WHATIS THERE NOT TO LOVE..

The weather has been summer like for about 2 weeks. Still, Autumn colors does it's thing in the Tennessee woodlands. That leads Me to think that regardless of cooler temperatures, Autumn will do it's thing. Now whatI liked about this shot was the warm reddish brown color. I knew I had to capture that. The secene is not bad to begin with, but I knew that warmish red color would add or hopefully add some boost to the scene!

(Without Words)

pART of PhotoPhilosophY

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©1999-2006 all Rights reserved, Krystian

… Please press L to enlarge… patterns are made with Moiré effect … sorry that after jpg and upload there is some quality deterioration…

Moiré effect is a visual perception that occurs when viewing a set of lines or dots that is superimposed on another set of lines or dots, where the sets differ in relative size, angle, or spacing. The moiré effect can be seen when looking through ordinary window screens at another screen or background. It can also be generated by a photographic or electronic reproduction, either deliberately or accidentally. (whatis.techtarget.com/definition/moire-effect )

… inspired by Syn Chron by Carsten Nicolai (www.carstennicolai.de/d/works/img/syn_chron4.jpg )

Nightscape from my brother's place near Murwillumbah, NSW. You can just see the fence :)

A friend sent me this link about Aboriginal Astronomy and the emu:

www.emudreaming.com/whatis.htm

7 ??? Floraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!

whati mummi ???

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bricalu.blogspot.com

"la lluvia trae esperanza ,no la rechaces,camina bajo la lluvia y sentirás lo que es soñar con la esperanza de vivir cada vez más la vida".Estas son las primeras aguas que recibimos en el comienzo del invierno ,ya hacia mucha falta pues los campos estaban muy secos por aqui en la provincia de Cádiz-España,es nuestro gran regalo de Navidad,bienvenida seas señora lluvia.

"The rain brings hope, not reject it, walking in the rain and feel whatis dreaming hoping to live more and more the life. "These are the first water we received at the beginning of winter, and it is much needed because the fields were very dry around here in the province of Cádiz in Spain, the rain is our great gift Christmas, welcome lady rain.

...more accurate would probably be that I am lost about love..lost when it comes to love...lost about loving..lost about being loved....

I realize the best part of love is the thinnest lace

And it don't count for much but I'm not letting go

I believe there's still much to believe in

So lift your eyes if you feel you can

Reach for a star and I'll show you a plan

I figured it out

What I needed was someone to show me

Do you ever look at an animal when you are photographing it and wonder whatis this animal thinking? Black Bear Thoughts. Valdez, Alaska. Nikon Z9. Nikkor Z 70-200mm

Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat – Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont USA • Grandest of all is the Ticonderoga, the only surviving vertical beam sidewheel steamship in the U.S., 220 ft long, weighing 892 tons.

Electra had a model of the landlocked ship in her home, set in a model hole, and would add or remove spoonfuls of dirt until she was satisfied that its position was just right. She'd then order her workmen to remove or add dirt to match. The workmen pointed out that each of Electra's spoonfuls equaled five dumptrucks of dirt, but she did not care. The superrich can make anything happen. She paid the cash, and lesser beings moved the dirt -- and an 892 ton ship. – from the roadsideamerica.com Field Review.

• The steamboat Ticonderoga is America’s last remaining side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine of the type that provided freight and passenger service on America’s lakes and rivers from the early 19th to the mid-20th centuries. Commissioned by the Champlain Transportation Company, the Ticonderoga was built in 1906 at the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont on Lake Champlain.

The Ti measures 220 feet in length and 59 feet in beam, with a displacement of 892 tons. Her steam-powered engine, handmade by the Fletcher Engine Company of Hoboken, New Jersey, was powered by two coal-fired boilers and could achieve a maximum speed of seventeen miles per hour. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

☞ On January 28, 1964, the National Park Service designated this structure a National Historic Landmark (#66000797).

National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.

National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans -- these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.

☞ On October 15, 1966, this structure was also added to the National Register of Historic Places (#66000797).

• More info: The GeoHack for 44°22′31.55″N 73°13′56.38″W.

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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):

[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County

[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County

[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County

[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County

[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County

[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County

[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County

[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County

[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell, Addison County

[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County

[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County

[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County

[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County

[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County

[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County

[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County

[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County

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☞ More photos of this and other National Historical Landmarks.

Hope no-one minds me putting this here!

During the month of September Mattmoo is taking part in Tacheback with some work colleagues.

