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This quilted piece, entitled Dad's Ties was created by Phyllis Cayer. Her artistic statement is shown below:
"My Dad died in 1975 when I was 9. I don't know why I saved his ties. This was for a challenge "Take Something Old and Make It New." I won first prize.
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Sacre Coeur Basilica, Paris
The mosaic over the choir, entitled The Triumph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the largest and most important work of art in the church. It was created by Luc-Olivier Merson, H. M. Magne and R. Martin, and was dedicated in 1923. The mosaic is composed of 25,000 enamelled and gilded pieces of ceramic, and covers 475 square meters, making it one of the largest mosaics in the world.
The central figure is Jesus Christ, dressed in white, with open arms offering his heart, decorated with gold. He is joined by his mother, the Virgin Mary, and by the Archangel Michael, the protector of the church and of France. At his feet, kneeling, is Saint Joan of Arc offering him a crown. A figure of Pope Leo XIII offers a globe to Christ, symbolising the world.
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Basilica del Sacro Cuore di Parigi
Il mosaico sopra il coro, intitolato Il Trionfo del Sacro Cuore di Gesù , è l'opera d'arte più grande e importante della chiesa. Fu creato da Luc-Olivier Merson , HM Magne e R. Martin, e fu dedicato nel 1923. Il mosaico è composto da 25.000 pezzi di ceramica smaltati e dorati e copre 475 metri quadrati, il che lo rende uno dei mosaici più grandi del mondo.
La figura centrale è Gesù Cristo , vestito di bianco, con le braccia aperte che offrono il suo cuore, decorato d'oro. È affiancato da sua madre, la Vergine Maria , e dall'Arcangelo Michele , protettore della Chiesa e della Francia. Ai suoi piedi, inginocchiata, c'è Santa Giovanna d'Arco che gli offre una corona. Una figura di Papa Leone XIII offre a Cristo un globo, simbolo del mondo.
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Mural entitled "Rush Hour" by DANK aka @dankitchener, seen at 2716 Elm Street in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas, Texas.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
The photograph entitled “Hours days seconds” in Nature section was accepted by the jury, 20th International Salon of Photography BANJA LUKA 2026. Salon undergo with patronage IAAP:2026/452, FIAP: 2026/453, AUFBIH:627 IF 2026, UFKK: 4/2026
In the blackandwhitephotoawards.art 2026 in the category Fine Art, the series „Aims goals life and loss” got the honorable mention. The series includes „Cant be true”, „Bakshish”, „Before”, „Duel”,”Gataka”,”Swargaroh”
The second series that received the distinction is called „Under a black blanket” in the category Landscape. The series includes photos „Kapsa”,” Chorea SViti”,” Hours days seconds”, „RBC”, „They”, „There”, „Undercover”
www.blackandwhitephotoawards.art/site/winners-gallery/bnw...
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In Explore! On November 11, 2025
For the Steely Dan Songbook
Song: Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
Album: Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)
The song may be telling the story of a man living downstairs in a shabby Brooklyn apartment, convinced that the universe has made a colossal administrative error. By all rights, he should be swimming in money, playing golf for free, entertaining Hollywood beauties, winning every poker game, and ruling a tropical island of his own.
His wife is equally unimpressed with the hand life has dealt her. Together, they cultivate a magnificent sense of entitlement, dreaming of privileges they never earned and adventures they never had. Eventually, even wealth and glamour aren't enough: they want the power to turn back time and rearrange their destinies.
Meanwhile, the wallpaper peels, the neighbours quarrel, and Brooklyn stubbornly refuses to settle its debts.
Listen to the song on YouTube
Read the lyrics
Or listen my Steely Top 10 playlist on Spotify (15 songs)
Model (StarryMuse) entitled "Starry Umbrella 1a" by jagged-eye on DeviantART found here:
www.deviantart.com/art/Starry-Umbrella-1a-279548410
Model image made into a silhouette.
Raindrops entitled "Wetness - FREE Texture" is from my stock found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/plumnutz/9092056163/in/set-72157625...
Frame is from my stock entitled "Panels - FREE TO USE" found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/plumnutz/6584339739/in/set-72157625...
Background of roses is from my stock.
For the Steely Dan Songbook
Song: Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
Album: Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)
The song may be telling the story of a man living downstairs in a shabby Brooklyn apartment, convinced that the universe has made a colossal administrative error. By all rights, he should be swimming in money, playing golf for free, entertaining Hollywood beauties, winning every poker game, and ruling a tropical island of his own.
His wife is equally unimpressed with the hand life has dealt her. Together, they cultivate a magnificent sense of entitlement, dreaming of privileges they never earned and adventures they never had. Eventually, even wealth and glamour aren't enough: they want the power to turn back time and rearrange their destinies.
Meanwhile, the wallpaper peels, the neighbours quarrel, and Brooklyn stubbornly refuses to settle its debts.
Listen to the song on YouTube
Read the lyrics
Or listen my Steely Top 10 playlist on Spotify (15 songs)
Mural entitled "The Extraordinary Elementals" by Kiptoe aka @kiptoe1 for Mural Fest SSL, seen at 2120 South 300 West in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee
This piece is entitled Danke Andrej Sacharov for a human rights activist and was created by artist Dmitri Vrubel. More here:
www.lostscientist.com/street-art-in-berlin/germanyuae2012...
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
The 24-foot-high sculpture, entitled “Monument to Their Memory,” was built to honor all the railroad workers from many different cultures and backgrounds whose backbreaking efforts were crucial in the construction of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. It is the creation of artist Ilan Averbuch, who is known around the world for his outdoor art installments. While Chinese and Irish workers made up the largest parts of the workforce, they were joined by many others. African American workers, including some recently freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, toiled to move the tracks ever further west. Mormon workers organized by Brigham Young found themselves working for both competing railroads as they raced through Utah. -- Courtesy The [Tremonton] Leader
Located at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, Box Elder County, Utah.
