thanks to the friends that have nominated me : )

If you want to join but no one nominated you, you can always join the game!

Cicindelidia nigrocoerulea nigrocoerulea -- male

Like many other North American tiger beetles the Black Sky has several color morphs and often in the same population. In eastern Colorado the nominate race can be found in pure black, dark blue and olive green and perhaps an infinite range inbetween. This guy is somewhere between dark blue and dark green.

Here taken under our fabricated shade on a hot sunny day. Almost as good as clouds but not quite.

Di Linh, Vietnam

Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

The Fraterville Miners' Circle was nominated to the National Register of Historical Places under Criterion A for its significance in local & regional labor, social history and under Criterion C for its representation of a commemorative cemetery landscape. As the only collective representation of the worst mining disaster in Tennessee's history, as a distinctive local attempt to commemorate that disaster, and as one of only a few material remnants of the area's once booming coal mining industry, the Circle site is among the region & the state's most important unrecognized property types. While the general area surrounding the Circle site served as location for several of the most significant & tragic events in the labor history of Tennessee, amid one of the state's most important historic coal-mining regions, little material evidence of that history remains. As a distinctive and poignant commemorative form, the Fraterville Miners' Circle was deemed noteworthy & deserving of recognition.

By the Spring of 1902, the Fraterville Mine had been in operation for nearly thirty years under the ownership of the Coal Creek Coal Company. On the morning of May 19 of that year, the mine violently exploded, eventually killing every man & boy working that day, 184 miners in all. No one was left to explain what had actually caused the accident, but it was most likely the ignition of a pocket of methane gas, a common danger in coal mines, that in turn set off an explosion of volatile coal dust. The explosion itself likely killed several people instantaneously, but most of them probably died slow deaths by suffocation due to the build-up of poisonous gases following the explosion. Some of the men & boys were buried in various family & church cemeteries. Eighty-nine of the miner's bodies, however, were carried to a high hill in the Leach Cemetery overlooking the town of Coal Creek (later renamed Lake City & eventually renamed again to Rocky Top). Here they were buried in two concentric circles. A few years after the mass burial (exact date unknown), the United Mine Workers of America erected the large obelisk featuring a crossed pick & shovel and the names of all one hundred eighty four miners killed in the explosion - a powerful symbol of occupational solidarity - in the center of the circle. Of course, all of the grave markers feature the same date of death - May 19, 1902.

The Fraterville Miner's Circle Cemetery is one of the few material traces of this region's rich late nineteenth & early twentieth century coal mining heritage. As a symbolic statement, the cemetery attests to the camaraderie & cohesiveness of this historic occupational culture, the shared circumstances that unified all miners in life as in death. It is also important as a unique commemorative landscape. While the origins of the circular pattern of markers are unknown, there are other cemeteries that have circular commemorative areas. However, in the coal mining region of East Tennessee this is an unusual cemetery pattern. The Fraterville Miners' Circle is still recognized as a commemorative site today.

All the information above and much more was found on the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration located here: npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/04bb097d-0eaa-4f20-831...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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There are many lines drawn in Yosemite National Park. You have those with ethics and those without; seems the ones without are running this place. Harassment, retaliation, mobbing, intimidation, fraud, baiting and cover-up are the norm. As my neighbors, coworkers and management continue these Toxic methods of hate and division; Yosemite will remain Extremely Toxic until there is common sense and accountability. Why is that so hard to understand?

What is happening in Yosemite is WRONG!

Yosemite’s current Superintendent is: Michael T Reynolds

Nominated Director National Parks Services is: David Vela

The Truth about Yosemite National Park: flic.kr/p/2hJ7Rye

• The truth about Yosemite 2016 to current: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Yosemite-Chief-Retiring-Ami...

Thank you for your views, positive comments and visiting my photostream.

Di Linh, Vietnam

Da Lat Plateau, Vietnam

Last year I didn't post that been nominated .. not a fan of stuff like that .. the real success we have is when your creativity manage to inspire even a single person

..But........its so nice feeling to see your name there ... so I wish to thank ... everyone who took time this and previous year for reminding of me and include me in their nominations. < 3 THANK YOU.

