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Marry Me
Alana: Uhh-uhh-uhh, ohh-yeah, hmmm
A hundred and five is the number that comes to my head
When I think of all the years I wanna be with you
Wake up every morning with you in my bed
That's precisely what I plan to do
And you know one of these days, when I get my money right
Buy you everything and show you all the finer things in life
Will forever be enough, so there ain't no need to rush
But one day, I won't be able to ask you loud enough
I'll say, will you marry me?
I swear that I will mean it
IZZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
I'll say, will you marry me?
Izzy: Are you asking?
Alana:Singing, uh-oh-oh, uh-oh-oh
Uh-oh-oh, oh-yeah... YES!!
How many Boys in the world can make me feel like this?
Baby, I don't ever plan to find out
The more I look, the more I find the reasons why
You're the love of my life
You know one of these days, when I get my money right
Buy you everything and show you all the finer things in life
Will forever be enough, so there ain't no need to rush
But one day, I won't be able to ask you loud enough
I'll say, will you marry me?
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, will you marry me?
And if I lost everything
In my heart, it means nothing
'Cause I have you, Boy, I have you
To get right down on bended knee
Nothing else would ever be better, better
The day when I
I'll say, will you marry me?
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, will you marry me?
I'll say, will you marry me? (the day I get on my knees)
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, will you marry me? (and what you do me, baby?)
Got me singing (uh-ooh, uh-ooh)
Got me singing (uh-ooh, uh-ooh)
Would you marry me, baby? (uh-ooh, uh-ooh, uh-ooh)
A hundred and five is the number that comes to my head
When I think of all the years I wanna be with you
Wake up every morning with you in my bed
That's precisely what I plan to do
First signs of spring on the western bank of Oakland Lake, a glacial kettle lake in Alley Pond Park, Queens, NYC. This area is a wetland where a pair of swans nest. A well-used walking path, precisely 0.6 mile long, rings the lake. -- March 21, 2023
Nearby the Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion) is the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Temple of the peaceful Dragon, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan.
The temple's name is synonymous with the temple's famous Zen garden, the karesansui (枯山水 or dry landscape), Rock Garden.
The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as an UNESCO World Heritage.
Perhaps you see it was still raining…;-))
""This simple and remarkable garden measures only 25 meters from east to west and 10 meters from south to north.
The rectangle Zen Garden is completely different from the gorgeous gardens of court nobles constructed in the Middle Ages. No trees are to be seen; only 15 rocks and white gravel are used in the garden.
The walls are made of clay boiled in oil. As time went by, the peculiar design was made of itself by the oil that seeped out.
This international famous rock garden is said to be created at the end of Muromachi Period (around 1500), by a highly respected Zen monk, Tokuho Zenketsu.""
Information - from the brochure
An interesting feature of the garden's design is that from any vantage point at least one of the rocks is always hidden from the viewer.
""Meaning of the garden.
Like any work of art, the artistic garden of Ryōan-ji is also open to interpretation, or scientific research into possible meanings. Many different theories have been put forward inside and outside Japan about what the garden is supposed to represent, from islands in a stream, to swimming baby tigers to the peaks of mountains rising above to theories about secrets of geometry or of the rules of equilibrium of odd numbers.
Garden historian Gunter Nitschke wrote: "The garden at Ryōan-ji does not symbolize anything, or more precisely, to avoid any misunderstanding, the garden of Ryōan-ji does not symbolize, nor does it have the value of reproducing a natural beauty that one can find in the real or mythical world. I consider it to be an abstract composition of 'natural' objects in space, a composition whose function is to incite meditation.""
Information - WiKi
So, there I was on Pelican Beach, stumbling across what I initially took to be a horse, more precisely a sea-horse. The mythical creature of the beach log variety. It had a certain equine look, if you squinted and ignored the lack of legs and general horse-ness. But hey, who am I to be a neigh-sayer?
It was wedged so deeply in the sand, must have been some powerful seas wash it up. I suppose the seaweed mane might’ve just washed up on it, or maybe an enterprising mermaid did a little redecorating — who knows? Not many people wander this far down the beach, so it remains a mystery for the ages.
It definitely qualifies as a log with more personality than most that I have encountered!
