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Reserva Marina la Restinga-Mar de las Calmas.
El Bajón esta considerada como la inmersión emblemática dentro de las posibles en esta isla.
Dos pináculos situados a unas profundidades de -6 y -9 mts y cuyas paredes caen a plomo hasta los -100 mts, nos ofrecerán una enorme visibilidad gracias a sus cristalinas aguas.
Con todo ello, una equilibrada mezcla de belleza visual y salvaje dinamismo, gracias a la presencia de fuertes corrientes.
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Gracias de antemano a todos/as por vuestras visitas y valoraciones.
Thanks in advance to all for your visits and ratings.
How perceptions change. Peter did not consider this negative worthy of printing back in 1964, he printed a Fowler 0-4-0 150hp diesel mechanical shunter and an Andrew Barclay tank locomotive from his time at this site.
This view taken in Metropolitan-Cammell's yard shows a steam crane and one of the other Fowler diesels (there were 3). It also gives us a view of the now demolished Washwood Heath gas works which was on the opposite side of the main lines to Derby, the Metro-Cammell buildings are now history too, they make way for HS2.
The Industrial Railways Society visited Metro-Cammell, Morris Motors, Nechells power station and Hams Hall power station.
Peter Shoesmith 09/02/1964
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Warning - if you knew this dog you should consider not reading the story
This is a picture of my pup. We got him in 1997, big headed fluff ball. We raised him for Canine Companions for Independence (greatest program ever!!). At the end of 2 years he went off to advanced training.. tough to see him go but we did. 3 months later he was home... didn't separate from us well and so he was pet. He was there in good days and bad as dog are but there was something special about this one. I cant put my finger on it but there was something that most folks that ever got to know him understood.
About 4 years ago he started to have a bladder issue which I thought was a slight infection so I took him in for antibiotics and cranberry juice (or the canine equivalent), 2 hours later they were pulling an abdominal tumor the size of a grapefruit from the wall of his bladder. The vet said that he thought he got it but when the biopsy came back it showed a combination of some of the most aggressive kinds of cancer known. Ultimately the vet gave him 6 months to live. 3 Years later he just didn't seem like himself, I took him in for what I knew was a relapse. We agreed that he would let us know when it was time... and he did. 1 Year ago today. To this day I still cant have a serious conversation about it... 327
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“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
These are my brother's ducks. He was gone one weekend, and I was at his house trying to get the ducks out of this pen and into the house. The one little guy seemed upset that I was attempting to wrangle him and his siblings.
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox parish and center for Greek-American life in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Its noted Neo-Byzantine church is located at 36 North Pinellas Avenue.
St. Nicholas hosts an annual Epiphany celebration on January 6, in which Greek Orthodox boys aged 16 to 18 dive into Spring Bayou to retrieve a white wooden cross, said to bring the finder good luck for the year. It is the largest such event in the Western Hemisphere, with thousands in attendance. A statue of an epiphany diver is located in front of the church.
St. Nicholas hosts an annual Epiphany celebration on January 6, in which Greek Orthodox boys aged 16 to 18 dive into Spring Bayou to retrieve a white wooden cross, said to bring the finder good luck for the year. It is the largest such event in the Western
The domed main church building, designed by the Eugene Brothers of Chicago, was completed in 1943. Modeled in part after the Hagia Sophia in what is now Istanbul, it melds Byzantine and Gothic Revival styles. It is a local landmark that has been featured on postcards.
Noted features include 23 stained glass windows surrounding the dome depicting episodes in the life of Jesus and the saints, hand-painted by Joseph V. Llorens of Atlanta, and the sixty ton altar, made of Pentelic marble. Within the dome are three large chandeliers imported from Czechoslovakia. The altar was originally part of the Greek exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. It, along with the cathedra, choir stalls, and other components were obtained with help from George Frantzis.[7] A new altar of Carrara marble was installed in 1965.
The interior is richly decorated with icons, many by Greek iconographer George Saklaridis. Forty-one icons, sponsored by various members of the parish, were delivered in 1952, with more added in subsequent years. On December 4, 1969, the icon of Saint Nicholas was observed to have drops of moisture, and some consider it a Weeping Icon.
The community traces its history to John Cocoris, a native of Leonidio in Arcadia, Greece, who settled in the area in 1896 and became a prosperous sponge diver and trader. The trade attracted Greek immigrants as well as Greeks from other parts of the U.S. By 1907, the population was large enough to support a Greek Orthodox church, a project put under the supervision of Nicholas Peppas, a native of Aegina. The first church, completed that year at a cost of $300 for the land and $3,500 for construction, was a wood frame structure painted white. Rev. Stamatis Koutouzis was appointed the first parish priest. The parish added a school in 1925.
By 1935, the parish had outgrown the first church and began raising funds toward the current structure. Construction began in 1941 and was completed in 1943 when it was consecrated by Archbishop Athenagoras (later Patriarch) at Epiphany. St. Nicholas was by then a significant center of community life as well, with major festivals surrounding Epiphany, Greek Independence Day, and Orthodox Easter. Honoring this, in 1975, the Tarpon Springs Board of Commissioners passed a resolution designating the city the "Epiphany City" of the United States.
St. Nicholas was elevated to cathedral status for West Florida on On January 6, 1976.
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Extensions to the 2011 redevelopment of Vienna's Westbahnhof station into BahnhofCity Wien West. What most people consider an eyesore from the outside is much more pleasant and appealing on the inside.
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The Europaplatz we see here was, I believe, never a beautiful square. But the pigeons that have gathered around the Christmas tree seem to like it.
A Igreja da Candelária, pode ser considerada a mais imponente e grandiosa igreja do Rio de Janeiro, não somente por suas proporções mas também por seu acabamento e grandiosa cúpula. Sua história é também interessante, advinda de uma promessa em meio à uma tempestade. A construção foi iniciada em 1775, século 18, e somente terminada nos últimos anos do século 19.
