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“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.”
― Cassandra Clare
Film: Boots Slide film 200. So rebranded Fuji/Ferrania, maybe?
It was expired (1999) at the time of shooting by about 10 years. Colours had shifted.
I think this was a field of Barley? but I can't remember nor can I identify it now from the shot. hmm
Recently scanned Image from back catalog of positives. I don't recall the date. Well over 10 years ago though.
Camera: I think a Canon SLR Body.
No Crop. No Filter. No Post Editing. NOT A.I. (That to me is like physically chopping up peoples' paintings and making a new painting from the pieces).
Lab developed in E6 chemicals.
I am starting to think I am physically incapable of playing the guitar, lol. I will stick with it though!
"excuse me while I kiss the sky"!!!
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I absolutely love silhouettes. I think the drama created by a good silhouette is often greater than the image in full light. This image was captured almost as an afterthought. We were on the final legs of our very last safari in the Mara and I suddenly turned over to look at a hill to find this impala. He was standing still and looking over the hill quite poetically. Perhaps reflecting my feelings. I have always felt sad at the end of a holiday but leaving the Mara felt physically difficult. I didn’t know when I would be back, if I would ever capture these moments on my camera ever again. But as I look at my photographs again, my resolve to go back strengthens; to go back to nature, to be one with it, to feel that rush of being in the middle of nowhere and witness the vivid scenes of wild and wilderness.
Craig - barista, Bowie tribute band leader, either physically robust (this day) or dragging in pain.
Lions are believed to climb trees as a behavioral adaptation to protecting themselves from the constant irritation of insect bites while lazing on the ground under trees. Some animal behaviorists claim that these lions have perfected the art of climbing trees as a way of escaping the sweltering heat on ground level. This way, they can enjoy a cool breeze and blissful nap without worrying about the happenings on the ground. Moreover, this position is an excellent vantage point from which to observe the movement of prey as they cross the plains in search of grazing opportunities and water.
While lions are not physically adapted to climbing trees, these distinct groups have been able to master this skill over time and teach their young to do the same; a great example of learned behaviour as opposed to natural instinct.
The Queen of Ndutu was photographed during a photography safari on a late evening game drive in the Ndutu Plains of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
For all who are suffering in our world, physically, emotionally and at war... peace be with you.
-Isaiah 54:11
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
The Great Curassow is a physically large Cracid that ranges from eastern Mexico, through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It is a secretive species found in humid tropical forests that feeds mostly on fruits but also eats small invertebrates as well as vertebrates.
The species is declining due to habitat loss and overhunting, but it still can be seen stealing across the forest floor or feeding in the upper levels of the tree canopy.
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Photo taken at the AVIARIO NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA, Barú.
Colombia is the number one country in the world to have the largest varieties of birds, having about 1,876 species and almost 70 kinds that belong specially to Colombia. AVIARIO NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA has done an amazing job to show that. You see some of birds free and others in beautiful habitats. Peacocks, Toucans, Pink Flamingos, Crane Corona, Guacamayas, Pelicanos, Ducks, all types of little colorful birds Colombia is most famous for it, every imaginable birds are here.
This place is so well design, and so well taking care of, that you think some times you are in paradise!
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Chicago. 2016
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Over the hill and you reach the Isle of Lewis which is physically the same island as Harris.
One of the special places there is Callanish , a series of some 20 Neolithic sites. This is the main site which has a small inner ring of stones surrounded by others which make the form of a cross.
The stone is beautiful and is local Lewisian Gneiss, some of the oldest rocks going, having been formed from about 3 to 2.5 billion years ago .
Not the best of weather but I had the place to myself pretty much to experience its magic and mystery , truly a special place.
Endemic to the North Maluku islands, a member of the Bird-of-Paradise family (Paradisaeidae). It must have been the hardest nature walk ever in my life. We are 2 persons + our guide, after a 3 hours night drive,We started walking in the dark forest at 4:00 in the morning. Walked 3.6km in the middle of the forest canopy by crossing rivers and extreme conditions. After being exhausted, only 20 minutes later, the Standardwing Bird of Paradise came to the tree for a very very short moment where I was expecting it. I was only able to capture this much in a very short moment. It is not the quality I was expecting, but to respect the efforts spent, I decided to share such hard-to-capture beauty.
Not only chasing the bird, but actually I experienced an unforgettable resilience experience both physically and in terms of determination by enduring an extremely challenging test.
It will take me some time to process the images from this trip - both physically and mentally - so be patient and stay tuned :)
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Despite appearances, this creature is a physically healthy and well adjusted Grey Currawong.
