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47°32'47.14" N 122°3'40.35" W, 17.2 m
Issaquah Cafe
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Taken on 11.12.2010, uploaded on 11.16.2010.
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Jermaine Riley might not be a household name just yet but he's certainly worth keeping an eye on.
Hello Earth is Jermaine's latest release following his previous records; Goodbye Krypton (which was his debut record) and Nine Ten Eleven - The Refixes (which was composed of remakes). Both of which along with a couple of his singles are all available for free download, just like this latest one.
Mixing soulful R&B with a cool hip hop dance rhythm, Hello Earth makes for a great club album or something to hold on to if you simply need some smoothing tracks for evening company.
Former member of Brit pop and R&B group, FMD, Jermaine Riley is slowly but surely carving a name for himself in the scene as a solo artist. Showcasing his love for one of the most well-known superheroes the world over, Superman; Riley packs Hello Earth with 11 cuts that range from R&B mellow mixes to upbeat dance cuts.
Paying homage to the creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster; the album chronicles Superman's transition from leaving Krypton and moving to Earth. I guess, you can say it's a concept album of sorts. The songs are both catchy and easy to listen to. You'll find traces of Ne-Yo, Usher and Chris Brown as you listen.
Track like Smallville beautifully features Jermaine's vocal range. It's a sweet song that you can pop onto your player and enjoy without much fuss. A few must-listen cuts include Wonder Woman ft. Lioness; Peaceful Day ft. Cherri V and of course, title track, Hello Earth.
Jermaine Riley is an artist that you shouldn't miss out on especially if you love R&B. Unlike his previous releases which featured covers or 90s samples, Hello Earth is all about the artist. It comes with original cuts and a nice (not to mention) fresh take on the concept album. Really enjoyable piece that you should be downloading right now.
LARGE, ON WHITE is a better view.
This is Kacie, a beautiful and spirited young lady, and an aspiring model. At the time I took this photo of her, she was also a student at our prestigious music school.
A few people have the kind of personality that is capable of radiating happiness into everyone around them. Kacie is a perfect exemplar of that trait. Coming from the perspective of a person who is given to brooding, I know that her presence is a potent antidote to a wide range of gloom and despondency.
Here is a behind-the-scenes look within the studio in which this photo was taken.
made Explore (surprisingly) #273 on 7/03 (thanks everyone!)
I recently returned from a week in my home town, Omaha (for Fathers Day, the College World Series at Rosenblatt Stadium, music, good friends, etc).
I spent some time in parts of the Lauritzen Gardens, the 100 acre Omaha Botanical Gardens.
Captured this guy with a 200mm telephoto (unfortunately he and his friends refused to fly any closer to the edge of the marsh for a better shot).
Dozens of handicaped people invaded the YPFB (national oil & gas company) compound in Santa Cruz, threatening to blow up 3 gas bottles in case of expulsion. In the morning of Aug. 12, clashes with the company's workers left various hurt on both sides, but the handicapped managed to stay.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Handicap in Bolivia (Recommended as a slideshow)
Love Me On Black. :P
"He (or she) has such a heart-shaped face." How often do you hear that? I hear it often enough. Think about it. Just imagine the bone-structure required for a face to look like that (nevermind the vampiric hairline that would be required :P LOL!). I know! I know! It's such a literal interpretation. But what else do people mean by that? That their face looks like a real, physical heart? Wouldn't that be even more grotesque? "Uh, excuse me, but I think your left eye has a myocardial valve dysfunction. Maybe you should see a facial cardiologist about that." I know. I'm being silly. And I'm just having fun, too. :D
I'll just say that this one's being sent out to all my FlickrFriends... with love (and a rather large dollop of silliness, too). :P :D
Seriously, though. Couldn't you just love a guy with a face like this? Hmm. Then again, maybe that's why women find Dracula so sensual. With a hairline like that, he would have a rather heart-shaped face, wouldn't he? (Oh, jeez. I need to stop. I'm killing myself! ROFLOL! I'm putting away the liquify tool, and the bad jokes, too. I promise. :P)
Happy Valentine's Day, my FlickrFriends! :D
FOOTNOTE: I was NOT smiling in this photograph. That smile is sooooo Photoshopped. :P LOL That's why it looks silly. This is the same photograph as the one previously posted. This is what the Liquify tool can do for you, too! If you're so daring. :P
View On Black / Mejor en negro
Douz es la puerta del desierto tunecino, está situada en el extremo contrario a Tozeur del lago salado de Chott El Jerid. Pese a la creciente presencia de todoterrenos y otras máquinas, aquí el rey sigue siendo el dromedario. Hay alrededor de catorce mil en la zona, aunque tan solo doscientos Meharis, reconocibles por su color blanco, su descomunal altura, su carácter soberbio y altivo pero tremendamente fiel a su dueño. Son sin duda los dromedarios más hermosos que existen y los protagonistas de las grandes carreras que se organizan en el desierto del norte de África, incluido el mítico maratón de Douz que se celebra en invierno durante el festival del Sahara o festival del Camello.