A história da Igreja da Candelária, pertencente à Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento, se iniciou em meio à uma tempestade, quando um casal de espanhóis, António Martins de Palma e sua esposa Leonor de Palma estavam em viagem, no início do século 17, atravessando o Oceano Atlântico. Durante o temporal que os afligia e diante do perigo de naufrágio o casal fez uma promessa de erguer uma capela no local que chegassem a salvo. Felizmente o casal chegou a salvo no Rio de Janeiro, e aqui cumpriram a promessa de erguer com dinheiro próprio uma pequena ermida ermida à Nossa Senhora da Candelária, da qual ambos eram devotos e cuja origem era da Espanha.
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Many consider fall the most beautiful time to be in the Canadian Rockies, partly because in that season larches turn to gold. The larch is Canada's only deciduous conifer, shedding its soft needles in the fall. The sight of a mountain slope blazing with bright golden larches set against dark green evergreens is truly wondrous.
Larch Valley-----Banff National Park
considerada la octava maravilla del mundo el parque nacional torres del paine es un lugar mágico y encantador ya sea por sus paisajes como por su flora y fauna . lamentablemente el ser humano está dejando una huella imborrable.
El Ramphastos vitellinus citreolaemus es considerado por muchos (HBW: bit.ly/3yEnmj5) una subespecie del R. vitellinus, aunque en la clasificación de Clements de agosto 24 del 2021 (la última disponible), ahora muy realacionada con eBird y que es la usada por esta cuenta, a esta ave se la clasifica como un "grupo (monotípico)" del Ramphastos vitellinus.
Clasificación o no, de lo que no tengo dudas es que se trata de un bellísimo tucán que me regaló un par de buenas oportunidades fotográficas en la Reserva Bellavista, en el municipio de Victoria, departamento de Caldas, Colombia
La fortezza di Salisburgo, il tedesco Festung Hohensalzburg, è una fortezza medievale che domina la città di Salisburgo dall'alto del Festungsberg. Con più di 7.000 metri quadrati di superficie edificata (più di 14.000 metri quadrati se si considerano anche i bastioni) è una delle più grandi fortezze d'Europa, che si è conservata pressoché intatta. È visitata ogni anno da circa 950.000 persone, circostanza che la rende il secondo monumento più visitato dell'Austria all'infuori di Vienna, dopo la basilica di Mariazell
Nel 1077 l'arcivescovo di Salisburgo Gebhard fece iniziare la costruzione di una torre - che ancora oggi costituisce il nucleo del cosiddetto "piano superiore" - di una chiesa e di una struttura destinata ad abitazione, nonché di una cinta di mura. Poiché però Gebhard fu costretto all'esilio nel corso della lotta per le investiture, la costruzione venne portata a termine dall'antiarcivescovo di nomina imperiale, Berthold von Moosburg e quindi dall'arcivescovo Konrad von Abensberg.
Fra il XII e il XIII secolo la fortezza, con l'erezione della cinta delle mura più esterne, assunse l'aspetto attuale.
Nel 1462 l'arcivescovo Burkhard von Weißpriach fece rafforzare la cinta muraria con quattro torri: la torre della campana (Glockenturm), la torre dei trombettieri (Trompeterturm), la torre dell'erba (Krautturm) e la torre del fabbro o dei detenuti (Schmiedturm o Arrestantenturm). Inoltre, la strada di accesso orientale fu protetta con un muro e nella parte meridionale della fortezza venne eretto un bastione.
Il successore di von Weißpriach, l'arcivescovo Bernhard von Rohr, fece ristrutturare le vecchie mura aumentandone l'altezza e realizzare il cosiddetto passaggio del serpente (Schlangengang), che serviva per difendere il transito a est verso il Nonntal e verso l'abbazia di Nonnberg.
L'arcivescovo Johann Beckenschlager trasformò il "piano superiore" in un edificio di quattro piani, destinato ad abitazione. Inoltre vennero realizzati il primo arsenale e un granaio. Su quest'ultimo si trova ancor oggi lo stemma di Beckenschlager ed è il più antico stemma che si è conservato nella fortezza di Hohensalzburg.
Fra il 1495 e il 1519 l'arcivescovo Leonhard von Keutschach ampliò ulteriormente la fortezza allo scopo di dare un segno tangibile della sua potenza. Fece ingrandire il secondo e il terzo piano del "piano superiore" e fece costruire un magazzino, che prese il posto dell'antica cappella. Nel corso della sua reggenza, la fortezza assunse l'aspetto di un raffinato palazzo tardogotico, come dimostrano i sontuosi appartamenti principeschi.
Allo scopo di migliorare l'approvvigionamento di acqua in caso di assedio, l'arcivescovo fece poi costruire una nuova cisterna e rinforzò alcune torri esistenti.
empre per volere di Leonhard von Keutschach furono realizzati il cosiddetto Reißzug, una funicolare per il trasporto di merci[2], un panificio e varie porte, come la porta del cavallo (Rosspforte) e la porta della catapulta (Schleuderpforte). Infine, la torre dell'erba venne dotata di un enorme organo meccanico, che venne battezzato con il nome di "toro di Salisburgo". Il denaro per l'intensa attività edilizia veniva in gran parte dalle miniere di sale di Dürrnberg, nonché da quelle dei monti Tauri.
Sotto la reggenza dell'arcivescovo Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg si verificarono una serie di rivolte contadine, che a Salisburgo raggiunsero il loro apice fra il 5 luglio e il 31 agosto 1525, quando i rivoltosi assediarono l'arcivescovo rinchiuso nella fortezza di Hohensalzburg. Questo conflitto costituì il maggiore pericolo corso dalla fortezza durante la sua storia quasi millenaria: essa comunque rimase inespugnata.
