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Photo archiving today from our October trip to Ely and the "North Shore" of Lake Superior. This area has been quite popular for spotting moose over the years, but lately it would be a very rare event!
There have been several reasons given for the rare moose sightings by local authorities, but sadly it's still pure speculation why they seem to be disappearing!
Fact: The moose population is still down 58 percent since 2006.
Still Paradise to me . . .
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"That's not an egg." Myrtle said, while her companions just side-eyed her and turned to each other to spread speculation.
These great nesting chickens are at Fameshed right now, complete with a chicken coop. They go perfectly with the Jian chicken set previously released. While you're at Fameshed, be sure to grab the basket of eggs - it's Jian's offering in Fameshed's anniversary celebration!
Next to the statue representing Angerona
Angerona was "an old Roman goddess, whose name and functions are variously explained" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angerona) , i.e. there isn't any assured knowledge about them, the explanations are pure speculation.
Three weathered storage huts stand in quiet isolation on the shingle beach at Pakefield, East Suffolk, UK. Their purpose is open to speculation, perhaps they provide secure storage for the local fishing community and their equipment. Raised above the beach on sturdy supports, they are thoughtfully designed to withstand exceptionally high tides, a practical reminder of the North Sea's unpredictable power. Their solitary setting and rugged construction perfectly capture the character of this windswept stretch of Suffolk coastline.
"It is pure speculation / but my assessment is / that number 1368 and following / are decisive for Giulletta Dianos, living at Viaggio de Santo Domingo."
Collage, 10x15 cm, (c) Drager Meurtant 2018
We rarely get Sandhill Cranes in Lancaster County. Even more rare is one that stays here. Sandy has been here for nearly two months and the speculation is that if we have a mild winter it will hang around until Spring.
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"The garden's fire with joyful blaze. Oh, tulips in the morning rays."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Among the most beloved of garden flowers, the Tulip is possible the only flower in history to have inspired mass hysteria; seventeen century Holland experienced in the infamous Tulipomania craze, when speculation in Tulip bulbs raged out of control for several years."
Quote from the book "Tulips"
Friedman/ Fairfax Publishers
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When soul rises
Into lips
You feel the kiss
You have wanted
- Rumi
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For years the generally accepted speculation was that whenever Pan Am went away it would be Norfolk Southern that would swoop in. They did buy 49% of half the railroad after all in the joint venture Pan Am Southern. And for many years NS black has been dominant on the western half of the railroad. So everyone was quite surprised when CSXT showed an interest in and then ultimately prevailed in acquiring the nation's largest regional railroad.
Reflecting that change is CSXT Selkirk to Rigby manifest M426 (formerly Pan Am Railways AYPO) on their newly acquired PAR territory with three old school AC4400CWs in the lead approaching Wagon Wheel crossing at PAR milepost 312.5 (measured from Mattawamkeag, ME). They are eastbound on Main 1 passing a string of NS power tied down on Main 2 with a cut of auto racks destined to or from the San Vel facility just behind them.
Ayer, Massachusetts
Friday June 10, 2022
What a beautiful place to be tonight... The golden light through the trees gave the autumn colors a painterly look against the softness of the lake's water. I wish I had discovered this place last Autumn as last year I was quite homesick for a dosage of Colorado fall. But everything happens in its own time and season for it's own reason. I do believe I needed to see it more this season than last year if that makes any sense at all. It's been a long time since I have been able to drink so deeply of the beauty of Autumn. Perhaps being thirsty to see beauty is sometimes what causes us to enjoy it more than what we would have in a different chapter in life... And sadly sometimes that need is caused by pain and change. As sad as it is I think we appreciate beauty more when we have experienced the opposite of it. How can we not appreciate the light more if we have spent time in the dark...
The holidays are around the corner. What is it about holidays that makes grief so raw, so real? I'm not ready for them to be honest. I would rather sit here for days on end in a dream where these colors never fade and this song plays tenderly for me through the trees.
