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Yay! I finally got to play along with FGR again!
This is for Spot the Difference and Diptychs, for FGR today.
Okay...there are 6 differences (besides the slight tilt of my head - didn't mean to do that).
Can you figure them out? Leave notes! :)
The Bureau of Land Management recognized the winners of the 2018 “Making a Difference” National Volunteer Awards. These awards acknowledge the winners’ exceptional volunteer service on BLM-managed public lands in 2017. This year’s awardees were honored during a ceremony that connected winners across the country via video teleconferences at BLM offices in several states and in Washington, D.C.
Lion Cubs Ken and Dixie, were born Dec. 6 and the first cubs born at the SD Zoo Safari Park since 2007. Now almost 9 months old very healthy, active and playful! Ken has always been bigger, but now you can really see the difference as Ken begins to get his mane.
Parents Izu and Oshana.
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Taken @
SDZ Safari Park 09/2014
25 December 2007 at the corner of Moorefield Road and St Loy's Road, Tottenham N17.
In Haringey's Bruce Grove and West Green wards 10-17 November 2007 was an Environmental Action Week. This led to extravagant optimism from a former councillor Brian Haley, who was then the 'Cabinet' Member for Environment and Conservation.
“This was a really successful week that has made a huge and lasting difference to the environment in Bruce Grove and West Green."
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A huge and lasting difference? During 2007 I frequently walked along St Loy's Road and Moorefield Road. Rubbish was regularly dumped there. So had the "Action Week" changed anything? From 27 November 2007 onwards, I took several photos. Click these links to see three of them. (1) (2) (3).
I'm now subtracting 8 in the 8th position from the left. This is done in 2 steps: subtract 10, add 2. In this step I add 2.
Norwegian inlet at sunset.... yes I promised that there might be a few of these. I have tried to produce each shot a little differently through. Still to come are extreme HDR/ Orton effect and one other.. probably!
The difference between this and the Golden Wheel Kenworth T2000 trucks I bought from Poundland in the last 12 months is unbelievable. This cost £1 but is really only worth 50p and the Golden Wheel is probably worth more than £1 if sold at another retailer. This car transporter is almost completely devoid of any detail but for some strange reason I couldn't resist buying it. Made by Jiehui in China. Mint and boxed.
There are 12 hard to spot differences between this altered image and the original picture posted next to it.
No prizes for guessing correctly, just a bit of fun. :-)
Photo: Buchanan Bus Station,Glasgow, 28th March 1981.
On Friday, I went to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest for the third time this summer, this time with some photo friends from work. These guys are on the Discovery trail in Schulmann Grove. I tried light-painting them too, but I liked this better.
First bunny was knit shortly after I started to learn last May. Purple one was knit about 3 weeks ago--huge difference in how I knit and my gauge. Both were done with the same size needles and yarns.
I'm now subtracting 3 in the 3rd position from the left. This is done in 2 steps: subtract 5, add 2. In this step I add 2.
Photography Subject: Twins,The Vera/Wingate Twins. Identical, Except one is married to one of the Wingate Twins & has 2 children. The other is single. One is shy & modest while the other is outspoken & open minded.
There are twelve differences between the top and bottom photos of The Topiary Cats. Some harder than others, some very sneaky! www.thetopiarycat.co.uk
Difference in the length of wheelbase.
TS005 is only for one block longer than TS003.
I got advice from " Tommy ñ " (Thanks for " Tommy ñ ")
Today's update is end. I wanted to take a in-depth photo, but there was no time. Soon, a picture is added again. (next week??)
Please don't use these images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. ©All rights reserved.
For millions of people an annual general examination has become a commonplace in the health-care campaign.
According to studies, 3 out of 4 internal physicians believe that annual examinations improve the chances of early detection of disease, and for most of the population a general examination once a year is sufficient.
Like people, pets also enjoy regular health tests but with one important difference - their aging process is faster than people, so significant changes in dog or cat health can occur in a very short time.
Pets grow up to 7 times faster than humans. Most dogs are considered intermediate age at the age of 4 years, and at the age of 7 they are "senior citizens". So even though one-year tests are a sensible solution for people, when it comes to pets, it's too long.
Taking a dog or cat to a emergency vet once a year is like having a doctor see his or her dentist only once every seven years. Two-year tests help the veterinarian to locate, diagnose, treat and even prevent problems before they become life-threatening. A new survey among dog and cat owners shows that about 70 percent of them consider animal health as their health. If you feel that way, set a two-year check for your best friend right now.
This is one of the mantras of my treatment room - all dogs and cats, especially the older ones, should undergo bi-annual health checks and annual blood and urine tests.
Customers are often skeptical when the emergency vete urges them to come for two-year checks. Many people do not visit their family doctor unless they are ill. An emergency vet on the other hand, is used to preventive medicine. We prefer to prevent your pet from being sick in the first place, and when we manage to diagnose problems at an early stage it is usually easier and cheaper to treat and the result is better. Pets get older faster than you and me.
