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Bury St Edmunds Cathedral for most of its existence was simply the parish church of St James until the foundation of the new diocese of St Edmundsbury in 1914 when it was raised to cathedral status, one of the many new dioceses formed in the early 20th century that elevated existing parish churches to diocesan rank rather than purpose building a new cathedral. Many of these 'parish church cathedrals' sit slightly awkwardly with their new status, lacking in the scale and grandeur that befits such a title, but of all of them Bury St Edmunds has been adapted to its new role the most successfully, with in my opinion the most beautiful results.
The medieval church consisted of the present nave, built in 1503-51 under master mason John Wastell, with an earlier chancel that was entirely rebuilt in 1711 and again in 1870. Originally it would have seemed a fairly minor building at the entrance to the monastic precinct, overshadowed by the enormous abbey church that once stood immediately behind it. The absence of this magnificent church since the Dissolution and the scant remains of this vast edifice always sully my visits here with a sense of grievous loss, had history been kinder it would have served as the cathedral here instead and likely be celebrated as one of the grandest in the country.
The church never had a tower of its own since the adjacent Norman tower of the Abbey gateway served the role of a detached campanile perfectly. It is an impressive piece of Romanesque architecture and one of the best preserved 12th century towers in the country.
Upon being raised to cathedral status in 1914 the building underwent no immediate structural changes but plans were made to consider how best to transform a fairly ordinary church into a worthy cathedral. This task was appointed to architect Stephen Dykes Bower and work began in 1959 to extend the building dramatically. Between 1963-1970 the entire Victorian chancel was demolished and replaced with a much grander vision of a lofty new choir and shallow transepts, remarkably all executed in traditional Gothic style in order to harmonize with the medieval nave. It is incredible to think that this was done in the 1960s, a period in which church and cathedral buildings were otherwise constructed in the most self consciously modern forms ever seen, with delicate neo-medieval masonry in place of brick and concrete.
The new crossing of transepts and choir however remained crowned by the stump of a tower for the remainder of the century as funds were not available to finish Dykes Bower's complete vision of a lantern tower over the crossing: this was only realised at the beginning of the 21st century, aided by a legacy left in the architect's will and some subtle design changes under his successor as architect Hugh Matthews. The transformation from church to cathedral was finally completed in 2005 with most satisfactory results. A stunning fan-vault was installed within the new tower in 2010, an exquisite finishing touch.
Whilst it isn't a large building by cathedral standards its newer parts do much to give it the shape and dignity of one. This is especially apparent within, where the cruciform eastern limb draws the eye. The interior is enlivened by much colour, with the ceilings of Dykes Bower's choir and transepts adorned with rich displays of stencilling, whilst the nave ceiling (a Victorian replacement for the medieval one) was redecorated in similarly lively colours in the 1980s which helps to unify the old and new parts of the church.
Few fittings or features remain from the medieval period, most of the furnishings being Victorian or more recent, but one window in the south aisle retains a rich display of early 16th century stained glass, very much Renaissance in style. The remaining glass is nearly all Victorian, some of the windows in the new choir having been transferred from the previous chancel.
St Edmundsbury Cathedral is not filled with the monuments and fittings that make other great churches so rewarding to linger in but it is a real architectural delight and cannot fail to uplift the spirit.
of Perception.
Existence can seem complicated, but change your perception, and things appear simpler.
The Dreams Of Ehnyon - Mystic Existence
With the music : Hazy - Cosmos
The lines of time and space intersect several times, and so does our existence, in a continuous transformation of learning and error, so that it may be renewed forever. The soul is not bound in temporal or spatial lines by which we can travel in it, hence some of our visions of the past or the future that we do not recognize. We all have a reason to exist, friends are not a coincidence, the people we love, the neighbors or the path we make are part of a space-time web in which we interact several times over generations.
Every act, step, look, word has repercussions in this temporal space fabric as well as in the people that surround us, we are all spirits of transformation but essentially Spirits Of Love whose mission is to protect this miracle that is Life throughout the universe !
