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Austria Kunsthistorisches Museum
Federal Museum
Logo KHM
Regulatory authority (ies)/organs to the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture
Founded 17 October 1891
Headquartered Castle Ring (Burgring), Vienna 1, Austria
Management Sabine Haag
www.khm.at website
Main building of the Kunsthistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresa-Square
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM abbreviated) is an art museum in Vienna. It is one of the largest and most important museums in the world. It was opened in 1891 and 2012 visited of 1.351.940 million people.
The museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is with its opposite sister building, the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum), the most important historicist large buildings of the Ringstrasse time. Together they stand around the Maria Theresa square, on which also the Maria Theresa monument stands. This course spans the former glacis between today's ring road and 2-line, and is forming a historical landmark that also belongs to World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Vienna.
History
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery
The Museum came from the collections of the Habsburgs, especially from the portrait and armor collections of Ferdinand of Tyrol, the collection of Emperor Rudolf II (most of which, however scattered) and the art collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm into existence. Already In 1833 asked Joseph Arneth, curator (and later director) of the Imperial Coins and Antiquities Cabinet, bringing together all the imperial collections in a single building .
Architectural History
The contract to build the museum in the city had been given in 1858 by Emperor Franz Joseph. Subsequently, many designs were submitted for the ring road zone. Plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Null planned to build two museum buildings in the immediate aftermath of the Imperial Palace on the left and right of the Heroes' Square (Heldenplatz). The architect Ludwig Förster planned museum buildings between the Schwarzenberg Square and the City Park, Martin Ritter von Kink favored buildings at the corner Währingerstraße/ Scots ring (Schottenring), Peter Joseph, the area Bellariastraße, Moritz von Loehr the south side of the opera ring, and Ludwig Zettl the southeast side of the grain market (Getreidemarkt).
From 1867, a competition was announced for the museums, and thereby set their current position - at the request of the Emperor, the museum should not be too close to the Imperial Palace, but arise beyond the ring road. The architect Carl von Hasenauer participated in this competition and was able the at that time in Zürich operating Gottfried Semper to encourage to work together. The two museum buildings should be built here in the sense of the style of the Italian Renaissance. The plans got the benevolence of the imperial family. In April 1869, there was an audience with of Joseph Semper at the Emperor Franz Joseph and an oral contract was concluded, in July 1870 was issued the written order to Semper and Hasenauer.
Crucial for the success of Semper and Hasenauer against the projects of other architects were among others Semper's vision of a large building complex called "Imperial Forum", in which the museums would have been a part of. Not least by the death of Semper in 1879 came the Imperial Forum not as planned for execution, the two museums were built, however.
Construction of the two museums began without ceremony on 27 November 1871 instead. Semper moved to Vienna in the sequence. From the beginning, there were considerable personal differences between him and Hasenauer, who finally in 1877 took over sole construction management. 1874, the scaffolds were placed up to the attic and the first floor completed, built in 1878, the first windows installed in 1879, the Attica and the balustrade from 1880 to 1881 and built the dome and the Tabernacle. The dome is topped with a bronze statue of Pallas Athena by Johannes Benk.
The lighting and air conditioning concept with double glazing of the ceilings made the renunciation of artificial light (especially at that time, as gas light) possible, but this resulted due to seasonal variations depending on daylight to different opening times .
Kuppelhalle
Entrance (by clicking the link at the end of the side you can see all the pictures here indicated!)
Grand staircase
Hall
Empire
The Kunsthistorisches Museum was on 17 October 1891 officially opened by Emperor Franz Joseph I. Since 22 October 1891 , the museum is accessible to the public. Two years earlier, on 3 November 1889, the collection of arms, Arms and Armour today, had their doors open. On 1 January 1890 the library service resumed its operations. The merger and listing of other collections of the Highest Imperial Family from the Upper and Lower Belvedere, the Hofburg Palace and Ambras in Tyrol will need another two years.
189, the farm museum was organized in seven collections with three directorates:
Directorate of coins, medals and antiquities collection
The Egyptian Collection
The Antique Collection
The coins and medals collection
Management of the collection of weapons, art and industrial objects
Weapons collection
Collection of industrial art objects
Directorate of Art Gallery and Restaurieranstalt (Restoration Office)
Collection of watercolors, drawings, sketches, etc.
Restoration Office
Library
Very soon the room the Court Museum (Hofmuseum) for the imperial collections was offering became too narrow. To provide temporary help, an exhibition of ancient artifacts from Ephesus in the Theseus Temple was designed. However, additional space had to be rented in the Lower Belvedere.
1914, after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne, his " Estonian Forensic Collection " passed to the administration of the Court Museum. This collection, which emerged from the art collection of the house of d' Este and world travel collection of Franz Ferdinand, was placed in the New Imperial Palace since 1908. For these stocks, the present collection of old musical instruments and the Museum of Ethnology emerged.
The First World War went by, apart from the oppressive economic situation without loss. The farm museum remained during the five years of war regularly open to the public.
Until 1919 the K.K. Art Historical Court Museum was under the authority of the Oberstkämmereramt (head chamberlain office) and belonged to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The officials and employees were part of the royal household.
First Republic
The transition from monarchy to republic, in the museum took place in complete tranquility. On 19 November 1918 the two imperial museums on Maria Theresa Square were placed under the state protection of the young Republic of German Austria. Threatening to the stocks of the museum were the claims raised in the following weeks and months of the "successor states" of the monarchy as well as Italy and Belgium on Austrian art collection. In fact, it came on 12th February 1919 to the violent removal of 62 paintings by armed Italian units. This "art theft" left a long time trauma among curators and art historians.
It was not until the Treaty of Saint-Germain of 10 September 1919, providing in Article 195 and 196 the settlement of rights in the cultural field by negotiations. The claims of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Italy again could mostly being averted in this way. Only Hungary, which presented the greatest demands by far, was met by more than ten years of negotiation in 147 cases.
