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Used the CMN Lothian President for this one. Taken apart but just flatted down to get rid of the harlequin colour blocks and take the gloss off the white.
Window 'stickers' (several!)removed with T-cut and the model repainted with a coat of primer, 2 x undercoats and 2 x Phoenix white gloss. Not a bad white finish for a brush job!
Red line is a cheat - adhesive silver vinyl strip pre-painted and fixed into place.
This was actually a pig to do with everything being a bit too delicate (lost wipers as soon as touched!) and taking apart needs great care especially around the glued-in glazing.
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Catalan
La Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia és la catedral gòtica de Barcelona, seu de l'arquebisbat de Barcelona. La catedral es va construir durant els segles XIII al XV al mateix lloc on hi havia hagut una catedral romànica, i encara abans una de paleocristiana. La façana d'estil neogòtic, no obstant això, és molt més moderna (segle XIX). L'edifici és Bé d'Interés Cultural i, des del 2 de novembre de 1929, Monument Històric Artístic Nacional.
La catedral està dedicada a la Santa Creu, la seva advocació principal, i a Santa Eulàlia, patrona de Barcelona, una jove verge que, d'acord amb la tradició cristiana, va sofrir el martiri durant l'època romana. La dedicació del temple a la Santa Creu, molt poc habitual, és una de les més antigues del món cristià i probablement es remunta a mitjan segle VII. La dedicació a Santa Eulàlia es coneix des del 877, quan el bisbe Frodoí va localitzar les restes de la santa i les va traslladar solemnement a la catedral.
English
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Catalan: Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Spanish: Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia), also known as Barcelona Cathedral, is the Gothic cathedral and seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain. The cathedral was constructed from the 13th to 15th centuries, with the principal work done in the 14th century. The cloister, which encloses the Well of the Geese (Font de les Oques) was completed in 1448. In the late 19th century, the neo-Gothic façade was constructed over the nondescript exterior that was common to Catalan churches. The roof is notable for its gargoyles, featuring a wide range of animals, both domestic and mythical.
It is a hall church, vaulted over five aisles, the outer two divided into chapels. The transept is truncated. The east end is a chevet of nine radiating chapels connected by an ambulatory. The high altar is raised, allowing a clear view into the crypt.
The cathedral is dedicated to Eulalia of Barcelona, co-patron saint of Barcelona, a young virgin who, according to Catholic tradition, suffered martyrdom during Roman times in the city. One story says that she was exposed naked in the public square and a miraculous snowfall in mid-spring covered her nudity. The enraged Romans put her into a barrel with knives stuck into it and rolled it down a street (according to tradition, the one now called Baixada de Santa Eulàlia). The body of Saint Eulalia is entombed in the cathedral's crypt.
The choir stalls retain the coats-of-arms of the knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece. In his first trip into Spain, Charles, the future Holy Roman Emperor, selected Barcelona as the site of a chapter of his Order. The king had arrived for his investiture as Count of Barcelona, and the city, as a Mediterranean port, offered the closest communication with other far-flung Habsburg dominions, while the large proportions of the cathedral would accommodate required grand ceremonies. In 1518 the Order's herald, Thomas Isaac, and its treasurer, Jean Micault, were commissioned to prepare the sanctuary for the first sitting of the chapter in 1519. Juan de Borgonya executed the painted decoration of the sanctuary.
One side chapel is dedicated to "Christ of Lepanto", and contains a cross from a ship that fought at the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Catalan legend states that during the battle, the corpus suddenly and miraculously shifted to the right to avoid being hit by a cannonball, a miraculous sign from God that the Ottomans would be defeated. The chapel of Christ of Lepanto also contains the shrine and sepulchre of Saint Olegarius, who was a Bishop of Barcelona and an Archbishop of Tarragona.
In addition to Saints Eulàlia and Olegarius, the cathedral contains the tombs of Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Count Ramon Berenguer I and his third wife Almodis de la Marche, and bishops Berenguer de Palou II, Salvador Casañas y Pagés, and Arnau de Gurb, who is buried in the Chapel of Santa Llúcia, which he had constructed.
The cathedral has a secluded Gothic cloister where 13 white geese are kept, the number explained by the assertion that Eulalia was 13 when she was martyred.
A program of cleaning and restoration of the cathedral was carried out from 1968-72.
