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Lo! where the rosy-bosomed Hours,
Fair Venus' train, appear,
Disclose the long-expecting flowers,
And wake the purple year!
extract from 'Ode on the Spring' by Thomas Gray
Must find out how to cut rounded corners in PSE6!
Just playing with layers - you can tell its the school holidays!
Florabella overlay Milk and Texture Cappucino - Thank you Shana.
It's often not the images you expect that suddenly appear in Explore but it's always a nice surprise.
1. Pensive, 2. Prairie Marmot Profile, 3. Tails, 4. Portrait of a Lion, 5. Roots, 6. Olives, 7. First light, 8. Gondolas, St Mark's Basin,
9. Dave & Sommer, 10. Feed Me, 11. Realto Bridge, 12. Phalanopsis on black, 13. An Eeyore moment, 14. Dahlia, 15. Tiny, 16. Mercedes,
17. At it again, mum?, 18. English Lavender, 19. City Hall Colonnade West, 20. Stockholm side street, 21. Stockholm alley, 22. Midnight at Alta, 23. Resting, 24. Oil Beetle,
25. Cruising, 26. Damp Dog, 27. Leonardslee - One of the lakes, 28. Two Feet, 29. Knapweed, 30. Open wide, 31. It's a catch, 32. Stars & Stripes,
33. Reaching out, 34. Anemone alba, 35. Easter Egg, 36. View of Horton Kirby, 37. Whoopee..., 38. Submerged, 39. Backlit Blackthorn, 40. A Fading Rose,
41. Brac photographic portrait, 42. Manic dog inbound 2, 43. Shrugging off winter, 44. Brac re-modelled, 45. Sleepy Morning in the Forest, 46. Pearls on a Peony, 47. Fuschia, 48. Success,
49. Brac Christmas card, 50. Santa Paws !, 51. Forgotten summer, 52. Zak in Black, 53. Crater, 54. Reach for the Sky, 55. Tangerine Dream, 56. Attention!,
57. Zebra, 58. Feathers, 59. Ben, 60. Reflections, 61. Calla Lily, 62. Water lilies, 63. Hautes Pyrenees, 64. Beyond beauty,
65. Dryopteris filixmas leaf, 66. Helianthus annuus Teddy Bear 1, 67. Emergence, 68. Papaver Orientalis 2, 69. Decadence, 70. You called ?, 71. Pink Rose Bud, 72. Red Boat,
73. Red rose, 74. DSC01476a, 75. The long walk, 76. Sunset at Southend, 77. Lotus, 78. Crocus sativus
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Fishing boat in the harbour in Palamós with metal parts covered in paint rust and grease. Just the sort of things you would expect to find on working vessels.
Kids blew up their balloons, and stood in the middle of the street to greet the parade coming this way....
Expect to see more moose cow uploads here. I worked on a number of them last night. This lovely lady got close enough to the shore for me to get some really nice portrait shots of her as she grazed for the aquatic plants beneath the water of Fishercap Lake. She never appeared nervous or distressed that we were lining one side of the lakeshore. She appeared to feel comfortable in the water. She might even be used to seeing so many humans out there, all eyes on her. Who knows. I just feel privileged and lucky to have seen and photographed her for 3 days in a row during my Glacier Park stay.
All of the moose shots (except for any landscape-type images I might post here), were captured with the Canon 1DX and Canon 100-400mm mk II lens.
Copyright Rebecca L. Latson, all rights reserved.
Jacques Cartier, as expected of a young urbane metropolitan bourgeoisie European gentleman at the time, is smartly dressed in a tweed spring chic Parisian blazer and a bow tie, donning a pith helmet with a white puggaree hat band, appears to be sitting next to his host, Mugbil Al-Thukair, beneath a canvas canopy to protect them from the blazing afternoon sun, as a glimpse of the sleeve of Al-Thukair's white muslin light robe is faintly visible on the far-left edge of the photo on the small sailboat ferry that transported them and their associates, including Cartier's travel companions Maurice Richard and J. S. Sethna, in addition to Al-Thukair's trusted younger friend merchant Yusuf Kanoo, from Manama, to the nearby island of Muharraq (the political capital of Bahrain from 1810 to 1923) to pay an after lunch customary introductory visit to the ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa (r. 1869-1932), this photo was taken on Thursday afternoon, the 16th of March 1912.