Enjoy one of my favorite classics played by the beautiful and talented hands of Khatia Buniatishvili.
I love you friends xx
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland.
During the first half of the 20th century there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money. The waterfall was later sold to the state of Iceland, and now the waterfall is protected.
// Mist settles in across the Glass House Moutains foretelling of a cold night to come. The sky strong in hues of fire does its best to keep things warm.
I have more luck approaching bison bulls on foot than cows... maybe because they expect to dominate, and therefore are not as fearful of a puny human intruder. Idle speculation; who knows what goes on in their minds...
At any rate, these two Plains Bison paid no attention to me as I slowly moved within photo range and walked the prairie dog town parallel to them for a brief time. Bonus: a Black-billed Magpie flew over and landed on one of them. At the time I didn't notice the other's tongue was out. They lick their noses constantly, removing dust and debris and keeping it moist and receptive to wind-borne information.
The sun was behind them and to the left - three quarter backlighting, but soft enough to keep the contrast under control. It's difficult to believe that those short, dried grasses provide enough sustenance to power such gigantic bodies through a long northern prairie winter, but they do.
Somehow, encountering wildlife on foot and coming away with a good shot is more satisfying than shooting from the rolling red Toyota blind. I will continue to do both, of course, as the situation dictates, but for the next few days I'll be uploading only shots made away from roads, shelter, and safety. To do this successfully, you have to appear innocuous to the critters, and evidently I do.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Property for speculation in the Albaicín, Granada
Andalusia, Spain 26.04.2011
Graffiti - Wohnungsnot und Leerstand
Spekulationsobjekt im Albaicín, Granada
Andalusien, Spanien 26.04.2011
Former wool mill, Italy.
Lanificio Rossi was the largest Italian wool company at the beginning of the twentieth century, with numerous factories in the Vicenza area. This factory was built for a capacity of 12,000 spindles in 1869. Despite this, due to wrong management choices and financial speculation, the Lanerossi group experienced a period of crisis after the mid-nineteenth century. In 1987 the company was taken over by its competitor Marzotto from nearby Valdagno, who, however, no longer invested in the Lanerossi brand. The various plants were gradually dismantled.
Isle of Lewis, Scotland
This Neolithic site is the main and more articulated among a number of other similar sites, scattered within few kilometers in this area of Isle of Lewis. (For a more and detailed info, visit the relevant Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callanish_Stones)
It is a fascinating place given the myths, legends, speculations and historical facts which support its incredible atmosphere. I had the chance to wander for a few hours through the stones in a beautiful afternoon until sunset. These 5,000 yrs old stones transmit a fantastic 'time' sensation, along with the unsolved mystery of what was their meaning or use.
And there's a song I think perfectly fits this Callanish 'mood': 'The Wire' performed by the Scottish band RunRig in their 1985 'Heartland' album .
Love Kyori!! She's not part of the convention collection so there's speculation she could end up being a centerpiece. Hoping she'll be glam and be a redhead this time around!
Vancouver BC Canada Coal Harbor - series in Album www.flickr.com/photos/82804106@N03/albums/72157667963134301
This series is the second published part from the set "Landscapes from a farm park south Milan" and they are enclosed in my first personal expo i had in 9th of september 2010 to 19 with my friend Mirko Bozzato, graphic designer and photographer. The farm park of south Milan is a reality which Mirko and I appreciate it's the biggest green area of Milan: a beautiful reality that needs to be protected by building speculation.
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there's a gap in between
there's a gap where we meet
where i end and you begin
and i'm sorry for us
the dinosaurs roam the earth
the sky turns green
where i end and you begin
i am up in the clouds
i am up in the clouds
and i can't and i can't come down
i can watch but not take part
where i end and where you start
where you, you left me alone
you left me alone.
