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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
ABOUT THE PHOTO:
The photo above was taken this past May and shows parts of my garden and the surrounding hills just as the sun was setting after a heavy thunderstorm, which is when the light and the colors are at their most intense, most magical; it was one of those rare moments that usually only last for a few minutes (sometimes not even that), and you have to be quick to capture them.
The reason I like the photo quite a bit is that it shows a side of my country that is far less known to the people abroad than our snowy mountains and green meadows with friendly cows or the glitz of St. Moritz, Zermatt and Zurich: it shows you "my" tropical Switzerland 😊.
And the thing is, the spot in Ticino where I'm fortunate enough to own a vacation home - a tiny, 400-year old stone building only 70 meters from the Italian border - doesn't just look like it lies in the tropics: it actually sort of does, at least during the summer months.
With temperatures frequently in the mid 30s (Celsius) and a level of humidity that is high enough to make you break out in a sweat the second you leave the house, the micro-climate is not that dissimilar from what you might find in a rain forest.
The air can grow so heavy that people unaccustomed to it might feel like they have a hard time breathing (when friends of mine who originally are from Brazil visited me for a couple of days during a particularly hot period, even they struggled and told me they felt as if they were inhaling steam).
On the plus-side, this tropical micro-climate allows the people in our village to grow lemons, peaches, figs and kiwi fruits in addition to the more traditional apricots, grapes apples and cherries, and even palm trees like the one in this photo are a very common sight throughout the region.
Luckily our houses are traditionally built in a way to keep out the heat even during the hottest months, so the few remaining permanent residents of the village (around 40 people most of whom are over the age of sixty), find soothing cool as soon as they enter the thick stone walls of their homes.
The village itself is built on a rock that is surrounded by dense chestnut forest on all sides that stretches on until the horizon, only interrupted every now and then by a village, a vineyard or a small stream in a valley with a few fields.
So it's hardly a surprise that this tiny tropical paradise is a place where a great variety of beautiful insects, snakes and colorful lizards (that most people probably wouldn't immediately associate with typical Swiss fauna either) feel very much at home, and I feel incredibly blessed that I need only step outside and enter my garden to capture it with my camera 😊.
In case people are interested I might upload a photo that shows a bit more of our village one day, but for now I'll continue to stick with my beloved "creepy crawlies" (as some of my friends here jokingly refer to them) and continue to concentrate on nature, wildlife and landscape photos. 😉
I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
P.S. This is probably going to be my last upload in 2022, so HAPPY HOLIDAYS everyone!! 🎄💕🎉😃!!
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Tiefenbronn is a small medieval town that was first mentioned in 1105.
Here we have a view down the Franz-Josef-Gall-Straße towards the steeple of the over 600 years old St. Maria Magdalena church.
The main body of the church was built from 1380 to 1399, the steeple is a later addition, its completion is dated to 1513.
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Imagen de la iglesia desde una zona arbolada para que pudiera salir unos trozos de árboles con su amiga la farola. Además de la imagen principal si tengo ocasión intento que salgan otras imagenes complementarias.
Image of the church from a wooded area so that she could leave some pieces of trees with her friend the lamppost. In addition to the main image, if I have the opportunity, I try to get other complementary images.
Imatge de l'església des d'una zona arbrada perquè pogués sortir uns trossos d'arbres amb la seva amiga el fanal. A més de la imatge principal si tinc ocasió intento que surtin altres imatges complementàries.
Compiled by C.H.C.A. van Sypesteyn (1857 - 1937), a valuable art collection forms the foundation of the Castle-Museum Sypesteyn in Loosdrecht. In addition to the collection of portraits, furniture, silver and glass objects, clocks and sculptures, there is also a beautiful collection of porcelain. The Loosdrecht porcelain is particularly worth seeing.
The castle gardens
A garden with hedges, moats and decorative wrought-iron gates characterize Sypesteyn Castle. Via paths and bridges, you can walk around the maze and cross the canal and take a leisurely stroll through the orchards, the park and the castle garden. You will discover all sorts of indigenous and exotic trees during your stroll.
Tribute to Van Sypesteyn
The lord of the castle did not build it merely as a place to house his art collection. As the last descendant of the Van Sypesteyn line, he wanted to build the castle to pay tribute to his family. The stunning garden and park were built in the 17th-century style. Surrounded by the Loosdrecht lakes and the Vecht River, the area around the castle is also magnificent.
For further information, visit the website of Castle- Museum Sypesteyn.
"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better." Henry Rollins
A latest addition (a gift from my daughter who knows I love things that look nice in photos) that is a Hummingbird made as paper art. A gigantic thank you to the admins of the Macro Monday Group for working in the shadow to challenge, entertain and take care of some of our "free" time. Happy New Year to you.