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At any given point during the 14-year existence of the Wisconsin Central, there were always some diesels on the roster that didn’t wear the company colors of Maroon & Gold.
In this view at North Fond du Lac in early December of 1993, two of the big ex-Fox River Valley Railroad EMDs are parked side by side and seemed fine with working just the way they were.
Eventually the 2500 was extensively rebuilt at which time it did receive a handsome coat of WC paint, but the 2402 was never anything but the red and yellow that you see here. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
"Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals." (Yann Martel, author of
Life of Pi)
Parkbeg is unusual, in that you'll find this hamlet located 'between' the East and West bound lanes of the Trans Canada Highway in Saskatchewan. If these found foot tracks weren't perfectly suited to my image that day, I might have considered creating my own story and making a similar path. Southern Alberta is back to some light snowfall this weekend, Spring will need to wait patiently, but not much longer.
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[Parkbeg is a hamlet in Wheatlands Rural Municipality No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 627 approximately 58 km directly west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans Canada Highway.
Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Wheatlands on that date]
In 2019, 334Sq celebrated 75 years of existence. Finally saw it while it was taken out for an test flight. Due the hard wind, no touch and go but an full stop en turnaround was performed.
The greatest irony of human existence is our inability to recognize our happiness in a moment until it becomes a photograph. I won't speak for others, but for me, photography evokes nostalgia. Sometimes, when I look at a photo, I feel a profound sadness, knowing that the moment captured will never happen again. It resembles the museum scene in *The Catcher in the Rye*. I always try to be mindful of time and how fleeting it is…
湘南鵠沼の夕景、シルエット写真を今のようなスタイルで初めて撮ったのが2008年くらい。
いろいろあって撮る事が嫌になったりとか精神的に参ったりで撮れない期間もあったけど、今もこうやって撮り続けていられることが本当に嬉しく思う。
去年も自分の中で何かが変わった年だったけど、今年も更に何かが変わった年だと感じる。
まだまだ全然足りないので、もっともっと良いものを撮れるよう頑張りたいです。
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii)
As of 2014 it became California's official state frog.
This frogs existence is threatened by many impacts all of which are caused by man's impacts since the time of the Gold Miners in the 1800's. The gold miners and other settlers hunted and captured an unsustainable amount of these frogs for food and even though they introduced non-native bullfrogs for the purpose of establishing populations of bigger frogs to hunt, many apparently preferred the taste of the red-legged frogs. Since that time man's widespread destruction of natural waterways through channelization, irrigation and commercial and residential development has highly impacted this species. Other impacts such as non-native prey species introduction in the form of bull-frogs, mosquito fish and non-native game fish present predator impacts which this species is not able to handle. On top of that, disease such as Chytrid fungus and water quality issues further threaten this species.
However, the most impactful issue facing these frogs and many of California's unique organisms is the rapid development or alteration of natural habitats. A species might withstand predators and disease and adapt to different types of prey but the one thing they can't withstand is not having a suitable place to live and breed.
This specific frog was found on the San Francisco peninsula at the same wetland where the previously posted San Francisco Gartersnake was found. This frog was extremely patient and allowed me to get close enough to even use my 90mm macro at frame filling distances. These frogs are a major part of the Endangered San Francisco Garter snakes diet but are also preyed upon by fish, bullfrogs and other species of garter snake like the Coastal Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans terrestris).
I love the center of this snowflake, I just wish I found it sooner. This is a fantastic example of layered geometry in the center, but also a textbook example of sublimation. It doesn’t take long for a snowflake to return to the air that gave it existence in the first place!
The patterns in the center really need to be seen up close, so here’s a magnified view: donkom.ca/bts/PDKP1647-closeup.jpg . It’s important to notice the layers – the Hershey Kiss-shaped bubbles in the center actually appear underneath the larger central bubble; on close inspection, you can see there’s an overlap. How?