This piece is entitled Ant Bone IV by Hu Xiaoyuan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Xiaoyuan
**All photos are copyrighted**
Diego Suarez (Madagascar) – Portrait du gardien de la décharge à ciel ouvert à Diego-Suarez. Ce n'est pas une fonction officielle. Mais comme cet homme a passé toute sa vie à fouiller la décharge, maintenant qu'il est âgé et surtout pratiquement aveugle, ce sont ceux qui fouillent les déchets qui l'ont nommé gardien. Un titre officieux qui lui donne droit à recevoir un peu d'argent des travailleurs qui commercialisent les déchets recyclés.
The Landfill Guardian
Diego Suarez (Madagascar) – Portrait of the guardian of the open-air landfill in Diego-Suarez. It's not an official title. But since this man has spent his entire life scavenging at the landfill, now that he's old and practically blind, it's those who sift through the waste who have appointed him guardian. A title that entitles him to receive a little money from the workers who sell the recycled waste.
Southwark Cathedral, London
Entitled Christ Rests in Peace, the dramatic sculpture of Christ’s head with crown of thorns, is the result of over 20 years work on the face of Jesus by acclaimed British sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green.
The giant eight-foot head, cast in lead with a gilded crown of thorns, was on display in front of the high altar during Lent and the Holy Week.
It is powerful not just because of its sheer size but also because when you look beyond the thorns you see the humanity in the face of Christ, says Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark.
dear world,
can you read between the lies? you are a complete mess. i am building an ark. repent. wine cures whine.
what you need is a good influenza outbreak to get your values straightened out. call me and i can cough on you, first time is free.
love,
ty
Yesterday was Father's Day and this Card from my elder son came as a complete surprise. He's again used another of my favourite Flickr images, after first celebrating my birthday.
I've been very privileged to have many of my other railway and landscape images published previously - but never again like this!
I feel quite honoured!
The original entitled 'Hall Away' was taken on Sunday 3rd February 2019 at Rothley Station during the Great Central Railway's 2019 'Western Locos Weekend Gala' and can be found on row eight
Page 2 of my Flickr's - Great Central Railway Album.
Mural entitled "Heart of Community" by Mauricio Ramirez aka @mauicioramirez, seen at 2801 South Main Street in South Salt Lake Utah.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Entitled ‘Thank You, Andrei Sakharov’ (‘Danke, Andrei Sakharov’), this simple portrait was painted by Dmitri Vrubel and Viktoria Timofeeva in honour of Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov.
Having worked to design thermonuclear weapons for the Soviet Union, Sakharov later became an advocate of civil liberties and civil reform, facing state persecution for his activism. These efforts earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. He died in 1989, just a few weeks after the Wall fell.
Berlin, Deutschland
Mural entitled "Mona Lisa" by Brian Clemons (circa 1990), seen at 28 Bollinger Street in Colombus, Ohio.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Moulamein, NSW (ABCTV Victorian viewing area)
This sculpture in scrap metal which is on a farm in the southern Riverina of NSW is the work of Trevor Flinn, an artist from Dunkeld in Western Victoria. It inspired a song by Australian singer/songwriter, Neil Murray entitled Byjantic Man and the sculpture features on the cover of his latest album, Blood and Longing. The Byjantic Creek is a small intermittent creek near Moulamein. You can listen to Neil Murray's song here and see more of Byjantic Man in the video clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwfbyUB7GlM
Mural entitled "Them Pretty Weeds" by Lacey Longino aka @lacyclongino, seen at 1099 Boulevard SE in Atlanta, Georgia.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
Foxy taking a break from hunting for voles along the edge of a pond.
To see more pics from this day and other fox photos please check out my album entitled "foxes" at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721577...
All comments regarding this picture, subject, composition, etc are welcome and appreciated. TIA.
Two years ago I participated in a horror short film recording, entitled "A Haunted House".
My work was short, taking post-production still pictures and little else. But I received much more than I gave.
I never imagined the hard work, cost, means necessary to carry out. It is only a few minutes of recording. And finally it is finished and at the diffusion stage.
As we are so close to Halloween, I would like to share with you some pics I took during that filming.
Now I have permission to post them 😇
Hace dos años participé en la grabación de un cortometraje de terror, titulado "La Familia".
Mi trabajo fue breve, tomando foto fija para la postproducción y poco más. Pero recibí mucho más de lo que di.
Nunca imaginé el trabajo duro, el coste, los medios necesarios para llevarlo a cabo.
Son solo unos minutos de grabación. Y finalmente está terminado y en etapa de difusión.
Como estamos tan cerca de Halloween, me gustaría compartir con vosotros algunas fotos que tomé durante el rodaje.
Ahora tengo permiso para publicarlos 😇
To see other fox photos please check out my album entitled "foxes" at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721577...
All comments regarding this picture, subject, composition, etc are welcome and appreciated. TIA.
The Vasco da Gama Bridge is a bridge over the river Tagus, in the Greater Lisbon area, linking Montijo and Alcochete Lisbon and Sacavém, very close to the Park of Nations, which was held the Expo 98. Inaugurated on 29 March 1998, the bridge is the longest in Europe and is currently the ninth longest in the world, with its 17.3 km length, 12 of which are on the waters of the Tagus estuary. In his inauguration was served that feijoada was entitled to registration in the Guinness World Records.
The span (length of the board) the central viaduct is 420 m. It was built to provide an alternative to the bridge April 25 for traffic that flows between the north and south of the country in the area of the Portuguese capital.
When its construction was necessary to take special care about the environmental impact, as it passes through the Natural Park of the Tagus Estuary, an important area at European level of feeding and nesting waterfowl. It was also necessary to the relocation of 300 families.
The name of the bridge commemorates the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Vasco da Gama to India in 1498.
