#confluence park

[faguscarolinensis]

Polistes dominula on Achillea millefolium / European Paper Wasp on Common Yarrow at Confluence Park in Denver, CO

[restlessaddict]

The calm in the chaos 🏞

[suetravelblog]

Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade Serbia

[k-star-holic]

"'Squid Game' Here's your Actor" Jo Yu-ri and Park Gyoo-yeong scrambled...the agency is "Irreplaceable You"

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

[cognitivejustice]

 Shangwei was an unassuming and modest village, ringed by small warehouses and repair shops. The village itself had been designated an arts and cultural village, and was home to a motley group of artists, sculptors, and other creatives.

The practice is dedicated to “community-gardening” as a form of regeneration of urban villages 城中村. Urban villages are a uniquely Chinese phenomenon, stemming from the confluence of rapid urbanization clashing with the existing dual land structure of Chinese villages/cities—village land is still classed as 集体 “collective”, with each villager entitled to collective ownership, often entailing rights in communal enterprises and right to build a house and farm.

When Shenzhen urbanized, villages like Shangwei and many others were often able to keep their residential property, while farmland around the village was absorbed for urban development. Today, Shenzhen’s urban villages provide low-cost housing, vibrant street life and food. While many Chinese cities have been moving to demolish their urban villages, many of Shenzhen’s villages have become quite wealthy, undertaking their own property development and renovating homes, maintaining their “right to the city”.2 

Huang and Yuan promote their approach as “community-led design”, borrowing from ideas about bottom-up urban planning and community governance in the West. They argue that their practice is “as much about governance 治理 as about design 设计. Although, even in the projects they have worked in, the commissioning entity is often the local village administrative committee, which is technically part of the state apparatus. Thus, the question of how much “grassroots governance” is really possible within China’s hierarchical administrative system is an open one. Huang and Yuan acknowledge this, but also state that they are commissioned by the local village authorities to undertake community planning, working with residents in the village on behalf of the local government, which lacks the capacity or understanding of community-driven design. So in this sense, they are consultants hired by the local village government to interface and work with the local population.

Their projects also span typologies from community gardening to public services. One of their projects in Shenzhen’s Window of the World neighborhood was built in a community with many foreign residents from 22 countries. Here, residents were selected by lottery to obtain small plots for farming vegetables, “including shared planting areas, gravel gardens, four-season orchards, herb gardens, bee and butterfly gardens, rainwater gardens, and activity squares.”3 At another project in the Huaiyayuan Community of Nanshan District, Sketch Action helped a community transform an empty paved area of a parking lot in front of the community into a diverse garden, and residents participated in planting and design themselves.4

[aisling-saoirse]

Confluence of Jackson Brook, Hedden Park, NJ - Jan 20 2024

[mountrainiernps]

Mount Rainier, with its glaciers and deep winter snowpack, is the source of many creeks and streams. As the creeks flow down the mountain they merge and grow, eventually joining into powerful rivers. The meeting point where two creeks flow together as one is called their confluence. Sometimes the merge is seamless but sometimes it is more noticeable, as in this photo where one creek is brown with sediment. Eventually the waters mix into the same color as they all continue to flow down the mountain. Have you seen this phenomenon at other river confluences in the park?

NPS Photo of Ohanapecosh River & Chinook Creek, 1981.

[cowboypunkcolt]

I took advantage of the weather to build snow dogs (snowmoyeds, if you will) at the park! I started by a new bench that usually has flowers placed next to it, and it was discovered the next day by the mother who dedicated the bench to her son who passed away. We happen to show up at the same time, me to build a third snowmoyed with my dog, and her walking her son's husky. She had been told by some friends about the snow dogs, and was taking pictures when we met. Incredibly, it would have been her son's birthday that day, and they were running a fundraiser in his name for a local animal shelter. They assumed they snowmoyeds must have been built by someone who knew him because of the timing, but it was just a total stranger in a wild confluence of events. Given all that, the universe compels me to share the donation link to that local no-kill animal shelter, KC paws! www.kcpaws.org/donate You can also find Paul's Instagram with more fundraiser information directly associated to him https://www.instagram.com/paulchaneyfitnessfundraiser

[pix4japan]

Showa Bridge: A Vermilion Landmark Amidst Autumn's Splendor・昭和橋：紅葉に映える朱色のランドマーク

Located in the Hikawa Gorge, the Showa Bridge is a steel-framed deck arch bridge featuring a braced spandrel design that was built in 1959.

Conveniently located just a 3-minute walk from Oku-Tama Station on the Ome Line or a 2-minute walk from the Choei Hikawa Parking Lot, this bridge offers a stunning vantage point. It spans high above the confluence where the Nippara River meets the Tama River.

Both sides of the bridge are equipped with wide sidewalks, providing breathtaking views of the Hikawa Gorge. Here, the rivers carve their way through the steep, verdant slopes of the Okutama Mountains, situated in the far western reaches of Tokyo Prefecture.

Hikawa Gorge, Tokyo, Japan Timestamp: 12:15・2024/11/26 Fujifilm X100V with 5% diffusion filter ISO 3200 for 1/180 sec. at ƒ/11 Astia/Soft film simulation

Links to Google Maps and sources for further reading: https://www.pix4japan.com/blog/20241126-showa

[mothmiso]

2023 Slovenia - Tolmin (2) (3) (4) (5) by Tibor Lelkes

Via Flickr:

(1) (2) (3) Tolmin stands on the southern rim of the Julian Alps and is the largest settlement in the Upper Soča Valley, close to the border with Italy. (4) (5) The Tolmin Gorges are the lowest and probably the most beautiful entry point into the Triglav National Park. The circular path leads us through the wild gorges of Tolminka and Zadlascica, which merge into the only confluence in the gorges on the territory of Slovenia.     

[faguscarolinensis]

Carduus nutans / Musk Thistle at Confluence Park in Denver, CO

[restlessaddict]

Peace 🏞

[inkspottie]

I sent multiple thingies but I think none of them went through or smth😞 perhaps it is karma for invading ur inbox sm whoopsie. Ima just say them all here:

First, what would the confluence gang be like on a roller coaster or just at an amusement park in general?

Second, what is everyone's love language?

And third is not a question but a thought. It's Halloween season so that means costumes >:) now hear me out....

Anzy - witch

Gabe - werewolf

Sadas - vampire

Painter - ghost

Seb - zombie

This is taking over my brain rn and I really gotta make some art of this or smth.

Anyways that's it haha sorry for sm, too many thoughts pop into my brain all the time ghgdjdbf

Dang man, sorry to hear that. Idk why tumblrs being mean to some of my asks (maybe it’s cuz I get an influx of them sometimes? Who knows this site runs on paper cogs)

But I shall answer your question, apologies for the wait my friend!

1. Oh man. Amusement parks…Gabe and Seb DEFINITELY are thrill seekers. They love rollercoasters. Gabe screams on the top of his lungs cuz he thinks it’s hilarious. Sadao hates them. He doesn’t like the feeling in his stomach, but he’ll ride them if Seb gives him the puppy dog look. Anzu is the type that rides them with a blank face. Every single picture from a ride is just her staring blankly at the camera.

And Painter also loves rollercoasters but the kiddie rides are his favorite because they’re so colorful!!

2. Love languages 🤔

Seb - Quality time and acts of service

Sadao - Quality time and words of affirmation

Gabriel - physical touch and receiving gifts

Anzu - Acts of service and words of affirmation

3. And omg, don’t get me started on Halloween stuff. I will go FERAL. I love that shit and eat it up for breakfast. Sadao as a vampire??? I may have to doodle this too…

[saffichearts]

Show me some lovin'

Riri Williams x Fem!Black Mermaid!Reader | Reader is half Talokanil | Author been gone for 2 years | Stem!Riri? Stem!Riri. | Pure fluff.

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I blinked the sleep out of my eyes, the first light of morning fluttering through the window, a soft glow on Riri's skin. There she was beside me, her breath steady, our legs tangled. I was still amazed at how warm she always felt, like the sands after a long day under the sun.

"Morning, ma," she murmured, her voice tussling with the last strands of sleep.

"Good morning.." I replied, my voice still trailing groggily.

She sat up, groaning a little as she stretched. I watched, fascinated with the way she moved — all angles and smooth muscle, a contrast to my own fluid grace. "You wanna hit the shower first, or should I?"

"You go. I'll... figure out the coffee machine?" I said, because making a drink out of ground beans still seemed odd to me.

Riri chuckled, pressing a quick kiss to my forehead. "Aight, but don't fight with it, 'kay? It's older than some of the profs here."

She disappeared into the bathroom, leaving me to face the contraption that brewed hot, bitter water. It rumbled and sputtered like a tiny volcano as I fumbled with it, but I did get it to work. Eventually.

We left the dorm together, her arm casually draped over my shoulders. The world beyond was still such a strange mix of sounds and smells and textures, nothing like the soft, muted contours of Talokan.

We spent hours lost in the fabric of the city — museums, parks, diners with greasy spoons and laughter. Riri held my hand, her fingers a lighthouse in the strange sea of foot traffic and honking cars.

By the time we got back, night had wrapped the campus in its quiet, cool blanket.

We found ourselves in her dorm room once again, the door closing with a soft click behind us. I felt the weight of the land dimming, a longing for the crashing waves and the embrace of water.

She must've felt my shift in mood and pulled me onto the bed, into her arms. "Talk to me," she said, her voice a soft rhythm against the quiet of the room.

"It's just... sometimes I wonder how I fit here, in your world," I confessed, tracing a circle on her chest with my finger.

Riri combed her fingers through my hair, a motion as soothing as the tides. "You fit right here," she whispered, pressing her lips to mine in a gentle, grounding kiss. "With me. And I think you're dope — getting the hang of coffee, killing it at crossing streets, and owning my heart."

I laughed, the sound strange in the dry air, but it was full of warmth and trust. "You think so?"

"Absolutely," Riri promised, all earnest eyes and tender hands. "Plus, you teach me too — like how to just be still sometimes, take it all in. You're my mermaid babe."

We settled into the blankets, my doubts melting away as she held me, her heartbeat a new kind of pulse beneath the sea of my thoughts. Together, we were a confluence of two worlds, colliding, blending, coming to life in the quiet tide of the night.

"Goodnight, Ri," I whispered as her breathing deepened.

"Sweet dreams, my ocean treasure," she replied, and there, enveloped in each other, we drifted into dreams where water and land were one, and love was the bridge between two worlds.

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Short but soft, expect a few more posts today. I had 2 years to write some shit 😭.

[cognitivejustice]

In central Chile, not far from where the Andes Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean, a vast swath of pristine wilderness is changing hands under the most unusual circumstances.

Roberto Hagemann, a Chilean businessman who owns the 325,000-acre property, has agreed to sell the land to his longtime adversaries, a band of upstart environmentalists who spent years thwarting his efforts to develop the property.

The price: $63 million.

It is a landmark transaction that will preserve some of the most ecologically significant territory in South America. Known as Hacienda Pucheguin, the property is surrounded by national parks and is cut by wild rivers, forests of ancient Alerce trees and the Cochamó Valley, a cathedral of towering granite walls popular with rock climbers around the world.

The deal is also a case study in modern-day conservation. At a moment when ecologically sensitive lands are under threat around the globe, it takes a unique confluence of legal, financial and political resources — plus a bit of luck — to protect them from relentless development.

[vlkphoto]

The Triple Point of Pittsburgh .. (a / abb) [3 / 3]

The confluence of the Monongahela (coming from right) and Allegheny (coming from the top) to make the Ohio river (flowing left) at the tip of Point State Park. View from Emerald View Park on Mount Washington. Pittsburgh, PA.