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This tower contains a real carillon. Some churches play electronic music designed to imitate the heavy bells of a physical carillon. This is the real thing, and it sounds great.
For Amsterdam's 750th birthday as a city, Damen Shiprepair presented the city with this statue. It's made of 1375 sheets of recycled shipping steel plates (1375 is the year of Amsterdam's city rights). This 'thing' - I'm not sure what to think of it - is called 'Moki, the Stoic Hero'. The statue is said to symbolise courage, one the virtues of Amsterdam; the other two are determination and mercy. They are designated by those three 'Amsterdam crosses'. Whence 'Moki'? no idea; why 'stoic' no idea. Whatever the case, the inscribed text on the socle is - in English: 'If you're open to others you flourish'. This Monster, as it's also designated, is an idea of Irishman Dan Leahy of the Amsterdam Monster Factory.
It keeps eternal whisperings around
Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell
Gluts twice ten thousand caverns, till the spell
Of Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound.
Often 'tis in such gentle temper found
That scarcely will the very smallest shell
Be mov'd for days from whence it sometime fell,
When last the winds of heaven were unbound.
Oh ye! who have your eye-balls vex'd and tir'd,
Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea;
Oh ye! whose ears are dinn'd with uproar rude,
Or fed too much with cloying melody,--
Sit ye near some old cavern's mouth, and brood
Until ye start, as if the sea-nymphs quir'd!
John Keats. Sonnet. On The Sea.
The former St. John's Anglican Chapel (1894-1968) in Moorehead (Clarendon), Quebec, Canada.
It closed its doors and ceased to function as a church in August 1968, whence there were only 3 families attending regular services.
Moorehead, also spelled "Moorhead", formerly called "Clark's Settlement", was named for Janis Moorhead, the wife of William S. Clark, who founded the Pontiac Agricultural Society and helped to finance the first Shawville Fair.
This species is known from a single male specimen from Rhodes (Rhodos), described by H. Loew in 1857. So, this seems to be the first (recognised) specimen after more than 150 years :) (The fly was sitting in a deep shade, and I didn't dare use the "untamed" flash, whence the shallow DOF :()
Ace finder of small things Rockwolf found these fab little inconspicuous- or micro-ladybirds for me recently. They are a new discovery in Shropshire. We potted them up for photographs & then released them back from whence they came. Unfortunately some of them got rather covered in dust in the process!
The two on the left are males, distinguished from the females on the right by extra red-orange colouration on the face & front of the pronotum. The female far left is a redder colour-morph.
Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Last night turned into rather an epic affair out with Tei. This location had been on my radar for a few years and last night, we decided was the night. My map reading skills beforehand proved poor at best. I thought it would be easy to get to but after a massive walk across Winnats and beyond we decided we had taken the wrong route pretty much from the offset. We stopped for a coffee and a quick couple of shots of the traffic driving up and down Winnats then headed back from whence we came. A few walls, muddy as anything fields and some rather startled sheep later we arrived here.
I grabbed two shots from here before needing to leave and this is my favourite.
10 shots for the stars (15 seconds, iso 1600 f1.8), 6 dark frames and a single light painted image (f5.6, iso400 and about 1 minute with my torch) combined in Photoshop and Sequator.
I think my phone thought it had been stolen by a marathon runner as the step count was about 26000 for the day which isn't me :)
The shot from Winnats Pass came out beautifully but as this has been in my list for so long it got the top spot.
Always great to catch up with Tei and I think without his getting shit done attitude I would have sacked it off and gone home early. Top man.
"One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed, any animal endued with life. Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable. To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy, but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body."
I loved the obsessiveness and intense hubris of the young Frankenstein in his studies, I tried to evoke those things here. The lighting is suggested to come from a high window on top left; one thing I need to try going forward is using small LEDs for candles and lamps to give a more realistic and intimate lighting effect. For now, I'm enjoying simulating the mood without trying to acheive it directly, but it would be interesting to see how the S& camera goes with small LEDs in a Lego scene.
