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Flag Ponds Nature Park is a nature preserve located in Lusby, Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. It is operated by the Calvert County Department of Natural Resources. The park includes nature trails and a beach for swimmers.(Wikipedia)
A huge (almost 2 feet across) very unusual ammonite that begins like most of that tribe, in being tightly coiled, then the larger coils drift out away from the inner coils, as above. This one also shows some opalescent nacre from the original shell. This will be the last fossil for some time so for those not interested in creatures who went out with the dinosaurs, don't despair. I am a bit of a dinosaur myself, and I survived the asteroid/comet.......I think.......Beautiful and exquisitely interesting creatures! This one is sitting in a clever steel seaweed shaped holder. Not mine unfortunately!
An image from 3 years ago run through a simple and cheap paint app, PhotoArtista-Oil. This is one of an infinite variety possible on a single image. Great Fun. You can enlarge to see details of the 3 dimensional like look of the 'paint', and the brush strokes, and the app has numerous variations available.
I never tire of the great art deco mascots of the 20s and 30s. This design evolved over the years, changing details and design elements, but it appears it was originally designed first by designer Joseph E. Corker patent granted to Packard Motor Car Co. 7/12/1927, patent #73,026, exhibited on a Rollston cabriolet at the New York City Automobile show January 1926, Packard deluxe emblem known as the Packard "Goddess of Speed.
Based on Nike, the divine charioteer of Greek mythology.
In Greek mythology, Nike was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. The Roman equivalent was Victoria. Depending upon the time of various myths, she was described as the daughter of Pallas (Titan) and Styx (Water) and the sister of Kratos (Strength), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal). Nike and her siblings were close companions of Zeus, the dominant deity of the Greek pantheon. According to classical (later) myth, Styx brought them to Zeus when the god was assembling allies for the Titan War against the older deities. Nike assumed the role of the divine charioteer, a role in which she often is portrayed in Classical Greek art. Nike flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame. Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena, and is thought to have stood in Athena's outstretched hand in the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon. Nike is one of the most commonly portrayed figures on Greek coins. The shoe and sports equipment company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek goddess Nike.
Happy 4th!!!!, and in that spirit, is it only me that thinks the face looks a lot like George Washington?
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Odd art deco mascot, and I have seen it on 2 Delahayes and a Delage over the years. Don't know the maker or 'name' of the mascot but it is very distinctive. I like it but it is probably an acquired taste, and........OK i am more than a little eccentric. You can be very sure your neighbor doesn't have the identical one.
Out of about 100 Ruxtons that were actually produced, the second front wheel drive American street auto, some 6 months behind Cord, and even less 'ready for prime time', it is estimated there are less than 20 left. 16 of these were at Pebble Beach, and most are owned by the same man. Ruxtons are very low compared to say a Packard, with the flat floor. The unusual striped paint jobs were offered by the factory to emphasize the low (read sexy) height. Having a wonderfully art deco griffin as the mascot (not seen on the hood here, but the design is on the hubcaps), and most had the very sexy, but very very poorly illuminating 'Wood's Lite' head lights. Still if you have the mechanical genius, and the funds to keep them on the road, they are Stunning in real life. The sporty European look, dispensing with the running board was typical, and I think, very effective, as the car is too low to stand on the running board as help in entering, and the look is wonderful. Look at big to appreciate the color scheme.
A Mime/Artist statue holding our village cricket team flag on the Island of Stresa, Lake Maggiore & the Borromean Islands, Italy.
Occasionally a few Ammonites have sufficient actual shell nacre remaining that after 100s of millions of years later, they can have amazing iridescence showing several colors of great intensity. The non-scientific 'gemology' term for these rare and extremely sought after bits of shell is known as Amolite. Large specimens are sadly sometimes broken up and polished to be sold as jewelry. This medium sized ammonite shows primarily red and green, while some can also show blue, purple and even yellow. As in the Morpho Butterfly, the colors are produced by crystalline formations in the shell, and change with the angle of view, and can be very bright, and are not from pigments. Ammonites are cousins of the Chambered Nautilus, both being related to squid and octopus, and are NOT sea snails. While the walls between chambers in the Nautilus are smoothly rounded, the Ammonite chambers can be very complex producing wonderful patterns. Colors not enhanced.
Ferrari’s immortal 275 GTB-C, designed by Pininfarina and manufactured by Scaglietti, with its sleek, shark-like profile, muscular 3.3-liter V-12 engine, and agile handling ability, was offered as a powerful road going berlinetta in two-cam and, later, four-cam variations
One of just twelve 2nd series 275 GTB/C Competiziones
Creating a replacement for the hugely successful 250 series of Ferraris was a daunting task for the engineers at Maranello. As the 250 series was highly successful both in the showroom and on the track, it effectively etched Ferrari’s name into the automotive history books. With numerous wins at Le Mans, the Tour de France, Sebring, and Daytona, the 250 LWB TdF, the 250 SWB, the 250 LM, and the 250 GTO were the gold standard of sports car racing, all designed and engineered under the same roof no less, and now Ferrari needed to top their own series of world-beating sports cars with something even more extraordinary.
The only people who can keep track of Ferrari models are Ferrari people. Take the 1950s and 1960s, for example. Back then, Ferrari seemingly thought nothing of popping off a run of 10 slightly different cars and giving them each a different model designation. Look at 1965-1968, when I think there were 12 competition models and eight road cars, with sometimes hazy distinctions between them.
Like the 1966 275 GTB/C Berlinetta Competizione. It's somewhere between the dry-sump 275 GTB Speciale, and the assorted 275 street models. Ferrari built 12, with a sheetmetal resemblance to the 275 GTB road car, but with a competition drive-train intended only for racing.
For 1965, Ferrari constructed three lightweight GTB Competizione Speciales, which were graced with 250 LM dry-sump racing engines in order to try the model’s hand in competition. Whilst the Scuderia only managed a 2nd in class finish at the Nürburgring, following a DNF at the Targa Florio with 06885, Ecurie Francorchamps campaigned the very same car (chassis 06885) at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it placed an amazing 1st in class and an even more monumental 3rd overall, which was an incredible result for a GT car duelling with sport prototypes.
Building on their results from the 1965 season, Ferrari launched a new model in the GT class for the 1966 season. The car, dubbed the 275 GTB Berlinetta Competizione, or 275 GTB/C for short, was designed around a completely new chassis, which was specifically designed for this model.
At the heart of the 275 GTB/C was the new Tipo 213/Comp. engine, which was developed from a Works car that campaigned in 1965. The engine block itself received extra reinforcement in the form of external ribs, and the casings of the sump, timing chain, cam cover, and bell housing were built in Elektron, much like the other Ferrari competizione models. Other improvements included higher-lift camshafts, reinforced pistons, special valves, and a special crankshaft. The GTB/C was also graced with dry-sump lubrication, allowing the engine to sit lower in the chassis in an effort to further reduce the car’s center of gravity.
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Two Canadian flags & a New Zealand flag!
So many flags and tributes from around the world!
Pentax K-3 mk lll
Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 EX DC HSM
T4 stops to flag a malfunctioning crossing after a collision with a truck, allowing us time to leapfrog ahead.
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