Rooster and Hen

Not sure if everyone would consider it an opposite, but it works for me. 

head up/head down

Old - new

US Rebel /NZ flags

Sun 'n' rain

The "Squinty Bridge" in Glasgow, Scotland on a typically rainy evening. Not so typical was the nice sunset at the same time.

Black and white

Pattern in fencepost cap

Tall and Short

In the most recent show here at the community theatre, "Arsenic and Old Lace".  The brothers have a show down.

Cat - Bird

Sort of opposites. And I love how they are oblivious to eachother!

Up and Down

Construction Workers

My Photography Projects

High mountain, Low lake

Train Engineer and Tour Guide

In a local park, there is a small train that gives a tour.



This engineer drives the train and tells the tourists all  about the park!

Hostess

This sweet lady works in the tea room at Glenbrook Vintage Railway.

Under The Surface

 

Some jobs go on under the surface…

… ??? …

  

… like divers picking things up from the bottom of the river!

Drumline Instructor

The instructor (in the red shirt) is giving last minute instructions before dismissing rehearsal.  We have the homecoming game tonight!  Go Vikings!  :)

Directing Young Actors

The director is in the center showing the young actors how to look as if they are falling down Alice's rabbit hole!

Vintage Railway Engineer

HELICOPTER CREWMAN GUIDING LANDING

In the backround, a Gipsy mother with her kidd.

The other half..

..of my train driving duo...



..youngest son on the job in Queensland.

Working...........

Removing weeds from paddy field..

At least it's in the sunshine!

Standing around in red shorts and yellow shirts, these lifeguards take their job very seriously, making sure the swimmers stay between the flags.

And... NOW!

This is my college choir director from whom I learned much!



Taken during a reunion get-together rehearsal.

Wedding Photographer

Her expression leads me to believe she knows I'm taking her picture...  She was taking candids as people congratulated the couple after the ceremony.

First days at sea

The crew of SS Canberra on her final voyage before heading off to India to the great scrap yard in the sky. I'm on the left second row back. Canberra was built in 1961 to carry immigrants and passengers to and from Australia from the UK. Later fitted out as a cruise ship she was scrapped in 1997. This is the main engine room console. No luxury of a control room in those days. The main steam turbines are either side of the picture.

Canberra in refit in Southampton dry dock.

In the engine room of SS Sky Princess. Average day down below.

Men (and women) at work.....

As you can see, taken 1991 at Jolimont Workshops, Melbourne. The buildings and railway workshops don't exist anymore, privatisation of the Victorian railway system wiped them out..



Oh yes, my man is bottom row, third from the left and yes, he's still driving them there trains......

Conductor

One of many volunteers at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Click here for more info.

MAKEUP!!

Backstage before the show....  This man is both Actor and Director.

The Midwives' Tool

These are a midwife's most precious possession...

Hands that nurture, guide and touch.

Hands that support, caress and minister.....

Artist at Work

Did you ever wonder how artists are able to paint gorgeous landscapes?



This man had his "studio" set up in the bed of his truck and parked on the side of the road!

Umbrella needed!

Colorful Swiss

I think money in me neck of the woods is boring...

but I loved the money in Switzerland.

We were paying our bill it Hotel Jungfrau's restaurant...

The Big Boys

 

The front of the 500 kronor bank note shows King Karl XI of Sweden, 1672-1697. It was during Karl XI's early reign, before he came of age, that what is now known as Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) was founded and behind the royal portrait you can glimpse their first office in Stockholm. The reverse of the note shows Christopher Polhem, father of Swedish engineering, from the same era.

There is also a 1000 kr bank note. I didn’t have one, so I have to cheat here, with a picture that I did not take myself. Just to get the series complete… ;)

The 1000 kronor note shows King Gustav Vasa (1496-1560) who founded the Swedish hereditary monarchy and united the loosely connected Sweden of the 16th century into a state with a central government. Following the reformation in 1527, he also incorporated the young Lutheran church, making it into a Swedish state church. (The church was separated from the state in the year 2000.)

To finish off, here is an observation I made as I did this series on our bank notes. The 1000, 500 and 100 kronor notes depict men. The 50 and 20 kronor notes depict women. Now isn’t that just typical!

1000 kr = $141 /  £91
20 kr = $2,8 /  £1,8

NZ paper money (front)

NZ paper money starts out as a clear piece of 'polymer'--that is how the clear, anti-counterfeiting 'holes' are made on each bill. Click here if you are interested in the process of making NZ money.

New Zealanders on our currency.

$5 has Sir Edmund Hillary (orange)
$10, Kate Sheppard, suffragette (blue)
$20, Queen Elizabeth (green)
$50 Sir Apirana Ngata, Maori politician (purple)
$100 Lord Ernest Rutherford of Nelson, Nobel prize winner (red)

Ghosts of the Past

Here are a few US items that are no longer circulating for one reason or another.

The Susan B. Anthony coin and the Half Dollar

The Silver Dollar

The US Two-Dollar Bill

US one-dollar Silver Certificate

Have you ever seen any of these? This is the only Silver Certificante I've ever seen.  My husband had it when we met.

Find Wonder In All Things

The main motif on the face of the 100-krona note is one of Sweden’s most well known historical figures, the naturalist Carl von Linné (Linnaeus)(1707-1778), who created the system for the classification of plants and animals into different species and families that still comprises the basis for natural sciences research.

To the right of Linné's portrait is his motto in very small text:
“OMNIA MIRARI ETIAM TRITISSIMA"
(Find wonder in all things, even the most commonplace)

The motif on the reverse of the banknote illustrates the further development of Linné's work - he himself never realised the role played by the bee in pollinating a flower. The most prominent motif is a drawing of a bee pollinating a flower. All of the motifs are taken from pictures by photographer Lennart Nilsson, who is internationally renowned for his technologically advanced photography.

NZ paper money (reverse)

It is payday this week, so I can show you some NZ larger bills, too!

On the $5 is the Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin)
....$10 is the Whio (blue duck)
....$20 is the Karearea (NZ falcon)
....$50 is the Kokato (blue wattled crow)
...$100 is the Mohua (yellowhead)

US Currency

The US Dollar is sometimes referred to as a "buck" or a "green back". The term "buck" comes from frontier times when items would be purchased with buckskins instead of paper money.



The term "green back" comes from the fact that the front of our money is printed with black ink, but the back is printed with green ink.

Random Coins

Our family has a habit of always bringing home coins from countries we visit. Here is a small sample of the collection I have accumulated over the years.



The coins you see here are from the UK, Kenya, Uganda, Austria, The Netherlands, and Czechoslovakia.

Prasanth Iranikulam , Dubai - UAE

I am Prasanth Iranikulam, Originally from Kerala-India, currently based at Dubai-UAE. I am not a photographer by profession. Photography is my passion.

I am 33 years old, married and father to a child.

I am using Nikon camera and lenses. 

Please feel free to visit my site : Photography by Prasanth Iranikulam

The Sound of Money

The main motif on the front of the 50-krona note is a portrait of singer Jenny Lind (1820-1887), known as the Swedish nightingale and Sweden's first and perhaps greatest singer of international repute. She was accepted at the age of nine as a pupil at the Royal Opera. She was appointed court singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She also became known for her philanthropy and support of cultural and humanitarian causes.

To the right of the portrait is a drawing of the old Stockholm opera house, demolished in 1892. The notes in the background are a passage from Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma. On the reverse of the note is a picture of a silver harp, its tonal range and an excerpt from the score of Sven-David Sandström's Pictures for Percussion and Orchestra. The background is a stylised Swedish landscape.