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Visiting some of my old haunts when I was much younger. Gosh not here, that would've been lovely but Royden Park. It's a super area for a walk and the hotel is a little oasis with wonderful views and a fascinating history once belonging to two influential Wirral families. Originally built in Bidston and known as Bidston Court the house was moved five miles to it's current location over a two year period in 1929.
It takes it's inspiration from Little Moreton Hall near Congleton, Cheshire.
Noteable for being the smallest 5* Hotel in the country with only 17 rooms.
Empty, discharging water ballast
A Oil/Chemical Tanker that was built in 2017 sailing under the flag of Cyprus.
Her carrying capacity is 49999 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 182.66 meters and her width is 32.2 meters.
Burrard Inlet, Vancouver Harbour,
Taken from, New Brighton Park,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, also called the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and Second Narrows Bridge, is the second bridge constructed at the Second (east) Narrows of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Originally named the Second Narrows Bridge, it connects Vancouver to the North Shore of Burrard Inlet, which includes the District of North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver. It was constructed adjacent to the older Second Narrows Bridge, which is now exclusively a rail bridge. Its construction, from 1956 to 1960, was marred by a multi-death collapse on June 17, 1958. The First Narrows Bridge, better known as Lions Gate Bridge, crosses Burrard Inlet about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Second Narrows.
Crowden, Derbyshire
After after four month break, I returned to serious birding activities yesterday with a trip to see Derbyshire's celebrity star, the Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture. I spent over 12 hours in the valley above Crowden with fantastic company as we hoped to get some photos of this beast of a bird. My best shot was this one taken at 7:24am after the mist had cleared to reveal the bird at one of its current roost sites. After that all I had were distant shots as we watched it riding the thermals in a number of places. I'll post a few more later (jobs to do today) but I had to get one out there after a great day out. Shot taken from the Pennine Way footpath along with 10 other birders and numerous passing hillwalkers.
Dieses Gebäude mit den Backsteineinfassungen passt auf den ersten Blick nicht in die moderne Architektur des Neuen Medienhafens in Düsseldorf. Im oberen Teil des Fotos ist allerdings eine moderne Glasfassade zu sehen. Auch hier wurde alte Bausubstanz mit moderner Architektur geschickt kombiniert. Das schöne Gebäude wird aktuell von einer Modefirma für die Präsentation der aktuellen Kollektionen genutzt. Diese Fassade konnte ich nur mit Hilfe meiner Weitwinkel Brennweite so ablichten. Verzerrungen musste ich bei der anschließenden Entwicklung mit LrC ausgleichen.
Mehr Fotos und Berichte von meinen Fotowalks, Touren und Reisen:
At first glance, this building with the brick surrounds does not fit into the modern architecture of the New Media Harbor in Düsseldorf. In the upper part of the photo, however, a modern glass facade can be seen. Here, too, old building fabric was cleverly combined with modern architecture. The beautiful building is currently used by a fashion company for the presentation of the current collections. I was only able to photograph this facade with the help of my wide-angle focal length. I had to compensate for distortions with LrC during the subsequent development.
More photos and reports from my photo walks, tours and trips:
On my current US road trip, I wanted to catch some Alpenglow. While having sunrise and sunset reds on sandstone (like in Arches NP), which brings out the reds indeed, a white, i.e.snowy, background does work nicely as well. Contrasting, blue sky. That was the goal.
Not being the luckiest with the weather, I basically had one shot about shooting a sunrise, prefixed by two hours of searching and settling for a place where an assumed sunrise might be seen nicely. So, the next morning, I went on a dirt road in Owen's Valley, ran around in the half-dark, avoiding all kinds of cow releases, finding a spot where I could get some interesting foreground, masking a bit the not-green grass. I liked the Owen's River being quite calm, and what I also liked were clouds in the sky giving the light some brightness variations when it hit the nearby mountains.
Afterwards, we continued to Yosemite Valley, but more on that in the coming pictures.
