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A high overlook above Lake Austin—from Covert Park at Mount Bonnell—shows the river’s gentle S-curve threading through a canopy of oaks, docks, and quiet coves. Late-day light softens the Hill Country ridges while a lone boat carves a wake across the water.
Petawawa Research Forest ON 24 Aug 2021
The control plot shows how without intervention, the White Pine does not regenerate here
It was on a misty morning in the woods.
Dark, only little light,
Silence, sudden cold and the creaking in the tree canopies.
I'm almost scared to death.
But before the Dementors came,
to suck the last good thought out of me,
I pulled the magic wand out of my Box
and conjured up my Patronus.
My Patronuns is not a white deer like that
from Harry Potter,
mine is Rubeus Hagrid with his lantern.
Zoom in and you'll see it.
Do you believe me ?
Happy Halloween Monday ;-))
Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. ~ Independence Day 2020
Anastasia State Park ~ Saint Augustine Inlet ~ July 4th, 2020
The salt-run back by the lighthouse
was lake-smooth and flat as a pancake
*[left-double-click for a closer-look]
*[pretty popular mooring-destination each and
every year during the Fourth-of-July Holiday]
*[the big white mooring-buoys that these magnificent
sailing-vessels were all tied-off-to were really-ugly...so
I removed/deleted them...all of them. LOL Looks better.]
Anastasia Island ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2018 ~ Northern Florida ~ Historic Coast
Very Late Afternoon ~ Scenic Local River Cruise
Independence Day Week ~ July Fourth Holiday
(five more photos 'from this location' in the comments)
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St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. It's all about the light.... finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen from 25+ miles out to sea.
Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful and fun tourist attraction. It was recently re-painted in 2015. Fun to visit!
[FYI: Tallest building in town is 6 floors = 60 feet
This lighthouse, towers over that at - 163 feet high]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
Ein Spaziergang im Haslimoos-Wald. Das Licht fällt sanft durch die Baumkronen und bringt die Strukturen der Blätter zum Leuchten. Eine Begegnung mit dem Wald in seinem eigenen Rhythmus.
A walk in the Haslimoos Forest. The light falls gently through the treetops, illuminating the leaves. An encounter with the forest in its own rhythm.
St. Augustine Lighthouse ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2017 ~ Northern Florida ~ The Treasure Coast
(eight more photos of 'this lighthouse' in the comments)
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St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. It's all about the light.... finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen from 25+ miles out to sea.
Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful and fun tourist attraction. It was recently re-painted last year! Fun to visit!
[FYI: Tallest building in town is 6 floors = 60 feet.
This lighthouse, towers over that at - 163 feet high.]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
Keeper Of The Light ~ St. Augustine Lighthouse
Anastasia Island ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2018 ~ Northern Florida ~ Historic Coast
(lighthouse 'stands behind this home' a few steps away)
(four more photos 'from this location' in the comments)
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St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. It's all about the light.... finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen from 25+ miles out to sea.
Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful and fun tourist attraction. It was recently re-painted in 2015. Fun to visit!
[FYI: Tallest building in town is 6 floors = 60 feet
This lighthouse, towers over that at - 163 feet high]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
St. Augustine Lighthouse ~ Light-Keeper's Home
Keeper Of The Light ~ Under the Cool Canopy
Anastasia Island ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2018 ~ Northern Florida ~ Historic Coast
(lighthouse 'stands behind this home' a few steps away)
(four more photos 'from this location' in the comments)
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St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. It's all about the light.... finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen from 25+ miles out to sea.
Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful and fun tourist attraction. It was recently re-painted in 2015. Fun to visit!
[FYI: Tallest building in town is 6 floors = 60 feet
This lighthouse, towers over that at - 163 feet high]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
Sunrise ~ Saint Augustine Lighthouse ~ Treasure Coast
Saint Augustine Inlet ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
(six more photos of this lighthouse in the comments)
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Off the coast of Saint Augustine, Florida it's all about the light.
Finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen
from 25+ miles out to sea. It was just recently re-painted.
St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. The lighthouse is supposedly haunted and episodes of the TV show Ghost Hunters have been filmed here and supposedly captured paranormal activity occurring in the lighthouse and area, and workers at the lighthouse have reported hearing strange sounds and often see shadowy figures. Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful & fun tourist attraction.
[FYI: Tallest building in town is 6 floors = 60 feet.
This lighthouse towers over that at 163 feet high]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
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I took this captivating photo while lying under a majestic maple tree in Asheville, NC. The vibrant autumn leaves create a stunning red, yellow, and green mosaic, offering a glimpse of nature's artwork. Asheville is renowned for its beautiful fall foliage, and this tree did not disappoint. The way the light filters through the leaves adds a warm, magical glow, immersing you in the season. This moment reminds me of the simple joys of autumn and the beauty that surrounds us if we take a moment to look up.
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Ginkgo trees burst with autumnal color in the 14th Street / Shaw / Logan neighborhoods in Washington, DC.