As we get older the body is eroded. The functioning of the internal organs decreases and the immune system weakens, the incidence of cancer increases, and even the ability to move easily begins to deteriorate. By visiting the emergency vet for a general physical examination, you can work together with the veterinarian to help ensure that your pet will grow up best, and you play a very important role in this regard - you know your loved ones better than any other One can also prepare a medical diary and better understand changes in appetite, behavior, and body weight.
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Last stop in Rajasthan: Udaipur. Rajasthan is known for its palaces, forts, and history. Udaipur is no exception. It doesn’t have a “kingdom” to speak of as Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Jaisalmer did, but there is a City Palace, a museum now, which happens to be the state’s largest with a façade 244 meters long and 30 meters high. The palace was begun by the city’s founder, Maharaja Udai Singh II, and completed by subsequent maharanas. There is a uniformity to the palace and it’s not terribly different from some of the others we’d seen: cupolas, courtyards, balconies, towers. All in all, it’s a nice visit and certainly a “must see” if you have a tourist checklist for this town.
The biggest difference between Udaipur and the previous cities we’d visited is the setting. In southern Rajsasthan, Udaipur (population around half million) is nestled among the Aravalli Hills and is on the eastern shore of Lake Pichola. Now, this lake was always here, but not quite at these dimensions. It was enlarged by Maharana Udai Singh II (city founder) to its current size of 4 km (north-south) by 3 km (east-west) by flooding the village of Picholi. Being manmade (or…man-enlarged), it’s shallow and can dry up completely during severe droughts.
Because of its setting, Udaipur is considered one of the most romantic spots in India and, while I haven’t seen much of India, I can certainly say that I can see how this could/would be a romantic spot. My Udaipur experience began when we arrived via overnight bus around 4:00 in the morning on Friday, October 2.
Udaipur was one of the cities where I was not able to actually reserve a guesthouse, but I did have one in mind (Lal Ghat Guesthouse) and we hopped in a tuktuk and made our way there now. Bless their souls and wonderful Indian hospitality for opening the door before the sun had come up and giving us a comfortable – though like most other places, bare necessities – room. (I’m always pleased and impressed, both in China and India, that hotels allow you to check in very early without charging an extra day.)
Needing a few hours of actual sleep, since the bus sleepers felt more like a sarcophagus than a sleeper, we got a slightly late-morning start to the day. The Lal Ghat Guesthouse is located just north of City Palace and on the shores of Lake Pichola. From our room, if you crane your neck just a little bit, you could see the lake (with some flowers in bloom) and the Lake Palace. More on that later.
For now, the first order of business was to find food. I can’t recall the name of the restaurant, but I enjoyed it so much I ate there a second time on my own. It was a few doors south of the guesthouse and, like the guesthouse, was lakeside and afforded wonderful views. Fortified by a delicious lunch of chicken biriyani and reshmi chicken, we made our way to the City Palace (and Palace Museum) and wandered around there for a while.
It’s a very nice palace, mind you, but I was beginning to become a bit anesthetized to grandiose palaces by this point, having been to Jaipur, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur in the past seven days. Though this is the largest, it didn’t rank as my favorite. (Jaisalmer Fort was my favorite as it’s a living fort, followed by Mehrangarh in Jodhpur, then City Palace here in Udaipur; Jaipur didn’t really have a comparable palace to speak of, though it’s the capital of the state.)
Though I was starting to suffer palace fatigue, I still did enjoy myself quite a bit, though I know I was rushing a little. I was more interested in finding “unique” here, which was only with views of the lake. Other than that, it was standard fare for palace museums with the women’s quarters, various displays, and so on. However, it is a pretty building, and I’m certainly glad to have gone there.
From City Palace, we walked out the south gate to take a boat ride around Lake Pichola. This is where Udaipur comes into play in pop culture. James Bond fans may recognize the scenery around Udaipur and Lake Pichola in particular as the main setting from the movie Octopussy. (It was said to have been an Afghan palace in Octopussy.) You’d also have to be a pretty die hard 007 fan to have seen that movie, I think; it’s usually ranked among the worst of the Bond franchise. But, I digress…
There are really two islands in the middle of Lake Pichola: Jagniwas with its Lake Palace Hotel (Taj Lake Palace) and Jagmandir with its own palace. I’ll start with Jagniwas. It’s not a private island, but you can only go there if you are a guest of the hotel…with rooms that start from 40,000 rupees/night. (I don’t know the high end, but that translates to close to 4,000 RMB or over $600 USD/night for the cheapest available. I’ve seen pictures and, while beautiful, I’m not Daddy Warbucks, and don’t expect I ever will be…so will just settle for their promotional pictures on their website: www.tajhotels.com .)
Jagmandir, on the other hand, is an island you can visit, and we did. The boat left the mooring south of City Palace, went northward to give a close-up view of City Palace from the lake, along with Bagore-ki-Haveli up to the north end before veering south and around Jagniwas and docking at the north end of Jagmandir, 800 meters south of Jagniwas (and roughly in the west central part of the lake).
