Peter_Private_Box's photos

I was sitting by the river on a sunny afternoon, and sharing it with a very special friend who is very wise, like an owl... Then this boat came along the river, complete with the guys pet owl,, (Yes, the owl is real and alive...!!) Best wishes for World Photography day 2025 Peter

NAAFI stands for Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. It's a British organization that provides recreational facilities, shops, and other services to British armed forces personnel and their families, both at home and abroad. Essentially, it's like a social club and store for the military. Happy Tuesday Table! Happy Wednesday Wall!

Happy Monday!!!!! Same white man as you found here:- www.ipernity.com/doc/2247998/52974050

HFF! Same place as www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53048182 and www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/52645474 Dymuniadau gorau o Gymru!

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HWW! Another nice picture from Böttcherstraße is here:- www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53046780

In the background is Dan Albone's Ivel Tractor www.ipernity.com/doc/2247998/50676492

Happy Monday! Find the bench!

HFF!! Another picture from Aarhus is here! www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53041822

HWW! Another Wernigerode picture is here! www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53040058

Happy Monday!!! Same place as www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53037122

The house in the clouds is visible on the horizon in the centre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_in_the_Clouds

Dunnottar Castle seen from over fence! HFF!! Nearby is this .. www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53034466

HWW! Inside another Ratingen restaurant is here! www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/53031922

Of course he is reading of England beating Spain to win the Women's European Championship!! Very Happy Bench Monday! uk.yahoo.com/news/lionesses-trophy-parade-euros-route-london-bank-holiday-073818900.html uk.yahoo.com/sports/news/defending-champions-england-beat-spain-201127467.html uk.yahoo.com/news/lionesses-descend-downing-street-euro-173601297.html And let us not forget.. www.ipernity.com/doc/2247998/51477646

And for the quiz of the week.... Assuming my watch tells the correct time, what did it show as I took this photo? Happy Fence Friday!! PS, Do not be fooled by the EXIF data!! The answer goes like this:- This is a sundial. The dark brown line is the gnomon, the grey line is its shadow. The shadow indicates a time between 3 and 4, almost 4 o’clock (approx. 3:50). The length of the grey shadow is well off the scale, suggesting it is around the middle of summer. Now the big catch.. Sundials show Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but in summer UK adds one hour to this as British Summer Time, (BST), so the real time on my watch was approx. 16:50. Now the little subtle points.. As Dimas says, this is east of Greenwich, so the sun will reach its peak 6.4 minutes before the zero meridian. We do not know if the sundial was specifically made and calibrated for this location or not. I could not find this design amongst the generic suppliers, so maybe it was. The EXIF shows an exposure of 1/1000 sec at f5.6, with an ISO of 100, so it must have been pretty sunny, so obviously summer time, hence BST in operation. Ipernity shows this as being taken on 1 January 1900, so obviously incorrect, and can be ignored. The time and date in the EXIF is correct, and shows 2025:07:06 15:54:43.99, My camera is nominally set to GMT, but is 2 minutes fast of GMT. This puts the exact time as 16:52hrs. You could look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial

HWW! Same place as www.ipernity.com/doc/2247842/52729176

And a man hiding in the tree watching them!! Happy Monday! Best Wishes Peter Some more information about the sculpture is here! - Thanks to Füsun "Battle or love? Review of The Battle of the Sexes - Statue The Danish title of the statue is the "The love battle" - so less violent than the English translation. But who knows what they are fighting about? Is she a willing partner in the embrace - or trying to flee from him? She seems very willing in this dance of courtship in the neoclassic style. The sculptor was a Danish artist, who lived in Paris for a while and took part in the Cubits movement. When WWI started, he had to return home and his following pieces changed in style - like this one from 1921-22. It makes a perfect match for the old royal park."