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I watch him plant some seedlings .
I love how he was precise and gentle while planting.
Japanese Friendship Garden
Car ignition coils arranged neatly at Horopito motors.
Horopito Motors, also known as "Smash Palace". Part working car mechanics, part museum. If you are into rusty and crusty (or want used car parts) it is a great place to spend several hours photographing!
Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ Jomo Langma, is Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is not the furthest summit from the centre of the Earth. That honour goes to Mount Chimborazo, in the Andes. The international border between China and Nepal runs across Everest's precise summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft) and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870 ft).
The inner geek in me (which is about 99% of me) was very pleased to clock this for the first time - the pseudocopulation of an early spider-orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) by its intended pollinator, namely the buffish mining-bee (Andrena nigroaenaea), which the orchid flower mimics visually as well as in tactile and olfactory terms. It clearly works, as this male's head is plastered with pollen-containing pollinia as he goes from plant to plant attempting to satisfy his own genetic imperative. Apparently the female bees appear a little later in April, so the males are more likely to be duped earlier in the season. With climate change I wonder if such precise timings will still happen in the future. PS Could be Andrena nitida, see below - a new pollinator for early spider-orchid??
Sure, there should be a more precise drawing for the cutting and the cutting should be done with more accuracy. I my case i should have also to be wearing my other glasses, but this was a first try of something that has been apearing and vanishing in my head as a chinese weather balloon... or two... or... whatever.
Of course the dummy book shoul be green paper, the indicidual leaves should be folded and unfolded along the stem so, unfolded the sides will be at an angle from each other. Yes, of course, the whole leaf should be curved to fit... All that will go but i am not going to try it yet: this was only for those modellers wanting to make pals trees who weren't so lucky as i was at finding enough cheap plastic ones more than six or seven years ago as shown in this album:
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My Rig with the TPO8RC
added the JMI EV2 motorized focuser thanks to precise Parts for making the exact adapter to fit the focuser to drawtube
Joli petit coléoptère (environ 2,5 mm) que l’on trouve sur diverses lamiacées et astéracées (je n’ai pas trouvé d’informations plus précises sur cette espèce). On recense en France plus de 10 500 espèces de coléoptères de tailles, de formes et de couleurs très diverses, dont le plus mal-aimé est certainement le doryphore (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), et environ 360 000 dans le monde, ce qui représente un peu plus d’un tiers des insectes actuellement connus. (Source : INRAE)
Pretty little beetle (about 2.5 mm) found on various Lamiaceae and Asteraceae (I have not found more specific information on this species). In France, there are more than 10,500 species of beetles of various sizes, shapes and colors, the most unpopular of which is certainly the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), and about 360,000 worldwide, which represents a little more than a third of the insects currently known. (Source: INRAE)
Ah! Yes! Those hardworking, precise 'guest-worker' gardeners of the KLCC Park are very thorough in maintaining the smooth grass lawns of the park. But here and there on their edges little 'weeds' escape sharp knives!
Much to the desires of a host of insects - and Olymp, too - from relatively large to small. And they delight on tiny flowering weeds such as exquisite Aneilema nudiflorum, Small-leaved Dew Flower.
Here's a Wee Bee, a Meliponini - I think - of some sort, perhaps 3-4 mm, collecting from Doveblue.
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.
[Gustave Flaubert]
The precise date of construction of this fortress-like parish church is not known with any certainty, though its architecture indicates the early part of the 13th century. With its five distinctive towers, it stands on a hill above the harbour, making it Kalundborg's most imposing landmark.
SN/NC: Morus Nigra, Moraceae Family
Morus nigra, called black mulberry or blackberry (not to be confused with the blackberries which are various species of Rubus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. It is known for its large number of chromosomes, 308 (44x ploidy). Other mulberry species are sometimes confused with black mulberry, particularly black-fruited individuals of the white mulberry, but black mulberry can be distinguished by the uniformly hairy lower leaf surface. Morus nigra is a deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall by 15 m (49 ft) broad. The leaves are 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long by 6–10 cm (2–4 in) broad - up to 23 cm (9 in) long on vigorous shoots, downy on the underside, the upper surface rough with very short, stiff hairs. The edible fruit is dark purple, almost black, when ripe, 2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) long, a compound cluster of several small drupes; it is richly flavoured, similar to the red mulberry (Morus rubra) but unlike the more insipid fruit of the white mulberry (Morus alba). It is very popular in Brazil where its leaves are used to feed the silkworms used to produce silk. (Silkworm moth, (Bombyx mori), lepidopteran whose caterpillar has been used in silk production.
