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Those of us driving non tactical vehicles (NTVs) compete with these monsters for parking, in my housing area. Generally, we lose. Those spotlights are bright. Joint Base Balad, Iraq. March 2009.
This one was particularly amazing for me. The whole time I was standing in front of the glass, this guy was staring at me.
Went to the Philadelphia Zoo with my lovely roommate & friend Kristen Snow. Got some awesome shots, thought I'd share :]
San Antonio Missions
The legacy and history of San Antonio and this region began with a simple ceremony when in 1718 Franciscans and Spanish representatives established the first mission. Within 13 years, five were located along the San Antonio River. The missions’ purpose? To acculturate and Christianize the native population and make them Spanish citizens. Today, visitors can retrace the footsteps of the mission Indians and friars. And, possibly, meet descendants of those first inhabitants.
Administrative Headquarters
2202 Roosevelt Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78210
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Missions_National_Histo...
Information follows for each of the missions:
1) Mission Concepción
2) Mission San José
3) Mission San Juan
4) Mission Espada
5) Espada Aqueduct
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Mission Concepción
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña
This handsome stone church was dedicated in 1755, and appears very much as it did over two centuries ago. It stands proudly as the oldest unrestored stone church in America. In its heyday, colorful geometric designs covered its surface, but the patterns have long since faded or been worn away. However, original frescos are still visible in several of the rooms.
Mission Concepción
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña
807 Mission Road at Felisa St.
San Antonio, Texas 78210
(210) 534-1540
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Concepcion
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Mission San José
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
Known as the "Queen of the Missions", this is the largest of the missions and was almost fully restored to its original design in the 1930s by the WPA (Works Projects Administration). Spanish missions were not churches, but communities, with the church the focus. Mission San José shows the visitor how all the missions might have looked over 250 years ago.
Mission San José
6701 San José Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78214
(210) 932-1001
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Aguayo,_Texas
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Mission San Juan
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Originally founded in 1716 in eastern Texas, Mission San Juan was transferred in 1731 to its present location. In 1756, the stone church, a friary, and a granary were completed. A larger church was begun, but was abandoned when half complete, the result of population decline.
San Juan was a self-sustaining community. Within the compound, Indian artisans produced iron tools, cloth, and prepared hides. Orchards and gardens outside the walls provided melons, pumpkins, grapes, and peppers. Beyond the mission complex Indian farmers cultivated maize (corn), beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and sugar cane in irrigated fields. Over 20 miles southeast of Mission San Juan was Rancho de Pataguilla, which, in 1762, reported 3,500 sheep and nearly as many cattle.
These products helped support not only the San Antonio missions, but also the local settlements and presidial garrisons in the area. By the mid 1700s, San Juan, with its rich farm and pasturelands, was a regional supplier of agricultural produce. With its surplus, San Juan established a trade network stretching east to Louisiana and south to Coahuila, Mexico. This thriving economy helped the mission to survive epidemics and Indian attacks in its final years.
Mission San Juan
Mission San Juan Capistrano
9101 Graf Road
San Antonio, Texas 78214
(210) 534-0749
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano_(Texas)
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Mission Espada
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas near present-day Weches, Texas, this was the first mission in Texas. In 1731, the mission transferred to the San Antonio River area and renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada. A friary was built in 1745, and the church was completed in 1756.
Following government policy, Franciscan missionaries sought to make life within mission communities closely resemble that of Spanish villages and Spanish culture. In order to become Spanish citizens and productive inhabitants, Native Americans learned vocational skills. As plows, farm implements, and gear for horses, oxen, and mules fell into disrepair, blacksmithing skills soon became indispensable. Weaving skills were needed to help clothe the inhabitants. As buildings became more elaborate, mission occupants learned masonry and carpentry skills under the direction of craftsmen contracted by the missionaries.
After secularization, these vocational skills proved beneficial to post-colonial growth of San Antonio. The legacy of these Native American artisans is still evident throughout the city of San Antonio today.
Mission Espada
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
10040 Espada Road
San Antonio, Texas 78214
(210) 627-2021
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_la_Espada
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Espada Aqueduct
The Espada Acequia, or Piedras Creek Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada, today part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The acequia is still in use today and is an Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espada_Acequia
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I love those moments when the sun comes out for two seconds and everyone runs towards the light (alright maybe I'm the only one running towards the light), but it gets dark and dreary when its rainy all the time and you're spending 12 hour shifts (for an entire week) in the computer lab staring at data trying to find something "significant" until you go cross-eyed. bleh.
Its been a week of extremes- both super ups and super downs. I'm trying to focus on the ups. :)
I wish you all a lovely TGIF and I will be visiting streams during study breaks (from my finals) over the weekend.
Those Darlins, a country-punk trio from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, performs live at The Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky on 09.10.2009.
Those crazy monks don't half like building in difficult places. In this case, on an island that can only be reached by boat or by walking across a causeway at low tide.
Still, they also seem to like making zany gardens full of bright flowers and steps. Lots of steps.
abandoned derelict farm building in north tyneside full of booby traps and extremely sagging ceilings
began life as snooker balls but mutated along the way - thanks for looking - sorry no sunshades - have a great day
The Buddhist concept of heaven and hell is entirely different from that in other religions. Buddhists do not accept that these places are eternal. It is unreasonable to condemn a man to eternal hell for his human weakness but quite reasonable to give him every chance to develop himself. From the Buddhist point of view, those who go to hell can work themselves upward by making use of the merit that they had acquired previously. There are no locks on the gates of hell. Hell is a temporary place and there is no reason for those beings to suffer there forever.
I found those 4 cameras this morning in a "Vide grenier" in Montigny-Les-Metz (France).
I already had this one www.flickr.com/photos/fredographie/5153977713/in/set-7215...
A four hour trip to Dover yesterday. Its European Wave and Tidal project conference season, and for some reason I'm the keynote speaker of choice.
I like to think this is one of those times this kid will never forget.
This kid and his dad were tearing it up with this special board with cool handles and all. They were laughing and having a ball. One time just as they were flying be I knelt down and *click* =)
Those lines aren't moving at all - this was a timed exposure, and I was hoping for blurred figures. Damn.
those nights when you remember someone, miss someone... and you know this one does not remember you...
Berlin was home to the popping of my photobooth cherry. If I didn't know better, I'd be willing to bet my cottage cheese bottom that those strange techno-sound-tracked nights were years ago. In fact, a mere few days have passed. This 'Oh that? That was so fucking long ago now' attitude might very well be simply due to the desaturated images sitting in front of me; black and white media often has that effect on me (yes, I'm really that gullible/stupid.)
Those are not the ankles of an 85 year old lady. They're mine. And let me tell you, they are not happy. Polaroid Sun 660. Sasquatch, WA. May 2007.
Those Darlins
KEXP Live Performance
Seattle, WA
October 16, 2009
Photo by Jim Bennett
photobakery@gmail.com
Those Darlins performed at Day 1 of Loufest in Forest Park on September 6, 2014.
Photo by Kate McDaniel.
On the way out of the garden we passed this bush, and the leaves were so waxy and shiny they looked like plastic.
Those Darlins
KEXP Live Performance
Seattle, WA
October 16, 2009
Photo by Jim Bennett
photobakery@gmail.com
On 27 February 2013 the Faculty of Law hosted an important and lively debate between Lord Sumption and Professor Graham Virgo on the motion 'Those who wish to Practise Law should not Study Law at University'.
Sir Patrick Elias, Lord Justice of Appeal, who chaired the debate, kept order in a packed auditorium.
For more information, see www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2013/03/those-who-wish-to-pr...