El festival, llamado el festival del camello , se inició en 1910, cuando Túnez estaba bajo dominio francés. En 1967 adquirió su identidad moderna de acuerdo a la voluntad de H. Bourguiba , primer presidente de la nueva República de Túnez, para convertirse en el festival más antiguo y más conocido del país. M'hammed Marzougui, dedicó su vida a hacer que la gente tome conciencia y apreciar el modo de vida nómada y las tradiciones, fue el principal responsable de la fundación del festival. Desde entonces, cada año, a finales de diciembre, durante cuatro días, miles de personas, la mayoría de todo Túnez y otros países Maghrebies, acuden a Douz. Después de la ceremonia de apertura, comienzan los principales eventos en el estadio H´naiech situado frente al desierto y rodeado de tiendas beduinas. Los maratones de camellos, las galopadas de caballos árabes montados por atrevidos jinetes, las peleas de dromedarios, la celebración de matrimonios beduinos o el sloughi (caza del conejo con perros del desierto) son las principales atracciones del festival. Por la noche, los grupos de países visitantes interpretan canciones y bailes y concursos de poesía.
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Thaipusam actually celebrates the birthday of the Hindu deity Subramaniam. On this occasion, Hindus show the sincerity of their faith. It is a time for making and fulfilling vows. Devotees pray for divine help and make vows. When their prayers are answered, they fulfil their vows.
To do this, a devotee would pierce his cheeks, tongue, face or other suitable body parts with sharp objects. Next his friends or relatives load a *kavadi on his shoulder. Finally, in a trance-like manner, he goes on a 4km journey of faith.
Others, including young children, might join the procession carrying only milk pots. The Thaipusam Singapore procession starts at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road and ends at the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple on Tank Road.
At first look, one might think that the festival starts at one temple and ends at another. Not so. Many of the devotees start fasting a month before the Thaipusam Singapore festivities. Others fast a week. Yet others three days.
A Hindu friend said this to me, "If you are going to put a 12-inch skewer through your cheeks and a hundred spikes in your chest, you'd better take your fast seriously!"
* A kavadi is a cage-like structure carried by devotees during the Thaipusam Festival.
It is traditionally decorated with peacock feathers and aluminium plates which show images of Hindu deities. Sharp spikes criss-cross its lower section.
An elaborate kavadi might weigh up to 15kg! It is quite something just to lift it. But these chaps I saw actually walked with them for 4km - kavadis, skewers, hooks, spikes and all!
Some of them even skipped and danced with their kavadis. Either they have great endurance or they have some supernatural help.
Presidium Gurgaon’s masters of debate and reasoned expression have won the Inter School
BEHES Debate championship. They have qualified for national level Finals. Their
intellect, reasoning and quick-witted replies gave them a well deserved win.
More than 200 students from schools all over Delhi, participated in the championship
and Presidians outshined them and won a total of 14 medals-6 Gold, 5 Silver and 3
Bronze. They proudly claimed the Championship Gold trophy and the Overall Best Speaker
trophy.
The winners are:
1. Prarthita Nath of Grade XII, won a Gold medal, the Overall Best speaker trophy and
her team won the Championship trophy.
2. Nuti Yadav, from Grade XII, won Gold medal and her team won the Championship trophy.
3. Kshirin Rao, from Grade XII, won a Silver medal and her team won the Championship
trophy;
4. Naisha Kamboj, from Grade VIII, won Gold medal.
5. Arahant Vishnu Saini, from Grade VII, won a Gold medal.
6. Ayush Rahul Savdekar, from Grade VI, won a Gold medal.
7. Raghav Sharma, from Grade IV, won a Gold medal.
8. Laiba Rahman, from Grade XI, won a Silver medal.
9. Joeell Singh, from Grade IX, won a Silver medal.
10. Bhavika Gupta, from Grade VIII, won a Silver medal.
11. Ria Bhargava, from Grade VII, won a Silver medal.
12. Pari Shukla, from Grade VII, won a Bronze medal.
13. Megha Chauhan, from Grade XII, won a Bronze medal.
14. Aakriti Sidhu, from Grade IX, won a Bronze medal.
15. Prisha Sinha, from Grade VII, won a Bronze medal.
16. Nischal Parwani, from Grade VII, won a Bronze medal.
Congratulations to our young debaters and their mentors.
