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You may have wondered what my recent lack of posts is about.
Here's a quick explaination-updtae-ish thing!
I have decided to release my latest works, Arrow, armoured Bats and others all in a bunch as a holiday special, which is why none of them are up so far. The holiday special will also include an unusual surprise for you to enjoy! Stay tuned, guys!
I plan to shoot my pics more professionally from now, as the amount of detail I put in my work has risen with the above, which deserves higher standard pics for you to see it all, which might take more time than before. Sorry, but I promise, the wait will pay out ;)
Harley Quinn (New 52) and two special holiday characters were added to the bunch above!!
We had a field trip this morning with NikonJim, Tim (Bowtoo), Jenny (AppleFG) and Jims neighbor John who is not on Flickr yet.
Thanks to Jim for organizing this and getting my butt out of bed at 5am. The mission was to capture the sunrise/moon together..at least that was the mission in theory. However, the moon was smart and stayed in bed. I politely hinted to Jim to climb the rocks on the left and shine a mooner...but he didnt folllow through with that.
Anyway..we had a great but cold time and finished the am with a nice hearty breakfast in Nahant.
This is a very long exposure with my 5D and my hoya filter (to get the long exposure). I dont have an ND10 filter yet. Its actually a manual blend of two exposures because one was more underexposed and the other more well exposed image had too much flare.
I left the residual color in the photo since I didnt want to go to Black and white. The color was redder but I changed it slightly to this orange color.
I decided to take my camera and shot some volleyball. I didn't shoot all the time, because I wanted to see some of it on my own and not through the lens, but here are some of the best shots. I used my Nikkor 85mm 1.8 and I think it's a great way to bypass the cold time of the year. So everyone who's interested in sports I recommend to give it a try.
By the way the "FT 1844" is the volleyball team of the town I live in. It was a really great game, but I didn't expect something else since they play in the second highest division of german volleyball. They won 3:0, but had to fight hard at some points.
Feel free to add comments on what you like or dislike, so I can improve.
Water at this cold time of year is not So Plentiful, and these Robins and Bohemian Waxwings seem OK with the truce. All but one that is.... There's always one in the crowd isn't there?
I still need to add spider web. Worked on this earlier in the week before developing a cold.
Time lapse video coming soon.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
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Native American -Cherokee Legend - Why the Trees lose their leaves.
In the early times, the trees and animals were always able to talk to one another. They lived close to each other and shared many things; but every year, the cold time came and the birds would fly south to where it remained warm and would return with their families in the spring, when the warm season returned.
One year, as the cold season approached Sparrow was injured. He would not be strong enough to fly to the warm lands with his family by himself, so he made his family fly south to the warm lands without him.
Injured, he knew he would not survive the cold season. So he sought the help the trees. He approached Oak. "Oh, Oak, I am injured, and cannot fly, the cold season approaches, and if I do not find shelter before then, surely I shall die. Please, Oak, let me shelter among your leaves and branches during the cold times, that I may heal and greet my family on their return in the spring."
But Oak was a crusty old tree, and did not relish the idea of having a guest in the cold time, so he told sparrow: "Sparrow, go find somewhere else to spend the cold time. I do not wish you to spend the cold time with me."
And poor Sparrow was hurt in his spirit to be turned away.
So Sparrow went to Maple and asked her. "Maple, I am hurt and not able to fly to the warm lands with my family for the cold season. Please let me shelter among your leaves and branches during the cold time, or surely I will perish. And Maple, though a very sweet tree, did not enjoy the thought of a guest for the cold time and she too, turned Sparrow away. "you,....., you go ask someone else to shelter you, Sparrow. I do not wish you to spend the cold time with me."
And again, hurt in spirit, Sparrow was turned away.
Sparrow went in turn to each of the trees and asked each for shelter in the cold time; and each, and every time, Sparrow was turned away...... until there was no tree left to ask, except Pine.
With no hope left..., but not willing to accept death...., Sparrow approached Pine.
"Pine, I am injured, and not able to fly south to the warm lands with my family. If I do not find shelter before the cold time, I will surely perish. Please...., let me shelter among your leaves and branches during the cold time..."
Pine thought to himself, ("I am the least of the trees, what can I do?") ....but his heart heard Sparrow's plight. "Sparrow... My leaves are tiny... more like needles... my branches are not as many as other trees... but what I have you are welcome to share."
And so, Sparrow spent the cold time with Pine. And when the warm times returned in the spring, Sparrow's family returned also. And Sparrow had healed over the cold time and flew to greet their return..
