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40 - Everything you think is wrong day, for 120 pictures in 2020
When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!
This rhyme is one I've heard since I was young. I found one source for it: "Anonymous U.S. Infantry saying," ca. 1929.
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O.k. ... So my heater has been acting up for a couple weeks. Some days the thermostat won't kick it on. I fiddle with it...and eventually it comes on. Well today...nothing. I went to work, came home for lunch and realized it was out of whack. I tried to fix it to no avail. I bundled the dogs up with blankies on the couch and went back to work. Came home, it's still not working. Snoopy is in a bit of a panic when he's cold. He likes to burrow and heat up his surroundings. I had his sweater on but sometimes his little front leg gets tweaked. It's 68 degrees in the house and I usually keep it like 72-74. (I know, we're wussies! ) ; ) Everybody has their pleasure...ours at my house is being cool in the summer, and warm in the winter/spring. I pay my SMUD utility bill, so "I do what I want." They're coming tomorrow to fix the unit.
Moob: man-boob, Snoopy has one big one. hee hee
3/29/06 It's fixed! Yeah, It's rainy and cold, but we're all warm and toasty.
This chick was no more than a few days old when I saw it on the beach of Ft. DeSoto, FL. The whole family was walking back to the mangrove for safety after morning breakfast on the beach.
When I acquired this German beauty, it was already several decades old. But it was my only camera for about 4 years, along with a hand held meter. It taught me everything I needed to know until the digital age.
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Best viewed with a loved one and a nice Riesling.
When I was little, a metal shard lodged in my eyeball and nearly lost sight in one eye. It was removed while I was awake. Since then I have a queasy feeling whenever someone talks about eyes. Maybe that it why I enjoy recording images through photography. We take our sight for granted every day. What an intricate and amazing piece of equipment our eyes are. "I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
~ Antoinette van Kleeff ~
My album of flora in winter here.
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Built by Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish himself in 1235, the tomb of Iltutmish lies to the northwest of the Quwwatu'l Islam Mosque of New Delhi. Though, there was a gap of only five years between the constructions of Sultan Ghauri's tomb and this tomb, it is much different and serves as an example of development phase in Indo-Islamic architecture. Unlike his predecessors, Iltutmish abstained from using the material obtained from the demolition of temples. However, the arches and semi-domes of this tomb were built in the indigenous architectural style. The tomb chamber has a red sand stone cenotaph in its centre.
Originally, this cenotaph was covered by a dome, which fell, only to be replaced by Feroze Shah Tughluq. However, even the second dome could not survive long and only its ruins can be seen now. There are three 'mehrabs' in the west that were used for offering prayers. The tomb has plain and stark exteriors, but its interiors are lavishly ornamented with geometrical and arabesque patterns in Saracenic tradition. Along with this, ancient Hindu motifs, such as wheel, bell-and-chain, tassel, lotus and diamond, can also be seen here. It was these carvings that led Fergusson to remark that this tomb is 'one of the richest examples of Hindu art applied to Mohammedan purposes'.
When your body aches for another and your lustful needs cause you pain. There is only one way to satisfy your need for satisfaction, and that is Mutual beneficial pleasing. It may not be love but is love needed when your in so much need.
When I captured this image, we were having very strong wind gust.
I'm amazed that she was able to get her beak into this tiny blossom when it was so windy.
A sunset thunderstorm at a windmill farm. What would compliment the power of nature better than the windmills that generate electricity?
Make Lemonade of them... Atleast they say ;)
I'll eat them raw ;D ( what was actualy a verrrrry bad idea!! ) No worrys, im even more the fine... ;) (Just kinda running out of ideas right now, and well... my kid loves yellow, and seeing the lemon he was like.. I dare you mommy!! ;))
The girl weekend was fab, and this weekend a NICE Urbex trip with the awsome flickr ladys!!!
Woooosh how can i whine then about anything huh????
Ps, i didnt think the lemon would have bin this sour, so it took one shot only for me to be done with it, and it pulled my mouth toghetter looking like sour old lady incl wrinkles and all!! ;D
Its a fact, im more a candy's and sweets person!!
When i saw this one i just had have it right away these don't come up very often at all they are still very new so far this one looks amazing!