Est une espèce de passereaux. Auparavant placé dans la famille des Turdidae, il figure actuellement, avec d'autres représentants de celle-ci (particulièrement les tariers et les traquets), dans celle des Muscicapidae. Le mâle et la femelle sont presque identiques, avec une couronne, des ailes, le dessus et la queue de couleur brune, une bande grise sur les côtés de la gorge, un ventre blanc et la fameuse « gorge rouge », plus précisément de couleur orange foncé tirant vers le rouge. Bien que sa face et sa poitrine soient plus orangées que rougeâtres, cet oiseau prend le nom familier de rouge-gorge au Moyen Âge. Cette contradiction est due à ce que la dénomination de la couleur orange n'apparaît en Europe qu'au xvie siècle, par la diffusion sur ce continent de l'orange douce (le fruit) rapportée à la fin du xve siècle par les Portugais de Ceylan et de Chine.
L'âge maximal d'un rouge-gorge est de 18 ans.
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Is a species of passerines. Previously placed in the Turdidae family, it currently appears, along with other representatives of this family (particularly augers and wheatear), in that of the Muscicapidae. The male and the female are almost identical, with a crown, wings, upper and tail of brown color, a gray band on the sides of the throat, a white belly and the famous "red throat", more precisely of color. dark orange tending to red. Although its face and chest are more orange than reddish, this bird took the colloquial name of robin in the Middle Ages. This contradiction is due to the fact that the name of the color orange does not appear in Europe until the sixteenth century, by the distribution on this continent of the sweet orange (the fruit) reported at the end of the fifteenth century by the Portuguese of Ceylon and China.
The maximum age for a robin is 18.
I don't know if you feel the same, but whenever I'm at a waterfall I have a little chaos in my head and I'm nervous. Especially with this one, it is our largest and most beautiful.
It is difficult to reach and there is a high risk of slipping. I can do that, but precisely because it is so difficult to get there, I always have to concentrate on the camera settings. I mostly forget something. ♥ this place.
Thank you for visiting and taking the time to watch, I really appreciate it!
“Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways”. ~ Oscar Wilde
One of the images I took last November for Crazy Tuesday's theme "Oil on Water"; first time I ever tried it ... this one is basically just about the colours (and negative space)
[this is the image I went with for the theme then:
www.flickr.com/photos/151284386@N06/50614293662/in/album-...]
Wishing you a colourful weekend : ))
(despite everything happening right now, or even precisely because of it)
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"Bloße Farbe, unbelastet von Bedeutung und losgelöst von einer bestimmten Form, kann auf tausend verschiedene Arten zur Seele sprechen" ~ Oscar Wilde
Eines der Bilder, die ich im letzten November für das Crazy Tuesday-Thema "Öl auf Wasser" aufgenommen habe; das erste Mal, dass ich es versucht habe ... bei diesem Bild geht es im Grunde nur um die Farben (und den negativen Raum)
Habt ein farbenfrohes Wochenende : ))
(trotz allem, oder gerade auch deshalb)
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Or more precisely the king of his mother's castle. This is a bust of Karl XI (Charles XI) at Drottningholm palace - which as built on order from his mother the queen Hedvig Eleonora - at the time queen dowager but also regent for her son Karl (Charles) XI who was underage when his father (Karl X) died.
The palace was designed by one of Sweden's most well known architects: Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, and after his death the work was continued on by his (equally famous) son Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. The queen used it as a summer residence, and as a place for hunting. The palace continued to be in fashion throughout the 18th century, and got a partly rococo interior during the time of queen Lovisa Ulrika.
But the place fell out of fashion with the new Bernadotte dynasty in the early 19th century, being to closely connected with the earlier regime. The last new add-ons to the place was electricity and modern plumbing at the beginning of the 20th century - after that the focus has been on conservation and preservation. The royal family has lived there since 1981.
Before I headed to Looking Glass Falls I stopped because I saw this particular scene. Well, not precisely. The clouds had just begun cresting the mountain tops, for around ten minutes I spent some time trying a few compositions, nothing was really working for me. Finally, as the clouds began to descend and eventually framed this. So, like any photographer presented with an opportunity, I shot it. I'm not completely pleased with the outcome, the mist makes it appear as though some areas are out of focus. Despite that, the light is nice, the framing is interesting, leads to some intrigue. Give me your thoughts.
ISO: 160
Aperture: f11
SS: 1/60
Focal: 80mm
Shot with me 50-140
Timmy loves his Advent calendar - or more precisely, its contents. When I get up in the morning, he runs ahead and sits down next to it expectantly. While I look for the door, open it, take out the bag and open it, he keeps nudging me with his head to hurry up. During the day, too, he sits in front of it again and again and looks expectantly.