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For "reasons", we were at Walmer castle tis afternoon.
It was beyond hot.
And then I realised its about 15 years since we were last here, at the seat of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, so chance before the reason, to wander about and take shots.
Did I mention it was hot?
Walmer castle has been converted from a place of defence into the residence of the Lord Warden, a converted Tudor castle, similar to Deal and Winchelsea, though decked out as expected for Wardens such as The Duke of Wellington (he died here, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Before going to Walmer, there was the morning to fill.
No gym for us, so we could lay until seven until the water boiler fired up, that usually wakes me, though Jools had been up an hour by then.
We watered some of the thirstier plants, then sat on the patio until the fierce heat that was too strong for more than a few minutes at nine, made us seek cool shelter back inside.
The cats too take shelter from the heat, when we can stand it we watch wasps stopping to take drinks from the bowl we put out.
Lunch is rolls with either corned beef of roast beef, pickles, and being British, crisps to add the crunch, though from a break with tradition, paprika flavour rather than cheese and onion.
They filled us up, so we retired to the patio, as after lunch the shadows cover the seats, though as the sun doesn't get as high in the sky now, it shines longer under the umbrella.
Just before two we leave for the Castle.
Did I mention it was hot?
It was hot..
A short drive into Walmer, then out through to the coast road, parking near the beach opposite the entrance.
We are members, but would have got in free, as we were here to attend a meeting of U2A, and for me to meet some of my churchcrawling group.
Not sure if I wrote about this, but from the end of September, every two weeks, ten of us will visit a church, and I will struggle to answer questions.
The new group went "live" in the system last Sunday, and in under an hour I had received thirty requests to join. The first ten got in, so we will see how that goes.
Walmer Castle has splendid grounds, lots of plants, especially in the kitchen garden, and being school holidays, there were a few families around, but it wasn't crowded. Photography is still banned inside, so we skipped the castle tour and went straight outside.
There was a couple of shots I wanted, which I got, but really, it was just too hot to be wandering too far out of the shade.
We took shelter on a bench in the shadow of a hedge beside the pond in the Queen Mother's garden, and sat there cooling down until it was time to go into the meeting.
The meeting went on for an hour, in a room with lots of glass, no air conditioning, and with every chair taken, it was humid.
But in the end, we had all introduced ourselves, heard about the organisation, again., we could go and me find Jools.
Who was waiting outside.
Quarter past four, not quite so hot, but hot enough so that we didn't want to do any more walking round the gardens.
We went back to the car, taking the shortcut accessible exit, over the road and then home.
The vet called with news.
Due to us pressing, with information provided with a friend on here, more tests had been done and results were in. No as bad as feared, but enough as a cause for concern.
Scully has to go in on Wednesday for a urine test, but we feel that things are really moving forward. Maybe not at the pace we wanted, but still.
Baby steps.
Not much for tea, as we weren't that hungry.
And an evening filled with cup football, with Norwich away at Watford and so expected to lose. However, Norwich played well, and were 2-0 up by half time, and hung on to win.
Which was nice.
After the football, I went into the back garden to look at the rising waning moon.
A mist had begun to rise, and the moon was barely visible, but appeard as an angry red, partly deflated balloon just above the horizon, before it was lost in the mist and clouds.
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Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast. Comprising a keep and four circular bastions, the moated stone castle covered 0.61 acres (0.25 ha) and had 39 firing positions on the upper levels for artillery. It cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build the three castles of Walmer, Sandown, and Deal, which lay adjacent to one another along the coast and were connected by earthwork defences.[a] The original invasion threat passed, but during the Second English Civil War of 1648–49, Walmer was seized by pro-Royalist insurgents and was only retaken by Parliamentary forces after several months' fighting.