23:10] ocellnuri: wrote D. James a testimonial :-)
[23:10] ocellnuri: I respect that guy so much
[23:15] ocellnuri: he blows me away every day
[23:15] ocellnuri: but he's exactly the type of stuff I love
[23:15] ocellnuri: high contrast, high color abstract structural
[23:16] tysiscoe: sniff. you used to like me like that. then i got all moody and desaturated
[23:16] tysiscoe: sigh
[23:16] ocellnuri: lol
[23:16] ocellnuri: I'm sorry Ty
[23:16] ocellnuri: we can't change the ways we change
[23:17] tysiscoe: fuck you, just fuck you and your trophy flickr buddy
[23:18] tysiscoe: im still hot
[23:18] tysiscoe: people still like me
[23:18] ocellnuri: I just can't change what I like
[23:18] tysiscoe: i could have any contact i wanted
[23:18] ocellnuri: we grow, and we need different things
[23:18] ocellnuri: it's not your pictures, it's mine
[23:18] tysiscoe: lol
[23:18] tysiscoe: good one
[23:18] ocellnuri: :-)
[23:19] tysiscoe: would you like me better if i had a gear upgrade??
[23:19] tysiscoe: bigger camera
[23:19] ocellnuri: well... sometimes I just need a shot tighter than 300mm
[23:20] tysiscoe: you couldnt handle a real 300mm
[23:20] ocellnuri: I have before
[23:20] tysiscoe: shook in your hands
[23:20] ocellnuri: once, when you were out shooting with your 50mm... I looked at a 400mm shot
[23:20] ocellnuri: and Ty, I just can't go back to your wide angle bullshit
[23:21] tysiscoe: and to think i let you use my flash card
[23:21] tysiscoe: i feel used
[23:21] ocellnuri: Just move on Ty
[23:22] ocellnuri: oh, and make sure you check your memory card for corrupt memory sectors
[23:22] tysiscoe: lol!!!
[23:24] tysiscoe: fine, bitch, i will go give a testimonial to the first new person in central i find. i wont even look at their stream
[23:25] ocellnuri: you would
[23:25] ocellnuri: you don't get me at all
[23:25] tysiscoe: and your new buddy will get tired of your tired derivative black and whites real soon and you will see me in the forums laughing at you
[23:26] ocellnuri: man
[23:26] ocellnuri: you bitch
[23:26] ocellnuri: that was uncalled for
[23:26] ocellnuri: You said you'd never speak of my flirtations with BW shots again
[23:26] ocellnuri: you said that you could put that behind you!
[23:26] ocellnuri: I knew you were just holding it as a crutch all along!
[23:26] ocellnuri: you
[23:26] ocellnuri: you BITCH
[23:29] tysiscoe: im sorry, mr i wannabe manray, but you need to know that youre not the art godhead he tells you you are.
[23:29] tysiscoe: you were a runaway with a canon powershot when i met you
[23:30] tysiscoe: i took you under my wing
[23:30] tysiscoe: believed in you
[23:30] tysiscoe: gave you confidence, composition skills
[23:30] ocellnuri: I don't owe you for that
[23:30] ocellnuri: I'm not in debt to you
[23:30] ocellnuri: don't turn this into a guilt trip
[23:30] tysiscoe: if it wasnt for me you would still be levitating keyboard composition shots and shooting your coffee mug, not to mention those faux-goth moody lookdown and mopey shots that make everyone laugh at you for
[23:30] ocellnuri: every time I talk to you, you just try to make me feel guilty for this
[23:31] tysiscoe: its not guilt.
[23:31] tysiscoe: you cant handle the truth
[23:31] tysiscoe: and everytime you run off with another flickr flavor of the month
[23:31] ocellnuri: The truth is that I need more now, and you don't have it. And D. James does. YOu've got to live with that and quit pining over me
[23:31] tysiscoe: you end up coming back asking for help with your creative juices
[23:33] tysiscoe: im not saying d. james aint got it, im saying you aint got it to give back
[23:33] tysiscoe: he will get bored off you shooting the same shots he does
[23:33] tysiscoe: looking at his exif data
[23:33] tysiscoe: fawning over his abstracts
[23:34] ocellnuri: My exif is impressive too!
[23:34] ocellnuri: it kept you around
[23:34] tysiscoe: i felt responsible
[23:34] tysiscoe: like finding a wounded bird
[23:34] tysiscoe: you werent ready to go back into the wild
[23:34] tysiscoe: but now
[23:34] tysiscoe: you cant be held back
[23:35] tysiscoe: sigh. the pain is too much
[23:35] ocellnuri: You'll find another point and shooter
[23:35] ocellnuri: and you'll start your self-destructive cycle again
[23:36] tysiscoe: lol
[23:36] ocellnuri: you're nothing but a compactophile
[23:36] tysiscoe: bahahaha
[23:36] ocellnuri: wearing a DSLR
[23:37] tysiscoe: when you have thousands of hits on your stream, you can talk with some authority, but right now youre lucky if your pitying friends comment on you
[23:37] ocellnuri: :-(
[23:38] tysiscoe: you, you, you overexposurer
[23:38] ocellnuri: IT'S A STYLE
[23:38] tysiscoe: cry bitch
[23:38] ocellnuri: sorry it's over your head
[23:38] tysiscoe: its so 80s nagal
[23:38] tysiscoe: its not even retrocool
[23:38] ocellnuri: I don't deny my past
[23:38] tysiscoe: cuz you cant, its stuck to your foot like toilet paper
...
[23:42] tysiscoe: im gonna post this. mind?
[23:43] ocellnuri: hahaha
[23:43] ocellnuri: please!
Artwork for Album entitled "Hear Me, Feel Me" by Ralphy Boy
Photography by Ralphy Boy
Designed by Fernando Creative
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Mural entitled “The Birth of Helen and Clytemnestra” by @napoletanoart and @nmnapoletanoart seen at 3300 East 13th Avenue in the City Park area of Denver, Colorado.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
To see other fox photos please check out my album entitled "foxes" at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721577...