On May 29th, I went on a walk with www.flickr.com/photos/gillyface/, who hasn't posted on Flickr in a long time, but who I still count as a friend. We walked along the Lower Don River Trail, whence I took this picture.
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It is a bird of open country such as farmland, marshes, taiga and savannah. They are widespread in lowlands with scattered small woods. It is an elegant bird of prey, appearing sickle-like in flight with its long pointed wings and square tail, often resembling a swift when gliding with folded wings. It is fast and powerful in flight and will take large insects, such as dragonflies, which it transfers from talons to beak and eats while soaring slowly in circles. It also captures small bats and small birds in flight. Its speed and aerobatic skills enable it to take swallows and even swifts on the wing, and barn swallows or house martins have a characteristic "hobby" alarm call. It is known to harass swallows while they are roosting and dispersing from roosts. When not breeding, it is crepuscular, hawking principally in the mornings and evenings. While on migration, they may move in small groups.
Hobbies nest in old nests of crows and other birds. The tree selected is most often one in a hedge or on the extreme edge of a spinney, whence the bird can observe intruders from a considerable distance. It lays 2–4 eggs. Incubation is said to take 28 days and both parents share in this duty, though the female does the greater part.
...when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came." - John F. Kennedy
Silver Washed Fritillary showing the silver stripes washing over the wing, from whence it gets it's name.
In Shaffy's Garden the other day, I came upon this wonderful Scarlet Creeper, Ipomoea hederifolia, also called Mexican Scarlet Creeper or Mexican Morning Glory and a variety of other 'red' names. Those vernacular names are applied to a range of Ipomoeas: quamoclit, coccinea (as you might imagine), hederifolia. Each of these Ipomoeas is distinguished from the others on closer examination. Thus there's a range of red shades, and also the corollas ('throats') vary from light - even yellowish - to the same scarlet as the petals. They are also distinguished by different foliage, e.d quamoclit's looks a bit like that of pines, hederifolia's like that of ivy. Incidentally, I once saw a marvelous 'quamoclit' near Darwin in northern Australia.
You might ask: whence 'Ozymandian Red'? Well, the place I saw this Scarlet Creeper is called Shaffy's Garden, named for the Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy (1933-2009), whose boat was moored next to it. His name reminds of Ramses II the Great, Egyptian farao (1303-1213 BCE). Apparently that Great Ancestor had red hair! His name in Greek was Ozymandias, and I liked an adjectival form of this word better than of Ramses...
Sunned in the South, and here to-day;
--If all organic things
Be sentient, Flowers, as some men say,
What are your ponderings?
How can you stay, nor vanish quite
From this bleak spot of thorn,
And birch, and fir, and frozen white
Expanse of the forlorn?
Frail luckless exiles hither brought!
Your dust will not regain
Old sunny haunts of Classic thought
When you shall waste and wane;
But mix with alien earth, be lit
With frigid Boreal flame,
And not a sign remain in it
To tell men whence you came.
1. Flowerman, 2. papavero, 3. rosso, 4. Rosa di Primavera, 5. Primavera, 6. palawan gem, 7. tropical, 8. Pink daisy, 9. le Badie, 10. suvereto spring, 11. Montelupo Fiorentino, 12. Sausalito, 13. spring field, 14. rose of Pau, 15. Solvang California, 16. Union Square, 17. Bocciolo sulla Grande Muraglia Cinese, 18. cherry blossoms, 19. fiori rosa, 20. fiore, 21. strisciata di girasoli in autostrada, 22. coppia blu, 23. rosa arancione, 24. drops, 25. rosa verde e giallo, 26. fiori rosa, 27. calabrone peloso, 28. altro fiore, 29. fiore, 30. papaveri, 31. fiori di campo, 32. Sfondo verde, 33. NEL MIO GIARDINO, 34. Bouquets, 35. flower, 36. ninfea
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Do we ask any reasons why?
