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One of my favorite knit photos. It's fun to come up with a new idea for photographing a knit project.
This is a free pattern available at the following website:
persnicketyknitter.blogspot.com/2006/01/free-zigzag-lace-...
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
I'm a little ashamed that I've lived downtown so long and never gone into the creepy old buildings that are now artist lofts.
Mutianyu is possibly the second-most known section of the Great Wall after Badaling. Many heads of state have visited the Great Wall and they usually choose one of these two sections, probably for their easy access; both have cable cars ascending to the wall. For Americans reading this, President Clinton chose to see Mutianyu while Presidents Nixon and Reagan went to Badaling.
Mutianyu isn’t a long section – only a 3 kilometer hike, atop a ridge, so it’s not terribly steep (especially compared to a section like Juyongguan) – but it is quite pictureseque. It’s famous for its views of the surrounding mountains and also for its Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) watchtowers.
Getting to Mutianyu is a little cumbersome. From the heart of Beijing, you need to go to Dongzhimen Station and transfer to a bus in the long distance bus hall. It’s about an hour to an hour and a half trip northeast to Huairou County, then a private car for another 30 minutes or so to the wall. The drivers will usually wait for you as long as you don’t spend more than a few hours there. (I hiked about ¾ of the way out and back in about 3 hours, counting stops for shooting.)
Mutianyu is also a good choice because there are other sections of the wall nearby. The wild Jiankou section has basically been left untouched, and makes for extraordinary photography. As it’s also among the most dangerous sections because of its lack of upkeep, I’ll save that shoot for the spring. (Look here for a return to Badaling or Huangyaguan in winter should there be enough snow.) Other areas of the wall slightly farther out from Beijing, but also northeast of town include Simatai and Jinshanling in Miyun County and Hebei province, respectively, where I will also try to visit in the spring. Last but not least is the Huanghua section, also near Jiankou and Mutianyu.
This history of the wall – especially of the architecture – is impressive, as is its modern use as a tourist attraction/trap. The wall was built by poor Chinese or prisoners (such as the Juyongguan section, which literally translates as: “to live…criminal…(mountain) pass,” which reflects that it was built by prisoners. Many people worked to death on the construction of this massive wall.
In many sections of the wall, there is a famous quote by Chairman Mao in which he says, “You are not a man until you have visited the Great Wall of China.” (I take this tongue in cheek as this same man also encouraged Chinese to be resourceful and use the bricks of the wall as construction materials.)
The world at large seems to be rather taken with the romance and history of the wall. It seems to me that the world feels this way more than most Chinese. I’ll make that assumption based on the fact that a lot of sections of the wall are in disrepair or, in the case of the Datong section, dismantled. Also, in conversations with Chinese, most seem to have a rather nonchalant attitude towards seeing the wall and don’t think much about its historical context – including people who live close enough to travel there easily.
All in all, the wall offers many different panoramas, each section slightly different from the other, and each having a reasonably-priced admission of ~50 RMB during peak season and a little less between November and March. Outside of the Beijing area, there are also some rather notable sections of the wall (such as the eastern and western termini which end in the ocean and desert, or in Shanxi province near Datong where the bricks have all been torn down and all that remains are earthen mounds where the watchtowers once were).
As long as I live in China, I will continue to try to visit different sections of the wall to highlight some of the differences (albeit many are subtle) and to highlight that the wall has an enigmatic meaning and symbolism, contributing to the complexities of China.
Hand printed on fabric with my zig zag pattern.
See more on my blog: catalinacat.blogspot.se/2013/01/in-zig-zag-haze.html
The Cliffs are very steep in Bournemouth so the Zigzag is a way of getting to and from the beach Quickly, otherwise its down to the pier to get to beach. for those in wheelchairs and walking difficulty they may use the cliff lifts.
zigzag Kro
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zigzag Kro
ontwerp:micheltaanman
uitvoering:michel taanman/van dik hout decor
contact:micheltaanman1@mac.com
06-53386198
I spotted this tree in my local wood. My attention was drawn to the sunlight filtering through the leaves and patches of bright and warm light intermingled with cool shadows.
Zigzag Bladderwort (Utricularia subulata) - Whites Bog, The Pine Barrens, Pemberton, New Jersey
Many bladderworts grow webs of bladders that support them in the water, but this little guy likes damp, sandy soil barely above the water table, and grows rooted in that sandy substrate. It's parasitic "bladders" are below the surface of the sand so you won't see them unless you pull one up by the "roots", but if you poke about a bit in the sand you can see it's minute, long, slender leaves borne on basal branches hidden in the wet sand.
It also likes an acidic environment so the tannin rich waters of the Pine Barrens are idea for this litlle guy that doesn't amount to much more than a spindley reddish stalk about he diameter of a pin which is usually no more than 2 inches tall with the occasional specimen reaching a stately height of almost 3 inches!
I found these guys growing alongside a multitude of Spoon-leaved Sundew (also parasitic), along side an abandoned piece of road that got deep enough into the water table to force traffic to find an alternate route.
A bit of the science on how their trap works
Their trap is created by the semipermeable membrane in their bladder walls that uses osmotic pressure to pump water out of their bladders thereby creating a vacuum. The prey is then sucked into the bladder when it touches the trigger hairs that surround the trapdoor of the bladder. Naturally, since the vacuum is created by osmosis (which is driven by the expulsion of dissolved salts through the semipermeable membrane in their bladder walls) these guys can only survive where there are sufficient dissolved salts in the water to create enough vacuum for their bladders to function. Too much salt is also a problem, so they need very specific concentrations of salts in the water, and will often grow in very specific places (even within the same body of water) depending on the flow patterns of the salt concentrations within their environment.
Note:
Remember that calcium carbonate is a salt, so bladderworts are not restricted to brackish water environments and can also grow in "fresh" water that is high in calcium (i.e. hard water), though in the case of the bladderworts the water would have to be very "hard" to provide enough osmotic pressure for them to survive.
Pattern: Fall 2004 Knitty
knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTzigzag.html
Designer: Véronik Avery
Yarn: 11 balls Peruvian Highland wool in Victiorian Violet
NÃO ESTÁ À VENDA!
Mais uma amazonista! é tão linda, tem taanto glitter! *-*
Agora parei um pouco, mas já to querendo a ultra bambi, a ultra VW.. ai ai
óh vício!
Foi um custo pra conseguir essa melissa, dias angustiantes de espera,
várias consultas no rastreamento e enfim minha ehhh
veio graças a uma troca com a Laura (Glam MM x Zigzag )
Gracias Lau
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