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Travel to Boa Vista (Cap Vert) - December 2024 - Day 5
Various pics of the day five in Riu Touareg
Diverses photos prisent en Riu Touareg le jour cinq.
( Holiday Boa Vista - Cap-Vert
Boa Vista (Portuguese for 'good view'), sometimes incorrectly spelled Boavista, is a desert-like island that belongs to the Cape Verde Islands. At 631.1 km2 (243.7 sq mi), it is the third largest island of the Cape Verde archipelago.
The island of Boa Vista is closer to the African continent than all the other islands in Cape Verde, being the easternmost island of all. The distance between Boa Vista and Senegal is only 450 km. The capital of Boa Vista, Sal Rei, is located in the north-western part of the island. Boa Vista is mainly known for its beaches, turtles and traditional music. )
The Ferocious Isles – August 9, 2015
Two Bottlenose whales had the misfortune to become stranded on a remote beach in the Faroes today. Anywhere else in the world, people would have run down to the shore to rescue them – but not in the Danish Ferocious isles, the most dangerous and merciless place on the planet for cetaceans.
The two Bottlenose whales were confirmed alive when they were found on Sandvik Beach on Suduroy Island this morning. The thugs rushed in with their knives, gutted them and viciously cut them to pieces.
The Bottlenose whale is not that common. The Faroese serial killers of the Bottlenose whales have only slain 31 of them between 2000 and today. If thye had seen more they would have killed more. The Bottlenose whale is listed as endangered under CITES Appendix I - throughout their entire range.
ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT IN THIS BARBARIC DANISH OUTPOST IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC!
There is no subsistence necessity to slaughter cetaceans in the Faroes. It’s not done for money. It is done simply because they like to kill dolphins. They claim it is part of their culture yet the question is being asked, just what kind of sick and perverse culture is dependent upon the infliction of cruelty and death?
And the nation of Denmark, it judges, prosecutors, police, navy, Prime Minister and all the members of Parliament stand in support of this barbarous and bloody tradition.
Why Denmark?
Don’t give us this old excuse that the Faroes are independent. They are not. It is the Danish police and the Danish Navy stopping interference with the killing. It is a Danish prosecutor and a Danish Judge passing judgment. It is the Danish Parliament fully backing this slaughter. The only thing the Faroese are doing is killing dolphins. Denmark enables them to do so despite the fact that the killing of Cetaceans is illegal in the European Union and thus it is illegal in Denmark.
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TO VIEW sit back from your monitor 2 feet and place your index finger about 10 inches in front of your eyes and focus on your finger. This will cause your eyes to go comfortably cross eyed. Keep that same cross eyed focus and notice there are now 3 photos in the back ground. Do not let your eyes leave the cross eye as you look at the middle picture which has appeared. Now increase or decrease how much your eyes are cross eyed until the image pops into 3D. Your eyes will want to leave the cross eye, but fight that urge. This is an acquired skill and takes practice. Stop if it's uncomfortable.
Board of Peace session with Aljaksandr Ganewitsch, Ambassador to Switzerland, Belarus Government, Belarus; Ayman Al Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America; Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia; Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye; Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Court of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Jared Kushner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Affinity Partners, USA; Javier Milei, President of Argentina; Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, USA; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan; Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Group Chief Executive Officer, Mubadala Investment Company, United Arab Emirates; Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State; Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan; Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar; Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco; Nickolay Mladenov, High Representative for Gaza, Board of Peace, USA; Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Prabowo Subianto, President of Indonesia; Santiago Peña, President of Paraguay; Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan; Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, US Department of State; Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary; Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, President of Kosovo; at the Official, on 22/1/2026 from 10:30 to 11:30 in the Congress Centre – Congress Hall (Zone C), Stakeholder Dialogue. (special session/board of peace). ©2026 World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
On my next trip to Dunsmuir, I want to hike up to Mossbrae Falls, which requires a trip down the track. The stretch from Dunsmuir to Cantera Loop is one of the most scenic stretches along the Shasta Line. At Shasta Springs, UP 5373 slowly makes its way up the canyon towards Cantera Loop and Mt Shasta City.
