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Founded in 1070, this vibrant city has long attracted travellers to its unique harbour setting and its ancient medieval streets still hark back to the days of the Hansa merchants, who turned this northern port into one of the pivotal centres of their expansive commercial empire. You can take a stroll through the labyrinthine streets and alleys of old Bergen, visit the traditional Hanseatic painted warehouses in the Bryggen district, or take in the hustle and bustle of its engaging fish market.
N737CM, a Boeing 737-7BC Business Jet, on approach to runway 24L at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
It was arriving from its base at Waterford, Michigan.
Serial number 30327 first flew on August 11, 1999 and began its career as N127QS with NetJets Aviation, Inc. on December 29, 2000. Today, it is operated by Mitchell Family Office of Birmingham, Michigan.
Northeast Kansas, USA. The two somewhat square items on the horizon are hay bales for winter feeding of cattle.
In my travels to India this summer, I savored the village of Kanda Jakh for my fourth time. The children here are engaging, social, and incredibly kind to our groups. They join us for games, food, and fun. This young girl captivated my attention, and joyfully engaged me and my Canon :)
do you have the courage?
Majayjay, Laguna
PK's 15th Bonding and Photowalk Session on Oct. 5, 2008
Explored: highest position #372
NATO's Medium Extended Air Defense System (or MEADS for short) is built up of four primary building blocks, the first of which serves the mmost glamorous function--actually engaging the enemy. The Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) utilizes the MIM-104F PAC-3 MSE missile, carried in modular eight-pack cannisters. An evolution of the venerable PATRIOT missile, the MSE increases the system's range and lethality over the baseline PAC-2 & PAC-3 variants of the PATRIOT misile that have been in service since 1990. This interceptor's capability gives NATO's MEADS batteries game against both aircraft and ballistic missile targets.
The TEL vehicle itself is also one of the key features of MEADS' "Plug-and-Fight" design. Since most of the electronics and combat systems reside on the missile pack itself, it can be loaded on almost any vehicle which is equipped with a standardized Load Handling System (LHS). In US Army service, MEADS TELs are almost always an M1120A4 HEMTT LHS. This can vary in other NATO member nations, such as the German or Dutch contingents in ZEUS, which utilize heavy-duty RMMV HX trucks.
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Shoutout to Corvin for designing the missile pack component. A multinational system in real life as well as in Lego!
Using my grandmother's vintage mixing bowl helps me feel connected to her as I engage in one of my favorite past times...baking! This new apple muffin recipe is going to be so good and healthy as the only sugar is a bit of pure maple syrup!
Model: Engaging Elyse Jolie.
Honestly, i still can't get enough of this lady! She truly owns the crown for the queen of this close-ups serie! <3 She has that stunning resting-bitch expression though! LOL
+++ Engaging target... +++
+++ ...Target destroyed. Moving. +++
Happy MaKtober!
Credit to Legohaulic for the tree : )
It was a hard choise between Flawless and Engaging Elises. I preferred Flawless' make up, but the hair of Engaging Elise. I got Engaging as make up colour is easier to change then hair and now she has green eyes and nude lips. My engagingly flawless Elise. ;)
Taken on a cold snowy day. The juveniles don't yet have the brightly coloured gullets of the adults and blend into the landscape more easily but still make engaging subjects.
Recreation of this photo:
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This is the second of 2 shots of sax players I took near the National Mall in Washington DC. This guy also played a decent mellow sax, but wasn't as engaging as the older musician was.
You may have heard of Bob Ross's legendary “happy little trees” or “happy little clouds.” This art world icon created a legacy that spans across generations. With his calming voice, endless creativity, and signature afro, he became a cherished public figure and a name everyone knows.
These trees are part of Bournemouth’s Christmas Tree Wonderland, a beautiful festive path that meanders through the lower gardens of Bournemouth, adorned with enchanting lights. Brimming with magic, sparkle, and awe, the Christmas Tree Wonderland trail is animated by frequent light displays, moving characters, and live music throughout the journey. The event took place from 15th November to 31st December 2023, showcasing more than 100 sparkling trees and illuminations.
The Lower, Central, and Upper Gardens offer various environments and activities. Since 1999, all three gardens have received Green Flag awards. They stretch approximately 3 kilometres from Bournemouth pier to the Poole boundary. The gardens are included in the Bourne Valley Greenway and are Grade II listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens. Numerous activities and events occur in Bournemouth Gardens, or you can just take in the beautiful surroundings.
The Lower Gardens, though relatively brief in length as it stretches from the pier to the town centre, is always bustling with activity. Throughout the year, visitors can enjoy attractions such as mini golf, a bandstand, the Hedgehog Kiosk for snacks, Street Food Corner, an aviary, and one of the longest-running open-air art exhibitions in the country. Various events occur all year round, including the remarkable Christmas Tree Wonderland, which showcases a beautiful trail of Christmas trees and festive activities, drawing in thousands of guests.
The modest structure located in the middle distance is the public toilets of the Lower Gardens. During the summer, these facilities are open from 7:30 am until 5:30 pm, while in the winter, the hours change to 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Additionally, it features a Changing Places toilet designed for those with disabilities, as well as a family room equipped for baby changing needs.
The prominent building visible in the background is the ODEON Bournemouth BH2 cinema. This establishment boasts 10 screens that present cinematic marvels in stunning RealD 3D and engaging immersive iSense experiences. The auditoriums are equipped with Premier and Recliner Seats for added comfort. Additionally, the cinema features a spacious Costa coffee shop and a Bar for refreshments. ODEON Bournemouth BH2 is conveniently located within the car park of the BH2 leisure centre, making it easily accessible for visitors.
RealD 3D is a cinema technology that uses circularly polarized light to create a stereoscopic image projection. It's designed to provide an immersive experience with high-resolution video, surround sound, and realistic scenes. iSense is ODEON's cutting-edge cinema technology that combines the best sound, picture and venue design for a truly immersive cinema experience.
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This delightful man hailed us as we were on a photo-shoot in Rosebank. Johannesburg. and asked that we take his picture! I hope that this portrait does justice to his charm! This wonderful, enchanting, engagement with photographers is a very special feature of South African life, and makes it a 'must visit' country for street photographers!
It was a hard choise between Flawless and Engaging Elises. I preferred Flawless' make up, but the hair of Engaging Elise. I got Engaging as make up colour is easier to change then hair and now she has green eyes and nude lips. My engagingly flawless Elise. ;)
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The Cullasaja Gorge - A Winter Scenic
Macon County, Western North Carolina
Accessed via the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway (US-64)
Date taken: January 26, 2014
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A couple weeks back during our cold spell here in the Southern Appalachians, I wondered up to the Highlands like many to witness Dry Falls frozen over and to play a bit in the Cullasaja Gorge. The skies were insignificant in terms of cloud cover and color, so I climbed around the gorge for a good bit finding beautiful ice formations and potential compositions, ultimately waiting for the sun to rise and bring life to what in winter is truthfully a landscape without much color! I settled onto a scene and composition--that you see here--which at the moment I thought was something special. I squeezed and narrowed my aperture down to hopefully invite and perhaps even entice the sunshine to bring its warmth into my frame, full well knowing that at f22 sharpness is not necessarily optimized and that many in the photographic community would view the lens flare among others as technically inferior (gotta shoot for yourself at the end of the day you know!). In many aspects I was embracing the process of photography and milking a scouting shot for everything I could imagine, if for nothing else than to practice the craft and enjoy a morning out of doors in a really neat place.
When I returned home I was actually excited that I might have made something out of my excursion--funny how an hour or so in the car with a few new shots on the memory card will get your hopes going! However, once I downloaded and performed a light wash on the images in Lightroom I wasn't very moved by the product. Certainly something that I would appreciate in my private library for the personal experience and one of many photographs that would represent the diversity of excursions that silently comprise a body of work defining me as a photographer, but not a piece that I would feel comfortable selling as "fine art". No big deal in the scheme of things--I practiced, I put in work, I engaged the process, I packed the weight, I broke a sweat, I did all the things necessary to sharpen the axe or to please the Muse as author Steven Pressfield would say. I got closer than I was the day before to understanding this area and to piecing together all the elements to eventually create that piece of fine art photography--and well, for me, that's good enough.
Have a wonderful weekend folks!
#50: As of 8/26/19, of my 1800+ pics, this is listed as #50 in most # of faves.
Since 2017, I've been engaging in a number of short, private crossdressing opportunities at home, after acquiring and trying out some new clothes, shoes, and accessories. This is another pic posted from this renewed CD activity, and was taken inside my house.
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features:
* an SQDeal golden blonde 26" long curly-wavy wig, from amazon (how exciting: MY FIRST TIME AS A BLONDE!);
* Jessica Simpson yellow suede/brown leather "Eman" duo-tone 5.8"-stiletto-heel peep-toe sandals, from Macy's;
* a St. John's Bay animal-print/brown scoop-neck tank midi dress, from JC Penney;
* a Tommy Hilfiger yellow v-neck long-sleeve button-down cardigan with white trim, from Burlington;
* neon yellow wide-net fishnet tights, from WeLoveColors.com;
* a transparent 1.5"-wide waist belt with yellow-piping;
* a Nine & Co yellow/brown duo-tone shoulder bag, from Macy's;
* a yellow printed neck scarf;
* a yellow & gold necklace and bracelets;
* gold rings & earrings; and
* gold/clear "ear cuffs" (long dangling jewelry cuffed to the sides of the ears), from Forever 21.
More about this and other 2017-19 pics has been written up in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-19 pics.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
My favourite piece of jewellery, my precious engagement ring. Handmade in silver with a blue-green opal.
118 Pictures in 2018 ... #30. My Precious
Sony α7 II
Minolta 100mm F2.8 macro lens
"Engaging Elise" wearing Jazz Diva dress which I was very surprised to see that it fits very well. I was going to sell the dress and I was looking for a model to wear it, and I jut fell in love with it all over again.
An engaging hill top ruin was built by William the Conqueror. It dates back to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. Originally it was one of the first castles in England to be built using stone. Corfe Castle underwent major changes in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1572, the castle was sold by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Christopher Hatton.
Sir John Bankes bought the castle in 1635, and was the owner during the English Civil War. His wife, Lady Mary Bankes, led the defence of the castle when it was twice besieged by Parliamentarian forces. The first siege, in 1643, was unsuccessful, but by 1645 Corfe was one of the last remaining royalist strongholds in southern England and fell to a siege ending in an assault. In March that year Corfe Castle was demolished on Parliament's orders.
Owned by the National Trust, it is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUpZptOJ82U
Articulated puppet of Milhaus from my LEGO brickfilm animation Bort Sampson. This is course was based off the real Bart Simpson's bespectacled friend Milhouse.
This is an elaborate and ambitious mixed-media project that I've been gradually producing since late October 2019, which blends stop-motion with live action – similar to my Zelda Cereal Animation and Shrek Chicken Nuggets videos.
Without giving away any spoilers, this video involves Bort and Milhaus engaging in combat over some gasoline discovered in a nature park in Sprungfeld. The main set was a large tabletop scene of LEGO flowers and trees, with a lot of backgrounds and B-roll reused. The climax features a large mountainside set constructed of Springfeld Gorge. Each puppet was built with the same articulation and design patterns of my previous Link and Kokiri kid puppets in the Zelda Cereal video, such as the usage of Mixels joints.
It was a hard choise between Flawless and Engaging Elises. I preferred Flawless' make up, but the hair of Engaging Elise. I got Engaging as make up colour is easier to change then hair and now she has green eyes and nude lips. My engagingly flawless Elise. ;)
This is a video of the Ballerina who calls herself BalletBusker on Instagram.
This is a screenshot from her reel on Instagram showing her busking in a mall in Adelaide, South Australia.
In this performance, the dancer had forgotten her pink tights.
BalletBusker is on Instagram
Courtesy Instagram.
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About Buskers from Wikipedia
Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers in the area United Kingdom. Outside of New York, buskers is not a term generally used in American English.[1][2]
Jeff Masin, a one-man band in New York City
Performances are anything that people find entertaining, including acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions, escapology, dance, singing, fire skills, flea circus, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime, living statue, musical performance, one man band, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or reciting poetry or prose, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, ventriloquism and washboarding. Buskers may be solo performers or small groups.
Notable performers
Colin Huggins plays a grand piano in Washington Square Park, New York City
Ed "Tuba Man" McMichael in 2006
Arthur Nakane, a street performer and former one-man band performs regularly in the Little Tokyo community of Los Angeles
Billy Waters was a London busker from the 19th century
5 Seconds of Summer, Australian pop rock band. Prior to achieving international fame, the band busked in Rouse Hill and other parts of Sydney.[24]
Abby the Spoon Lady is a professional spoon player, street performer, and busking advocate who lives in Asheville, North Carolina.[25]
Josephine Baker started street dancing to make money and was recruited for the St. Louis Chorus vaudeville show at the age of 15, which started her dancing career.
