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SLRG 518, 515, and faux IC train amble through the marshes west of Blue River with the High Iron Travel special from PDC to Chicago.
8th October Single In October challenge.
Yesterday, I learned with the Auto-Takumar 55mm f2, that the lighter parts of objects behind glass "wipe out" the reflections in that glass, but leave reflections elsewhere.
So here is an attempt to take this technique a step further at Chiswick House, five minutes walk from home and a great source of inspiration/luck. This was taken through the glass of the back door of the House, looking across the Hall to the front door. The beautiful gardens, grass, trees, statues etc. are reflected behind me.
A variation on the usual Polaris centred image. This also includes a passing plane as well as a meteor in the upper left.
From Sept. 7 through 9, 2007, we visited Chapel Hill, N.C. for "Camp Carolina," a three-day special event from Southern Foodway Alliance. It was an amazing three days, starting with a delicious local food, beer and wine reception at the classic The Carolina Inn (where we also stayed) through lectures, field trips and lots of opportunities for delicious Southern Food.
One of the highlights of the trips for me was meeting john T. Edge, one of my favorite food writers, who heads up Southern Foodway Alliance. I have all of John T.'s books, including "Southern Belly," "Fried Chicken," "Doughnuts" and "Hamburger." I had him autograph my copy of "Southern Belly."
John T. is an awesome guy and so passionate about his work. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him and getting to know him.
Over the course of the next couple of days, we did several great things, including visiting the Carrboro Farmers' Market. This huge, seasonal market was amazing and filled with producers offering produce of all sorts, pork, beef, poultry and dairy, as well as prepared foods like jams, jellies and relishes.
We were fortunate that during our visit there was a special event - Southern Fare: Six Farm Fresh Recipes from Six Local Chefs who regularly shop at the market.
These chefs included:
Kevin Callaghan of Acme
Damon Lapas and Jonathan Childres of The Barbecue Joint
Charlie Deal of Jujube
Bret Jennings of Elaine's on Franklin
Amy Tornquist of Watts Grocery
Andrea Reusing of Lantern Restaurant
Speaking of Lantern Restaurant, later during our trip we visited for an incredible meal. The menu, written with the farm-to-table concept in mind, comes from chef Andrea Reusing, who also heads the local Slow Food USA chapter.
More food we loved came from Allen & Son Barbeque, just outside Chapel Hill. This was classic North Carolina-style barbecue, and some of the best I've had. The smallish, single floor wooden eatery was filled with country charm. Green gingham tablecloths, super sweet iced tea, piquant vinegar-based sauce, creamy cole slaw and perfect pulled pork made it an especially memorable meal.
An incredible meal was also enjoyed at Bill Smith's Crook's Corner.
Other stops included the area Whole Food to look at their selection of local produce. We didn't stop by A Southern Season, a gourmet purveyor, on this trip, but it is almost always on my must-visit list whenever I am in town.
Resources:
Southern Foodway Alliance
John T. Edge
The Carolina Inn
Carrboro Farmers' Market
Allen & Son Barbecue
info at www.ncbbqsociety.com
Lantern Restaurant
Mama Dip's Kitchen
Ben & Karen Barker (of the Magnolia Grill)
Crook's Corner Restaurant
A Southern Season
Whole Foods
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through the fabric of illusion.
--Ansel Adams
The rising sun spreads it's warm rays of light across the sky and on the land.
This image was taken from the summit of Sitting Bear Mountain in the Linville Gorge on a trip with my good friends Keith Clontz and Dale King.
PRR 5875 pulls out through the bridge over the Chicago river at 21st street with an eastbound passenger.
Winter 2006 - Al Khairan Resort - Kuwait.
Black and white : www.flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/2506138765/
Composite of two texture images for the background, an eye layered with the pupil swapped for a more interesting one. Inspired by Hannah Hoch..
Unlike the previous two photos in this photo stream, quite a lot has changed when you compare it to 2012.
The obvious one is the Revolution and the colour scheme. You can still see the Giant Slides (roughly where the Big One lift is now).
The coaster just behind the revolution is where Avalanche is now and would be open 3 years after this picture was taken
If you look very carefully you can make out the Turtle Chase (to the right of the slide, just underneath the hill of the Big Dipper)
There also seems to be another coaster, by the Star Pub on the top(ish) right
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend!
I spent most of it outside having a great time in the sun and catching up on my ninja sheep training.
Here you can see me battling great heights and showing my skill in keeping balance on uncertain territory!
