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The Sackler Crossing
Awarded 1st Place
International Garden Photographer of the Year
Competition 11
Category Captured at Kew
It was a very cold January morning in Kew Gardens as I stood on the north side of the lake, watching the sunrise over the Sackler Crossing. The vibrant reds of the foreground Cornus beautifully complemented the hues of the morning sky. The crossing was named after philanthropists Dr Mortimer and Dame Theresa Sackler, whose donation made its construction possible.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, United Kingdom
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The Sackler Crossing
Awarded 1st Place
International Garden Photographer of the Year
Competition 11
Category Captured at Kew
It was a very cold January morning in Kew Gardens as I stood on the north side of the lake, watching the sunrise over the Sackler Crossing. The vibrant reds of the foreground Cornus beautifully complemented the hues of the morning sky. The crossing was named after philanthropists Dr Mortimer and Dame Theresa Sackler, whose donation made its construction possible.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, United Kingdom
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This photo was taken from the turntable inside the old Mildura railway yard. In all my trips to Mildura, I've probably driven past the railway yards 100s of times, but this trip made the old yard really stand out. This was originally going to be a B+W photo, but this version won. In the end I went for a vintage type colour feel.
This site has a great write up on the railway history of the area: vmrs.net/mildura/section1/Mildura_Railway_Yards_and_Sidin...
HSS!
This photo was taken just inside the shed in the old Mildura railway yard. A lost photographic treasure in plain sight!
This site has a great write up on the railway history of the area: vmrs.net/mildura/section1/Mildura_Railway_Yards_and_Sidin...
HSS!
Stonehenge est un monument mégalithique composé d'un ensemble de structures circulaires concentriques, érigé entre -2800 et -1100, du Néolithique à l'âge du bronze
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The Sackler Crossing
Awarded 1st Place
International Garden Photographer of the Year
Competition 11
Category Captured at Kew
It was a very cold January morning in Kew Gardens as I stood on the north side of the lake, watching the sunrise over the Sackler Crossing. The vibrant reds of the foreground Cornus beautifully complemented the hues of the morning sky. The crossing was named after philanthropists Dr Mortimer and Dame Theresa Sackler, whose donation made its construction possible.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, United Kingdom
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Love these old images ... another image no longer in copyright ... some TLC.
A series from the 1763 book by architect William Chambers which describe the conditions at Kew Gardens that year.
A landscaping plan, named A General View of Kew Gardens, contains a legend which identifies 21 buildings on site, almost all designed by William Chambers.
Plan link:
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Building ?? is The Gallery of Antiques section1
The building was designed by William Chambers.
The engraving was done by Sculptor Edward Rooker.
In the text of his book, architect William Chambers writes:
"... The Gallery of Antiques, of which I have given two sections in the twenty ninth and thirtieth plates, was designed by me, and executed in the year 1757. ..."
This image is 264 years old, as of the Jul2021 uploading to my photostream. It is one of more than 30 copperplate illustrations from the 1763 book by Architect William Chambers.
Title: Plans, Elevations, Sections and Perspective Views
Plate: 30
Date: 1763
Author: William Chambers, Architect
SOURCE: Internet Archive
Located in Kittery Point ME USA. It sits just east of the Whaleback Light house. This structure was built in 1907. Here is more history on this building which will hopefully be restored in the future. www.kitteryme.gov/Pages/KitteryME_WebDocs/WoodDocs/sectio...
The image was taken at "Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence" ,Hong Kong
前景是 "香港海防博物館"
Please know more about "Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence"
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"The world is charged with the grandeur of God."* When I see skies like this, I'm in awe of that grandeur. I love dramatic skies. There's just something about the sun's rays exploding from the clouds that is so beautiful and so humbling. If I had only a thimbleful of that amount of creativity, I'd be extremely happy.
This is the Ohio River from the Indiana banks looking across the fossil beds into Kentucky.
*This is the first line of a poem by Gerald Manly Hopkins(1877) entitled God's Grandeur. If you have any interest in the rest, you can find it and an interpretation here.
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"Humans are savage in nature. No matter how much you try to dress it up, to disguise it." ~Watchmen (2009)...