He doesn't want to understand the concept of "one door a day" :-)
Happy Caturday 19.12.2020 "Colorful"
As I've always liked to say, "happiness is simple when you're in front of the sea". This sentence is so true for me!
Here we are in Livorno, precisely at Romito, near Calignaia. On top of the hill you can spot Castel Sonnino and in the background the lovely Quercianella.
I'm so lucky to live here!
You can follow me on Instagram if you want! I'll follow you back :) you can find me as gggiuliac (www.instagram.com/gggiuliac/?hl=it)
A high-contrast black-and-white photograph skillfully captures a quiet, environmental moment using strong architectural lines, rich textures, and a compelling focal point.
An exploration of texture and geometry, this piece pairs the weathered grit of organic wood against the clean lines of a curated interior. At the center of this balance sits a quiet subject, bridging the gap between structure and nature.
The cat is strategically placed along the right vertical third of the frame, instantly drawing the viewer's eye as the primary subject.
The prominent, heavily textured wooden beam in the foreground serves as a strong leading line. It anchors the lower right quadrant and directs the gaze diagonally into the shop's interior.
The open architecture on the right acts as an internal frame, positioning the cat at the boundary between the indoor space and the outside world.
High-key, directional light floods into the space from the upper left. This creates a beautifully illuminated back wall while casting dramatic, crisp shadows across the storage cubbies.
The stark black-and-white editing strips away distracting colors to emphasize pure light and shadow. This creates a metaphor for duality: clarity versus mystery, or the seen versus the unseen.
The image relies on an intense, stylized black-and-white conversion. Midtones are compressed to favor deep, rich blacks (found in the wood grain and shelf shadows) and bright, blown-out whites (visible on the cat’s chest and the rear wall). This choice emphasizes form over color.
The photograph thrives on contrasting surfaces. The rough, splintered, and weathered grain of the foreground wood contrasts sharply with the smooth, clean, geometric lines of the white storage unit behind it. The weathered wooden beam is a masterclass in adding tactile depth. It gives the image a clear foreground layer, prevents it from feeling flat, and firmly roots the cat in the space.
A relatively deep depth of field keeps both the feline subject and the intricate background elements (clothing racks, wicker baskets, and wall art) sharply in focus. This allows the viewer's eyes to wander and explore the environment.
By including the boutique or cafe setting rather than cropping tightly on the cat, the photographer tells a story about the animal's lifestyle and daily environment.
The photographer successfully avoids a cliché, tight animal portrait. By integrating the curated interior, the image offers a rich narrative context that hints at local culture, boutique spaces, or cafe life.
The shelving unit in the back acts as a metaphor for human memory or a curated life. Each compartment holds different, distinct objects, much like scattered thoughts neatly organized within the mind.
Perched on a high ledge, the cat acts like a quiet sentinel or gatekeeper watching over the entrance of the space. The cat's off-camera gaze introduces dynamic tension. It creates an invisible line of sight that pulls the viewer's imagination past the physical boundaries of the frame.
Because the cat is looking off-camera to the right, it creates a sense of curiosity and anticipation. The viewer is left wondering what has captured its attention just beyond the frame. The heavy wooden ledge represents a boundary between worlds. The cat sits precisely on this border line, looking outward while rooted inward.
Angels and Outlines strikes a poetic balance between the physical contents of the room and the artistic technique used to capture them. Its strength lies in its strong geometric structure and narrative charm.
S. Truncata Group 'Flor de Maio Alba'; note the very pointed teeth at the end of the segments, zygomorphic flowers held above the horizontal, and yellow pollen.
May flower: the cactus that offers beauty instead of thorns:
The May flower - common name of the species Schlumbergera truncata - is one of those plants that we tend to despise most of the year. It is, after all, a true botanical commonplace:
since the days of grandma's gardens, it has been hanging around on any balcony or housed in cachepots on some furniture in the living room. It is also a champion of popularity in floras - ready to be pushed by sellers every time the consumer searches for a plant “for beginners”.
This is all true, yes. But, as I was able to feel myself this week, the fact that it is party rice does not eliminate the extraordinary value and the pleasure of having a May flower inside the house. And pleasure is precisely in the miracle that works, out of nowhere, in your metabolism. During most of the year, the May flower is a discreet little thing, with its branches formed by fragile and evergreen buds releasing at most new buds. Suddenly, sometime between the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, behold that dull plant explodes in buttons with extremely striking shapes and colors - mine, for example, pump out between May and July.
flic.kr/p/2j5vm49
After flowering, it often withers, loses part of the buds and spends the rest of the year trying to recover from the excruciating effort of flowering.
