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The boat mill in Kolárovo in the south-west of Slovakia is the last existing specimen of the floating mill and the only boat mill in Slovakia. The mill houses the Boat Miller's Museum.
The mill stands next to the dead arm of the river Dunaj. It floats on two parallel anchored boats. It is the reconstructed version of the boat mill made by the company Slovenské lodenice in Komárno in 1982 following the design of the former boat mill that existed in Radvaň nad Dunajom, only boats it floats on are bigger than the original ones.
The mill is theoretically functional but in reality it cannot work on stationary water. The mill serves now as a little historic exhibition. The petrol aggregate from the turn of the 19thand 20th centuries is one of its interesting exhibits. It is reminiscent of a locomotive and allegedly it is one of the first mechanisms that existed in the world and was used for manufacture of fishing nets.
The Krall Barn is believed to be the oldest existing log barn in Lebanon County. The effort to save it first kicked off in 2007, when the structure, then located east of Schaefferstown, was saved from destruction by a cooperating owner, Howard Scharff, who worked with Schaefferstown’s Bill Ross by offering to donate the barn if it was dismantled. The way it stands now, most of the exterior of the Krall Barn is nearly complete. But there are many smaller, inside projects yet to be tackled. The education center is expected to make it easier for visitors to enjoy their time at the 110 acre historic site that features three locks of the Union Canal, an engineering feat visited by none less than President George Washington himself during its construction.
-Jeff Falk -www.lebtown.com
“The fragrance of white tea is the feeling of existing in the mists that float over waters; the scent of peony is the scent of the absence of negativity: a lack of confusion, doubt, and darkness; to smell a rose is to teach your soul to skip; a nut and a wood together is a walk over fallen Autumn leaves; the touch of jasmine is a night's dream under the nomad's moon.”
― C. JoyBell C.
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Foggy sunrise near Corfe Castle
"In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties!" - Mehmet Murat ildan
Last post before my long weekend away in Northumberland and decided to give you all a break from Puffins, Windmills, Colner's Hill etc. Went back to April when I went down to Corfe castle for the 2nd day to shoot it across the Common. It was fog bound but eastwards there were some lovely conditions. I think the quote above pretty much sums it up.
Sorry if I get behind on comments but it's likely to be a hectic long weekend! Happy shooting everyone. Bracketed image of course!
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The castle was built between 1350 and 1375. In 1534 Renswoude was recognised as a knight royal residence. In 1623 castle Borchwal already expire as Johan van Reede become the owner . This Calvinistic priest finds a church more important than the rebuilding, of his own castle. In the house, on its property where Protestant meetinings kept, the house become much too small. He gets authorisation to build its own church near the castle. This fine cupola church was taken in 1641 in use. Then late Johan van Reede demolishes in 1654 the old castle and build the new, current castle.
The castle park developed itself as from that time slowly in a baroque park, with a straight alley pattern. In 1682 Johan are succeeded by his third zoon, Frederik Adriaan. He was married with Maria Duyst van Voorhout. During the absence of her man she let dig now the Grand still existing canal, compared with the castle alley. Because of this big work, much unemployed persons could helped with the work. But it had been especially intended as a surprise for her man, They are Versailles lgarden overs in that time, so they build there own French garden. On 28 November 1985 there was a big fire on the castle. The fire made a damage of millions of guldens. All the next day, they started with setting up wharf and rebuild the damage. This was reached by the energy of the current owner, baron Taets van Amerongen. In the meantime the castle has been restored entirely. For groups the castle be visit.
CORNWERD - The Afsluitdijk, length 32 km (19,88 miles) is protecting the Netherlands from the Sea for more than eighty years. However, the dyke no longer meets the current requirements for flood protection.
Rijkswaterstaat is therefore going to reinforce the Afsluitdijk. The body of the dyke will be widened and raised by about 2 metres and the cladding on the outer side will be replaced. Concrete blocks will be placed over the existing basalt blocks on the lower slope. These 'Level blocks X Plus' weight 6,500 kilograms each and have a wave retardant effect. Because of their symmetry and the regular way they are positioned, the blocks have a tranquil appearance that reinforces the austere and autonomous character of the dyke. Every block will be GPS chipped, making them easy to inspect and maintain.
