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The Search For Elephants: Part 1
After postulating that it would be amusing to just once come across an elephant crossing the road while on my drive to work my stealthy friend here seems to have taken it upon himself to actually track down a pedestrian pachyderm. I'm curious how far he will go...
Here the Dry Ditch Tower on the east side of Fort Henry in the forefront shows the line of sight ot the Martello Tower further east.
As you can see, restoration work is being done on the tower in the background. It is the fourth Martello Tower, Cathcart Tower, which stands unused on Cedar Island near Point Henry.
No less than four Martello Towers were built at Kingston, Ontario to defend its harbour and naval shipyards in response to the Oregon Crisis.
Two thin towers (of which this one in the foreground) were added to the existing fortifications at Fort Henry between 1845 and 1848. These are considered dry ditch defence towers, rather than true Martello towers.
The four independent towers were built as redoubts to defend against marine attacks. Two of Kingston's towers, Murney Tower and the tower at Point Frederick (at the Royal Military College of Canada) are maintained as museums which are open during the summer. Frederick Tower is further defended by earthen ramparts and a limestone curtain wall. The only Martello tower completely surrounded by water, the Shoal Tower, stands in Kingston's Confederation Basin and is opened to the public as part of Doors Open Ontario for one day only in June each year, (since 2005).
The Martello Towers along with, the Rideau Canal system and Fort Henry became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the summer of 2007.
Thanks to Wikipedia for information on the Towers.
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This is just to show the mountain view in the Fresno/Clovis area. 99% of the time, you wouldn't know the Sierras are even there because the smog and haze makes them invisible.
Today I did the first in a series of art workshops. We went back to basics today and learnt to draw by measuring each line we drew aiming to get the proportions exactly right.
This was the third picture I did and I was really pleased with it. If I hadn't used sight measuring I would have drawn the front wheel much bigger.
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Dom Pedro Vilemoura GC, Portugal, Site of the 2021 Portugal Masters.
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Oddly, this Starbucks patron seemed more interested in standing on our coffee table than in actually drinking any coffee.
I've absolutely lost count of forgotten cabins in the forest. They all tell the same story, the perils of owning a building you don't have time to maintain. It's a sorrowful sort of thing, for someone, but it's my joy in the lonely woods. Strange to say it, but if it wasn't for the tumbledown history, I wouldn't go hiking at all. Every time I see a roof peak through the treetops, it makes me smile. This one has a view of swampland and beaver lodges, life in sight from a high, dry perch. Maybe salvation will come some day.
This provides Bandhavgarh Tiger Sightings data by season, by month, by year, by zone. Also, show sightings comparative report & Park's other critical data
Melissa, Mark & Chris point out the ultra rare chance of a lifetime sighting of a real genuine authentic UFO.
Note that the Lee Valley has a combined Riding/Ice Centre. A bit slippery for the horses, I imagine. Also note that the WC is in the waterworks.
I was waiting for SSB at the Slussen T-bana station when I had a bit of time to kill so I snapped these shots.
I love how the topiary is coming out of the dark and pointing to the light.
"Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Mark 10:46,47
Further reading on this story here.
To whom it may concern,
The Great Ocean Road trip was a trip that a camera could not catch the
beauty of the sights we saw. No film nor image would be able to recreate
the stunning views we were able to see during our road trip! With that
said, there was no way to pick my one favorite picture so what i decided
was that i had to submit one image from each stop. The first picture was
taken at Lorne Beach, our first stop along the way. I felt the need to be
cliche and write something in the sand and hurry to snap the picture before
the tide washed it away. This picture is fun and creative and captures the
beach and water in addition to the view of the hills in the background. The
second picture is one of my favorites. Taken at Apollo Bay, our second
stop, this 180 degree image shows the beauty of the bay and the natural
shape and curve of the beach. It shows the stunning blue color of the water
while capturing the rolling hills in the background. The third picture,
taken at the 12 apostles from the viewing bridge is absolutly amazing. This
180 degree picture shows the dramatic dropoff of the cliffs that the ocean
carved out many years ago... the sediment layers and unique coloring of the
cliffs can even be seen. The best part of the picture is part of the 12
apostles which stand at the base of the cliffs as the tide rushes into them
routinely. I have never seen such a breathtaking view in my life and this
picture captures a big part of the amazing view we saw from that bridge.
Finally, the last picture is of Loch Ard Gorge. Just five minutes down the
road from the 12 apostles, this beach has been spectacularly carved out
again by the ocean and left a dramatic cutout in the cliffs with a cave we
even climbed into on the right hand side. Many people jumped into the ocean
here but the beauty of this area once again can not even be captured
through the best lense of any camera. The jagged edges to the cliffs and
rocks made getting to the cave a challenge, but a fun challenge indeed. The
tide came in and rushed to the shore before swirling back out to sea and
this was one of the coolest places I have ever been to in my life !
As you can see, there is no bad nor perfect picture, the places we went to
were some of the most beautiful i have ever seen. They are dramatic and
breathtaking and unique. Hope you see the beauty in each of these pictures
:)
-- Kelsea