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"When it all feels too much" describes a moment when you're overwhelmed — emotionally, mentally, or physically. It can happen when stress, responsibilities, or emotions pile up beyond what you feel capable of handling. People often feel anxious, exhausted, or stuck during these times. It’s a signal that you may need to slow down, ask for support, or take time to care for yourself.
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It will take me some time to process the images from this trip - both physically and mentally - so be patient and stay tuned :)
Colorado. 2017
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Chicago. 2016
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I'm not physically there right now. I'm trying to convince my brain that I'm on the beach enjoying the sound of the waves crashing onto the beach. :-) Anyone that is in or about to be in the snow/ice storm there is no charge for dreaming.
This winter I will not be able to physically travel to the places I like best, but my mind will be able to imagine and dream of spending beautiful days in places full of light and good energy. This is a big part of the magic of SL, everything is possible.
Enjoy your virtual holiday in a beautiful villa in southern Italy, where the sea merges with the sky, and you can breathe a total peace
Siracusa is my last release for Arcade December
20 realistic elements with 4 Rares:
House, 2 adult Beds and adult sofa.
The Arcade will open on December 1
I hope you can enjoy your next holiday safely and with your loved ones.
It is what it says it is...
If you focus on something for too long and invest yourself in it either physically or mentally, eventually you will become just like that thing, whether it be good or bad...
Even if it is just the environment on the other side of the window glass.
Though we've never met physically, I can feel a genuine bond between us. You're such a caring person in nature just like me! I think that's why we get along so well. You're thoughtful and sweet, and such a good friend.. We share our ups and downs and if I had to, I'd do it all over again. ~
Penta Septum
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Unrigged Septum Piercing
Physically Based Rendering + Blinn-Phong Materials
Texture HUD With Four Metals
Available at the Mainstore & Marketplace, discounted by 25%!
This particular spot, which I love very much, is part of a state park, but the nearby national forests are potentially being opened up for logging. I can't physically protest but I will do whatever else I can to keep that from happening.
Wishing my wonderful 8th grandson and grandchild a Happy Birthday. You bring sunshine into my life, even though often I cannot physically be with you I am able to look out the window and see your ever happy and mischievous face, enjoy your love of your mother, father, and siblings. Watch you swim, ride your bike, dig for treasure, use your never-ending imagination and run over to play with the Mitchell children. And this birthday due to Omnicron you can only celebrate with your immediate family, I know that you will enjoy every minute of it and I will enjoy every minute I get to see you. Hopefully, we will be back to some normality and be back together again in the not too distant future.
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Can of Soup
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Unisex Bento Accessory
Physically Based Rendering + Blinn-Phong Materials
Texture HUD With Four Phrases
Decor Version Included
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Small street in Mostar, with restaurants and shops :)
Mostar is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated on the Neretva River. The most important monument of Mostar is the 16th-century stone Old Bridge located in the center. The Old Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the Ottomans, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. Human settlements on the river Neretva have existed since prehistory. In 1468 the region came under Ottoman rule and the urbanization of the settlement began. The town was fortified between the years 1520 and 1566, and the wooden bridge rebuilt in stone. Austria-Hungary took control over Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 and ruled the region until the aftermath of World War I in 1918, when it became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and then Yugoslavia. After Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia in April 1992, the town was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army. Two wars (Serb forces versus Bosniak and Croatian and Croat-Bosniak war) left Mostar physically devastated and ethno-territorially divided between a Croat-majority west bank and a Bosniak-majority old City and east bank, with the frontline running parallel to the Neretva River. Since the end of the war in 1995, great progress has been made in the reconstruction of the city of Mostar. In July 2005, UNESCO inscribed the Old Bridge and its closest vicinity onto the World Heritage List.
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Uliczka w Mostarze, z restauracjami i sklepikami :)
Mostar – miasto w Bośni i Hercegowinie, stolica kantonu hercegowińsko-neretwiańskiego, położony nad Neretwą. Stanowi jeden z największych ośrodków miejskich w kraju. Najważniejszym zabytkiem Mostaru jest położony w centrum XVI-wieczny kamienny Stary Most. W 1993, w wyniku działań wojennych, został on zburzony przez Chorwatów, a jego odbudowę zakończono w 2004. W lipcu 2005 Stary Most i jego najbliższe otoczenie zostały wpisane na listę światowego dziedzictwa kulturowego UNESCO. Pierwsze ślady osadnictwa na tych terenach pochodzą z czasów prehistorycznych. Po raz pierwszy nazwa Mostar pojawia się w tureckim spisie z lat 1468–1469. W XVI wieku Turcy założyli tu twierdzę, a w 1566 roku dotychczasowy drewniany most został zastąpiony kamiennym, który znany jako Stary Most. Po jego obu stronach rozwinęło się miasto, które było tureckim centrum administracyjnym, handlowym i rzemieślniczym w Hercegowinie. W 1875 roku wybuchło tu powstanie antytureckie. Po jego upadku miasto przeszło pod panowanie Austro-Węgier (do 1918 roku). Od marca 1992 Mostar znajdował się w granicach niepodległej Bośni i Hercegowiny. Jednak w maju 1992 rozpętały się bratobójcze walki pomiędzy Bośniakami, Chorwatami i Serbami. Od 1994 roku miasto, pod nadzorem międzynarodowym, pozostaje podzielone na dwie części – bośniacką (muzułmańską) i chorwacką. Od zakończenia wojny w 1995 roku miasto jest odbudowywane, głównie przy pomocy finansowej UNESCO oraz Unii Europejskiej i powoli odzyskuje znaczenie głównego ośrodka politycznego, gospodarczego i kulturowego Hercegowiny.
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest cat in tropical America and in the world the third largest cat after the tiger and lion.
The jaguar's present range extends from the U.S.-Mexico border across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina, particularly in the Amazon basin.
This spotted cat most closely resembles the leopard physically, although it is usually larger and of sturdier build and its behavioural and habitat characteristics are closer to those of the tiger.
The rosettes on a jaguar's coat are larger, fewer in number, usually darker, and have thicker lines and small spots in the middle that the leopard lacks.
While dense rainforest is its preferred habitat, the jaguar will range across a variety of forested and open terrains. It is strongly associated with the presence of water and is notable, along with the tiger, as a feline that enjoys swimming.
