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Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres (19,000 ha) located 16 miles (26 km) south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays.[5] It is Nevada's oldest state park, as commemorated with Nevada Historical Marker #150. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1968.
Valley of Fire is located 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas.
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105 Metcalfe Street:
This two storey yellow brick Italianate was built by Joseph McAdam, a local merchant in 1872.
The building has a three bay facade and a classical floor plan (four over four). The main door is centred and is surmounted by a semi-circular arch. Two two-storey bay windows balance the central door. Their upper sashes are elaborate with cross-banded mullions. The front porch is supported by ionic columns and has a garlanded frieze/cornice with a central Greek pediment. The comers of the building are cantoned and the lintels are made of brick. Eave brackets are six-paired.
The second storey has a central window framed with ionic pilasters, which support a garlanded entablature. It also contains a balcony situated over the porch.
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806 Huron Terrace: The house is a Victorian-Queen Anne style red brick two-storey house and was built in 1912 by John Mills for Samuel Farrell. The brick for the house came from the Paisley brick works. The barn behind the house was used to keep the horses. Mr. Farrell used for the delivery of main in Kincardine. He sorted the mail in the loft above the stables.
Designation By-law 1990-002, on January 18, 1990.
Cobble Stone street in Vancouver, BC oldest neighbourhood.
Gastown was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2009
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Gastown was Vancouver's first neighbourhood and is named for "Gassy" Jack Deighton, a Yorkshire seaman, steamboat captain and barkeep who arrived in 1867 to open the area's first saloon. He was famous for his habit of talking at length (or "gassing") and the area around his saloon came to be known as "Gassy's town," a nickname that evolved to "Gastown."The town soon prospered as the site of Hastings Mill sawmill, seaport, and quickly became a general centre of trade and commerce on Burrard Inlet as well as a rough-and-rowdy resort for off-work loggers and fishermen as well as the crews and captains of the many sailing ships which came to Gastown or Moodyville, on the north side of the inlet (which was a dry town) to load logs and timber. The Canadian Pacific Railway terminated on piles on the shore parallel to Water Street in 1886. From this the area became a hive of warehouses. Carrall Street was particularly swampy owing to it being low ground between False Creek and Burrard Inlet. Bridges overcame this obstacle, and the low ground and beach was slowly filled in with refuse.
In 1886 the town was incorporated as the City of Vancouver. It fell victim to the Great Vancouver Fire that same year, losing all but two of its buildings, but the area was completely rebuilt and continued to thrive. Hastings and Main was the traditional centre of town, and the foreshore became an important staging area with the North and West Vancouver Ferries, and Union Steamships all having docks there. Evans, Coleman, Evans, a longtime merchandiser, had a warehouse; Fleck Brothers, and Koret distributors also had buildings. Department stores such as Spencer's, Hudson's Bay Company warehouse, Woodward's, Fairbanks Morse, Army and Navy stores, and food retailers Malkins and Kelly Douglas traded and were based there.
Its historical boundaries were the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Carrall Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the 1870 townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.I. ("Burrard Inlet"). The official boundary[citation needed] does not include most of Hastings Street except for the Woodward's and Dominion Buildings, and stretches east past Columbia St., to the laneway running parallel to the west side of Main Street. Wikipedia
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58 Victoria Street
This gracious residence was constructed in the late 1800’s is built in true Victorian style, with steep pitches and gables, gingerbread trim and elongated, mullioned windows. The interior retains its original hardwood floors and carved woodwork, along with 12” deep mouldings. An original wooden staircase completes the period interior setting.
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51 Mountain Street
Ball House
The original stone portion of this house has a two-storey, five bay aspect facing the driveway. The main facade is of split face ashlar coursing with cut stone quoins. The sidewalls are of a more random coursing and all stone is chiefly local. All the windows have solid stone sills; some with solid stone lintels and others with a flat arch of the same local stone. The land on which the building is located was originally a Crown Grant to George Ball in 1796. The property was sold to the Public Works Department in 1843 and was then turned over to the Welland Canal Loan Company. During this period, the building was used as the home of the lockmaster, overseeing the work of 17 locktenders.