On 3 April 1919 was the expropriation of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by law and the acquisition of its property, including the "Collections of the Imperial House" , by the Republic. Of 18 June 1920 the then provisional administration of the former imperial museums and collections of Este and the secular and clergy treasury passed to the State Office of Internal Affairs and Education, since 10 November 1920, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Education. A few days later it was renamed the Art History Court Museum in the "Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna State", 1921 "Kunsthistorisches Museum" . Of 1st January 1921 the employees of the museum staff passed to the state of the Republic.
Through the acquisition of the former imperial collections owned by the state, the museum found itself in a complete new situation. In order to meet the changed circumstances in the museum area, designed Hans Tietze in 1919 the "Vienna Museum program". It provided a close cooperation between the individual museums to focus at different houses on main collections. So dominated exchange, sales and equalizing the acquisition policy in the interwar period. Thus resulting until today still valid collection trends. Also pointing the way was the relocation of the weapons collection from 1934 in its present premises in the New Castle, where since 1916 the collection of ancient musical instruments was placed.
With the change of the imperial collections in the ownership of the Republic the reorganization of the internal organization went hand in hand, too. Thus the museum was divided in 1919 into the
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection (with the Oriental coins)
Collection of Classical Antiquities
Collection of ancient coins
Collection of modern coins and medals
Weapons collection
Collection of sculptures and crafts with the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
Picture Gallery
The Museum 1938-1945
Count Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf according to Rigaud. Clarisse 1948 by Baroness de Rothschildt "dedicated" to the memory of Baron Alphonse de Rothschildt; restituted to the Rothschilds in 1999, and in 1999 donated by Bettina Looram Rothschild, the last Austrian heiress.
With the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich all Jewish art collections such as the Rothschilds were forcibly "Aryanised". Collections were either "paid" or simply distributed by the Gestapo at the museums. This resulted in a significant increase in stocks. But the KHM was not the only museum that benefited from the linearization. Systematically looted Jewish property was sold to museums, collections or in pawnshops throughout the empire.
After the war, the museum struggled to reimburse the "Aryanised" art to the owners or their heirs. They forced the Rothschild family to leave the most important part of their own collection to the museum and called this "dedications", or "donations". As a reason, was the export law stated, which does not allow owners to perform certain works of art out of the country. Similar methods were used with other former owners. Only on the basis of international diplomatic and media pressure, to a large extent from the United States, the Austrian government decided to make a change in the law (Art Restitution Act of 1998, the so-called Lex Rothschild). The art objects were the Rothschild family refunded only in the 1990s.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum operates on the basis of the federal law on the restitution of art objects from the 4th December 1998 (Federal Law Gazette I, 181 /1998) extensive provenance research. Even before this decree was carried out in-house provenance research at the initiative of the then archive director Herbert Haupt. This was submitted in 1998 by him in collaboration with Lydia Grobl a comprehensive presentation of the facts about the changes in the inventory levels of the Kunsthistorisches Museum during the Nazi era and in the years leading up to the State Treaty of 1955, an important basis for further research provenance.
The two historians Susanne Hehenberger and Monika Löscher are since 1st April 2009 as provenance researchers at the Kunsthistorisches Museum on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research operating and they deal with the investigation period from 1933 to the recent past.
The museum today
Today the museum is as a federal museum, with 1st January 1999 released to the full legal capacity - it was thus the first of the state museums of Austria, implementing the far-reaching self-financing. It is by far the most visited museum in Austria with 1.3 million visitors (2007).
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is under the name Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum with company number 182081t since 11 June 1999 as a research institution under public law of the Federal virtue of the Federal Museums Act, Federal Law Gazette I/115/1998 and the Museum of Procedure of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum, 3 January 2001, BGBl II 2/ 2001, in force since 1 January 2001, registered.
In fiscal 2008, the turnover was 37.185 million EUR and total assets amounted to EUR 22.204 million. In 2008 an average of 410 workers were employed.
Management
1919-1923: Gustav Glück as the first chairman of the College of science officials
1924-1933: Hermann Julius Hermann 1924-1925 as the first chairman of the College of the scientific officers in 1925 as first director
1933: Arpad Weixlgärtner first director
1934-1938: Alfred Stix first director
1938-1945: Fritz Dworschak 1938 as acting head, from 1938 as a chief in 1941 as first director
1945-1949: August von Loehr 1945-1948 as executive director of the State Art Collections in 1949 as general director of the historical collections of the Federation
1945-1949: Alfred Stix 1945-1948 as executive director of the State Art Collections in 1949 as general director of art historical collections of the Federation
1949-1950: Hans Demel as administrative director
1950: Karl Wisoko-Meytsky as general director of art and historical collections of the Federation
1951-1952: Fritz Eichler as administrative director
1953-1954: Ernst H. Buschbeck as administrative director
1955-1966: Vincent Oberhammer 1955-1959 as administrative director, from 1959 as first director
1967: Edward Holzmair as managing director
1968-1972: Erwin Auer first director
1973-1981: Friderike Klauner first director
1982-1990: Hermann Fillitz first director
1990: George Kugler as interim first director
1990-2008: Wilfried Seipel as general director
Since 2009: Sabine Haag as general director
Collections
To the Kunsthistorisches Museum are also belonging the collections of the New Castle, the Austrian Theatre Museum in Palais Lobkowitz, the Museum of Ethnology and the Wagenburg (wagon fortress) in an outbuilding of Schönbrunn Palace. A branch office is also Ambras in Innsbruck.
Kunsthistorisches Museum (main building)
Picture Gallery
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
Collection of Classical Antiquities
Vienna Chamber of Art
Numismatic Collection
Library
New Castle
Ephesus Museum
Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
Arms and Armour
Archive
Hofburg
The imperial crown in the Treasury
Imperial Treasury of Vienna
Insignia of the Austrian Hereditary Homage
Insignia of imperial Austria
Insignia of the Holy Roman Empire
Burgundian Inheritance and the Order of the Golden Fleece
Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure
Ecclesiastical Treasury
Schönbrunn Palace
Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna
Armory in Ambras Castle
Ambras Castle
Collections of Ambras Castle
Major exhibits
Among the most important exhibits of the Art Gallery rank inter alia:
Jan van Eyck: Cardinal Niccolò Albergati, 1438
Martin Schongauer: Holy Family, 1475-80
Albrecht Dürer : Trinity Altar, 1509-16
Portrait Johann Kleeberger, 1526
Parmigianino: Self Portrait in Convex Mirror, 1523/24
Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Summer 1563
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Madonna of the Rosary 1606/ 07
Caravaggio: Madonna of the Rosary (1606-1607)
Titian: Nymph and Shepherd to 1570-75
Portrait of Jacopo de Strada, 1567/68
Raffaello Santi: Madonna of the Meadow, 1505 /06
Lorenzo Lotto: Portrait of a young man against white curtain, 1508
Peter Paul Rubens: The altar of St. Ildefonso, 1630-32
The Little Fur, about 1638
Jan Vermeer: The Art of Painting, 1665/66
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Fight between Carnival and Lent, 1559
Kids, 1560
Tower of Babel, 1563
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1564
Gloomy Day (Early Spring), 1565
Return of the Herd (Autumn), 1565
Hunters in the Snow (Winter) 1565
Bauer and bird thief, 1568
Peasant Wedding, 1568/69
Peasant Dance, 1568/69
Paul's conversion (Conversion of St Paul), 1567
Cabinet of Curiosities:
Saliera from Benvenuto Cellini 1539-1543
Egyptian-Oriental Collection:
Mastaba of Ka Ni Nisut
Collection of Classical Antiquities:
Gemma Augustea
Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós
Gallery: Major exhibits
Pip's protest against the new changes that are going to be forced upon us. Customers no longer seem to matter .....
New to Lothian where it went through a number of livery changes. After a period lying at Marine garage it was painted in white and transferred to Lothian Country Buses, and earlier this year to East Coast Buses. It is now back in the Lothian main fleet with appropiate vinyls.
Drive it on up and let's cruise a while
Leave your troubles far behind
You can hedge your bet on a clean Mustang.
To get you there right on time
It's like you're runnin' away on some high octane
Every time she reaches fully blown.
The BBC are printing this as a poster to use on the wall of their film studio during a live online event, all about butterflies, that they are streaming through their webcams this weekend (www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22371273).
They also want to use this photograph on their marbled white
website and Facebook page from Friday :)
I got up at 5am to take photographs of these dew covered roosting butterflies. Leave it any later and they move at rocket speed in this heat! So it was definitely worth the early start!
Make sure you do the Big Butterfly Count
Working The 4H73 09.18 Wellingborough Up Tc Gbrf To Tunstead Sdgs Gbrf According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Wellingborough Up Tc Gbrf 09.18 . 09.02 16E
Wellingborough [WEL] 09.23 To 09.07 N/R 16E
Wellingborough North Jn 09.27 No Report
Harrowden Jn 09.29 1/2 . 09.23 6E
Kettering Sth Jn 09.33 . 09.28 4E
Kettering 09.34 . 09.29 4E
Kettering North Junction 09.36 . 09.31 1/4 4E
Market Harborough 09.44 1/2 . 09.39 3/4 4E
Market Harborough Jn 09.44 1/2 . 09.39 3/4 4E
Kilby Bridge Jn 09.54 1/2 . 09.49 1/2 5E
Wigston South Jn 09.56 1/2 . 09.51 1/4 5E
Wigston North Jn 09.57 . 09.51 3/4 5E
Knighton Jn 09.59 . 09.53 1/4 5E
Leicester South Jn 10.00 1/2 . 09.55 5E
Leicester 10.01 . 09.57 3E
Leicester North Jn 10.01 1/2 . 09.58 1/4 3E
Humberstone Road 10.04 1/2 To 12.13 1/2 09.59 1/4 . 12.14 RT
Humberstone Rd Jn 12.14 . 12.15 1L
Syston 12.18 1/2 . 12.19 1/4 RT
Syston South Jn 12.18 1/2 . 12.19 1/4 RT
Syston North Jn 12.19 . 12.19 1/2 RT
Sileby 12.21 . 12.21 RT
Sileby Jn 12.21 1/2 . 12.22 RT
Mountsorrel Sdgs 12.23 . 12.22 1/2 RT
Barrow upon Soar 12.24 . 12.23 1/2 RT
Loughborough South Jn 12.27 1/2 . 12.26 1E
Loughborough 12.28 . 12.28 1/2 RT
Loughborough North Jn 12.30 . 12.31 1/2 1L
Kegworth 12.37 . 12.36 1/4 RT
East Midlands Parkway 12.39 1/2 . 12.38 3/4 RT
Ratcliffe Jn 12.40 . 12.39 RT
Trent South Jn 12.40 1/2 . 12.40 1/4 RT
Meadow Lane Jn 12.43 . 12.42 1/2 RT
Toton Jn 12.44 1/2 . 12.44 RT
Toton Centre 12.47 1/2 To 12.59 1/2 Pass 12.45 1/4 14E
Stapleford & Sandiacre 13.01 1/2 No Report
Trowell Jn 13.05 1/2 . 13.00 1/4 5E
Ilkeston Junction 13.06 . 13.02 1/4 3E
Ilkeston 13.07 . 13.04 1/4 2E
Langley Mill 13.10 1/2 . 13.08 2E
Codnor Park Jn 13.13 1/2 . 13.10 3/4 2E
Ironville Junction 13.14 . 13.11 2E
Alfreton 13.18 . 13.13 3/4 4E
Blackwell South Jn (Derbs) 13.19 1/2 . 13.14 3/4 4E
Morton 13.24 1/2 . 13.16 3/4 7E
Clay Cross North Jn 13.33 . 13.23 1/4 9E
Hasland 13.35 1/2 . 13.25 1/4 10E
Chesterfield South Jn 13.38 . 13.38 1/2 RT
Chesterfield 13.39 . 13.40 1/2 1L
Tapton Jn 13.39 1/2 . 13.40 3/4 1L
Dronfield 13.47 1/2 . 13.45 1/2 1E
Dore South Jn 13.51 1/2 . 13.52 RT
Dore West Jn 13.54 . 13.53 1/2 RT
Totley Tunnel East 13.56 1/2 . 13.55 1/4 1E
Grindleford 14.01 1/2 . 14.02 RT
Hathersage 14.03 1/2 No Report
Bamford 14.05 No Report
Hope (Derbyshire) 14.06 1/2 No Report
Earles Sdgs S.B. 14.07 1/2 . 14.09 1L
Earles Sidings Es31 14.10 1/2 No Report
Edale 14.12 1/2 . 14.13 RT
Chinley East Jn 14.18 1/2 . 14.21 2L
Chinley South Jn 14.23 To 14.25 1/2 No Report
Chinley Signal Cy168 14.31 1/2 No Report
Peak Forest S.B. 14.39 . 14.31 8E
Great Rocks Jn 14.42 1/2 No Report
Tunstead Sdgs Gbrf 14.49 . 14.41 8E
I went to the cancer clinic today to meet with that surgeon and her team, get genetic testing done, and orders for more biopsies and scans.
I'm officially a cancer patient which is still really effing weird.
However, I'm a very early Stage 1 and my tumor is less than 2cm in size.
I'm getting the other weird area biopsied, while in a MRI. Because why not?
Then I get the odd looking lymph node area ultrasounded since that is the best image of that area and if it needs a biopsy, well I already have an order for that.
I like this team. They are clear, concise, and gave me all the different options that all the different answers will give me.
Dan was there via Duo video call because that's just how we have to do this now. But I really did feel like I wasn't alone and that is all that matters.
My gyno immediately called after she received the report to hear my voice and see how I was. She is fantastic and I'm so sorry she's retiring next year.
And that's the latest and greatest in the way of my day to day during this whole mess.
Eye to eye contact is very powerful in the life of humans. Did you ever notice how difficult it is to maintain eye contact, even for just a few seconds, even with someone you know very well and perhaps love? Or how about those moments when you found yourself exchanging glances with a stranger in a restaurant - not necessarily because you had any real interest in each other, but just because the two of you could not resist the temptation of looking to see if the other person was looking!
As an expression of intimacy or aggression, eye contact involves the direct connection of one psyche to another. Simultaneously you see and are seen by the other. You take each other in and size each other up. It’s a direct, no-nonsense meeting of the minds. Eye contact automatically amplifies any emotion, whether it is affection, assertiveness, criticism, doubt, fear, or hostility. And the impact goes beyond just the realm of the psychological. It’s also “primitive” in a very biological sort of way. Babies and highly social animals, like canines and primates, quickly rivet to eye contact.
When actors want to convey as much emotion as possible, when they want to draw viewers into the scene as if they are participating in it, they look right into the camera. That’s why photographs of people looking right into the camera are so compelling. We can’t help but stare back and try to look right into their psyche to figure out who they are. We can’t help but feel that we are being pulled into the photograph. Unlike real situations, we also have the luxury of holding that eye contact for as long as we want, because part of us, the logical part, knows that the person isn’t really present, isn’t really looking at us. But there’s another part of us, that primitive and emotional part, that reacts as if the person IS.
Wishing you a May filled with new joys, new blessings, memorable times outdoors, beauty, laughter, and treasured dreams fulfilled!
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This was the longest escalator ride of my life
The world's highest escalators at the Umeda Sky Building, Osaka
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26 Earning Street, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire (Grade II).
A walk of 11.7 miles that I did with two others on 24 May 2015 in Cambridgeshire, in and around Godmanchester, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey, St Ives, and Houghton. Please check out the other photos from the walk here, or to see my collections, go here.
"We need to save those Elders who cannot speak for themselves -- the trees." ~ Haida Gwaii, Traditional Circle of Elders
The trees are the Elders of the Earth. Go to the forest or to the mountains and find a young tree. Then find an old tree. Spend time with each. Sit by the young tree and listen to your thoughts. Then move to an old tree and listen to your thoughts again. Just being in the presence of an old tree, you will feel more calm. Your thoughts will contain wisdom and your answers will be deeper. Why is this so? These old trees know more, have heard more, and are the Elders of the Earth. We must ensure these trees live so we can learn from them. My Creator, help me to protect the trees and listen to them.
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all alone in a empty room
nothing left but the memory's
of whennn
i had my best friend
and i don't know how we ended up here
i don't know but it's never been so clear
we made a mistake dear
and i see the broken glass infront of me
i see your shadow hanging over me
and your face i can see
through the tree's
i will find you
i will heal
the ruins left inside you
cause im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
until im set free
go quiet through the tree's
and i remember how we used to talk
about the places we will go when we were off
and all that we were gonna find
and i remember watching our seeds grow
and how you cried when you saw the first leaf show
the love was pouring for your eyes
so can you see
the branches hanging over me
can you see
the love you left inside of me
and my face
can you see
through the tree's
i will find you
i will heal
the ruins left inside you
cause im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
until im set free
go quiet through the tree's
cause your not coming back
and your not coming back
noooooooooooooooooooooo
noooooooooooooooooooooo
nooo your not coming back
your not coming back
and take my breath
as your own
and take my eye's to guide you home
cause im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
and im still here
cause im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
and im still here
cuz im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
im still here breathing now
and im still here
and your not coming back
im still here breathing now
and your not coming back
im still here breathing now
cause your not coming back
im still here breathing now
until im set free
go quiet through the tree's
* through the trees *- low shoulder (ryan levine)
Tớ bị thíc anh ấy...
tớ k đc nói w' mọi người a ấy là ng` tớ yêu nhất...
tớ đao khổ lắm...
tớ thương anh ấy thậc rồi...
nhưng a ấy thỳ đéo pét con mẹ jh hếc....
Tớ và Zonpi kếc thúc 1 cách chóng mặt...
mọi thứ đổ dồn vào đầu tớ...
và thậc hên.. là tớ còn anh ấy để yêu thương...
tỚ yêu anh ấy...
tớ sẽ cố gắng hơn nữa để anh ấy có thể hiểu tớ....
mún bên anh ấy suốt ngày dài...
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50cm Bn* nhé...:)
bn* trang 2
Believed to have been established in the 7th or 6th century BC, Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii remained mostly untouched until 1748, when excavations began to reveal many buildings and paintings and frescoes still intact.
The stepping stones in the middle of the street were crossing stones so that pedestrians would not have to step in rainwater or manure from the animals that would draw the carts.
Due to Covid-19 and social distancing measures in place all church and memorial services are cancelled this year. Instead there has been street solidarity with flags on display. These shots are just from a walk around my block, taken shortly after the 1min silence at 11:30am. I am told there were many on the streets and driveways all across Australia at 6am also for the sunrise remembrance (with many lighting candles).
Lest we forget.
Everyone have a great Monday and week ahead.
College students return today and I hope they are all happy and healthy!
The Bodie Classroom was for all grades and they kept warm in their harsh winters by that wood burning stove you see on the left and below here.
Happy Sunday, and a great new week to all.
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A Black-Headed Gull pausing to reflect in Oslo's St. Hanshaugen Park.
"The Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident. Some birds will also spend the winter in northeastern North America, where it was formerly known as the Common Black-headed Gull. As is the case with many gulls, it had previously been placed in the genus Larus. This gull is 38–44 cm (15-17½ in) long with a 94–105 cm (37–41 in) wingspan. In flight, the white leading edge to the wing is a good field mark. The summer adult has a chocolate-brown head (not black, although does look black from a distance), pale grey body, black tips to the primary wing feathers, and red bill and legs. The hood is lost in winter, leaving just 2 dark spots. It breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes, or on islands in lakes, nesting on the ground. Like most gulls, it is highly gregarious in winter, both when feeding or in evening roosts. It is not a pelagic species and is rarely seen at sea far from coasts. The Black-headed Gull is a bold and opportunistic feeder and will eat insects, fish, seeds, worms, scraps and carrion in towns, or take invertebrates in ploughed fields with equal relish. This is a noisy species, especially in colonies, with a familiar "kree-ar" call. Its scientific name means "laughing gull"." (Wikipedia)
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6
150mm (300mm full frame FOV), ISO 1600, f/6.3, 1/125 sec., single RAW file, Tiffen circular polarizer, hand held.
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Visit to Disneyland Resort, on February 16, 2014.
Visited the World of Disney Store, and bought some key chains and pins, mostly new Tinker Bell issues. They have finally restocked the Frozen Booster Pin Set after a couple of months but I didn't see the Frozen Princess Jewel (Snowflake) Pin there. The Frozen merchandise section had Mattel Anna dolls for sale, but were all out of Mattel Elsa dolls that they had last week. No Disney Store Frozen dolls at all. They finally had the Animators' Tinker Bell doll for sale. No Pirate Fairy dolls for sale except for the mini doll set.
Then in the Emporium on Main Street, I saw the Frozen Snowflake Pin. It was actually behind glass, in a display with limited edition pins, even though the Frozen pin is open edition. I was glad to see it, nevertheless.
I went to my favorite ride, the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, and got a good score even though my aim was off today. It was #4 high score of the day, at 1,242,900. In the LGM Command Store, I saw that they had a good supply of both the Frozen Booster Pin Set and the Frozen Snowflake pin. The latter was out in the What's New section, under a row of Tinker Bell pins.
Afterward, I ate lunch at Plaza Inn, while I browsed Flickr. I laid out my pins so I could inspect them and take a quick photo. The flower vase on the table had the usual pink carnation, and also a cute little pink heart left over from Valentine's Day.
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania is best known as the home to General George Washington's Continental Army for the winters of 1777-1778. Back in those days, large scale combat wasn't conducted during the winter since snow and cold weather presented a logistical nightmare so armies would build up large camps where they could spend the winter. Despite popular belief, the winters during these years weren't especially harsh (the belief that they were is mostly due to America's romanticism of this period). The winters however were full of disease which plagued the troops who were in extremely close proximity to one another. During those two winters at Valley Forge, the Continental Army trained and became an even stronger unit.
I had visited Valley Forge once before (shortly after I graduated high school) but for some reason didn't remember it well. Walking around the park in the summer's high heat and ridiculous humidity was worth it. It's a beautiful place that's fully of amazing history.
ABOUT THE SERIES
In June 2010 Michelle and I traveled to Philadelphia (and surrounding areas) for a summer vacation and to visit her extended family. I'd been to Philadelphia twice before, once in eighth grade and once during college but I only remember bits and pieces of each previous trip. The trip during college was during the 2010 Republican National Convention (I wasn't there for the convention) and I remember the entire city resembling a police state with police everywhere due to all the protests.
Anyway, it was great to return to the city and see some of the surrounding areas I hadn't explored before. We visited during a heatwave (90 degree heat with intense humidity which apparently is a little unusual in June but typical in August) but it was well worth the trip.
Went over to Liverpool Street at lunch today, trying to get a photo for work, but couldn't find the thing I was looking for. I did however buy a nice scarf in the sale in Accessorise, and found this new building thingy going up at the edge of Broadgate Circle. Also phoned my Mum, who was sounding OK, though a bit flat bless her.
Busy day at work, with my annual catch-up with the boss, a meeting with a colleague about a presentation we're putting together, and a catch-up with my manager. Got some work done in there somewhere too.
Tim was still off sick today, but ended up having to log in and work this afternoon. Think he's mostly on the mend. Baked potatoes for tea will have helped, I'm sure :)
Painted in 1997 with Monk and I Believe Spel too. Freestyle at the Bomb Shelter. I had to use up some colors that I really wasn't using in my stash of paint and so I decided to challenge myself by bringing as many wak colors as I could to the wall. That is where I came up with the concept of a different fill, outline and 3D. It wasn't the greatest representation of that style but at the time, doing a style like that was pretty innovative. I remember walking out of the wall spot and being stopped by one of the local writers coming up and he asked me, "What type of drugs are you on?". I took that as a compliment because I believe he was hoping to score some of whatever it was that made me do the funky ass shit that I was doing at that time. You know one thing about me is that I get real bored with the same piece over and over and am always trying to do something a little or a lot different from the last. That is one reason why I always tend to freestyle, so I don't have any memory of other stuff that I was drawing up and get caught up in repeating patterns in my letters. Although, over time, I have learned some things that make my pieces, what some would classify, as EROS style. Arrows, loops, highlights, leaned back R, etc....... It's almost impossible to recreate the wheel but we all have a set of mental standards that we follow. Those that paint without rules, I take my hat off to. It's just something that I haven't been able to truly get past. Especially, the solid letter stucture part.
On Vacation to The USA - Staying in L.A. There were some nice view-points to view some amazing 'Golden' sunsets.
Shot with Sony a7s, and Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Shot @ 103mm - f4.5 - 1/1000sec - ISO 320
For some reason I always had a bit of an affinity towards these cars, largely due to the fact that they seemed to be smiling with those light clusters. But much like the Maestro, it had purpose, it was innovative, and it was a car that refused to die!
The Austin Montego first started development life way back in 1977 under project code LC10 (Leyland Cars 10), as an intended replacement for the Morris Marina and the Princess. However, like many of the company's promising projects, such as the Maestro and the Metro, it was shelved for years on account of the fact that British Leyland ran out of money! After a corporate bailout by the British Government, the company chose instead to prolong the development of these cars and instead simply give the existing Marina and Princess a facelift, resulting in the Morris Ital and Austin Ambassador, both cars notable for being unimpressively bland masterpieces.
However, this delay did give British Leyland a chance to tie up with Honda, and in 1980 launched the Triumph Acclaim as both the first Japanese/British hybrid car, but also British Leyland's first consistently reliable product! The result was that both the simultaneously developed Austin Maestro and Montego could take some leaves out of Honda's book and therefore improve the reliability. Styling came from David Bache, who had previously had a hand in penning the Rover P4, the Rover SD1 and the Range Rover, and Roy Axe, who would later go on to style the Rover 800 and the Rolls Royce Silver Seraph. The lengthy development time of the car however clearly showed as the first sketches of the car were done back in 1975. Apparently when Roy Axe, who took over as Director of Design in 1982, saw the first prototype with the original design, he was so horrified that he suggested they scrap the whole thing and start over!
However, their combined design talent truly shows through with the Montego as in essence these are very handsome cars, with a long smooth body, a pleasing frontal alignment and design, and internally very capable and comfortable. Some novel features included were the colour coordinated bumpers that matched the rest of the car, and the wiper spindles hiding under the bonnet when parked.
Although many consider the Maestro just to be a hatchback version of the Montego, there were many features the Montego had that made it an all around better car. These included a new S-Series engine in place of the A-Series engine that dated back to the 1950's, and a more practical and robust dashboard. Variations of the car included the stylish and luxury Vanden Plas, which was styled internally by the world renowned coachbuilder with lavish wood veneer and seating (thankfully not given a chrome nose, that would have been insane!), the sporty MG Montego which featured a higher performance O-Series Turob Engine and a revolutionary synthesised computer voice that announced problems and warnings, and finally the Estate versions which were by far the most popular and received almost unanimous acclaim for their spacious interior.
The Montego was launched on April 25th 1984, being available at first as a 4-door saloon to replace the standard Morris Ital, but the Ital in estate form continued on until August, bringing an end to the 11 year old Morris Marina family. In October the Estate version was launched at the British International Motor Show. Initially things were looking up for the Montego, as mentioned the Estate version was lauded for its practicality, the MG Montego became the fastest MG ever built with 115hp to rocket it up to a top speed of 126mph at a rate of 0-60 in 7.1 seconds, and the Vanden Plas was a modest success for the business executive, as well as finding a home in the company car market.
Promotion for the car also helped to seal the deal with a fantastically choreographed advert where professional stunt driver Russ Swift, pretty much danced around a crowded car park in a Montego, doing reverse 180's in gaps only a few feet wide, and driving the car on two wheels through a gap only a ruler's length apart! Jeremy Clarkson would attempt to do the same thing 14 years later on one of his DVD's in another Montego, again with the help of Russ Swift, which went well the first time, but not so well the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh time. Eventually the Montego was smashed in half by a large truck in a fiery explosion.
Sadly though, the honeymoon like with all good British Leyland cars was short lived, and soon afterwards the various faults and build quality problems became once again apparent. Although many of the features fitted to these cars such as the synthesised voice, the computer engine management and the redesigned dashboard were endearing, the main fault that these cars had were in the electrics, which would frequently go wrong. Some examples I've heard from early Montego owners have included the car failing to start, pressing the indicator switch only to blow the horn, or the synthesised talking lady never, ever, ever shutting up! Because of these problems the cars built up a very quick and poor reputation, added to by the poor construction of the actual car, with the colour coded bumpers being particularly problematic as they'd crack in cold weather.
But British Leyland didn't give up on the Montego, and in the background designers continued to tinker with the idea of further additions and changes to the car. Throughout the period following its introduction, British Leyland began to be broken up by the Thatcher Government, with Jaguar being made independent, the various parts manufacturers such as UNIPART being sold off, Leyland Trucks and Buses being sold to Volvo and DAF, and eventually the whole outfit being reduced to just MG and Rover. The Montego has been credited with being the last car to carry the Austin name, the badge being dropped in 1988 with future cars simply being dubbed the Montego. This coincided with a facelift in 1989 and the re-engineering of the car to be fitted with a Perkins Diesel. In 1989 a new seven-seater estate model was created called the Montego Countryman, built to combat the rising trend of People-Carriers such as the Renault Espace, but still being able to perform as well as a regular car. This, much like the original estate, proved immensely popular, especially in France for some reason, which went on to be one of the Montego's major markets.
In the early 90's the Montego did start getting back some reputation, winning the CAR Magazine's 'Giant Test' (all technical names I'm sure) when competing against the likes of the Citroen BX and the Audi 80. In fact the Rover Montego Turbo became a favourite with the RAF, and was used to whisk Officers across airfields as a personal transport. The Montego may have failed to outdo the Volkswagen Passat, but as for the British mob such as the Ford Sierra and the Vauxhall Cavalier, it was able competition. In fact when I was young in the 90's a lot of kids I'd see dropped off to school would be in then new Montego's because by this point the reliability issues had been ironed out following Rover Group's return to private ownership under British Aerospace.
But by 1992 the car was very much looking its age and was in desperate need of a replacement. In 1993 the Rover 600 was launched which pretty much ended the Montego for mass-production then and there, but special orders for the car continued until 1995. The machines continued to be a favourite among Company Car firms, and a lot of the developments made in the Montego lived on in later Rover cars, primarily the 600 and the 75, which inherited its rear suspension which was often held in high regard. But the curtain did eventually fall for the official Montego production in 1995 as new owners BMW desired nothing more than to be out with the old and in with the new, with facelifts all around including a new Rover 25 to replace the 200, a new Rover 45 to replace the 400, and a new Rover 75 to replace the 800, and the original Range Rover was revamped into the absolutely magnificent Range Rover P38 in 1995. The Maestro too was axed and the Metro followed not long afterwards in 1999, with the classic Mini being killed off in 2000, only to be brought back to life the same year under BMW management after the breakup of Rover that year.
But like the Maestro, the Montego simply wouldn't die, but unlike the Maestro, attempts to revive the car under bootlegged brands weren't as prosperous. In India, the company Sipani Automobiles, notable for attempting to recreate British cars such as the Reliant Kitten but instead consistently turning out garbage, attempted to built a few, but folded soon afterwards. In Trinidad & Tobago, a small firm attempted to sell their own copycat versions of the Montego, which were notable for their exceptional poor quality. But most famously was the attempt to recreate the car in China with the Lubao CA 6410, which yoked the nose of a Montego onto the back of a Maestro using a Maestro platform. Today that car is technically still in production as the Jiefang CA 6440 UA Van, but owes more to the Maestro than the Montego.
Today the Montego is a very rare car to find. Of the 571,000 cars built, only 296 remain, making it Britain's 8th most scrapped car. Contributing to this, areas of the bodywork that were to be covered by plastic trim (such as the front and rear bumpers) were left unpainted and thus unprotected. In addition, pre-1989 models cannot run on unleaded petrol without the cylinder head being converted or needing fuel additives.
However, as mentioned, the Montego estate was a huge hit in France, and chances are you'll find a fair number ambling about the countryside there. Malta too was another popular locale for the Montego, as well as many other British Leyland cars, including Marina's, Allegros and even Princesses!
My opinion on the Montego? Like most British Leyland cars it had prospects and purpose, but lacked the desire to build good, honest cars. It was comfortable, it was handsome, it performed as well as a family saloon car should, it was spacious and very well equipped, and like many British Leyland cars, such as the Princess with its Hydragas suspension, it was innovative. If these cars had been built better and had some of the teething problems ironed out with the electrical systems, then British Leyland could have easily gone on to make the family car of the 1980's. But like all pathfinders in the world of technology, they will suffer the full brunt of the problems they are most likely to experience.
People rarely remember the originals, only the one's that perfected it...
To be different
If visions are not
The same
why to blame?
To think different
doesn’t mean being wrong.
To be influenced
or not to go along,
is a free choice
listening to your own voice.
“To Be Free “
The code of liberty.
To differ,
doesn’t mean being wrong.
It’s your right
To have a choice .
Saying yes or no
In your own voice
Do what you think
and think what you do.
Think of you,
and others too.
To be different
doesn’t mean being wrong.
You do not have to go along.
It’s a free voice
saying yes or no,
your own choice.
If a man is not white
Is he less all right?
If a man is not black
Does anything lack?
To be respected
for WHO you are,
not WHAT you are
to be expected
Being different
doesn’t mean being wrong.
You do not have to always go along.
You do not have to lead,
you do not have to follow...
Follow but you heart !
Follow the difference,
the difference to be:
To know what is right,
to what is not wrong,
to go with along...
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(L to R) Back row : Denise Sylvester, Dora Flores, President U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Running and Walking Club, Jeffery Prieto, General Counsel, Stephanie Barlow, National Watermelon Promotion Board, Rebekah Dosset, National Watermelon Promotion Board and Tony Moore, First Vice President National Watermelon Promotion Board and North Carolina Watermelon Handler, Front row: Kristin Valadez Texas Watermelon Queen, Lenze Morris, Alabama Watermelon Queen and Emily Brown (Indiana), National Watermelon Queen, Julie Polt and Barry Gomoll give the “W” sign in front of the National Watermelon Promotion Board booth at USDA’s Farmers Market in Washington, D. C. on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 to promote the healthy benefits of eating watermelon. The National Watermelon Promotion Board will supply approximately 10 tons of watermelon for the athletes running the 40th Marine Corps Marathon. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.
I've always seen ducks floating along on lakes, looking very peaceful. I had no idea what happened to them during breeding season, though. Sure, we've all seen the wildlife videos of male animals fighting to win mating rights to the females, but somehow, when it's a fight between ducks, it just doesn't seem like it would be much of anything. Boy, was I ever wrong!
These two male Muscovy ducks could be seen and heard all the way across the lake, and it's pretty big. The females were watching from shore as they battled it out. By the time I got close, the smaller of the ducks was desperately trying to get away from the larger, but the big duck was ruthless and almost drowned him twice as I was photographing the scene. The violence of it was shocking to me, and even after the weaker duck was completely subdued and dragging itself onshore, the other male was attacking with ferocity. This was shot just before the two made it ashore.
Both I and another lady tried to help the injured duck, but it wouldn't allow us to touch it. It had a broken leg, was bitten up all over, and was shaking in pain. It was pretty hard to watch, but nothing more than the way nature guarantees that the new flock of ducklings will be strong, like their father, not weak like the victim of the attack.
In the end, I had to walk away, unable to do anything, and very upset. The larger duck went back after the victim as soon as I left, so I have no doubt in my mind that he died from his injuries. Yes, nature can be cruel.
.... Pachi was the name of the mascot of the 2015 Pan American Games. The choice of mascot, whose design was based on that of a porcupine, an animal found in all 41 countries competing at the Games. There are 41 stylized conical spines on Pachi's back: one for every country participating in the Games. The spines are one of five colours, each of the five representing a quality the Games are said to endorse: youth, passion, collaboration, determination, and creativity.
Obverse: Head of deified Alexander to right with horn of Ammon and fillet in hair. Reverse: Athena, seated left holding Nike on extended right hand, left arm leaning on shield. (see media screen for Greek inscriptions)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Greek, Hellenistic Period, After 281 B.C.
Mint
Uncertain, Thrace (Kingdom)
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0840.
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 8.47 gm.
Accession Number
35.117
Medium or Technique
Gold
Passage to sunrise
Photographer Khalid Almasoud © All rights reserved
Passage to sunrise, before the appearance of the sun, with the formation of clouds, and glare on the horizon, gave a wonderful spread of light, on the rocks, and on the surface of the sea.This waterway is located south of Kuwait.
ممر الى الشروق قبل ظهور الشمس ، مع تشكيل الغيوم ، والوهج على الافق ، اعطى انتشار ضوئي رائع ، على الصخور ، وعلى سطح البحر. يوجد هذا الممر البحري جنوب الكويت
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الكاميرا Camera Pentax K-01
سرعة الشتر - الغالق - Exposure 4
فتحة العدسة Aperture f/22.0
المدى Focal Length 10 mm - Sigma 10mm-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM AF
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برنامج التعرض Exposure Program Shutter speed priority AE
وضع التعرض Exposure Mode Manual
انحياز التعريض Exposure Bias -1.3 EV
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Flower Crab Spiders are ambush predators. They rest on flower heads, vigilantly waiting for a bee or butterfly to happen by.
Sideling Hill W.M.A.
Washington County, Maryland
July 9, 2017
Jerrick pushes me aside to the wall like I'm nothing. He picks my dad up off his feet, holding him by his throat. I...I don't know why I just sat there like an idiot. This was a true sociopath who's extremely close to killing my dad. I think it was just shock. I was a bit relieved when I saw him sheath his blade, but this is still the guy known for killing criminals with his own two hands. He pulls my dad closer to his face, and shoots him a look I'm sure is gonna haunt Arthur for years. As if he didn't have enough things keeping him up at night...
"Listen good, Arthur. Cluemaster is dead. Done. Over. I never wanna see this bullshit orange jumpsuit of yours ever again. Got it?"
"Y-yes..."
"Next time your girl won't stop me. Remember that."
He drops dad and lumbers off into the shadows. As soon as I'm sure he's gone I go right to my dad's side. Oh god, he's covered in his own blood...he's definably critical. How's he still conscious? If I came here sooner he wouldn't be in this much pain. It's my fault...
"Y-you knew? About Bane?...."
"You left that clue at Gotham Liberty. If you didn't I wouldn't have learned and you'd be dead right now..."
"I was ready to die. When Bane's--Arrgh--Bane's guys killed those people, I thought I lost you for good. The only thing I had left to live for..."
"I'm so sorry, daddy... If I wasn't such a moron earlier I would've tried to help you like Bruce did."
"What...what did you just call me?"
"....daddy?"
"I don't remember you ever calling me that. Even as a baby....Aarrghh!!"
"Oh god, daddy! W-where's it hurt the most?"
"Here...."
"....you didn't point anywhere."
"That's where it hurts..."
"Oh daddy... I'll call in the Whirly Bird, get you to a hospital quick! You're losing blood, we gotta--"
"Hey, found him! Christ, he's covered in blood! What happened?"
Police? Thank god, they can get some help!
"Get a medic here, quick! he's practically dying!"
"Ah man. All units report, we have a 10-45C at the east docs, need and ambulance, now!"
"Huh, so this is where you've been?"
"Jim? No...I was hunting him down like an idiot. I didn't know who the real villain was..."
"Well, everyone does now. Big guy called me up, told me the whole thing. Most of the force is mobilizing on Krank's right now. Arthur should be good now."
I wish that were true. The bloodsmear and my dad's pained grunts say otherwise. I stayed with him until about 3 minutes later when the medics took him away. I followed the ambulance all the way to Mercy Hospital. I'm not sleeping tonight. Not until I know for sure he's gonna be okay....
Day 6: Early morning we took the long and scenic drive to East Glacier along Highway 2. It's a stunning route and I couldn't take my eyes off the beauty around me.
Just east of Essex about halfway between East & West Glacier we came to the Goat Lick....Mountain goats like to hang around this natural salt lick on cliffs that overlook the scenic Middle Fork of the Flathead River. We were lucky enough to see a few of the Goats and it's an area I would like to spend more time exploring on my next trip.
Just past that we came to the Silver Stairs. This waterfall is on the side of Highway 2. We spent some time there, climbing up the "stairs" and getting pretty wet. I was shocked at how cold the water was but it was a great way to cool down on a hot day.
Then you drive through the Lewis & Clark NF and across the Continental Divide....finally entering The Blackfeet Indian Reservation and taking 49 and 89 to East Glacier.
We had a busy day visiting St. Mary, Many Glacier and driving all over the park. We wore ourselves out doing the trails....stopping to relax when we got down to St. Mary Falls.
At one point we saw something large and brown at the side of the road and I got excited thinking it was a Grizzly. No luck....it was a cow belonging to the Blackfeet Indians. (note to self: make appointment to get my eyes checked!) Guess it just wasn't meant to be on this trip.
The drive out of the park was nerve-racking since it was past 10pm and getting pretty dark. There are no barriers between the lane going out and the huge drop down the cliffs. Not to mention that it's hard keeping your eyes on the road with so much to look at!
It was a perfect trip and I hope to go back early in 2010. One week just isn't enough...