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Mon Bridge in Sangkhlaburi
Sangkhlaburi's iconic, 447m-long wooden bridge, the largest in Thailand, connects the main town, home mostly to Thai and Karen, with the Mon settlement. This village (officially it's Ban Wang Ka, but even residents just call it Ban Mon: 'Mon Village') is a striking place to explore, peopled by cheroot-smoking women, sarong-wearing men and faces covered in thanaka (a yellow paste made from tree bark, used both as sunblock and decoration).
At the Mon end of the bridge is a souvenir market selling Karen shirts and dresses among other things. Follow the street uphill from the bridge and turn left on the main road to visit the Mon market, which is refreshingly free of souvenirs.
Giving morning alms to monks (at 6.30am) is a big event on the Mon side of the bridge. Tourists (mostly from Bangkok) donate from fancy trays alongside locals who stick to the Mon tradition of giving just a scoop of rice. During Buddhist festivals alms are offered on the bridge.
Mon Bridge in Sangkhlaburi
Sangkhlaburi's iconic, 447m-long wooden bridge, the largest in Thailand, connects the main town, home mostly to Thai and Karen, with the Mon settlement. This village (officially it's Ban Wang Ka, but even residents just call it Ban Mon: 'Mon Village') is a striking place to explore, peopled by cheroot-smoking women, sarong-wearing men and faces covered in thanaka (a yellow paste made from tree bark, used both as sunblock and decoration).
At the Mon end of the bridge is a souvenir market selling Karen shirts and dresses among other things. Follow the street uphill from the bridge and turn left on the main road to visit the Mon market, which is refreshingly free of souvenirs.
Giving morning alms to monks (at 6.30am) is a big event on the Mon side of the bridge. Tourists (mostly from Bangkok) donate from fancy trays alongside locals who stick to the Mon tradition of giving just a scoop of rice. During Buddhist festivals alms are offered on the bridge.
Sandcastle building sure makes a girl hungry! Lena is enjoying a hot dog and lemonade from the beach snack shack.
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Lena Elena Middie Blythe Doll, released August 2013
Suit and bag made by me
Towel, hot dog, drink, sunblock lotion - Barbie
Dog - Dollar General
Bucket - vintage
Shoes - Chelsea Barbie
Floatie - Ebay
Cape Cod, Mass - Herring Cove Beach
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We met Greg on one of the hiking trails in Saguaro National Park in Tucson Arizona. We were on one of our daily walks which had to be done very early in the morning before the desert heat intensified. The thermometer reached 40 degrees C (104 F) much of the time we were in Arizona.
Greg was very friendly and stopped for a chat. He was a volunteer for the park service and walks the trails on a regular basis to make sure all is well. During our chat he casually determined that we had plenty of water and were well-protected by sunblock. (On a hike the next week we encountered a woman who had been felled by the heat and was being looked after by friends in the shade of a cactus while waiting for paramedics to arrive.)
I have been surprised by the number of seniors who volunteer in a wide range of capacities in Arizona. Since the state houses many retirees, and since many of them want to remain active, volunteering is very popular.
While I was photographing dragonflies the other day, this bald eagle flew overhead, completely blocking out the sun with his immense wingspan. I have to make a run into the big city today but I'll catch up with you a little later. Enjoy your day!
Many Chinese women are afraid of getting a tan as they feel pale skin is more beautiful. So even at sunset on the beach, an umbrella can still be used to protect from the sun.
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Originally I thought the theme for today was “summer safety”, so I had swimmers with sharks and life preservers and duckies as part of the pictures, along with Zelda and the sunblock/suntan lotion.
Cathedral Rock, Sedona.
The sun was already fairly high but my position close to and almost directly in front this famous landmark allowed me to mostly avoid shooting into it.
Also this week catch a new gallery of Christina, getting ready for a morning workout applying some sunblock to her legs.
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I used to hate the winters in New Jersey. I think the most annoying thing was when I was in a hurry to get going in the morning. It would take a whole extra half an hour to get moving. Put on a coat. Find where I left my hat and gloves. Scrape the ice off the windshield. Warm up the car...