In the 18th century, Walmer became the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and was gradually modified from a military fortification into a private residence. Various Prime Ministers and prominent politicians were appointed as Lord Warden, including William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Granville, who adapted parts of the Tudor castle as living spaces and constructed extensive gardens around the property. By 1904, the War Office agreed that Walmer had no remaining military utility and it passed to the Ministry of Works. Successive Lord Wardens continued to use the property but it was also opened to the public. Walmer was no longer considered a particularly comfortable or modern residence, however, and Lord Curzon blamed the poor condition of the castle for his wife's death in 1906.
Lord Wardens since the Second World War have included Winston Churchill, Robert Menzies and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, but they have made only intermittent use of Walmer Castle. In the 21st century, Walmer Castle is run as a tourist attraction by English Heritage. The interior of the castle displays a range of historical objects and pictures associated with the property and its Lord Wardens, protected since the 19th century by special legislation. The grounds include the Queen Mother's Garden, designed by Penelope Hobhouse as a 95th birthday gift for Elizabeth in 1997.
Walmer Castle was built to defend the English coast from attack by France and the Holy Roman Empire in the final years of the reign of King Henry VIII. Traditionally the Crown had left coastal defences to the local lords and communities, only taking a modest role in building and maintaining fortifications, and while France and the Empire remained in conflict with one another, maritime raids were common but an actual invasion of England seemed unlikely.[1] Modest defences, based around simple blockhouses and towers, existed in the south-west and along the Sussex coast, with a few more impressive works in the north of England, but in general the fortifications were very limited in scale.
Walmer and the adjacent castles of Deal and Sandown were constructed to protect the Downs in east Kent, an important anchorage formed by the Goodwin Sands which gave access to Deal Beach, on which enemy soldiers could easily be landed.[9] The stone castles were supported by a line of four earthwork forts, known as the Great Turf, the Little Turf Bulwark, the Great White Bulwark of Clay and the Walmer Bulwark, and a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) defensive ditch and bank.[10] Collectively the castles became known as the "castles of the Downs" and cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build.
In the 18th century, Walmer Castle became the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.[26] The Lord Warden was originally a medieval title linked to five key ports along the coast of England; the position's prominence had faded, but it still retained important judicial and military functions.[30] When Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, was appointed to the post in 1708 he decided that the existing residence in Dover Castle was unsatisfactory, probably because of the semi-ruinous state of the castle, and moved into Walmer Castle instead.[31]
The Duke occupied the post of Lord Warden until 1765, save for two periods when it was filled by James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester.[32] He carried out extensive work to make the castle more habitable, building extensions towards the north bastion and constructing a small house in the south bastion for the soldiers.[26] Under the subsequent Lord Wardens, the politicians Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, and Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, the castle continued to house artillery but it became increasingly less military in character.[33]
The Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger was then made the Lord Warden in 1792. Pitt was badly in debt and King George III believed that the post, which came with a salary of £3,000 a year, would usefully supplement Pitt's income.[34][b] Pitt made extensive use of the castle and by 1803 he used it as his main residence in an effort to reduce his living costs.[36] Pitt's niece, Lady Hester Stanhope, joined him at Walmer between 1803 and 1806; together with Pitt, she carried out extensive work on the castle gardens, transforming them from a simple kitchen garden into a set of landscaped ornamental enclosures; Stanhope enlisted the Dover militia to help with the landscaping and planting.[37]
With the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Pitt became energetically involved in the protection of the ports along the coast, entertaining the local garrison commanders, naval captains and the local gentry at Walmer on a regular basis.[38] After Pitt resigned as prime minister in 1801, fears remained of a French invasion and he formed a volunteer cavalry unit at Walmer Castle, where he lived with his new officers.[39] He also formed a unit of bombardier infantry and a fleet of 35 fishing boats called luggers, which he armed with 12-pound (5.4 kg) or 18-pound (8.2 kg) guns, reviewing them from the castle.[40] Stanhope remarked on the constant drilling of army units around the castle during her time there.[41]
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, took possession of Walmer Castle following the death of Pitt in 1806.[32] Liverpool was a favourite of King George's, and his appointment as Lord Warden was again intended to provide a valuable income and a country retreat.[42] As prime minister, Liverpool used Walmer as a personal retreat and as a location for private political discussions with selected guests.