Back to Rondeau Park. Besides all the migrating birds, the trees of this carolinian forest offer great photo opportunities. Trees in their first leaf stage are truly beautiful.
We visited Rondeau Provincial Park for three days for the spring migration and it was wondeful. The weather was better than last year, as in not cyclonic. It is a great place to take a bike as the park is a flat spit that stretches along the north shore of Lake Erie. There are lots of trails and boardwalks and a variety of habitats ranging from sandy beach to carolinian forest to scrub, tall grass savannah, and wetlands. Hence the abundance of migrating species and all the new growth in and around the forest.
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Title: La Virgen de la leche en el arte
Creator: Tramoyeres Blasco, Luis, 1851-1920. n 81106852
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A late February 2019 visit to Moseley Old Hall near Wolverhampton. Felt like early Spring and was warm and sunny.
Moseley Old Hall is located in Fordhouses, north of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom. It is famous as one of the resting places of Charles II of England during his escape to France following defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. It is now a National Trust property.
The house is a Grade II* Listed Building.
Moseley Old Hall and Attached Garden Walls, Gatepiers and Gate.
The hour long guided tour of Moseley Old Hall (took about one hour 15 minutes).
Parlour - was a table in the middle of this room, but wasn't able to get shot of the room empty, so only took these.
There is portraits in here of members of the Lane family. Charles was next moved to Bentley Hall near Walsall.
He later wrote a letter in exile in France to Jane Lane. They have a copy in a cabinet, and on the table was copies in readable English.
portrait of Sir Thomas Lane
London Transport to London Country is represented by RF600 GS15, GS42 and BN45 at Brooklands during the Spring Gathering. Sun 13.04.2014.
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People are very happy and excited to see the arrival of the decorated idol of Lord Azhagar being carried from Azhagarkoil Temple in the hills right down to their streets.
There are special places of the deity's visit, known as 'Mandahappadi'. People gather in these places to welcome the Lord .They pray whole-heartedly before the deity's idol.
Some ladies are seen worshipping Him by holding before Him lighted camphor in plates of Betal leaves, nuts and flowers.This ritual is known as "Deepa Aradhanai" in Tamil.
A mirror is kept before the idol so that devotees can get a glimpse of the Lord at least in the mirror in the crowd.
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Memorial built to commemorate the local contribution of a Carlo Catani, a local figure.
In 1999 Heritage Victoria placed St Kilda’s Catani Gardens on its register as a culturally significant place. Catani Gardens stretch along six hectares of the foreshore which were reclaimed in the period from 1890 to c.1916.
“St Kilda owes a huge debt to Carlo Catani, a founding member of the St Kilda Foreshore Trust Committee, which was set up in 1906 to reclaim and beautify the entire St Kilda foreshore to Point Ormond. Catani, eventually the chief engineer for the committee, is largely responsible for the creation of such a charismatic esplanade and foreshore.
“He envisaged the area in style of a European resort, complete with a split-level esplanade and foreshore, amusements, dance halls, theatres, bathing pavilions and a French-Italian style of landscape treatment, complete with palms, succulents, exotic conifers and hedges. The committee’s work acted as a catalyst for private investment which secured St Kilda’s position as the then pre-eminent beachside resort of Melbourne. Catani design has served us well and it’s is only now that we are seeking to tinker with it" (Port Phillip mayor, Julian Hill).
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So I've basically wanted to do a Hunger Games themed picture for a while now, and I had just bought that dress a little bit before my birthday, it's light blue. When I wore it for my birthday dinner with a ton of gold jewelry, I was thinking about how I wanted to take a picture with it and rock the side braid because it looks movie Katniss :)
I personally loved the movie, it's one of the only book to movie's I've liked for quite some time now... but when you think about the story line- book or movie.... it's quite disturbing. I couldn't help but feel my heart get wrenched out multiple times in both- it doesn't matter, the message is clear.
This picture has so many flaws in it I can't even count. I really wanted this to be a good picture.... tomorrows another day. Another try.
Oh and if you haven't listened to Taylor Swift "Eye's Open" song on the Hunger Games soundtrack, go listen. It's beautiful and the title for this picture is directly from the song :)
A day out in London of a Saturday morning requires planning. Jools arranged for shopping to be dropped on Thursday afternoon, meaning we did not have to go on Saturday morning.
