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Selby Abbey
The south aspect of the abbey looking up at the clock tower and the wonderful grotesque, who appears to be shouting down to the passers by below.
Gargoyle or Grotesque ?
Gargoyles and Grotesques are very similar works of art, though they do tend to get mixed up. Both structures are very common, and have a very eerie look about them.
The word gargoyle originates from the French “gargouille.” They are used for many reasons, to ward off evil, harmful, or unwanted spirits. They also protect churches and homes. They were used as a water spout, draining away rainwater that could damage or ruin a building. The water would pour out of the gargoyle through a trough that was cut in the figure’s neck, that then went out through the mouth.
Gargoyles are found in Gothic structures and old churches.
During the 18th century they fell out of favour, as badly made ones and old ones fell off buildings causing damage. They were replaced by a new idea - drainpipes.
Grotesques are similar to gargoyles as they too are used for protection. Grotesque comes from the Latin word “grotto” which means a hollow or small cave.
The word grotesque when used in literature means ugly, unpleasant, strange, fantastic, or disgusting. It is often used to describe distorted forms and odd shapes.
Unlike gargoyles, grotesques do not have a water spout, they are simply stone carvings, or paintings of creatures. Just like gargoyles, they are found on old style buildings especially churches.
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Scaeva pyrastri es una especie florícola y al igual que Episyrphus balteatus se alimenta de néctar y es un buen insecto polinizador. Estas especies del grupo de los sírfidos han evolucionado adoptando el aspecto de otros insectos "peligrosos", como son avispas y abejas, para advertir a los posibles depredadores que no es una buena idea incluirlos en sus dieta. Pone sus Huevos en plantas donde vivan pulgones , pues sus lavar se alimentan exclusivamente de pulgones, .
Oh hai der guys! It has been 3 weeks ago since my last upload, but I finally made something.
As you can see above, it is an Tyrannosaurus-Rex. I never really told anyone but I am and always was fasinated with dinosaurs. I have tons of movies, books and toys. But I never really made a good dinosaur in lego before until now. And I don't think I'm finished, I'll try to make some more in the future,
Though I can't take 100% credit, since aurore&aube was a huge inspiration.
Also, please tell me if you are a dinosaur fan yourself!!
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Tyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant lizard", from Greek tyrannos meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, at the time an island continent termed Laramidia, wit
a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 67 to 65.5 million years ago. It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Like other tyrannosaurids, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to the large and powerful hindlimbs, Tyrannosaurus forelimbs were small, though unusually powerful for their size, and bore two clawed digits. Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded Tyrannosaurus rex in size, it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators, measuring up to 12.8 m (42 ft) in length, up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall at the hips, and up to 6.8 metric tons (7.5 short tons) in weight. By far the largest carnivore in its environment, Tyrannosaurus rex may have been an apex predator, preying upon hadrosaurs and ceratopsians, although some experts have suggested it was primarily a scavenger. The debate over Tyrannosaurus as apex predator or scavenger is among the longest running in paleontology.
More than 30 specimens of Tyrannosaurus rex have been identified, some of which are nearly complete skeletons. Soft tissue and proteins have been reported in at least one of these specimens. The abundance of fossil material has allowed significant research into many aspects of its biology, including life history and biomechanics. The feeding habits, physiology and potential speed of Tyrannosaurus rex are a few subjects of debate. Its taxonomy is also controversial, with some scientists considering Tarbosaurus bataar from Asia to represent a second species of Tyrannosaurus and others maintaining Tarbosaurus as a separate genus. Several other genera of North American tyrannosaurids have also been synonymized with Tyrannosaurus.
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Brisbane from 1 William Street tower.
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Wiley Court ruin in Worcestershire, viewed from close to the impressive fountain in the garden. Visited on a very cold, February day where the wind blew through the ruin in a way which made me wish the place had been restored. However, if it had been restored it would probably be a posh hotel, and I would not have been standing where I was!
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The strangest aspect of hamerkop behaviour is the huge nest, sometimes more than 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) across, comprising perhaps 10,000 sticks and strong enough to support a man's weight. The birds decorate the outside with any bright-coloured objects they can find. When possible, they build the nest in the fork of a tree, often over water, but if necessary they build on a bank, a cliff, a human-built wall or dam, or on the ground. A pair starts by making a platform of sticks held together with mud, then builds walls and a domed roof. A mud-plastered entrance 13–18 centimetres (5.1–7.1 in) wide in the bottom leads through a tunnel up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long to a nesting chamber big enough for the parents and young.