Portuguese
A Catedral de Barcelona é a catedral católica de Barcelona, em Espanha. A catedral, em estilo gótico, foi construída do século XIII ao XV sobre a antiga catedral românica. Esta, por sua vez, foi edificada sobre uma igreja da época visigoda. A esta, precedeu uma basílica paleocristã, cujos restos podem ser vistos no subsolo, no Museu de História da Cidade. A fachada de estilo neogótico, entretanto, é muito mais moderna (século XIX).
Está dedicada à Santa Cruz (a cruz em que Jesus foi executado) e a santa Eulália, patrona da cidade de Barcelona, uma jovem donzela que, de acordo com a tradição católica, sofreu o martírio durante a época romana. A dedicação a santa Eulália data de 877, quando o bispo Frodoí localizou os restos da santa e os levou solenemente para a catedral. Uma das histórias relativas à santa conta que ela foi exposta nua no fórum da cidade e que, milagrosamente, pois já era primavera, caiu uma nevasca que cobriu sua nudez. As enfurecidas autoridades romanas a teriam, então, metido em um barril com vidros quebrados e cravos e lançado o barril costa abaixo (de acordo com a tradição, trata-se da rua Baixada de Santa Eulália, ou Costa de Santa Eulália).
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Using my PENTAX SF7 again loaded with ILFORD FP4+ which I processed in my Home-Made 510-Pyro 1:100
outside the Iceland Store with SMC Pentax-M 75-150mm f4v Manual Focus
Training use of magig cloth tecnic. Promise that many shots were thrown out :-)
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It used to be a house of a wealthy tradesman called Mali Rista in the 19th century. It's a museum now,a unique one, with a very rich collection of the famous Pirot kilim (dyed with natural colours and made of sheep's wool, typical of the Balkan Mountains) and Pirot pottery. Well worth visiting if you come by.
It is often used by Serbian film directors when they make films featuring certain periods of history as the display in the house has remained untouched and unchanged for more than a century.
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I saw this while I was watching a movie, The chef in the south polar.
Such a cute idea!
The term Jacob's ladder, used on a ship, applies to two kinds of ladders.
The first is a flexible hanging ladder. It consists of vertical ropes or chains supporting horizontal wooden or metal rungs. Today it's used mostly to allow people to board the ship from small boats, hence it's better known as a Pilot ladder. Because the decks of most commercial ships are far above the waterline, pilots and others who need to come aboard at sea can only do so if a Jacob's ladder is put out. When not being used, the ladder is stowed away (usually rolled up) rather than left hanging. On late 19th century warships this kind of ladder would replace the normal fixed ladders on deck during battle. These and railings would be removed and replaced with Jacob's Ladders and ropes while preparing for battle the days before. This was done to prevent them from blocking line of sight or turning into Shrapnel when hit by enemy shells.
The second applies to a kind of ladder found on square rigged ships. To climb above the lower mast to the topmast and above, sailors must get around the top, a platform projecting from the mast. Although on many ships the only way round was the overhanging futtock shrouds, modern-day tall ships often provide an easier vertical ladder from the ratlines as well. This is the Jacob's ladder.(1)
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A red squirrel in very contrasty light.
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I used my 500mm lens because I like the effect, but you don't need a lens like that... see below.... sorry Nigel I couldn't resist!
Call me slow, but I've only just realised you can comment on a picture without actually opening it......... definitely a backwards step IMO... I had been wondering how faves and comments appeared without any views! Now they've changed the way views are counted as well, apparently guessing that we wanted to see something, though it may have just been one of many pictures on a page in a group etc. Definitely dodgy......And those people doing that won't even see that I've written this, or any other explanation that goes with a picture, so they won't even know that I've explained that this is NOT A WILD SQUIRREL.
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Dorothy Gill Barnes was known for her use of natural materials in woven and sculpted forms.
In the late 1960's, Barnes discovered the work of basket maker Dwight Stump. His work with white oak wood inspired her to take her art materials from nature. She began creating small, non-traditional baskets and proceeded to make larger and more complex pieces that used wire, stone, glass and wood. She collected wood from all over Ohio.
Barnes was known for gathering and using natural materials for her woven and sculpted forms, including techniques from woodworking, basketry and tapestry. She made dendroglyphs (also known as arborglyphs), markings on live tree bark, allowed to develop scarring for months or years before using that section of bark in a sculpture. In one case she waited 14 years to harvest the result of her tree sculpting. She credited Kay Sekimachi, Osma Gallinger Tod, and Ed Rossbach among her notable influences.
