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The John C. Anderson House is one of the best representative examples of eclectic residential design in Carlinville. In the waves of revival fashions that swept across North America from the 1830s until the early 1900s, stylistic lines were often blurred.
The first floor of the house, shown in my previous photo, was built in 1883 and was primarily Italianate in design. The second floor and tower, shown in this image, was added in 1892 and displays the Queen Anne and Stick styles popular during that time. The asymmetrical composition consists of a variety of forms, textures, and materials. Architectural parts include a tower, gabled dormers, projecting pavilions, porches, bays, and encircling verandas.
John C. Anderson, the only son of well-to-do banker C.H.C. Anderson, acquired the property as a wedding gift from his step-grandfather, Marshall H. Stratton. The house and outbuildings, now including the old Raffurty one-room schoolhouse shown previously, stands on roughly 16.5 acres.
When John had his house built, he erected a home suitable for a man of his standing in the community. His father was a very prominent community leader and owner of the "Banking House of C.H.C. Anderson" (see Anderson Bank earlier in this Carlinville series.)
John was associated with his father's bank at the age of 19. He assumed the presidency in 1890 after the death of his father.
John remained as president until his death in 1932. He was also associated with Carlinville Coal Company and had large real
estate holdings in the county.
After the Anderson's deaths, the house passed on to their children and later was left vacant for several years. In 1973, the Macoupin County Historical Society purchased the property. The house is now used for a museum, and can also be rented for special events such as weddings. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1992.
Source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Anderson, John C., House"
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Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España.
El Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (en euskera, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa; en inglés, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao) es un museo de arte contemporáneo diseñado por el arquitecto canadiense Frank O. Gehry y localizado en la villa de Bilbao (País Vasco), España. Es uno de los museos vinculados en régimen de franquicia o colaboración con la Fundación Solomon R. Guggenheim. Fue inaugurado el 18 de octubre de 1997 por el rey Juan Carlos I de España.
Las negociaciones para la construcción del museo entre las autoridades públicas de la comunidad autónoma del País Vasco y los directivos de la Fundación Guggenheim comenzaron en febrero de 1991. El acuerdo se firmó a finales de ese año, seleccionándose el arquitecto y el emplazamiento del edificio a mediados de 1992. Desde su inauguración en 1997, el museo ha recibido una media superior al millón de visitantes anuales, causando un impacto extraordinario en la economía y la sociedad vasca, impulsando el turismo en la región y promoviendo la revitalización de múltiples espacios públicos y privados en la villa, además de mejorar la imagen de la ciudad. Todo este fenómeno, bautizado por los medios de comunicación como «efecto Guggenheim» o «efecto Bilbao», ha puesto de relieve la importancia del turismo cultural, y ha generado un efecto de emulación en otros países, con desiguales resultados.
La característica más llamativa del museo es el innovador edificio en el que se emplaza, constituido por formas curvilíneas y retorcidas, recubiertas de piedra caliza, cortinas de cristal y planchas de titanio. Cuenta con una superficie total de 24.000 m², de los cuales 10.540 m² están reservados para las exposiciones, distribuidos en 19 galerías, siendo el museo con más metros expositivos del Estado. Se ubica a orillas de la ría de Bilbao, en una zona denominada Abandoibarra, junto al puente de La Salve, que está rodeado por una torre hueca.
Tanto el edificio como su colección permanente pertenecen a las autoridades vascas. El 3 de diciembre de 2014 el patronato del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao aprobó renovar por otros 20 años la colaboración con la Fundación Solomon R. Guggenheim de Nueva York, suscrita en 1994 y cuya vigencia vencía el 31 de diciembre.
Diseñado por el gabinete de arquitectos de Frank Gehry, fue abierto al público en 1997 y alberga exposiciones de arte de obras pertenecientes a la fundación Guggenheim y exposiciones itinerantes. Muy pronto el edificio se reveló como uno de los más espectaculares edificios deconstructivistas. El diseño del museo y su construcción siguen el estilo y métodos de Frank Gehry. Como muchos de sus trabajos anteriores la estructura principal está radicalmente esculpida siguiendo contornos casi orgánicos. El museo afirma no contener una sola superficie plana en toda su estructura. Parte del edificio es cruzado por un puente elevado y el exterior está recubierto por placas de titanio y por una piedra caliza que fue muy difícil de encontrar (al final se logró encontrar en Huéscar, Granada) de un color similar a la que se utilizó para construir la Universidad de Deusto.