Check the nominations and those great bloggers pages .. because each of them is worth been seen!

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Day 1 of #blackandwhitechallenge I nominate @courtneyduff @westonhustace @sabaimages @garhai @stellarphotog @_kohar to post 1 b&w photo a day for the next 3 days. Make it good guys

31 Likes on Instagram

5 Comments on Instagram:

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azadbal: @costinap94 merci :) @courtneyduff @sabaimages @westonhustace @garhai @_kohar @stellarphotog correction: post for 5 days, not 3

nbalabanian: So good and peaceful

Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

Nominated by Sarah Fraser63 to do Black and white challenge

so this is 4/5

five shots in five days

Da Lat Plateau, Vietnam

Absolutely my favorite time of the year. The smell of everything as it gets ready for winter. The sun always seems warmer in autumn than it does in spring.

Just thought I would dig this one out and share.

Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam

We are still nominated to become iger of the year here in Spain. There's still a lot of work to do, because we are the 4th.

So you can help us become the only dolly account to win, how?

1 -Visit: bitacoras.com/premios15/votar

2 - Log in with your Facebook or Twitter account.

3 - Find "Instagramer del año" on the list below once you're logged.

4 - Fill in one gap with: instagram.com/babycatfacedollies/

5 - Send, and it's done!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

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Todavía estamos nominadas para convertirnos en instagramers del año aquí en España. Todavía hay mucho trabajo que hacer porque somos las cuartas. Así que puedes ayudarnos a convertirnos en la única cuenta de muñecas en ganar, cómo?

1 - Visita: bitacoras.com/premios15/votar

2 - Logeate con tu cuenta de Facebook o Twitter.

3 - Busca "Instagramer del año" en la lista que aparece debajo una vez logead@.

4 - Rellena uno de los huecos con: instagram.com/babycatfacedollies/

5 - Envíalo y hecho!!

MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!

New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad Budd RDC-1

By Matt Csenge

There’s not much to this shot, I just liked the minimalistic composition of this scene.

A tiny coral island, also known as a motu, covered in coconut trees in the turquoise-blue lagoon of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. Aitutaki is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island, with a surrounding barrier reef. It is a popular tourist destination in the Cook Islands, and in June 2010 the island was nominated "the world's most beautiful island" by Lonely Planet.

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The exotic luxuriance of Mount Stewart's celebrated gardens, created in the 1920s by Edith, Lady Londonderry, has helped make it one of Northern Ireland's most popular tourist attractions. Nominated as a World Heritage Site, the impressive landscape garden makes the most of the unique microclimate of the Ards Peninsula and boasts magnificent views across Strangford Lough.

Vote for MINIMAL here!

Di Linh, Vietnam

The Market Square Commercial Historic District was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places under criteria A and C for its historical and architectural importance to Knoxville, Tennessee. Market Square today Is the public and ceremonial center of downtown. Two rows of two to four story brick buildings, of Italianate, Vernacular Victorian Commercial and Neoclassical styles face a publis square which now contains pedestrian and seating areas and a covered, open air market. The center space, until 1960, was occupied by a market house. Even though the market building Itself is gone, the market function remains viable, and the interest of Knoxvillians in the market area continues. The architecture and craftsmanship of the buildings on Market Square also have significance to Knoxville. While few of them, if considered individually, possess great architectural style, together they portray an earlier style of construction and craftsmanship, as well as materials usage. They are unique in Knoxville in this consistency of height, scale and design details. This area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1984. And, all of the information above was taken from the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration and can be viewed here:

npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/f44ef01a-f2a0-498f-baa0-3...

The inscription on this marker reads:

Knoxville's first Market House, opened on Main Avenue between Walnut and Market Streets in 1816, and the second and third on this square in 1854 and 1897, long served for the sale of farm products and as a colorful center of civic life. In 1863-64 the Market contained a Federal powder magazine, to the uneasiness of citizens. The old Market was replaced by the Mall in 1961.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the link below:

www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/

A 10 minutes ferry from Changi Village jetty (East of Singapore) will take you back in time to experience the past of Singapore. The island and its people are still as old as history living a simple and mundane life. Power supply still runs on generators. Ferry ride only S$2 per person one way cash on boarding.

