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Some national parks have a particular spot or place that many would consider representative or iconic. For Canyonlands, Mesa Arch is that place. I was excited to visit this arch despite deeply-rooted fears from many online readings about how insanely overcrowded this place can get (especially at sunrise). Thankfully, I showed up in the late afternoon with only a handful of people and a relatively peaceful scene. Although I intended to brave the crowds/horde for sunrise, I instead opted to stay out shooting astro the night before. I'll be back again one day to get this "trophy shot" at sunrise, likely with this exact composition...or whatever spot is left available, as I've heard many stories of people showing up two hours before sunrise to claim their spot by this actually very tiny arch.
A Lower perspective than my previous post and a bit later. A few minutes later, Mt. Hood would be enveloped by lower clouds.
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When I consider perspective, the word distance comes to mind. Distance from people, places, and things. Distance from past occurrences both good, comfortable and bad, uncomfortable. In this image, I am looking at a more in-depth perspective or distance within and out of my person. Most often, I believe, holding on to a positive attitude helps to maintain a healthy outlook on life.
I'm forever evaluating my behavior. Am I kind enough? Do I say the right things? Is my presence a positive light, contributing more rather than less?
There is a wide-world swirling with pockets of darkness that seem to have an unexplainable magnetism. For myself, holding on to perspective begins within me, the hope of retaining positivity and sharing the light matters.
Charles BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867)
Le coucher du soleil romantique
Que le soleil est beau quand tout frais il se lève,
Comme une explosion nous lançant son bonjour !
- Bienheureux celui-là qui peut avec amour
Saluer son coucher plus glorieux qu'un rêve !
Je me souviens ! J'ai vu tout, fleur, source, sillon,
Se pâmer sous son oeil comme un coeur qui palpite...
- Courons vers l'horizon, il est tard, courons vite,
Pour attraper au moins un oblique rayon !
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I love his freckles.
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I consider today a milestone for my 365. This is my third 365 photo project and I always find the first 99 days the hardest to get through and I get a little bit excited once I have reached the 100 day mark. Triple digits!! As a kid I remember being so excited to turn 10 years old. Double digits! Geez, I wish I could go back to being a single digit age. :)
When I went to the Dollarstore and bought the candles the cashier got excited and asked me if someone in my family would be celebrating their 100th birthday. I replied "No, these candles are just for a project I am working on." If she only knew lol. The candles might not be used for a birthday, but today deserved cupcakes, right?
100 down....only 265 more to go! lol
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By Catedrales e Iglesias
Arquidiócesis de México
Sitio Oficial de la Arquidiócesis de México
www.arquidiocesismexico.org.mx/
San Bernardino de Siena
Av. Nuevo León 24 Bis
Col. Barrio Santa Crucita C.P. 16070
Del. Xochimilco
Tel. 5676-0148
Tel. 5676-8646
Tomado del libro: Xochimilco y sus monumentos Históricos.
De Araceli Peralta Flores y Jorge Rojas Ramírez,
Departamento del Distrito Federal Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1992, México.
Situado en el centro de Xochimilco ya que en torno a el ha girado una buena parte de la historia de pueblo. "Tanto a los conquistadores como a los evangelios, la construcción de esta iglesia les sirvió como punto de cohesión e identidad social, en cuanto que le permitió una armonía entre el indígena, el español y los primeros mestizos.
Xochimilco hacia 1524. George Kubler, en su libro: Arquitectura Mexicana del siglo XVI señala, que la iglesia y en convento tuvieron varias etapas constructivas que abarcaron desde 1530 hasta el año 1600. Para 1538 San Bernardino contaba ya con convento; hacia 1546 fray Francisco de Soto, uno de los once compañeros de fray Martín de Valencia, tomo la dirección y la supervisión de la obra; en 1585 se terminaron los dormitorios, la iglesia, las celdas, las viviendas y las dependencias. Para 1609 funcionó el colegio conventual de Xochimilco en donde se dieron clases de retórica, teología, artes y oficios.
Gran parte del dinero que se requirió para llevar a cabo la obra fue aportado por los indios principales de Xochimilco, siendo Martín Cerón de Álvaro uno de los más generosos .