The jaguar is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush predator at the top of the food chain. Jaguars are powerfully built, with large, square jaws. Jaguars have lean bodies and muscular limbs. They are built for power, not speed, although they can run briefly. Height at the shoulder may be up to 75 cm. Body length is 130 to 190 cm long with a tail of 45 to 75 cm. Jaguars weigh between 65 and 125 kg. Base coat colors range from pale yellow to reddish brown, with black, rosette-shaped spots.
They may also be black (a melanistic form), but then, despite being the same species, are often called panthers. These jaguars have a base coat color of black with black spots that are usually dimly visible against the black background. Black jaguars are more common in forested habitats.
De grootste kat van het Amerikaanse continent is de jaguar (Panthera onca). Na de tijger en de leeuw is deze kat de derde grootste van de wereld.
De jaguar heeft een groot leefgebied dat zich uitstrekt van de Amerikaans-Mexicaanse grens via Midden-Amerika tot in Paraguay en Noord-Argentinië in Zuid-Amerika.
In het Amazonegebied komen de meeste jaguars voor.
De jaguar lijkt oppervlakkig sterk op de luipaard of panter, maar is meestal groter en zwaarder gebouwd. De vlekken (rozetten) op de vacht van een jaguar zijn ook groter, minder in aantal, meestal donkerder, en hebben dikkere lijnen en kleine vlekjes in het midden, die bij de luipaarden ontbreken.
Het gedrag en de leefgebieden van jaguars zijn dichter bij die van tijgers. Jaguars leven vooral in tropische bossen, maar ook in meer open terreinen, mits er genoeg dekking is van gras en rotsen tijdens het jagen. Ze hebben net als tijgers een voorkeur voor waterrijke gebieden. Ze zijn ook niet bang voor water en kunnen goed zwemmen. Vrijwel ieder dier dat in het leefgebied van de jaguar voorkomt, vormt een potentiële prooi voor dit roofdier. De solitair levende jaguar is vooral in de ochtend- en avondschemering actief.
Jaguars zijn krachtig gebouwd met grote sterke kaken. De poten zijn relatief kort, maar erg sterk. De staart zorgt voor evenwicht bij het springen. De vacht is lichtgeel tot roodbruin met zwarte rozetten, ronde of ovale vlekken met daarin één of twee donkere stippen. Midden op de rug verandert de rij zwarte vlekken soms in een doorlopende lijn. De hoogte bij de schouder kan oplopen tot 75 cm. De lichaamslengte is 130 à 190 cm met een staart van 50 à 75 cm. Jaguars wegen tussen de 65 en 125 kg.
Naast de hiervoor beschreven lichtgeel tot roodbruin kleur is er ook een melanistische (zwarte) variant, waarbij de vlekken wel te zien zijn in de zon. Ondanks dat het dezelfde soort betreft, worden de zwarte jaguars vaak onjuist panters genoemd. Zwarte jaguars komen wat meer voor in bosrijke gebieden.
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Isle of Lewis, Clannish Standing Stones. What a beautiful place but I found difficult to compose well. Waiting here patiently for the cloud to move at the back and the sun to shine and also keep an eye on the folk who need to be physically attached to the stones.
Converted to 6x17 as felt the best look for this image.
I get out and drive in the country everyday. Physically, my feet won't allow me to wander through the woods or across a field. Something I once did without a thought of how blessed I was to do so. So I do what I can, taking pictures from the drivers seat of my car. I envy all who can casually walk/ hike a trail or run through a meadow. But I'm thankful for what I am able to do. Take note of and treasure all the seemingly normal things you are able to do. Blessings all!
Though she has all the signs of
very advanced
LEPROSY,
her children are normal
physically
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Photography’s new conscience
JAMA MASJID
OLD DELHI
GATE 2
Backpacking California's John Muir Trail was the most physically demanding thing that I've ever done, and it was worth every single bit of effort given. For 25 nights, my home was the Sierra Nevada, coined by John Muir as "The Range of Light." The days were fairly simple: get over the mountain passes before afternoon thunderstorms, make sure to always have access to water, keep all edible items in a bear can, and keep hiking northbound.
Okay, John and Jax. Having been tagged by both of you in less than 24 hours, I guess I really need to go ahead and devote the time to this task. My favorite 10 albums of all time. IMPOSSIBLE! It simply cannot be done. To try and cultivate into a mere 10 albums (and let alone rank them) a half a century of musical tastes and preferences is physically impossible. So I cannot even begin to do so.
I can however, relate to you perhaps ten albums that, for a plethera of reasons, have impacted who I am, how I feel about life or world issues or just everyday living, or have seeded themselves firmly into the medley of musical variations I have come to enjoy over the span of 50 years. Some are rock, some are country, some are blues, some are just uniquely different. But the majority of them have had their early roots in the blues, or have been influenced by various blues artists to some degree. So in no particular order, here they are.
SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Sky is Crying.
Released about one year after Vaughan's death in 1990, the album features ten tracks originally recorded between 1984 and 1989.
The Sky Is Crying illustrates many of Vaughan's musical influences, including songs in the style of traditional Delta blues, Chicago blues, jump blues, jazz blues, and Jimi Hendrix. The album's tone alternates primarily between uptempo pieces and gritty, slow blues. The album includes a Grammy-winning extended instrumental cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing"; "Chitlins con Carne", a jazz instrumental; and, "Life by the Drop", a song written by Vaughan's friend Doyle Bramhall and played on acoustic guitar. This song is not about Vaughan's struggle with drug abuse, as many think, but actually about Vaughan's friendship with Doyle Bramhall from Bramhall's perspective.
ZZ Top, Tres Hombres.
Tres Hombres is the third album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973, and marked the first of many times the band worked with engineer Terry Manning. It proved to be the group's commercial breakthrough, attracting a far larger fanbase. The album hit the top ten while the single "La Grange" hit 41 on the singles chart.
The band's name is often said to be a combination of two popular brands of rolling paper, Zig-Zag and Top. It has also been claimed as a tribute to blues singer Z. Z. Hill. However, Gibbons wrote in his autobiography, Rock + Roll Gearhead, that it actually came from a tribute to and a play on the name of blues guitar master B. B. King. The band had planned to call themselves Z.Z. King, but felt it was too similar. Since B.B. King was at the "top", they settled on ZZ Top.
