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Photos from the Ann Arbor Dance Classics rehearsal of the Nutcracker on Friday December 10, 2016 at Milan High School (Saline, Michigan). This is mostly from the second act because I was on stage for the first act. The performances were at 2pm on Saturday AND Sunday December 11 & 12, 2016. The Nutcracker was Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Frankly a good thing because there's already one just across the road at Northpark Shopping Centre. Aldi might be a good replacement.
Sun, March 20, 2011 - Camping at Silver Lake. The plan was to get a campsite so we could take advantage of the park and shoot the super moon. Thoughts of moonlight dancing off the lake is what prompted our impromptu adventure. There was no moonlight dancing on the surface of the lake but there were glowing eyes within the lake. Our pictures didn't turn out as expected. Locked into the campground we slept in our cars. We were rewarded with an adventure and a beautiful misty morning!
Freeing the raccoon. We think there were only 2, because we saw a squirrel in our attic, which would explain the post raccoon noise.
Carolyn.
raccoon, raccoon trap.
video.
park, Annandale, Virginia.
July 30, 2007.
To see video of the raccoon snarling and attacking Clint's camera: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD5ut_tZoBc
To see video of the raccoon being released: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIp-UHdc5s
Because when Pullips dress up in Liv clothes they get delusions of grandeur...
♬You better work ( cover girl )
Work it girl ( give a twirl )
Do your thing on the runway♬
Before moving to Canada I'd never encountered the phenomenon of footwear being hurled up over power-lines and the like. Now it's just part of the scenery...
7 hyvällä mielellä palvellen,
niinkuin palvelisitte Herraa ettekä ihmisiä,
7 Tjäna villigt som ni gör
när ni tjänar Herren och inte människor.
(Tjäna villigt och glatt
det gäller ju Herren och inte människor.)
7 with good will doing service,
as to the Lord, and not to men;
Eph. 6:7
Man's coat of embroidered, hand-loomed cotton from the 1800s. Part of the exhibit "Art and Stories of Mughal India" at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Mughals were descended from Central Asian nomadic horse tribes. A coat such as this was common, because it kept dust from the pants. Coats such as this continued to be popular into the 1800s, and were often woven of such fine, thin thread as to be extremely lightweight and semi-transparent.
well, because of some festivity next month I felt the need to get a new suit(...) But I haven't been shopping for a suit in ten years I guess, so what do I know? Anyway, then I found this store in town where they sold a suit with a bike for a price I thought I would be spending on the suit alone! So how could I resist? ^_^
235/365
So I've basically wanted to do a Hunger Games themed picture for a while now, and I had just bought that dress a little bit before my birthday, it's light blue. When I wore it for my birthday dinner with a ton of gold jewelry, I was thinking about how I wanted to take a picture with it and rock the side braid because it looks movie Katniss :)
I personally loved the movie, it's one of the only book to movie's I've liked for quite some time now... but when you think about the story line- book or movie.... it's quite disturbing. I couldn't help but feel my heart get wrenched out multiple times in both- it doesn't matter, the message is clear.
This picture has so many flaws in it I can't even count. I really wanted this to be a good picture.... tomorrows another day. Another try.
Oh and if you haven't listened to Taylor Swift "Eye's Open" song on the Hunger Games soundtrack, go listen. It's beautiful and the title for this picture is directly from the song :)
I lose my way and it's not too long before you point it out.
I cannot cry because i know that's weakness in your eyes.
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh every day of my life.
My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with.
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk, because of you I learned to play on the safe side so i don't get hurt. Because of you I find it hard to trust not only ME , but EVERYONE around me, because of you...
I AM AFRAID
Because of my recent ill health - and as part of a house search - Steph and I spent a long weekend in Norfolk. Thank you Steph!
Because love is always beautiful.
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Potters usually have an unfired clay bowl around. The bowl must in this case break away from the plaster because no release was used; the plaster would stick nearly permanently in a finished bowl. This one was used to catch excess plaster the "real" mold didn't use. Plus, if I'm in a rush to get the real one unmolded, I can poke and test this chunk without guilt. But in this case, I will treat the little bun shape nicely, as it has many uses in the studio.
Well see what you wanna see. You should see it all.
Well take what you want from me. You deserve it all.
Nine times out of ten, our hearts just get dissolved.