Ante la escasez de frailes, en 1538, los franciscanos decidieron retirar los que habían en Xochimilco, dejando el convento como visita del grande de México. Los indios se opusieron con ruegos y llantos a esta determinación, logrando que se quedaran dos frailes para su convento.
En 1569 moraban en el convento cuatro religiosos que tenían a su cargo el adoctrinamiento de cinco mil indios. Cuando Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta fue guardián del convento, los indios del pueblo se agruparon por barrios en el atrio para adoctrinarse y contarse. Hacia 1585 el número de evangelizadores aumentó a seis.
La iglesia y el convento de San Bernardino tuvo trece pueblos de visita: Santiago Tepalcatlalpan, San Lucas Xochimanca, San Mateo Pochtla, San Miguel Topilejo, San Francisco Tlalnepantla, San Salvador Cuautenco, Santa Cecilia Ahuautla, San Andrés Ocoyoacac, San Lorenzo Tlatecpan, San Martín Tiatilpan, Santa Maria Nativitas Zacapan y Santa Cruz Acalpixcan.
Otro suceso importante de índole religioso se dio en el siglo XVII. En este siglo había fuertes diferencias entre los frailes peninsulares y criollos por querer ocupar los cargos mas altos, por lo que los criollos de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio, escribieron a Paulo V desde Xochimilco -en enero de 1614- solicitándole que los favoreciera con estos cargos. Lograron obtener un orden a través de la cual tanto criollos como peninsulares podían turnarse cada tres años en el provincialato y otras jerarquías.
En cuanto a los bienes muebles de San Bernardino destaca el retablo mayor de Xochimilco, que data del siglo XVI solo comparable en calidad con el de Huejotzingo, Puebla y del que se han hecho estudios muy detallados de su composición, y es considerado como una obra de gran valor artístico e iconográfico.
Por lo que toca a los retablos laterales tenemos el de Cristo, ubicado en el segundo tramo del lado norte. Data del siglo XVI; esta incompleto en su base y en sus calles laterales. El de la Sagrada Familia localizado en el segundo tramo del lado sur, corresponde a los siglos XVII-XVIII. El de la Virgen Purísima ubicada en el tercer tramo del lado sur, es del siglo XII-XVIII (no se encuentra en el lugar original y esta incompleto en su base). El de Cristo situado en el cuarto tramo del lado sur, data del siglo XVI - XVII. Otro de Cristo localizado en el quinto tramo del lado sur, corresponde a finales del siglo XVII (esta incompleto en su base). El de la Virgen del Carmen con las ánimas del purgatorio ubicado en el quinto tramo del lado norte, es del siglo XVII. El del Martirio de San Pedro situado en el sexto tramo del lado sur, data del siglo XVII-XVIII, este retablo fue hecho sin tener un diseño arquitectónico y no tiene columnas, arquitrabes ni frasos. El de la pasión de Cristo situado en el sexto tramo del lado norte corresponde al siglo XVII (esta incompleto y se encuentra en malas condiciones de estabilidad): El de San Sebastián Mártir ubicado en el séptimo tramo del lado, es del siglo XVIII. Sobre la historia de este ultimo retablo García Granados dice que en 1576 la población de Xochimilco fue afectada seriamente por el cocolixtle, por lo que Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta echó suerte para saber a que santo debían encomendarse, saliendo agraciado el Apóstol Santiago. Pasado un año y en vista que la peste no disminuía decidió encomendarlos a San Sebastián, con lo que el cocolixtle desapareció. En agradecimiento a estos santos les mandó construir sus retablos a ambos lados del altar mayor.
Tanto en el templo como en el convento existen pinturas, esculturas y tallas de gran calidad realizadas por grandes artistas. De las pinturas destacan las de Echave Orio, padre e hijo probablemente Simón Pereyns, Sánchez Salmerón Caravaggio y Francisco Martínez. Sobresalen las culturas de Luis Arciniegas y Juan Martínez Montañés.
La fina silleria tallada en cedro rojo, compuesta por seis sítiales divididos por brazos, así como los dos púlpitos que se encuentran en el templo, fueron hechos por el ebanista Juan Rojas en el siglo XVIII.