In January 1973, ZZ Top opened for The Rolling Stones three shows in Hawaii. They also began recording with engineer Terry Manning at Ardent Studios in Memphis. The resultant third album, Tres Hombres (1973), was the first for which the band gained a million-seller and wide acclaim. Hombres featured ZZ's classic hit "La Grange", written about the Chicken Ranch, a famous La Grange, Texas bordello (that was also the subject of the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas). Other album cuts like "Waitin' for the Bus" and its immediate follower "Jesus Just Left Chicago" became fan favorites and rock-radio staples. However, my favorite tune to be spawned on this album was "Hot, Blue and Righteous".
Delbert McClinton, Never Been Rocked Enough.
This album is probably the most currently produced album on my list here, and possibly on my list of the 50 most influential albums for me. It as produced and relased in 1992. Nothing since then, at least to my immediate knowledge, would make the list.
Delbert McClinton (born 4 November 1940, Lubbock, Texas) is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist. Active as a side-man since at least 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major-label albums, and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker which reached #4 on the Country charts. He has also had four albums that made it to #1 on the U.S. Blues chart, and another that reached #2.
His 1992 release of this album featured the hit single "Every Time I Roll the Dice", which made it to #13 on the US Mainstream Rock charts, While the album only made it to #113. He has written for and recorded with a group of musicians that reads like the who's who or the music industry, including John Lennon.
And at the legendary Skyliner Ballroom, where McClinton's band was the only white act to play its Blue Monday nights AND be the backing band for the headliners, he received a first-class tutelage from the masters of blues music like Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson. McClinton cut a number of local and regional singles before hitting the national charts in 1962 playing harmonica on Bruce Channel's now classic “Hey! Baby.” On a subsequent package tour of England, Delbert showed some of his harp licks to the rhythm guitarist for a young band at the bottom of the bill. The lessons he gave John Lennon were later heard on hit singles by The Beatles; when the two met Lennon already knew the instrument's basics, and the experienced McClinton shared some new licks with him.
Pink Floyd, Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released in the UK and US in September 1987. In 1985 guitarist David Gilmour began to assemble a group of musicians to work on his third solo album. At the end of 1986 he changed his mind, and decided that the new material would instead be included in a new Pink Floyd album. Subsequently Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright (who had left the group in 1979) were brought on board for the project. Although for legal reasons Wright could not be re-admitted to the band, he and Mason helped Gilmour craft what would become the first Pink Floyd album since the departure of lyricist and bass guitarist Roger Waters in December 1985.
The album was recorded primarily on Gilmour's converted houseboat, Astoria. Its production was marked by an ongoing legal dispute between Waters and the band as to who owned the rights to Pink Floyd's name, which was not resolved until several months after the album was released. Unlike most of Pink Floyd's studio albums, A Momentary Lapse of Reason has no central theme, and is instead a collection of rock songs written mostly by Gilmour and musician Anthony Moore. Although the album received mixed reviews and was derided by Waters, with the help of an enormously successful world tour it easily out-sold their previous album The Final Cut. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is certified multi-platinum in the US.
Although the amazing talents of Water's were not present on this album, it still spawned two of my all time favorite songs, "Dogs of War", and "On the Turning Away".
Iron Maiden, Live After Death.
Live After Death is a live album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on October 14, 1985 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002). It was recorded during the band's World Slavery Tour. The album was instrumental in establishing the band as an extraordinary live band and is regarded as one of the best live albums ever recorded.
For anyone with a love of metal, Iron Maiden is a must hear band. The cover art was done by Derek Riggs, and pictures the band's mascot, Eddie rising from a grave. On that grave is a tombstone with a quote from the fantasy and horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City:
"That is not dead which can eternal lie
Yet with strange aeons even death may die."
The proper quote is actually "And with strange..." instead of "Yet with strange...". A similar version of this phrase is used in Metallica's song "The Thing That Should Not Be" from the Master of Puppets album.
Queensryche, Operation Mindcrime.
Operation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length album. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders. The album is highly regarded within the heavy metal community, often labelled as one of the genre's finest works. It ranked at number 10 at metal-rules.com's best heavy metal albums ever. In January 1989, it ranked #34 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time."
The album begins with the protagonist, Nikki, in a hospital. He lies in a near catatonic state, unable to remember anything but snippets from his past. Suddenly, Nikki's memories come flooding back in a torrent. He remembers how, as a heroin addict and would-be political radical frustrated with contemporary society, he was manipulated into joining a supposed secret organization dedicated to revolution. At the head of this organization is a political and religious demagogue known only as Dr. X, who by manipulating Nikki through a combination of his heroin addiction and brainwashing techniques, uses Nikki as an assassin. Whenever Dr. X uses the word "mindcrime" Nikki becomes his docile puppet, a state which Dr. X uses to command Nikki to undertake any murder that the Doctor wishes. Through one of Dr. X's probable associates, a corrupt priest named Father William, Nikki is offered the services of a prostitute-turned-nun named Sister Mary. Through his friendship and growing affection toward Sister Mary, Nikki begins to question the nature of what he is doing. Dr. X notices this and, seeing a potential threat in Mary, orders Nikki to kill both her and the priest. Nikki goes to Mary's church and kills the priest, but after confronting Mary fails to comply with the command to murder her. He and Mary decided to leave the organization together, and Nikki goes to Dr. X to tell him that they are out. Dr. X, however, reminds Nikki that he is an addict, and that he is the one who can provide him with his daily fix. Nikki leaves, conflicted and returns to Mary, only to find her dead, hanging from her own rosary. He cannot cope with the loss, as well as the possibility that he himself may have killed her and not known it, and begins to succumb to insanity. The police, arriving on the scene, arrest him for Mary's murder and the murders he committed for Dr. X. He is put into a hospital, where he begins to remember what has happened.
Rush, Hemispheres.
Hemispheres is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1978. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and mixed at Trident Studios in London. This album continues Rush's trend of using the fantasy and science fiction lyrics written by Neil Peart. Similar to their 1976 release, 2112, Hemispheres contains a single, epic song broken into chapters as the first half of the album ("Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres") while the second half contains two more conventionally-executed tracks ("Circumstances", "The Trees"), then is rounded out by the nine-and-a-half-minute instrumental, "La Villa Strangiato".
