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Eagle Beach is a beach and neighborhood of Oranjestad, Aruba. The neighborhood is famous for its many low-rise resorts and wide public beach. It has soft white sand and has been rated one of the best beaches in the world.
Divi-Divi Trees (Caesalpinia coriaria) is a leguminous tree or large shrub native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. C. coriaria rarely reaches its maximum height of 9m because its growth is contorted by the trade winds that batter the exposed coastal sites where it often grows. In other environments it grows into a low dome shape with a clear sub canopy space. It is one of the most recognisable sights of Aruba.
In the 1970s, during ‘The Troubles’, I spent a great deal of time in Northern Ireland. This is a group of kids in the Massereene Club, a community centre in the Divis Flats complex, West Belfast, on 4 January 1974: (l to r) Sean McKinley, Arder Nesbitt, Martin McGuinness and Patrick McKinley. It's hard to imagine these youngsters are now men in their 50s and beyond.
The Divis Flats were a sprawling, run-down development comprising 12 eight-story blocks of terraces and flats, plus a tower block of 96 flats. During the Troubles, the British Army was omnipresent, giving rise to enormous political and social tensions. The entire complex was regarded as a slum, not least by the tenants, and by the mid-1980s most of the flats had been demolished.
Italian postcard in the series Divi del Cinema, no. 33, by Vetta Traldi, Milano.
Sultry, glamorous blonde Venetia Stevenson (1938) was a British-born Hollywood starlet of the late 1950s.
Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson was born in 1938 in London, England, as the daughter of film director Robert Stevenson and actress Anna Lee, a well-known co-star of the British cinema. The family moved to Hollywood within a year of her birth after her father signed a contract with film producer David Selznick. When her parents divorced in 1944, she stayed with her father and new stepmother, Frances. After an education in exclusive Californian private schools, her theatrical debut was with her mother in the play Liliom in 1955. Stevenson was placed on contract by RKO Pictures in 1956. Venetia took acting lessons and posed for publicity stills but she made little progress there. Venetia Stevenson married MGM actor-dancer, Russ Tamblyn, on Valentine's Day, 1956. She was 17 and they divorced in April 1957, but the two remained friends. A widely-reproduced photo shows Stevenson calmly walking down a Los Angeles street, seemingly unaware that Tamblyn is doing a spectacular backward aerial handspring a few inches away from her. Venetia's photogenic beauty was apparent from the start. She was cast in Where's Charley? (1957), a TV adaptation of Charley's Aunt, alongside Tom Tryon, Jackie Coogan, and Jeanette MacDonald and in three episode of the Western series, Sugarfoot (1957-1958). She made her film debut in Darby's Rangers (William Wellman, 1958), followed by the Western Day of the Outlaw (André De Toth, 1959), starring Robert Ryan and Tina Louise. Stevenson also had a primary role in Studs Lonigan (Irving Lerner, 1960), the film version of the Studs Lonigan trilogy by James T. Farrell.
During her short career, Venetia Stevenson was mostly cast as a beautiful distraction in action-adventure and crime movies. Her films include Island of Lost Women (Frank Tuttle, 1959), Jet Over the Atlantic (Byron Haskin, 1959) with Guy Madison, The Big Night (Sidney Salkow, 1960), and The Sergeant Was a Lady (Bernard Glasser, 1961). A month and half before production of Seven Ways from Sundown (Harry Keller, 1960) began, star Audie Murphy separated from his wife. During filming the chemistry with co-star Stevenson lead to a well-publicized affair that lasted nearly a year. They'd established a bond through their shared love of horses. Stevenson also appeared on television, in episodes of Cheyenne (1957), Colt .45 (1958), The Third Man (1959), and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) alongside Burt Reynolds and Harry Dean Stanton. In Great Britain, she made the film The City of the Dead/Horror Hotel (John Moxey, 1960) with Christopher Lee. She played a young coed who uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England. Her professor recommends that she spend her time in a small village called Whitewood. When she stays in the Raven's Inn, she discovers she is in a coven of evil witches. In 1962, Stevenson remarried, to Don Everly, one of The Everly Brothers, of Wake Up, Little Susie" fame. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: "A shapely, lush-lipped knockout, the camera simply adored her and, in her early years, she dotted the covers of several magazines. Her acting talent, however, never measured up and, within a few years, she willingly retired." Stevenson and Everly had two daughters, Stacy and Erin Everly, both model/actresses, and a son, Edan Everly, a musician. Venetia Stevenson divorced Don Everly in 1970 and has not remarried. Erin, the ex-wife of rocker Axl Rose, was the inspiration for several Guns N' Roses songs including Sweet Child o' Mine, where she also appeared in the video. In later years, Venetia Stevenson became a script reader for Burt Reynolds's production company and, subsequently, became vice-president of Cinema Group, a production company that made several films in the 1980s. She did not remarry.
Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
My TT, Divinity Diavolo and using a beautiful pic of Skip Staheli's as inspiration. His is here: www.flickr.com/photos/37690108@N05/28056215581/in/datepos....
The famous Divi Divi (Watapana) tree is Aruba's natural compass.
