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There must be a lot of tattoos out there which people wish they could erase. Loved ones that you don't know as well as you think you do. Illiterate Tattoo Artists... Tattoo artists that just don't have a degree of the artist part of their job title...Anyway, I like the shot, the colour version I like too if honest, normally i can decide fairly easily which I prefer. I'll process and post it shortly!
Growing up in Ireland I was permanently cold in the small country town that I grew up in in the 60s/70s. I would literally hug the radiator at the back of the classroom at my convent school looking out the window at the moody rainy sky and dreaming of warmer climes and blue skies. I would skip class and bury my head in books by the convent library heater and read books by the likes of Lawrence Durrell and dreamed of the calm blue mediterranean sky and seas.
As soon as I finished school - I ran out of Ireland , on a one way ticket, to travel and chase the sun and the warmth and ended up choosing Australia - and ultimately Bondi Beach - as the place where I lay my hat. Up until four years ago - pre camera days - it was the summer and the spring that were my seasons.
But now the autumn and the winter have become my favourite - the skies, the weather, the surf , the moodiness, the deserted beaches.
And now...well now, I keep putting off going back to Ireland as I am afraid, if I return, I will not leave . The camera has led me down a path where I now love mist, rain, mood, changing light, stormy wild seas, the empty beaches ...the greens .
It does appear my fine flickr friends that you can take the girl out of the country........but not the country out of the girl ;).
© Ray Skwire
It's been a long time since I've been shooting with anyone who does any kind of urbexing/exploration, which I greatly miss, so I took the opportunity to go. Unfortunately, we found that upper access (which we wanted) was sketchy at best and life threatening at worst, so we scrapped the plan. I still enjoyed going though.
It's always a pleasure to spot a Tawny Frogmouth. This one was enjoying the sunny spot on the same eucalyptus as usual, after a cold night. Unlike most of my other sightings of these well-camouflaged birds sitting still and pretending to be a dry broken branch, I was treated to a display of different poses and even preening of one wing. Just one.
Later on I discovered another two birds hidden in the leaves of the same tree.
“HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.
Construction of Belfast, the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939, Belfast triggered a German mine and, in spite of fears that she would be scrapped, spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs. Belfast returned to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment, and armour. Belfast saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union during 1943 and in December 1943 played an important role in the Battle of North Cape, assisting in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944, Belfast took part in Operation Overlord supporting the Normandy landings. In June 1945, she was redeployed to the Far East to join the British Pacific Fleet, arriving shortly before the end of the Second World War. Belfast saw further combat action in 1950–52 during the Korean War and underwent an extensive modernisation between 1956 and 1959. A number of further overseas commissions followed before she entered reserve in 1963.
In 1967, efforts were initiated to avert Belfast's expected scrapping and to preserve her as a museum ship. A joint committee of the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Ministry of Defence was established and then reported in June 1968 that preservation was practical. In 1971, however, the government decided against preservation, prompting the formation of the private HMS Belfast Trust to campaign for her preservation. The efforts of the Trust were successful, and the government transferred the ship to the Trust in July 1971. Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London. Opened to the public in October 1971, Belfast became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978. Since 1973 she has been home to the City of London Sea Cadets who meet on board twice a week. A popular tourist attraction, Belfast received over 327,000 visitors in 2019. As a branch of a national museum and part of the National Historic Fleet, Belfast is supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, admissions income, and the museum's commercial activities.
For my video; youtu.be/2SRHRwb8a3A?si=qT88EH7Ngcc9yEF3,
Photo taken 19 years ago today
13-hectare, show garden,
Chilliwack, British Columbia., Canada,
Permanently closed in 2013,
Blast Beach, Durham UK
During the rare dry spells we get here on the north east coast of the UK these weird pools on the Blast Beach (County Durham) dry out and the beach surface somethimes splits and cracks into this animal-like skin.
New art works on display😊
Happy Wall Wednesday!
Article from 2008
Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit
A disused road tunnel in south London has been turned into a giant exhibition space by graffiti artist Banksy.
Murals in the Bristol artist's famous stencil style appear with work by 29 other artists in a half-mile stretch of the tunnel in Leake Street, Waterloo.
Images of Madonna kissing Britney Spears and a hoodie appear alongside installations of crashed cars.
People can add their own stencil work to the tunnel walls in a three-day exhibition, opening on Saturday.
Reclusive artist Banksy kept the tunnel's location secret until Friday morning.
'Filth pit'
He said the exhibition, known as the Cans Festival, aimed to "transform a dark forgotten filth pit" into "an oasis of beautiful art".
"I've always felt anyone with a paint can should have as much say in how our cities look as architects and ad men," Banksy said.
The installations will be removed after the event but Banksy said he hoped the murals and graffiti would become permanent part of the tunnel.
They also include images of a girl holding flowers, London Bridge, the Queen and Boris Johnson.
An installation depicts a burnt-out car crashed into a tree while another stencil spells out: "Hey Banksy - why don't you return my emails?"
In recent years his work has grown in popularity, with Brad Pitt and Christina Aguilera listed among celebrity collectors.
In January a piece of his graffiti in Portobello Road, west London - which shows a painter finishing off the word "Banksy" - attracted a bid of £208,100 in an online auction.
pochi minuti...I pompieri sono riusciti a far uscire i due anziani dalle loro case..
Fra poco l'implosione. Non c'è vento, andrà tutto bene
When I photographed the M. Rosa Corder Rest Room, I have no idea what it was. Also, it (whatever it was) was closed. Possibly in a permanent way. I took the shot because I had never seen such a thing.
Rushville, Nebraska is a pretty small town. To have a restroom this expansive right downtown was impressive. I knew there would be a story.
Rosa Corder was a pioneer to Nebraska, arriving in the Rushville area in 1886. As most of the pioneers Rosa and her husband were poor. But as the town grew, so did their fortunes.
By the time of her death, she had enough money to leave the town she loved and helped establish a lasting gift. At the time of her death, she was living with her brothers's family on a ranch outside of town.
Her brother left the town approximately $615,000. From money towards a Masonic Hall and Community Hall to a ball park and cemetery. Rosa, when she died in 1939, left the town $80,000 (though over half of that might have come from her brother).
It is with this money that she wanted the town to build a proper rest room.
This might seem trivial or silly, but at the time, towns typically had no rest rooms at all. And if they did, they were only for men. This rest room was specifically for the ladies. (Don't worry, fellows, the Modisett Club, which was men-only, was also built to take care of your needs!).
And it was a "modern" rest room, with running water and toilets that flushed.
The rest room building was designed by John McConnichie and built by the General Contracting Company (whose buildings were much more exciting than their name). They also built the library, the Masonic Temple, and various other buildings in the town.
The Sheridan County Star spills the tea on the rest room:
"The two story and basement building is modern in every respect. The upper floor is a five room, ultra modern apartment designed to be used by the matron who will look after the building.
"The entrance to the ground flood or rest room part is through an iron grill gateway, somewhat typical of the Old South, Mrs. Corder's native land.
"The front of this building is of Silverglade Stone. On entering the first room is a large lounge or rest room. Glass brick windows furnish the light in this room, the walls are finished in two shades of tan enamel with a tan inlaid linoleum on the floor.
"Furniture in this room is chrome steel upholstered in reds, yellows, blues and greens. Window hangings have been hand woven by the students at Oglala High School at Pine Ridge where really beautiful weaving is done. Of soft wool they are made with stripes matching the bright colored furniture in the lounge room. Here, too, is a full length mirror and a magazine case, magazines will be contributed by the people of the town.
"From the lounge a door enters the toilet room. Here the floor is of white tile, the walls of tan tile. Here are mirrors, lavoratories and all toilet facilities. Leading from this room is a smaller room which will be furnished with a couch, table and chairs. This little room, away from the others, was designed as a place where any lady feeling ill, or with perhaps a small child who needs rest and quiet, may relax. Curtains for this room are also being made by the Oglala High School.
"Light fixtures throughout are of modern design and harmonizing coloring.
"A door leading from the back of the hall opens into the garage at the rear. From the garage, as well as from the hall, is the decent into the light, roomy basement. Here is a laundry room delux as well as cool fruit room. A large automatic water heater supplies necessary hot water for the rest room as well as the apartment upstairs.
"The building is completely fire proof throughout and is one of the most beautiful buildings in Nebraska. Color harmony, design of construction and convenience mark it as a lasting monument to M. Rosa Corder and typical of her gracious hospitality, her warm friendships and her vision of service to the progress of the west she loved."
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'M. Rosa Corder Rest Room'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Kodak Technical Pan; x-03/2004; 12iso
Process: HC-110F; 6mins
Nebraska
July 2025
© Billy Wilson 2011
This is the Canada Permanent Trust Building located at 320 Bay Street in the Financial District of Toronto. It was built between 1928-1930 by the architect F. Hilton Wilkes. This building is a good example of Art Deco Architecture.
The Toronto Project:
Hi Flickr, I have been busy finishing my degree, and now I'm done!! I have finally completed my bachelor's in biology and chemistry. I just returned from a trip to Toronto. I have taken a fascination with the city in many ways and I had a list of things to do and experience there. In my three full days of staying there and shooting I experienced a lot and took 4927 photos, I walked dozons of kilometers, and visited many interesting areas. Some of the highlights include; the PATH system, Hockey Hall of Fame, Union Station, all of the major financial building complexes, CN Tower, Old City Hall, Osgoode Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Sunnybrook Park, Cabbagetown, Necropolis, Euclid Hall, Gooderham Houses, Queen's Park Legislative Buildings, All of the old colleges of the University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music, Annex style houses, Yorkville Houses and firehall, Casa Loma, Spadina Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum, Allen Gardens, Mackenzie House, St Michael's Church, Metropolitan United Church, Flatiron Building, St Lawrence Market, Toronto's first post office, St. Lawrence Hall, Sculpture Garden, St. James Church, Gooderham and Worts Distillary, Cherry Street Hotel, and Little Trinity Church and the surrounding neighborhood of Corktown.
This is just an image of a large series that I'm doing. The primary goal of this project is to document the diverse types of architecture that one can find in Toronto. Much of it has a British influence or American such as Richardsonian Romanesque when it comes to older buildings. But since Toronto is also a modern alpha global city and a global financial city it has a diverse and impressive amount of modern skyscrapers and post modern architecture. Its diversity is also shown in its people in that atleast 50% of the people living in Toronto weren't even born in Canada, making Toronto the world's most ethnically diverse city. It is extremely colourful and every corner has a new surprise. One can pass down the same street multiple times and stil find surprises like little shops you didn't even notice. I can't wait to return, but I need work in order to get down there again.
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Just recieved my copy of the Semi-Permanent 2009 book from Design Is Kinky. It made it all the way from Australia fairly unscathed.
The piece I submitted, called "Ruffled Feathers", is the one shown on the right.
a7iii + Minolta W. Rokkor QH 1:4 f = 21mm (1963; SR)
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