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Beautiful Poem- Stop and smell the flowers
Current mood: peaceful
This poem was written by a terminally ill young
girl
in a New York
Hospital.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
Current chariot, in diva pose, undergoing a slow rebuild as it was abandoned. A bit too small (I'm tall -- note the extension on the seatpost) but it gets me around...
And my first shot to clear 1,000 views: thanks to all who stopped by, commented, and faved this!!!
Though the temperature of 10º Celsius is not really low compared to snowing countries, it is still called "cold current" in Taiwan. I stayed at home and avoid being outdoor in such a cold and rainy day.
攝氏十度對很多下雪的國家而言，實在不算是冷，但是對台灣而言，就已經是「寒流」等級。
當然，我這怕冷的，完全避免出門，在家翻舊庫存。
PS. 標題出自宋代，陸游的「漁家」。
~東華聖宮, 新店區, 新北市
Donhwa Temple, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 160, F8, 30 sec, 70 mm
- Canon 5D Mark III with EF 70-200 mm f/4 L lens
- Sunset @ 6.10pm (275º) / Shot @ 6.51pm
- Visibility 10 km @ 5.45pm
The Sonoran Desert as currently defined covers approximately 100,000 square miles (260,000 sq. km.) and includes most of the southern half of Arizona, southeastern California, most of the Baja California peninsula, the islands of the Gulf of California, and much of the state of Sonora, Mexico. It is lush in comparison to most other deserts. Two visually dominant life forms of plants distinguish the Sonoran Desert from the other North American deserts: legume trees and columnar cacti. It also supports many other life forms encompassing a rich spectrum of some 2,000 species of plants.
The amount and seasonality of rainfall are defining characteristics of the Sonoran Desert. Much of the area has a biseasonal rainfall pattern, though even during the rainy seasons most days are sunny. From December to March frontal storms from North Pacific Ocean occasionally bring widespread, gentle rain to the northwestern areas. From July to mid-September, the summer monsoon brings surges of wet tropical air and frequent but localized violent thunderstorms.
The Sonoran Desert prominently differs from the other three North American Deserts in having mild winters; most of the area rarely experiences frost. About half of the biota is tropical in origin, with life cycles attuned to the brief summer rainy season. The winter rains, when ample, produce huge populations of annuals (which comprise half of the species in our flora).
Wants:
Retro Raygun - Any Color (Favorite = Dark Red)
Buildable Ammo Chain - Any Color (Favorite = Bronze/Purple)
*Photos by The_Bricker and Dunechaser*
I discuss my top 5 favorite coffee beans in the current blog post: theknittingblogbymrpuffythedog.blogspot.com/2017/02/cinna...
5576 US-89.
Currently in mid-renovation.
www.livingstonenterprise.com/townnews/radio/metal-kprk-ra...
Metal KPRK radio rotunda, iconic Livingston symbol removed
Dan Astin Enterprise Staff Writer Dec 1, 2023
The faux stylized radio tower spire, an iconic symbol of KPRK radio and Livingston, was removed on Thursday, as part an ongoing construction project, restoring the derelict broadcasting building and grounds to their formal glory.
In reference to the rotunda's temporary removal during restoration, Andrew Feltenstein, owner of Moleo Media Group, a limited liability company, which is the site's property owner, said "We can't save everything, but we will be putting the rotunda back up."
Juston Gougeon, founder and vice president of operations for Basecamp Construction, the contractor responsible for the restoration, inferred rehabbing the radio station, which has been abandoned for over a decade, will have different challenges, in order to preserve the station's unique exterior architecture.
As part of preserving the building as a public business for the future, steel beams and hydraulics will need to lift the entire structure above the Yellowstone River flood-plane.
The nearly 80 year old structure will have to be brought up to Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility specifications, with all components of the building's infrastructure modernized, without altering the exterior.
An outdoor amphitheater for music events is a planned edition to the rear of the property.
The contractor explained finishing the restoration project, which will be assisted in-part through historic preservation tax credits, will be worth it in the end.
"There's going to be a lot of money invested in Livingston in the next 10 years. Andrew's passion for this project is contagious and Basecamp Construction is excited to be a part of the restoration of one of Livingston's most iconic buildings," said Gougeon.
