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In a time when everything feels far from fine, this meme has taken on new life! And as is the case for many in the pandemic, this dog has quickly become my spirit animal.
One of the two new builds I made for BrickCon 2021. I'll have a picture of the other one once I can get together with my collaborators. I'll also have some shots of the 9 trophies I built to give out (plus 2 that were converted from old builds previously posted). It's going to be a busy weekend in Seattle!
Credit to K.C. Green's comic Gunshow for the source of this infamous meme.
I came across this old root during my hike to Ptarmigan Tunnel in Glacier National Park. The root had so much detail and I loved the twisted look. It also made for a good lead in to the photo.
This is a scan of a Kodachrome slide. It comes from my collection which I have gathered over the past 30+ years.
MSN 17928 Boeing 707-344 N90651
Panama World
Miami, FL Aug-1981
This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows volcanoes, impact craters, tectonic faults, river channels and a lava sea.
This image comprises data gathered by ESA’s Mars Express using its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on 13 May and 2 June 2021. The colour image was created using data from the nadir channel, the field of view aligned perpendicular to the surface of Mars, and the colour channels of the HRSC. The ground resolution is approximately 17 m/pixel and the images are centred at about 242°E/19°N. North is up.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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just moments ago this spirit bird brought a fish to the one who lives in lulu's tree ~ for her breakfast!
have wondered about and felt that this nourishing generosity has been happening ..
and a few mornings ago they were both eating fish side-by-side upon her bough
(on that occasion, exactly at lunchtime ;)
yet this is the first time i have seen him feed her !
some images of then and today are below
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the first time i saw the spirit bird who lives in lulu's tree eat anything ... after the 24 straight hours when she did not leave her bough, on the first day-night she came to live here ...... was when she suddenly! just at the very moment i'd stepped out into lulu's garden .. flew right over the roof behind me and then my head ~~ landing on a flowery bough of lulu's tree, with a flying fish in her mouth that looked like a butterfly
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after the fairy tern in this image had fed her with a long blue fish, he flew right over my head, close enough to almost touch... :*)
(am saying he and her because the fairy tern who lives in lulu's tree feels like and has the countenance of a female .. and this one who brought to her breakfast this morning .. and who sometimes sits for a few moments next to her on her bough each day... feels and looks like a male.
(in the image of 3 of them together, below.. he is the one with his mouth open.. he'd begun squawking when i came outside that day ;)
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am so deeply touched that there are so many of these Angels living here and/or spending some of their days here in lulu's garden...
their sudden arrival a couple of weeks ago was, as i wrote in another of these images, a Gift from lulu *
the message from her being that they are here to watch over me while lulu is with mom ~~
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this morning there've been 4 fairy terns floating around me in lulu's garden :) .. the 2 in the images below .. and 2 more who are now living in the 'octopus tree' or 'umbrella tree' of the previous image
its a tree that is in the corner of our front yard .. and its branches hang over into lulu's garden
(will post an image of those two soon .. they are, i believe, mates.. :)
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the soaring image of the spirit bird above is for each one of ≈You≈
You who have been following closely, with healing caring energies, my mom's path to healing *
both in Your so-loving generous words, which have meant everything .. and also silently (i feel you.. and also know you are there by the many views on mom's healing page every day :*)
some of you have asked elsewhere how she is doing.. and it is all there
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≈ thank You deeply, truly.. for nourishing us with Your healing light ≈
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and the images below are prayers for the ≈gulf ≈ ... that All beings may be safe and nourished and cared for with kindness and loving grace *
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This is what today's 106 train looked like back in 1993. Being that there was never any remotely controlled units the 3000hp unit up front was all the power in the consist, and that was oftentimes the case with this train. I have a few old printouts of the day's train traffic that I should dig out, I may be able to get cross reference with some of my photos and get the train numbers.
On this day I had taken some photos of the old CPR station that was relocated a few hundred yards off the right-of-way
CP Parry Sound - CP 6029 (SD40-2)
This is an aerial shot of one of Hong Kong's nicest Golf clubs - Shek O Country and Golf club. It’s history goes right back to 1919 making it one of the oldest courses in Hong Kong and in fact in Asia.
Did you know to play golf here, you need to be a member or guest of a member...
But you can get a peak at this club from Hong Kong's most popular hike, The Dragon's back hike or Tai Tau Chau Coastal trail.
Captured a few 4K cinematic drone shots - here is the link youtu.be/ShxzT7CQXEY
She's shy and obviously low in the pecking order.......she comes with Foxy, but defers to him at every move.....easily identified by her scarred nose and ear. She's very sweet (for a fox!) and I watch for her & worry about her.
I'm not sure how long I'll keep this up, but I suggest pressing L.
In time, things bloom
and the colors surround
us all.
With leaves in fall
and flowers in spring,
we capture the seasons
with memories between.
This is Hull's History Centre
This is the first time I've published a colour version of this shot. I really like the black and white and mono was exactly what i had in mind when i set up for the shot. However I've been looking back over 2013's raw files lately before removing them off the computer on to external hd and I saw the potential for a colour version in this. Well here it is, do let me know what you think :)
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This now is it. Your deepest need and desire is satisfied by this moment’s energy
here in your hand. -rumi
This is one of several large exhibition buildings at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.
This tour was interesting in that it started from Edinburgh but the main part of the train was reserved for members of Dumbarton Rotary Club on a Senior Citizens outing from Dumbarton to Oban and return.
The train was also booked for two class 27s but only 27001 was available.
All was not well and 37112 double headed the outward trip but swapped for 37037 on the return. Both 37037+27001 came off at Cowlairs with 37014+37188 taking the train to Edinburgh.
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This cute top came with a nice scrunchie wrapped around the tie knot on the shirt just in case it's needed!
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this is my second shot for the Macro Monday high key theme. You can guess by the title what they are.
This rhododendron is in my front yard and is one that I had trouble finding when I planted the Bed... It has been around for at least a hundred years so I guess people want the newer ones and not the old standbys....I also have a Cynthia in the back yard but it isn't blooming yet... I put this one in the little video but wanted it so I could see it all the time :-)
Please listen to (in new window/tab) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "This Old House" when watching this photo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlyPUqN_4c8
This mural made me think of an old song;
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
The artwork is signed Case Maclaim. “Case” is the alias of Andreas von Chrzanowski an artist from the German graffiti scene who was born and raised East Germany.
I almost died taking this and it still didn't turn out well. dim down the saturation, make it edgyyyyyyyyy
This delightful family were out on their branch mid afternooon as we drove northwards from Skukuza towards Satara. The youngster on the far right was quite reluctant to venture further along the branch, preferring the perceived security given by the proximity to the main trunk. But a real pleasure to see, especially during daylight hours.
This was at Grandpa's Tiny Farm in Frankenmuth. A little something different for me, but I thought the bull was cool with the awesome Autumn light shining on it.
This lenticular galaxy are located about 80 million lightyears away in the Hydra constellation, visually near M83. At the top of the frame there is a big star (7.7 Magnitude) that has been masked in order to not pay attention to it, because there are hundreds of tiny galaxies disposed in chains, groups, lines, and patterns around all the field of view. Maybe I will make a bigger effort to get a more beautiful image with a much more expensive optics (and bigger telescope) and from a darker sky, but for me today it's ok from my backyard -suburban skies'- observatory and affortable taiwanese scope.
LRGB 8 hours, GSO RC 30 cms, STF8300-AO/8. 12 min subframes. Poor seeing. Process in basic Photoshop. Comments welcome...
La galaxia lenticular NGC5078 a unos 80 millones de años luz, en la constelación de Hydra, cerca visualmente de M83. Arriba en el borde de la foto hay una estrella enorme (visualmente magnitud 7.7) que ha sido enmascarada para no ponerle atención, ya que hay cientos de pequeñas galaxias distribuidas en cadenas, agrupaciones y linealmente por todo el campo visual. Tal vez en el futuro haré otro esfuerzo mayor con esta fotografía empleando un telescopio mucho más caro y grande y tomándola desde un cielo oscuro, pero para mí está bien por ahora desde mi observatorio casero con cielos sólo suburbanos y usando un telescopio baratito taiwanés.
Exposición LRGB 8 hrs total, 12 minutos subframes, GSO RC 30 cms, cámara STF8300/AO-8.
Seeing pobre. Procesado básico en Photoshop solamente.
Comentarios bienvenidos...
I watched this Tricolored Heron fishing one spring morning. It gave me some nice views in great light.
Taken on Black Point Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Brevard County, Florida, USA.
Canon Digital Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Been a while since I uploaded white and black photo.
I literally jumped off the uneven rocks on the ground, putting off my glasses too. It was around 5 p.m when I shot this. Had a little bit trouble looking for my glasses I left somewhere between the rocks later then.
This is a very lythe, slender, small fish, about 6 or 7 cm long.... here its hiding in a hole in the rock under a soft coral.
On May 3, 1764, Charles Messier discovered this globular cluster (M3) and mistook it for a nebula without stars. He added it to his growing catalog of objects/regions that comet-hunters should avoid so they are not misled by diffuse non-star objects. He would end up cataloging 110 different "Messier objects" in his lifetime, while searching for comets. To him, these were basically areas of "non-interest" and he was far more interested in the 13 comets that he discovered throughout his observations.
Onto the object at hand... Messier 3 (M3) is a globular cluster that contains about 500,000 stars. The center of this cluster is about 32,000 light years away from Earth. This particular image came from about 3 hours of RGB data, roughly 1 hour in each color. Taken in my backyard on April 23-24, 2021 in Parkesburg, PA.
Scope: Skywatcher 150 PDS on Skywatcher HEQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro with EFW and ZWO filters
Old Man of Stoer
Scotland
Not to be mistaken for the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, this old man is located on the Northwest of the Scottish coastline nearest to Lochinver. From the lighthouse of the same name, it is about 3km walk along potentially boggy ground to this location which seems as though it has seen good use from climbers in the past and present. 1km further on from this spot is the actual point of Stoer from which a different perspective can be gained. Compositions here are a little limited by vertigo and how dare you position yourself on a windy day next to a sheer cliff!
I took this shot with ND500 to smoothen the water.
Can't add to the title, when people think of England I'd hope this kind of scene forms part of their thoughts!
Not the shot I intended for this morning, there was a possibility of mist on the levels but it was far too shallow and patchy for any really good misty scenes, so decided to shoot the sun rising behind the Tor.
After finishing the telephoto shots I was aiming for (which didn't work to my satisfaction but I've learned a few things) I shot away handheld for a while and thought this scene looked worthy :)