A finales del siglo XIX, el arquitecto Mariano Lezano construyó un ciprés de estilo neoclásico que cubría buena parte del retablo mayor. Años más tarde el arquitecto Roberto Álvarez Espinoza realizó unos estudios y elaboró unos planos con objeto de retirar el ciprés argumentando que éste tapaba el retablo del siglo XVI.
La década de los sesentas fue una de las más difíciles en lo que corresponde a la restauración del templo y del convento, ya que se realizaron en ellos intervenciones que afectaron tanto elementos arquitectónicos como a los retablos, pinturas y esculturas. Dicho trabajos se hicieron sin contar con un proyecto de restauración que científicamente apoyará los criterios de conservación y tampoco se consideró aplicar la tecnología más apropiada para cada caso.
Cabe señalar que en los años sesenta el atrio de la iglesia suscitó conflictos al quererse utilizar este espacio para otros fines. De hecho la esquina suroeste se encontraba ocupada por las escuelas primarias Vicente Riva Palacio y la Ignacio Ramírez, lo que dio pauta para que surgieran solicitudes en las que se pedía construir en lo quedaba del atrio un deportivo, y poder utilizar ese espacio para llevar acabo exposiciones ganaderas. De los dos últimos proyectos ninguno fue aprobado y hasta los años setenta. Las primeras fueron reubicadas quedando de ese modo el atrio libre de construcciones ajenas a su uso original.
... Complementar el exconvento franciscano de Xochimilco es situarse en la mística del encuentro del hombre consigo mismo, con el universo y con lo sobrenatural. ... Los alarifes lograron con su modestia una obra sobria realizada con ayuda indígena en sus acabados, fundiéndose el arte indígena y la cultura occidental, reafirmando así el nuevo pensamiento español. ... El conjunto guarda los cánones y la organización especial clásica de los conventos de la Nueva España: El Templo tiene vista al oriente y el claustro al costado sur, que lo protege de los vientos dominantes. ... El atrio es una típica solución americana .
Servia como espacio intermedio entre el interior y el exterior, para llevar acabo en el ceremonias que permitieran una gran concentración de gente. ... El espacio interior... Originalmente tenía techumbre y alfarje de madera, que fueron posteriormente sustituidos por bóvedas. Esto hizo necesario un nuevo entendimiento en el acomodado de su necesario un nuevo entendimiento acomodado geometría integrado estribos y botares a la estructura, destacando una cuyo forma de arco llamarían los estudios de "por tranquil o rampante", el cual sigue en empuje natural de la bóveda como si fuera caída de agua .
... cabe señalar que este tipo de solución estructural fue típica de Xochimilco, con la idea de reforzar las capillas y los templos, contra el hundimiento y desplome, ya que el suelo es altamente compresible y débil. ...El templo cuenta con una fachada en la que destaca la portada... un arco de medio punto, pilastras empotradas y enjutas, rematando a las pilastras una ventana coral de perfil mixtilínea. La fachada culmina con un almenado que la asemeja a una construcción militar; de ahí la idea equivocada de haber sido este tipo de conventos mal llamados conventos fortaleza. Casi al nivel del almenado se encuentra un reloj que muestra el aporte del siglo XIX. ...Hay que destacar los contrafuertes y arbotantes que flanquean la construcción porque representan el avance tecnológico de la época y el perfecto conocimiento de los materiales utilizados. La cúpula del templo, se terminó er. 1700... El doctor Atl nos dice "es probable que (sea) la cúpula más antigua de México y por una rara coincidencia la que parece derivarse más directamente del gran domo de Bruneleschi". ...Cada espacio al interior de las crujías es necesario imaginarlo con su humilde mobiliario de madera aparente o acabado con aceite de linaza, compuesto por una lámpara de aceite para iluminar el recinto, una cama de tablas y una especie de cómoda o ropero.
En la parte exterior encontramos la capilla de la Tercera Orden, compuesta por una sola nave de cuatro tramos que corresponden a finales del siglo XVII, cuya portada en cierta forma nos recuerda la porciúncula puerta de acceso lateral a la nave del templo principal, misma que guarda un significado especial para la orden franciscana.
El convento de San Bernardino muestra en su conjunto, con orgullo, la mano de obra de quienes lo pensaron y lo hicieron, convirtiendo en poemas sintetizados en su arquitectura.
Investigación
Mara González Guine
I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to shoot the last great Alco show in the west. Back in May of 2012 I went on an epic week long tour of the west with three friends centered around chasing the 3751's journey to and from the Grand Canyon. But, of course, we railfanned much of the BNSF transcon and the Phoenix Sub as well. While in Holbrook we were extremely lucky to run into the once weekly "Blue Looper" coal train heading to the Cataylst Mill. This train would only run for two more months until the mill shut down and the famous blue hoppers were all scrapped in short order.
But on this day all was right with the world as a brace of six classic 4-motor Alco C420s & MLW C424s lug the heavy coal train around the S-curves approaching the end of their 38 mile run.
Near Snowflake, Arizona
Thursday May 17, 2012
(...) Considere la cantidad de pura superstición que contribuye a la formación del hombre convencionalmente virtuoso y piense que, mientras de niños se nos trataba de proteger contra toda clase de peligros imaginarios a base de prohibiciones estúpidas, prácticamente ni se mencionaban los verdaderos peligros morales a los que se expone un adulto: las triquiñuelas en los negocios no penadas por la ley, la dureza en el trato a los empleados, la crueldad con la esposa e hijos, la malevolencia hacia los competidores (...) éstos son los pecados verdaderamente dañinos entre los ciudadanos respetables y respetados.
A través de ellos, el hombre siembra miseria en su entorno inmediato y pone su parte en la destrucción de la civilización.
Pero, ¿por qué su moralidad subconsciente está tan desligada de la razón? Porque la ética en la que creían los que le guiaron en su infancia era una tontería; no estaba basada en un estudio de los deberes del individuo para su comunidad; porque estaba compuesta por viejos resíduos de tabúes irracionales dictados por sacerdotes y parientes mentalmente esclavizados (...) va siendo hora de que quien va a participar de la vida normal del mundo aprenda a rebelarse contra esa idiotez enfermiza.
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Portrait of Pope Innocent X is an oil on canvas portrait by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, executed during a trip to Italy around 1650. Many artists and art critics consider it the finest portrait ever created. It is housed in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome. A smaller version is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and a study is on display at Apsley House in London. The painting is noted for its realism as an unflinching portrait of a highly intelligent, shrewd, and aging man. He is dressed in linen vestments, and the quality of the work is evident in the rich reds of his upper clothing, head-dress, and the hanging curtains.
The pope, born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, was initially wary of sitting for Velázquez, but relented after he was shown reproductions of portraits by the artist. A contributing factor for this large advancement in the painter's career was that he had already depicted a number of members of Pamphilj's inner court. The pope, however, remained cautious, and the painting was initially displayed only to his immediate family, and was largely lost from public view through the 17th and 18th centuries.
The portrait was painted during Velázquez's second voyage to Italy, between 1649 and 1651. The subject's vestments are of light linen, suggesting that the picture was probably painted during summer, most likely in 1650. Velázquez included his signature on the paper in the pope's hands, but the date is not readable. There are two versions of the story of how Velázquez came to paint the portrait. According to one of these, while visiting Rome, Velázquez, already a renowned painter, was granted an audience with Pope Innocent X. He offered to paint a portrait of the pope, but Innocent X mistrusted Velázquez's fame, and asked for proof of Veláquez's skills. It would have been then that Velázquez painted the portrait of his servant Juan de Pareja (today at display in the Metropolitan Museum of New York). Once Innocent saw that portrait, he agreed to sit for the artist.
Apparently, when the pope saw the finished portrait, he exclaimed: "È troppo vero! È troppo vero!" ("It's too true! It's too true!"), though he did not deny the extraordinary quality of the portrait.[4] Experts doubt the veracity of this story, and argue that the pope allowed Velázquez to paint him because he had already painted with great success other people from the inner papal court, including the pope's barber.
The portrait was kept at private display by Innocent's family, the Pamphilj, who would display it in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery where it remains to this day. For much of the 17th and 18th centuries, it was a relatively unknown work, familiar only to a few connoisseurs who regarded it to be one of the finest portraits ever. French historian Hippolyte Taine considered the portrait as "the masterpiece amongst all portraits" and said "once it has been seen, it is impossible to forget".
The art dealer René Gimpel noted in his diary in 1923 "Morgan would have offered a million dollars for it. Velázquez was faced with a ruddy Italian, and the artist, accustomed to the pale complexions of his country, unhesitatingly steeped his brush in red the color of wine and brought the bon vivant devastatingly to life.... That face is a whirlpool of flesh, and blood, and life; the eyes are searching.
The 20th century artist Francis Bacon painted a series of distorted variants, often known as the "Screaming Popes", which total more than forty-five known variants executed during the 1950s and early 1960s. The picture was described by Gilles Deleuze as an example of creative re-interpretation of the classical. Bacon avoided seeing the original, but the painting remained the single greatest influence on him; its presence can be seen in many of his best works from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. In Bacon's 1953 version Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, the pope is shown screaming yet his voice is "silenced" by the enclosing drapes and dark rich colors which have been said to create a grotesque and nightmarish tone. The pleated curtains of the backdrop are rendered transparent and appear to fall through the representation of the pope's face.
A reversed form of the portrait features on the cover of occult rock band Ghost's 2018 album Prequelle.
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Another treasure found while poking around Finn Slough. Every time I go there I see something different.
Having artificially darkened the sky of this panoramic shot of Happisburgh Lighthouse I did consider adding a light but with a lot of these things, it's knowing when to stop.......
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From Wikipedia : "Happisburgh Lighthouse in Happisburgh on the North Norfolk coast is the only independently operated lighthouse in Great Britain. It is also the oldest working lighthouse in East Anglia......
In 1987 Happisburgh was one of five lighthouses declared redundant by Trinity House and deactivation was planned for June 1988. Villagers organised a petition to oppose the closure, and as a result the date was postponed.
Under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, Trinity House may dispose of a working lighthouse only to an established Lighthouse Authority. On 25 April 1990 the Happisburgh Lighthouse Act received the Royal Assent establishing the Happisburgh Lighthouse Trust as a Local Light Authority, and Happisburgh became the only independently run operational lighthouse in Great Britain."
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Consider the lilies of the field...soft lavender pink ones in my senior apartment's garden area. I did not grow these but my camera and lens like to show them off.
Este emblemático Café ,está ligado a la historia de Oporto (1921) y a sus tertulias de los años veinte,donde políticos,escritores e intelectuales se reunían para debatir ideas.Su primer nombre fue Elite ,cambiándolo al año siguiente de su inauguración .Es obra del arquitecto Joao Queiros quien creó una atmósfera de café elegante ,al gusto parisino de la época .Estuvo cerrado (años 60) reabriendo en 1994,conservando los espejos de cristal de Amberes,los suelos de mármol de la India,sus bellísimas lámparas,un piano y un jardín de invierno que invitan a revivir la “ Belle-Epoque” .En el se dan recitales de poesía,piano ,exposiciones de pintura y presentación de libros.Considerado edificio de Interés Público y Patrimonio Cultural.
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- Coco Chanel
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SEMPLICI CONSIDERAZIONI SULLA VITA
L' origine della vita è proprio un gran mistero,
c'è chi dice che veniam dallo spazio piu' profondo,
che siamo originari della Terra, che qui ci siam formati,
o la religione dice che qualcuno ci ha creati.
Gli scienziati dicon che tutto ha avuto inizio
con l' incontro fra uno spermatozoo e un ovulo,
che la vita inizia cosi', facilmente,
ma in realta' di come scocca la scintilla,
di come avviene quel miracolo,
è che ancora non ne sappiamo niente.
Quando nasci, ma questo non lo puoi capire,
la tua vita è come un libro aperto tutto bianco,
da scrivere,ancora tutto da riempire,
perchè quel che accade nel futuro non lo puoi sapere,
perchè il futuro ancora non esiste e non lo puoi vedere.
