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A shot from Buck Mesa in Colorado before the storm clouds made the last of the peaks invisible. This was one of the most stunning outlooks we visited during the trip even though the fall foliage was well past its peak. As September is coming quickly to an end, I can’t escape the thoughts of the amazing road trip we took to Colorado around this time last year.
We had plans to head to New England this year for fall foliage but crazy work schedule and an unforeseen wedding pretty much thwarted our plans for the trip. Hopefully next year. Thankfully we live in SoCal so I’ll be heading to the Big Sur coast this winter.
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Auch mit Sonnenuhr, etwas kleiner als auf der Halde Hoheward...
Also with sundial, somewhat smaller than on the Hoheward spoil tip...
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David Bowie - „When the wind blows“
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So long child, I′m on my way
And after all is done, after all is done
Don't be down, it′s all in the past
Though you may be afraid
So long child, it's awful dark
And I've never felt the sun
I daren′t to think of when
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
Life burns a savage wound, angry and wrong
Trusting a twisted word, you′ll run, run away
You'll take him home
You′ll spit and taunt him
But they won't believe you
No matter what you′ll say
So long child, it's awful dark
I never felt the sun
I daren′t to think of when
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
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The new 29-story, glass-and-steel Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, designed by Su Sin Tao of Singapore, is meant to look like an ancient Korean palace of old, but stylized and brought into the 21st century.
The main lobby lounge is built around a large circular fireplace, cast in an ancient bronze map of Korea, that details the country’s mountains, villages and rivers. More than 130 Korean artists are displayed throughout the building, including Ran Hwang, who used hundreds of ivory-colored buttons to produce a three-dimensional Korean ship for the lobby wall.
Every floor of the luxury hotel features floor-to-ceiling windows, which provide incomparable views of the central Gwanghwamun neighborhood. On one side you can see the stately, enormous Gyeongbokgung Palace, home of Korea’s kings and queens from the 14th through the early 20th centuries; on the other side, it’s modern Korea, all skyscrapers and international commerce, media institutes and modern public art.
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This hidden gem is a raised wooden walkway, firmly anchored in rock at the mountain’s edge, that offers the best views from the summit.
It gradually climbs up the mountain in stages until you reach a rocky cliff, where its T-shaped configuration makes for a breathtaking panoramic view of the entire region and will leave you feeling like you’re suspended in air.
The Circuit Altitude is ideal for the whole family, and it offers several lookout spots with picnic tables so you can take a well-deserved lunch or snack break, or just enjoy the sun. You won’t be able to get enough of the incredible view of the Appalachian Mountain Range with its array of shining lakes in the distance.
The landscape stretches for miles from all sides of the mountain. On the left you can see the City of Magog, the small Lake Magog and the impressively large Lake Memphrémagog. To the right, Lake Orford shines in the sun and the hilly terrain stretches far into the distance. This is a view you won’t likely forget, so come immerse yourself in the beauty of our gorgeous landscape.
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An Interview with Eugene Ionesco
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Conacul Brătianu - Florica
Bratianu family's "Florica" Manor
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Evening jogger refreshing himself under the water sprays at Paris Plages. Inspired by Paris Steve's.
Part of "A stroll in Paris"
Tonight's waxing moon - just because it is there :)
My old Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM stiil comes through ok for me when I need it :)
A lua de hoje à noite, em quarto crescente - só porque estava ali :)
A minha velhinha Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM ainda dá mais ou menos conta do recado quando preciso dela :)
Carcavelos - Portugal
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Narrative of Mary Pearse April 1815
Mary Pearse, 15 years old of Hanway Place Yard Maryle Bone was referred by the magistrate, George Farrant of Middlesex since her confinement.
She now states that her mother is still living and her father is a shoemaker. She stole £7 from her father having been led astray by the evil example of her sister, who is a prostitute.She took up her abode at No 5 Charles Street, Drury Lane, the remainder of the money having been returned to her father.
Admitted.
