# queen mary (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover queen mary. Page: Feed: --- ## [Travel Diary: At Sea](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary-at-sea/) _2026-07-24 · jpj · jpj stories_ That is not our ship, but we are heading to New York on a Cunard line ship. We will get there eventually. We boarded the Queen Mary 2 in Hamburg and will disembark in Brooklyn. Right now we are smack-dab in the middle of the Atlantic. "Smack-dab" is the official nautical term, if you are wondering. Last night when we went back to our room, we saw dolphins frolicking in the water (where else would… ## [Travel Diary, Hamburg, DE](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary-hamburg-de/) _2026-07-19 · jpj · jpj stories_ Hamburg, DE, 1750 We are in Hamburg, Germany! We are staying in a quaint hotel that is trying very hard to prove that Germans really do know how to have fun, despite everything you might have heard. Kind of an old-timey seafront vibe combined with hipster coolness. If that makes sense. I'd show you some pictures but I didn't take any. I am my mother's son in that regard. My dear mother has many… ## [My CV – Julita Inca](https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/my-cv-julita-inca/) _2026-07-08 · Julita Inca · Sólo para Mí!_ ## [Grafana 13 Release Celebration at BNY London](https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/grafana13/) _2026-06-02 · Julita Inca · Sólo para Mí!_ On Wednesday 28, May, 2026, the Grafana Labs and the Bank of New York in the London,UK joint forces to celebrate the new realease of Grafana 13! The event last three hours, from 6pm to 9pm. It was celebrated in Continue reading ## [Walking In Nature : Following & Leading](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/walking-in-nature-following-amp-leading) _2026-05-25 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ On the weekend of 16/17 May I was involved in two local nature walks. The first - on Saturday 16th was organised by the Friends of Queen Mary’s Park as part of the 100th birthday celebrations for Sir David Attenborough, and was led by David Warburton, Senior Biodiversity Officer for the London Borough of Sutton. Following It made a nice change to be there purely as a participant - no… ## [Sometimes Slowtimes Soundtimes](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/sometimes-slowtimes-soundtimes) _2026-04-04 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ Spring butterflies haven't been showing up for me much lately in my local park. After an early March flurry, things have slowed down, maybe its the weather? It’s certainly been a bit more overcast and windier lately. As I walked around the park today - things were quiet again - and tucked away in the silence I spied a Song Thrush, watching over the park. Noiselessly hidden among the branches, so… ## [I Wander & I Wonder](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/i-wander-amp-i-wonder) _2026-03-31 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ March 31st 2026. Here we stand on the precipice of April, and I find myself, for the first time in my 60 years, having walked in excess of 400km in a single calendar month. I enjoy my walking, to knock on the door of 300km in any month is not uncommon, but March 2026 has seen me cover some distance. Why? I expect it may have something to do with my recent decision to stand as a Green Party… ## [Women’s Day at Queen Mary University of London](https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/womens-day-at-queen-mary-university-of-london/) _2026-03-26 · Julita Inca · Sólo para Mí!_ I joined Queen Mary University three years ago. During the first year, you get to know the know-how of the team, the role and the business. Additionally, you get to know the colleagues in your team, and in other related Continue reading ## [The Wandle Telegraph](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/the-wandle-telegraph) _2026-02-23 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ Notes from a walk along a section of The Wandle Trail, from Carshalton, to Morden Hall Park. ## [Travel Diary: On the Good Ship Queen Mary 2, Part 3](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary-on-the-good-ship-queen-mary-2-part-3/) _2026-01-10 · jpj · jpj stories_ Pictured above is a civet cat ( (Civettictis civetta ). It is not actually a cat, but its own lil' beastie, a meso-level carnivore native to Africa and Asia. The other night the menu in the ship's restaurant offered "Braised Wild Mushroom Civit" as an entree. What could that be, I wondered? The only "civet" I knew of was a small carnivorous mammal native to Asia and Africa. "Surely they didn't… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1IQeiFWtt4Ld) _2026-01-10 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Travel Diary: On the Good Ship Queen Mary 2, Part 2](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary-on-the-good-ship-queen-mary-2-part-2/) _2026-01-07 · jpj · jpj stories_ For Iowa, wherever I may find her. I wasn't born in Iowa, but I grew up there. I've lived in nine of theses United States, but still consider Iowa my "home state." Iowa may be the flyoverist of the flyover states. It isn't anyone's destination vacation, unless and Iowan is visiting another part of Iowa. There aren't very many books about life in Iowa and even fewer films: I always recommend The… ## [Travel Diary: On the Good Ship Queen Mary 2](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary-on-the-good-ship-queen-mary-2/) _2026-01-04 · jpj · jpj stories_ We are aboard the Queen Mary 2, the successor to the Queen Mary 1, pictured above. Because we have kids and grandkids who live in Brighton, UK , we fly to the UK two or three times a year. And, while the visits are often lovely, the air travel is not. So, rather than spending an uncomfortable and tiring day in airports and airplanes, we decided to spend a comfortable week in the QM2 from New York… ## [Houses and Stinkfish, Number 6: Here Be Dragons!](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/houses-and-stinkfish-number-6-here-be-dragons/) _2025-11-25 · jpj · jpj stories_ Today's walk was far from home. I