Joshua Bell, a noted classical violinist, posed as a busker in the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington, D.C. at rush hour in 2007, as part of a feature in The Washington Post. In the 45 minutes that Bell played, only seven people out of over a thousand who passed by stopped to watch, and he took in just over $32. Gene Weingarten later won a Pulitzer Prize for the story.[26]
Catfish the Bottleman a well-known busker from Sydney, Australia, so inspired Van McCann of Catfish and the Bottlemen that he named his band after him. He watched him perform as a child and said that it was his first memory of music.[27]
Tracy Chapman began her career busking in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mike Doughty, former singer for Soul Coughing, released Busking, which contains 12 tracks from a 2007 busking performance in the 14th Street subway station in New York City.[28]
Newton Faulkner has been known to busk and video footage of him busking has been made available on YouTube, including a full acoustic cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Benjamin Franklin, the American inventor and statesman, was a street performer. He composed songs, poetry and prose about current events and went out in public and performed them. He would then sell printed copies of them to the public. He was dissuaded from busking by his father who convinced him it was not worth the stigmas that some people attach to it. It was this experience that helped form his beliefs in free speech, which he wrote about in his journals.[5]
G4, the British popera quartet, performed as buskers across London during their college days.[29][30]
Shannon Hoon, former singer for Blind Melon, was known to busk all over the U.S.[citation needed]
Colin Huggins, a classical pianist who performs on a Steinway grand piano in Washington Square Park and other parks in Greenwich Village, New York City.[31]
Henry Johnson (acrobat) (1806–1910), circus acrobat and street entertainer using acrobatics, tightrope-walking etc.
Keytar Bear, a busker in Boston, Massachusetts, who wears a bear suit and plays a keytar.
'Guy Laliberté was a street performer when he founded the Cirque du Soleil theatrical company in 1984.[32]
Loreena McKennitt, developing a passion for Celtic music, learned to play the Celtic harp and began busking at various places, including St. Lawrence Market in Toronto in order to earn money to record her first album.
Edward McMichael was a celebrated street musician known as Seattle's "Tuba Man", who busked outside the city's various sports and performing arts venues. In 2008, he was killed by attackers who were attempting to rob him.
Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow, AKA Satan and Adam, were busking on 125th Street in Harlem, New York City, in the summer of 1987 when the members of U2, accompanied by a film crew, paused to watch the blues duo. The scene later appeared in the film Rattle and Hum.[33]
George Michael used to busk near the London Underground, performing songs such as '39 by Queen.[34]
Peter Mulvey, the singer-songwriter, recorded an entire album down in the Boston subway, where he was a regular busker. In most cases, songs were recorded in one or two takes.[35]
Kristyna Myles won the BBC Radio 5 Live Busker of the Year competition in 2005 and has gone on to sign a recording contract with Decca. Her debut album is due for release in September 2012.
Paul Oscher, a famous Blues musician and harp player, has busked as "Brooklyn Slim" on the Venice Boardwalk to try out new material. Oscher, a two-time W.C Handy Award winner, was the harp player for Muddy Waters and his band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He currently performs at blues festivals in the U.S. and internationally.
Don Partridge, an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". Achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK and Europe in the late 1960s with the songs "Rosie", "Blue Eyes" and "Breakfast On Pluto”
Natalia Paruz, aka 'Saw Lady', who can be seen in movies such as Dummy and heard on many movie soundtracks, has been playing the musical saw in the New York City subway since 1994.[36]
Alice Tan Ridley, busked in New York City subway stations for 30 years; semi-finalist in America's Got Talent, mother of Gabourey Sidibe[37]
Rodrigo y Gabriela, began their career by busking in Dublin, Ireland.
Peg Leg Sam, a famous harmonica player from South Carolina, preferred busking over all other forms/venues. His most requested song was "John Henry".[citation needed]
Daniel Seavey performed in the streets of Portland, Oregon, and subsequently joined boy band Why Don't We.