A Amoreira-negra, Amora, Amora-negra, Amora-preta, Amoreira, Amoreira-do-bicho-da-seda, Amoreira-preta são os nomes mais comuns da nossa popular amora e a árvore que a produz, amoreira. Ela é uma árvore decídua, cujo fruto, a amora, é apreciado no mundo todo. Seu porte é médio, alcançando de 4 a 12 metros de altura. As folhas são simples, ovadas a cordiformes, cartáceas, de margens serrilhadas ou dentadas e recobertas por uma pilosidade que as torna ásperas ao toque. As mudas podem apresentar folhas lobadas. As inflorescências surgem no final do inverno e são do tipo espiga, pendentes, onde se reúnem flores brancas minúsculas. Os frutos são pequenos aquênios, carnosos e negros quando maduros, reunidos em infrutêscências. Apesar de ser frutífera, a amoreira não deixa de ser ornamental. Sua copa é ampla, fornecendo sombra fresca no verão e permitindo a passagem de luz no inverno, com a queda das folhas. É perfeita para pequenos pomares domésticos, pois é rústica e não necessita de cuidados especiais para frutificar em abundância. O plantio dessa espécie só não é recomendado para arborização ao longo de ruas e avenidas, assim como estacionamentos, pois a queda do frutos e folhas suja os automóveis e o chão. Por ser facilmente dispersada pelos pássaros, a amoreira-negra pode se tornar invasiva em alguma situações.
Morus nigra, morera negra o moral negro es una especie de árbol perteneciente a la familia de las moráceas, nativa del sudoeste de Asia, siendo cultivada por tan largo periodo que su rango natural preciso es desconocido. Es un árbol pequeño deciduo que alcanza 10-13 m de altura. Hojas de 1-2 dm de longitud y 6-10 cm de ancho (llegando a 23 cm de largo en brotes vigorosos). El fruto comestible es negro púrpura, a veces bien negro, maduro de 2-3 cm de largo, en racimos de varias drupas pequeñas; ricamente saborizado, similar al Morus rubra, y diferente a la más sosa fruta de Morus alba. Ha sido largamente cultivado por su fruta comestible, y plantada y naturalizada en el oeste de Europa, Ucrania, y en China. Posee una ramificación densa, con ramas largas, divergentes y extendidas y ramillas lisas de coloración pardo-castaña. En conjunto constituyen una amplia copa, difusa y redondeada, con frecuencia irregular y de crecimiento rápido.
Le Morus nigra, ou mûrier noir, est originaire du sud-ouest de l'Asie. Son principal signe distinctif est la face inférieure de ses feuilles, uniformément duveteuse. Il est prisé pour ses fruits violet foncé, riches en saveur. Une curiosité botanique : il possède 308 chromosomes (ploïdie 44x). Note : Bien que votre texte mentionne son utilisation pour les vers à soie au Brésil, c'est principalement le Mûrier Blanc (M. alba) qui est utilisé pour cela.
Il Morus nigra, o gelso nero, è originario dell'Asia sudoccidentale. Il suo tratto distintivo principale è la pagina inferiore delle foglie, uniformemente pelosa. È apprezzato per i suoi frutti di colore viola scuro, dal sapore intenso. Una curiosità botanica: possiede 308 cromosomi (ploidia 44x). Nota: Sebbene il vostro testo ne menzioni l'uso in Brasile per i bachi da seta, è principalmente il Gelso Bianco (M. alba) ad essere utilizzato per questo scopo.