The album contains examples of Rush's adherence to progressive rock standards including the use of epic, multi-movement song structures, complex rhythms and time signatures, and flexible guitar solos, like those found in "La Villa Strangiato".
Hemispheres was Rush's fourth consecutive Gold album upon release in 1978 and would subsequently go Platinum in the US. For a short period of time, the album was released on Canadian red vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with poster (catalogue number SANR-1-1015), and as a limited edition picture disc (catalogue number SRP-1300),both have which become much sought after collectors items.
Hang in there, folks....only 3 to go. I apologize, but I try not to halfway do anything...LOL!
Metallica, Ride the Lightning.
Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 27, 1984 through Megaforce Records and was re-released on November 19, 1984 by Elektra Records. Ride the Lightning was certified gold by the RIAA on November 5, 1987 and was most recently certified 5x platinum on June 9, 2003.
Ride the Lightning retains the speed of Kill 'Em All on songs like "Trapped Under Ice" and "Fight Fire with Fire", but also contains the first of Metallica's longer, more intricate tracks, such as "Fade to Black" and the nearly 9-minute closing instrumental "The Call of Ktulu". "Ride the Lightning" is the last Metallica album to credit former member, Dave Mustaine. Ride the Lightning was listed at #3 on a list compiled by metal-rules.com of the Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time.
"Ride the Lightning" is Metallica's first song which directly pointed on the misery of the criminal justice system. The song is one of two on the album that credits former member Dave Mustaine. The lyrics of the song "Ride the Lightning" are written from the perspective of someone who is forthcoming death-by-electrocution, although he didn't commit murder.
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" was composed by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich. The songs inspiration is Ernest Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls about the dishonor of modern warfare and Robert Jordan's eminent doom during the bloody Spanish Civil War, with specific allusions to the scene in which five soldiers are obliterated during an air-strike, whilst taking a position on a hill.
The lyrics of Fade to Black suggest a man contemplating, then eventually committing suicide. Metallica revealed that they have received letters from fans who were dissuaded from committing suicide by the song.
"Creeping Death" describes the Plague of the Firstborn (Exodus 12:29). The lyrics deal with the 10 plagues on Egypt, and throughout the song, four of the ten plagues are mentioned as well as the Passover.
"The Call of Ktulu" was Metallica's second instrumental song, following the first instrumental "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" from Kill 'Em All. The song working title was originally "When Hell Freezes Over".
The idea of the song "The Call of Ktulu" is based upon H.P. Lovecraft's book The Shadow Over Innsmouth which was first introduced to the rest of the band by Cliff Burton. The song's name was taken from one of H.P. Lovecraft's main stories featuring Cthulhu, The Call of Cthulhu, which was written in 1928 for the magazine Weird Tales. The name "Ktulu" is originally written "Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft.
And all this time you thought they were just a bunch of fucking stoners.....hehehe.
Led Zeppelin, IV.
The fourth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. No title is printed on the album, so it is generally referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, following the naming standard used by the band's first three studio albums. Also the album has alternatively been referred to as , Four Symbols, The Fourth Album (those two titles each having been used in the Atlantic Records catalogue), Untitled, Runes, Sticks, ZoSo and The Hermit. Zoso is also the moniker for the band's guitarist, Jimmy Page.
Upon its release, Led Zeppelin IV was a commercial and critical success. The album is one of the best-selling albums in history at 37 million units. It has shipped over 23 million units in the United States alone, putting it third on the all-time list in the United States and twelfth world-wide. In 2003, the album was ranked 66th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
"Black Dog" got its name from a stray black dog that was roaming about the concourse of Headley Grange during recording sessions for the song.
"The Battle of Evermore" and "Misty Mountain Hop" are references to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings novels.
"Going to California" is a reference to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
The idea for each member of the band to choose a personal emblem for the cover was Page's. In an interview he gave in 1977, he recalled:
After all this crap that we'd had with the critics, I put it to everybody else that it'd be a good idea to put out something totally anonymous. At first I wanted just one symbol on it, but then it was decided that since it was our fourth album and there were four of us, we could each choose our own symbol. I designed mine and everyone else had their own reasons for using the symbols that they used.
Page stated that he designed his own symbol himself and has never publicly disclosed any reasoning behind it. However, it has been argued that his symbol appeared as early as 1557 to represent Saturn. The symbol is sometimes referred to as "ZoSo", though Page has explained that it was not in fact intended to be a word at all.
Bassist John Paul Jones' symbol, which he chose from Rudolf Koch's Book of Signs, is a single circle intersecting 3 vesica pisces (a triquetra). It is intended to symbolise a person who possesses both confidence and competence.
Drummer John Bonham's symbol, the three interlocking rings, was picked by the drummer from the same book. It represents the triad of mother, father and child, but also happens to be the logo for Ballantine beer.
Singer Robert Plant's symbol was his own design, being based on the sign of the supposed Mu civilisation.
There is also a fifth, smaller symbol chosen by guest vocalist Sandy Denny representing her contribution to the track "The Battle of Evermore"; it appears in the credits list on the inner sleeve of the LP, serving as an asterisk and is shaped like three triangles touching at their points.
And finally we make it home with....
Allman Brothers, Live at Fillmore East.
At Fillmore East is a double live album by The Allman Brothers Band. The band's breakthrough success, At Fillmore East was released in July 1971. It ranks Number 49 among Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and remains among the top-selling albums in the band’s catalogue. It is often cited as being one of the most well-known live recordings in history.
Recorded at the Fillmore East concert hall, the storied rock venue in New York City, on Friday and Saturday March 12, 1971–March 13, 1971, it showcased the band's mixture of blues, Southern rock and jazz. The cover of Blind Willie McTell's "Statesboro Blues" which opens the set showcases Duane Allman's slide guitar work in open E Tuning. "Whipping Post" became the standard for a long, epic jam that never lost interest (opening in 11/8 time, unusual territory for a rock band), while the ethereal-to-furious "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", with its harmonized melody, Latin feel and burning drive invited comparisons with John Coltrane (especially Duane's solo-ending pull-offs, a direct nod to the jazz saxophonist).