These birds are compulsive nest builders, constructing three to five nests per year whether they are breeding or not.
V/Line Vlocity unit VL67 cruises away from Pascoe Vale as #8311, Melbourne-Seymour pass.
Melbourne City is definitely a great backdrop to a photo, especially with height advantage such as this!
Pascoe Vale, Vic
7/4/2018
A beautiful old fountain in Geneva....with sculpture of Dionysus and defaced by graffiti. This photo was shot during the US invasion of Iraq, in March of 2003. The graffitti was shocking of course, seeing it desecrating a venerable old fountain, and it consisted only of the black spray painted writing. BUT THE INVASION IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS WAY MORE SHOCKING.
I was visiting my family in Geneva, Switzerland, and when we passed by this fountain, I HAD to stop and take a picture.
It was when the American "SHOCK AND AWE" campaign was in full swing and we watched American tanks tearing up Baghdad in front of a backdrop of fires and smoke ..... We saw it all in our Swiss hotel room on International CNN. It was pretty SHOCKING AND AWFUL all right. Awful and shocking and it made me sick to watch.
[I processed the shot in Photoshop, and no elements have been added, except the color red. I was back in Geneva again the following year, in March of 2004 to visit my family, and went by to see the fountain. The city had completely cleaned up the graffiti.]
With this photo, I wanted to show something about how I felt about the invasion my country had embarked on to try to protect our strategic interests in the Middle East, as we buzz around in our gasoline engine driven cars. No one's at fault in this bad dream. We are all - all - in it together.....collectively dreaming the nightmare ........ one vast human unconscious subconscious motivation of sorts.........and we seem somewhat asleep with regards this kind of global travesty, assuming that war is a completely natural way to resolve issues. As if there were no other way open to us as a species.
Of course war is as natural as eating on planet earth and certainly won't stop any time soon, as long as we continue to use the primitive parts of our brains rather than the higher aspects of our consciousness. It will take centuries of human evolution for a big enough majority of our species to develop the awareness it takes to have the skill AND will for creative conflict resolution. I think it's possible, but it is a long road. In the meantime we will see more of this kind of struggle and hardship, unfortunately.
Evolution is a very slow process, but certainly it is encouraged by people expressing positive vision, creating beauty, observing the wonder of our world, sharing this across international boundaries! all these things help wake us up to our common humanity. Maybe this sounds idealistic, but I am not ashamed to have positive aspirations. I have seen people in my world change and develop skillful ways to communicate. I have seen positive change even in one generation! This is very encouraging. As the world gets smaller because of mass communication via technology, what happens in one corner of the world is quickly known everywhere on the planet. I believe this will help accelerate our development of higher consciousness. I believe ultimately human beings prefer enjoying life rather than destroying it, if given half the chance.
In the meantime, as wars rage, here are some creative and practical solutions we can all participate in to move our world in a forward constructive direction, with regards the very basic things we use to live:
www.greenbiz.com - actual news about big businesses that are going green and explaining how it makes good sense financially
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ANOTHER ASPECT. It is an Art to light a portrait well!
I speak from experience, it took me many an 'experiment'! LOL.
Every age has its own beauty, I now have the maturity and strength of character to 'go public' as I am no different to most people and do not like to be photographed, THERE IS A REASON WHY I AM BEHIND THE LENS.
I wear little make-up, at a certain age, less is more!
I am proud of my wrinkles! I've earned each one, through laughter and through sorrow!
I am particularly happy with the 'THINKING' one between the brows...
This is a plea.
Please, to all those who think we all have to look like magazine models and dolls, please, stop 'plastifying' everybody beyond recognition?
We are what life made us, our skin has texture (character?), it is getting so absurd that even babies and children are getting 'air-brushed'...
I have said it before, I AM NOT AGAINST PP, it is the nature of the beast for the medium that is the screen.
But like all good things in life, it should come with a warning "USE IN MODERATION", know when to stop and not to 'OVER'-do it?
I'm curious for your opinion, I know I am of the old school, however, I see daily what is being sold .... look at Annie Leibovitz and many other Masters...
I now know that the 'good' maturity comes with age, you have to go trough the process of life, the joys and the sadnesses, the good, the bad and the ugly... and you finally realise that each step takes you closer, makes you stronger... wiser!
A wisdom that only comes through the different experiences.