Morus nigra, de zwarte moerbei, is inheems in Zuidwest-Azië. Het belangrijkste kenmerk is de uniform behaarde onderkant van de bladeren. Hij wordt gewaardeerd om zijn smaakvolle, donkerpaarse vruchten. Een botanische curiositeit: hij heeft 308 chromosomen (44x ploïdie). Opmerking: Hoewel uw tekst het gebruik in Brazilië voor zijderupsen vermeldt, is het vooral de Witte Moerbei (M. alba) die voor dit doel wordt gebruikt.
Morus nigra, die Schwarze Maulbeere, stammt aus Südwestasien. Ihr Hauptmerkmal ist die gleichmäßig behaarte Blattunterseite. Sie wird für ihre geschmackvollen, dunkelvioletten Früchte geschätzt. Eine botanische Kuriosität: Sie besitzt 308 Chromosomen (44-fache Ploidie). Hinweis: Obwohl Ihr Text ihre Verwendung für Seidenraupen in Brasilien erwähnt, wird hierfür primär die Weiße Maulbeere (M. alba) verwendet.
モルス・ニグラ（黒マルベリー）は、南西アジア原産です。主な識別点は、葉の裏側が均一に毛で覆われていることです。風味豊かな濃紫色の果実が高く評価されています。植物学的好奇心：308本の染色体（44倍体）を持ちます。注：原文ではブラジルでの蚕の餌としての使用に言及していますが、この目的で主に使用されているのは白マルベリー（M. alba）です。
黑桑（Morus nigra） 原产于西南亚。其主要识别特征是叶片下表面 uniformly 覆盖绒毛。其深紫色果实风味浓郁，备受青睐。一个植物学奇闻：它拥有 308 条染色体（44 倍体）。注意：虽然您的文本提到它在巴西用于养蚕，但主要用于此目的的其实是白桑（M. alba）。
موروس نيجرا (التوت الأسود) موطنه الأصلي جنوب غرب آسيا. السمة الرئيسية المميزة له هي الجانب السفلي لأوراقه المُغطى بشكل موحد بالشعيرات. ويُقدر بسبب ثماره بنية اللون الغنية بالنكهة. من الغرائب النباتية: أنه يحتوي على 308 كروموسوم (44x تعدد الصبغيات). ملاحظة: على الرغم من أن نصك ذكر استخدامه في البرازيل لدود القز، إلا أن نوع التوت الأبيض (M. alba) هو primarily المستخدم لهذا الغرض.
Ahi weaves precise slashes and pyroclastic strikes to form his unique eruptive fighting style, leaving only ash and obsidian in his wake.
Made some changes to Ahi. The shins have been replaced to be more sleek, and some of the torso colors have been changed to be less messy. Also, the sword blade is the correct color. The leg articulation is a lot better in this version, so he can actually pull off some neat poses.
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Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. Ibises usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long down curved bill and black legs. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Due to its increasing presence in the urban environment and its habit of rummaging in garbage, the species has acquired a variety of colloquial names such as tip turkey; and bin chicken, and in recent years has become an icon of popular culture, being regarded with passion, wit, and, in equal measure, affection and disgust.
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including Corymbia, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. 46136
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¨Tombs decorated with sculpted menhirs or not. One sees in the background, the constructions intended to accommodate the participants in the ceremonies
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¨Tombs decorated with sculpted menhirs or not. One sees in the background, the constructions intended to accommodate the participants in the ceremonies
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Well, mermaid tail to be precise. Having a play for Macro Monday with the theme of "fishing".
Not being a huge fan of any sort of hunting for pleasure I have limited fishing paraphenalia around the house, but the craft stash can always be relied upon to provide something interesting!
btw, having an error 70 code come up on the camera when I try to shoot in live mode. I can set up the shot in live but not actually take the photo. Anyone else experienced this?
To borrow a phrase from the Catholic Worker movement, laments aid in “clarification of thought.” Whether traditional or newly composed, prayers of lament articulate in precise ways how things have fallen apart. Brought before God, they enable us to see clearly what is wrong, to specify fractures in systems and relationships that destroy us, and to realize ourselves how our lives are barren.
