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San Gregorio Store, San Gregorio, San Mateo County, Northern California, USA
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Looks like the owner designed their own bed and hauling bin to this existing old Chey truck!
Happy Truck Thursday!
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
In 1298 the Roman king Rudolph von Habsburg granted city rights to the existing court Staverden. The idea of the then Count of Gelre (Reinald I) was to found a flourishing city on this spot. After building a castle, a canal system and outbuildings, Reinald abandoned this idea and the city has become an estate, although retaining city rights. The “Hof” Staverden was subsequently loaned by the Geldersche dukes.
In 1323 Reinald II was knighted. He appears to have included a range of peacock feathers for the first time in the seal. Feathers from the peacock's tail also adorned his helmet. Since that time this has remained the helmet sign of the Gelderse princes. Even the hats of the dukes have worn the sign of the peacock feathers for centuries. The fans of white peacock feathers, which served as decoration of the helmet at the knight games, came from Staverden. Around 1400, the court of Staveren was loaned by the Gelderland dukes with the obligation that the feudal men had to keep white peacocks, so that the duke would get the tail feathers "to upholster the dukes' helmet". At the moment, 28 white peacocks still live on Staverden. These live in the peacock cage a few hundred meters from the castle.
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In 1298 verleende de Romeinse koning Rudolph von Habsburg stadsrechten aan het bestaande hof Staverden. Het idee van de toenmalige graaf van Gelre (Reinald I) was om op deze plek een bloeiende stad te stichten. Na het bouwen van een kasteel, een kanaalsysteem en bijgebouwen, heeft Reinald dit idee verlaten en is de stad een landgoed geworden, met behoud van stadsrechten. De “Hof” Staverden werd vervolgens uitgeleend door de Geldersche hertogen.
In 1323 werd Reinald II geridderd. Hij lijkt voor het eerst een reeks pauwenveren in het zegel te hebben opgenomen. Veren van de staart van de pauw sierden ook zijn helm. Sindsdien is dit het helmteken van de Gelderse prinsen gebleven. Zelfs de hoeden van de hertogen hebben eeuwenlang het teken van de pauwenveren gedragen. De fans van witte pauwenveren, die bij de ridderspelen als versiering van de helm dienden, kwamen uit Staverden. Rond 1400 werd de rechtbank van Staveren door de Gelderse hertogen uitgeleend met de verplichting dat de feodale mannen witte pauwen moesten houden, zodat de hertog de staartveren zou krijgen "om de helm van de hertogen te bekleden". Momenteel leven er nog 28 witte pauwen op Staverden. Deze leven in de pauwkooi op een paar honderd meter van het kasteel.
The Hohenzollern castle near Stuttgart is one of the most known castles in germany. There is a castle on that location, already since the 11th century,. The actual state is existing since 1867. On that shot the sun is standing very low and the lowlands behind the castle are covered with mist and dust what is reflecting the sunlight.
Das Burg Hohenzollern bei Stuttgart gehört zu den bekanntesten Burgen Deutschlands. Bereits im 11. Jahrhundert wurde an dieser Stelle die erste Burg errichtet. Den aktuellen Zustand gibt es seit 1867. Auf diesem Foto steht die Sonne bereits sehr tief und es liegt ein Dunstschleier über der Ebene hinter der Burg der das Sonnenlicht reflektiert.
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
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
NEW: "i love your work 3"
Didn't have the opportunity to visit the woods this week but a creative crop of one of my existing stock should fit the bill for this weeks challenge. One of my favourite subjects Mushrooms :)
St Mary's is 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.
Nave view:s
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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'
The Church was built in 1799 on the former Caminho dos Pinheiros, today Rua da Consolação, with the help of alms from devotees to Our Lady of Consolation and with the endorsement of the diocesan bishop Mateus de Abreu Pereira were able to begin its construction, with the technique of taipa, quite common at the time. The oldest record of its construction is a document transcribed by Jacinto Ribeiro, in which it attributes the idealization of the temple to the faithful Luiz da Silva and his brothers. Located in a boggy and marshy region there is another document proving the Church's ancient existence: on November 23, 1803, an office was registered that showed the need for drinking water for the residents of the neighborhood "Nossa Senhora da Consolação". In view of the custom of baptizing the district with religious names, mainly related to sanctuaries, the Church, besides already existing, corresponded to an important piece for the functioning of the region. And, in the year 1810, a plant in the city of São Paulo contained the chapel.