St Mary's sits next to the coastal salt marshes. Domesday Book mentions it and a substantial part of the existing church dates to those times - the 11th Century.
The nave pictured here was widened in a 15C makeover. The door leads to the south porch added then. The curtained archway leads into the bell tower. The pews are probably a 19th Century addition.
Externally, the flint tower's tapering base is probably Saxon and is topped by a cylindrical Norman construction suggesting that it was completed after the Norman Conquest. St Mary's great attraction is its quaint Medieval 'spirelet' of lead coated timber frame. Outside view of tower and 'spirelet'
In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties!
Mehmet Murat ildan
tones: Bärbel's PS/PSE actions
texture: flypaper and SkeletalMess
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The first lighthouse built on mainland Scotland (1787), and built on to the existing Kinnaird Head Castle. No longer operational, but can be visited (and climbed up!) at the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh
The Doolough Tragedy is an event that took place during the Great Irish Famine close to Doo Lough in southwest County Mayo.
On Friday 30 March 1849, two officials of the Westport Poor Law Union arrived in Louisburgh to inspect those people in receipt of outdoor relief to verify that they should continue to receive it. The inspection, for some reason, did not take place and the two officials went on to Delphi Lodge – a hunting lodge – 19 kilometres (12 miles) south of Louisburgh where they intended to spend the night. Several hundred people who had gathered for the inspection, or later did so, were consequently instructed to appear at Delphi Lodge at 7am the following morning if they wished to continue receiving relief.
For much of the night and day that followed seemingly hundreds of destitute and starving people had to undertake what for them, given their existing state of debilitation, was an extremely fatiguing journey, in very bad weather.
A letter-writer to The Mayo Constitution newspaper reported shortly afterwards that the bodies of seven people, including women and children, were subsequently discovered on the roadside between Delphi and Louisburgh overlooking the shores of Doolough lake and that nine more never reached their homes. While some sources put the total number of deaths at approximately 20 people, local sources suggest that the number who perished was far higher.
John 14:2 King James Version (KJV)
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Peles Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. It was constructed for King Carol I.
El castillo de Peles es un castillo Neo-Renacentista en las montañas de los Cárpatos, cerca de Sinaia, en el condado de Prahova, Rumania, en una ruta medieval existente que une Transilvania y Valaquia, construido entre 1873 y 1914. Su inauguración se celebró en 1883. Fue construido para el rey Carol I.
Sinaia. Romania Europe
This small place, located in the historical core of Liège, has been entirely renewed between 1978 and 1985. Charles Vandenhove (1927-) was the architect of the project. He proposed an intervention on the XVIIth and XVIIIth century building characterized by a marked difference between existing structures and new ones, through the use of steel and concrete and postmodern architecture. As one can see from the picture, the place has kept its character and attractiveness over the years…
Pushkar is one of the oldest existing cities of India. It lies on the shore of the Pushkar Sarovar (Lake). The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Brahma with its creation. The city has many temples and ghats and has people from all over the world coming here. It has flourishing market with loads of tourists and pilgrims. This old Sadhu I spotted in one such market. Thick gray eyebrows and mustache, stubble and wearing head scarf, he looked stern and gave a very angry look to me showing displeasure at being shot!
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Evenings like this one make lasting memories for me. The ocean holds a deep fascination for me particularly when the sun goes down, the people leave, and I'm relatively alone breathing in the raw smell of the waters, spellbound by the changing colors before me, listening to the last calls of the birds, watching the flocks flying just above the waves on their way to wherever they go at night, it's a mystery to me ... the entire evening becomes a solemn prayer.
First offering with my new macro lens
I could not resist a chance to take some shots, and see what the new camera and macro lens can do. ;o)
I want the lens overwhelmingly for outdoor macro shooting, and ideally hand-held rather than always needing a tripod. My current 30mm macro lens is quite unforgiving when hand-held, and I rarely use it when I'm out and about. So I've been looking online and on Flickr to try to find a lens that could complement my existing macro, and add something different to my range of lenses.
The lens I decided on is too heavy for the small NEX body, so I found an older Sony A Mount camera body for it ... certainly heavy and bulky compared to the NEX! And plenty to learn and discover as I get used to both camera and lens ;o)
So when the sun shone early yesterday morning I took it out into the garden, where the new young shoots on the honeysuckle held plenty of raindrops. This is just one tiny leaf in the sunshine. And yes - the rain came back by midday!!