One of my favorite short stories is Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. It's about colonial imperialism and the savage nature of man. Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now' is based on the novella with the setting changed from the African Congo to the Vietnam War. The film was shot in the Philippines in the 1970's and I recently watched it. I was amazed by how well they adapted the context of the story, but I have to admit, it's still no match for The Godfather :o)...
Human nature is a fickle notion. Morality is malleable and people are capable of good and evil - being "civilized" has nothing to do with any outcome. Someone's always bound to live with the consequences of our actions. It's strange how some people judge others by their subjective standards, if someone doesn't quite live up to those expectations, they're seen as a disappointment or as an eyesore.
It has taken me a while, but I've learned that it's impossible to live by anyone else's expectations. To be happy I need to make my own rules, guided by the hope of not harming anyone whilst going about my hedonistic ways :o) At the end of the day, life is for living, so let's eat, drink and be merry :o)
On that note dear friends; have a Happy Friday!!!
Spartan III Mark V [B]
Halo Reach, Series 1 (2010)
McFarlane Action Figure
Today I learned something new about modern console gaming. To get anywhere in the game you have to be connected to the net. I know it sounds noobish, or even ancient, but what ever happened to just buying a game and playing it without it having to be hooked up to the web? Well I was going to rant about what about all the hours invested and the quest to get credits to get promoted in game... but hey, I know about it now.... basically if you're new to console gaming, make sure that you're connected to the web whilst you play, even Campaign, as you will reap the rewards.
Anyway here's another Spartan toy I suckered myself into getting. In the background is the top end casing of the new Halo Reach limited edition Xbox 360 console.
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Explore! #322 21.10.2010
A bugler from the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own", plays Taps during modified military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr. in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
Sprinkle Jr.’s son, David Sprinkle, received the flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
"I'm supposed to die because I'm a prostitute? No, I don't think so."
Women's Guerilla History Project
Aileen Wuornos, a lesbian who worked the Florida highways as a prostitute to support herself from the time she was a teenager, was arrested on concealed weapons charges and later charged in the murders of five middle-aged white men in northern Florida.
Aileen: I had lots of guys, ten or twelve a day. If I wanted to kill just anybody, I had lots of chances. If I am a so called man-hater, I could have killed them all. But I didn't.
People don't understand ho a prostitute can get raped! When a man rapes a woman, he assaults your whole body. He puts his penis down your throat, cramming it down your throat. He tears your hair out of your head. He beats our face in. He rips your asshole wide open. Prostitutes get rated all the time. I was raped.
Aileen Wuornos is arrested and given the death sentence for the murders of five men. Wuornos called it self-defense. A prostitute who worked in desolate areas, she was attacked, raped, and abused by her johns. after Wuornos' trial, several people came forward to claim that some of the "victims" had in fact been known to have abused their wives and girlfriends. Apparently, he violent abuse from which Wuornos claims to have bee defending herself was entirely in keeping with the personalities of the men she killed.
Anchorwoman: What's so interesting about a female serial killer? In a recent Glamour magazine poll, prominently displayed next to a feature story on Aileen Wuornos, Glamour asked it readers: Do you believe that being beaten repeatedly can create such a state of helplessness that murder is a woman's only way out? Eighty-eight percent say yes! Glamour asks, if such a woman kills her mate, should she be found not guilty? Eighty-one percent say yes! Should governors consider granting clemency to battered women imprisoned for murdering their mates? Eighty-three percent say yes!
Aileen: I have been framed by law enforcement as a serial killer. I'm no serial killer. I had no intention of killing anyone. I told you I was raped, and that is what happened in every case.
Aileen: He said he didn't have the money, and then he put a cord around my neck. He said, "You're going to do everything I say, bitch, or I'll kill you. I've don it before...Your body will still be warm for my huge cock. You want to die, slut?" I said I'd do what he said, and then he tied my hands to the steering wheel. He said he was gonna see how much he could pound my ass. Then he started having anal sex in a very violent manner. He said my crying turned him on, that he loved to hear my pain. After he got off, he tried to strangle me. That's when I managed to get away. I got my gun.
Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum - Shahnameh, Kai Ka'us ascension [14th cent.]
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/shahnameh/vgallery/secti...
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct modified military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr. in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
Sprinkle Jr.’s son, David Sprinkle, received the flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
A soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) presents the U.S. flag and offers condolences to David Sprinkle during the funeral service for Sprinkle's father, U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr., in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle Jr. served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle Jr.’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Image © Mary Sanseverino
Lysimachia latifolia - Broad Leaved Starflower. This flower can carpet the forest floor of our moist coniferous forests here in southern Vancouver Island.
The Highway 91/17 and Deltaport Way Upgrade Project is a combination of improvements to the existing Highway 91, Highway 17, Highway 91 Connector and Deltaport Way to improve travel safety, reliability and efficiency. For more information, please visit the project website: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/highwa...
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### The 25 images to follow commence with this one about 100m down the track from the lower Cape Hawke carpark. You almost need a 4x4 vehicle to actually get into the quite large parking area. There are 25 images in total showing the track at the top, middle and bottom sections.
It is also worth noting that images of roads like this one can be deceiving as the the image does not reliably show the true depth of some of the ruts or the true height of some of the boulders on the track.
McBrides Beach, at Cape Hawke, Forster, NSW minus 4X4 vehicles could be an idyllic beach at the base of Cape Hawke nestled in Booti Booti National Park in subtropical and littoral rainforest.
Access to the beach is by driving or walking about 1 kilometre down a deeply rutted eroded and rocky in places 4 wheel drive track which even experienced four wheel drivers attempt with some degree of trepidation.
While the track, as of August 2013, is currently open it is recommended that the 4 wheel drive vehicle have at minimum 30cm of ground clearance and should not be attempted without carrying a good winch. Travelling in the company of another support vehicle would also be a good idea.
With some huge boulders, deeply rutted sections and some very sharp drop-offs to negotiate not to mention a water hazard about half way down, the trip is not recommended for inexperienced drivers. Many drivers do suffer damage to their vehicles on this track.
If you can make it onto the beach that is an achievement but you still have to get back up the track, which could be even more challenging than the trip down.
A small heavily littered camp area is found up in the southern corner of the beach but sadly the camp area and indeed the beach are in a disgraceful state and about as far from natural as one could get.
The whole beach is littered with 4X4 tracks, with almost no part free of them.
Beer bottles are everywhere littering the edges of the rainforest and the road down the hill. Perhaps worst of all, a huge painted graffiti tag on the rocks on the northern end of the beach dominates the view.
Why National Parks have not removed this ugly graffiti and why the beach has not been closed to 4X4 vehicles is perhaps hard to fathom given the evident disrespect shown by probably a small few who use this place. Without a more responsible attitude on the part of users of this beach the days of 4X4 access here could well be justifiably numbered.
There are no signs at the top carpark warning of the condition of the road or informing of penalties for littering/vandalism and there are no signs or garbage bins down at the beach.
NOTE : The photos here on Flickr may be arranged from the beach to the top or the reverse depending on where you start viewing.
*** I have only posted 26 images to Flickr. See all 59 images in order from the top down to the beach HERE
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct modified military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr. in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
Sprinkle Jr.’s son, David Sprinkle, received the flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released) (Photo taken in color and turned to black-and-white)
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct modified military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr. in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
Sprinkle Jr.’s son, David Sprinkle, received the flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Mural done by Richard Best, Stefan Ways and Pablo Machioli, who collectively go by the name of Section 1.
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct modified military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr. in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
Sprinkle Jr.’s son, David Sprinkle, received the flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct modified military funeral honors for U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Jr. in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2020.
Sprinkle served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II with the 319th Bomber Group 438th Bomb Squadron. Sprinkle’s father was U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cicero Sprinkle Sr. who served in World War I with the 55th Infantry 7th Division. Sprinkle Jr. passed away on January 11, 2019 at age 97. He was interred in Section 1 with his father, mother, and wife.
Sprinkle Jr.’s son, David Sprinkle, received the flag from his funeral service.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)