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An RQ-7B Shadow UAV from VMU-4 on the ramp at Camp Pendleton.
Shot for my article on VMU-4's use of its RQ-7s for nighttime wildlife survey missions in the November issue of Air International: www.airinternational.com/the-magazine/view-issue/?issueID...
200 Beans and counting. Day 200 only 165 to go.
This is quite a milestone for me, and I feel I have come a long way in this Project 365 Journey.
I have been learning allot, and always trying to grow, see and express more. This project is by no means easy, and it is much more demanding then I had first thought, but well worth it in so many ways.
I am touched that some of you have found joy and a connection with a number of the photos, and I am blessed and honored to share this photographic experience here.
For tonight's shot, 200 Beans (guessing), Bokeh and warm tones, no filters, no tonemapping, just a feeling in one shot.
Espresso Time Photography
Do you ever wonder how many sunsets this rock has seen?
Sometimes I do.
Innova 6x9 pinhole / Kodak Ektar 100
Well I only made it to Brownville Junction one time and it only was for a couple hours but I was blessed with a train and it was a good one in my opinion. Sm eastbound is getting ready to roll with 4719, 4727, 8767 and 8756 with 91 cars on May 8, 1981.
I used to ask people to try and count the sheep in some of landscape shots. This time if anyone is suffering from insomnia maybe counting these cows may help :-)
“The cost of housing migrants in Britain has tripled to £4 million (€4.7 million) a day, according to The Telegraph.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/07/true-cost-of-asylum-h...
The Bible says that the antichrists kingdom will be a mixture of people who will not remain united. What we are seeing in Europe is Bible prophecy in action. The Bible also says that God will send the people a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. Definitely, there are a lot of zombie-like people walking around these days.
Luke 14:28 “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?”
The tower of multiculturalism was sold to Canada by whom?
“Trudeau (Justin Trudeau’s daddy) claimed that there was no official Canadian culture and that no ethnic group should take precedence.” –Maclean’s
“There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada,” (Justin) Trudeau said, concluding that he sees Canada as “the first post-national state.” –Toronto Sun
Under Justin Trudeau’s daddy, Canada became the first country in the world to introduce a multiculturalism policy. This policy laid the groundwork for the Canadian Multiculturalism Act of 1988. “It was the sort of stance that former Tory prime minister John Diefenbaker could embrace, as he did when his government passed the Bill of Rights in 1960.” Later came the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This charter gave judges the power to veto legislation. How democratic! This charter was just a scam to push through a bunch of new world order junk, which under the old system would have taken much more time to push through! Though the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has greatly sped up the demise of Canada, most Canadians praise it.
This is the other shot from my corrupted card yesterday... 2 minute exposure with ND x1000 filter...
"1 sheep, 2 sheeps, 3 sheeps, 4..."
"Barney it's not sheeps is sheep!"
"Pfft. 5 sheeps, 6 sheeps.... ....29 sheeps, 30 sheeps"
"You'll send yourself to sleep counting all those sheep Barney!"
"Won't. I'm gonna send YOU to sleep then, then, I'm gonna go round up all the sheeps and me and some other collies from down the hill are gonna have a sheep trial!"
"You mean a sheepdog trial!"
"No. I haven't done anything wrong, it's the sheep that are on trial. Bad things them are. With their bleatin and worrying dogs and stuff."
You can't see them here, but there were sheep all around the spot I took this! They teased poor Barney all day long, popping out of the undergrowth in front of him and trotting jauntily ahead, just out of reach (he was on a lead!)... Barney is friendly with cows, he is polite with horses and cats and slightly frightened by chickens and goats but sheep are just too tempting - he can't help trying to stalk them, so he stays on a lead around them, apart from when I'm standing still, taking a photo of him, when he knows to stay put!!
Well, you'll never guess what but I'm back at university again! This time, I'm at Birmingham, which is great as I can commute up from home. For the time being, I'm only going up for three months - to work on a research project, but it's very likely I'll actually be there a lot longer - possibly doing a PhD next year. It's all happened so quickly, I can barely believe it! My dad works for a professor at the university and mentioned me to him a couple of weeks ago. At the end of last week, I went and had a chat with him and this Wednesday, I was offered the temporary job. I pretty much started the project that day! It's all rather sudden but I'm very pleased as I'm sure you can imagine :)
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Reached Explore #111
Date / Dec 19, 2014
Artist / How to count one to ten
Place / The Wall
Photo / Jarvis (Mile End Photograpfhy)
Castle Dyck (German: Schloss Dyck) is a moated castle in the Rhineland region of Germany. It is located in the municipality of Jüchen in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, between Grevenbroich and Mönchengladbach.