If you want to make friends with an Icelandic ..... never call an Icelandic horse a pony .... there isn't even that word in Icelandic.
Icelandic horses look extremely charming and, compared to other horses, rather childishly, in fact they are realy strong, they can survive the harshest winters, the biggest hurricanes and the craziest snowstorms without any effort. In addition, they are so incredibly friendly and gentle that it is impossible not to adore them.
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Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour.
Canterbury is a popular tourist destination: consistently one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom, the city's economy is heavily reliant upon tourism. The city has been occupied since Paleolithic times and served as the capital of the Celtic Cantiaci and Jute Kingdom of Kent. Many historical structures fill the area, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle, and the oldest extant school in the world, the King's School. Modern additions include the Marlowe Theatre and the St Lawrence Ground, home of the Kent County Cricket Club. There is also a substantial student population, brought about by the presence of the University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, the University for the Creative Arts, and the Girne American University Canterbury campus. Canterbury remains, however, a small city in terms of geographical size and population, when compared with other British cities.
A red Abutilon, aka Chinese lantern, was missing in our garden. A friend did some propagation in our absence and... voila :) !
a new addition to my project :-)
Coconino County desert beardtongue is an incredible bloomer with numerous spikes of intensely deep pink tubular flowers in late spring. A willing re-seeder, it spreads gently, helping to fill in difficult-to-plant areas. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).
La renoncule flammette (Ranunculus flammula), la petite douve ou la petite flamme, est une espèce de plante herbacée de la famille des Renonculacées qui pousse dans les milieux humides.
Ranunculus flammula, the lesser spearwort, greater creeping spearwort or banewort, is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus (buttercup), growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It flowers June/July. Ranunculus flammula is poisonous. It is very closely related to R. reptans, which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is sometimes included within R. flammula sensu lato as a variety (R. flammula var. reptans (L.) E. Meyer).
In addition to other forms of pollination, this plant is adapted to rain-pollination.
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In addition to the tiny boathouse windows (Happy Window Wednesday!), I loved all the varying shades of blues in this scene.
These boathouses are along the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia (just outside Vancouver). It was just before sunset and the water was calm, the light beautiful - a lovely evening 😊
Here's a wonderfully colorful Beekiller Wasp, a female I think. Both males and females forage for nectar, but in addition the female hunts down Honeybees to supply food for her eggs and larvae. They're beautiful creatures. I don't know whether they sting human beings but this Frog has often examined them closely even with a magnifying glass and never been 'attacked'.
I saw this little scene just to the north of the Stepkensbeek, a little rivulet, more of a ditch actually, that connects the so-called Blackwater in the eastern forest below Venlo to the Meuse River. I never knew its name but noticed it on the Google Map for the first time yesterday. Yours Truly likes to swim in the River at its mouth often more or less together with the Galloways.
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An addition was added to L301 on their way back to Grand Rapids, picked up in Hartford from the West Michigan is GLLX 1397. Being shuttled to the Hamilton Northwestern at Holland the 1397 will be the second unit on the newer railroad. Camera Hovering just an inch above the water the train reflects nicely on the river flowing below.
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The names Matt Smith (trumpet), Nolan Murphy (sousaphone) and Conrad Glutch (sax) do not sound Italian, but they were great addition to 'Taste of Little Italy'. This area is now more Brazilian and increasingly only affordable for high income families without any predominant ethnicity. Big Smoke is New Orleans style Brass band, who plays pop tunes and is highly entertaining to watch. The festival returned this year and it was wonderful to watch hundreds of young people dancing salsa (DJ) in the streets, after the scheduled performances ended.
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"A partir d'une figure simple et par la juxtaposition de cette même figure dans les différentes dimensions de l'espace euclidien, on arrive à créer un type de labyrinthe d'une grande complexité spatiale et dont le parcours laisse diverses alternatives: vers la droite et la gauche, vers le haut et le bas."
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In addition to the Hafencity, Hamburg has even more water to offer. Because there is not only the river Elbe that flows through the city but also the river Alster.
The latter was dammed into a sizeable lake around 1250 in order to use the energy from it to drive a mill.
It was not until 1616 to 1625 that the mill pond was separated into outer and inner Alster with the construction of the Hamburg ramparts.
The inland lake, on whose banks we are standing here, has an area of around 180,000 square meters and is on average 3 meters deep.
There is another photo of this place (then without trees and with a clear view). With this I will tell you something about what you can see on the other bank.
Hamburg hat neben der Hafencity noch mehr Wasser zu bieten. Denn es gibt nicht nur die Elbe, die durch die Stadt fliesst sondern auch noch die Alster.
Letzere wurde bereits um 1250 zu einem beträchtlichen See angestaut um mit der daraus gespeisten Energie eine Mühle anzutreiben.
