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A ground floor apartment was being emptied, all sorts of things were shown as giveaway in front and inside.
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP and SMC Takumar 55mm f/1.8, Agfa APX 100 in Rodinal 1+50 for 10 min @ 20°C and digitalized using kit zoom and extension tubes.
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Almost 3 weeks later, my sourdough bread is ready for it's bowl of homemade Clam Chowder. Luckily the chowder was easier and quicker.
Walking along one of the canals in the beautiful Belgian city of Ghent, you may notice, if you look up the high brick wall on the other side of the street, this dark menacing sculpture.
There is no info on what the sculpture name is, or who the sculptor was - at least not on the wall. I could find nothing worth attention about it on the Internet either... yet I think I know what it is about. Isn't the trumpet the Angel holds in his hand one of the seven trumpets sounded to cue apocalyptic events, as described in the Book of Revelation? I think it is, considering that just over 100 years ago, in the midst of the World War I, a new kind of weapon, mustard agent, was deployed in the field, not far from the city of Ypres located less than 50 miles west of here. (Yes, there, in Flanders fields where the poppies grow). Thus begun the infamous era of chemical warfare... Isn't the Angel wearing gas mask to protect himself from it?
Since then, humans made an impressive progress in inventing creative ways of killing other humans. I think this unsettling image is not just about the past. Yes, it is about Remembrance - but it is also about today, and the future. Angels of Death are mostly invisible - but omnipresent. They are waiting for opportunities to blow their trumpets. Remember that.
P.S. Thanks to Hans Holt who let me know that the statue is called De Zuiveringsengel, and it has been created by Tom Frantzen.
See also a link provided by Hans Holt in his comment for more interpretations of this sculpture meaning.
One more image from last weekend when we went to Winspit Quarry.
This one is looking back towards the village of Worth Matravers which we enjoyed walking around more than the Quarry.
Had a trip down to Worthing last Friday for a regular reunion with old work colleagues. Had never been to the town before, so before I met with them I headed for the sea front. It was well worth the diversion to see the waves rolling in on a blustery day, and the sun came out too!
BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell heading away into the sun from Haworth Station on day one of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala
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Hey! Hope yall are super well.
It's strange that I haven't done much on gender equality issues yet seeing as those are probably the social issues that're closest to my heart and hit closest to home, but I've just had so much trouble coming up with visuals for them. Luckily though some of my friends recently started a feminist club on campus (Women's Equality Alliance) which has given me such a wealth of inspiration since discussing these issues with others generally makes them so much easier for me to translate into images.
With this image specifically I wanted to address the ongoing objectification of women's bodies (yesyesyes I know that men are oftentimes objectified as well objectification of human beings is wrong period but seeing as I've only ever been a woman I'm going to speak from that perspective).
Throughout the past few years I've gone to my fair share of clubs/bars/parties in true college fashion, but with every one I'm more and more disgusted at the shit that I and my friends end up dealing with. In one month I've been catcalled more times than I can count on two hands, had my ass grabbed twice, and have been unwillingly fingered by a stranger on a dance floor before it even registered that his hands were down my shorts. The last simply because I nodded when he asked if I wanted to dance.
I love music, I love dancing, I love bright lights and crazy nights. But simply because I am a woman who agreed to one dance with you in a club that in no way shape or form gives you the right to feel entitled to do with my body whatever you please. Against popular belief, women's bodies are not in existence solely to please men, to look good for them, to be decorations. We are not squeaky toys or trophies or numbers. Our worth is not defined by our bodies, nor is it defined by what men think about them. Human beings do not belong to other human beings and their bodies are their own fucking property, and I think it's high time that idea is repeatedly hammered into every person's skull from the womb on.
Happy Friday tgif [DON'T GRAB ANYONE'S BUTT TONITE UNLESS THEY GIVE THOROUGH BUTT GRABBING CONSENT] have a gr8 weekend
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After the pups were sent away from yard duties in Point, an ever changing mix of motive power came and went. During my time I saw just about everything between GP9's and SD60's. On this glowing June evening GTW 4623 heads up one of the sets as it prepares to drill cars back into the yard. CN 2502 waits for the next assignment in the Junk Yard. Even though those 1500's weren't around, a visit to the West leads after a long day was still worth it.
I have to walk next door to see this sight, but that's three minutes well spent! The crocus display over here is amazing. How come the meadow mice don't eat my daughter's crocuses like they do mine??