Creator had seen and heard all that had happened between Sparrow and the Trees. And Creator called a great council of the Trees and spoke to them..., "You, who were given so much......, who had so much, would not share the least of what you had with Sparrow in his need. Because of this.., from this day forward, when the cold time is upon the land, your leaves shall wither and die and blow away."
Creator then spoke to Pine. "Pine, you, who had the least of all the trees, gave so much, have touched my Spirit. When the cold times come, You of all the trees shall keep your leaves they shall remain green through all the seasons for the gift you have given me, through Sparrow."
And that is why, to this day, that when the cold time comes to the land, all the leaves wither, and die, and blow away.... Except for Pine.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
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Trandtruk was commissioned by by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century and is one of his demonness-subduing temples (Jokhang being another). It is not big but very atmosferic - close to Tsetang.
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Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Mount Everest Base Camp. In wintertime without ANY other visitors.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
SOOC
Went out yesterday night till almost 04h :D feeling better and enjoying the warm weather before the cold time comes...
Here one of the shots, I will post later or tomorrow some others :)
Tomorrow, free day here :D so, no work, wohoo!!!
Have a great Sunday you all!
Pilgrimage and shopping in the Barkhor area (Lhasa's old town and religious centre), on the Barkhor kora (path for clockwise walking around a holy place) starting at the Jokhang temple.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
texture les brumes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCl108Lxav0
Live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kan7ikbC3M4&feature=related
So much blood I'm starting to drown
Runs from cold to colder
Time to time the sky's come down
To help me lose my way
Tears and lies for answers
You and open veins, God knows I'm gone
Girl I just want you to
Come on down
Lord it's a storm and I'm heading to fall
These sins are mine and I've done wrong, oh babe
Come on down
Long Gone Day
Mmmm, who ever said
We wash away with the rain
See you all from time to time
Isn't it so strange
How far away we all are now
Am I the only one who remembers that summer
Oh, I remember
Everyday each time the place was saved
The music that we made
The wind has carried all of that away
Long gone day
Mmmm, who ever said
We wash away with the rain
So many tears I'm starting to drown
The rain in heaven's all come down
Silver spoons affix the crown
The luckless ones are broken
Fears and lies for answers
You and open flames
God knows I'm gone
And I just want you to
Come on down, hmmm
Lord it's a storm and I'm heading to fall
These sins are mine and I've done wrong
I want you to, oh, I just want you to
Come on down
I fear again, like then, I've lost my way
And shout to God to bring my sunny day
Mad Season (with guest star Mark Lanegan)
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Pilgrimage and shopping in the Barkhor area (Lhasa's old town and religious centre), on the Barkhor kora (path for clockwise walking around a holy place) starting at the Jokhang temple.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Arriving Mount Qomolongma (Mount Everest) Base Camp.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Hay épocas en las que no solo las temperaturas son frías, las miradas, la relaciones, la gente, el mundo... vos... yo.
Still half frozen over on 9 August...well, that's very deep slush anyway.
Mom went over this pass in the early 50s with her brother, David: Yes, we had bedrolls, but it was at a cold time of year - I rmemeber that. Don't know what month, maybe early spring. It seems we may have been going to Dad's for the summer - he (David) would have been at Berkeley at that time. I remember our both being there together one or two summers. He worked on the oil fields, chopping weeds, to help with college expenses. That had to be during the summers when he was still going to Cal Tech, so 1948 to '52? Then he went to Berkeley for his Master's (I'm thinking he didn't quite finish that, not sure - think he finished it during his work with Western Geophysics) while I was at San Jose State.
I mostly just remember how heavy that backpack was, and the scooped out area we dug to sleep in, under a pile of pine boughs to keep warm. I think that was on the way up the mountain. That means we had to finish going up, then down into Bullfrog Lake, then up and out again the next day. Only spent two days altogether. That's all I recall.
i was motivated. crazy motivated.
every. ounce. is. gone.
i wish i cared about everything i need to care about. but i just dont.
i cant imagine doing anything ever again. then again, that could be the 6am exhaustion speaking.
but lately whenever i have glimpses of remembrance of doing stuff, it exhausts me and overwhelms me to the point where i just turn my mind off to avoid a total crash. reality is a fleeting thought which I'm packing away for another day when i might have more of a "go get 'em, tiger" attitude.
The space between light and dark. The corner of sensical and non-sensical. This is the edge of reason, I’m standing with one foot on compacted cement, and the other in a pile of all-consuming quicksand. Balancing on the line of the real and the unreal. The lines blur, literally and figuratively. I blur the lines and they blur me.
I’m following an internal trail to the edge of life that quickly devolves into murky darkness. A darkness so thick that it can be felt washing over you, dismembering thoughts, discarding motivation, losing every ounce of identity you held in your DNA. You’re suddenly back to square one- a blank slate. Empty. Faceless. Nameless. Thoughtless. You are, and that is all you are.