The album was produced by Tom Dowd, who condensed the running time of various songs, occasionally even merging multiple performances onto one track. At Fillmore East peaked at #13 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
Two other songs recorded during the same set of shows, "Trouble No More", and the memorable "Mountain Jam", were later released on Eat a Peach, the latter spanning two sides of the double album.
Those songs were later included in their entirety, along with uncut versions of some, re-edited versions of others, and some previously omitted tracks, on a new release of the Fillmore material entitled The Fillmore Concerts (1992). "Stormy Monday" gained back a harmonica solo; "Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" and "Drunken Hearted Boy" were included as well.
In 1998 a 5.1 DTS mix of the original version was released with Duane Allman in the left rear channel, Dickey Betts in the right rear channel, Jai Johanny Johanson in the front left channel, Butch Trucks in the right front channel and Gregg Allman and Berry Oakley both spread out over the front and center channels.
George Kimball of Rolling Stone magazine hailed them as "the best damn rock and roll band this country has produced in the past five years." A few months later, group leader Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident. The group survived that and the death of bassist Oakley in another motorcycle accident a year later; with replacement members Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams, the Allman Brothers Band achieved its peak commercial success in 1973 with the album Brothers and Sisters and the hit single "Ramblin' Man". Internal turmoil overtook the band soon after; the group dissolved in 1976, reformed briefly at the end of the decade with additional personnel changes, and dissolved again in 1982.
In 1989, the group reformed with some new members and has been recording and touring since. A series of personnel changes in the late 1990s was capped by the departure of Betts. The group found stability during the 2000s with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, the nephew of their drummer, serving as its guitarists, and became renowned for their month-long string of shows in New York City each spring. The band has been awarded eleven gold and five platinum albums between 1971 and 2005 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Rolling Stone ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.
HI yeah I know, I'm all up in your collective faces every day for a week, then I drop off the skin of the world. I had a reason for my three weeks absence this time though; I've been busy with a casting to join The Fashion Loft.
YES I'M GOING TO START MODELLING AGAIN WTF WINTER I'M AS SHOCKED AS YOU ARE I'll drop some lore at the bottom of this post in case you're interested and you don't have to sift through if you're not.
ANYWAY we had to create two outfits for the casting on Saturday, and the first was "Ethereal Romance." They asked the men to not be too femme in their approach and lol woops but I figure; this is me and how I style anyway. If its not right for the audition or your tastes then you aren't going to want what I can offer the agency and we are all good - no harm no foul. Luckily though, the judges liked what I put down and I found out a few hours ago that I got in. YAY!
Story Flower head accessory by Lode, Guilty hair by Studio Exposure, Hjarta scarf and Finger shirt by BTTB, Yules pants by Malefic, Walker shoes by Kokoia (not in shot but they are really nice, trust me.)
Raw and unedited from SL. It just took me like an hour of fiddling with the EEP!
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Why did I stop? (For those of you who knew that that modelling was A Thing I Did and haven't just joined in my third act.) Well in February 2021 I had a very bad non-covid-related health crisis happen which took me some months to recover from, and then a lot more to get all my co-ordination back. Part of the reason this happened is that I was stubbornly ignoring the fact that I live 15 hours ahead of SL and staying up stupidly late way too often, to be involved in fashion life here. Not very long before it happened, I was up until 4am for 10 days in a row working on an event that I was the creative director for. My neurorologist told me that I'd been an idiot. I agreed.
Now; years later after kicking around the idea I'm mentally, socially, emotionally and physically ready to start being an idiot again but only in very small doses. Here and there. This being said, I want to join at least 2 more active agencies so if you know anyone casting or just generally looking for an SL modelling dinosaur, let me know!
Once upon a time . . . this must have been a proud farm . . . physically dominated by its tallest structure, the windmill . . . however, time marched on and now the hill and trees dominate the old, failing structure . . . and the house would certainly be judged modest by today's standards . . .
I have photographed this before, unsuccessfully . . . but now I think I finally captured both the pride and grace of "what was" along with the reality of "what is".
A stroke-stricken, physically wilting Walt Whitman had once asked himself in his notebook, “After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, love, and so on — have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear — what remains? ”.
When one is truly exhausted and the gloom grips deeper than the fear of death, where does one find solace? When the universe boils over reenacting its primordial tendencies, where does one find refuge? What remains when nothing else remains?
Walt Whitman knew the answer: “Nature remains”.
Nature remains because it is indifferent. And therefore, it is a healer. If healing is not Nature’s business, it is definitely its habit. Its cures are not constrained by forms or expectations. Nor are they prescribed as analgesics; the burning ghost peppers inside us aren’t neutralized. Instead, they are pulped, smoked, and smeared all over until the burn dies off due to numbness. And we flow on.
From an earlier trip to Lake Tahoe.
I hope that everyone is staying healthy, both physically and mentally, during these challenging times.
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Dixon State School opened in 1918 and served mentally and physically challenged children and adults till 1983.It also had a school of nursing till 1967.This cemetery near the school-now the Dixon Correctional Center,a state prison-is for the residents of the school who passed while living there.Markers here-all numbered in order and most inscribed with just a name and date of death-start in 1920.We saw markers for unnamed infants and one for a 77 year old adult just a few rows apart.It is a sobering place,located ironically next to the hustle and bustle of the Dixon children's athletic fields.
Now these less fortunate are in a better place,living the kind of life and doing the kind of activities most of us take for granted...
I'm not able to physically go outside yet, (total hip replacement 2/21) so photos, if there are any will be taken through a door or window. :) This is one of two male cardinals that live here year round and it does look like I will be asking my friend Anita to restock the suet feeder soon!
Update: Anita did refill it and then took off my old ratty string that I used to tie it shut and replaced it with a beautiful pink piece of yarn. A little Chickadee came and inspected the yarn and it was a cute photo op missed!
A Metra commuter train passes above other Metra (& Amtrak) tracks.
On the right - the former Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building. Built in 1907, physically moved 52 feet south and 168 feet east in 1910. Fully demo'd - June 2022.