The May flower is from the cactus family, but has no thorns. In its original habitat, the Atlantic Forest, it presents an epiphyte behavior. In other words: like orchids and many bromeliads, it uses tree trunks as a support. Thanks to horticultural improvement, the variety of colors available on the market today is immense. You can splurge, as you can see in this photo that illustrates this description, the flower of May WHITE.
Despite the fact that the May flower is a peaceful and favorable cultivation plant, some precautions are mandatory to avoid unpleasantness. Here is a basic guide to success:
1) SOIL - As it is a succulent, the may flower requires perfect drainage. She does, however, enjoy a lot of organic matter. So, plant it in pots with holes, filled with pebbles and sand at the bottom and the remaining two thirds completed with vegetable soil. Curiosity: if these conditions are met, the May flower can grow a lot and live for years in small pots.
2) WATERING - Do not overdo it and do not leave dishes filled with water under the pot, to avoid waterlogging and root rot. But also be sure to water frequently - two to four times a week, depending on the weather. She likes the slightly damp earth.
3) LUZ - This is, perhaps, the main catch. The May flower hates receiving direct sunlight, but enjoys well-lit environments. The right places for her, therefore, are balconies and bright interiors, but fresh. Or under the treetops.
4) FLOWERING - The May flower releases its buds when two variables combine: the nights become longer and the minimum temperatures are close to 10-15 degrees. And so it lives up to its name: in the Southeast of Brazil, these ideal conditions are usually registered between mid-May and the end of June.
5) POST-FLOWERING STRESS - May flower is a perennial species, that is, it does not die after giving flowers. Often, however, it cannot withstand the thud of its metabolic explosion: after so much effort, the stem buds become wilted and break easily. In the extreme, the plant dies from stress. To avoid this, it is necessary to redouble the care with nutrition. After flowering, increase the watering slightly and add a little earthworm humus or phosphorus-rich fertilizer (the “P” of the renowned NPK trio).
Last tip: take advantage of the loose buds to produce new seedlings. It's very easy, just fix a piece of them in moist soil.
Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 2015.
it was hot, very hot, air was buzzing like a migraine scotoma, which is precisely how welcome we felt in that ugly seaport, turning away was the best part of that daytrip
The extraordinary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, shot with the Olympus E-510.
I was seated beside Amiri Baraka at Birdland in New York City for this extraordinary performance. Mr. Baraka shared with me the story of how Sanders earned the sobriquet Pharoah. That's how Sanders spells his name, unlike the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt. It seems that the young Farrell Sanders was up north from his home in Arkansas playing a NYC gig when Baraka was in the audience and thought he heard him say "Pharaoh." Mr. Baraka, in a review for either Downbeat or Metronome, he couldn't precisely recall, wrote the name how he heard it. Upon reading the review Mr. Sanders liked the sound of it and it stuck.
On a walk down the wooded lane to the pond late morning I heard a rustle and then saw a doe scamper away......not uncommon in the area, but less so precisely there. I continued on to the pond, drew it all in. After a while, returned down the path and heard another stir - much quieter. The spots stood out on this lovely little fawn far enough away as it teetered on its little spindly legs for a few steps and then it settled back down. Quickly took the picture from a distance (hence not so great of an image) and got out as quickly as possible. The mother no doubt was watching it all from her safe distance, and also no doubt returned to her fawn shortly thereafter.
Please note this is heavily cropped and I was around 15 feet away - which was the distance of where I was on the path and where it was off it.
J'ouvre un livre, et là, mon chapeau prend des allures d'une photo de Ralph Gibson...
How to know ? We'll have to look inside this hat, try and read lhe label which I can image stuck onto this woven material, precisely where it touches the top of the head. I imagine it to be yellowish, like my dustbin or the inside of an egge, but I can read nothing but the obsessive search for a sign of authenticity wich Ralph has already given me in speaking of « Piece of Visual Intelligence ».
(Les Cahiers de la Photographie.1988. Ralph Gibson, p76 pour le texte anglais, p77 pour une partie de l'image.)
Canon Ra, Canon EF35mm1,4 L à f11 13s 800iso (aucun recadrage, une seule prise, une seule exposition)
Cette deuxième version a ma préférence. 😉
El Rio Tinto recibe su nombre por el color rojo intenso de sus aguas y recorre 100 km atravesando la provincia de Huelva (Andalucía, Sur de España).