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I used to know just what I wanted and just where to go.
More than ever I could use a coincidence,
But now I walk alone and talk about it when I know.
Every once in a while the kings, generals and admirals gather at Queen Esmeralda´s court to do strategies and coordinate their defense and troop movements, The Wargame night was word that Henry first used when he was king that stuck and is still used by the queen...
- (Esmeralda) Ok, so now this is the troops of our factions in Günters army, here is the front
- (Albert) Aber mein Essy, why don´t my troops get a männer-token? *hiccups!*
- (Esmeralda) But my dear Prince and King each of these figurines represent 1000 men, your troops are less than 10, so please Imagine your troops in your head!
- (Albert) Aber my Franconian troops are very potent one of my men is worth 10 of your troops!
- (Esmeralda) so even if that was true, that would still only be a hundred troops, Oh Albert my dear, I think the Wine delivery-chart just arrived, would you be so nice and organize the barrels movement to the wine-cellar?
- (Albert) Jawohl Mein Köningin, I am already on My way!!!
Albert stagger off in haste!
- (Esmeralda) Oh great now there will be less obstructions, You Know guys, I had to have him here since he is actually the leader of an army and Kingdom in the alliance now, even though it is a minute such... So General Potter could carry on with your suggested plan now!
- (Potter) Sure Madame! where was I? Oh, yeah the valley, yes, the valley and the pass over here, I think we should make a trust through this valley is is soft and if we erect a tower here and then Repeatedly push on this line, I think we will be able to push deep inside and then release our troops into the bushy forest and then strangle her quick and and easy, ehm, I mean strangle the western barbarian section...
- (Esmeralda) Oh, Dear general,
Perhaps you recent divorce and your frustration is blurring your sharp strategic mind, perhaps you should take a months payed leave and either mend your broken marriage or meet someone new, Colonel Weener will temporarily replace you...
- (potter) Yes, My queen My hear is aching, I cannot focus on killing people when my heart is bleeding... I think I will help Albert unload the barrels!
Using the canon 70-200 f4l lens, the moon had just risen and had a nice warm tint to it. A decent result, I think, for the handheld effort, the atmospheric conditions at the time and the amount of cropping required. A little sharpening and contrast adjustment in photoshop.
Six consecutive frames taken with the Olympus Pen EE-3 camera that I previously used in week 293 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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Homemade redscaled Agfa Vista 200 film from Poundland, developed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
Scanned to include the sprocket holes.
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"SAO LUIS DO MARANHAO - 400 ANOS"
Portuguese
São Luís é um município brasileiro, capital do estado do Maranhão localizado ao norte do estado, fundada por franceses no dia 8 de setembro de 1612 posteriormente, foi invadida por holandeses mas terminou por ser colonizada por portugueses. Localiza-se em uma ilha Upaon-Açu, no Atlântico Sul, entre as baías de São Marcos e São José de Ribamar. Quando em 1621 o Brasil foi dividido em duas unidades administrativas - Estado do Maranhão e Estado do Brasil - São Luís foi a capital da primeira unidade administrativa.
A capital maranhense tem um desenvolvido setor industrial por conta de grandes corporações e empresas de diversos áreas que se instalaram na cidade pela sua privilegiada posição geográfica entre as regiões Norte e Nordeste do país, seu litoral estrategicamente localizado bem mais próximo de grandes centros importadores de produtos brasileiras como Europa e EUA que permite economia de combustíveis e redução no prazo de entrega de mercadorias provenientes do Brasil pelo Porto de Itaqui que é o 2º mais profundo do mundo e um dos mais movimentados, sofisticados e bem estruturados para o comércio exterior no Brasil. Tudo isso aliado a ligação por linha férrea da capital São Luís ao interior do estado, e aos estados vizinhos do Pará, Tocantins e Piauí o que facilita e barateia a escoação agrícola vinda do interior do país para o porto de Itaqui, sendo que com a conclusão de Ferrovia Norte-Sul a cidade vai estar interligada a todas as regiões brasileiras (NO, NE, CO, SE e S) por ferrovias, por rodovia a ilha já é servida pela BR-135 que a liga ao continente, e por ar conta com o Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Cunha Machado com capacidade de atender mais de um milhão de passageiros por ano, e que já opera com demanda quase saturada pelo movimento intenso de passageiros não somente da cidade de São Luís mais também por servir como porta de entrada por ser o maior e mais movimentado aeroporto próximo ao Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses.
