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A few weeks ago, I was told that I have done a lot of tourism, with a negative connotation, and I thought about that. What I actually do is that I am exploring places in my own way, and that appears to be quite unique because I usually do not encounter other people when I go where I go. I am exploring these places with different means, through hiking, kayaking, photography or flying my kites. I am attempting to minimize my footprint, not only leaving nothing behind but also merging in, becoming part of a place. I am coming back again and again, until I understand a place, its essence and its spirit, and then I keep coming back to observe how it evolves over time, with the weather, the seasons, the years. It is a creative and inspiring process. If that is called tourism, I will accept that term.
EXPLORED November 26, 2012
A few hummingbirds are still hanging around, which was a surprise to me. I checked out Google and found out that a type called Anna's will stay around all winter if you keep them fed. So I have my trusty feeders full and will keep a couple extras in the house to trade out if they freeze. They are fighting like crazy and it seems there is one bully in the crowd that chases them all off. This is the baby one of the group, and I don't see him getting a sip in very often, so I have decided to hang a few feeders in the front of the house to maybe draw part of the crowd up front so nobody starves.
Notes: also known as The Marked Tree
Format: albumen photoprint, 182 mm x 106 mm, Caney photo, Mt. Victoria, no. 164
Date Range: about 1883
Location: The Western Road, Katoomba
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons
Repository: Blue Mountains Library - library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection, The McBroom album.
Provenance: Mr Hugh McBroom
Links:
Post card from 1950s - flic.kr/p/4Vvv3N
E. Oreades - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_oreades
The Power House Museum timber specimen taken from the tree in 1901 is classified as White Mountains Ash, E. Oreades - www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=224034&...
This summer my friend and I decided to just drive around see if we'd find anything interesting to photograph. We were just going along when we came across this random castle and I knew I had to stop and get a picture. Instead of just taking a simple picture of it I decided to make it a little "unique" by creating a filter using my sunglasses. I felt like it would give it the feeling as if you were seeing the castle from my point of view.
Explore--> Dec 12, 2009 # 327
Usain Bolt is one of the three puppies of Moka and Jack Bauer born on November 21st 2009.
He is a Lagotto Romagnolo breed, truffle hunter.
This is a dog specialised in finding truffles on any type of ground whatever, the only breed recognised as having this ability. It is an ancient breed for retrieving from water,known from the 16th Century in Italy.
animal.discovery.com/videos/dogs-101-lagotto-romagnolo.html
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Update:
Usain Bolt crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sept 1st 2012. He was hit by the postwoman car in front of our house. She said she didn't notice that she had run over the dog.......
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Southern California Leaving the beautiful beaches of San Diego, California and heading north…..we are on the road again! The months in sunny California have been a delight. With amazing beaches, a spectacular zoo, and fabulous weather, it has been a winters dream. Beautiful days spent […]
The first Ford Explorers were 4-door SUVs based on their Ranger pickup truck line. As popular as the Explorers came to be, at a certain point I suppose that there was a perceived market to have a pickup truck version of the Explorer (i.e. with an open box), hence the Explorer Sport Trac!
Vive le Printemps ...
Merci pour vos passages sur les vues, favoris et commentaires .
Thanks all for the views, favs and comments, very appreciated.
Explored! #175 on June 24th 2010
Today was a day of house cleaning, file organizing, laundry doing, and random editing for some of my recent clients.
This was not client work, just a shot from memorial day when I went to a BBQ at my good friend Joey Ambrose's house. This is his beautiful pup "Dakota" and yes her tongue always goes to that side!
Strobarino:
AB 1600 in a beauty dish
Cybersyncs
Sun as Rim
Vagabond II
Hit Explore on 02 Aug 2009 (Highest position #145). Thank you so much for your viewing, comments and faves!
I love Capture NX2. It's a great software to edit photos with :-)
Lo he descubierto a travĆ©s de mi amigo, Domingo Mery, es para mi una fuente de satisfacciĆ³n ver mis fotos elegidas, no se de que depende que las escojan,,,,, pero ahĆ estĆ”n.
Another night view of the Statue of Gautam Buddha - at Hussain Sagar Lake - Hyderabad, India.
IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 31-12-2012.
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Hussain Sagar (Telugu: ą°¹ą±ą°øą±ą°øą±ą°Øą± ą°øą°¾ą°ą°°ą±) (Urdu: ŲŲ³ŁŁ Ų³Ų§ŲŗŲ±) is a lake in Hyderabad, India, built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah. It was a lake of 24 square kilometres built on a tributary of the River Musi to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city. There is a large monolithic statue of the Gautam Buddha in the middle of the lake which was erected in 1992. In the end of the Hussain Sagar one can find the Masjid and Dargah of Sayed Maa.
Built in the 16th century the lake was named to express the gratitude of Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah to Hussain Shah Wali who helped him to recover from illness. It is a sprawling artificial lake that holds water perennially, built during the reign of Ibrahim Qutub Shah, across a tributary of the river Musi in 1562. Linking the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the lake and its environs have several parks and scenic spots. The broad road on the tank bund is lined with lawns. The well laid out Lumbini park located in the Buddha Purnima project has a musical fountain.