All comments regarding this picture, subject, composition, etc are welcome and appreciated. TIA.
From my set entitled "My Town...Streetsville
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157600421957589/
In my collection entitled
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760074...
In my photostream
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/
Bargeboard
Reproduced from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bargeboard (probably from Medieval Latin bargus, or barcus, a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym vergeboard), the boards fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to give them strength and to mask, hide and protect the otherwise exposed end of the horizontal timbers or purlins of the roof to which they were attached. Bargeboards are sometimes moulded only or carved.
Vergeboard
thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/vergeboard/
The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard.
Italianate
Reproduced from Realtor.com
www.realtor.com/Basics/AllAbout/TypesStyles/Articles/Ital...
There are a few different ways to identify an Italianate home. The chief characteristic is the brackets at the eave, arched doorways and windows, bay windows and flat roofs. The houses are usually in a boxed or rectangular shape. Regardless of scale, all Italianates have very wide eaves usually supported by heavy brackets, tall windows, and scrollwork. Another distinctive "signature" of the style is a central single-bay porch or long porches. Many examples feature a cupola. A few of the styles (usually "Tuscan") feature a tower.
Since the Italianate was a house style that could be transported by railroad, piece by piece, this style dominated American houses constructed between 1850 and 1890. By the late 1860s the style had completely overshadowed its earlier companion, Gothic Revival. In the mid-1800s, the style was adapted to the urban row house, and is still seen today in the brownstone row houses of New York.
From my set entitled "Twelve Mile Lake, 2008"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607787077684/
In my collection entitled "Places"
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760074...
In my photostream
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/
Every year, Karen and I, along with our friends, Bev Woodroffe and Henk Tiesma, visit Bob and Carol Barkwell, usually in the Spring, at their home in Lindsay, Ontario. Karen, Bev and Carol began their teaching careers together forty years ago.
This year, we went to Bob and Carol's cottage on Twelve Mile Lake in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario. This time we went in the Fall. The main focus of the weekend was the Haliburton County Studio Tour, which includes twenty-one artisans. We visited several studios, and also took in the town of Haliburton. The trip was extra special this year, since the Fall colours are breathtaking
The Twelve Mile Lake Church was established in 1890, and was originally Presbyterian. In 1925, it joined the United Church of Canada. it can hold about 30-40 people. The nearby cemetery holds 566 burials.
From:
www.haliburtoncounty.ca/tourism/Fall/index.asp
A canopy of scarlet and gold spreads out before you as far as the eye can see. From the Dorset lookout tower to Green's Mountain, Minden Wildwater Reserve to the southern Gateway to Algonquin, Haliburton County is ablaze with color.
Take a walk in the clouds, a romantic canoe ride on a lake, or ATV the miles of trails...a new, breathtaking vista awaits you around every corner.
The Haliburton Studio Tour in October offers the ideal opportunity to drive the county roads, discover the hamlets and villages of the Haliburton Highlands, while exploring many of the art studios and galleries of the county.
Come fall in love with the Haliburton Highlands.
From:
The Haliburton Highlands region of Ontario offers 4 seasons of outdoor splendor.
With Algonquin Park on the northern border and Muskoka Ontario on the west, the Haliburton region is quickly being discovered by nature lovers, and for outdoor recreation.
Because of the natural beauty of this area, and abundance of lakes and rivers, there is a long history of summer cottagers and visitors. With the surge of interest in winter outdoor recreation and popularity of the magnificent Fall Colours the Haliburton Highlands has become a 4 season destination.
Visit the business directory to discover some area services including real estate, accommodations, shopping, restaurants, contractors and more. Click here to visit the beautiful community of Dorset, Ontario.
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I've just read an article 'New Syndrome Defined: Grown-up Kids Who Won't Leave Home'. The psychologists formulated the term 'entitled dependence'. In Australia these young people are called 'boomerang children'. I also like the Italian 'bamboccioni'. In the photo above the young kangaroo was in fact warned and invited by Mum's open pouch to hide when she spotted a man with his big dog (fortunately on leash) and reacted as every overprotective mother would.
From my set entitled “Sneem”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157603955554564/
In my collection entitled “Ireland”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760395...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sneem (Irish: An tSnaidhm) is a town situated on the Iveragh Peninsula (part of the Ring of Kerry) in County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland. It lies on the estuary of the River Sneem. National route N70 runs through the town.
The Irish name for the town "An tSnaidhm" translates into the English "The Knot". There are several explanations as to why a "knot" would be relevant for this small Kerry village.
First, and most obviously, the Sneem river flows through the village and it is said that a knot-like swirling takes place when the river meets the currents of Kenmare Bay in the estuary just below the village.
Sneem village comprises 2 squares, North and South. There is a bridge in the middle of the village which if looked at from an aerial perspective acts as a knot between the two village squares.
A less common explanation is that Sneem is the knot in the famed Ring of Kerry scenic tourist drive. In order to complete the Ring of Kerry one must pass through the village of Sneem so therefore Sneem could be viewed as "the knot".
A book, Sneem The Knot in the Ring details the area's history.[1]
In March 1978 Sneem was the venue for the state funeral for former President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh who resided in the area prior to his death.
There are a number of common Irish names associated with Sneem include Sullivan and O'Sullivan. Because there can be many O'Sullivan's local append words to differentiate between them for example O'Sullivan-Mountain.
Former French President Charles de Gaulle visited here on numerous occasions and there is a sculpture commemorating this in the village
The village of Sneem is a treasure trove of international sculpture, accessible to all, free of charge, throughout the year. The work of Vivienne Roche, Alan Hall, Tamara Rikman and a panda sculpture donated by the Peoples Republic of China can be seen on various locations." The Risen Christ " by Brother Joseph McNally is located on thegrounds of St.Michael's Church and the goddess Isis donated by the people of Egypt stands at "The Way The Fairies Went". "The Way The Fairies Went" is a collection of buildings designed by Kerry sculptor James Scanlon, and executed by local stoneworkers located overlooking the Sneem River near St. Michael's Church. It was financed by the Arts Council of Ireland as a result of Sneem winning the National Tidy Towns Award in 1987. The entire project was completed in 1989-90.The buildings won the National Landscape Award in 1997.