L'arcivescovo Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau diede uno scarso contributo all'ulteriore ampliamento della fortezza, giacché egli si dedicò quasi esclusivamente ad una serie di interventi edilizi nella città di Salisburgo. Tuttavia il suo destino fu molto legato alla fortezza: nel 1611, infatti, egli venne imprigionato dai Bavaresi in una cella di Hohensalzburg, dove rimase fino alla morte.
Veduta del cortile interno con il "piano superiore".
All'epoca della guerra dei trent'anni l'arcivescovo Paris von Lodron rinforzò la città di Salisburgo con nuove ed estese fortificazioni, coinvolgendo anche la fortezza di Hohensalzburg nel suo progetto difensivo. Nel corso della sua reggenza vennero così costruiti nuovi poderosi bastioni (il cosiddetto Hasengrabenbastei) e vennero ampliati alcuni dei bastioni esistenti. In particolare, Paris von Lodron fece realizzare una serie di elementi difensivi come protezione contro l'artiglieria, che stava diventando sempre più potente, e fece rinforzare tutte le mura difensive che collegavano la fortezza con la città di Salisburgo e con il Mönchsberg.
Per volere dell'arcivescovo Maximilian Gandolph von Künburg, nel 1681 fu eretto sul lato nord il cosiddetto bastione del fuoco (Feuerbastei), alto 30 metri e con mura spesse parecchi metri.
Secondo un inventario del 1790, l'armeria della fortezza conteneva allora più di 100 armature da cavaliere complete, più di 1.100 corazze, lance e alabarde. Inoltre c'erano 415 mortai, 460 cannoni di ferro e 130 cannoni di bronzo. Tuttavia la maggior parte di questi oggetti erano già allora dei pezzi da museo.
Durante le guerre napoleoniche la città di Salisburgo non oppose alcuna resistenza alle truppe francesi guidate dal generale Jean Victor Marie Moreau. La fortezza di Hohensalzburg fu consegnata agli invasori senza combattere. Perciò essa non venne abbattuta per ordine dei Francesi, come accadde con la fortezza di Graz.
A causa del successivo abbandono e di un incendio verificatosi nel 1849, nel 1851 dovette essere eseguito un corposo restauro, che coinvolse in primo luogo gli interni. Negli anni seguenti la fortezza fu utilizzata come deposito e come caserma. Nel 1861 l'imperatore Francesco Giuseppe I d'Austria decretò ufficialmente la fine dell'utilizzo di Hohensalzburg come fortezza, anche se essa continuò ad essere usata come caserma.
Verso il 1900 fu realizzata la funicolare per il trasporto di persone, che dapprincipio era azionata con energia idraulica. Nel XX secolo l'edificio funse anche da prigione, durante la prima guerra mondiale per i prigionieri di guerra italiani e più tardi per gli attivisti nazisti, prima dell'annessione dell'Austria alla Germania.
Fra il 1951 e il 1981 venne eseguita una revisione statica dell'intero complesso. Oggi la fortezza, di proprietà (fiduciaria) dello Stato austriaco, è il simbolo della città di Salisburgo e viene usata essenzialmente per scopi turistici.
I used to consider the male northern harrier one of my nemesis birds that I could never get a good photo of. This bird has changed all that. I took about 40 photos of him this morning and he was very cooperative.
I first heard him calling from a pile of volcanic rock at the Asotin Slough HMU. Approaching quietly from the base of the rocks I was able to peak over the top for the first few shots. He then moved to an exposed perch where he sat calmly posing as I snapped away. I finally thanked him kindly and moved off allowing him his space. What a great morning!
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Consider this shot a way to break up the visual onslaught of colors that was my last (and will be my next) upload. Kinda like that pink ginger they give you to clear your palate between different types of sushi.
Photo of a Pangolin figurine. Figurine is 7"w by 3"h
Flickr Friday theme: "scales"
Pangolins are very unique, being the only mammal with scales to protect their outer body.. Their scales are made of keratin, the same substance found in our finger and toe nails.
Pangolins are shy animals whose life is centered on feeding on various species of termites and ants. In the wild, they play an important role in keeping huge termite colonies in check.
Pangolins are in high demand in southern China and Vietnam because their scales are believed to have medicinal properties in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese medicine. Their meat is also considered a delicacy. 100,000 are estimated to be trafficked a year to China and Vietnam, amounting to over ONE MILLION over the past decade. This makes Pangolins the most illegally trafficked animal in the world!
Conservation efforts are exacerbated by rapid deforestation of their native habitat. Having Pangolins in top notch zoos for breeding has proved difficult. They are extremely susceptible to pneumonia and other commonly transmitted diseases that most animals in zoos respond well to medical intervention. Preventive vaccines and other medicines for diseases that can be treated symptomatically are not successful in Pangolins.
DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN PANGOLINS ARE ON A ONE WAY ROAD TO EXTINCTION? NO! Efforts to "follow the money" made from exploitation of Pangolins may yield better results than trying to "follow the Pangolins" captured for trade. If the money dries up, so does the major incentive to traffick in Pangolins.
What can we/you do? Look into Conservation groups and see what they are doing and how we/you may help. Oddly enough, the news that Pangolins are THE MOST illegally trafficked animal in the world, is being met with increasing desire to be part of the solution to save them.
HOW TO HELP PANGOLINS UPDATE:
I researched and found an organization that is involved with saving the Pangolins, as well as other species. It is the WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK. Their website is Wildnet.org . It has attained a 4 star rating from Charities Navigator, the highest rating that can be given. Charities Navigator rates charities of all kinds. The 4 Star Rating means contributions go directly into actions to help those in need that a particular organization is involved with. Their overhead costs are met in other ways, contributions are used exclusively to help save those in peril. Pangolins are very much one of the species the Wildlife Conservation Network is striving to save! Check them out: Wildnet.org
Considero valore ogni forma di vita, la neve, la fragola, la mosca.
Considero valore il regno minerale, l’assemblea delle stelle.
Considero valore il vino finché dura il pasto, un sorriso involontario,
la stanchezza di chi non si è risparmiato, due vecchi che si amano.
Considero valore quello che domani non varrà più niente
e quello che oggi vale ancora poco.
Considero valore tutte le ferite.
Considero valore risparmiare acqua, riparare un paio di scarpe,
tacere in tempo, accorrere a un grido, chiedere permesso prima di sedersi,
provare gratitudine senza ricordare di che.
Considero valore sapere in una stanza dov’è il nord,
qual è il nome del vento che sta asciugando il bucato.
Considero valore il viaggio del vagabondo, la clausura della monaca,
la pazienza del condannato, qualunque colpa sia.
Considero valore l’uso del verbo amare e l’ipotesi che esista un creatore.
Molti di questi valori non ho conosciuto.
Erri De Luca
consider those times that you hold close to yourself, dear
and who you were with.
how the words rolled off his tongue like thick smoke
yet how suffocation didn't follow,
just a warm sense of surrounding.
consider that last afternoon
when chalk dust covered your hands
and laughter still rang through your ears.
consider how happy you were, dear.
consider.
i know i've been gone forever.
i know.
it's good to be home, yet i leave again soon.
i've been enjoying the summer and creating memories that i shall hold with me forever
hope you are all well
x
24/52
hand-model: court. more from this series to come.
explore #8 and FRONT PAGE on july 18th!
thank you all so much
I’d like to present my entry to the BrickLink Designer Program Series 1 - Bob’s Café and Johnny’s Bakery!
It has a chance to become a limited edition LEGO set, so if you like it, please consider voting for it! - www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/414/Bob's-...
The set idea contains two buildings: the corner building has a café on the ground floor, a LEGO fan's apartment on the first floor, and a nice, cosy roof terrace. The second building has a small bakery on the ground floor and a small apartment on the first floor; but there's also an attic where minifigures can store their old stuff they're not using.
These houses are modular, which means you can connect them using technic pins and you can also easily remove/add multiple floors to them, and they’re compatible with the new LEGO road system. They have a much smaller footprint than classic modular buildings, but the facades and interiors are really detailed, so I hope AFOLs and younger builders will like this set.
I have many, what I would consider close contacts – they see my photo and always pop in to comment or have a chat – regardless of whether the photo is good or not – I do like that sort of contact – although the relationship is only a sentence or two once in a while when I post a photo – they are probably the reason why I stay on flickr. One of these frequent visitors is Bonnie who has been a dear friend throughout my time on flickr. She lives very far away from my home and we might never meet but she is an important part of my flickr life. Pop over to see her photos and you will see her great use of the camera – her passion over animal and bird welfare especially the love of ducks and her great warmth – honesty and humour.
I took this photo for Bonnie the other day. It is just not any duck – it is one of 6 ducks owned by one of the people I visit who has a learning disability. This person has had a hard time of it recently and the people who support them bought the ducks. And it really is working in making this person deal with some sad issues. The smile I get now when I visit is a delight and instead of going into the house for a chat we spend a lot of the time with the ducks. This person feeds and takes great care of them. It has turned out to be the best therapy in the world for this person right when they needed it. Whilst I sit in the sun watching this person with their ducks I think of Bonnie and how she would just love to see what I see.
You are a very good friend Bonnie and long may our friendship last.
Visit her on this link and say hello from me:))
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Have a good day everyone.
I consider this delta sacred. It is landmass being born. It will be populated some time in the future. Drone footage south Norway - Here one can see the ice retracting, sure sign of spring.
Over the years I have taken close to 25,000 photos of my feminine persona. If you consider that I have posted about 3,400 here, that is less than 15% of all the photos I have in my library. Cristy is quite photogenic and 99% of the photos I take are good enough for posting so, how do I select which ones to post? Simple, I select the ones I like based on what I consider acceptable feminine deportment and appearance.
Since the beginning, my intention has been to share my feminine illusion efforts with likeminded people; not to get comments but rather to contribute to set a standard of tasteful and respectful emulation. Poise, attitude, choice of clothes and accessories, are among the factors I take into consideration. My inspiration comes from every single woman that I see and admire for her presentation and deportment. For me it is not a fetish for any item, but rather a representation of how women, my age, currently present. For instance, I don’t wear nylons because women do not wear them anymore and not because I don’t like them.
Fashion is important to me, but I select my clothes based on what I like and consider that would look good on me while reinforcing my feminine illusion. I wear mostly French manicure on my fingernails and toenails because that is what I like. You will never catch me wearing any unusual or trendy nail color or ornament, just because it is in fashion. A woman who is confident in herself wears what she likes and not what a trend sets, or others suggest. That is the kind of woman that I’d like to think I represent. I post old photos along with more current ones because it is not about how I look or what I wear today; it is about the art of feminine illusion regardless of time, fashion or whether it is the first or the Nth photo in that outfit and location.
After explaining my approach, I hope that when you look at my photos, you can see beyond what I am wearing and appreciate or criticize how I am wearing it, and how I measure in performing the feminine role based on that approach. Thanks to my approach, I have always received respectful comments and, over the years, l have deleted very few of them and have had to block less than a handful of people. I read and appreciate every single comment and even more so when they address what I had in mind when posting the photo. However, you should not feel obliged to comment unless you really feel like it and believe that you got something positive, or negative, from the photo, the title, or the text that goes with it.
From now on I will try to share why I choose the photo I am posting and will start with this one.
This photo is the first I will share of a long series of photos taken before and after my first ever religious service as Cristy (more about that in the future). In general, I’d like to think that my choice of clothes was appropriate for the occasion and that I was able to blend in, although I realized that I was a bit overdressed. A very feminine fit and flare dress with colorful flower print, by Maggie London, was, in my opinion, quite suitable, as were the Kate Spade flats that completed the look for Church. Nothing flashy or revealing here, as it should be. This dress would look great with a pair of heels too but would not be appropriate for attending Catholic Mass. For the pose I tried to be as demure as possible with my hands resting on my lap and my legs crossed in a very feminine manner with my feet pointing down (something that I find hard to do because my articulations are quite rigid).
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A través de los años, he acumulado casi 25,000 fotos de mí personificación femenina.Si consideramos que he compartido aquí cerca de 3,400, esto es menos del 15% de todas las fotos que tengo en mi colección. Cristy es bastante fotogénica y el 99% de las fotos son suficientemente buenas para compartir. ¿Cuál, entonces, es el criterio que uso para elegir las que comparto? Sencillo, elijo las que más me gustan con base a lo que considero una apariencia y presentación femenina aceptables.
Desde el inicio, mi intención ha sido compartir mis esfuerzos en ilusión femenina con personas como yo; no para obtener comentarios sino para contribuir a establecer un estándar de emulación femenina respetuoso y de buen gusto. Postura, actitud, elección de ropa y accesorios, son, entre otros, los factores que tomo en consideración. Mi inspiración viene de cada mujer que veo y admiro por su presentación y desenvolvimiento. Para mi no se trata de un fetichismo por algún tipo de prenda, sino que de una representación de cómo una mujer, de mi edad, luce en estos tiempos. Por ejemplo, no uso medias porque las mujeres ya no las usan y no porque no me guste usarlas.
La moda es importante para mí, pero elijo la ropa con base a lo que me gusta y considero que se vería bien en mí y que contribuya a reforzar la ilusión femenina. Por lo general uso esmalte de uñas en estilo francés porque es lo que me gusta. Jamás verán mis uñas pintadas don los colores drásticos que están de moda, con distintos adornos y colores en cada uña, solo porque está de moda. Una mujer segura de sí misma se viste como ella quiere y no como lo dicta la moda o le sugieren otras personas. Este es el tipo de mujer que quisiera pensar que represento. Subo fotos viejas junto con recientes porque no se trata de compartir cómo luzco hoy o qué llevo puesto, sino que se trata de emulación femenina sin importar la fecha, la moda o si es la primera o enésima foto con esa ropa y en ese lugar.
Luego de exponerles mi enfoque, espero que al ver mis fotos puedan ver más allá de lo que llevo puesto y aprecien o critiquen la manera en que lo llevo puesto y que tan bien logro mi objetivo en desempeñar el rol femenino, con base a este enfoque. Gracias a este enfoque, siempre he recibido comentarios respetuosos y, a través de los años, he tenido que borrar muy pocos y he bloqueado a menos de 5 personas. He leído y apreciado cada comentario recibido y más aún cuando se relacionan con lo que tenía en mente al compartir la foto. Sin embargo, no tienen por qué sentir el compromiso de comentar a no ser que realmente piensen que obtuvieron algo positivo, o negativo, de la foto, del título o del texto que la acompaña.
en adelante intentaré compartir los motivos por los cuales elegí compartir la foto que subo y empezaré con esta.
Esta foto es la primera que compartiré de muchas que me tomaron antes y después de mi primer servicio religioso como Cristy (y ales contaré más en el futuro). En general, quisiera pensar que mi elección de ropa fue adecuado para la ocasión y que pude integrarme al entorno. El vestido muy femenino, ceñido arriba, falda amplia y estampado floral (Maggie London) era muy adecuado en mi opinión, así como las zapatillas sin tacón de Kate Spade que completaban el look para asistir a la iglesia. Nada llamativo o revelador, como debe de ser. Este vestido se vería muy bien con tacones pero no habría sido apropiado para asistir a la misa Católica. En cuanto a la pose, intenté lucir relajada con mis manos sobre el regazo las piernas cruzadas en forma femenina y sencilla, mientras intento apuntar mis pies hacia abajo (algo que me cuesta mucho porque mis articulaciones son muy rígidas)
Jeff Koons - Ballerina
El estadounidense Jeff Koons, considerado el artista vivo más cotizado del mundo, presentó este jueves en la explanada del Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba), su escultura denominada Ballerina, una escultura de acero inoxidable de más de dos metros de alto. La obra pertenece a la serie Antigüedad, que Koons comenzó a desarrollar en 2008. La serie explora temas como la belleza, la fertilidad, el amor y la conectividad, en un diálogo artístico que abarca la historia completa de la humanidad. Está hecha en acero inoxidable pulido en espejo patinado y en color transparente, fue culminada en 2016.
Koons, de 61 años, se convirtió en noviembre de 2013 en el artista vivo con la obra más cara vendida en una subasta: "Balloon Dog (Orange)", vendida por 58,4 millones de dólares por Christie's, Nueva York.
You'd be forgiven to consider me too fickle for words. Am I that graying old playboy purchasing love under the sordid light of a lamppost? A reckless young skateboarder flying over naked girls? Or a fractured porcelain soul too clumsy to fix the things he broke?
Anyway, yesterday, this irritatingly sexy girl I was trying to seduce with a new hairdo said "I have wet dreams of Can Yaman". Had to google that one. My god, if he was a SL avatar, that Yaman bloke would be laughed at for being too gorgeous and too muscular.
When I woke up this morning on a bench in the desert (no idea how I got there), it was obvious that I tried to take a shortcut into the realm of dark, mysterious, hairy and hyper built Turkish actors. Still have to work out for another 100 years to get there. And find a tasteless gold chain necklace. Took a couple of selfies to show off. When she saw the pics, the irritatingly sexy girl smirked and said: "you're just fickle".
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Clairement je ne sais plus où j'en suis. Serais-je ce vieux playboy grisonnant s'achetant de l'amour sous un lampadaire? Ou ce skater sautant par dessus les filles nues allongées au bas de la digue? Ou bien cette âme de porcelaine fissurée, trop maladroite pour réparer ce qu'elle a cassé?
Quoiqu'il en soit, hier, cette fille agaçante de sensualité me dit "je fais des rêves érotiques avec Can Yaman". Google est mon ami, et paf, je trouve un bellâtre gonflé aux hormones, irrésistible.
Quand je me suis réveillé ce matin sur un banc dans le désert (ne me demandez pas comment je suis arrivé là), il était évident que j'avais tenté un raccourci pour rejoindre l'univers des acteurs turcs sombres, mystérieux, hypermusclés et poilus. Je devrai travailler les abdos et le reste pendant une bonne centaine d’années, puis m'acheter une horrible chaînette en or pour y arriver. De toute manière j'ai envoyé ces deux selfies à la fille agaçante de sensualité. Quand elle les a vues, tout ce qu'elle a trouvé à dire, c'est "toi, tu n'as que l'inconstance".
La Chiesa di Saint-Nectaire è giustamente considerata una delle più belle chiese romaniche dell'Alvernia. Fu costruita sotto l'impulso dei monaci benedettini della Chaise-Dieu nel XII secolo (forse addirittura nell'XI, a seguito di recenti scavi). Danneggiata durante la Rivoluzione, fu classificata come monumento storico nel 1840 e restaurata dall'architetto Bruyère nel 1875. Costruita in trachite lavica e tufo poroso, misura 38 metri di lunghezza, 11 metri di larghezza e 20 metri di altezza sotto la cupola. Anche se piccola, con la sua posizione sul Monte Cornadore, domina l'intera valle e il talento dei suoi costruttori conferiscono all'edificio una certa monumentalità. La sua pianta è abbastanza tipica dell'arte romanica dell'Alvernia: due torri di facciata, un nartece, una navata di 4 campate, due navate collaterali, un transetto con cappelle orientate, l'abside con un deambulatorio con tre cappelle radianti. I capitelli policromi, in particolare quelli del coro, costituiscono uno dei più notevoli complessi di scultura romanica. Questi capitelli istoriati erano come un libro aperto che offriva ai fedeli una forma di catechismo monumentale. Tra i temi illustrati a Saint-Nectaire: diverse scene della Passione di Cristo (arresto, flagellazione, via crucis), trasfigurazione, moltiplicazione dei pani, il cavaliere dell'apocalisse... Uno dei capitelli del coro racconta la storia di Saint-Nectaire, evangelizzatore della regione. Tra i capitelli della navata: l'asino con la lira, Mosè salvato dalle acque. Il tesoro è composto, tra le altre cose, dal busto di Saint-Baudime e dalla Vergine in Maestà di N.D. del Monte Cornadore. Le vetrate sono del XIX secolo. Fonte: ville-saint-nectaire.fr/leglise-de-saint-nectaire/
So, consider this a "scrap"
I tried really hard to turn the prison breakout scene from Guardians of the Galaxy into a LEGO set and after like a million revisions of the model I really hated it! This was my final attempt, and I still don't like it.
The red screen can lift up, it's a prison cell. The entire top of the tower can detach and fly off like the movie. The little guard droid can shoot studs. Rocket can climb up Groot's shoulder. Shoot studs.
No alternate images cause there's nothing else to show but the inside of the tower which is pretty much nothing.
Maybe in the future I'll revisit it and finish the box art and make the model better but for now this is what I'm finished with and.. I give up ! Now I can work on something new :)
Curiosità e leggende
La Pernice bianca è considerata un simbolo di purezza, fedeltà e saggezza, per il suo piumaggio candido, il suo comportamento monogamo e la sua capacità di adattarsi alle stagioni.
Nella mitologia greca, la Pernice bianca era associata alla dea Artemide, protettrice della caccia e della natura selvaggia. Secondo una leggenda, la dea si trasformò in una pernice bianca per sfuggire alle avances di Zeus, e da allora questo uccello è diventato il suo animale sacro.
Nella tradizione celtica, la Pernice bianca era vista come un messaggero tra il mondo umano e quello spirituale, e come un portatore di buona fortuna e prosperità. Si credeva che se una Pernice bianca si posava sul tetto di una casa, significava che i suoi abitanti avrebbero avuto una vita felice e ricca.
Nella cultura popolare, la Pernice bianca è protagonista di una famosa canzone natalizia inglese, intitolata “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
La canzone elenca dodici doni che un innamorato fa alla sua amata nei dodici giorni che vanno dal Natale all’Epifania. Il primo dono è appunto una Pernice bianca in un pero (a partridge in a pear tree).
❆ Se riuscirai ad aspettare senza stancarti di aspettare!
❆ if you can wait and not be tired by waiting!
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❆ Osservare tutto questo è un dono, innAMÒRarsene una ricchezza!
❆ observing Nature is a rare gift. for sure, falling in Love with it is a treasure worth even more!
❆ Avoir le don d’observer la Nature est un immense cadeau.
En tomber amoureux représente une richesse encore bien plus grande!
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❆ preoccupiamoci della Natura, il nostro futuro dipende da
essa!
❆ let's take good care of Nature, because our future depends
on it!
❆ préoccupons-nous de la Nature, notre avenir en dépend!
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❆ prendetevi del tempo per Sognare, ogni immagine racconta una lunga storia...
❆ take some time to dream, every image tells a long story...
❆ prenez le temps de Rêver, car chaque image raconte une
longue histoire...
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❆ ho cercato in ogni passo ciò che più desideravo!
❆ at each step I search what I most desire!
❆ À chaque pas que je fais, je cherche ce que je souhaite le plus trouver!
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❆ in vendita - on sale - à vendre - zum
Verkauf
❆ la Natura che si fa Poesia - scattare foto sembrava quasi diminuire tempo all'esigenza, alla necessità e alla passione di ammirare ciò che mi circondava!
esultanza di Bellezza e Serenità, un tripudio di perfezione e pienezza.
non avrei voluto essere altrove
❆ Magica Terra, sei il simbolo della perfezione, sei il mio canto della Vita, sei il mio buongiorno di ogni di, non ho contato i miei passi sul tuo suolo poiché infinite sono le tue bellezze.
Mia terra, amare è assai poco, tu sei beneficiare di tutte le creature, tu sei una madre eccellente.
❆ ci sono giorni che la senti dentro la Natura...
❆ Le Montagne vivono solo dell' amore dell' uomo.
Dove le abitazioni, poi gli Alberi, poi l erba sono esaurite, nasce il regno sterile, selvaggio, minerale.
Tuttavia, nella sua estrema povertà, nella sua nudità, dispensa una ricchezza che non ha prezzo: la felicità che si scopre negli occhi di chi la frequenta.
❆ Testi e Immagini di Troise Carmine - Washi - si prega di non copiare (qualcuno l ha già fatto più volte che squallido) e di non riprodurre salvo esplicita autorizzazione del sottoscritto!
❆ Dietro ogni scatto ci sono sempre fatiche e attese!
Zaino carico e pesante (quasi sempre) e, quando trasporti la
Fotocamera con obiettivo, la Sera avverti un dolore al
collo - Ma le Passioni, è noto, comportano sempre sacrifici!
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❆ il Cielo non racconta mai la stessa storia...
❆ farei qualsiasi cosa per un'Alba...
❆ In Natura non esistono malintesi esistono solo in ciò che l'uomo chiama ragione!
❆ ProteggiAMO tutto questo!
❆ Meravigliosa Natura!
❆ Privilèges de Montagne...
❆ InnAMÒRati della NATURA anche tu!
❆ Il mio tempo in Montagna!
La Vallée d'Aoste à ma guise - La Valle d'Aosta a modo mio - Aosta Valley in my own way
Vivre en Montagne, au quotidien, pour satisfaire la Curiosité de la Photographie de la Nature...
Valle d'Aosta - Vallée d'Aoste
(Une Montagne d'émotions...)
Clickalps Photography - Troise Carmine - Washi
I miei Video amatoriali su:
www.youtube.com/user/Washi59/videos
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❆ Fotocamera:
Canon EOS R5
❆ Obiettivi:
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Canon RF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM
Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Accessori:
Treppiede Manfrotto 190 X Prob
Testa Manfrotto a sfera compact nera con attacco rapido 496RC2 con frizione
Piastra a sgancio rapido 200PL
Telecomando infrarossi Canon RC-6
Telecomando Rollei Schermo LCD e Retroilluminazione
Zaino serie Mountain 50 lt - F Stop Tilopa v3 Aloe (Verde drab) - peso 1,9 Kg
Dimensioni LxAxP - 35,6 x 59,7 x se 30,5 cm
INaturalist:
www.inaturalist.org/people/501356
❆ Estote parati commoveri Naturā - Siate pronti a lasciarvi emozionare dalla Natura
"O flamboyant é considerada uma das árvores mais belas do mundo, devido ao colorido intenso de suas flores. Frondosa, ela possui tronco forte e um pouco retorcido, podendo alcançar cerca de 12 metros de altura.
(...)
"As inflorescências, em rácemos, surgem quando a árvore perde as folhas e são compostas por flores grandes, vermelhas ou alaranjadas. Cada flor apresenta cálice com 5 sépalas e corola de 5 pétalas, com longos estames.
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Origem: África, Madagascar"
in: www.jardineiro.net/plantas/flamboyant-delonix-regia.html
SERATA SERENA.
Ormai da mille anni si considera Grado l’isola del sole. Chi c’è stato almeno una volta capisce bene il motivo.
Da un punto di vista climatico, i gradesi possono godere di circa 300 giorni di sole l’anno. Succede qualche volta che addirittura ad Aquileia (dietro l’angolo) piova e qui c’è un raggio di sole, magari timido, ma non piove … e poi il sole è nell’ animo dei gradesi. Questo è un altro valido motivo per cui vale la pena trascorrere una vacanza in questo bell’ angolo del Friuli Venezia Giulia.
La parte del centro storico ammicca al turista con ristoranti e caffè all’ aperto, nei vicoli e nella zona pedonale negozi di artigianato e di buone firme modaiole. Anche qui, nei cortili e nelle piazze, ben tenuti e pieni di fiori e profumi, ti perdi in pezzi di storia e angoli di musei a cielo aperto.
CANON EOS 6D Mark II con ob. CANON EF 24-85 f./3,5-4,5 USM
Tiny flowers shot in London's Kew Gardens... I just love the contrast between the vibrant reds and the range of greens...
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This was taken February 25th, 2007.
The point? It's to bring you in and surround you for a moment in simple grace and beauty. I've no doubt that, in and of itself, this may in fact seem pointless to you. It doesn't change the world outside. Wars continue, capitalism and politics still deal in false hopes and real tragedies. There are still a billion ways to suffer and more than a billion people who are intimately familiar with too many of them on a daily basis ...
That's all very true, but here is something else that is also very true: a group of young girls with dreams of being ballerinas dancing on a Sunday afternoon. And it's there, if you want to look for it: the gracefulness and beauty and power of human expression. It is in these, gifts that art is always willing to give us, that I find the point of it all.
At the dawn of the Nineteenth Century, Christmas was hardly celebrated – at least, not in a way we would recognise today. Many businesses didn't consider it to be a holiday. Gift giving had traditionally been a New Year activity, but moved as Christmas became more important to the Victorians. By the end of the century, Christmas had become the biggest annual celebration in the British calendar. Victorian advancements in technology, industry and infrastructure – as well as having an impact on society as a whole – made Christmas an occasion that many more British people could enjoy. From Christmas cards to decorated trees and Christmas crackers, many of our best-known Christmas traditions are products of the Victorian era.
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" for the 21st of December is "get in the festive mood". Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes. The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled. I have created such a scene here, where everything is comes from my 1:12 miniatures collection. Therefore I have decided to use them to illustrate a very Victorian Christmas, which I think exemplifies being in the festive mood. I hope you like my choice for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
As this is the last "Smile on Saturday" before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
This scene is comprised of 1:12 miniatures from my 1;12 miniature collection, ranging from artisan pieces acquired in the last couple of years, to items I have had since my childhood. Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
The Christmas tree is a 1:12 artisan miniature made by an unknown artist. I bought it via E-Bay from a seller in the United States. The tree came full dressed, complete with little gold angel on top, the apron at its bottom and all the baubles and bows between.
The Christmas presents you see beneath the Christmas tree and scattered around the room were made by husband and wife artistic team Margie and Mike Balough who own Serendipity Miniatures in Newcomerstown, Ohio. The Christmas garland hanging from the fireplace was also made by them.
The New Year cards you see on the mantlepiece of the fireplace are all 1:12 size miniatures made by the British miniature artisan Ken Blythe. Most of his work that I have come in the form of books, which he has made may be opened to reveal authentic printed interiors. In some cases, you can even read the words, depending upon the size of the print! I have quite a large representation of Ken Blythe’s work in my collection. What might amaze you is that all Ken Blythe’s opening books are authentically replicated 1:12 scale miniatures of real volumes. As well as books, he also designed other paper based artistic items. This includes these New Year cards which are 1:12 copies of genuine Victorian New Year cards! To create something so authentic to the original in such detail and so clearly, really does make them all miniature artisan pieces. Ken Blythe’s work is highly sought after by miniaturists around the world today and command high prices at auction for such tiny pieces, particularly now that he is no longer alive. I was fortunate enough to acquire pieces from Ken Blythe prior to his death about four years ago, as well as through his estate via his daughter and son-in-law. His legacy will live on with me and in my photography which I hope will please his daughter.
The other Christmas cards seen around the room are artisan miniatures made by an unknown artist and came in their own presentation box. They came from kathleen Knight's Doll's House Shop in the United Kingdom.
The delicious looking plate of iced and decorated Christmas biscuits, which is a miniature artisan piece gifted to me by my dear Flickr friend and artist Kim Hagar (www.flickr.com/photos/bkhagar_gallery/), who surprised me with it last Christmas.
The antique velvet drawing room suite with its button-back upholstery I have had since I was a child of eight. The sofa, grandfather armchair and grandmother slipper chair were a gift to me that Christmas. The small salon chair in the back right-hand corner of the photo also comes from my childhood and I have had it since I was about ten.
The tall Dutch style chest of drawers to the far left of the photo was one of the first pieces of miniature furniture I ever bought for myself. I chose it as payment for several figures I made from Fimo clay for a local high street toy shop when I was eight years old. All these years later, I definitely think I got the better end of the deal!
The two wine tables and the demi-lune tables come from Kathleen Knight's Doll's House Shop in the United Kingdom.
The two cottages orné pastille burners sitting on the demi-line table have been hand made, painted and gilded by Welsh miniature ceramist Rachel Williams who has her own studio, V&R Miniatures, in Powys. The ornate Victorian ruby glass epergne between them is an artisan miniature made of real spun glass and came from Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering.
The gilt Art Nouveau tea set, featuring a copy of a Royal Doulton leaves pattern, comes from a larger tea set which has been hand decorated by beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering as well.
The ornate white plaster fireplace with its wide mantle, the fire screen in front if it, and the hand embroidered pole fire screen to the left of the fireplace, the black leaded fire surround and brass fire tools also come from Kathleen Knight's Doll's House shop in the United Kingdom.
The grey marble French barrel clock on the mantlepiece is a 1:12 artisan miniature made by Hall’s Miniature Clocks, supplied through Doreen Jeffries Small Wonders Miniatures in England.
The two ornate fluted Victorian ruby glass vases standing to either side of the clock between the New Year cards are artisan miniatures made of real spun glass and came from Kathleen Knight's Doll's House shop in the United Kingdom.
The family photos on the mantlepiece and on the walls are all real photos, produced to high standards in 1:12 size on photographic paper by Little Things Dollhouse Miniatures in Lancashire. The frames are from various suppliers, but all are metal.
The four miniature silhouettes featuring a Georgian era gentleman and lady, and two top hatted Victorian gentlemen come from Lady Mile Miniatures in the United Kingdom.
The central portrait of an old Victorian woman in its gold frame also comes from Kathleen Knight's Doll's House shop in the United Kingdom, whilst the Regency portrait of the gentleman to the right-hand side of the photograph was made by Maria Makes Miniatures in the United Kingdom.
The wallpaper is William Morris’ ‘Poppies’ pattern, featuring stylised Art Nouveau poppies. William Morris papers and fabrics were popular in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period before the Great War.
The miniature Victorian style rug on the floor is made by hand by Pike and Pike in the United Kingdom.
O Castelo da Feira, também referido como Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira e Castelo de Santa Maria, localiza-se na freguesia e cidade da Feira, concelho de Santa Maria da Feira, distrito de Aveiro, em Portugal.
Outrora cabeça da Terra de Santa Maria, ex libris da Feira, é considerado como um dos exemplos mais completos da arquitetura militar medieval no país, uma vez que nele se encontra representada a vasta gama de elementos defensivos empregados no período.
(pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelo_de_Santa_Maria_da_Feira)
The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is a Portuguese castle in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, district of Aveiro. Emblematic of Portuguese medieval military architecture, the Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is one of the monuments that best reflects the diversity of defenses used during the Middle Ages, having been instrumental in the process of Reconquista and autonomy of the County of Portugal. It has been listed as a National monument since 1910.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Santa_Maria_da_Feira)
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I consider myself to be so fortunate to have these beautiful creatures visit the backyard on a regular basis for a snack, I get to see and photograph them and it is a joy just to see them!
I hope everyone enjoys this close up. BTW.....my deer shots are almost exclusively taken through the window, they are much too skittish to go outside, when I do they bolt!
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