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall.
But one time out of ten, everything is perfect for us all.
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall.
Here we go!
-modestmouse "Bukowski"-
Title: Because mono-tone is how to make photos 1000% more awesome, even though @justindamountains, aka Mr. Wasatch doesn't need a cool filter, he is the cool filter. Actually @instagram can you rename your black and white filter 'Justin'? - via Instagram: ift.tt/2u4VjZT Info: Follow a journey of adventurous metaphors; dive into the belly of self-love with unyielding trust and peace through the flow of Yoga, Meditation, Insight, Wellness, & Life. ift.tt/KhKH1x
Because it was a very cold day ,Champaz decided to stay in bed. He looks very grumpy in this capture , i think he wanted to sleep and not be disturbed.....
July 18th, 2013 - Bon Jovi performs live on Because We Can Tour at Ford Field in Detroit Michigan. Credit: Chris Schwegler. www.schwegweb.com
bought this one at a yard sale for 10$ a couple summers ago from a little old man. there were still 4 exposures in it, so i took it and experimented with one load of film. anyone want to go in on a box of polas together?
and you can always make me smile.
=]
another photo of my sister
i almost started to cry the other day when i thought about the year where she'll be off to college and ill be a senior in highschool.
i dont know how i'll manage
Because of work restrictions -- talking on the phone, etc. -- my brother and I had to alter the makeup plan. That's why there isn't makeup covering his hands, ears, or neck.
Notice the gorgeous manicure!
Check out my how-to stuff Max and Courtney Make Monsters, my my blog, and my YouTube page.
Because we just love the sunrise and sunset lights, on the same day on our Yallow Water billabong sunrise cruise, we had scheduled a scenic flight just before sunset to fly over Jabiru and large parts of Kakadu National Park.
The following shots are just a few samples of all the shots I took that day. It was quite a challenge because of the plane windows, but what a view...
You have to know that April is known a the storm season in Kakadu, and Aboriginal people recognise 6 seasons along the year. The sky was absolutely fantastic and gave a incredible light on the ground...
More details and photos on our blog:
sabseb-expat.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/trip-dans-le-top-end...
This is just an unattractive tiny little flower no one will notice by the road side, if you don't agree then it is because it made by a Zeiss lens!
Roosevelt Island
Located at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, this fine. Gothic Revival structure was originally constructed for the treatment, of that "loathsome-malady,' smallpox, and for many years was New York City's only such institution. It is now a picturesque ruin, one which could readily serve as the setting for a 19th century "Gothick" romance.
The construction of a new hospital was under consideration in 1850, at which time smallpox victims were cared for in what Resident Physician William Kelly described as "a pile of poor wooden out houses on the banks of the river." Unlike numerous . other medical institutions built by the City on the island in the 19th century, the Smallpox Hospital was not planned-exclusively for charity cases. Because of the seriousness and the contagious nature of the disease paying patients were also admitted. Although vaccination against smallpox was common medical practice by the mid-19th century, the disease continued to plague New York City. Smallpox often afflicted recently arrived immigrants, and therefore increasingly more stringent quarantine measures were instituted. As late as 1871 smallpox reached epidemic proportions in New York, while during' the Civil War many soldiers as well as immigrants, were stricken with the disease.
The original Smallpox Hospital—without the north and south wings which are later additions—was built in 1854-56 and designed by James Renwick, Jr. It was first opened for public inspection on December 18, 1856. When the old buildings were destroyed by fire, patients had to be transferred to the new hospital which was not yet completely ready. Nevertheless^the Resident Physician,- . William Sanger, reported that the new building was "admirable", an opinion also voiced by the professional staff during the following years. The Smallpox Hospital accomodated one hundred patients with charity cases in wards on the lower floors and a series of private rooms at the upper stories for paying patients.
In 1875 the Board of Health assumed control of the Smallpox Hospital which had previously been administered by the Commission of Charities and Correction. This was the body which supervised all other institutions on Blackwell's Island, as Roosevelt Island was known in the 19th century. The Smallpox Hospital was renamed Riverside Hospital although it continued to treat smallpox cases. In 18S6 the building reverted to control by the Commission of Charities and Correction and was convert to a Home for the Nurses of the Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School. Ihis school, established in 1-875, was associated with Charity Hospital (later City Hospital), located just north of the Smallpox. Hospital. As the training program expanded, a residence for the student nurses became necessary. The Smallpox Hospital became available for this purpose after a new hospital for the treatment of smallpox and other contagious diseases was built on North Brothers Island. This also had the effect of reducing the danger of the spread of disease to the Blackwell's Island population, which by the end of the century numbered some seven thousand.