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Body painting - we are visiting the Huli tribe.
Bij de mensen van de Huli stam zien we hoe enkele mannen zich aankleden in de traditionele stijl en dan met veel smaak hun gezicht beschilderen.
Tari Is the centre of Huli country in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. It is the second largest settlement in the province, and accessible by road from Mendi.
Daniel Pemberton
Aged 61
Foreman LSWR
Surprised by a train when guaging the line. Hurled his mate out of the tracks saving his life at the cost of his own.
Jan 17 1903
According to Wikipedia:
Postman's Park is a small green memorial garden in the City of London. It is located between King Edward Street, Little Britain and Angel Street. It was created in 1880 from the churchyards of St Leonard, Foster Lane and St Botolph-without-Aldersgate together with the graveyard of Christ Church Greyfriars. St Leonard's had been a ruin since the Great Fire and was probably demolished at the time of the creation of the park. St Botolph's is still open and stands at the north east corner of the park. Christ Church was detached from its graveyard and is now a ruin on the other side of King Edward Street.
The park was the idea of the painter George Frederick Watts who wanted to celebrate people who may otherwise have been forgotten. Its name celebrates the postmen who work in the principal London post office and the former sorting office in King Edward Street.
A wall in the park has 34 hand-painted tiles paying tribute to everyday people who sacrificed their lives helping others. The hand-lettered tiles were made by Royal Doulton.
The park features in the film Closer - Natalie Portman's character takes her pseudonym 'Alice Ayres' from one of the painted tiles, as Jude Law's character discovers at the end of the film.
In the past I had noticed the occassional colors you'll see in fractured ice. Turns out, that stressed ice, like a lot of clear solids, can have some polaraizing effect, which if dense and complex enough can be apparent to the naked eye. The next step of course would be to toss in a polarizer to capture the effect even more [see shots below]. Here I've gone a few steps further. This is a shot of a sheet of ice that is backlit by polarized ice and taken in 'cross polarized' light- so that only light that's had it's polarization changed gets through, Theres a bit of stray light that's gotten through as well. I created the sheet of ice by freezing it in a dog bowl. turns out that you'll get ncier crystals if you can get the ice to freeze slowly from fewer nuclei rather than quickly from many, then thinned the ice a lot by blowing and rubbing it - that creates the effect centrally. The top and bottom sections of ice were where I had sprinkled a bit of snow into the water, partly to cool it down, but also to see what effect it would have. The effect about a third of the way down from this is cool.
I like the way this eneded up looking like a breaking wave.
This is a composite of multiple shots, the original was over 10,000 pixels in height- I would be nice to print this out ceiling to floor poster sized...
email me if you are interested in the original version.
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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
THE PARK(3 of 3): Akari's suitors /
EL PARQUE (3 de 3): Los pretendientes de Akari
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 86 of 95) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Take: If you need a friend for whatever, you can count me in. ^^
Akari: Hehe, thanks a lot! You are very nice. ^^
Take: I'm Takefumi but you can call me Take if you want.
Akari: Nice to meet you Take! :D
Take: #^__^# ...Do you want to go somewhere else? We could do something...
Akari: Well... right now it's impossible. ^_^u I hafta go back home to ask new clothes to my mom. ^^
Take: How is that? You already look pretty with what you are wearing...
Akari: Well... I have a kind of date this Saturday and I want to look fine. ^^
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Take: Oye, pues si necesitas un amigo para lo que sea, puedes contar conmigo. ^^
Akari: Jeje, pues muchas gracias! Que majo eres. ^^
Take: Me llamo Takefumi, pero puedes llamarme Take si quieres.
Akari: Encantada Take! :D
Take: #^__^# … Te... te apetece dar una vuelta?
Akari: Bueno... ahora mismo no puedo ^_^u Debería irme a casa porque tengo que hablar con mi madre para que me compre ropa nueva. ^^
Take: Y eso? Si estás preciosa con esta...
Akari: Bueno... es que este sábado tengo una cita y quiero estar guapa. ^^
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Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday June 30, 2019.
A short stop by the road. I took the opportunity to photograph the grass!
Grass flowers have always appealed to me.
