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One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Tradition".
The New Years Eve tradition of 'Bleigießen' (molibdomancy/lead-pouring), is commonly found in certain parts of Europe and some other countries, if online sources are to be believed. Small metal figurines (in shapes of good luck symbols, bottles etc.) are molten in a special spoon over a candle and then poured into a bowl of water! The shapes which are created by that are then interpreted as signs/symbols for the coming year!
In my home country of Austria it‘s not something everybody does, but it seems to be common enough for these little metal figurines to be sold in grocery stores all around! If you stop to think about it, it‘s probably not the best idea ever to add molten metal and fumes into the mix of fireworks, lack of sleep and alcohol that accompany that night, but I guess part of tradition is also not constantly questioning it 😅!
Shot with a Fuji "Fujinon-EFC 108 mm F 5.6" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Indian ink, ball-point pen & colored pencil on paper
Very old piece (c. 1990), sort of finished in 2016
Music:
"Safi" by RACHID TAHA, in 'Tekitoi' (2004)
Examples of Trees entirely created with
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Trees set : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fighting%20Spirit/133/34/2001
A great example of clouds - this is taken when I visited Mt Fuji. I was so excited to see the mountain and essentially it was socked in for all but 2 min we were there! I only caught a glimpse of this massive cone. This was one of my attempts to grab a picture - the clouds were just too much. That day those clouds actually produced snow...we were on Mt Fuji and it snowed, which was really cool even if I didn't get my "epic" shot.
The Church of St. Michael de Rupe (St. Michael of the Rock), Brentor, is perhaps the most striking English example of a church on a height. Today, the church receives several thousand visitors each year. There is a magnificent view from the churchyard in clear weather, with bleak Dartmoor to the east, Plymouth Sound and Whitsand Bay to the south, the Tamar Valley and Bodmin Moor to the west, and the heights of Exmoor just visible in clear weather to the north. Even when the thick moorland fogs descend, this is an eerily beautiful place, as the wind whips shreds of cloud past the hill. The church stands 1,110 feet above sea level on an ancient, extinct, volcanic cone. It is an ancient site – the current church is surrounded by an Iron Age earth-walled hill-fort (150BC – 50AD). The dedication to St. Michael is common for churches in high places – there are nearly 800 in England alone, perhaps the most famous being the abbey fortress of Saint Michael’s Mount on the Cornish coast, and St. Michael’s on the Mount at Glastonbury, Somerset.
L’église de San Nicolás de Bari est l’un des joyaux les plus fascinants de la Communauté Valencienne. À tel point qu’elle est populairement connue sous le nom de la Chapelle Sixtine de Valence, tout comme l’église de la Virgen del Ara en Estrémadure. Cette dénomination si particulière provient de sa restauration en 2016, bien qu’elle ait été classée Monument Historique Artistique National depuis 1981. Située dans le centre historique de la ville c’est le parfait exemple de la coexistence d’un édifice à l’architecture gothique du XVe siècle avec une décoration baroque frappante du XVIIème siècle.
Les fresques de l’église de San Nicolás de Bari et de San Pedro Mártir à Valence brillent à la suite de leur dernière restauration. Il est difficile de ne pas rester stupéfait en contemplant les chapelles, les autels et les voûtes de l’église, soignés dans les moindres détails. Plusieurs restaurations eurent lieu tout au long de son histoire, comme celle qui fut faite sur ordre de la famille Borja entre 1419 et 1455. C’est à ce moment que la voûte à nervures gothique de la nef centrale fut réalisée.
Deux cents ans plus tard, entre 1690 et 1693, l’intérieur de l’église fut recouvert d’une décoration baroque. Dans le même temps, des fresques furent ajoutées à la nef centrale qui représente des scènes de la vie des deux saints patrons de la paroisse, San Nicolás de Bari et San Pedro Mártir. La conception en fut réalisée par Antonio Palomino et la peinture par son disciple Dionís Vidal en 1700. Les peintures montrent des scènes de leur enfance, de leur prédication, des miracles accomplis et de leur mort.
Sur les peintures, vous pouvez observer des ouvertures fictives qui évoquent le ciel. Quant aux scènes de la vie des saints, la voûte est divisée en deux parties, correspondant à chacun des saints. Les deux convergent dans le presbytère créant une gloire des anges et des architectures fictives. Ce sont près de 2 000 m2 de peinture qui témoignent de la magnificence de l’église.
The Church of San Nicolás de Bari is one of the most fascinating jewels of the Valencian Community. So much so that it is popularly known as the Sistine Chapel of Valencia, just like the Church of the Virgen del Ara in Extremadura. This particular name comes from its restoration in 2016, although it has been classified as a National Historic Artistic Monument since 1981. Located in the historic center of the city, it is the perfect example of the coexistence of a building with 15th century Gothic with striking 17th century Baroque decoration.