El edificio visto desde el río aparenta tener la forma de un barco rindiendo homenaje a la ciudad portuaria en la que se inscribe. Sus paneles brillantes se asemejan a las escamas de un pez recordándonos las influencias de formas orgánicas presentes en muchos de los trabajos de Gehry. Visto desde arriba, sin embargo, el edificio posee la forma de una flor. Para su diseño el equipo de Gehry utilizó intensamente simulaciones por ordenador de las estructuras necesarias para mantener el edificio, consiguiendo unas formas que hubieran sido imposibles de realizar unas pocas décadas antes.
Mientras que el museo domina las vistas de la zona desde el nivel del río, su aspecto desde el nivel superior de la calle es mucho más modesto por lo que no desentona con su entorno de edificios más tradicionales.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (in Basque, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa; in English, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao) is a contemporary art museum designed by Canadian architect Frank O. Gehry and located in the town of Bilbao (Basque Country), Spain. It is one of the museums linked by franchise or collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. It was inaugurated on October 18, 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
The negotiations for the construction of the museum between the public authorities of the autonomous community of the Basque Country and the directors of the Guggenheim Foundation began in February 1991. The agreement was signed at the end of that year, selecting the architect and the location of the building mid-1992. Since its inauguration in 1997, the museum has received an average of more than a million visitors per year, causing an extraordinary impact on the Basque economy and society, boosting tourism in the region and promoting the revitalization of multiple public spaces and in the town, in addition to improving the image of the city. All this phenomenon, baptized by the media as the "Guggenheim effect" or "Bilbao effect", has highlighted the importance of cultural tourism, and has generated an effect of emulation in other countries, with uneven results.
The most striking feature of the museum is the innovative building in which it is located, made up of curvilinear and twisted shapes, covered in limestone, glass curtains and titanium plates. It has a total area of 24,000 m², of which 10,540 m² are reserved for exhibitions, distributed in 19 galleries, making it the museum with the most exhibition meters in the State. It is located on the banks of the Bilbao estuary, in an area called Abandoibarra, next to the La Salve bridge, which is surrounded by a hollow tower.
Both the building and its permanent collection belong to the Basque authorities. On December 3, 2014, the Board of Trustees of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao approved renewing for another 20 years the collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation of New York, signed in 1994 and whose validity expired on December 31.
Designed by the firm of architects of Frank Gehry, it was opened to the public in 1997 and houses art exhibitions of works belonging to the Guggenheim Foundation and traveling exhibitions. Very soon the building was revealed as one of the most spectacular deconstructivist buildings. The design of the museum and its construction follow the style and methods of Frank Gehry. Like many of his earlier works the main structure is radically sculpted following almost organic contours. The museum claims not to contain a single flat surface in its entire structure. Part of the building is crossed by an elevated bridge and the exterior is covered by titanium plates and by a limestone that was very difficult to find (in the end it was found in Huéscar, Granada) of a similar color to the one used for build the University of Deusto.
Seen from the river, the building appears to have the shape of a ship, paying homage to the port city in which it is part. Its glossy panels resemble the scales of a fish, reminding us of the organic shape influences present in much of Gehry's work. Seen from above, however, the building has the shape of a flower. Gehry's team extensively used computer simulations of the structures needed to support the building for its design, achieving shapes that would have been impossible a few decades earlier.
While the museum commands views of the area from river level, its appearance from the upper street level is much more modest, fitting in with its setting of more traditional buildings.
1st of the 6 additions to Zaha Hadid's outstanding design in the capital of Azerbaijan, raised between 2007-2013.
I was lucky with this series, because this one is the most telling about Zaha Hadid's design, and the images are in temporary order.
El Flysch de Zumaia es una de las maravillas naturales de Euskadi. Un espacio, en el que los acantilados, la rasa mareal y las playas crean un paisaje idílico. Mágico. Las capas de rocas sedimentarias del Flysch de Zumaia almacenan datos de hace más de 50 millones de años. Pero este día de nublado y llevia y marea alta, esto lo mas que pudimos ver. Y es que además de contemplar el ya mencionado flysch, también os recomiendo disfrutar de sus playas, su casco histórico y su gastronomía.
The Zumaia Flysch is one of the natural wonders of Euskadi. A space in which the cliffs, the tidal level and the beaches create an idyllic landscape. Magical. The sedimentary rock layers of the Zumaia Flysch store data from more than 50 million years ago. But on this cloudy day with rain and high tide, this was the most we could see. And in addition to contemplating the aforementioned flysch, I also recommend you enjoy its beaches, its historic center and its gastronomy.