There are a few theories on this, but it’s helpful to identify that there are multiple rounds of inward crystal growth – the circle in the very center and the rounded hexagon outside the overlapping bubbles. Some of these bubbles may have formed on the outer edge of the crystal. Some may have formed by the crystal “back-filling” in thickness due to cascading outward growth. There’s also the chance that inward growth causes a ceiling to form over steep “cliffs” on the snowflake topography. Snowflakes are fully three-dimensional objects, but the true understanding can sometimes be hard to piece together.
You’ll also notice a prominent feature on this crystal: very rounded outer edges. This is caused by sublimation, effectively evaporation from a solid without first becoming a liquid. As soon as a snowflake begins its descent from the heavens, it starts to fade: lower humidity switches the accumulation of water molecules to the shedding of them. The outer corners are the first to go, they stick out the farthest and are more susceptible to such losses. Eventually, all 60-degree edges become little “nubs”.
This can happen fairly quickly. If you don’t photograph a snowflake within the first few minutes of its arrival, you may start to see this. Snow that fell overnight that you are just waking up to discover? You’re probably too late. This one was probably a rescue mission, trying to salvage it’s beauty before it faded any further.
Want to know more about the shooting techniques here? I know a lot of you have a ton of snow! It’s all detailed exhaustively in my book on macro photography: www.amazon.com/Macro-Photography-Universe-Our-Feet/dp/103...
At every moment of our existence we have to choose between one path and the other. A simple decision can affect a person for life.
Paulo Coelho
(#52/365)
Genesis spreads as old days fading…
Exuberant life charm triggers again
Apart from all the malice once
Tormented the being…
Silky time flows nonchalantly;
Days possess every detail;
Night chants the moony carols.
Susceptible mind unites the poles.
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I am fine now. Just taking advantage of emotions for a release.
I lost my wireless remote and finally found it yesterday, in all places... the bottom of my purse. I don't even know it was there because I never take it in there. I can finish catching up now. I'm a bit late on this, but thanks so much to Jade & Jack for their testimonials! Also for both of their's and Cindy's dedication photo! You're all such amazing friends and such an inspiration!
Have a great day everyone!
City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.
Background
For the first two years of its existence, the Greater London Authority was based at Romney House, Marsham Street in Westminster. Meetings of the London Assembly took place at Emmanuel Centre, also on Marsham Street.
City Hall was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. Despite its name, City Hall is neither located in nor does it serve a city (as recognised by English constitutional law), often adding to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011 Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House.
The predecessors of the Greater London Authority, namely the Greater London Council and the London County Council, had their headquarters at County Hall, upstream on the South Bank. Although County Hall's old council chamber is still intact, the building is unavailable for use by the GLA due to its conversion into, among other things, a luxury hotel, amusement arcade and aquarium.
Design
The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building "demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building", energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kWh/m2/yr), with a 2012 Display Energy Performance Certificate rating of "D".
It has been compared variously to Darth Vader's helmet, a misshapen egg, a woodlouse and a motorcycle helmet. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle", while the present mayor, Boris Johnson, has referred to it as "The Glass Gonad" and more politely as "The Onion".
Its designers reportedly saw the building as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.
A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-storey building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.
Location
The building is located on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark. It forms part of a larger development called More London, including offices and shops. Next to City Hall is a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, which is used in the summer months for open-air performances; it is not, however, part of the GLA's jurisdiction. The Scoop and surrounding landscape were designed by Townshend Landscape Architects. The nearest London Underground and National Rail station is London Bridge.
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“You spoke your words as though you denied the very existence of the shadows or of evil. Think, now: where would your good be if there were no evil and what would the world look like without shadow?”
Basel, Messe
f11, 1/400, ISO 400
Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5
Le premier témoignage écrit de l’existence d’Esch-sur-Sûre se retrouve dans le « Liber aureus Epternacensis ». Dans ce livre de l’abbaye d’Echternach, il est noté qu’un certain Nebelungus a fait don de ses propriétés avec serfs de « Hesc » à ladite abbaye. Cet acte remonte à l’an 3 du règne de Charlemagne, c.-à-d. entre le 9 octobre 773 et le 9 octobre 774.
