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Happy Labor Day, to those who are celebrating it. We don't have one until September
As you may or may not know, Texas use to belong to Mexico which, belonged to Spain. Anyway, that's why so many of the historical buildings look like Spanish cathedrals. I was surprised to learn that there was also a settlement of people from the Canary Islands...How did they get to Texas. I'll have to research that and get back to you. Here's a little from the Internet: Bexar County was created on December 20, 1836, and encompassed almost the entire western portion of the Republic of Texas. This included the disputed areas of western New Mexico northward to Wyoming. After statehood, 128 counties were carved out of its area.
The county was named for San Antonio de Béxar, one of the 23 Mexican municipalities (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. San Antonio de Béxar—originally Villa de San Fernando de Béxar—was the first civil government established by the Spanish in the province of Texas. Specifically, the municipality was created in 1731 when 55 Canary Islanders settled near the system of missions that had been established around the source of the San Antonio River. The new settlement was named after the Presidio San Antonio de Béjar, the Spanish military outpost that protected the missions. The presidio, located at the San Pedro Springs, was founded in 1718 and named for Viceroy Balthasar Manuel de Zúñiga y Guzmán Sotomayor y Sarmiento, second son of the Duke of Béjar (a town in Spain). The modern City of San Antonio in the U.S. State of Texas also derived its name from San Antonio de Béjar.
County Meath (/miːð/; Irish: Contae na Mí or simply an Mhí) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Mid-East Region. It is named after the historic Kingdom of Meath (from Midhe meaning "middle" or "centre"). Meath County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2016 census, the population of the county was 195,044. The county town of Meath is Navan. Other towns in the county include Trim, Kells, Laytown, Ashbourne, Dunboyne, and Slane.
It is one of only two counties outside the west of Ireland to have an official Gaeltacht (the other being County Waterford, which has the Gaeltacht Ring) and the only county in Leinster to have an official Gaeltacht.
Still have had no time, no privacy, no life lately, so we're going back to the archives again. I did a little photo set over a year ago in Walsh County which I never posted a shot from, so instead of letting it rot on my cutting room floor I'm going to post those photos over the next week and a half and let you be the judge, should it have stayed there, or am I being too hard on myself... Again?
I don't typically do landscapes, and this one isn't processed up to my current standards, but it is what it is.
Taken at Walsh County.
Pt Sierra Nevada in far background. Lovely cloudy-bright day, perfect for flower photography. Almost no wind! The rectangular sea-cave (left center) is new this year.
This cliff-face represents a perfect geological history of this part of the coast. The youngest gravels (on top) are from the recent Ice Ages. The older, layered gravels rest on the dark bedrock of the Franciscan Complex, all ultimately altered basalt. A quick refresher: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan_Complex
The geomorphology of this retreating bluff-face is pretty cool too. Life is persistent, even when those poor plants are headed for a salt-water death in the next wet winter!
Just outside of Windsor, Ontario, old abandoned railway lines have been converted into hiking and biking trails, like this one beside the Arner grain elevator. At one time, freight trains connected all the small towns around Essex County, but now hikers and cyclists can go for kilometres on these wonderful trails.
@the county park near me.....and yes, I did sit down to enjoy the beautiful spring for a few minutes. :-))
County Arcade, Victorian Shopping Arcades, Leeds. The County Arcade was completed in 1900. Impressed with the quality and condition of Victorian buildings in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Rosbeg, County Donegal.
All over Ireland you will find beaches called “Tramore”! It is Irish and it means literally “Big Beach”
Much of Lancaster County Pennsylvania is made up of rural farms that dot the landscape with towering silos.
This was taken on the same day as the previous post. Heavy rains earlier in the day made for a long lasting colorful sunset and a low fog.
Orange County hardly lives up to its name anymore. A few orchards may survive, but today the endless citrus groves that once clothed the county in green are only a memory. Before a postwar population boom triggered an almost wholesale conversation of farmland to suburbia, much of Orange County appeared decidedly rural. In 1948, a vast forest of five million Valencia orange trees grew on 67,000 acres.
Found these Orange County Beauties at the Fullerton Arboretum in Fullerton, California.
Walsh County is a seasonal photogenic sim.
Check my blog for my review on this place: mutisslworld.blogspot.com/2020/12/d005-walsh-county-north...
Location: Walsh County
County Hall es un edificio en Lambeth , Londres, que fue la sede del Consejo del Condado de Londres y más tarde el Consejo del Gran Londres ( GLC ) . El edificio se encuentra en la ribera sur del río Támesis , justo al norte del puente de Westminster
El edificio principal de seis pisos fue diseñado por Ralph Knott . Se enfrentó en piedra de Portland en un estilo eduardiano barroco . La construcción, que se llevó a cabo por Holland , Hannen y Cubitts se inició en 1911 y el edificio fue inaugurado en 1922 por el rey Jorge V.
Durante 64 años County Hall sirve como la sede del gobierno local para London. Hoy County Hall es un sitio de negocios y atracciones , incluyendo el acuario Sea Life London, London Dungeon y una sala de juegos Namco Station.
County Hall is a building in Lambeth, London, which was the headquarters of London County Council and later the Greater London Council (GLC). The building is on the South Bank of the River Thames, just north of Westminster Bridge
The main six storey building was designed by Ralph Knott. It is faced in Portland stone in an Edwardian Baroque style. The construction, which was undertaken by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts started in 1911 and the building was opened in 1922 by King George V
For 64 years County Hall served as the headquarters of local government for London.Today County Hall is the site of businesses and attractions, including the London Sea Life Aquarium, London Dungeon and a Namco Station amusement arcade.