It is always pointing in a southwestern direction due to the trade winds that blow across the island from the northeast.
Another look at the Aruba Divi tree...
Thinking warm thoughts~!
This is probably one of the most photographed trees in Aruba. It's on the Western Shore and people prop themselves and friends on it all day long. In fact, it is difficult to find a time to photograph it without a soul on it, near it, or in the water...
Prima Portus Augustus, Vatican Museum.
"The Augustus of Prima Porta, believed to have been commissioned in 15 A.D. by Augustus’ adopted son Tiberius, is a majestic example of Imperial Roman statuary. It is currently under restoration, generously financed by the patrons of the Florida chapter.
"It was discovered at Prima Porta nine miles outside of Rome in the villa belonging to Augustus’ wife Livia. Although it may be a copy of a bronze original, dated 20 B.C., Tiberius made a significant addition to his marble copy: on the chest plate, he added scenes depicting the Roman victory over the Parthians. These scenes were used by Tiberius as a form of propaganda so that the viewer would recall the important role his father played in securing the Roman empire.
"The Augustus of Prima Porta is based on the Doryphorus, a famous antique statue by Polykleitos portraying the ideal human proportions of an Athenian athlete. The depiction of Augustus portrays him as a victorious general making a speech. He is posed in the traditional controposto manner: his right leg is placed firmly forward while his left leg is bent and the heel slightly-raised. Augustus’ right arm is stretched out in a noble and controlled Roman gesture and is counter-balanced by the slightly-bent left leg. Combined with these idealized features of strength and beauty, there are also personal features of Augustus: a broad cranium, deep-set eyes, sharp ridges in his brow, a well-formed mouth and a small chin. Furthermore, his face depicted in the manner of Apollo was meant to associate Augustus’ abilities with those of the powerful god. Thus, Augustus wanted to portray himself as a perfect leader with flawless features, personifying the power and authority of the emperor who had the capacity to stabilize a society and an empire" (museum description).
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
©2012 Patrick J Bayens
Eagle Beach is a beach and neighborhood of Oranjestad, Aruba. The neighborhood is famous for its many low-rise resorts and wide public beach. It has soft white sand and has been rated one of the best beaches in the world.
Divi-Divi Trees (Caesalpinia coriaria) is a leguminous tree or large shrub native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. C. coriaria rarely reaches its maximum height of 9m because its growth is contorted by the trade winds that batter the exposed coastal sites where it often grows. In other environments it grows into a low dome shape with a clear sub canopy space. It is one of the most recognisable sights of Aruba.
Waiuta (near Reefton), West Coast, South Island
Joseph Divis emigrated to New Zealand in 1909 from Bohemia. Already an experienced miner, he also took photographs to supplement his income.
Although living and working in different mining towns over the years, he eventually settled in the isolated goldmining town of Waiuta in 1930.
Many images taken by Divis can be identified because he appears in them: by using a shutter time release, he could set up the shot and then quickly get himself into position. Divis chronicled the town, the mine and important social events, capturing the essence of the hard life of a miner.
Joseph was injured in the Blackwater Mine in 1939 and never worked again. During WWII, he was interned as an enemy alien, and his health declined in captivity. When he returned to Waiuta in 1943, he was only able to move about on crutches.
After the Blackwater Mine closed in 1951, Divis was one of the few residents who decided to stay in Waiuta. Most of the houses were removed and, within a few years, Waiuta was a ghost town. The photographer/miner passed away in 1967, and his house gradually deteriorates...
Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus
Gaius Octavius Thurinus
(63 BC - 14 AD, emperor 27 BC - 14 AD)
Adopted son and heir of Julius Caesar. First Emperor of the Roman Empire
The Louvre
Paris, France
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"Augustus" "Emperor of the Roman Empire" "Gaius Octavius Thurinus" "Roman Empire"
Street art -
Africa's first biophilic building - Buitengracht Street. Street Art before construction. www.thefynbos.com/
DIVI - Juma Mkwela ( artist ).
went looking for birds in the cool tree in garden outside our room, and found this guy sleeping soundly instead.
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This photo is part of Divi's Creek,this creek is a nice hike,it has lots of huge rocks all over the creek with the water flowing over and around them. I love this location
Native divi-divi tree on the beach in Aruba. Very easy access, just pulled off on the side of the road for this quick pic on the way to our hotel. Pic doesn't do it justice, the water there is amazing and the sunsets are gorgeous.
Italian postcard in the Divi e Divine series by La Casa Usher. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Barkleys of Broadway (Charles Walters, 1949).
American dancer and actor Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was a unique dancer with his top hat and tails, his uncanny sense of rhythm, perfectionism, and innovation. He began his highly successful partnership with Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio (1933). They danced together in 10 musicals in which he made all song and dance routines integral to the plotlines. Another innovation was that a closely tracking dolly camera filmed his dance routines in as few shots as possible.
American actress, dancer, and singer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) made 73 films during her long career. Her RKO musicals with Fred Astaire revolutionised the genre. Later, Rogers began to branch out into dramas and comedies. For Kitty Foyle (1940) she won the Oscar for Best Actress, and she became one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s.
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