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Photo of the day July 2017
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A flatter, shallower entry will help. You can see the difference betweem him and the legs of the guy on the left. He won't have the leg strength to benefit from dolphin kicking deeper underwater like the older guys.My son (now 9) was thrown in to butterfly at age 6 or 7 because the team basically needed a lane filler. He has been legal for several years (after DQing for most of his first season) but always soooo slow. Although he is still not quite placing in the meets, he is slowly working his way up and has managed to have PRs every meet this season, and today was only 8/10s of a second from getting third place. It's like all the tumblers are finally falling into place, and I am super proud of him for continuing with it, despite his lack of placing. His sister (who is a better overall swimmer but did not swim this morning because her age group is super competitive, and she has girls in her group who swim at the national level) was watching some of the older kids diving and commented that she wished she could dive like that. My husband and I have been telling them for years that if they dove *out* instead of *down* they'd drop considerable time, so now we are on the hunt for some dive instruction this week.Maybe that will be the trick to boost him up to placing next week.
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If he's passionate about it he'll keep working at it building up the mileage.
Enjoy his excitement!
Thanks, the lavender bushes are really doing well this year, usually by this time the flowers are starting to dry up, I think it's all the rain we've been getting over the past month. One interesting thing is that I don't see the bees around any of the other flowers in the yard, we have hundreds of begonias and other potted plants close by and the bees aren't going near them.
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It looks like she's taken a liking to you
[doublepost=1499616429][/doublepost]A pic of a butterfly from the lavender bush a few days ago
Decided to go on a hike today in the mountains, following in the footsteps of @Cheese&Apple & @kallisti
My thought (as a competitive swimmer from many years ago) when first looking at the photo was that the swimmer should make a more shallow dive. Then I read your text. I agree with your "out instead of down thought.My son (now 9) was thrown in to butterfly at age 6 or 7 because the team basically needed a lane filler. He has been legal for several years (after DQing for most of his first season) but always soooo slow. Although he is still not quite placing in the meets, he is slowly working his way up and has managed to have PRs every meet this season, and today was only 8/10s of a second from getting third place. It's like all the tumblers are finally falling into place, and I am super proud of him for continuing with it, despite his lack of placing. His sister (who is a better overall swimmer but did not swim this morning because her age group is super competitive, and she has girls in her group who swim at the national level) was watching some of the older kids diving and commented that she wished she could dive like that. My husband and I have been telling them for years that if they dove *out* instead of *down* they'd drop considerable time, so now we are on the hunt for some dive instruction this week.
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Pano at Stone Mountain beforehand the laser show and fireworks. We had to sit through a brief but drenching rain first, then we got the rainbow.
OHHHH YES. Definitely digging this. I'm going for a hike/camping a couple of weeks from now and am stoked. Did you stay for the night?
Is this Stone Mountain in Georgia?Pano at Stone Mountain beforehand the laser show and fireworks. We had to sit through a brief but drenching rain first, then we got the rainbow.
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BRILLIANT shot.Skógafoss, Iceland
Got to spend some time in Iceland recently. What a remarkably beautiful country...with sights to photograph at every turn.
Reading/seeing yours and @Cheese&Apple's posts, I'm thinking that I'm going to have to make Iceland a must next year. I've been wanting to go since it first tickled my interest about five years ago. I keep planning on going (especially with WOWair's insanely cheap fares from the US), but things keep failing to line up. Thinking it's time to bite the bullet and go.
I'll bet you've got some good stuff there.
BRILLIANT shot.
Reading/seeing yours and @Cheese&Apple's posts, I'm thinking that I'm going to have to make Iceland a must next year. I've been wanting to go since it first tickled my interest about five years ago. I keep planning on going (especially with WOWair's insanely cheap fares from the US), but things keep failing to line up. Thinking it's time to bite the bullet and go.
Thanks to all for your kind comments.
Iceland is awesome and I highly recommend going. It's getting a bit touristy and that's bound to get worse so don't wait too long to get there and don't go in July or August if you want to avoid the heaviest crowds.
A word of advice if you're planning a trip to Iceland is that it can be very expensive (by Canadian standards) so rent a camper, shop for your groceries and cook your own meals. Iceland is very tolerant of the camper lifestyle as long as you don't park on private property or block traffic you can stop anywhere. And, given the long daylight hours in early and late summer, being in a camper means you can be on site when the light is at it's best.
~ Peter
Gone FIshing
Great spot. Where is it?
Can't wait to take camping in Scotland. One more week and our vacation starts. Our children are already asking 'are we going hiking and camping in the wild again?'
Last year, after my 30D died
Great spot. Where is it?
Can't wait to take camping in Scotland. One more week and our vacation starts. Our children are already asking 'are we going hiking and camping in the wild again?'
Last year, after my 30D died
Nice! where are you headed?
We are off down to Northumberland on Friday.
Here is another of the weird pole at Culzean Castle beach.
L1003801.jpg by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
My step-father got a new toy recently, so the obligatory 'going round a corner' shot was required. Loving the new Harley Sportster - I think I was partially deaf after 5 passes!
On the way to Iceland, stopped at Faroe Islands. This is as we entered Torshavn.
Regards. Sharkey
Nike-47-20170318.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
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Tropical flowers
Fabulous capture of reds there! Lovely depth of field
You're barred!!That texture is cracking!
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Fabulous capture of reds there! Lovely depth of field