In fact, it is the same magnificent-looking individual that appeared in my previous image. The dishevelled appearance is temporary and is the result of the bird undertaking one of its greatest pleasures—a 'mud bath.' Like most birds, Grey Currawongs enjoy bathing, but unlike most other birds, they enrich the experience by also rubbing wet clay through their plumage.
If conditions have been dry and there is no wet clay to be found, these birds will simply chisel a lump of clay from a garden bed or a dam bank and take it to the nearest birdbath. The bird will repeatedly dunk the clay into water until it deems it to be suitable for the task. It will then meticulously apply the wet clay to its body for up to 30 minutes or so. After a satisfying mud rubdown, a thorough rinsing is achieved by vigorously flapping the wings in a birdbath or dam. At the conclusion of ablutions, the currawong engages in some downtime, relaxing in the sun and attending to important maintenance issues such as drying plumage, preening and parasite reduction.
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
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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.
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. ~
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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.
A glass of tea. The way I am celebrating moments and slowing down the daily pace.
I am not drinking coffee anymore, I think I was addicted to it, having 3 or more cups daily. I feel better, physically, with a tea.
Picture sooc, used newly programmed recipe from FXWeekly.
This morning I saved a set of recipes on the X-Pro1, little later on X-E2. Will do the same on X-T2 and fill some slots with various settings. That's refreshing way of taking pictures.
yesterday i didnt counted down the days... busy with sleepy... hehehe
time flies so fast... but i'm ready for anything...
p.s: i have to prepare physically ... i will go out for trekking on January 6th...
i want to bring tripod... because i want insert myself in my photograph too :P
narcist dot com... kidding i'm not model... i'm a picture maker ;)
Colorado. 2017
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Visible Handcrank Gas Pumps
Before my time... Johnnie explained one would physically pump the gas into the glass cylinder (that way you could assess the amount & quality). Gravity would then send the gas to the vehicle's tank.
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Fuji X-S10. Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS. 10mm, f/9, 1/500 sec, ISO 320.
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.
A tired, worn out barn near my boyhood hometown now sits vacant during the late fall surrounded by acres of harvested corn fields. The “temporary” handiwork of a past farmer is illustrated by the patched roof, fading siding and uncovered openings on a couple of barn levels.
What caught my eye were the two pails on the ground near the open entrance on the front left. Though most city folks would drive by them without a glance, to me they brought back memories of countless morning and evening chores when I would use an aluminum scoop shovel to fill pails like this with ground corn out of our cement floor feed room and grab one pail in each hand and carry them about 20 yards through the barn into a small feed lot and dump them in wooden feeding troughs my dad built for the cattle to use as their dinner tables.
At the age of 10, the pails were heavy and cumbersome and by the time I had made my required eight or ten trips back and forth, my back would ache and my muscles threatened to go on strike. But in a few short years, my young man’s body began to muscle out and though I didn’t enjoy the labor each day, it was no longer a struggle physically to carry feed like this.
My recollection of the origin of these pails is hazy although a few were originally full of grease or other chemicals. Some were galvanized gray while others wore colors of deep blue, black or an occasional white and they were all old. During my formulative work years, none of the pails were plastic as tin ruled the day. Some pails had a wooden handle to make it easier on your hands to carry but years of use wore most of the wood away and left the remaining wire handles to do a job on tender hands.
Nearly every old farm kid I talk to has similar recollections of equipment they used to do their chores. Most of the farmers back in the 1950s were not very mechanized in their barn operations and depended on their resident labor force to keep it and the rest of the farm running smoothly.
(Photographed near Avoca, MN)
I don't understand how a six mile hike can be so tiring. We are used to hiking the mountains and sometimes do as many as 17 miles but the route up the nose of Kirk Fell and over Great Gable was physically exhausting. We have been here for a few days so maybe the combination of all of these fells are taking their toll. I am looking forward to rain tomorrow so we can take it easy - we have some roadside locations to check out!
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 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!
[From www.treehugger.com/health/5-health-benefits-houseplants.html]
Houseplants have been going in and out of vogue ever since the early Greeks and Romans starting bringing their plants in from the outdoors. The Victorians loved their potted palms and the 70s wouldn’t have been the same without ferns and spider plants … everywhere. Current style dictates a lighter hand with the green things – sculptural stems and succulents rule the roost – but the truth is this: Houseplants should transcend trends. The benefits they confer should make us consider them a necessity rather than an object of décor, because honestly, good health should never be out of style. If you need convincing, here are some of the ways that bringing plants inside helps us out.