(Mary was admitted to a House Of Refuge"
Roby Farm Road in Boone County, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM4 camera with a Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 0.3-second exposure at ISO 50. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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St. Agnes was certainly not the largest or most ornate of Detroit’s Catholic churches. It did however anchor a neighborhood that thrived with activity, and hosted Mother Theresa in 1981. 1,500 people packed the church to hear her speak; afterwards she insisted that the donuts, cakes and coffee that had been provided be given to the poor instead. 12th Avenue has struggled to rebuild in the wake of the 1967 riots, but is starting to show signs of life, with new housing sprouting up across the street and a new shopping center near Clairmount Ave. St. Agnes has the potential to anchor the neighborhood again.
Revisiting a favorite:
Preiddeu Annwn- is a poem taken from the 14th-century Llyfr Taliesin (Book of Taliesin) which makes intriguing mention of Arthur who apparently leads warriors on a raid of the Welsh "otherworld"
Best seen large on black
Kids playing volley and basket in the streets of La Havana, late afternoon. For a brief moment, the 2 balls happened to coincide with both hands of the player. The kind of magic which is too fast for the eye to see, only the camera ! No crop.
Won 2nd place on the French HP Street Photography contest.
Part of Cuba
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who hasn't made a big mistake
betrayed a love or turned to hate?
you think it's you
who hasn't told a small white lie
or felt revenge was justified?
you think it's you
who hasn't had a secret need
a truth to hide, desires to feed?
you think it's you
who has the strength to save us all
to make us clean, and break our fall?
you think it's you
does god bleed on the word?
does god bleed on your white halo?
i looked inside a big mistake
i'd make it stop, but it's too late
i think it's you
i've never been afraid to face
a fear but there's no darker place
i think than you
something crawls, and something lies
something breathes, and something dies
i think it's you
does god bleed on the word?
does god bleed on your white halo?
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Explored No.1 July 16, 2021
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The world is full of beauty, even in the dark, it shines the light…
In the past winter, went to Niagara Falls in the early morning many times (drove in the dark for one hour and 40 minutes one way)... I posted similar one which was taken a week later. You can see the difference between one week, snow began to melt in one week. This one was fully covered with snow, like a fairy tales world. But it was freezing cold in the early morning. 😉
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Costa Vicentina (Portugal)
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Key information
Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man's rubbish and wastefulness have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations. While the decline in England continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
What they eat:
Seeds and scraps.
Measurements:
Length:14-15cm
Wingspan:21-25.5cm
Weight:24-38g
Population:
UK breeding:5,300,000 pairs
Where and when to see them
House sparrows can be found from the centre of cities to the farmland of the countryside, they feed and breed near to people. It is a species vanishing from the centre of many cities, but is not uncommon in most towns and villages. It is absent from parts of the Scottish Highlands and is thinly distributed in most upland areas.
Breeding
House sparrows usually nest in loose colonies and since they don't defend a proper territory, nests can be as little as 20-30 cm apart.
How house sparrows nest
Nests are often placed in holes and crevices within buildings and they will readily use nestboxes. Free-standing nests are also frequently built, in creepers against walls and in thick hedges or conifers.
Pairs often remain faithful to their nest site and to each other for life, although a lost mate of either sex is normally replaced within days. A hole is filled with dry grass or straw with a nesting chamber lined with feathers, hairs, string and paper. Feathers may be plucked from a live pigeon!
The main nesting season is from April to August, although nesting has been recorded in all months. Most birds lay two or three clutches, but in a good year fourth attempts are not uncommon.
About house sparrow chicks
The female lays two to five eggs at daily intervals and often starts to incubate part way through egg-laying. Both sexes incubate, and the chicks hatch after 11-14 days. The parents share nesting duties equally. Chicks are brooded for 6-8 days, but can control their own body temperature only when 10 or 11 days old.
The youngsters are fed on a variety of invertebrates, including aphids, caterpillars, beetles and grasshoppers. Seeds and vegetable matter are also given, particularly during periods when invertebrates are scarce (e.g. cold weather) and become more important after the chicks leave the nest.
The young fledge 14-16 days after hatching. They are unable to feed themselves for about a week after leaving the nest and are cared for by their parents for around a fortnight. Post-fledging care is frequently left to the male as the hen prepares for the next brood. She can begin laying her next clutch of eggs within days of the previous brood leaving the nest.
