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I have been sick all week. I managed to dodge the germs that came shooting out at me from the unrefined mouths and noses of my customers all during the Christmas rush and the January flu season. I even had the audacity to brag about the fact that I was the only one at work that made it through the flu war unscathed. I should have kept my mouth shut.
All week, I have been feeling like a herd of elephants had run over me and then in unison, consented to come back and run me down again. Sleep has been my only reprieve. Getting to sleep is another matter. How can I sleep when my nose is so plugged up and where the heck is this stuff coming from? How am I supposed to breathe? My head has imploded so many times that I am beginning to think that someone is really messing with me. I am sickened by my coughing. I am tired of holding my ribs during my frequent episodes of convulsions. I am genuinely repulsed at my constant nose blowing but more than anything I am thoroughly disgusted with myself at how many movies I have watched this week on Netflix.
I am sick of being sick!
When I woke up this morning I decided I needed to suck it up baby, and gather up as much strength and willpower I could muster and take Ben down to the ravine for a good walk.
The fresh air would do us both good and perhaps kill the remaining germs that were reluctant to leave my sickly blob of human protoplasm.
It was -21. A glorious, crisp winter day. I sucked in the air like I was on oxygen, and imagined all the tiny aliens that had set up camp within my body were getting obliterated with every breath. With an eager Ben at my side we entered the ravine and crossed down the banks and onto the creek. I decided to follow it. It had just snowed and there were no tracks. Like Explorers, we went forward step by step in the fresh snow making our own tracks. It was one of those times when you are so incredibly grateful to be alive. I watched Ben as he frolicked in the snow like a bear cub coming out of hibernation for the first time. It had been a long week and I could tell he was just as happy as I was to get out of the house.
We had walked for about a half an hour when I decided not to overdo it and I climbed up off the creek and bushwhacked up a hill where I found a deer path that ran along the cliffs. We followed that for quite some time, pausing every now and again to hear our surroundings. It was so quiet. We were alone and relishing every moment of the solitude. I hesitated to break the silence but out of necessity I had to blow my nose.
It started with a single howl. Then two howls. Three…then a fourth joined in and I knew we were in trouble. I looked at Ben. He was in Wolfhound mode. This is what he was bred for.
I could read his mind. His body was taut. He was on full alert. His instinct told him to run - toward the pack. With a deftness that astounded myself I clipped his leash onto his collar and said forget it - we are going the other way!
The coyotes’ excitement was not lost on me. I knew they had found something and by the sounds of their yipping getting closer and closer I knew that the odds were it was Ben and I. They must have caught our scent down by the creek. I never was a runner. I really disliked running. I dreaded having to run around the gym during Physical Education at school and providing that sort of entertainment for my classmates. BUT, I do know that the good Lord gave me two legs and an ability to manufacture a precious source of adrenaline when I needed it and the good Lord knew I NEEDED IT NOW! I ran like I have never run before…
Today turned out to be a good day. My head cleared up. My coughing stopped. My nose isn’t running anymore. I took my dog for a walk.
Tonight, I will make a good supper for my husband and after we will sit by the fire with a glass of wine and I will tell him about my day. Perhaps, we will even watch a movie on Netflix.
I managed to get over the rocks and close to the sea. The tripod was in the water but wedged tight. Nothing beats the smell of the sea...
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I managed a turn on Gala visitor Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Aspinall 0-6-0 ‘27’ class 52322 this afternoon. It and 75069 are heading services this weekend but both will return to their bases next week.
I only had a single trip and I have to confess I didn't really get on with it that well. The firehole door/deflector plate works on a ratchet which kept slipping closed & the hinges hanging down in the mouth of the hole are very off-putting.
We were never down the pan but it was fraught! Given a second trip (& without the loco's owner on the footplate looking over my shoulder) I might have got the hang of it...
Finally have the suspect in custody. He confessed after playing the tape where his helpers ratted him out. I was trying to hold out and keep the secret but i blasted him with the tape and he song like a canary. Case solved. Now im out on this sail boat in the middle of Italy vacationing. Much needed "me time." I wanted to look chic and cool. Comfortable yet not overly dress. The weather is superb, the ocean scents just takes me to a whole new place of comfort. Im sooo relaxed right now. My tour guide decided to take me to a remote place where you see all kinds of ocean life and i am captivated. Thanks to The Slay Room, I manage to piece off my ensemble with these lovely Vienna Bracelets by Petroff. Ladies if you havent hit up the Slay Room Monthly Event, make sure you do and stop by the Petroff booth, you will likey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As always ladies, happy shopping ☺
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Maitreya body, hands, and feet.
