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"I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas."
-- James Earl Jones (American actor who has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history"; and the voice of one of the greatest film characters of all time...Darth Vader)
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The market street (Marktstraße) carries her name since 1826. With her first mention in 1223 she was called simply "lata platea Erphordie" – the street of Erfurt. This points to the fact that it was one of the first to a certain extent developed streets of the town.
In 1341 the first German name was in the street. Herewith is meant via regia, big trading road by the Rhine near Mainz over Frankfurt, Erfurt and Leipzig to Wroclaw which ran through Marktstrasse. In the early modern times she was called as a wide street, before it received in 1826 her today's name.
For my 100x group where I am taking 100 image with one of my Lensbaby optics.
Lensbaby Composer Pro on Kenko Extention Tubes the the Sweet 50 optic wide open of the Easter Bouquet I bought today when we were in Kingston. Shot between the petals of one flower to capture the centre of another.
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2020 Summer Moscow
Zenit 122
Kentmere PAN 400
Somehow last summer, my friend and I dragged around the sultry capital and pestered strangers with questions about their dreams, plans, expectations from life. I carried Zenith with me and took pictures of those who agreed. The answers were both very similar and completely different. Someone dreamed of their own house and a prestigious car, someone about a pension and grandchildren, and someone, for example, wanted to perform at the European festival of electronic music, visit all 7 continents, and fall head over heels in love.
More than a year has passed since that moment. I wonder how these people are doing now: have not they given up on their dreams? I hope no.
After all, it is the goals and dreams that make our life more conscious, fill it with meaning, make us strive. When you have a dream, every new day is a small step towards something important and valuable. And if the choice is true, then you are, to a certain extent, a happy person. So dream, friends!
Golden Eagle! I think I saw only one during my three decades on Canada's west coast, where the Bald Eagle rules. Here on the prairie, that order is reversed. Huge and powerful, the Golden Eagle is our local, resident King Of the Raptors, whereas the Bald Eagle visits only occasionally and is most often seen during spring or fall migration.
This Golden, swooping low overhead, is probably a juvenile, as indicated by the extensive light markings on its tail and wings, and also the gaps in its primaries where adult feathers are growing in. Because that is the extent of my knowledge, I will just tag it "immature", a good catch-all phrase for young ones (which includes subadult, the phase between juvenile and adult). Its age isn't that important to me. Every eagle is a living icon, a flying miracle; I'm in awe of them.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Yes , to the extent that the Vancouver Island tab of BC Rare Bird Blog has ceased to post all of the sightings.
bcbirdalert.blogspot.com/p/vancouver-island.html
That is remarkable considering there has only been 1 other location in the province (Nelson) that has had a sighting in the last 30 days.
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Palm Warbler PAWA (Setophaga palmarum)
near McSlender Reservoir (east of Garcia's Nursery)
Martindale Flats
Greater Victoria BC
DSCN9667 - CROPPED
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ebird.org/map/palwar?neg=true&env.minX=146.8567581798...
A quick look at Species Map in ebird confirms what is mentioned above.
AS well as
Vancouver Island has had 10 or more PAWA recent sightings (in the last 30 days is red-orange dots)
Other than Nelson...the only other recent sighting was somewhere back east.
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Conceivably this individual and/or others have been in this Martindale area since October.....
Many obs by many observers.
i saw one in this local on Oct 8
ebird.org/view/checklist/S49060192
this day and the following day (quite probably same bird ? as previous?)
Trout season opened this week. It is yet another grim reminder of the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdown that will likely continue through another spring season. It seems as though every aspect of our daily lives has been altered to some extent over the past year.
But this angler appears to be blissfully enjoying himself in solitary tranquility as he casts his line towards a freshly stocked lake, oblivious to any worldly concerns other than the simple placement of his line. Perhaps there is a lesson that we can all draw from this simple and timeless human activity. Perhaps we should all seek to discover our own "fishing hole", a place unique to each of us where our minds are most fully at ease, where our thoughts are not burdened by the past nor in fear of the future. For what better lesson can we take away from this pandemic than to fully appreciate the importance of living in the moment?
the garden has been revamped and will take time to establish but on its way ...
rocks, stones, broken crockery and canes surrounding the plants to help prevent pet damage - works to a certain extent :)
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ... i'm not making recommendations. it's just chat ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
Another alternative view. Sometimes I wonder what it would be if we had a different colour perception. To see the world in different glasses, there must a beauty but a very different one. My imagination cannot possibly take in the extent of what it must be like.