On Lord Liverpool's death in 1828, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and the prime minister at the time, asked King George IV for the post of Lord Warden, primarily because he was seeking the use of Walmer Castle.[44] Wellington took up post in 1829 and considered Walmer to be "the most charming marine residence".[45] He made use of the castle each autumn, entertaining extensively there but living and sleeping in a single room.[46] He was visited there twice by Victoria, once when she was still a princess and later as queen.[47] Wellington let the gardens fall into a poor condition.[48] Wellington died in his room at Walmer on 14 September 1852.[49] His embalmed body was kept in his room to lie in state until 10 November,[50] and when the room was opened for public visitors during the final two days, around 9,000 attended.[51] The Duke's body was finally removed to London via Deal, complete with a military escort.
We never expect to watch the president of Colombia and the chief of the FARC together in one stage asking for peace. We never expect that the whole world were asking for just one word...peace.
We were so close to the ceremony, in the middle of the Old Town of Cartagena. The people were dressed in white, celebrating and living in a dream. We cheer, we shout, we celebrate....together we were one
Many days after that night the country said "No". There are many explanations but the best one is to said that the country wants a better agreement. Is not a "no" but maybe a "not like this"
As expected I woke up at 2am (UK time 6am), with several attempts to get back to sleep with some light dozing.
Easy to eat the wrong stuff. Trying my best here. I also had some toast and coffee to keep me alert for the busy day ahead.
This is a photograph from the East of Ireland Marathon Series Marathon held at Stapelstown, Donadea, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland at 09:00 on Saturday 21st of September 2013. This is the first East of Ireland Marathon Series race outside of Dublin and also the first to have been run on rural roads and is race 5 of the East of Ireland Marathon Series 2013.
There was beautiful but warm weather in Stapelstown for the marathon which made conditions tougher than expected. The course brought runners on a loop from the village over towards Prosperous, Co. Kildare, and then back to the finish/refreshment area. The event was very well organised and whilst these races operate with a degree of self sufficiency for runners there was adequate marshalling, course marking, and refreshments available. Well done to all.
The East Of Ireland Marathon Series aims to make marathons affordable and convienient for the runners of Ireland. The serires organisers aim to promote marathon running and to make the process as stress free and enjoyable as possible. All courses are measured to full AAI standards and have a minimum of 10 Entrants. The marathons are self sufficent to a degree although there are limited supplies of water available on the day of the race. There will be no extra frills like chip timing and finish gantrys. However all finishing times are accurately and officially recorded. This is to keep the price down and keep the races as affordable as possible. The East of Ireland Marathon series is all inclusive and welcomes runners who are new to marathon running as well as experienced veterans.
This photograph is part of a Flickr set of photographs we took at this event. The Flickr set is available here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635665725976/]. This set includes photographs from the start, in-race, and finish of the race.
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Overall Race Summary
Participants: The East of Ireland marathon series stricly limits the number of participants. There were about 50 participants in the race today.
Weather: There was warm sunny weather for the race with competitors finding the humid conditions very tough as the race progress on around mid day. There was no real wind but a breeze which did help keep runners cool.
Course: The race started at St. Kevin's GAA and proceeded west into Stapelstown Village and reached a turnaround point which brought runners back to the starting point. This meant that runners then had to complete four complete loops of the 6.09 mile loop outlined below. This loop then proceeded directly southwards towards Prosperous but makes a sharp right turn before Properous village. This brings runners onto the Ballynafagh road and northwards back towards Stapelstown village. Runners then run down through the village (passing the finish and refreshment area) to complete the loop. The course is on traffic open country roads.
