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I fell in love with the clocktower. Like the building two pictures back in the stream, this one is of vaguely modernist style, probably 1930's or 40's, and like the other one, played a part in the fishing industry. The clock tower is made of red brick, like the inserted panels in the side façade. Red brick is rare in Portugal. In this picture we can see the yacht slip. The other building is behind it. The canal which leads into the city of Aveiro is behind me, and the Atlantic ocean is beyond the lagoon to the front.
Mamiya 645, Mamiya - Sekor 1 : 2.8 45mm, Ilford HP4 125 120mm, Iflord Microphen 1:1, 10min
This is my entry for the "Like A Boss" contest.
The Clock Tower is from the game "Epic Mickey" for the Wii. He is the first boss you face in the game and is my personal favorite. He lives in "Small World" area of Wasteland. At one time the Clock Tower was a very friendly character but after listening to the song "It's a small world after all" non-stop for years on end, it drove him to insanity!
There are two ways to beat this boss. You can either repair him with Mickey Mouse's paint or you can destroy him with Thinner. Each path has an effect on the story progression throughout the game.
A part of the facade of the Halmstad city hall (inaugurated in 1938). Above the clock is a granite relief by Stig Blomberg.
On top of the carillon is a sculpture of two blacksmiths. It is one of four different groups that turn out six hours each. Each group has its own melody that the bells play when the group appears. The groups are made by Ragnar Myrsmeden.
sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halmstads_rådhus (website in Swedish)
This is a bit of a saga now-these clocks are now 5 seconds apart so the gap is growing slowly...Northampton...Jan 27 2016.
Mamaw’s Clock
I don’t really know the full history of this clock. (If I remember correctly it is a Waterbury clock we think is from around the 1920’s or teens. The label on the back is pretty degraded. I have a photo of the back of the clock saved somewhere and I need to find it and put somewhere easy to access.)
This was my mother’s mother’s clock. When I was little it hung on the wall of her house in Hiawassee Georgia. She kept it wound and it would always chime the hour and give one ding for the half-hour. It has a Very distinctive, Very loud chime. Not even really a chime... this thing goes DONG CLANG DONG and it’s spectacular.
I do have one great true story about this clock, it isn’t my story and I don’t remember the finer details, but I’ve been meaning to write this down anyway.
Back in the day in very rural USA (and other places?) they had a telephone “party line” where all the telephones in the area shared one line, so you could pick up the phone and talk to multiple people in the area all at once. Also, if someone was already on a call to someone else you could pick up your phone receiver and listen to them. So, when your neighbors had some really juicy drama, affairs, or drunken in-fighting over the telephone... you could just pick up the party line, sit very quietly, and secretly listen to all the good gossip. Until your clock chimes on the hour and the rowdy neighbor fighting with his girlfriend hears it and says something along the lines of: “I know who’s clock that is. I’m not going to say anything, but she better hang up.” My sweet Mamaw got herself busted listening in on the party line because of this clock.
At some point when I was a kid we brought the clock home with us from Georgia to Alaska and it hung in my house growing up. I was always enamored of this clock and loved to keep it wound and have it chime the hour, but it sortof drove the rest of the family crazy so we never kept it going long. After I moved out and got my own place my mom really surprised me and let me take the clock. (Our relationship isn’t that great, drama for a different story, and when I was still on speaking terms with her I lived in fear that she would demand this clock back if I ever acted too happy about having it.)
My husband and I kept this clock wound for quite a few years! She keeps time wonderfully. Her beautiful loud CLANG DONG CLANG discouraged some unwanted overnight houseguests from making repeat visits! My husbands friend tried to couch surf at our house... sure you can sleep on the couch... in the room with the clock!!
Currently we don’t keep her wound, I need to get a new clock key for her, the one we have is splitting and will break if we try to keep using it.
I always though the figurehead on the clock was a representation of Athena, but now I’m not sure?! I think winged helmets are usually Mercury/Hermes, but I don’t know. Any ideas who she could really be? Maybe just decorative?
(The bubble-level is off. How annoying. One more thing from the 2018 earthquake I haven’t fixed yet. Not a priority because she isn’t running.)
This sculpture of Time and the Maiden was crafted from a single redwood trunk by a member of the Mendocino Lodge. Black and white conversion was done with Tonality.
On Saturdays the Porotbello Road is home to the "Portobello Road Market", one of the most notable and famous street markets in the world.
The market began as a fresh-food market in the nineteenth century; antiques dealers arrived in the 1960s. It is known for its second-hand clothes and antiques.
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Camera / Lens: Nikon D60 with Nikkor AF-S 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 VR
ISO: 200
Aperture: f7.1
Exposure: 1/800 secs
Porto Bello Road, London
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A homebuilt custom, this serious off-roader with vintage style sold for an impressive $128,800, well above the pre-auction estimate.
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