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The Brant Avenue Heritage Conservation District includes buildings on Brant Avenue between St. Paul Avenue and the Lorne Bridge in the City of Brantford. Although this district includes the Armoury, Brant Ave. Church and the Brantford Collegiate Institute, the majority of the 132 properties are residential, built between 1870 and 1889.
The district was designated by the City of Brantford for its heritage value under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1988 (By-law 239-88).
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Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
"Paw Prints Left By You" (author unknown)
You no longer greet me, as I walk through the door. You're not there to make me smile, to make me laugh anymore. Life seems quiet without you, you were far more than a pet. You were a family member, a friend... a loving soul I'll never forget.
It will take some time to heal - for the silence to go away. I still listen for you, and miss you every day. You were such a great companion, constant, loyal and true. My heart will always wear the paw prints left by you.
This is an old picture taken when they had only been together a few weeks. We bought Penny because Stella was lonely for dog company. She wanted a playmate.
"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to share it with." ... Mark Twain
I have found this statement to be SO TRUE. Thanks for sharing the joy of watching this front come in with me!
Just hit the letter L on your keyboard to see it large.
Grand Canyon, USA
"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with"
- Mark Twain
Special thanks to the beautiful soul Monique (xo), for sharing her joy with me.
Loblolly Pines by The Little Branch is our new release for Uber.
One of the fastest growing southern pines, this tree is used as a quick-screen in many landscapes. This North American native has dark green needles and narrow, red-brown, often-paired cones that are three to six inches long. It has a long history with the pioneers and is known by several other names, among them rosemary pine, old field pine, and bull pine. Loblolly pines provide shelter and food for many southeastern animals and the seeds are also consumed by chipmunks, squirrels and other small rodents.
These 100% original mesh creations are highly detailed with realistic textures and animated foliage resulting in a true, life-like appearance. A choice of four seasons are readily available via an easy to use pop-up menu to keep your landscaping current. Owner permissions allow Copy & Modify to ensure that each item can be adapted to suit your unique needs. The trees have a land impact value of 3-7 Li and grow as the size increases..
Uber runs from October 25th to November 22nd
TAXI to Uber
After the event you will find the products at The Little Branch In-World Store or on MarketPlace
Bujaruelo, Sobrarbe, Aragón, España.
El valle de Bujaruelo es un valle del Pirineo aragonés, en la provincia de Huesca (España) lindante con el Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, justo al noroeste del valle de Ordesa, y donde nace el río Ara, del que forma parte como zona periférica de protección. A pesar de su extraordinario valor natural y de los varios intentos llevados a cabo, intereses urbanísticos, turísticos y ganaderos han evitado su incorporación al mencionado Parque aún a pesar de ser limítrofe con él. Sin embargo sí que forma parte del lugar de importancia comunitaria Bujaruelo - Garganta de Los Navarros.
The Bujaruelo Valley is a valley in the Aragonese Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca (Spain) bordering the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, just to the northwest of the Ordesa Valley, and where the Ara river is born, of which it forms part as peripheral protection zone. Despite its extraordinary natural value and the various attempts carried out, urban, tourist and livestock interests have avoided its incorporation into the aforementioned Park even despite being bordering it. However, it is part of the place of community importance Bujaruelo - Garganta de Los Navarros.
for #MacroMondays "WHITE"
Picture for SIZE VERIFICATION in the first commentbox.
Crazy Bones was inspired by a children's game played in Ancient Greece and Rome called 'Astragal' (Knucklebones), where children played a similar game using sheep's knucklebones. This ancient pastime is also known as Tabas. Games played are reminiscent of marbles and jacks. Crazy Bones is a modern version of this game, played with characters molded from plastic. There are hundreds of individual characters, each character having a unique face and name. Each series has a number of 'rare' pieces that are sought after by collectors and are sold on numerous websites for many times their original value.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogo%27s_Crazy_Bones
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Gogo's Crazy Bones (kortweg Gogo's genoemd) zijn kleine, kleurrijke figuurtjes. Ze bestaan in verschillende soorten en kleuren.Dit speelgoed kende zijn oorsprong in het Oude Griekenland. De kinderen gebruikten daar sprongbeentjes van schapen om te bikkelen. In de 21e eeuw worden ze nog steeds gebruikt. Kinderen kunnen met deze figuurtjes eigen verhalen uitvinden.