An 18-meter high monolithic statue of Lord Buddha towers over the lake from atop the Rock of Gibraltar. The idea of erecting a giant monolith Buddha statue in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake on the Gibraltar rock was a part of the Buddha Poornima project in 1985. The statue was chiseled out of a white granite rock, weighting 450 tons. It was carved by 200 sculptors for two years. The statue was transported to Hyderabad in November 1988. After initial problems, the statue was erected on 12 April 1992 on a red lotus pedestal. Attached to it, Lumbini park was inaugurated with musical fountains, bonsai plants and a boat ride from Lumbini Park to the statue. The whole atmosphere reflects peace and perseverance.
Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussain_Sagar
Gautama Buddha or SiddhÄrtha Gautama Buddha (Sanskrit: ą¤øą¤æą¤¦ą„ą¤§ą¤¾ą¤°ą„ą¤„ ą¤ą„ą¤¤ą¤® ą¤¬ą„ą¤¦ą„ą¤§; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammÄsambuddha, S. samyaksaį¹buddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." Gautama Buddha may also be referred to as ÅÄkyamuni (Sanskrit: ą¤¶ą¤¾ą¤ą„ą¤Æą¤®ą„ą¤Øą¤æ "Sage of the ÅÄkyas"). The Buddha found a Middle Way that ameliorated the extreme asceticism found in the Sramana religions.
The time of Gautama's birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE, but more recent opinion dates his death to between 486 and 483 BCE or, according to some, between 411 and 400 BCE. UNESCO lists Lumbini, Nepal, as a world heritage site and birthplace of Gautama Buddha. There are also claims about birth place of Gautama Buddha to be Kapileswara, Orissa or Kapilavastu at Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and KoÅala.
Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later.
Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
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went for a bike ride
exploring...
im not very good at telling time
when seasons change
when the birds leave
feels like i was just here
but im on the other side of the year.
cheers,
Please View On Black
Please View On White
I have passed by these classic red stools outside "D's Diner" for over two years now, always meaning to stop. Well, I finally did. This is one of those great old diners that just screams the 50's. Can't you just picture the girls in their pink poodle skirts and angora sweaters, perched on these stools, sipping malteds?
THIS is Americana at it's finest.
Long live the diner.
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Highest position: 223 on Tuesday, October 6, 2009
āā¢. Taken with an iPhone .ā¢ā
My little granddaughter, Rosie May, dutifully modelling for me at our belated Thanksgiving day meal on Sunday. (Everyone comes to dinner with a pop-up backdrop, pair of SB-600s, PowerSnoots and a range of lenses, right? That's perfectly normal. So why don't my family believe me?)
Thought I'd never have another shot in Explore. This squeaked in for November 27th. Highest position - 244.
Here is the Explore Scientific ED140 CF Triplet APO Refractor.
So far, I have been able to capture a handful of impressive deep sky astrophotography images through this telescope, including the Hercules Cluster and the Trifid Nebula.
For more information about this carbon fiber refractor, feel free to check my blog and video on the subject: astrobackyard.com/explore-scientific-ed140/
I hadn't checked Scout for some time, and when I had a look today, I found that all of these photos of mine were in Explore today! Because older photos are always being viewed, they can drop out and go back into Explore again ages after their first appearance.
1. Circles in the sun, 2. Trees in the snow, 3. Winter wonderland, 4. Christmas baubles, 5. A rainbow of colours, 6. We will remember them, 7. Summer colours, 8. Waning gibbous Moon,
9. Selfridges in Birmingham - curves and cirles, 10. Telephone boxes, 11. Boat at Goring, 12. Cream foxglove, 13. Waves on Chesil Beach, 14. Red tulip, 15. A bunch of Grape Hyacinths, 16. Happy Easter,
17. Christmas lights, 18. Foggy New Year's Eve, 19. Silver snowflake - HAPPY CHRISTMAS to everyone!, 20. Helter Skelter, 21. World War I medals, 22. Used tyres
Banana tree leaf vendor. He supplies to many places & is involved in this trade since he was young. The daily routine. I was taken aback seeing his technique and balance !
IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 4-11-2012.
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He was barefooted. Shoe is a luxury to him, as he may only be earning that much with which he can manage the bare minimum. Motor bike is a necessity for him in this trade, that is why he is having one. How much someone can earn by selling banana tree leaves, and that too which do not fetch a good price? At least he has a noble profession, whatever small it may be !
At Mukkombu - Tiruchiapalli, Tamilnadu, India
In the spirit of celebrating Julia Childās 100th birthday coming up on 8/15/12, I baked Madeleines.
Story available on my wordpress blog, Baking is my Zen.
bakingismyzen.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/cookforjulia-lemon...
Celebrate Julia Childās 100th Birthday ā August 5 -15 (2012)
www.pbs.org/food/chefs/julia-child/
PBS Food is celebrating Julia Child 100th birthday and youāre invited! Cook a recipe in August, watch never before streamed episodes of her classic shows, read tributes from celebrity chefs, and more. Bon appetit!
[EXPLORED, 8/13/12, #419]