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These roofs are covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark [for waterproofing] on gently sloping wooden roof boards. This process keeps walls straight, provides excellent insulation and uses inexpensive materials. Even though the work is labour intensive, in the old days, a household would usually have a lot of manpower available and neighbours would usually be invited to take part in the roofing party, similar to a barn raising in the US.
Nowadays the grass roofs are built out of tradition, and simply because they look nice and fit in with the Norwegian countryside. (summarized from an article in Wikipedia)
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Dans le torrent du Temps
(Note : Ce texte est une allégorie inspirée d’une théorie scientifique très actuelle, résumée dans le lien ci-dessous)
La Vie semblait monter à l’assaut du Grand Néant
Cette montagne morte qui trônait au centre de Terra Nova, un haut-plateau de Poësia…
Des milliers d’arbres et de plantes cherchant à coloniser le moindre replis de cet espace de non-vie, comme autant de combattants sur un champ de bataille.
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Cette vision conquérante de la vie telle que nous la connaissons est typiquement humaine. Elle se nourrit à la fois de la culture populaire (science-fiction) et de la Science, elle-même, légitimement curieuse de trouver des signes de vie au-delà de la Terre (ETI). Nous voulons y croire! Mais, pour l’instant…
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Là-bas, le Grand Néant résistait à l’expansion de la végétation, son environnement hostile étant impropre à la vie telle que nous la connaissons… sauf, peut-être, dans ses expressions les plus simples, de l’ordre de la molécule…
Debout sur le promontoire qui me permettait d’observer les forces en présence, les questions se bousculaient dans ma tête: Le Néant serait-il l’état dominant de l’Univers? La vie organique - qui plus est, ses formes intelligentes - serait-elle une situation exceptionnelle, un événement hautement improbable sur la lente trajectoire de l’évolution? Et la question essentielle dont je redoutais la réponse: Serions-nous seul dans l’Univers?
Si cette hypothèse devait faire son chemin dans le torrent du temps , une réalité pressante, existentielle s’imposerait alors à tous les enfants de Darwin: la vie sur Terre, sous toutes ses formes, est un héritage extrêmement précieux et nous avons, en tant qu’espèce intelligente, l’immense responsabilité de la préserver.
Patrice photographiste, Chroniques de Poësia
Voir : www.americanscientist.org/article/alone-in-the-universe
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Through the Ages
(Note: This text is an allegory inspired by a very current scientific theory, summarized in the link below)
Life seemed to rise to the assault of the Great Nothing,
This dead mountain which reigned in the center of Terra Nova, a high plateau of Poësia ...
Thousands of trees and plants seeking to colonize every fold of this non-living space like so many fighters on a battlefield.
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This conquering view of life as we know it is uniquely human. It feeds on both popular culture (science fiction) and Science itself, legitimately curious about finding signs of life beyond Earth (ETI). We want to believe it! But for now…
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There, the Great Nothing resisted the expansion of vegetation, its hostile environment being unfit for life as we know it ... except, perhaps, in its simplest expressions, of the order of the molecule …
Standing on the promontory that allowed me to observe the present forces, the questions rush in my head: Would Nothingness be the dominant state of the Universe? Could organic life - moreover, its intelligent forms - be an exceptional situation, a highly improbable event on the slow trajectory of evolution? And the essential question I dreaded the answer to: Are we alone in the Universe?
If this hypothesis were to find its way through time, a pressing, existential reality would then impose itself on all of Darwin's children: life on Earth, in all its forms, is an extremely precious heritage we have, and us, the intelligent species, have the immense responsibility to preserve it.
Patrice photographiste, Chronicles of Poësia
see : www.americanscientist.org/article/alone-in-the-universe
The Cadini di Misurina form a subgroup at the southern end of the Sexten Dolomites and are located in the province of Belluno in Italy. The mountain landscape, which is very impressive due to numerous spectacular rocky peaks and pinnacles, is bordered by Lake Misurina in the west, the Drei Zinnen in the north and the Val d'Ansiei in the south and east and is considered a paradise for climbers. The highest mountain is the Cima Cadin di San Lucano (2839 m). As part of the Dolomite groups summarized by UNESCO under the "Northern Dolomites", the Cadini Group with all subgroups has been part of the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 26, 2009 (source: Wikipedia).
On the far right in the background I suspect the Sorapis.