They will be growing moustaches to raise vital funds for Everyman

- the UK's leading Male Cancer Campaign. Since 2003 Tacheback have collected £700,000 for the charity and now my husband is taking part.

If you would like to sponsor him please visit the Tacheback webpage for The AES Moustachios!

For me it will just be strange to have a husband with a tache!! Good luck honey – hope it doesn’t drive you mad.

I'll also keep you updated with the no doubt hilarious results!!

In 1998 my wife and I made a round-the-world holiday. I didn't want to do the usual stops through southern Europe, so we concentrated mostly on Northern and Eastern Europe.

My contact and friend, Rasa, in Lithuania had sent me a post card of the Hill of Crosses a few years prior to this trip and I knew at that moment I would have to make the trek there.

When we got there it was very cold and rianing. The crosses were clanking in the wind and there was definately a strong spiritual presence in this holy place. I took around 70 snaps, of which this is one of them.

I cannot begin to describe how wonderful a place this is. There were milllions of crosses from 2 cm high to two stories high. The craftsmanship in the carved crosses blew my away... one must make the trip there to even begin to get a feel of whatI am talking about. My photos and the weather that day do not do the place and experience justice.

Photograph by Damian Michaels (c) 1998

After two visits - two years apart almost to the day - and almost half an hour of waiting on the second visit, I managed to get some photos of the Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria without people climbing all over the stones. This is a great place for views, and this was the only day on our recent holiday to the Lake District that we saw the sun shine in a week. Never mind, the place still looks nice in all weather.

So, here are my first two Misaki dolls! As I was having a closer look at them and deboxing them, I had the strong feeling that they were different from whatI expected and it took me a while to figure out- I keep comparing them to Yuri as she has the same body and also her hair has this specific silky feeling that these have- and therefore, I was somehow feeling a lack of detailed face paint.

This is unfair obviously as Yuri is a part of an entirely different line, but I still have the feeling that I have to get used to them for a while. This does not mean that I don't like them! We just have to get to know each other a little more :)

Also, Iam not really fond of the outfits. It's not the general style, even if many other collectors seemed to dislike it (I think Pullips gave me an eternal understanding for interesting outfits, and I am generally drawn towards "different" things, anyway).

BUT, these outfits simply look a little out of scale to me. Looks how large the diamond pattern on Amelie's blouse is, ot those "arm warmers"!

It’s a vodka kind of night! Cheers to the long weekend & Happy 4th of July! 🍸🍹🎆🎇

Cocktail night, 07/02/2022, Nashville, TN

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Autism people live in their own world and the find it difficult to communicate with us So lets help them to be together again.

If your question is What is Autism ?you can check this website

www.rackercenters.org/archive/newsletter_02032005134919.p...

And if Your question was How Can you help them?

www.dubaiautismcenter.ae/Support.htm

And if you Dont live in Dubai help the people in your countries.

Together to a better World ^___^.

P.S : UAE citizens you will find this rest band in the petrol station and by buying them you help autism people,Their price is 10 AED .

مرضى التوحد يعيشون في عالم منعزل عن عالمنا فالنساعدهم في بإرجاعهم الى عالمنا

أن كان سؤالك ما هو مرض التوحد؟ فتفضل بزيارة هذا الموقع

www.dubaiautismcenter.ae/ar_autism-Whatis.htm

و أن كان سؤالك كيف لي أن اساعد مرضى التوحد؟

www.dubaiautismcenter.ae/ar_Support.htm

و ان لم تكن من دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة فبادر بمساعدة المراكز الموجودة في بلدك

معاً إلى عالم أفضل

يمكنكم مساعدتهم بشراءكم الشريط الموجود في الصورة "سير اليد" من محطات البترول في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة و السعر 10 دراهم

Ежегодно 21 марта во всем мире отмечается Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна. В 2018 году празднование этого дня пройдет в 13-ый раз начиная с 2006 года. Каждый год празднование проходит под лозунгом, который отражает важные аспекты жизни людей с синдромом Дауна.

Лозунг 2018 года — WhatI Bring To My Community (Чем я могу помочь своему сообществу). Основная цель организаторов — предоставить людям с синдромом Дауна возможность быть вовлеченными в общественно-политическую и культурную жизнь общества, влиять на ситуацию в школе, на работе, в спорте и СМИ.