Then setting alarms so that we got to Priory station at half seven ready for the quarter to eight train.
Jools went to get tickets, and I went to the corner greasy spoon to get sausage and bacon sticks and brews. So that when the train rolled at twenty to, we climbed on board, sitting at a table and starting on our breakfast.
Leaving at that time meant it was already light, so we could see the countryside rolling by until we got to Ashford, then flash by once we got on the high speed line, zooming up to Ebbsfleet and then under the Thames into Essex and on to Stratford.
We got out at Stratford, caught the DLR to the regional station, then changing DLR lines for the trains heading for Lewisham.
At Pudding Mill Lane, where we used to watch steam tours on the Great Eastern Main Line, a new station has been built to allow for the entrances to the Elizabeth Line tunnels, and next door is the Abba theatre.
We have been talking about going, so Jools checks prices for the show, and amazed that some are nearly £200! Prices next June are £99, but still for seeing a video recreation rather than the band themselves.
The train rattled on, turning south where the old Bryant and May match factory used to be. The building is still there but seems to be business units or flats now.
Passing the old factory used to be the cue for my Granddad to get us standing up and gathering our coats and bags as we were five minutes from Liverpool Street.
Instead, we took the line south through Bow and towards the crystal towers of Docklands and Canary and other Wharves.
I texted Graham to say we were on our way, and he replied to say he was 5 minutes from Canary Wharf. I said we would be there in a few minutes, maybe we would meet there?
Through Poplar and into the 21st century hellscape that is Docklands, we get off on platform 1, and our next train is waiting on platform 2. Jools walks over, I lag behind, scouring the platform for Graham.
Then as I reach the doors, and the electronic bleeps announcing departure, Graham reaches us and comes on board.
Doors close and the train departs, taking tight turns around the skyscrapers before heading to the river, and after Mudschute, dives under the river for Greenwich.
We get off at Cutty Sark, so named after a tea clipper, and find the way out signed to a flight of 125 steps to street level.
I sigh and follow Jools and Graham up, regretting my life choices.
But I made it to the top, and a short walk we called in at a coffee shop for a refill and wait for the Cutty Sark itself to open.
Although the story of the Cutty Sark and the other tea clippers is very interesting, I wanted to come for purely photographic reasons, to snap the prow and the glazed roof that protects the old dry dock.
We pay to go on, and enter the ship, going up two flights of steps onto the deck, where the masts and rigging tower high above. Remember, sailors used to have to climb up these and gather in sails, and all weathers and on all seas, no matter their state.
Hardy buggers.
Cabins were small and on deck, as all space down below was for cases of tea only, to keep them dry and in perfect condition.
Then down through the visitor centre to the bottom of the dry dock, and the copper bottom of the ship, suspended so that shots looking along and up the prow could be taken.
Which I took plenty of.
Above the roofs of the shops and pubs,the tower of the parish church, St Alphage, Greenwich, which is an usual dedication, but turns out this was the site where the titular Saint was martyred in the 11th century.
Graham had never found it open, but I had checked online and it was due to open at eleven, ten minutes ago. So we walked towards the church, dodging through the traffic and arrived at the church gate.
The south doors were closed, as were the north, so I began to doubt myself. But a nearby sight indicated that the main entrance was on the south side, so we went back round.
And one of the doors was indeed ajar.
Bingo.
Bango.
Bongo.
We climbed the steps and went in, and were met my quiet the most friendly and informative volunteer I think I have ever met.
Interesting details were pointed out, and those hidden were shown, including the location of the font where King Henry XIII was christened, and the last surviving part of the second church's wall.
The church, which is after Hawksmoor, is a delight, though gutted during the blitz, so most glass is now lost, though the Victorian is of good quality.
We were here for the Mars display in the Painted Hall at the Greenwich Naval College.
We have been here before, but some 15 years back at least, so a return was overdue, though the sumptuous painting would be partly hidden by the 7m model of the planet Mars.
We have seen the artist's Moon work at the Maritime Museum nearby, but also in Denver back in 2017. But seemed to have missed his "Earth", I'm sure it'll come round again.
We walked through the college grounds, into the painted hall, exchanged vouchers for tickets and climbed the two sets of stairs into the hall itself.
The view opened out, and the first impression was amazing, Mars at the far end, suspended and slowly turning, with the painted hall as a background. And a helmeted Mar looking down at the planet named after him, a great juxtaposition.
We took and hour to take it all in, then talked about going to the Chapel, which we were not sure was open.
At the base of the stairs, we found the entrance to a passageway, with sign pointing to the Chapel, could this lead all the way under the formal gardens?
Yes. Yes it could. And did.
Up spiral staircases to the lobby, then up a formal stairway flanked by statues of Faith, Hope, Charity and Meekness, into the church, a delight, without much in the way of painting to match the hall opposite, but stunning all the same, and few folks had made it over, so we soaked up the building and details, and fittings.
Time was getting on, and thoughts turned to food. So, we left and headed out to the narrow path beside the river, where high tide meant water was lapping at our feet, but we powered back towards the High Road, and the cluster of pubs and other eateries.
Beside the Cutty Sark was the Gipsy Moth pub, but that was full, so we walked on and found a table beside the fire in the Spanish Galleon, a Shepherd Neame's pub, but they had tables and a great looking menu.
We got pints of Whitstable Bay, and ordered burgers each, all in a great end to the trip where we did all we set out to do, and now rounded it off with a pub lunch.
We ate the burgers with pints of Bishop's Finger, now a timid 5.2% rather than the 7% in days of yore, but still full of flavour.
Time to go home. Back to Cutty Sark DLR station, down in the lift this time, and straight on a train heading north. Change at Canary Wharf, where our train to Stratford was also waiting.
We said goodbye to Graham, hopped on, and the doors closed, so we moved off north.
Back at Stratford, down the steps to the concourse, and straight onto a train going to the International Station, we got on, and so were on the platforms for Kent a full ten minutes before the train was due.
When it came, there were a few seats, so I got to sit and rest by back after the 11,000 steps done, so while darkness fell outside, I kept up to date with the football, Norwich 2-2 with Luton at half time, but scoring twice in the second half to win 4-2, and make it 12 goals scored in three games over seven days.
By the time final whistle went, we were back home, and supping fresh brews as we rested, taking our shoes off.
A brilliant day out.
The West Ham fans we had seen on the DLR were going to their home game against Arsenal, which was on TV at half five. Not the game they were hoping for, as Arsenal were 5-2 by halftime, though no more goals scored in the second half, but worthy of that first half to have watched.
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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphege"), Archbishop of Canterbury, and reputedly marks the place where he was martyred on 19 April 1012, having been taken prisoner during the sack of Canterbury by Danish raiders the previous year. The Danes took him to their camp at Greenwich and killed him when the large ransom they demanded was not forthcoming.[1]
The church was rebuilt in around 1290, and Henry VIII was baptized there in 1491.
The patronage of the church was given to the abbey at Ghent during the 13th century. Following the suppression of alien priories under Henry V, it was granted to the priory at Sheen with which it remained until transferred to the Crown by exchange under Henry VIII in 1530.[1]
During a storm in 1710 the medieval church collapsed, its foundations having been weakened by burials both inside and outside.
Following the collapse of the medieval church, the present building was constructed, funded by a grant from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the commission's two surveyors. The first church to be built by the commissioners, it was begun in 1712 and basic construction was completed in 1714;[2] it was not, however, consecrated until 1718.[3] The church was built by Edward Strong the Younger a friend of Christopher Wren the Younger.
The church is rectangular in plan with a flat ceiling and a small apse serving as a chancel. The east front, towards the street, has a portico in the Tuscan order, with a central arch cutting through the entablature and pediment—a motif used in Wren's "Great Model" for St Paul's Cathedral.[3] A giant order of pilasters runs around the rest of the church, a feature Kerry Downes suggests may have been added by Thomas Archer, who, according to the minutes of the commission, "improved" Hawksmoor's plans.[2] On the north and south sides of the churchwide projecting vestibules rise to the full height of the building, with steps leading up to the doors.[3]
Hawksmoor planned a west tower, in the position of the existing one, which had survived the collapse. However the commission was reluctant to fund it, and the medieval tower was retained. In 1730 John James refaced it, and added a spire. Hawksmoor's design, published in an engraving in 1714, had an octagonal lantern at the top, a motif he was later to use at St George in the East.
The crypt served as an air-raid shelter during World War II. During the Blitz on 19 March 1941, incendiary bombs landed on the roof causing it to collapse, burning into the nave. The walls and the tower remained standing but much of the interior was gutted. The church was restored by Sir Albert Richardson in 1953. As part of the post-war restorations, stencils of Mary the Mother of Jesus and St John the Evangelist were installed either side of the Cross (forming a traditional rood) in the side chapel of St Alfege with St Peter by the tempera artist Augustus Lunn.
The present organ was installed in 2001, having been relocated from the Lower Chapel at Eton College, with some minor changes.[6] It is an 1891 Lewis & Co instrument, with modifications in 1927 by A. Hunter & Son and 1970 by Harrison & Harrison.[7]
Additionally, there is a small, six-stop moveable organ located in the north aisle, by W & A Boggis of Diss from c 1960, with a later restoration by Mander Organs.
he previous organ had a long history. It dated from the 16th century (when St Alfege was recorded as having a pair of organs). The National Pipe Organ Register does not record its present whereabouts. However, a three manual drawstop console is on display at the West End of the South aisle. This may incorporate keys from the time of the composer Thomas Tallis,[9] who was buried in the chancel of the medieval church in the 16th century. The organ was restored in 1706 by Thomas Swarbrick, with further restorations and modifications by Dallam (1765), George England (1770) and J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1840, 1853 and 1863).[9][10] It was further restored and rebuilt in 1875 by Joseph Robson and Benjamin Flight,[11] modified by Lewis & Co in 1910[12] and rebuilt by R. Spurden Rutt & Co in 1934. By this point it had grown to 47 stops.[13] It survived the bomb damage of 1941 and was rebuilt, again by R Spurden Rutt, in 1953, with 55 stops.
Letter from the University of Utah's President Dr. A. Ray Olpin to Mrs. Dan W. Manning acknowledging her letter of thanks in regards to a lecture presented by LeConte Stewart. Part of the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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Sicily, Sun, Sea, Summer, but also ...Friendship, Solitude & Homesickness, this isn't a report, but a short - long collection of expositions held during this 2015 hot summer.
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Sicilia, Sole, Mare, Estate, ma anche ...Amicizia, Solitudine e Nostalgia, questo non è un report, ma è una lunga e breve raccolta di esposizioni realizzate in questa calda estate 2015.
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Back To Qatar From Egypt & Syria
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In February 2014 David Bowie said ‘Scotland, stay with us’. At the Fringe, a group of Scottish artists “take him up on his kind invitation. So pull up a futon, it’s all back to Bowie’s for an #indyref mix of politics, poetry, polemic and pop. Different guests every day make for an hour of gentle thought and hard day-dreaming”
The Scottish Political Archive is housed at the University of Stirling. The archive is home to the oral interviews, personal papers and associated material from prominent Scottish politicians. For further information about the work of the archive please visit our website www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk
A young girl gathers pond water to take back to her family for use in cooking and to drink. What surprised me the most is that - this wasn't her only trip. She actually had to make at least one more because she couldn't carry all the water her family needed in one trip :-(
The creation of the Pond Sand Filter (with Save the Children) helps convert pond water into safe, clean, and drinkable water for this entire village. This Pond Sand Filter was funded and voted upon by the YouTube community as part of my project. You can find out more at: tinyurl.com/ChallengePoverty
I’m still trying to wrap my head around what happened last crazy weekend. I still can’t believe that it's almost a decade since I left Silicon Valley. Everything is still exactly the same as I remember it to be - the scent, the view, the warmth that always embraces me. Every time I heard of Bay Area, I always feel this sentimental yearning and nostalgia rushing through me. No matter where I go in life, this place still holds a very very special place in my heart. It's where I first set foot into a different world - a world where I was forced to rewind my childhood, re-evaluate my dysfunctional family and thus, discover who I am and grow up as a strong and wise individual.
Time really does fly, doesn’t it? It seems like just yesterday I was this little scared and curious16-year-old-girl attending Gunn High School in Palo Alto. I was born in Vietnam and have been there for most of my life but here - in the US, here - in Palo Alto, is actually where I "grow up". Nine years has passed and among them, I spent 7 years living in different beautiful famous cities in California. Half of that time, I was alone, living by myself. Every heart break, every knockout, every second chance broaden my knowledge and perspective, enriched my life with various emotions and deep understandings.
I love LA to death because it’s the place that sees me through all my craziest ups and downs. It witnessed me being broken down, torn apart, gathered together and built back up again. It's where I went from having everything to having nothing in a blink of an eye. It's where I loved and lost. It's where I’m lost and found. Yet, the cities of Silicon Valley hold my dearest and sweetest memories of an innocent 16-year-old-me. It’s the place where I can truly call home, where I feel safe, warm and loved, where no matter what life brings me down, I could always come back and cry in the arms of those who genuinely care about me, where I could speak and let myself be heard and understood.
It's been so long since I could genuinely smile like this. When I started learning photography, I told myself not to take anymore self portrait. I'm seeking to speak the simple beautiful truth of life through my photos and I'm just so sick of photos of me faking smiles. But this time, I'll break my rule because I knew I was genuinely feeling warm and happy from within. I breathed in the fresh air, the cool breeze, the gloomy sky and the vivid memories. I was at peace.
I came home and I was free - free to spread my wings wild open and fly high. Day after day, I become more and more humbly grateful for the extraordinary experiences that I have had. It turned me upside down, inside out. It lets me tap into my inner self – the one filled with so many dark, confused emotions, thoughts and wonders. My soul is no longer a miss-match of my appearance. This is I – the one and only unique individual that whoever God is created and put into this world.
According to BMW and Franciscus van Meel, CEO BMW M GmbH, BMW M equates to emotion and motorsports. There is something magical, compelling, and artful about the BMW M performance division and its bevy of technological advancements. And with 50 years of engineering experience under its belt, the brand continues to evolve, innovate, and inspire with vehicles such as the all-new 2023 XM SAV, the first standalone BMW M since the venerable M1. Do you like the sound of 644-horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque from a 4.4-liter V8 plug-in hybrid drive system at your disposal? Well, starting at $159K, the XM's powerful capabilities are available for your expressive lifestyle.
On open roads the XM jumps out the gate like greyhounds; on curvaceous mountain paths it grips the pavement like geckos on a mission!
The BMW M brand’s identity is omnipresent from the magnificence of the vehicles to the symbolism of the logo to the fashionable gear. The division represents far more than just racing performance on the road and track; it embodies lifestyle statements that resonate with emotional energy. The all-new 2023 BMW XM certainly adds to the diversity of M vehicle choices and enhances the lineup with authority, respect, and integrity.
Homage to Shigeo Fukuda
Handmade linocut, homage to Shigeo Fukuda.
Fukuda was and is for me a source of inspiration.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeo_Fukuda
7 years ago Mariana Costa wrote an article in Alfa Forum "Arigato Sensei Fukuda" foroalfa.org/articulos/arigato-sensei-fukuda where she sets forth the main points of the artist's thought :
1. The value of work
2. The importance of commitment
3.Overcome limits
4. The conceptual clarity
5. The importance of the synthesis
6. The value of the work of others
7. Questioning the concept
8. The playful spirit and the constant surprise
9. Respect to the observer
10. Patience, concentration, technical skills and attention to details
Since then the list has always been with me and seven years after I' still using the concepts of the master.
Homenaje a Shigeo Fukuda
Linograbado hecho a mano como homenaje a Shigeo Fukuda.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linograbado
Fukuda ha sido y es para mi una fuente de inspiración.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeo_Fukuda
Hace 7 años Mariana Costa escribió un articulo en Foro Alfa "Arigato Sensei Fukuda" foroalfa.org/articulos/arigato-sensei-fukuda donde desgranaba los puntos principales del pensamiento del artista:
1. El valor del trabajo
2. La importancia del compromiso
3. La superación de los límites
4. La claridad conceptual
5. La importancia de la síntesis
6. El valor del trabajo de otros
7. El cuestionamiento del concepto
8. El espíritu lúdico y la sorpresa constante
9. Respeto al observador
10. Paciencia, concentración, destreza técnica y cuidado del detalle
Desde entonces esta lista siempre ha estado conmigo y siete años después sigo aplicando los conceptos del maestro.
Honestly the whole time I was trying to get a picture with him he was growling at me -_- he was being grumpy xD
But he sure doesnt look it here
he looks like a big headed Golden bear<3
I love my Golden Bear ^_^<3
Out of all my dogs Jasper is the one I am bonded the closest to. He is so intact with my feeling,with my emotions its like he is a part of me. He knows whe I'm sick,sad,happy,excited,whatever I'm feeling he knows and he feels it too. I tell him all my thoughts and all my secrets. He keeps them safe within his heart with him I am whole,I am me.
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Hundreds of visitors came to get inspired and play with us at our Climate Art Exhibit on Sep. 14-15 at the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival. Green Change and dozens of volunteers hosted this special exhibit to engage more people to go green and fight climate change. We collaborated with these talented artists to create this featured presentation: Ann Dodge, Tess Felix, Fabrice Florin, Janey Fritsche, Al Grumet, Aurora Mahassine and Randy Rosenberg.
Together, we transformed the redwood grove at Old Mill Park into a creative space for climate action. We inspired hundreds of conversations about climate change through vibrant artworks, visual storytelling, interactive installations and fun activities for all ages. Over a hundred people signed up as Green Change members, dozens pledged to take climate action and many more played our educational games and learned new information to help them go green.
Our climate art exhibit featured:
• Ocean Plastic Portraits - stunning portraits made from recycled materials found on beaches
• Seeds of Change - a multi-dimensional living art installation rising 20 feet up in the redwood trees
• Keeping Score - a fun corn hole game about our food choices
• Hitting Home - an origami house activity about our energy choices
• Alchemy of Fire - mixed-media paintings about the threat of wildfires
• This Island Earth - paintings celebrating the beauty and spiritual power of nature
• Earth Bike - a unique art float created to inspire people to go green
• Green Change - an information table for learning about climate action
This was a fun and rewarding experience for all participants, bringing together hundreds of people and inspiring them to make a green change in their lives. The majestic redwood grove at Old Mill offered an ideal setting for helping each other protect nature and our future.
Special thanks to our gracious hosts Erma Murphy and Sylvia Barsky at MVFAF -- and to all the volunteers who so generously helped us present our work for this transformative experience!
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We drove to Northumberland during August, the first time we had been to the county. We were intending to explore a bit, walk a bit, generally familiarise ourselves with the place and of course, take photographs. Whilst the weather was much better than home, the light wasn’t always kind, frequently improving after we had a left a stunning viewpoint – we didn’t have the luxury of time as we wanted to see as much as possible and it’s a big place.
We walked over the Simonsides, part of Hadrian’s wall, along the coast and around lots of castles and villages. I was amazed at the lack of people and traffic, with fantastic quiet roads. I haven’t enjoyed driving so much for a long time, motorway distances on A and B roads, no hassle and great views.
We were out from 7.30 AM until 9.00 PM most days, shorts and tee shirt but not as warm and pleasant as recently. Our day on Hadrian’s wall saw gale force winds and as we drove to the western end of Kielder to travers the whole valley the weather was foul – but we were in the car! I didn’t take a single photo of Kielder as the visibility was that low.
I think we visited most of the well-known castles, drove up to Berwick, into the centre of the Cheviots, through the Scottish Borders and most of the coast North of Morpeth. There wasn’t much we didn’t see, even if it was sometimes brief, I don’t doubt that we will be back.
I’m not sure what people do in some of these remote places, with miles to travel for anything. I barely ever had a 3G signal on my phone. There seemed to be a lot of property for sale in some of the villages. I did wonder what people do for a living, I would guess that farming, tourism and government services are the only employment without a commute to the major conurbations around Newcastle.
August was fantastic for colour – if not light – the field were full of golden crops, the moors covered in purple heather, with some green fields and a dark green copse on every hill. If everything came together the photos look a little unreal, like paintings.