Die Cadini di Misurina bilden als Untergruppe den südlichen Abschluss der Sextener Dolomiten und befinden sich in der Provinz Belluno in Italien. Die aufgrund zahlreicher spektakulärer Felsgipfel und Zinnen sehr eindrucksvolle Gebirgslandschaft wird im Westen vom Misurinasee, im Norden von den Drei Zinnen und im Süden und Osten vom Val d’Ansiei begrenzt und gilt als ein Paradies für Kletterer. Der höchste Berg ist die Cima Cadin di San Lucano (2839 m). Als Teil der von der UNESCO unter „Nördliche Dolomiten“ zusammengefassten Dolomitengruppen, gehört die Cadini-Gruppe mit allen Untergruppen seit dem 26. Juni 2009 zum UNESCO Welterbe Dolomiten (Quelle: Wikipedia).
Ganz rechts im Hintergrund vermute ich die Sorapis.
Piombìno is an Italian municipality of 32,254 inhabitants in the province of Livorno in Tuscany. The city preserves
evidence of its past, from its Etruscan origins to the Principality of Piombino of which it was the capital; its long history can be summarized in the architectural monuments and works of art preserved
in the historic center, to the creation of which Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea Guardi also contributed.
The state was born as a lordship in 1398 on the territories of the Republic of Pisa.
Two centuries later in 1594 the sovereignty of the Appiano family was finally recognized by the emperor with consequent elevation to a Principality.
The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.
Walt Disney
"S or Sea, Shark, Skull", Street Art Ghent, Belgium by Cee Pil.
Found some more info about him on internet:
"The whole work can be summarized in the letter S. Sea, Shark, Skull. Artist Cee Pil is a master of interweaving images. Usually he puts two animals together, this time it is a shark and a skull.
It is a temporary fact, because it adorns the scaffolding for the works on the Winter Circus. That is in full transformation. There will be a concert hall, offices and shops, but also catering establishments and terraces. The renovated building must be able to open in 2022."
Location: Lammerstraat, Ghent, Belgium
Mural: S or Sea, Shark, Skull
Artist: Cee Pil
False Creek (French: Faux ruisseau) is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. It separates downtown from the rest of the city. It was named by George Henry Richards during his Hydrographic survey of 1856-63. While traveling along the south side of the Burrard Inlet, he thought he was traversing a creek; upon discovering his error, he gave the waterway its modern name.[False Creek].
Science World is a science centre [...] located at the eastern end of False Creek and features many permanent interactive exhibits and displays, as well as areas with varying topics throughout the years.] In 1986 it was the location of the Expo 86 World's Fair.
False Creek South is a neighbourhood that runs along the inlet starting under the Granville bridge and runs until under the Cambie bridge to the east Southeast False Creek (Olympic Village) starts from Cambie to main street. summarized from Wikipedia
Oh, that I had the wings of a dove...I would fly away and be at rest. ~ Henry James (Wings of the Dove)
This pretty much summarizes my Monday...a little dark, hazy and blue...have a good one.
Visited with a number of villages in East Kalimantan while in Borneo to better understand the challenges people face maintaining their lifestyles in the face of rapid change from development. Love the traditional hat covered with not so traditional materials - summarized for me the challenges - how do they keep their identify while benefiting from the positive aspects of development. Read more about The Nature Conservancy's work in Indonesia: www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/asiaandthepacific/i...
Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana).from the Channel Islands National Park. Was trying hard to photograph the Island Fence Lizard that is endemic to Channel Islands but it wouldn't be cooperative - well that's their loss! So lets take this opportunity to sing the praises of the side blotch lizard! They have a cool mating hierarchy discovered by biologists from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Its best described as a rock-paper-scissors strategy. Males have either orange, blue, or yellow throats and each type follows a fixed, heritable mating strategy. Orange-throated males are strongest and do not form strong pair bonds; instead, they fight blue-throated males for their females. Yellow-throated males, however, manage to snatch females away from them for mating. The large size and aggression is caused by high testosterone production. Blue-throated males are middle-sized and form strong pair bonds. While they are outcompeted by orange-throated males, they can defend against yellow-throated ones. Because blue-throated males produce less testosterone they are not as large as the orange-throated males, but it gives them the advantage of being less aggressive and able to form strong pair bonds. Yellow-throated males are smallest, and their coloration mimics females. This lets them approach females near orange-throated males and mate when the males are distracted. This is less likely to work with a female that has bonded with a blue-throated male. This can be summarized as "orange beats blue, blue beats yellow, and yellow beats orange", which is similar to the rules of rock-paper-scissors.
