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How Do I Love Thee? Let me count the ways
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861
Born in 1806 at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a celebrated English poet of the Romantic Movement. ( A little trivia)
We were driving towards Sunriver after doing a sunrise shoot of Mt. Bachelor. It had been a very cold and clear morning up by the mountain with temps around 4 degrees F. As we came down the mountain we ran into this area of freezing fog which had encased the trees and ground in a thin layer of ice. Where the sun could break through the fog the trees just sparkled. The fog would lift and settle along the drive and it felt very surreal. Finally found a place we could safely pull over and shot a dozen or so images.
The Teasel patch in the field behind my house is still pulling in plenty of Goldfinches. I watched over a dozen, this morning, flitting from head to head, daintily picking out seeds from between the spines.
Stunning little birds.
Suffolk - January 2018.
Cervo is a small picturesque village on the Italian Riviera. It is compactly situated on a hillside and slopes down towards the Mediterranean Sea (for those who are concerned about the term "compact" in the context of a village: in mathematics, "compact" means closed and bounded). From the sea to the upper town wall, it is a few dozen metres uphill through narrow alleyways quite steeply, so that "higher semesters" may have to breathe heavily. The colour of the houses is a yellowish-orange ochre.
The American Robin is an iconic harbinger of spring in many places including central Alberta. They are a migratory Thrush, but there are overwinter records of small populations in Edmonton since the 1990's. (Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta).
This individual is one of a dozen I encountered while they were feeding on Juniper berries today.
Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
More than a dozen types of waterfowl can be spotted along the San Antonio River Walk. This Mallard is just one of several spotted during our visit.
Tucked quietly below street level, the River Walk is a world-renowned 15-mile urban waterway. Also known as Paseo del Río, the River Walk is a San Antonio treasure and the largest urban ecosystem in the nation.The River Walk winds and loops under bridges as two parallel sidewalks lined with restaurants and shops, connecting the major tourist draws.
San Antonio is the seat of Bexar County. With an estimated population of 1,547,253 in 2019, it is the seventh-most populous city in the United States. The metro population is 2,550,960, making it the 24th largest metro area in the nation.
A view of one of dozens of graffiti murals that could be seen at the HOPE Outdoor Gallery on Castle Hill, a graffiti park that was located from 2011 to 2019 at Baylor and 11th St. on the site of a failed condo development project from the Eighties. A new condo project in booming Austin resulted in closure of the site in 2019.
Austin's graffiti artists will have a new, much larger site at which to express themselves in early 2022. Under construction now (July 2021) is a new HOPE Outdoor Gallery graffiti park, located in East Austin across from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The 17-acre, open-air art park will include large scale public art installations, curated audio and art exhibitions, murals from local, national, and international artists.
With a population of just over one million residents, Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, also is the fastest growing large metropolitan area in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
Explore, 2/13/09
It's Friday the 13th so I'm recommending that everyone go to their happy place -- this is one of mine. Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
We took the scenic route home and ended up driving through East Kangaloon. We bought a dozen eggs from a road side stall. These girls were on the other side of the road.
The egg a mighty oval item that delivers all you need. Coloring is by nature, just the way the type of hen it is lays.
7DOS food Geometry Sunday
On a whim, I submitted my photograph of the heron and crawfish to National Geographic's "Your Shot"
I looked today, and it's made it to the Daily Dozen! I'm surprised and honored to have gotten this far. Even if it doesn't make publication, I'm pleased.
ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/your-shot
I've turned the comment box off...Have a great day!
The Continental Mark II is an ultra-luxury coupé that was sold by the Continental Division of Ford for the 1956 and 1957 model years. The only product line ever marketed by Continental during its existence, the Mark II served as the worldwide flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company. The vehicle derived its name from European manufacturing practice, with "Mark II" denoting a second generation (succeeding the 1939–1948 Lincoln Continental).
As the most expensive American-produced automobile of the time, the Mark II was marketed against the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. Produced solely as a two-door hardtop coupe, the Mark II used standard Lincoln mechanical components, including its "Y-block" V8 and automatic transmission. The rest of the vehicle was largely hand-assembled, leading Ford to lose thousands of dollars for each example produced.
Following the 1957 model year, Ford discontinued its flagship Continental division, with the division phased into Lincoln from 1958. For 1969, Ford revived the chronology of the Mark series with the debut of the (second) Continental Mark III coupe, leading to five successive generations; the model line currently ends with the 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII coupe. In modified form, Lincoln still uses the four-point star emblem introduced by the Mark II; each version of the Mark series (and the 1982-1987 Lincoln Continental) was styled with a "Continental" spare-tire trunklid.
Intended as a successor to the Lincoln Continental, effectively making its predecessor a Mark I, the Continental Mark II made its world debut at the Paris Motor Show in October 1955.The Mark II debuted in the United States at Ford Motor Company headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. With a $9,966 base price (equivalent to $95,100 today), the Mark II was the most expensive domestic-produced automobile sold in the United States at the time. The only extra cost option offered for the Mark II was a $595 ($5,700 today) air conditioner. Despite its high price, Ford Motor Company estimated it lost nearly $1,000 ($9500 today) for every unit produced
To streamline production, powertrain components were adapted from the Lincoln model line and checked through the division's quality-control program during production. The 368 cubic-inch Lincoln Y-block V8 powered the Mark II, paired with the 3-speed Turbo-Drive automatic transmission. For 1956, the engines produced 285 hp, increased to 300 hp for 1957
Total productions for the two years produced was 3005 units including about one half dozen preproduction and prototypes.
Wherever there is plowed earth, one is almost guaranteed to find Gulls! These 12 were on the ground foraging in the newly turned dirt and had to go the flight as the tractor approached.
I quite like Gulls!
Mule deer family at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. Southwest Arizona, USA.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
⦁Après une dizaine de jours passés à Bali , nous avons prévu de passer 5 j dans la région Est de Java , avant d'aller sur les Célèbes, maintenant appelées SULAWESI, dans le sud pour une même durée.
L’Indonésie,le plus grand archipel au monde(13 466 îles, dont 922 habitées ). Avec une population estimée à 270 millions de personnes, composée de plus de 1 100 groupes ethniques et parlant plus de 700 langues, c'est le quatrième pays le plus peuplé au monde et le premier pays à majorité musulmane pour le nombre de croyants.
la capitale est Jakarta, et sera transférée dans une nouvelle ville nommée Nusantara, sur l'île de Bornéo, à partir de 2024
.Les Javanais forment la population la plus représentée sur le plan du nombre et de l'influence politique
L'indonésie est située à la convergence de la plaque pacifique, de la plaque eurasiatique et de la plaque australienne. Il en résulte une très forte activité volcanique et des tremblements de terre fréquents. Le pays compte au moins 150 volcans actifs
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After a dozen days in Bali, we planned to spend 5 days in the East Java region, before going to Sulawesi, now called SULAWESI, in the south for the same duration
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago (13,466 islands, of which 922 are inhabited). With an estimated population of 270 million people, made up of more than 1,100 ethnic groups and speaking more than 700 languages, it is the fourth most populous country in the world and the first Muslim-majority country in terms of number of believers.
The capital is Jakarta, and will move to a new city called Nusantara on the island of Borneo from 2024.
The Javanese are the most represented population in terms of numbers and political influence
Indonesia is located at the convergence of the Pacific Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the Australian Plate. This results in very high volcanic activity and frequent earthquakes. The country has at least 150 active volcanoes.
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Después de una docena de días en Bali, planeamos pasar 5 días en la región de Java Oriental, antes de ir a Sulawesi, ahora llamada SULAWESI, en el sur, por la misma duración.
Indonesia, el mayor archipiélago del mundo (13.466 islas, de las cuales 922 están habitadas). Con una población estimada de 270 millones de personas, compuesta por más de 1.100 grupos étnicos y que habla más de 700 lenguas, es el cuarto país más poblado del mundo y el primero de mayoría musulmana en cuanto a número de creyentes.
La capital es Yakarta, y se trasladará a una nueva ciudad llamada Nusantara en la isla de Borneo a partir de 2024.
Los javaneses son la población más representada en términos de número e influencia política
Indonesia se encuentra en la convergencia de la placa del Pacífico, la placa euroasiática y la placa australiana. Esto da lugar a una actividad volcánica muy elevada y a frecuentes terremotos. El país tiene al menos 150 volcanes activos.
Well what a show we got up at Artist Point. I called this Bakers Dozen because that's Mt Baker and this sunset was a 13 out of 10. Have a great weekend and happy shooting!!! Kris...
1936 Night Mail - poem by English poet W. H. Auden
Express train to Goatwood
Outfit from [ContraptioN]
Terrier, birds and ginger cat from TLC Animals
Forest cat from JIAN
this is on the banks of Wastwater and i can tell you these bikers didn't bomb along it like you would think...they sauntered actually.
We saw less than a dozen people this day up there.
Bet its been a tad different this week!!
I watched dozens of gulls yesterday in the middle of the lake on a sand bar with shells/clams on it. They would methodically take one in their beak and fly up and hover and then release it! I thought they were doing this to break open the clams on the sand below, but they would dive bomb it after they dropped it, and catch it before it hit, only to wash it in the water. I'm not sure what was going on, cause most of the time they would catch it in mid-air, but sometimes it would fall in the water, and they would retrieve it again. They all seeemd to be doing this, and they didn't seem to be stealing from one another. Fascinating to watch and shoot. 2 of 5
Kawailoa Beach on the North Shore of Oahu.
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Or more. From our latest visit to the Delta Ponds area, where recent rains have returned the water level to normal.
Gorges de la Jonte - Lozère - France
Une douzaine d’individus ont été relâchés dans le secteur des gorges de la Jonte et de Meyruès depuis 2014. J’ai été agréablement surpris de voir depuis mon affût passer à quatre reprises un individu juvénile immature (de très près). Le plumage est encore noir mais le ventre commence à prendre une couleur jaune-orangée, il faut environ 6 ans à un gypaète barbu pour obtenir son plumage définitif : tête couleur crème et dessus des pattes et parties inférieures jaune-orangées.
A dozen individuals were released in the area of the gorges of Jonte and Meyruès since 2014. I was pleasantly surprised to see from my search four times an immature juvenile individual (so near). The plumage is still black but the belly begins to take on a yellow-orange color, it takes about 6 years for a bearded vulture to obtain its definitive plumage: head cream color and above the legs and lower parts yellow-orange.
Eleven early plastic boot buttons from the 1920s. They're what's known as 'new old stock', which means that they have never been used. The folding boot hook (or more likely glove hook, if I'm honest) is French and dates from the 1910s. I like this one because it's a simple, functional, everyday item, but it still has a nice pattern on it. Plus, of course, it's a good size for this image. In the background is the bottom part of an antique hat pin holder, and underneath everything is a postcard dating from around 1910.
I bet you couldn't resist counting the buttons. :)
For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, Almost.
The geothermal field is believed to have a surface area of approximately 3 km². Most of the springs are aligned along a 100m wide strip of land running in the same direction as the tectonic lines in the area, from south to southwest. The strip is 500m long and culminates near what once was the seat of the lords of Haukadalur.
The area became active more than 1000 years ago and comprises more than a dozen hot water blow holes. Although the geyser is less active these days, it did lend its name to hot springs all over the world. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans and along with the geyser in Yellowstone National Park in the United States, Geyser is the most famous geyser in the world.
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