Laments empower sufferers to speak for themselves. When we tell how desperate we are, we become actors in the world. No longer passive recipients of pain, we become agents who name and interpret reality. Slowly such speaking may alter our relationship to suffering and release energies to act. Naming suffering before God reclaims human dignity and power that has been trampled and violated. Speaking pain, perhaps repeatedly, “like a broken record,” can move sufferers toward healing, because it brings denial to a halt and enables truth to come to the surface.
-Lamentations and the Tears of the World, Kathleen M. O’Connor
"If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take" L.Carroll.
Make sure to have a precise goal to reach in your life!
Nerium oleander (/ˈnɪəriəm ... / NEER-ee-əm), commonly known as oleander or rosebay. is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and landscaping plant. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium, belonging to subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified, though it is usually associated with the Mediterranean Basin.
This photograph was born from a precise choice: not to show the cruise ship as an image of dream or escape, but as a symbol of separation. I wanted to photograph it behind the railing for exactly this reason. That filter is not just a simple element of the port: it is a visual and social boundary. On one side are those who can afford travel, luxury, the freedom to move; on the other are those who watch, those who remain, those who work to make that privilege possible.
In this image, the sea does not appear as a promise of openness, but as distance, hierarchy, division. For some, it is travel, freedom, and luxury; for others, it is limit, enclosure, border. And today this word, sea, can no longer be innocent. It also carries Gaza within it: a place facing the sea, where for Palestinians access to the sea has been prohibited and where killings, bombings, and detentions have continued to be documented along the coast and at sea. According to United Nations humanitarian updates, Palestinian access to the sea in the Gaza Strip remains forbidden, and attacks and civilian casualties caused by military operations from air, land, and sea continue to be reported.
For this reason, here, the sea is not only a space of departure or vacation. For some, it is still the freedom to cross the world; for others, it is a closed threshold, an armed frontier, a form of exclusion, and in far too many cases, death as well. Republishing this image after years means recognizing in it a meaning that at the time had remained almost invisible: not fascination with the ship, but criticism of a world in which freedom of movement does not belong to everyone in the same way.
Whelp, it's that time of year, the end of the year to be precise.
It's been a real shitty year for the World. Terrorism, Police Brutality, The God Awful Election, That stupid dead Gorilla, DC movies were pretty bad, Walking Dead got really boring really fast, and probably a few other things.
One thing 2016 hasn't been bad for was the Lego community, at least I think. I made a good amount of figures this year, beginning with my wave of Dark Knight Returns figures back in January, and then I finished off the year with Maui. Also made some Outlast figures, my entire wave of Batman Villains, started my Spider-Man villains series, and of course the wave of Zootopia figures.
Did a lot of collabs this year, specifically with Jared, but also did some with Jayson, Andy, Jaymes, Yale, and Aaron. Have commissioned a lot of things from people and made figures as payment for a lot of people. Decent amount of figures I made this year were then sent off to other people, like Flash, Darth Maul, and Agent Venom.
This year was my second BrickFair, and hopefully not my last, got to meet the same people again, but also a lot of new people like Roman and Donovan. Seeing Suicide Squad with all of the bois was also really fun.
If had had to choose my 5 favorite things that I made and that only I made this year, they would be DKR Batman, Nick and Judy, Deathstroke, and Arkham Asylum Bane. If I did my 5 favorite collab figs I made, they would be Maui, Mr. Big, Bogo, Doug, and Professor Pyg.
So, in conclusion, I hope you all had a decent year. I guess I've been here 4 years now, although it may be 3. Taylor will have to rain-check me. We both joined around the same time, and he keeps better track of it. Anyways, hope you all have a Happy New Year, and hopefully 2017 will go easy on us.
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NOTE: It is not a "b" in the "2016". The font used makes 6's look like b's. Also thanks to Aaron for adding that and doing some minor touch ups to the pic.
transcription - the process in which a cell makes an RNA copy of a strand of DNA - becomes faster with age but less precise and more error-prone;
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Jeffersonians, Hamiltonians, Wilsonians, and Jacksonians:
Wilsonians believe that the United States should promote the establishment of a world order based on human rights, international law, and powerful multinational institutions.