Senate Concurrent Resolution No.3 of the 1927 legislative session designated the mockingbird as the State Bird of Florida. Not only a Florida favorite, it is the State Bird of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
The northern mockingbird is a medium-sized songbird measuring about 23 cm (about 9 in.) and weighing about 50 g (about 2 oz.), with longish legs and tail and a slightly curved bill.
The grayish-brown color, two parallel white wing bars and broad white wing patch, which is easily seen in flight, distinguish this bird from its cousins, the brown thrasher and the catbird.
Food Habits
The mockingbird is omnivorous. About half its diet consists of arthropods, including beetles, ants, bees, wasps, and grasshoppers, but it will also eat earthworms and small lizards. These aggressive feeders can often be observed chasing down a grasshopper on a lawn, running, hopping and lunging at the prey, or flying just above the ground maneuvering behind a large wasp. They are also fond of zebra butterflies (Heliconius charitonius), which are commonly available in southern Florida. In the fall or whenever available at a feeder, the mockingbird enjoys eating fruits, both wild and cultivated.
I found this one at Lake Marian in Osceola County, Florida.
The foundation of the city and the construction of a fortified castle is attributed to King Kazimierz Wielki by the legend. In 1406, King Władysław Jagiełło made the location of the city - the market square was marked out, streets were designated, and plots for construction were designated. The northern part of the market is left without any buildings, thanks to which the view of the church of St. John the Baptist and the ruins of the castle.
The cobbled Market Square has been preserved with beautiful buildings, interesting details and an old well in the middle.
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Założenie miasta oraz budowę zamku obronnego legenda przypisuje Kazimierzowi Wielkiemu. W 1406 r. Władysław Jagiełło dokonał lokacji miasta - wytyczono rynek, ulice, wyznaczono działki pod budowę. Północną część rynku pozostawiono bez zabudowy, dzięki temu otwarty jest widok na kościół św. Jana Chrciciela i ruiny zamku.
Zachował się brukowany Rynek z piękną zabudową, ciekawymi detalami oraz starą studnią na srodku.
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Windjammer Inn
324 Smith Street, Port Stanley
Situated in the heart of Port Stanley, the Shepard House(circa 1854) was built by Samuel Shepard, a prominent business man and grain merchant. The house has been tastefully restored to become the Windjammer Inn featuring relaxed, comfortable rooms, with award winning cuisine.
Quedlinburg/Harz GER
Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994, the castle, church and old town were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.Quedlinburg has a population of more than 24,000. The town was the capital of the district of Quedlinburg until 2007, when the district was dissolved. Several locations in the town are designated stops along a scenic holiday route, the Romanesque Road.
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In 1878 the American Hotel was constructed at 763-767 Talbot Street. This was THE hotel of the rail officials and its V.I.P.s. The buildings are located directly across the street and facing the Canadian Southern Depot and the Michigan Central Park.
Since then, there has been numerous businesses located here including Erie Smallwares, Hong Kong Variety, The Golden Crust Bakery and currently Streamliners Espresso Bar.
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77 Bradley Street
Locktenders' House
Constructed in 1851, the former Locktenders' House served as accommodations to men tending the locks of the Welland Canal. The semi-detached, one and one-half storey dwelling is built of sandstone cut from a quarry within 500 feet of the house and accented with limestone corner quoins and stone lintels and sills. The designation recognizes both the impact of the Welland Canals upon the early settlement of St. Catharines, as well as the contribution of the locktender’s who aided the navigation of the ships through them.
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McIntosh-Ridley House 45-47 South Front Street (designated 1983):
Built 1817. This early building is of post and beam construction. To the big square timbers of the frame, clapboard was nailed on the outside and hand split lath on the inside. The space between was filled with bricks and mortar. The fireplace, with its bake oven, is still in place in the kitchen wing at the back. The original front door with side lights is still intact under the present stucco. The house is the keystone of at least one dozen early buildings still existing from the harbour front settlement.