The legendary Casey family of rowers and wrestlers were all from Sneem, the most famous of whom "Steve 'Crusher' Casey" was undefeated heavyweight wrestling champion of the world 1938-1947 and in 1982 he received the Irish Hall Of Fame Award, presented by Olympic gold medallist Ronnie Delaney. There is a statue commemorating him in the village.
William Melville, the first head of the British Secret Service, was born at nearby Direenaclaurig Cross.
The Gaelic footballer Ronan Hussey, who was a member of the Kerry senior football panel is a native of Sneem and still plays with Sneem GAA.
In 2000, a time capsule was buried in the centre of the town. It will be opened in 2100.[2]
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Mural entitled "Rooted in Royalty" by Thomas Turner aka @thomasturner_tt for the Atlanta United Football Club, seen at 647 Reed Street SE in the Summerville area of Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
You would be well entitled to ask, "Who is John Sealy?'
Well here is the answer from the Living London History website: 'From 1799-1813, John Sealy was the senior business partner at the Coade stone factory in Lambeth. They produced an artificial stone that can be seen all over London - for example the keystone heads over the doors on Bedford Square and the South Bank Lion.
Unsurprisingly, the rather dramatic monument adorning the grave is made of Coade stone, as well as William Bligh’s grave.'
I didn't see the tomb of Mr. Bligh, but the photo of it on the website looks pretty cool!
Mural entitled "Joy of Creativity" by @andaluztheartist and @nhankins1982, seen at 3201 NW 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida.
Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Sint-Janshospitaal, Brugge
"The statue entitled Pax was sculpted by Octave Rotsaert (21st July 1885 – 26th March 1964) a Bruges born sculptor and painter. He trained in Paris and in 1927 sculpted Pax in plaster of Paris which was awarded a medal of honour. When he returned to Bruges Rotsaert did not have enough money to cast the statue in bronze and it was left in his workroom. It was noticed by Doctor Louis De Winter, a lover of art and he decided that one day he would arrange for it to be cast. After World War II, Dr Louis De Winter wanted to celebrate the end of war with a symbol of peace, but wasn’t sure what to do. He was a head of department in the hospital and often walked in the courtyard. He then remembered the Pax sculpture and together with the ‘Friends of Bruges’ arranged for it to be cast in Bronze in a studio in Ghent.
It was erected in the courtyard in the winter of 1947 with no announcement or ceremony, but has now become a much loved piece of art in this spiritual home of real monks for many hundreds of years".
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Mural entitled "Memphis Belle" by Curtis Glover aka @curtisglovercreative for Paint Memphis 2021, seen seen at 660 South B.B. King Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Mural entitled "La Cage et le Coeur de la Bête" (The Cage and the Heart of the Beast) by Sandra Chevrier aka @sandrachevrier for the Raw Project, seen at 401 NW 29th Street in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.
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Mural entitled "Angry Zebra 2.0" by Ben Watson (EVOLUTION) aka @evolution_816 and background by Sike Style Industries aka @sikestyle, seen at 320 Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Just over a year ago, Karen and I cruised the Rhine-Main-Danube System. The tour covered the following countries: Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Hungary. The cities we visited included Amsterdam, Xanten, Cologne, Koblenz, Aschaffenburg, Wurzburg, Bamberg, Nuremburg, Regensburg, Passau, Vienna and Budapest. It was a lovely trip, and I came home with over 2000 photos, most of which I posted between October, 2007 and May, 2008.
The following articles deal with our ship, The MS Casanova, operated by Peter Deilmann Reederei
Reproduced from Deilmann Casanova Review
By Durant and Cheryl Imboden
www.riverdiscounts.com/5496294_14881.htm
Peter Deilmann Reederei has operated cruise vessels on European rivers since 1983, when the Donauprinzessin joined the line's existing fleet of ocean ships. Today, the company has 10 ships on the rivers of Western and Central Europe, together with two luxurious ocean vessels: the MS Deutschland and the sailing yacht Lili Marleen.
In fall, 2004, my son and I spent a week aboard the MS Casanova, a five-star river vessel that moved from Northern Italy to the Rhine, Danube, Moselle, and Rhine-Main Canal for the 2005 season and beyond. This illustrated review describes the ship, the service and amenities onboard, and the distinctly European style of river cruising that Peter Deilmann offers to cosmopolitan travelers.
MS Casanova: the ship
Casanova was built in 2001 for cruises on Italy's Po River, where ships must be able to cruise under low bridges and fit comfortably in narrow, shallow canals. As a result, it's smaller than many ships that cruise Central European waters, with a length of 338 feet and a beam of 32 feet, or 103 m by 9,70 m. The ship could be described as a "boutique vessel," since it accommodates only 96 passengers.
Most public rooms are on the Verdi deck, or main deck, which also has 26 of the the ship's 48 passenger cabins. A staircase leads down to the Rialto Deck, where a foyer separates the restaurant from the 22 lower-deck staterooms. The Sundeck, an open area on the top of the ship, offers deck chairs, tables, and plenty of space along the railings for sightseeing and picture-taking.
Passengers enter and leave the ship via the reception area, located amidships on the Verdi deck, which acts as a buffer between the public rooms and cabins. A doorway on the starboard side of Casanova leads past a boutique/hairdresser into the large and well-appointed lounge, which has a bar, a library corner, a small dance floor, and a piano for entertainment.
Audience and ambience
Like other Peter Deilmann river vessels, Casanova serves a multinational audience. This makes it different from its leading competitors on the European river-cruising circuit, which operate separate vessels for the U.S. and Canadian market (Viking) or cater only to North American travelers (Avalon Waterways, Uniworld, Vantage, etc.).
