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“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.
Alice: I don't much care where.
The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go.
Alice: ...So long as I get somewhere.
The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.”
Quote ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Yes, Norway again :-)
Which photo to upload among hundreds of new ones is always a hard decision, but it's a good problem to have, and I haven't even had a chance to look at half of them. The light was not ideal here, and I waited a long long time for the sun to peek through the clouds, it didn't happen. The sharp peak is Stetind, "Norway's national mountain", whatever that means.
I had a mixed bag of weather in the past few months, but it was surprisingly good in Norway.
Trying to catch up my delay ... (which is still very big) ... but I need to post a new photo from time to time ...
Thank you in advance for all your faves and comments. I might answer several WEEKS/MONTHS later. And I might post several photos in the meantime.
Merci d'avance pour tous vos faves et commentaires. Je vous répondrai peut-être dans plusieurs SEMAINES/MOIS. Et je posterai peut-être plusieurs photos entre temps.
France. Alpes. Département de l'Isère (38). Massif du Vercors. Photo prise lors d'une randonnée effectuée en solo au départ du hameau de Ruthière, jusqu'au Pas de l'Aiguille. C'était mon 14ème jour de rando sur les 18 jours où j'ai pu randonner lors de notre séjour alpin de 3 semaines pendant l'été 2022.
La photo a été prise un peu plus haut que le Pas de l'Aiguille, à peu près au niveau de la Grotte des Résistants.
On y voit le Mont Aiguille, sommet emblématique du massif du Vercors (et l'un de mes sommets préférés, tous massifs confondus), sous un de ses plus beaux profils, qui me rappelle à chaque fois Monument Valley et plein de westerns.
La montée entre le parking des Fourchaux et le Pas de l'Aiguille est assez courte mais bien raide. Et en plus, même avec des chaussures de rando, les pieds dérapent beaucoup par temps sec (petits cailloux et terre sèche pas très stables). Du coup, avec la chaleur qu'il faisait, j'ai pas mal souffert pour en venir à bout. Et la descente, bien que beaucoup moins fatigante demandait beaucoup d'attention et de retenue, pour ne pas glisser et ne pas se retrouver par terre. Mais grâce à la magnifique vue offerte sur le Mont Aiguille et les falaises environnantes, cela vaut le coup de faire ces efforts.
Si je le pouvais, j'aimerais partager sur Flickr d'autres photos de cette rando. Mais si je veux publier au moins 1 photo de toutes mes autres randos, ce n'est pas possible avec mon rythme de publication actuel trop faible. Du coup, j'ai publié début décembre un album de 38 photos de cette rando sur le site Altituderando (où j'ai un compte avec le même pseudo). Voici le lien vers la page de ma sortie, dans laquelle on peut ouvrir l'album de photos (le 2ème lien permet d'ouvrir directement l'album mais je pense qu'il est beaucoup plus susceptible de changer avec le temps que le lien de la sortie) :
www.altituderando.com/rando21077
More photos of this hike (38) there :
Macro Mondays: Arrow
Jade arrow & the "broad arrow" for my convict heritage (I have convict ancestors who arrived on the 2nd Fleet ... fortunate to do so because the 2nd Fleet was "seconded" to ex-slave traders so life was cheap and many, many died on the way to Australia)
Which side will you now take
Find the love that you make
Walk under the trees, so very high
That they kiss the falling sky
Where the birds they sing and talk
As down the path, you do walk
The path of day and of night
Under clouds so dull and bright
Where you find ,which side your on
Hand in hand with your special one
Ripponden
It would have been nice to read all the directions on the sign, but the sun put a stop to that. The sign pointing up and to the right reads ‘Heights and Car Park’, the area of Heights is still there but the car park is no longer. The sign pointing down to the left, and the one we followed reads ‘Ryburn Reservoir’, it’s a very steep downhill descent, the climb up is much easier. The final finger post, the words you can just make out reads ‘Baitings and Car Park’. We chose not to take that route today as it’s a path trodden many times before, you can see the reservoir where we eventually ended up in the distance centre of picture.
