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A children's play park on the inside of the remaining Ghetto Wall on the outskirts of Krakow, Poland.
Before the sun sets in this year,
before the memories fade,
before the net works get jammed
Wish u and ur family Happy Sparkling New Year 2012
Remember The Laughter,
The Joy,
The Hard Work,
And The Tears.
And As You Reflect On The Past Year, Also Be Thinking Of The New One To Come.
Because Most Importantly,
This Is A Time Of New Beginnings
And The Celebration Of Life."
A NEW YEAR …
A New Challenge…
A New Goal ….
A New Optimism ….
A New Aproach …
A New Mission …
A New Resolution…. A Dream come true for Telangana in 2012
Wishng U a very …
"Happy New year"…
“We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.”
- ranier marie rilke
for PROJECTINSIGHT
Louisiana is reported to be losing 25 to 35 square miles of coastal wetlands each year – one football field of land per hour. The causes of the land loss are from natural causes and human interference, and include reduced sediment flow from the Mississippi River and its tributaries, land subsidence, and sea-level rise. To combat the diminishing and degrading coastal habitats, Jefferson Parish instituted a program that found a role for discarded Christmas trees to lessen wave energy and to combat erosion. Wooden cribs are constructed parallel to the shoreline to hold the trees. Volunteers, the Louisiana Air National Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others have coordinated the collection and placement of trees in these pens to lessen the impact of waves and storms. The calm water between the cribs and coast traps sediment and allows for plants and aquatic life to establish. Jefferson Parish has been tracking the impact of this Christmas tree recycling project. Between 1998 and 2015, an unprotected area of shoreline lost over 23 acres of habitat, while a section protected by trees only lost 3 acres. The Christmas tree recycling program not only assists coastal habitats but generates awareness among Louisiana residents and provides an opportunity for participation in making a difference for the coast.
The quilt is to be viewed from the top to the bottom, representing a relative sequence over time as viewed at one location. No quantitative data is implied in terms of spatial or temporal patterns sewn. Each horizontal gray strip of fabric represents breaks in time. At the top of the quilt, one sees a wide strip of “plant” fabric representing a marsh coastline, and a smaller piece of “water” fabric representing the coastal water. As one moves down to the next row of plant/water fabric, there is less of the land fabric and more of the water fabric. This is to represent erosion occurring along the Louisiana coast, where marsh habitat is being lost from wave energy, subsidence, seal-level rise, etc. As one moves down the next several rows, there is a continued loss of the coast with an increasing encroachment of water. In the middle of the quilt, a Christmas tree crib appears. The successive rows show a reduction in loss of the marsh over time, reflecting the results shared by Jefferson Parish (still marsh loss but less volume when the Christmas trees were put in place).
This is my story of coastal optimism – a story of habitat loss and degradation that is slowed by the placement of discarded Christmas trees.
This Evening Independent cartoon by Don Addis, published shortly after the ACL and SAL railroads announced their merger in 1967, expresses optimism that relief was at hand for some traffic congestion issues of the day.
Class 165s are notorious for their aircon failures, so the notice claiming it is an 'unlikely' event is galling!
232/365
Many moons ago - when I joined Marconi in 2000 - many of my colleagues were cock-a-hoop about the prospects of the company. Things were looking good. If the share price reached £16.03 everyone would get a shit-load of shares and it would be champagne all 'round.
Once 2001 came along it wasn't looking so hot. A few years later and there were a few tears being spilled into beers as the share price dipped into single digits. That's single digits pence.
A couple of more years further on and Ericsson bought us and saved the day. Optimism abounds! The year after: Beeston site closure, but at least they're building a brand new state-of-the-art R&D centre down near Coventry.
November 2009: hearts broken all over again. R&D engineers in China were breaking out the bubbly while us Brits took a swift kick to the googlies.
I found this today and I salute whoever has kept this all through the bad times. We've had a LOT of those over the last nine years.
It's onwards and upwards for me. I'm not taking this lying down, I'm going to get back up and do something positive. I'm going to do something better
Ha, I feel like the caption should say something like "Don't do meth".
This had been a terrible week.
Every year our neighbor parks this trailer under the enormous Maple tree - I've been waiting years for the right weather & light conditions to get this shot.
Louisiana is reported to be losing 25 to 35 square miles of coastal wetlands each year – one football field of land per hour. The causes of the land loss are from natural causes and human interference, and include reduced sediment flow from the Mississippi River and its tributaries, land subsidence, and sea-level rise. To combat the diminishing and degrading coastal habitats, Jefferson Parish instituted a program that found a role for discarded Christmas trees to lessen wave energy and to combat erosion. Wooden cribs are constructed parallel to the shoreline to hold the trees. Volunteers, the Louisiana Air National Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others have coordinated the collection and placement of trees in these pens to lessen the impact of waves and storms. The calm water between the cribs and coast traps sediment and allows for plants and aquatic life to establish. Jefferson Parish has been tracking the impact of this Christmas tree recycling project. Between 1998 and 2015, an unprotected area of shoreline lost over 23 acres of habitat, while a section protected by trees only lost 3 acres. The Christmas tree recycling program not only assists coastal habitats but generates awareness among Louisiana residents and provides an opportunity for participation in making a difference for the coast.
The quilt is to be viewed from the top to the bottom, representing a relative sequence over time as viewed at one location. No quantitative data is implied in terms of spatial or temporal patterns sewn. Each horizontal gray strip of fabric represents breaks in time. At the top of the quilt, one sees a wide strip of “plant” fabric representing a marsh coastline, and a smaller piece of “water” fabric representing the coastal water. As one moves down to the next row of plant/water fabric, there is less of the land fabric and more of the water fabric. This is to represent erosion occurring along the Louisiana coast, where marsh habitat is being lost from wave energy, subsidence, seal-level rise, etc. As one moves down the next several rows, there is a continued loss of the coast with an increasing encroachment of water. In the middle of the quilt, a Christmas tree crib appears. The successive rows show a reduction in loss of the marsh over time, reflecting the results shared by Jefferson Parish (still marsh loss but less volume when the Christmas trees were put in place).
This is my story of coastal optimism – a story of habitat loss and degradation that is slowed by the placement of discarded Christmas trees.
"Hemerocallis 'Optimism', 2016, Red Violet #Daylily, hem-ur -oh-KAL-iss, 23"" E-M D Re Fr #Perennial (Wild-G., 1998), USDA Hardiness Zone 3, 5.4"" red violet self , Bloom Month 7a, In Garden Bed V2.z07 for 2.9 years
Daylily Optimism - 23"" EM. Re. D. F. 5 3/8"" bloom. Lightly creped and ruffled medium red violet with light burgundy veining. Cream rib runs to green heart. Large star shaped flower. Fades.
#Hemerocallis"
Before the sun sets in this year,
before the memories fade,
before the net works get jammed
Wish u and ur family Happy Sparkling New Year 2012
Remember The Laughter,
The Joy,
The Hard Work,
And The Tears.
And As You Reflect On The Past Year, Also Be Thinking Of The New One To Come.
Because Most Importantly,
This Is A Time Of New Beginnings
And The Celebration Of Life."
A NEW YEAR …
A New Challenge…
A New Goal ….
A New Optimism ….
A New Aproach …
A New Mission …
A New Resolution…. A Dream come true for Telangana in 2012
Wishng U a very …
"Happy New year"…
Open-air amphitheatre at the back of the Brutalist BT Tower in glasgow. Vandalised. In my head I can visualise the architect's drawing with the little people sitting about, reading their newspapers and eating lunch.
Early-mid 1990s slide.
Taken with Minolta MD Auto-Bellows I, Minolta MD Macro-Rokkor 50mm f3.5 and Slide Copier.