the ripened apple, the grape in the wine press. Autumn is the bright leaf in the woodland, the opened husk on the bittersweet berry, the froth of asters at the roadside:-)
Hal Borland, "Autumn," September 1967
HSS!!
hibiscus, 'Mars Madness', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Eventually I will type up a long synopsis on this week, but will summarize it here by saying don't wait! The stuff you want to see wont be around forever, buy the plane ticket, rent the hotel, and go see it! Soon after clearing the storage yard at Oxy far in the distance, the engineer has all 5 of his sun beaten locomotives in the corner as they start up the stair step grade that will soon have the train down on its knees. You can see the rear of the train trailing down the hill while the head end has started up another step as they climb higher and higher. In this god forsaken land, the temp is hovering around 106 degrees and there's not another soul around. I had high hopes when I arrived, but seeing this train in the distance for miles before they got to me was a hell of an experience. Thankfully luck went my way for most of the trip. It was truly an amazing time. Major thanks goes to Mike Savona, Khang Lu, and Enrique C. who answered all of my seemingly endless questions about this fantastic railroad operating in the shadow of Death Valley.
Seven ships from the Royal Canadian Navy and Maritime Forces Pacific sail in to Burrard Dry Dock Pier near Lonsdale Quay today.
The vessels will kick off Fleet Weekend, a three-day event to raise awareness of the navy’s capabilities as well as job opportunities. [The public can view active naval vessels & enjoy tours and displays from 9- a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday]
Ships in attendance include the HMCS Vancouver, HMCS Calgary, HMCS Brandon, HMCS Edmonton, and three Orca Class patrol training vessels.
Summarized from Nick Laba / North Shore News - Apr 29, 2022 / 10:29 am article.
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The overall picture usually says more than just summarizing details. It gives the space the effect, contrasts come to life and draw a softness that seemed in detail far too hard and unyielding.
Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a 111-year-old Norwegian tall ship, one of the world’s largest tall ships, is now docked in North Vancouver and will be open to the public for tours on Sunday. At 98 metres in length and 48 m in height, the three-masted barque is one of the largest (and oldest) tall ships still sailing the seas.
Although most of its career has been for use as a training vessel with up to 135 crew aboard learning traditional seamanship, today it is on an environmental mission, taking part in the One Ocean Expedition. The ship is laden with research equipment, academics and students, making it something of a “floating university,” according One Ocean. The 12-month circumnavigation has had stops in Europe, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Summarized from article by Brent Richter, North Shore News
WHO let the dogs out :-)
Internet meme, April 2020
HFF!!
prunus mume, japanese flowering apricot, 'Tama', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Captured from my Vancouver home.
A full moon in April is called a Pink Moon – the name originates from the native American tradition of naming full moon according to seasons. [...]. Its name is associated with the blooming of pink wildflowers called creeping phlox or moss phlox in early spring.
This super moon [which] is a full moon that occurs when the moon is at its closest distance (perigee) to the earth, i.e., 356,907 km. [on April 07], was at 2.35 pm and will be the biggest and brightest full moon of 2020 at 10.35 pm EDT.
The super moon will have its usual golden hue at the horizon and will be white and the brightest as it moves overhead. [...] The best time to watch the super pink moon [in Vancouver] is just after moonrise on Tuesday, April 7th and just before moonset on Wednesday, April 8th. [...].
Summarized from the publication by todocanada On April 7, 2020
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Guardian House - Parc Güell - Gaudi - Barcelona
Casa del guarda
El parque, pues, resume el simbolismo esencial de la vida de Gaudí y de Güell, y se objetiva en el Park con obras y figuras de sentido católico, masónico y también alquímico. La alquimia se sugiere en la misma entrada porqué quienes parecen elefantes por fuera, son, por dentro la casa del Alquimista –el pabellón de la derecha -, el Horno con la cúpula en forma de huevo y la chimenea –el de la izquierda- y, por encima de los dos las salidas de humos malos o insustanciales a través de las amanitas. En todo esto hay, por tanto, aspectos positivos, de magia blanca, y aspectos negativos, de magia negra, según la moral honesta del catolicismo y la masonería en aquellos años del cambio de siglo.
