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Mission Beach, San Diego, California
Once upon a time in a blue pond,
there was a beauteous young swan
with a grey colored head…….
Hlif at the Pond,Tjörnin in Reykjavik.
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This restful and happy Great Blue Heron is taking it easy perched upon high...love those woodpecker homes too !
Have a safe and delightful day dear Flickr friends !
With storm season upon us, I thought I'd pull this from the Archives. From a trip we took a couple of years back that took us past the Badlands in South Dakota.
This was taken from the moving car as we headed into the storm. I reworked it in Photoshop adding the lightning and the truck to bring the shot to life.
Twice while driving through here we had hail and the 3rd time through we missed a tornado by minutes.
#ONT207 workworks the tanker industry at Kidd, with #ONT1730 sporting its heritage paint scheme, from the older days of the ONR.
Once upon a time when I was in my youth this was my local, The Queens. A dodgy landlord who was happy to serve 15 year olds as long as you sat in the back room. It was a rough old dive, a typical English suburbs pub with the usual mix of locals, young and old. New owners arrived with plans to fancy things up and turned it into the The Queens Hotel.
It was never going to work and it failed miserably. Such a shame but good memories.
The seawall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a stone wall that was constructed around the perimeter of Stanley Park to prevent erosion of the park's foreshore. Colloquially, the term also denotes the pedestrian, bicycle, and rollerblading pathway on the seawall, one which has been extended far outside the boundaries of Stanley Park and which has become one of the most-used features of the park by both locals and tourists. James "Jimmy" Cunningham, a master mason, dedicated his life to the construction of the seawall from 1931 until his retirement. Even after he retired, Cunningham continued to return to monitor the wall's progress, until his death at 85. While the whole path is not built upon the seawall, the total distance from CRAB park, around Stanley Park and False Creek to Spanish Banks is about 30 kilometres (19 mi).
As captured from Stanley Park
Coal Harbour
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happiest) by the Oceanside :-)
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For my first morning of my holiday I headed to the infamous Dunstanburgh death rocks on what turned out to be a difficult morning. My decision to go to one of Northumbria's honey pot locations on the Sunday was rewarded by no less than five other TOGs jostling for position. I decided to try the other side of Saddle rock which did give me some shelter from the strong easterly wind and spray but effected composition choices. Also causing a problem was the huge amount of foam created by the churning sea covering a lot of those lovely shiny black boulders. Every shot from that morning had spray on the filter causing problems not to mention a distinct lack of colour even though things looked promising when I arrived. Anyway this is the best shot I managed so even though I don't love it it's getting posted as a record of an enjoyable if not exactly productive morning.
Veil upon Veil you hide
The wellspring of the Infinite
The blue that delights
Pierces the heart
And produces a sapphire jewel.
Check out my blog to keep updated:
reachingthesould.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/veil-upon-veil.html
Bright sunlight creates an equally bright reflection of this Chinese elm tree in the aluminum framed geometry of the classroom building windows. HWW
Witness of times gone by
Once upon a time, Šilo lived to a different rhythm.
Before summer crowds filled the coastline, life here was built around the sea, fishing, work and the small harbour. Boats came and left, fishermen worked from the shore, sand was transported from nearby sites, and the ferry connection with Crikvenica brought movement and connection with the mainland.
The noise of those days was not the noise of tourism. It was the sound of everyday life – boat engines, conversations on the waterfront, arrivals and departures, the pulse of a small working fishing community.
Today Šilo is a peaceful tourist destination, and the old harbour bustle has been replaced by the summer rhythm of visitors.
But some witnesses remain.
This old iron mooring post, now overgrown with grass and almost forgotten, still stands where it has always been. It no longer holds ships, but it still holds memories of a time when the harbour had a different purpose.
A piece of iron, carrying an entire story.
Svjedok prošlih vremena
Nekada je Šilo živjelo drugačijim ritmom.
Prije nego što su ljetne gužve ispunile obalu, ovdje se živjelo od mora, ribarstva i rada. Iz luke su odlazile barke, dolazili ribari, prevozio se pijesak iz obližnjih nalazišta, a trajektna veza s Crikvenicom donosila je živost i povezanost s kopnom.
Tadašnji šušur nije bio turistički. Bio je to šušur svakodnevice – zvuk motora brodova, razgovori ljudi na rivi, dolasci i odlasci, život malog radničkog i ribarskog mjesta.
Danas je Šilo postalo mirno turističko mjesto, a nekadašnju buku luke zamijenila je ljetna vreva gostiju.
Ali neki svjedoci još ostaju.