El color rojo es debido a la presencia de cationes de metales pesados erosionados por causa de la acidez de las aguas (ph tamponado de 2.4, muy ácido). La abundancia de minerales de Pirita y Calcopirita (sulfuros de hierro y cobre) y la presencia de unas extrañas bacterias acidófilas que oxidan estos minerales, generan el ácido sulfúrico que a la postre re-alimenta el proceso de lixiviado de los metales.
En el agua del rio sobreviven bacterias, microorganismos y vida en condiciones extremas, la NASA lo está estudiando y ha descrito recientemente este microsistema como el más parecido a Marte que podemos encontrar en la Tierra.
Los minerales de cobre, hierro, manganeso, …, se extraen en las explotaciones mineras de Rio Tinto desde hace 5000 años por íberos, fenicios, romanos y musulmanes, y ha sido explotada durante los dos últimos siglos por la compañía británica Rio Tinto Company Limited.
En el pequeño pueblo de Rio Tinto se pueden encontrar casas Victorianas, precisamente en los barrios que habitaron los Ingleses durante ese tiempo.
Para la visita y el recorrido del cauce del rio puedes contar con Fieldwork Riotinto (rio y minas) .
In my por English:
Rio Tinto is named for the deep red color of its waters and travels 100 km through the province of Huelva (Andalucía, southern Spain).
The red color is due to the presence of heavy metal cations eroded because the acidity of the water (pH 2.4 buffered, strongly acidic). The abundance of minerals Pyrite and Chalcopyrite (copper and iron sulfides) and the presence of strange acidophilus bacteria that oxidize these minerals, generate the sulfuric acid media that eventually re-feeds the process of leaching of metals.
In the river water surviving bacteria, microorganisms and life in extreme conditions, NASA is studying this media and has recently described this microsystem as the closest thing to Mars on Earth can find.
Copper, iron, manganese, ..., are extracted in the mines of Rio Tinto for 5000 years by Iberians, Phoenicians, Romans and Muslims, and has been exploited for the last two centuries by the British company Rio Tinto Company Limited .
In the small town of Rio Tinto Victorian houses can be found precisely in neighborhoods inhabited by the English people during that time.
To visit and travel the river bed you can count on Fieldwork Riotinto (rio and mines visits).
YouTube said i should upload this old pic when it recommended this tune today. Precisely so.
"toy-like people make me boy-like"
Massive Attack - Risingson
24-January-2022: the wilderness of the Dolomites of the left-Piave river, on the one hand limits accessibility somewhat, especially in winter, with routes almost all reserved for trained mountaineers, on the other it offers glimpses of sure visual impact, especially from the valley, which is at low altitude and where all these massifs rise with considerable prominence.
Their angularity and strong slope, with little or no vegetation and the dolomitic rock that distinguishes them already starting from the valley, further enhances them, although, precisely because of their morphology, they are not suitable for accumulating large quantities of snow.
The little man takes over the kitchen...
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following delicious creations:
8f8's Baking Set, Iced Gingerbread Cookies, and Kitchen Counter, which are all from the Granny's Winter Cottage Collection!
8f8's Sewing own Happiness Rug!
8f8's His Chair, Pans & Pots, and little Chickens, which are all from the New Beginnings Collection!
Apple Fall's Copper Mixer, Rusted Flour Tin, Vintage Jelly Molds, Autumn Preserves, Enamel Teapot, Pan Rack, and Straw Broom!
Ispachi's Paws & Claws, Arctic Foxes, Reindeer, and Huskies, which are all part of the Cherished Moments Collection!
KraftWork's Gingerbread House, which is part of Builder's Box!
Xin's Autumn Boots!
Little Branch's Young Maple and Giant Cedar Trees, which you can find at TMD!
Don't worry, my friends! There was enough leftover dough, icing, and sprinkles to make cookies for everyone!
Keep sharing your stories and shining your light, everyone!
07-June-2023
Among the highest clouds of the troposphere, the "Cirrus" genus "spissatus" species often originate from the anvil of a cumulonimbus, when it reaches the limit of the troposphere spreading horizontally, in its menacing variant "capillatus incus", composed precisely of small ice crystals at high altitude (up to 12.000m at 45° latitude), which define exactly the "Cirrus" genus(type) kind of clouds
In this case, towards the Trieste gulf, there is a single TS cell in the process of dissolution, while the frontal view makes the perspective of these clouds radial, therefore thus forming part of the "radiatus" variety, that is: "Cirrus spissatus radiatus".