Guardian House
The park therefore, summarizes the essential symbolism of the life of Gaudí and Güell, objectively and in the Park with works and figures of sense Catholic, Masonic and alchemical. The alchemy is suggested at the entrance to why elephants who seem on the outside, are inside the house of the Alchemist-right of the flag - the Kiln with the egg-shaped dome and the chimney-to-left and , above the two exits frivolous or ill-smoke through the amanita. In all this, there is positive, white magic, and negative aspects of black magic, according to Catholic moral and honest Freemasonry in those years the turn of the century.
The Belted Kingfisher is one of the few bird species in which the female is more brightly colored than the male. These ragged-crested birds are a powdery blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band.
With its top-heavy physique, energetic flight, and piercing rattle, the Belted Kingfisher [...] patrols up and down rivers and shorelines. It nests in burrows along earthen banks and feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy, straight bill. Summarized from All About Birds
The “line_up“ is a paperwork series I developed since 2010. The “liners” are made out of paper (Din A3/A4),
oil paint and graphite. The theme is the hermetical laws of polarity and movement. There is no ending and no beginning in any direction, just an endless movement. You have the possibility to arrange the papers like you want and that makes it an endless playground for my photo-work and the eyes of the viewers.
Yanomano
Praia da Galé is a hidden treasure near the town of Albufeira. This beautiful golden beach is 4 kilometres west of Albufeira, and is located between Albufeira and Armação de Pêra. [...]. The beach has soft sand and is surrounded by a beautiful scenery, consisting of rock formations and nature. Viewing the sunset from Praia da Galé is stunning. [...]. The beach actualy consists of an eastern (leste) and western (oeste) part. The eastern side of the beach is more narrow and is characterized by rock formations created by wind and wave actions. One can see many fossils in the rocks. Summarized from Google
La Campiña es uno de los elementos más destacados del paisaje cordobés; zonas amplias de cultivos que han representado, a lo largo de los siglos, la mayor fuente de riqueza de la actividad económica de Córdoba. Sus tierras presentan formas suaves de lomas poco elevadas que los romanos denominaron Campania (campo o tierras a las afueras de la ciudad fácilmente cultivables) y los musulmanes Qampinya. Nuestra Campiña, como unidad geográfica con características particulares fue descrita por geógrafos musulmanes en sus estudios de al-Ándalus. Esta zona, al sur de Córdoba, en los límites con las provincias de Jaén, Granada, Málaga y Sevilla ha sido desde antiguo área y regada por los ríos Guadajoz, Cabra y Genil , alimentan al Guadalquivir. A unos 300 m de altitud media y un clima mediterráneo continental , ayudado por una tierra muy fértil , desconozco de que naturaleza es, hacen de esta zona una de las mejores tierras para cualquier cultivo, pudiendo sacar dos cosechas diferentes al año . Agarran todos los cereales , leguminosas , el girasol y se conforma con cuatro gotas de agua ...Si el año es bueno y se puede regar lo regable la cosecha ya es extraordinaria . Nombrar un pueblo seria ofender a un montón ...pero destacan los vinícolas y los de tierra calma ..mas los olivares . Su capacidad de producción de cereales siempre ha sido comparada a la muy tristemente nombrada hoy : Ucrania , el granero de Europa .
No podemos olvidar que por motivos, creo políticos, dejo de producir remolacha y algodón. Los trenes larguísimos con un montón de vagones, cargaban en las estaciones situadas estratégicamente y llevaban el producto a las fabricas, aquí quedaba la mano de obra obrera, .. azucareras , algodoneras estaban en otro lado .
Esto es lo empírico , lo innegable, pero hoy yo hablo de su belleza de la campiña ...Yo he hecho un modesto reportaje , pero desde un pueblo de la campiña hay fotógrafos a los cuales la campiña les debe mucho ..Son de Castro del Rio, pueblo de tradición fotográfica y son compañeros nuestros en el grupo " Fotografía y Literatura " Juan A. Bafalliu y Antonio Mármol , sin olvidar a Antonio Urbano , que también es compañero nuestro. Resumiendo una de las comarcas mas ricas de España ...Del aspecto social hablaremos otro día.