When traveling through SW Missouri, I usually take Route 60 through Neosho, Monett and Springfield. I left Route 60 and traveled N. to Verona and as I pulled up to the crossing on the SW side of town this trio of BNSF 500’s approached. I had less than 30 seconds to create this image. This is the second time I have gotten lucky at this crossing in three years. This train I believe is a Springfield-Tulsa local as it had only about 40 cars. Monday December 5th, 2016 was my lucky day to see some unique power in action on a BNSF train.
I have lived in Tokyo for about a year and half now and I can confidently say now that I really enjoy living here. I have met a number of people living here from abroad and when asked the question on their thoughts of living here, it's either they love it or hate it. I come from the U.S., so living here(and maybe vice versa for Japanese) is very much like living on an alien planet. So many things are so different culturally and etiquette wise that it's the only way I think of to describe it. I am not saying it's good or bad, but it's just very different. I had visited here many times before moving here so I had a rough idea as to what I was getting into, but visiting and living here are two different things.
This is where it gets complicated. Regardless of who you are, or where you come from Japan will send you on a roller-coaster of emotion out it for most of the first year of you living there. When you first arrive here everything is fun and new. Going out everyday making friends, discovering off the beaten tourist path places, etc. Then eventually the uglier parts set in. (Now this can happen in any country I am sure, but this is the first place for me to live abroad so I am basing it on here.) Sooner or later the language will get to you here. Japanese is unrelated to any other language around the world. It has it's own set of rules, and somethings if you try to litterally translate to English will make no sense at all. After all that you have the written language. Made up of Chinese Kanji and combined with Hiragana and Katakana. It can get overwhelming really fast. Combine that with most Japanese people not being as quick as westerners to really open up and be friends can leave you feeling a bit isolated. Luckily for me I already knew people here, but if I didn't this would be a tough hurdle to get over. On top of that, there is a lot of racism here. This could be the toughest thing to look past of them all. It's always in your face, but there is little you can do about it. It's not like anybody ever attacks your or anything like that, but more of the kind of thing where you might not get a job for the simple fact that you are not Japanese.
After discovering all of this (and you will) now is where you decide how you handle it. Everyone will go through times where they are having a good time, but then some days it will really drag you down. This will go on for about a 8 months to a year for most people. Then where you end up is up to you. Some people stew in the things of the uglier side of it and it ends up making them hate here as well as the people. This is very easy to do.
For me I try to focus on the things I do like about living here. Living in the largest city in the world and not having to worry about crime really is almost enough to over come everything else. I can't count the number of times I have forgot something at a cafe etc. and it still being there the next day or if I fall asleep on the train (which I often do) and my cameras are out, nobody is going to try and take it. When I tell people outside Japan about this, they find that hard to believe, but it's actually true. Why is this? I really have no idea, but it's very utopia like in that sense. One of the big things for me is the lack of the alpha male complex here. This is kind of hard to describe, but I don't ever feel like I am being judged in a "you ain't no manly man" kind of way. You can literally dress and be just about anything you want here and nobody will make you feel as if you shouldn't.
Another thing that really stands out for me is the fact that I don't have to drive hardly anywhere in this country. Take a train no matter how you cut it beats a car in every way. Sure the trains can be packed, and you often have to stand, but it allows you a form of down time that you don't get when driving. Being able to read a book, play a game, study, or just read the internet in the middle of the day while going about your busy life makes your day all the better. Being trapped in a car and having to watch out for idiot drivers or sitting in traffic is enough to ruin anyone's day.
I guess I could go on and on about things, but really to sum it up the most important thing (like anywhere else) is to surround yourself with people that you like and to push away the things that you don't. For Japan I feel that's far easier to do than in the U.S., like everywhere else it's not the perfect utopia, but for myself I have found reasons that it comes as close for me as I think I could ever really get.
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Anche le nuvole più scure non possono impedire al sole di illuminare il mondo oltre di esse.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Ricordi di un momento felice, aspettando la luce più bella.
Col Rodella, Val di Fassa
#nuvole #clouds #rays #raggi #dolomiti #dolomites #love #amore #passione #passion #trekking #escursioni #natura #wildlife #nature #alberi #trees #vacanza #summer
“And when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, Freedom or Loneliness? "
With CP 286 with CP 7023 leading slow rollin' up to Norma for UP CNAOK to clear the switches with UP 1943 bringing up the rear, it was inevitable the two units would meet somewhere in the Des Plaines area. Right in front of me however, I was not expecting. 286 kept moving through slowly, and when I thought it would block me out totally, CNAOK's rear DPU popped out of the brush.