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lymphomalass · 2 years

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"When you can't change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails." (H. Jackson Brown, Jr)

I saw this saying on a mug designed as a gift for sailors recently and thought it was just wonderful!

Yes, many of us have an idea of what we want in life, but sometimes we need to change tack for a while to keep safe.

You may want to be a full-time artist, or be an entrepreneur and run your business full-time, or just retire early.

But if the sales aren't coming fast enough or the energy bills are too high, there's no shame in taking on a job for a while, part or full-time.

It might even bring some unexpected benefits like some new friendships and you might actually enjoy it!

It doesn't mean your life-plans aren't valid or aren't achievable in the end.

Taking a detour now might even give you extra experience, or planning and preparation time, that helps you get to where you want to be more easily!

Sometimes the things that are outside our control just have to be taken into account, and that doesn't mean you won't still get to where you want to go, eventually.

And who knows what new ideas or contacts you may pick up along the way!

This art's available printed-to-your-order, with minimal wastage at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/56061010 And everything's 25% off, but not for long.

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

#adjust your sails #sailing #sail #sails #sailboat #sailing boat #sailling boats #sailboats #myth #bae trearddur #trearddur bay #trearddur #ynys môn #ynys mon #anglesey #hwylio #cymru goggled #cymru #north wales coast

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edgeoftides · 2 years

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The North Wales Coast and Why I Love It

For those who enjoy spectacular scenery, North Wales has it all.

Conwy Castle

With 250 miles of breathtaking coastline, featuring rugged seascapes, tidal islands, secluded coves, historic lighthouses, medieval castles, Victorian fishing piers and delightful coastal towns; the North Wales coastline is a photographer's paradise.

Bordered in the north and west by the Irish Sea, the beaches in North Wales, several of which have been designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, are among the best in the entire United Kingdom. Tales of legends, myths, shipwrecks and battles are all part of the region’s culture and thousands of years of Welsh history. Away from the coast lies the vast, untamed Snowdonia National Park, home to trails, lakes, waterfalls, and ascent routes to Mount Snowdon; the highest peak in England and Wales.

Many of North Wales' beaches are easily accessible

The Wales Coast Path, the first in the world to follow a country’s coastline in its entirety, offers the best way to witness jaw-dropping scenery and connect with the resorts, towns and villages along the way. The 870 miles coastal route offers unbroken, unspoilt, coastal walking with several sections suitable for cyclists and designated as part of the National Cycle Network. The official start and finish points are on the northern border with England near Chester and Chepstow in the south. The North Wales section encompasses the Dee Estuary and travels west to Bangor, then circumventing the Isle of Anglesey (via the Anglesey Coast Path) and onto the Llŷn & Snowdonia Coast.

I live close to the sea at approximately the mid-way point of the northern coastline in the county of Conwy. I can get to a lot of spots for my coastal photography quickly and easily. Further afield, a short drive takes me onto the beautiful Isle of Anglesey and the Llŷn Peninsula is only an hour away.

Golden hour photography on the North Wales coast

As one of the most popular seaside vacation destinations in the UK, the region is host to a number of bustling, coastal resorts. Long, sandy beaches offer plenty of space for recreational, leisure and sports activities. I prefer secluded spots and I photograph mainly in the golden hours around sunrise and sunset. Pensarn and Llanddulas are my local beaches. Neither location will be on most photographer's hit-lists of favourite photo hot-spots, yet these less famous beaches are a constant inspiration for my photography, offering a slower pace of life, time to reflect and create in silence.

Sunset at Llanddulas Beach.

I never run out of themes because the captivation of either calm or wild seas, vast stretches of exposed sand, and an infinite diversity of rocks, cliffs, water, and beach. North Wales offers all of this and more, I feel fortunate and privileged to call this my home.

Morning gallop at Pensarn Beach.

The North Wales coast is easily accessible thanks to the A55 expressway, a major road that extends from the eastern border all the way to Holyhead Port on the Isle of Anglesey. A substantial rail route runs from Holyhead through to Cheshire in England.

