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A picture of me on the Norfolk Broads in the 1980's, with the aptly named 'Swallow'. Who'd have thought back then that being the Captain would one day be my job!
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1. Sunny {Day}, 2. Thank You Amy, 3. Can I say Happy Birthday too?, 4. Untitled, 5. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the Soul ~ Henry Ward Beecher, 6. 1.4 @ its finest, 7. { feathers }, 8. Inspirational Mushroom, 9. Rubber Ducky
Some of my mother's things.
Created this image from over 20 separate images with different focal points to create a single image with multiple parts in clear focus. It was part of an assignment to learn photo stacking for a class.
This image needed to be done by hand to correct the area of the dish in the foreground that got missed. Learning curve...
April 3, 2022.
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Fishing boats in Essaouira.
I wanted to try a long exposure with the beautiful Essaouira fishing boats bobbing in the water. I had several things working against me, however.
First, it was the middle of the day. Not really a great time for long exposures.
Second, this was literally my last day of my vacation. I would travel back on a bus to Marrakech where I would get a train to the airport in Casablanca. Everything was packed for the flight. That included my ND filters and tripod. I found a fence post and did the best I could with the settings. The photos was almost completely white in camera. Hooray for editing RAW photos is Lightroom!
Finally, the boats were so close together that there wasn't actually a lot of movement, especially for how 'quick' my shutter speed would have to be.
So, not too bad, considering?
Our Daily Challenge topic ' 11 Things'
Wiki helped me all through setting up a still life with 11 X7 things, which are all growing here right now. She is hard at work posing though I have not added the eggs yet. We worked more than 3 hours on this still life - by far the longest, most demanding of any ! Just about everything was unwilling to be still for very long. And Wiki was so excited about this one (I wonder why?) that she kept getting up and walking through, or sitting in it. Even the yellow flowers were wilting ! Many thanks to Margaret R. who helped ini later stages of this - even going out and gathering eggs !
Many other things are growing here too - most of the others - green & leafy.
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 1448.
Original caption: This image from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows NGC 1448, a spiral galaxy located about 50 million light-years from Earth in the little-known constellation of Horologium (The Pendulum Clock). We tend to think of spiral galaxies as massive and roughly circular celestial bodies, so this glittering oval does not immediately appear to fit the visual bill. What’s going on? Imagine a spiral galaxy as a circular frisbee spinning gently in space. When we see it face on, our observations reveal a spectacular amount of detail and structure — a great example from Hubble is the telescope’s view of Messier 51, otherwise known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. However, the NGC 1448 frisbee is very nearly edge-on with respect to Earth, giving it an appearance that is more oval than circular. The spiral arms, which curve out from NGC 1448’s dense core, can just about be seen. Although spiral galaxies might appear static with their picturesque shapes frozen in space, this is very far from the truth. The stars in these dramatic spiral configurations are constantly moving and spinning around the galaxy’s core, with those on the inside whirling around faster than those sitting further out. This makes the formation and continued existence of a spiral galaxy’s arms something of a cosmic puzzle, because the arms wrapped around the spinning core should become wound tighter and tighter as time goes on — but this is not what we see. This is known as the winding problem.
“It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so.”
-Donald Miller
tagged by Miss Sushy. 16 things...
I'll not tag someone, if you're interested, please try! :)
1; I was born in Shinjuku. then grew up "not so urban" area in Tokyo. spent my twenties in Ebisu. I never left around here, except short trips.
2; I never saw clear blue ocean... until now.
3; I was/am a material girl/woman.
4; cat lover, of course.
5; I like boots and fluffy skirt style, with cashmere, silk or cotton knits.
6; I always have skin troubles. too weak, some doctors has given up :'(
7; so I can't wear lace underwear or so. really hard to find suitable one!
8; I like short hair. all of the boys/men I met said "you're better in long hair" :(
9; I love easy loose drawing (like my icon). I wish I can live on that!
10; I used to night clubbing every weekends. maybe no one believe now ;D
11; I'm obsessed by Laduree colouring. diamonds, other beautiful things.
12; I wish to stay 2-3 month in europe!
13; I can't drink alcohols...
14; I love eating.
15; I dream... world wide success ;P happiness, peace.
16; ... all my need is peace of mind.
Somewhat appropriate for the birthday grrl's 50th party yesterday. Great food, lovely company and my grrl Joanne! Had a fun time - thank you!
Remember those little things and enjoy them in the year ahead my dear! oxoxo
It's the Little Things #151
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We went out to take some photos today, the day was a bit gray but well, we had fun and we had some good shots.
I liked this one, where you can see how little and simple things can make someone really happy, in this case you can see how happy Anna looks just by caressing the horse, those are the things that really count I think.
1. didnt know what tagged meant untill i got tagged.
2. in about 4 weeks i'll be on a plane to melbourne.
3. i'm about to go see rightious kill, new movie with DeNiro and Pacino. can't be better then Taxi Driver though.
4. sundays i have coffee with my friends and we all bring our cams.
5. i studied architecture but currently im working at an urban landscape office.
6. trying to read hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world by murakami on my way to work everyday
7. it takes about 25 minutes to get to work.
8. when i was born i was brought to a different mother by accident. the other baby is one of my best friends since then.
9. pfff 16 random things??!?!why 16?
10. i loose interesst for things pretty quick.
11. used to own a ps2 untill it got stolen in istanbul.
12. im a sucker for sims2 but dont really play the game, just build houses all the time:)
13. i live together with this beautiful girl called natalka.
14. still looking for the best place to go out in amsterdam. ideas anyone?
15. today i bought a garden-gnome.
16. tomorrow im gonna paint it green
Since there are no rainpuddles to jump in today, Coraline's plotting what else she could do while she's out.
This is my very first quilt! I made it for the school's auction to benefit financial aid students (and hence, my own kids). Each child in Biscuit's Nursery class chose one of his/her favorite things, I made a freezer paper stencil of it, and the child painted it on a square of muslin.
The auction theme is "safari" so I added some zebra print.
Yayayay!
I'd like to thank Pammie and Carrie for inspiring first-time quilts, and Carolyn for being my quilting Yoda.
"Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things."
~ Lawrence Bell ~
beads inspired by Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. Visit my blog to find out more about my beads.
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U.S. Army photos by Mary Kim
Soldiers, family members visit shrines, goat farm
By Mary Kim
CAMP HUMPHREYS – Soldiers and family members from here got an up close and personal look at Korean culture when they visited shrines and a goat farm, in Pyeongtaek, June 9.
Tour participant Laura Weaver said, “My husband and I enjoyed the tour. We didn’t realize how big of a city Pyeongtaek was before riding around in the bus. We would recommend this tour to anyone who is interested in learning more about Pyeongtaek because there is a lot more out there than AK Plaza. We saw and did many things that we hadn’t before.”
The tour featured stops at Chong Do Jeon shrine, Jinwi local school and the Sambong Chung Dojeon Memorial.
“The tour was really great,” said Chrys Cunningham. “We are trying to see as much of Korea as we can, and these tours give our family an easy way to spend time together and enjoy the country. The temples and shrines were very interesting.”
Participants also had the chance to make natural soap and visit a goat farm.
“We learned that there are plenty of things to do around Pyeongtaek,” said Todd Brothers. “The most impressive thing we saw was probably the Nong Ak show. We really enjoyed some of the music and the acrobatics. There was one time when there were four people being held by one person at the bottom. That was impressive.”
“We also really enjoyed the dance show,” Cunningham added. “The kids loved getting involved in the dance at the end.”