Rubber Duckies
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The Brighton Speed Trials is commonly held to be the oldest continually running motor race in the world.
The first race was held 19th–22nd July 1905 after Sir Harry Preston persuaded Brighton town council to tarmac the surface of the road adjacent to the beach between the Palace Pier and Black Rock to hold motor racing events, now known as Marine Parade...
Grey Tree Frog . You really have to look to find them. Now, autumn is here and they are winding down.
Scrap tyres: Rubber Donuts. Billions of waste tyres around the world = massive pollution. Yet ground-up tyres can be used in asphalt for roads. Roads with rubber in them have better grip, and they’re 50% quieter. These last three times longer than normal tarmac, and don’t need as much maintenance.
It's a black and white issue
#Flickr21Challenge 4 #Donuts
These are conservative or "low" Amish horses. The church district no longer exists. 10 years ago there was a schism. The conservative families moved and the remaining Amish became more liberal or "high" in adopting more technology and expanding the type of jobs that were allowed......................................................
The conservative Amish did not allow rubber on tires, tops on buggies, use of propane and required farming and lumber production as acceptable economic activities. The remaining turned to industrial farming practices building large Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOS). Unfortunately given few state pollution regulations and the isolation of the community the few regulations are not enforced. This has led to practices that pollute ground water...................................................................................
Unlike their co-workers the horses don't mind having their pic taken..... #kentstrock
These two giant rubber ducks are to be displayed near the seaside of Tamar Park (in Admiralty, Hong Kong) from 10-June-2023 for two weeks.
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"Rubber Duckie you're the one
You make [Christmas] time lots of fun
Rubber Duckie I'm awfully fond of you."
--Jim Henson and writer Jeff Moss
Junior sized rubber ducky all decked out in his best Christmas garb. For the Macro Mondays group. Theme: Holiday Bokeh. HMM!
Location: On a farm near Durbanville.
Description: Although I still have loads of photographs from my Dubai trip, unfortunately most of them are not worth processing. With the sky filled with fine dust particles for the entire duration of my visit, most of my shots were ruined by the hazy conditions.
It made me realise once again how lucky we are with our beautiful weather here in South Africa... never again will I curse a boring blue sky! :)
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Equipment: Nikon D300 (Sigma 10-20mm)
Date: February 2009
"Rubber Duckie" is a song sung by the Muppet character Ernie (voiced by Jim Henson) on Sesame Street. The song is named after Ernie's toy, a rubber duck affectionately named Rubber Duckie.
Smile on Saturday.
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Well...not really, he's a Pied Grebe, but they are such adorable little ducks that he SHOULD be the model for those little yellow rubber duckies!
I watched him for quite some time as he swam happily around the lily pads looking for a snack on a beautiful winter day in Everglades National Park.
Part bird, part submarine, the Pied-billed Grebe is common across much of North America. These small brown birds have unusually thick bills that turn silver and black in summer. These expert divers inhabit sluggish rivers, freshwater marshes, lakes, and estuaries. They use their chunky bills to kill and eat large crustaceans along with a great variety of fish, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates. Rarely seen in flight and often hidden amid vegetation, Pied-billed Grebes announce their presence with loud, far-reaching calls. (background material courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Inflatable rubber dingy "SeaHawk 2" near Northshore Beach. Pic taken from Northshore Cove.
*Note: More Ships, Boats and Watercraft pics in my Ships, Boats and Watercraft Album.
These are rubber finger thimbles shaped of Haniwa.
I usually keep them on my desk in the office, but I brought them home to take photo for this weeks theme. I like them because they're cute, but difficult to use.
The hight is 4cm, the part shown in the photo is 2cm.
Haniwa are clay figures in the shape of men, women They were made for ritual use and buried with the dead as funerary objects during the Tumulus period.
not something I would do LOL
This is a tower in Vienna where people pay tp have a set of rubber bands tied around there ankles and then they jump off, aka Bungy jumping
This tree has grown through this tire,I believe this to be a rare find or at least in my 48years here it's the first I've seen!
This amazing woman in her sixties named Barbara Schwenk that I've been working with at the Greenhouse gave me these to give to Mauro when I go to Italy in September.
I told her he liked rubber stamps of American food which is true. I also told her he liked skulls and skeletons and she wants to give me some of those too, wants me to meet her at an outlet mall, says that's convenient for her.
This was after I knew she collected rubber stamps because she brought her scrapbook into work to show me the letters she had recieved from Bill Clinton and Mother Theresa and people who write romanticized novels about American Indians and she sends all these people rubber stamp decorated envelopes. And to people in the hospital and she sends money to a family living on a reservation in South Dakota and for thirty years she sent money to a black family in MIssissippi whom she's never met.
And the only reason she works at the greenhouse is make money to give away because her boyfriend, who's rich, thinks that her giving money away is silly.
I got mad and said, Barbara, you've got to make that man buy you a plane ticket to Mississippi so that you can go meet this family you helped.
This image isn't intended to decieve. It was taken at a site where the birds have been fed for the last 15 years or so. Their normal feeding trough is replaced with one made with transparent optically plano sides to allow photography. There are rubber covers over all exposed edges and black sealant is used so the birds can clearly see the edge of the trough. The gravel allows the birds to see the bottom. Its quite an incredible thing to witness almost too quick for the human eye to see. Interesting how they dive with their third eye lid closed and beak open then turn under water and power back to the surface. This is all done using natural light. It may not be the sharpest photo as the water softens things and the little air pocket trapped around the birds feathers looks a little strange but it was an incredible experience.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain". Or fall in the puddles.
I thought (which sometimes isn't good) I could go out in the rain and put rubber duckies in this puddle and get a good picture for today. I crouched down took the pic and went to stand up and slipped on the ice underneath and landed on my right side in the puddle. I should of taken that picture and hope no one seen me make a fool of my self. I didn't really hurt my self (just my pride) because I was so close to the ground but I was WET. I hope you enjoy the shot and my adventure.