Location Map: This is the start finish area at Stapelstown National School goo.gl/maps/LbynY
Some Useful Links
A GARMIN GPS Trace of the 6.09 mile loop being used as part of the marathon: connect.garmin.com/activity/326724349
East of Ireland Marathons Facebook Group Page: www.facebook.com/groups/130592073780072/ (you will need a Facebook account to view this)
East of Ireland Marathons Web Homepage: www.eastofirelandmarathons.com/index.php
Professional Photographer Hannah Levy has galleries for several previous East of Ireland Marathons in 2013: www.hannahlevy.com/index/EOI_Marathons/EOI_Marathons.html
Google Streetview Imagery of St. Kevin's GAA Club where parking facilities were provided for the race: goo.gl/maps/FMsl5
Google Streetview Imagery of the Finish Area beside Stapelstown National School: goo.gl/maps/LbynY
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Expect to see more of these kinds of houses for sale. Sure, anyone in the NBPT area would recognize them as being for sale for a long time, but the sign is just too ironic for me to ignore.
found paint spray on the floor which looks like a man with a big belly? or a Gerald Scarfe painting?
expected monthly nitrogen use by bermudagrass at Bangkok, seashore paspalum at Hanoi, and and creeping bentgrass at Osaka and Vancouver
My monthly walk guided by Roy Hazel & accompanied by Keith Hughes & Bramble. Today the walk was about 12 Hazel miles in weather much better than expected from the forecast. It did start off dismally at Coombe Hill NT carpark about 8.30am but the amazing pollarded trees and bluebells here soon put us in high spirits. Heading South through High Scrub & Dunsmore, turning West eventually at Cobblershill Farm passing along a cunningly hidden path into Hampdenleaf Wood, at the far side briefly stopping for Sheila's bread pudding & a hot drink while enjoying the peaceful vale ahead, gradually being bathed in sunlight, revealing a Brown Hare standing still in the middle of a field of wheat. Across the valley we encountered an odd structure, part church, part medieval building, Little Hampden Church. Over the west side of this ridge and through a bluebell swathed copse across the Prestwood to Askett road & up across wheat and pine wood (passing a large Wellingtonia) to Hampden House in bright sunshine greeted by the sounds of demented barking from beyond a tall Laurel hedge. Giving the house HAHA a slight birth we turned north west up the tree lined avenue & then diagonally across a very stunted & dry field of wheat towards Barnes Grove where realised we should turn NE along Grim@s Dyke & the edge Kingsfield Wood & on into Knighton's Hill Wood, then around Green Hailey Farm leading into the steep descent of Whiteleaf Hill, still in brilliant sunshine, to the welcoming sign of The Red Lion for a refreshing pint of Aylesbury Pale Ale taken outside as we watched a steady stream of AT Bikers struggling past with a clicking of cogs & a lot of puffing. we all agreed one pint was adequate & off we set again across a cricket pitch where members of the team were praying to Mohammed before play, then through a pristine golf course and eventually up the long slog through Grangelands & Rifle Range BBOWLT nature reserve to the foot of Pulpit Hill where a quick bite was taken sat amongst the prickles of a cleared Blacthorn scrub. It was a long & winding plod through Pulpit & Pond Woods down in sight of Chequers through more stunning masses of Bluebells down to across the same road crossed earlier and through yet another field of wheat (this looked much healthier) up to Buckmoorland & up a never-ending sunken lane in dappled sun up to Goodmerhill Wood & on through Fugsdon Wood, eventually regaining the trail that we had descended 7 or so hours earlier. The scene had changed since 8.30am, now heaving with cars, children and dogs. Ditching our rucksacks we staggered a few hundred yards to The Monument to wonder at the view and how far we could see across several counties, even to Kings Wood on the Greensand Ridge. So safe home very weary but all agreed a great walk, certainly the best so far this year. My thanks already given to Roy & Keith, I should like to add thanks to Sheila for her sustaining bread pudding and to Bramble for all her encouragement as I staggered at the rear when every 10 minutes or so she would rush down to find where I was and after a swift pat rushed back to inspect the trail ahead. :)
This is my 1st year experimenting/ growing this flower. I was expecting this South African native plant to grow to about 3 or 4 feet (1-1.25m), but this "top" is at about 16 ft. (3.5m) towering over the central flower bed. Cardinal climber vines surround it up in the garden stratosphere...
Took tons of pictures of my friend Allison and her husband Jeff this weekend. She is expecting twins in about 6 weeks! Lots of processing to do. This is the first one I think I have fairly close to "done".
Strobist: borrowed studio strobe with shoot-through umbrella camera right, angled about 45 degrees down and in front of them. Reflector just out of frame camera left by their heads to fill in shadows around the necks.