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I started out this year with certain intentions. I was quitting my day job to give art a go full time. I had gotten a website going and created a blog. I set up an Etsy shop to sell prints, and I applied for 2 major grants. Then the world stood still. Not really, but my good intentions went down that notorious road to hell. I continued to make art, but completely ignored the website, blog and print shop, which has no prints in it. I have been active here, which is something, but what the hell happened? I'll tell you. After several months of tormenting myself with existential angst, the simple truth; is I got scared. I mean the hard questions about purpose and meaning are still there, but selling a few prints will hardly interfere with that. I have to admit that I just got nervous about the details. What if the prints don't look good? What if I can't keep up? What if I spend more money than I make? What if...... You get the idea. So I'm here to say, while I can't tell you what the meaning of life is, I am ready to get out of my own way. Again. So while last weeks portrait, about going into the dark had a different intent then, it is still most pertinent. Faith is what I need to trust that I can. I can ponder the deep stuff, with one foot in progress! I can do so much more than I allow, and so can most of you!
The title from a brilliant book by Margaret Atwood It is ,in a nutshell, about a young woman artist searching for her identity.
Mezzanine to surface, Battersea Power Station station, Northern Line. Transport for London Underground.
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Yet some other math shit with another source image, but don't start thinking you are rid of my fisheye mirror stuff just yet, ROFL !
Julia and holomorphic transform mix.
Hue and saturation changed in photoshop.
I have plans to reinvent the design work in this ledger. This was created sixteen years ago. How much different will it look if I do it now?
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The Kessock Bridge after the second layer of surfacing was laid on the southbound carriageway with the paver at the north end.
Sample Background from our bright metals design pack, copper, silver and brass surfaces. Download at www.creativity103.com/design-packs/index.htm#brightmetal
via Outdoor Surface Painting outdoorsurfacepainting.tumblr.com/post/153424254866
Just Pinned to Anti Slip Step Paint: Anti Slip Pathway in Essex...
A couple of Lynx helicopters at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, or RNAS Yeovilton, (IATA: YEO, ICAO: EGDY) (HMS Heron) is an airfield of the Royal Navy, sited in South West England a few miles north of Yeovil in Somerset. It is one of two active Fleet Air Arm bases (the other being RNAS Culdrose) and is currently home to the Royal Navy's Lynx helicopters and the Commando Helicopter Force Westland Sea King HC4.
Based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, the Lynx has been in service with the Royal Navy since the 1970s, proving its potency from the Falklands, through two Gulf wars, to the present day when it has become a scourge of pirates.
The Lynx truly is a jack of all trades, capable of taking on enemy ships (with Sea Skua missiles), enemy submarines (with Sting Ray torpedoes or depth charges), and smaller surface targets courtesy of machine-gun pods or sniper rifles.
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One of our grandsons has really liked penguins from when he was very young. I liked them too...but I must admit to liking them even more after our trip to Antarctica. I especially loved seeing them *porpoise* like the one in this image but I never got the chance to photograph them doing so from water level. This shot was taken from the balcony of our room on level 6 of the ship...but one can easily see how exciting it is to see one or more penguins porpoising along the surface on their way to shore.
The Trip - (01/01/23 to 01/21/23)
On the first day of 2023, my wife and I flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in preparation for a cruise to Antarctica, via The Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island. We’d never visited Antarctica and, in fact, felt a little unprepared for this trip since we’d only been on one cruise previously...and that was many years ago when we went on a cruise to Alaska…and that one trip to Alaska was enough to let my wife know that she was very prone to seasickness. Consequently, she was very concerned about this much longer trip because of the potential for rough weather.
We spent several days in Buenos Aires before we finally boarded the ship on 01/06/23 and headed off towards the Falkland Islands. The ship we were on was very nice…clean and comfortable room, friendly staff, incredibly interesting folks for lectures: A former astronaut, a former college professor with a doctorate in Ornithology and a geologist.
The photos:
Until we made landfall in the Falklands, the only wildlife we would see were the many pelagic birds that occasionally accompanied our ship. The larger birds, albatross, giant petrels, etc. managed to effortlessly soar over the swells, seemingly without ever flapping their wings. The smaller birds like the prions, also appeared to not waste much energy flapping their wings and were fun to watch as they maneuvered back and forth alongside our ship. Most of the photos I took from the ship were taken from our balcony on deck six. The balcony was a great location for landscape shots when we were near shore…but the height above the water made it difficult to photograph birds that were close to the water’s surface. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it. :-)
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From Wikipedia: The gentoo penguin (/ˈdʒɛntuː/ JEN-too) (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (or possibly a species complex) in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie penguin (P. adeliae) and the chinstrap penguin (P. antarcticus). The earliest scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Reinhold Forster with a type locality in the Falkland Islands. The species calls in a variety of ways, but the most frequently heard is a loud trumpeting, which the bird emits with its head thrown back.
Names:
The application of "gentoo" to the penguin is unclear. Gentoo was an Anglo-Indian term to distinguish Hindus from Muslims. The English term may have originated from the Portuguese gentio ("pagan, gentile"). Some speculate that the white patch on the bird's head was thought to resemble a turban.
Taxonomy
The gentoo penguin is one of three species in the genus Pygoscelis. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence suggests the genus split from other penguins around 38 million years ago (Mya), about 2 million years after the ancestors of the genus Aptenodytes. In turn, the Adélie penguins split off from the other members of the genus around 19 Mya and the chinstrap and gentoo finally diverged around 14 Mya.
Description: The gentoo penguin is easily recognised by the wide, white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head and its bright orange-red bill. It has pale whitish-pink, webbed feet and a fairly long tail – the most prominent tail of all penguin species. Chicks have grey backs with white fronts. As the gentoo penguin waddles along on land, its tail sticks out behind, sweeping from side to side, hence the scientific name Pygoscelis, which means "rump-tailed".
Gentoo penguins can reach a length of 70 to 90 cm (28 to 35 in), making them the third-largest species of penguin after the emperor penguin and the king penguin. They are the fastest underwater swimmers of all penguins, reaching speeds up to 36 km/h (22 mph). Gentoos are well adapted to extremely cold and harsh climates.
Predators:
In the sea, leopard seals, sea lions and killer whales are all predators of the gentoo. On land, no predators of full-grown, healthy gentoo penguins exist. Skuas and giant petrels regularly kill many chicks and steal eggs; petrels kill injured and sick adult gentoos. Various other seabirds, such as the kelp gull and snowy sheathbill, also snatch chicks and eggs. Skuas on King George Island have been observed attacking and injuring adult gentoo penguins in apparent territorial disputes.
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UK Coal's Butterwell surface mine on 12 March 2012. 66736 shunts its train of JNAs which - when loaded - will form the 17:40 to Thorseby Colliery.
On the right, a huge earth mover emerges from the lower levels and just above it a redundant (ex B.R. class 11) shunter can be seen.