Erst 1616 bis 1625 wurde der Mühlenteich mit der Errichtung der Hamburger Wallanlagen in Außen- und Binnenalster getrennt.
Die Binnenalter, an deren Ufer wir hier stehen hat eine Fläche von ca. 180.000 Quadratmetern und ist im Durchschnitt 3 Meter tief.
Es gibt noch ein weiteres Foto von diesem Ort (dann ohne Bäume mit freiem Blick). Mit diesem erzähle ich Euch dann noch etwas darüber, was Ihr am anderen Ufer sehen könnt.
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Not much to be said here. It's a beautiful stencil of a rabbit. But if you enlarge this photo I warn you there is an unauthorised addition.
Our new little grandson, Florian Robert, 7lbs, one ounce, born 11/11/24.
(Joint effort photo, Catherine and myself.)
An addition to the series "Trip to Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia 2024" taken in the French colonial part of Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City.
Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon is located behind the statue, but it was under repair works when I visited. They were to be ready by the end of 2024.
The French architecture in the background is Saigon Central Post Office.
This week's addition to my Project 52. The wrap up for the February theme "Balance" I used negative space for this week's challenge.
The sky was a deep blue so it presented a nice deep black in the upper part of the image. The bit of snow on the ground allowed for the lower piece of the image to have a almost smokey look ...
The newest addition to the High Line art on display. Brick House by Simone Leigh can be found on the 31st Street Extension over 10th Avenue. She is made of bronze and stands 16 feet. She's quite impressive.
During the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, the entirety of the line was single track. As time went on, most of the trackage would see the addition of second tracks, which included a few double track tunnels. Donner Pass would end up with two, one at Blue Canyon, and another one in the foothills at Newcastle.
I’ve always found the tunnel at Newcastle interesting, specifically because of the track’s layout coming out of the east portal. While the later constructed Track 2 stays on a decently flat grade, the adjacent Track 1 shoots up a 2.65% grade. In general, the grade on the original alignment is steep around here, with trains being forced to navigate a 2.42% grade coming into town. Due to this, the Southern Pacific realized running trains on a directional track system would be the way to go. While the far less demanding Track 2 would be used for the eastbound traffic, westbound traffic would have to navigate the challenging grade with sharp twists and turns Track 1 throws at trains. However, when UP modernized Donner in the late 2000s and early 2010s, this directional traffic would make a massive shift.
While directional traffic would still exist over the Sierras, it was mostly eliminated for Donner. Since most of the westbound traffic consists of heavy loaded trains, the UP would shift most of the westbound traffic to the WP’s consistent 1% grade through the Feather River Canyon. Due to this, very few westbound trains would take Donner, with the only regulars today being Amtrak, MSPRV, a Z, and a weekly I stack. This would lead to a pattern where Track 2 would be the preferred track for all traffic on the western slope west of Colfax. Meanwhile, Track 1 became the backup in case any opposing traffic was on the line at the same time. However, when you realize how big the eastbound trains usually are, it becomes apparent why SP had directional running.
The manifest pictured here is a prime example. MRVNP, a North Platte bound manifest that originates in Roseville, is a massive train that navigates the mountain daily. On this day, the manifest was running a 3x3x0 configuration, but with Amtrak being lined down Track 2, the heavy beast was lined up the other track. Despite Track 1 being slow in general, the weight of this train kept all six locomotives in full throttle the entire way up, but it was barely enough to keep the beast moving. Even though I-80 was very busy and located close to the tunnel, the sound of the locomotives was overpowering the highway even from a few miles away. When the train finally showed up, the sound of prime movers in full throttle was deafening as the manifest slowly pushed up the grade. Even though it’s only thirteen miles from Roseville, where this manifest originated, Newcastle has been known to stall trains like this one once in a while. While this train may not have stalled, I’m sure the crew had the thought it might in the back of their mind.
Another addition to the "Trip to Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia 2024."
This photo was taken in a souvenir shop in Dalat, Vietnam.
The fat man in the back is Budai. He was a legendary Chinese monk Qieci (契此) who lived in the 9-10th century. He was nicknamed Budai as he was always carrying a large cloth sack (布袋 budai). He is now an icon of good luck and fortune. In Vietnam, he is also identified with Maitreya Bodhisattva (弥勒菩薩).
Inviting cats are probably of Japanese origin. It is another icon of business prosperity.
The chimney is supposed to blend in with the sky but can be seen for miles around in the beautiful countryside
the autumn sown corn is growing well now a little heat is in the air
Located between the villages of Coneythorpe, Arkendale and Marton in North Yorkshire
What is it, an eyesore
My addition to today's Marco Mondays is Ridges,
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This is a shot from City Beach. City Beach is one of our suburban beaches which has a beautiful grassed area plus many cafes and restaurants. In addition, there is quite a lot of striking and thoughtful architecture. Perhaps not as nice as Scarborough Beach (3-5 km north) but a very place to visit.
As a general rule, all the suburban beaches in Perth, Western Australia are stunning. Here the blue water and sky contrast with the pure white sand. No colour enhancement needed.
In addition to the Yellow-rumped Warblers, we saw a lot of Cedar Waxwings eating the Cedar berries. In fact that is where part of their name comes from. From allaboutbirds.org: "The birds’ name derives from their appetite for cedar berries in winter." The bird pictured here is an immature bird as evident by the prominent streaking on the breast and faint looking black mask as compared to an adult. Anoka County, MN 10/04/20
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These beauties were a regular visitor to our garden for many years, seemingly always in pairs.
In recent years numbers have declined dramatically. Fortunately in Scotland they are still a common bird.
Collared Dove - Streptopelia Decaocto
Tralee Bay - Argyll Scotland
Many thanks as always to those kind enough to comment and fave my photos or even to drop by for a quick peek. It is very much appreciated.
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On the 16th of January it snowed for the first time this winter in Amsterdam. Because the temperature was around freezing, the snow stayed there for a while. It only got a few centimeters of snow. The best advice is to stay indoors and turn the stove up a bit. Or of course to go outside to take some nice pictures. In addition to the nuisance, the snow also provides a lot of fun for children here in Amsterdam's Jordaan. Snowball fight, make snowmen or go sledding. All fun activities that children do in this beautiful snowy world. Those who think away for a while can imagine themselves in Hendrick Avercamp's world today. The snow was enough for a few hours of uninhibited winter fun in the streets of Amsterdam. Earlier in the afternoon it was still quiet on the gray canals, since the first snow had stuck to the ground by four o'clock, the neighborhood has turned out for an hour of carefree winter entertainment. The chance that the snow will still be there tomorrow morning seems quite small. During the night the snow may turn into rain and during the day it will be about 6 degrees.
This evening I walk in my neighbourhood and made some beautiful photos of a little layer of snow. The virgin white carpet of snow is crunching under my shoes. I began to remember why I love the winters so much. This time around, the canals remained relatively ice-free. The snow is a rare highlight in dark days, especially when you have small children. It is quite difficult to come up with something fun in these Covid lockdown days. After a while, sitting inside gets pretty monotonous for such a young kid. This is a welcome change. When it snows the light and atmosphere is really beautiful. The Old Wester church is right next to Amsterdam's Jordaan district. Leaning gabled houses and the city’s most charming canals. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery, especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds. Photo taken at the Bloemgracht in Amsterdam.
Op 16 januari heeft het voor het eerst deze winter gesneeuwd in Amsterdam. Omdat de temperatuur rond het vriespunt lag, bleef de sneeuw eventjes liggen. Een paar centimeters sneeuw werden het maar. Het beste advies is dan maar om lekker binnen te blijven en de kachel iets hoger te zetten. Of natuurlijk even naar buiten te gaan om wat mooie plaatjes te schieten. De Jordaan is bedolven onder een mooi laagje sneeuw zoals hierboven op de brug op de Bloemgracht. Naast de overlast zorgt de sneeuw ook voor veel plezier bij kinderen hier in de Amsterdamse Jordaan. Sneeuwballen gevecht, sneeuwpoppen maken of sleetje rijden. Allemaal leuke activiteiten die kinderen doen in deze mooie besneeuwde wereld. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Hendrick Avercamps wereld wanen. De sneeuw was voldoende voor een paar uur ongeremde winterpret in de straten van Amsterdam. Was het eerder op de middag nog rustig op de grijze grachten, sinds de eerste sneeuw tegen vier uur aan de grond bleef plakken, is de buurt uitgelopen voor een uurtje onbekommerd wintervermaak. De sneeuw is een schaars hoogtepuntje in donkere dagen, speciaal wanneer je kleine kinderen hebt. Het is in deze lockdowndagen best lastig iets leuks te verzinnen. Binnen zitten wordt na een tijdje best eentonig voor zo’n peuter. Dit is een welkome afwisseling. De kans dat de sneeuw er morgenochtend nog ligt lijkt vrij klein. In de nacht gaat de sneeuw mogelijk over in regen en overdag wordt het dan zo'n 6 graden. Foto gemaakt op de Bloemgracht in Amsterdam.
In addition to the paths cut into the cliff face, the Carança trail has a lot of steelwork bolted to the cliffs. This takes the form of narrow walkways, ladders (one or two probably 15-20 ft in length) and sometimes wobbly suspension bridges. Occasionally the gap on the cliff side was big enough to fall though!
This is a quite tentative and focussed me, much to the amusement of my son, who had no such inhibitions!