It is relentless, all-consuming, far-reaching, and at the same time perfectly contained within a vessel that is sectioned off solely by spongy material that latches on to bone and fat. How powerful, how strong can it be if it respects such boundaries? Why does it not ooze out of me and latch on to you? What is your defense? Your resistance? Are you somehow protected from the disease or separated off from the cure?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6irmaVQpo
Behind this gold picket fence lies a whole institute
Where wallpaper painters scrape and scarecrows swell
waterlogged
Now I got dead time on my hands
for feeding my animals
All of this time on my hands
So far has gone to feeding my animals
On this dark kissed day the light shines through only you
or is it because your silhouette is your frame like an empty window
Now I got cold time up my sleeve, I'm feeling destitute
All of this time on my hands
So far has gone to feeding my animals
I feel root vegetable! Am I dead?
Or buried alive?
I sleep warm velvet wand
buy the night I'm selling the sun
my skin feels silky smooth now I'm buried in mud
All of this time on my hands
So far has gone to feeding my animals
All of that time I was dead
Limbless in bed, sedated experiment
-The Dissociatives: Horror With Eyeballs
flickr is dead.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
To catch a cold is a good phrase. Like throwing a baseball into a catching mitt.
We exchange many things as humans.
If you have kids you quickly learn that when you get that phone call from the school nurse you are picking up a ball of contagion in some form or another.
A fever means the body is trying to get rid of a virus or bacteria. Whichever part of the body it has decided to possess. The head ,throat ,chest ,nasal passages, skin or stomach.
If you never went to nursing school, here is where you begin your degree without a diploma. Care-taking 101.
You may have one child or more. And a cold time warp of sorts can last up to a month if everyone’s immunity is compromised. It is like a slow moving set of dominoes.
Usually worsened by winter because everyone is cooped up and its desert dry. This works if your a cactus not a moving entity of mostly water. Most doctor's say wash your hands, this will most definitely prevent the spread and the best way to not get a cold.
However I disagree with them. Any parent would know that if you are trying to help them, you are around them and the little monster of contagion is your monster that you have to take care of.
They sneeze on you and leave their fingers and imprints everywhere. You can’t get them to wash their hands under the age of 10. They haven’t been given that fear of wash your hands or else and they haven’t made a dispenser like those at supermarkets that automatically spit poofs of white foam on you.
They will also vomit if its a stomach bug. You can’t wash your hands enough because upchuck Johnny just projectile vomited for the 5th time and you happened to catch it in your hands as if to preserve the tiffany light, the 400 count egyptian sheets or the diamond encrusted tiara you have on! (not)
You learn the hard way and no matter what you are in for at least half of the things they bring home.
Even with vaccinations that have been given to them, there are still tons of bugs to get out there. Some years are better than others.
There are so many colds a pediatrician sees. I’ll never forget bringing my oldest son in once with a rash and the look on the docs face. She began by saying. “Hey can I bring in some nurses?” To which I said sure why not? If it will help?
They came in looking at him like a specimen and the doctor said. "This ladies is a classic case of hand,foot, and mouth". You get the fever first and thats when you are most contagious then you break out and have a skin rash for about a week where you just look bad.
Funny right after the doctors we went directly to the supermarket where some older lady looked and him and said to me. "He’s not contagious is he?”, I replied and said. “No he is not contagious, just a classic case."
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
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I decided to take my camera and shot some volleyball. I didn't shoot all the time, because I wanted to see some of it on my own and not through the lens, but here are some of the best shots. I used my Nikkor 85mm 1.8 and I think it's a great way to bypass the cold time of the year. So everyone who's interested in sports I recommend to give it a try.
By the way the "FT 1844" is the volleyball team of the town I live in. It was a really great game, but I didn't expect something else since they play in the second highest division of german volleyball. They won 3:0, but had to fight hard at some points.
Feel free to add comments on what you like or dislike, so I can improve.
I decided to take my camera and shot some volleyball. I didn't shoot all the time, because I wanted to see some of it on my own and not through the lens, but here are some of the best shots. I used my Nikkor 85mm 1.8 and I think it's a great way to bypass the cold time of the year. So everyone who's interested in sports I recommend to give it a try.
By the way the "FT 1844" is the volleyball team of the town I live in. It was a really great game, but I didn't expect something else since they play in the second highest division of german volleyball. They won 3:0, but had to fight hard at some points.
Feel free to add comments on what you like or dislike, so I can improve.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Flickr, hurry up and fix Stats - this is the fourth day in a row that the views in the Stats have plummeted, but not the views seen under each photo.
Well, the weather forecast for Kananaskis for the day before yesterday, 24 September 2019, was not exactly accurate - sun, with cloud in the afternoon. They kind of forgot to mention the strong wind, light rain .... and SNOW! For a few minutes, it was one kind of weather, then a few more minutes of a different kind, repeated throughout the afternoon.
Our temperatures are falling - forecast for rain tomorrow, then three days of snow with temps down to 0C and -1C. What a way to celebrate the first few days of fall. The expected snow will probably remove quite a few of the golden leaves, so I wanted anther chance to see and photograph them while I had the chance.
The sky was blue when I set out that morning and I felt quite hopeful. When I go to Kananaskis, I always go south from the city. I had no idea where I would be going, but I knew that it wouldn't be as far as I would have liked. As it turned out, I had a few surprises along the way, so it was a real mixed day of photo opportunities - my favourite kind of day.
After stopping to take a few scenic shots on the way to the main highway through Kananaskis, I eventually reached the area where the American Pikas live. I really lucked out almost straight away, as the only few photos I took were when one Pika showed itself, and that was within maybe ten minutes. By this time, the wind was strong and it was snowing, and it was cold! Time to get out of there, as the scree slope is treacherous enough on a calm, clear day.
Driving further north, I was delighted to see a convoy of maybe eight or ten beautiful old cars heading in my direction. Couldn't resist, so I followed them when they turned off into a small picnic area. I asked if I could take a few quick photos and they were happy enough for me to do that. One car owner did comment about blurry photos because of the falling snow, but surprisingly my photos came out sharp enough.
Further on, I made a quick stop at another pull-off and was happy to notice a few mushrooms. When I turned around to head for home, I was even happier. I pulled over to take a photo of one of the mountain peaks. One tiny white speck in the distance, just off the road, caught my eye. When I went to check it out, I found myself staring at a little group of Shaggy Mane/Inky Cap mushrooms. The largest one had already started the process of curling up the rim of its cap and dripping a black ink. So much rain this year has resulted in such an amazing fungi season.
Much closer to home, I decided to take a side road that has such beautiful hill and mountain views. An old wooden barn was a welcome surprise - I don't remember seeing this one before.
So, a lovely day out, driving 320 km, with such a mixture of weather and sightings. So glad I did decide to go - as usual, a very last minute decision, but basically, I just need to grab my cameras and go : )
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
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IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Pilgrimage and shopping in the Barkhor area (Lhasa's old town and religious centre), on the Barkhor kora (path for clockwise walking around a holy place) starting at the Jokhang temple.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Pilgrimage and shopping in the Barkhor area (Lhasa's old town and religious centre), on the Barkhor kora (path for clockwise walking around a holy place) starting at the Jokhang temple.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
I decided to take my camera and shot some volleyball. I didn't shoot all the time, because I wanted to see some of it on my own and not through the lens, but here are some of the best shots. I used my Nikkor 85mm 1.8 and I think it's a great way to bypass the cold time of the year. So everyone who's interested in sports I recommend to give it a try.
By the way the "FT 1844" is the volleyball team of the town I live in. It was a really great game, but I didn't expect something else since they play in the second highest division of german volleyball. They won 3:0, but had to fight hard at some points.
Feel free to add comments on what you like or dislike, so I can improve.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Trandtruk was commissioned by by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century and is one of his demonness-subduing temples (Jokhang being another). It is not big but very atmosferic - close to Tsetang.
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Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
”It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.”
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion. IM makes long-term commitments together with local partners, in promoting health, education and income generation. Our efforts are aimed at empowering people and each new project starts off on a small scale.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
Tradruk or Trandruk Temple, also written Changzhug Monastery in the Yarlung Valley is the earliest great geomantic temple after the Jokhang - and some sources say it is even pre-dates the Jokhang.
It was founded by the great Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo, and was part of a series of demonsubduing temples. Trandruk pinned down the left shoulder of the demon.
King Trisong Detsen made it one of three Royal Temples.
The monastery was badly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
I visited Trandtruk and Tibet in January 2011.
It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM who last visited Tibet in January 2011.
Tradruk or Trandruk Temple, also written Changzhug Monastery in the Yarlung Valley is the earliest great geomantic temple after the Jokhang - and some sources say it is even pre-dates the Jokhang.
It was founded by the great Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo, and was part of a series of demonsubduing temples. Trandruk pinned down the left shoulder of the demon.
King Trisong Detsen made it one of three Royal Temples.
The monastery was badly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
I visited Trandtruk and Tibet in January 2011.
It was a cold time, hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. On the other hand, as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik.torner(at)manniskohjalp.se
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv