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A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia that lies within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is from May 2020. This was a good year for blooms.
Taking a stroll along the shore at Swanage.
In the distance, Old Harry Rocks and the odd cruise ship anchored waiting for better times.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is bang up to date for July 2021.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is bang up to date for July 2021.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia that lies within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is from May 2020. This was a good year for blooms.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is bang up to date for July 2021.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is bang up to date for July 2021.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is bang up to date for July 2021.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia that lies within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is from May 2020. This was a good year for blooms.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is bang up to date for July 2021.
Since my company is going virtual, I have been making room to bring office paraphernalia to my home office...that means going through old photo albums and boxes of pre-digital images. Huge project, but it has given me the opportunity to revisit places I travel to with my late husband in the '90s and early 2000s - nothing earlier because of the Oakland fire in 1991. It has been fun and poignant. It reminds me of one of the values of photography - memories attach themselves to images.
Explore #340 7/7/20
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia that lies within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is from May 2020. This was a good year for blooms.
A funicular railway, chairlifts, snow fences and all the other paraphernalia of a ski resort fill the far slopes of Coire Cas.
Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia that lies within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is from May 2020. This was a good year for blooms.
This juvenile (i.e. recognisable by the yellow around the eye) took me by surprise and took off real fast and I wasn't able to follow it. A slight crop.
The kea is an unusual parrot. It is often observed in alpine areas and gained early notoriety among settler farmers for attacks on their sheep. Innately curious, kea are attracted to people wherever they enter its mountain domain, and are a feature at South Island ski-fields and mountain huts. Their attraction to people and their paraphernalia is a two-edged sword, providing both new threats and new opportunities.
The Kea is endemic but unfortunately (like many birds) nationally endangered.
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Our Garden
A snapshot view of the flowers, sculpture and other paraphernalia that lies within our garden. This record is for the many changes that have taken place over the years. This selection is from May 2020. This was a good year for blooms.
Especially when I can't work out myself the reflections of the promenade and beach from the distant view through the opposite windows, or even whether there are kittens on cushions or abandoned outside....I would draw a line at having a bin on a bed tbh :)
I thought that this was an interesting pole for the middle of the countryside. I don’t have a clue what all the paraphernalia is on the pole on the right. I guess it isn’t there for looks! HTT
Notice how people drive in the country. What yellow, center line?
A few days ago I went for a walk round a local town, a few miles down the road from where I live in south London. There wasn't a lot of interesting architecture around but I did manage to find a couple of compositions, including this one, that I liked. This is a pretty horrible looking 'round' building which sits in the middle of a prominent roundabout just out of town and which I've driven past about a million times without ever really looking at. But I knew as soon as I looked through the viewfinder that I had a composition that I liked with this one.
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Went in search for some Kea by the Arthur's Pass viaduct. Well, they didn't disappoint and put on a nice display on for us. I believe this is an adult male, but I stand to be corrected.
The Kea is endemic to New Zealand but their conservation status is nationally endangered.
The Kea is a mountain parrot. It is often observed in alpine areas, and gained early notoriety among settler farmers for attacks on their sheep. Innately curious, kea are attracted to people wherever they enter its mountain domain, and are a feature at South Island ski-fields and mountain huts. Their attraction to people and their paraphernalia is a two-edged sword, providing both new threats and new opportunities.
Mandrakes in Ormskirk - the much loved coffee shop which sells Harry Potter inspired food and merchandise opened in 2019 in its St Helens Road premises in Ormskirk. The venue proved an instant hit, holding mesmerising events such as captivating ‘magical’ parties and quiz nights, with its highlights including broomsticks, the ‘Hogwarts Express,’ wands and a plethora of magical mandrakes and paraphernalia to pose with.
When going to oceanside vacation destinations the use of old lobster traps and other similar paraphernalia to give a nautical ambiance is quite common and the hotel we were staying at was no different having such stuff scattered around the small private beach in the back.
……More boat paraphernalia from down the Parrog at Newport, Pembrokeshire. No’14 was either out or it’s an unused mooring. Alan:-)…….
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This is one of New Zealand's famous Kea parrots. They are the only true Alpine parrot in the world. They are well known for there very bold personalities and attraction to humans and paraphernalia. This one had the eye-roller bailed up in the car at a car park near Homer Tunnel on the way to Milford Sound. She was too frightened to get out the door which earner her the interest of a group of tourists who thought it was hilarious.
The birds gained early notoriety among settler farmers for attacks on their sheep. There was a bounty on them, only removed in 1971. It is estimated that around 150,000 birds were shot between 1860 and 1970. They are now fully protected and often seen at car parks where they attack people's shoes and windscreen wipers.
I admit I was a tiny bit intimidated too!
thanks to Lance, I now know that this is an adult male called Jack!
Last autumn, while visiting Mystic Seaport Tall ships museum in Connecticut, and strolling back at the end of the day, I saw this little stream and decided to walk up a bit and there was this house engulfed in light, vegetation and water, as I was carrying all my photography paraphernalia, before taking any picture, I just sat down and submerged myself in this bucolic intimate landscape. My mind rushed ages back to one day, with not much to do (very uncommon), while at Cambridge England, I took a pant up the river Cam and on a little stream there was this cottage, I rested for some while and painted the scene in my mind like a watercolor.
Back to present, I noticed that a couple photographers had followed me, and just sat to enjoy the scene, when the last rays started caressing the grass, we all rushed to take some photographs, and parted away with this mellow filing inside.
I have washed up some areas as to recreate the old picture in my mind.
Hoppe, you enjoy it.
New Zealand's cheeky mountain parrot the Kea. It is endemic to New Zealand though it is nationally endangered. I managed to shoot it with it's landing gear extended as it tries to touch down on some shrubs in a stiff breeze. Taken at The Viaduct, Arthur's Pass. I forgot to zoom in so had to crop a bit in pp.
The kea is an unusual parrot. It is often observed in alpine areas, and gained early notoriety among settler farmers for attacks on their sheep. Innately curious, kea are attracted to people wherever they enter its mountain domain, and are a feature at South Island ski-fields and mountain huts. Their attraction to people and their paraphernalia is a two-edged sword, providing both new threats and new opportunities.
I saw an inflated, silver, plastic decoration in the shape of a number 3 in a party shop window and decided to frame a small area that reflected the bright colours of other party paraphernalia arranged around it.
Knowing the problems that plastic is creating on the land and in the sea and air, I’m surprised and concerned that such trivial items can still be allowed to be manufactured and sold.
I really, truly, honestly wasn't going to post any more heart pics after Valentine's, but the Macro Mondays theme for this week spoilt it for me, so you'll have to bear with me for just one more day :P
I went to a knick knacks store to get some stuff for my kids last week and among all the mugs and cushions and other love themed paraphernalia they were selling for Valentine's Day, I found "Valentine's confetti" with hearts and cupids and love messages printed all over it!!! So I bought some and got straight to work for the hearts theme (as if I hadn't taken enough heart shots already, lol) And here it is, dear friends :)))
So, with the last heart for this year, I bid you all a wonderful new week and HMM ♡
A myriad of rusting pipes and other industrial paraphernalia.
The Zinc Works at Risdon.
Photo By Steve Bromley.
More interesting sights on Lindisfarne from Saturdays expedition, this time on firmer footing I can assure everyone that I managed to stay perfectly upright for the remainder of the day.
These sheds are in various states of decay, the ones by the castle are certainly looking like they are in much better shape than the ones around the harbour.
Digging into the history of these early examples of recycling, I found out that the locals considered it a sin to actually scrap the boats once the larger steam powered boats appeared on the scene making the old wooden ones redundant, as they are a wiley bunch, the locals decided to cut the old herring boats in half and upturn them, thus resulting in perfect shed for storage of nets and lines plus any other fishing paraphernalia they would need to put away securely.
Not all the sheds are laid out nicely for us photographers, but there are two that are near the coast guard station that do allow some separation to be achieved when photographing them. Thanks fishermen, you've no idea how your ingenuity has set up one of the nicest shots available on the island!
The temple of the Coptic Christians in Hurghada is located in the old city. It is surrounded by a high wall, and the material used for its construction was yellow sandstone. Behind an iron gate there is an inner courtyard, the church itself has a rectangular shape. On the dome can be seen the Coptic cross, which can be seen from all sides of the world. Massive wooden doors decorated with carved crosses serve as the entrance to the temple premises. Inside are rows of wooden benches, as no one stands during the service. Columns inside the building are decorated with posters of Coptic hierarchs. Icons do not hang on the walls, but are hidden in wooden cabinets, and each icon has a container of sand for candles. In the temple hangs a beautiful canvas depicting a Christian Coptic subject. In the church shop you can buy all the necessary paraphernalia for visiting the church or attending a worship service. Anyone can come in, there are no prohibitions.
Approximately 10 km from the entrance of the Fish River Canyon is the Canon Roadhouse. It bursts with colour, curiosity and the quirkiness of the 1950’s and 60’s with paraphernalia from yesteryear. Old abandon Chevys and Fords, signs, a windmill and red roof tops spring out of the Nama-Karoo scrub where it is located. The cafe and bar are a collectors delight; so much to see including hundreds of old vehicle number plates.
It's no secret that I love cannabis. I love to decorate weed shops and take stony pics. Probably 80% of my marijuana paraphernalia in SL comes from The Weed Shack. They had a great party with great tunes, great people and great vibes!
It's no secret that I love cannabis. I love to decorate weed shops and take stony pics. Probably 80% of my marijuana paraphernalia in SL comes from The Weed Shack. They had a great party with great tunes, great people and great vibes!
Not a car in sight and no really obvious 21st century paraphernalia prompted me to give this scene looking across to Dunstanburgh Castle over Low Newton and its bay an antique treatment.
Close-up of the Asantehene, the traditional King of the Ashanti (with parasol holder and other paraphernalia of royalty). I acquired this small brass figurine in the early 1970s in Accra, Ghana. It may actually be a bit older than that, but my suspicion is that this is a replica made in a local workshop (the institution of the Asantehene is still alive and kicking in Ghana). 2x tele converter plus Helios 44M-7 at F2. One of the most important discoveries I made when living for a while in Black Africa, is, that after a short time I did no longer 'see' skin colour or simply Black people, I just saw people's faces in their individuality. What distinguishes people visually is their facial expression, whatever their skin colour.