I remember that when I was a kid, fog grass gave me terrible hayfever. It made me itch all over and my eyes ran so much that I could hardly see. Yet, I thought the grass was so beautiful that I picked bunches of it to take home to my mother!!
Now I'm happy just to photograph it.
Going through my photos recently, someone was looking over my shoulder and when I came to the grass pictures, they said, well there's some you can delete. :-O
I am glad to find plenty of people on Flickr who recognise the beauty of grass.
Here are some of my favourite 'grass' pics. No doubt there are many more... feel free to post a link to your best grass shot(s) in the comments box! :-)
Dreams (by kasia-aus)
Hot Afternoon (by kasia-aus)
secret (by christiaan_25)
Ravensholt I (by poul1955)
The answer is... (by Stella's eye)
Golden Braids (by one under the sun... ok, so it's wheat and not grass, but still a similar theme!)
Last year I first tried Muskoka Brewery's Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout as part of my 52 week beer project. I found it to be one of the ost delicious stouts I ever had. When Muskoka's reps told me that it was returning to Manitoba, I was giddy.
You see, Muskoka's Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout, which is now named the Winter Beard, has quickly became a winter tradition for me. To me, it tasted like a Christmas dessert in a bottle.. it was that good! So here I am, excited to try it again!
Appearance: Comes in a 750mL bottle with a swing top. The label this year has a guy sporting a huuuuuge beard and a Muskoka toque, he kind of reminds me of my landlord this time of year. Pours a rich black creamy (or dark chocolate) in appearance, caramel colour foam (very minimal).
Aroma: Roasted coffee beans. If you like coffee inspired porters or stouts, I know you will enjoy this beer. I'm not really noticing the cranberry in the aroma yet. There may be a ever-so-slightly cranberry scent in there.. but I can barely notice it. The roasted coffee maltiness is nice. There's also a bit of a dark chocolate in there. This is going to get good!
Taste: Quite creamy on the tongue. It's effing delicious! The Winter Beard has that roasted coffee taste that you expect.. and love! Maybe I've been eating too much chocolate over the holidays but there's a very noticeable dark chocolate sweetness in the stout. I'm not a fan of dark chocolate, but it really works in this stout. There's only a slight amount of cranberry in this stout.. which is a-o-k with me because I find fruit + chocolate to be disgusting (picky eater here) nor does it make the beer tart.
Overall Thoughts: can somewhat smell my breath and it smells like Tim Horton's Café Mocha, not a surprise as there's a decent amount of roasted coffee and dark chocolate in this delicious stout. It costs $10 for the 750mL bottle. That's quite a price tag for a stout, but read me out.. this IS one of the best stouts on the market in Canada today. It is one of the few beers worth the price tag. This is a Christmas dessert sort of beer, or good for accompagnying the mountains of Christmas treats we all get from family and friends. Another thing to note is that the stout has an ABV of 8%, so you WILL get a bit of warmth from it. Damn good stout.
Check out my 2010 Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout review
From the description: "What could be more reminiscent of a frigid Northern winter than an insulating beard and a warming Muskoka seasaonal brew? Our Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout is rich and sturdy with roasted dark chocolate malts, real cocoa, 70% dark chocolate, and freshly harvested local cranberries. Pair that with the slightly higher alcohol content and then you'll find yourself sharing this bottle of joy all winter long. Beard not included"
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1. ¿Dónde habré metido yo la propina?, 2. Al mal tiempo buena cara, 3. Emulando a Zapatero [levantamiento de ceja], 4. La sherpa, 5. El pensador galego, 6. De sociedades gastronómicas y otras cuitas invernales, 7. Tripopátode, 8. Alcalde a la una, 9. Un, dos, tres, probando, 10. Pétrea intermitencia acuática, 11. Duelo a la sombra de un café, 12. La pistolera, 13. Francotirador
Fotografías realizadas en la III Quedada m&m - Prenavideña del Grupo Valladolid (España - Spain) , que tuvo lugar el sábado, 29 de noviembre en Villafáfila-Santa Espina-Urueña.
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The Battleship IOWA photography and a couple other projects are
keeping me pretty busy, my friends. I'm trying to 'keep up' with Flickr, but falling short!
I'm at least viewing all your photos; my apologies for the lack of comments for now!
Those who know me know this isn't work! I'm lovin it!
