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A two photo pano of June Lake, in the Eastern Sierra. It's my understanding, that because the way the sunlight hits the water and is reflected by the green vegetation in the shallow end, it's green-ish. Because the deep end has no "bottom" there is nothing for the light to reflect and the water shows up blue-ish. So you get two water colors in the same lake.
Yosemite - Sierra 10-9-17 (46+47) PSE & NIK
A nice brew, and my "First Edition" Americano watch from Lilienthal Berlin.
The watch body is formed from recycled coffee grounds.
Wileyfox Swift 2X phone.
18/08/2014. Volvo B10M's 20685 and 20697 are seen here parked alongside each other in Blackwood bus station.
20685 was new to Stagecoach West in a batch 10 which were split between Swindon and Cheltenham depot's.
She was transfered to Aberdare depot in November 2011 after Merthyr Tydfil based 20826 was scrapped after being involved in a road traffic accident. As a semi coach seated vehicle, she was allocated to service 172/72 after a repaint.
With the arrival of new Scania Enviro 300's in October 2012, she found herself transfered to Brynmawr depot and allocated to services X15 and Tuesday's only X74.
With the closure of Brynmawr depot on the 21st July this year, she came to Blackwood depot where she joined fellow B10M 20697 on school and staff shuttle duties.
20697 was new to Stagecoach in Cambridge as 317 and used on Park and Ride services.
She was transfered to Brecon outstation for use on school contracts. In August 2013, she was transfered further down the valley's to Blackwood depot for use on the town free Asda bus service.
Having been displaced from her role on the A1 in January this year by a Volvo B10BLE from Cwmbran, she received a repaint back into Stagecoach livery and was re-allocated to school and staff shuttle duties.
She does however, still put in the occasional appearance on local services in and around the town.
With these two fine beasts parked next to each other, it was impossible to resist taking a photograph!
Fantastic vehicles.
Another shot from this afternoon's Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. There's another version of this snap - and a little article about it - on my blog.
Pinnacle Hill in the Malvern Hills. It lies between Jubilee Hill and Black Hill and has an elevation of 358 metres (1,175 ft). It is the site of two possible Bronze age round barrows. The Malvern Hill run approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although this side of Pinnacle Hill lies within Worcestershire.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). Jabez Allies, a 19th Century antiquarian from Worcestershire speculated that 'vern' was derived from the British words 'Sarn' or 'Varn' meaning pavement or seat of judgement.
They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
The Hills have been designated as a Biological and Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and as national character area 103 by Natural England and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty by the Countryside Agency (now Natural England). The SSSI notification has 26 units of assessment which cover grassland, woodland and geological sites. The site (The Malvern Hills SSSI (Chase End Hill)) is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS). Management of the hills is the responsibility of the Malvern Hills Conservators
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droitwich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of extensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills. Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
That is closest species I can find, the legs look the right colour & markings look like a male photo in the book. In our local wood.
Taken in 1973.
In Paris, an artist concentrates on cutting her subject's silhouette in paper as her subject's husband concentrates on her. In the Place du Tertre, Montmartre.
My daughter and her dog Luna, portrayed through a plastic bag.
52 weeks of 2016 - Week 46 - Theme: DIY Effects
Hahnwaldbrücke in Rhineland-Palatinate
A section of the new Hahnwald Bridge just before Wiesbaden in Niedernhausen Hesse at 05:50
I can't recall the name of the variety. BTW, lens is actually an old Nikon 55mm Micro f/3.5 attached to a modified TC-16A.
Normal and cart escalators! Also, skylights are a Target rarity!
A rarer two level Target store in University Heights.
The University Square shopping center was opened in 2003. Today the shopping center has Target, Macy's and T.J. Maxx / Homegoods (Target and Macy's own the property their stores are on). University Square once featured a Tops grocery store on the bottom level but it closed just a year later in 2006 when Tops closed all their Ohio locations. Retailers such as Jo-Ann Fabrics, Foot Locker, Famous Footwear, and Pier 1 Imports have all either closed or relocated elsewhere. Some spaces in the shopping center were never filled to begin with. Currently (late 2016), only one non-anchor store, T.J. Maxx / Homegoods, remains at University Square, but plans to move to nearby Oakwood Commons. Applebee's also still has a restaurant in the shopping center. Today, there are talks about possible mixed-use redevelopment plans for University Square
The shopping center has five levels of parking and staggered store levels. 1- Access to Macy's and Applebee's, 2- Empty Tops Friendly Market level, 3- Access to Macy's, T.J. Maxx / Homegoods, and Target, 4- just for parking, 5- second level of Target.
University Square Shopping Mall - Warrensville Cemnter Road at Cedar Road - University Heights, Ohio
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String of hearts plant in a hanging basket at home....these two caught my attention ....symbolizing my partnership with my wife...growing together side by side.
Two Rambler Americans are part of a Christmas display in the late afternoon in Queen Creek Arizona. It's been many a year since I've seen two Ramblers adjacent to one another.
By 4 years after this photo was taken, the adjacent road was widened to 2 lanes in each direction with concrete curbs and pavement covering much of the grassy area at the lower right.
Inverleith Park, Edinburgh
A "bench and, perhaps in particular, the park bench, has become the symbol of the democratic city — of free, accessible and equitable public space provided by the city for its citizens. It is a place to be private in public, a small space in the melee of the metropolis where it is acceptable to do nothing, to consume nothing, to just be. A truly free bench. "
Edwin Heathcote - Financial Times architecture critic