No podemos olvidar a los poetas y pongo una coplilla de Salvador Rueda , creo que malagueño, pero que me ha gustado siempre mucho:
Cuando estoy en mi aposento
con un fósforo señalo
la forma de un esqueleto.
La campiña cuando sales
se inunda de luz alegre,
y las hojas de las ramas
baten las palmas al verte.
La Campiña is one of the most outstanding elements of the Cordovan landscape; Large areas of crops that have represented, over the centuries, the greatest source of wealth for the economic activity of Córdoba. Its lands have gentle forms of low hills that the Romans called Campania (field or land on the outskirts of the city easily cultivated) and the Muslims called Qampinya. Our Countryside, as a geographical unit with particular characteristics, was described by Muslim geographers in their studies of al-Andalus. This area, south of Córdoba, on the border with the provinces of Jaén, Granada, Málaga and Seville, has been an area since ancient times and watered by the Guadajoz, Cabra and Genil rivers, which feed the Guadalquivir. At about 300 m of average altitude and a continental Mediterranean climate, helped by a very fertile land, I don't know what nature it is, make this area one of the best lands for any crop, being able to get two different crops a year. They take all the cereals, legumes, sunflowers and settle for four drops of water... If the year is good and you can irrigate what can be irrigated, the harvest is already extraordinary. To name a town would be to offend a lot ... but the wineries and those of calm land stand out ... plus the olive groves. Its cereal production capacity has always been compared to the very sadly named one today: Ukraine, the granary of Europe.
We cannot forget that for reasons, I think political, I stopped producing beet and cotton. The very long trains with a lot of wagons, loaded at the strategically located stations and took the product to the factories, here the labor force remained, ... sugar factories, cotton factories were elsewhere.
This is the empirical, the undeniable, but today I am talking about the beauty of the countryside...I have made a modest report, but from a town in the countryside there are photographers to whom the countryside owes a lot...They are from Castro del Rio, a town with a photographic tradition, and Juan A. Bafalliu and Antonio Mármol are our partners in the "Photography and Literature" group, without forgetting Antonio Urbano, who is also our partner. Summarizing one of the richest regions in Spain... We will talk about the social aspect another day.
We can't forget the poets and I'm putting on a couplet by Salvador Rueda, I think he's from Malaga, but I've always liked it a lot:
When I'm in my room
with a match I point
the shape of a skeleton.
The countryside when you go out
is flooded with joyful light,
and the leaves of the branches
They clap their hands when they see you.
The Dove Tree, Davidia involucrata or Pocket Handkerchief Tree is an award-winning, medium sized deciduous tree with spectacular and very unique blooms. Large, drooping, creamy white floral bracts appear in clusters and flutter in the breeze like a flock of white doves. It is native to mountain forests of southwestern China and is the only member of its genus.
The showy, white “petals” are actually bracts, or modified leaves, and the purplish balls are clusters of tiny flowers. The species name is a reference to the botanical term “involucre,” which is a whorl of bracts surrounding several flowers (the classic example being a thistle).
The bracts start out small and green (aiding the plant in photosynthesis), and then turn white to attract pollinators to the flowers, mainly pollen-collecting bees and pollen-feeding beetles. The flower heads develop into attractive, hard nuts, each containing several seeds.
Genus name honors Abbe Armand David (1826-1900), French missionary in China, 1862-1873, who collected many plants and animals. (info summarized from several Google articles)
As we watched these waterfalls and listened to the gentle sound of the water flowing between the rocks, the silence, tranquility and tranquility took hold of us.
The sounds of nature invited us to admire and feel the beauty of the natural environment.
This photo taken in just over a second, this time without using the ND filter, summarizes what we saw, what we felt, and that is what I want to share here with this photo.
I take this opportunity to wish you a good Thursday, good health, peace and love!
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Cascadas en el Arroyo de Navalmedio, Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, España
Mientras observábamos estas cascadas y escuchábamos el gentil sonido del agua fluyendo entre las rocas, el silencio, la tranquilidad y sosiego se apoderó de nosotros.
Los sonidos de la naturaleza nos invitaron a admirar y a sentir la belleza del medio natural.
En esta foto tomada en poco más de un segundo, en esta ocasión sin utilizar el filtro ND, se resume lo que vimos, lo que sentimos, y eso es lo que deseo compartir aquí con esta fotografía.
