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EXPLORE - JUST about made it: #496, then 'climbed up' to 363 when I looked now - Not that I expected this at all, but THANKS to all!!! It just shows that even modest uploads can make it... although we all will never know why some do and others dont.....! Explore's ways are mysterious! :)
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My son got very ill, just two days before the 'wedding of the year' (as far we were concerned!).
See wedding day
He is, ten days later, much better now but along with battling his illness he had another battle to fight - injustice coming from his employer and his feeling of impotence against near accusations of 'only' pretending to be ill (when he was actually in hospital). My son told his boss that he would call his GP right now and free him from his medical confidentiality and it seems that his boss didn't go any further. BUT the damage was done and my son is not a very happy man. His great desire was that the apprentices who were having their examns last week, were doing well and he regretted not having had those final moments to accompany them and help them up to their last minute with tips, help and 'fake tests'...
He's now well enough to be just angry and thinking of looking for another job. And yes, I tell you this because he is a gardener....
He loves BLUE, he has blue eyes, he has a wonderful big heart and a huge sense of justice, friendship and is just sometimes too good for this harsh world.
This upload is a token of my thankfulness for him being better again and a sign of letting him know that he's ALWAYS in his mother's heart, mind and will always be there. Children stay children for their parents, even once they are old enough to have children of their own...
This is also one of the many imperfect, but so perfect delphiniums I bought on the market yesterday. Imperfect because of the storm damages (torn petals, broken off stems, holes in the flower heads, etc.) and yet perfect because nature is never imperfect.
Then, I found this rather touching poem and I just knew I had to twin it with my photo and my diary of today! Have a blessed Sunday and a great Saturday, or what's left of it!
Here you can see the 'bees' and 'insect traps' in a larger size!
I, Gardener,
am the god of this small earth.
My will prevails within its boundary.
My whim determines worth.
By my command these rocks shall be
laid up to silhouette the morning sun
and shade the anemone.
This pool shall clarify its cup
of sand, enlarge the motion of these fish
and bear the lily up.
My cedar, narrow sentinel,
shall exclaim against the pallor of the sky
with prim, funereal quill.
Never will I begrudge the sum
required to enrich the peony or rose,
phlox or delphinium
but what I cherish must obey
and live within the limits of my law
or be pulled and cast away.
I deem the proper fate of grass
is to be sheared and decree that all first buds
be pinched. I will harass
chicory and goldenrod
exposing their root, and banish dock, thistle
and garlic from my sod.
I will set poison for the mole,
dust to death the aphid, never ask
has the severed worm a soul.
Yet I will tolerate the moth and bee,
welcome the warbler and the wren, and catbird
if he chirp no irony.
(© Eunice de Chazeau)
© All rights reserved
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When I was in the pacific islands, I stayed with the natives and danced naked under the roof of this very hut.
I hear (rightly or wrongly) that the Paris drivers park their cars however way they want, perhaps it's all drivers of French cars!
When a farmhouse in Forestburgh, NY was demolished, this log cabin was found inside it. It was dismantled and brought to the Forestburgh town hall and reassembled.
Young Rubythroat hummingbird against the dark background of my carport when the light was getting pretty low.
This old abandoned out building on the Crane Hollow farm is framed by an Eaton, and other, fuel tanks. Did that old tractor use diesel fuel? The shed is almost glowing with the warm colors of a late day in an autumn that has stretched into December 14th. The peeling wood has taken on the patina of aging and is taking on the hues of this scene itself. Even the rusting tanks are taking on the hue. Is everything aging to the same color?
This old shed might have provided some warmth for some critters in the upcoming snows if only some glass had been left in the windows to stop the bitter winds tracking down from the Rockies in the distance. Never mind that today, the temperatures again soared into the upper sixties while the northeast dropped into the icebox. This is life in the dust belt of America. Some farmer past simply threw up another shed when he thought his expanded operation warranted. He would have been up early to do the feeding even in the bitter wind-driven snows down from the Rockies in the distance. This farm is now abandoned since any soil was turned by the groaning tractor or last when the barnyard animals needed feeding.
