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This is me on my unicycle and my crazy 4 year old (he's really one of the coolest little guys in the world).... Wish I could figure out how he turned out that way! This is a self portrait btw... if you look real close-like, you can see the wireless remote in my hand.
;-)
Up against caution signals, the Rail Motor Society's two-car diesel makes its way slowly north through Rhodes in light rain after a weekend charter around the Goods Lines, SSFL and Short South.
068694 16 Feb 2014
Sorry I've been so absent, flickr friends. But I have a good excuse. 1) work is about to get super-duper intense, so I was trying to enjoy my last week of 9-5 for about the next month and (2) I was preparing for A PUPPY. Jonathan & I are going to pick him up from the rescue place this afternoon, I'm way excited. But first, I had to bake 4 dozen cupcakes for work. Busy day!
Two new screen prints from my product placement series. Both prints will be available via Spoke Art today, Friday July 19th at 3pm PST via the online store: store.spoke-art.com/collections/fine-art-prints
Two Canadian made trains awaiting delivery at the Amtrack faciity in Beech Grove, Indiana (Indianapolis). And don't these engines look a bit like Bottlenose Whales?
The big picture is the version I got.
The smaller picture in the upper right corner is how it's supposed to be according to BL.
The largest steam and diesel locomotives ever built sitting parallel to each other, on display at the National Museum of Transportation near Des Peres, MO.
Was too busy adjusting after a move, my day job, and family responsibilities to take my camera out lately. Here's a shot of two seagulls on a handrail at a pier in Olympia, WA.
Carved from white marble, now greatly aged over time, this statue of two fighting men stands on the edge of the upper lawns of the Italian Gardens of the Forest Glade Gardens. Both were once holding swords or clubs, but they have been broken off or removed over time.
The Forest Glade Gardens are well established European inspired landscaped gardens of six hectares that are to be found on the Mount Macedon Road in the hill station town of Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are just shy of one hundred years old. The gardens were originally two adjoining properties that comprised orchards and lush grazing paddocks. In 1941 local family the Newtons purchased and extended the property and set about creating one of Mount Macedon's most stunning gardens.
In 1971 the Forest Glade Gardens were acquired by Melbourne property developer Mr. Cyril Stokes who together with his partner Trevor Neil Bell, developed the gardens even further. Cyril was a great collector of European antiques, and his love of European antiquity is reflected in the gardens, particularly in the many classical marble and bronze statues dotted about the grounds.
Unfortunately the Forest Glade Gardens were partly destroyed by the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. However, after many years of hard labour put in by Cyril and Trevor, The Forest Glade Gardens were reborn from the ashes. The gardens are built on a sloping block and consist of a range of terraces all of which offer wonderful vistas. A garden designed to give pleasure all year round, the Forest Glad Gardens contain several heritage listed trees and are made up of smaller themed gardens including; the Italian Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Daffodil Meadow, the Peony Walk, Hydrangea Hill, the Topiary Gardens, the Bluebell Meadow, the Fern Gully and the Laburnum Arch.
In 2011 the property was gifted to a registered charity - The Stokes Collection Limited - with the intention of keeping the Forest Glade Gardens maintained and open to the public.
I spent a delightful Saturday with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in Mount Macedon, where I have never been before. Now I have, I would very much like to go back to such a picturesque place again.
The Mount Macedon township is located east of the Mount Macedon summit, which is approximately 60 km north-west of Melbourne.
The name of Mount Macedon is apparently derived from Philip II, who ruled Macedon between 359 and 336BC. The mountain was named by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor General.
Settled in the 1850s by gold miners and timber cutters, the railway arrived at the Mount Macedon township in 1861, providing a vital connection to Melbourne, and sealing the town's future as a 'hill station' resort for wealthy Melburnians escaping the summer heat in the 1870s. With the land deforested, large blocks were sold and beautiful and extensive gardens were planted around the newly built homes. The rich soil and good rainfall also made the area suitable for large orchards and plant nurseries who could send fruit and flowers back to Melbourne. Newspaper owner, David Syme, built a house, "Rosenheim" in 1869. It was acquired in 1886 for Victorian Governors to use as a country retreat, making Mount Macedon an attractive destination for the well heeled of Melbourne society. A primary school was built in Mount Macedon in 1874, and as the decades progressed, hotels, guest houses, shops, a Presbyterian Church and Church of England were built. In 1983, Mount Macedon was devastated by the Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. A large portion of the town was raised, and a number of lives were lost. However, like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Macedon has risen and rebuilt. Today it is still a popular holiday destination, particularly during spring time when the well established gardens flourish with flowers and in autumn when the exotic trees explode in a riot of reds and yellows.
We went to The London Wetland Centre today with my parents. I've not been before but have heard positive things about it from Superhoop and other PADers. We had such a good time, there was lots to do and the children enjoyed themselves. It was fairly busy but not awfully so and during our time there I saw three people I knew - a popular place!
We enjoyed spotting all the wildlife and Charlotte liked reading the children's information sheets. Both children liked the big puddles a little too much and the indoor experimental play bit was fun & informative. I got the chance to have a play with my new 55-250mm lens, with which I captured this little coot.
I'm sure we'll be back again.
File name: 10_03_003414a
Binder label: Stock Cards
Title: Two children playing with a seated older man. [front]
Date issued: 1870-1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 8 x 12 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Children; Older people; Flowers; Holly
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger. Item verso is blank.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong, at night.
From Wikipedia:
Two International Finance Centre, completed in 2003, is attached to the second phase of the ifc mall. This 415-metre-tall building, currently Hong Kong's second tallest, is quoted as having 88 storeys and 22 high-ceiling trading floors to qualify as being extremely auspicious in Chinese culture. It is, however, short of the magic number, due to the fact that "taboo floors" like 14th and 24th are omitted as being inauspicious – 14 sounds like "definitely fatal" and 24 like "easily fatal" in Cantonese.
Two lovers cycling ... (Didier Tronchet).
The installation has been made with recycled materials by the Green Management Service of Turin City.
Two parade watchers at the Conejo Valley Days parade, 1970. Donated by Richard Hus. CTLhus20
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The Thousand Oaks Library requests that, when possible, the credit statement should read: "Image courtesy of Conejo Through the Lens, Thousand Oaks Library."