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Dingman House, 91 Metcalfe Street:
This two storey brick neo-classic Greek Revival house with a three-bay front has a double-hung central door with a shallow curved fan light. Large Italianate brackets at the eves support a hip-roof. One two-storey Greek-revival porch is supported by Ionic columns which support a balcony over the door while another semi-circular porch is accessed from the main floor via double-hung doors.
The property continues to be owned by the Dingman family. L.H. Dingman was owner/publisher of the St. Thomas Times which St. Thomas Times-Journal newspaper.
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816 Princes Street: The house was built circa 1890 by the John Watson Family and in 1911 became the property of the William Mitchell Family. In the late 1930's it was purchased by Howard R Magwood and on his death it became the home of his daughter Dorothy and her husband Bert Hartley. During the late 1800's Architects and builders borrowed ideas from various styles including Classical Revival and Italianate and incorporated them in their design. The structure if of yellow brick and the distinctive decorative trim particularly around the eaves.
Designation By-law 4640, on December 20, 1984
Dachas were initially designated only for recreation getaways of city dwellers and for the purpose of growing little gardens.
Port of Megayachts in Catalonia / Barcelona
Vilanova i la Geltrú has one of the most attractive ports in Europe. The Vilanova Grand Marina - Barcelona has been designated the 10th most beautiful port of the Old Continent by the Italian portal Marcopolo TV. The arguments that have raised him to this position are his specialization in superyachts, his location next to Barcelona and at the foot of the Garraf Natural Park and its services of cutting-edge technology.
Vilanova Grand Marina.
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479 Vine Street
Gibson-McIsaac-Smith House
This one and one half storey brick veneer home was built around 1870. It is one of the few remaining structures of its time in the north end of St. Catharines area. The house has a hipped roof with boxed cornice and frieze. All of the windows are double hung in a two over two pane arrangement. One interesting feature of the house is that above the door is a segmental transom which opens for ventilation.
~ Intellectual Gatherings ~
*Georgian Squares in Edinburgh & a Poetry Garden in the City of Literature.A Square with Vibrant Colours & Verses ...
*The Grandeur of St Andrew Square & The designated Poetry Garden * UNESCO city of literature *
St Andrew Square was built in 1770 and is part of the New Town design.The centrepiece of the Garden is the fluted column of the Melville Monument,commemorating Henry Dundas,1st Viscount Melville,a politician described as the uncrowned king of Scotland.
*Its construction has a literary link as the grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson,the world-famous author and poet, was a lighthouse engineer,and he was consulted about the foundations for the 150ft monument when it was built in 1823.
*In the 1780’s, during the Scottish Enlightenment period,St Andrew Square was free from the inconveniencies of the old city and was the most fashionable address in the New Town.
* On 4th April 2008,the Garden with the wonderful pool and the pathways around,opened to the public for the first time in 230 years and dedicated space to Poetry.
Richard Holloway,once Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council,said that the wonderful thing about having a Poetry Garden in a famous square,in a beautiful city,is the way it will help people to pause for a minute and let Poetry into their lives.
"Wring the Scottish Rain Clouds Dry ...
the summer's sun slowed down
to pearl-sheen dusk on hillsides and on lochs at midnight.
And, most of all, take the years that have already run to dust,
the dust we spill behind us…
All this,distill,and cask,and wait ...
The senselessness of human things resolves
to Who we Are and our Present Fate.
Let's taste,let's savour and enjoy ...
Here's life! Here's courage to go on ... " Ron Butlin
"A Recipe for Whisky" ~ Without a Backward Glance & a 'wee dram' just to calm me heid ... Aye All Good ‘N Fine ... ♥
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219 Lambton Street: Sir Alexander MacKenzie's summer home, he was the only native of Bruce County to have been knighted. This building dominated the streetscape and surroundings and reminds one of an important era in the town's history. It is now home to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 183.
Designation By-law 4086, on September 15, 1977.
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St. Thomas Public Library: The city's original Carnegie Library was designed and constructed in 1903 and opened for use in 1904. The building housed the library until a new library building was constructed in 1974. Subsequently, the building was occupied by the City Engineering Department. The building has been designated by the City of St. Thomas as a protected Cultural Heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act - By-law 27-89, passed February 20, 1989.
