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There is less colour about on the pavements than I expected, mostly browns.
This was a pleasant exception.
Some more here www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2578614
Villains 15/10/2022 18h30
It's a mad world out there at night. Superhero's everywhere and where you least expect them.
Normally, superheroes and bad guys can't live without each other. but in this Scare Zone it is evil against evil. They all have the same goal: world domination... [ Walibi ]
Walibi Fright Nights 2022
Walibi Fright Night is an annual event in Walibi Holland and very popular. Walibi Holland is is the decor of the Halloween Fright Nights. With scary zones like Nightmares, Tangled Twigs, Pirate's Cove and Villians. Full of special scary entertainment and actors, scary music and sounds, smoke, fire and mist.
Besides that there are three haunted houses (Jefferson Manor, Psychoshock, The Villa), 2 walk-thrus (Campsite of Curiosities [new in 2022 replacing Campsite of Carnage] and Wicked Woods [new in 2021 and improved for 2022]) and 3 experiences (The Clinic, , Below and Slaughterhouse [new in 2022] ) to visit.
The experience Wrong Turn into Darkness was only seen in 2021 and has been skipped from the prorgam in 2022
During daytime there is Spooky Days for children, a bit less scary than the night program.
The park is open till 23h during these 12 most busy days and nights of the year. The slogan of 2022 is The Gates Are Open.
[ Walibi Holland 2022 ]
It is sad that the bins were abandoned. Trying very hard to look upside down to see the humor from a distance. I guess the winter season will be colder than expected.
A moving one??
first time using the maternity drape my mom made for me - thanks mom! love the way this photographs!
Pippy lolling in the sun and looking rather mysterious. She seems to be saying, "I know something you don't know." What can she be hiding? Hopefully, a belly full of babies.
And before anyone asks, I wanted her to have one heat and hopefully one litter so I can keep one of her kittens. Then I'll have them both neutered and sell the rest. I've already got takers for all of her theoretical kittens.
Pippy had her first heat a couple of weeks ago and we had quite a few tomcats coming to call. One even invited himself into my kitchen! However, I don't know for sure that she's pregnant. It's early days. If she is, she'd have her kittens mid-April.
Watch this space.
They really do! We were fully expecting to hate it but it was freaking delicious. I think the key was the cheese, it tasted sooo buttery!
Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.
It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories
and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,
it was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
" Time of your life " Green Day
For listening ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8slhcNZsE
Toronto Star, November 5, 1949, as found under my daughter's carpet, stuck to the wooden floor (and now varnished over).
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(© Stephanie Fysh 2013)
Polling Station sign, Percival Street, Islington, EC1. This wasn't the actual Polling Station for the London Assembly/London Mayoral elections but was attempting to tell the electorate where it was! Made me smile anyway.
Lockheed Martin’s sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) protected communications satellite is encapsulated in its protective fairings ahead of its expected March 26 launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. AEHF-6 is part of the AEHF system -- a resilient satellite constellation with global coverage and a sophisticated ground control system -- that provides global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for national leaders and tactical warfighters operating across ground, sea and air platforms. The anti-jam system also serves international allies to include Canada, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Australia. For more information, visit: www.lockheedmartin.com/aehf
(Photo credit: United Launch Alliance)
Today is 15 April 2019 - such unfortunate news from Paris, France. Historic Notre Dame Cathedral has been heavily damaged by a devastating fire today. Such an icon for that city/country, and so beautiful.
I am finding it so difficult to tell which Terns are Royal Terns and which are Caspian Terns! I know I saw both species, and I think I have a photo of each kind.
Tonight, I have added another 9 photos, again from Day 3 of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas, 19-31 March 2019. This was our second full day there, a day on a tiny boat, called Lady Lori, watching Whooping Cranes and other species. Having posted so many images from basically our first full day, I rather think I will have to be somewhat more 'disciplined" in my choices, or I will never finish : ) Mind you, I had a quick look through Day 3 photos last night, and discovered that a good many of them, especially of the Whooping Cranes, are very blurry - one disadvantage of taking photos from a little boat that is bobbing up and down. Thankfully, enough of them seem to be sufficiently sharp.
The previous morning, Day 2 of our holiday, 20 March 2019, after our drive to The Big Tree and then along the Lamar Beach Road area, we went to the Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary. This is a small, 6.25 acre nature sanctuary that exists in Rockport itself. Such a peaceful place to wander, watching for plants and butterflies as well as birds. There is a small pond, where we watched a young White Ibis, a Great Egret and a Snowy Egret all feeding together. Lovely to see their reflections in the water, too. A couple of nights ago, I was Googling and came across an article from 19 March 2019, telling about a group of students who chose to spend their Spring Break week helping to tidy the Sanctuary. Good for them!