X' will mark the place
like parting the waves
like a house falling in the sea.
i will eat you all alive
i will eat you all alive
i will eat you all alive
i will eat you all alive
there'll be no more lies
there'll be no more lies
there'll be no more lies
there'll be no more lies
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[Landscapes from farm park south Milan Series] 01/06
It seemed as if this duck couple was in deep conversation and their male companion could care less. Perhaps he was trying to hide the fact that he felt like a third wheel. (I am NOT a duck psychologist, so it's just a speculation on my part.)
of tails that they do...as you can see he is on his back, they roll over and flap the tail on the water creating a lovely splash and lots of noise. Speculation is that they do it for exercise and play. I'd buy that cuz it looks like a lot of fun~
An empty G & W ore train negotiates the big S curve north of Wirrappa loop. At the time of picture this train had a little over a month before it would stop running, due to a drop in the price of Iron ore. After almost 6 years of speculation, the service has again resumed, all bit it at a reduced capacity.
With dream songs ready to be sun for a thousand and two nights full of thoughts of those that found the Moor and saw the stars rise and fall upon the horizon with a purpose in their heart. They saw the passage of Sun light and the continued Stellar procession giving insight into the grand progression that is our Cosmic journey in this Universe. In between the Star strewn path of weft the Moon brings subtle warp enough to run strong threads through standstill cycles to Lunistice extremes and back. All the while they at first began to raise timbers and then to erect stones to for them gather together and to celebrate around, they were following and honouring light arcing high above and journeying with shadow cast deep upon the hollow ground. On leaving their megalithic mind engaging arena with intricate intimate dream speculation galore, the Sun at last set and in doing so gave way for a scene still full of potent plenty beautifully set to adore.
Four individual photographs with one track to the left and two walkers on that routeway towards where the Sun has set.
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New ancient circle discovered underground at Machrie Moor
Press release 30 June 2026
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Fascinating new find on Arran's historic Machrie Moor
30th June
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Machrie Moor Standing Stones
Near Blackwaterfoot, Arran
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History and stories, Machrie Moor Standing Stones
Near Blackwaterfoot, Arran
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Machrie Moor
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Machrie Moor
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Site Name: Machrie Moor 1.
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Site Name: Machrie Moor 10 Alternative Name: Moss Farm Road, Machrie X
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Machrie Moor the urban prehistorian
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Arran, Machrie Moor, Trove Scotland
National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) ID: 39699
Over 200 digital images
Arran, Machrie Moor 2, Trove Scotland
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Fingal’s Cauldron Seat, Machrie Moor, Kilmory, Arran
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Machrie Moor Stone Circles
👮♂️Spoiler Alert👮♂️😜
A drama series which has gripped the nation took a major twist as new clues came to light on Sunday evening during the penultimate episode of ‘Line Of Duty’ in which avid followers of this drama concluded Det Chf Supt Patricia Carmichael👿 is in fact ‘H’, this is surely too obvious, have they put the horse before the cart.
As speculation increases of who is the fourth man, previously known as ‘H’ on Line of Duty? let’s consider reportage of the actions viewers did not see, and of course the new evidence.😱😇
Following Superintendent Ted Hastings iconic quote Sunday evening ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee* donkey, why did Hoof and Horace fly out of their room without even finishing their drinks. This is always a clue if! they have done something wrong.🍺🍺🐎🐷💨🚀
This pair of rascals have not been seen since, might their actions suggest Hoof is ‘H’ as he could be a little Donkey, based on evidence there are no actual photos confirming he is a horse?😉
Another vital clue revealed during LOD was “tap, tap, tap, tap,” this is the sound Hoof’s new carbon fibre horse shoes make.🤔
Now sadly we must consider very strong evidence which links Horace as ‘H’.🐷😱
It is a well known fact Horace has a Police record, “Walking On The Moon”. 🎸🎹🎸
Next, after Horace was placed in our care, it was evident he had suffered an accident/injury, as he did not have a tail, (image, ‘Game On’) was his ‘bent’ tail removed by the OCG, so Horace would not squeal on them. 👹🐖💩
‘Bent’ is word often used by Superintendent Hastings during the series which he would like to stamp out.