O clima em São Luís é geralmente quente e abafado, tropical e semi-úmido. Isso se deve ao fato da cidade esta localizada proxima a Zona de Convergência Intertropical (ZCIT). A cidade apresenta grande quantidade de coqueiros e muita vegetação litorânea. A também pedaços da Floresta Amazônica na cidade protegidas por Parques Ambientais. Pequenos rios nascem na cidade, o Rio Bacanga é um dos mais importantes pois é muito util para a pesca.
Em 2010 o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) contou a população em 1,027,098 o que a torna o décimo-quinto município mais populoso do Brasil entre os 5 565 municípios brasileiros, 13° entre as capitais, 4º da região Nordeste e 1° do Maranhão. Sua área é de 831,7 Km², e desse total 157,5656 Km² estão em perímetro urbano. O município faz parte da Mesorregião do Norte Maranhense e Microrregião da Aglomeração Urbana de São Luís localizada a norte do estado do Maranhão. O Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano do municipio é de 0.778, alto comparado ao IDH do Maranhão.
English
São Luís (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w luˈis], Saint Louis) is the capital of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on São Luís island in the Baía de São Marcos (St Marcus Bay), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. The city proper has a population of some 986,826 people (2008 IBGE estimate). The metropolitan area totals 1,227,659 (ranked as the 16th largest in Brazil).
São Luís is the only Brazilian state capital founded by France (see France Équinoxiale) and it is one of the three Brazilian state capitals located on islands (the others are Vitória and Florianópolis).
The city has two major sea ports: Ponta da Madeira and Porto do Itaqui, through which a substantial part of Brazil's iron ore, originating from the (pre)-Amazon region, is exported. The city's main industries are metallurgical with Alumar, and Vale do Rio Doce. São Luís is home of the Federal University of Maranhão.
São Luís was the home town of famous Brazilian samba singer Alcione, Brazilian writers Aluísio Azevedo, Ferreira Gullar and Josué Montello, Belgian-naturalised soccer player Luís Oliveira, the musician João do Vale and Zeca Baleiro, a Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) singer.
Originally the town was a large village of the Tupinambá tribe. The first Europeans to see it were the French, in 1612, who intended to make it the centre of a French colony named Equinoctial France. They built a fort named Saint Louis after St Louis, King of France, as a compliment to his successor King Louis XIII. The settlement was conquered for Portugal by Jerônimo de Albuquerque in 1615, when it was renamed São Luís. There had been little time for the French to build a city. This has led to some controversy as to the actual date of the founding of the city, whether by the French or the Portuguese. In 1641, the city was invaded by the Dutch. They stayed until 1645 and did not manage to influence the city's architecture or to leave any sign of their invasion, mainly because they were kept too busy with the challenges to their occupation. In 1677, the city was made the seat of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
Only when those invasions ceased permanently did the colonial government decide to create the state of Grão-Pará e Maranhão, independent from the rest of the country. By that time, the economy was based on agriculture, particularly the exportation of sugar cane, cacao and tobacco. Conflicts amongst the local elites would lead to the Beckman's Revolt.
Soon after the outbreak of the American Civil War, the region started to provide cotton to Great Britain. The wealth generated by this activity was used to modernize the city; to bring religious men to come and teach in its schools; and supplement the water supply. The city came to be the third most populous city in the country. By the end of the 19th century, agriculture was in decay and since then the city's population has been searching for other ways to make a living.
Nowadays, São Luís has the largest and best preserved heritage of colonial Portuguese architecture of all Latin America. The island is known as the "Island of Love" and as "the Brazilian Athens", due to its many poets and writers, such as Sotero dos Reis, Aluísio Azevedo, Graça Aranha, Gonçalves Dias (the most famous), Ferreira Gullar, among others.
The ancestral composition of São Luís, according to an autosomal DNA study, is 42% European, 39% Native American and 19% African.
Portuguese is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum.
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used two 285 Hv. One under the dash on the center console and one in the back seat pointing up and close to the passanger door both at 1/2 power shot at F-11 @160
Using Lee Big Stopper + Lee 0.9 GND.