The winds at the altitude of these clouds (above 7000m/300hpas), often driven by the jet stream, are much stronger than those of the lower layers, therefore the anvil cirrus stretch a lot in the direction in which the winds move (leeward part of the thunderstorm cell) and very quickly so as to extend over vast areas in a few tens of minutes.
In case of supercells or multicells, whose (multiple) anvils become an enormous one, the areas downwind of these phenomena can see the sky completely covered by these clouds, which are the thickest of the cirrus genus.
The strong winds carry these clouds away from the original cell, even for hundreds of kilometres, while the humidity at high altitudes guarantees them a long life, even many hours after that the thunderstorm, generated them, has died down.
Sometimes they can be observed in the early morning as residues of the heat t-storms of the previous evening which occurred at a great distance from the observation site.
Sometimes we put our safety in concrete stuff because they seem strong and immutable, but the real strength that we have is precisely in the transformation, that smooth and tenuous line that connects us to who/what we really are.
EOS R5 + TAMRON SP 150-600mm G2 +1.4x III
Données : F9.0 - 840mm - 1/1000 - ISO 1250
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Est une espèce de passereaux. Auparavant placé dans la famille des Turdidae, il figure actuellement, avec d'autres représentants de celle-ci (particulièrement les tariers et les traquets), dans celle des Muscicapidae. Le mâle et la femelle sont presque identiques, avec une couronne, des ailes, le dessus et la queue de couleur brune, une bande grise sur les côtés de la gorge, un ventre blanc et la fameuse « gorge rouge », plus précisément de couleur orange foncé tirant vers le rouge. Bien que sa face et sa poitrine soient plus orangées que rougeâtres, cet oiseau prend le nom familier de rouge-gorge au Moyen Âge. Cette contradiction est due à ce que la dénomination de la couleur orange n'apparaît en Europe qu'au xvie siècle, par la diffusion sur ce continent de l'orange douce (le fruit) rapportée à la fin du xve siècle par les Portugais de Ceylan et de Chine.
L'âge maximal d'un rouge-gorge est de 18 ans.
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Is a species of passerines. Previously placed in the Turdidae family, it currently appears, along with other representatives of this family (particularly augers and wheatear), in that of the Muscicapidae. The male and the female are almost identical, with a crown, wings, upper and tail of brown color, a gray band on the sides of the throat, a white belly and the famous "red throat", more precisely of color. dark orange tending to red. Although its face and chest are more orange than reddish, this bird took the colloquial name of robin in the Middle Ages. This contradiction is due to the fact that the name of the color orange does not appear in Europe until the sixteenth century, by the distribution on this continent of the sweet orange (the fruit) reported at the end of the fifteenth century by the Portuguese of Ceylon and China.
The maximum age for a robin is 18.
Dear friends, this is my last work created with a collage of my photos for a new group dedicated to the night shots.
Magic of the night is precisely the name of my group.
Lovers of the night you are all invited, here:
www.flickr.com/groups/magic_of_the_night/
THANK YOU ALL!
Texture by Lenabem-Anna
Ein Planimeter (hier gnauer: Polarplanimeter) ist ein mechanisches Messgerät zur Ermittlung beliebiger Flächeninhalte in Landkarten oder Zeichnungen.
(OTT-Planimeter, Type 31. Hersteller: A. Ott, Kempten, Bayern. Herstellungsjahr unbekannt)
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A planimeter (here more precisely: polar planimeter) is a mechanical measuring device for determining any area in maps or drawings.
(OTT Planimeter, Type 31. Manufacturer: A. Ott, Kempten, Bavaria. Year of manufacture unknown)
My partner said, "Why are you going to photograph swans in the snow, you won't see them?"
I said, "Precisely, " I think I was right, that makes a change, but you may disagree.
Processed to The Black Swan
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, is a Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito. The structure is the largest architectural complex within the historic centers of all of South America. San Francisco is considered a jewel of continental architecture for its mixture of different styles combined throughout more than 150 years of construction. Inside the church there are more than 3,500 works of colonial art, of multiple artistic manifestations and varied techniques, especially those corresponding to the Colonial Quito School of Art, which was born precisely in this place.
Well... here we have a rare occasion of one that is precisely laid out... however, it is still stony.