More info (and a vintage picture) on KPRK's site.
Stóra-Dimon | Suðurland (South Iceland)
This is the last photo I'll be posting from our recent trip to Iceland. However, because there were species we either didn't see or didn't get many shots of this time round - such as the Rock Ptarmigan - I'm going to be adding a few previously unpublished images from our last visit in 2015. Whilst I enjoyed both trips, I don't think we'll be returning, so I'm going to use this opportunity to make sure my Flickr Iceland album contains all the photos I want it to, particularly as the album I had on my original website is now effectively lost.
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WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY ADVENTURES
'the experiences, the places, the species and more ....'
In respect of my new 'reincarnated' website www.tickspics.com I'm still spending all my current free time in trying to make it 'mobile friendly' - a rather thankless, but necessary task to comply with Google's SEO requirements. As soon as that is out of the way, I'll be regularly adding new content including an extended write-up about both our Iceland trips.
Latest release from Ahlure currently @ Designer Showcase
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Week 4/52: Water
I took this one the day after election day, 2020, so posting it the morning before the inauguration makes some sense to me. Hard to know where we'll go, but it's definitely somewhere.
On an editing note, I wanted to try to make this one look more like a painting. My first go at it!
Currently @ C88
The Corrie bathroom collection features a modern pedestal sink and a tub finished in a luxe marble stone, complimented with rich wood tones. (Toilet and paper holder not shown).
The current City Hall for the city of St. Louis, having housed city government since 1898, is a landmark by appearance, reputation and city designation (since 1971). Efforts to build what would become the current City Hall (seen above) got underway in May 1888 when the City Hall Commission was formed. On April 4, 1889, an ordinance was passed to authorize the Commission to advertise for bids for the building. The original cost was not to exceed one million dollars. The commission chose the design of George Richard Mann, of the firm Eckel & Mann of St. Joseph, from the 37 national entries. His design was titled "St. Louis 1892", obviously expecting it to be completed by 1892. A French-style plan, inspired by the Hotel de Ville or City Hall of Paris, with ornamental dormer windows and former towers, it also recalled architectural elements of the Chateau de Chambord on the Loire River in France.
The construction of City Hall started July 19, 1890, with Mayor Edward Noonan's daughter Zoe, breaking ground. The cornerstone was laid on June 6, 1891. No bond issue was passed to finance construction of the new City Hall, explaining the 14 years required to finish the building. Funds came from general revenue and the sale of city property. Every year or two, the Council, would authorize an average of $110, 000 to continue construction. An ordinance was passed on Sept, 10, 1893 to limit the total cost at two million dollars. Though the building was not completed, it was finally occupied on April 11, 1898 when Mayor Henry Ziegenhein headed a ceremonial parade of city officials from the old building to their offices in the new City Hall. In 1904, the final portions of the building were completed, the Rotunda, the Tucker Boulevard vestibule and the grand staircase, using the design by the St. Louis architectural firm of Weber & Groves. The building was officially completed on Nov. 5, 1904 when Mayor Rolla Wells held an open house for the residents of St. Louis. The final cost of the building was $1,787,159.16. However, the exterior of City Hall was never quite finished. All sides of the building have ornamental dormers called belvederes, each having bare spaces of limestone. These were meant to have carved decorations, yet remained untouched probably due to lack of funds. Despite its incomplete state, City Hall was praised for its "splendid architectural composition," and called "an impressive period piece of craftsmanship". Unfortunately, a poorly executed acid cleaning and years of exposure to coal smoke has left the original pink and orange exterior tarnished.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/about/history-of-city-hall.cfm
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
I’ve lived in Edinburgh for many years but currently don’t. Chanced upon this somewhat hidden and underreported feature by accident while cycling up the Forth. Nice...a real hidden gem.
Been at this Pulitzer Prize winner for a few weeks, and it's incredibly rewarding. Long, detailed, and packed in a tiny font, but very rewarding. A lot of it (so far, 20-25% in) is focused on the compromises and processes of amendments - - reminding us that the Founding Fathers were not a monolithic group, and that they represented only a subset of the American population (no women, no slaves, no Native Americans, and only property holders). Here and there Lepore reminds us of the absences of these voices and the efforts to limit amendments, even as delegates to state constitution conventions may have sought to make it easier for future generations to amend. But again, I'm not very far in.