This is a conservative or low Amish topless buggy clipping along in-2F temperatures. In this area there are two Amish settlements competing for souls and money. Conservative Amish don't allow tops on buggies which limits travel and marks a line of difference with the liberal Amish with their fancy warm buggies.... The conservative group is of southern Germany heritage and language. They have allowed fewer capitalist innovations involving technology and ways of making a living. The other group, after a schism, has embraced global capital flows of value and technology by relying on one of the big three Agricultural corporation to develop a vast system of feeder cattle factory farms. Large semi-open structures have been built to confine a large number of head in a small area (called a CAFO). (there are images of these structures in the Amish folder/album. These "liberal Amish" contract with the outside English people to house their cattle and to work for the Amish. Us "English" provide transportation and ability to use certain technologies that make these huge operations possible. Their wealth has swelled and they have put the money toward the building of large fancy homes that look like suburban houses. The low Amish require people to work on less capital intensive farms. They are not allowed to work in factories. They get by with labor intensive small scale agricultural practices and more humble or low in their consumption. Their homes are rag tag cobbled together structures that are "messy". The high Amish tear down old early 20th and late 19th Century homes to build fancy "McMansions". This leads to another plane of competition to "be in this world but not of this world" Being not of this world means being humble or plain. The liberal Amish think that the less technologically up to date Amish are being prideful and vain or showing off in trying to be "more Amish". The liberal or high churches wear brighter colorful clothes of pink or purple while the conservative churches wear black, dark blue or black. This visual boundary maintains a marriage and social barrier requiring endogamy. Flows of women and capital remain within each group ensuring wealth and social bonds remain within each group. There is a hot cold war between the two groups. The farm in the background is a large English family/corporate farm
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In this photo I tried to make use of a yellow filter to enhance the sky values in a black and white image. So I added a Cokin filter holder and Cokin light yellow filter. The effect is not as pronounced as I would have expected. Maybe I will have to go red next time.
Nikon Zf, FTZII adaptor, Samyang T-S 3.5/24, yellow filter, Adjusted in Lightroom.
Butte, Montana
Unfortunately before the rich architectural heritage of Butte was recognized and valued, some buildings underwent "modernization." The 1960's and 1970's were particularly brutal decades for late 19th c. and early 20th c. commercial blocks across the country. Butte is no exception. Some blocks have never recovered.
10-12 years of waiting on a list to have a Trabant. Or 40 years of a different kind of waiting that seemed an infinity. 60 years ago, DDR’s motorized dream started to spread all over the streets. And then again, another river of Trabis, along the Berlin Wall, streaming through the Charlie Checkpoint, taking home the East German citizens after a 40 years trip into a dimension where everything was immovable.
Truth is, the Trabant broke through the proverbial wall long before it crossed into West Berlin. Also called a “spark plug with a roof”, the Trabant is a s y m b o l of a nation who knew how to go beyond. Not only was its body built of recycled materials, but it could run on whiskey, cooking oil or virtually whatever else could burn. The main problem with the engine was the smoky exhaust and the pollution it produced. A reunified Germany discovered that this smoky box-shaped car, whose rasping engine emitted noxious clouds of blue exhaust, was impossible to recycle or dispose of because the Duroplast fails to compress, incinerated gives off toxic fumes and leaches chemicals if buried. What has never been a problem for East German engineers was now a problem for German engineers. (Apparently, it can be shredded, mixed with concrete to render the chemicals inert and pressed into building bricks, though has never been accomplished on a significant scale.)
Made of nothing + lots of imagination, the Trabi disappeared in its own smoke, swallowed by progress and history. The Trabi has vanished but it’s more alive than ever, brought back to life by the fans of the cult car, rescued, restored and transformed by the worldwide enthusiasts. Cuz if in the East was cancelled, crushed and rejected, in the West was wanted, valued and accepted.
The Cure – Fascination Street
"The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values."
-Norman Thomas-
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Anson Seabra - Trying My Best
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I know you think I got it all figured out
내가 당신의 모든 걸 이해할 수 있을 거라 생각했다는 것을 알아요
'Cause I walk around like my head's in the clouds
나는 공상에 빠진 듯 걸어가니까
But I'm just a boy with his heart pouring out of his head
하지만 저는 그저 머릿속 생각들을 풀어놓는 소년인 걸요
I wish that you could see the pain that I've seen
내가 겪은 이 고통을 알아줬으면 해요
And all of the times I spent being not me
내가 아닌 모습으로 살았던 모든 시간들을
I hope you know that it's not always happy in my head
나의 머릿속에서 난 항상 행복하지 않다는 것을 알아줬으면 해요
'Cause I don't know
모르겠으니까
The perfect road to go down
완벽한 길이 어딘지 모르겠으니까
But I know
하지만 난 알아요
I'm trying my best
난 최선을 다했다는 걸
I'm trying my best to be okay
쓰러지지 않기 위해 최선을 다했다는 걸
I'm trying my best but every day it's so hard
난 최선을 다하고 있어요, 하지만 하루하루가 너무 힘드네요
And I'm holding my breath
난 숨을 죽일 거예요
I'm holding my breath 'til I can say
내가 말할 수 있을 때까지 숨을 죽일 거예요
All of the words I wanna say from my heart
내가 진심으로 하고 싶은 모든 말들
If you really wanted I could ley you inside
당신이 진심으로 원한다면 난 당신을 받아들일 거예요
It's been so long and I've got nothing left to hide
한참이 지났고 난 이제 숨길 것이 없어요
Would you believe me if I told you that I've got flaws
내게 결점이 있다면 믿어줄래요?