The frescoes in the Church of San Nicolás in Bari and San Pedro Mártir in Valencia shine following their latest restoration. It is difficult not to be amazed contemplating the chapels, altars and vaults of the church, cared for in every detail. Several restorations took place throughout its history, such as the one that was made by order of the Borja family between 1419 and 1455. It was at this time that the Gothic ribbed vault of the central nave was made.
Two hundred years later, between 1690 and 1693, the interior of the church was covered with Baroque decoration. At the same time, frescoes were added to the central nave which depict scenes from the life of the two patron saints of the parish, San Nicolás de Bari and San Pedro Mártir. It was designed by Antonio Palomino and painted by his disciple Dionís Vidal in 1700. The paintings show scenes from their childhood, their preaching, miracles performed and their deaths.
On the paintings, you can observe fictitious openings that evoke the sky. As for the scenes from the lives of the saints, the vault is divided into two parts, corresponding to each of the saints. The two converge in the presbytery creating a glory of angels and fictional architectures. Nearly 2,000 m2 of painting bear witness to the magnificence of the church.
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El Palazzo Carignano és un exemple força espectacular d'arquitectura civil barroca, amb la seva façana concava-convexa, dissenyada per Guarino Guarini. A mitjans del segle XIX fou el parlament del regne de Sardenya.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_Carignano
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The Palazzo Carignano is a rather spectacular example of Baroque civil architecture, with its concave-convex facade, designed by Guarino Guarini. In the middle of the 19th century it was the parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, This example was seen in the garden of The Charterhouse in Hull,
Woodbridge Tide Mill is a rare example of a tide mill whose water wheel still turns and is capable of grinding a wholemeal flour. The mill is a Grade I listed building. It is a three-storey building constructed from wood; externally it is clad in white Suffolk boarding and has a Gambrel roof. Its machinery reflects the skills and achievements of the early Industrial Revolution. It has been preserved and is open to the public. The reservoir constructed for demonstration purposes is roughly half an acre in extent, the original 7-acre (28,000 m2) one is now a marina.
The first recording of a tide mill on this site was a medieval mill in 1170; it is unknown how many mills have stood here, but probably three. The mill, which was operated by the local Augustinian priory in the Middle Ages, was acquired by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. It is possible that the Augustinians rebuilt the mill shortly before the dissolution. This mill and the former Woodbridge Priory was granted to Thomas Seckford by Elizabeth I. That mill passed through the hands of various private owners until it was rebuilt in the seventeenth century. This is the mill preserved today.
By the outbreak of World War II the mill was one of only a handful still operating. In 1957 it closed as the last commercially operating tide mill in Britain. In 1968 the derelict mill was purchased by Mrs Jean Gardner and a restoration programme was launched. It was opened to the public five years later in 1973. It is now managed by a charitable trust (Woodbridge Tide Mill Trust) staffed by volunteers, and in 2011 the trust undertook a further and more complete restoration and modernisation project, including a new water wheel and fully restored machinery, which allowed milling to begin again. It re-opened in 2012 and is now the only tide mill in the UK that can regularly grind wheat grain producing wholemeal flour for resale.
Monogram is one of Robert Rauschenburg's finest examples of his "Combines",a hybrid of painting,sculpture,and assemblage.
Robert Rauschenburg (1925-2008)
Monogram (1955-1959)
-oil paper,fabric,printed reproductions, metal,wood,rubber,shoe-heel,tennis ball, on two conjoined canvases with oil on taxidermied Angora goat,with brass plaque and rubber tire on wood platform mounted on wood casters
This link explains the different meanings interpreted for the work.Sexual metaphor or a religious offering?An abstract or a joke?
www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2016/december/06/the-...
Passing the since demolished down side carriage shed the fairly new Crompton leads a motley selection of coaches, including some Hastings gauge examples.
Photo by the late Dave Clark.
The thing about England's spectacular ornamental gardens (Sheffield Park is an example) is that they have been so photographed that one has to ask "Have all the great images been captured?"
Sunday gone was just the most amazing light and the colours at their peak.
Go now, I urge you.
With just three school days left of the 2015-16 school term left, today marked what is highly expected to be the last Friday in operation for Ardrossan's 5 ex Hong Kong Olympians before being withdrawn from service. Its unknown yet as to what will happen to the solitary example still soldiering on at Ayr.
13642/4 seen this afternoon climbing out of Kilbirnie on their usual school runs to Dalry.
Living by the sea, this row of lobster pots on the harbour wall is an example of the 'tools of the trade' of local fishermen.
I used selective focus and depth of field to draw the eye to the lobster pots as the main subject, with the harbour light in the background for context.