UPDATE, one third in. I'm now up to about 1861, and it seems like this book isn't about the Constitution itself but about the intersection of the history of the United States and the Constitution... that is, its scope is broader than I expected and more than I wanted. I really wanted greater focus on all the com[promises etc that got us to the original constitution and how it got us to the point where California and Wyonimg have the same number of Senators and how nothing can be done about it. I'm looking at my body clock and doubting I have time for all of the rest of this book, as good as I'm sure it is.
Grand Canyon contrasts.
Green slopes and harsh mono-tonal interior.
Layers of millions of years of sediments and current continuation.
Flicker of the river below could not have done all of this ... or could've?
BTR-82A (picked up the virus being passed around on Flickr:p) and a Russian BT-7 I'm working on for a friendly challenge with Bristoli!
Tell me what you think and have a great Memorial Day!
Fashion and fun combine in an outfit from Le'La Currently @ Designer Showcase.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Alhambra (The Red One) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century by the Nasrid emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada, who built its current palace and walls with many beautiful, intricate details. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada. After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered in the Renaissance style. In 1526 Charles I & V commissioned a new Renaissance palace better befitting the Holy Roman Emperor in the revolutionary Mannerist style influenced by humanist philosophy in direct juxtaposition with the Nasrid Andalusian architecture, but it was ultimately never completed due to Morisco rebellions in Granada.
"You are born into this world
Looking down the barrel of a gun
And those who hold the gun
Want you to work fast and die young
And if you don't work
If you don't obey
They'll make you live in fear till your dying day
Those who govern hold the gun to your head
With religions, corporations, proud of blood
They've shed
Whether it's God or the bomb
It's just the same
It's only fear under another name
And the corporate snakes coming in to feed
On that pathetic fact known as human greed
Skin and bone being raked over those hot coals
This dump never seems to give time for human souls
And all those things that we have learned
No time for questions, you'll just get burned
You'll just get burned
And those words crush you flat
Like your skull's under a brick
And the fear's so damnned strong
That it makes you sick
And you can see right through those eyes
That make you fear, that make you lie
And you're taught to hold high
Yet you wonder why
Dumb values forced upon you by the
(released in 1989, but the end of the vid where you can see the twin towers is a bit haunting.)
(this is my notebook.)
well, the snow is almost all gone (we have icy rain instead), and the winds are down a bit but still racing across the landscape and whipping up mini-waterspouts on the fjord (so George is still unhappy) — still a bunch of storm to get through
Catatonia
is a syndrome of psychological and motorological disturbances. In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV) it is not recognized as a separate disorder, but is associated with psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia (catatonic type), bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental disorders, as well as drug abuse or overdose (or both). It may also be seen in many medical disorders including infections (such as encephalitis), autoimmune disorders, focal neurologic lesions (including strokes), metabolic disturbances and abrupt or overly rapid benzodiazepine withdrawal.
Patients with catatonia may experience an extreme loss of motor skills or even constant hyperactive motor activity. Catatonic patients will sometimes hold rigid poses for hours and will ignore any external stimuli. Patients with catatonic excitement can die of exhaustion if not treated. Patients may also show stereotyped, repetitive movements. They may show specific types of movement such as waxy flexibility, in which they maintain positions after being placed in them by someone else, or gegenhalten (lit. "counterhold"), in which they resist movement in proportion to the force applied by the examiner. They may repeat meaningless phrases or speak only to repeat what the examiner says.
Bad day. Bad bad day.
My friends went to Chicago today to go see the Lion King and eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Where am I at? Sitting on my butt in my room. Why? Because I'm too effing poor to do crap.
Then Garry calls this morning on his way home from work and tells me that he had been asked to go into work tonight. We were supposed to take tonight and tomorrow night and celebrate our anniversary. Is that going to happen now? No. Did he even bother to call me any time in the last seven hours? No.
