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Mumbles, Gower Peninsula.
The sea defence at Mumbles is now complete. It is a lovely walk along the seafront with landscaping and play areas for children. The path is shared between walkers and cyclists.
On finals to land on the 27 left runway over Myrtle Avenue, Heathrow Airport is this rather nice Eurowings Airbus A320 in the Borrusia Dortmund FC scheme.
Went here for a sunset , We spotted the rock formation earlier in the day and so wanted to return - However on closer inspection the only way to get on the beach was a cliff descent which may be done one day for a sunrise not sunset as its pretty dangerous .The sunset was not full of colour as we hoped but was so stormy and so windy it was again dangerous .An amazing location :-)
The glandular hairs of the Saxifrages probably evolved to defend the vulnerable buds by trapping tiny insects without impeding pollinators from flying to the flowers once they open, although in his extensive work on carnivorous plants Charles Darwin suggested they also dissolve and digest the insects they trap. He tells us that in 1875 Druce reported in the Pharmaceutical Journal that he found tiny insects on almost all of the dozens of plants of Saxifraga tridactylites he examined, and a friend in Ireland found the same.
This little specimen of Rue-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites) was on a mossy wall by Nottingham's NG2 Business Park
Situated in high mountains on a river island, Norstedt secures the northern border of the Crohnstein Kingdom.
Further north, there is only the Wild Land, to which no one makes any claim.
Every attacker must use the bridges of Norstedt to enter the kingdom.
A river crossing is impossible because of the extreme rapids.
Will the city be able to defend itself against the attacking orc army?
At least help is on the way.
The first knights of the kingdom have already arrived shortly before the gates of Norstedt.
After 20 months of construction I finally managed to finish my Moc for the Lego Exhibition "8th Berliner Steinewahn" back in September.
Phu!
Next year I will build something smaller!
....at least I hope so!
Lars, who somehow always builds everything a little bigger!
Verteidigung von Norstedt
Im hohen Gebirge auf einer Flussinsel gelegen, sichert Norstedt die nördliche Grenze des Königsreichs Crohnstein.
Weiter im Norden befindet sich nur noch das Wilde Land, auf das niemand Anspruch erhebt.
Jeder Angreifer muss die Brücken von Norstedt nutzen um in das Königreich zu gelangen.
Eine Flussüberquerung ist wegen der extremen Stromschnellen unmöglich.
Wird es die Stadt schaffen, sich gegen die angreifende Orkarmee zu verteidigen?
Zumindest ist Hilfe auf dem Weg.
Die ersten Ritter des Königreiches sind bereits kurz vor den Toren von Norstedt eingetroffen.
Nach 20 Monaten Bauzeit hatte ich es endlich geschafft mein Moc zum 8. Berliner Steinewahn im September fertig zu stellen.
Phu!
Im nächsten Jahr baue ich etwas kleineres!
....das hoffe ich zumindest!
Lars, der irgendwie immer alles etwas größer baut! ;-)
Cromwell's Castle, the 17th century fort built on Tresco on the Scilly archipelago.
Nikkor 35mm AF f2D
Netherlands, Flevoland, Almere, La Defense (UN Studio) (slightly cut from all sides)
UNStudio's La Defense in Almere. A delightfully glass facaded 'chameleon' office building which loves the light .......and light always reciprokes, changing the way the multicoloured facades look and covering the different courtyards / patios of the building with an ever changing coloured tapestry. Why is this? The glass panels are bonded with rerflective 3M 'Luminous' foile which changes color with the angle of the sun. UNStudio's Ben van Berkel said that as a consequence the courtyards function as a 'kleurenklok' (coulor clock). The windows are bronze toned to participate in the colour play.
In this one I have zoomed in on the modernist geometrics of the facade and not on the space. But through the reflection that space is still to be appreciated here. The personal touch of an office worker (a tax clerk / belastingambtenaar (this part of the building is used as local tax office) is also on display here.
Shot during a great Almere Stad archi walk with Leun .
Taken from the beach outside the harbour wall. From the boardwalk inside the harbour you can see the waves crashing 30/40 feet into the air.