View allAll Photos Tagged when
sleeping-fish.deviantart.com/#/d4ehh0h
inspiring music: 10cm - Not That
used photo by www.flickr.com/photos/ownroom/
I've always been drawn to the sea and to ships and boats. Maybe it's because I'm a water sign or maybe I lived by or on the sea in another life. My favorites are filled with photographs of boats. I just love them.
My entry for the Monthly Scavenger Hunt category "When the Ship Comes In".
Tears water the place I first remember You
In a dream of Paradise and flowers
Green flows into me from every direction
Every breath inward feels more and more
Exquisite Joy flourishing
Where once sorrow scorched the earth
A new Garden grows
You wait patiently on the horizon
While my heart dances in all directions
I wave to You
Crying sweet tears of Ecstasy
I am nothing without this place
Which nourishes my very Soul
It sings:
That Thou Art
That Thou Art
That Thou Art
© Ganga Fondan, 2011
The channel country, out by the Big Red sand dune, changes dramatically when rain arrives, or when run-off from distant storms makes its way to Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre in the centre of the continent. Wildflowers proliferate and the growth of grasses show why the region supports some of the best beef cattle in the country.
when i saw mixel 41529, i was like "now it's time to make LAAT", so here it is, my small-midi scaled Republic Gunship. enjoy :-)
When the sun catches those underbelly feathers and wings of the bald eagle, it is like the heavens open and pure gold reflects back....so beautiful. Even the eagle in the tree seems impressed. www.troymarcyphotography.com
When the afternoon shower stopped, butterflies came up to enjoy the nectar and sunlight. I enjoyed shooting them as well.
~ 世界山莊, 文山區, 台北市
World Vision Community, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 800, F5, 1/2000 sec, 100mm
- Canon 550D with EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens
When Maidstone & District took over the operations of Grey Green in the Medway Towns the deal included a number of buses both new to Grey Green and seconhand aquisitions.
A number operated in Grey Green livery with the additions of M & D fleetnames. Here former Merthyr Lynx D101NDW is seen in Miltary Road Chatham in May 1996.
Maldon.
The Simson family took out pastoral runs around what is now Maldon in 1840. They had the Cairn Curran and the Tarrangower runs. It was near the foot of Mount Tarrangower that gold was discovered in December 1853 precipitating a gold rush in early 1854. The discovered of gold at Maldon was John Mechosk who received numerous government payouts for discovering gold fields apart from the one in Maldon. He also discovered the goldfields at Dunolly, Maryborough and Fryerstown. He received around £1,000 from the Victorian government for his efforts. A town was surveyed and developed in 1854 and it is believed that a member of the survey party suggested the name of Maldon because the hilly country reminded him of Maldon in Essex England. The diggers, up to 20,000 of them, were controlled by the District Gold Commissioner Bernard Smith who arrived and set up camp in 1854.The diggers had their canvas areas throughout the region but the town of Maldon soon had several public buildings including an early timber famed Wesleyan Methodist church built in 1855 and a brewery and several hotels built in 1854.
The Maldon gold finds were especially rich and mining companies developed areas to the north, east and south of the town with mining sites such as the Beehive Mine, the Nuggetty Mine, Eagle Hawk Mine, Bell’s Reef, the North British mine etc. Mining continued for a long period and as late as 1903 there were still over 1,000 diggers on the sites around Maldon following the last gold rush of 1897. But this was the last period of active mining around Maldon and the population had shrunk considerably by the 1920s. Because it was not on a main road to anywhere Maldon languished in semi-isolation for the next 50 years until the National Trust declared it the “First Notable Town in Australia” as its mining sites and historic buildings were still largely intact and the town showcased the life of a 19th century Australian gold mining town. Whole streetscapes of Maldon are heritage listed and a number of significant mining structures are still standing such as the 98 feet high Beehive Mine tower built in 1863. It stands at the top of the main street. The cemetery a few kilometres out of town has a fine Chinese funerary burning chamber probably from around 1865 when the gold mines were at their peak. The cemetery was opened in 1861 and the gate house was built in 1866. 121 Chinese are known to have been buried in the Maldon cemetery but only a couple of headstone are known. But there is little other evidence of the significant Chinese population of diggers that were once in the Maldon district. The town proudly proclaims that fact that over 2.1 million ounces of gold was extracted at Maldon worth about 3 billion dollars at today’s values.
Because of the wealth of Maldon it has numerous outstanding or significant historic buildings although it was never a really large town. Apart from the many fine hotels and commercial buildings the town has the Penny or Denominational School built as an Anglican school in 1856 but open to any child whose parents could afford the fees. 120 pupils were enrolled at this small school in 1857. The building was enlarged and rebuilt in 1862. The state school in Maldon was not built until 1875. It is still an impressive building. Near the Penny School is one of the early churches of Maldon the Welsh Congregational Church which was built in 1863. There were many Welsh and Cornish miners on the Maldon diggings. Nearby are several churches including the Anglican Church (1861), the Catholic Church built 1891 (replacing an earlier 1859 church), the former Wesleyan Methodist Church built in 1863 (replacing the 1855 wooden one), the Presbyterian Church built in 1905 (replacing an earlier 1861 church) and the Welsh Baptist Church built in 1865 with matching 1890 additions. Further away on the hill near the state school is the impressive Maldon Hospital. A wooden temporary hospital was established in 1859 but this grand classical designed hospital was built in 1867 beside the temporary building. One wing of the classical façade hospital was built in 1860 and the other in 1862. In 1867 the temporary structure in the middle was replaced with the central two storey hospital section which still stands. A further wing was added after this. The design for the hospital was chosen from entries to a public competition. The current town museum was once the Maldon Market which was erected in 1859. Near this central government camp area of Maldon which the Gold Commissioners used you can also find the Courthouse built in 1860 and the Post Office built in 1870. Nearby is the Athenaeum Library built in 1934 and still in use as the town library. This 1934 structure replaced the previous Athenaeum library built in 1863 and destroyed by fire in 1933. In addition to the usual commercial buildings, banks and hotels in the main street there is also an old grain store and further away is the railway station. A train line was built to service Maldon in 1884 and a fine red brick station built in 1888. It closed in 1976.