This photo has been nominated Hall of Fame by "You vs The Best" Portrait Category. Thanks to all

An early evening #Photo24 shot looking south along the Thames from Westminster Bridge. It's looking like the Carbuncle Cup nominated Vauxhall Tower of St Georges Wharf will soon be joined by others.

Click here for more shots taken during this, and previous years, Photo24 events : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157667520181380

From Wikipedia : "St George Wharf Tower, also known as the Vauxhall Tower, is a residential skyscraper in Vauxhall, London, and part of the St George Wharf development. At 181 metres (594 ft) tall with 50 storeys, it is the eighth-tallest building in London and the tallest residential building in the United Kingdom......

The building is divided into three distinct parts—a base that houses the communal facilities of the building including a lobby, business lounge, gym, spa and swimming pool; a middle section containing most of the apartments; and an upper section where the façade reduces in diameter to provide 360-degree terraces and a wind turbine that tops the structure.

The wind turbine, manufactured by British green-technology company Matilda's Planet, powers the tower's common lighting, whilst creating virtually no noise or vibration. At the base of the tower, water is drawn from the London Aquifer and heat-pump technology is used to remove warmth from the water in the winter to heat the apartments. In comparison to similar buildings, the tower requires one third of the energy, and produces between one half and two thirds of typical carbon dioxide emissions. It is triple-glazed to minimise heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer, with low-e glazing and ventilated blinds between the glazing to further reduce heat gain from direct sunlight. "

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Nominated by Sarah Fraser63 to do Black and white challenge

so this is 1/5

This was sort of out of the blue for our group, and it was super awesome to get nominated next to a couple other incredible displays. Encouraging to step it up even more for next year.

(Kris in picture)

I was nominated for Overall Favorite B/T/YC Blogger for the "Giving Thanks in the Kid Community Awards"

I am truly touched and honored to just be nominated. This is the 2nd year of the "Giving Thanks in the Kid Community awards".

This is a great event that promotes all the good SL and the Kid Community can offer. Congrats to all the stores, bloggers and creators that were also nominated. <3

Here is so more information on the event:

1) Our Facebook Page is www.facebook.com/givingthanksinthekidcommunity/. You should "like" it to stay up to date through the nominations, expo, and voting process!

2) Our in-world group can be found my searching "Giving Thanks in the Kid Community" or pasting this url in local chat: secondlife:///app/group/e5bf550a-15ac-509c-e018-4ce093b2db07/about

3) Our website is under construction, but will be up soon!

3) NOMINATIONS and VOTING

Nominations are accepted at this link: goo.gl/forms/9HOgXlouPC8F8mwr2

Each person who is nominated gets put into the vote!

After the voting is finished there will be an awards ceremony to celebrate the results.

4)THE EXPO

We will hold an expo event starting November 2-24. The expo is open to all creators/bloggers/organizations/contributors in the kid community and all NOMINEES will be acknowledge with a special sign at their booth.

4) There's lots going on! Here is the timeline of events:

Nominations Accepted: October 1-17

Voting Begins: October 20-November 10

Expo Opens with a Kick Off Party and Fashion Show: November 2

Wildlings Fashion Show: November 3-4

Awards Ceremonies: November 17

Expo Closes: November 24

Another trip to see this little bird, according to the birding experts very rare in the UK. With just another photographer there it was much easier to photograph. It was not disturbed at all and was still feeding on the same spot when we left

UH LIS alumna Janel Q. accepts SAA Pinkett Award from nominating committee chair Petrina.

Haematopus fuliginosus (Nominate race). Seen at Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary, Flinders, Victoria.

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Nominating committee chair Petrina poses with UH LIS alumna Janel Q. after presenting her with the Pinkett Award.

Nominate subspecies tinnunculus

Castle Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

After being nominated for the coveted pink flamingo award (did I win) and all that walking the red carpet in all my glory posing for photos and being interviewed. I headed off to the after party party..

So here you find me enjoying a dance and a well deserved rest.

Super Junior has been nominated in 'World Wide Act' of 2012 MTV EMA.

Go to asia.mtvema.com/artists/super-junior and vote for Super Junior!!!