needed to charge the car for our trip out of town. Yes, we have an electric car because we love Mother Gaia (but hate Elon Musk). Unfortunately, I had to charge the car at a mall. A mall ! Like we are still living in the 20th century! Have I mentioned we drive an electric car? And, as you know, this is Thanksgiving week here in the US of A and there is nothing… ## [Houses and Stinkfish, Number 5](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/houses-and-stinkfish-number-4-new/) _2025-11-24 · jpj · jpj stories_ The journey through the neighborhood continues. The house: This is the Michigan Library and Historical Center . Not technically a house to the extent that no one lives there. And, ok, if this is a blog about my neighborhood it might not technically be "in my neighborhood" because it is a block east of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and the Westside neighborhood stops at MLK Blvd. And yet, what… ## [Houses and Stinkfish, Number 4](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/houses-and-stinkfish-number-4/) _2025-11-22 · jpj · jpj stories_ My neighborhood walks . Today's house: This is how I imagine the conversation when they commissioned this house to be built: "Good news! I found an architectural firm to design our new house!" "Great!" "The only drawback is the firm mostly designs churches." "Churches?" "Yes, but they assured me that they could easily do a house and it wouldn't resemble a church even a little bit. No one will look… ## [Houses and Stinkfish, Number 3](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/houses-and-stinkfish-number-3/) _2025-11-22 · jpj · jpj stories_ What's this all about? Start at the very beginning . (A very good place to start). Today's house: If you look closely at the left-hand side of the pictures, you can see the frame of an awning above the furniture on the porch. But there is no canvas on the frame which means the awning isn't really providing any shade. Not that you need to provide your own shade here in Michigan . It is fairly windy… ## [Houses and Stinkfish, Number 2](https://jpj.bearblog.dev/houses-and-stinkfish-number-2/) _2025-11-21 · jpj · jpj stories_ Welcome back to my informal but informative tour of my neighborhood. If you are just tuning in you can get the backstory, specifically, the explanation of a stinkfish here . Here is today's house: Take a look at those awnings! I believe this style is called "Funeral Home Chic." The balcony doesn't have the Shakespearian vibe that yesterday's house had. It is more, "Let's go out on the porch and… ## [Brief Encounters](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/brief-encounters) _2025-11-14 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ The farm tracks are wet from last night’s rain Fallen leaves wearing their raindrop glossy coats It’s gloomy – mild for the time of year The clouds push in, and I see Autumn shades smudging into the grey landscape Aside from an occasional whirr and chat from the hedgerow sparrows And the high distant silhouette of a gull and a pigeon, the birds are absent I pass two people talking, one out walking… ## [Curiosity, Patience, Persistence, Kindness](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/curiosity-patience-persistence-kindness) _2025-09-10 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ The weather is currently playing with us. Much missed downpours interspersed with long periods of warm sun. Is Autumn here yet? It’s certainly knocking on the door, and before we let it in - there’s some field work wrapped in an adventure that we need to undertake. And so it was that last Friday, Carole and I took a pair of binoculars, a camera, a packed lunch and headed to Barnes to spend much of… ## [Traveling The Landscape : Dreaming and Reality](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/traveling-the-landscape-dreams-and-reality) _2025-09-01 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ ‘Alhalker Country’ ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ehZViuPuvrh0) _2025-09-01 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [Which Way Should We Go?](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/which-way-should-we-go) _2025-08-14 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ I’ve just completed a 21.5km out and back walk from home to Morden Hall Park. The ‘purpose’ of the walk - other than to spend time in nature, was to gather materials for a one-off artists book I’m making, using found materials to describe the route from Oaks Park to Morden Hall via The River Wandle. My time on the trail was a mix of birdsong, butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, unexpectedly… ## [Out For The Count](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/out-for-the-count) _2025-08-11 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ After a couple of days of meetings and research up in Manchester, I returned home on Sunday afternoon and took advantage of the fine weather in our neighbourhood to take a slow wander and record a few more butterfly sightings on the last day of The Big Butterfly Count. It was a truly lovely walk through Queen Mary’s Park and beyond, with several highlights, including this Small Copper taking a… ## [A Rare And Special Day](https://www.dougshawart.com/blog/a-rare-and-special-day) _2025-06-01 · Doug Shaw · Blog - Doug Shaw : Artist, Naturalist, Consultant_ It’s 8am, the sun is pushing weakly through cloud cover. All is quiet at Hutchinson's Bank, a nature reserve situated on the Croydon/Kent borders, about 8 miles from where I live. I don’t typically travel far to get my nature fix - preferring to walk in and around my immediate neighbourhood, but this is a special place, worth jumping in the car for. I begin my walk, making my way into the reserve,… ## [Data Science at LSBU hub](https://lleksah.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/data-science-at-lsbu-hub/) _2024-10-08 · Julita Inca · Sólo para Mí!_ On October 5th, 2024, I attended the Data Science event at LSBU hub in London. This enlightening event covered so much more than what I was expecting. It was well organised with a good level of content for the workshops. Continue reading