Le Zumaia Flysch est l'une des merveilles naturelles d'Euskadi. Un espace dans lequel les falaises, le niveau des marées et les plages créent un paysage idyllique. Magique. Les couches de roches sédimentaires du Zumaia Flysch contiennent des données datant d'il y a plus de 50 millions d'années. Mais par cette journée nuageuse, pluvieuse et marée haute, c'était tout ce que nous pouvions voir. Et en plus de contempler le flysch précité, je vous recommande également de profiter de ses plages, de son centre historique et de sa gastronomie.
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Here is a scan of a recent addition to my collection of original vintage color slides. – This red-bordered Kodachrome transparency was not labeled with the date or location, which unfortunately is far too common with these old slides. - The Madison sign on the roof of that lumber yard shed shows the town name, but just about every state has a town or city named Madison.
Once again I relied on the license plate to provide a clue, the silver with black numbers/letters and “COMMERCIAL” across the top with a light green renewal tag in the lower right corner of the plate was the type issued by the state of Connecticut for the years 1952 through 1955.
If this is in the state of Connecticut, then this is the town of Madison which is located on the shoreline of Long Island Sound, and the railroad signal bridge behind the lumber yard sheds would be the double-track mainline of the New Haven Railroad.
Of course, the reason I wanted this slide was because of the main subject being a vintage Diamond T dump truck, how cool is that old workhorse ? - Like many truck manufacturers of this era, the same basic design was used for stretches of many years.
This style was used by Diamond T on some of their light to medium duty models from the year 1938 clear through 1950 with only very slight variations. – The four horizontal chrome trim strips on the side of the hood (instead of three) may narrow this one down to the model years of 1945 through 1948.
And check out that incredible grille guard ! - With its Diamond T emblem fabricated right in and two large circles for the headlights in the design, I don’t know if this one was a dealer accessory back then, or custom made by a skilled welder, but it is certainly one of the finest looking truck grille guards that I have ever seen.
Circa 1954 ~~ Photographer Unknown – Collection of, and Photoshop slide scan restoration by Jeff Hampton ©
The Scalpel, one of the latest additions to the City of London skyline and its neighbouring building.
ENG: The Nauener Gate (in german: Nauener Tor) is one of the three preserved city gates of Potsdam. It was built in 1755 and is considered the first building of neo-Gothic style on the European continent. In 1755, i.e. 20 years before the actual beginning of neo-Gothic architecture on the continent, an architecture in Gothic forms was created with the Nauener Tor in Potsdam after a sketch by Friedrich II by the architect Johann Gottfried Büring. In 1867-69, King Wilhelm I rebuilt this gate into its present form.
Originally, a city wall connected the Nauen Gate with the other two gates, the Jägertor and the Brandenburg Gate at Luisenplatz. Instead of the city wall, which has not been preserved, a promenade now connects the three remaining Potsdam city gates. The Nauener Tor is located in the immediate vicinity of the Dutch Quarter. Its users were the military and traders, craftsmen and administrations up to the restaurant. The square in front of the Nauener Tor has been a popular meeting place for Potsdammers and their guests since the last renovation of the gate and redesign of the traffic management in 1996 with the high density of cafés, restaurants and bars. The tram tracks run directly through the Nauener Tor. In addition, there are only two other cities in the German-speaking area with such gate crossings, namely the tram in Freiburg im Breisgau and the cage tower at the Bern tram.
GER: Das Nauener Tor ist eines der drei erhaltenen Stadttore von Potsdam. Es wurde 1755 erbaut und gilt als erstes Bauwerk neugotischen Stils auf dem europäischen Kontinent. 1755, also 20 Jahre vor dem eigentlichen Beginn der Neugotik auf dem Kontinent, entstand nach einer Skizze Friedrichs II. durch den Architekten Johann Gottfried Büring mit dem Nauener Tor in Potsdam eine Architektur in gotischen Formen. 1867–69 wurde dieses Tor durch König Wilhelm I. in seine heutige Gestalt umgebaut.