Ova stara bitva, zarasla u travu i gotovo zaboravljena, još uvijek stoji na svom mjestu. Ne drži više brodove, ali čuva uspomenu na vrijeme kada je luka imala drugačiju ulogu.
Komad željeza, a cijela jedna priča.
What a beautiful day this was while visiting my brother's ranch! It was my husband's birthday and 100% rain forecast for this day. And look what God gave us instead!
iPhone Panorama
(private ranch in north Florida)
Once upon a time, I decided that a late afternoon eastbound (northbound for the geographically correct) train would be a nice shot in the tangent at Azalea siding near Mt. Shasta City. Although I didn't get the chance to record an image there until after the yellow peril took over, here is how it looks. That clearing near the rear of the train is the site of the old California Inspection Station on I-5.
Bridges over the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, a town that was fought over between Scotland and England for some 400 years, changing hands several times before being taken by Richard Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) in 1482.
Berwick is closer to Edinburgh than it is to Newcastle and the population marginally tend to see themselves as rather more Scottish than English, helped by both rugby and football teams playing in Scottish leagues.
However, locally it is said that the majority call themselves Berwickers ahead of Scots or English.
The nearest bridge is the Old Berwick Bridge opened in 1624, behind which is the Royal Tweed Bridge of 1928, then the Royal Border Bridge, which has carried the railway across the river since 1850.
For more info, see:
www.coostie.co.uk/notes-from-northumberland/discover-berw...
The parking lot was empty. The idea of bears in the area kept us singing loudly and laughing as we walked through the forest. When our group peeked out from the trees we were struck by a dazzling scene of glorious light hitting the tops of the larches that rimmed the lake. The grand, snow-dusted mountains reflected pristinely in the water. We quite literally gasped at the sight. What a thrill to see such astonishing beauty. Those who had been there before smiled knowingly, at our reaction. For them, it was as much a joy to see our response, as it was to take in the amazing view. An hour later, when the raindrops started to fall we had to tear ourselves away, oh so reluctantly. How fortunate we are to share together, in these magnificent, stumbled-upon moments.
sliders sunday: some slight changes to pump up the color ~grin~
the flickr number for this pic is ...20212210022
look at all of those lovely 2s :)
ANSH scavenger18 (replacing the dent reflection one)
Epiphyllum ("upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of 19 species and over 100 hybrids of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae).
Common names are climbing cactus, orchid cactus, leaf cactus, yellow tang, moon cactus, rickrack cactus, fishbone cactus, and queen of the night.
The Epiphyllum species are some of the most spectacular flowering plants, that typically open in the evening and bloom for a few days.
The flowers are large, 8 - 20 cm diameter, with numerous petals in the colors white, yellow and pink to red.
The Epiphyllum habitat ranges from Mexico and Central America with some extending into Northern South America and the Caribbean islands. Most grow in trees where they tuck their roots into pockets of decaying vegetable matter which settle into nooks and crannies of tree branches. Their tropical environment provides them with lots of warmth and high humidity and most important… shading from full sun. They share their habitat with orchids, bromeliads, ferns and mosses.
Epiphyllum is een geslacht van 19 succulenten en honderden kweekvormen uit de cactussenfamilie (Cactaceae).
Er is geen Nederlandse naam voor deze lidcactus of bladcactus. Soms zie je de naam koningin van de nacht, maar die naam geldt eigenlijk voor maar één van de 19 soorten (Epiphyllum oxypetalum).
Epiphyllum behoort tot de meest spectaculaire bloeiende planten, die meestal 's avonds open gaat en een paar dagen blijft bloeien.
De vaak grote bloemen hebben een diameter van 8 à 20 cm met tal van bloemblaadjes in de kleuren wit, geel en roze tot rood. Gekweekte soorten kunnen ook tweekleurig zijn.
Epiphyllum komt voor in Mexico en Midden-Amerika, en een paar soorten in noordelijk Zuid-Amerika en op de Caraïben.
Ze groeien in de bomen van tropische regenwouden tot een hoogte van circa 1800 meter. Ze vestigen zich in hoeken en gaten van boomtakken waar ze zich wortelen in rottend plantaardig materiaal. De tropische omgeving biedt een hoge luchtvochtigheid, veel warmte en het belangrijkste ... schaduw van volle zon. Ze delen hun habitat met orchideeën, bromelia's, varens en mossen.
Deze foto is gemaakt in het vlinderhuis in de Botanische Tuinen van de Utrechtse Universiteit.
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Once upon a time … a misty morning at Lost Lagoon, the swans were mellow, now that nesting season was over, and all was at peace - this archived shot was taken in 2009