The history of the castle began in 1094 when the knight Hermannus de Disco was mentioned in a record of the Archbishop of Cologne as the lord of a simple fortification. Over time the site was converted into a fortified moated castle. In 1383 the castle was besieged by the cities of Aachen and Cologne, as well as by the archbishop Friedrich III von Saarwerden and Duke William I of Guelders and Jülich. They accused Lord Gerard van Dyck of being a robber knight. When Gerard van Dyck died without male offspring, the castle was inherited by Johann V von Reifferscheidt, the ancestor of the counts and princes of Salm-Reifferscheid. This family owned the castle for more than 900 years until it became the Centre for Garden Art and Landscape Design in 1999. The last heiress of the family, Countess Marie Christine Wolff Metternich, turned it over to a foundation to secure the future of the castle.
The castle is the center of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, a former independent territory located between the Electorate of Cologne, Guelders and Jülich. The small territory was called "Dycker Ländchen" and is still recognizable for its unique cultural landscape.
Fujifilm X-S10
Fujinon XF23mm F2 R WR
There are three great white sharks in this shot, along with two yellowfin tuna, and a yellowtail amberjack. Can you spot them all?
i wonder how many people over the years have counted these steps up to the Church and Abbey ... By the way it's 199 and yes i counted again for the umpteenth time just in case i missed one
"Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard
Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars"
Yeah, we'll be counting stars…"
*OneRepublic*
"As a result of the connection of the Principality of Hildesheim to the new Kingdom of Hanover, the former Derneburg Monastery was given to Count Ernst zu Münster by the King of England and Hanover in 1814. Together with his master builder Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves, the count designed an English landscape garden around the castle, the delightful remains of which attract many visitors to Derneburg today.
In 1839, the year Count Ernst zu Münster died, Laves was commissioned to design a worthy tomb for the Lords of Derneburg. Now the classicist architect should finally have the opportunity to realize an idea that recurs in his designs: the steep Egyptian pyramid. The massive, geometrically symmetrical design language of Egyptian architecture was gladly adopted by classicism. As a student, Laves had to copy drawings of Egyptian buildings and sculptures meticulously. He was certainly familiar with Piranesi's etchings from ancient Rome and thus also those of the 12th BC Cestius pyramid, which may have served as a model for him. The Derneburg pyramid is a little more than 11 meters high and its slope angle is 61 degrees. The door, bearing the Münster coat of arms, is surrounded by a double-wound Egyptian round bar, and an Egyptian groove with double-rowed leaf tips decorates the entrance. Despite all the worship of the Egyptian cult of the dead, the mausoleum remained recognizable as a Christian burial place by a large cross above the entrance. On the stone door there was originally a grave inscription attributed to the Freemasons: “The progression to perfection is eternal, although the trace disappears from the eye on the grave”.
Count Ernst zu Münster, his wife and their daughters are kept in sarcophagi in the pyramid. To the side of the pyramid lies his son, Prince Georg Herbert Münster zu Derneburg, his eldest daughter Marie, "the faithful daughter of her father" (funerary inscription) and a daughter of Count Ernst zu Münster. The following generations of the zu Munster family rest in the tombs in front of the pyramid: Alexander Fürst zu Munster, Georg Herbert's second son, his wife Muriel and their son Friedrich Graf zu Münster, who is still popularly known today as Graf Fredi. The Celtic high cross on the tomb of Princess Muriel indicates her origins in Scotland."
Laves-Kulturpfad in Derneburg, Informationen dazu hier: www.holle.de/Gemeinde/Sehensw%C3%BCrdigkeiten/Laves-Kultu...?
Eight locomotives lead a long westbound freight into the late afternoon sun west of Waseca, MN in October of 1996. GP40 #4004 is on the point.
Ok, it's a long way to go, I'm getting impatient and I had to count it out.... so.... 109 sleeps till the start of the 2015 Whale Watching Season!
Photography ©Lisa Skelton, all rights reserved.