She safely guided mariners to the southernmost point in the continental United States since she was first lit in 1849. Her
light was seen for miles out at sea. ~ Key West, Florida U.S.A.
[She was deactivated in 1969 and is no longer in daily use.]
[Above taken from Ernest Hemmingway's 2nd floor balcony.]
The Key West Lighthouse is located in Key West, Florida. The first Key West lighthouse was a 65-foot tower completed in 1825. It had 15 lamps in 15-inch (380 mm) reflectors. The first keeper, Michael Mabrity, died in 1832, and his widow, Barbara, became the lighthouse keeper, serving for 32 years. The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 destroyed the lighthouse; the USS Morris, which was wrecked during the storm, reported "a white sand beach covers the spot where Key West Lighthouse stood". Barbara Mabrity survived, but fourteen people who had sought refuge in the lighthouse tower died, including seven members of her family. (The same hurricane destroyed the Sand Key Lighthouse, eight miles away, killing six people, including the keeper, Rebecca Flaherty, another widow of a previous keeper). Barbara Mabrity continued to serve as keeper of the Key West Light until the early 1860s, when she was fired at age 82 for making statements against the Union. (Key West remained under Union control throughout the Civil War).
As both lighthouses serving Key West had been destroyed in the 1846 hurricane, a ship, the Honey, was acquired and outfitted as a lightship to serve as the Sand Key Light until new lighthouses could be built. Due to efforts to reorganize the Lighthouse Board, Congress was slow to appropriate funds for the new lighthouses. The new tower for the Key West Light was completed in 1849. It was 66 feet tall with 13 lamps in 21-inch (530 mm) reflectors, and stood on ground about 15 feet above sea level. In 1858 the light received a third order Fresnel lens. In 1873 the lantern was replaced (it had been damaged by a hurricane in 1866), adding three feet to the height of the tower. The growth of trees and taller buildings in Key West began to obscure the light, and in 1894 the tower was raised twenty feet, placing the light about 100 feet above sea level.
After the Coast Guard decommissioned the Key West Light in 1969, it was turned over to Monroe County, which in turn leased it to the Key West Arts and Historical Society. The society operates the lighthouse and its associated buildings as the Key West Light House and Keeper's Quarters Museum. On display at the museum is the first order Fresnel lens from the Sombrero Key lighthouse.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
I just want to verify if this is a Summer Tanager? If so, a first for me! (Many thanks to Stephen Tyson and Brennan Mulrooney for confirming this is a Summer Tanager.)
Taken at Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring, Florida USA (central Florida) on September 1, 2024.
Nikon D7500, 100-400mm Tamron Lens
f/6.3, 360mm
1/640, ISO 2800
this short woodland track-just off the becks walk. leads onwards and upwards towards the five bar gate, that opens on to the vast meikleholm hill. langholm, dumfries and galloway, scotland.
As announced yesterday, this morning I left home bright and early to capture the beauty of the bluebells in the Brakel Forest (Brakelbos). The weather was absolutely gorgeous, and what a contrast it was compared to the Haller Forest (Hallerbos)... There were no bustling crowds; in fact, there was only one other photographer besides me. The conditions were optimal - weather, environment, light... The only challenge that remained was finding a composition that captured this beauty without succumbing to clichés. Bluebells have been photographed countless times before. Over the coming days, I'll be sharing some shots from this morning's excursion. I hope that some of the images resonate with you - Brakel Forest, La Houppe, Belgium
Formally known as the McMillin Mausoleum, Afterglow Vista is the final resting place of a mineral magnate's family, entombed among a symbolic structure that looks like something out of a fantasy novel. John S. McMillin owned a successful Washington lime works during his life, as well as being a staunch Methodist and active Mason. Thus when he constructed the epic mausoleum that would house the remains of he and his family's remains, he brought together all of his interests to conceive Afterglow Vista, the name which is actually placed on the stone arch leading to the burial site.
The so-called "mausoleum" is actually an open air rotunda with a huge limestone table in the middle. Around the table are thick stone chairs not only representing the members of the McMillin family, but actually containing their ashes and acting as headstones. This was meant to represent the family dinner table that the McMillins would rather around. There seems to be an empty space at the table and it is said that this was meant to represent the McMillin son who turned away from Methodism. The table is circled by a six Roman columns and a single broken column which is said to represent the unfinished nature of man's life. The columns were originally going to hold a brass dome over the table, but in the end the family opted to leave the site exposed to the elements. Even the steps leading up to the monument were numbered with Masonic significance to represent the stages of life. This meaningful and loaded statement on death and family is open to the public, although anyone wishing to shoot a swords and sorcery epic may need a permit.
