This is the start of a series of photos taken one rainy afternoon.

This was a surprise to me. After getting this photo into the computer, I noticed two distinct faces in these clouds. Easier to see large. This is not a Photoshop creation.

This is just a tiny portion of a MASSIVE panorama I'm making of the Milky Way. This is only 2 shots (5064 × 5560px) out of 40 images to process, will take a while for the final result but I certainly can't wait!

The only post processing in this shot was noise reduction and lighten shadows a touch.

this yara areolla posing for the camera

This bus is a 2017 model according to Fairfax School Buses wiki on Fandom. This exact same fleet number was previously incarnated on a Blue Bird TC/2000 FE.

This is an extremely steep staircase which becomes smaller at the bottom - like Dr. Kaligari or something - you have to pay close attention going up or down!

My bedroom is behind the wall where the water container is to the left in this photo.

This fabric wastebasket was made to match my daughter's new Bobby Jack bedding set!

Custom Fabric Wastebasket

This seems to be defunct, but the sign still flashes its lights at night.

This is the first one you see through the door, it is literally luminous.

According to those who know these things, Square Rock is made of erosion resistant Shannons Flat Granodiorite which, formerly known as Shannons Flat Adamellite, has reverted in the Australian Stratigraphic Database to the name usage it had before that. Confused? Me too! Perhaps I should pile stratigraphers in the same leaky boat as taxonomists?

One thing the Australian Stratigraphic Database is good for is pulling together fun facts about a stratigraphic unit. Of oblique interest when the scenery is what grabs the attention is that what is under your feet has a Rb/Sr isotopic age of 413±6 million years. This places it in the Upper Silurian/Lower Devonian period — quite old but not really old.

I've dragged your attention away from the scenery to have a look at this feldspar phenocryst. No, seriously, those are real words. Nice, isn't it? Well I think so. I know I haven't included a scale so you'll just have to take my word for it being of impressive size. Anyway, it impressed me. The chunky rough surface of granite is what makes it so much fun for traversing, whether up, down or sideways. The face over there is bolted for climbers. They love this stuff.

I'm quite fond of the granite family of rocks too. They are a fascinating part of the evolution of continents and until fairly recently had people flummoxed about how they formed. Now we know they are mostly the consequence of the partial melting of older rocks at depth in the Earth's crust and the gravitational instability of the resulting crystal mush which rises up until it freezes in great blobs. That's the non-technical term — we can get too carried away with jargon.

After all that, I'm pretty taken with this phenocryst — brought to us by Nature — and I'd like to think you are too.

This doll has a Rayna head mold on a Brides of Dracula body. I generally like the Rayna head mold and this doll seems to be very well received with collectors but she is absolutely not my thing. I'll say no more because I know people tend to get offended :) She was the sales room doll that every attendee of the IFDC could purchase if they wished.

This is not my photo but the official Integrity toys promotional photo.

This Canadian crew has been working non-stop since they arrived and restored power to Coles Road just moments after these photos were taken.

This ship is part of a larger fleet.

This old plantation home almost seems to be standing at attention, as it faces the headstones, marking the graves of over a thousand Civil War soldiers.

This lens is for sale on Ebay.

This was really an incredible sight watching fireworks from a far with an intense lightning storm in the background. July 4th, 2018

This is the real deal ghost town, but is still closed to the public.

Steins New Mexico

This is for submission to various art events.

This is Maddie trying on our friend Jackie's summer hat!

Shot using iPhone 4S and Instagram.

This species occurs in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru at elevations of 300-1200m.

Grown by Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Sweden.

This is "A curved shawl with diamond edging" from Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby. We knitters (and probably other crafters) usually call our projects languishing around UFOs (for unfinished objects). So I finally have an FO! I finished knitting it a while ago, it's just taken me a while to weave in the ends and then block it. Especially with lace, you must wet the garment then stretch and pin it out to dry, or you will never see the pattern. My challenge is finding space large enough to pin a shawl out--plus it is backbreaking work (bending over that thing...)

Then it was a matter of how to photograph it...

This could get going pretty fast with enough people peddling hard enough.

courtyard up in the Cité

This coach was built in 1958 for Darlington based United Automobile Services extended tours. Later when the company began running express scheduled services along the M1 motorway from Newcastle to London it was sometimes seen on the Tyne Tees London Service. It is painted in United's "orange" livery which was used on coaches for the London service (Orange Brothers was one of the constituent parts of United). I travelled regularly to London for family holidays, sometimes on older coaches like this, but mostly on the more modern Bristol RE coaches which were elegantly painted in the same style, at a time when a trip to London was a real adventure for working class people, and seeing this vehicle beautifully restored by Newton Aycliffe Bus Preservation Society brought back lots of memories.

This is not one of the squirrels I rehabbed. This is a wild squirrel who came in the window from the fire escape. I hadn't put out enough food for her, so she decided to just come into the apartment and get some herself.

This looks like a reflection, but it isn't.

This was taken at the WildLife Prairie Park, a few miles north of Peoria IL.

Boomer actually caught that fish...

This charm will include 18k gold, hand engraving, black opal and pink sapphire.

Fortaleny, cami Matà.

D700 + 16-35mm f4

exposició: 72 segons

apertura: f4

iso: 200

balanç de blancs manual: 2560º Kelvin

Lenser M7 + full CTO

SB900 + filtre roig

This amused me

This is the story of Misty our neighbours cat.

NEWS FLASH!!!!

I am thinking about getting a female kitten for Shogi!!!!!!!

Shogi is an indoor cat and has an outdoor pen.

Due to Shogi's history he's never had much human contact or seen another cat.

Our neighbours bought Misty and has taken to visiting Shogi while in his pen.

A few weeks ago I noticed that Shogi's mood seemed to lift and his temperament had improved.

Great! We're making progress!!!

Then I find out why,

Shogi was making friends with Misty through the pen.

I couldn't believe it!!

Since then Misty sits at my door step every morning.

I can see her through the glass as Shogi sits the other side looking at me pleading to see her.

I have let Misty in our home to see how Shogi reacts and he's great.

They play wonderfully together but Misty goes a bit over the top and growls a lot

The other day it was heavy rain here and Misty didn't come.

Shogi sulked upstairs all day and didn't eat until 11pm.

Hence we're thinking about another cat.

Misty has certainly brought him out of himself.

I would normally go for a rescue cat but due to Shogi's history, I've been advised from friends, Maria, and my vet, to go for a kitten, a female and a similar breed.

They informed me that Shogi will realise that a kitten is younger than him and less of a threat, even better being a female.

Ragdolls are very placid and a similar breed to Shogi, (plus I've always wanted one) so Shogi should be fine if we go for a Ragdoll.

I'm still in the early stages of this idea for Shogi's benifit, but we're going on a 4hr drive to visit a lovely breeder called Maria to have a look at her Ragdolls.

Maria loved her 1st Ragdoll so much that she decided to breed Ragdoll cats.

Like myself Maria is not a big fan of some breeders.

Maria is one of the few who is very kind to her cats and has nothing but love for them.

In fact if she didn't like me or unsure, she wouldn't let me have one!

Maria lives in the country in the the South of England near Kent.

She has a few queens and studs and does not push with breeding..

In other words her queens are not breeding machines and she refuses to sell her kittens to breeders for the same reason.

Selling to breeders, she found very upsetting as she didn't agree with how her cats were being used.

Maria says and I quote " Some people don't love cats as much as they should be loved. I think I can only do this for one more year and then enjoy all the cats I've got"

Maria has 20 Ragdolls and 5 kittens at the moment. One of them is a Bi-colour which is my favourite and she's a female!

Maria does this for the love of Ragdolls and refuses to let her cats go to people she is unsure will not love them or look after them properly.

She also rescues ragdolls from people who have changed their mind about being a cat owner or are moving home or abroard.

Maria loves all her cats and her premises are very spacious and spotlessly clean.

The kittens have their own room and she has many pens including part of her house opens up into a pen from her outside doors so when it's warm they can come and go as they please.

Here's Maria's website-

sonnifacio-ragdolls.com/about us.htm

I will let you know how I get on.

Thank you to Brenda Star for the lovely texture

www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/4504682296/

I also used this texture called Misty Yellow by texture Jungle

www.flickr.com/photos/carladi/4163617181/

This is an ambitious project to generate clean electricity on a large scale with solar panels on the roofs and parking areas at its factory in Martorell. This innovation allows a dual functionality: renewable energy is generated while the cars are protected against adverse weather events.

This is just a photo showing the flexibility of the technique.

Feel free to use this creation however you want, but be sure to give me proper credit for it.

This is her last year lovin up her Teddy...

www.flickr.com/photos/sugarbearsteve/220964181/

This picture dates from 1988 and shows the impressive brick retaining wall that flanked the Hull & Barnsley Railway line at Stairfoot, Barnsley. Rising to over 20' in height, the wall incorporated 24 distinctive buttresses. In this view I am looking towards Cundy Cross, with the bridge carrying the former Great Central line from Stairfoot to Barnsley in the foreground and Doncaster Road to the right, by the "no entry" sign. Stairfoot Junction was at the convergence of the two lines, out of shot to my right. This wall was one of my favourite Barnsley landmarks.

This field gives a great view out over Helmsley but it's not really any good for sunrise or sunset at this time of year as both are too far round behind you as you look down towards town. Lovely greens and blues to be had in this Ryedale landscape though!

This property was returned following an earlier appeal.

This place is pork-free and the food was dull as f**k! #beyondbland

This was a here & there kind of day for Darek & I. We took our photos to the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival for judging. We did some geocaching. We took our rings in for a check-up and we picked up Bill's Pizza for supper.

This setup has never lost a belt and will maintain 6000 RPM at will.

Mural in Sioux City, Iowa that says "This Is Sioux City".

This was hilarious. I was like 'everyone run over there and walk with arms around each other' they gave me funny looks but agreed because it was fun. I ended up with my friends doing this on the beach.

This was pretty much the end of the fishbowls in Edmonton. I think they shut them down a week after I shot these.

This is the last year for the gingerbread house at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

This little egret caught my attention today morning.