Ketch Secor, whose group Old Crow Medicine Show started with busking and remains committed to it, has said: "People ... have short attention spans. ... So if you can get 'em to stop ... if you can get 'em to listen with a song, then you've got yourself a keeper."[38]
The Piccadilly Rats, street performance group from Manchester, England
Allie Sherlock sings on Grafton Street, Dublin
Tuba Skinny, street band in New Orleans
Rod Stewart began hanging around folk singer Wizz Jones and busking, at Leicester Square and other London spots in 1962.[39] On several trips over the next 18 months, Jones and Stewart took their act to Brighton and then to Paris, sleeping under bridges over the river Seine, and then finally to Barcelona.[39] Finally this resulted in Stewart being rounded up and deported from Spain for vagrancy during 1963.[39][40]
Tash Sultana, an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who busked on the streets of Melbourne.[41]
SungBeats, a beatbox loop artist won the Amateur Night at the Apollo competition in 2014.
Damo Suzuki, the singer of the band Can, was found by band members Czukay and Liebezeit busking outside a Munich café and was asked to perform with the band that same night.
Tones and I, an Australian indie-pop singer-songwriter and musician.
KT Tunstall, a popular Scottish singer, has been recorded busking in Glasgow.
Nik Turner, former saxophonist with Hawkwind and Inner City Unit, continues to busk regularly in the streets of his adopted hometown Cardigan.
T. Rex members Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took first performed as an acoustic guitar/bongos duo when they went busking together in Hyde Park in summer 1967 after their electric equipment had been confiscated by Track Records and their two bandmates had both left. In this acoustic format, the duo would go on to release three albums.
Unipiper, a performer in Portland, Oregon, is known for playing the bagpipes on a unicycle.
Violent Femmes were discovered by James Honeyman-Scott (of The Pretenders) on 23 August 1981, when the band was busking on a street corner in front of the Oriental Theatre, the Milwaukee venue that The Pretenders would be playing later that night. Chrissie Hynde invited them to play a brief acoustic set after the opening act.
Yamunabai Waikar, decorated Indian folk–Lavani–Tamasha artist busked with her mother as a child.[42]
Billy Waters, a one-legged busker who rose to prominence in London during the nineteenth century.
Hayley Westenra at one time busked on the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand.[43]
#116: As of 9/8/19, of my 1900+ pics, this is listed as #116 in most # of faves.
I've been engaging in some short, private crossdressing opportunities at home recently, after acquiring and trying out some new clothes, shoes, and accessories. This is the 829th pic posted from this renewed CD activity begun in 2017.
This particular pic is a snapshot from a video taken at home. The full video is posted on my YouTube channel at youtu.be/Q3w0luqt5sE. Please check it out and comment/fave here if you like what you see.
As usual, I really enjoy color-coordinating attractive/sexy/cute outfits, and this one features:
* a Rbenxia "rose red" fuchsia curly long 32" wig, from amazon;
* Elegant Collection fuchsia faux-suede 5"-block-heel side-zip over-the-knee boots, from Forever 21;
* a Forever 21 fuchsia fringe-design allover-glitter sleeveless cami minidress;
* a Ten Sixty Sherman pink chenille v-neck open-front crop cardigan, from Nordstrom Rack;
* fuchsia fishnet stockings;
* a Forever 21 hot pink faux-leather waist belt with pink/gold chain straps;
* a Liz Claiborne "shocking pink"/gold-tone shoulder bag, from JC Penney;
* a pink floral neck scarf;
* pink/gold necklaces;
* pink/gold bracelets; and
* rose gold rings & earrings.
More about this and other 2017-19 pics has been written up in my profile or "About" page here on Flickr. It details some choices made for these 2017-19 pics.
Let me know your thoughts... :-)
American Red Squirrel
"The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels."
Rupert Sheldrake
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Engaging with nature and living the beauty of it is a gift from God that gives us more hope. the closer we become to nature the closer we see that life can be more beautiful..
An engaging and curious dance performance, Black Victorians highlights and celebrates the diverse black presences in 19th and early 20th Century Britain.
Watch as the dancers bring to life the complex, but often forgotten generation of black men, women and children in pre-Windrush Britain, previously hidden over time and now brought to your attention in challenging, contemporary times.
From the Artistic Director and Choreographer, Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE, Black Victorians is inspired by Black Chronicles – The Missing Chapter, an ongoing curatorial research programme led by Autograph, which focuses on unearthing nineteenth century photographs of black presences in Britain’s archives.
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