В декабре 2011 года Генеральная Ассамблея объявила 21 марта Всемирным днем людей с синдромом Дауна (A/RES/66/149). Генеральная Ассамблея постановила что зтот День будет отмечаться 21 марта каждый год начиная с 2012 года и предложила всем государствам-членам, соответствующим организациям системы Организации Объединенных Наций и другим международным организациям, а также гражданскому обществу, включая неправительственные организации и частный сектор, надлежащим образом отмечать Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна, с тем чтобы повышать уровень информированности общественности о синдроме Дауна.

Синдром Дауна является одной из форм естественно развивающейся врожденной геномной патологии, распространенной во всех регионах мира и часто ведущей к изменениям моторики, физических характеристик и здоровья.

Жизненно важное значение для роста и развития больных имеет адекватный доступ к медицинскому обслуживанию, программам раннего вмешательства и инклюзивного образования, а также проведение соответствующих исследований.

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C-FWZV, a de Havilland Canada DHC-7-103, at Yellowknife Airport in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It was departing as TIN802 (Air Tindi Ltd.) to the tiny communities of Wekweeti and Gameti in the Northwest Territories.

Like many others, these two remote NWT communities are only accessible year-round by air. The movement of essentials such as fuel, food, pharmaceuticals and building materials is accomplished by flights like this. Each of those communities have a 3,000-foot-long gravel runway that can easily accommodate the nimble Dash 7.

Tli Cho Air Inc. is a joint venture between the Tlicho people's Tlicho Investment Corporation (52%) and Air Tindi Ltd. (48%). It provides scheduled passenger service and cargo flights from Yellowknife to Gameti, Wekweeti and Whati.

Serial number 81 began its career as P2-ANP with Air Niugini Limited at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on May 5, 1982.

Forty years later, it continues to accomplish important missions.

More information about the Dash 7 can be found here:

skiesmag.com/features/the-quiet-stol-multi-tasker-story-o...

Shelburne, Vermont USA • Shelburne Farms is one of the finest examples in the nation of a late 19th - 20th Century model farm and country estate. Created for Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb, the estate is noted for its exemplary agricultural, architectural, and landscape design achievements. – National Historic Landmark plaque.

• A farm and country estate constructed from c.1886 to 1915, Shelburne Farms consists of approximately 1,300 acres of designed and agricultural landscape and significant wood-framed and masonry buildings representative of a combination of Shingle and Queen Anne styles. Four major buildings and 78 secondary buildings, structures, and sites are situated in functional groupings between broad expanses of cleared agricultural fields with rolling hills and isolated softwood plantations, hardwood and softwood forests, gardens, and rocky lakeshore. Eleven and a half miles of curvilinear interior roads and eight miles of walking trails traverse the varied farm and estate landscape, connect the resources, and provide views and vistas of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. Shelburne Farms lies at elevations between approximately 95 feet and 392 feet a.m.s.l. [above mean sea level]. Lone Tree Hill, the highest point on the property, rises from the center of the property and features panoramic views over the fields and forests to the lake and mountain ranges – From the Landmark Nomination form.

• Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. It is also one of the principal concert sites for the Vermont Mozart Festival.

The Shelburne Farms grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into an award-winning farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable. Visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

☞ On August 11, 1980, this Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#80000330).

☞ On January 3, 2001, the National Park Service designated this Historic District a National Historic Landmark (#80000330), making it the newest Landmark in Vermont.

National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.

National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans -- these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.

• More info: The GeoHack for 44°23′31.69″N 73°15′26.04″W. ∞ Here are the websites for Shelburne Farms, and The Inn at Shelburne Farms. ∞ Here's a nice aerial shot from the Find a Museum page by folks at The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance.

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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):

[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County

[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County

[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County

[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County

[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County

[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County

[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County

[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County

[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell, Addison County

[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County

[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County

[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County

[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County

[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County

[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County

[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County

[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County

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☞ More photos of this and other National Historical Landmarks.

Strafford, Vermont USA • The lifetime of Senator Justin Smith Morrill nearly spanned the 19th century, and many of the qualities that distinguish that American century were represented in the accomplishments of this self-educated native of Strafford, Vermont.

The significance of the Land Grant Act was that it expanded higher education to include practical training in science, agriculture, and engineering, along with the classical studies traditionally offered only to clergymen, teachers, physicians and lawyers. – From the website of the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

Morrill was responsible for the Morrill Acts (1862, 1890), which provided for land grant colleges. He designed and constructed this Gothic Revival house in 1848-51, and retained ownership while in the Congress as a Representative (1855-67) and Senator (1867-98), and until his death in 1898. – From the NPS Statement of Significance.

