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A rare Saturday working of 6S45 presented a rare winter opportunity to see this working in daylight hours, and fortunately this coincided with an agreeably sunny day. A little after 9am 66744 is seen approaching Winning Signal box only a mile or so into it's journey.
The substantial puddle is an indication of the quantity of rain that has fallen over the past few weeks.
19th December 2020.
The continuing battle between trees and dry stone walls ( I think the trees are winning)
Gardom's Edge
The stretch of sand at Seilebost beach on the south side of Luskentyre Bay was once voted one of the top 10 best beaches in the world. Come here on a fine, sunny day and it won ‘t be difficult to see why. Whatever time of year you visit this is a perfect destination for spectacular photo shots or for those just looking to truly get away from it all.
Pure sands with rocky patches slope gently into the pristine, aquamarine waters of the sea. Fine views across the water to Taransay and Ben Luskentyre reward the visitor with that winning combination of clean sands, sparkling waters and mountain vistas.
One thing to note is that, whilst the view is iydllic, there is the possibility of quicksand in the area so walkers should avoid walking in the wet sand at low tide.
The beach can be accessed from the A859. Seilebost is on a promontory of land jutting out into the sea, north of the tiny village of the same name. Access to the beach from the road be a little difficult, but for those prepared to make the effort, the reward can be that you just might have this tiny bit of paradise all to yourself.
The Eastern end of the beach gives way to grassy dunes, a suitable starting point for long walks.
The traditional crofting village of nearby Seilebost (pronounced Shell-a-bost) has no facilities other than holiday cottages. There are no facilities near the beach, but restaurants and other amenities can be found in Tarbert.
During the Highland clearances, people living on the Western side of the Isle of Harris were forced to move east, so that cattle could be grazed in the more fertile West. Today Highland cattle and sheep still graze in the grassy slopes.
An American White Pelican flying by during the morning hours at the pond.
This image won 3rd place in the Wildlife Category at the Mill Valley Click Off 2023 Photo Competition.
Always trying to come up with new ideas for this building.
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2015 International Garden Photographer of the Year Commended in Best Gardens category. One Of The Two Award Winning Photos For International Gardener Of The Year 2015....................................................
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Drove down to the Historic Carl Sandberg Property on Saturday morning and walked around Side Lake. It was gently raining and the colors were amazing. The Carl Sandburg National Historic Site is located near Hendersonville in the village of Flat Rock, North Carolina, and was the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg. The 264-acre site includes the Sandburg residence, the goat farm, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, 5 miles of hiking trails and two small lakes.
If you think that this was taken with my phone ... wrong. First of all, this was taken at least ten years ago on Mt. Diablo. Second, I found it after coming back from a two-hour session with cactus at RB Gardens from which I came away with ... experience. What I did learn in going back to the archives is that many of the cactus flowers are ill-defined, i.e., no matter what you do, they will not be crisp and clear because many are waxy and have no petals to speak of.
One more trip to the gardens to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong. I might lean more on aperture settings rather than speed. Well, I'm getting my exercise in!
Now, this Prickly-pear Cactus is and was over 18 feet tall! How did I get this shot? Well, there's a hiking trail that passes right by the upper spines (cacti don't really have leaves) and I could shoot directly at the plant from 15 feet.
When all is said and done, yesterday may have been a wonderful fluke. I'll take them anytime.
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I'm quite sure many award winning togs do this sort of thing, a wee tweek and a bit of added pazzazz. It makes a prettier picture and that's what we try to do isn't it? No matter what Loch Shiel looks pretty special a lot of the time. Best loch in Scotland! It's not always grey here.
Easter weekend gets off to a good start, with fine weather forecast all weekend and even a little mainline steam for breakfast.
60009 Union of South Africa leans into the curves north of Morpeth station with the 1Z10 York to Edinburgh. "Edinburgh Flyer" on the 20th April 2019.
I'm having a wonderful continual battle with the blackbirds over who should get most cherries. I'm not sure who's winning, I think we both have had our fair share. Who could not love such beautiful birds though, so a few cherries are a. small price to play. I've tried reflective tape and even bought a raptor kite :))) Welsh blackbirds aren't easily fooled. Take it from me is by Toots and the Mayals.