The bulk of Deilmann's guests come from German-speaking countries, but a substantial minority are from the U.S., Canada, and Britain. On our cruise, about a third of the passengers were American or Canadian, with one British couple on board. Most of our fellow guests were in their 60s or older (a fairly typical age range for European river cruises).
The ship's ambience has a strong German flavor, but don't go looking for stereotypes from yesteryear: The waiters, stewardesses, and reception staff are more friendly than formal, and the dress code on most evenings is "smart casual." You'll notice the Teutonic influence mostly when you turn on the TV--where German channels predominate--or if you request water in the restaurant, when you'll be asked if you want bottled mineral water or American-style ice water. (After the first meal or two, your beverage stewardess will remember your preferences.)
All ship's announcements are in both German and English, and separate versions of the daily newsletter are published for Deutsch- and English-speaking guests.
Overall, Casanova and Peter Deilmann Cruises offer a more cosmopolitan atmosphere than you'd find on a vessel that caters primarily to U.S. and Canadian travelers. With Deilmann, you feel that you're in Europe when you're aboard the ship, not just when you go ashore. Whether that's good or bad depends on your tastes and whether you prefer mingling with the locals or sticking with fellow foreigners.
Casanova's staterooms come in three flavors:
Queen cabins. In these 16 staterooms, the queen-size beds have separate mattresses, each with its own duvet when the stewardess removes the bedspread at night. This means you can snuggle or maintain separation, depending on whom you're traveling with.
Twin cabins. These 30 cabins have twin beds on opposite walls. One berth converts into a sofa during the day.
Junior suites. There are just two junior suites, both on the lower or Rialto deck. They have queen-size beds and are slightly larger than the standard queen and twin cabins.
Rooms on the Verdi or upper deck have cleverly designed French doors overlooking the water. Open the left half, and you have a floor-to-ceiling screen to keep bugs at bay. Open the right side, and you can lean out to take pictures, check the passing landscape in more detail, or get a feel for the weather.
Cabins on the Rialto or lower deck have fixed picture windows.
All staterooms are attractively decorated with generous expanses of wood paneling, drapes, pictures on the walls, etc. Casanova's designers gave a lot of attention to details, as the inset photo of a ceiling light will show. The gold-trim motif is also used on the custom cabin furniture, which includes built-in closets, nightstands with storage space, and a desk with minibar. (I did notice one small oversight: Casanova's duvets are filled with a thin polyester batting instead of down.)
The bathrooms are extremely well-designed, with luxury touches such as glass shower enclosures, marble and ceramic walls, wooden toilet seats, brass faucets, and sinks that have marble countertops in a beautiful brown-red marble above a wooden storage cabinet and shelves. There's a retractable clothesline in the shower stall, and you'll find plenty of racks and hooks for towels and dressing gowns. (Your stewardess will supply bathrobes on request.)
Finally, the TV in each cabin has a good assortment of channels--mostly in German, but with BBC World and CNN to keep you in touch with what's happening back home. Casanova also has closed-circuit movies several times a day in both German and English.
Dining
Germans have a reputation for taking their food seriously, and the quality of hotel and restaurant food in Germany tends to be much better than in the United States or Britain. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Peter Deilmann's Casanova lives up to its five-star ambitions in the dining room.
Breakfast consists of a buffet with fresh fruit, cereals, rolls, dark German breads, croissants and other pastries, cheeses, cold cuts, herring, smoked salmon, etc. Waiters are on hand to serve beverages, whisk away dirty plates, and take orders for fresh-cooked eggs or daily specials. Mineral water and sparkling wine, which you pay for at lunch or dinner, are free at breakfast. (Nicole, our beverage stewardess, told us that some guests like a glass of Prosecco to wake up in the morning. I tried a quarter-glass as a test but decided to stick with coffee. My son was pleased by the hot chocolate, which was excellent.)
Lunch is a choose-your-own-adventure affair where you can fill up a plate from the buffet or have a full meal served course by course. On most days, I grabbed a few salad and fish items from the buffet and skipped directly to the main course or requested pasta as an entrée.
At dinner, the menu typically features an appetizer, two soups, a fish or pasta course, a choice of entrées, and dessert. (On gala nights, a sorbet precedes the main course.) The restaurant's wood-and-marble buffet table is laid with a salad bar (with the term "salad" encompassing such luxuries as shrimp and fish), which is replaced by a selection of cheeses and fruit at the end of the meal.
Deilmann doesn't skimp on ingredients: High-quality fish is on the menu at nearly every midday or evening meal, and we were served lobster, large shrimp, lamb, veal, and duck at various times during the cruise. Baked goods are also excellent--most notably the cakes and other desserts, which are baked on board by a full-time pastry chef.
If sightseeing leaves you hungry for more than three square meals a day, you can top up your tummy with boullion at 11 a.m., finger sandwiches and cakes at afternoon tea, or the late-night snack in the lounge at 10:30 p.m. (On our voyage, Jozef--the Casanova's excellent pianst and vocalist--offered musical accompaniment during afternoon tea, the 6:30 p.m. cocktail hour, and the evening snack.)
About beverages:
Coffee, tea, ice water, and fruit juices are free. Other drinks cost extra at lunch and dinner, although complimentary sparkling wine and Kir Royale are served (and replenished generously) on gala nights. If you order a bottle of wine or mineral water in the dining room, your waiter will mark the bottle and save it for future meals.
Drink prices are in line with what you might expect on a European luxury vessel: On our cruise, a glass of German draft beer cost €2,80, a bar-size bottle of soft drink was €2,50, a 5-cl glass of vermouth cost €2,90, grappa was €3,80, and whiskies or cocktails were in the €5,50 to €6,90 range. Featured wines on the dinner menu typically cost €20 to €25, and a quarter-liter of the house white or red was less expensive than a glass of wine in a typical U.S. restaurant.
