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Air Europe's Boeing B737-200 G-BMOR taxies out to the 08 hold before departing Gatwick back in April 1981
A decade later the Airline was no more
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
Day 171 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Less Than Jake, Out of Ideas
So out of ideas I stole this from Haeretik.
Bad mood today. Never try to quit smoking on a day when your hormones are already raging out of control.
The more you know...
Have you been feeling down, pushed around
Feeling like everything has been done before
Do I need to understand every word from every man
Or everything from every band
Can I say it's all been done before
Religion, science, similes to metaphors
Can it be that there's nothing new
When there's more ways of looking at the truth
The more things seem to change
The more they just stay the same
But now it's called a different name
Can you say things are new
When you look at magazines
And things you've seen in the news
texture from ghostbones www.flickr.com/photos/ghostbones/sets/72157603698161108/
Why do I think that living through WWII was less stressful, at least on the home front, than living through another Trump administration?
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another digi, I am not able to get the compositions right these days, they seem so timid.
Hexham Bridge is a road bridge in Northumberland, England linking Hexham with the North Tyne valley. It lies north of the town of Hexham and is the main access to the A69 bypass.
The Tyne was crossed by two ferries called the east and the west boats. As a result of persistent agitation, a bridge was started in 1767 and completed in 1770. It was built by Mr Galt and consisted of seven arches. Less than a year later it was swept away in the great Tyne flood of 1771. In that flood, eight bridges shared the fate of Hexham. In 1774 a new attempt was made 46 metres to the west by Mr Wooler, an engineer who had been working on the new Newcastle bridge. Piles were sunk to carry the piers but work was abandoned on discovering that the "soil beneath the gravel was a quicksand with no more resistance than chaff". This first bridge, Hexham Old Bridge, was about 2 km upstream of the present bridge.
The authorities next approached John Smeaton, whose name as an engineer was famous. Henry Errington of Sandhoe was given the contract for the sum of £4,700, and work started in 1777. Although the half-completed piers were washed away the following year, work continued and the new bridge was opened to traffic in 1780. The Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday 8th July 1780 had "Saturday last, the passage along the New Bridge over Tyne at Hexham was opened, the Most Noble Errington was the first that passed it, who made a handsome present to the workmen." However, on 10 March 1782, there was a heavy fall of snow followed by a violent hurricane. The valleys of the north and south Tyne were inundated and the nine arches were completely overturned. They are still visible and act as a sort of weir. Robert Mylne, a famous architect and engineer, was called in to report on the feasibility of rebuilding Smeaton's bridge. He was eventually given the contract to build a fourth bridge, and the work was completed in 1793. It is listed as a Grade II* building by Historic England.
Explored ..
Sometime beauty is just a step away from you. Even when your naked eye can't see the beauty, a closer look reveals a diamond in the rough. This is a weed flower... as I was taking off weed from my yard and expressing frustration, I saw her and fell in love with her. (only to find out, she has already given her love to another weed ... Time to become the villain .. time to shop for Weed B Gone ... mwaaaa ... ..he he
The markings on dragonflies tend to become less and less pronounced with age which is why this male black darter, or black meadowhawk in the US (Sympetrum danae) has all but lost the yellow lines on the side of the thorax.
It had me a bit confused at first and I actually needed a bit of help figuring out which species it was even though the black darter undoubtedly is my most photographed dragonfly species.
This particular one was hanging out on a small cliff by the lake Trehörningen (the Triangle) in the Paradiset nature reserve on September 1st, a day warm enough to go swimming which isn't the usual September activity in Sweden. Anyways, the only way to get to this one was to inch my way on my stomach down the cliff so my feet were significantly higher up than my head (and my model here).
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48727880728/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49683292223/
MacroMonday, February 8: Vibrant Minimalism
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This is one of the less formal areas of these beautiful gardens just outside Buckingham. Stowe Landscape Gardens, which surround the late 17th century Stowe House, date from the early 18th century and are a significant example of the English Garden style. They have been in the care of the National Trust since 1989. The 750 acres of landscaped grounds have two main lakes and 40 listed temples and monuments within the grounds. A number of outstanding designers and architects worked on the gardens in the 18th century, including Charles Bridgeman, John Vanburgh, Capability Brown and James Gibbs.