I think I’ve soon back in top form and can take on some ninja assignments hooray.
Sarnath is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha came into existence through the enlightenment of Kondanna. Sarnath is located 13 kilometres north-east of Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India.
The Buddha went from Bodhgaya to Sarnath about 5 weeks after his enlightenment. Before Gautama (the Buddha-to-be) attained enlightenment, he gave up his austere penances and his friends, the Pañcavaggiya monks, left him and went to Isipatana.
Isipatana is the name used in the Pali Canon, and means the place where holy men (Pali: isi, Sanskrit: rishi) landed.
After attaining Enlightenment the Buddha, leaving Uruvela, travelled to the Isipatana to join and teach them. He went to them because, using his spiritual powers, he had seen that his five former companions would be able to understand Dharma quickly. While travelling to Sarnath, Gautama Buddha had to cross the Ganges. Having no money with which to pay the ferryman, he crossed the Ganges through the air. When King Bimbisāra heard of this, he abolished the toll for ascetics. When Gautama Buddha found his five former companions, he taught them, they understood and as a result they also became enlightened. At that time the Sangha, the community of the enlightened ones, was founded. The sermon Buddha gave to the five monks was his first sermon, called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. It was given on the full-moon day of Asalha Puja. Buddha subsequently also spent his first rainy season at Sarnath at the Mulagandhakuti. The Sangha had grown to 60 in number (after Yasa and his friends had become monks), and Buddha sent them out in all directions to travel alone and teach the Dharma. All 60 monks were Arahants.
Several other incidents connected with the Buddha, besides the preaching of the first sermon, are mentioned as having taken place in Isipatana. Here it was that one day at dawn Yasa came to the Buddha and became an Arahant. It was at Isipatana, too, that the rule was passed prohibiting the use of sandals made of talipot leaves. On another occasion when the Buddha was staying at Isipatana, having gone there from Rājagaha, he instituted rules forbidding the use of certain kinds of flesh, including human flesh. Twice, while the Buddha was at Isipatana, Māra visited him but had to go away discomfited.
A stone pillar marks the spot where the Buddha preached his first sermon. Nearby was another stupa on the site where the Pañcavaggiyas spent their time in meditation before the Buddha's arrival, and another where five hundred Pacceka Buddhas entered Nibbāna. Close to it was another building where the future Buddha Metteyya received assurance of his becoming a Buddha.
Buddhism flourished in Sarnath in part because of kings and wealthy merchants based in Varanasi. By the third century Sarnath had become an important center for the arts, which reached its zenith during the Gupta period (4th to 6th centuries CE). In the 7th century by the time Xuan Zang visited from China, he found 30 monasteries and 3000 monks living at Sarnath.
Sarnath became a major centre of the Sammatiya school of Buddhism, one of the early Buddhist schools. However, the presence of images of Heruka and Tara indicate that Vajrayana Buddhism was (at a later time) also practiced here. Also images of Brahminist gods as Shiva and Brahma were found at the site, and there is still a Jain temple (at Chandrapuri) located very close to the Dhamekh Stupa.
At the end of the 12th century Sarnath was sacked by Turkish Muslims, and the site was subsequently plundered for building materials.
Sarnath has been developed as a place of pilgrimage, both for Buddhists from India and abroad. A number of countries in which Buddhism is a major (or the dominant) religion, among them Thailand, Japan, Tibet, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, have established temples and monasteries in Sarnath in the style that is typical for the respective country. Thus, pilgrims and visitors have the opportunity to experience an overview of Buddhist architecture from various cultures.
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Registers of my trip through Europe, mainly Germany, during December/2011~January/2012
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The sand train is bracketed by the signals as it passes the former location of Hoffman Tower. MNNR Job 11 at Hoffman Ave BNSF St. Paul Sub Sub
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This was one of those shots that I was crossing my fingers that the image would be recoverable in Lightroom. The mist in this area of Victoria Falls was so thick that all I could see through my viewfinder was a hazy vision of this area. Luckily, with Lightroom I was able to bring back a lot of detail and bring this photo back to life. This will be the last posting of Victoria Falls. So sad, but it was time to move to a new location in our journey.
2 men walk through the tunnel under the Karl-Liebknecht Strasse next to the Spree River and Berlin Cathedral
Every day, I take a picture, upload, and put it on private.I don't make it visible for days, making it look like I'm behind on this project. I'm up to date. I'm not entirely sure why I'm doing this.
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