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The Boat Float at Dartmouth, South Devon, at high water.
A safe haven for smaller craft set inland from the busy river Dart.
The float, which dries out at low tide, is where many towns would have their main square but Dartmouth has this charming, rectangular "inner harbour" instead. On the far side, the float is overlooked by some impressive buildings with a variety of shops and cafes at street and first floor levels while, just out of sight to the right of this view, stands the historic and impressive Royal Castle Hotel.
Clarence Gardens border the float behind the viewer while the promenade and river frontage are immediately to the left.
A narrow opening, cut through the promenade and spanned by a bridge, provides access and egress for both the Dart itself and the many boats which shelter here. In summer, the whole area is liberally sprinkled with floral displays, hanging baskets and window boxes. On the Dart - which is very deep this near the sea - vessels of all kinds, shapes and sizes can be seen including passenger cruisers offering scenic cruises up to Totnes and out along the coast to Torbay, the passenger ferry to/from Kingswear station, Naval ships, two small vehicle ferries - one chain-guided, the other manoeuvred by a former fishing boat alongside - numerous handsome yachts and, occasionally, cruise liners which anchor mid river.
The nautical "star of the show" for many is the beautifully restored, veteran paddle steamer, "Kingswear Castle" which, once again, plies its pleasant trade up and down the river which separates its eponymous town and fortress from larger neighbour, Dartmouth.
I am creating an art float with friends and neighbors for this year’s Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade.
Our float for this parade features the Bamboodu Theater, a mobile puppet stage I created for civic events and art shows. Our first show stars Lady Liberty and Mr. Trump. As music plays, a Mr. Trump’s recent tweets and alternative facts appear on a news ticker. Each time Trump says something wrong, Liberty hits him on his thick, bobbing head.
As we march, we will invite parade watchers to sing along the inspiring poem by Emma Lazarus about the Statue of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor …”). Through this interactive art experience, we hope to engage people of all ages to change the world through civic action.
I am building this float with a wonderful team at the Mill Valley Community Action Network (MVCAN), a local political group which I recently joined to resist the conservative takeover of our country.
I’m very grateful to all our friends and neighbors who are helping bring it to life: Danny Altman, Laura Boles, Jean Bolte, Phyllis Florin, David Glad, Peter Graumann, Edward Janne, Suz Lipman, Jean Marie Murphy and Mark Petrakis, to name but a few.
Our Bamboodu Float is coming along beautifully, and I can’t wait to show it off at the parade on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Join your neighbors to keep democracy alive!
Learn more about the Bamboodu Float: bit.ly/mvcan-float-info
Learn more about my Bamboodu Theater: bit.ly/bamboodu-info
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The Round Table Christmas Float
These volunteers do a superb job of raising money for local charities by doing things like this - well done all of you!
A somewhat different subject matter to what your used to seeing on my photostream! It was a pleasure, and somewhat of a challenge to photograph.
A combination of Lightpainting and Strobe shots have gone into this one. Shot in near darkness bar the spill from that streetlamp, oh its about -2 out too!
The Sitlington Round-Table:
Floating Bladderwort (Utricularia inflata Walter) - Blue Heron Water Reclamation Facility and Wetland Area, 4800 Deep Marsh Road, Titusville, Florida
On my first trip around the loop I didn't see any of these, but on the second loop, it seemed like someone flipped a switch and they were everywhere!
Taken on my Olympus OM-2n with Foma Retropan 320 film.
Developed in Retro Special Developer for 4:30 minutes.
Zuiko 50mm f/1.4
The Davis & Elkins College float was presented the Parade Marshal’s Award in the Mountain State Forest Festival Grand Feature Parade on Saturday. The “mini” Gatehouse was built to scale by members of the Department of Fine & Performing Arts.
Photo by Linda Howell Skidmore. Copyright 2013 Davis & Elkins College.
I'm living the bachelor dream, me. Tonight I finally tried a pie floater. The verdict? It's pretty good, but I'd like to try one with actual pea soup (as opposed to the tinned pea and ham soup I used).
Sanvordem Curchorem Carnaval floats parade on 4.3.2019
semi nude
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Floats parade organised by Centro Social Anjo Custodio (CSAC) in association with Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council (CCMC)
Pyganodon grandis
State Listed as Threatened in Vermont
The giant floater is a species of freshwater bivalve mollusk with a smooth, yellow shell that is about 5-6 inches wide. As the mussel grows in age, it becomes a dark green/brown and each year rings are formed on their shell from the new colorization. The giant floater is native to the United States and can be found in rivers, streams, and permanent pools along the eastern regions of the U.S. Like most mussels, the floater likes to spend most of its adult life in soft sediment, silt, or sand. During breeding season, the males release their sperm into the water, where the female filters it and fertilize her eggs. Once the eggs have grown into glochidia, the female releases them into the water and they must find a host fish to transport them to a new location. The host fish of the giant floaters include carp, bullheads, golden shiners, centrarchids, and yellow perch. The larvae attach to the gills of the host fish and feed off their blood and organic matter that filters through the gills.
Due to the fact that mussels cannot move easily and rely on a host to transfer them to a new location, it can be very hard to rebuild an area that has lost a large number of mussels. Mussels can anchor themselves to the stream beds which minimizes the effects of floods and other water mechanisms. Known as “nature’s vacuums,” mussels are important to ecosystems as they work to clean the water. Without them, fresh waters would be dirty and warmer, which would result in a uncontrollable growth of algae and reduced numbers of aquatic species. The giant floater mussels have declined in recent years due to loss of habitat and pollution to their sediment soil. Since adult mussels feed from the sediment, when the soils are polluted, the species consumes those chemicals at a high rate and it can be fatal. Damming, dredging, invasive species, toxic runoff—it has all taken a toll on the lowly mussel. Across the United States, despite protection for at least 70 mussels under the Endangered Species Act, many species have not been seen for years. Another 180 species are identified as imperiled or vulnerable, making freshwater mussels one of the most endangered groups of animals in North America. The environmental group the Defenders of wildlife are actively working to save mussels in North America.
The Endangered Species Project: New England
Exhibition Dates: February 4 - April 14, 2019
Public Lecture and Closing Reception with the Artist: Saturday, April 13
Gallery Hours: M-F 10am - 8pm; Weekends 10am-5pm
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Montana-based potter Julia Galloway's most recent body of work, The Endangered Species Project: New England. Galloway works from each state's official list of species identified as endangered, threatened or extinct. She has created a series of covered jars, one urn for each species, illustrating the smallest Agassiz Clam Shrimp to the largest Eastern Elk.
Read more about this exhibition here:
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