Jagmandir’s palace was built in 1620 by Maharana Karan Singh, and was expanded by his successor, Maharana Jagat Singh. Not much has changed from those days until recently when it was convereted into a small hotel (nothing like the neighboring Taj Lake Hotel). For the Bond aficionados, the Taj Lake Hotel was the main palace of Octopussy, and I believe Jagmandir’s palace is where Bond stayed in the movie. There was also some filming at the nearby Monsoon Palace, but we didn’t have the time to visit there.
Jagmandir didn’t offer much at all in the way of things to do. Once you get to the island, you’re pretty much limited to wandering around an interior palace courtyard (where you can have very, very overpriced drinks and possibly a bite to eat, though the drink prices kept me from looking further, so I’m not certain). After staying in the courtyard as long as you’d like – and the views from and in the courtyard are lovely, though don’t require too much time or effort – you can walk outside to the boat dock where there is also an outer garden that’s quite pleasing, and affords beautiful views of the wooded Aravalli Hills in the west.
After an hour or two on Jagmandir, we finally took a boat back to the mainland (a whole 10-15 minute ride, tops), and then tooled around the area near City Palace and the guesthouse. We eventually had dinner at a rooftop restaurant down the lane from where we stayed which had a nice view of the lake with its shimmering palaces (well-lit by night) and a bit of a nice view for sunset. The best sunset views, I would say, would have been from the islands, though – especially Jagniwas – as you could have an unobstructed view of the sun setting over the hills with the lake in the foreground. The food at the restaurant, like most every other restaurant we ate at, was spectacular. It was a good way to end the first day in Udaipur.
Saturday morning came along and we didn’t have much planned. I was actually glad to spend the majority of the day alone. After running a few errands, I went to Jagdish Temple. This is an “Indo-Aryan temple..built by Maharana Jagat Singh in 1651. The wonderfully carved main structure enshrines a black stone image of Vishnu as Jagannath, Lord of the Universe; there’s a brass image of the Garuda (Vishnu’s man-bird vehicle) in a shrine facing the main structure.” (Per Lonely Planet India.) This is one of the smallest temples I’ve ever been to, though the details were delightful. I was pretty impressed with how intricate the temples were both here and at Jaisalmer.
After a quick half hour at Jagdish Temple, I went back to roaming the streets of Udaipur, eventually finding my intended destination, the Bagore-ki-Haveli. This is a pretty large haveli in the Gangaur Ghat area. It was built by a Mewar prime minister and has 138 carefully restored rooms around courtyards on three levels. These days, it’s kind of a klitschy museum. There are a few rooms that have interesting exhibits of Indian musical instruments (a sitar, obviously, and many others that I don’t recall the names of), and exhibits with turbans – including the world’s biggest turban. (This, by the way, was a bit strange; don’t know why anyone would want such a huge turban. Anyway, it was in a glass case, didn’t photograph terribly well, and none of us are the worse off for that.) The nicest part about this haveli is that, like the guesthouse, it was on the water’s edge, so had a few rather pleasant views.
After finishing up here, I wandered back to the previous day’s restaurant for lunch (and would even eat dinner there on Saturday night; they were probably happy with me…). For either lunch or dinner, I had hariyali murg tikka and cheese naan. Now…I would gladly eat murg tikka (chicken pieces generally made in a tandoor) any day of the week. Hariyali…is a coriander-yogurt-mint marinade. It’s heavenly. I really need to learn how to make that one, though I don’t really have any way to make tandoori chicken.
The afternoon and early evening was spent eating very well and relaxing, and really waiting for the last thing I had planned for Udaipur: Dharohar. This is a cultural event at the Bagore-ki-Haveli that hosts Rajasthani folk dancing, singing, performance, and so on. It’s an hour long and pretty interesting, in addition to being in a nice setting.
Before bidding farewell to Udaipur, I returned for the last time to Lake Pichola to try to get a few pictures of the Lake Palace and Jagmandir by night. A few turned out alright, but not spectacularly.
All told, Rajasthan was an absolutely brilliant way to spend a week, and I was looking forward to the last few days in Uttar Pradesh, beginning with the Taj Mahal in Agra after yet another long overnight train ride across the Indian countryside.
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Another trek to Pioneer Acres for their annual showcase weekend, lots of fun as always... www.pioneeracres.ab.ca/
Top row: the 12 mm eyes I bought.
Bottom row: my Byurl's default eyes.
I am sincerely doubting if they even are 14 mm! The size difference is so huge, they could be 16 mm for all I know.
Saw these two in a field out in the Forest. They were on a small holding and not roaming free. I had to balance on a muddy bank whilst trying to focus my lens through a wire fence from a distance. It's the same small holding that has the miniature ponies and whilst trying to get photos of the foals last summer doing exactly the same balancing act, I ripped a new blouse I was wearing. Anything to get the shot - lol
I think they may be Jacob sheep but if someone knows differently then please let me know