Jeffersonians believe that too much activity overseas will increase the risk of war, promote inequality in the United States, and reduce individual freedom at home.
Jacksonians share Jeffersonian skepticism about Wilsonian interventions to promote human rights and Hamiltonian support of a strong central government and pro-corporate economic policies; but unlike Jeffersonians, they believe that the United States will not be safe unless other countries respect our willingness to use force to defend our honor, our interests, and our allies.
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A roll of knotted check wire that was used on early corn planters to trigger the dropping of kernels of corn at a precise interval so that the field could be cultivated in multiple directions for weed control. It was stretched and staked at opposite ends of the field for the planter to follow, and had to be moved for each pass across the field
A bush cricket or katydid os some kind... Precise species ID help appreciated! :) Spotted at Parc naturel Jacques-Bonnette.
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Luke the ant can carrying 100 times its own body weight , he seem to like Longines watches for their precise timing, after all Ants never take rest !!
A dark bush-cricket larva, to be precise. Baby crickets only feed on pollen and nectar, have a different pattern and no wings. The adult cricket looks quite different, feeds on small insects as well as on weeds and has very small wings.
Pholidoptera griseoaptera larva, Dark bush-cricket larva, Gemeine Strauchschrecke Larve
19 to be precise....don't panic this isn't what it seems!! I had to round them up to put in pen with mother duck :-)
The precise extent of the once wooded area from which Southwood in the town of Ramsgate takes its name is uncertain. Today, Southwood has much clearer definition in the local inhabitant's mental map as a predominantly residential area and as the home ground of Ramsgate football. It equates with the area of the former Southwood Farm and of Southwood House. Southwood's large, Victorian water tower is also one of Ramsgate's distinctive and prominent landmarks. The Southwood neighbourhood occupies an area of about half a square kilometre, and consists of predominantly late nineteenth and early twentieth century houses. It sits on elevated ground one kilometre to the west of Ramsgate town centre and behind the more prestigious houses, cliff-top promenades, and greens of the West Cliff area.
The Tower was built in 1887 and was made a grade II listed building in 1988, now converted into flats.
Apparently my house was lot 3 when the farm was sold and was used as a brickfield until the row of houses were built in 1902. A brickfield is a common location name in southeast England. Its name derives from a field where the topsoil was removed and the clay beneath was stripped, and mixed with chalk and ash to create bricks, we now have topsoil and chalk so I suppose all the clay was used up!
I can see this building from anywhere in the front of the house. I went to take a pic of the front of the tower but it is packed with cars!
The pov makes it look crooked but it isn't and I think it is called perspective convergence!!
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Ankaramena (Madagascar) - Cette photo me semble intéressante parce que les protagonistes ne sont pas souriants. Ce qui est rare dans ce pays.
Je m'étais écarté seul du lieu de vente des bovins pour me perdre dans le marché aux légumes. En revenant vers mon véhicule, sur la seule route carrossable du village, j'ai croisé ces jeunes gens aux regards peu engageants. Il faut préciser que les vazas (étrangers blancs) ne s’arrêtent jamais dans ce coin de brousse. Comme ces jeunes ne semblaient pas ravis de me voir ici, j'ai déclenché mon appareil alors qu'il était à la hauteur de ma poitrine. Sans viser, en marchand -pas trop vite-, en prenant la précaution de mettre le zoom sur la position grand-angle tout en choisissant une ouverture suffisamment petite pour rattraper un éventuel défaut mise au point. Coup de chance, l'autofocus a fait le point sur l'épaule du personnage central (en jaune avec son chapeau) et mon cadre était correcte. Déclencher en marchant et sans viser, je commence à maîtriser la technique, même si ce n'est pas une science exacte. On est dans le registre de la roulette russe… aux conséquences moins fatales.
Si j'ai "volé" cette photo, ce n'est pas que je craignais des représailles, mais pour qu'ils ne me demandent pas de l'argent. Cette sollicitation perpétuelle commençait à me fatiguer à ce stade de mon voyage.