1. They give an assist in breathing
Inhaling brings oxygen into the body, exhaling releases carbon dioxide. During photosynthesis, plants do the opposite, of sorts: They absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, making plants and people great partners when it comes to gasses. Plants help to increase oxygen levels, and our bodies appreciate that.
But here’s something to know: When photosynthesis stops at night, most plants switch things up and absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide. However, a few special plants – like orchids, succulents and epiphytic bromeliads – flip that script and take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Meaning, use these plants in bedrooms to keep the oxygen flowing at night.
2. They help deter illness
In the great outdoors, plant roots tap the groundwater table for water which then evaporates through its leaves in a process known as transpiration. Studies show that this accounts for about 10 percent of the moisture in the atmosphere! The same thing happens at home (minus the groundwater table part), which increases the humidity indoors. While this may sound unappealing during hot moist months, it’s a gift during drier months or if you live in an arid clime. According to Bayer Advanced, studies at the Agricultural University of Norway document that using plants in interior spaces decreases the incidence of dry skin, colds, sore throats and dry coughs. And other research reveals that higher absolute humidity is conducive for decreased survival and transmission of the flu virus.
3. They clean the air
NASA has spent a lot of time researching air quality in sealed environments, which makes sense. Extensive research by the space agency discovered a then-new concept in indoor air quality improvement in which plants play a pivtoal role: “Both plant leaves and roots are utilized in removing trace levels of toxic vapors from inside tightly sealed buildings. Low levels of chemicals such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde can be removed from indoor environments by plant leaves alone.” When talking about the relationship between plants and space travelers, NASA notes that plants, "provide nourishment for the body when eaten as food, and they improve the quality of indoor air. Plants take the carbon dioxide from air to produce oxygen that humans can breathe."
The top 10 plants for removing indoor pollutants, according to the agency are: Peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii), golden pothos (Scindapsus aures), English ivy (Hedera helix), chrysanthemum (Chrysantheium morifolium), gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii), mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii'), bamboo palm (Chamaedorea sefritzii), azalea (Rhododendron simsii), red-edge dracaena (Dracaena marginata) and spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum). For more on these specific plants, see: Houseplants that clean the air.
The NASA researchers recommend one potted plant per 100 square feet of indoor space.
4. They boost healing
Bringing flowers or a plant while visiting a hospital patient may be verging on cliché, but so effective are plants in helping surgery patients recover that one study recommends them as a “noninvasive, inexpensive, and effective complementary medicine for surgical patients.” Plants as medicine! The study, conducted at Kansas State University, found that viewing plants during recovery from surgery led to a significant improvement in physiologic responses as evidenced by lower systolic blood pressure, and lower ratings of pain, anxiety, and fatigue as compared to patients without plants in their rooms.
Another technique to decrease recovery time, as noted by Texas A&M University, is horticulture therapy in which patients are tasked with taking care of plants. The patients who physically interact with plants experience a significantly reduced recovery time after medical procedures.
5. They help you work better
What? How? A number of studies with both students and workers reveals that studying or working in the presence of plants can have a pretty dramatic effect. As with simply being in nature, being around plants improves concentration, memory and productivity. Being “under the influence of plants” can increase memory retention up to 20 percent, according to a University of Michigan study.
Meanwhile, two Norwegian studies found that worker productivity is greatly enhanced by the presence of plants in the office. “Keeping ornamental plants in the home and in the workplace increases memory retention and concentration,” notes Texas A&M. “Work performed under the natural influence of ornamental plants is normally of higher quality and completed with a much higher accuracy rate than work done in environments devoid of nature.”
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“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.”
― Cassandra Clare
Though she has all the signs of
very advanced
LEPROSY,
her children are normal
physically
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Firefighters - What it takes:
Physical fitness and endurance.
Knowledge of public safety and security.
Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Thorough and pay attention to detail.
Sensitivity and understanding.
The ability to work well with others.
knowledge of teaching and the ability pass on knowledge and experience.
The working environment may be at height, cramped and physically and emotionally demanding (and hot).
Firefighter, Hemyock, Devon, UK.
When you hear the two-tone horns and see the blue lights you know someone will be pleased to hear them coming.
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.
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".
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...
From an earlier trip to Lake Tahoe.
I hope that everyone is staying healthy, both physically and mentally, during these challenging times.
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.
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 :-)
Texas. 2016
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Often times I feel disconnected to reality,
Like I am there physically
But mentally I am not.
I am fully aware of my surrounding,
I am fully aware of people passing by,
It just feels like a complete blur.
Sometimes, people talk to me,
I listen,
But my mind wanders somewhere else.
~by Tangerine
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 -