“To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Rolo, not knowing the extent or the even the concept of the pandemic, just knows that we're here all the time - for him. And I'm OK with that.
SN/NC: Echinacea Purpurea, Asteraceae Family
Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to parts of eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. It is most common in the Ozarks and in the Mississippi/Ohio Valley. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
Echinacea is derived from Greek, meaning 'spiny one', in reference to the spiny sea urchins 'εχίνοι' which the ripe flower heads of species of this genus resemble. The epithet purpurea means 'reddish-purple'. Originally named Rudbeckia purpurea by Linnaeus in 1753 in Species plantarum 6, it was reclassified in 1794 by Conrad Moench, in a new genus named Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench. In 1818, Thomas Nuttall describes a new variety that he named Rudbeckia purpurea var. serotina. Just two decades later, De Candolle raised him to the rank of species of the other genus Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) DC. (1836). In 2002, Binns et al. discovered a misapplication of the name Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench for the taxon correctly named Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) DC. in 1836. The authors proposed to retain the names not to cause confusion among gardeners and herbalists. Other names include: Broad-leaved purple coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Hedgehog Coneflower, Echinacea.
A equinácea é uma planta medicinal, também conhecida como flor-de-cone, púrpura ou rudbéquia, rica em alcamidas, flavonóides e polissacarídeos, com propriedades anti-inflamatórias, antialérgicas e imunomoduladoras, sendo, por isso, muito utilizada como remédio caseiro no tratamento de gripes e resfriados, aliviando a coriza e a tosse.
Ela é uma espécie norte-americana de planta com flores na família Asteraceae, a mesma do girassol e das margaridas e dálias. É nativa do leste da América do Norte e presente em grande parte do leste, sudeste e centro-oeste dos Estados Unidos, bem como na província canadense de Ontário e British Columbia, para mencionar algumas. É mais comum nos Ozarks e no Vale dos Rios Mississippi e Ohio. Seus habitats incluem bosques abertos secos, pradarias e áridos. Echinacea é derivado do grego, que significa 'espinhoso', em referência aos ouriços-do-mar espinhosos 'εχίνοι', aos quais as cabeças de flores maduras de espécies deste gênero se assemelham. O epíteto purpurea significa 'roxo-avermelhado'. É uma linda flor.
L'Echinacea purpurea, l'echinacea viola orientale, l'echinacea viola, l'echinacea riccio o l'echinacea, è una specie di pianta da fiore nordamericana della famiglia delle Asteraceae. È originario di parti del Nord America orientale e in una certa misura è presente allo stato selvatico in gran parte degli Stati Uniti orientali, sudorientali e centro-occidentali, nonché nella provincia canadese dell'Ontario. È più comune negli Ozarks e nella valle del Mississippi/Ohio. I suoi habitat includono boschi aperti asciutti, praterie e aridi.
Echinacea deriva dal greco, che significa 'spinoso', in riferimento ai ricci di mare spinosi 'εχίνοι' a cui assomigliano i capolini maturi di specie di questo genere. L'epiteto purpurea significa 'porpora rossastro'
Echinacea purpurea, de oostelijke paarse zonnehoed, paarse zonnehoed, egel zonnehoed of echinacea, is een Noord-Amerikaanse soort bloeiende plant in de familie Asteraceae. Het is inheems in delen van Oost-Noord-Amerika en komt tot op zekere hoogte in het wild voor in een groot deel van het oosten, zuidoosten en middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten, evenals in de Canadese provincie Ontario. Het komt het meest voor in de Ozarks en in de Mississippi/Ohio-vallei. De habitats omvatten droge open bossen, weilanden en kale vlaktes.
Echinacea is afgeleid van het Grieks en betekent 'stekelige', verwijzend naar de stekelige zee-egels 'εχίνοι' waarop de rijpe bloemhoofdjes van soorten van dit geslacht lijken. Het epitheton purpurea betekent 'rood-paars'.
Echinacea purpurea , la equinácea púrpura oriental , la equinácea púrpura , la equinácea erizo o la equinácea , es una especie norteamericana de planta con flores de la familia Asteraceae . Es nativo de partes del este de América del Norte y está presente hasta cierto punto en la naturaleza en gran parte del este, sureste y medio oeste de los Estados Unidos, así como en la provincia canadiense de Ontario. Es más común en los Ozarks y en el valle de Mississippi/Ohio. Sus hábitats incluyen bosques abiertos secos, praderas y páramos.
