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Early AM view of the river with several inches of new snow. Most of it was melted by this evening, but soon will be around for good.
View of Longyearbyen, the Advent Bay and the Hiorthfjellet mountain in the background, seen from the Nybyen neighbourhood. Longyearbyen is the main town of Svalbard, Norway's archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with Adobe Photoshop.
Our view for a couple of nights while staying at the Milford Sound Lodge. Not sure if the guage is for snow or water levels.
Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers.
The gray catbird, also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella. Wikipedia
Species: D. carolinensis
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Baboquivari Peak Wilderness viewed from Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. American Coot waterfowl.
Southern Arizona, USA
Full frame. No crop. no post processing.
At Pashley Manor Gardens you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
We found this amazing place on a hike in the south of Crete. We just sat and enjoyed the view filling our souls.
Artwork by Popel Coumou
Who hasn't made a viewing box? If not, take an empty shoebox, cut out a window in front and cover the roof with transparent paper in any color you like. Now place elements in it - one slightly behind the other - and peep through the window. Lo and behold your own magical mystery world. An ideal Xmas-activity with (grand) children!
The perspective we see in a viewing box is real. Objects are lined up one after the other. But it feels very artificial because we understand that the brain fools us.
Photos (the flat print) fool us in another way. Seeing perspective is a trick of the brain. Our pattern recognization notices depth. We don't even think of clues like big forms in front and smaller ones in the back. Or even better, the converging lines to a vanishing point.
Popel Coumou (1978, Netherlands) combines all this tomfoolery. She uses an old-fashioned pair of scissors and colored paper to create an illusion of space on a flat surface. Sometimes she takes a photo of the result. Here she simply mounted the paper cutting in a lightbox, thus returning to the origin of 'photo-graphy' which means writing with light.
I've moved to a new place and this is my view. It's awesome. Lots of parks and streams. Photo texturized.
and so here I am again, foisting my experiments on unsuspecting flickr'ers
;~)
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just could not make up my mind which one I liked better
not even sure I like either .....
LOL
Be back later!
Looking back during the steep climb up to Chartridge, taken on my recent walk around the ridges ti the west of Chesham
After the rain I drove up to the top of Prefumo Canyon Road again, I knew it would be spectacular. And it was with all the clouds and light. Several cars stopped and we all oohed and awed at the stunning view. One couple was from Canada and the other was from Southern California. It was a great shared experience.