Puoi esser nato per errore o perchè desiderato,
puoi aver la pelle rossa, gialla, bianca o nera,
ma un bambino ha bisogno sempre d' esser amato,
perchè non conta dov'è nato o il suo colore,
è comune a tutti, in egual misura, la gioia ed il dolore.
Al mondo esiston milioni di persone
che vivon in poverta' assoluta, nella disperazione,
non hanno l' acqua e nemmeno da mangiare,
ma non si arrendon, continuano a lottare.
Perchè l' istinto di conservazione in loro è cosi' forte,
che son capaci anche di vincere la morte,
e se hanno qualche dubbio dura meno di un secondo,
il loro istinto li spinge per restare al mondo.
Sentir il telegiornale è una cosa che mi indigna e mi fa' male,
perchè mi spaventa sentir che un uomo ha ucciso un altro uomo,
per denaro o gelosia o un motivo anche banale,
perchè non comprendo e a capir faccio fatica,
la poca considerazione che l' uomo ha della vita.
Purtroppo questa è solo una mia considerazione,
che io esterno, ma che non porta in nessun luogo,
ma che sento di dover raccontare alle persone,
parole dette al vento, un solitario sfogo.
Valmonte Giuseppe
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Romanesco: Some consider it a variety of Broccoli, others a variety of Cauliflower. I consider it a variety of "WTF? That's seriously cool!". I picked this up at the Farmer's Market on Saturday. It should make a pretty interesting curry, though I might try and get a better picture of it first.
Update: I kept this around in the fridge with the full intention of getting a better shot before I ate it. Unfortunately, I procrastinated too long and it went bad....double damn! I never saw this again at the farmers market either. Oh well, maybe next year.
Londres , capital del Reino Unido , está considerada, con sus 7,7 millones de habitantes, la ciudad más grande de Gran Bretaña y Europa. Es una ciudad multicultural en la que conviven cientos de razas, culturas y religiones aparte de la raza blanca,que ocupa el 45% de la actual población. A lo largo del siglo XIX, fueron llegando inmigrantes de otras nacionalidades: irlandeses, judíos polacos y rusos, asíaticos chinos e indios, jamaicanos, pakistaníes, bengalíes, africanos, vietnamitas , ciudadanos de Europa del Este y de los Balcanes. Ello ha dado lugar a una mezcla no solo de orden, racial, sino también cultural ,religiosa, lingüística y de estilos de vida absolutamente opuestos y diversos. Con el fin de organizar esta gigantesca corriente migratoria el gobierno reglamentó la situación laboral y todo extranjero que no consiga trabajo en seis meses debe salir del R.U.
O cemitério do Bonfim pode ser considerado um museu a céu aberto, devido às várias “obras de arte” presentes no local. O cemitério possui um acervo de diferentes estilos, passando pela Belle Époque, o Art-Deco e o Modernismo.
Fundado em 12 de outubro de 1897, final do século XIX, ele está localizado no bairro de mesmo nome. Comporta, nos seus 172 mil metros quadrados, cerca de 17 mil sepulturas. Calcula-se que aproximadamente 40% do total de túmulos são compostos por “Arte Fúnebre”: esculturas, bustos e imagens assinados por artistas famosos, como os irmãos Natali e João Amadeu Mucchiut.
Personalidades
Algumas dessas obras preservam as histórias de várias personalidades e instituições do Estado. Destacam-se, dentre outros, os mausoléus da Polícia Militar, do Corpo de Bombeiros e dos ex-governadores de Minas Olegário Maciel, Bias Fores e Raul Soares. No Bonfim encontram-se, também, os túmulos do escritor Roberto Drummond e de padre Eustáquio, cujos restos mortais foram transferidos para igreja de mesmo nome.
O cemitério pertence à Fundação Parques Municipais, da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte. O necrotério foi tombado pelo Instituto Estadual do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico de Minas Gerais (Iefha/MG), pelo decreto 1.8531/77.
Consider Tour Montparnasse as an alternative to the endless queues (or lines if you don't like French) of La Tour Eiffel... After all you can't see the Eiffel Tower from the Eiffel can you? (Normally you can go on the top of the roof of the 56 floor Montparnasse Tower seeing Paris 360° but we were unlucky arriving on that one day when the roof was closed and had to see it from a window).
Dear Flickr friends, this marks the end of my travel blog (and my vacation days) from France, posting 27 images in 10 days "on the run" while exploring Paris and Normandie. Big and humble thanks to everyone who took time trying to keep up....
It has been a ragbag of postcards and streetshots, of monochrome and color, that really put the "fun in photography" back, as traveling always do for me. I enjoyed the liberty of not considering if it "fitted in" on my stream, or if I had the time to post to groups, to visit contacts, to leave time to get more comments...
Still, the feedback - as always - is the main reason why I enjoy Flickr so much. And after being a "hurricane" of new images to upload it is back to work - and to a regular pace from now on.
As time goes by, there will be more additions to the "Paris/Normandie 2011" set though, obviously. Cheers :-)
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El tren de contenedores 98630 Bilbao-La Negrilla, de Transfesa, pasando con un considerable retraso esta mañana por la estación de viajeros de El Higuerón (un barrio del sur de Córdoba).
No fue el único mercante de la mañana, otro Teco de Acciona también hizo acto de presencia.
Como muchos sabréis, el anterior alcalde de la ciudad firmó un convenio con Adif y Renfe para la puesta en marcha de una red de Cercanías (de apenas 23 kilómetros cuyo recorrido no abandonaba el término municipal de Córdoba). El Ministerio de Fomento y la Junta de Andalucía invirtieron un millón de euros en el acondicionamiento de las estaciones de Villarrubia de Córdoba, Alcolea de Córdoba y El Higuerón (en la foto, cuyo andén recién construido podéis ver en el lado izquierdo de la foto). Tras las pasadas elecciones y la llegada del nuevo equipo de la alcaldía, con todas las estaciones construidas , los gráficos de maquinistas preparados y los horarios listos, decidió paralizar el proyecto.
Consider MRU a genie, your wishes were granted. The FJ's have returned, and oh are they better than before.
Please note, eagle on the helmet may not be the size that it is shown here. All figures will include a head, updating tomorrow.
- Garett
Considerada uma das praias mais urbanizadas de Guarapari, é também uma das mais procuradas por turistas. Com uma espaçosa faixa de areia clara, possui mar azul, levemente agitado, muito propício para o banho. Diversas castanheiras enfeitam a orla, além de fazer sombra para alguns visitantes. Por ser uma praia central, possui grande diversidade de comércio, além de ótimos quiosques na orla, que servem bons pratos e petiscos. O lugar costuma ficar movimentado até mesmo durante a noite, principalmente no verão, por conta da iluminação disposta no calçadão. É uma ótima praia para visitar com a família, tomar um refrescante banho de mar, descansar à sombra da castanheira e comer algum petisco em um dos quiosques. Durante o entardecer, a caminhada no calçadão é uma boa pedida.
Fonte: www.praias-360.com.br/espirito-santo/guarapari/praia-das-...
In my inworld profile, I concluded myself : "I'm so many things to different people, but I consider myself a pixel poet, a gardener."
In my little garden, I have grown different plants: little poppies, daisies, roses, lavenders, forget-me-not, just to name a few.
At the beginning, I planted alone. After a while, some people walked past my garden and saw the beautiful flowers. Most were kind to compliment how beautiful they are, very few would stay and ask if we could grow a plant together. Usually I would politely refuse. I know gardening is not for everyone. It takes lots of patience, love, cooperation and communication. Many people want the beautiful flowers only, not the difficult process to achieve the beauty.
Now and then I would agree to try when I see people showing initiative and interest. At first, they visited the garden regularly. We chatted, we shared love with the flowers.
After a while, their lives got busy. Some would kindly tell you that they can't continue cos they have other things to do. I thanked them for the participation, and let them go. I took care of their flowers.
Some just didn't show up without a word. I was upset, yet, I let them go too. We know gardening is not for everyone, right? So, I looked after their flowers.
