Big Al Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Now THAT looks like Michigan. The sunsets there are gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 That is TOO cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 (edited) Bev, you have aroused our curiosity, but your images didn't come through. I'm still not sure how to do this properly - tried to post some larger versions, so I suspect that caused the trouble. I've put the smaller ones up. This is how Bentinck Colliery is commemorated...the site is now an industrial estate - modern warehouses etc (thus the strange multicoloured things behind): Not much to show for what once looked like this: When I came for interview here in 1977 from the 'soft south' I can recall being awestruck by these giant collieries. I suppose a similar tale can be told in Pennsylvania and many other places in the world. Edited March 20, 2008 by Bev Stapleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Von Freeman at Tula's in Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 A favorite of mine, taken from the middle of Lake Grapevine: Cyndy took this one from inside her uncle's cabin on Wall Lake in Michigan: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Twizzle Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 A random group of people outside Grand Central Terminal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 A handful of shots from SXSW in Austin last week. REM The Stills The Sadies w/Andre Williams The Chevelles X Sixth Street at mid-festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Pictures came through fine this time, Bev. What happened, was the coal depleted? Still plenty underground. Two things happened: a) It proved cheaper to import surface deposits from mainland Europe for power stations than to extend underground mining. b) The Thatcher government had a vendetta against the miners because of previous political humiliations and essentially set out to destroy the industry - which is why I think so little surface evidence has survived. What is ironic is that in the great strike of 1984-5 most Notts miners carried on working, partly out of resentment towards the mining union leadership, partly out of a sense that the Notts pits (as modern' pits) had a good future. Thatcher encouraged them in these beliefs...and then, once the union was defeated, wiped them out as well. If you've not seen the movie 'Brassed Off' try and borrow a copy - a romanticised tale but a wonderful story of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity during the days of the closures. Interestingly, there was an article in the Guardian last weekend about one of a handful of local collieries that have survived and how, with soaring energy costs, it is taking on new workers! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/15/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Taken last year on a whale-watching trip - though it's obviously not a whale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aparxa Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 (edited) Spring ! At least, good plans for the week-end. Edited March 21, 2008 by aparxa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Lightning Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Jazz or no Jazz? Trumpet player Corey Wilkes Blows the Shofar in front of El-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Lightning Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Jazz or no Jazz? Sax player Ernest Dawkins buys some bells for the evening concert. Jerusalem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 A handful of shots from SXSW in Austin last week. The Chevelles Where was that picture taken? That place looks familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 (edited) 920 Clinton???? Nice block. Edit: I thought you lived in West Philly?? Edited March 21, 2008 by J.H. Deeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 A handful of shots from SXSW in Austin last week. The Chevelles Where was that picture taken? That place looks familiar. A bar called BD Riley's. You been there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 A foggy morn a few months back. Clearly, I am deeply in love with my neighbor's tree! The other side of our front yard...am ambivalent about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 our backyard, thirty minutes ago: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 and ten minutes later: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 A handful of shots from SXSW in Austin last week. The Chevelles Where was that picture taken? That place looks familiar. A bar called BD Riley's. You been there? No. I was thinking of this one place, and now I can't remember the street it's on; all I know is it intersects Lamar, just south of the river (it's the same street that Chuy's is on). And now I can't remember the name of the place either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I was so mad last night: we were driving over a bridge over I-20 and I could see the moon as it had just fully risen above the horizon. It looked like a giant pumpkin! We were a few seconds away from the house, so as soon as we got home, I ran in, grabbed my camera and headed back to the bridge. When I got there, the moon had disappeared behind a big patch of clouds on an otherwise partly cloudy night. AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 and ten minutes later: Hailstorm, correct??? If it was, how big were those suckers??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Trash your ambivalence, Conrad, the photos are beautiful. If I were a large green moth, I'd flutter in that direction, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I looked out the window this evening and saw some trees catching a setting sun. Rather liked it, so here 'tis: Nice shot, Chris........good timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 A handful of shots from SXSW in Austin last week. The Chevelles Where was that picture taken? That place looks familiar. A bar called BD Riley's. You been there? No. I was thinking of this one place, and now I can't remember the street it's on; all I know is it intersects Lamar, just south of the river (it's the same street that Chuy's is on). And now I can't remember the name of the place either. Are you thinking of The Continental Club on S. Congress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 This is a pictures of my kids (and my two nephews) about 3 years ago in Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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