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Stone Barn | 2113 No 25 Side Road
The stone barn, also known as an English Barn, was constructed in 1875. It is a unique style of barn with 22 inch thick walls, and is known to have existed in England well before the seventeenth century. It is one of the largest stone barns still standing in the Region of Halton.
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118 Bridge Street (designated 1984):
Two and a half storey clapboard house on the original stone foundation has a wealth of woodwork details representative of the late Victorian period. Built in 1895 by Mr. H. Pringle of the Pringle Company; these builders specializing in hardwood interior fittings. This company also furnished building materials for several prominent banks throughout the province. Each facade displays a peaked gable. Three of these gables are outlined with bargeboard of a design typical of the time. Windows have decorative trim, many with shutters and pedimented heads. The portico and porches are finished with elaborate wood detailing.
I've always found it very ironic that the one day in America designated for kindness and gratitude is also a day when the multitudes make a conscious choice to eat an animal when they don't have to.
It was my love of cats that made me decide to go vegetarian at 13 years old because I was taught to not discriminate against humans so why not apply the same to animals? How could I justify eating a pig, a turkey, a cow if I could never eat a cat or a dog? It made me question the way our society values some lives more than others and caused me to start thinking with a mind for social justice too. When systems say "It's ok to do this even when you feel this...." all you have to do is follow the money. Factory farming in this country in and of itself is a multi billion dollar industry that causes great harm to both animals and the environment. Why should we choose profit over the lives of animals as well as our own health?
There are so many stray cats in need of love and medical treatment. To me, it is like living in a city where you see people sleeping and begging on the street often. You feel like every dollar you give will never be enough. But, there's something to be said for when you are part of a vast world of great suffering and you help even one life.
This cat was found in a rescue orientated cat café and was actually provided with multiple medical treatments out of the pockets of the volunteers who worked there to keep it alive. One of the best cats I ever had, Buckley (named after Tim and Jeff), was a cat I adopted after a volunteer at the rescue agency paid over $2000 for a surgery, which I definitely would not have been able to afford at that time in my life. Buckley lived at least a decade in my arms and resembled this little guy. He would head butt me in bed and I'd lift up my blanket and he'd sleep and purr right beside me all night. When the time came for his life to end, I held him in my arms until his very last breath and I have no doubt he knew he was loved. All of this because someone said, "Yes, there is immeasurable suffering on this Earth but I can make a choice to make it less for this creature. "
Our choices matter.
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20 Walnut Street
This was the office building of Dr. John Wilson and the actual building was moved from 37 Elgin Street to this location in 1914.
Dr. Wilson was a prominent doctor and a member of the Legislative Assembly in 1871 and 1875. In 1882, Dr. Wilson was elected a Member of Parliament in Ottawa. He was appointed to the Senate in 1904 and died in 1912.
This small house is the only older building in St. Thomas clad in board and batten. Board and batten were a type of siding popular in the 1850s and 1860s.
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Ernest Jay Farmhouse | 3053 Derry Road West
The Ernest Jay farmhouse is a two and a half storey red brick house that was built in 1913 and is a good representative example of vernacular Edwardian Classicism architecture and the use of brick from local brickworks.
Messier 13 (M13), also designated NGC6205 and sometimes called theGreat Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of about 300,000 stars in the constellation of Hercules.
M13 is about 145 light-years in diameter and is 25,100 light-years away from Earth.
It was discovered in 1714 by Edmund Halley.
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as as satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centres.
Details.
M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI683 Baader LRGB filters
30x600s Luminance
30x600s Red
30x600s Green
30x600s Blue
Totalling 20 hours.
This was all taken as well during the full moon period, as Globular clusters are less affected by moonlight than other Deep Sky objects.
I did a little photograpy hike with my little big sister Truus1949.
It's nice we have the same hobby's: hiking, nature and photography!
The Loonse en Drunense Duinen (Loonse and Drunense Dunes) is a national park situated in the south of the Netherlands, between the cities of Tilburg, Waalwijk & 's-Hertogenbosch. It has been designated as a national park since 2002. It is 35 km² (14 mile²) in area.