Just about managed to grab this 2 shot combo with a minute to spare as camera had been attached to scope from previous night and was running off my flat frames between 5.30am and the start of the pass at 6.32am. At the moment the flats programme finished my iPhone was dinging away with a 1 min ISS pass warning!
I managed to catch one of the vultures nearly over head with it's wings fully open. It's pretty grainy from trying to fix the exposure, but it'll make for a good silhouette to use in future art projects.
Managed to wake up one morning to catch a sunrise in Maui. Totally worth it.
Taken handheld with the 6D
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Managed to capture this little fella testing out his wings and jumping off the ground before he scuttled off after Mum and Dad.... had more shits of the jump but the focus did not keep up despite using 1/1200 on shutter priority.....
Managed to get a few more shots of the new North Rider brand today, introduced the previous day by East Yorkshire. All the routes have many picturesque hamlets, villages and vast amounts of countryside just wanting to be photographed! I urge anyone to do it. Big thanks to Scott Poole too for helping with some locations!
Managed to make it to London Pride again, with my pal sisyphus007. This time I hired a Canon 85mm f/1.2L II lens, an absolute brick that was in itself a workout to carry round. Was perhaps a bit too ambitious in my determination to shoot with as wide an aperture as possible. When I hit the right focus point it was sharp, but I did find the focussing to be a little cumbersome.
As ever, the day was characterised by fun, happiness and laughter. The participants were, without fail, delighted to be photographed. Hopefully they all enjoyed the day !!
Drive by shooting, managed to grab this guy, although I had to use a shutter of 1/1000s to shoot from a moving vehicle (not too fast). I forgot I had the 1.4x on, otherwise I could have shot this at 400mm f/4, and gotten a smoother bokeh.
The Canon 200-400 lens was made for safaris – with its internal zoom and internal focusing, it is dust proof. The 5DSR did a superb job of acquiring autofocus here.
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Link to color versions of this and other photos from my 11-day trip to Kenya.
Managed to get a Hover-Fly (Episyrphus balteatus) in flight, shame the weather was dull had to have the lens wide open, still the tamron is an amazing lens
I have a number of shots in good light at the Swarkestone Pavilion on slide film but never managed to get one on digital until now. This image is a result of a dash across a snowy field on my way to work. I ended up with cold, wet and muddy feet but it was worth it.
managed to catch this just before the background tarpaulin was removed.... that's what makes it for me.
Managed to fumble my way up in the darkness before the sun came up. chose to wear my wellies which was a good shout, as i got a bit bogged down in the dark.
I've managed to shed much of my past and I'm not very sentimental and where I am it's more for objects and things and shared days rather than for people directly. But I always draw back a tear on December 4th as that is when my father was born and I'm not too bothered what the others think or would have thought but of all the family he was the one I like to call a true friend. So I do worry at times and fret at what he would have thought of me changing myself into Jojo. I'm sure he would have stood by me as he was a cultured broadminded man who had a lot of gay friends who shared his interest in the arts. He was also a huge fan of sculptor and stone carver Eric Gill whose forward thinking utopian permissive lifestyle has been discredited as not just inappropriate but highly immoral by today's rules. Of course I don't do anything illegal and definately nothing wicked but who knows how I will be judged in fifty-years-time if I'm still around lol. I did speak to a girl called Marcia who used to run the town's bookshop and got to know him well and when I first approached her as Jojo I said I didn't think my father would approve. Without hesitation she took the opposite view and said in her own way that he would be proud as she thought I was delightful. Yes once again it is women who give me the support I need and I do feel they've taken me under their wing so I'm not alone.
I managed to scrape £200 off this 75.000 mile 1989 peugeot 205 which ive had since 2017 ,it was due to be taxed and insured and at this moment i just wasnt viable for me as im able to commute with my motorbike so this car was just being left for an emergency or a rainy day really . Lets see how i go with out it even if theres the missis car but id rather not go there unless i cant really sort some thing esle out !
I managed to find and photograph an inland Wall Brown butterfly (Lasiommata megera) in Yorkshire, which is an increasingly rare sight. This one perched briefly on an Ox-eye Daisy while I had my "bird lens" on. I took a single photograph at 300mm before it was gone, but I was pleasantly surprised with the result.
Holding the score and managing the ride. It looked like he might beat the buzzer...
Saddle bronc event at the Utah State Fair Rodeo 2022. Captured some of the action on Fuji 400 shot at EI 800. Shot with Nikon N90s and Nikkor 35-105 AF lens. Although I was close to the action, the lens was not quite long enough. 800 still did not get enough of the stadium lights either, but some good shots were had. I like the action. I was also shooting 800 Instax with the Speed Graphic but that lens was too short as well...
Stand developed one shot diluted Fuji N1 C-41 developer 1:9 with 30ml of developer at 80 degrees F for 60 minutes with 3 inversions every 15 minutes. Bleached in potassium ferricyanide bleach for 10 minutes at room temp and home made ammonium thiosulfate fixer for 10 minutes at room temp.
Overall stand development like this is do-able however there is uneven development from the developer sitting. That might be "fixable" with more developer in the tank since I am probably only a little above the film anyway.
Overall fun event with part of another roll yet to develop.
Many snake skins were shown, and examples given of the kinds of snakes we have in Florida, but what caught my attention was this GIANT snake skin on the counter at the Marine Science Center. The photo in front of it shows an Anaconda head, so I'm assuming this is an Anaconda skin, though it might be a Python. Anacondas are not native to Florida, nor are Pythons native here, but people who think it's cool to have a huge snake for a pet and then realize they can't afford to feed it, or can't control it anymore or don't have ROOM for it anymore, let them loose in places like the Everglades, where they manage to find each other and mate! The result? Extreme devastation of native species of all kinds of animals, including reptiles native to Florida.
A snake the size of an Anaconda is capable of eating a human. Snake hunts have been conducted down south to try to stop the huge reptiles from continuing to spread, but they continue to encroach closer to human populations, like Miami. Snakes produce dozens of eggs, and being very successful predators, manage to breed quickly with serious repercussions.
Places like the Marine Science Center attempt to educate the public as to the dangers of trying to "own" these reptiles. They aren't bunny rabbits, and can most likely kill your dogs, cats, and CHILDREN within a pretty short amount of time! Releasing them into the wild is a criminal offense, but people somehow think it is good for the snakes, so they do it anyway. They feel they're giving them a chance to survive, but they don't realize that their survival in a place where they don't really belong means a lot of other animals will not survive. Animals like this need to remain where they belong, and not in some macho dude's apartment!
Managed to calm Jack down for a brief moment using a touch of bribery.
Strobist:
Ranger A Head, A port at 4.2, 70cm white maxisoft with silver deflector and 25 degree grid, above camera.
Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 3.0, 21cm reflector with grid, behind Jack for glow on background.
Shot on black seamless paper.
Triggered by Skyport Plus HS.
Claremont, also known historically as 'Clermont', is an 18th-century Palladian mansion less than a mile south of the centre of Esher in Surrey, England. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust. Claremont House is a Grade I listed building.[1]
Claremont estate
The first house on the Claremont estate was built in 1708 by Sir John Vanbrugh, the Restoration playwright and architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, for his own use. This "very small box", as he described it, stood on the level ground in front of the present mansion. At the same time, he built the stables and the walled gardens, also probably White Cottage, which is now the Sixth Form Centre of Claremont Fan Court School.
In 1714, he sold the house to the wealthy Whig politician Thomas Pelham-Holles, Earl of Clare, who later became Duke of Newcastle and served twice as Prime Minister. The earl commissioned Vanbrugh to add two great wings to the house and to build a fortress-like turret on an adjoining knoll. From this so-called "prospect-house", or belvedere, he and his guests could admire the views of the Surrey countryside as they took refreshments and played hazard, a popular dice game.
In the clear eighteenth-century air it was apparently possible to see Windsor Castle and St Paul's Cathedral. The Earl of Clare named his country seat Clare-mount, later contracted to Claremont. The two lodges at the Copsem Lane entrance were added at this time.
Landscape garden
Main article: Claremont Landscape Garden
Claremont landscape garden is one of the earliest surviving gardens of its kind of landscape design, the English Landscape Garden — still featuring its original 18th century layout. The extensive landscaped grounds of Claremont represents the work of some of the best known landscape gardeners, Charles Bridgeman, Capability Brown, William Kent (with Thomas Greening) and Sir John Vanbrugh.[2]
Work on the gardens began around 1715 and, by 1727, they were described as "the noblest of any in Europe". Within the grounds, overlooking the lake, is an unusual turfed amphitheatre.
A feature in the grounds is the Belvedere Tower, designed by Vanbrugh for the Duke of Newcastle. The tower is unusual in that, what appear to be windows, are actually bricks painted black and white. It is now owned by Claremont Fan Court School, which is situated alongside the gardens.
In 1949, the landscape garden was donated to the National Trust for stewardship and protection. A restoration programme was launched in 1975 following a significant donation by the Slater Foundation. The garden is Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]
Capability Brown's mansion, built for Lord Clive of India
The Duke of Newcastle died in 1768 and, in 1769, his widow sold the estate to Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, founder of Britain's Indian Empire. Although the great house was then little more than fifty years old, it was aesthetically and politically out of fashion. Lord Clive decided to demolish the house and commissioned Capability Brown to build the present Palladian mansion on higher and dryer ground. Brown, more accomplished as a landscape designer than an architect, took on his future son-in-law Henry Holland as a junior partner owing to the scale of the project. John Soane (later Sir John Soane) was employed in Holland's office at this time and worked on the project as a draftsman and junior designer.[4] Holland's interiors for Claremont owe much to the contemporary work of Robert Adam.
Lord Clive, by now fabulously rich Nabob, is reputed to have spent over £100,000 on rebuilding the house and the complete remodelling of the celebrated pleasure ground. However, Lord Clive ended up never living at the property, as he died in 1774—the year that the house was completed. The estate then passed through a rapid succession of owners; first being sold "for not more than one third of what the house and alterations had cost"[5] to Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, and then to George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell, and finally to Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford.[citation needed]
A large map entitled "Claremont Palace", situated in what is called "Clive's room" inside the mansion, shows the mansion and its surrounding grounds; giving a detailed overview of the campus. The map likely dates back to the 1860s, when the mansion was frequently occupied by Queen Victoria (thus it having been christened "palace"). However, the exact date is still unknown. The relief in Claremont's front pediment is of Clive's coat of arms impaled with that of Maskelyne, his wife's family.
Royal residence
In 1816, Claremont was bought by the British Nation through an Act of Parliament as a wedding present for George IV's daughter Princess Charlotte and her husband Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. At that time, the estate was valued to Parliament at £60,000: "Mr Huskisson stated that it had been agreed to purchase the house and demesnes of Clermont... The valuation of the farms, farm-houses, and park, including 350 acres of land, was 36,000/; the mansion, 19,000/; and the furniture, 6,000/; making together 60,000/. The mansion, which is in good repair, could not be built now for less than 91,000/."[6] To the nation's great sorrow, however, Princess Charlotte, who was second in line to the throne, was, after two miscarriages, to die there after giving birth to a stillborn son in November the following year. This sorrow is expressed in Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem Wikisource-logo.svg Lines on the Mausoleum of the Princess Charlotte, at Claremont., published in Forget Me Not, 1824. Although Leopold retained ownership of Claremont until his death in 1865, he left the house in 1831 when he became the first King of the Belgians.
Mausoleum of Princess Charlotte
Claremont House, ca. 1860
Queen Victoria was a frequent visitor to Claremont—both as a child and later as an adult—when Leopold, her doting uncle, lent her the house. She, in turn, lent the house to the exiled French King and Queen, Louis-Philippe and Marie-Amelie (the parents-in-law of Leopold I of Belgium), after the Revolutions of 1848. The exiled King died at Claremont in 1850.
In 1857, Offenbach and his Bouffes company performed three of his opéras bouffes there for Marie Amelie and her sons during an eight-week tour of England.[7]
In 1870, Queen Victoria commissioned Francis John Williamson to sculpt a marble memorial to Charlotte and Leopold which was erected inside the house.[8][9] (The memorial was subsequently moved to St George's Church, Esher.)[9]
Victoria bought Claremont for her fourth, and youngest, son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, when he married Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1882. The Duke and Duchess of Albany had two children—Alice and Charles. Charles, who had been born at Claremont in 1884, inherited the title and position of Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha upon the death of his uncle, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1900. He moved to the duchy in Germany to fulfill the position, becoming a German citizen, and renouncing his claim in the British succession.
Claremont should have passed to Charles upon his mother's death in 1922, but because he served as a German general in the First World War, the British government disallowed the inheritance. Claremont was accordingly confiscated and sold by the Public Trustee to shipping magnate Sir William Corry, director of the Cunard Line. Two years after Sir William's death, in 1926, it was bought by Eugen Spier, a wealthy German financier.
In 1930, Claremont stood empty and was marked for demolition when it was bought, together with the Belvedere, the stables, and 30 acres (120,000 m2) of parkland, by the Governors of a south London school, later renamed Claremont School and, since 1978, has been known as Claremont Fan Court School.
The National Trust
The National Trust acquired 50 acres (0.20 km2) of the Claremont estate in 1949. In 1975, with a grant from the Slater Foundation, it set about restoring the eighteenth-century landscape garden. Now, the Claremont Landscape Garden displays the successive contributions of the great landscape gardeners who worked on it: Sir John Vanbrugh, Charles Bridgeman, William Kent, and Capability Brown.