No, you don’t think Ted Hastings cut Horace’s bent tail off, what a twist this would be, I should know as I made Horace’s replacement tail, not tale, all true as one Flickr detective noticed the super glue, (this evidence will stick Lindsey)👮♀️
Next piece of evidence, a link has been identified in the way communication between the people Ted would like kicked out and the OCG, namely the spelling misscakes.
Horace was forced to wear wellies supplied by gangster Tommy Hunter. Look carefully at the wellies Horace is wearing, (image)
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Horace cannot believe that Detective Inspector Steve Arnott missed this vital piece of evidence, the letter ’T’ is upside down on all four wellies.🐷😂😂😂
Is another reason Horace left the room without finishing his drink the thought of the fact the OCG might suspect Horace squealed and his next cosmetic treatment could be a trip through the bacon slicer.🙈🐖💨
So there you have it, the plot thickens, could Hoof and Horace both be ‘H’, suggesting total confusion, (easily done) or could this possibly keep the nation in suspense and only one H is exposed (not a pretty sight) during the finale this Sunday suggesting another series of LOD.🐎🙈🐷💨
*Wee could also speculate that Hoof and Horace may never been seen again.😢😭😢😉
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Thank you for viewing my photos, the comments and banter you leave are much appreciated.
Have a good weekend🍺🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷💃🐎🐷😎
The genus Tulipa devides into about 75 species, which are further grouped into four subgenera. The different tulip species are originally from steppes and mountainous areas in temperate climates in a region between Central Asia and Southern Europe. However, they have been widely cultivated and, after escaping cultivation, naturalised in other parts of Europa and Asia as well as other parts of the world. Tulips are believed to have been cultivated in from the 10th century and in Europe around the so called "Tulip mania", starting in 1634. During that time, tulips were extremely fashionable and their bulbs became the supposedly first speculation item. The resulting financial bubble collapsed just three years later, in February 1637.
The Garlandstone is a gaff-rigged sailing Tamar Ketch, built in Calstock in Cornwall, England, and launched on 27 January 1909. It was built by James Goss on speculation at the foot of Calstock Viaduct. She was designed for transporting goods between Great Britain and Ireland.
yesterday i posted a polaroid and when Sol commented that the whole polaroid biting the dust thing was "hard" i figured she was just lamenting in a general way the dwindling availability of films and papers and the over all shrinking of the "pre digital" world as it relates to photography. later that night i read the formal announcement from Polaroid that they were going out of business and then i spent an hour or more on different forums reading comments and opinions and speculations as to the future of the polaroid medium.
polaroid has been the single most influential aspect of my work as a photographer - even more than "film" and certainly more than digital with which i'm still in the process of getting acquainted. i could go on and on about how much i love polaroid - it's various "looks" - the specially modified cameras i love and use with it - how much i've learned about my vision from working with it - how it's effected and informed my process of seeing and making photographs - and perhaps most significantly how it's connected me with people through the years.
but this is not why i'm writing this. this is not a grave side testimonial.
after i read the announcement i mada a cup of coffee and went outside and sat on the porch, and within a short time i was overwhelmed with this sense of . . . . . ???
i'm not sure how to say it. i guess simply put it's common wisdom that everything we know "shall pass" - our shoes will wear out our loved ones will move away and eventually die - we will grow old and we will die . . . . . everything is changing - everything shall pass.
but what i was overwhelmed with was not some sort of doom and gloom thing - it was different than that. it wasn't about trying to hold on to or stockpile what can be stockpiled, it wasn't about coming up with some sort of strategy for slowing down or avoiding or de-sensitizing or managing in the face of eventual "loss" - it was something different, something about my feeling called to more deeply step into my experience of living - to be more present - more in the moment and more in touch with my appreciation and respect and love for all that i have while i have it - appreciative of all the gifts of life, my friends my loved ones my health a nice day . . . . .
i can't stop things from changing and it seems life is at least a lot about moving with and embracing certain kinds of change - but perhaps i can become more aware of my tendency to take things for granted, to act as if they'll always be the way i've known them to be.
maybe i can't effect the big unavoidable changes of life but maybe i
can effect change in my self - maybe i can be more in touch with my sense of appreciation and be more thankful and expressive of my appreciation for all that i have
i guess that's what i wanted to say and in keeping with that i wanted to say it here, to you. that in the remarkable and mysterious way that you and i are connected that i deeply appreciate your presence in my life.
thank you a lot
gary . . .
The Hill County Courthouse dominates the center of the Hillsboro Texas on a stormy April day. Hill County was created in 1853 by a special session of the State Legislature by subdividing Navarro County. The plan for a new county had been devised a year earlier by doctor Josephus Murray Steiner and Elijah Sterling Clack Robinson in order to stimulate land speculation. The County bears the name of local resident, Dr. George Washington Hill, who had served as Secretary of War for President Sam Houston and was a member of the State Legislature when the county was formed. Hillsboro was laid out, named the county seat, and settled. The towns growth was slow until 1881 when the railroad arrived bringing with it accelerated growth and prosperity with cotton and other agricultural products being at the center of that economic growth.
As the town and county grew so did the need for a new courthouse. In the late 1880s, Waco architect W. C. Dodson was hired to design a county courthouse. The building finished in 1890 was the third and arguably the grandest of three similar courthouses designed by Dodson. The Hill County Courthouse is regionally recognized as a architectural marvel. The three-story limestone structure design is patterned after the Second Empire style, but it incorporates Classical Revival and Italianate influences. The building’s two story high Corinthian columns, mansard roof treatment, and a wood framed three-tier 70 foot high clock tower covered with ornate tin work sets it apart from other county courthouses of the time.
The Courthouse caught fire on the night of January 1, 1993. The destruction was nearly complete. All that remained standing was the four limestone walls. The courthouse was a wooden frame structure and the clock tower and wooden truss supported interior collapsed onto the basement. The massive iron staircases survived and during the rest of the 1990’s the county residents lovingly worked on the old courthouse until it was restored almost perfectly in nearly every detail.
The Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Reference: www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Hillsboro/Hill-County-Courthou...
32 Chunk returned to Brooks Falls this summer with a nasty injury to his jaw. Speculation is that he may have been kicked by a moose. Fortunately, the injury doesn’t seem to prevent him from catching huge salmon. He’s even put on enough weight to be a strong contender in this year’s Fat Bear Contest.
This hairstreak is only found at this location. Its host is Tecate Cypress which is only found in and around Otay Mountain. Thorne's closely resembles Loki Hairstreak (seen below) which flys more than 65 miles away in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. I've posted a picture of Loki below for a comparison. I have heard that DNA test performed in Japan show these two species have less than a 1% difference. Current thought is that Loki is a full species and Thorne's a sub-species of Loki. This is still speculation and not proven without a thought, is my understanding. To see a more colorful Thorne's see Bob Gorman's picture at this link - www.flickr.com/photos/19116620@N07/35211353226/in/datepos... San Diego County, CA.
Bright yellow asters, Colorado Blue Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea), and red Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.) decorate a hill slope adjacent to Crater Lakes, James Peak Wilderness, Colorado.
For those paying attention to the date, this was taken last year at the height of the bloom. I have yet to visit the James Peak Wilderness in 2019, but my recent visit to the Mummy Range suggests the extended, late snowfall has delayed flowering a few weeks this year. Speculation can be useful, but in this case there's really no point. I need to get up there and see for myself.
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This is old, first time cheating in this 365. :[ Sorry guys, just super busy, it's hard to fit a good picture in my schedule it seems.
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ALSO. I have to throw out a huge thanks to one of the coolest people on the planet, Maddie. She gave me such a sweet testimonial, gah. <3<3 Thank yoouu.
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Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456. After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, it was largely abandoned but, following a visit by Queen Victoria, it was rededicated in 1862. It was the target of a bombing in 1914 during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. The interior contains some fine carvings which many historians have sought to interpret.
The original plans for Rosslyn have never been found or recorded, so it is open to speculation whether or not the chapel was intended to be built in its current layout. Its architecture is considered to be among the finest in Scotland.
Construction of the chapel began on 20 September 1456, although it has often been recorded as 1446. The confusion over the building date comes from the chapel's receiving its founding charter to build a collegiate chapel in 1446 from Rome.
Although the original building was to be cruciform, it was never completed. Only the choir was constructed, with the retro-chapel, otherwise called the Lady chapel, built on the much earlier crypt (Lower Chapel) believed to form part of an earlier castle. The foundations of the unbuilt nave and transepts stretching to a distance of 90 feet were recorded in the 19th century. Construction of the planned nave and transepts was abandoned.
The Lower Chapel (also known as the crypt or sacristy) should not be confused with the burial vaults that lie underneath Rosslyn Chapel.
The chapel stands on fourteen pillars, which form an arcade of twelve pointed arches on three sides of the nave. At the east end, a fourteenth pillar between the penultimate pair form a three-pillared division between the nave and the Lady chapel. The three pillars at the east end of the chapel are named, from north to south: the Master Pillar, the Journeyman Pillar and, most famously, the Apprentice Pillar.
Carvings
Among Rosslyn's many intricate carvings are a sequence of 213 cubes or "boxes" protruding from pillars and arches with a selection of patterns on them. It is unknown if these patterns have any particular meaning attached to them. Many people have attempted to find information coded into them, but no interpretation has yet proven conclusive. Unfortunately, many of these 'boxes' are not original, having been replaced in the 19th century after erosion damage.
One recent attempt to make sense of the boxes has been to interpret them as a musical score. The motifs on the boxes somewhat resemble geometric patterns seen in the study of cymatics. The patterns are formed by placing powder upon a flat surface and vibrating the surface at different frequencies. By matching these Chladni patterns with musical notes corresponding to the same frequencies, the father-and-son team of Thomas and Stuart Mitchell produced a tune which Stuart calls the Rosslyn Motet.
There are more than 110 carvings of "Green Men" in and around the chapel. Green Men are carvings of human faces with greenery all around them, often growing out of their mouths. They are found in all areas of the chapel, with one example in the Lady chapel, between the two middle altars.
Other carvings represent plants, including depictions of wheat, strawberries or lilies.[34] The authors Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight have hypothesised that some carvings in the chapel represent ears of new world corn or maize, a plant which was unknown in Europe at the time of the chapel's construction.[35] In their book they discuss meeting with the wife of botanist Adrian Dyer, and that Dyer's wife told him that Dyer agreed that the image thought to be maize was accurate. In fact, Dyer found only one identifiable plant among the botanical carvings and suggested that the "maize" and "aloe" were stylised wooden patterns, only coincidentally looking like real plants.
As we were having supper (at a tasty fish restaurant) on the first night a large flock of birds passed over the Casino. Our speculation was that they were going to greet the returning fishermen.
After dinner we headed over to the Casino to spend our evening watching (we thought) other people lose money. On recovering from the shock that it was, in fact, a very beautiful movie theatre, we made a snap decision to see a film. Which was? "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". Which proved, thankfully, to be rather funny.
Had we been visiting Catalina in the 30s and 40s our choice might have been a bit less prosaic. During its glorious heyday, when Catalina was the destination of the rich and famous (Marilyn Monroe lived and babysat in the town) everyone, including Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey and Woody Herman, played at the Casino.
Photography is characterized by speculation, contemplation. And of course an interpretation of life. I want to to observe the relationship between photography and reality, to rouse the viewer to project her/his own meaning, so it becomes an integral part of the creative process.
Also I try to pay a lot of attention to emotion and association. I want to communicate how I felt when I looked at a subject/scene, with the viewers. This is sheer joy. It is my way of photography. I have a long way to go, though.
Shot from, Nikon D300. Focal Length: 26 mm. Aperture F/7.1. ISO 320. Exposure 1/100sec.
Exposure: Manual. Metering: Pattern. Auto Focus. White Balance: Auto, EV -0.3 Color Mode used: www.flickr.com/muha
Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS3. New Layer Canvas size increased by 3mm.
In a historical period that is anything but magical, characterized by ancestral fears, hypocrisy, squalid windows of speculation, corruption, ruthless power games on the shoulders of honest people and total disrespect towards the human being; it is beautiful and healthy to notice the regenerating power that nature has on our souls, at times with almost whispered glimpses that seem to want to remind us about the impermanence of all things, even the forces of evil!
This is the therapeutic aspect of health through nature - the care of the soul and psyche in synergy with the organism - something totally forgotten in this period, indeed paradoxically even forbidden... within this increasingly inhuman design, which does not take care of the actual health of people in the least, indeed, quite the opposite it seems to be doing everything to irreparably damage it.
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The Art of Banksy Exhibition in London.
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.
Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world.
Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on.
A small number of Banksy's works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency created by Banksy named Pest Control.
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A few days ago, the above art work appeared overnight on an outside wall of Reading Prison which has stood empty since it closed at the end of 2013. There was immediate speculation it was the work of the street artist Banksy whose identity has never been confirmed despite the fact his numerous works have appeared at various locations over a long period of years.
The paintings often form a social message and can be controversial. Reading Prison is very much a controversial place – it is owned by the Ministry of Justice who have been trying to dispose of it for the last 7 years. For them one of the problems is the property is designated a grade II listed building which means it cannot be demolished or substantially altered without prior consent from the Local Authority – Reading Borough Council. There have been calls for it to be used as a public amenity such as a theatre or arts facility and a deal to redevelop it has fallen through so in effect there has been little or no progress for 7 years.
Yesterday Banksy confirmed it was his art work although he did not shed any light on who the figure was supposed to be. Much of the local view is that it is a representation of Oscar Wilde, the Victorian actor, writer and poet who was incarcerated there from 1895 to 1897 – probably the prisons main claim to fame.
It is questionable as to whether the painting helps or hinders the current deadlock although it has provided some amusement for local residents in what is otherwise a depressing time!
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The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Mainland of the Orkney Isles, Scotland. There is still speculation about the actual age of the Ring but It is generally thought to have been erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC.
The Ring of stones stands on a small strip of land between two lochs, the Loch of Harray (which is freshwater) and Sternness (which is saltwater) and is some 104 metres in diameter.
This stone ring is not alone in Orkney. Within a 2 miles radius from Brodgar there are two circle-henges, four chambered tombs, groups of standing stones, single stones, barrows, cairns, and mounds.
The exact purpose of the Ring is not known, but its proximity to the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Maeshowe tomb make the Ring of Brodgar a site of major importance.
Admire the beauty but fear the beast. The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of great green spiral, seen between picturesque clouds with the bright Moon to the side and stars in the background. The beast is the wave of charged particles that creates the aurora but might, one day, impair civilization. Exactly this week in 1859, following notable auroras seen all across the globe, a pulse of charged particles from a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with a solar flare impacted Earth's magnetosphere so forcefully that they created the Carrington Event. A relatively direct path between the Sun and the Earth might have been cleared by a preceding CME. What is sure is that the Carrington Event compressed the Earth's magnetic field so violently that currents were created in telegraph wires so great that many wires sparked and gave telegraph operators shocks. Were a Carrington-class event to impact the Earth today, speculation holds that damage might occur to global power grids and electronics on a scale never yet experienced. The featured aurora was imaged last week over Thingvallavatn Lake in Iceland, a lake that partly fills a fault that divides Earth's large Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. via NASA ift.tt/2byz7QQ