This was Gibsy's first encouter with sheep. We stayed in a cottage in the Brecon Beacons in Wales and there were sheep and horses in the field next door. He was around four months old and totally fascinated. Happy Fenced Friday everyone!
I think these gorgeous Pine Grosbeaks were the highlight of the day for me, five days ago. We had been told about a farm family who had lots of these Grosbeaks at their feeders, and we are so glad that we called in. We also saw a Gray Jay there, to add to our species list. My small group of 4 friends and myself, travelling in two cars, did see 5 Golden Eagles, too, which was a real thrill, but they were way off in the distance and I couldn't get any close photos like this one : ) Much as I prefer to not have feeder shots, I was still happy to get the chance to photograph these birds up close.
Some years, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the town of Nanton is held late in December. Other years, it ends up being held early January, sometimes delayed because of really bad weather. The Count that took place on 3 January 2016, was part of the 2015 Bird Count.
As you can see, the weather was bright and sunny for us this day. What you can't see was that it was very cold for the first part of the day, then warming up to a more pleasant cold later on! I think it was -21C when we started. Two year's ago, on the trip in January (for the 2013 Count, but delayed), on the hour-long drive south of Calgary, we hit -34C (-29.2F)!!!!! Again, this year, there was no or very little wind, which makes all the difference. Also, the only walking we had to do was when we called in at various farms.
We drove through such beautiful scenery when we were covering the SW quadrant of the Christmas Bird Count circle that centered on the town of Nanton, Alberta. A landscape over which the occasional Golden Eagle soars (my small group saw 5!) and in which some years - but definitely not on this day! - numerous Sharp-tailed Grouse wander on the ground or perch in trees. I absolutely love this area SW of Nanton! Some of these backroads are extremely steep and almost look vertical when seen from a distance. Some years, the whole area is white, covered in deep snow, so that you can't tell where the roadside ends and the ditch begins. This Count, it wasn't too bad, thank goodness, though I might have felt differently if I had been one of the two drivers for our group!
Around lunch time, we returned to the Truch family's place as we were very nearby, and ate our lunch in the warmth of their cosy home.
After driving (being driven, for me, which is always pure luxury) the backroads from about 8:00 a.m. till around 3:30 p.m., we returned to the wonderful home of the Truch family. Not only do Bill and Leah Truch and their son, Mike, always welcome everyone with open arms, they also provide a much-appreciated breakfast snack for us and then, at the end of the day, a delicious supper. Have to say that I love travelling these scenic backroads, but I also really enjoy getting together with everyone afterwards. This is one of my favourite Bird Counts, and perhaps the most favourite.
Just before leaving for Calgary at the end of the day, we were shown the family's Llamas, two Donkeys, Peacocks, and several tiny white Quail. I should have taken photos of these animals when it was daylight - but maybe I can do it next year.
Thanks so much for doing all the driving, Tony and Andrew, and thanks, Leah, Bill and Mike for all the effort and time you put into your warm welcome! It was another well-organized Count, Mike, as usual - thanks. Can't wait for next Christmas!
List of species seen by our small group, from Andrew Hart:
Nanton general area
Jan 3, 2016
8:45 AM
Traveling
113.00 km
360 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: -14 to +1 deg C sunny. Nanton CBC area D
32 Sharp-tailed Grouse
5 Golden Eagle
1 Bald Eagle
12 Rough-legged Hawk
50 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
2 Eurasian Collared-Dove
8 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
3 Northern Shrike
4 Gray Jay
100 Black-billed Magpie
28 Common Raven
16 Black-capped Chickadee
4 European Starling
2 American Tree Sparrow
105 Pine Grosbeak -- First 60 In a yard with feeders. Balance seen elsewhere along route. Another 35 in a yard off Williams Coulee.
3 White-winged Crossbill
220 Common Redpoll
4 Hoary Redpoll
40 House Sparrow
Number of Species: 20
I asked two different cowboys how many cattle there were? Neither one knew for sure. How are they going to know if they got them all?
One cowboy said they were Hearding the cows to Texas. I hope somebody in the outfit knows what's going on.
Slug Creek- Georgetown Id
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Kahn and Etta and Camellias.
Daily Dog Challenge: In A Row
Weekly Themes: Senses - Senseless - This scene doesn't really make any sense so I guess it's senseless :)
My tribute to Allen Ginsberg #1
(from the poem Howl, Parts I & II)
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