The McMillin Family Mausoleum was built by John S. McMillin as a memorial for his family, and for the things in which he believed. It incorporates symbols from Masonry, the Bible, and the Sigma Chi fraternity, all of which were important to him. He also incorporated his own views of family unity. The structure is approached by two sets of stairs, representing the steps within the Masonic Order. The stairs on the east side of the mausoleum stand for the spiritual life of man. The winding in the path symbolizes that the future cannot be seen. The stairs were built in sets of three, five and seven. This represents the three stages of life (youth, manhood, age), the five orders of architecture (Tuscan, Doric, Iconic, Corinthian, Composite), the five senses, and the seven liberal arts and sciences (grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy). The columns were created to be the same size as those in King Solomon's temple. The broken column represents the broken column of life -- that man dies before his work is completed. The center of the mausoleum boasts a round table of limestone and concrete surrounded by six stone and concrete chairs. The chair bases are crypts for the ashes of the family, while the whole represents their reunion after death. The construction of the mausoleum began in 1930 and was completed to its present state by the spring of 1936 at a cost of approximately $30,000. McMillin had planned to erect a bronze dome with a Maltese cross atop the edifice. He had ordered the dome, but his son, Paul, cancelled the order, as the company did not have the $20,000 it would cost.
www.fridayharbor.com/roche-harbor-mausoleum-afterglow-vista
I stood beneath this giant and looked up — and for a moment, I felt small in the best possible way. There was something grounding about its strength, the twists in its limbs like old wisdom reaching toward the sky. It reminded me to stay rooted but still stretch, to hold steady and grow anyway. Funny how a tree can say what words often can't.
Signs of Autumn appearing in the tree canopy as the leaves of this Field Maple (Acer campestre) start to fade and decay adding the familar colours of the season to the woodland of Deep Hayes Country Park in the Churnet Valley of Staffordshire.
Formally known as the McMillin Mausoleum, Afterglow Vista is the final resting place of a mineral magnate's family, entombed among a symbolic structure that looks like something out of a fantasy novel. John S. McMillin owned a successful Washington lime works during his life, as well as being a staunch Methodist and active Mason. Thus when he constructed the epic mausoleum that would house the remains of he and his family's remains, he brought together all of his interests to conceive Afterglow Vista, the name which is actually placed on the stone arch leading to the burial site.
The so-called "mausoleum" is actually an open air rotunda with a huge limestone table in the middle. Around the table are thick stone chairs not only representing the members of the McMillin family, but actually containing their ashes and acting as headstones. This was meant to represent the family dinner table that the McMillins would rather around. There seems to be an empty space at the table and it is said that this was meant to represent the McMillin son who turned away from Methodism. The table is circled by a six Roman columns and a single broken column which is said to represent the unfinished nature of man's life. The columns were originally going to hold a brass dome over the table, but in the end the family opted to leave the site exposed to the elements. Even the steps leading up to the monument were numbered with Masonic significance to represent the stages of life. This meaningful and loaded statement on death and family is open to the public, although anyone wishing to shoot a swords and sorcery epic may need a permit.
The McMillin Family Mausoleum was built by John S. McMillin as a memorial for his family, and for the things in which he believed. It incorporates symbols from Masonry, the Bible, and the Sigma Chi fraternity, all of which were important to him. He also incorporated his own views of family unity. The structure is approached by two sets of stairs, representing the steps within the Masonic Order. The stairs on the east side of the mausoleum stand for the spiritual life of man. The winding in the path symbolizes that the future cannot be seen. The stairs were built in sets of three, five and seven. This represents the three stages of life (youth, manhood, age), the five orders of architecture (Tuscan, Doric, Iconic, Corinthian, Composite), the five senses, and the seven liberal arts and sciences (grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy). The columns were created to be the same size as those in King Solomon's temple. The broken column represents the broken column of life -- that man dies before his work is completed. The center of the mausoleum boasts a round table of limestone and concrete surrounded by six stone and concrete chairs. The chair bases are crypts for the ashes of the family, while the whole represents their reunion after death. The construction of the mausoleum began in 1930 and was completed to its present state by the spring of 1936 at a cost of approximately $30,000. McMillin had planned to erect a bronze dome with a Maltese cross atop the edifice. He had ordered the dome, but his son, Paul, cancelled the order, as the company did not have the $20,000 it would cost.
www.fridayharbor.com/roche-harbor-mausoleum-afterglow-vista
is the name on the transom of the sailboat moored
on the salt run in front of St. Augustine Lighthouse...
Anastasia Island ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2018 ~ Northern Florida ~ Historic Coast
Very Late Afternoon ~ Scenic Local River Cruise
Independence Day Week ~ July Fourth Holiday
(three more photos 'from this day' in the comments)
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St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. It's all about the light.... finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen from 25+ miles out to sea.
Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful and fun tourist attraction. It was recently re-painted in 2015. Fun to visit!
[FYI: Tallest building in town is 6 floors = 60 feet
This lighthouse, towers over that at - 163 feet high]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
Here's another photo from last week's trip to the Brakel Forest (Brakel Bos) to photograph the bluebells in their natural setting. This image might be simpler than the one I shared last week, but I appreciate it for capturing the serene setting where the flowers thrive. Bluebells indeed prefer shaded woodland areas with moist and well-drained soil. In these conditions they spread easily if left undisturbed - Brakel Forest, La Houppe, Belgium