The island was renamed Welfare Island in 1921, a reflection of the general nature of its use. In the course of the 20th century many of the -institutional buildings there became inadequate and obsolete, among them the City Hospital, which in the 1950s was relocated to new buildings in Queens. Both the main hospital building and the former Smallpox Hospital were abandoned. The Smallpox Hospital fell into disrepair and its deterioration continued at an ever accelerating pace. In the late 1960s, despite its condition, it was included in a list of buildings on the island considered worthy of preservation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the noted architectural historian, Henry-Russell Hitchcock. The New York State Urban Development Corporation undertook certain measures to reinforce the walls of the structure under the direction of the prominent New York architect, Giorgio Cavaglieri; however the building remains an uninhabitable ruin with all the romance which any great work of architecture retains as long as its general outlines can be discerned, evoking memories of its past.
The Smallpox Hospital is faced with gray gneiss, the stone quarried on the island and used for many of the buildings erected there. The hospital, which is three stories in height, is essentially U-shaped in plan, a configuration formed by the later addition of the north and south wings which flank the original central block of the building. This central portion has a low-pitched hip roof which was originally crowned by a tall crenelated cupola with pointed arch openings. The original west facade, now recessed between the wings, is symmetrically arranged with a slightly projecting central pavilion three bays in width and projecting end pavilions one bay wide.
These portions of the building are surmounted by picturesque crenelated parapets. The windows of the first two floors are rectangular with six-over-six sash, and those at the third floor are designed with pointed, straight-sided' arches' consisting of stone blocks mitred at the top, an interesting and unusual design.
The dramatic focal point of the building is the entry with heavy stone porch surmounted by a crenellated bay, similar in design to the stone oriel windows of the wings. The entry is further enhanced by the massive tower-like structure • above, with recessed gothic pointed arch on corbels and crowned by crenellations and a smaller freestanding pointed arch. The end wings were designed • in character with the original central block; the south wing, the work of architects York $ Sawyer, was built in 1903-1904, and the north wing was added by Renwick, Aspinwall § Owen, successors to the firm of James Renwick Jr., in 1904-05, The only aspect of these wings not inspired by Renwick1s original Gothic Revival design was a mansard roof with dormers, intended to provide additional space.
James Renwick, Jr. (1818-1395), was on® of' New York's most fashionable and successful architects. In 1840, he achieved instant recognition and popularity with his Gothic Revival design for Grace Church, selected in competition when Renwick, who was entirely self*-trained as an architect, was only twenty-five. Renwick designed many buildings in New York City, among them three which are now designed New York City Landmarks; Grace Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the William E. Dodge villa (now the Greyston Conference Center in the Bronx.) These three, like the Smallpox Hospital, are in the Gothic Revival style which Renwick favored in the early years of his career.
Later, he also designed buildings in the French Second Empire style, a notable example being the Charity Hospital on Roosevelt Island. For several years, Renwick was Supervising Architect for the Commission of Charities and Correction and designed the Workhouse, the Lighthouse, as well as the Charity and Smallpox Hospitals, on Roosevelt Island; the Inebriate and Lunatic Asylums on Ward's Island; and the main building of the Children's Hospital on Randall's Island.
The Smallpox Hospital could easily become the American equivalent of the great Gothic ruins of England, such as the late 13th century Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, which has been admired and cherished since the 18t.h century as a romantic ruin. Plans have been made to transform the southern tip of Roosevelt Island into a park; ruins in park settings were so much enjoyed in Europe in the 18th century that small "garden fabrics", which were purely ornamental structures, were actually built "in ruins" on various estates. The Smallpox Hospital in park surroundings would be of comparable picturesque interest Paul Zucker in Fascination of Decay (1963) stated that ruins can be". . . an expression of an eerie romantic mood...a palpable documentation of a period in the past...something which recalls a specific concept of architectural space and proportion." The Smallpox Hospital possesses all these evocative qualities.
- From the 1976 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report