اس زخمِ جاں کے نام ، جو اب تک نہیں بھرا
اس زندہ دل کے نام ، جو اب تک نہیں مرا
اس زندگی کے نام، گزارا نہیں جسے
اس قرضِ فن کے نام، اُتارا نہیں جسے
اہل نظر کے نام، جو جوہر شناس ہیں
اہل وفا کے نام، جو فن کی اساس ہیں
ان دوستوں کے نام، جو گوشہ نشین ہیں
ان بےحسوں کے نام، جو بارِ زمین ہیں
ان اھلِ دل کے نام، جو راہوں کی دھول ہیں
ان حوصلوں کے نام، جنہیں دکھ قبول ہیں
ان آوازوں کے نام جو خاموش ھو گئیں
ان ھستیوں کے نام جو مٹی میں سو گئیں
اس غنچہ دھن کے نام جسے موت کھا گئی
اپنی ماں کے نام کہ جسے نیند آ گئی
اس شعلہ رخ کے نام، کہ روشن ہے جس سے رات
ہے ضوفشاں اندھیرے میں ہر نقطہ ءِ کائنات
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اور اپنے ذہن و قلب کی تنہائیوں کے نام
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Using a bucket with a window cut out in it, I was able to get half underwater for this cool picture.
He used to be a part of the infamous Mandem crew. In fact he actually used to be the poster boy of Mandem Records, now he just sits by himself stroking his not so luxurious beard. His beard is actually made up of a culture of different fungi and detritus that has become matted with his own beard. What exactly happened you might well ask but no one really knows. One day he just got up and walked away from his previous life and is now holed up in the back of our studio, mumbling to himself. We try to coax him out every now and then with a cup of tea and a biscuit but so far no joy. When I try again, perhaps I’ll see if a custard cream will work…
He’s a sad reminder that nothing is safe in the shedio for too long. Especially in winter time. The damp gets to anything unprotected.
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If you take the Taylor Highway to Chicken Alaska - you will see a lot of old equipment laying about that was used back in the gold rush days. This old generator atop a sledge, is just one of the many tools used to help with the extraction of gold.
Just 6 days ago the Taylor (or "Top of the World Highway") was plowed open by Alaska DOT. In about 6 short weeks, tourists will be making their way over the primitive two lane road to visit the historic sites located there. While there you can pan for gold, roam about looking at old mining tools, see a huge gold dredge, stay over night in a cabin, (or overnight in an RV park if that is your mode of travel), and of course, you can also eat some delicious fried chicken in Chicken. The scenery is so beautiful as you climb ever higher into true mining country. There are a lot of mines up and running to this very day - and a lot of delightfully quirky people to chat with. Oh -and I must not forget that gasoline is available, as well as souvenirs. Be sure to get off the beaten path and see "old Chicken", as well as the newly developed portion of town known as the "new Chicken".
See you in Chicken this summer. :-)
I have been wanting to figure out how to combine a magnetic poem with another photo. I use Lightroom to process photos. I don't have PhotoShop and I'm not educated in how to use it. Last year I began using Krita to make digital paintings. It seems like a good open source editor. However, the tutorials available online are scarce and not always helpful. I have trouble learning from a video, which typically moves too quickly for me to absorb. If you've never used a transparency mask, it's hard to understand how it works.
Well, today I taught myself how to (1) add colours to the image of the poem, (2) add another photo as a transparency layer, and (3) make it more or less transparent to combine with the poem. My sense of colour and texture extends well beyond photography and is practically innate! The result is clumsy, but I'm satisfied in understanding the basic tools so I can improve.
The scene is Poplar Bluff Beach where I grew up on the north shore of Lake Erie. The photo was taken on May 10, 2008, the day of my mother's memorial gathering. She had died in February. Relatives didn't want to hold it outdoors in May because the weather was too unpredictable. But May was Mom's favourite month and I insisted. The day was still and cloudless with a high of 18C/64F, warmer than usual for early May.
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No Vale da Ferradura, a convivência harmônica com a natureza é um espetáculo à parte. Curta o vento, o sol, as belas vistas, um banho de cachoeira, os animais!
Aqui você encontra animais como quati, macaco-prego, bugio-ruivo, serelepe, cutia, gambá, mão-pelada, veado-mateiro, graxaim e muitos roedores. E também grande variedade de aves de extrema beleza e raridade.
Muitos deles possuem um contato próximo com os seres humanos, como é o caso, principalmente, dos quatis, e em geral você pode observá-los de perto na área principal do Vale da Ferradura, mesmo sem fazer as trilhas.