This barn yard gave me a bounty of elements to use in shots. The dichotomy of materials is a full range from welded steel fencing to rotting wood posts. Just the textures alone were delightful. Fortunately, there were a lot of props that I could use for a camera rests so that I could still set the lens opening up to f/18 @ 1/40th/sec @ 44mm on the 24-70mm f/2.8G Nikkor Normal-Zoom, a lens that gives me steady shots. Though I managed the full depth, the podzilla was in the back of the truck but this is December 14th and I was lucky to get some preliminary scouting done before the sun splashed into the western seas. I have no idea how many hand held shots I burned off but I need the tripod and a full day. Certainly, there were some duds and there were the near duplicates. Plus there is my new rule: I throw it away if I can't come up with a catchy title and a perfectly good bull-squat description. Ahhhh, history that contains no lies is extremely dull. Was that Mark Twain?
Eight hundred years separate the construction of Castle Cornet and the P&O Azura which was visiting St Peter Port, Guernsey. This seemed to make the subjects ideal for the latest in my occasional series which depicts cruise ships in close contact with their surroundings. As you might imagine, a telephoto lens adds somewhat to the effect for this image.
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Andalusia (/ˌændəˈluːsiə, -ziə, -ʒə/; Spanish: Andalucía [andaluˈθi.a]) is an autonomous community in southern Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in the country. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: Sevilla).
Andalusia is in the south of the Iberian peninsula, in south-western Europe, immediately south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea; east of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean; and north of the Mediterranean Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar. Andalusia is the only European region with both Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines. The small British overseas territory of Gibraltar shares a three-quarter-mile land border with the Andalusian province of Cádiz at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
The main mountain ranges of Andalusia are the Sierra Morena and the Baetic System, consisting of the Subbaetic and Penibaetic Mountains, separated by the Intrabaetic Basin. In the north, the Sierra Morena separates Andalusia from the plains of Extremadura and Castile–La Mancha on Spain's Meseta Central. To the south the geographic subregion of Upper Andalusia lies mostly within the Baetic System, while Lower Andalusia is in the Baetic Depression of the valley of the Guadalquivir.
The name "Andalusia" is derived from the Arabic word Al-Andalus (الأندلس) The toponym al-Andalus is first attested by inscriptions on coins minted in 716 by the new Muslim government of Iberia. These coins, called dinars, were inscribed in both Latin and Arabic. The etymology of the name "al-Andalus" has traditionally been derived from the name of the Vandals; however, a number of proposals since the 1980s have challenged this contention. Halm in 1989 derived the name from a Gothic term, *landahlauts, and in 2002, Bossong suggested its derivation from a pre-Roman substrate. The region's history and culture have been influenced by the native Iberians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Visigoths, Byzantines, Jews, Romani, Muslim Moors and the Castilian and other Christian North Iberian nationalities who reconquered and settled the area in the latter phases of the Reconquista.
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Trying some star trails in my yard. This time I aimed the camera at the known flight path to see how the airplanes looked in the shot.
Guys from the A.U. swim team posing with the Washington Monument, after the Dupont Circle high heel race. 17th St NW, Washington, DC.
When you just glance at this cactus, the spines look sort of velvety soft. When you take a closer look you see the truth.
Nikon D300 w/ Nikon 85mm 3.5 Micro
When the waters are fairly calm or when the vessel is in protected waters the bow ramp can be used as a diving platform rather than using the RIB. The bow ramp is also handy when the LCGSS Seehund is visiting one of the many small islands in Legodtensteins waters.
When I came back home from my morning walk , these
two beauties were sitting on the table... just like statues.
Boston/Cambridge CityScape: Winter Evening
Winter 2007
View from the MIT Cambridge area
Boston/Cambridge, MA, USA
Helios is the Sun god in Greek mythology, and Sol in Roman mythology; thus the term solar.