And worth my wait too. An American Goldfinch, finally. Thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwiskowski] for the confirmed identification.
Der Mittelbahnsteig des AVG-Haltepunkts Wörth Alte Bahnmeisterei befinden sich inmitten der Verästelung von 3 Bahnstrecken, die aus dem Bahnhof Wörth (Rhein) herausführen.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Purbeck
The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. It is bordered by the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north. Its western boundary is less well defined, with some medieval sources placing it at Flower's Barrow above Worbarrow Bay.[1] The most southerly point is St Alban's Head (archaically St. Aldhelm's Head). It is suffering erosion problems along the coast.
The whole of the Isle of Purbeck lies within the local government district of Purbeck, which is named after it. However the district extends significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck along the River Frome.
In terms of natural landscape areas, the southern part of the Isle of Purbeck and the coastal strip as far as Ringstead Bay in the west, have been designated as National Character Area 136 - South Purbeck by Natural England. To the north are the Dorset Heaths and to the west, the Weymouth Lowlands.[
Geology
The geology of the Isle is complex. It has a discordant coastline along the east and concordant coastline along the south. The northern part is Eocene clay (Barton Beds), including significant deposits of Purbeck Ball Clay. Where the land rises to the sea there are several parallel strata of Jurassic rocks, including Portland limestone and the Purbeck beds. The latter include Purbeck Marble, a particularly hard limestone that can be polished (though mineralogically, it is not marble). A ridge of Cretaceous chalk runs along the peninsula creating the Purbeck Hills, part of the Southern England Chalk Formation that includes Salisbury Plain, the Dorset Downs and the Isle of Wight. The cliffs here are some of the most spectacular in England, and of great geological interest, both for the rock types and variety of landforms, notably Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, and the coast is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site because of the unique geology.
In the past quarrying of limestone was particularly concentrated around the western side of Swanage, the villages of Worth Matravers and Langton Matravers, and the cliffs along the coast between Swanage and St. Aldhelm's Head. The "caves" at Tilly Whim are former quarries, and Dancing Ledge, Seacombe and Winspit are other cliff-edge quarries. Stone was removed from the cliff quarries either by sea, or using horse carts to transport large blocks to Swanage. Many of England's most famous cathedrals are adorned with Purbeck marble, and much of London was rebuilt in Portland and Purbeck stone after the Great Fire of London.
By contrast, the principal ball clay workings were in the area between Corfe Castle and Wareham. Originally the clay was taken by pack horse to wharves on the River Frome and the south side of Poole Harbour. However in the first half of the 19th century the pack horses were replaced by horse-drawn tramways. With the coming of the railway from Wareham to Swanage, most ball clay was dispatched by rail, often to the Potteries district of Staffordshire.
Quarrying still takes place in Purbeck, with both Purbeck Ball Clay and limestones being transported from the area by road. There are now no functioning quarries of Purbeck Marble.
Wild flowers
The isle has the highest number of species of native and anciently introduced wild flowers of any area of comparable size in Britain.[3] This is largely due to the varied geology. The species most frequently sought is Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes), which in Britain, is most common in Purbeck. Nearly 50,000 flowering spikes were counted in 2009. Late April is the best time, and the largest population is usually in the field to the west of Dancing Ledge. Smaller numbers can be seen on a shorter walk in Durlston Country Park. This orchid is the logo of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. Cowslip meadows (Primula veris and Primula deorum) are at their best shortly afterwards and Durlston Country Park has several large ones.
In early May several woods have carpets of Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum). King's Wood and Studland Wood, both owned by the National Trust, are good examples. At around the same time and later some Downs have carpets of yellow Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) and blue Chalk Milkwort (Polygala calcarea). In late May the field near Old Harry Rocks has a carpet of yellow Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria).
Blue and white flowers of Sheep's bit (Jasione montana) and pink and flowers of Sea Bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) lend colour to Studland dunes in June. Both Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata) and Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa) are frequent on Corfe Common that month, and Harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) and Purple Betony (Stachys officinalis) flowers add colour to the Common in July.