Echinacea se deriva del griego, que significa 'espinoso', en referencia a los erizos de mar espinosos 'εχίνοι' a los que se asemejan las cabezas de flores maduras de las especies de este género. El epíteto purpurea significa 'púrpura rojizo'.
Echinacea purpurea, l'échinacée pourpre orientale, l'échinacée pourpre, l'échinacée hérisson ou l'échinacée, est une espèce nord-américaine de plante à fleurs de la famille des astéracées. Il est originaire de certaines parties de l'est de l'Amérique du Nord et est présent dans une certaine mesure à l'état sauvage dans une grande partie de l'est, du sud-est et du Midwest des États-Unis ainsi que dans la province canadienne de l'Ontario. Il est le plus courant dans les Ozarks et dans la vallée du Mississippi/Ohio. Ses habitats comprennent des bois ouverts secs, des prairies et des landes.
L'échinacée vient du grec et signifie « épineux », en référence aux oursins épineux « εχίνοι » auxquels ressemblent les inflorescences mûres des espèces de ce genre. L'épithète purpurea signifie « violet rougeâtre ».
Echinacea purpurea, der östliche Purpur-Sonnenhut, Purpur-Sonnenhut, Igel-Sonnenhut oder Echinacea, ist eine nordamerikanische Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Asteraceae. Sie ist in Teilen des östlichen Nordamerika beheimatet und bis zu einem gewissen Grad in freier Wildbahn in weiten Teilen des Ostens, Südostens und mittleren Westens der Vereinigten Staaten sowie in der kanadischen Provinz Ontario vorhanden. Es ist am häufigsten in den Ozarks und im Mississippi/Ohio Valley. Seine Lebensräume umfassen trockene offene Wälder, Prärien und Ödland.
Echinacea leitet sich aus dem Griechischen ab und bedeutet „stacheliger", in Anlehnung an die stacheligen Seeigel „εχίνοι", denen die reifen Blütenköpfe von Arten dieser Gattung ähneln. Der Beiname purpurea bedeutet „rötlich-lila".
إشنسا بوربوريا ، الصنوبريات الأرجوانية الشرقية ، الصنوبريات الأرجواني ، قنفذ القنفذ ، أو إشنسا ، هو نوع من النباتات المزهرة في أمريكا الشمالية في عائلة Asteraceae. هي موطنها الأصلي في أجزاء من شرق أمريكا الشمالية وتوجد إلى حد ما في البرية في الكثير من شرق وجنوب شرق وغرب الولايات المتحدة وكذلك في مقاطعة أونتاريو الكندية. هو الأكثر شيوعًا في أوزاركس وفي وادي المسيسيبي / أوهايو. تشمل موائلها الغابات المفتوحة الجافة والمروج والجبل.
إشنسا مشتق من اللغة اليونانية ، وتعني "الشوكة الواحدة" ، في إشارة إلى قنافذ البحر الشوكية "εχίνοι" التي تشبهها رؤوس الأزهار الناضجة لأنواع هذا الجنس. الصفة بوربوريا تعني "أرجواني محمر".
Echinacea purpurea、イースタン パープル コーンフラワー、パープル コーンフラワー、ハリネズミ コーンフラワー、またはエキナセアは、キク科の開花植物の北米種です。北米東部の一部に自生し、米国東部、南東部、中西部の多く、およびカナダのオンタリオ州にある程度野生で存在します。オザークとミシシッピ/オハイオ渓谷で最も一般的です.その生息地には、乾いた開けた森、大草原、不毛地帯が含まれます。
エキナセアは、この属の種の熟した花の頭が似ているとげのあるウニ「εχίνοι」に関連して、「とげのあるもの」を意味するギリシャ語に由来します。別名プルプレアは「赤紫色」を意味します。
Overlooking the full extent of Little Haven and Broad Haven Bay at low tide, with a view of the coast path that leads through this area.
For anyone less able to walk the coast path it is now possible to take a cyber walk along the full 186 mile stretch by following the link below.
Pembrokeshire Coast path. cyber walk linked to the path in the image above.
www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7728386,-5.1116915,3a,75y,26h,9...
Old farmhouse now a sign holder. It did not appear that anyone was living on this property even though it is kept up to an extent with grass cutting and flowers.
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Every winter, a layer of carbon dioxide frost (dry ice) forms on the surface of Mars. At its greatest extent in mid-winter, this frost reaches from the poles down to the middle latitudes, until it is too warm and sunny to persist. In most places this is around 50 degrees latitude, similar to the latitude of southern Canada on Earth.