Os quatis, em grande quantidade no Vale da Ferradura, são mamíferos que se alimentam de minhocas, insetos e frutas, apreciando também ovos, legumes e especialmente lagartos. Dormem no alto das árvores, enrolados como uma bola, e não descem antes do amanhecer. Seu órgão mais sensível com certeza é seu nariz, que é móvel e muito alongado. Possui dentes e garras fortes.
O parque Vale da Ferradura está localizado ao norte do município de Canela RS, na região correspondente às coordenadas 29°16' S - 50°50' W, compreendendo um total de aproximadamente 200 ha, com altitudes que variam de 400 m a 750 m.
Fica no Planalto das Araucárias, popularmente designado como "Serra Gaúcha". Os elementos que compõem a sua flora são típicos da Floresta Ombrófila Mista Montana e da Floresta Estacional Semidecidual Montana, com áreas de transição entre as mesmas e com diversos estágios de sucessão.
A área do parque faz parte da bacia hidrográfica do rio Caí. Nesta bacia, existem 11 Unidades de Conservação municipais e/ou particulares, duas estaduais - Parque Estadual do Delta do Jacuí e Parque Estadual do Caracol - e uma Federal - Floresta Nacional de Canela.
O clima da região é superúmido, com as curvas ombrométricas das estações meteorológicas sempre positivas. Há ocorrência de três ou mais meses com temperaturas médias compensadas mensais abaixo de 15°C, que ocasionam a chamada seca fisiológica das plantas tropicais, criadora da estacionalidade.
O Vale da Ferradura possui variados micro-habitats, com áreas mais expostas a incidência solar, aos ventos e sujeitas a interferência humana, bem como áreas totalmente protegidas, sombreadas, úmidas e sujeitas a inundações periódicas. A preservação destes remanescentes aliada à atividade de educação ambiental ao mesmo tempo que ao ócio, como forma de lazer recreativo, é extremamente importante.O parque é cortado por quatro trilhas, que apresentam características peculiares: trilha do Rio Caí, trilha do Pórtico, trilha das Cutias e trilha das Pinguelas.
http://www.canelaturismo.com.br/roteiros-e-atrativos/parque-da-ferradura/
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O parque Vale da Ferradura, localizado a 13 km do centro de Canela, proporciona ao turista integração com a natureza, com mirantes para o deslumbrante Vale da Ferradura, para a Cascata do Arroio do Caçador e Rio Santa Cruz. Uma área especial para toda família com trilhas e estrutura de churrasqueira, playground e lanchonete.
No alto do canyon de 420 metros de extensão está localizado o Vale da Ferradura - onde o Rio Santa Cruz forma a ferradura que dá nome ao lugar. A vista privilegiada da cascata do Arroio Caçador, o verde e o ar puro são complementos perfeitos para as 4 trilhas, os 3 mirantes e a estrutura de 8 churrasqueiras, playground e lanchonete, numa área total de aproximadamente 200 hectares.
A área do parque faz parte da bacia hidrográfica do rio Caí. Nesta bacia, existem 11 Unidades de Conservação municipais e/ou particulares, duas estaduais - Parque Estadual do Delta do Jacuí e Parque Estadual do Caracol - e uma federal - Floresta Nacional de Canela.
O Vale da Ferradura possui variados micro-habitats, com áreas mais expostas a incidência solar, aos ventos e sujeitas a interferência humana, bem como áreas totalmente protegidas, sombreadas, úmidas e sujeitas a inundações periódicas. A preservação destes remanescentes aliada à atividade de educação ambiental ao mesmo tempo que ao ócio, como forma de lazer recreativo, é extremamente importante.
As árvores de –Araucária, que produzem os delicioso pinhão são a maioria no parque e atraem animais silvestres como o Quati, a Cutia, o Macaco-prego e a Gralha-azul, importante para a multiplicação das árvores.
MIRANTES
• Mirante Vale da Ferradura
É o principal mirante do Vale da Ferradura. Dele você aprecia a vista da Cascata do Arroio Caçador e tem uma visão geral.
• Mirante do Vale do Arroio Caçador
Proporciona uma vista impressionante do vale do Arroio Caçador. O acesso é por uma trilha leve - cerca de 2 minutos.