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92 Henry Street
This one storey house was constructed in 1853 by prominent local builder James Dougan Senior. The building, which has been moved twice since its construction, was most notably used as the Classical and Commercial School by Reverend Thomas D. Phillips from 1862 to 1866. The building has been used for residential purposes since that time. Although the building has undergone some alterations over 150 years its basic structure remains unchanged. The façade is dominated by a broad Victorian style veranda and exhibits mid-nineteenth century Ontario vernacular style with such Classical Revival elements as the rectilinear door and window openings and the eave returns at the rear.
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Elgin County Land Registry Office
The Elgin County Registry Office is a fine example of the registry offices constructed throughout the province during the last quarter of the 19th century. The building, erected in 1874, with additions in 1888 and 1909, is Italianate in style.
The New York, Susquehanna & Western has invaded East Binghamton, NY Delaware & Hudson's rail yards as ordered by a bankruptcy judge in New York State. Guilford has pulled out of town for the last time, a story we all know about and NYS&W now the designated operator for the D&H lines. The operation is in full swing by the time of this shot and there are no shortages of "45 power" on this day of my visit to the yard. several SD45s and NRL F45s are spread about. These two happened to be in a fine position for a clean roster, so the shutter went "click"!
FWIW, the 3618 still operates today on "Q".
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240 William Street (designated 1991):
Built 1874. Brick building is T-shaped, with three bay windows on the main floor which lends to it some character. Of special interest is the handsome enclosed winter or storm porch with its long narrow rounded windows which help to enhance the tone of the other plainer windows which help to enhance the tone of the other plainer windows and the house as a whole.
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110 Bridge Street West (designated 1986):
Built in 1867 by Smith Steven, clerk in the Grand Trunk Railway solicitor’s office. Excellent example of a family home owner of modest means. Has original 6/6 pane windows, window sills, and shutters. Acorn brackets extend under the cornice. The front door, balanced by narrow sidelights, has a false centre bead forming a mid-line, a feature which is a rarity in Belleville.
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an Act of Congress, which designated bourbon, "The Official Spirit of America."
According to 27 CFR 5.22, bourbon whisky is whisky produced at
- not exceeding 160 proof from a fermented mash of not less than 51% corn
- stored at not more than 125 proof in charred new oak containers; and also includes mixtures of such whiskies of the same type.
- Whiskies conforming to these standards, which have been stored in the type oak containers prescribed, for a period of 2 years or more shall be further designated straight bourbon whisky.
Finally, the Federal Code goes on to state, "That the word 'bourbon' shall not be used to describe any whisky or whisky-based distilled spirits not produced in the United States."
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the area underneath the water at Abbott's Lagoon (about 200 acres in total) is federally designated wilderness, but the surrounding lands are all working ranches. doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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Morrow House
232 Colborne Street, Port Stanley
The Morrow house in Port Stanley has been designated for both cultural and architectural reasons. It is a fine example of a Regency Cottage style with the central doorway with pilasters on either side. The windows are balanced and features typical sashes of the 1840s. The building was originally the first library in Port and later the offices of Dr. Jackson and then Dr. Clinton Bell. It had been neglected for many years but a few years ago, John and Cathy Morrow purchased the home and restored much of its heritage features.
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Kinsmen Park, 151 Dundas Street (designated 1991):
The Dundas Street East burying ground was consecrated on March 3, 1828 as one of Belleville’s first cemeteries. Old surveys and registered land plans shows a lot marked “WM burying grounds”, presumably meaning Wesleyan Methodist. In 1872 when the Belleville Cemetery on Dundas Street West was opened, it is speculated that bodies could have been transferred there and the cemetery ritually closed by the Wesleyan Methodist congregation. Belleville Cemetery did not keep precise records prior to 1895, therefore there are no records of any such transfers, leaving the only way to tell by identifying names on aged gravestones. In 1916 the land was sold to Francis and Mary O’Flynn by the City for tax arrears by the owner of the ground. The O’Flynn’s in turn sold the land back to the City in 1925 to preserve the property for use as a public park or “open breathing space”. In the early 1950’s the land was leased to the Kinsmen Club who have established and maintained the site as a children’s playground until this day. However, it is presumed that many of our earliest settlers are buried there and that the part they played in establishing the City of Belleville as very important.