My Leaves, berries, seeds set here: Elisa Leaves, berries, seeds
The east tower on the Canadian side of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a cable-stayed design across the Detroit River. The Canadian-funded crossing will connect Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, directly linking Interstate 75 in Michigan with Highway 401 in Ontario. The new bridge will open in 2025 to complement the existing Ambassador Bridge, which is privately owned and fraught with controversy due to the uncooperative Moroun family that own it.
The new bridge is named after Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe, whose career included 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings.
Ciudad Encantada, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
La Ciudad Encantada es un paraje natural español de formaciones rocosas calcáreas o calizas formadas a lo largo de miles de años. Se localiza cerca de Valdecabras, en el término municipal de Cuenca (España), en una amplia zona de pinares de la parte meridional de la serranía conquense y a una altitud de 1500 metros.
Fue declarada Sitio Natural de Interés Nacional el 11 de junio de 1929. La acción del agua, el viento y el hielo ha hecho posible este fenómeno kárstico. La heterogeneidad de las rocas en cuanto a su morfología, composición química y grado de dureza es lo que ha permitido el desgaste desigual de las mismas por los elementos atmosféricos, dando como resultado una muestra sorprendente de arte pintoresco proveniente de la misma naturaleza. A las caprichosas y espectaculares formaciones existentes hay que sumar lapiaces, torcas y sumideros.
Comparte estas características especialmente con "Los Callejones", paraje ubicado en el término municipal de Las Majadas. Ambos lugares forman parte del parque natural Serranía de Cuenca, creado mediante la Ley de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha 5/2007.
The Enchanted City is a Spanish natural area of calcareous or limestone rock formations formed over thousands of years. It is located near Valdecabras, in the municipality of Cuenca (Spain), in a wide area of pine forests in the southern part of the Cuenca mountains and at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
It was declared a Natural Site of National Interest on June 11, 1929. The action of water, wind and ice has made this karstic phenomenon possible. The heterogeneity of the rocks in terms of their morphology, chemical composition and degree of hardness is what has allowed their uneven wear by atmospheric elements, resulting in a surprising sample of picturesque art from nature itself. To the whimsical and spectacular existing formations we must add lapiaces, torques and sinkholes.
It shares these characteristics especially with "Los Callejones", a place located in the municipality of Las Majadas. Both places are part of the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park, created by the Law of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha 5/2007.
Kaikidou (開基堂) is the mausoleum of Houjou Tokimune (北条時宗). He was the 8th Regent and the donor of the Zen temple. He is supposed to be buried beneath the mausoleum. The existing structure was largely repaired or restored in 1811.
He is noted for successfully acting the Commander in Chief of the Expedition Force against the Barbarians (the official title of Minamoto shoguns). More specifically, he repelled two invasions by the Mongolian and Korean forces in 1274 and 1281.
Their invasions were on the northern coast of Kyuushuu Island, for which Tokimune dispatched commanders and warriors to the southern Island. The shogunate took this opportunity to strengthen their rule over western Japan.
Japan is one of the rare countries in Asia that could repel the Mongolian invasions thanks largely to the Sea of Japan. However, Japan's Sumo league is now almost conquered by Mongolian wrestlers.
even in the solitude of the white winter robe,
two hearts become one.
Love has a two stems
but only one flower
and every beat of this heart
is existing Love.
HtmT, all!
Nouveau repère dans la région de la Ruhr : depuis la pose de la première pierre et environ quatre ans de construction, l'extension du musée Küppersmühle par Herzog & de Meuron est achevée.
L'extension MKM allie culture industrielle et architecture muséale contemporaine. Comme pour la transformation du Küppersmühle historique en musée (1999), Herzog & de Meuront se sont inspirés du MKM existant et de l'architecture du port intérieur.
