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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. In usually make these baubles for others as gifts, but on occasion I make one or two baubles for myself. This is one such bauble.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 20th of December is "sequins", so I thought I would show you this special bauble I chose to make for myself. If you would like to see the other baubles I have made as gifts for friends over the years, you can find them in this album: www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/albums/72157649901152375/. I hope you like my choice of subject for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
As this is the last "Looking Close on Friday" before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
Each bauble I make is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large star sequins which are 10mm, the sunburst sequins which are 12 mm and the small gold border sequins which are 2mm and very, very fiddly. The sunburst sequins are French and are known as "éclate de soleil" - "sunbursts". Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Playing with Nugget!
She's about to wear me out! But the exercise is helping to get my breathing back on track after the bout with the chinese virus, so it's good thing!!!
she doesn't write about them with great skill ;-)
Charles Solomon
HBW! Words Matter! Resist!!
hemerocallis, day lily, 'Barbara Mitchell', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Anaklia (Georgian: ანაკლია) is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea.
The earliest settlement on Anaklia's territory dates back to the mid-Bronze Age and is typical to the Colchian culture. It is the Classical Heraclea of Colchis, Anaclia of later authors, and Anarghia of Archangelo Lamberti and Jean Chardin (both the 17th-century travelers). After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, it was an important fortified town, sea port and fishing station within the Principality of Mingrelia. In 1723, the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire and converted into its maritime outpost and slave-trading locale. Western Georgian kingdom of Imereti regained control over Anaklia in 1770, seizing the opportunity of Ottoman Empire being at war with Russia (Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)). Solomon I, the king of Imereti, was supposed to be supported in this endeavor by a small Russian contingent under General Totleben, but the Russian troops retreated before a clash against the Turks.
In 1802, Kelesh-Bey Sharvashidze, the pro-Turkish ruler of the neighboring Principality of Abkhazia, capitalized on the internecine feuds in Mingrelia, and forced Prince Grigol Dadiani of Mingrelia into surrendering Anaklia, taking Grigol’s son and heir, Levan, as a hostage. When Mingrelia accepted the Russian protectorate in 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Tsitsianov, demanded that Kelesh-Bey release Levan. On his refusal, Tsitsianov sent Major General Ion Rykgof into Abkhazia. In March 1805, the Russians took hold of Anaklia and threatened to march against Sukhum-Kaleh, forcing the Abkhazian prince to release Dadiani. The capture of Anaklia drew an Ottoman protest, however, and Tsitsianov hastened to disavow his subordinate and even apologize for his action, removing a Russian garrison from Anaklia. However, the incident added to an increasing tension between the two empires. When the next Russo-Turkish War broke out in 1806, the Russian forces restored Redoubt Kali and Anaklia to the Mingrelian prince Levan who would later relinquish the control of these forts to the Russian administration. (See Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Black Sea Coast.) In the 1850s, Anaklia was a small but strongly fortified seaport, which had a custom-house and carried on a considerable trade with Turkey.
Subsequently, the importance of the Anaklia port significantly reduced, but it remained a minor Black Sea Fleet base in the Soviet times.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), a Russian peacekeeping post was opened at Anaklia in 1994. In 2006, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported numerous damages inflicted by the Russian soldiers upon the 17th-century fortress of Anaklia and accused the peacekeepers of installing latrines and baths within the walls of the fort. Following a series of protests by the Georgians, the Russian military post was withdrawn in July 2007.
A monument has been erected in Anaklia on May 21, 2012, commemorating Russia's expulsion of the Circassian people from the region following the conclusion of the Caucasian War in the 1860s. The May 21 date was chosen to coincide with the day on which the Circassian people themselves commemorate the expulsion, which the Georgian government has recognized as an act of genocide. The monument was designed by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Here's a female Hooded Merganser with HER crayfish. You can see the object here is to break those legs off for easier swallowing. Her hood is a bit flat here but when fully fluffed, she's a knockout. The first sign I get for female vs immature/nonbreeding male is the yellowy color in her beak, while the male's is solid black. Second is the deep brown eye, vs. the male's golden eye.
The first time I eventually realized when I was looking at a nonbreeding male, he was with some breeders and seemed to be practicing his moves and I thought it was a misguided female. Only later did I get it.
This fabulous wooden Jacuzzi Patio is perfect for soaking in all seasons!
Touch the control panel to access the hot tub menu – bubbling water in motion, particle steam and hot tub sounds for a realistic experience.
The Jacuzzi has room for 1-4 people and includes 88 animations in PG version and 148 animations in Adult version:
48 single animations (6 female and 6 male in each spot)
Specification and content:
♥ Jacuzzi Patio: 23 LI | Modifiable | Copy
♥ Double Flower Por: 2 LI | Modifiable | Copy each
Now @ Cosmopolitan
Amazing place to visite Banana Bay
Mean Mugging - To continue with the Bobcat photo dump, here is one of a Bobcat pulling off the quintessential felid paw raise. While this Bobcat looks intimidating, she walked by me as if I were a tree or shrub that didn't even exist. A few memorable Bobcats I have photographed in the past have also behaved like this around me; walking by me as if I wasn't even there. I'm very grateful to have found a young one the past few years that continues this behavior - always nice to be able to watch an animal and document its natural behaviors in such a way. The animal eye autofocus and 20 fps electronic shutter really pulled through here in two ways where DSLRs failed me in the past:
1. Up close, I'd often miss focus on the eye as I wouldn't be able to move the focus point fast enough, resulting in frustrating images with focus on the ear, or rear leg in these direct walking sequences.
2. Because of the slower frame rate I'd miss the best pose in the sequence, which was incredibly frustrating. It can be a bit of a pain to sort through hundreds of thousands of images, but it is awesome to know that the one pose I want is 100% in there somewhere.
Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 800, f/5.6 @200mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
This effect was created by placing a piece of plastic on top of my computer screen with an all white background. I placed a crystal ball on top of the plastic to maginify the poloraized colors. The compositon was photographed using a Polarized Filter.
With Rebel Yell
Song: Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (Lyrics)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPwZaQfoIbU
Greetings: Ramsa Luv
The Great Blue Heron is contemplating her next move with freshly caught tiny topsmelt... @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Summer Flower Garden with Bees
Created with Midjourney
PP work in Adobe PS Elements 2024 Raw filters
Summer flower garden, in hot weather. Bees and butterflies work the flower blossoms. Lots of colored flowers, plants, and small ornamental trees decorate the garden. There is a paved path through the garden.
--chaos 10
--style raw --v 7 --stylize 150
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It was Sunday when I toured Ilha de Mocambique and not many people were on the streets of the little island. The building is an example of th Macuti thatched-roof houses that you see through out Mozambique.
wächst auf der Insel #São Miguel#denAzoren…portugiesische INSEL….
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With a smoky EMD SD70ACe third in the power consist, Union Pacific's Roseville, California - Green River, Wyoming merchandise train rumbles into Echo, Utah.
With 52 loads, 56 empties, and 8,369 gross tons on the drawbar, the train is making a steady 30 mph. Momentum will soon collapse when the MRVGR 30 hits the 1.14% grade at the foot of the 25-mile slog to the 6,792 ft. summit at Wahsatch.
I did a collab with an artist on insta!
I really like how it turned out, they did the octopus and inked it traditionally and I did the doodles and coloring digitally
I hope you all like it! Still have a cold but I’m much better lol just have a scraggy voice
Red rose with early morning dew / Rote Rose mit Frühtau
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