Service
Casanova has an unusually large staff for a river ship that carries only 96 passengers. Peter Deilmann claims a passenger-to-crew ratio of 2.5:1, or "about the best crew to passenger ratio of any river vessel." There's even a physician on board.
The multilingual restaurant, bar, housekeeping, and reception staff were a hardworking bunch during our cruise, and they were also highly-trained professionals. Our waiter, Mladen Tomljanovic, was a nine-year veteran of cruise ships, and our beverage stewardess, Nicole Hoppe, had three years of professional education and apprenticeship before joining Peter Deilmann Cruises. Mladen, Nicole, and other members of the restaurant and beverage staff worked together as an efficient team, delivering service on a par with what you'd expect on a luxury cruise line or a five-star hotel.
I was also impressed by the crew's warmth, friendliness, and overall good cheer. One evening, the younger staff were kind enough to invite my 18-year-old son to join them at a nightclub that was popular with riverboat crews. (I resisted the urge to play chaperone, spending the evening with a Donna Leon mystery instead.)
Tipping suggestions:
The Casanova's newsletter recommended dividing gratuities of €6,50 to €7,50 per passenger per day among the service staff, and passengers were encouraged to make additional contributions to a tips box at the reception desk for other members of the crew. I thought the recommended figures were a bit low for staff who worked 15 hours or more per day, so I gave €50 each (for two passengers) to our waiter, beverage stewardess, and cabin stewardess, plus another €50 for the crew box.
(Note: Tips for bar purchases should be made at the time of service, since the person who serves you a drink may not be your regular beverage stewardess or waiter.)
From Professional Travel Guide
www.professionaltravelguide.com/Cruise/Cruise-Lines/Peter...
This German-built river boat from Peter Deilmann Cruises launched in 2001 and was refitted in 2006. She sails with up to 96 passengers on a wide variety of itineraries along the Rhine, Moselle, Main and Danube rivers from mid-March to early November. This slim, trim triple-decker is an all-white 338-ft beauty with red trim. She has a width of 32 ft and a draft of 4 ft and shows a classical profile.
Peter Deilmann founded this German company a quarter century ago, first with oceangoing cruise ships and then riverboats. His two daughters carry on the tradition from the company headquarters at Neustadt in Holsetin, Germany operating eight high-end riverboats and the cruise ship Deutschland.
North American and German speakers come aboard in varying numbers depending on the itinerary and departure. Most are 50 and older. Very few children are found aboard, and there are no special facilities for them. The riverboat crew is fully bilingual, so there are no language problems. Suggested per diem tipping rates are US$9 for waitstaff and US$5 for the cabin attendant.
The Casanova used to sail on the River Po in northern Italy, and now she is found plying many different itineraries lasting from 7 to 14 days. She may be based at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, for cruises on the Dutch and Belgian waterways or along the Rhine and Main in Germany. She sails with the Mozart on 7-day Danube River trips based at Passau, Germany.
Her most ambitious cruise is a pair of sailings between Amsterdam and Budapest, Hungary, via the Rhine, Main, Danube and connecting canal. Some shore excursions are included in cruise-tours but not for cruise-only fares. A money-saving tour package can be bought for most itineraries. Depending on the numbers, the buses may be separate for each language or bilingual, and the same goes for the guided walks.
The panoramic restaurant has a stately Italian Provincial elegance with classic highback chairs and cherry accents, a circular compass rose of yellow glass on the ceiling and a buffet station. The room can accommodate all passengers at a single sitting. No one has time to get hungry, with breakfast, morning bouillon, lunch, tea, dinner and midnight snacks. Excellent multicourse luncheons and dinners feature Continental fare and wines of many countries. Evening meals can feature nine courses on some nights, so expect to spend a lot of time at the table.
English-speaking passengers are seated together at reserved tables and single sitting. Evening wear often sees men in jacket and tie. The tastefully furnished lounge brings passengers together several times a day, with its plump sofas and armchairs, panoramic views, well-stocked bar, and nightly entertainment and dancing. Announcements, menus, and daily programs are all provided in English and German.
The sun deck topside has plenty of deck chairs and blankets, and a doctor is onboard. Standard cabins are 140 sq ft, with two minisuites of 160 sq ft, all beautifully appointed with desks, TVs, phones, radios, closets, and baths with showers, hair dryers and robes. Beds are twins and queen-sized, and the upper deck cabins have French doors. Bedding is European-style with duvets and feather pillows, but synthetic materials are available upon request.
As of 2008, there is no smoking inside any Deilmann vessels. Smoking is only allowed on deck.
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Mural entitled "The Creation of Adam" by Cameron Moberg aka @camer1sf, seen at 216 West Washington Street in Rensselaer, Indiana.
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I’m sitting here at my desk wondering what to write and I’m struggling. Most of the time I like to accompany my photos with some sort of chatter. Sometimes it’s about the photo but most of the time it has nothing at all to do with. I do this mainly to keep my writing brain active, which I must admit a talent I’ve always been poor at. Suffering from a level of dyslexia English was a totally failed subject at school, It was a skill I did not need the first part of my working life as a mechanical fitter, It also did not hinder me in my switch of careers into Information Technology (IT). However as I moved into management the more I needed to write, the word processor and spell checker came to my rescue as it was painful to be referring to a dictionary for every other word, even so I know when I read this back the spelling and wrong or missing words will be most evident along with poor gramma. So now I write drivel and it’s OK if you don’t read it, it’s for me as is the photo. At the moment I’m looking at instructions entitled “Pelvic Floor Exercises for Men”. I should have been doing these exercises the last 11 months waiting for my prostate procedure, but I haven’t. This is not out of laziness more from an inability to be convinced I’m doing the exercise properly as I’m still struggling to identify the muscle in question. Now with just over a fortnight to go before I go under the laser I’m resigned to not be prepared in that department and the foreseen circumstances. Anyway a little about the photo. When the storm was upon us and everything seemed lost the heavens opened and a messenger appeared. it’s all there in my imagination and photo.
