CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND - CHANGING OF THE GUARD
CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND - CHANGING OF THE GUARD
This is the last Creative Arts Weekend article I will be posting - next weekend's article will be posted by another, although I will still be around and filling in should I be needed. However, that should not prevent you from posting whatever artistic endeavour you may have created, or a comment, or a vote up. So take advantage of the venue and post away. I will be posting some of my favourite photos that I have taken, most of which you may have seen previosly, but unfortunately I'm no longer getting around and taking new photos.
A boat on the Yellow River
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
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Some of the favourite photos I've taken over the years. You've most likely already seen some of them, but I'm no longer out taking photos.
I happened to be passing by and saw this couple having their wedding photos taken on the shore of the Yellow River.
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A monk taking a break at the White Horse Temple in Luoyang. I call this photo "Primary Colours".
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Climbing the Sacred Buddhist Mount Emei. I won a prize with this photo.
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"Are you talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me?" She's not a taxi driver.
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I call this one "Contemplation". Now that I think of it, "Reflection" would be more appropriate.
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A lotus is a lotus is a lotus.
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School is out.
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Bird's eye view.
All of the photos above were taken in China. This one was taken in Toronto at a Blue Jays game more than a quarter of a century ago with my Canon F1 camera, 1/2000th sec shutter speed to stop the hit ball in mid-air.
Buddhist Temple, Nha Trang, Vietnam (© G.Gam)
Very oriental. Are those monuments through which you view the temple tombstones for Buddhist leaders of the temple? That's what those are at Shaolin Temple in China.
The answer is I don't know. It just seems like they are forming the entrance to the pagoda.
Last week I went to Pennsylvania To ride trains and see the largest operating steam locomotive, the restored Union Big Boy which is making an eastern tour. I rode this train in the Leigh Gorge. Restored Reading and Northern 2102 and 2 diesels pulled 24 cars, Scenery in Leight Gorge is beautiful.
The Big Boy locomotive and our train ran side by side on double track sections.
I took this picture out the coach window.
There were 25 Big Boys built, A worker at ALCO Locomotive wrote Big Boy on the first one and the name stuck. They were one of the largest steam locomotives built, weighing 1.2 million pounds and making around 7,000 horsepower. They were the only 4-8-8-4 wheel type made. Union Pacific restored this one.
Here the Big Boy is turning on a wye track. With it's main tender it is 133 feet long. It also has 2 auxiliary water tenders. There were very big crowds out to see it all along the trip. It will go to Philadelphia for the 4th of July.
Next week I am riding another steam train, Norfolk & Western 611 in Virginia.
In the Leigh Gorge, by the tracks is this little waterfall. Very nice scenery.
I enjoyed my trip
Thanks for taking us along with you.
Trains have always fascinated me since I was a little kid. When I was little, and my mother had a hat business she ran, I would spend time at my grandmother's home that was above their store near downtown Hamilton. Down the street was a small castle museum named Dundern Castle, and down the hillside behind it was the TH&B (Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo) railroad marshalling yards, I used to go down the street from my grandmother's home and sit on the hillside for hours watching the trains shunting. Many years later, when I was living in Toronto, I went back to that hillside to take this photo. I call it "Tracks".
Ah, memories ! Makes you wish you never grew older !!!
Being older, I'm getting to the point that memories are becoming more of my life than the now.
Looks like you had some fun.
Good afternoon and Fathers' Day. I haven't been around but hope to show up occasionally going forward.
We lost GRACIE after roughly 10 years, a rescue that brought much joy … and ultimately, great sadness.
Gracie. © A. Mac/A.G.
We recently rescued "Cannoli" from the greed and depravity of a "puppy mill". A totally different personality but a lovable, highly intelligent girl.
Cannoli © A. Mac/A.G.
Hope all is well with the Group members.
A. Mac
Gracie was the most beautiful dog I ever saw, and Cannoli looks like a barrel of fun. Happy Father's Day to you, A.Mac, and to all NT fathers as well.
As Andrea Bocelli sings, "It's time to say goodbye". Thanks to all who supported the Creative Arts Weekend for all the weekends I've been hosting it. Goodbye, and good luck.