Ursprünglich verband eine Stadtmauer das Nauener Tor mit den beiden anderen Toren, dem Jägertor und dem Brandenburger Tor am Luisenplatz. Anstelle der nicht erhaltenen Stadtmauer verbindet heute eine Promenade die drei noch verbliebenen Potsdamer Stadttore. Das Nauener Tor befindet sich in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Holländischen Viertel. Seine Nutzer waren das Militär und Händler, Handwerker und Verwaltungen bis zum Restaurant. Der Platz vor dem Nauener Tor ist seit der letzten Renovierung des Tores und Umgestaltung der Verkehrsführung 1996 mit der hohen Dichte von Cafés, Restaurants und Bars ein beliebter Treffpunkt der Potsdamer und ihrer Gäste. Die Gleise der Straßenbahn führen direkt durch das Nauener Tor. Darüber hinaus gibt es im deutschsprachigen Raum nur noch zwei andere Städte mit derartigen Tordurchfahrten, hierbei handelt es sich um die der Straßenbahn in Freiburg im Breisgau und den Käfigturm bei der Straßenbahn Bern.
Bronte Harbour, Oakville, Ontario
This species is a recent addition to our avifauna with my first sighting (hearing?) in Bronte being in 2012. They are now fairly regular in spring and summer.
The 2011 addition of the circular skywalk "Your Rainbow" panorama on the very top of this landmark museum is unique and popular with everyone visiting. So cool. The views of Aarhus city are stunning. Also a fun place for children to play hide and seek with their parents. Good times.
In addition to memorable sunrises at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, the moments just before the sun sets are also quite amazing. Just as the sun is dropping below the horizon the last light illuminates ONLY what rises above the valley floor. This image captures the golden light on the West and East Mitten Buttes and also Merrick Butte. Just a few of the foreground brush and rocks are high enough to catch the last light.
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Very close to St. Andrews where we hiked from Edinburgh you will find these ruins of the ancient St. Andrews Cathedral. Once back at the hotel, the bus stopped a few minutes in this area to allow us to see this huge and dilapidated complex.
The history of this cathedral, is very complicated and as I do not like to copy Wiquipedia, I will give you my own summary.
In the same place there had been several churches and convents until around the year 1200 and little, the bishop of the day decided to build this huge cathedral that was consecrated in 1318.
Due to the strong blizzards, hurricanes, gales and other violent weather events, it had to be rebuilt several times.
But in addition the cathedral of Saint Andrews was victim of the turbulent moments lived in Scotland during century XVI with reason of the Protestant Reformation and the hard reaction of the presbítero John Knox, which gave place to that it was demolished. Thus, from that cathedral today there is only a large esplanade with some walls still standing and part of what was its cloister, Gothic style.
It is very curious that all the land formerly occupied by the cathedral, is today occupied by an immense cemetery so there are tombs everywhere.
In Google there are very similar photographs, but I give you my word that this is mine.
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Muy cerca de St. Andrews donde fuimos de excursión desde Edimburgo se encuentras estas ruinas de la antigua catedral de St. Andrews. Ya de regreso al hotel, el autocar paro unos pocos minutos en esta zona para permitirnos ver este enorme y ruinoso complejo.
La historia de esta catedral, es muy complicada y como no me gusta copiar de Wiquipedia, os daré mi propio resumen.
En el mismo lugar habían existido varias iglesias y conventos hasta que alrededor del año 1200 y pico el obispo de turno decidió construir esta enorme catedral que fue consagrada en 1318.
Debido a las fuertes ventiscas, huracanes, galernas y otros fenómenos meteorológicos violentos, tuvo que ser reconstruida varias veces
Pero además la catedral de Saint Andrews fue víctima de los turbulentos momentos vividos en Escocia durante el siglo XVI con motivo de la Reforma Protestante y la dura reacción del presbítero John Knox, lo que dio lugar a que fuera semiderruida. Así, de aquella catedral hoy solo queda una gran explanada con algunos muros en pie y parte de lo que fue su claustro, de estilo gótico.
Es muy curioso que todo el terreno ocupado antes por la catedral, está hoy ocupado por un inmenso cementerio por lo que hay tumbas por todas partes.
En Google hay fotografías muy similares, pero os doy mi palabra que esta es mía.
I last photographed the Thames Barrier a little over a year ago, but became inspired to revisit the location after coming across an article about the 1953 North Sea Flood, which overwhelmed British sea defences in the Thames Estuary and led to the deaths of more than 300 people across several counties. It was remarkable to read that the gates protect not only the immediate East London borough against tidal surges, but also the infratructure, underground network and power supplies stretching beyond the O2 Arena, the Docklands and Tower Bridge and all the way to Westminster. In addition to this, the barrier now also needs to contend with the impact of climate change and rising sea levels.
With all of this in mind, my aim with this image was a darker, moodier and altogether more sinister alternative to my last take on the location, capturing the formidable size and scale of the barrier's piers at dusk, but also contrasting the peaceful flow of the Thames and the reassuring glow of the piers' evening lights with the foreboding tones of the evening sky.