Newly independent young often gather in large flocks, anywhere there is an abundance of seed, invertebrates and other suitable foods. These may be areas of wasteland or around garden feeding sites. Later, rural flocks may move on to grainfields to feed on the ripening grain, often joined by adult birds, once they have finished nesting. Flocks tend to break up through the autumn and birds return to their nesting colony sites.
Population trends
The house sparrow is common through most of its world range, and can tolerate a wide variety of climates.
The recent decline of house sparrows
UK house sparrow populations have fluctuated greatly over the centuries, with a gradual decline during the last 100 years.
Causes for the rapid recent declines, particularly in urban and suburban environments, remain largely undetermined, although research is underway that aims to establish the cause(s), and develop conservation solutions.
Declines in rural house sparrow populations are thought to be linked to changes in agricultural practices, particularly the loss of winter stubbles and improved hygiene measures around grain stores.
House sparrow numbers were not monitored adequately before the mid-1970s. Since then, numbers in rural England have nearly halved while numbers in towns and cities have declined by 60 per cent. Because of these large population declines, the house sparrow is now red-listed as a species of high conservation concern.
Relations with humans and other animals
People have a love-hate relationship with the house sparrow. However, control attempts have failed to limit the sparrows numbers and range.
Their relationship with humans
People have a love-hate relationship with the house sparrow. For many they are the most familiar of wild animals, bringing life to city centres and other man-made places, bereft of wildlife.
The house sparrows partiality to grain crops and the damage and destruction this caused resulted in attempts to control their numbers. From the mid-18th century most parishes had sparrow clubs with the sole objective to destroy as many sparrows as possible. Bounties were paid for sparrows until the late 19th century, when it was accepted that the control measures did not work. Similar failures were recorded in a number of other European countries.
Ironically, as people in Europe were paid to kill sparrows as pests, others deliberately introduced them to places as far apart as Australia and New York. Initially they were welcomed, although later appreciation turned to serious concern for the impact on crops. By then sparrows had become well established and control attempts have failed to limit the sparrows numbers and range.
How sparrows behave with other animals
Sparrows are aggressive tend to dominate feeders in gardens and prevent other birds from getting to the food. They harass other birds and steal their food and take over their nests, particularly house martins. The eviction and interference often results in a reduction in breeding success and can cause desertion of even large martin colonies.
Sparrows frequently tear to pieces the nests of martins and swallows and eject any eggs or chicks therein. The owners are unable to stop them.
Sparrows are very resilient and for their size have remarkably few serious predators. Main predators are domestic cats, owls (especially tawny) and sparrowhawks, but none are capable of affecting the size of the sparrow population, with the possible exception of localised effects by cats.
« C'è una quinta dimensione, oltre a quelle che l'uomo già conosce. È senza limiti come l'infinito, e senza tempo come l'eternità: è la regione intermedia tra la luce e l'oscurità, tra la scienza e la superstizione, tra l'oscuro baratro dell'ignoto e le vette luminose del sapere. È la regione dell'immaginazione, una regione che si trova ai confini della realtà. »
Theme "Calamity" : the daughter & the mother
The ministry of time
Chapter II: The Mystery of the Incubators
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Sam found himself alone in the laboratory, the dim lights flickering intermittently over the equipment. A bottle of beer was within his reach as he immersed himself in his thoughts. Recently, an unusual event had shaken his scientific world: the disappearance of a body from the incubators. This act not only defied the laws but also raised serious questions about the integrity of the timeline.
As the golden liquid flowed down his throat, Sam pondered the possible devastating consequences that this incident could unleash. What effect would it have on historical evolution? How would it alter temporal continuity? These questions haunted him, filling his mind with unease and concern.
An even more alarming idea seized his thoughts: Who could have orchestrated this act and for what purpose? Time travel technology was heavily regulated, its illegal use a serious offense. Only a few would have access to it, and none of them would have noble motives to carry out such an action.
As Sam delved into his reflections, a determination grew within him: he must uncover the truth behind this enigma. Not only for the sake of the scientific community and temporal stability but also for his insatiable thirst for knowledge. With determination in his gaze, he promised himself that he would not rest until he found answers and ensured that temporal integrity remained intact.
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