Now it's time to let the curtains unfold
이제 커튼을 걷어 젖히고
And tell all the stories that I didn't want told
내가 하기 싫었던 말들을 해야 할 때가 됐군요
I let it out so I unburden my soul I won't stop
난 내 속마음을 털어놓을 거예요, 멈추지 않을 거예요
'Cause I don't know
모르겠으니까
The perfect road to go down
완벽한 길이 어딘지 모르겠으니까
But I know
하지만 난 알아요
I'm trying my best
난 최선을 다했다는 걸
I'm trying my best to be okay
쓰러지지 않기 위해 최선을 다했다는 걸
I'm trying my best but every day it's so hard
난 최선을 다하고 있어요, 하지만 하루하루가 너무 힘드네요
And I'm holding my breath
난 숨을 죽이고 있어요
I'm holding my breath 'til I can say
내가 말할 수 있을 때까지 숨을 죽일 거예요
All of the words I wanna say from my heart
내가 진심으로 하고 싶은 모든 말들
I'm trying my best
난 최선을 다하고 있어요
I'm trying my best to be okay
쓰러지지 않기 위해 최선을 다하고 있어요
I'm trying my best but every day it's so hard
난 최선을 다하고 있지만 하루하루가 너무 힘드네요
And I'm holding my breath
난 숨을 죽이고 있어요
I'm holding my breath 'til I can say
내가 말할 수 있을 때까지 숨을 죽일 거예요
All of the words I wanna say from my heart
내가 진심으로 하고 싶은 모든 말들
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totum visits the ethers
there is so much more to life than is ever seen
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." Albert Einstein
"The value of a life does not depend on the place we occupy;
it depends on the way we occupy that place." ~ Therese of Lisieux
This is Lost Lake (yes, I found it) up atop Kebler Pass.
Thank you for viewing,
Bev
Kebler Pass
Colorado
USA
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“The beauty of handmade is in the imperfections.” ...
The joy of creating things.
Crochet a Christmas wreath and attach flowers and butterflies with small decorations. Also crochet a small glass jar with a tea light inside. Everything decorated with small details.
I did this 8 years ago.
We had a Christmas market here in the building for charity: the Assistance Dog.
With 3 women we crocheted a lot and we raised a lot of money with the proceeds. But unfortunately we had had enough of crocheting for a while... ;-) But we had so much fun doing it and with love !!
And what a surprise, these handcrafted works are at Explore! December 23the 2024, position 119! I didn't expect it at all!
Green acerola is highly valued for industrial and pharmaceutical use due to its high vitamin C content which decreases as the fruit ripens.
The ideal stage is defined by greenish or slightly yellowish color,
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from July 2017. Enjoy.
I sowed these a little late in the season, pricked them out but never got round to planting them so they are still in their tray and started to flower there the other day. When it is specially cold I bring them indoors! We didn't really have the right summer for them, they need it warm and sunny to do well.
Thank you everyone so much for sharing your quality photos which is a great way to see and keep in touch with the world from home. Also for your kind comments and favours which are much valued.I am not able to take on any more members to follow or to post to groups. I prefer not to receive invites to groups
There's something inherently sad about household objects left out for the trash man. They are like castoffs; broken or no longer cherished, and left ignominiously out on the curb. This easy chair caught my eye the other day. Part of the forlorn quality of scenes like this is the object being ripped from its normal context. I wouldn't give the chair a second look in someone's living room. But it seemed horribly out of place on the edge of the state highway that bisects the village. That, and the sedentary nature of a recliner juxtaposed against passing traffic. Wonderful visual metaphors for the life cycle of things we purchase and the passage of time (and with it life). In the eerie stillness after the truck passed I contemplated the chair and the many other personal objects scattered about the lawn behind me. There's a village-wide trash haul this weekend, and little collections such as this are springing up all around. I have to admit a weird impulse to inspect them, and yearn to pull over when driving by. I can't help but think I will find something of value (I almost never do) but also that idle curiosity about seeing the remnants of someone else's life (remember I did preface this as weird). I'll be placing some of my own items out on the curb soon. I tend to wait until the night before, perhaps to avoid having others inspect them as I did this chair. Even when it's sheer junk, I feel an odd sentimental tug about letting go of things. And that spell lasts as long as the objects remain on my tree lawn before the pickup. Much like this chair, they are in the condemned phase, but still retrievable. I can simply go back out and reclaim them. That sentiment vanishes the moment the objects are tossed onto the truck. Maybe that's why I wait until the last minute to put them out. I just can't stand that in between time.