Almagro, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
Almagro es una ciudad y municipio español de la provincia de Ciudad Real, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha. En 1972 su casco histórico fue declarado conjunto histórico-artístico. Cuenta con una población de 8983 habitantes (INE 2017).
Está catalogado como Uno de Los Pueblos Más Bonitos de España desde el año 2015 y pertenece desde entonces a la asociación homónima.
Su entorno natural se halla encajado entre pequeñas sierras paleozoicas con algunos recursos de agua de escaso flujo: arroyos Pellejero y de Cuetos. Es del mayor interés la presencia de una zona volcánica (cerro de la Yezosa), sobre los macizos de cuarcitas existentes, lo que singulariza la zona, junto a la de Olot y a la de cabo de Gata, como los únicos territorios de origen volcánico de alguna importancia dentro de la península ibérica.
La localidad es conocida en toda la península por su compromiso con las artes escénicas desde que se redescubriera y recuperara en 1954 el que es hoy en día el corral de comedias mejor conservado de toda España (Monumento Nacional desde 1955).
Aprovechando su inmejorable situación, desde 1978 se celebra en la ciudad cada verano, durante el mes de julio, el Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico dedicado al Barroco y en especial al Siglo de Oro.
Otros festivales que se dan cita en la ciudad son el Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro Contemporáneo de Almagro (FITCA), que en 2015 alcanzó su XV edición y más recientemente el Festival de Creación Universitaria de Almagro (CUAL), que inició sus pasos en 2014.
Almagro is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. In 1972 its historic centre was declared a historic-artistic site. It has a population of 8,983 inhabitants (INE 2017).
It has been listed as One of the Most Beautiful Towns in Spain since 2015 and has since belonged to the eponymous association.
Its natural environment is nestled between small Paleozoic mountain ranges with some low-flow water resources: Pellejero and Cuetos streams. Of greatest interest is the presence of a volcanic area (cerro de la Yezosa), on the existing quartzite massifs, which makes the area unique, along with Olot and Cabo de Gata, as the only territories of volcanic origin of any importance within the Iberian Peninsula.
The town is known throughout the peninsula for its commitment to the performing arts since the rediscovery and recovery in 1954 of what is today the best-preserved corral de comedias in all of Spain (a National Monument since 1955).
Taking advantage of its unbeatable location, since 1978 the International Classical Theatre Festival dedicated to the Baroque and especially the Golden Age has been held in the city every summer during the month of July.
Other festivals that take place in the city are the Almagro Ibero-American Contemporary Theatre Festival (FITCA), which reached its 15th edition in 2015 and more recently the Almagro University Creation Festival (CUAL), which began its steps in 2014.
Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
It is the first building in the world that makes a museum’s entire collection public while also providing behind-the-scenes glimpses of how a museum works. Only eight percent of the collection could be displayed in the museum building, because the majority of the works were stored in facilities that were not accessible to the public. In the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen you can see the entire collection, arranged not by period or art movement but based on the objects’ climate requirements.
Its shape form resembles a giant flower pot. The architects chose this design to minimize the building's footprint, and the rooftop garden with trees continue the existing museum park on top of the building. The mirrored facade reflect the park and the city, creating a collective and integrated element within the urban landscape.
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Mirage - The George Kaplan Conspiracy
1 Peter 1:24-25 King James Version (KJV)
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Matthew 25:14
King James Version
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
Click on image twice for best view of the dik-dik.
Kirk's Dik-Dik, a very small antelope, is standing in the shadow of a large bush.
Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) is a small antelope native to Eastern Africa and one of four species of dik-dik antelope. It is believed to have six subspecies and possibly a seventh existing in southwest Africa. Dik-diks are herbivores, typically of a fawn color that aids in camouflaging themselves in savannah habitats. According to MacDonald (1985), they are also capable of reaching speeds of up to 42 kilometers per hour.
The lifespan of Kirk’s dik-dik in the wild is typically 5 years, but may surpass 10 years. In captivity males have been known to live up to 16.5 years, while females have lived up to 18.4 years.
Dik-diks are susceptible to a myriad of predators including eagles, cats, jackals, caracals, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, cape hunting dogs, honey badgers, crocodiles, pythons, lions, and humans. Young dik-diks are particularly preyed upon by baboons, genets, and eagles.