The final image is a blend of a dozen exposures captured over two hours, starting with a 90-second exposure as the sun was setting and continuing into the evening, at which point the shutter speed had extended to 12 minutes. My intention all along had been to weight the emphasis on the later exposures, but I knew I would also be using the earlier and brighter exposures to enhance the lighting across the roof of the piers and the tones along the Thames. Having created Pen Tool selections in Photoshop for the barrier's piers, the sky and the river, I blended in portions of each of these exposures using a combination of Soft Light, Lighten, Luminosity, Linear Dodge, Colour Dodge and Screen blend modes. The goal at this stage was to bring out the reflective finish and dimensionality along the tip of the piers, to emphasise the glow of the lights inside the barrier, to produce a clean finish in the concrete at the base of each pier, and to brighten the water and darken the sky. After blending the exposures,
I applied a gentle radial blur to the sky and used Silver Efex Pro to lower its midtone structure and soften its texture, creating a subtle contrast between the piers and their surroundings. I then used Colour Efex Pro to add some minor tonal contrast adjustments, with a gentle Detail Extractor to bring out the gritty nuance in the piers. The final touches were a combination of a Gradient Map to emphasise the chilly evening tones and a Colour Lookup set to Bleach Bypass to desaturate the tip of the piers, which helped to bring out their metallic texture and to add some definition to their background.
The end result involved more planning and attention to detail at both the shooting and editing stages than my previous take, but it hopefully brings out the immense feat of engineering behind the barrier's design, as well as the rock-steady industrial strength of the barrier against a sometimes menacing force of nature, which was the aspect that inspired me to revisit the location in the first place.
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Here you can see some of the basement through the crumbling foundation and some bottles in the addition to the right.
SCT intermodal 3MB9 works around Goondah curve with CSR016 and CF4430 hauling dead attached C’s 502/503/508.
SCT transferred the C class from Western Australia after a period on hire with Watco, they would be detached at Goulburn before being forward to SSR’s Cootamundra depot.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad has added the former Railfirst C’s to their ever growing locomotive fleet.
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The Cathedral of Santa Maria Immacolata Concepzione (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Immacolata) is the most significant architectural symbol of Alghero and a clear reflection of the city's history and cultural blend.
Founding and Catalan Style: Construction began around 1530 under the Crown of Aragon/Spain, after Alghero was designated a diocesan seat in 1503. The initial phase was built in the Catalan-Gothic style, clearly visible in the back of the building: the presbytery with its five radial chapels and, above all, the emblematic octagonal-based Bell Tower (Campanile). This tower, with its spire adorned with colorful majolica tiles, is one of the city's most recognizable symbols and shares a design common to Catalan cathedrals (like the one in Barcelona).
Mix of Styles: Due to the long construction period (it wasn't consecrated until 1730), the interior of the nave and aisles were finished in a Late Renaissance style.
The Neoclassical Façade: The most conspicuous feature today is, ironically, a late addition: the main façade facing Piazza Duomo was rebuilt in 1862 in an imposing Neoclassical style with large Doric columns, which contrasts sharply with the rest of the structure.
Interior: The interior, divided into three naves, houses important artworks, including the main altar with sculptures by Giuseppe Massetti (18th century).
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Warsaw Caves are a group of caverns, a geological feature located in the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area near the village of Warsaw, Ontario, Canada. The caves have long passages and mostly small open areas which are accessible to spelunkers.
The caves are cavities in the limestone rock which underlies the whole area. The Indian River, which flows through the area, disappears beneath the ground as it falls into underground channels caused by the collapsed limestone layers around the caves.
The limestone layers are a result of glacial melting at the end of the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago. Fast flowing water has worn passages and kettles in the soft limestone, but once the ice was gone the flow lessened, and the ground gradually rose when relieved of the weight of the ice. Because of this the upper caves are no longer submerged.
The area around the caves has several popular hiking trails, totaling more than 15 km in length. The caves are also a destination on cycling routes through the area.
Many of the smaller caves provide hibernation spots for bats during the winter.
Warsaw Caves Conservation Area
The Warsaw Caves Conservation Area is an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest and is operated by the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority. The initial purchase of property to establish the park was made in 1962 and it was opened to the public in 1964. In addition to the caves, which are the conservation area's most popular attraction, there are 15 km of hiking trails, a 52-site campground, 3 group campsites, a beach and swimming area, and canoeing. Other geological features of interest include a limestone plain and rockmills.
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Fresh out of the husk…
Papery texture.
Poppy is the common name given to the plant genus known by the scientific name of Papaver.