You're in a mid-life crisis, not that we're in a mid-life crisis. You hate your job at the office, not that we hate our jobs. Your boss rides you like Seabiscuit, and all you do is write stupid TPS reports for a measly salary which barely lets you pay off your debt, not that our bosses rides us like seabiscuits and makes us write stupids TPS reports for a measly salary. And oh by the way, your wife left you and took whatever money you had with her, uhm...not possible with us so kee forget this part,..doesn't make sense..for us but for you?
She can't believe she married a loser like you anyway. Your daughter, perhaps the only person in the world you actually cared about, just recently died in a tragic car accident. What in the world do you have left to live for? Hell, why not live the life of danger? You really have nothing to lose anyway. Yes, it's time to become an assassin. Can you do it?
First of all, let's establish a few pre-requisites to becoming an assassin.
Must have nothing to lose. If you have anybody that genuinely cares for your well-being, then you probably don't want to get in the killing business.
Must have no fear of death. And I don't mean this in the cool sense like when movie eroes say, "I'm not scared of dying baby." I mean you must really be damn near suicidal.
Must be physically fit. You think you can get away from the crime scene when you're 300 pounds and diagnosed with terminal cancer? Maybe if you have a super advanced alien pod which can teleport you.
Must be somewhat intelligent. Perhaps "somewhat" is an understatement, but it's unnecessary for someone to be Einstein to get in the killing business. It doesn't take a genius to pull the trigger, but it does require someone with a decent IQ to get away clean.
Once you've done a few contracts, you can start charging a ridiculous amount of money to whack people. You don't want to be an assassin forever. Eventually, you want to have enough money to live comfortably and do nothing all day except eat potato chips and watch television.
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When mammals drink water it is transported by muscular movements in the right direction to the stomach. This is why it is physically possible (though difficult) to drink water while standing on our heads. Most birds lack this ability and have to tilt their heads back in order to swallow. So this Crossbill is in the act of swallowing a beakful of water. Pigeons are a rare example of birds that can swallow with their heads down.
Birds also vary in their need to drink water as some birds get the water they need from their food. But Crossbills have a diet largely of dry seeds, so need a ready source of water. Often the best photographs of Crossbills are while they are drinking at pools as they spend most of their time high in conifers obscured by foliage. I managed to capture this male a couple of days ago drinking from a trackside puddle near Holmfirth.
I love high tides, especially in the evening, when I deeply feel the power of the raising waves shrouded in arcane veils of moon- or starlight - I can almost physically sense the moon's gravity acting on the sea and leading its wavy assault against the shoreline. However I have recently come to love low tides as well, when the receding waters uncover a hidden in-between world full of stories from the deep sea.
It was low tide that morning, and the sunrise proper had been a dull one - so I walked some 10 km without even setting my tripod (and some 24 km before going back to my still sleeping family). A little before reaching the very tip of Caleri point I took following a trail snaking through the dunes and the Mediterranean scrub. Then I spent some time on the western side of the peninsula, losing myself in the magic world of the lagoon as the sun, unseen, was starting to climb his way in the sky.
When I went back to the eastward side of Caleri point facing the open sea, an amazing view unfolded before me - the show was beginning just then - and the beach was covered with many green seaweeds left behind by the high tide. As I was admiring that strange scene my mind started weaving ideas together almost against my will.
Whole lots of aeons ago algae ruled the world *. They produced a lot of oxygen as a waste product of photosynthesis, and eventually this reshaped the entire environment of our beautiful planet - and most living beings had to adapt to that beautiful and hazardous new component of the atmosphere, or escape it. Without the energetic advantages offered by aerobic respiration we could not have had a single chance of existing as human beings, and life on Earth would have been simply a matter of single cells - no prospects of multicellularity at all. You can now at least try to understand the train of thoughts flashing through my mind when I saw this scene, and why I felt I was witnessing the twilight of ancient gods.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.7/0/+1.7 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
* Well, I hope that you will concede me a bit of a poetic license here... They were not seaweeds, but unicellular algae - and, to be fair, even them acquired the wonders of photosynthesis from cyanobacterial endosymbionts. This is a rather more accurate statement of the matter, but ideas sometimes link and associate in our minds in strange ways - sometimes misleading, sometimes highlighting new possibilities - so let me follow those loose threads and do not dismiss me for this :-)
'Moving out day' from my London flat. It was a moving time emotionally as well as physically, so we stopped in an informal restaurant for a break and a quick bite to eat.
I liked the understated atmosphere of the place, and the simplicity of its decor and table layup. By using a wide aperture, I gave a narrow depth of field to help lend a softness that matches the atmosphere of the place.
Shot on DSLR; processed on the iPhone5s using Stackables and Enlight apps.
Colorful Autumn have already gone. Most leaves are on the ground, days are cloudy and gray, so I go back to photos from my this year vacation :)
We visited Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the photo you can see the Sloping Bridge, seen from the small restaurant :)
The Sloping Bridge (Kriva Cuprija) - the oldest single arch stone bridge in Mostar, was built in 1558 by the Ottoman architect Cejvan Kethoda. The bridge connects the banks of the small river Radobolja, which is a 5-kilometer long right tributary of the Neretva River. It is said that this was to be a test before the major construction of the Stari Most began. The arch is a perfect semicircle 8.56 metres in width and 4.15 metres in height. The bridge was not destroyed during the war, but the flood caused significant damage in 1999. In 2001 it was rebuilt as part of a UNESCO project.
Mostar is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated on the Neretva River. The most important monument of Mostar is the 16th-century stone Old Bridge located in the center. The Old Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the Ottomans, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. Human settlements on the river Neretva have existed since prehistory. In 1468 the region came under Ottoman rule and the urbanization of the settlement began. The town was fortified between the years 1520 and 1566, and the wooden bridge rebuilt in stone. Austria-Hungary took control over Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 and ruled the region until the aftermath of World War I in 1918, when it became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and then Yugoslavia. After Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia in April 1992, the town was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army. Two wars (Serb forces versus Bosniak and Croatian and Croat-Bosniak war) left Mostar physically devastated and ethno-territorially divided between a Croat-majority west bank and a Bosniak-majority old City and east bank, with the frontline running parallel to the Neretva River. Since the end of the war in 1995, great progress has been made in the reconstruction of the city of Mostar. In July 2005, UNESCO inscribed the Old Bridge and its closest vicinity onto the World Heritage List.