The photo was taken by the ruined farmhouse from the previous shot, one of the outbuildings by the tree has collapsed a lot more since last spring. An OS map from the National Library of Scotland, surveyed 1948 to 1849 and published in 1854, shows the farm as being called New House, the building pre dates the construction of both reservoirs.
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In this experiment, which some might call a spiritual exercise, the attempt is made at transferring bioenergy from an onion via an accumulator and, then, an accelerator, to a person. Evidence of transfer must not be 'anecdotal' but repeatable and statistically corroborated. This is the reason why I should be careful when talking about 'evidence'. There is a second caveat of a more ethical nature. In this experiment, the direction of energy transfer is from onion to man. This is purely for scientific reasons. The aim of the whole exercise, once formally established, is to transfer life energy from one person to another (transfer of merit, spiritually speaking). Exercises of this kind have been done before. The two ones I would like to mention specifically, are Joseph Beuys' action "Manresa" and Wilhelm Reich's "Orgone Accumulator".
A teenage girl who is busily typing a text message on her smartphone is a bit surprised to see me crouching in front of her when she lifts up her head after sensing my physical presence.
It is interesting to note that this long-haired gal is wearing a shirt and a face mask which are both yellow in color, which likewise matches the color of the house wall immediately behind her back.
Taken in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."
"Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul."
Wassily Kandinsky
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which movie? 😉
I'd also like to tell you about our new group on Flickr: Pictures of good movies. It's a collection of film scenes that show you instantly which film they're from. We'd love to have you as a member or creator of such images.
Primrose (which doesn't seem to match either Missouri nor Common evening primrose characteristics) is visited by a small black bee. I'm unsure of the bee's variety also but it has collected and is collecting some pollen.
12 februari 2022
Hair ice, also called ice wool or frost beard, is a rare natural phenomenon in which a hair-like, woolly ice structure develops on dead and wet heartwood, not on the bark, of deciduous trees.
Hair ice can form when the air temperature is slightly below freezing. Fungi occur in the wood and the metabolism of these fungi, among other things, releases water that is forced out through very small openings in the wood. The water squeezed out freezes into a hair-like structure. High humidity is necessary for the successful formation of hair ice so that the water squeezed out cannot evaporate and remains available for freezing. As long as the fungi continue to produce water and the climatic conditions remain favorable, hair ice can continue to grow. If the air temperature becomes too low, the metabolism of the fungi drops to such a low level that insufficient water is produced.
Hair ice is very delicate and melts immediately upon contact. If hair ice is exposed to sunlight, it will quickly sublimate and disappear. Hair ice can therefore be found early in the morning or only in shady places.
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IJshaar, ook wel haarijs of sneeuwbaard, is een zeldzaam natuurlijk verschijnsel waarbij een haarachtige, wollige ijsstructuur ontstaat op dood en nat kernhout, dus niet op de bast, van loofbomen.
IJshaar kan ontstaan als de luchttemperatuur even onder het vriespunt ligt. In het hout komen schimmels voor en bij de stofwisseling van deze schimmels komt onder andere water vrij dat door zeer kleine openingen in het hout (houtstralen) naar buiten wordt geperst. Het naar buiten geperste water bevriest tot een haarachtige structuur. Een hoge luchtvochtigheid is noodzakelijk voor de succesvolle vorming van ijshaar zodat het naar buiten geperste water niet kan verdampen en voor bevriezing beschikbaar blijft. Zolang de schimmels water blijven produceren en de klimatologische omstandigheden gunstig blijven, kan ijshaar aan blijven groeien. Als de luchttemperatuur te laag wordt, daalt de stofwisseling van de schimmels tot zo'n laag niveau dat er onvoldoende water geproduceerd wordt.