This smaller Aster has a perfect example in front, the full bloom... FOR ALL THE LOVELY DETAIL, BEST View HERE On Black
Always keep a bit of mystery... you show all... loss of interest?
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Example of felt floor underlayment vapor barrier underneath a damaged portion of older wood-plank floor system, in this case the sub-layer material tested positive for asbestos. Sometimes older wood floor systems may also contain mastic or adhesive with asbestos content as well.
Some of the most spectacular examples of rock art in the Southwest are attributed to Archaic people. Archaic people were nomads, hunting large and small game animals, collecting and processing wild plants. They did not build permanent habitation structures, but lived in caves and in small brush shelters built in the open. They occupied the area in and around Sego Canyon from approximately 8,000 years ago until the introduction of corn agriculture about 2,000 years ago.
This red painted rock art, the Barrier Canyon Style, consists of anthropomorphic (manlike) forms. The identifying characteristic of these figures is hollowed eyes or missing eyes, the frequent absence of arms and legs, and the anthropomorphs with bug-eyes, antennae, earrings, snakes in hand, and leg-less torsos. The "ghost-like" red painted images, represent shamanistic art associated with ritual activities of the Archaic people. Courtesy ScienceViews
This detail of a much larger panel is located in Sego Canyon, Grand County, Utah. For the Looking Close... On Friday Group: topic: Painting or Drawing.
Der 102,5 ha große Neue Garten liegt im Norden Potsdams am Jungfernsee. Über das Wasser hinweg bestehen gestalterische Verbindungen zu den Gärten von Sacrow, Pfaueninsel, Glienicke und Babelsberg, wodurch er eine zentrale Rolle in der Gartenlandschaft erhält. Trotz Überformung durch Lenné hat er noch sentimentale Einzelpartien aus der Entstehungsphase vor 1800 bewahrt. Seine Geschichte fängt mit dem Ankauf eines zentralen Grundstückes durch den Kronprinzen Friedrich Wilhelm (II.) an. Im Jahre 1787, ein Jahr nach dem Regierungsantritt, begann die Anlage des Neuen Gartens, der seinen Namen programmatisch in der Abkehr vom alten Barockpark Sanssouci erhielt. Als Gestalter wurde der Wörlitzer Gärtner Johann August Eyserbeck verpflichtet, was die Umsetzung der an englischen Gärten orientierten Idealvorstellung Friedrich Wilhelms garantierte. Ungünstig für den einheitlichen Charakter des Gartens war der sich über mehrere Jahre hinziehende Grundstücksankauf. Neben einbezogenen ehemaligen Wohnhäusern entstanden zwischen 1787 und 1792 wichtige neue Bauten im Garten, von denen heute noch viele bestehen: Marmorpalais, Küche in Form einer römischen Tempelruine, Gotische Bibliothek, Schindelhaus, Orangerie, Grotte, Meierei, Pyramide (Eiskeller) und das holländische Etablissement. Vor letzterem verläuft, begleitet von Pyramidenpappeln (seit 1864 Pyramideneichen), ein Musterstück für den preußischen Chausseebau. In der Gartenanlage entstand eine Fülle von Partien unterschiedlicher sentimentaler Prägung, die von den jeweiligen Bauten oder Pflanzungen in ihrem Charakter bestimmt werden. 1816 überarbeitete Peter Joseph Lenné im Auftrag des Thronfolgers den zugewachsenen und unmodern gewordenen Garten. Unter Erhalt vieler Bereiche und Entfernung zu dichter Gehölze bekam der Neue Garten große Sichten und Wiesenräume, gefälligere Wegeführung und vor allem die Blickverbindungen zu den Nachbargärten (Sacrow, Pfaueninsel, Glienicke, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Pfingstberg). Trotz kleinerer Veränderungen zur Kaiserzeit und durch Rücknahme von Einbauten aus der Zeit der russischen Nutzung (1945–1954) hat sich noch immer die von Lenné geplante Grundstruktur bewahrt. Das Schloss Cecilienhof, 1913–1917 für den Kronprinzen erbaut, fügt sich sehr harmonisch ein. Eine 13 ha große Fläche, die 1960-1990 als Grenzgebiet zerstört war, ist inzwischen wieder hergestellt worden.
www.spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/neuer-garten
The New Garden, which covers 102.5 hectares, lies at Jungfernsee Lake in the northern part of Potsdam. Creative viewing connections extend across the water to the gardens of Sacrow, Peacock Island, Glienicke and Babelsberg, evidencing the park’s central role in this overall garden landscape. Despite its having been reshaped by Lenné, the garden has nevertheless preserved individual, emotive areas that date from the phase of its creation before 1800. The garden’s history begins with the purchase of a central piece of land by Crown Prince Frederick William (II). In 1787, a year after his ascension to the throne, the laying out of the grounds commenced at the New Garden, the name being programmatic for the abandonment of the old baroque park at Sanssouci. Wörlitz gardener Johann August Eyserbeck was charged with its creation, a decision that ensured a transformation in alignment with Frederick William’s ideals oriented towards English gardens.