Cette photo me permet de corriger une idée largement répandue. Madagascar a la réputation d’être un pays dangereux. Personnellement, en cinq longs séjours depuis 2016, je n'ai jamais ressenti le moindre sentiment d’insécurité. Il n’est cependant pas question de tomber dans un angélisme béat. Si ce pays à cette réputation, c’est qu’il y a une part de réalité. Cependant, toutes les histoires d'agressions qui mon été rapportées démontrent combien les touristes qui en ont été victimes ont été imprudents. Dans un pays réputé pour sa pauvreté, on n'exhibe pas son argent et autres richesses en public. On évite de sortir seul la nuit dans les nombreux endroits où il n'y a pas d'éclairage public, particulièrement dans la capitale où là, effectivement, vous avez une chance sur deux de faire de mauvaises rencontres. Moi quand je sors la nuit, je ne me déplace jamais seul et je prends un taxi, comme le recommande l'ambassade de France. Sauf à Fort-Dauphin, réputée pour être une ville tranquille avec un taux de criminalité proche de zéro. Pour être honnête, vous avez statistiquement moins de chance d'être agressé à Madagascar qu'à Paris.
Ankaramena (Madagascar) - This photo seems interesting to me because the protagonists are not smiling. Which is rare in this country.
I had wandered away alone from the place where the cattle were sold to get lost in the vegetable market. On my way back to my vehicle, on the only motorable road in the village, I came across these young people with unprepossessing looks. It should be noted that the vazas (white foreigners) never stop in this corner of the bush. As these young people did not seem happy to see me here, I triggered my camera while it was at the height of my chest.
Without aiming, taking the precaution of putting the zoom on the wide-angle position while choosing an aperture small enough to compensate for any possible focus fault. Luckily, the autofocus focused on the shoulder of the central character (in yellow with his hat) and my frame was correct.
To trigger while walking and without aiming, I'm starting to master the technique, even if it's not an exact science.We are in the register of Russian roulette, with less fatal consequences. If I "stole" this photo, it's not because I feared reprisals, but so that they wouldn't ask me for money.This perpetual solicitation was beginning to tire me at this point in my travel.
This photo gives me the opportunity to correct a widely held idea. Madagascar is said to be a very dangerous country. Personally, in five long stays, I have never felt the slightest feeling of insecurity. However, there is no question of falling into angelism. If this country has this reputation, it is because there must be some reality. However, all the stories of assaults that have been reported to me demonstrate how reckless the tourists who were victims were.
In a country known for its poverty, people do not display their money and other wealth in public. We avoid going out alone at night in the many places where there is no public lighting, particularly in the capital where, in fact, you have a one in two chance of meeting bad people. When I go out at night, I never go alone and I always take a taxi, as recommended by the French embassy. Except in Fort-Dauphin, renowned for being the quietest city in the country with a crime rate close to zero. To be honest, you are statistically less likely to be attacked in Madagascar than in Paris.
One of the most striking objects currently on display in my favorite antique shop in Astoria, Oregon, is this large poster celebrating Sino-Soviet friendship. Even without knowing its precise provenance, it is a fascinating artifact of one of the most consequential—and ultimately short-lived—political alliances of the twentieth century.
The composition is rich in symbolism. At the center stands Moscow's Kremlin Spasskaya Tower, crowned with the familiar red star of the Soviet state. Beside it appears Beijing's Tiananmen Gate, the ceremonial heart of the People's Republic of China. The artist has visually fused these two iconic structures into a single political landscape, suggesting not merely cooperation but ideological unity. Above them hangs a vast red drapery linking the hammer-and-sickle emblem of the Soviet Union with the five-star flag of Communist China. The message is unmistakable: the two revolutionary states are presented as partners in a common socialist project.
White doves fill the sky, invoking peace, international solidarity, and the optimistic language of postwar communist diplomacy. Such imagery was common in socialist propaganda of the 1950s, particularly after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and the signing of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance in 1950. During this period, Soviet advisers, engineers, and planners played a major role in China's industrialization, while Chinese leaders publicly celebrated the Soviet Union as the senior partner and model for socialist development.