IJshaar is zeer teer en smelt na aanraking direct weg. Als ijshaar aan zonlicht wordt blootgesteld, zal het snel sublimeren en verdwijnen. IJshaar is daarom 's morgens vroeg of alleen op schaduwrijke plaatsen te vinden.
Geschüttelt. Nicht gerührt.
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Actually one should translate the catchphrase in German like this: Erschüttert, nicht gerührt ... which makes a completely different sense ;-)
I found the following a little interesting:
No other drink in book and film history is as famous as Bond's Vodka Martini. The agent licensed to kill has a very precise idea of how to mix this cocktail. The saying "Shaken, not stirred" is one of the most famous movie catchphrases of all time. Bond reaches for the glass on various occasions and in changing company. He drinks his vodka martini ice-cold, but without ice. So ice is put in the shaker, the vodka martini is shaken and finally the ice is filtered off. The name of the drink also causes further confusion: Martini is a very well-known vermouth brand, but Bond drinks his vodka martini entirely without this wine-containing ingredient. And James Bond wouldn't be James Bond if he didn't have an ace up his sleeve: Biochemists from the University of Western Ontario have found that the shaken variant with wormwood is healthier. In addition to the additional oxygen, it also contains more antioxidants that protect the body from free radicals.
- - - Well then ... cheers ;-)
I think my two virtual living room lights are having fun. And the mood goes with a drink, right?
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Eigentlich müsste man das Zitat im Deutschen so übersetzen: Erschüttert, nicht gerührt ... was einen ganz anderen Sinn ergibt ;-)
Ich fand folgendes ganz interessant:
Kein anderer Drink der Buch- und Film-Geschichte ist so bekannt wie Bonds Wodka Martini. Der Agent mit der Lizenz zum Töten hat eine ganz genaue Vorstellung davon, wie dieser Cocktail zu mixen ist. Der Spruch "Geschüttelt, nicht gerührt" ist eines der berühmtesten Filmzitate aller Zeiten. Bond greift zu den verschiedensten Anlässen und in wechselnder Gesellschaft zum Glas. Er trinkt seinen Wodka Martini eisgekühlt, aber ohne Eis. In den Shaker wird also Eis getan, der Wodka Martini wird geschüttelt und schließlich das Eis abgefiltert. Der Name des Getränks sorgt zudem für weitere Verwirrung: Martini ist zwar eine sehr bekannte Wermut-Marke, dennoch trinkt Bond seinen Wodka Martini ganz ohne diese weinhaltige Zutat. Und James Bond wäre nicht James Bond, wenn er nicht noch ein Ass im Ärmel hätte: Biochemiker der Universität Western Ontario haben festgestellt, dass die geschüttelte Variante mit Wermut gesünder ist. Sie enthält neben dem zusätzlichen Sauerstoff auch mehr Antioxidantien, die den Körper vor freien Radikalen schützt.
- - - Na denn ... Prost ;-)
Meine beiden virtuellen Wohnzimmerleuchten haben Spaß, glaube ich. Und die Stimmung passt zu einem Drink, oder?
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maybe the beginning of a series:
HAIRBASE: Not Found - Fergus Hairbase /NEW@MAN CAVE!
HOODIE: *AGATA* Drew hoodie / NEW@ACCESS!
PANTS: CS. "Pablo' Sweatpants /NEW@DREAMDAY!
SHOES: CS. "Dante" Bolt Sandals /NEW@DREAMDAY!
TATTOOS: *Bolson / Tattoo (2k) - Mr. Jonas /NEW@TMD!
All the girls that's here for the truth
Come put both hands on the DJ booth
Then wine your waist to the big man sound
This picture, which I took on one of my trips to Vietnam, also fits into the series "Window in House Wall". Ho Chi Minh City - the former Saigon - offers a myriad of good such photo motifs. I love going on a photo tour in Ho Chi Minh City.