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Kolorowa jesień już za nami. Większość liści opadła, dni są krótkie i szare, więc wracam do zdjęć z tegorocznych wakacji :)
Podczas pobytu w Bośni i Hercegowinie odwiedziliśmy też Mostar. Na zdjęciu Krzywy Most oglądany z małej restauracji :)
Krzywy Most (Kriva Ćuprija) - łączy brzegi niewielkiej rzeki Radobolja, będącej prawym dopływem Neretwy. Wizualnie Krzywy Most jest miniaturą Starego Mostu. Wybudowany został kilka lat wcześniej niż jego większy brat przez tureckiego architekta Cejvana Kethodę. Według niepotwierdzonych przekazów most został wybudowany niejako na próbę, przed powstaniem Starego Mostu. Krzywy Most ma około 4 metrów wysokości, a jego łuk tworzy idealne półkole o szerokości 8,5 metra. Wybudowany jest warstwowo z kamiennych bloków. Most przetrwał wojnę, ale powódź doprowadziła w 1999 roku do znacznego jego zniszczenia. W roku 2001 został on odbudowany w ramach projektu UNESCO.
Mostar – miasto w Bośni i Hercegowinie, stolica kantonu hercegowińsko-neretwiańskiego, położony nad Neretwą. Stanowi jeden z największych ośrodków miejskich w kraju. Najważniejszym zabytkiem Mostaru jest położony w centrum XVI-wieczny kamienny Stary Most. W 1993, w wyniku działań wojennych, został on zburzony przez Chorwatów, a jego odbudowę zakończono w 2004. W lipcu 2005 Stary Most i jego najbliższe otoczenie zostały wpisane na listę światowego dziedzictwa kulturowego UNESCO. Pierwsze ślady osadnictwa na tych terenach pochodzą z czasów prehistorycznych. Po raz pierwszy nazwa Mostar pojawia się w tureckim spisie z lat 1468–1469. W XVI wieku Turcy założyli tu twierdzę, a w 1566 roku dotychczasowy drewniany most został zastąpiony kamiennym, który znany jako Stary Most. Po jego obu stronach rozwinęło się miasto, które było tureckim centrum administracyjnym, handlowym i rzemieślniczym w Hercegowinie. W 1875 roku wybuchło tu powstanie antytureckie. Po jego upadku miasto przeszło pod panowanie Austro-Węgier (do 1918 roku). Od marca 1992 Mostar znajdował się w granicach niepodległej Bośni i Hercegowiny. Jednak w maju 1992 rozpętały się bratobójcze walki pomiędzy Bośniakami, Chorwatami i Serbami. Od 1994 roku miasto, pod nadzorem międzynarodowym, pozostaje podzielone na dwie części – bośniacką (muzułmańską) i chorwacką. Od zakończenia wojny w 1995 roku miasto jest odbudowywane, głównie przy pomocy finansowej UNESCO oraz Unii Europejskiej i powoli odzyskuje znaczenie głównego ośrodka politycznego, gospodarczego i kulturowego Hercegowiny.
Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside.
-Quote : Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel -
"Recortes" is an incredibly dangerous tradition of non-violent dodging where local people ("recortadores") compete at dodging completely unrestrained fighting bulls for the ultimate adrenaline rush. The barehanded, unprotected participants are all the time on the verge or being gored or rammed by the bulls, which aren't physically hurt at all.
"Recortes" es una tradición increiblemente peligrosa donde las gentes de una localidad ("recortadores") compiten en esquivar de forma no violenta a toros bravos sueltos. Los participantes, a manos limpias y sin protección alguna, están contínuamente a punto de ser corneados o embestidos por los toros, los cuales no reciben daño físico alguno.
RICHARD N. CLARK 1928-2009
A true friend takes you as you are.
A true friend invites you to share in his joys and triumphs and rejoices with you in your joys and accomplishments.
A true friend encourages you to achieve your goals when all others doubt you.
A true friend though not with you physically never leaves you.
Dick I hope that I was as good a friend to you as you were to me.
See you in heaven boss.
October 12, 2023 - South Central Nebraska US
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Mid October... 2023
Final Chase Day at hand for 2023....
Warm and with SPC Active warnings that afternoon of severe weather. Stayed in the South Central Nebraska Hwy 6 Neighborhood.
Some wicked good, or should I say fantastic views of the out waves of moisture to mix in with spookiness of October. Late season supercells along the dryline were forming & I had to get underneath! You know for the view that are contained within! Oh I got my share that day.
Not to spoil the fun... No Tornado that day.. or at least I didn't see it. Came over the 2 way that the was one on the ground exactly where my cameras was pointed... however bad positing on my part. If it was there I didn't physically see it. It doesn't mean it wasn't there...
The active warning for the Tornado didn't fire off on my alarm till I was already due east of Minden Nebraska. Didn't have the best plan for attack here. I knew it was coming but where I deiced to park wasn't the best viewing position. When that alarm goes off & didn't have the best road network to navigate though the city or around the city of Minden. So I decide to stay put since it was already heading my way.
Sometimes this is a good decision, that day it wasn't. I had played this day out a little to shy & got caught with just an outflow dominate storm that afternoon after the Tornado Warning.
It was a Fun way to end the 2023 Chase Season... Can't Wait for 2024!
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some people may find disturbing😱😁
During this time of lockdown the village has adapted and is holding the infamous Friday night pub quiz using Skype. However some of the members do find it challenging not being able to physically throw beer over each other.🍻🍻🍻
Now dear Mrs Beswetherick has been appointed quiz master and head of communications, not an easy role you must appreciate, tell me have any of you seen positions like this advertised in the situations vacant column of The Telegraph.📰
Following Friday nights quiz, Mrs Beswetherick thought ! she had shut down the Skype system, but unbeknown to her it was still live and one or two of the members slightly worse for wear, started to recall a story from last summer, who should be listening, none other than our Hoof who recalled the following reportage of the conversation.😜🐎
Evidently Mrs Rosewarne contacted Tizzy Talskiddy, who is the Honorary Secretary of the village bee keeping club, and Nancy Nancarrow who does a bit of glass blowing on the side. I should add these ladies do have form and could well be featuring in forthcoming reportage.💃💃💃🐝🐝🐝🍹🍹🍹
As it was a lovely day, Mrs Rosewarne suggested they have a day out in Marazion.