What undermined the uniform character of the garden was the fact that it had taken several years to purchase the land. In addition to the former private houses that were included, important new buildings were constructed in the garden between 1787 and 1792, many of which still exist today: the Marble House, the kitchen in the shape of a Roman temple ruins, the Gothic Library, Shingle House, orangery, grotto, dairy, pyramid (ice house) and the Dutch houses. In front of the latter, we find a prime example of Prussian country road construction lined with pyramid-shaped cottonwood poplars (now, since 1864, pyramid-shaped oaks). On the garden grounds, a number of areas were created, whose characters were emotively shaped by the respective buildings or plantings to varying degrees.
In 1816, Peter Joseph Lenné was commissioned by the successor to the throne to rework the overgrown garden, which no longer conformed with the contemporary taste. By preserving many areas while removing copses that had become too dense, the New Garden was provided with new perspectives and meadow spaces, more pleasing pathways and above all, with viewing connections to the neighboring gardens (Sacrow, Peacock Island, Glienicke, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Pfingstberg Hill). Despite the smaller changes made during Imperial times and owing to the removal of installations dating from the time the garden was used by the Russians (1945 –1954), Lenné’s basic structural design has been retained up to this day. Cecilienhof Country House, built for the Crown Prince from 1913 to 1917, harmonizes in this setting. In the meantime, an area of 13 hectares has been restored, which had been destroyed during its use as part of the border zone from 1960 to 1990.
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Primjer tipične tradicijske gradnje obiteljske kuće u ovome dijelu Gorskog kotara.
Vesel House in Prezid
An example of the typical traditional construction of a family home in this part of Gorski Kotar.
And then there were two!
Another Optare Spectra has joined the MP Travel fleet, this time a former Tanat Valley example which had been new to Reading and also worked for Norfolk Green.
It is expected to take the registration W11MPT which was latterly carried by an ex East Yorkshire Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TL.
The bus is seen shortly after arrival with resident Spectra W10MPT which was latterly YJ53VBN with Uno.
The method used for the window at the top is an alternative to the one in part 1. This bracket technique let you build in a four stud wide opening instead of making it six.
The bottom example is of course a pretty basic one, included here to demonstrate the two connection techniques, and the difference of having the visible studs or not.
Different variations of these techniques allows for different details. You just combine them cleverly for the desired effect.
Now, for our leaders / it doesn't take that much / to arrive at real cooperation / just a reduction of your Ego.
(example from foundation that recycles material for use in counties with lower level of wellfare: portagora.eu/)
This shows you all my pictures from the previous 2 pictures combined all together so if you want to since we've put in so much work all month on the last day you can combine your collages to create 1 big collage!!
I hope these pictures help you to understand and I'm looking forward to seeing all your collages this month in November
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Starting to get some inspiration back. Because I have a concept book that I made a couple years ago with my drawings. <3. I thought I could try take advantage of it since I don't really draw very often anymore. Might as well try incorporating them into my photography and whatnot.
How do most people think of you?
I don't really know actually. I mean I do know what people say, but peoples opinions are their own. If they want to talk with no bite, be my guest. I guarantee I can cut pretty good.
How do you feel about your life at this point?
Very pointless to say the least.
How do you feel about your past relationships?
Mutual tbh. It's like friends with benefits.
How do feel about your current?
Very drifting nowadays. It's either they start loving me more or that they keep trying to avoid me, just like the rest.
How do you live?
Like a whore.
How do you love?
Like a whore.
How do you feel about your friends?
Mutual. But there are some who I doubt about their being as a friend. Just as I doubted my enemies about how much they can try break me down every time with idiotic conclusions they always have to say.
How do you describe your inner self, the side of you that nobody sees?
Like a God itself. I may be stupid within the real world, but I hold a lot of knowledge that I keep to myself. America obviously doesn't want smart people, it's filled with stupidity. For example, Jersey Shore. (Get at me, bro.)
How do you describe your religious belief(s)?
I have no religious beliefs whatsoever. I used to rely on God with Christianity, but you can't depend on someone who can't physically nor mentally be there for you. It's like saying every single person who committed suicide who were Christians themselves prayed but no answers were called so they committed suicide ofc due to the lack of help people wouldn't give. It keeps on going.
N138JM, a Socata TBM 700, accelerating down runway 33 at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ontario.
It was heading to New Castle, Delaware. After clearing customs there, it continued on to its base at Clayton, Delaware.
Serial number 7 was built in 1991. The 31-year-old looked and sounded almost new.