The 'World Wide Act' will finally be selected through 3 stages and the winner will be on '2...012 MTV EMA,' which will be broadcasted live on November 11th in Frankfurt.

vote tối đa 100 lần mỗi ngày

일본: jp.mtvema.com/ 중국 : cn.mtvema.com/

The nominate subspecies of the common tern is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long, including a 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) fork in the tail, with a 77–98 cm (30–39 in) wingspan. It weighs 110–141 g (3.9–5.0 oz).

Breeding adults have pale grey upperparts, very pale grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill that can be mostly red with a black tip, or all black, depending on the subspecies.

The common tern's upper wings are pale grey, but as the summer wears on, the dark feather shafts of the outer flight feathers become exposed, and a grey wedge appears on the wings. The rump and tail are white, and on a standing bird the long tail extends no further than the folded wingtips, unlike the Arctic and roseate terns in which the tail protrudes beyond the wings. There are no significant differences between the sexes

In non-breeding adults, the forehead and underparts become white, the bill is all black or black with a red base, and the legs are dark red or black.

The upper wings have an obvious dark area at the front edge of the wing, the carpal bar. Terns that have not bred successfully may moult into non-breeding adult plumage beginning in June, though late July is more typical, with the moult suspended during migration. There is also some geographical variation; Californian birds are often in non-breeding plumage during migration.

Juvenile common terns have pale grey upper wings with a dark carpal bar. The crown and nape are brown, and the forehead is ginger, wearing to white by autumn. The upper parts are ginger with brown and white scaling, and the tail lacks the adult's long outer feathers.

Birds in their first post-juvenile plumage, which normally remain in their wintering areas, resemble the non-breeding adult, but have a duskier crown, dark carpal bar, and often very worn plumage. By their second year, most young terns are either indistinguishable from adults, or show only minor differences such as a darker bill or white forehead.

The common tern is an agile flyer, capable of rapid turns and swoops, hovering, and vertical take-off. When commuting with fish, it flies close to the surface in a strong head wind, but 10–30 m (33–98 ft) above the water in a following wind.

Unless migrating, normally it stays below 100 m (330 ft), and averages 30 km/h (19 mph) in the absence of a tail wind.[5] Its average flight speed during the nocturnal migration flight is 43–54 km/h (27–34 mph) at a height of 1,000–3,000 m (3,300–9,800 ft).

This image was taken in Funchal Harbour, on Madeira in the North Atlantic Ocean on 26th October 2023

I am not sure if it is a Common Tern, so would really appreciate it if someone could confirm what bird it is, thanks.

I thought about this upload for today as the Norwegian film “Kon-Tiki” about Thor Heyerdahl’s epic expedition is nominated to win an Academy Award (“Oscar”) as Best Foreign Language Film today on Sunday February 24. Heyerdahl’s own documentary about his famous voyage won an Academy Award in 1951, one of only two Norwegian films to ever do so. The new version of Kon-Tiki is up against tough competition including the highly acclaimed film Amour from Austria, A Royal Affair from Denmark, No from Chile and War Witch from Canada. Kon-Tiki is an interesting and beautiful movie that I hope you’ll see no matter if it wins an Oscar or not :-)

The Kon-Tiki (2012) trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUnmjQJHRP4

The Kon-Tiki documentary (1951) trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx20hi374as

Lots more about the raft and expedition (Wikipedia): Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of Heyerdahl's book, the dramatised feature film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Academy Award-winning documentary film chronicling his adventures. Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times, although most anthropologists now believe they did not. His aim in mounting the Kon-Tiki expedition was to show, by using only the materials and technologies available to those people at the time, that there were no technical reasons to prevent them from having done so. Although the expedition carried some modern equipment, such as a radio, watches, charts, sextant, and metal knives, Heyerdahl argued they were incidental to the purpose of proving that the raft itself could make the journey. The Kon-Tiki expedition was funded by private loans, along with donations of equipment from the United States Army. Heyerdahl and a small team went to Peru, where, with the help of dockyard facilities provided by the Peruvian authorities, they constructed the raft out of balsa logs and other native materials in an indigenous style as recorded in illustrations by Spanish conquistadores. The trip began on April 28, 1947. Heyerdahl and five companions sailed the raft for 101 days over 6900 km (4,300 miles) across the Pacific Ocean before smashing into a reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947. The crew made successful landfall and all returned safely. Thor Heyerdahl's book about his experience became a bestseller. It was published in 1948 as The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas, later reprinted as Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft. A documentary motion picture about the expedition, also called Kon-Tiki was produced from a write-up and expansion of the crew's filmstrip notes and won an Academy Award in 1951. It was directed by Thor Heyerdahl and edited by Olle Nordemar. The voyage was also chronicled in the documentary TV-series The Kon-Tiki Man: The Life and Adventures of Thor Heyerdahl, directed by Bengt Jonson.The original Kon-Tiki raft is now on display in the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo.

The Trigg-Smartt Building is located at the southwest corner of Broad Street & 7th Avenue in Downtown Chattanooga and is an architecturally and historically significant structure of the city's 1880 boom period. The building was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under criteria A,B, and C because of its association with the 1880's boom period of Chattanooga, its association with prominent businessmen James N. Trigg, James P. Smartt, and John O. Fowler, and its architectural style. It is a Victorian Commercial style building with strong Richardsonian Romanesque influences.

The Trigg-Smartt Building is the only surviving building in the area from the commercial boom of the 1880's and one of the few remaining examples of that phenomenon remaining in the city. Built to house two prominent wholesale concerns, the building is perhaps the oldest wholesale block remaining in downtown Chattanooga. The building is associated with three prominent business leaders of Chattanooga. Trigg, Smartt, and Fowler all owned large commercial properties and were very involved in the business community. In 1888, James N. Trigg was elected President of the Board of Trade of Chattanooga and James P. Smartt was elected to its Executive Committee. The building displays an elaborate cut stone facade which Is one of the finest examples of its type in the city's commercial district; and modernization's have not significantly altered the building.

The property at Broad Street & 7th Avenue was purchased in early 1888 by James N. Trigg, Charles A. Lyerly, James Polk Smartt, and John P. Richardson. While Lyerly and Richardson limited their involvement to the purchase and development of the property, James Trigg and James Smartt planned to locate their rapidly growing wholesale businesses there. Trigg housed his newly formed Trigg Dobbs & Company wholesale grocery business there and Smartt Brothers and Company moved its wholesale shoes and boots business into the building. When Trigg, Smartt, Lyerly, and Richardson bought the property, the City of Chattanooga was In the midst of an extraordinary economic boom. In 1886, a total of $1,076,347 was spent in building construction. And in 1887, real estate transactions — including 1,500 new residences — amounted to $13,264,555. In addition, twenty-five new business charters were incorporated. The year of 1887 had proven the most prosperous of the entire boom period. Population growth naturally paralleled this economic surge: in 1883 the population was 20,666; in 1885 it was 25,101; and in 1887 the population had jumped to 36,903.

James N. Trigg came to Chattanooga in 1869 from Wythe County, Virginia. From then until 1874, he worked as a bookkeeper for the Discount and Deposit Bank. In 1874, he and William J. Dobbs began work for W.W. Jackson wholesale groceries and, a few years later, Trigg purchased a half interest in the Jackson Company. The new firm of Jackson Trigg & Company prospered until January 1888 when Jackson retired. In that year Jackson Trigg & Company was dissolved and Trigg Dobbs & Company formed.

In 1875, J.P. Smartt began his wholesale and retail shoe business in Nashville with two partners. In 1878, he moved to Chattanooga and went into business with W.G. Oehmig. In 1884, the Smartt and Oehmig firm was succeeded by Smartt Brothers and Company with his brother, George Madison Smartt, becoming a member of the firm. (James Smartt was also director of the Chattanooga Savings Bank and of the Third National Bank. He was, in addition, historian of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park Commission.) Smartt Brothers and Company handled a general line of shoes, boots, and rubbers from leading manufacturers. By the early 1900's their business covered Tennessee, Kentucky, Northern Alabama, and Northern Georgia.

Prospering in the 1887 boom year, Jackson Trigg & Company increased sales by 50-75%, according to J.N. Trigg. Smartt Brothers similarly increased business by approximately 33%. By 1891, J.P. Smartt and J.N. Trigg were listed in the Chattanooga Times as having a worth of over $100,000 and were, therefore, some of the richest men in the city.

Until 1911, the Trigg-Smartt Building was owned and occupied primarily by Trigg Dobbs & Company and by Smartt Brothers and Company. In that year, James Trigg apparently sold his interest to Smartt and vacated the building, leaving Smartt Brothers as the sole tenant. The company remained there another two years, until 1913, at which time James P. Smartt died and the business left the building. Both Trigg Dobbs & Company and Smartt Brothers remained in business in the Chattanooga area well into the 1920's.

Until Smartt Brothers and Company vacated the building in 1913, the building functioned primarily as a wholesale block. In 1889, Trigg Dobbs and Company, and Smartt Brothers and Company were the building's only occupants. By 1900, a manufacturers' grocery specialist, as it was called, became a tenant and remained there until 1909. Archer Paper Company located there for one year in 1905, and Chattanooga Hardware Company was there from 1910-1911. From 1913-1918, the building housed a variety of tenants. Included were Grandview Coal and Timber Company, several real estate and civil engineering offices, a typewriter business, a public stenographer's office, a bond office, a manicurist, Interstate Life & Accident Company, and Clay Manufacturing Company. Betts Engineering and Interstate Life & Accident Company occupied the building during this period longer than any of the other businesses during this period. In 1918, an up-and-coming furniture company, Sterchi Brothers Furniture Company, bought and occupied the building. J. Calvin Sterchi & his son-in-law, John O. Fowler, established the business in 1911. In 1919, the business became known as Sterchi Brothers and Fowler. Ten years later, in 1929, John O. Fowler formed his own company with his two brothers, Frank & Ben, and moved the new business to the 600 block of Broad Street. Sterchi Brothers and Fowler remained in the Trigg-Smartt Building until 1939.

In 1939, John O. Fowler, his brothers, and two sons moved Fowler Brothers Company into the Trigg-Smartt Building where he had begun his furniture business in 1919. Extensive renovation by the prominent local architectural firm of Crutchfield & Law accompanied the 1939 move at a cost of $38,000. Polished pink granite adorned the entire storefront facades along Broad Street & 7th Avenue, and the interior was modernized to reflect a rapidly growing business. The preceding year, in 1938, in fact, John Fowler reported that sales amounted to more than five times what they had been when business began. In that year alone, he reported more than a 33% sales increase. By now, Fowler Brothers Furniture Company had become the largest furniture business in the state of Tennessee and one of the largest in the Southeast.

In March 1985, Fowler Brothers announced that it would close its Downtown Chattanooga store. Shortly afterward on June 26, 1986, the Trigg-Smartt Building was added to the NRHP for the criteria referenced above. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:

npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/1753bb6a-5708-4a51-a11...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/

The nominate subspecies of the common tern is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long, including a 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) fork in the tail, with a 77–98 cm (30–39 in) wingspan. It weighs 110–141 g (3.9–5.0 oz).[

Breeding adults have pale grey upperparts, very pale grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill that can be mostly red with a black tip, or all black, depending on the subspecies.

The common tern's upper wings are pale grey, but as the summer wears on, the dark feather shafts of the outer flight feathers become exposed, and a grey wedge appears on the wings. The rump and tail are white, and on a standing bird the long tail extends no further than the folded wingtips, unlike the Arctic and roseate terns in which the tail protrudes beyond the wings. There are no significant differences between the sexes.

In non-breeding adults, the forehead and underparts become white, the bill is all black or black with a red base, and the legs are dark red or black.

The upper wings have an obvious dark area at the front edge of the wing, the carpal bar. Terns that have not bred successfully may moult into non-breeding adult plumage beginning in June, though late July is more typical, with the moult suspended during migration. There is also some geographical variation; Californian birds are often in non-breeding plumage during migration.

Juvenile common terns have pale grey upper wings with a dark carpal bar. The crown and nape are brown, and the forehead is ginger, wearing to white by autumn. The upper parts are ginger with brown and white scaling, and the tail lacks the adult's long outer feathers.

Birds in their first post-juvenile plumage, which normally remain in their wintering areas, resemble the non-breeding adult, but have a duskier crown, dark carpal bar, and often very worn plumage. By their second year, most young terns are either indistinguishable from adults, or show only minor differences such as a darker bill or white forehead.

The common tern is an agile flyer, capable of rapid turns and swoops, hovering, and vertical take-off. When commuting with fish, it flies close to the surface in a strong head wind, but 10–30 m (33–98 ft) above the water in a following wind. Unless migrating, normally it stays below 100 m (330 ft), and averages 30 km/h (19 mph) in the absence of a tail wind.

Its average flight speed during the nocturnal migration flight is 43–54 km/h (27–34 mph)[22] at a height of 1,000–3,000 m (3,300–9,800 ft).

This image was taken in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island in Canada on 9th October 2023. I was quite surprised to see the adult Tern bringing back food for its chick at this time of the year.

Di Linh, Vietnam

The nominate subspecies of the common tern is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long, including a 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) fork in the tail, with a 77–98 cm (30–39 in) wingspan. It weighs 110–141 g (3.9–5.0 oz).

Breeding adults have pale grey upperparts, very pale grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill that can be mostly red with a black tip, or all black, depending on the subspecies.

The common tern's upper wings are pale grey, but as the summer wears on, the dark feather shafts of the outer flight feathers become exposed, and a grey wedge appears on the wings. The rump and tail are white, and on a standing bird the long tail extends no further than the folded wingtips, unlike the Arctic and roseate terns in which the tail protrudes beyond the wings. There are no significant differences between the sexes

In non-breeding adults, the forehead and underparts become white, the bill is all black or black with a red base, and the legs are dark red or black.

The upper wings have an obvious dark area at the front edge of the wing, the carpal bar. Terns that have not bred successfully may moult into non-breeding adult plumage beginning in June, though late July is more typical, with the moult suspended during migration. There is also some geographical variation; Californian birds are often in non-breeding plumage during migration.

Juvenile common terns have pale grey upper wings with a dark carpal bar. The crown and nape are brown, and the forehead is ginger, wearing to white by autumn. The upper parts are ginger with brown and white scaling, and the tail lacks the adult's long outer feathers.

Birds in their first post-juvenile plumage, which normally remain in their wintering areas, resemble the non-breeding adult, but have a duskier crown, dark carpal bar, and often very worn plumage. By their second year, most young terns are either indistinguishable from adults, or show only minor differences such as a darker bill or white forehead.

The common tern is an agile flyer, capable of rapid turns and swoops, hovering, and vertical take-off. When commuting with fish, it flies close to the surface in a strong head wind, but 10–30 m (33–98 ft) above the water in a following wind.

Unless migrating, normally it stays below 100 m (330 ft), and averages 30 km/h (19 mph) in the absence of a tail wind.[5] Its average flight speed during the nocturnal migration flight is 43–54 km/h (27–34 mph) at a height of 1,000–3,000 m (3,300–9,800 ft).

This image was taken in Funchal Harbour, on Madeira in the North Atlantic Ocean on 26th October 2023

18th March last I spend a photo weekend at Terschelling with photobuddy Sander Grefte. We were dreaming of a stunning sunset but during the day we knew that wouldn't happen. Despite the weather, at least it was dry, we went up and together after a nice 4x4 Landrover drive we had an unforgettable evening!

At that evening I couldn't imagine that this shot would be nominated for best Landscape photo for National Geographic in 2017's contest. Okay I choose it myself for this contest, because I like the leading line and tones, but that this image can be with 14 other great shots in this famous Landscape contest, nope.....

As a matter a fact it is nominated and now I can only ask kindly for your vote on this image via: www.nationalgeographicfotowedstrijd.nl/categorie/landschap (and scroll down on the page!)

Nominate subspecies. Scanned slide.

Bukit Fraser/Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

I was nominated on Facebook by Luke Barton Photography to participate in the ‪#‎thoughtsofwinter‬ photography challenge, which, if I have it right, is to post five (5) of my favorite winter images in five days.

