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This is the base of the sculpture, which really does have two very fine masks as its central theme (hence its title). The masks are inspired by themes in the Japanese and Korean cultures, respectively.
Lucky us to have such treasures to visit on the streets where we shop in Tacoma.
Artist: Doug Granum
Title: Grandfather Noh Mask and Ha Hway (Bride) Mask
Back in 2001 this was the first litter of kittens that I'd ever had first hand experience with. I had been feeding their mother, Gem, outside with my other outdoor cats for several weeks - by her behavior, I had a suspicion that she was nursing a litter somewhere nearby. Then one evening, a neighbor brought to me a thin abandoned kitten found just that day, that they had named Skittles. She had brown strips with white on her feet, chin and belly. I was able to feed her formula from my finger tip until she went to sleep. Later that night, about 3 a.m., I woke to the shrill cries of a hungry kitten, but Skittles was quite obviously still sound asleep! So I went out back where I usually feed the outdoor cats - nothing there! Following the cries, which were rather heart rending, I found a little black wrench, just skin and bones, on the sidewalk in front of my nieghbor's house. I brought her in and for the next two hours feed her and her sister more formula from my fingers (since I didn't have any eye droppers). The following morning, when I went to feed the outdoor kitties, Gem was there for breakfast with two more babies - real "butter-balls" - another brown tiger stripe (the only boy of the lot) and a gray striped girl with white feet & chin and a bright pink nose. Gem apparently had been bringing them to my place, a spot she knew to be rich in food. When she finished eating that morning, she looked back at her two babies, looked at me, and then turned and left. Her glance at me seemed to say, "I've done my part, they're yours now!" And so they have been!!!
Arriva are pulling out of Aberystwyth shortly, but they are still advertising their service 20 to Cardiff at the bus station. After the 20 is gone though Stagecoach look like moving in with a service to London.
the shade garden is coming on quit well plants to be seen are a mix of primulas and aquilegia foxgloves selfheal teasels muscari armeniacum in front corner gooseberry and a fern and an acer in the pot
Our backyard is full of blooming trees right now. You would think it would be really easy to get a good shot of some but its tough to find a nice background and good lighting. I'm sure some of you wont like this composition, but the rule of the thirds is meant to be broken every now and then.
CPL used.
Clackamas, Oregon.
Lovely Sunday & happy new week to all...
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Bird: Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
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Sometimes I feel like I am in the back seat of life, so I have to make a little noise to get my feet planted in the right direction even if I am surrounded by seemingly insurmountable odds.
This little flower just seemed to be waving at me to be shown on Flickr, even though it was surrounded by much bigger, and more beautiful flowers.
Have a great day or night. :)
Ah well back to reality, back to work after the lovely 6 days in Scotland.!
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
www.yas.nhs.uk/our-services/emergency-ambulance-service-999/
Course Director and staff gift for Wood Badge SR677 - Heart of Virginia Council. Watercolor painting by Mark Larson
Haven't been shooting in a while work, family and other aspects of life have been keeping me away from shutter therapy. I decided to give 28mm another shot and found the Coolpix A for a great price at Fm forums, I had the Ricoh GR which I loved but sold off a while back was actually going to reacquire the GR again but got such a great price on this one that I couldn't pass up a solid camera indeed and the menus felt right at home because one of the very first DSLR I had was a D40 and Nikon's menus felt consistent.