Haven't eaten anything yet today because the spot doesn't open until 6. Thankfully that's only a half hour away...then I can finally eat something. Will probably be crap because this school could care less about those of us stuck on campus during the weekend...but it's something.
However, I do like this picture. I have high expectations for how it'll do...which sucks cause, with the way my day is going, this thing will be totally ignored by everyone. *sigh* but I still like it...so that's good at least.
Lumsdale Falls, Matlock
Several shoots of unculled and unprocessed images have been dormant on my hard drive since our Japan holiday so I thought I'd spend the day tidying up my directories and give you all a break from my recent offerings, although I've not finished with Japan yet.
A day out at Lumsdale Falls late October with fellow togs Eddie and Pat in search of flowing water and a chance to have a paddle in our wellies. If you've seen the recent humiliation I've suffered at the hands of Eddie... this is payback time. All puns gratefully received
This is very good. Ressa is a journalist who was born in the Philippines, raised in the US, and returned to the Philippines to start a news outlet which soon became the target of the leading politicians. She and her outlet fought back and endured, and this endurance and the actions she took are the heart of the story. But it's also about the Internet and social networking, and how FB -- which helped her outlet succeed -- was eventually turned against her. I highly recommend this one.
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. It was built in three stages, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815.
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The Port Mann Bridge is a 10-lane cable-stayed, toll bridge that opened to traffic in 2012. It is currently the second longest cable-stayed bridge in North America and was the widest bridge in the world until the opening of the new Bay Bridge in California. This bridge replaced a steel arch bridge that previous spanned the Fraser River.
The Port Mann bridge spans the Mighty Fraser River, connecting Coquitlam and Surrey, BC Canada
Length: 2,020 metres (6,630 ft)
Width: 65 metres (213 ft)
Height: 163 metres (535 ft)
Construction Cost: $820 million
(What caught my eye was the multi-layers and lines)
Whilst currently remaining local, a search for new locations that would be unlikely to have a crowd, brought me to Stannington in Northumberland, with a view to picking up a northbound cement empties in the evening sunshine.
Fortunately other than sheep and skylarks I had the footpath and field to myself as 70809 headed north with the 637D 1740 Seaham to Oxwellmains empties.
The soil covered slopes in the background belong to one of the once substantial opencast mine workings in the area.
29th May 2020.
Currently, we are unsure if this is a hybrid or "nature's freak" as this specimen was caught by our civil service officer after it caused havoc in one of the busiest highways in Kuala Lumpur.
Note:
Hybrid here means it's from the exotic pet circle @ runaway pet.
Nature's freak-in general this species' natural coloration is either dark brown or light black but the present snake is light orange.
Distribution: China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Nepal, and Thailand.
Reproduction: This is an oviparous species. Females normally lay 16 to 33 eggs per clutch whereby incubation periods range from 55 to 73 days. Egg-laying takes place from January through March when it's slightly warmer. The females usually stay with her eggs for awhile. There have been reports of interbreeding between Indian cobra (Naja naja) x Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia)
Description: The dorsal surface may be yellow, brown, gray, or blackish, with or without ragged or clearly defined cross bands. The O-shape marking can be olivaceous, brownish to black above with or without a yellow or orange-colored. In general , it has a black spot on the lower/inner surface of the hood on either side (surprisingly this specimen did not exhibit this trait), and one or two black cross-bars on the belly behind it
Length: Adults can reach a maximum of 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length. Many larger specimens have been recorded, but this size are rare.
My Friend, in the stars...he was the most beautiful Horse I ever saw in my entire life, the Black horse called Nightmare ......star chasers dream ! Thank you for stopping by, my Flickr friends , thank you for all your support through out the past year , Best wishes Tim....see you soon.
The Derwent River at Bridgewater-Granton has traditionally been traversed by an iron bridge and a causeway (from where I am taking this photograph). Currently the largest infrastructure program in Tasmania is taking place to build a huge bridge that will sweep in a giant curve from the Bridgewater side to Granton on the southern bank at a length of over one kilometre.