After spending some time at this Sanctuary, we went to the Aransas First Cove Harbor Wetlands Sanctuary, followed by eventually finding the Newbury Park Hummingbird Garden. This was definitely not what we were expecting - just a small area of grass and trees with picnic tables. However, we did see a beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly and a small, purple Winecup flower. Afterwards, a repeat drive along Cape Velero Drive and area turned up some nice birds, too.
Day 3 was a very different kind of day, spent on board a small boat with just my four friends (and the captain/guide) on board. This private tour was arranged in Calgary beforehand. I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone!
Aransas Bay Birding Charters:
texasbirdingphotos.net/cgi-bin/p/awtp-home.cgi?d=aransas-...
It was a very early start to the day, before sunrise, as we had a lot of water to cross in order to reach the area where the Whooping Cranes were. When we first arrived at the location, the Cranes were either asleep or just beginning their morning preening session, before becoming active. Too dark to get any decent shots of them in the dark, though I did post one yesterday morning. The sunset was absolutely gorgeous! I couldn't make up my mind which one or two photos to post yesterday, so I ended up adding a number of them.
After a while, the Whooping Cranes starting slowly walking and eventually took flight. A bit later in the day, we came across three of them, in the sunshine, busily feeding. This little family consisted of Mom, Dad and junior (their colt). Junior was hungry and eventually, Dad found a crab, which the colt was determined to snatch and eat. Dad was wearing a numbered leg band on one leg; on the other leg was a tracking device. A delightful family group, that was so fascinating to watch from the boat. My photos taken of these three are nicer that the ones I've just posted.
As well as seeing these amazing, endangered Cranes, Lori found all sorts of other bird species for us, including a pair of Oystercatchers (female was on a nest), Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Belted Kingfisher, Pelicans, Great Blue Herons, Royal Terns, Caspian Terns, Ruddy Turnstone, Skimmers, and Cormorants, to name just some of them. One area, which was a rookery, had been badly destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, Wooden nesting platforms have been built to replace most of the original nests, and it was great to see Herons nesting on them.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that we saw a family of three Dolphins, too.
I expected this train to pass during the night or just after daybreak. After catching another train at ASB Junction, I rode over to the Neff bypass tracks and saw this train sitting there. After some other riding around, I noticed this train was gone, but it hadn't gotten far. This train had to stop in the West Bottoms for an eastbound stack to cross over in front of it. I knew I was not leaving this train, because the second unit is what I wanted to get. Add in the first unit being a rebuild in UP's new scheme, this was a must get. Westbound MASNP (129 cars) on the Metro Sub in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, MO. UP CW44ACM #9571 leads with KLWX (Knoxville Locomotive Works) AC44C6CF trailing. This is a former Norfolk Southern unit, originally built as NS CW40-9 #8946. This unit is the only C6F unit ever made. The idea was to add the new technology, but not remove the wide cab in the process. Since this is the only one ever built, needless to say that move was a flop.
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i've been sensing a lot lately that i am in a photography rut with my images and what better time than today to make some resolutions to try to break out and move forward. so you may see me posting some things that are a little more erratic, experimental, etc. as i try for less perfectionism (ha, as if i'd ever come close) and less playing-it-safe. some of you may recognize it as just more of the same, me vacillating with no personal style but i'm not in this for business, just for fun and, as much as my nature allows, a creative outlet and so these are my excuses for being all over the place. one offshoot of this thinking is that I am not going to be reluctant to post some half-baked images, such as the one at hand. Happy New Year friends and Happy Sliders Sunday.
Experimenting with new ND filter - this is not what I expected. Photo taken in broad daylight, obviously need to re-read the manual! I like the result after a bit of processing though…..
The Putrajaya International Fireworks Competition 2013 organised by the Putrajaya Corporation together with Duago Corp Sdn Bhd is expected to draw three million visitors.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is scheduled to launch the event on Aug 30 in conjunction with the Merdeka Eve celebration at the Maritime Centre, Precinct 5, Putrajaya on Aug 30 and 31, Sept 13 to 15 and Oct 2.
Putrajaya Corporation president Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat said the competition was expected to receive positive support with about 500,000 people coming to Putrajaya each night to observe the event.
"The competition has also received full support from the Tourism Ministry as well as Federal Territory Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, who is also Putrajaya Member of Parliament," he said at a media conference, in Putrajaya, Tuesday.
Aseh said the competition would last 25 minutes each night beginning at midnight on Aug 30 and 9pm on other nights.
Six countries would be competing namely China, United Arab Emirates, the United States, Korea, France and Malaysia during the six-day competition.
Meanwhile, he said the name Pusat Maritim would be changed to Putrajaya Marina effective Aug 30.
p/s - First time doing experiment blending blue hour photo with fireworks photo of the same spot...it works very well...HDR of 9 exposure image for blue hour photos + stacking with 3 image of fireworks at night...
HEY FLICKR!
So we just got the news that my big sister Elizabeth's baby is going to be a GIRL!! I couldn't me more excited!!