Personally, I notice I am more daring now,(not so when I was young), to say what I think, also I have become more tolerant... and more intolerant...
I'm in a good place now and smile, laugh and love a lot.
I could write a book on the subject, lol.
Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you, how much you love them!
Well have a great day and thank you for everything, M, (*_*)
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In every breath, a universe unfolds,
Each atom a testament, ancient and bold.
In rivers that flow, in mountains that rise,
The divine essence, a silent guise.
From the flutter of wings to the stars' dance above,
All intertwined in a tapestry of love.
— ChatGPT
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At left is the Sailing Vessel ("S/V") Denis Sullivan - a three-masted, gaff rigged schooner with home port in Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
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Year & Season: 2018 ; Mid summer
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An aspect of freemasonry that I was hitherto unaware of ...
Shot at the blue hour, probably in the winter of 2001/2
The masonic temple on Hollywood Boulevard was sold in 1982 and is now owned by the Walt Disney company and renamed the El Capitan theatre.
Camera: Leica R4 (10064)
Lens: Leitz Summicron-R 50 mm
Kodak Gold 100 consumer grade colour negative film
Developed in 2001/2002
Scanned in 2020 by www.meinfilmlab.de
#AB_FAV_EMOTIONS-
ANOTHER ASPECT. It is an Art to light a portrait well!
I speak from experience, it took me many an 'experiment'! LOL.
Every age has its own beauty, I now have the maturity and strength of character to 'go public' as I am no different to most people and do not like to be photographed, THERE IS A REASON WHY I AM BEHIND THE LENS.
I wear little make-up, at a certain age, less is more!
I am proud of my wrinkles! I've earned each one, through laughter and through sorrow!
I am particularly happy with the 'THINKING' one between the brows...
This is a plea.
Please, to all those who think we all have to look like magazine models and dolls, please, stop 'plastifying' everybody beyond recognition?
We are what life made us, our skin has texture (character?), it is getting so absurd that even babies and children are getting 'air-brushed'...
I have said it before, I AM NOT AGAINST PP, it is the nature of the beast for the medium that is the screen.
But like all good things in life, it should come with a warning "USE IN MODERATION", know when to stop and not to 'OVER'-do it?
I'm curious for your opinion, I know I am of the old school, however, I see daily what is being sold .... look at Annie Leibovitz and many other Masters...
I now know that the 'good' maturity comes with age, you have to go trough the process of life, the joys and the sadnesses, the good, the bad and the ugly... and you finally realise that each step takes you closer, makes you stronger... wiser!
A wisdom that only comes through the different experiences.
Personally, I notice I am more daring now,(not so when I was young), to say what I think, also I have become more tolerant... and more intolerant...
I'm in a good place now and smile, laugh and love a lot.
I could write a book on the subject, lol.
Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you, how much you love them!
Well have a great day and thank you for everything, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
portrait, photographer, female, blond, natural, studio, lighting, message, colour, black-background, "Magda indigo"
Interior de la iglesia de Santa María del Mar de Valencia.
El origen de la iglesia se remonta a los primeros momentos de la reconquista por parte del rey Jaime I el Conquistador. El rey conquistador tenía interés en establecer una población permanente en la costa, por ello creó en 1249 la población de "VilaNova Maris Valentiae" en el Grao de Valencia. Como toda buena población esta debía disponer de templo propio y la actual iglesia es el resultado final de esa aventura.
Su advocación primigenia era de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, pero en 1333 ya se la nombra como Santa María del Mar de la ciudad de Valencia ("Esglesia de Santa Maria de la Mar de la ciutat de Valencia") y en 1392 como Santa María del Grao. Finalmente ha prevalecido su nombre actual de Santa María del Mar.
De la descripción de este templo antiguo, tenemos constancia por un documento gráfico de 1563, en el cual el pintor flamenco Anthoine Van den Wijngaerde muestra el aspecto del Grao de Valencia y entre las casas se puede apreciar la iglesia. De los pocos datos que tenemos, se puede inferir que se trataba de una templo de nave única de 25 metros de largo por 18 metros de ancho y que disponía de una espadaña plana situada a los pies de la iglesia.
En el siglo XVII se acuerda la construcción del templo de nueva planta. Comienzan las obras el dos de agosto de 1683 por la cabecera, siendo el maestro de obras Francisco Marti (Franciscus Martí). El templo crece en dirección longitudinal, no así en cuanto a anchura, ya que esta se ve limitada por la Capilla del Cristo.