All images © Adrian McGarry

#north wales #wales #coast #north wales coast #beach #sea #conwy castle #conwy #pensarn #llanddulas #a55 #north wales path #wales coastal path #landscape photogrpahy #coastal photography #seascapes

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glampingholidays · 2 years

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Aberafon Campsite

Aberafon Campsite is on the North Wales coast right next to the sea, complete with boat launch and campfires on the beach. Read more, plus the other latest top camping & glamping stories and news in today's edition of "Camping News" ▸ https://campingholidaysites.com/?edition_id=f8311b30-eda4-11ec-9d70-fa163ed80008

#Aberafon Campsite #North Wales coast

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callumreuben · 13 days

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paulofcongleton · 1 year

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Dinas Dinlle, May 2022

#DinasDinlle #Gwynedd #North Wales #Wales #Coast #House #Places #Olympus #OM4Ti #35mm #Kodak #Ektachrome #Slide #Film #Transparency #film is not dead #photographers on tumblr

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bigvolcano · 11 months

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Northern Rivers Rail Trail use exceeds expectations

“Our Rail Trail is welcoming an average of 17,638 people per month, which is approximately 4,048 people per week or an average of 578 people per day." Mayor Chris Cherry

Expectations smashed as more than 70,000 use Rail Trail in first four months Data released by Tweed Shire Council shows more than 70,500 people have used the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT) in the first four months since its opening in March 2023, smashing prior expectations. More than 70,500 people have used the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail since it…

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#Burringbar #Crabbes Creek #family attraction #far north coast #free tours #Mooball #Murwillumbah #new south wales #northern rivers #Northern Rivers Rail Trail #rail trails #Stokers Siding #things to see and do #tourist attractions

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allylovesyaxx · 1 year

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First holiday feels. 💜🪸🫧💫

@bigballsacksammy

#australia #new south wales #central coast #port macquarie #laurieton #north haven #our first holiday #boyfriend #bf #i love you

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eclecticchick · 1 month

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Today's Video

Hey everyone!! Today’s video is up & ready for you.

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beccadigest · 1 year

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Walk along the coast path today, walked further than I thought I would

#North Wales #coast path

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link-of-asgard · 1 year

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The English countryside is severally underrated when it comes to beautiful places. I can stare for hours at the lush green fields, and hills.

It's also very relaxing watching it go by while on a train.

#wales and scotland are beautiful too #but englands countryside #is just as beautiful #my favourite places are the lake district #the pennines #the peak district #the north of england specially #the souths a bit more flat #but the south coast is the most beautiful coast

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calochortus · 1 year

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Wonky by Pete Rowbottom, Wigan, UK Via Flickr: The first shot from an overnight shoot up to Anglesey for Comet Neowise (shots to follow) It would have been rude not to combine a Sunset and a Sunrise either side of the main event as it were. I decided to shoot the delightfully 'wonky' leaning lighthouse on Talacre Beach, North Wales on the way, the light was great for a good 40 minutes here and was well worth stopping off, the low sun here catching the Marram grass... The plants to the left of the frame caught my eye here as an ideal foregound to use, I'm informed it is called 'Sea Holly' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portfolio of images on my own website here -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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lymphomalass · 2 years

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Did you receive my newsletter on Friday... ?

In it I shared the first view of my new watercolour painting "A Sunset Walk on Porth Diana", completed in Daniel Smith pigment rich watercolours.

It was inspired by a scene I saw one evening walking to our local, the Seacroft, in Trearddur Bay. There was a group walking on the beach at the water's edge. It looked just so idyllic, speaking to me of the simple pleasures family time by the coast brings.

The original watercolour is A4 size so easy to find an economic ready-made frame for, £75 unframed including UK postage, or £95 framed if I can deliver to you. Please just private message me to purchase it.

Or for reproductions (including cushions, mugs, prints, etc), please head over to https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/117995445

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Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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opencommunion · 4 months

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In recognition of Bisan Owda's call for protests worldwide from Saturday Feb 17th to Tuesday Feb 20th, and the Global March for Rafah on the 17th: AUSTRALIA Feb 17 Canberra - 1 PM Gold Coast - 4:30 PM Sydney - 1:30 PM Feb 18 Melbourne - 12 PM CANADA Feb 17 Ottawa - 2 PM Toronto - 1 PM Vancouver - 2 PM Feb 18 Montreal - 2 PM EUROPE Feb 17 Amsterdam - 1:30 PM Dublin - 1 PM Glasgow - 1 PM Helsinki - 7:30 PM Istanbul - 3 PM London - 12 PM (UK natl march, see link for transport from Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Derby, Newcastle/Durham, North Wales, York/Scarborough. Youths, join the youth bloc!) Mannheim - 5 PM Torino - 2:30 PM

Feb 18 Prague - 1 PM

UNITED STATES Feb 17 Atlanta - 4 PM Denver - 2 PM Greensboro - 2:30 PM Indianapolis - 8 PM New York - 1 PM San Diego - 1 PM Seattle - 12 PM Waterville - 1:30 PM Feb 18 Boone - 3 PM Detroit - 1 PM Milwaukee - 2 PM New Orleans - 11:30 AM Saint Paul - 1 PM

Feb 19 Cambridge - 2 PM Chicago - 11 AM This is far from a complete list so check your local solidarity group's socials, and if you still can't find anything, organize something!