...we are afforded opinions
upon overspent youth
whence stepped us minions
through that servile truth!
of it all we survived
by the skin of our teeth
some may say
like a far-flung wreath
denying death still at bay
a Universal feeling
at one time or another
like warm gentle hands
placed one over the other
washing these emotional lands
whereupon the sky's a pause
for the thought
within it's own skull
lest we become overwrought
again! I thought I felt the lull...
this uncanny rock hardens the soul
blasting the past
way ahead of the present time
a subdominant voice speaks at last,
saving me from another heartfelt mime
to the song I love,
but have never heard before
it repatriates my childhood
even though it never left this shore
in it's travelling apprenticehood
countries were replete with drapeaux
linked in brilliant colour
flown through the mind of equal youth
before the half-mast of aged endeavour
curses the world for shattering such illusions of the gospel truth
why is forever a never ending fight
leaving those that matter so alone
defenceless against it's onslaught
like a turbulent nuptial fright with the drone
the queencraft rhapsody of a led-ed dreadnought
humming-the-second-incoming lifesaving action
is too good to be true
under tangarine sunset and wickerworked landscape
hope gives us a clue
from which life, as yet, has no demoralising escape.
by anglia24
18h00: 02/07/2008
©2008anglia24
(Swords in Rock) - a monument of three 10 metres tall swords by the Hafrsfjord in Stavanger, Norway, unveiled in 1983.
The swords commemorate the historic Battle of Hafrsfjord that took place there in the year 872, when King Harald Fairhair gathered all of Norway under one crown.
The largest sword represents the victorious Harald, and the two smaller swords represent the defeated petty kings. The monument also represents peace, since the swords are planted into solid rock, whence they may never be removed.
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Here is another from the tops of 2018 files I'm just now getting on Flickr. This way first time shooting a painted C40-8 back when there were only three and they were shiny and looked good! Here is the story I wrote at the time on FB, copied here for posterity:
After chasing the OCS down to Worcester I fully intended to follow the deadhead move back as it was towed in reverse by a pair of those ratty ex CSX C40-8s. But the sense of urgency was gone and once I found out that the original crew was having lunch and a dog catch was coming I figured I should consider other options.
Meanwhile, another old railroader/railfan friend has called to let me know that PAR's train POED was at Ayer working and would soon be headed west with a clean repainted Pan Am Dash 8 in the lead. Having never shot one of these moving, I figured why not head back from whence I'd just come and see if I could beat them!
Well, it was less than a 30 min drive, and I made it before they finished their work and got on the move west from Ayer.
It was a nice little chase with a good friend and mixed results. Take a look for yourself. And stay tuned here for yet a other surprise from this epic day.
This long telephoto is taken from Walker Road crossing at MP 37.5 on the Fitchburg Route mainline or MP 317.5 on Pan Am's freight main.
Shirley, Massachusetts
Thursday August 16, 2018
A Harlequin duck was found at Erieau a few days ago, as it isn't far from where we live, so we went to see it.
Normal range is the west coast of Canada and Northern Quebec.
Very co-operative as it moved back and forth in the main channel of the marina.
January 1, 2024, Erieau, Ontario, Canada.
Histrionicus histrionicus
When interacting, Harlequin Ducks make distinctly unducklike squeaks, from whence comes one of its colloquial names, sea mouse.
source-allaboutbirds-org
Have a great Sunday-I am going to try to make pumpkin cheesecake!! Hope it comes out as good as it sounds.
As the upload page loaded fully again today I thought I’d take advantage and post another image from Glencoe taken before the ice/snow was washed away. Normally the hut stands out much more prominently but here it seems to be in camouflage/stealth mode.
Lagangarbh Hut is situated north of Buachaille Etive Mor near the River Coupall. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and has been occupied and maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club since 1946. It was extensively refurbished in 1994
The hut was originally a crofting home, typically with central entrance hall and stairs ahead, two rooms up and down, left and right. The roofing is still the local Ballachulish slate which covered much of Scottish housing. The walls are of thick stone, built to withstand the battering of gales. The Club planted a shelter belt of trees to the west, from whence roar in the prevailing south-westerlies.
© All rights reserved to Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
The Green Eyed Monster that is The Lockheed-Martin F-22A 'RAPTOR', seen here turning back from whence she came. If Raptor drank beer it would be Carlsberg.
