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After all the B&W last week, it's time for some vibrant color :) This was taken this past Saturday. It was a busy day. I had to work and then after work we were out doing things. As we were going home the day was close to ending. I was watching the sky and commenting to Andrezza that it could turn into a nice sunset. She looked at the grey clouds, then looked at me in disbelief thinking there was no way this sky was gonna give us a sunset. But I had a gut feeling you know. So not long after we got home, I grabbed the camera and was like, "I'm gonna go down to the pond to see if there's anything worth shooting. Wanna come?" She reluctantly tagged along. Once we got there, we didn't have to wait long. Soon the sky was filling with color, and the lack of wind made the pond like a mirror. It was truly beautiful. Andrezza just kind of shook her head with a wry little smile, then took my camera to shoot a few frames of her own. Moral of the story… trust your gut :)
I'm not sure exactly what happened here. I only caught this out of the corner of my eye but it appeared as though this Burner fell off this piece backwards and was caught by friends. Trust fall style. Maybe she fainted.
PRU 15. Never trust politicians. Anwar Ibrahim's murdering war chief.
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He is now the Economic Minister and proven to be a "total whitewash", no solution, no formula, no nothing for the past three months. At any opportunity he speaks sarcastically with no substance in the Parliament against the opposition block. Pathetic!
When I visited years ago this housed a Brother Cadfael exhibition. Now the Shropshire Wildlife Trust owns it and the garden was really good.
Finally got my Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D. :)
For this picture I used my Nikon D40 with my 55-200mm lens, at the end of that I reversed my new 50mm 1.8 with a macro coupler. As I understand it this give me a 4:1 magnification.
"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him." (Booker T. Washington)
submitted to 100 words
93/100 words: trust
Shot on the Hasselblad H1 using Kodak Ektar 100 color film. Not to be used or blogged without my permission.
Bodnant Garden (Welsh: Gardd Bodnant) is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains.
Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was gifted to the National Trust in 1949. The garden spans 80 acres of hillside and includes formal Italianate terraces, informal shrub borders stocked with plants from around the world, The Dell, a gorge garden, a number of notable trees and a waterfall.
Since 2012, new areas have opened including the Winter Garden, Old Park Meadow, Yew Dell and The Far End, a riverside garden. Furnace Wood and Meadow opened in 2017. There are plans to open more new areas, including Heather Hill and Cae Poeth Meadow.
This rather futuristic-looking thing is actually an arty historical thing... sort of. National Trust Croome are doing something fascinating and innovative where they're bringing the history of Croome Court alive through art installations in the property. This one is called 'I Am Archive'.
Another OLW layout.
This is a picture at the beach I can see from my window where the fishermen usually stand to fish. The cement blocks in the distance always look so ominous, like a giant wall blocking me from leaving this island... but life often feels that way, too, doesn't it? You just have to trust someone knows what's going on better than your do.
The Michigan Municipal League’s 2021 Convention is taking place this week in Grand Rapids, Sept. 22-24, 2021 with more than 400 municipal officials from throughout the state attending. Numerous safety protocols and precautions related to COVID-19 were put in place in an effort to make the in-person event safe for attendees, guests, and League staff. The Convention is the League’s premiere annual event and it was the first in-person Convention since 2019 due to the pandemic. The Convention focused on Community Wealth Building and Trust and Belonging. The League defines community wealth building as strategies that build community and individual assets, creating resilient and adaptable systems to address social and economic needs.
Our community wealth building pillars are tied together by two things: trust and belonging. An essential part of any community, trust and belonging represents inclusive, supporting communities where every member feels proud of where they live. The League will work with our partners to provide thought leadership, training, advocacy, resources, and best practices to build community wealth. The six pillars of Community Wealth Building are arts and culture, sustainability, public health and safety, financial security, infrastructure, and lifelong learning. All education sessions, local educational tours, and related events were tied to Community Wealth Building and those pillars.
During the event, League members also will select the 2021 Community Excellence Award (CEA) winner, the 2021-22 MML Board President and Vice President, and the new members for the MML Board of Trustees.
For the annual CEA competition there are four finalists among 25 communities entries this year – a record since the program began in 2007. The four finalists with links to their projects are Delta Charter Township – Delta and Lansing township’s Waverly Pathway; East Lansing – The Daytime, Nighttime, Anytime, Place Project; Rochester Hills – Reimaging, Reinventing, and Renewing Auburn Road; and Sterling Heights – REcreating Recreation in Sterling Heights. League members attending the Convention will hear presentations from officials from the four communities and then vote for their favorite project. The winner will be announced Friday, Sept. 24, at the conclusion of the Convention.