The large inscription at the bottom reads:
**中苏友好团结万岁**
*"Long live the friendship and unity of China and the Soviet Union."*
The smaller banners on Tiananmen echo familiar revolutionary slogans. One proclaims:
**中华人民共和国万岁**
*"Long live the People's Republic of China."*
The other reads:
**世界人民大团结万岁**
*"Long live the great unity of the peoples of the world."*
Artistically, the poster belongs to the tradition of socialist realist propaganda that flourished across the communist world after the Second World War. Its bright colors, idealized architecture, optimistic skies, and heroic symbolism are all characteristic of the genre. Unlike the harsher revolutionary imagery of earlier decades, this work emphasizes harmony, prosperity, and international fraternity. The careful architectural rendering and dramatic use of perspective recall Soviet poster design of the late Stalin and early Khrushchev periods, while the inclusion of Tiananmen and traditional Chinese motifs roots the message in a specifically Chinese context.
What makes the poster particularly interesting is the historical irony. The alliance it celebrates proved remarkably fragile. By the late 1950s, ideological and geopolitical disagreements were emerging between Moscow and Beijing. The Sino-Soviet Split became one of the defining events of the Cold War. By the 1960s the two communist giants were openly denouncing one another, and in 1969 their troops even fought deadly border clashes along the Ussuri River. A poster proclaiming eternal friendship thus became, within little more than a decade, a relic of a vanished political moment.
As an object, it also illustrates how propaganda can outlive the political realities it was created to promote. Today, viewers are likely to see it less as a statement of ideology than as a historical document—evidence of a brief period when many believed the future belonged to a unified communist world stretching from Eastern Europe to the Pacific.
By placing the Chinese emblem above the Soviet monument and the Soviet emblem above the Chinese monument, the artist appears to employ a visual metaphor of mutual recognition and reciprocal respect. Rather than depicting two nations standing apart under their own symbols, the composition deliberately interchanges the national emblems to suggest friendship, solidarity, and a shared political destiny.
Unfortunately, I was unable to ascertain the poster's authenticity or determine whether it is an original period printing or a later reproduction. Because it was already framed, examination of the paper stock, printing method, margins, and reverse side—the very features that often provide the strongest clues to age and origin—was not possible. Even so, whether original or later reproduction, it remains a visually compelling piece and an evocative reminder of a moment when the governments of China and the Soviet Union sought to present themselves as inseparable partners leading a worldwide socialist movement.
Species 49 in the lockdown bird challenge is the Starling, or to be more precise, their chicks. I had not posted a Starling, probably through oversights they are pretty common. However, yesterday whilst out walking I was attracted by a cacophony of sound on the edge of a field and there were literally 40 or so Starling Chicks gathered in a large group all being waited on by their parents. I managed to catch these two waiting to be fed!
The road, usually hidden, cuts like a scar through the forest, brought to sight by the thin layer of snow and the absence of leaves. What a precise Swiss cut that is, slicing up the forest. The mountain usually behind these houses has taken a day off. Mountains need their privacy at times, too, why wouldn't they?
Been sick and busy. Still both, but here's one shot from today.
Cheese
To be more precise: Soete Brabant cheese.
Cheese , delicious food I can't get enough of, is made of milk and other products.
It contains a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep.
There a hundreds types of cheese and they are produced in many countries.
Cheese is valued for its portability, long life, and high content of fat, protein, calcium, and phosphorus. Cheese is more compact and has a longer shelf life than milk, although how long a cheese will keep depends on the type of cheese; labels on packets of cheese often claim that a cheese should be consumed within three to five days of opening. Generally speaking, hard cheeses, such as parmesan last longer than soft cheeses, such as Brie or goat's milk cheese. The long storage life of some cheeses, especially when encased in a protective rind, allows selling when markets are favorable.
Cheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history. There is no conclusive evidence indicating where cheesemaking originated, either in Europe, Central Asia or the Middle East, but the practice had spread within Europe prior to Roman times.
A funny thing is that Cheese is rarely found in East Asian cuisines , so when we are in the Philippines I really have to search for it.
Bon appetit
Eet smakelijk
Enjoy you're meal
Kain na
94 to be precise!
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