However, small patches of dry ice are found closer to the equator on pole-facing slopes, which are colder because they receive less sunlight. This image was taken in the middle of winter in Mars' Southern Hemisphere, and shows a crater near 37 degrees south latitude. The south-facing slope has patchy bright frost, blue in enhanced color. This frost occurs in and around the many gullies on the slope, and in other images, has caused flows in the gullies.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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Just before the sun broke over the horizon on the first morning of British Summertime. I mention this as the shift in time had confused me to the extent that I miscalculated the time for dawn and ended up arriving after an hours drive in the pitch dark with the stars still twinkling in the sky. Fortunately there was a small torch in the glove box, albeit with a clapped out battery. Navigating the muddy path with the dim circle of light cast by the torch, we eventually got to this spot on the hill in plenty of time to contemplate the universe and pick a composition. Sorry Helen!
Photo by Andy
Taken right at sunrise on Padre Island in Corpus Christi, Texas, this shows the extent of the damage to the dunes from Hurricane Hannah and her 17 foot waves on top of a 6 foot storm surge at high tide. A very unfortunate worst case scenario. But they are dumping sand in hopes of trying to build the dunes and the beach back out.
Today's sunset. I'm so lucky to live here...
Interesting thing about this shot is that, to some extent, the composition was forced on me, so I've tried to make a virtue of the clutter on the right.
Went back the next day and shot it as I would have liked, but it isn't as good!
Ah well, we all need a bit of luck to push us along.
Well, I did say a sakura shot would be uploaded today. I'm a man if my word. I considered this shot a huge break after busting multiple times already in both Tokyo and Kyoto when it came to seeking out those subjects. And it almost didn't happen at all.
My time at Yasaka pagoda and by extent the Ninenzaka path (or square really). Wasn't as good as I thought it would be. The place is heavily advertised as a top tourist spot so I guess I should've expected no less. I did get to all my intended positions but at the expense of many people being in them. May not seem like a big deal to folks like you, but I normally hate street photography. I don't want anyone in my shots period, and I know that's incredibly selfish but it's better then just taking photos of random people going about their daily routines (looking at geishas particularly when I say that, poor folk can't catch a break with these idiotic morons).
So I wasn't feeling too good I could bring myself to upload my shots, realizing most of them would be a great chore to remake. But on my way back to the car, I overheard a Japanese girl being excited about something. Curious at what she was jumpin' at, I turned around and saw THIS. An actual sakura branch perfectly branching off from the brush with the Yasaka pagoda still poking out of the dense maze of stores and houses. I crossed the street and dared to bring out my 200mm, and it worked like a charm.
Now yes, the sky wasn't pink/purple when I took it, I did that in editing. But that doesn't change the fact that the composition still worked and I just sought more color. It actually brought more out of the blossoms simultaneously. After turning down the highlights and brightness on the houses and power lines, I raised the clarity and brightness on the pagoda, making it evident what I wanted to stand out. The sheer bliss I felt in this moment. This very well could've been my actual first success with this spring beauty (of course, if I had known what I would encounter a couple weeks down the line I wouldn't have been nearly as desperate).
It is a very tiny muchroom, size between 1mm and 2mm. Made with Sigma 150mm OS + 68mm extention tubes
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Bergenhus fortress (Norwegian: Bergenhus festning) is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway.
The fortress contains buildings dating as far back as the 1240s, as well as later constructions built as recently as World War II. The extent of the enclosed area of today dates from the early 19th century. In medieval times, the area of the present-day Bergenhus Fortress was known as Holmen and contained the royal residence in Bergen, as well as a cathedral, several churches, the bishop's residence, and a Dominican monastery. Excavations have revealed foundations of buildings believed to date back to before 1100, which might have been erected by King Olav Kyrre. In the 13th century, until 1299, Bergen was the capital of Norway and Holmen was thus the main seat of Norway's rulers. It was first enclosed by stone walls in the 1240s.