Le 3 juin 927, un certain Meginaud a acquis, par échange avec l’abbaye de Stavelot, le site d’Esch-sur-Sûre. Il a érigé une tour d’habitation carrée de 8 x 8 mètres et les bâtiments d’exploitation agricole. À la fin du 11e siècle, les frères Henri 1er et Godefroi 1er ont participé à la préparation de la première croisade. De ce fait, ils n’ont pas su réaliser des travaux au château. Les deux derniers seigneurs de la lignée des comtes d’Esch ont considérablement agrandi leur territoire et leur château. En ces temps, la seigneurie d’Esch-sur-Sûre comptait 19 villages et hameaux et s’étendait jusqu’à Diekirch.
Les premières constructions du château ont donc été réalisées pendant la période romane, tandis que son développement a eu lieu à l’époque gothique.
Avec l’apparition de la poudre au 15e siècle, il a fallu adapter les constructions défensives. Ainsi, tout le village fut entouré d’un mur d’enceinte de 450 m de long et de 1,5 m de large avec deux tours défensives. La tour de guet ronde a également été fortifiée.
La décadence du château fort débuta vers le milieu du 16e siècle pour se terminer au 19e siècle. Après la prise de la forteresse de Luxembourg (1685), les troupes de Louis XIV s’employaient à démanteler les places fortes du pays.
À Esch-sur-Sûre, on n’a pas détruit le mur d’enceinte, parce que des maisons y étaient adossées et certaines le sont toujours (à voir en montant la ruelle à gauche de la mairie).
Vers le milieu du 19e siècle, le château passa entre les mains de bourgeois qui y habitaient. Lorsque Victor Hugo visita le bourg au bord de la Sûre en été 1871, le château abritait toujours plusieurs familles. La chapelle du château fut restaurée en 1906.
De nos jours, il ne reste que des ruines consolidées pour témoigner du fier passé de la seigneurie d’Esch-sur-Sûre.
The first written evidence of the existence of Esch-sur-Sûre can be found in the “Liber aureus Epternacensis”. In this book of the Abbey of Echternach, it is noted that a certain Nebelungus donated his properties with serfs of “Hesc” to the said abbey. This act dates back to the year 3 of the reign of Charlemagne, i.e. between October 9, 773 and October 9, 774. On June 3, 927, a certain Meginaud acquired, by exchange with the Abbey of Stavelot, the site of Esch-sur-Sûre. He built a square residential tower of 8 x 8 meters and the farm buildings. At the end of the 11th century, the brothers Henry I and Godfrey I participated in the preparation of the first crusade. As a result, they were unable to carry out work on the castle. The last two lords of the line of the Counts of Esch considerably expanded their territory and their castle. At that time, the lordship of Esch-sur-Sûre included 19 villages and hamlets and extended as far as Diekirch.
The first constructions of the castle were therefore carried out during the Romanesque period, while its development took place in the Gothic period.
With the advent of gunpowder in the 15th century, it was necessary to adapt the defensive constructions. Thus, the entire village was surrounded by a 450 m long and 1.5 m wide perimeter wall with two defensive towers. The round watchtower was also fortified.
The decline of the fortified castle began around the middle of the 16th century and ended in the 19th century. After the capture of the fortress of Luxembourg (1685), Louis XIV's troops set about dismantling the country's strongholds.
In Esch-sur-Sûre, the surrounding wall was not destroyed because houses were built against it and some still are (you can see it by going up the alley to the left of the town hall).
Towards the middle of the 19th century, the castle passed into the hands of bourgeois who lived there. When Victor Hugo visited the town on the banks of the Sûre in the summer of 1871, the castle was still home to several families. The castle chapel was restored in 1906.
Today, only consolidated ruins remain to bear witness to the proud past of the lordship of Esch-sur-Sûre.