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This sign amused me, since we were on our honeymoon - a time in life when there are truly changed priorities ahead.
Mike explained to me that the sign actually meant that one street was the "primary" street, but at the next intersection it would become secondary to the larger street.
I like my version better.
Made the top 31 for June 30, 2005.
An irregular runner , the 6M40 Seaham Harbour - Tunstead arrives at Swinton for a crew change .
26 4 21
I just had to do one in sepia right?
I'm still here and I'm happy to say that the little girl I'm babysitting is a joy! She wore me out, but she is so adorable! Thanks for sticking by me my friends!
Large: farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2224952778_c763b37a07_b.jpg
All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle that is taking place every instant.
-- Henry David Thoreau
I had intended to do other thiings today but then the snow came down. not that much but enough that I didn't feel like going out in it and what I intended to do can wait. So why waste an opportunity to be my preferred self.?
Amazing how quickly the vista changes over the course of only a few minutes as the sun approaches and then crests the horizon.
i made an entry over at my blog about little changes i've been making in the last couple of months.
one includes a meal plan for the week:
High tide this afternoon. It was too cool for short sleeves, and too warm for a jacket. The weather looked okay to the east, and stormy to the west. Change in the air.
Do you believe that there's someone up above?
And does he have a timetable directing acts of love?
Why did I write this song on that one day?
Why did you touch my hand and softly say
"Stop asking questions that don't matter anyway
Just give us a kiss to celebrate here today"
Something changed
When we woke up that morning we had no way of knowing
That in a matter of hours we'd change the way we were going
Where would I be now, where would I be now if we'd never met?
Would I be singing this song to someone else instead?
I don't know but like you just said
Something changed
Jarvis Cocker explained the meaning behind the song in an interview with Dave Simpson for Melody Maker magazine around the time of the single's release: "It was originally written about 12 years ago. My sister sang an early version, but it had different words. It never got used, and then I just remembered it. Because it had been written such a long time ago it made me wonder what I was doing then. And I worked out that it must have been written quite near to me meeting this girl. It's just wondering, really. If I hadn't gone out and met this particular person in this particular nightclub, and formed a relationship with her, how different would my life have been? So it's not really about fate, it's more about the randomness of things. Which I like. As I've said before, that's the main thing I feel is missing from my life. The worst thing about having a schedule and a timetable is that there's less chance for unexpected things to happen."
I don't strongly believe in fate, but life sometimes unfolds in such strange and unexpected ways that it makes one wonder. Or perhaps it is completely random; we are just here and not there. For better or worse.
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Steppin Out....
Looking for a change of pace from shooting the same sites over and over so I decided to visit Pinecrest Gardens today as I haven't been there a a few years. Why, oh why, have I stayed away so long. I had a great day....shady, no crowds, and so much to shoot.
Been to the Free State Province a couple of times during winter of this year and the sky was virtually void of any any clouds; glad to see they are slowly creeping back this summer which I hear will be very warm and dry...
Free State Province - South Africa
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*slightly larger image uploaded than usual, with my new monitor even I have trouble with the smaller images I uploaded thus far*
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[Event] Garden Rhapsody - At the SuperTree Grove
[Details] - Be entertained by familiar Christmas tunes as the towering vertical gardens come to life every evening in a specially choreographed 12-minute music and light show.
This image is a second image which was captured earlier this week in Wiltshire whilst taking the opportunity to photograph the Milky Way. I think it's fair to say I got a little distracted.
The last time that I was fortunate to photograph the Northern Lights, was back in Iceland in March/April 2016, so only taken eight years. Hopefully some more opportunities in the near future.
Thanks to turning back the clocks one hour, I get to see the sunrise again on my way to work. It's a nice change of pace but it gets dark earlier in the evening.
Taken only last year, but this show of 63628 BJ73 WVO is already very different to today.
The X5 now doesn't go to Gosport and the old Gosport Bus Station is closed and now being demolished.
I like experimenting with AI to transform vintage advertising graphics in various ways.
AI does not always follow instructions, which can produce surprising results. That is what happened here. I asked it to turn the illustrations of people in a 1966 men's clothing ad into photographs of real people.
It obliged, only with twist that brought Fathers' Day up to date. As part of a two-dad family, I was tickled by the mistake.
See whether you can spot the difference. Well, it got the big polka dots right.
Here is Arriva Buses Wales Wrightbus VDL AB200 Pulsar CX07 CUU 2657 is seen at Bangor bus station on bus stop C as this is loading the passangers as its working on the route X4 to Caergybi / Holyhead. The bus times for Arriva in Bangor have now changed as the 4A is now heading for Llangefni via Coleg Menai Bangor, Belmont Road, Ysbyty Gwynedd, Ysgol y Faenol and Treborth. The service 44A for Monday to Saturday at the time of 17:15 is now withdrawn and for Sunday service. 27/05/17
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....in all around I see.."
I certainly have a fondness for these old dead tree's, not only does it provide a wonderful subject but i find a deeper meaning to its demise...
... always bring good news after (and there are no bad ones, just our fears)...
More nature impressions: www.romanbilan.com
Photographs from AFP-REUTERS-GETTYIMAGES&AP
World leaders will soon gather in Copenhagen in the hopes of coming up with a binding agreement aimed at limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. But what if we're not successful?
Kirsty Lewis of the Met Office Hadley Centre, a leading climate research group, introduces a new Flash map which shows what might happen should temperatures rise by 4 degrees Celsius.
The impacts of climate change will be widespread across the globe. Emissions of greenhouse gases have already altered the earth's atmosphere and the climate is already changing. We will live with the consequences of these changes for the next few decades, regardless of the actions we take now to reduce our emissions. However, beyond that time, future climate change depends on whether we continue to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at the rate we currently do, or whether we take effective steps to dramatically reduce our emissions.
The difference between these two courses of action is the difference between some inevitable climate change, and more severe, "high-end" climate change in the longer term. This is a decision that faces politicians at the global climate change negotiations at Copenhagen in December.
In order to understand more about what the human impact of high-end climate change might be, and therefore what would happen if a successful agreement can not be reached at Copenhagen, the United Kingdom's Met Office Hadley Centre has produced a map outlining some of the impacts that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial climate average.
The Latest Research
The map was produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre, but contains contributions from climate scientists from other institutions conducting the latest research on climate impacts.
Although the average temperature rise over the globe is 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) the projection on the map shows that this average rise will not be spread uniformly across the globe. The land will heat up more quickly than the sea, and high latitudes, particularly the Arctic, will have larger temperature increases. The average land temperature will be 5.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The impacts on human activity shown on the map are only a selection of those that may occur, and highlight the severe effects on water availability, agricultural productivity, extreme temperatures and drought, the risk of forest fire and sea level rise.
Frightening Impacts
Agricultural yields are expected to decrease for all major cereal crops in all major regions of production. The availability of water will be affected by melting of glaciers, particularly in areas such as the Indus basin and western China, where much of the river flow comes from melt water. Population increases, combined with changes in river run off as a result of changes in rainfall patterns and increased temperatures, could mean that by 2080 significantly less water is available to approximately 1 billion people already living under water stress. For many areas of the world sea level rise, combined with the effect of storms, will threaten low lying coastal communities. There are often very dense populations living along coasts, as well as important infrastructure and high value agricultural land, which makes the impact of coastal flooding particularly severe. The intrusion of salt water on farming land, and the risk to lives of flooding events could affect millions of people worldwide every year.
The impacts are frightening, and the list is not exhaustive. However, the map represents a world where climate change has gone unmitigated, where we have continued to emit greenhouse gases at the rates we are today. If we continue to do this, then the likelihood of the planet warming by 4 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) increases, and as it does so the risk of these impacts being realised also increases. By taking strong and effective action to curb greenhouse gases emissions, it may be possible to limit this temperature rise to 2 debrees Celsius (4 degrees Fahrenheit). Although this would still bring some adverse impacts, the risk of the very severest impacts, as shown in the Met Office Hadley Centre map, is significantly reduced.