About this event: Anyone who loves "The Right Stuff" and "The Legend of Pancho Barnes" will love the old Flabob Airport (Flay-bob), a true gem that will take you back in time; and even though the city of Rubidoux (Roo-bih-doo) surrounds it, there is still an incredible feeling of openness here, and today's sky was 'majestic'! This was the airport's Veterans Day tribute. And the Pacific Battleship Center went all-out to show the Battleship IOWA in video, displays, and questions answered by (PBC President) Robert Kent and volunteers. Many visitors signed-up for membership -- 'plank owners' -- and made donations to save the last of the battleships ~ USS IOWA as a floating museum in San Pedro, California. If the LA Harbor Commission rewards the thousands of hours already put into this effort, IOWA will open to the public at pier 87 -- on the main channel of Los Angeles harbor -- on the 4th of July, 2012..... everything now rides on the upcoming Nov. 18 meeting of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission.
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Avi - Papua New Guinea -
Bezoek bij een familie gekleed in de traditionele kledij van de Chimbu-stam. Hun hoofdversiering met prachtige veren zijn heel belangrijk. Het zijn de veren van papegaaien, paradijsvogels en andere siervogels... soms kan je de mooie paradijsvogeltjes met hun unieke veren op hun geheel nog zien als hoofdtooi. De veren worden generaties na elkaar goed bewaard, zo dat er niet telkens voor een feest ettelijke vogeltjes moeten sneuvelen... Ook de schelpen, het vroegere betaalmiddel (shell money), zijn een teken van welstand.
Western Highlands is a province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Mount Hagen. The province covers an area of 8,500 km², and there are 440,025 inhabitants (2000 census), making the Western Highlands one of the most densely populated provinces. Tea and coffee are grown in the Western Highlands. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of the Western Highlands.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Highlands_(Papua_New_Gu...
Simbu, also known as (and officially named) Chimbu, is a Highlands Region province in Papua New Guinea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbu_Province
Hundreds of dogs and puppies, purebred and mixed breeds fill in the cages of shelters nation wide. Pets deserve so much better than what they are given. Although living in cage at an animal shelter is not the worst thing that can happen to this pup, it shouldn't have to even need to be here. If people who bred dogs for the fun of it or the financial gain truly understood what hundreds of homeless but well deserving dogs have to go through, I wonder if they'd stop?
Unless you are breeding for top-quality show/pet animals, breeding should not be taken lightly! There are many things to consider when breeding for the health of the babies and parents. Responsible breeders don't just stick two pure bred dogs together then sell the pups to the first person that wants one. They go through extensive genetics testing to ensure the overall and lifelong health of their puppies. They want their pups to live long and healthy lives. They interview their potential adopters extensively and educate them about the breed. Many will require you sign a contract along with a spay/neuter contract. They consider their pups as part of their family and don't give their dogs away to just any body. They go through this process to prevent their puppies from ever ending up as a homeless pet.
Although this guy found safety at this animal shelter and an adoptive home there are many others that aren't so lucky. Over 300 adoptable yet homeless animals are euthanized weekly in San Antonio, TX alone. Please be a responsible pet owner and help end pet over population one animal at a time- Spay/neuter your pet. Not only does it greatly help with pet over population but it increases your pets health and well being. It reduces risk of cancer, relieves your pet of the urge to breed, reduces aggression tendencies and can help to keep your pet wondering off to find a mate.
first of all, thank you for sending this guy, albeit very briefly, to explore. i havent made it in there in awhile, so that feels nice. its always those shots that you never think will come near getting any views or comments that are the runaway favorites.
im not sure where the day went today. one minute i was waking up, and boom, im here editing my photo already. crazy. happy weekend everyone... i know ill enjoy mine while i can... looks like im booked up for work the rest of the month.
365 - 7.10.09
Am Südwestrand des Berges befindet sich die Hauptburg. Der Hof wird vom so genannten Pfaffenstöckl und dem Doppelturmtor, der später baulich verändert wurde, dem Schloßpflegerhaus, dem Bergfried, der Wittelsbacher Turm genannt wird, dem Fürstenbau, dem ehemaligen Palas, dem italienischen Anbau, der Kapelle, dem Dürnitzbau, dem Söller und Damenstock umgrenzt. Im Süden und Südwesten erstreckt sich ein Zwinger mit Türmen. Die Vorburg mit dem Hofstallgebäude und dem Kellereigebäude ist im Osten vorgelagert. Im Südosten der Vorburg ist ein Torzwinger, der früher vier Burgtore aufwies.