#palestine #action

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fatehbaz · 11 months

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Travel back [...] a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed.

Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left in Britain’s only permanent (and non-breeding) resident population, around 250 years ago the English [...] naturalist John Wallis gave this extraordinary account of a mass stranding of orcas on the north Northumberland coast [...]. If this record is reliable, then more orcas were stranded on this beach south of the Farne Islands on one day in 1734 than are probably ever present in British and Irish waters today. [...]

Other careful naturalists from this period observed orcas around the coasts of Cornwall, Norfolk and Suffolk. I have spent the last five years tracking down more than 10,000 records of wildlife recorded between 1529 and 1772 by naturalists, travellers, historians and antiquarians throughout Britain and Ireland, in order to reevaluate the prevalence and habits of more than 150 species [...].

In the early modern period, wolves, beavers and probably some lynxes still survived in regions of Scotland and Ireland. By this point, wolves in particular seem to have become re-imagined as monsters [...].

Elsewhere in Scotland, the now globally extinct great auk could still be found on islands in the Outer Hebrides. Looking a bit like a penguin but most closely related to the razorbill, the great auk’s vulnerability is highlighted by writer Martin Martin while mapping St Kilda in 1697 [...].

[A]nd pine martens and “Scottish” wildcats were also found in England and Wales. Fishers caught burbot and sturgeon in both rivers and at sea, [...] as well as now-scarce fishes such as the angelshark, halibut and common skate. Threatened molluscs like the freshwater pearl mussel and oyster were also far more widespread. [...]

Predators such as wolves that interfered with human happiness were ruthlessly hunted. Authors such as Robert Sibbald, in his natural history of Scotland (1684), are aware and indeed pleased that several species of wolf have gone extinct:

There must be a divine kindness directed towards our homeland, because most of our animals have a use for human life. We also lack those wild and savage ones of other regions. Wolves were common once upon a time, and even bears are spoken of among the Scottish, but time extinguished the genera and they are extirpated from the island.

The wolf was of no use for food and medicine and did no service for humans, so its extinction could be celebrated as an achievement towards the creation of a more civilised world. Around 30 natural history sources written between the 16th and 18th centuries remark on the absence of the wolf from England, Wales and much of Scotland. [...]

In Pococke’s 1760 Tour of Scotland, he describes being told about a wild species of cat – which seems, incredibly, to be a lynx – still living in the old county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the south-west of Scotland. Much of Pococke’s description of this cat is tied up with its persecution, apparently including an extra cost that the fox-hunter charges for killing lynxes:

They have also a wild cat three times as big as the common cat. [...] It is said they will attack a man who would attempt to take their young one [...]. The country pays about £20 a year to a person who is obliged to come and destroy the foxes when they send to him. [...]

The capercaillie is another example of a species whose decline was correctly recognised by early modern writers. Today, this large turkey-like bird [...] is found only rarely in the north of Scotland, but 250–500 years ago it was recorded in the west of Ireland as well as a swathe of Scotland north of the central belt. [...] Charles Smith, the prolific Dublin-based author who had theorised about the decline of herring on the coast of County Down, also recorded the capercaillie in County Cork in the south of Ireland, but noted: This bird is not found in England and now rarely in Ireland, since our woods have been destroyed. [...] Despite being protected by law in Scotland from 1621 and in Ireland 90 years later, the capercaillie went extinct in both countries in the 18th century [...].

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Images, captions, and text by: Lee Raye. “Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we’ve lost.” The Conversation. 17 July 2023. [Map by Lee Raye. Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

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callumreuben · 13 days

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paulofcongleton · 1 year

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Dinas Dinlle, May 2022

#Dinas Dinlle #Gwynedd #North Wales #Wales #Coast #Seaside #Bins #Recycling #Olympus #OM4Ti #35mm #Kodak #Ektachrome #Slide #Transparency #Film #Places #film is not dead #photographers on tumblr

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