The field poppy (Papaver rhoeas), like this here, has always been a symbol of death and rebirth, and no other flower combines exquisite delicacy of tissue with such a vibrant blaze of colour.
Poppies are flowering plants with delicate, papery petals in a variety of shapes and vibrant hues.
There are more than 70 distinct species in the poppy (papaver) genus, including opium poppies (Papaver somniferum), corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale).
Poppies are an excellent addition to mixed beds, borders and cut arrangements.
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With the addition of another fallen tree downstream, the water in this part of Ripley creek seems to be widening and I just loved the melted water on the ice and the reflection.
A nice addition to the evening line up! Not that there is much of a line up southbound nowadays. With the WCML closed and trains diverted via Manchester. 325 units apparently are not passed to work under their own power via Chat Moss, so 90's were deployed. I thought long and hard where to go to take the shot, I wanted something away from the norm and somewhere 'scraping'. Hardendale near Shap came to mid after last years efforts, which were after 19.00 and backlit. A quick look at the Photographer's ephemeris and the sun angle was spot on when it was due.
Looking pretty smart with its white tyres, pipes and gleaming pantograph, 90019 'Multimodal', which was stored in June and reinstated in July, leads 325013 plus two unidentified units with the 1M44 16.18 Shieldmuir-Willesden mail train which by now was 32 late. Incidentally, watching its progress on the maps, near Penrith, it was one section behind 1M91, the Edinburgh to Manchester Airport TPE service. However, 1M91 was stopped main line at Eden Valley for 1M44 to pass via the goods loop. Good on the signaller. 23/7/2019
Gonepteryx rhamni
Frühlingsbote mit eingebautem Frostschutz
Ein Porträt des Zitronenfalters
Nicht nur Fledermäuse oder Murmeltiere halten Winterschlaf, auch einige Schmetterlingsarten wie der Zitronenfalter tun das. Dieser verbringt den Winter nahezu ungeschützt. Sein Quartier kann eine Baumspalte sein, die Unterseite eines Brombeerblatts oder ein Grasbüschel.
Während sich zum Beispiel Tagpfauenauge und Kleiner Fuchs während der kalten Jahreszeit in Höhlen oder Dachstühle zurückziehen, verbringt der Zitronenfalter den Winter nahezu ungeschützt. Sein Winterquartier kann eine Baumspalte sein, die Unterseite eines Brombeer- oder Stechpalmenblattes, ein Efeudickicht oder ein Grasbüschel. Seine besondere Winterhärte verdankt der Zitronenfalter einen körpereigenen Frostschutzmittel. Durch das eingelagerte Glyzerin gefriert die Körperflüssigkeit nicht. Außerdem scheidet der Zitronenfalter zu Beginn der kalten Tage einen Teil seiner Körperflüssigkeit aus. Er lässt praktisch alles Wasser ab, das er nicht braucht. So kann der Zitronenfalter Temperaturen bis zu minus 20 Grad Celsius überstehen.
Zitronenfalter werden schon von wenigen wärmenden Sonnenstrahlen zu neuem Leben erweckt, so dass sie bei günstiger Witterung theoretisch zu jedem Tag im Jahr beobachtet werden können. Übrigens: Wenn Zitronenfalter sich sonnen - und das tun sie im Frühjahr ausführlich -, breiten sie ihre Flügel nicht aus, wie andere Schmetterlinge, sondern falten sie zusammen und setzen sich seitlich dem Sonnenlicht aus.
Bei normalem Jahresverlauf verlassen die Zitronenfalter ihre Überwinterungsplätze im Laufe des März, die meisten Tiere finden sich dann im April und bis in die erste Maihälfte. Leuchtend gelb fliegen die Männchen dann an Waldrändern und -wegen patrouillierend auf Brautschau. In wilder Jagd wirbeln sie hinter den weißlich-grün gefärbten Weibchen her. Lässt sich das Weibchen auf den Boden nieder, kommt es zur Paarung. Diese kann bis zu drei Stunden dauern.
Wenn die Falter nach zwei Wochen Puppenruhe schlüpfen, ist es bereits Sommer, meist Ende Juni bis Anfang August. Doch nach kaum zwei weiteren Wochen fallen die Zitronenfalter in einen Sommerschlaf. Erst im Frühherbst werden sie wieder munter. Durch die beiden eingeschalteten Ruhephasen mit stark vermindertem Stoffwechsel erreicht der Zitronenfalter ein Alter von zehn bis elf Monaten. Er ist damit unser langlebigster Tagfalter.