À l'intérieur, une séquence de 36 salles de collection lumineuses et clairement structurées donne à l'art beaucoup d'espace pour travailler. Au cours de l'extension, les silos historiques ont également été ouverts et intégrés au bâtiment. Ici, des ponts sont créés au 1er et au 2ème étage, la connexion entre les nouvelles chambres et les chambres déjà existantes. Les silos eux-mêmes seront conservés en tant que monuments industriels, tant par leur aspect extérieur que par leur matérialité largement originale. Une plate-forme prévue sur les silos, qui sera accessible selon la saison et les conditions météorologiques, offre une large vue sur la région de la Ruhr.
Des œuvres d'artistes d'Anselm Kiefer à Gerhard Richter, un programme d'exposition diversifié et une architecture saisissante entre monument industriel et cube blanc - bienvenue au MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst.
La maison du port intérieur animé de Duisburg est l'un des plus grands musées privés d'Allemagne (Collection Ströher) et appartient au réseau RuhrKunstMuseen. Les architectes vedettes suisses Herzog & de Meuron ont transformé l'ancien bâtiment d'entrepôt avec sa façade en brique classée en un bâtiment culturel moderne qui attire les amateurs d'architecture du monde entier.
New landmark in the Ruhr area: Since the laying of the foundation stone and around four years of construction, the extension of the Küppersmühle museum by Herzog & de Meuron has been completed.
The MKM extension combines industrial culture and contemporary museum architecture. As with the transformation of the historic Küppersmühle into a museum (1999), Herzog & de Meuront were inspired by the existing MKM and the architecture of the inner port.
Inside, a sequence of 36 bright and clearly structured collection rooms gives the art plenty of room to work. During the extension, the historic silos were also opened up and integrated into the building. Here, bridges are created on the 1st and 2nd floor, the connection between the new rooms and the already existing rooms. The silos themselves will be preserved as industrial monuments, both in terms of their external appearance and their largely original materiality. A planned platform on the silos, which will be accessible depending on the season and weather conditions, offers a wide view of the Ruhr area.
Works by artists from Anselm Kiefer to Gerhard Richter, a diverse exhibition program and striking architecture between industrial monument and white cube - welcome to the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst.
Duisburg's bustling inner harbor house is one of Germany's largest private museums (Ströher Collection) and belongs to the RuhrKunstMuseen network. Swiss star architects Herzog & de Meuron have transformed the former warehouse building with its listed brick facade into a modern cultural building that attracts architecture enthusiasts from all over the world.
Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the fifth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually as of 2016.
The creation of a large park in Manhattan was first proposed in the 1840s, and a 778-acre (315 ha) park approved in 1853. In 1857, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition for the park with their "Greensward Plan". Construction began the same year; existing structures, including a majority-Black settlement named Seneca Village, were seized through eminent domain and razed. The park's first areas were opened to the public in late 1858. Additional land at the northern end of Central Park was purchased in 1859, and the park was completed in 1876. After a period of decline in the early 20th century, New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses started a program to clean up Central Park in the 1930s. The Central Park Conservancy, created in 1980 to combat further deterioration in the late 20th century, refurbished many parts of the park starting in the 1980s.
The Bumblebee is considered an insect of high social standards existing in colonies of normally 50 - 400 individuals which is considered small compared to honey bees whose numbers can get as high as 50,000 per colony.
Young queen bumblebees exit their nest in the fall season and after mating possibly numerous times will feed frantically to build up fat reserves prior to entering hibernation underground for the winter months. As the weather cools off the males and workers expire including the males the queen mated with. As the weather warms in spring the queens emerge from hibernation and begin searching for a suitable location to begin a colony. Once she has established her site she begins building wax cells that she will deposit her eggs that were fertilized last fall into. The first hatching will produce 4 -8 workers that will take over her duties and feeding future young leaving the queen to focus her attention on laying eggs to populate the colony.
There are over 250 species of bees throughout the world and many of them nest underground to avoid the extreme heat that can be generated from direct sunlight.
The female bumblebee can inflict a sting that is rather painful and she can sting repeatedly but thankfully they tend to avoid people and animals.
A long, hairy proboscis is used to lap up the liquid when feeding on nectar to add to their stores and pollen to to feed to the young. Our red clover crop is pretty much totally dependent on bumblebees for pollination since they are the only insect with a tongue long enough to reach the nectar.
This pictured bee displays the pollen basket adhered to the modified hind leg of nesting bumblebees for transporting pollen back to the nest.