Viewed from Kirkgate, the west front of Ripon Cathedral, which was added to the then Ripon Minster around 1220, by Walter de Gray, Archbishop of York. In 1862, Sir Gilbert Scott altered the West Front, principally by removing the tracery from the lancets of the west front, giving them their well-known but illusory effect of being slightly earlier than they actually are. As the official listing for the building says, “this conforming to advanced taste of the 1860s.”
Ripon Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, is notable architecturally for its gothic west front in the Early English style, considered one of the best of its type, as well as the Geometric east window. Needless to say, it is a Grade I listed building.
Founded as a monastery by Scottish monks in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672. The 7th Century crypt of Wilfrid’s Church still survives. The church became collegiate in the 10th Century, and acted as a mother church within the large Diocese of York for the remainder of the Middle Ages. The present church is the fourth, and was built between the 13th and 16th Centuries. In 1836 the church became the cathedral for the Diocese of Ripon, at that point the first new diocese created in the Church of England since the Reformation. Ripon was then in 2014 incorporated into the new Diocese of Leeds, and the church became one of three co-equal cathedrals of the Bishop of Leeds.Diocese of Leeds, and the church became one of three co-equal cathedrals of the Bishop of Leeds.
This species which is often referred to as "Fish Ducks" is the most widespread and abundant merganser in North America. Being one of the more social waterfowl species they do accept other species of diving ducks within their own flocks.
Their breeding territory ranges from Alaska to Newfoundland where they can be found using man-made nesting boxes or nest on the ground. A nest can be found to contain a clutch of anywhere from 6 - 17 eggs. They tend to be a quiet breed unless disturbed or during their courtship period.
This hen is getting lots of attention from 4 drakes that are certainly letting her know their intentions with their erect tails.
A very shy goose, one of the nicest geese we have around here and among my preferred ones with the Barnacle which we unfortunately do not have here.... would trade a few Canada Geese for even just one Barnacle :)
I bought this hand made sculpture in Crete
some 30 years ago as a true 3D
replica of a restored mural in the bronze age palace of Knossos where the scene is set against a blue backdrop which I have tried to recreate here.
Sports, stunt or religion? I suppose we shall never have the exact answer as there are no written records and your imagination is as good as anyone else's. Likewise whether its depicting an aurochs or simply a domesticated bull. Some have maintained that the brown male is a worker, whilst the two white dames belong to the nobilty and so shed light on bronze age class society, and I suppose there is much more to be imagined and uttered.
I've just read that Bamburgh, in Northumberland, England has been voted the best seaside resort by Which? readers, for the third year in a row.
It certainly looked delightful when I visited recently.
Red-Headed Woodpecker.
A 10 inch long bird. Whole head is red, wings and tail bluish-black which a large white patch on each wing, white underparts and white rump. It is conspicuous in flight. Immature resembles adult but has a brown head, 2 dark bars on white ring patch.
Their habitat consists of open-county, farms, rural roads, open park-like woodland, and golf-courses.
They range from Saskatchewan to Quebec in Canada south to the Gulf Coast and Florida. They are scarce in the northeastern U.S. states. They winter mainly in the southern part of their range.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Which brings me to homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Example peel/peal.
66172 is in the process of unloading 14 bogie hoppers of stone, brought from Mountsorrel, on 6L40, which leaves at 08.47.
Which was the direction we took, to our delight, exploring The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
A mixed media piece by Emma Rodgers.
I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, shots from my cellphone and digital AI artwork fulfill that purpose, at least for the time being.
If in doubt which is my work and which is Generative AI, just look for the watermark on my photography.
- Generative AI art
Two which haven't bred this year - too young maybe - bonding and checking out burrows. There's loads of social interaction between the non-breeding puffins, they're great to watch.
Having not seen many birds I came home via the tree that the Australian Hobby family nested in. This is one of the two chicks but I am not 100% sure which one. I think it is chick number two.
Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.