Herald of spring with built-in frost protection
A Portrait of the Lemon Butterfly
Not only bats or marmots hibernate, but also some butterfly species like the lemon butterfly do so. The butterfly spends the winter almost unprotected. Its quarters can be a crevice, the underside of a blackberry leaf or a tuft of grass.
While, for example, peacock butterflies and small foxes retreat into caves or roof trusses during the cold season, the lemon butterfly spends the winter almost unprotected. Its winter habitat can be a crevice, the underside of a blackberry or holly leaf, an ivy thicket or a tuft of grass. The lemon butterfly owes its special winter hardiness to a body's own antifreeze. Due to the stored glycerine, the body fluid does not freeze. In addition, the lemon butterfly excretes part of its body fluid at the beginning of the cold days. It drains practically all the water it does not need. In this way the lemon butterfly can survive temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Lemon butterflies are brought back to life by a few warming rays of the sun, so that they can theoretically be observed every day of the year in good weather. By the way: When lemon butterflies sunbathe - and they do so in detail in spring - they do not spread out their wings like other butterflies, but fold them together and expose themselves to the sunlight from the side.
During the normal course of the year, the lemon butterflies leave their hibernation places in the course of March, most animals are then found in April and until the first half of May. Then the males fly bright yellow at forest edges and - ways patrolling on Brautschau. In wild hunting they whirl behind the whitish green colored females. If the female settles on the ground, it comes to the combination. This can last up to three hours.
When the butterflies hatch after two weeks of doll rest, it is already summer, usually from the end of June to the beginning of August. But after barely two more weeks, the lemon butterflies fall into summer sleep. It is not until early autumn that they regain their vigour. Due to the two switched on rest phases with strongly reduced metabolism the lemon butterfly reaches an age of ten to eleven months. This makes it our most long-lived butterfly.
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I added this new columbine to the area around the fire pit. I had one before, but it didn't come back in the spring. Really like this one!
Opened in 1914, the multidisciplinary Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is Canada's biggest natural-history museum and one of the largest museums in North America. I love the synergy between the original heritage buildings at the main entrance on Bloor St and the 2007 addition of 'the Crystal,' which appears to pierce the original structure and juts out into the street like a massive shard – Toronto, Canada.
Rainforest Wild Asia is the newest addition to the wildlife parks located in Mandai, Singapore.
Compared to the other wildlife parks such as the Singapore Zoo & Bird Paradise for example, it has more of an adventure or hiking focused theme, so the animal enclosure and exhibits does feel more like a secondary focus in this park.
The wonderfully ornate late-Gothic Bruges City Hall (Stadhuis) catches the late day sun as a father and his daughters whiz by on their bikes and trailer. The building was completed in 1421, with additions (and subtractions following the French Revolution) over the years, reaching its present form in the late 18th century. One of the earliest city halls in this style, it influenced those in many other Flemish cities, including Brussels, Ghent, and Oudenaarde. You can see the pairs of statues of knights, saints, and noblemen adorning the front- most of these are replicas of the originals, some of which were destroyed after the French Revolution. The flags of the European Union, Belgium, and West Flanders wave gently in the breeze.
One of my favorite building elements is the chimney on the right crest of the roof with the bricks spiraling around it.
I was commisioned to do a concept image for Fox Studio's upcoming feature "Chronicle". The only thing photoshopped in post was the levitating truck (and the faux tilt shift of course). Head over to the Blog where I have addition images and information.
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Mehrere Bundesländer, nicht alle, veranstalten in unregelmäigen Abständen Landesgartenschauen. Im Land Brandenburg findet 2022 eine solche Schau, abgekürzt LAGA, in der Stadt Beelitz, gelegen ca. 43 km (Luftlinie) südwestlich von Berlin statt. Beelitz, gegründet vor ca. 1000 Jahren, hat zusammen mit mehreren in den letzten Jahren eingemeindeten Dörfern der Umgebung etwa 13.000 Einwohner und ist das Zentrum eines großen Spargelanbaugebiets. Spargel, vor allem der weiße, wird in Beelitz und Umgebung schon seit über 150 Jahren angebaut. Er spielt auch eine große Rolle auf der LAGA 2022 als dekoratives Element und in einer Ausstellung über den Spargelanbau. Außerdem bietet ein großes Restaurant, betrieben von einem großen Spargelhof, Spargelgerichte. Für die LAGA wurde eine wenig attraktive Festwiese, die sich zwischen der Altstadt und dem Fluss Nieplitz erstreckt, in einen großen Park umgestaltet, der den Einwohnern dauerhaft zur Verfügung stehen wird. Die beliebten und alle zwei Wochen wechselnden Blumenschauen, in denen Gärtnereibetriebe ihr Leistungsvermögen demonstrieren, finden mitten in der Altstadt, in der 800-jährigen Stadtpfarrkirche St. Marien und St. Nikolai statt, die nach der LAGA wieder als Ort für Gottesdienste genutzt werden wird.
Several federal states, not all, organise state garden shows at irregular intervals. In the state of Brandenburg, such a show, abbreviated LAGA, takes place in 2022 in the town of Beelitz, located about 43 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Berlin. Beelitz, founded about 1000 years ago, has about 13,000 inhabitants together with several villages in the surrounding area that have been incorporated in recent years, and is the centre of a large asparagus-growing area. Asparagus, especially the white variety, has been grown in Beelitz and the surrounding area for over 150 years. It also plays a major role at LAGA 2022 as a decorative element and in an exhibition about asparagus cultivation. In addition, a large restaurant, run by a large asparagus farm, offers asparagus dishes. For the LAGA, a less attractive festival meadow stretching between the old town and the Nieplitz River has been transformed into a large park that will be permanently available to residents. The popular flower shows, which change every fortnight and in which gardening companies demonstrate their capabilities, take place in the middle of the old town, in the 800-year-old St. Mary's and St. Nicholas' Town Parish Church, which will once again be used as a place for church services after the LAGA.
In addition to the rainy season opening it's gates, I am in my second week of recovering from a total hip replacement and haven't been cleared to hit the trails yet. :-) So, I thought I'd post a few photos out of the archives....for now.
Port House is the newest addition to Antwerp’s skyline. This funky and innovative building, with roots in the past, is the new headquarters of the Antwerp Port Authority that accommodates over 500 employees.
The bottom part was once a fire station.
Together with a striking and contemporary superstructure in the shape of a diamond - a monumental design of the famous architect Zaha Hadid Architects - the building makes up the entire Port House - Antwerp, Belgium
The Jug &Glass Public House is a grade II listed building, that is heritage protected, It was built in the late 18thC with additions in the 19th.
The village that it is in, Nether Langwith, In Nottinghamshire is part of a larger village and we lived in the part called Langwith, which is in Derbyshire. The county boundary bisects the village with ‘Nether’ meaning ‘Lower’. The third part of the village, Whaley Thorns is also in Derbyshire and is the northern part of the larger village.
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Combination of 15 liter tank, nitrox and relaxed diving rules imposed by S.M.Y. Ondina helped me to enjoy one of the best 20 minutes underwater I ever had - everyone in the group surfaced after dive near manta cleaning station, I was only one remaining and enjoyed really close interaction with one black and one white mantas, swimming together with them just less then half meter apart - I was trying to get in front of manta for frontal shot, but it was not letting me, by increasing speed to match mine and to stay close. It was great fun. Typically if many people are underwater simultaneously mantas are really shy and don't want to play, and divers try to keep low profile not to scary off mantas. This time I had luxury to be in the water just by myself for extended period of time, and was allowed by these giants to swim together, not just to sit on the floor.
In addition to that it was fist time I saw black mantas - they are more difficult to photoghraph due to lack of contrast white belly provides, but nether less are very magnificent animals.
This is color version of the photo.
Credits:
Coco:
Body: Maitreya Lara
Hair: MINA - Luca - Black
Bikini: Scandalize. TRIKINI White
Leeloo Milla:
Body: Maitreya Lara
Head: Strawberry by Catwa
Hair: Mitzi by TRUTH Hair
Bikini: Scandalize. Klossy. PinkPale
In addition:
Lighting and pose: Coco & Lee Studio
Backdrop in world: Maya's - Raffaell House - Pool, Bar, Baby Room, Furnitures
Backdrop in Marketplace: Maya's - Raffaell House - Pool, Bar, Baby Room, Furnitures
Location: Coco & Lee Studio
The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. Completed in 1889, the building is located on South Michigan Avenue, at the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1976. In addition, it is a historic district contributing property for the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District.
Since 1947, the Auditorium Building has been the home of Roosevelt University.
The Auditorium Theatre is part of the Auditorium Building and is located at 50 East Congress Parkway. The theater was the first home of the Chicago Civic Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Location:430 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago
Illinois 60605
United States
Built:1889
Architect:Dankmar Adler; Louis Sullivan
Architectural style:Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements
Governing body:Private
NRHP Reference#:7000023