I never really imagined what the opposite of that might be. Now, I'm still in Mesa, Arizona, where it is rapidly becoming summer. Here's the routine for heading out in southern Arizona... Put on SPF 800 sunblock. Find where I left my Sombrero. Pull several bottles of bottled water from freezer. Open car. Burn hand on door handle. Get in car. Burn ass on seat. Find towel to put on hot seat. Crank up air conditioning. Burn fingers on air conditioning knob. Put car in gear. Burn hand on gear shift knob. Put on sunglasses. Burn nose on glasses. Drive. Burn hand on steering wheel. Try to steer with my knee. Knee is too sweaty to turn steering wheel. Get back out of car. Run back inside and get oven mitts. That's the routine.
This is another from a great sunset in Saguaro National Park, eastern section.
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I finally did it! I hiked the eleven mile round trip to this lighthouse on the Dungeness Spit. The spit is a result of the currents and tides created by the confluence of the waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound. I toiled over shifting soft sand, rocks, boulders, driftwood, sand flies and a burning sunburn! Forgot the sunblock. The hike takes about two and a half to three hours, each way! You are rewarded at the end by friendly volunteers of the New Dungeness Lighthouse Association Keepers. You can reserve a spot to be a "Lighthouse Keeper" for a week. Go to www.newdungenesslighthouse.com for more information.
The lighthouse is open to the public from 9-5, to anyone who hikes out to the lighthouse. You can also go by boat with reservations, but there are limitations on where you can boat. The new Dungeness Lighthouse is part of the New Dungeness Wildlife Refuge, which essentially means, the spit is off limits for exploration except on the northern side of the spit, which is essentially your unpaved trail to this well preserved, working lighthouse. The lighthouse is located in Sequim (pronounced "squim" for the non-natives) Washington on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula.
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A beautiful sunny winter day and my first time visiting Foster Beach. The ice formations were amazing! I have more photos to sort from both cameras, but here are some quick ones from the iPhone for instant gratification.
I think I got sunburned - I didn't even think of it ahead of time but of course I should have put sunblock on my face
According to AccuWeather and two others prognosticators, this is apparently what 80% humidity and heavy overcast tending toward showers looks like. That's what was predicted for the entire area every hour, on the hour, while I was at the Outer Banks a couple of weekends ago. Being a "lemons to lemonade" kind of guy, I decided to go for it anyway... glad I did. Likely, the folks under those distant cumulus clouds can't make that statement. Anywho, this all makes me wonder what a good day looks like here.
I rarely go to the beach in the summer... it's just way too crowded. I had a reason to visit, though... I'm searching out some iconic North Carolina dark sky places to shoot comet ISON later this year. It won't work here with the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, as its light, which swings into view every 7.5 seconds, will be blown out in a 22 second exposure. Of course, you can block the lens for all but one blink, but you'd have to add that time back into the exposure and the stars would become dots and dashes... not good. For now, however, it makes for a nice contrastive daylight image of one of this state's true icons. Folks were touring the lighthouse... you can see them on the balcony around the light.
What you see growing here, for the most part, are sea oats... it's what they make Cap'n Crunch kid's cereal from (who am I kidding... I haven't had it in years, but I like it too! What's not to like? It's mostly sugar... and sea oats, of course). Actually, it's against the law to mess with them... they help to keep the dunes intact during windy conditions, which is to say they keep the island intact. The Atlantic Ocean is about 100-feet behind me here... the sun was reflecting off both that and this brilliant sand, which seemingly focused directly on me the whole time I was out there... even with sunblock, I had a little trouble sleeping that night, not so much because I was burned, but because I glowed in the dark. Things are back to a less radioactive condition now.
I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
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Katie finds nothing of actual interest at the "beverage station". I find the name silly, but since the only thing we do in this spot is make coffee, make & pour tea or other beverages, and feed the feline overlords, it suits the spot, so there it is. One of these days, I'll come up with something cheekier.
Save that sunblock I should have put away before snapping this, but hey.
i shouldn't have to show you this to prove that my mom is the coolest. but just in case anyone ever had any doubts...
she's the flippin' coolest.
