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three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain :-)
John Keats, letter to Fanny Brawne, 1819
HBW!!
zinnias, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Originally called the "Calvert Street Bridge", it was designed by Paul Philippe Cret in a neoclassical style and built in 1935. It was rededicated as the Duke Ellington Bridge following the death of the Washington native and famous band leader in 1974. It is a limestone structure with three graceful 146-foot (45 m) arches. There are four sculptural reliefs on the abutments measuring three feet high by four feet wide. The classical reliefs by Leon Hermant represent the four modes of travel: automobile, train, ship, and plane.
The bridge replaced one built in 1891 by the Rock Creek Railway to carry streetcars. The bridge was a steel trestle bridge with wooden decking, 750 feet (230 m) long and 130 feet (40 m) high. To avoid streetcar service disruption, the old bridge was moved 80 feet (24 m) south during the construction of the new replacement Calvert Street Bridge; however, streetcar service was discontinued before the new bridge opened. (Text source: Wikipedia)
Sarah Duke gardens was in rare late Winter form Saturday morning as the camelias and magnolias trees were in peak bloom.
A chilly day for Sunday but back to mild tempertures as we head into March this week! Enjoy your week my friends! ~Sam
as my tongue is always in it :-)
― Flannery O'Connor
HFF!!
southern magnolia, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
This superb Renaissance equestrian statue of Duke Antoine of Lorraine (1489-1544) adorns the gatehouse of the palace of the Lorraine's Dukes in Nancy. It took as a model the famous equestrian statue of King Louis XII in Blois.
The original statue, which dated from 1511-1512, was destroyed during the french Revolution. The current statue dates from 1851.
More information on mon--grand--est-fr.translate.goog/porterie-du-palais-duca...
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Le fier duc
Cette superbe statue équestre Renaissance du duc Antoine de Lorraine (1489-1544), orne la porterie du palais des ducs de Lorraine à Nancy. Elle a pris pour modèle la célèbre statue éuquestre du roi Louis XII à Blois.
Plus d'informations sur mon-grand-est.fr/porterie-du-palais-ducal-nancy/
La statue originale qui datait de 1511-1512 a été détruite à la Révolution. La statue actuelle date de 1851.
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Nancy - Lorraine - France
I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans :-)
Jimmy Stewart
HGGT!!
camellia, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Jacket Fashionnatic
pant L&B
Bike : Turlaccor custombike motodesign Duke 1098R
Head: catwa straydog, body signature
Basking in the morning sunshine on a hillside at the northern end of the Chilterns near Ivinghoe Beacon (UK) (9139)
My cousin Duke is here again for a visit!
He is a German shepherd/Alaskan malamute husky mix, eleven years old, and a big old softy even though he pretends to be gruff with me sometimes.
He was born in northern Canada as a potential sled dog, but Dad's daughter adopted him, which is a good thing for us, and probably him, we like to think.
As soon as we got him today he was anxious to get out for a walk, as he remembers the off-leash fun of the Prescott-Russell Trail, shown here, and some of the tamer side trails we think he can handle.
We stayed out about an hour, which is max for him now, and took it easy most of the way, which means limited running and no ball playing, even for me. Still, he displays a genuine enthusiasm for adventure, and loped around like a much younger dog at times.
We'll probably have him for a few days, so a couple more photos should be upcoming.
Good boy, Duke!
241. Clancy, 3yrs 48wks
DUKE Clancy: www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72157674697429824
the human proclivity to do several fool things at once :-)
Robert Brault
HFF!! RESIST!! IMPEACH!!
fowl weather, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
The Duke sweeps through the curve just outside Warwick parkway station and begins the climb up Hatton Bank at Budbrooke. 13:20hrs 11.12. 2004
there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see :-)
Dorothea Lange
HGGT!
daffodils, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
It will never work ;-)
Erica Jong
HGGT! Climate Change Matters! Resist!!
dryopteris, backlit southern shield fern, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
A flying visit up to the Lake District a few weeks ago, i knew the forecast was for fog and i have always wanted to get a shot of the boathouse in those conditions.
Duke Forest, Orange County NC
Pentax K-1
Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift (2-shot shift panorama)
Affinity Photo
Frozen Duke - Dawn breaks upon the frosty shoreline of Ullswater with the frozen Duke of Portland boathouse catching the early light as mist rolls down the lake.
The hoar frost on the foreground reeds just hints at what an artic dawn it was; experiencing such ethereal conditions a year ago made waiting around on Ullswater's shore in such Siberian temperatures surprisingly bearable, actually enjoyable to be honest.
Spectacular hoar frost conditions on a fiercely, bitterly cold dawn.
Lake District, Cumbria
Here is the second capture from Maxie Duke this time looking up the primary escarpment and the waterfall chute itself. If you remember the previous photo... that capture was taken about half way up from what you see here over on the left hand side. Behind me in this capture the waterfall continues downward for quite a while which is really cool. The area I was standing was much more cleared out than my previous visit, and we'll continue down the falls in the next captures. Pictures don't quite do justice to the breadth of this beauty! :) -H3
I made quite a few captures of Maxie Duke waterfall on this trip, and this photo is the first I'm sharing from very close to the top. This waterfall has a couple of different levels, but due to a large amount of deadfall it's really impossible to capture the entire scope of the falls in one (1) photo. The last time I visited there was a large amount of debris blocking the middle to bottom portion, and I didn't even realize you could get this close to the top. This time it just looked quite different so I took the opportunity. Not sure I had ever seen a capture from this vantage point before, and I'll also say that if there was no deadfall on Maxie you would probably have one of the most beautiful falls in the area (as if it's not already). We'll make our way down the falls in the next photos. :) -H3