In 1996, the school celebrated the National Trust's centenary by opening a feature of the grounds which had not previously been accessible to the garden's visitors: the 281-year-old Belvedere Tower. Wikipedia
managed to get a shot just before the tourists began arriving in the morning.
minor editing in LR, no HDR.
Serena rocks her shark costume to the annual Halloween Bash. She dances sugar crazed into the night and enjoy's the fabulous light display and treats!
The artist managed to impose the very feeling the work was titled with, euphoria, but rather healthy one, reaching its peak through the mental process.
After his session with “Euphoria” Stern was receiving the creator and maybe first time in years felt butterflies in his stomach.
When the patient came in Stern was pleasantly surprised to see a youthful looking man who gave his birth date adding ten years more. He greeted doctor Stern who asked to call him Mike and how he spends hours looking at the artist’s paintings.
“I never new art could be so powerful,” said Stern and the artist smiled with the edge of his lips.
“Those are my earlier pieces. Thank you.”
“Interesting, do you paint now?” asked Stern.
“Of course,” responded the man and invited Stern to come over to his studio.
The session continued. Only once did the artist smile when he heard the doctor quoting Marcus Aurelius in Latin.
Managed to catch two RHTT sets first set is 3S71 Coleham LMD to Coleham LMD consisting of 56049 and 56094 at Chester and the second set was 3W91 Tonbridge west yard to Tonbridge west yard consisting of 69002 and 69001 at tonbridge 02/11/2022
Eating in the Great Hall with dissipating numbers of students as they finish up their meals. Merlin really needs to pay attention to the time better.
RedPanda eyes
Action Inkubator Hair Theo
Evian mesh head, hands, and skin
Ispachi mesh brandt cardigan
Deadwool pants and shoes (not shown)
I managed a few snaps at the Alexander Dennis Farnborough Open Day in late April 2024.
Well done to the team who put the event together - it was an enjoyable day out!
Managed to get on the Hastings DEMU West Norfolk Wanderer at Lynn for the run down the Branch to Midddleton Towers and Back to Cambridge.This is the limit of the branch that we got to where the Level Crossing gates are on the aptly named Station road.You can see the Sand loading silo in the background. The line to Swaffham closed in 1968 and it would be nice to think with housing developments along here it may reopen to passengers in the future. My last visit here was in the harsh Winter of 1987 when I came down here with a class 47 and snowplow to clear the line.
Finaly managed to get my camera working. Used pieces of aluminum foil to fix the contacts with the battery. It's still pretty old but it's better than a phone camera.
Managed to get my dodgy looking orb tool through customs. To celebrate I decided to have a mooch up to a high point to get a better view of an immense thunder storm that was looming over Son Bou. Grabbed a cheeky hour so as not to incur the wrath of Mrs control.
Straight out of the camera.
Nice 1.
Managed to get a few shots of a pair of Cattle egrets with the British white cattle this morning. Holme Dunes NWT NNR
I managed to briefly outpace the storm which gave me just enough time to grab this photo as Mark, John and some other vehicles catch up to me.
Managed to make it to London Pride again, with my pal sisyphus007. This time I hired a Canon 85mm f/1.2L II lens, an absolute brick that was in itself a workout to carry round. Was perhaps a bit too ambitious in my determination to shoot with as wide an aperture as possible. When I hit the right focus point it was sharp, but I did find the focussing to be a little cumbersome.
As ever, the day was characterised by fun, happiness and laughter. The participants were, without fail, delighted to be photographed. Hopefully they all enjoyed the day !!
Managed another sunny evening in Fife for the empty cement. Just before the shadows encroach too much, 60085 heads past Inverkeithing loop with 6B32 Aberdeen - Oxwellmains empty cement. 11/07/17
Model: Renascentia
After a long time ... I finally managed to get the result I was looking for with editing :)
So I took some old photos with the new technique ... I'm satisfied .
Managed to escape for a couple of hours this afternoon, just me and the dog. Visited this old spot I used to go to when I was a in my teens and it looks just as beautiful as I remembered it. The only problem is that it is in a private wood.
Spotted a southern hawker teneral in the lily pond today and thought it a bit odd for early morning - rather than night time. Turned out that its upper wings had bent over in the larval case and the poor thing couldn't pull them apart. Managed to get it on to plank of wood to get it to the side and with a blade of grass pull the wings apart. After about 5 minutes of warming up it took to the air - wonderful feeling.
Managed to catch up with a Red Squirrel at one of the sites I photograph them at. A bit worried that there was only one about. This time last year there would have been at least eight.
I actually was packing up the hide when this one arrived after quite a few hours. In the end I ldecided to lie on the woodland floor and ended up using my 70-200mm lens (often at the lower end!).