☞ On September 22, 1960, the National Park Service designated this site a National Historic Landmark (#66000795) – the first in Vermont.

National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.

National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans -- these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.

In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):

[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County

[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County

[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County

[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County

[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County

[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County

[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County

[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County

[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell, Addison County

[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County

[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County

[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County

[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County

[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County

[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County

[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County

[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County

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☞ More photos of this and other National Historical Landmarks.

☞ Here's a link to an explorable GoogleMap with locations (and photos) of all seventeen sites in Vermont with National Historic Landmark designations.

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☞ On October 15, 1966, this site was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#66000795).

☞ This location is also one of 12 Vermont State Historic Sites, which are owned and administered by the U.S. State of Vermont's Division for Historic Preservation, a part of the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development. Vermont State Historic Sites reflect the cultural heritage of the state, and chronicle the state's history from earliest human settlement, through Native American tribes, French colonial settlement, the period of the Revolutionary War and Vermont Republic, two presidential birthplaces, a shipwreck, and covered bridges. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Note: Locations marked with *** are also National Historic Landmarks, so designated by the National Park Service.

[01] CHIMNEY POINT, Addison

[02] HYDE LOG CABIN, Grand Isle

[03] EUREKA SCHOOLHOUSE, Springfield

[04] *** MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell

[05] Hubbardton Battlefield, Hubbardton

[06] *** SENATOR JUSTIN MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford Village

[07] OLD CONSTITUTION HOUSE, Windsor: The first constitution in America to prohibit slavery, allow men to vote without requiring property ownership, and authorize a public school system was adopted here in Windsor, Vermont in 1777.

[08] *** CALVIN COOLIDGE Homestead, Plymouth Notch

[09] BENNINGTON BATTLE MONUMENT, Bennington

[10] CHESTER A. ARTHUR HOMESTEAD, Fairfield

[11] UNDERWATER HISTORIC PRESERVES: Not all history happens on land. Lake Champlain, one of the nation’s most historic waterways, contains countless shipwrecks dating back to the 1700’s. These wrecks include military, commercial and private vessels—each providing a direct connection to the past. Today the state maintains five underwater historic sites for scuba divers—the Horse Ferry, the Phoenix, the Coal Barge, the General Butler and the Diamond Island Stone Boat. Each preserve is marked by yellow buoys with guidelines providing safe and easy access to the wrecks.

[12] COVERED BRIDGES: More than any other state, Vermont is known for its covered bridges. A total of 106 bridges remain, the roofs and walls continuing to protect the wooden trusses from rot and decay.

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• More info: The GeoHack for 43°51′46.4″N 72°22′33.4″W.

Shelburne, Vermont USA • Shelburne Farms is one of the finest examples in the nation of a late 19th - 20th Century model farm and country estate. Created for Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb, the estate is noted for its exemplary agricultural, architectural, and landscape design achievements. – National Historic Landmark plaque.

• A farm and country estate constructed from c.1886 to 1915, Shelburne Farms consists of approximately 1,300 acres of designed and agricultural landscape and significant wood-framed and masonry buildings representative of a combination of Shingle and Queen Anne styles. Four major buildings and 78 secondary buildings, structures, and sites are situated in functional groupings between broad expanses of cleared agricultural fields with rolling hills and isolated softwood plantations, hardwood and softwood forests, gardens, and rocky lakeshore. Eleven and a half miles of curvilinear interior roads and eight miles of walking trails traverse the varied farm and estate landscape, connect the resources, and provide views and vistas of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. Shelburne Farms lies at elevations between approximately 95 feet and 392 feet a.m.s.l. [above mean sea level]. Lone Tree Hill, the highest point on the property, rises from the center of the property and features panoramic views over the fields and forests to the lake and mountain ranges – From the Landmark Nomination form.

• Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. It is also one of the principal concert sites for the Vermont Mozart Festival.

The Shelburne Farms grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into an award-winning farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable. Visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

☞ On August 11, 1980, this Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#80000330).

☞ On January 3, 2001, the National Park Service designated this Historic District a National Historic Landmark (#80000330), making it the newest Landmark in Vermont.

National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.

National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans -- these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.

• More info: The GeoHack for 44°23′31.69″N 73°15′26.04″W. ∞ Here are the websites for Shelburne Farms, and The Inn at Shelburne Farms. ∞ Here's a nice aerial shot from the Find a Museum page by folks at The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance.

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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):

[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County

[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County

[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County

[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County

[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County

[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County

[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County

[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County

[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell, Addison County

[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County

[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County

[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County

[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County

[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County

[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County

[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County

[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County

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☞ More photos of this and other National Historical Landmarks.

A close-up of an elegant Celtic harp being displayed and demonstrated in the natural setting of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne on a sunny Autumn afternoon.

Taken with the EF 70-200mm f/4L USM.

Do view on Black for better framing

July 20 202/366

Other than a slight color correct and clarify...nothing else was done to this...simply my reflection in the window of a truck during the rain we had today. The opportunity was there...and I took it.

View On Black Best viewed large

View On White Best viewed large

my son is playing this song for his piano recital, so i guess it's stuck in my head!

A tribute to my friend Paul who recently passed away fighting a long battle with scleroderma.

I have known him since 1980 and worked with him for 20 years before he retired and began his fight with this disease. He had the best zest for life!

Note: straight out of camera - no filters applied

www.scleroderma.org/site/PageNavigator/patients_whatis.ht...

Ecoline om watercolour paper which i recently got but whati isn,t fantastic

www.flickr.com/groups/1384462@N22/discuss/721576545308909...

3 exposure HDR / Photomatix Pro, Topaz Adjust and Photoshop processed.

How you are exploited and how the advertisers are fooled.

Read this:

www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-la-france-cont...

blog.fox-it.com/2014/01/03/malicious-advertisements-serve...

www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2014/01/06/01007-201401...

hitmanpro.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/malware-served-via-yah...

Yahoo is becoming the most rotten of websites

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If the New Photo Experience is implemented whitout option , I will decide to boycott , and also appeal all my friends and family to boycott all brands / products that display advertisements on Yahoo

Please join the new protest day against the Beta Layout " I love Flickr " on January 5 ; 2014 ( Sunday )

You can see all details here www.flickr.com/photos/110293295@N04/11451922214/

The new planned changes are even worse and worse

Don't give up

Your participation is needed and please circulate it around your friends

Please Sign the petition

petitions.moveon.org/sign/change-flickr-back?source=s.em....

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SVP Joignez vous à la nouvelle journée de protestation contre la Beta page " I love Flickr " le 5 Janvier 2014 ( Dimanche )

Vous pouvez voir tous les détails ici www.flickr.com/photos/110293295@N04/11451922214/

(traduction française ici = www.flickr.com/groups/art_project/discuss/72157638974058603/ )

Les nouveaux changements prévus sont encore de pire en pire

N'abandonnez pas

On a besoin de votre participation et SVP faites circuler autour de vous

SVP Signez la pétition

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La nouvelle présentation envisagée va détruire Flickr sous sa forme actuelle, pour en faire un simple "réseau social" à la va-vite, déshumanisé et éphémère qui ne correspondra plus en rien à un site dédié aux amoureux de la photo.

Vous pouvez vous faire une idée de ce qui nous attend si nous ne réagissons pas en cliquant sur ces deux liens:

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TÉLECHARGEZ cette image et PUBLIEZ-LA le 5 janvier sur votre page et dans les groupes auxquels vous participez, à l'exclusion de toute autre.

Diffusez-la à vos amis, et n'hésitez pas à copier purement et simplement ce commentaire si le cœur vous en dit !

Si vous aimez "gazouiller" vous allez sur Twitter

Si vous voulez savoir ce que font vos "amis" vous allez sur Facebook,

Si vous voulez "gougueliser" vous allez sur Google+

Si vous aimez la photo vous êtes CHEZ VOUS sur Flickr !

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You can read this ......my first screams of warning ( on October 25 2013 )

www.flickr.com/groups/art_project/discuss/72157636926949963/

and here whatI I wrotre for the Black Day , on December 6 2013

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I always feel happy when one of my contacts shares something personal other than images of whatever outside of their everyday life... After 3 years on flickr, i'd like to share a little pic of my family during our vacation back in July. I couldn't get my other son in this pic... Oh well :) I hope my wife will not kill me for this!

I’m thankful for my beautiful new home. Almost 3 years ago, in January, my husband passed away after a long battle with cancer. Needless to say, it’s been a difficult 3 years. I was left with a big house in the country, on several acres, and it was way too much for me. I have chronic fatigue syndrome, so it was a struggle just to keep up with the maintenance and daily chores. I made the decision to move into a minimal maintenance community and contruction began on my new home a year ago this month. This past year has been a struggle as I kept up with the bulding decisions plus worked on downsizing and packing 36 years of stuff in addition to getting my country home ready to put on the market.

But I made it! My country home sold in one day, and I moved into my new home this past May. I don’t have to worry about yard work, as the mowing and snow removal are taken care of, and I couldn’t have better neighbors. My new house is easy to take care of, and is just perfect for me. I am so blessed to be able to have this home and be in a place where I can start to move forward.

ODC What I’m thankful for

52 Week in 2016 - Week 47 - Theme: Gratitude-Thanksgiving - Category: Technique

Some say that when you whistle under an aurora sky, you can make "the lights" dance. All I know is when you sit and watch something like this, your soul dances. I never tire of it.

ISO 800, 25-second exposure, F/3.2. Shot with a 16-35MM lens @ 16MM.

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now that i remember, i think i saw you in that party, you were in disguise, but you told me your name. *we exchanged numbers, right?* yeah, sorry never called, it was a busy moment, you know; with all those exams, late work, the playoffs, my friend in i.t... tell you what. work in downtown, a couple of blocks off of mine, right? sure, everyone works in downtown... (...)

Ежегодно 21 марта во всем мире отмечается Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна. В 2018 году празднование этого дня пройдет в 13-ый раз начиная с 2006 года. Каждый год празднование проходит под лозунгом, который отражает важные аспекты жизни людей с синдромом Дауна.

Лозунг 2018 года — WhatI Bring To My Community (Чем я могу помочь своему сообществу). Основная цель организаторов — предоставить людям с синдромом Дауна возможность быть вовлеченными в общественно-политическую и культурную жизнь общества, влиять на ситуацию в школе, на работе, в спорте и СМИ.

В декабре 2011 года Генеральная Ассамблея объявила 21 марта Всемирным днем людей с синдромом Дауна (A/RES/66/149). Генеральная Ассамблея постановила что зтот День будет отмечаться 21 марта каждый год начиная с 2012 года и предложила всем государствам-членам, соответствующим организациям системы Организации Объединенных Наций и другим международным организациям, а также гражданскому обществу, включая неправительственные организации и частный сектор, надлежащим образом отмечать Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна, с тем чтобы повышать уровень информированности общественности о синдроме Дауна.

Синдром Дауна является одной из форм естественно развивающейся врожденной геномной патологии, распространенной во всех регионах мира и часто ведущей к изменениям моторики, физических характеристик и здоровья.

Жизненно важное значение для роста и развития больных имеет адекватный доступ к медицинскому обслуживанию, программам раннего вмешательства и инклюзивного образования, а также проведение соответствующих исследований.

13th Phobia photo in the series and FGR's Balloons.

social phobia or social anxiety disorder.

I would of complete this earlyer tonight, but its Saturday Night and I have to socialise, its rule lol. So its 2am and its done.

Some one's acount:

"A woman hates to stand in line in the grocery store because she's afraid that everyone is watching her. She knows that it's not really true, but she can't shake the feeling. While she is shopping, she is conscious of the fact that people might be staring at her from the big mirrors on the inside front of the ceiling. Now, she has to talk to the person who's checking out her groceries. She tries to smile, but her voice comes out weakly. She's sure she's making a fool of herself. Her self-consciousness and anxiety rise to the roof... read more

Thats just one stories there are others. I'm just raising awareness.

Also this photo, its bitchy comments behind the right girl's back, Gossiping.

The crew firing up the engines on CEV before departing on the schedule flight to Whati, Northwest Territories, Canada, on a very cold Sunday afternoon.

Ежегодно 21 марта во всем мире отмечается Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна. В 2018 году празднование этого дня пройдет в 13-ый раз начиная с 2006 года. Каждый год празднование проходит под лозунгом, который отражает важные аспекты жизни людей с синдромом Дауна.

Лозунг 2018 года — WhatI Bring To My Community (Чем я могу помочь своему сообществу). Основная цель организаторов — предоставить людям с синдромом Дауна возможность быть вовлеченными в общественно-политическую и культурную жизнь общества, влиять на ситуацию в школе, на работе, в спорте и СМИ.

В декабре 2011 года Генеральная Ассамблея объявила 21 марта Всемирным днем людей с синдромом Дауна (A/RES/66/149). Генеральная Ассамблея постановила что зтот День будет отмечаться 21 марта каждый год начиная с 2012 года и предложила всем государствам-членам, соответствующим организациям системы Организации Объединенных Наций и другим международным организациям, а также гражданскому обществу, включая неправительственные организации и частный сектор, надлежащим образом отмечать Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна, с тем чтобы повышать уровень информированности общественности о синдроме Дауна.

Синдром Дауна является одной из форм естественно развивающейся врожденной геномной патологии, распространенной во всех регионах мира и часто ведущей к изменениям моторики, физических характеристик и здоровья.

Жизненно важное значение для роста и развития больных имеет адекватный доступ к медицинскому обслуживанию, программам раннего вмешательства и инклюзивного образования, а также проведение соответствующих исследований.

J'aime beaucoup ces petits animaux, tellement patauds au sol et si gracieux dans l'eau.

A ne pas confondre avec les pingouins qui s'appellent "auk" en anglais et penguin pour les manchots ce qui rajoute à la confusion.

Explication intéressante sur la différence : www.manchots.com/differences-entre-manchots-et-pingouins/

I love these little animals, so clumsy on the ground and so graceful in the water.

There is a source of confusion between French and English

The French word "pingouin" = auk while the English "penguin" = manchot in French

Difference between the penguin and the oak : whatis.thedifferencebetween.com/compare/auk-and-penguin/

I have no idea how this light pattern got into my camera, other than I know I was in the car at night. It may me think--is a "true" abstract something that you could hope to produce on purpose, or reproduce? Is an abstract a unique moment in time and space captured in part by chance? It seems almost all of my "abstracts" started off as intentional shots and were degraded/upgraded to the "abstract" status after examination...

I'm sorry for not posting anything earlier (my phone was dead ). You guys deserve to have something so here is how I made the team.

#1. The Thing

He is made from LEGO pieces and air-dry clay, which is whatI use to sculpt all of my minifigs. It took me 3 days to make it and i'm very pleased of how he turned out.

#2. Human Torch

He is a minifig that I painted COMPLETELY orange and then made the extra details along with giving him fire pieces.

#3. Mr. Fantastic

The hardest thing to do with this minifig was painting his facial features. But, other than that, this minifig was pretty easy to make.

#4. Invisible Women

She has an old Wonder Women face that I wanted to discard for something else, but I decided to make a Invisible Women minifig with it by giving here a slender torso, same pieces as Mr. Fantastic, and here Transparent Discs.

So, those were my Fantastic Four minifigs. If you are wondering, yes, this is how I will make every LEGO Team description from now on. I consider this on of my crappiest minifigs ( Im mainly talking about Mr. Fantastic ). I think I did a pretty good job at these minifigs. Please leave a comment, please get me up to 100 views, and fave this photo.

Pasta la vista!

Ежегодно 21 марта во всем мире отмечается Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна. В 2018 году празднование этого дня пройдет в 13-ый раз начиная с 2006 года. Каждый год празднование проходит под лозунгом, который отражает важные аспекты жизни людей с синдромом Дауна.

Лозунг 2018 года — WhatI Bring To My Community (Чем я могу помочь своему сообществу). Основная цель организаторов — предоставить людям с синдромом Дауна возможность быть вовлеченными в общественно-политическую и культурную жизнь общества, влиять на ситуацию в школе, на работе, в спорте и СМИ.

В декабре 2011 года Генеральная Ассамблея объявила 21 марта Всемирным днем людей с синдромом Дауна (A/RES/66/149). Генеральная Ассамблея постановила что зтот День будет отмечаться 21 марта каждый год начиная с 2012 года и предложила всем государствам-членам, соответствующим организациям системы Организации Объединенных Наций и другим международным организациям, а также гражданскому обществу, включая неправительственные организации и частный сектор, надлежащим образом отмечать Всемирный день людей с синдромом Дауна, с тем чтобы повышать уровень информированности общественности о синдроме Дауна.

Синдром Дауна является одной из форм естественно развивающейся врожденной геномной патологии, распространенной во всех регионах мира и часто ведущей к изменениям моторики, физических характеристик и здоровья.

Жизненно важное значение для роста и развития больных имеет адекватный доступ к медицинскому обслуживанию, программам раннего вмешательства и инклюзивного образования, а также проведение соответствующих исследований.

Another season of aurora is quickly coming to an end.

ISO 800, F/2.8, 25-second exposure.