On 17 August 1988, 37320 passes Winning Junction on the Lynemouth - North Blyth alumina empties. Taken by invitation from the signalbox.
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Visiting MET1 heads for Bitton in the setting sun with the last service of the day. Avon Valley Railway, 25/10/2015
The photo was entered into YTL's 2015 Photo competition and was narrowed down to the finalist stage where it was awarded a Merit Prize at YTL's Leadership Conference in Kuala Lumpur in December 2015
Arranged for the Macro Monday theme "Four" this might be a winning hand ... or not.
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Prinzessinnen und Prinzen sein dürfen ...
ein Museum, dessen Parterre immer für die Öffentlichkeit frei zugänglich ist und ein Museum das Vormittags nur den Kindern vorbehalten ist ...
ein Kunstwerk über 2 Etagen ...
art -
Karl-Martin Hartmann, The Ladybird, the Innocence and the Cars
architecture -
Pritzker-Prize-Winning-Architect Fumihiko Maki
In The Ladybird, The Innocence And The Cars gelingt es Hartmann, Reinhard Ernsts Leidenschaft für die Kunst mit dessen Liebe zu außergewöhnlichen Automobilen zu vereinen. Denn in der Mitte der Lichtung steht ein roter Sportwagen.
Speziell dieses Auto ist ein Symbol für die Ideenwelt der 1980er und 1990er Jahre. Seine Motorleistung machten ihn zum Inbegriff des Straßen-Rennwagens und künden von der seinerzeit unangefochtenen Vorherrschaft des Verbrennungsmotors und dem weitgehend unerschütterten Glauben an die fossilen Energien.
Karl-Martin Hartmann reizte es jedoch, mit dieser Automobillegende zu brechen, sie in einem anderen Zusammenhang zu zeigen: „Mir ging es darum, eigenständige Objekte und assoziativ erfassbare Ebenen miteinander zu kombinieren. Auf diese Weise wollte ich den Betrachterinnen und Betrachtern ein assoziatives Erkennen ermöglichen, welches möglicherweise zu einem Umdenken führen kann. Ein Sportwagen, in der Mitte stehend aber nicht Mittelpunkt einer düster erscheinenden Landschaft, erweckt andere Vorstellungen, als wenn er auf einem Werbeprospekt dargeboten wird. Meine Hoffnung ist, Menschen zum Nachdenken anzuregen, vielleicht sogar einen Imperativ für zukünftiges Handeln anzustoßen.“
Mit dem künstlerisch verstellten Blick auf das Auto und dessen die gleiche Farbe tragendem, komplementären Gegenpol schafft Hartmann eine Metapher für ein nur vermeintlich lange zurückliegendes Verständnis von Energieträgern und Mobilität. Die automobile Feier von
Design und Ingenieurkönnen bettet der Künstler in seine fragil-gläserne Natur-Szenerie mit einem natürlichen Objekt ein. Im spiegelnden Himmel macht sich die Kunst die farbliche Qualität der angebotenen Elemente zunutze. Bunte Lichtreflexe funkeln kaleidoskopisch nach oben in die Ausstellungsetage. Hinreißendes Rosé-Gold-Grün mischt sich mit dem ikonischen Rot der zwei Gegenpole – aber in einem schwarzen Raum. Im abstrakten Lichtspiel sprechen die unversöhnlichen Welten und Zeiten miteinander. Das gelingt nur der Kunst.
Beginn des Textes in meinem unteren Bild ...
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No, not this photo, but if I had managed to get there for the sunrise, who knows, it could have been award winning. If you follow Lynne Berry (and if you don't, why not?) then you will know that I agreed to met her and her donkey at this location for sunrise. The coloured light that morning was spectacular. I know because I viewed it for the whole journey from Craster to Lindisfarne. I just got there too late.But still, always fun capturing these upturned boat sheds and that castle.
Buying the home of your dreams or jetting off with the family on a luxury holiday, everyone has dreamt of what they would do after winning millions of pounds on the lottery.
We all know the odds of picking a winning ticket are pretty slim.....in the UK its – around one in 45million.
Now compare that with horse racing - On the flat turf odds on favourites win about 59% of the time. But the results can vary depending on the type of race. And to win millions you have to risk millions.
Best just to consider gambling as entertainment and for that, you have to pay --- in the long run "the house always wins".