For Day 1 I went old school and dug up a photo from 2008. Is it my best photo? Far from it! But what makes it one of my favorites is that is was my first real winter hike and what really got me motivated to buy my first real camera. I went with Jim Salge Photography who had a real camera at the time where as I had a Polaroid iZone camera which had a battery life, on a good day, of about 12 photos. This being an exceptionally cold day, I was able to snap about 5. While Jim was waiting for the perfect lighting (of which, I remember him not getting), I was just waiting for the right moment to snap and use up my last bit of battery life on. This was it. Now, I agree, the lighting sucked but at the time, I was really happy and excited with what I was able to capture with just one shot and it got me motivated to start looking for my next camera so I could go out again and capture more than 5 images at a time.

The nominate subspecies of the common tern is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long, including a 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) fork in the tail, with a 77–98 cm (30–39 in) wingspan. It weighs 110–141 g (3.9–5.0 oz).

Breeding adults have pale grey upperparts, very pale grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill that can be mostly red with a black tip, or all black, depending on the subspecies.

The common tern's upper wings are pale grey, but as the summer wears on, the dark feather shafts of the outer flight feathers become exposed, and a grey wedge appears on the wings.

The rump and tail are white, and on a standing bird the long tail extends no further than the folded wingtips, unlike the Arctic and roseate terns in which the tail protrudes beyond the wings. There are no significant differences between the sexes.

In non-breeding adults, the forehead and underparts become white, the bill is all black or black with a red base, and the legs are dark red or black. The upper wings have an obvious dark area at the front edge of the wing, the carpal bar.

Terns that have not bred successfully may moult into non-breeding adult plumage beginning in June, though late July is more typical, with the moult suspended during migration. There is also some geographical variation; Californian birds are often in non-breeding plumage during migration.

Juvenile common terns have pale grey upper wings with a dark carpal bar. The crown and nape are brown, and the forehead is ginger, wearing to white by autumn. The upper parts are ginger with brown and white scaling, and the tail lacks the adult's long outer feathers.

Birds in their first post-juvenile plumage, which normally remain in their wintering areas, resemble the non-breeding adult, but have a duskier crown, dark carpal bar, and often very worn plumage. By their second year, most young terns are either indistinguishable from adults, or show only minor differences such as a darker bill or white forehead.

The common tern is an agile flyer, capable of rapid turns and swoops, hovering, and vertical take-off. When commuting with fish, it flies close to the surface in a strong head wind, but 10–30 m (33–98 ft) above the water in a following wind. Unless migrating, normally it stays below 100 m (330 ft), and averages 30 km/h (19 mph) in the absence of a tail wind.

Its average flight speed during the nocturnal migration flight is 43–54 km/h (27–34 mph) at a height of 1,000–3,000 m (3,300–9,800 ft).

This image was taken in Invergordon Marina in Northern Scotland

European Goldfinch (nominate) (Stillits / Carduelis carduelis carduelis) from Pinar de Son Real (Sta. Margalida, Mallorca, Spain). May 2016.

Canon EOS 70D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L USM IS.

The photo is part of a European Goldfinch set.

The Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. It is native to southern Africa.

This species is about 12 cm long with rounded wings, strong legs, and a conspicuous ring of white feathers round the eyes.

The upperparts are green, and the throat and vent are bright yellow. The members of the nominate group have a pale yellow central belly with peach coloured flanks. The members of the capensis subgroup have a grey breast and belly, while the virens subgroup have a greenish-yellow breast and belly.

They are very vocal, and constantly keep in touch with soft trilled pee, pree or pirreee callnotes. The song consists of repeated long jerky phrases of sweet reedy notes, varying in pitch, volume and temp, usually starting off with teee teee or pirrup pirrup notes, then becoming a fast rambled jumble of notes, which may incorporate mimicked phrases of other birdcalls.

This is a sociable species forming large flocks outside the breeding season. It builds a cup nest in a tree and lays 2-3 unspotted pale blue eggs. The eggs hatch in 11–12 days, and fledging occurs in another 12–13 days. The peak breeding season is September to December.

The Cape white-eye feeds mainly on insects, but also soft fleshy flowers, nectar, fruit and small grains. It readily comes to bird feeders.

This image was taken in the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden in Betty's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa