sold Cliffside in 1966 to Guiseppe and Angelo Angelino, whose family company retain ownership of the building.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

Solid North

Solid Soon

This space was hollowed out of solid rock.

Bus No: 1618

Body: Yutong Bus Co. Ltd.

Engine: Yuchai YC6A260-30

Chassis: Yutong ZK6107CRA

Suspension: Air Suspension

Transmission: M/T

Route: Cubao-Dagupan

Location: Solid North Bus Terminal, Dagupan City, Pangasinan

Pangasinan Solid North Transit, Inc.

...another day that ends...with CarlosResende, Paulo"Santa Cruz" Dias e Manuel Monteiro...

Canon 5DMKII

Canon 17-40f4L " f10 / 120" / ISO 100

Lee Bogstopper

Lee 06 hard

CS5

Silver Efex

Bus No: 1625

Body: Yutong Bus Co. Ltd.

Engine: Yuchai YC6A260-30

Chassis: Yutong ZK6107CRA

Suspension: Air Suspension

Transmission: M/T

Route: Cubao-San Carlos

Location: EDSA-Cubao, Quezon City

IPM building Hall-Tehran-Iran

blogged

Pangasinan Solid North Transit Inc.- 2011

Bus No: 2010

Year released: 2012

Capacity: 45; 2x2 seating configuration

Route: Cabanatuan-Baguio via Sta. Rosa/Zaragoza/La Paz/Tarlac City/Gerona/Paniqui/Moncada/San Manuel/Carmen/Villasis/Urdaneta/Binalonan/Pozzorubio/Sison/Rosario/Tuba

Body: Suzhou King Long United Automotive Industry Company, Ltd. (Higer Bus)

Model: 2012 Higer V91 KLQ6109E3

Chassis: Higer KLQ6101E3

Engine: Yuchai YC6G240-20

Fare: Airconditioned

Transmission System: M/T

Suspension: Leaf-Spring Suspension

Taken on: December 18, 2017

Location: McArthur Highway, Brgy. San Nicolas, Tarlac City, Tarlac

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Pangasinan Solid North Transit, Inc.

Bus number: 1703

Coachbuilder: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company, Ltd. (Yutong Bus)

Model: Yutong ZK6119HA

Chassis: Yutong ZK6119CRA

Engine:

Plate no.: CXP-722

Suspension: Air/Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Cpacity: 45-49 Passenger Seats

*Solid North

Bus no.: 1621

Classification: Airconditioned Provincial Operation Bus

Seating Configuration: 2x2

Seating Capacity: 45 Passengers

Model: Yutong ZK6107HA

Manufacturer: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company, Ltd. (Yutong Bus)

Chassis: Yutong ZK6107CRA (LZYTBTD6)

Engine: YuChai YC6A260-30

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

(Note: Specification are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.)

Shot Location: Dau-Mabalacat, Pampanga

One pack of solids from connecting threads, and some Kona Coal

Bus No: 1909

Body: Yutong Bus Co. Ltd.

Engine: Yuchai YC6L310-20

Chassis: Yutong ZK6122HD9

Suspension: Air Suspension

Transmission: M/T

Route: Cubao-Dagupan

Location: Solid North Bus Terminal, Dagupan City, Pangasinan

From McCall's Quilting, Jan/Feb 2011, Flower Beds. I used a fat quarter stack of Kona Cottons, Poseidon.

Solid Advice. San Jose, CA 2021

White cliffs in blue sea at Étretat, France

Eximus // Kodak HD 400

Solid North

Very old solid oak door with cast iron handle and fittings

Photography © Jez

Vue depuis la cité d'aleth

La tour Solidor est un donjon fortifié composé de trois tours réunies par de petites courtines et est situé au débouché de la Rance dans la commune de Saint-Malo, quartier de Saint-Servan.

SolidNorth Transit

If you're in your 50's and look just as awesome as you did in your 30's, then you're obviously related to solid snake.

Oh, and Kothlis, if you're wondering: Of the four-and-a-half sets of Solid Snake decals I printed, this is the only full set I managed to salvage. All thanks to some defective(?) Decal paper.

12-1-2018 Photo shoot, trying out my new Godox AD200 strobe with model posing against solid back background

physical reversals

ink on paper

Bus No: 1716

Body: Yutong Bus Co. Ltd.

Engine: Yuchai YC6L280-30

Chassis: Yutong ZK6119CRA

Suspension: Air Suspension

Transmission: M/T

Route: Cubao-Dagupan

Location: Denver St. Cubao, Quezon City

modern cross quilt top

blogged here:http://deuxpetitessouris.blogspot.com/2011/05/qip-quilt-quote-and-finally-some-quiet.html

So partner, do you love solids as much as I do?

Finished queen size quilt top. Kona cottons. One of my first quilts, and the first larger than a twin size. Love how this one turned out. :)

Pangasinan Solid North Transit, Inc.

Found inside of an abandoned home in St. Michael Alberta.

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