Am 21. Oktober 1961 brannte der Fürstenbau aus. Dem Brand zum Opfer gefallen sind fast alle Wandmalereien, die Möbel und Ausstattung des Palas, sowie die prunkvollen Räumlichkeiten, die König Ludwig II. einrichten ließ. Erhalten geblieben sind die Narrentreppe im italienischen Anbau und die Georgskapelle. Im neu wiederaufgebauten Fürstenbau der Burg befindet sich heute das Staatsarchiv Landshut.
Von der Altstadt aus führt zum äußeren Burghof die so genannte Fürstentreppe herauf, im Volksmund auch Ochsenklavier genannt. Dies ist ein Weg aus Backsteinen mit gemauerten Querstreben, der gebaut wurde, damit Pferde den Berg hinaufgehen konnten[5].
Im restaurierten Damenstock ist seit September 2004 die „Kunst- und Wunderkammer Burg Trausnitz“ als neues Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums zu sehen. In rekonstruierter Form zeigt sie die Sammlung von Herzog Albrecht V., die sich ursprünglich in München im 2. Stock des Marstallgebäudes befand und vor allem Repräsentationszwecken diente.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:
LENN HAS COMPANY(1 of 1) /
LENN TIENE VISITA (1 de 1)
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 05 of 89) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Cien: That was not the treat. You are trying to fool me again.
Lenn: What are you talking about?? When did I fool you?
Cíen: ¬¬ Better ask, when didn't you...
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Cien: No fue así como quedamos. Ya me estás intentando timar.
Lenn: Pero que hablas?? Cuando te he timado yo a ti?
Cíen: ¬¬ Mejor di, cuando no me has timado...
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Lenn y Gwen en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Bourbon Coffee Cafe bourboncoffeeusa.com/index.php opened just 6 days before the evening of our visit, last week... "Bourbon Coffee's vision is to stand as a symbol of new era in African economic development, one in which African nations rise to participate directly in the global marketplace." The new location is in the bustling Union Square area, great colour scheme, and is a very inviting comfortable place to enjoy a great cup of coffee!!! AJ Sealy is one of several fabulous barista that works at Bourbon Cafe, as well as studying Social Sciences as a major at the College of New Rochelle (Brooklyn Campus) www.cnr.edu/SchoolofNewResources/BrooklynCampus for a MSW to become a Social Worker after he graduates. AJ's genteel, quiet, caring demeanor will be very effective in the field of Social Services. I noticed they all had on hats, and was told they had to wear hats for santitation purposes, so they all chose their individual fashion statement! Thank you AJ, for being my #17 Perfect Stranger!
"This picture is #17 in my 100 Strangers Project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com"
Langs de richting Sevanpas (2114m) komt men aan het standbeeld van een jonge Armeense vrouw. Hier wordt het Armeense kloostereiland Aghtamar in het Van-meer in Turkije in herinnering gebracht door het uitbeelden van de daaraan verbonden legende:
Verhaal van onze gids:
Een jongeman werd verliefd op de mooie Tamar die woonde op het Van-meer. Om haar geliefde de weg naar het meer te wijzen, ontstak de jonge vrouw iedere avond een vuurke op de oever van het meer. Op zekere avond werd het vuur gedoofd door jaloerse jongelingen. De verliefde jongeling verloor zijn oriëntatie en verdronk terwijl hij uitriep "Ach Tamar", vandaar de naam van het eiland: Ahgtamar
Zie ook:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akdamar_Island
Een gelijkaardig verhaal:
Tamar, de vrouwe van het meer, loodste reizigers veilig over het meer met haar fakkel. Ze was echter niet in staat, haar geliefde, die haar elke dag bezocht, van de verdrinkingsdood te redden toen zijn boot tijdens een storm kapseisde.. Een jaloerse man had rondom het meer vuren aangelegd, waardoor hij ook de weg kwijt was.. Terwijl hij verdronk riep hij de woorden Ach Tamar. Tamar door het verdriet overmand, stierf kort hierna. Sinds die tijd heet het eiland Aghtamar.
uit:
www.tv-cats-aghtamar.nl/inleiding.htm
and a nice poem:
en een heel mooi gedicht van de 2 verliefde kinderen:
don't go by its looks... this one is dangerous.. Spotted feasting on the wild berries in uttaranchal called 'Kafal'.
One of these bit my son at the start of the trip.. 10 days after that.. even today my son gets rashes on the body.. so if you spot one of these.. be careful.
Coming to the photo.. i am quite amazed how hairy it is and the black spots within its eye..
You have to love the Drama of Opera….
There is a live broadcast of Puccini’s …..Tosca
today at the met in NYC….
Mozart The Magic Flute….. Queen Of The Night Aria
The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620) is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The deranged Queen commands her daughter Pamina to slay her father:
The Queen sings:
You will avenge my suffering from his scorning.
Death to Sarastro!
I have endured disdain and been reviled
You must obey!
I give this awesome warning If you defy me, you're no more my child.
You must be bold!
Do exactly as you're told!
Or …..
I'll no longer claim you as my child.
You don't know how I hate him I so abominate him!
You must assassinate him! or you will pay the price.
I'll spurn you...renounce you... I'll disown you
My heart will turn to ice.
Yes, my heart...the heart that loved you will turn cold.
Be brave!
Be bold!
Sarastro shall be slaughtered Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill him quickly...
Do as you've been told..........
నీ పూజ కోసం పూలు కోసుకొద్దామని పొద్దున్నే మా తోటలోనికి వెళ్ళాను ప్రభూ ఉదయశ్రీ అరుణారుణ కాంతులతో ఉద్యానవనం కలకలలాడుతోంది పూల బాలలు తల్లి ఒడిలో అల్లారు ముద్దుగా ఆడుకుంటున్నాయి అప్పుడు
నేనొక పూల మొక్క కడ నిల్చి చివాలున కొమ్మవంచి గో
రానెడు నంతలోన విరులన్నియు జాలిగనోళ్ళు విప్పి మా
ప్రాణము తీతువాయనుచుబావురుమన్నవి కృంగిపోతు నా
మానసమందేదో తళుకు మన్నది పుష్పవిలాప కావ్యమై
అంతలో ఒక సన్నజాజికన్నె సన్నని
గొంతుకతో నన్ను చూసి యిలా అంది ప్రభు
ఆయువుగల్గు నాల్గు గడియల్ కనిపించిన తీవతల్లిజా
తీయత దిద్ది తీర్తుము తదీయ కరమ్ములలోన స్వేచ్చ్చమై
ఊయల లూగుచున్ మురియుచుందుము ఆయువు తీరినంతనే
హాయిగ కన్ను మూసెదము ఆయమ చల్లని కాలి వ్రేళ్ళపై
ఎందుకయ్యా మా స్వేచ్చ జీవనానికి అడ్డు వస్తావు
మేము నీకేం అపకారము చేసాము
గాలిని గౌరవింతుము సుగంధము పూసిమమ్మాశ్రయించు బృం
గాలకు విందు చేసెదముకమ్మని తేనెలు మిమ్ముబోంట్ల నే
త్రాలకు హాయిగూర్తుము స్వతంత్రుల మమ్ముల స్వార్ధబుద్ధితో
తాలుముత్రుంచ బోకుము తల్లికి బిడ్డకి వేరుచేతువే
యింతలో ఒక గులాబి బాల కోపంతో
మొగమంతా ఎర్రబడి యిలా అంది ప్రభూ..
ఊలు దారాలతో గొంతుకురి బిగించి గుండెలోనుండి
సూదులు గుచ్చి కూర్చి, ముడుచుకొందురు ముచ్చట
ముడుల మమ్ము అకట దయలేనివారు మీ యాడవారు
పాపం మీరు దయాదాక్షిణ్యాలుగల మానవులు కావోలునే
మా వెలలేని ముగ్ధసుకుమార సుగంధ మరంద మాధురీ
జెవితమెల్ల మీకయి త్యహించి కృశించి నశించిపోయే
మా యౌవనమెల్ల కొల్లగొని ఆపై చీపురుతోడ చిమ్మి
మమావల పారబోతురుగదా నరజాతికి నీతియున్నదా
వోయీ మానవుడా
బుద్ధదేవుని భూమిలో పుట్టినావు
సహజమంగు ప్రేమ నీలోన చచ్చ్చేనేమి
అందమును హత్య చేసి హంతకుండా
మైలపడిపోయెనో నీ మనుజ జన్మ
అని దూషించు పూలకన్నియల కోయలేక వట్టిచేతులతో
వచ్చిన నాయీ హృదయ కుసుమాంజలి గైకొని
నాపై నీ రేఖలను కరుణశ్రీ ప్రసరింపుము ప్రభు.
English & Short Version
Early morning I stood near a plant and tried to nip the flowers for offering them to the lord and I shuddered when I felt that flowers cried in woeful anguish and asked me whether I would murder all of them.
I stood crest-fallen, and in my heart a sensitive thought came, the expression of which formed the gist of this poem.
