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Actress Ali Stroker speaks to a full house at Wagner College, including students from Lifestyles for the Disabled.
We were actually heading back when Priscilla exclaimed excitedly that we should stop at the next available spot. This was our fifth night and we had agree upon that we wouldn't stop the car to shoot the aurora if it was weak, so I knew it must be something huge for her to ask me to pull over.
Thankfully, we managed to find an empty jetty to view the amazing show and it was the best display from our trip!
We probably would not have caught this had our car not crashed into the ditch, causing us to wait for an hour in a stranger's cabin for the tractor man to come and save us, and hence delaying our hunt for night. So I guess every cloud has a silver lining!
We spent a few hours at Graves Park in Sheffield this morning with Edie..
The animal farm there is well worth a visit and Edie loved petting and feeding the animals..
The two stroke EMD engine is putting out some clag and sounds like it is on full power as 66558 leans into the curve at Brantham on 4L31 Bristol to Felixstowe Liner. The Horses in the paddock do not even look up and continue to graze.
I have no idea what plant this is... sort of strange!
Photographed at Flamingo Gardens (I'll have to go back to find out its name).
It was only the night before that I was amazed by this sky so full of beautiful twinkling stars. It is now early dawn, the stars have disappeared, the air is refreshing, and it is silent all around me. Gradually the first traces of color start to appear in the clear sky... like some simple paint strokes.
Taken during a visit to Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
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A well timed gap in the clouds baths my train in light at Stratford, the sweet pair of two stokes on the point the icing on the cake :-)
The awesome power of an eight on the river - sculling, training.
Uncropped, straight out of the camera (RAW conversion only)
I think I've mentioned a few times on here that I've "inherited" thousands of my late father's prints and slides. It would be impossible to retain them all so its a tough job going through every single one of them and deciding what to keep and what not to keep. My methodology is pretty much - if its got a family member on - it stays.
If its got a place that probably (or does) look different now because of fashion styles, surroundings or vehicles and can be used as some sort of comparison, then its staying - at least for now.
I was going to use the word "depressing" but its not that - these are my parents travelling the world and having a great time. Its definitely "saddening" though - all that cost, time and memories. They were all mounted in albums (remember those?) and the backs of the prints were meticulously written on (lightly) in pen with location, date etc - and sometimes the camera they were taken with - and the film used.
I found this earlier. Being a "two stroke lover" (- no, not that kind of two stroke lover - now that would be depressing lol), this one is definitely staying. Taken in Loule (wherever that is) in 1981.
I'm struggling to recognise many (erm...more to the point - any) of the bikes in this photo which is probably quite unusual for me. I only really know of one Portuguese motorcycle manufacturer - Casal - but I can't read the names or know the badges. There does seem to be at least one Honda in there. Theres a curious little 'cafe racer' with some very narrow "clip -on" handlebars towards the back.
I think theres something rather wonderful about living in a hot climate and using little two stroke motorcycles as daily transport. And using wooden crates and wicker shopping bags for what they now call "luggage systems" and not thinking that some thieving blighter would steal your crash helmet whilst you are sipping an Espresso in the town square.
What isn't so wonderful is wondering how you get your bike out when its time to go home ;-)
Found this while digging through my ‘back catalog.’ From January of 2019. Digital painting with Apple Pencil, iPad Pro, and ProCreate.
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It had been a while since I experienced snow in the winter. A recent trip to the Sierras brought back memories of snowy winters spent on the East Coast, helped me recharge my batteries and provided me a much needed chance to dust the cobwebs off of my cameras. The snow covered landscapes were such a joy! In this scene, shot with my DJI Mini 3 pro, I was drawn by the contrast of the white snow on the ground against the warm light of the setting sun shining on the tree tops on the side of the mountains
Actress Ali Stroker speaks to a full house at Wagner College, including students from Lifestyles for the Disabled.
I enjoy seeing the brush strokes in museum paintings. They make the painting so much more present to me, as opposed to seeing a reproduction in a book or poster or online.
It’s amazing, though, how the lighting in the museum enabled me to bring out those brush strokes, even in this little amateur photograph! (Especially at larger sizes)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Vieux Paysan (1888), oil on canvas, 25¼ x 21½ in. (.64 x .55m)