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Decided to go for something abstract here...
This is my submission for Week 8 - Bokeh, for project 52
The reason why there is some undesired polarization in the shot, was I had just arrived at the airport and hadn't even gotten out of the car yet, when this appeared in front of me. So I hastily shot it through the car windshield lol
Il mausoleo a Rabat.
Che domina il fiume Bou Regreg.
Contiene la tomba di Muhammed V° e dei suoi figli
Moulay Abdellah e Hassan II°
Fu costruito fra il 1961/1971 - Su stile arabo-andaluso
dall'architetto vietnamita - Eric Vo Toan.
ai lavori vi parteciparono 400 artigiani.
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Mohammed V° - è noto per avere rifiutato la legge Antisemita,
proteggendo più di 300.000 ebrei in Marocco - fu esiliato
nel 1953 - prima in Corsica - e poi nell'isola di Madagascar.
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Questa decisione del protettorato francese,
causò ondate di violenza che culminò nel ritorno del re
nel 1955 - e all'indipendenza del regno nel 1956.
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Sul piazzale - Mohammed V° - annunciò ufficialmente
l'indipendenza al popolo marocchino.
Venne scelto proprio questo luogo per costruire il Mausoleo.
Riveste un contenuto simbolico!
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(di re Mohammed V°
ne parlerò ancora a Fez - la IV° città imperiale).
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Carissimi amici ...
Auguro a voi tutti un piacevole fine settimana.
Un abbraccio affettuoso da Liliana.
A Wicked Turn
Acte 8
Almost purring like the proverbial cat, he began to scoop up the unbelievable riches that the jewel case had contained, feeling his pouch growing delightfully ever heavier by the quickly passing seconds.
He opened a small silver case he found inside the bottom drawer and eyed the dazzling matching set of rubies that greeted his hungry hazel coloured eyes. Closing it, he dropped it neatly into the pouch and finished his work.
Where in blazes were the emeralds that had been on the lady as her portrait had been painted?
Disappointedly, nowhere in sight!
As he placed in the final bit of jewellery, a rather large cocktail ring, in with the rest of its purloined companions, his eyes traveled to the rather inviting diamond tiara that lay upon a silk leopard-skin slip.
It was real he noted with a combination of pleasure and bewilderment.
Why was it not being worn out this evening by the fair lady of the manor?
This whole affair all been far too easy, and the jewels far to beckoningly valuable, and this,… this regal headpiece fit for a queen, and worth a king’s ransom, was laying here, unprotected, unguarded, why?
Indeed…. Why?
With C40-8’s being retired across the board, one of the last holdouts of these former Chicago and Northwestern GE’s is the Missabe division at Proctor and Two Harbors, Minnesota. It’s a far cry from the days when people thought these motors would displace all of the EMD’s up here.
Another shot from February, this dash 8 was leading two other units and a handful of cars when I caught him head on at Culver.
I have my own business. I work often with banks and real estate companies. This day I was asked for a very special favor and house sit. The couple was moving and the movers were coming in and couple could not be there. They wanted someone to keep eye on the movers as house was loaded with extremely expensive items. I sat in chair for a few days as they packed up and moved belongings out. This is the main entrance. One angle of what you see. These stairs are custom. One piece of wood makes the curve. The doorway you see there was the library and every wall was stocked with books. Incredible home in Rosedale Toronto, Ontario
Tracey Clark's Picture Fall Day 8: Keeping it Simple
Tracey provided "keeping it simple" as our prompt instructing us to study light by finding a single appealing object and using ambient light to illuminate it from different angles. This mug is so photogenic in it's purity of creamy white and generous shape. I used sunlight behind and off to the side to highlight it's shape and color, adding the leaves because...well, I just couldn't resist.
gratitudes :: for the yellow leaves here and there, for the grace that comes with monday, for realizing i can't do it all, and for neighborhood walks in our small town.
Top row: Maxie Zeus, Zebra Man, Ravager, Clock King, Clue Master, Anarky
Bottom row: Electrocutionor, Ratcatcher, The Fearsom Hand of Four, Mime, Red Hood, Magpie