The historic sandstone bridge was built by the Bavarian Prince Regent Luitpold in 1889 to make it easier for the winegrowers with their grapes and wines to reach the trading houses in Bad Kreuznach. The Luitpold Bridge separated the Kingdom of Bavaria (more precisely the Bavarian Palatinate) from Prussia and is today the town's landmark.
In 1822 a group of wealthy Edinburgh figures started fundraising for a monument to commemorate Scots who had died in the Napoleonic Wars. Their plan was copy the ancient temple precisely, with each stone being exactly the same dimensions as the original in Athens.
The lintels on top of the columns are the largest pieces of stone ever quarried in Scotland. They needed 12 horses and 70 men to carry them to the top of the hill.
Only half of the money needed was collected, and when worked stopped in 1829 only the twelve columns you see today were finished, which to some critics was a ‘national disgrace’.
Precisely at the end of the trail, this sapling not only clings on for life, but would appear to be thriving. Considering the ferocity of the weather were this tree (yes tree) has chosen to live, it is one very hearty little fellow.
Between rocks, literally on the edge, and with the ocean beyond, one ponders if there might be a metaphor present. ie, tough as nails.
** Exploring the Fairlands *** Fashion Show
Performance by Suoh Agency and Mahasiah Model Agency, a fashion show where each model will present a region through an original style. April 29, 2023
Pel de Gratain representing the region of GIRAPHORIA, Giraphoria ~ Sponsored by The Lost Unicorn Gallery.
Lilia Artis and Haveit Neox have created this region under the auspices of The Lost Unicorn Gallery. Many of the events will take place at Giraphoria, an expression of the ideas, feelings and tunes of Fairelands lovers. Images of thick and fast brushstrokes, with giraffes and butterflies as common threads that will extend through the regions that surround the sim. This sensitivity is so delicate and deep that it is only captured by walking around the sim for a while and noticing the small details scattered everywhere, telling us multiple stories...
Pel, our stylist, has recreated Giraphoria with a fantasy where the two main motifs of the sim, the giraffe and the butterfly, are evident. Butterflies are precisely going to be one of the recurring motifs that are the common thread of the Fairelands this year. Its symbolism of being reborn is very important to you as a Relay For Life support. Elements of !dM deviousMind and Naminoke complete this outfit.
Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.
The fishing village of Vitt lies on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen, more precisely on the Wittow peninsula near Cape Arkona. The village is part of the municipality of Putgarten. Because of its location in a coastal gully on the cliffed coast, called Liete, Vitt is not visible from afar.
(Cape Arkona (German: Kap Arkona) is a 45-metre-high cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It forms the tip of the Wittow peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park. The protected landscape of Cape Arkona, together with the fishing village of Vitt, belongs to the municipality of Putgarten and is one of the most popular tourist destinations on Rügen, receiving about 800,000 visitors annually.
On the cape there are two lighthouses, a navigation tower, two military bunker complexes, the Slavic temple fortress of Jaromarsburg and several tourist buildings (restaurants, pubs and souvenir shops).
Because of its geology and the weathering that occurs here, there are frequent coastal collapses, especially in winter.
Cape Arkona is often referred to as "the northernmost point of Rügen", which is not true. Approximately one kilometre to the north-west, there is a point on the steep coast, known as the Gellort, which is a little further north. Directly at the foot of the Gellort is a 165-ton glacial erratic boulder known as the Siebenschneiderstein (Low German: Söbenschniedersteen). The cape offers an impressive view of the island, both from land or sea.)
Oh yes, the beautiful building in the foreground is a castle, more precisely, the roof decoration of the Wilhelmshöhe Castle. A Neoclassical palace, built in the late in the late 18th.
More precisely called a "fohawk." With the ocean and the saltwater, I'm calling it a "flow hawk."
The question to me is... did the wave inspire the hairstyle? Or did the hairstyle inspire the wave? Who knows? But the California Coast is where the trends get set.
The splendor of the unique Renault FU truck built in France in 1919 is astonishing, with its solid rubber tires, huge cast iron wheels and 7 ton head weight.
Jānis Priede, a member of the Antique Car Club, has long wanted to add this type of vehicle to his collection of antique trucks. It was a great pleasure, therefore, when a 1919 Renault FU, or more precisely, a wreck, was found in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the autumn of 2008. The seller had inherited the collection and planned to focus more on cars, so the owned trucks were sold. The talks were opened by the fact that the seller has already visited Latvia twice in retro car rallies.
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www.santa.lv/raksts/auto/testi/vesturiskais-auto/motormuz...
Wooden walkway that gives access to the Archdeacon House, on the left in the image, a building placed right next to Barcelona Cathedral, in the Gothic Quarter of the Old Town. Flamboyant Gothic in style, it has the entrance on Santa Llúcia Street, precisely what separates it from the Cathedral, as we can see in the pic. Built in the 15th century for the residence of the major archdeacons of the see, ecclesiastical dignities of high hierarchical rank, it has been, since 1919, the seat of the Historical Archive of the City.
I do have access to big glass and I am always fascinated by those close-up images, where you can see all the finest details and features of a bird or an animal... a whole new world is opening up when I see those images, a bit like when I used a good pair of binoculars for the first time, there is so much more to appreciate in nature than what a glance provides... However, I love bird scape photography, those moments where the space is as important as the bird in the image or perhaps even more precisely when the space is the subject of the image and the bird is simply complimentary.
El Rio Tinto recibe su nombre por el color rojo intenso de sus aguas y recorre 100 km atravesando la provincia de Huelva (Andalucía, Sur de España).
El color rojo es debido a la presencia de cationes de metales pesados erosionados por causa de la acidez de las aguas (ph tamponado de 2.4, muy ácido). La abundancia de minerales de Pirita y Calcopirita (sulfuros de hierro y cobre) y la presencia de unas extrañas bacterias acidófilas que oxidan estos minerales, generan el ácido sulfúrico que a la postre re-alimenta el proceso de lixiviado de los metales.
En el agua del rio sobreviven bacterias, microorganismos y vida en condiciones extremas, la NASA lo está estudiando y ha descrito recientemente este microsistema como el más parecido a Marte que podemos encontrar en la Tierra.
Los minerales de cobre, hierro, manganeso, …, se extraen en las explotaciones mineras de Rio Tinto desde hace 5000 años por íberos, fenicios, romanos y musulmanes, y ha sido explotada durante los dos últimos siglos por la compañía británica Rio Tinto Company Limited.
En el pequeño pueblo de Rio Tinto se pueden encontrar casas Victorianas, precisamente en los barrios que habitaron los Ingleses durante ese tiempo.
Para la visita y el recorrido del cauce del rio puedes contar con Fieldwork Riotinto (rio y minas) .
In my por English:
Rio Tinto is named for the deep red color of its waters and travels 100 km through the province of Huelva (Andalucía, southern Spain).
The red color is due to the presence of heavy metal cations eroded because the acidity of the water (pH 2.4 buffered, strongly acidic). The abundance of minerals Pyrite and Chalcopyrite (copper and iron sulfides) and the presence of strange acidophilus bacteria that oxidize these minerals, generate the sulfuric acid media that eventually re-feeds the process of leaching of metals.
In the river water surviving bacteria, microorganisms and life in extreme conditions, NASA is studying this media and has recently described this microsystem as the closest thing to Mars on Earth can find.
Copper, iron, manganese, ..., are extracted in the mines of Rio Tinto for 5000 years by Iberians, Phoenicians, Romans and Muslims, and has been exploited for the last two centuries by the British company Rio Tinto Company Limited .
In the small town of Rio Tinto Victorian houses can be found precisely in neighborhoods inhabited by the English people during that time.
To visit and travel the river bed you can count on Fieldwork Riotinto (rio and mines visits).
Dorset, England, a popular spot yet only accessible by a long but easy walk. Long exposure using a ND filter.
I've been back at home for 2 weeks already but haven't had the motivation to post on social media because of personal problems, depression, classic "rückkehrunruhe", a German word that precisely describes my condition, prolonged by a brutal heat wave last week, I think now I'm feeling more back to normal, sorry if I can't read or respond to every comment or fave that was posted in the past 6 weeks, I barely found the motivation to do laundry, clean my house, and do grocery shopping today.
Scientific name: Lepus europaeus.
Brown hares are perhaps one of the few introduced species that people tend to mistake for natives. Precisely when they are brought to Britain is lost in the annals of time, but archaeological evidence points to an introduction at some point during the Iron Age, while genetic data suggest these animals were brought from the Netherlands or Denmark. The Brown hare was once a common site in Britain's agricultural land but appears to be in decline, largely as a result of habitat loss and, perhaps, continued persecution from hare coursers. Today, despite remaining widespread, their stronghold is southern England and, particularly East Anglia and Kent.
Info: Wildlife Online.
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