Aprovecho para desearos un buen jueves, mucha salud, paz y amor!
Pulsa "L" para agrandar la foto.
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Europe, Spain, Andalucia, Almeria, Centre, Art installation (slightly cut)
While processing the previous shot, I remembered that I captured another love lock shot some years ago, way down in southern Spain, in Almeria. It’s an art installation and an example of communal art. On the shiny structure in the middle is a fitting quote: “Es propio del amor si es verdadero, compendiar en un ser el munda entero” – “It is characteristic of love, if it is true, to summarize the entire world in one being” (Ramón de Campoamor).
This is number 43 of Andalucia (& Valencia) Summer 2018 and of course 1391 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism .
The Sant Joan Funicular's steep journey begins from the Montserrat Monastery and travels further up the Montserrat Mountain, 1000 metres above sea level, to its very peak. A glass ceiling on the funicular allows you to enjoy stunning views of the whole of Montserrat as you climb up the side of the mountain. The viewpoint at the top of the mountain offers breathtaking bird's eye views of the entire Montserrat Monastery, the other side of the mountain and, on clear days, of the whole of Catalunya. In addition, from this location one can begin a variety of walks around the Montserrat natural park.
PS Montserrat [Mont Serrat means ‘serrated mountain’ in Catalan] is one the most stunning sites of natural beauty in the province of Catalonia. Formed some 45 million years ago, the unusual shape and aspect of the conglomerates are the result of mass movements of land and water that now define the local landscape. Summarized from Google
If your first thought is Jimmy Durante, then you have been on Social Security for a number of years.
The same 1937 Talbot Lago T150 SS C that I have uploaded before.
One of these days I will try to summarize in less than book form the extremely complex series of players including Darracq, Talbot, Sunbeam, Rootes, Lago and others, in the remarkable linage of this rolling Art, and also maybe the filching of the 'tear drop' design made famous by Figoni & Falaschi, from French graphic artist Geo Hamm.
Mysteries abound, but fortunately the art masterpiece remains.
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With 11,961 burials Tyne Cot is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. 8,373 are unidentified.
The Memorial commemorates nearly 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and New Zealand who died in the Ypres Salient after 16 August 1917 and whose graves are not known. The 54,395 missing before that date are listed on the Menin Gate at Ypres.
Tyne Cot marks the farthest point in Belgium reached by Commonwealth forces in the Third Battle of Ypres (1917). It's located near the village of Passendale (or "Passchendaele" and "Passiondale") which came to summarize all the carnage and suffering on the Western Front in the First World War, just as much as Verdun and the Somme.
Tyne Cot is built on a slope overlooking the landscape towards Ypres. It helps to understand the strategic advantage of these ridges. The Germans reinforced them with strongpoints. It took the Commonwealth Forces 4 months and 250,000 casualties to gain five miles. The scheduled breakthrough was not achieved. The cross of sacrifice in the cemetery was erected on a German pillbox.
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
-FRED ROGERS
He summarizes his holiday message as he thinks about a gift for all of his television neighbors: “I suppose the thing I’d like most to be able to give you is hope. Hope that through your own doing and your own living with others, you’ll be able to find what best fits for you in this life. . . . I, for one, wish you good memories of this holiday. And I hope you’ll be able to look for all the different ways that people have of showing that they love you.”
-The Good Neighbor, The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, by Maxwell King
With their innovative drone-swarming technology, North Star delivered a breathtaking and unforgettable spectacle on Friday night that left audiences spellbound. The North Star Drone Show featured a mesmerizing aerial display of IFO drones equipped with carbon fiber structures and brilliant 840-lumen lights. The fleet of 200 drones came together to paint the night sky with incredible, vibrant colours. Summarized from Google
The mountain of Montserrat [1,236 m] is located approximately 45 km northwest of Barcelona. The multi-peaked mountain range is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. It is well known as the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat situated on the mountain of Montserrat in Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain and hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Summarized from Wikipedia
Spotted on the banks of Mackay Creek in North Vancouver, Hyacinthoides hispanica, the Spanish bluebell or wood hyacinth, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial native to the Iberian Peninsula. Like Hyacinthoides non-scripta [common bluebells], both pink- and white-flowered forms occur. Summarized from Wikipedia
The first of only two supermoons of 2021 rose in a Super Pink Full Moon last night (April 26). The next and last Supermoon of 2021 will occur in May.