Of the medieval buildings, a medieval hall and a defensive tower remain. The royal hall, today known as Haakon's Hall, was built around 1260, The defensive tower, was built around 1270 and contained a royal apartment on the top floor. In the 1560s, it was incorporated into a larger structure, which is today known as the Rosenkrantz Tower. In the Middle Ages, several churches, including Bergen's cathedral Christ Church (Kristkirken på Holmen i Bergen), were situated on the premises. These were torn down between 1526 and 1531, as the area of Holmen was converted into a purely military fortification under Danish rule. From around this time, the name Bergenhus came into use. Building work on Christ Church probably started around 1100. It contained the shrine of Saint Sunniva, the patron saint of Bergen. In the 12th and 13th centuries it was the site of several royal coronations and weddings. It was also the burial site of at least six kings, as well as other members of the royal family. The site of its altar is today marked by a memorial stone.
In the 19th century, the fortress lost its function as a defensive fortification, but it was retained by the military as an administrative base. After restoration in the 1890s, and again after destruction sustained during World War II, Bergenhus is today again used as a concert venue and as a feast hall for public events. During World War II, the German navy used several of its buildings for their headquarters, and they also constructed a large concrete bunker within the fortress walls. The buildings, including Haakon's Hall, were severely damaged during World War II but the buildings were later restored.
Bergenhus is currently under the command of the Royal Norwegian Navy, which has about 150 military personnel stationed there. The fortifications Sverresborg fortress and Fredriksberg fortress also lie in the centre of Bergen. Haakon's Hall and Rosenkrantz Tower are open for visits by the public. Koengen, the central part of Bergenhus Fortress is also known as a concert venue.
Crabapple from the front yard, using tube extentions on my current favorite lens for the macro view.
Our copy of Terry Pratchett's Feet of Clay has been read multiple times to the extent that it has a broken spine, loose pages and a battered cover.
#34 Favourite Book for 123 pictures in 2023
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It was windy and cold at the park but as the sun went lower in the sky the grasses held on to the last warm rays.
Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Wilhelminapier, Belvedere (Renzo Piano), De Rotterdam (OMA/Rem Koolhaas) (uncut)
Belvédère KPN office building (2000), Renzo Piano and
De Rotterdam, Rem Koolhaas' hotel-office-apartment building (2014) - some of the usual suspects when testing a new camera.
In this case, it is the nifty Nikon J5. The resolution of the 1" sensor is grand and notwithstanding the absence of an AA filter, there was hardly any aliasing in my test images. And, more importantly, the articulately tiltable TFT touch screen enabled me to shoot the way I'm accustomed to with my Lumix and to a certain extent my Canon.
So a new era in using compact cams has begun - hurray! :-)
Hasselblad 503cx + Zeiss Planar 80/2,8 + extention tube 32mm
Kodak Ektachrome 100VS
Developed at home in Tetenal Colortec E6
I've decided to upload all my Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown photos in three large batches. In order to do this, I'm spending a few days on the post-processing (generally cropping, straightening and sharpening). Since I won't be up to comment to any great extent until Tuesday, please don't feel obligated to comment on my stream. It wouldn't be fair to expect your comments.
I'm uploading batches for a couple of reasons. First, Explores are nice, but my main reason for being on flickr is to set up an archives for my extensive families, my personal friends and anyone else who wants to use my submissions. I've got a lot of old family stuff on my photostream, and there's going to be a lot more old stuff going up over the next few months. Secondly, I want to keep putting up current stuff. Only then can I see how I'm progressing. In order to put up new stuff, I've got to clear out the old stuff.
Flickr is a great tool that can be used for a lot more than getting Explores, although I have to admit that I'll be the last guy to turn them down.
Jamestown (originally also called "James Towne" or "Jamestowne") is located on the James River in what is currently James City County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The site is about 40 miles (62 km) inland from the Atlantic Ocean and the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay and about 45 miles (70 km) downstream and southeast of the current state capital city of Richmond. Both the river and the settlement were named for King James I of England, who was on the throne at the time, granted the private proprietorship to the Virginia Company of London's enterprise.
The location at Jamestown Island was selected primarily because it offered a favorable strategic defensive position against other European forces which might approach by water. However, the colonists soon discovered that the swampy and isolated site was plagued by mosquitoes and tidal river water unsuitable for drinking, and offered limited opportunities for hunting and little space for farming. The area was also inhabited by Native Americans (American Indians).
The 3 points of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown are linked by the National Park Service's scenic Colonial Parkway.
The 3 points of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown are linked by the National Park Service's scenic Colonial Parkway.
Despite inspired leadership of John Smith, chaplain Robert Hunt and others, starvation, hostile relations with the Indians, and lack of profitable exports all threatened the survival of the Colony in the early years as the settlers and the Virginia Company of London each struggled. However, colonist John Rolfe introduced a strain of tobacco which was successfully exported in 1612, and the financial outlook for the colony became more favorable. Two years later, Rolfe married the young Indian woman Pocahontas, daughter of Wahunsunacock, Chief of the Powhatan Confederacy, and a period of relative peace with the Natives followed. In 1616, the Rolfes made a public relations trip to England, where Pocahontas was received as visiting royalty. Changes by the Virginia Company which became effective in 1619 attracted additional investments, also sowing the first seeds of democracy in the process with a locally-elected body which became the House of Burgesses, the first such representative legislative body in the New World.
Throughout the 17th century, Jamestown was the capital of the Virginia Colony. Several times during emergencies, the seat of government for the colony was shifted temporarily to nearby Middle Plantation, a fortified location on the high ridge approximately equidistant from the James and York Rivers on the Virginia Peninsula. Shortly after the Colony was finally granted a long-desired charter and established the new College of William and Mary at Middle Plantation, the capital of the Colony was permanently relocated nearby. In 1699, the new capital town was renamed Williamsburg, in honor of the current British king, William III.
After the capital was relocated, Jamestown began a gradual loss of prominence and eventually reverted to a few large farms. It again became a significant point for control of the James River during the American Civil War (1861–1865), and then slid back into seeming oblivion. Even the Jamestown Exposition of 1907 was held elsewhere, at a more accessible location at Sewell's Point, on Hampton Roads near Norfolk.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort Prince Phillip inspect replica of Susan Constant at Jamestown Festival Park in Virginia on October 16, 1957
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort Prince Phillip inspect replica of Susan Constant at Jamestown Festival Park in Virginia on October 16, 1957
Beginning in 1893, 22.5 acres of the Jamestown site were acquired by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. A crucial sea wall was built in 1900 to protect the shoreline near the site of James Fort from further erosion. In the 1930s, the Colonial National Historical Park was established to protect and administer Jamestown, which was designated a National Historic Site. The U.S. National Park Service acquired the remaining 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) of Jamestown Island through eminent domain in 1934.
For the 350th anniversary in 1957, Jamestown itself was the site of renewed interest and a huge celebration. The National Park Service provided new access with the completion of the Colonial Parkway which led to Williamsburg, home of the restored capital of Colonial Williamsburg, and then on to Yorktown, the other two portions of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle. Major projects such as the Jamestown Festival Park were developed by non-profit, state and federal agencies. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Prince Philip attended. The 1957 event was a great success. Tourism became continuous with attractions regularly updated and enhanced.
The two major attractions at Jamestown are separate, but complementary to each other. The state-sponsored Jamestown Settlement near the entrance to Jamestown Island includes a recreated English Fort and Native American Village, extensive indoor and outdoor displays, and features the three popular replica ships. On Jamestown Island itself, the National Park Service operates Historic Jamestowne. Over a million artifacts have been recovered by the Jamestown Rediscovery project with ongoing archaeological work, including a number of exciting recent discoveries.
Early in the 21st century, in preparation for the Jamestown 2007 event commemorating America's 400th Anniversary, new accommodations, transportation facilities and attractions were planned. The celebration began in the Spring of 2006 with the sailing of a new replica Godspeed to six major East Coast U.S. cities, where several hundred thousand people viewed it. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip joined America's festivities on an official state visit to Jamestown in May 2007.
Taken somewhere in The Vale of Glamorgan today.
The only reason that I can’t be specific about the location is this:-
It’s been a day of mixing business with pleasure in one way. This morning my OH dropped me off at Aberafan prom (pic in comments)whilst he went off to Port Talbot to meet with someone. After that we went for a spin in the car around the Vale of Glamorgan which consisted of many “Stop the car ! Ooh that’s pretty!” moments to the extent I took so many shots of rape fields in their yellow resplendence that I couldn’t remember which is which.
It’s a Lewis Capaldi kind of morning.
Spinning Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, an emotional rollercoaster of heartbreak, honesty, and raw vocals. Songs like “Someone You Loved” and “Before You Go” cut deep, but there’s comfort in the melancholy.
Letting the record speak where words fall short.
Watkins Glen State Park is located in the village of Watkins Glen, south of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County in New York's Finger Lakes region. The park's lower part is near the village, while the upper part is open woodland. It was opened to the public in 1863 and was privately run as a tourist resort until 1906, when it was purchased by New York State. Initially known as Watkins Glen State Reservation, the park was first managed by the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society before being turned over to full state control in 1911. Since 1924, it has been managed by the Finger Lakes Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The centerpiece of the 778-acre (3.15 km2) park is a 400-foot-deep (120 m) narrow gorge cut through rock by a stream – Glen Creek – that was left hanging when glaciers of the Ice age deepened the Seneca valley, increasing the tributary stream gradient to create rapids and waterfalls wherever there were layers of hard rock. The rocks of the area are sedimentary of Devonian age that are part of a dissected plateau that was uplifted with little faulting or distortion. They consist mostly of soft shales, with some layers of harder sandstone and limestone. The park features three trails – open mid-May to early November – by which one can climb or descend the gorge. The Southern Rim and Indian Trails run along the wooded rim of the gorge, while the Gorge Trail is closest to the stream and runs over, under and along the park's 19 waterfalls by way of stone bridges and more than 800 stone steps. The trails connect to the Finger Lakes Trail, an 800-mile (1,300 km) system of trails within New York state. The park has comfortable camping sites, as well as picnic tables and pavilions, food, playground, a gift shop, pool, dump stations, showers, recreation programs, tent and trailer sites, fishing, hiking, hunting and cross-country skiing. The entrance fee for a day picnic is $8 per car. The park is open year-round, but not all facilities are available at all times. During the Pleistocene era, a vast area was covered by ice during the maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area. The movement of glaciers from the Laurentide and Wisconsin ice sheets shaped the Finger Lakes region. The lakes originated as a series of northward-flowing streams. Around two million years ago the first of many continental glaciers of the Laurentide Ice Sheet moved southward from the Hudson Bay area, initiating the Pleistocene glaciation. These glaciers widened, deepened and accentuated the existing river valleys. Glacial debris, possibly including terminal moraines, left behind by the receding ice acted as dams, allowing lakes to form. Despite the deep erosion of the valleys, the surrounding uplands show little evidence of glaciation, suggesting that the ice was thin, or at least unable to cause much erosion at these higher altitudes. The deep cutting of the valleys by the ice left some tributaries hanging high above the lakes: both Seneca and Cayuga have tributaries hanging as much as 390 feet (120 m) above the valley floors. One such hanging valley, overlooking the south end of the Seneca Lake valley, evolved into the deep gorge of Watkins Glen. The steep drop of Glen Creek into Seneca Valley created a powerful torrent that eroded the underlying rock, cutting further and further back towards the stream's headwaters. This erosion was not a uniform process: the rock here includes shale, limestone, and sandstone, and these types of rock erode at different rates, leaving behind a staircase of waterfalls, cascades, plunge pools and potholes. Watkins Glen State Park now encompasses nineteen waterfalls spaced along a trail roughly two miles (3.2 km) long.
The channel marker
This one is what attracted me to the structure in the first place, the extent of the rust showing how high the tide reaches & the rather splendid clouds of course
Isn't this little guy a cutie? I mean to the extent that an aggressive bully can be a cutie. Male Anna's hummingbird on the lookout for others who may invade his territory
this is the extent of my peonies.... out of 5 plants, I get only leaves.... they have to be transplanted in September to a sunnier area.
Thank you all for looking at my images and for your faves, I so gratefully appreciate all of you... but at this time it's hard for me to reply individually, so I will be disabling the comments.... I have my hands full raising over 300 Monarchs... from eggs!! This is a full time job, but worth the reward in helping them...
If you have a garden, PLEASE PLANT MILKWEED... THEY NEED OUR HELP TO SURVIVE!!
This morning I released 15.... 9 girls/ 6 boys....
total released to date: 74
The extent of the pumping operation can be seen here with the lorries still taking cement from the remaining wagons. Two engineering trains are arriving on site this afternoon as have several pieces of track plant. Sheaf Street where the cement lorries are parked is closed tomorrow morning from 06:00 so I assume the remaining wagons which cannot be moved by rail will be lifted over the wall.
This is the machine that took all the photos from the Lamington trip (well, of course the 20D had to take this photo). I had bought it 2 days after Christmas, and the camera has impressed me immensely. To the extent, that it is now my main camera by a long way.
I havent had any reason to complain about the focussing system and its accuracy. Accuracy seems to be at least as good as the 20D, and the focusing speed is a lot better, especially in low light. This, combined with a good high ISO performance, make it a mile better than the 20D in the rainforest.
A lot of the shots I have taken back were probably not possible using the 20D. Where the 20D would hunt for ages in low light, the 40D would lock in as per usual. And I had no hesitation using ISO 1000 and up to ISO 1600 (which was still reasonable). ISO 3200 was out of the question unless in a real emergency.
Other improvements over the 20D include better ergonomics, more rubber seals etc, more ISO selectability (in 1/3 stops), better flash conection and 3" LCD display (almost double the size of the 20D's).
Overall a great camera. Only niggles are the fact it doesnt like black birds (eg ravens, it wont focus very well on them) and the multi-controller on the back of the camera broke down for a week or so, but its back to normal now.
So, this is the replacement for the 20D. What a good camera it was, but what a great camera the 40D is.
Taken out at the Box Log Falls, Lamington NP, full frame, EOS 20D.
For Macro Monday - November 12 2018 - "Green"
Tacks made of fish heads and fins! Stuck in green glitter paper.
So, the book's plot summary, lazily copied from wikipedia:
"Driven to mental anguish as the result of total isolation by the National Socialists, Dr. B, a monarchist hiding valuable assets of the nobility from the new regime, maintains his sanity only through the theft of a book of past masters' chess games which he plays endlessly, voraciously learning each one until they overwhelm his imagination to such an extent that he becomes consumed by chess.
After absorbing every single move of any variation in the book, and having nothing more to explore, Dr. B begins to play the game against himself, developing the ability to separate his psyche into two personas: I (White) and I (Black). This psychological conflict causes him to ultimately suffer a breakdown, after which he eventually awakens in a sanatorium. Being saved by a sympathetic physician, who attests his insanity to keep him from being imprisoned again by the Nazis, he is finally set free.
After happening to be on the same cruise liner as a group of chess enthusiasts and the world chess champion Czentovic, he incidentally stumbles across their game against the champion. Mirko Czentovic was a peasant prodigy possessing no obvious redeeming qualities besides his gift for chess. Dr. B helps the chess enthusiasts in managing to draw their game in an almost hopeless position. After this effort, they persuade him to play alone against Czentovic. In a stunning demonstration of his imaginative and combinational powers, Dr. B sensationally beats the world champion.
Czentovic immediately demands a return game to restore his honour. But this time, having sensed that Dr. B played quite fast and hardly took time to think, he tries to irritate his opponent by taking a lot of time before making a move, thereby putting psychological pressure on Dr. B, who gets more and more impatient as the game proceeds. His greatest power turns out to be his greatest weakness: he reenacts the match in his mind repeatedly with all imaginable possibilities so rapidly that Czentovic's deliberation and placidness drive him to distraction and ultimately insanity, culminating in an incorrect move after which Dr. B awakens from his frenzy.
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Model: Gustavo Neves
Vest: Jhonny Braz
Assistants: Guilherme Costa & Fernando Barreto
The Long Beach Peninsula is known for its continuous sand beaches on the Pacific Ocean side, 28 miles (45 km) in extent, claimed to be the longest beach in the United States. Because of the fine beaches, it is a popular vacation destination for people from Seattle, Washington, 165 miles (266 km) distant, and Portland, Oregon, 115 miles (185 km) distant. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach_Peninsula
Hasselblad 503cx
Zeiss Planar 80/2,8 + extention tubes
Ilford FP 4+
Developed in Kodak HC-110B
Read more on my blog: shimmeringgrains.com/2020/05/10/perfect-imperfection/
My balloon ride (Balloons Over Bagan) started with 5am ride to the launch sites. The teams were busy at work preparing the balloons. The flight started with views of ancient temples among the mist and smoke from cooking oil used in the villages. The balloon ride was silent with intermittent gush of gas used to heat the balloon which also was used to guide the balloon to a certain extent. We got peaceful bird's-eye view of ancient temples and the sunrise over the eastern plains of Bagan. In addition we saw the Irrawaddy River with fisherman starting their work. Other views included goat farmers and oxen pulling a cart to their destination.
Compared to the red and cream crap in the background (I've never driven an ex Glasgow panoramic that didn't leak to the extent you wondered if it had mains plumbing without a tap on the end; and those ex Blackburn East Lancs bodies where you could change the beam from dip to full by kicking the back of the headlight at your feet...) , this Ailsa was the equivalent of an Aston Martin in terms of refinement. One of three bought from Clydeside 2000, it was the first to come off the road. A regular on the Ballingry to St Columbas run, I've never been on a bus yet that could romp up Station Brae in Lochgelly with a standing load quite like this beast. Yee-ha!!