It did glow. Very nicely, it glowed. Until I upped and saw it in firefox. Ho hum. 'Tis too late to adjust now so here it is. Imagine more of a goldeny glow, especially in that background there? Yes? Okay, now you're there. Thankee muchlee.
They came from two directions, long lines in single file. They mingled at this spot, nothing there to attract them. As more arrived others left, no idea if they returned to from whence they came.
I guess they knew what was occuring.
Yet another one from our missions to the southern parts of our great nation, well it wasn't actually the southern parts of Australia, but it's certainly more southern than what we currently do. This place in particular is from Sandy Beach, just North of Coffs Harbour. This picture is particularly significant, as I also did a video while taking this. this video will eventually make an appearance on our Blog, as linked below...
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- Taken on a Canon 40D with Sigma 10-20mm, tripod
- 3 Shot HDR, Combined in PhotomatixPro 3.2 from RAW
Processing
- HDR processing in Photomatix Pro 3.2
- Auto-tone and punch preset in Lightroom
- Vignette
- Sharpening and Noise Reduciton
- Gradient Filter to the Sky
- Gradient Filter to the Ground
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“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came. ― John F. Kennedy
The family Saxifragaceae consists of about 30 genera and 580 species worldwide. Most members of the Saxifrage family are herbs, and usually have a flower cluster held well above the basal whorl of leaves. Many of its members grow in rocky places, whence the scientific name, which means 'stone-breaker'. Economically speaking, the family is important only for such ornamentals as Saxifraga, Heuchera, and Bergenia.
The Saxifragaceae is primarily north temperate, although it does have representatives in the southern hemisphere. The leaves, which, as mentioned above, are primarily basal, are simple but palmately lobed or cleft.
The flowers are radially symmetric, and have a distinct calyx and corolla of 5 (less
frequently 4) separate petals and petals. There are generally twice as many stamens as petals, but there may be more. Pistils are usually divided into 2 (rarely 4). The ovaries may be fused only at the base, making it look as if there are two simple pistils, or they may be fused almost to the stigmas. The ovary can be either superior or inferior.
The fruit is a capsule with a lot of seeds.
Looking back down from whence we came. Death Valley National Park is on the left side of the road, and the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness Area is on the right. Not sure who owns the road.
I believe those are the Piper Mountains there way in the back.
The Hortus Botanicus has a small terrarium for wee poisonous Frogs, and I like to go to listen to them singing. Walter den Hollander, one of the horticulturalists, also has a love for tiny plants, orchids, gesneriads, what-all.
Here's pretty Primulina tamiana, Vietnamese Violet. It's been known to 'the West' only for a relatively short time. First collected in northern Vietnam, in the Tam Đảo Forest Reserve by the Soviet-Vietnamese Expedition of 1986, it soon flourished in the Botanical Garden at St Petersburg in 1991. A bit later it was growing at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, and now it can be found in finer nurseries; from one of those it found its ways into the hands of the horticulturalists of Amsterdam.
PS I'd like to know whence the name 'tamiana'; I think it must be in honor of someone. But who? Anyone know? I think Coastal Tours (see comment below) could very well be right that 'tamiana' is a latinised form of Tam (Tam Đảo). Thanks very much!
No matter if in French, English, German, Itialian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Welsh, Scottish, or Icelandic, it is STILL my favorite color!
Rajasthan, India
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several of these have appeared in our garden; don't know whence they came!
too wet to capture them in situ!
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Nature's observatory—whence the dell,
In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavilioned, where the deer's swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.
"O Solitude" by John Keats
(Sometimes I take regular, RL pictures. This is at the pasture, where I keep my horse.)
“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.” - John F. Kennedy
This is an 8 panel, 50 megapixel panorama of the Milky Way core looking south at Holden Beach, North Carolina.
Sky: 7 frames at 90 second shutter, ISO 800, f/2.5, tracked, Hoya Starscape filter, Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter
Foreground: 1 frame at 1/15 second shutter, ISO 1250, f/2.8, taken during civil twilight
Post Processing: Capture One for RAW development and editing, PTGui for panorama stitching, ON1 Photo RAW for composition