The series "When Helios' Asleep" are very related images: (1 -- 2 -- 3) is an experiment to investigate the effect of aperture setting -- more specifically in 2 (f/11) & 3 (f/13). Both were exposed for 20 sec at 24mm. The images shown in 1 & 2 have identical settings (20 sec f/11 24mm) except the image in 1 included portions of the West End, Charles/MGH area and the Longfellow Bridge. On the other hand, the camera was panned towards the right so that the image shown in 2 included a slight region in the Back Bay area. View the largest image for each: (I -- II -- III) to investigate more thoroughly the details in each of the images.
N.B.
The image shown here was not cropped. Except for "unsharp image" and the automated resizing and "screen image optimization" to reduce the diskspace usage, no further image manipulation was done.
A stark contrast to my last work. This one's a little bit soft but as it never bothered Cartier-Bresson it's not going to bother me :).
...........begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's
always there
Have you run your fingers down
the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light?
Sometimes when you're scared
to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's
watching you
Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no one's there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's
someone there
Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's
always there
When I'm walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone"
When the fascist Scottish Defence League announced they were going to hold a protest today against the building of a mosque for the local Islamic community a counter demo was swiftly organised. When the fascists did arrive they were swiftly bundled into a mini bus (yes, it was that huge) by the police to the boos and jeers of a much, much larger crowd. The counter demo then marched into the centre of the city where two sides were kept well apart. I don't think there was any trouble and I know which side had the better of the day.
You've got to stand up to fascism.
Our guests decided they wanted to once again go shopping, so we went to the Millenia Mall first for lunch and then shopping. We went to go to the Cheesecake Factory but the place was packed. The wait would be 45 minutes, so we I took the buzzer and we all split up to go shopping with the idea that I would call everyone when the buzzer when off. Terry took me to the Gap and I got 2 pairs of long pants, which I must admit I need since my jeans have developed a hole in the right knee. The buzzer went off and we all met at Cheesecake Factory. We were offered a table outside. Terry asked if there was smoking outside and was told we would be in the back so we would be away from any smoke.
As we went over our menus, an older man at the table next to us, took out a cigar and lit up. Terry and Elayne noticed immediately. Elayne caught a waitresses attention by shouting out "Yoo Hoo Waitress!" What followed were fruitless arguments with waiters, waitresses and a manager about moving our group to another table or asking the man to put out the cigar. There is no law in Florida against smoking in a restaurant outdoor cafe area. We were told that we would go back on the waiting list, which we knew would mean another 45 minute wait. Terry let the manager know that in today's economy it would not pay to treat costumers like cattle. We argued among ourselves when the staff left. Should we just walk or put up with the inconvenience. We decided to stick it out and started reading the menus. Since the waiter was taking his time coming back, I decided to start a sketch of the guy with the cigar. I got 3 lines down when Terry stood up and said lets go. I was furious, because I never stop a sketch once it is started. You can see the guys nose and glasses hidden among all the detail of this sketch, which I did after we had eaten at Brio Tuscan Grill across the way. Our waiter at Brio Tuscan was funny and charming. We were glad we had made the move.
When the Earth Lived
By Virgil Finlay
Interior Illustration
Startling Stories, July 1948
Illustration supports "When the Earth Lived," by Henry Kuttner.
When…
When I was little
My family caused me pain
Deep, hurtful, shameful
Pain
When I grew up
Life caused me pain
Teaching me regret, remorse, loss, and
Fear
When I aged
My body caused me pain
Teaching me that biomechanical machines wear out,
Contributing to my
Suffering
When I looked all around me
I saw everyone in pain
Rich, poor, slave, free
Some endured more pain
Than others
But I learned that
Pain is the currency of all of our
Lives
When I studied religion
I learned more pain
And that’s
When…
I realized:
That if there is any purpose
To our lives here on Earth
That can be construed
As noble or lofty or pleasing
Then that purpose
Is for us to learn how to
And to work at
Alleviating everyone’s
Pain
However
And
When
Ever
We can
Without regard to race or creed or dogma
But just because it’s the most right thing to do
When will we learn that lesson
And begin to apply it
When…
When We See Us.
A Century of Black Figuration in Painting.
Exposition at BOZAR (Brussels, Belgium).
Work of Marvelous Mangena.
I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
Jenny Joseph