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258 Front Street (designated 1983):
Original stone building approximately 1824; this foundation still exists. A third storey was added about 1883. The present brick facade was probably added in 1891. This building was originally used as a bakery; in the basement are the remains of a large open hearth. Building retains original tin ceiling and wood ceiling at the store level.
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Foster Ward Community Centre, 75 St. Paul Street (designated 1985):
Built in 1899 by Abbott, Mitchell Steel & Iron Company. Specific features of this building are the polychromatic brickwork, quoining, bell-shaped roof and interior wood casing and trim. The north side of the building presents the facade with centred main door, with one large sash window on each side. The second floor has three large sash windows. All the windows and doors present the same characteristics as wood sills and yellow coloured brick voussoir arches above the plinth of the building which is made out of large pieces of stone.
Florida designated the endangered gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) as the official state tortoise in 2008 (Senate Bill 1486). Florida recognizes two other reptiles as state symbols (American alligator and loggerhead sea turtle). All State Reptiles.
The gopher tortoise is a land based tortoise, preferring to make their homes in the high and dry sand pine scrub areas of the state. They dig burrows in the ground that can go as deep as 10 feet and 40 feet in length. These burrows are important not only to the tortoise but are also used by over 350 other species including other state residents such as the indigo snake, gopher frog and gopher cricket. On a sunny day you will find gopher tortoises out and about feeding on some of their favorite grasses and small plants
A major threat to our gopher tortoises is vehicle traffic, as they often try to cross roads to find new areas to feed or dig burrows.
I found this one at Walk In The Water Wildlife Management Area in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
Port of Megayachts in Catalonia / Barcelona
Vilanova Grand Marina.
Vilanova i la Geltrú has one of the most attractive ports in Europe. The Vilanova Grand Marina - Barcelona has been designated the 10th most beautiful port of the Old Continent by the Italian portal Marcopolo TV. The arguments that have raised him to this position are his specialization in superyachts, his location next to Barcelona and at the foot of the Garraf Natural Park and its services of cutting-edge technology.
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236 Harbour Street: The Lighthouse structure is typical of an integrated lighthouse combined with the keeper's house. Although the element of the Lighthouse are similar to others of its type, the pleasing proportions, the rhythm of the windows, the colour scheme of the white and red and the location in the town scape make this Lighthouse unique. It has become the symbol-the-logo of the former Town of Kincardine and now for the Municipality of Kincardine and is featured on the majority of its promotional material.
Designation By-law 2009-008, on January 28, 2009.
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344 Merritt Street
Former Merritton Library
The former Merritton Public Library was built in 1924 through a grant for the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. The building was designed in the Neo Tudor Style by renowned local architect Arthur Nicholson of the firm Nicholson and Macbeth. The architectural features of this building include a prominent front entrance to the left of the front façade. The entrance is a large stone Tudor-arch with decorative buttresses. When originally built the entrance was flanked by two bulb lamps that stood from the concrete step and the bolts for the lamps can still be seen today. A decorated parapet surrounds the flat roof and there is a single chimney that projects on the left side of the building. The exterior of the building is a dark discoloured rough brick. Surrounding the building is a light coloured stone frieze located below the diamond shaped stone decorations in the brickwork. The numerous windows allow a great deal of natural light into the building. Surrounded by wooden mullions, the windows repeat primarily in sets of three.
Reeds designate a biotope and a plant community in the shallow water and bank edge area of bodies of water. It consists of tall, reed-like plants (reed plants) such as common reeds (Phragmites australis), bulrushes (Typha spec.), porcupines (Sparganium spec.), canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) and water swaths (Glyceria maxima); also from calamus (Acorus calamus), flag iris (Iris pseudacorus), swan flower (Butomus umbellatus), frog spoon (Alisma spec.) and other species.