From my set entitled “Steve and Marg’s Farm”
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My brother, Stephen Pallett, has farmed near the south shore of Lake Simcoe for close to fifty years: poultry, pigs, beef and an assortment of field crops. Over the years he has served as an area councillor and was on the board of the conservation authority. Currently, he is vice president of the Red Barn Theatre in Jackson's Point, and also serves as chair for the committee of adjustment for the Town of Georgina. Another of his activities has been the annual bird count.
Reproduced from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_(tool)
In agriculture, a set of harrows is an implement for cultivating the surface of the soil. In this way it is distinct in its effect from the plough, which is used for deeper cultivation. They are commonly called harrows (plural) as they are used as a set. There are nominally three types of harrows; disc (disk), tine and chain.
Harrows were originally horse-drawn. In modern practice they are almost always tractor-mounted implements, drawn after the tractor, either trailed or mounted on the three-point linkage.
Harrowing is often carried out on fields to follow the rough finish left by ploughing operations. The purpose of this harrowing is generally to break up clods and lumps of soil and to provide a finer finish, a good tilth or soil structure that is suitable for seeding and planting operations. Such coarser harrowing may also be used to remove weeds and to cover seed after sowing.
In cooler climates the most common types are the disc harrow, the chain harrow, the tine harrow or spike harrow and the spring tine harrow. Chain harrows are often used for lighter work such as levelling the tilth or covering seed, while disc harrows are typically used for heavy work, such as following ploughing to break up the sod. In addition, there are various types of power harrow, in which the cultivators are power-driven from the tractor rather than depending on its forward motion.
Tine harrows are used to refine seed-bed condition before planting, to remove small weeds in growing crops and to loosen the inter-row soils to allow for water to soak into the subsoil.
Chain harrowing may be used on pasture land to spread out dung, and to break up dead material (thatch) in the sward, and similarly in sports-ground maintenance a light chain harrowing is often used to level off the ground after heavy use, to remove and smooth out boot marks and indentations. When used on tilled land in combination with the other two types, chain harrowing rolls the remaining larger clumps of soil to the surface where the weather will break them down and prevent interference with seed germination.
All three harrow types can be used in one pass to prepare the soil for seeding. It is also common to used any combination of two harrows for a variety of tilling processes. Where harrowing provides a very fine tilth, or the soil is very light so that it might easily be wind-blown, a roller is often added as the last of the set.
Harrows may be of several types and weights, depending on the intended purpose. They almost always consist of a rigid frame to which are attached discs, teeth, linked chains or other means of cultivation, but tine and chain harrows are often only supported by a rigid towing-bar at the front of the set.
In the southern hemisphere the so-called giant discs are a specialised kind of disc harrows that can stand in for a plough in very rough country where a mouldboard plough will not handle the tree-stumps and rocks, and a disc-plough is too slow (because of its limited number of discs). Giant discs are scalloped-edged discs operated in a set, or frame, that is often weighted with concrete or steel blocks to improve penetration of the cutting edges. This sort of cultivation is normally immediately followed by broadcast fertilisation and seeding, rather than drilled or row seeding.
A drag is a heavy harrow.
In Europe, harrows were first used in the early Middle Ages.
The following text is taken from the Household Cyclopedia of 1881:
"When employed to reduce a strong obdurate soil, not more than two harrows should be yoked together, because they are apt to ride and tumble upon each other, and thus impede the work, and execute it imperfectly. On rough soils, harrows ought to be driven as fast as the horses can walk; because their effect is in the direct proportion to the degree of velocity with which they are driven. In ordinary cases, and in every case where harrowing is meant for covering the seed, three harrows are the best yoke, because they fill up the ground more effectually and leave fewer vacancies, than when a smaller number is employed. The harrowman's attention, at the seed process, should be constantly directed to prevent these implements from riding upon each other, and to keep them clear of every impediment from stones, lumps of earth, or clods, and quickens or grass roots; for any of these prevents the implement from working with perfection, and causes a mark or trail upon the surface, always unpleasing to the eye, and generally detrimental to the vegetation of the seed. Harrowing is usually given in different directions, first in length, then across, and finally in length as at first. Careful husbandmen study, in the finishing part of the process, to have the harrows drawn in a straight line, without suffering the horses to go in a zigzag manner, and are also attentive that the horses enter fairly upon the ridge, without making a curve at the outset. In some instances, an excess of harrowing has been found very prejudicial to the succeeding crop; but it is always necessary to give so much as to break the furrow, and level the surface, otherwise the operation is imperfectly performed."
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Mural entitled "Shining Tulips" by Congo Art aka @congo.art, Htown Ink aka @htownink, and Kevin Burdick aka @kev_scraps14, seen at 175 East 19th Street in Holland, Michigan.
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This is a bronze artwork entitled "Ikaro fallen" (...or loosely translated as Fallen Angel) created by the Polish contemporary artist Igor Mitoraj. It is displayed at the foot of the even more famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, as part of the exhibition ANGELS, among the events celebrating the 950th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Cathedral of Pisa. It's the first time a contemporary artist is hosted in the Square of Miracles.
The exhibition "ANGELS" (May 17, 2014 - April 12, 2015) includes about a hundred pieces of work: monumental works, bronzes, iron casts and marble sculptures, as well as fifty plaster casts and some paintings, a lesser known side of the artist’s production, created in recent years.
This angel sculpture was facing the Leaning Tower, and it was somewhat challenging for me to get both the angel and the Leaning Tower into one single image, without sacrificing some of the important details. Eventually I decided to skip the Tower and instead took this photo of the front of this angel, which shows the exquisite details of Igor's artwork.
Taken next to the Leaning Tower at The Square of Miracles, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, as part of a series of shore excursions during my Mediterranean cruise in 2014