Dik-diks have a fine-tuned sense of hearing, sight, and smell. When they feel in danger or hear the alarm calls of other animals they hide, rather than fleeing. It is only when frightened or disturbed that they emit their iconic “zik-zik” alarm. Wikipedia
Angkor Thom"Great City", located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII.:378–382:170
It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city isJayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.
Map of Central Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride.:121
Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanakas, which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name.:138 The name of Angkor Thom—great city—was in use from the 16th century.
The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived.
The Ayutthaya Kingdom, led by King Borommarachathirat II, sacked Angkor Thom, forcing the Khmers under Ponhea Yat to relocate their capital southeast.:29
Angkor Thom was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato".:140 It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people.
John 15:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
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
The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Begun in 1808, it is the oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes, and one of Toronto's oldest buildings. The lighthouse is perhaps best known for the demise of its first keeper, German-born John Paul Radelmüller, whose 1815 murder forms the basis of Toronto's most enduring ghost story.
Nikon D5100
Sigma 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8
Regione Marche - Italia
Nata il 14 dicembre 2004, la Riserva Naturale Regionale Sentina è la più piccola area protetta marchigiana, ma con una grande valenza ambientale.
Un paesaggio di acqua e sabbia che si sviluppa per circa 180 ettari all'interno del Comune di San Benedetto del Tronto, tra l'abitato di Porto d'Ascoli a Nord e il fiume Tronto a Sud.
La Sentina è costituita da ambienti unici come cordoni sabbiosi, zone umide retrodunali, e praterie salmastre che ospitano una ricca e peculiare flora ormai scomparsa in quasi tutto il litorale adriatico devastato dall'antropizzazione.
Notevole è l'importanza dell'area per l'avifauna migratoria, che trova nella Riserva l'unica possibilità di sosta costiera tra le aree umide del delta del Po e del Gargano.
English version
The Sentina Natural Regional Reserve was established in 2004 by a regional law and is the smallest Park in the Marche region.
For the natural organization of the places, Sentina is considered a homogeneous system of land, river, and lake areas, a landscape of waters and sand covering an area of 177.55 ha, entirely in the territory of the Municipality of San Benedetto del Tronto, between the town of Porto d'Ascoli in the north and the river Tronto in the south, between the coastline in the east and the railway line in the west.
Sentina Regional Nature Reserve represents for San Benedetto del Tronto an invaluable treasure for its natural environments, life quality, and a differentiated tourist offer completing the already existing proposals offered by the seaside tourism.
Ephesians 6:11-12
New International Version
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
John 4:13-15King James Version (KJV)
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
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
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.
Matsue Castle is located on a hill overlooking Shinjiko Lagoon. It is one of the 12 existing donjons and acquired the National Treasure status in 2015 on par with those in Himeji, Matsumoto, Inuyama and Hikone.
During the Edo period (1600-1868), Japan used to be a patchwork of more than 300 Hans. Han (藩) is a domain ruled autonomously by a Daimyou (大名 local Samurai ruler). Each Han was allowed to have a castle.
Daimyou that did not have blood ties to, nor were hereditary vassals of, the Tokugawa were called Tozama (外様) Daimyou. The Horio and the Kyougoku were Tozama Daimyou.
The Tokugawa did not fully trust Tozama Daimyou and tried to weaken or abolish them when possible. They were often relocated to remote locations with unfavourable soil conditions. The Tokugawa often hired Ninja to monitor their activities.
It is supposed that the Matsudaira rule of Izumo was intended to keep an eye on Tozama Daimyou in the western Honshu Island, the most notably, the Mouri in Yamaguchi.
As the Tokugawa feared, Meiji Restoration was led by the alliance of the four Hans of Tozama Daimyou, namely, Choushuu (長州, Yamaguchi), Satsuma (薩摩, Kagoshima), Tosa (土佐, Kouchi) and Hizen (肥前, Saga).
Matsue Han first resisted the rebel but defeated by Choushuu and changed side when the Imperial House in Kyoto sided with the alliance.
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!
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.
There was a Two hour Window in the Weather, so out I went for a Morning walk, to see what I could Find.
These Flower's were in the Shade,and every thing had the Morning Dew sparkling in the Morning Sun Light.
What is necessary now is to recognise our own nature instead of going on being confused.
The ever present Buddha nature is like the unhindered sun shining in the sky, but sunshine never reaches inside a cave facing north. This cave is an analogy for misunderstanding, wrong view or partial understanding.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche