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The Harbour shipping control tower, which is destined to be demolished.
As part of the redevelopment of Barangaroo the tower has ben decomissioned, but a long battle to save it from demolition has failed.
a 2 minute and a 1.5 minute exposure stacked for the cloud movement
Acrylic (10x9") on (1" thick) cherry. Available as a limited edition print @ www.64colors.bigcartel.com/
We enjoyed a nice outing to South Coyote Buttes last night. This is one of the most iconic features in the area known as the Control Tower with some soft twilight glow. If you ever get a permit to visit, I can take you out here for the best light! Other tour guides in the area just take you out in the middle of the day. Trust me, it looks a million times better in the golden hour!
"The walls are closing in again
So claustrophobic as I'm trapped in my head
It’s like I don't belong in my own skin
It's sinking in, I’m lower than I've ever been
(Oh god, oh god)
Why do I feel so wrong?
(I hold on, hold on)
Before I'm too far gone
I can't let it consume me
I'm losing my grip
(Woah, woah)
Sometimes my mind takes me for a ride
Feels like I'm ready to die, I'm ready to die
'Cause I got thoughts so dark, they tear me apart
And I know that I’m losing control
I’ve been running from the one in the mirror
Now it's been forever since I could see clear
Nobody can help
I’m the only one who can save myself
I hear voices that fill me with doubt
I try so hard to block them out
I sit around and wonder why
I'm alive but I don't feel much life
(Oh god, oh god)
Why do I feel so wrong?
(I hold on, hold on)
To all the hope not lost
I won't let it consume me
I need to get out of this nightmare
Sometimes my mind takes me for a ride
Feels like I’m ready to die, I'm ready to die
'Cause I got thoughts so dark, they tear me apart
And I know that I'm losing control
I've been running from the one in the mirror
Now it's been forever since I could see clear
Nobody can help
I'm the only one who can save myself
Save myself
Sometimes my mind takes me for a ride
Feels like I'm ready to die
I'm ready to die
Sometimes my mind takes me for a ride
Feels like I'm ready to die, I'm ready to die
'Cause I got thoughts so dark, they tear me apart
And I know that I'm losing control
I've been running from the one in the mirror
Now it's been forever since I could see clear
Nobody can help
I'm the only one who can save myself
I'm the only one who can save myself"
Lyrics Source:
genius.com/Villain-of-the-story-losing-control-lyrics
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Not done in 2020 in many places, controlled prairie burns seemed to be taking place in the past week. I was surprised to see this on a weekend since there are usually more people out and about. It didn't take long to burn through this Arboretum prairie. I'm looking forward to seeing the life that fills the prairies in 2021.
I can’t take my eyes off the green tulip leaves with the great light on it… Then I’ve asked myself: What’s the meaning of green? To me it’s nature & restful energy… Here is what I found from different sources: “Green, the color of life, renewal, nature, and energy, is associated with meanings of growth, harmony, freshness, safety, fertility, and environment.The color green has healing power and is understood to be the most restful and relaxing color for the human eye to view. Green can help enhance vision, stability and endurance. Green takes up more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye and it is the dominant color in the natural.The color green affects us physically and mentally in several different ways. Green is soothing, relaxing, and youthful. Green is a color that helps alleviate anxiety, depression, and nervousness. Green also brings with it a sense of hope, health, adventure, and renewal, as well as self-control, compassion, and harmony” Bourncreative “Since the beginning of time, green has signified growth, rebirth, and fertility. In pagan times, there was the "Green Man" - a symbol of fertility. In Muslim countries, it is a holy color and in Ireland, a lucky color. It was the color of the heavens in the Ming Dynasty.” Colormatters BeNowMeHere, Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands, 2015 via 500px ift.tt/21SqnYF
The view here is east. I'm standing on the Mauna Lani property, on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island. The fire is about five miles away in the Waikoloa hills.
The time is approximately 09:30 PM HST (-10:00 GMT).
The Hawaii Civil Defense broadcast, which was broadcast at 10:00 PM, indicated the fire remains out of control, though no homes are threatened.
For those familiar with the area, the Queen Ka'ahumanu highway entrance to Waikoloa Road is closed. I had to loop around through Kawaihae and Waimea in order to get back home to Waikoloa Village this evening.
I think this is best viewed really large.
This scene reminded me of Marionette puppets controlled by strings
The art of kite flying contrasted against the brilliance of this golden, winter sunset.
**It is really quite amazing to see how close these people can stand together without having their strings become tangled up in the sky.
Garry Point Park
Steveston, Richmond
BC
Canada
Your views are always so very much appreciated. Thanks for visiting.
~Christie (Happiest by the River)
**Best experience in full screen. Thanks for peeking !
An AC inverter control panel (slightly less than 3" horizontally from edge to edge). This type of inverter, more commonly called a variable-frequency drive, is generally used as an efficient motor speed control in many commercial and industrial applications. Similar systems are used in microwave ovens, air-conditioning systems, EVs, and other consumer devices.
One downside to inverter technology is a distinctive, continuous high-pitched whine emitting from the motor. Noises like this are familiar to anyone who has taken a subway or a trolley using newer equipment.
In this instance, I am using a secondhand inverter and motor to power a 35mm projector, giving it variable speed capability and, more importantly, prolonging the time it takes to come up to full speed and slow down to a stop to minimize stress on the mechanism and film.
Soundtrack: V.A.C. - "malfunction"
- somehow a "brother-in-spirit" of this one: though (oh well...) I am at least knee-deep into technology of all sorts and kinds, somehow I wonder how it actually works - man controlling machine? This device (an office-building-sized coal excavator) is just, well, sort of a "mountain of steel", making you feel awfully small, pondering what might happen if machines like these actually get out of hands...
Now, what was it she told me to get!
Potatoes, carrots … I should have brought that list she wrote.
Potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage …. She always says that I don’t listen to her, or is it that I never listen to her.
Potatoes, carrots, onions ……. Oh, those cream cakes look good.
"Habito los tiempos cortos que resumen el espacio
al instante aleatorio y fugaz de tu impulso en las neuronas.
Camino asido a la brida que, asida con entereza,
ahonda en mi fortaleza y te vive hasta la muerte.
El pasado y el presente se dan la mano en un punto
y no dejan de ser las suertes que viví sin respirarte...
...tiempos cortos que, estrechándose en la ausencia de tu aliento,
configuran mis fronteras.
Espacios infinitos en que ya no te diviso,
incluso desde esta noche, oscura y fría,
donde mis sueños rotos aún pregonan que te amo".
-Tiempos cortos (enero 2004) -
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Por favor, comenta si quieres pero no pegues carteles ni tarjetas. No le des premios ni pongas medallas. Agradezco mucho las opiniones y, sobre todo, la crítica, pero los ornamentos me distraen en exceso. Gracias.