Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney
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Calm water, Black Rock, shining cloud.
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Columns at the Parc Guell, Barcelona.
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Hebe, in reply to
Hah! I was there at that spot today. Are they aloes, or yuccas? I noticed some bigger plants had names carved into the big leaves, sort of green grafitti. Sumner was beautiful: sunny, sparkling and warm after the first frost in town. Hope you are okay tonight Lilith. An upside of the shakes for me is that Sumner is less frantic and more funky, a bit like the 70s and 80s.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Is that real? Not some CGI'ed still from a sci-fi film? Still, my impression is Barcelona doesn't deal much in straight lines or 'normal' architecture.
In other words: mind bendingly brilliant photo.
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A one-year old gone walkabout.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Are they aloes, or yuccas?
Think it's either just Aloes or the big one in flower could be an Agave. I have many of both.
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This is a Fucrea. It too flowers in a similar way.
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Hebe, in reply to
That is a beauty; what is it?
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It’s a rather lethal rare Agave of which I cant remember it species. After flowering it has taken nearly 2 years to die. It will have babies that would have dropped off the flower to self seed but it’s too sharp so I’m not looking to replant it’s off shoots . Maybe transplant any new ones up north before they get too big though.
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JacksonP, in reply to
Park Guell II.
Yes, amazing shot, Jonathan.
Still, my impression is Barcelona doesn’t deal much in straight lines or ‘normal’ architecture.
That’s pretty much accurate.
Maybe we should compare notes, and do a Gaudi architecture post sometime Jonathan? Although they are among the most photographed buildings in history. For good reason.
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Park Guell with school party.
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Which thread is this? Combining cats and columns.
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Sacha, in reply to
that did not look like a cat at first glance.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
that did not look like a cat at first glance.
At first glance it looked like a kind of liquefaction I'd never seen before.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
that did not look like a cat at first glance
Cat in disguise. Very old print, faded and discoloured, helps the cat camouflage considerably. Or maybe cat wiped out from eating too much Tarragon in Tarragona.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Tiger, tiger, turning tight...
a kind of liquefaction I’d never seen before.
The usual cat liquidising process (as outlined by Helen Bannerman ) also involves closely orbiting columns/trunks... resulting in very un-PC pancakes!
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Lilith __, in reply to
very un-PC pancakes!
I LOVED that book as a kid. And the part I remember best, definitely the tigers turning into butter!
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
tigers turning into butter
Turning into Chocolate-butter might be even better?
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Lilith __, in reply to
Turning into Chocolate-butter might be even better?
Think you might need panthers for that! :-)
ETA: for the Apple fanatics.
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JacksonP, in reply to
I LOVED that book as a kid. And the part I remember best, definitely the tigers turning into butter!
I immediately thought of that book too, but couldn't remember more than the imagery of a cat (tiger) going round in circles and becoming something else. My PC memory block must have erased it from my consciousness. ;-)
Thanks Encyclopedia Dalziel, you were even better than Google in this case.
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I've got the book. I have a series. Besides Sambo, there is Bobtail, Quibba, Quasha and Mingo. Is there any others ? . I'm not sure.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Is there any others ?
A few, here's the Wikipedia link for Helen Bannerman and The Dumpy Books series...
Hmmm, I'm guessing they are probably all in the public domain now....I love this fact:
Bannerman was the grandmother of the physicist Tom Kibble, who discovered the Higgs–Kibble mechanism and the Higgs boson.
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Lilith __, in reply to
I’m guessing they are probably all in the public domain now
Project Gutenberg has a few.
Edit: Joy!! Have just downloaded the illustrated Kindle version of LBS (from Gutenberg) onto the iPad!!
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Just caught up with your Media 7 appearance, Jackson. Excellent!
Where are the NZ Herald on the site? Maybe they have disappeared. Regarding the uncredited Hamilton photo accompanying yours--was it one of mine?
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Another cat with warm columns.
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