(film from our visit at the park this past weekend)
some of my other flickr photos of her below:
www.flickr.com/photos/angie_royer/4041366102/in/set-72157...
www.flickr.com/photos/angie_royer/4226234168/in/set-72157...
www.flickr.com/photos/angie_royer/4226252320/in/set-72157...
www.flickr.com/photos/angie_royer/4264409719/in/set-72157...
For those of you that don't know me, I apologize in advance. For those that do know me, what did you expect, right?
You all know the story of Frosty the Snowman....or do you?
FROSTY THE (KILLER) SNOWMAN
Frosty the snowman was a salty stabby soul
With meth in his pipe, cocaine up his nose
And two eyes as red as coals
Frosty the snowman is a serial killer they say
He was made of woe but the children know
How he came to kill one day
There must have been some magic in that old
crack pipe they found
For when they put it in his mouth he
began to dance around
Frosty the snowman went on a killing spree
And the children say he laughed while he
was killing you and me
Thumpetty thump thump
Thumpetty thump thump
Look at Frosty go!
Thumpetty bang bang
Thumpetty bang bang
So much blood covers the snow!
Frosty the snowman knew they were on his trail that day
So he said “Let’s run and I’ll have some fun now before
I get locked away”.
Down to the village with an AR in his hand
Running here and there with a machete for flare
Yelling “Catch me if you can!”
He chased them down the streets of town
Right to a street beat cop
And he only paused a moment to say “pop pop, pop pop”
Frosty the snowman had to hurry on his way
But he waved good bye and said “Don’t you smile,
I’ll be back to kill some day”
Thumpetty thump thump
Thumpetty thump thump
Look at Frosty go
Thumpetty thump thump
Thumpetty thump thump
Tons of blood covering the snow..
Before the stories you grew up with, the man you thought you knew, started out far differently than you ever expected. This is the vignette of his family.
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The Druid of a goddess wife, Brigid, is the daughter of Dagda, who bestowed onto her a magical and bottomless cauldron, named Coire Ansic. It is said no company ever went away from the cauldron unsatisfied. For that reason, she lends it to her husband but once a year to do with it as he pleases. For which he partakes in the later part of the year, carrying its hefty weight on his back but it is uncertain for what he makes of it. However, do not think that she is defined by them. As a solar deity, she is a patroness of healing, poetry, and smith craft, while later becoming a patron saint for an entire country of green.
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The elf of a daughter admired by ladies and revered by men, she goes by Cokkie. To pronounce her name is to be reminded of a conceited or arrogant person, especially one that acts in a bold or impudent way. Do not let her pleasing visage fool you, she is a highly skilled combatant. Take up arms with her and she is said to have a cold dark heart. Worship her and she has a heart full of warm light.
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The samurai of a boy that does not acknowledge his rightful age, is named Yukio. Ever since being taught by his father's friend Kǒng Qiū, who also goes by Kǒng Fūzǐ, he follows strict adherence to a way of life built on honor, discipline, and morality. That Dào, or path, later becomes the framework for Bushidō, the way of warriors.
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That leaves us with the portly fellow that goes by many names but back when the beard was red, the head was bald, and the emotional state was not one of joy, he was known simply by the nickname of "Reiði". For non-Norse speakers, you may simply call him "Anger". It would be a spell before he would be known as Nicholas of Patara or Kris, or even exiled to his current northernly bitter-cold residence.
What we expect again in the next couple of days.
Waagerechter Regen
Was wir wieder in den nächsten Tagen erwarten.
Sony Alpha 7R II, Voigtländer VME Close-Focus Adapter, Zeiss Planar 50mm f2.0
Taken on a stroll round Woodsmill today, headquarters for the Sussex Wildlife Trust
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Hey all! So I have been so very busy with school, student move in, and welcome week next week as a Resident Assistant at my school so I am uploading this long awaited gem! I am expecting next weekend to have more time to edit more wonderful photos from my road trip.
This week my boyfriend shared a bit of wisdom with me: that as a person and as an artist, you can't expect that everyone will return the things that you put out into the world and the deeds that you do for others, but if you are genuinely loving them, you should be able to love them even in they can't reciprocate. True love isn't selfish, or impatient, or unkind. It's something that I realized I need to work on because the least I can do is show love to those who don't see it enough, because I have been so blessed in my life with so many people who show genuine love to me everyday.
Thank you Emerald for being so great!! I miss you and the whole crew so very much!
Expecting people
I dont want to come back to my bed alone
For 3 weeks now every night in RL a recurring nightmare wakes me up 3 times a night. I find myself naked with a pig's head in public places in the middle of crowds or terrifying places. To escape these visions I try to exorcise these visions by representing them here. But that's not enough so I decided to take the road of exploration again and do what I do when I travel in RL by letting myself be carried away by chance encounters while hitchhiking and couchsurfing...