Few hours we are destined to live come to an end too soon to enjoy the freedom of being in the our mother plant ‘s lap or swinging happily in the air with our mother plant’s support.
When destined hour comes we breath our last uncomplaining and drop dead at our mother's cool feet. Even during our short lives we only spread beautiful scent making everyone happy.
Why Then You Humans Do Not Spare Us ?
Some of us bloom in the night but not fortunate enough to see the light of day.
All of us spread our fragrance all over the place tantalizing
How Merciless arethey those who kill the beauty itself to beautify themselves
by strangling us with silken threads ?
HOW heartless are the women to pierce needles into our hearts lest they may be able to adorn themselves with our broken necks and bleeding
--Karunasri Jandhyala
Clicked at Sanjiviah Park
Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday June 30, 2019.
Much better seen large!
Pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants: the transfer of pollen grains (male gametes) to the plant carpel, the structure that contains the ovule (female gamete). The receptive part of the carpel is called a stigma in the flowers of angiosperms and a micropyle in gymnosperms. The study of pollination brings together many disciplines, such as botany, horticulture, entomology, and ecology. Pollination is important in horticulture because most plant fruits will not develop if the ovules are not fertilized. The pollination process as interaction between flower and vector was first addressed in the 18th century by Christian Konrad Sprengel.
in wikipedia, Pollination
Yesterday I was a bit sad. Several news on friends too early departed made me think about life in general, my life in particular. So, honoring my friends, in the name of life, I decided to look around. This one I got in Sta Cruz, a very special place where I have written in the past, where I plan to return to go on writing. And photographing. And go on with life. There, somewhere, everywhere. Life is one. One life. Your life. My life. Cheers!
ps: thanks to Raul on the advise about the 105mm lens, it's superb!
An 18th century gargoyle ‘Dinemonyo’ altar table
Estimate: PHP 1,800,000 - 2,000,000
1st half, 18th century
Manila
Balayong wood, engraved metal mounts
84 x 109 x 72 cm (33 x 43 x 28 1/2 in)
Provenance:
Formerly from a prominent family in Manila
Called colloquially as dinemonyo table, it is one of the most elusive pieces of early Hispano-Filipino furniture, considered arguably as the pinnacle object to many serious furniture collectors and connoisseurs. An authentic example with original members is an extremely rare find. The earliest altar tables made by Chinese artisans residing in Batangas were copied from Ming dynasty tables as they both shared the same simplistic, rectilinear profile – a product of pragmatic design and simple joinery based on practical rather than aesthetic considerations. Later on, masks that resemble gargoyles on the knees above the legs and ball-and-claw feet were added as ornamentals. At first commissioned by friars for exclusive use in churches, later emulated by the affluent principalia and ilustrado families on which to display their venerated ivory santos. In other cultures, as from 6th century Japan, roof ornaments made from fired clay, stone, or wood called Onigawara gargoyles have been used in Buddhist temples to stop leaks. In European architecture, medieval cathedrals have had carved grotesque creatures with spouts to redirect water from the roof away from the side of the building to prevent the erosion of the mason work. The gargoyles are supposedly illustrated evil as they are intended to turn away evil and harm. Among the Chinese, guardian lions made of stone were placed in front of imperial palaces and tombs, temples, and government offices as they were believed to have powerful protective benefits.
The rectangular paneled top is enclosed by a frame with ice-plate edge to soften the edges and disguise its thickness. Below are two large drawers fitted with umbrella bosses, ornate protective key plates, and O-ring pulls. Reinforced at the sides by flanges with billowing, cloud-like outlines, so do the aprons that connect the gargoyle or ‘demonyo’ masks on all four corners. These demonyo masks have raised fluted top hair, bulging eyes, prominent nose, mouth agape revealing some teeth and fangs, and scrolling facial hair, striking a menacing and powerful demeanor. The cabriole legs show the delineations of the lion’s lower leg before terminating in deep, highly detailed ball and claw foot grasping a ball, resting on round-edged stretchers surmounted on ogee feet. Assembled using ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (closed and through types), as well as dovetail, the joints remain firm and strong.
Made of highly prized indigenous rosewood known as balayong (Afzelia rhomboidea), it has reddish brown color that tends to darken even more with age and has natural luster. Very difficult to work on due to its durability and interlocking grain. The craftsmanship and condition of this table is comparable to, if not better, than some similar tables kept in museums and top-notch private collections.
Lot 120 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on June 25, 2022. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.
The new Archdeacon of Bolton Jean Burgess is installed in her position during a service today at Bury Parish Church. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday March 24, 2018.