• Mirante da Cascata do Arroio Caçador
Proporciona uma vista impressionante da cascata do Arroio Caçador. Aqui você desce 50 metros e a trilha é um pouco mais íngreme.
TRILHAS
• Trilha do Rio Caí
São 350 metros de trilha, iniciando a 750 metros altura e terminando a 400 metros altura, no ponto em que o arroio Caçador deságua no Rio Caí. É a principal trilha do parque, com maior nível de dificuldade, pelo declive do terreno. Você vai levar 60 minutos para descer, e 2 horas para subir.
Como a trilha do Rio Caí pode ser dividida em quatro trechos, você não precisa fazê-la inteira. Confira os trechos:
- O primeiro leva a dois mirantes, localizados a 700 metros de altura e de onde se tem uma belíssima vista da cascata do arroio Caçador.
- O segundo trecho vai de 700 até 550 metros de altura e é o de maior extensão e menor dificuldade.
- O terceiro trecho inicia a 550 metros de altura, ponto onde as trilhas do Rio Caí e do Pórtico se encontram, e termina a 450 metros de altura, no leito do arroio Caçador, acima da queda d’água.
- O quarto e último trecho vai de 450 a 400 metros altura e é o de maior dificuldade, pois o declive é acentuado e as condições de umidade são elevadas. Interessante é que parte deste trecho está sujeita a borrifos d’água, porque acompanha a queda da cascata. Ele termina no pé da cascata do arroio Caçador e às margens do Rio Caí, em uma área plana, local para um descanso merecido.
• Trilha do Pórtico
A trilha do Pórtico tem 200 metros, iniciando a 750 metros de altura e terminando a 550 metros de altura, onde se encontra com a trilha do Rio Caí. Nela existe um recanto conhecido como Cascata do Graxaim, e podem ser admiradas araucárias e xaxins.
• Trilha das Cotias
É uma bela trilha, com muita sombra, sem esforço físico, para todas as idades e condicionamentos físicos. Dá para dizer que, mais que uma trilha, é um passeio em meio à natureza. Encontra-se na faixa entre 700 e 750 metros de altura, no platô do parque, acima da trilha do Pórtico. Aprecie a bela paisagem de cactus e bromélias na área mais rochosa.
• Trilha das Pinguelas
Também está entre 700 e 750 metros de altura, porém voltada para a bela vista do Vale da Ferradura. A trilha das Pinguelas acompanha um pequeno arroio e você aproveita a sombra da copa das árvores.
Localização e informações gerais
O parque Vale da Ferradura fica na Serra Gaúcha, em Canela RS, a 13 km do centro, no Km 6 da RS 466, mais conhecida como Estrada do Caracol. Funciona das 8h30 às 17h30. No verão, quando o sol se põe bastante tarde na Região Sul, este horário pode ser estendido.
Para chegar, pegue a Estrada do Caracol, que está localizada logo ao chegar a Canela, vindo de Gramado, e vá sempre por essa via, seguindo as placas. Após o Parque do Caracol, a estrada é de terra, por alguns quilômetros.
http://www.lajedepedra.com.br/o-hotel/vale-da-ferradura.htm
I used to associate gulls with the coast but that is typically only winter. In the fall these Franklin Gulls lose their black heads and start wearing this dusky hood as their non-breeding plumage. The majority of birds nest in the northern Prairies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and then head south to the coast of Chile to winter. They will move in very large flocks picking through fields looking for insects and worms after the soil has been tilled or the grain is cut like this scene.
Michael W Klotz 2021 - www.TheBirdBlogger.com
I remember what she used to be like. I remember the vigour and her passion for life. Alas, I have seen what ME/CFS does to a person. Give her life back, I plead. "Nothing can be done", they say. And so my humble contribution to #millionsmissing last year; A pair of shoes and the reflection of a memory.
To my wife i dedicate this poem:
"On the surface she smiles,
Its nothing but a masquerade,
To veil her true feelings in a shroud of dismay,
Because the surface is crumbling,
No one see her hurting,
All we see is the glimmering reflections of what was,
Off the broken shards that she was made up of
Broken pieces are scattered everywhere,
A life of imprisonment within herself,
An inhumane fate."
Gear used... Canon 7D & Canon 400mm f/5.6 lens, all images of the spotted flycatcher were shot hand held...
I did return to the area again with my tripod, and was very surprised to see that this bird was not in the same area,especially after it have shown so well on my first visit hunting from three different natural perches.