Tizzy and Nancy were well up for this. Mrs Rosewarne got her Reliant Robin Cabriolet out of the garage, what could possibly go wrong.🌞🚗
These ladies are so thoughtful and caring, Tizzy said she would organise the contents of her special hip flask, while Nancy would make a picnic hamper, with the emphasis on products that could stimulate botty coughing for entertainment purposes later in the day.🍹🍸🍷🍟🍎🍒🍕🍰🍰🍰💨💨💨
Mrs Rosewarne filled the Reliant Robin with some high octane fuel which she had made from the by-products of her homemade sloe gin, kicked the tyres to check the pressures were okay, and finally topped up the radiator with water. As we know older cars with aluminium cylinder heads can be slightly prone to overheating.⛽️🚰💧
With all the ladies on board off they went on their jolly, after about thirty miles ‘nee-nah’, ‘nee-nah’ they were pulled over by the police. An officer approached Mrs Rosewarne and enquired “did you realise your husband fell out of your car some ten miles back” Mrs Rosewarne responded, thank goodness for that I thought my hearing had gone.🚓👮♂️
Following a lovely afternoon sightseeing on St Michael’s Mount, the three ladies consumed their picnic on the beach in Mounts Bay, and topped this off with a few swift drinks in The Kings Arms at Marazion, obviously dear Mrs Rosewarne did not have a drink as she was driving.⛰🍕🍰🍎🍷
As darkness was falling our ladies felt it was time to head back towards the village. Well Mrs Rosewarne had only driven about 25 miles and the alcohol was having a bit of an affect on Tizzy and Nancy, they needed a pit stop, you know a comfort break. As it was dark Mrs Rosewarne pulled off the A30 into a gateway, I will leave the rest to your imagination.🌒😌😌
With the ladies suitably relieved they resumed the journey back home. They had not gone more than a couple of miles up the road and the car started to act up, Mrs Rosewarne who has experience of testing formula one racing cars knew something was wrong. Just as she was pulling over to assess the problem the car cut out, so she freewheeled it into a place of safety. (Or was it three wheeled it)
Mrs Rosewarne knows the difference between a big end and a piston ring, she had the bonnet up and found that the radiator was completely empty.😱🔧🔨
Here they were in the middle of nowhere, it was dark and miles from home, Mrs Rosewarne felt a huge sense of responsibility to Tizzy and Nancy, so calling on all of her engineering skills she came up with a plan on how to refill the radiator with water.🤔
She found a bucket in the boot of the Reliant Robin and said to Tizzy and Nancy, “now then ladies, if we can each pass a little water into the bucket, the radiator can be refilled and we will get home”.🛀💧💧💧
So Tizzy squat over the bucket, yes she had rearranged her Adam and the ants, you know what I am trying to say, well she squeezed and squeezed nothing, not a drop. Then Nancy strode purposely forward, thrust her breeches over her head, got down and squeezed and squeezed, nothing, you see Tizzy and Nancy had only just frequented a gateway a couple of miles back the road.🙈🙈
Step forward Mrs Rosewarne, she threw her great big old dress over her head, squat down and had a go, nothing. Mindful of getting the ladies home, Mrs Roseworne had another go.🙈
She lined herself up over the bucket, squeezed and squeezed, her face went red, even the veins in her neck were sticking out, then with one last huge try, she broke wind, Tizzy and Nancy p*ss*d themselves laughing.
Thank you so much for looking at my photos, the comments and banter you leave are so appreciated. Take care, stay safe and remain positive.
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We are living in a time of strong contrasts. In so many cases you recognize a great need to be touched, to kiss, to share and feel comfort, but we have to do with love at a distance. One can feel the sadness, the pain, when it becomes clear how quickly people have to say goodbye if all goes wrong. Especially after an elongated life of being together. We did our best for years to save the lives of vulnerable elderly people and now they suddenly slip away. COVID-19 can strike really, really fast, catching married couples at the same time, physically not being capable to care for each other. The doors of hospices have to stay closed for beloved ones.
How does it feel when you're not allowed to appear at a friend's funeral, because you cough a little ?
The sun is shining and the sky is bright , but the ashes in crematoriums circulate at full speed.
As a GP I have been raised with a sense of ruth and loving approach, but regularly I don't know how to get this to the other side, to the patient who needs consolation, keeping distance and armed in aprons, masks and splash goggles ...
It can be very cold when the sun is out
Koud
We leven in een tijd van keiharde contrasten. Bij veel mensen zie ik een grote behoefte om elkaar aan te raken, te zoenen, gezelligheid te voelen met elkaar, maar we moeten het doen
met liefde op afstand. Je voelt het verdriet , de pijn, wanneer duidelijk wordt hoe schielijk mensen afstand en afscheid van elkaar moeten nemen als het mis gaat. Juist na een langgerekt leven van samenzijn. Hoe we jaren ons best hebben gedaan om de levens van kwetsbare ouderen te redden en hoe snel mensen nu ineens wegglippen. Hoe de deuren van hospices gesloten moeten blijven voor bezoekers en je, als je een beetje hoest,niet op de begrafenis van een vriend kan verschijnen.
De zon scheen dit weekend, en er leek soms geen vuiltje aan de lucht, maar de crematoria draaien op volle toeren.
Wij artsen zijn grootgebracht met een gevoel van mededogen, van mensenliefde, maar we weten soms niet hoe we die nog aan de andere kant kunnen krijgen, gewapend in schort, een masker en een spatbril op ...
Het kan erg koud aanvoelen wanneer de zon schijnt
I wish I could say that I was returning here physically, but instead I loaded some of my old raw photos from my 2014 trip to Iceland. Looking at these old photos has given me the travel bug, and I'm hoping that 2017 will bring me some new adventures.
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I felt physically sick taking this shot, I mounted my camera on the Manfrotto tripod and proceeded to set it up hanging over the handrail & looking directly down on this eight floor drop!
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Hyperfocal distance again!
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Equipment
-Canon 5D Mark III
-EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM
-Manfrotto
- MH057M0-RC4 Mag Ball Head
- 055CXPRO3 Tripod