These Flower's were in the Shade,and every thing had the Morning Dew sparkling in the Morning Sun Light.
PHOTOGRAPHY Toporowski
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Am Morsum Kliff kann man auf einem Rundwanderweg eine schöne Wanderung mit tollen Aussichten machen. Hier ein Blick zum Hindenburgdamm.
Das Morsum Kliff ist eines der ältesten Naturschutzgebiete Schleswig-Holsteins.
Die Markthalle Nussdorfer Straße im 9. Wiener Gemeindebezirk, Alsergrund, ist die letzte bestehende Markthalle in Wien und wird seit 2002 als Supermarkt genutzt. An der davor liegenden Haltestelle Nußdorfer Straße, Alserbachstraße ist der 1973 gebaute E1-Triebwagen 4811 auf der Linie 33 im Einsatz.
The Nussdorfer Straße market hall in Vienna's 9th district, Alsergrund, is the last existing market hall in Vienna and has been used as a supermarket since 2002. At the Nussdorfer Straße, Alserbachstraße stop in front of it, the E1 railcar 4811, built in 1973, is in service on line 33.
Le Palau Reial Major est un complexe de bâtiments historiques situé sur la Plaça del Rei à Barcelone .
Le palais était la résidence des comtes de Barcelone et, plus tard, des rois d'Aragon et se compose de trois bâtiments distincts :
le Saló del Tinell , construit au XIVe siècle sous la direction de l'architecte Guillem Carbonell et dont les arcs en plein cintre reposent sur des voûtes d'arêtes du XIe siècle , elles-mêmes construites sur une structure monumentale préexistante datant de l' époque wisigothique.
La chapelle palatine Sainte-Agathe, construite en 1302 sous le roi Jacques II.
Le Palau del Lloctinent , construit entre 1549 et 1557 par Antoni Carbonell dans un style gothique tardif et Renaissance , ainsi que le Mirador del rei Martí , une tour de cinq étages sur un plan rectangulaire.
The Palau Reial Major is a complex of historic buildings located in the Plaça del Rei in Barcelona.
The palace was the residence of the Counts of Barcelona and, later, the Kings of Aragon, and consists of three separate buildings:
The Saló del Tinell, built in the 14th century under the direction of the architect Guillem Carbonell, whose semicircular arches rest on 11th-century groin vaults, themselves built over a pre-existing monumental structure dating from the Visigothic period.
The Palatine Chapel of Saint Agatha, built in 1302 under King James II.
The Palau del Lloctinent, built between 1549 and 1557 by Antoni Carbonell in a Late Gothic and Renaissance style, and the Mirador del Rei Martí, a five-story tower on a rectangular plan.
The comapny Dolata was established in 1998, but it wasn't until 2018 that they expanded to the railway. They started in Dąbrowa (near Poznań) as a gravel/aggregates mine and sorting facility. Now they also do transports and produce concrete. The name comes from the company owner - Agnieszka Dolata.
The expansion to the rails happened (afaik) in 2018 and BR232-789 was the first class 232 locomotive to receive Dolata's black and silver livery. The company currently has a railway operations base in Szamotuły (also near Poznań), where they repair their sizeable fleet, now consisting of a couple of 232 and TEM2 locomotives (additionally - they own an ex-PKP ST44 locomotive, but there are no plans of bringing it back to life).
On a foggy November morning, while visiting my family in Rokietnica, I made my way to the local railway station and snapped this picture of Dolata's first 232 at the aggregate siding near the station. Since then, the station has had a substantial overhaul and the siding has ceased existing.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
A part of American history and local folklore meet at Singer Castle on Dark Island, located on the St. Lawrence River. Singer Castle is the only remaining/existing castle on our river to be completed, fully furnished and resided in during the heyday of the great builders and industrials in New York. Calumet and Castle Rest (Pullman) were both completed and lived in. (And both were prior to Towers.) The Castle remained in the possession of the original owners, the Bourne family, from its construction in 1905 until the mid 1960’s. Frederick Bourne was the fifth President of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, which is where the name “Singer Castle” came from. When the Bourne family summered there, it was called “The Towers” which comes from the inspiration that Ernest Flagg, the architect whom designed this structure, had after reading the book Woodstock by Sir Walter Scott.