April full moon is also called the Pink Moon, but it has nothing to do with its color. According to NASA, the April moon got its name after the herb pink moss, also known as creeping phlox, moss phlox or mountain phlox, which is one of the earliest spring flowers appearing in the United States.
Supermoons are full moons that appear bigger in the sky than usual, though the difference may not be noticeable to the casual observer. During a supermoon, the full moon can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than when it is at its farthest from Earth. That’s because it coincides with the moon's arrival at perigee, the closest point to Earth in its orbit.
Summarized from: www.space.com/super-pink-moon-supermoon-rises-april-2021
Il viola è il colore che cromaticamente si crea dall’unione del rosso e del blu e che quindi costituisce una sintesi delle qualità simboliche connesse ai due. Così che la passione, la violenta irruenza del rosso, incontrando la tranquillità e la trascendenza del blu, genera la temperanza del viola.
Violet is a color that we obtain by the union of red and blue and that summarize the simbolic qualities of the two. Then the passion, the violent impetuousness of the reds meet the tranquility and transcendence of the blue and generate the temperance of the violet.
Explore #15 - 9 Febbraio 2009
the harvested grain, the ripened apple, the grape in the wine press. Autumn is the bright leaf in the woodland, the opened husk on the bittersweet berry, the froth of asters at the roadside :-)
Hal Borland, "Autumn," September 1967
acer, Amur maple, 'Red Wing', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
In the 8 images below the weaning process appears to last 3 days before the juvenile gull finally gives up and flies off to fend for itself.
Juvenile Glaucous-winged gulls are brown or gray with black beaks, and take four years to reach adult plumage. They peck the adult's red subterminal spot at the end of its bill in order to stimulate regurgitative feeding. Juveniles fledge at six weeks.
Gulls feed along the coast, scavenging for dead or weak animals, fish, mussels and scraps. In urban areas they accept food from people and peck open unprotected garbage bags in search of edibles. PS This probably explains how this juvenile survived 19 days away from the roof top nest and its parents. (Summarized from Wikipedia)
The Atrium of Abbot Argerich is the open-roofed courtyard area that sits directly in front of the Basilica. Five arches lead you to the main area. [see 3 images below + 9 sec vid of church bells ringing].
The marbled black and white floor of the atrium takes inspiration from the floor of the Capitolium in Rome that was designed by Michelangelo. The inscriptions at the centre are Latin and refer to baptism. Summarized from:
www.montserrat-tourist-guide.com/en/attractions/basilica-...
The team from Nova Scotia has been named the winner of the 2025 Honda Celebration of Light after a three-night all Canadian fireworks competition in Vancouver’s English Bay. Team Fireworks FX of Nova Scotia won both the People’s Choice and Judge’s Competition awards with what organizers described as a “stunning, tightly choreographed performance.”
Teams from Yukon, Quebec and Nova Scotia had 1.2 million people oohing and ahing as they watched the spectacular pyrotechnics display light up the skies over downtown Vancouver on July 19, 23 and 26. Summarized from Cheryl Chan's Vancouver Sun article
Bells 25.03.2021
From one of the cities many parks
Most of my flower snaps are taken in and around the city of Molde. The second largest city in the county of Møre og Romsdal. It lies along the shores of the Romsdalsfjord in Western Norway.
This charming city has been nicknamed the “City of Roses” since 1913. It boasts incredibly scenic views and surroundings and is filled with beautiful parks and gardens.
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have demonstrated that this taxon should be included within Lamiales.
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Adult males can be up to 2.5 metres (8 feet) long. They can weigh 200 to 400 kilograms (450 to 900 pounds). They are often dark brown and look almost black when wet.
They sound like they are barking, whereas steller sea lions sound like they are growling
Males have a large dog-like head with a long, narrow snout, and small external ear flaps. The sea lions' large hairless flippers can support their body for “walking". Only males are seen in B.C. They [can be seen all year round] on rocky outcrops and islets, buoys and jetties. At sea, they are often seen alone or in small groups; they may gather in large “rafts” as seen in Porteau Cove. (summarized from The Squamish Chief)
Auf meinem Weg nach Hause sah ich, dass der Bauer begonnen hatte die Wiese vor dem Ort zu mähen. Ich habe meine Kamera geschnappt und bin zügig dort hinmarschiert denn ich wusste Störche, Reiher, Füchse - sie alle lieben es, wenn die Deckung der kleinen Wiesenbewohner verschwindet. Auf diesem Bild hat ein Storch gerade eine Maus geschnappt.
Das Aufwendige an dieser Aufnahme war aber nicht, dass ich mich im Schatten von Bäumen an den Storch anschleichen musste, oder dass man ein Teleobjektiv braucht. Die Aufnahme konnte ich nur machen weil ich vor zwei Monaten einen Silberreiher beobachtet habe, wie er einen Maulwurf fängt. Zwischen mehreren Störchen stand da dieser eine Storch, dessen Pose mich schwer an die Jagd des Reihers erinnerte. Während alle anderen Störche ziellos über die Wiese liefen und suchten, hatte er anscheinend etwas entdeckt und war auf der Lauer. Deshalb habe ich mich auf ihn konzentriert. Ich wusste, sobald der Storch seine Beute attackiert geht es extrem schnell und man hat nur dann eine Chance auf das Bild wenn man die Situation bereits im Sucher hat. Geschlagene sieben Minuten hatte ich die Kamera freihändig im Anschlag bis der Storch mit seinem Schnabel explosionsartig vorschnellte und die Maus aus ihrem Loch zog. Leider (aus Sicht des Fotografen) hat er sie nicht theatralisch in die Luft geworfen und dann im Schlund verschwinden lassen, sondern er hat sie in dieser Position quasi senkrecht nach oben aufgeschnupft. Keine zwei Sekunden nach dieser Aufnahme war die Maus Geschichte. Aus der kleinen Serie habe ich diese Aufnahme für meinen Fotostream ausgesucht, weil sie die Situation m.E. am besten zusammenfasst.
Um das Bild besonders detailreich sehen zu können, drückt die Tasten l (kleines L) und F11. Beim vergrößern nur durch Anklicken gehen viele Details verloren.
On my way home I saw that the farmer had started mowing the meadow in front of the village. I grabbed my camera and quickly marched there because I knew storks, herons, foxes - they all love it when the cover of the little meadow dwellers disappears. In this picture a stork has just caught a mouse.
But the difficult thing about this shot was not that I had to sneak up on the stork in the shade of trees, or that you needed a telephoto lens. I was only able to take the picture because I watched an egret catching a mole two months ago. This one stork stood between several storks, its pose reminded me of the egret hunting. While all the other storks walked across the meadow searching, this one had already discovered something and was on the lookout. That's why I focused on him. I knew that as soon as the stork attacks its prey, it happens extremely quickly and you only have a chance of taking the picture if you already have the situation in the viewfinder. I had the camera up and ready for a full seven minutes without tripod until the stork hit blazingly fast with its beak and pulled the mouse out of its hole in the ground. Unfortunately (from the photographer's point of view) he didn't throw it theatrically into the air and then let it disappear down his throat, but in this position he snorted it up almost vertically. Less than two seconds after this shot, the mouse was history. From the small series, I chose this shot for my photo stream because, in my opinion, it summarizes the situation best.
To view this picture with the best resolution in full screen press the "l" (small L) and F11 keys. When enlarging the pic by just mouse clicking you lose quality. Enjoy!
Olympic Marina is presided over by its twin towers (1992): The Mapfre Tower on the right and the Hotel Arts on the left. World famous Canadian architect, Frank Gehry, placed his fish sculpture at the foot of the hotel. It is 56 metres long and 35 metres high and seems to be longing to jump into the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Summarized from:
www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/page/1965/peix-fish-frank...
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District runs along St. Clair Avenue between Main Street and Delaware Avenue. The district consists of 23 properties. Twenty-one of these properties are residential and two are commercial.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
The Heritage Conservation District Planning Study summarizes the value of the district in three points:
• Area has relatively significant historical/architectural structures that represent early 20th century architecture.
• Area was first developed in 1912 on the west side of the avenue, and development on the east side started in 1923.
• Original homeowners were significant individuals in the City of Hamilton.
Designation of the District
The designation of St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District was initiated by the local residents association. According to the planning study, “The St. Clair Heritage District Planning Study evolved from the interest and effort of the St. Clair Homeowners Association and was encouraged by the Hamilton-Wentworth
Regional Planning and Development Department”. The district is protected by By-law 86-125, passed in 1986.