The Merganser tried unsuccessfully for over 20 minutes to try to swallow its catch but eventually had to give up..... a little too big
This is an HDR version of another shot I have on Flickr. The original image was how it was shot at an exposure that was an "average" of the highlights and shadows... this one is a composite of 7 different photos with seven different exposures.
The sun and sky were between 9 and 11 exposure values in difference from what I wanted the water to look like and was nearly impossible to filter for it so I decided to try and do an HDR that brought back more of the detail in the reflection and sky and made it more like it would have been if you were there. I also changed the white balance in camera on some of the exposures to warm the image up a little. This is the result.
This was done by hand in Photoshop CS2 and done with adjustment and masking layers. I find that this has more control for me than using the HDR function in Photoshop or other programs.
Thanks to everyone that voted and made this a winner of the HDR contest at
A HUGE Thanks to all that voted for this image at MY WINNERS as it was the WINNER of the 2nd Front Page Exposure Contest:
My Book, Cards, and Prints of ANY of my images are available at larsphotography.com
Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive.
I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time
we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact.
By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion
of all the matter in the universe came together to create you
and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity
you have the incomparable privilege to exist ...
Bill Bryson
English ten pound note.
If you are familiar with this banknote then this image may strike you as being a little odd. You’ll know the iridescent holograms on the left, but you may not have seen the large yellow figures ‘10’ formed in the pattern at the top.
That’s because this image was taken in UV light. There are patches of fluorescent ink printed on the note that just look like white paper in ordinary light. The five-pound note has a 5 in the same place. I couldn’t afford a £20 note to check it out for consistency (or should that be cheque?) ;)
The British pound sterling is the oldest currency in the world that has been in constant circulation. It was adopted around 800AD being modelled on the currency of the French kingdom of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) which was established a few years before. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese currency had the same roots.
The French livre (pound) had 20 sous each of 12 deniers, like the 20 shillings and 12 pennies of sterling. Interestingly although the small denomination was called a penny its symbol was the ‘d’, just like the French denier, the Spanish Dinero and the Portuguese Dinheiro. All the names derive from the Roman denarius coin.
Sterling was decimalised in 1971 which caused all the prices to go up and the parking meters to stop working :) The pound now has 100 new pennies (p or pence).
Originally one French livre was worth a pound weight of silver (equivalent to 14.6 Troy ounces), but by 850 the pound sterling was only worth eleven and a quarter Troy ounces of silver. Looking at tonight’s spot price for silver my note should be redeemable for £1868.62 of the shiny metal… times change.
This image measures under 3 inches across as per the rules.
One thing that photographers should be aware of is that it is illegal to reproduce a digital picture of more than 50% of one side of the note without an overstamp, and the Queen’s head must not be distorted. There are the normal copyright issues as well and these can be rigorously prosecuted. See the Bank of England website for more details.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays :)
Restoring intended value through an application of intended use.
Paper and masking tape.
Dimensions variable.
I was annoyed at myself when I downloaded these to my computer. I hadn't used my tripod but thought I was keeping still enough to get a few shots of the bees as they were making their way through the little Susies. Oh well, at least I captured the little critter.
Long before its prevalence as an ornamental, the black-eyed Susan was highly valued for its medicinal properties. Reports note that the pre-colonial Native American tribes like the Ojibwa, Chippewa, Menominee, and Potawatomi tribes utilized (and perhaps still do) black-eyed Susans as herbal medicine.
Black-eyed Susans are considered a symbol of encouragement and motivation, which can be attributed to the plant’s adaptability and widespread availability.
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On the 15th December 2010, they killed-off the Harrier to save less than £1bn. This year the UK government has already spend more than £300bn fighting COVID-19. That’s more money per day on COVID-19 than the entire savings from retiring the Harrier force.