Röhricht bezeichnet ein Biotop und eine Pflanzengesellschaft im Flachwasser- und Uferrandbereich von Gewässern. Es besteht aus großwüchsigen, schilfartigen Pflanzen (Röhrichtpflanzen) wie Schilfrohr (Phragmites australis), Rohrkolben (Typha spec.), Igelkolben (Sparganium spec.), Rohr-Glanzgras (Phalaris arundinacea) und Wasser-Schwaden (Glyceria maxima); ferner aus Kalmus (Acorus calamus), Sumpf-Schwertlilie (Iris pseudacorus), Schwanenblume (Butomus umbellatus), Froschlöffel (Alisma spec.) und aus weiteren Arten.
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Georgian Squares in Edinburgh & a Poetry Garden in the City of Literature.A Square with Vibrant Colours & Verses ...
*The Grandeur of St Andrew Square & The designated Poetry Garden * UNESCO city of literature *
*St Andrew Square was built in 1770 and is part of the New Town design.The centrepiece of the Garden is the fluted column of the Melville Monument,commemorating Henry Dundas,1st Viscount Melville,a politician described as the uncrowned king of Scotland.
Its construction has a literary link as the grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson,the world-famous author and poet, was a lighthouse engineer,and he was consulted about the foundations for the 150ft monument when it was built in 1823.
*In the 1780’s, during the Scottish Enlightenment period,St Andrew Square was free from the inconveniencies of the old city and was the most fashionable address in the New Town.
On 4th April 2008,the Garden with the wonderful pool and the pathways around,opened to the public for the first time in 230 years and dedicated space to Poetry.
*Richard Holloway,once Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council,said that the wonderful thing about having a Poetry Garden in a famous square,in a beautiful city,is the way it will help people to pause for a minute and let Poetry into their lives.
"Wring the Scottish Rain Clouds Dry ...
the summer's sun slowed down
to pearl-sheen dusk on hillsides and on lochs at midnight.
And, most of all, take the years that have already run to dust,
the dust we spill behind us…
All this,distill,and cask,and wait ...
The senselessness of human things resolves
to Who we Are and our Present Fate.
Let's taste,let's savour and enjoy ...
Here's life! Here's courage to go on ... " Ron Butlin
"A Recipe for Whisky" ~ Without a Backward Glance & a 'wee dram' just to calm me heid ... Aye All Good ‘N Fine ... ♥
♥ * Grateful Thanks my Friends for your visits & comments * ♥
El Jardín del administrador humilde (chino: 拙政园|t=拙政園; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng Yuán) es un destacado jardín chino de la ciudad de Suzhou. El jardín se encuentra en el número 178 de la calle Dongbei (东北街178号). Con 51 950 m², es el mayor jardín de Suzhou y muchos lo consideran uno de los más bellos del sur de China. En 1997, Zhuozheng Yuan, junto con otros jardines clásicos de Suzhou, fue proclamado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.
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Los jardines clásicos de Suzhou son un conjunto de jardines en la ciudad de Suzhou de la provincia de Jiangsu (China), están considerados como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco desde el año 1997 y fueron ampliados en el 2000.
En 1997, el Jardín del administrador humilde, Jardín Liuyuan, Parque y jardín Wangshi Yuan, el más famoso de Suzhou, y la Villa de la montaña abrazada por la belleza fueron incluidos en la lista de la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad. En 2000, el Pabellón Canglang, el Jardín de los leones, el Jardín de cultivo, el Jardín Ouyuan y el Jardín Tuisiyuan fueron añadidos a la lista.
Suzhou es la ciudad de China que más jardines conserva. La mayoría de estos jardines pertenecían a casas particulares. La arquitectura clásica de los jardines chinos incluye siempre cuatro elementos: rocas, agua, pabellones y plantas.
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The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street (东北街178号), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
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The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese (Wugniu): sou-tseuyoe-lin) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.
The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the Chengde Mountain Resort. According to UNESCO, the gardens of Suzhou "represent the development of Chinese landscape garden design over more than two thousand years," and they are the "most refined form" of garden art.
These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.
Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.