Dorset Heath (Erica ciliaris), the county flower, can be found in July and August in large numbers, especially on and around Hartland Moor, in damper parts of the heathland. Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) gives displays of yellow flowers there in early July. Marsh Gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) is found less frequently in similar areas from mid August to mid September.[3]
Roman, Saxon and Norman
A number of Romano-British sites have been discovered and studied on the Isle of Purbeck, including a villa at Bucknowle Farm near Corfe Castle, excavated between 1976 and 1991.[4] The Kimmeridge shale of the isle was worked extensively during the Roman period, into jewellery, decorative panels and furniture.[5]
At the extreme southern tip of Purbeck is St Aldhelm's Chapel which is Norman work but built on a Pre-Conquest Christian site marked with a circular earthwork and some graves. In 1957 the body of a 13th century woman was found buried NNE of the chapel which suggests there may have been a hermitage in the area. In 2000 the whole chapel site was declared a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The precise function of the chapel building is disputed with suggestions that it may have been a religious retreat, a chantry for the souls of sailors who had drowned off St Aldhelm's Head or even a lighthouse or warning bell to warn sailors. Victorian restoration work of the chapel found signs that a beacon may have adorned the roof. The present cross on the roof is Victorian.
The town of Wareham retains its Saxon earth embankment wall and it churches have Saxon origins. One of these, St Martins-on-the-Walls was built in 1030 and today contains traces of medieval and later wall paintings.
At Corfe Castle village is the great castle which gives the village its modern name. The castle commands the strategic gap in the Purbeck Ridge. The present castle dates from after the Conquest of 1066 but this may replace Saxon work as the village was the place where Saxon King Edward the Martyr had been murdered in 978. The supposed place of his murder is traditionally on, or near, the castle mound. Corfe was one of the first English castles to be built in stone - at a time when earth and timber were the norm. This may have been due to the plentiful supply of good building stone in Purbeck.
Sir John Bankes bought the castle in 1635, and was the owner during the English Civil War. His wife, Lady Mary Bankes, led the defence of the castle when it was twice besieged by Parliamentarian forces. The first siege, in 1643, was unsuccessful, but by 1645 Corfe was one of the last remaining royalist strongholds in Southern England and fell to a siege ending in an assault. In March that year Corfe Castle was demolished ('slighted') on Parliament's orders. Owned by the National Trust, the castle is open to the public. It is protected as a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The isle
A large part of the district is now designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), but a portion of the coast around Worbarrow Bay and the ghost village of Tyneham is still, after nearly 60 years, in the possession of the Ministry of Defence who use it as a training area. Lulworth Ranges are part of the Armoured Fighting Vehicles Gunnery School at Lulworth Camp. Tanks and other armoured vehicles are used in this area and shells are fired. Due to safety reasons, right of entry is only given when the army ranges are not in operation. Large red flags are flown and flashing warning lamps on Bindon Hill and St Alban's Head are lit when the ranges are in use.[6] At such times the entrance gates are locked and wardens patrol the area.
Other places of note are:
Swanage, at the eastern end of the peninsula, is a seaside resort. At one time it was linked by a branch railway line from Wareham; this was closed in 1972, but has now reopened as the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway.
Studland: This is a seaside village in its own sandy bay. Nearby, lying off-shore from The Foreland (also Handfast Point), are the chalk stacks named Old Harry Rocks: Old Harry and his Wife.
Poole Harbour is popular with yachtsmen; it contains Brownsea Island, the site of the first-ever Scout camp.
Corfe Castle is in the centre of the isle, with its picturesque village named after it.
Langton Matravers, which was once the home of several boys preparatory schools until 2007 when the Old Malthouse closed.
Kimmeridge Bay, with its fossil-rich Jurassic shale cliffs, and site of the oldest continually working oil well in the world.
This photo was taken a few years ago in North Richland Hills. Building in the fore ground is the Church of Christ, in the background, where the lightning is striking is downtown Fort Worth. The Camera used was an Olympus OMG 35mm film camera using Kodak ISO 100 Film. The Exposure is unknown. Scanned from negative with a Canon Canonscan 8600F scanner.
This is what I could hear!
This is the Corra Linn waterfall on the river Clyde. It is not in full spate as a lot of water is taken from the river higher up to provide water to generate electricity. There was still enough water to make quite a noise as it crashed over the rocks.
There is another waterfall further up river but we didn't go that far. Saving it for another trip. Maybe we will be able to time it for when the falls are in full spate, when all the water is allowed down the river. It apparently happens a few days in the year.
for more info en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_of_Clyde_(waterfalls)