View all the details of this year’s Convention, which session topics and issues, here: Michigan Municipal League Home Page (mml.org).
This year’s planned speakers, moderators, and educational tour guides are: League President William Wild, mayor of Westland; Teresa Lynn Weatherall Neal, President and CEO of LEAD 616, a leadership development company; Rosalynn Bliss, Mayor, Grand Rapids; Sheri Welsh, Pres. & CEO, Welsh & Associates; Bobby Hopewell, Pres. & CEO, Mobile Health Resources, Former Mayor, Kalamazoo; Mark Washington, City Manager, Grand Rapids; Deb Stuart, City Manager, Mason; Tim Dempsey, Vice President, Public Sector Consultants; Craig Searer, Executive Director, ArtPrize; Katie Moore Exhibitions Manager, ArtPrize; Mark Miller, Managing Director of Planning and Design Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc.; Lynée Wells, Founder & CEO, Aligned Planning; Andrew Moore, Executive & Planner, Williams+Works; Christopher Germain, Senior RRC Planner, MEDC; Roberto Valdez, Village President, Blissfield; ohn Schrier, Attorney, Parmeter Law; Robert La Fave, Village Manager, L’Anse; Minya Irby, Cooper Irby Brewster Professional Services; Theresa Rosado Nanasy, Owner, Casa de Rosado Galeria; Ryan Soucy, Senior Economic Development and Community Planner, Central Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Regional Commission; Marilyn Vlach, Treasurer, Central Neighborhood, Traverse City; Jamiel Robinson, Founder/CEO Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses; Ana Jose, Program Manager, Transformando West Michigan; Minya Irby, Agency Principal, Cooper Irby Brewster Professional Services; Eric Hufnagel, Mayor, St. Johns; Executive Director, Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness; David Anderson, ISK’s Director of Housing; Member of Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission; Mayor of Kalamazoo; Lyn Raymond, Director of the Lakeshore Housing Alliance at Greater Ottawa County United Way; Kathy Winczewski, Councilmember, Ludington; Dr. Timothy Scarlett, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University; Veronica Paiz, Councilmember, Harper Woods; John Willis, Chief Equity Officer, City of Jackson; Cardi DeMonaco, Jr., Councilmember, Eastpointe; Rob McCarty, Managing Partner, The Image Shoppe; Colleen Brown, Mayor, City of Montrose; Matt Naud, Resource Recycling Systems
Julie Staveland, MI Department of EGLE; Amy Tweeten, City of Petoskey; Mike Coyne, Account Executive, Dewpoint; Mike McGowan, Systems Engineer, Dewpoint; Ross Gavin, Councilmember, Berkley; Linh Song, Councilmember, Ann Arbor; Eric Hufnagel, Mayor, St. Johns; Executive Director, Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness; Ryan Kilpatrick, Executive Director, Housing Next (Ottawa County); Yarrow Brown, Executive Director, Housing North (Northwest Lower Peninsula); Rock Abboud, President Pro Tem, Beverly Hills; Steve Robbins, Founder and Owner of S.L. Robbins & Associates; Sean Beckman of Professional Rower Services; John J. Gillooly, Attorney, Garan Lucow Miller; Nick Curcio, Attorney, Curcio Law Firm; Leslie Dickinson, Attorney, Foster Swift; Stephanie Adams, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks; Amy Brower, Executive Director, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association; Ryan VerWys, President & CEO Inner City Christian Federation, Grand Rapids; Jan van der Woerd, Vice President, Real Estate Development & Management, Inner City Christian Federation; Robert LaFave, City Manager, Community Solar Array, City of L’Anse; Mark Vanderpool, City Manager, City of Sterling Heights; and Glenn Wilson, President & CEO, Communities First, Inc.
Also speaking were League staff Chris Hackbarth, director of state and federal affairs; John LaMacchia, assistant director of state and federal affairs; Shanna Draheim, Policy Development Director, Michigan Municipal League; Helen Johnson, MML Foundation; Jennifer Rigterink, Legislative Associate, Michigan Municipal League; and Herasanna Richards, Legislative Associate, Michigan Municipal League.
Framework: Rings Of Influence
As brand embrace the larger circles, the greater opportunity for reach, trust –and risk
Read the blog post at
www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/04/05/rings-of-infuence/
Graphic assistance by Christine Tran, @christineptran