Other buildings of note in Maldon are MacArthur’s Cottage in High Street with the very unusual three dimensional brick work effect around the door and windows. It is next door to the Anglican Holy Trinity church. McArthur’s cottage was built in 1860s. The old Grain Store and Brooks’ Store were built in 1866 for the Maldon Cooperative Trading Company. This cooperative was not successful and went into liquidation in 1872 when John Brooks acquired the property and it is probably at this time additions were added. Members of the Brooks family ran this store until 1986. The Maldon Hotel was built in 1909 and the adjacent Shakespeare House and gallery was erected in 1907. Across the street is the 1854 established McArthur’s Bakery. The sign on this building relates to the establishment of the bakery not the actual building. This corner bakery was built in 1895. The old Beehive Market in Maldon began life as Franklin’s boot and shoe warehouse in 1870. The building later became a timber yard. Upton’s Butcher shop in the Main Street was established on this site in 1859 and the store was built then with the veranda added in 1860. The parapet is more modern being added to the shop in 1907. The Maldon Timber and Hardware building with the fancy parapet was built in 1897 after the earlier building on this site burnt down. It began life as a drapery.
"When Life gives you lemons, make lemonade"
For so long, I have just heard this quote and shrugged it off. But lately, I have stated to get it. There are so many things that haven't seemed to go right, or situations that really weren't ideal, or just things just generally suck. But I think all of those lemon situations could (almost always) be turned into lemonade.
I think in every situation, there is always two ways to look at it. For instance, my recent stack (see last photo) I could of just hopped off the bus and gone home in a complete state of embarrassment and sadness, or I could of (dramatic answer) secretly cried while in my seat, or complained to the people on the bus for just staring at me while it happened. OR do what I did do - get back up, get my shoe and waltz (with one shoe on and the other in my hand) to a seat near the back of the bus (my usual seat) and just suck it up. I now look back on the situation and laugh about how silly that whole moment was - like seriously... I even fail at walking. (THIS is pretty much me when I walk). hahaha
So many people have "failed" at something. But most have gotten back and tried again.
For instance:
Albert Einstein: Most of us take Einstein's name as synonymous with genius, but he didn't always show such promise. Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. Eventually, he was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.
F. W. Woolworth: Some may not know this name today, but Woolworth was once one of the biggest names in department stores in the U.S. Before starting his own business, young Woolworth worked at a dry goods store and was not allowed to wait on customers because his boss said he lacked the sense needed to do so.
Akio Morita: You may not have heard of Morita but you've undoubtedly heard of his company, Sony. Sony's first product was a rice cooker that unfortunately didn't cook rice so much as burn it, selling less than 100 units. This first setback didn't stop Morita and his partners as they pushed forward to create a multi-billion dollar company.
Harland David Sanders: Perhaps better known as Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, Sanders had a hard time selling his chicken at first. In fact, his famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.
and my favourite -
Walt Disney: Today Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world, but Walt Disney himself had a bit of a rough start. He was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked.
More of these can be found on 50 Famously Successful People Who Failed At First.
This is also my Yellow entry to the colour project
When I was taking Shaila's audition photos, she wanted me to take this one "just for fun," hence the title.
Taken 0407/22 when we just briefly popped into Kingswear Station. One day, before I am too decrepit, I would quite like to spend a day on my own and seek out some different locations along this line. This was though whilst i was away with Mrs. G' so the priorities list didn't chasing steam trains. That isn't a complaint by the way, it was a more than happy holiday.
When was the last time I saw one of these? I really can't remember! Surprisingly, these were discontinued in Russia only a few months ago,
Buy here! www.threadless.com/product/2385/When_Mermaids_Cry
Collab with Nanda Correa ( www.flickr.com/nanda_correa )
Dreams are like the paints of a great artist. Your dreams are your paints, the world is your canvas. Believing, is the brush that converts your dreams into a masterpiece of reality.
Anonymous
47 Likes on Instagram
5 Comments on Instagram:
johannazambrano: #balloon #up #italianeography #italia #italy #instagramhub #instaitalia #instadaily #scatti_italiani #foto_italiane #colore_italiano #marinadipietrasanta #summer2013 #estate2013 #visititaly #travelgram #jj_forum #jj #igdaily #igerstoscana #versilia #igersitalia
johannazambrano: #capannori #mongolfiera #globo
johannazambrano: #ignation #ignation #igmania #picoftheday #fotodeldia
aclac: 👏👏👏👏
johannazambrano: @aclac 😉😘😘😘😘☺
When you can't run, you crawl. And when you can't crawl, when you can't even do that, you find someone to carry you.
...take the X84 from Leeds to Skipton via Otley and Ilkley, all of which had WYRCC depots back in the day. First West Yorkshire e400mmc 33486 YX66WKJ is seen on August 5th 2019 at Ilkley bus station.