El actual templo es de nave única y planta de cruz latina, bóveda de cañón con lunetos, capillas laterales entre los contrafuertes y dotado de un transepto no sobresaliente en planta. En el crucero cúpula de media naranja con estrecho tambor apoyada en pechinas. Tiene interés el hecho de que aparezca en él una incipiente comunicación entre capillas. Posee una capilla en el trasaltar que fue terminada en 1702. La cúpula central del crucero se reviste al exterior de teja esmaltada en azul, sello característico de los templos valencianos del siglo XVII. Las obras fueron finalizadas en el 1736. Su interior se resuelve con una decoración de estilo neoclásico.
Valencia 31/7/2021
An aspect of Chrysanthemum, tightly packed, a true Autumn flower, built against rain, wind and cold?
The name "chrysanthemum" is derived from the Greek words chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower)
Chrysanthemums, sometimes called mums or chrysanths, are flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia and the center of diversity is in China. Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC.
The flower was brought to the Western World in the 17th century.There are about 40 valid species and countless horticultural varieties and cultivars.
For many years, chrysanthemum signifies praise and admiration. A chrysanthemum is considered as a noble flower of the Chinese noble class.
Wishing you a day full of good light and thanks for your visit, M, (*_*)
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Se encuentra situado en una colina, y a sus pies pasa el río Matarraña. Rodeado de altas montañas y de pinares. Una de estas elevaciones es Peña Aznar o La Caixa, con forma de mesa (1014 m.). De entre los elementos que definen el paisaje de Valderrobres, pocos son tan característicos como esta roca con forma de antigua caja de caudales, visible desde casi cualquier punto del territorio. La historia asociada a ella es asombrosamente antigua. Restos encontrados en la cima, nos dicen que ya era conocida en tiempos de los iberos, pero su importancia como elemento definitorio empieza en tiempos de la dominación musulmana, cuando algunas fuentes empiezan a asociarla con el Conde Aznar Galindo, fundador del condado de Aragón. según parece, él mismo, o más posiblemente alguno de sus continuadores toma “la caixa” como punto estratégico desde el que dirigir sus ataques a las posiciones musulmanas. Desde entonces será conocida como peña de Aznar Lagaya, siendo este último termino una deformación del vocablo medieval que definía precisamente una caja. Acabada la reconquista, Alfonso II en su documento de donación al arzobispado de Zaragoza, llama al valle en el que hoy se asienta Valderrobres “Valle de la peña Aznar lagaia” definiendo con ella todo el territorio. En los siglos posteriores, La Caixa ha ido acumulando leyendas e historias a su alrededor y ha sido desde refugio de pastores hasta objeto de culto pagano, llegando hasta el presente y siendo el mejor testimonio de las raíces más antiguas de Valderrobres y también de Beceite, municipio vecino, que comparte la mitad de la peña con el municipio valderrobrense.
Se entra al casco antiguo por un puente gótico sobre el Matarraña, Difícilmente podría Valderrobres tener una entrada más espectacular que la que le brinda el impresionante puente medieval y el portal de San Roque. Pieza fundamental de su arquitectura e imagen perfectamente reconocible allí donde se mencione el pueblo. La construcción del puente parece estar asociada a la de sus murallas, así que podríamos fechar el inicio de las obras para construir el mismo en torno a 1390, con la petición que el arzobispo Garcia fernandez de Heredia hace ante Juan I para construir dichas fortificaciones. Mucho más difícil seria afirmar con seguridad la fecha de su conclusión, seguramente a principios del siglo XV y estando Valderrobres bajo la prelatura de Dalmao de Mur responsable también de las plantas más altas de nuestro castillo. Se trata de un puente completamente medieval, de cuatro agujeros, extremadamente sólido y provisto de tajamares en forma de cuña pensados para protegerlo de fuertes riadas y evitar la acumulación de troncos. En el siglo XVI se asienta sobre su último tramo el ayuntamiento, modificando por tanto el aspecto del puente en su tramo final al conectar con la plaza. El puente atraviesa la antigua puerta principal de acceso al recinto amurallado. A finales del siglo XVI este portal fue consagrado a San Roque, protector ante las epidemias y Patrón de la población, quedando hoy en día como uno de los portales mejor conservados de todo el conjunto.
The Mausoleum of Aga Khan III and the Palace of Begum in the afternoon light. The Mausoleum is the building on the hilltop. In the foreground is the villa, Noor al Salaam.
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