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Traveling south from The Snaefellsness Peninsula we encountered some ever changing weather conditions.Unfortunately we were sort of in "no mans land" when we saw this scene. We pulled over at about the only spot available on this section of the busy Ring Road. No real composition available so a case of zooming in and hoping for the best.
The summer Ski Train and a lengthy consist will turn on the wye at Tabernash before heading back to Fraser to await the call back to Winter Park 7.00
seen at Deas Island Park where we ventured out of our warm car and scurried around snapping pictures. It was so beautiful and sooo cold !
Firstly, a brief note about the song from the internet -
" In a VH1 True Spin special, the The Vapors were asked about this song, and they explained that it is a love song about someone who lost their girlfriend and was going slowly crazy. Lead singer Dave Fenton said: "Turning Japanese is all the clichés about angst and youth and turning into something you didn't expect to." It was inspired by Fenton's relationship problems.
That recognizable opening riff repeated a few places in the song is actually called "the oriental riff". It is often used when a Western song wants to invoke the Far East; other popular examples are Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" and Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Hong Kong Garden."
One of the wonderful murals at Stem and Vine Plant Nursery in Brisbane, by Hannagan.
...The Maple trees are turning into their Autmn colors here on our property. I'll have to search out a bigger area to capture a wider composition.
* Canon EOS M50 camera
* Tokina RMC 50-200mm f/3.5-4.5 lens
* Fotasy FD/FL-EOSM lens adapter.
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Link to Cincinnati Zoo..............Male 4 yr. old Cheetah ------ Cheetah Encounter
Also a new group to join for anyone who has Ohio Zoo pictures!
www.flickr.com/groups/ohio_zoos/
Also check out Zoos Around the World group!
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These shots were difficult to get. Obviously the cheetah is running at a high rate of speed so that was one obstacle but the other big one is shooting this through a fence. Lucky I got these two. Seems like this run took about 2 seconds.
I don't know how much I'll be on Flickr today because my grandson is suppose to visit. He's leaving for Colorado on Sunday for an internship job. Exciting for him but I'll miss him terribly. Hope you all enjoy your day with the fact that Friday is right around the bend.
Colors on the Whiskey Rapids Trail
Algonquin Provincial Park
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MALMÖ (Suécia): Turning Torso.
Turning Torso é um arranha-céus localizado na cidade de Malmö, no sul da Suécia, no lado sueco do estreito de Öresund. Foi desenhado pelo famoso arquiteto Santiago Calatrava com base em uma de suas esculturas, feita em mármore, chamada "Twisting Torso". (Wikipedia)
LNER Azuma Hitachi Class 800 No. 800104 rounds the curved Nairn Viaduct at Culloden with 1W16, the 12:00 London Kings Cross – Inverness 'Highland Chieftain' service on 18th July 2021.
The image title is, of course, inspired by the 1980 hit by The Vapors which reached number 3 in the UK charts.
Due to a strike by ScotRail staff this was one of just three revenue earning passenger services over the viaduct on this day, the other two being the morning southbound LNER service and the evening southbound Caledonian Sleeper.
. As if by magic turning mud into flowers
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"Le lotus, ami des eaux dormantes, plonge ses racines dans la fange. Le bel élan de ses tiges porteuses de larges feuilles évidées comme des coupes, la carnation lumineuse de ses fleurs ne laissent rien soupçonner de cette origine innommable. Ainsi incarne-t-il aux yeux des Chinois la pureté triomphante, qui transmue comme par enchantement la boue en fleurs"
(François Cheng, poète français né en Chine en 1929)
‘The lotus, a friend of still waters, plunges its roots into the mire. The beautiful slenderness of its stems, which bear broad leaves hollowed out like cups, and the luminous complexion of its flowers give no hint of this unspeakable origin. To the Chinese, it is the embodiment of triumphant purity, transforming mud into flowers as if by magic’.