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I'd spotted a small stand of Sunflowers on the side of the road but couldn't get back to them for a week due to wet weather etc.
By the time I'd returned most had started to wither.....but these two still stood tall and rather majestic like....catching the early morning sun.
Enjoy the week and thanks for visiting. Cheers Dale.
Just a little image to prove we are nothing compared to the sea .Our kayaking adventure takes us far away from the land and reality ,we are first explorers and then fishers .We take nothing for granted .We paddle hard into the extreme condition and we fill our heads with images ..Every trip is intense ,and we have our limits ..
"Appeal to the Great Spirit"
Sculpture by Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944), 1909
Located in front of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Antony Gormley created his 100 lron Man statues for installation at several sites, yet they remain here at Another Place on Crosby Beach, Liverpool.
Sunflower spam saturday.
A sunflower back
McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area, Poolesville, MD , USA
Albeit beautiful, the San Francisco Bay Area is a heavily light polluted urban environment. My astronomy club, the SFAA (San Francisco Amateur Astronomers) as access to Mount Tamalpias State Park, an Island of open space in a heavily urbanized location. Mnt. Tam offers glimpses of the Milky Way which is otherwise invisible here. At a reasonably high elevation, the sky really darkens when the fog rolls in and blocks the light dome of the City of San Francisco, which is about 15 miles to the South. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer sky offers an excellent view of Scorpius and Sagittarius, which are brimming with star clusters and emission nebula and comprise the foot of the Milky Way. Even a good pair of binoculars pointed to the South will yield excellent results if you're inclined to star gazing.
Firs?????? The firs are round the bend behind me facing out towards Runcorn ,Daresbury Lab., the Mersey Widnes etc:)))
From the observation deck, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA - Delaware River & New Jersey in the distance - PSFS, Philadelphia Slowly Facing Starvation
Elephantine Island's southern end comprises the site of ancient Abu. Its name meant both 'elephant' and 'ivory' in ancient Egyptian, a reminder of the important role the island once played in the ivory trade. The island's Nubian villages of Siou and Koti make a surprising counterpoint to the bustle of the city across the water.
The island lies opposite central Aswan, just north of the First Cataract. A recent building boom has changed its nature, but it remains calm and essentially rural.
At the beginning of the 1st dynasty (about 3000 BC) a fortress was built on the island to establish Egypt’s southern frontier. Abu soon became an important customs point and trading centre. It remained strategically significant throughout the Pharaonic period as a departure point for the military and commercial expeditions into Nubia and the south. During the 6th dynasty (2345–2181 BC) Abu gained its strength as a political and economic centre and, despite occasional ups and downs, the island retained its importance until the Graeco-Roman period.
As well as being a thriving settlement, Elephantine Island was the main cult centre of the ram-headed god Khnum (at first the god of the inundation, and from the 18th dynasty worshipped as the creator of humankind on his potter’s wheel), Satet (Khnum’s wife, and guardian of the southern frontier) and their daughter Anket. Each year the rushing of the waters of the flood were first heard here on Elephantine Island. Over time religious complexes took over more and more of the island, so residential areas moved either further north on the island or to the east bank. The temple town of Abu received its coup de grâce in the 4th century AD, when Christianity was established as the imperial Roman religion. From then on, worship of the ancient gods was gradually abandoned and defensive fortifications were moved to the east bank, today’s city of Aswan.
Siou and Koti villages lie between the ruins in the south and the Mövenpick Resort, which fills the northern end of the island. A north–south path crosses the middle of the island and links the two villages. Close to the wall separating the Mövenpick Resort from Siou village, facing Kitchener’s Island, is Baaba Dool, a gorgeous painted Nubian house, where the owner Mustapha serves tea, sells Nubian handicrafts and can arrange live music and dancing performed by local women. The roof terrace is the perfect place to watch the sunset on the west bank, with a multitude of birds flying around the island opposite. Also in the villages is Animalia, a charming Nubian museum.
Western women should be respectful of local tradition and wear modest clothes. More and more visitors prefer to enjoy the traditional set-up of the villages, and rent flats or houses here for a few days.
Today's photo tour sends us to the Magic Kingdom for probably one of the most photographed statues in all the Disney parks, the Partner's Statue. There are so many different ways to photograph Walt and Mickey. Here, I chose to just focus on Walt and make him as if he were pointing to Tomorrowland. How do you pose the Partner's statue for your shots? Have a magical day!
Linhof Master Technika 3000, Schneider-Kreuznach APO-Symmar 5,6/150, T-Max 100 (scan from negative).
this year is really strange - a lot of thunderstorm with strange clound and heavy lightning; luckily we weren't hit by hail
It's only about three or four feet high, but these ducklings struggled mightily to reach the top of this dam where their mother waited.
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Fraaie gevelsteen in de St Jansstraat te Deventer.
Voor mooie en bijzondere gevelstenen moet je sowieso in Deventer zijn. Ook voor mooie uithangborden.
Hans Holt: Op de hier getoonde gevelsteen verwijzen de tekst van dichter J.C. Van Schagen en de goed gevormde vrouw naar de vroegere aanwezigheid van prostitutie op deze locatie. "Kous" betekende destijds ook wel het vrouwelijke geslachtsdeel. Het "U keert weer om" heeft er met name mee te maken dat de straat hier doodloopt.
Nēnē (nay-nay) were some of the most endangered birds on the planet; in 1950, only 30 of these Hawaiian geese remained in the world. Through capture and protected breeding, they now number over 2,000, which keeps them on the endangered list, but the numbers are far healthier than 50 years ago. They are most numerous here on Kaua'i, where there are no mongoose to raid the nests.
These four often sat outside (or on) our lanai, and here are facing the late afternoon sun, with a promise of a future on this beloved island.
Facing Mortality...
Is only a matter of time
Photomontage and digital painting.
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Jan. 23, 2021: A young girl's statue faces the rain Saturday at Lou Henry Hoover Park in Whittier, California. The sculpture is part of "The Golden Gate" art installation by artist Guy A. Wilson dedicated on Oct. 9, 2004. #whittierca
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