By Kirsty Lewis, Principal Climate Change Consultant for the Met Office Hadley Centre, the UK's principal climate research institute and a global leader in climate change science.
More Info: www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662887,00.html
High Cirrostratus cloud moves in ahead of a major weather change. An almost complete 22 degree solar halo was formed by masses of ice crystals refracting the sun's light.
Day 3 of Pentax Forums Daily in August 2020 Challenge.
Sigma DC 18-200mm f3.5-6.3
First self-portrait in such a long time. I was long overdue for a change, so I cut off my hair. Personally, it was more than just a haircut. Insecurities used to eat me alive, so I would hide behind my hair. Honestly, It took me so many years to become comfortable enough with myself for such a change. I've grown out of who I used to be. So, here's to a new start and a brand new me...
P.S. I've been posting stuff like crazy on Facebook, so I would truly appreciate if you "liked" my page. ;)
These photos, all shot within a few seconds of each other during Horizons, show why there are no two identical photos of our planet from orbit. Mother Earth changes her face constantly... / Diese Fotos wurden innerhalb weniger Sekunden während Horizons aufgenommen, und zeigen, warum es keine zwei identischen Bilder unseres Planeten aus dem Orbit gibt. Mutter Erde ändert ihr Gesicht permanent...
Credit: ESA-A.Gerst
ID: 364J7643
A Spring Morning Sunrise at Ivy Creek Overlook in the South District of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
The mountainscape here represents the changing of the seasons. The copyright watermark represents a personal change I am making to all my photographs that I post on the Web from here on out.
I am so fed up with people stealing my photos for their blogs and web sites, but when I see an image of mine that is being mass produced and inserted into frames and then sold in gift shops, that is where the thieving bullshit has got to stop.
Google/Yahoo/Bing image search + the Windows snipping tool makes it very easy for anyone to lift images from the Web - any photo, any site - so I'm gonna make it a bit harder for thieves with my new watermark in place - its gonna take some precise and tedious work on their part to clone out this watermark. It may take me awhile, but all the images in my photostream are gonna get watermarked like this. This watermark may annoy some of you, but I don't care at this point what anyone thinks - until you've dealt with the crap that I have in the past year, you won't understand why I have no other choice but to do this.
Think about the big picture here folks (no pun intended of course) - anyone from anywhere in the world can easily steal your photos, and unless you or someone you know would happen to stumble upon the image, you'll never know. But what are the chances of that happening if the stolen image is being used/sold in another state or another country? SLIM to NONE!
Many thanks to some good friends who have also spotted the images in various locations within SNP, and for looking out for me when I can't be there: William Groah, John H. Messner, Gabriel Mapel & Daniel Mapel. The managers at each gift shop location has been very helpful and have removed the photos from the frames. The SNP vendor DNC Parks & Resorts at Shenandoah, Inc. (Deleware North) has also been very helpful and provided the information as to where the photos came from. Photo Thieves Identified: Gift Works Plus www.flickr.com/photos/lwbrown/8817455100/.
And get a load of this crap: this is what Gift Works Plus stated to the SNP vendor: They just googled and downloaded these images. Since they were not protected, they were able to do so as public domain. Public domain? Just because they displayed in a Google image search? Ha! Where in hell did they get that assumption? Believe me, I am not taking this lightly.
HDR -- 3 brackets (-2 | 0 | +2) merged and tone mapped.
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Precautions I am now taking:
Most of you have probably noticed that I have removed 95% of my photo posts here on Flickr ( I used to have 700+ images here and a few videos). I will add them back as time permits but only once the large Copyright watermark is added to each one. I have also deleted my entire Web site (www.ShenandoahViews.com) for now. I will no longer post any photos online without a large Copyright watermark. If you're wondering why I am using large watermarks on my photos now, please see this post in case you missed it.
a7rii + Ihagee Anastigmat Exaktar 1:3.5 F = 7.5cm (1936; VP Exakta; rebadged Primotar, made by Meyer)