(for lack of a more articulate word. one that a wordsmith like her would know.)
as i get older, and realize that this woman--a single-parent who managed to not only work in a crazy newsroom and put up with my brother's guns-n-roses "paradise city" being blasted at 7 am before school--somehow kept me fed and took me to art festivals and ballets and toted me to and from piano lessons, that i didn't practice for, and gymnastics classes and ballet and tap classes and pottery classes and a week at the beach every summer and walks in the neighborhood "following our noses" to the wisteria vines and makes me vegetarian lasagna and took me on a trip to the rainforest because i wanted to go before they disappeared,
when i think about how few hours i have in the day, as an adult, which i only recently conceded to becoming, i can't understand how she did it
really
it's almost superhero-ish
she is the ubermom
let's raise a toast to a mom who can jam on an african drum, say a prayer in tibetan, write award-winning short stories, make ends meet, dance the tango, and still find the time to spoon-feed you love til you feel like you're going to overflow
and i'll tell you a secret, whenever i would wait for her to pick me up from daycare after she'd been away on a trip or i'd really missed her that day i would sit there and plan out a huge dash to the gate once i caught sight of her
and run into her arms
so here's to running to your mommy's open arms
and appreciating her super hero qualities
and never taking a mom who'll dance in the sand dunes for granted
cuz, like i said, she's the coolest.
would it be weird to say my mom is the best thing that ever happened to me? since i happened to her?
well, i'll stick by it anyway.
happy mother's day, mom.
i promise to wear sunblock next time.
It was simply GLORIOUS to finally dig my toes into the sand and just sit and watch the waves roll up on the beach..
The weather this holiday weekend couldn't have been more perfect.
I'm still sensitive to the sun, so I only stayed down on the sand for about an hour or so, and of course I was all smeared up with sunblock, but Raven and I enjoyed every second of it!
This day I decided to go to the beach at Ramla Bay, about 20 minutes away by bus from my hotel. The route included a lot of mountainous hairpin turns that made me anxious.
Once there, the beach was wonderful! I had a burger at the little beach shack (they call them beef burgers on Malta, not hamburgers), and lazed in sun and water for a couple hours. I didn't have a book or an umbrella or sunblock (!), and I ended up leaving after two hours, but with no regrets.
Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore is a 35 mile long area on Michigan's western coastline has been consistently ranked among the most beautiful areas in the United States.
This picture shows the "Dune Climb", an easily accessible, and probably most visited attraction. It looks easy, but climbing dunes is deceivingly difficult. The incline approaches 45 degrees, and you will continually slip backwards in the loose sand. It's about 350 feet to the top, and even fit individuals will find themselves breathing heavily. At the top, one finds a magnificent view of the Glen Lakes, and a temptation to walk across the dunes to Lake Michigan.
The dunes extend another 3.5 miles to Lake Michigan, and are about 450 feet high. I remember doing this hike with my parents and younger brothers when I was a teenager. We foolishly did it without water or sunblock...big mistake. The round-trip hike can take 4 hours.
This picture was taken on stormy autumn day, and the dunes were nearly deserted. Come on a sunny summer day and there will be hundreds of people on this dune, but the crowd thins out very fast beyond the top of this first dune.
For a couple of Canadians having spent many months accustomed to a classic Canadian white snowy winter, thrust into intense southern light, it takes some time to adapt to the colour change. Of course we had applied sunblock and wore caps. While paddling the Okefenokee swamp at midday with intense sunlight, I wanted to capture the vivid colours of this amazing waterway. Accordingly, I used the Canon PowerShot G3X in-camera vivid HDR setting for a few shots. Plus, I used the Cokin blue-yellow polarizing filter to highlight the reflections and bring out the tones. This image actually needed to be desaturated as it was too intense, plus there’s a bit of motion edging as three images are stacked. Yet, I’m happy with result as it does represent the colourful beauty of the swamp. The image below was taken the same way. Without the filter and HDR processing, the harsh sunlight created high contrast, lack of detail in the shadows and a flat overall appearance.
When the spaceship landed in the neighbor's yard I had no idea what to do, but I thought it would be a good idea to put on some sunblock before I went out to see what they wanted.
Hey everyone!! I just wanted to apologize in advance for not being on for up to a week... at least consistently. I have a lot going on with school and home life for at least a week, so I won't be on as often for a bit.
As for now, take care everyone! I'll be busy most of tomorrow. I have class then I'm running back home to decorate and cook what my son has requested for his birthday dinner... Chicken Parmesan and fresh garlic bread. After dinner the family is coming over for cake and presents.... Ahhh, to be young again!! ^_^
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Captured @ Algajola, Corsica, France.
Hiya friends, reporting back from a 10 day-holiday in Corsica, France. Had a blast, not only on the beach. What a lovely, mountainous and green island it was! We stayed in a "Gîte" in a village in the middle of the island, Muracciole to be exact. From there we made daytrips all over the island, by car, but by train too. Came home yesterday with over 2,000 raw files waiting to be processed, so it's a busy weekend ahead of me ;-)
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