A few of them showed up now and then. But everytime they were in the garden, they were being absent-minded. They watered the wrong flowers. We know gardening is not for everyone, right? After a few times, I asked if they would like to continue planting. They smiled and said yes. But then, they started to show up at the garden less and less. Sometimes I had to call them and see if they still wanted to grow the flowers. It would be okay if they were not available. They insisted yes.
Two weeks, three weeks, four weeks passed. There was once I went out for more fertilizers. I walked past the garden not far from mine. A face looked familiar to me. Oh, him. I remembered that he worked there for sometime. But the owner of the garden was on business, so he was looking for something to do to kill time. He saw my flowers so nice, so decided to garden at my place. I wondered if he would have enough time to manage the flowers here and there. He said not sure but he would like to try.
He was happily excitedly chatting with the owner while removing the weeds. I looked at them for a bit, didn't say a word, then I left.
I stared at the flowers we grew and all other flowers in the garden. Sorrow surged. I cried under a big sunflower. The flowers were abandoned.
The next day, my friends came. They visited regularly to water our flowers as usual. They saw me sleeping under the big sunflower. They cried. "Why wastes your soul on flowers that were discarded? They were meant to be grown together with other gardeners." Without an hour, they threw away all those flowers that were no longer wanted.
The garden became empty but came with some freshness. "We are not the best gardeners, but we knew that only when we have the willingness to do it together, there is a chance to keep them growing."
We can consider this species as an other grey bird without any special characters certainly, but one can also consider that this species has been observed up to 5,600 meters in altitude ! The photo itself was taken 4,400 meters above sea level, near the Chimborazo volcano, the highest peak in the Ecuadorian Andes.
This mountain is sometimes also considered the highest in the world when measured from the center of the Earth, due to its position along the equatorial line. So it is a bird perched on one of the rooftops of the world, well above the clouds, which form the background in the image. At this height the ground is mostly barren, but plants, adapted to cold climate and windy condition in growing horizontaly, still persist.
Along with him about 40 species can be observed in the Chimborazo area, which is quite staggering from an European point of view, a continent where life disappears above 3000 m.
Plumbeous Sierra-finch (Geospizopsis unicolor, french : Haplospize gris-de-plomb), taken at 4400 m near El Arenal pass, Chimborazo Province Ecuador.
"Consider them both, the sea and the land, and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself?" ~Herman Melville
A very stormy day on the Oregon Coast.
My family recently started commenting on how birds in my shots lately seem perfectly placed, to the point where they had to wonder if they were photoshopped! Nope, just have good bird luck.
El volcán reventó hace aprox. 286 años. se produjo el evento que puede considerarse como el más significativo de la historia de Lanzarote en los últimos trescientos o cuatrocientos años: la erupción de Timanfaya. La relevancia de este suceso es tal que cambió no sólo la orografía de una parte considerable de la isla sino también la economía y la relación del lanzaroteño con la tierra.
Como señaló el entonces cura de Yaiza en un Diario que realizó de los sucesos:
El 1 de septiembre de 1730, entre 9 y 10 de la noche, se abrió de pronto la tierra a dos leguas de Yaiza, cerca de Chimanfaya. Desde la primera noche se formó una montaña de considerable altura de la que salieron llamas que estuvieron ardiendo durante diecinueve días seguidos.ca de la aldea de Chimanfaya, nombre original de la zona, y comenzó a vomitar lava y cenizas después de una serie de movimientos sísmicos que habían alertado a la población. Este proceso eruptivo, el más importante y de mayor duración del archipiélago canario, se prolongaría durante cinco años, contando con breves períodos de calma.
Un proceso volcánico tan intenso y de tan larga duración tuvo efectos a todos los niveles. Buena parte de la población huyó despavorida hacia otras islas, fundamentalmente Fuerteventura y Gran Canaria, ante el temor de que la lava cubriese la mayor parte de Lanzarote. Además, numerosos lugares quedaron sepultados por la lava y el lapilli; lugares como Chimanfaya, Mancha Blanca, Santa Catalina, Buen Lugar y Maso, por citar algunos, desaparecieron para siempre de la geografía conejera.