I find landscapes easiest to photograph. They don't run off, fly off, or get tired posing. And they sit perfectly still.
I keep going through phases of what I am after in terms of style... One day I'm into tons of colors and effects, the next I'm into really limited colors with a stripped-down style. At the moment I am in a "less is more" mindset. I always like pieces best when they are sketches before all the glitter, smoke and mirrors. This chrome & black was supposed to be even simpler than it is, and more graphic looking than it ended up. I never intended to use any other colors besides chrome, black, and white, but the green in my bag kept nagging me. Only had a couple hours, so it doesn't have all the effects and tricks a "piece" normally does, but like I said, that's kind of the point.
*view all sizes on black*
Process shots: www.molotow.com/magazine/blog/blog/2011/07/06/geser-burne...
Love taking photos like this, a solitary cloud peeping out from behind the modern, contemporary architecture of the new Showcase cinema in Southampton, UK.
This photo got to #252 in Explore on Monday, May 21, 2018
a not so touristy spot on the Danube - at the Brigittenauer Sporn at the mouth of Vienna's Danube Channel.
The street I live on is called Oak Creek Drive, but in the arid climate here, we have water in the creek less than one day a year, on average. However, this past week we received over 5 inches of rain in 3 days, and even today - 3 days later - the water is still flowing. The trees and plants love the rainfall, and there are mushrooms growing under the oak tree that you see here.
This is an infrared image taken with my converted Nikon D300 camera. I've been taking infrared photographs for about 10 years, and with a total of 3 different cameras. It's much easier to take infrared images digitally that it was in the film days. If you like this look, I have an album of infrared photographs, creatively named Infrared.
God save the Queen (?). Well, this picture has been taken with special mobile lens, Olloclip Macro Lens. Despite I am not keen on the idea of countries with monarchy, it's true that the Queen Elizabeth is one of the most emblematic member of royal families in Europe. How about you? What is your opinion about the monarchies? HMM everyone!
With no less than two Lighthouses in one scene, captured from Keet car park, Dale. Skokholm light is situated on the Western edges of Skokholm island at a distance of 3.5 nautical miles from Keet, the other Lighthouse is only visible with exceptionally good visibility in the West, as above with a distant view of the Smalls pictured to the right of the setting sun, the Smalls is 20 nautical miles from this location.
On the other side of the fence, Mr. Zoom and I crossed the street to get a better look at the building from which we'd just escaped. I was happy to see that Mr. Z's eyes were clear again. He asked if I still had the paper I'd pulled out of the one-fingered hand. I patted the pockets of my pants. Yes! But only part of it.
We stood huddled together, trying to find a clue in the words. If we were to believe the Statue of Liberty, Demi only had to look for the signs to find her other half. Originally we were just humoring Demi, helping her with her quest. But now we felt that if we followed the signs we might find her.
Part of a headline remained. We read it together at the same time...out loud.
ines Contribute to City's Demi (and the paper was torn here)
Huh? City's Demise was a good guess as to the rest of the headline. But what about the beginning?
A bit of wind ruffled the paper in my hand and my eyes were struck by the words etched in the sidewalk.
IN DIRECT LINE WITH ANOTHER and THE NEXT.
Mr. Zoom and I looked at each other, puzzled, and in a way, more frightened than we were with the Bruce Lee look-alike bearing down on us. Could the partial headline and these odd words have a connection to each other....and to Demi?
(L)ines Contribute to City's Demi(se?)
In Direct Line With Another And The Next
Does anyone else's head hurt?
This is the continuing story of Demi Less and her quest to find her other half. The quest has led her...and us, from Virginia to New York City. If you are just joining us, you might want to read Part 1. Start at the last photo and move forward.
Part 1 of the Demi Story) www.flickr.com/photos/zoom-in-tight/sets/72157607664503789/